The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-11-01


Opera House. on Wednesday evening,
| November 9th.
Charles Il. Bilcs. .Ir.. of Providence,
went to Philadelphia. last week. and
cried large combination sale. Eighty
head of horses were sold at good prices.
The corp of surveyors and the United
States Survey Schooner "Matchlcss.
have returned to Baltimore. after spend
| ing month in making Il rcsurvry of Elk
River.
| A number of people from Cecil county
went t" Wilmington. last night, to wit
ness tho Halloween mHSQuc parade,
ul.lcr the auspices of the Wilmington
Conclavr of Mogullians
| Ex-senator Austin l.. CrothcrS has
been campaigning in the counties ON the
| Eastern Shore of Maryland, in the inter
est of Hon. James f. Ellcgood the Dem
"cratic candidate for Congress.
Ladies' clean your kid gloves with
THE Dry Cleaner" 1t is not liquid,
! leaves no odor, and can be used while
the glove is on the hand. For sale only
| by j. Frank Frazer, Druggist, Elkton.
William i. Dean. the we'll known
Elkton carter. had his leg painfully
bruised and wrenchcd by casting fall
ing upon it ut the Elkton Foundry. on
"Wednesday morning. He was attended
10y DIR. William ID. Cawlcy.
-.Irthro Johnson and Company. the
well known millcr$ of Bay View. d"liv-
cred II load of their famous buckwhcat
in Elkton ON "Wednesday. which had
"a, -,,lI
three tons of huckwhrat 50 far this sea-
son.
The plans for IL new iron bridge over
North East Creek. to rake the place of
The old wooden structure i'll the town OF
North East. will he further considered
ut the next regular monthly meeting of
the County Commissioners to be held in
IIlkton. on Tuesday. November 18th.
Little Elk Tribe No. 80. Improved
Order Red Men. of Cherry Hill. will give
an entertainment for its members and
friends ut its wigwam. on Thursday
evening, November 18th. The program
will consist of rccitatonS. singing and
addresses by prominent Red Men of the
State. Music will be furnished by the
Elktou Orchestral
To arrange dates for the annual con
fcrcnccS to he held in the spring months
throughout the country. and to assign
Bishops to preside over the conference
sessions. the Board of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church met in
Scmi-annual session in Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church. Wilmington. Del, on
Wednesday night. Their meeting will
mn RiSh
ops held two sessions daily. to which the
public was not admitted, for the consid-
Grafton of the business affairs of the
great church they represent. Seventeen
Bishops are attending the meeting.
The Grand Jury of the Kent County
Court. before it adjourned, sprung Il
genuine surprise on most every one in
Chcstcrtown, by bringing i'll prcScntmcnts
against Dr. j. w. Uric. county health
officer and brother of States Attorney
John David Uric the Board of Town
commissioners of CheStertown and also
against Joseph Guist. II prominent citi-
zen Of ChcStcrtOwn, for allowing n nuiS-
ancc. 1t seems that Il drain. which is
considered Il menace to the health of Il
section of the town. has been allowed to
go undated. Developments will be
awaited with unusual interest because of
the prominence of the parties interested.
The one hundred and twenty-sccond
anniversary of BarIatt'S Chapel. near
Frcdcrica. Del. which is known as the
Cradle of MethodiSm" in America will
be celebrated on Sunday. 1t was in No
vcmber. 1874. that Bishops ASbury and
| Coke met at Barratt's Chapel, and ii
was there that Coke gave .ASbury the
message from Wesley. From the chapel
| Coke and ASbury went to the house of
Miriam Barratt, and discussed the plans
which resulted in calling the first con-
| ference of the Methodist Church ut Bal
timorc on December Doth 1884, when
| the foundation of the present church was
laid. To McthodistS, therefore. Barratt's
| Chapel is what independence Hall is to
| all Americans.
The Loyal Temperance Legion of
| CharleStown, was entertained by the w.
{. I. t.. ON Tuesday afternoon. mt the
| Parsonage. About twenty children were
present. and after some music and games,
they were served with cake. candy.
oranges and apples. \ romp out of
doors followed the treat Then after
| NOR" music. rafh was gwen Il bunch of
chrysanthcmmmS. and the little folks de-
parted. expressing themselves as having
had good time. The regular bi-monthly
meeting of the w. e. r. t.. was held on
Thursday evening, at the Parsonage.
One new member joined Plans are be-
ing made for II public meeting to be held
during Thanksgiving week. \ w. c. II.
I. library is the object in view.
| Another rural free mail delivery
route will be put in operation in the
upper section of Cecil county. about the
first of December. 1t will start from
Rising Sun, known as Route No. 3, and
will he about 20 miles in length. The
route will be ms folows:-Lcave Rising
Sun at = a. H., west to HarriSville. north
to Rays corner. northwest to McKin-
seys mill. southwest to John Turner's,
northwest to Gamer Reynolds. south to
| Nj. II. Kinks. southwest by northwest
to Octoraro bridge, to Moore's corner via
Octoraro postOflice, northwest via Rock
Springs to old hotel, southwest to Hill
corner. east to Boyle corner. southeast
| to IRA dlpv'S northno Of to - IT \Jnnrn'e