The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-02-24
The Principle Furnace cornet band has

tons birthday.
A mad dog was killed at College Green
Oh Tuesday Several dogs that were bitten
were also killed.
George Anthony, of Elkton, is clearing
land with dynamite on the farm of William J.
Wilson, in Elk Neck
A Missionary Tea will be given by the
ladies of the EIkton Presbyterian Church.
Friday evening, March 16.
The recently organized Young Mems
Christian Association at Chesapeake City has
disbanded owing to tho lack of funds.
Over eighty persons have professed con-
version during the revival services in Rising
Sun NJ. L. Church, which are still in progress.
--Middlrtown's annual election will be held
March 9Th, Two commissioners. II treasurer,
| an alderman and an assessor will be elected.
A movement is on foot by the young men
of Chesapeake City to organize chapter of
the Brotherhood of the NJ. E. Church in that
town.
"A &c. pourd white swan was killed on tho
Susquehanra flats, near Perryviln, a few
days ago by Rev. J. 2. Fitzgerald. Of Havre
de Grace.
The Cecil Telephone Company has placed
new phones in the Touring mill OF w. b.
Kite at Providence and George W. Biles'
office at Providence
Henry Hess a well-known and prominent
citizen of tho Fourth district, suffered
CT IF ne ulysiG nt bia bTmn Uni
Hill, Monday evening.
-Rcv. Henry b. Martin, of Philadelphia,
the new rector of Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal Church, Chestertown, preached his
first sermon on Sunday,
The County Commissioners of Cecil
County will be in session on February 26, 81
and rs to hear appeals and correct errors on
assessment OF personal property.
Price Ferguson was fined 81 and costs
by Magistrate Groves on Thursday. on charge
of being drunk and disorderly. Committed
to Jail for 30 days in default of payment
Rev DIR. Watt will give his popular lee
ture, 1.-THE Cosmopolitan Bug at st Johns
Church, Lewsvile Monday evening. Febru-
airy 26. Admission - cents children 10 cts.
George Simcoe. of North East who was
last week reported to be threatened with
pneumonia, was able to resume his duties as
teacher at the Elkton High School Monday.
The people of Annapolis are becoming
nervous over the rumor that the Naval
Academy is to be removed elsewhere, and
will vigorously protest against such re-
moval.
W s Carhart, of Pleasant Hill received
a severe injury on Monday while working in
the woods, the limb of a tree striking one of
his eyes. He came to Elkton and was attend
ed by physician
Frank Thompson and Benjamin Thomas,
OF North East, while driving to Elkton on
Monday night were thrown out by the sleigh
overturning. The horse was caught after
running a short distance.
The United States Survey boat Match
| less, which was engaged last summer in the
Elk river and Chesapeake bay making Il re-
survey, has left Baltimore for Porto Rico
where she will engage in coast survey work.
the property OF the Southern Pulp Company
in Elkton. The object of the company is to
get sufficient water to run the mill when the
water in the creek is too muddy for use.
! At present the mill is compelled to close
| down.
/ An entertainment was given in the vacant
store room on Main street recently occupied
by W. B. Hart last night by a class of child
rem under the charge of Misses Emma Lewis
and Mary Perkins. An admission of 10 cents
was charged, and the proceeds go toward the
carpet fund of the NJ. E. Church.
| Tickets are now selling fast for the
| Grace Orchestra concert to be given in the
Elkton Opera House on Monday evening
next. In addition to the orchestral selec-
tions of the fastest and popular airs vocal
| This will be an attractive entertainment.
Tickets at Wells drug store.
After March the probabilities are that
Chestertown will abandon electric lighting
and renstate gasoline lamps. The Chester.
town Electric Light Company announced
| tnut ii cOulu HOl Hcctpt lue Dlu price OF SlUUU
and raised the sum to 81 ,440. The commits
sioners offered 81 100. This was refused and
both parties are unwilling to make further
concessions.
According to the registration books Cecil
| county has 1896 voters who cannot write, and
who, if the proposed election law as desired
by the counties of southern Maryland be
| passed, will he disfranchised The total reg
istered vote of Cecil county is 5000, Of which
number 5,Si2 are white and 1,0G7 colored.
| or the 90G illiterate voters in the county 427
are white and 500 colored.
| On Friday, last week. the Court of APP
peas ut Annapolis heard argument in the
case OF Joseph G. Naudain VS.. Joseph
| Coudon, executor, which arose out of a
caveat to the will of Mrs. Caroline Naudain,
| of Cecil county. This case was tried twice
| in Cecil county on issues of fact from the
Orphans Court. Once the jury failed to
agree and the second time the jury sustained
| the will The caveat was filed by the hus-
band of the testatrix. The chief contention
OF the husband was that his wife did not
understand the contents of the will she made.
Albert Constable and W. s. Evans repre-
scented Naudain and John S. Writ represented
| C0udOn