The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-03-08
news IN Brief.

The annual election for Town Com.
misSioncrs of North East will take place
March 18th.
A rumor in Elkton says that indica.
tionS uf oil have been found on the Welsh
Point farm on Elk river.
Samuel Kelley. aged Pc years. son of
County Comptroller George ID. Kelley
died in Middlctown. Del. last Sunday
night.
The Colonial Tea" that was to have
been held on February DIST. by the Mis-.
sion Band of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church, was held last evening.
-Rcv. Dr. Henry +. Martin. rector of
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church
ChcstcrtOWn. has refused to accept the
call of a church near pittsburg. Pa
liz Missionary Anniversary of tn,
Elkton Methodist Episcopal SUNDAY
School, will be held tomorrow. Sunday
The North East Sunday School held thcil
anniversary on Sunday last.
On Monday. Walter X Terry. who
for number of years held the position
of Teller in the Rising sun National
Bank. assumed his new duties rs Cashier
of the National Bank ut PcrkaSic. Pa.
Tho storms the past few weeks hav,
resulted in serious damage to the public
roads, and great Inconvenience to tn,
trav"u-; puhlic. II has been almost i'm
possible to travel on some of the roads.
-~SURGEON'S KNIFE NOT NEED
ED.-SUr-"ry is unnecessary 10 cur,
pilrs. DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salvc cures
at once. removing the necessity for opera,
tons. For ScaldS, cuts, burns. wounds
bruises, sores and skin diseases unequal
led. Beware of dangerous countarfrits
f. Frank Frazer, Elkton, Md.
petitions are being circulated to b,
presented to the General Assembly ask
ing that body to pass a law submitting
the question Of licensing hotels to til,
voters Of the different precincts scpara
tcly. Hartford county, with the exception
of ll@vrc dc Grace 1.-THE Sixth district i,
what is known as IL dry county. Tn,
question WIS voted on in 1883 and agal
in 1883. l ne vote in favor Of the locl
option law was large in every other dis
trict of tn" county except this district
Elk.
-PRACTICALLN STARVING.-"A
few bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cur,
cured my wife of Il chronic case of Stom
ach trouble" says j. X. Holly, real rs
tate insurance and loan agent. of Ma
comb, Ill. "Bcforr using Kodol Dysprp
Sia Cure >h" could not eat without in
tense S,l'. ring" Nou don't have to diet
kodo' ,'y "~p%ia Cure will always digcs
wha! ,pn at. !. Frank Frazer Elkton
Maryland.
The commissioners of Kent an,
Queen .hnnc's counties met in joint srS
sion last Saturday. and considered tn,
question Of building or repairing the draw
to Chester river bridge. After an in
sp"ctinn of the present structure and tn,
report Of an expert bridge builder. tn,
Commissioners decided to build Il new
draw. Plans and specifications for !
new iron structure. and also for Il woodcI
one, ar" being prepared and an advcr
tiscm"nt for proposals TO build will b,
published in the county paper" mex
week.
For the information of our reader
who are on rural mail routes. We will Sa,
that they are not Obliged to buy any par
ticuar style of box to receive their mail
Any boy that You choose to put up will
be used. even Il wooden box picked III
about the premises. Considering tina
each family desires privacy and safct,
for their mail ii will be better however
to pay fair price for II properly con
Structcl lock box. This will be ahOu
5000 with lock and post and will last
life time. Where lock boxes are use,
they must be Of uniform patterns 81 tn
carrier can open all with one key. Tn
poStmaSterS are not permitted to sci
these boxes. but they can give YOU tn
names of concerns who make Il sprcialt,
of them.
The members of Nazareth Mrthu;liS
Episcopal Church ut New Castle, Del
have entered such II protest against thci
pastor, Rev. w G.. Rooms. formerly pas
tor of the North East and Rising Sun NJ
f.. Churches, from going to Epworth VI
f. Church. Wilmington. the coming year
that he has decided to remain ut his pre-
sent charge. Rev. Mr. Rooms had &C
cepted an invitation to Epworth Church
and Informed the official board of hi
present church that he would leave j
they could get suitable man to succce,
him. but they We're unable to get a pas
tor of their choice, so insisted on him t
remain After conference with preSid
ing Elder Robert Watt, the official boar
adopted the following minute In view
of the fact that the official board of tn
New Castle NJ. II. Church was unani
monSly of the opinion that the remova
of the Rev W. q. Rooms from the pas
toratc of the church would result botl
in injury and injustice to the church, the,
strenuously insisted that there be NJ
change in the pastoratc of the church, il
which conclusion both pastor and peopl
cOncurred."