The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-10-26

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Miss Mollie Warren has accepted "A
position in Mrs. L. II. Benefits millin-
cry store.
The new telephone line between Port
Deposit and Oxford, via Colora, is now
almost completed.
Herman Ball has a large canvas sign
floating across Main street, upon which
his advertisement is neatly painted.
A 35-foot brick smoke stack will
shortly be erected ut the creamery Of
Joseph 7. Rialc, in the Sixth district.
| The ducking season on the SuSque-
hanna flats opens next Friday. Novem-
Der LIST. Ducks are reported plentiful.
A dog supposed to be suffering from
| hydrophobia was killed at Gilespie's
creamery, ut Pennington, last Saturday.
A mill stone weighing $500 pounds
was unloadcd ut Conowingo, IA few days
ago, and hauled to Woods mill, near
| Pleasant Grove.
II. Il. Pattcn will shortly start the
erection of dwelling house in Rising
Sun, on the lot recently purchased from
a. l.. Duyckinck and Company.
A largo lot of young steers have been
bought by the Bell family in the Eighth
district, which will be fed and pasturci
ON their farm, near Conowingo
| Friday afternoon, last week, the
second foot ball team of the Jacob Tome
| Institute, defeated the second team from
| Havrc de Grace. by the score of > TO q.
The game was played at Port Deposit.
A Box Social will be held in Nc
chanics' Hall, at Bay View, by the n. n.
n. Club. Tonight, Saturday. The mem
beers of the club will entertain the visi-
tors by Il comic play, entitled, Sins Of
Mars"
Tomorrow, Sunday afternoon, the
members Of COlora Lodge, No. g.
Knights OF Pythias. will attend service
in Perryvlle NJ. +. Church. If stormy
the following Sunday. All Knights are
invited.
| Among the list of persons whose
names were published in the Baltimore
American, on Thursday. as having passed
Il recent civil service examination. APP
pcarcd the name of James II. Maxwell.
of Cecil county.
| Miss Mary Mahoncy, principal Of
Fairvicw public school. near Blake. who
is Il lover of flowers. has started Il novel
plan To keep flowers in the school. She
has requested each scholar to bring Il
growing flower of some variety.
| Next Wednesday and Thursday. De
putty Clerk of the Court Henry $. Cam
eron. will be at Cameron's drug storr
perryvillc, for the purpose of issuing
ducking licenses. He will stop ut Char
lcStown. on Wednesday morning.
| Eight SchoOncrs unoadcd poplar
wood ut Elkton wharf this week, for the
Elkton pulp works, owned by the Kcns-
more Paper Company. 1t is estimate |
that the company now has between 5000
and 5000 cords of poplar wood on hand.
The receipts and expenses of Cecil
county. for the fiscal year, AS shown by
the detailed statement published in an
other part of this paper are Receipts,
S139, So. 10; Disbursements S123. $50 %
Cash Balance in Treasury. June 30th,
SlG.331.93.
"A carp caught in the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal last Saturday. weighed
Is pounds. and measured feet . inches
from tip To tip. and 81, inches across.
Another weighed nine pounds and meas
urrd : feet. > inches from tip to Zip and
-. inches HCrUsS.
-Rev. Jonathan s. Willis. of Milford.
Del. former Congressman from that
state. is working for the appointment of
Superintendent of the rural free delivery
in his locality. EX-CongrrSSman Willis
is well known in Elkton. being frequent
visitor nj the HON" of W. T. Warhurton.
Bert" the valuable driving mare be-
longing 10 IL. Frank WitwOrth, dropped
dead on returning from II short drive.
last Saturday afternoon, in the yard of
Roger Witworth. on Main street. Bert
was Il faithful and trlISty animal, and
had many friends in Elk1on. who will
miss her very much.
Two unsuspectiug young men Went
on = bee hunt, in the search of honey
this week. One of the victims has been
employed ut the Elkton cannery. and the
other is said 10 be familiar with tclc-
graphy. Both are said to have left the
bee tree before they succeeded in filing
their bucket with honey.
The Southern part of Salisbury.
Wicomco county. was visited by another
disastrous fire on Sunday morning. which
caused Il loss of nearly 100000. and en-
dangrrod property to the value of nearly
a quarter of Il million dollars Help was
called from Wilmington, and two fire
engines We're sent to that place.
-Pcncadcr and White Clay Creek
Hundreds Sunday School Association
held their annual convention in the Head
of ChliStiana Presbyterian Church,
near Newark, Del, last week. Rev. J.
l.. Otis. of Newark. formerly pastor of
the Elkton NJ. Il. Church, was elected
President; DR. Il. W. Manning, Secrr-
tary: and Miss Agnes Evans, Treasurer.
What is supposed to have been an
earthquake shock was felt in Chester
town, at a quarter past 10 o'clock, last
Saturday morning. Every building in
the town was shaken, doors and windows
ratified and IL heaving tremor of the
earth was felt. Many thought they heard
Il Iumblng sound Immediately preceding
the shock There was some difference OF
opinion as to whether the shock came
from the east or south In heavy brick
buildings the motion was felt with startl-
ing distinctness.