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

The October meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the home of
NJ. {. Rcedcr, near Pennington, on We'll
nrSday
TREAT preparations are being made
for the big Halloween parade. in Will
mington, next week. \ number of Elk
tonians expect to witness it.
Magistrate |. II. Taylor. of Risin:
sun. the only surviving charter member
of Excelsior Lodge of Old Fellows.
which was instituted in 1871. has been
presented with II handsome chair by
members OF the lodge.
C. NJ. Phelps, ForcStd#la. VT, says
his child was completely cured of y bad
case of eczema by the use Of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Snlvc. Beware of al
| countrrfetS. 1t instantly relieves piles.
J. Frank Frazer, Elkton.
Robert Stewart. cololcd, will be given
ten laShes at the whipping-post. in New
Castle, Del, to-day. for wife beating. II
is the first sentence of corporal punish
mcnt for wife beating under statute
enacted by the last General Assembly of
Delaware.
Letters of administration upon the
estate of Col. John Il. Bond. of Port De-
post, have been granted by the Orphans
Court for Cecil county. to Philip r.
Bond. his son. who gave bond for So
Coo which would Indicate personal cS-
| tate of about S2O,OOO
Mothers everywhere praise One Min
tie Cough Cure for the SufrriugS it has
| relieved and the lives of their little onr,
| il has saved. Strikes nj the root OF the
trouble ami draws ont the Inflammation.
| The chidren's favoritc Cough Cure. j.
Frank Frazer. Elkton.
| The Delaware College foot ha,l e'cvcn
Won Il big victory last Saturday. by de-
f"ating the Havcrford foot ball team. Ivy
the score of Is to o. in II fast played game.
Harry Evans, of EIkIon. played full-bach
| for Delaware College. The game was
played in Wilmington ana was witnessed
| by Il large crowd of people" including II
| number from Cecil county.
| Readers of the Cecil Wig" will re-
member several local items published
some weeks ago. about Walter Daniels.
of Newark, Del, deserving his wife, and
taking with him Il sum Of money alleged
| to have belonged to his wife. \ recon
ciliation has been affected. and Mrs.
Daniels left the past week for Camden,
y. j.. where her husband now resides.
| The work of the Methodist Episcopal
Churches in this. the Wilmington NJ. Il.
Conference, in raising funds to wipe the
Conference Academy debt out. is still
progressing. Since April 1st, of this
year, when the conference apportioncd
the entire debt of S37 800 among the
various Methodist churches of the PENN
| Sula, sd 600 has been raised and was
turned over by Treasurer John $. Col
linz of the deht-paying committee.
| The Quarterly Conference of tn,
denton Nj. Il. Church, has extended Il
unanimous invitation to the Wilmington
NJ. f.. Conference, to hold its next an
nual session in Denton Church. The an
nual conference will convene in March
and the bishops at their Semi-annual Ses
sion. in Cincinnati the first of November
will fix the date for the meeting and ais,
name the presiding bishop. The last an
nual session of this conference held il
Wilmington. adjourned without selrc:
ing a place for the next meeting.
The Kent County Circuit Court con
vcned ut Chestertown. on Monday, with
Chief Judge Pearce and Associate .Iudg,
Edwin Brown ON the bench Judge Mar
tin arrived on the noon train. James :
Harris was made foreman of the Crane
Jury. At | o'clock. Mr.. Eben +. Per
kinS. of the Kent county bar and chair
man of the memorial committees pre-
scented resolutions of respect to the lat,
Judge Frederick Stump. Speeches il
pulogy of the late Judge were made hi
MrsSrs. Harrison w. Nickcrs. Marion
Dck. Smith, Hope ii. Barroll. John ID
(ric. Richard ID. Hynson. Levin w
WickrS and William w. Beck. Judge
Pearc". Martin and Brown responded
Court then adjourned out of respect Il
the memory of Judge Stump.
The annual inspection of the Mary
land Division of the Philadelphia, vii
mingtOn X Baltimore Railroad, was hcl,
on Saturday last. and the section boSse
are now experiencing much relief il
mind. For weeks the section men hav
been under great strain in preparing
the road for the inspection. and mucl
work was accomplished. 1t now remain