The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-31

"hd district. is seriously i'll at his nome.
"n iI"hcmia Manor with drOpSy.
III" old board of directors Of Rose
bank Cemetery Association of Calvert.
hHS been reelected for III" ensuing year
The .Tr. q. L. y. Nj. Of pcIyyiIlr.
will hold their annual banquet in their
lall, ON Monday evening. February 9th.
1gU3.
Lionel Hail. of Zion. has accepted =
position in - drug store at Germantown.
Pa. He will atrcnd the CoIog" of phar-
macy.
There is an epidemic of dipthcria
among the coIorcd people at and near
Galcna, Md. Over forty cases are re
ported.
Samuel Yocun. of Fair Hill. form.
"rlv of E,lktun. has rented the Stump
farm near rrrryvilr To which he will
remove in the spring.
AT the meeting of the Flkt"n I'M
v"r>itr Extension Glass. last evening.
Mrs. l.. NJ. IIancs discussed in paper
"Thr Boundaries of Maryland"
y sewing party was given ut L"ni-
bard. ON Thursday. for the duncan
| family. who recently had their house and
nearly all of the contents destroyed by
| fire.
Mrs. X. +. Ramho offers for sale tho
stock ana fixtures of her established mil
lincry store in North East. There is an
excellent opening for an up-to-datc mil
| liner.
The "povcrly Social held at the
home of George +. Peterson. in the
| Fourth district. by the ladies of Ri" Elk
Chapel. on Thursday afternoon. proved
quite Il success.
The steamer "SaSSafrnS" of the SaS-
SairaS River Line, having hcrn cut in
half anl twenty-five feet added To her
length, will hereafter he known as the
steamer Annapolis"
--tiuy Bros. Ministries gave an excel
lent bill at the IIlkton Opera House ON
| Thursday night. The rr-"rgnnizcd com
pany is strong. and lis performance
pleased large audience
AT the Jacob Tome Institute, in Port
Deposit. last night, Prof. Angelo He'll
prin, of the University of Pennsylvania,
delivered II lecture on MT. Pclcc AMI
the Tragedy of Martinique
A full attendance of Little Elk Tribe
No. 30. Imp. Order of Red Men. Of
Cherry Hill, is desired on next Thurs
day night. the 9TH inst. business of i'm
portancc is to he transacted.
Ladies clean your kid gloves with
"The Dry Cleaner" 1t is not Il liquid,
leaves no odor, and can be used while
the glove is on the hand. For sale only
by j. Frank Frazer, Druggist, Elkton.
The Smvclc Dramatic Company
presented ShakcSpcarc'S Romeo and
Juliet ut the IIlkton Opera House very
acccptably on Monday night. The audi
cncc was good, but not rs large as the
merits of the performance deserved.
| Taylor Mckcnncy. of Elkton. is at
| Port Deposit. with force of men con
structing Il permanent line Of wires for
the Diamond State Telephone Company.
The poles will be used by both the Tclc-
phone Company and the Electric Light
Company.
The poultry supper held Tuesday
evening, ut the residence of Reese
George, at Elk Landing, by the ladies
of Jones Chapel, was well attended. and
quite good sum was realized, which
will he used to purchase new chairs for
the chapel.
| The two dramas entitled "A Bunch
of Roses" and Aunt Jcrusha's Quilting
Party" will be presented hy tn" Ladies
Art Circle of the Prrryvillc NJ. +.
Church, on Thursday evening February
18th, 1903. in the Jr. O. L. \. NJ. Hall.
Admission - cents.
John r. Hartnrtt. SON Of James
Hartnctt near ChildS. has been promoted
to the position of baggage master for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad C"m-
pany at Wilmington. Del For III" past
year he was assistant agent for tn" same
company ut Newark. Del
The Christian Enir0vor Society Of
Zion Presbyterian Church has elected
the following officers for tn" ensuing
term Edwin ID. Cnrhnrt. l'rcsidcn,
Miss Florence Shepherd. Nicc-Prcsid"nt
Mrs. Austin Carhart. Treasurer; Miss
Josephine Carhnrt, Recording Secretary
Miss Annie NcHrnS. corresponding Soc
Erctary.
Next Monday. February md. will h,
'Grouud Hog Day" According to tn,
popular superstition. the willy rodent vii
make his appearance at noon on that
date. and if he secs his shadow. will
again seek his quarters and six weeks OF
winter weather will follow: but If it j,
cloudy. he will remain ont and >priu-
will hrgin NJ once
The following candidates We're init
ntrd by hktun Council. No. -. Ir O
L. \. NJ. on Tuesday evening = Charlie,
L. George. Walter \. Collins. Noble &
Heath. Walter II. Bouldcm. Ir. Elwoor
j. Kirk. DR.. VIM. y. tawlcy. John Il
Moore. Arthur Marcus. William Schaf
fer. Charles Payne. Th, Council is re
ported to he in flourshiug condition.
In another column of this issue N
the Cecil Wing" will be found an ad
vrrtisrmcnt to which we call the attrn
ton of our readers who are Interested il
horses. 1t is Il sale of twcnty-cight hcHC
of fine Ohio horses at the Marylanr