The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29

-Conowingo will have a new mail
route ON October list. l5at miles long and
serving 30 people.
John Deckman. charged with assault
upon Thomas Rice. of Principle, has been
released ON hail for Court.
Miss Mary $. Miller. of Mechanics
Valley. has been appointed principal of
the Mechanics Valley public school.
-To-morrow will he Big Quarterly"
with coorcd folks in Wilmington. The
old time crowds are missed ut these gath
crngs.
The home season for reed and rail
bird shooting opens next Saturday, Sep
TENDER 9TH. The prospects are good for
"reedicS" but appear to he less favorahl"
for rail.
T. y. Hall. of Zion. OWLS calf
when was born on Thursday night. last
week. without tail. If it were only an
ape. it would he Invaluable us the long
sought missing link"
The hi-ccntcnmal of the old Welsh
Tract Baptist Church. near Iron Hill.
will he celebrated this fall. Preparations
are making for the celebration, and the
date will be announced later
Sunday services at Pleasant Hill
Free Methodist Church Tomorrow. An
gust 3oth. will include preaching in the
morning and evening. by Rev. c. Eakn>,
District Elder. and Love Feast in the
afternoon.
Allie Francis. coorcd who was shot
10y Howard Wilson. in Il quarrel over
crap game. about three weeks ago. has
returned from the hospital in Baltimore,
where his wound was treated. Wilson is
still at large.
A Festival will he held by the ladies
of st. Johns Church. LcwiSvillc. Pa. on
"Wednesday evening. September 2nd.
Proceeds for the laying of IL new board
walk. Ice cream and other good things
will be ON sale.
Jesse Rdwcll may remove to Penn
$ylvaua next year. He has Il two months
option on II fin" farm near Will"w Grove
Park. just outside of Philadelphia, and
has been spending the week in that city
combining business with pleasure"
The Ladies' Aid Society of Octoraro
NJ f. Church will hold "Sandwich So
cial' ut the home of Mrs. Harry Got
walt. at Cecil Paper Mills. on Saturday
evening September 9TH. Everybody wei
come. Proceeds for benefit of church.
While thrcShng was in progress on
the farm of Samuel Alrich. ut Glasgow,
DEL, ON Saturday. sparks from the en-
zine set fire To the straw and the contents
of the ck-yard were burned. but so
bushels of the crop of wheat being saved
Victor Barr left this week for De
Land. Floridn. where for several years
past he has been employed i'll one of tn"
leading business houses. He took Il trip
north this summer and has spent several
weeks in the employ of j. Frank Frazer
The Good Old Summer Time"
which appeared to hay" gone out of bust
ness. resumed ut the old stand this week
and braccd up the down-hrartcd pro-
prictorS of seaside resorts. Old Sol and
| General Humidity We're here in good
form.
POTATOES are rotting ut Lombard. this
county. Alfred Watson. ON" of the lar
gcSt growers in that urighhorhood. does
not expect more than unc-third of crop
from his fine field of six acres. He will
not take them up until cooler weather
comes.
A fine residence. stable and necessary
outbuildin~S will be erected 10y DR.. \. l..
Porter. of Wilmington. Del, on Il site of
nearly five acres uu Newark Heights. af-
fordtng II fine view, which he has pur-
chased from W. IL. Fisher and :. NJ.
Donnrll.
a meeting of the EXccutiv" Commit
tee of the Y. L. $. c. +. of Cecil county,
will he held in the Elktun Presbyterian
Church on Friday. September 4th. at
| 10 H. M. The officers of the County
Union and the President of the local
Societies are members of this committee.
-Shoff Bros. of Pcpuca. Pa. will fur
| niSh i.B0 ties for the l.. o. X $. Il. K.
| Th" rumor than the rond might b" >ccur-
ed by the Gould interests has been set ut
rest by II Hat denial from President Ram
Sry that the Wabash system aimed ut
acquiring railroad property in mthra-
cite territory.
| William j. SINNERS. of GrrrmhurSt.
reports that his yield of oats from ~
| acres. was :53i33 bushels. IS pounds per
| buShc 1t WAS from Western seed two
| years ago. He has also thrcShcd out 1J2
bushels of wheat. and thinks the yield
from Is acres will average about %
| bushels per acre.
| John Thomas, of Oxford. Pa, was
nearly killed on Saturday evening. He
was unloading Il coal ear on which he
was sitting. when an engine struck it
while backing. He was thrown off back
| wards. His head was badly cut and his
lower cXtrrmities were paraly wed by the
shock, but he is recovering from the fall.
| Officers Of the Security Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, of Wilmington,
Del, on Saturday last, received a note
| for SSOUO, to which the name of James
| b. Clarkson, Treasurer of the company,
has been forged. The note was present
ed at the Bank for collection by wo-
| man customer, who had received it in a
business transaction and supposed it was
genuine.