The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-03-15
news IN BRIEF.

The streets of Elkton are beginning
to get in good condition once more
An effort is being made to organize
base ball team ut Warwick, for the
coming season.
-Rcv. \. ID. Melvin. President of the
Maryland Annual Conference, will, on
next Sunday morning. preach in Leeds
Methodist Protestant Church.
Houses for rent in Elkton. are scar
Ger this year than ever before known.
Several families who will be compelled
to move. are unable TO get houses.
Next Tuesday week. March 18th. will
be Moving Day" in Cecil county. \
number Of changes will be made among
the places of ahodes by Elkton residents.
The comic drama-"Thc Old Maids
Convention was given i'll the ,Ir. O. L.
A. NJ. Hall. ut Perryville, on Thursday
evening. by the Ladies' Art Circle of that
town.
The annual municipal election will hc
held ut North East. on Monday. The
old board of Town Commissioners seek
recollection. There is likely To be II second
ticket in the field.
There are now Is students at Della
ware College. mt Newark. the largest
number in the history of the institution.
Their" are also prospects of this number
being increased when the next college
year opens.
Joshua NJ. Ash is slated for Captain
of Company f.. First Maryland R"gi
mcnL Of Elkton, to succeed Captain WEI
liam \. Wright. promoted to Major. and
John \. Morgan for First Lieutenant. to
succeed George Y, King, resigned.
-SUKGEON'S KNIFE NOT NEED
ED.-Surgcry is unnecessary to cure
piles DeWittS 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 countcrfrits
f. Frank Frazer. Elkton, Md.
The Columbia and Port Drro>it Rail
road Company has had IL large force %
men employed repairing and clearing III"
track of debris. laying platform and
wheeling the mud. which is about two
inches thick, of the track in Port de-
post This week.
Tho annual municipal election at
MiAdlrtnwn. Del, resulted in the election
of til" following officials; Alderman. Al
fred G.. Cox: Assessor. Jonathan w.
lcathcrbury: Treasurer. Edward ItrN-
nods: commissioners. William r. Corh-
ran and George g. Rowe.
For TIE COMPLEXION, The
complexion suffers from hiiouSno>S or
constipation. DcWitt'S Little Early
RScr% keep liver and bowels healthy amt
remove the cause. {. +. iI"op"r. Al
bany. Ga. II took DrWilt's l.iiti" EaiIy
RscrS for biliousncss. Just what | need
ed am better than in years. They
never grippe. J. Frank Frazer, Elkton,
Maryland.
-Rrv James l.. Nallandigham, u. d.,
the NrStor of the prrSbytrry of New
Castle celebrated the uinrtirth anuiv"r
sary of his birth on Thursday. last week..
and IN the evening, the congregations of
Head Of the Chri>tiana Church and First
Presbyterian Church. Of Newark, Del,
united in rendering him i reception.
The Mask and Wig club of Delaware.
College will give an entertainment in til"
newly fumshcd oratory. this. Saturday
night. Manager J. G. 'arI"r has en-
gagged .Iuc"b T.. CIymrr of Wilmington,
to coach tn" overture mon. The Banjo
and MHuiulin club. which j. under tn"
supervision of II. l.. Mairr. is being in
structci by Samuel II. Compton. leader
of the orchestra III tn" Wilmington
Opera House During the Easter vaca-
tion. the Mask and Wig club will give
entertainments at Srafor,!. Milford.
Dover and Smyrna.
According to the Delaware College
authorities IT Newark. mail is still being
received in reference 10 The | University
Of Delaware" and there i reason to he
licvr that an agent OF III" institution is
travelling in various parts of the world
and selling degrees The university
was chartered about three years ago,
under the laws of that State and tn" in
cOrporHtorS were II l fist. Il saloon
keeper and Il morocco worker. Letters
have been received ut Delaware College
asking the cost of certain degrees. 1t is
supposed that Australia is now being
worked. as letters have come from there
Prof. G.. Thomas Baxter. Supcrin-
tcndcnt of the public schools of Newark
Del. has been declared ut Il voting con.
test to be the h0mclicSt man in the
town. although his friends declare that
the decision was made more in the ma.
ture of II jest than in any other way
The voting contest was III an cntcrtain
ment in the town on Saturday night, nj Il
public hall, and most of the school girls
and students of Delaware College de-
posted ballots for Professor Baxter. wht
received nearly all the votes cast. IL,
was awarded II handsome mirror as /:
prize. Professor Baxter is one of tn,
most popular young men in Newark an'
is n graduate of Delaware College. anC
a former clerk of the State Senate