The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-02-17

| IL. Christie and Mrs. A. q. Slmpers. OF Colora.
The board of directors of the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company. of Cecil county,
/ held their quarterly meeting in Ekton, on
| Tuesday.
james n. Jones has quit the cigar and
tobacco business in the "Hollow' and accept
ed position with the Southern Pulp Com
pany, OF Elkton.
About $33 were cleared by the supper
held by the ladies Of Mt Pleasant NJ. E.
Church at Colora, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, last week.
A 'send a dollar and get a silk skirt
scheme went up in Trenton the other day
with big drop for many unsuspecting
females. Look out Elkton.
The Methodist ministers are making
Wilmington NJ. E. Conference, which will
convene in Wilmington on March 20.
"A consignment Of forty-six Mongoian
pheasants for breeding purposes was received
day. They will be liberated in that locality.
Philip Brown and John Wesley Brown
we're arrested Monday on the charge of
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. They
were given a hearing Tuesday morning and
fined SO and costs. amounting to 5645.
"A special meeting of the Directors of the
Sngerly Steam Fire Engine Hook and Ladder
Company, was held in Council Hall, Elkton,
on Monday evening After transacting con-
siderable business Chief L. E. Hinson named
the department
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
was re-opened for navigation on Monday,
after being closed for about ten days in order
that necessary repairs could be made to the
locks at st. Georges. The Ericsson steamers
began running that day.
Grand lecture by Rev. r. Watt, d. D.,
Presiding Elder of Wilmington Dirtrict, in
Asbury NJ E. Church, near Perryville. Thurs
day evening, February %. Subject, "How
to Get There" Benefit of the Board Of
Stewards. Single admission 15c, two for 25c.
Children under II years Of age, 10c.
Robert L. Morrison took charge of the
NtWdlh pOSlOlllCt IoslollCt III
spector William j. Maxwell Of Wilmington
experimenting the transfer. Postmaster
Morrison has appointed William Lyman
assistant postmaster. S. b. Herdman, late
assistant postmaster, will be retained for a
while.
The largest monument ever erected In
Middletown was placed over the grave Of
former Governor John p Cochran last week.
1t is six feet one inch square at the base and
twenty-six feet high. 1t came from the works
Of William Davidson in Wilmington, and
great care had to be taken in hauling it to
the cemetery.
The Naudain will case was argued before
the Court of Appeals this week, Albert Con-
stable appearing for the appellant and John s.
Writ for the defendant. The case was twice
tried in the Circuit Court for Cecil county.
The first jury disagreed but the second trial
resulted in the will being sustained.
A fifty pound box of fish consigned to
o. G. Giles, of Elkton, was found along the
road near Chesapeake City Tuesday evening
by Harry Fillingame. They were being
brought to Elkton by James Wharton and
dropped from the back of his stage 1t is
thought some miscellaneous boys cut the rope
with which the box was tied.
Mr. Robt Wilson of near Galena, has a
strong force cutting cord wood. saving lum-
Der, etc. He is now filling an order for a
wharf to be built by the Colchester Company
at Georgetown, near the bridge. The con-
tract calls for about 10000 feet of lumber.
and having several other contracts Oh hands
it keeps him busy with a large force of hands,
Bay View Council, No. 10, o. U. A. NJ,
will raise flag over their new hall in Bay
View on Thursday next at 2 o'clock. Speak
ing will be held in the audience room OF the
hall. Rev. W. Mowbray, Of Zion; Rev. B.
F. Jester, of Bay View. and Calvert n Stein,
of Baltimore, will be the speakers There
will also be vocal and instrumental music.
The public is invited.
The supper held in tho store room In the
Mitchell building on Main street, Friday
night, last week, by the ladies of the Elkton
Presby terian Church was very successful
affair. The proceeds amounted to nearly
800. The supper was under the special
direction Of Mrs. G. B. Finley Mrs. A. W.
Mitchell, Mrs. w. s. Evans and Miss Amy
Finley.