The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23

A new bell has been hung II Wright
African NJ. l.. Church. Elkton.
The shooting of black birds on the
marshes is quite popular AT this time.
Austin l.. CrothcrS. EST. removed
into his law Office III the new Mechanics
Hall, on North street. on Thursday.
w. &. Vests "Strychninc" won the
I'll class race, mixed. in Lancaster. on
Friday, last week. Tim"-2.2O. 2.1S"I.
30.
Rock and lass fishing in the Sus-
qurhanna river is row becoming quite
popular The water is clcarin" and the
fish are biting.
1t LOOKS 10" as if the coal strike WAS
going to pic,, and for that many owners
of c.lIly COZ. linS alr beginning To feel
t" "l.lul "".I to take courage.
Many roIorrd people from Elkton at
tented tn" rampmcctng ON the old
FIR "rht"wn turnpike on Sunday. Srv-
rr2l officers were present and there was
Iuj little disorder.
Tho attraction at the Elkton Opera
House on Thursday. Friday and SatW-
day nights. next week. August 2Sth. 18th
and seth, is the Charles f. Edwards
Stock Company of New York.
William Armstrong. an aged resi-
dent of Fair Hill met with serious ac-
cdrut the past week Will" Harvesting Il
horse. He was knocked down. and con
SidrrHhly bruised and stunned.
The Kent and Queen Annr'S Fair at
Tolchcstcr, begins next Tuesday. The
attractions this year are greater than
eyer and the trials of speed give promise
of being the most interesting ever held
on the Eastern Shore.
Samuel A. ridden. better known rs
Roe" Tildcn. son of solomon Tildrn.
colorcd. of Port Deposit. is charged with
forging his fathers name To Il note for
$40. This note was made payable at the
National Bank of Port Deposit.
The last issue of the Maryland \ gr-
cultural College Quarterly gives the am
alySiS of commercial fertilizers sold in
Maryland. The tests of the goods manu-
featured by the Scott Fertilizer Company
1T Elkton. are very high. the value of
each brand being found Ia bc much in
excess of the guaranteed value.
The owners of 'Ccdarcroft." form
cry the home of Bayard Taylor. near
kcnnctt Square, Pa, have offered it to
the Tennis Trolley Company. which is
now constructing Il line from West ChcS-
ter to Kcnnctt Square. The suggestion
is. that the company fit up the property
aS pleasure resort The same COM
pany will build Il trolley railway in this
town.
A large number of Cecil countiamS
attended the picnic held at Whitcman' :
Grove. near Newark. Del. by the Good
TcmplarS last Thursday. The exercises
were interesting and consisted of adj
dresses by Hon. Homer Castle, of Pitts
hurgh. Rev. J. =. Otis. u. d.. and Rev.
joel :. Giltllan. ID. d.. of Newark. Rev.
George w. Burk. of MarShalton. and
others. int"rspcrscd with vocal and in
Strumcntal music.
AT meeting of the board of visitors
of Washington College, ut Chcstertown.
on Monday night, Miss Mary Burchinal
was elected a member of the Faculty, to
take the place of Miss Edith Riley, who
has accepted II position in the West.
Miss Burchinal is a granddaughter Of
the late Capt. William ID. Burchinal, and
a graduate of Washington College. Miss
Marianne Hardcastle, of Talbot, was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Katherine Hobbs,
who has been elected vice principal of
the Frostburg Normal School.