The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-10-07
LOCAL NEWS.

Next Tuesday. will give the last
chance to register.
-Srow'. Battery will hold it, annual
reunion ut Hcrryvilc today.
The streets arc undergoing their an
nual cleaning by 5hc town force
Tho yield of corn is generally re-
ported large and in several sections I'M
usual.
William Cam has removed from
West Main street to Il house on Maflitt
street.
Dexter NJ. Lee. of Zion, has ac-
ceptcd II position in the Office of the
Radnor Pulp Mil;
Tho ummage sale by the ladies in
the Mitchell Building will ho continued
today and this evening.
Weekly drills will be resumed this
evening at 40 o'clock, by Company E,
in its armory, Mechanics Hall.
A new overalls factory Isl projected
in Chcstcltown to be located probably
in the old public school ouildirg.
Walter Hoffman, of North East
gaShed his foot badly while stripping
bark off telephone poles, one day last
week
Governor Lea has recommissioned
Alfred G.. Cox as Justice of the Peace
and Notary Public at Middletown for q
term of four years.
Bethel Summit Quarterly Conference
will be held to day at $50 p. m. Prezid-
ing Elder Mowbray will preach in Be-
thel Church tomorrow morning.
Summit NJ. Il. Church ladies viii
hold an oyster supper and rummage sale
in Carnagy's shops during the week be-
ginning to%Ny for reduction of the
Church debt
Our readers will note that the old
reliable house Bayard. Son Il Co, of
Baltimore. want all kinds of farm pro
ducc Mr. G. w. Taylor of Zion, is
with this firm.
Chicken thieves raided the rooets
of two residents near Blacks and Lamb
sons Stations. Kent county. one night
last week, getting all Of ones and 30 of
another'S fowls
Daniel Kelehcr. Il native of ireland,
who claimed to be 105 years old, died
the other day in Wilmington. He never
drank, but smoked three plugs of to.
bacco weekly for years
Union Lodge A. +. & A. NJ. of Mid
dletOwn, admitted several new members
and enjoyed fine luncheon attended by
several members of the Order from Will
mington on Tuesday evening.
Another Democratic picnic and
amendment meeting is billed at Rising
Sun for today. OratoIs and II band and
a game of base ball between Elkton and
Rising Sun players will be the uttrac-
ton.
Services will be held in Jackson
Hall, Cowantown. at 3 p. IN. tomorrow.
Rev. joel s. Gilfillan will preach There
will he preaching also in the evening
and every evening during tie coming
week.
A minstrel show is billed al The
Middletown Opera House for next Fri
day evening TO he conduc"d by young
ladies Of the town 70" charitable pul-
poses. They have prospects of a crowd
cd house.
Former Senator CrothelS. b. T.
Grouse, of Carroll, and A. $. Gold~sbor-
ough. Of Caroline. addressed the Demo-
cratic meeting held in Moon's woods
near Fair Hill, on Saturday. which was
well attended.
The ladies of Trinity Church hold {;
on Marin street. on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday OF the present week. Cake
and candy sale this Saturday after
noon and evening
A large straw rick on the J. Fletcher
Caulk place, near Townsend was burned
one evening last week. The wheat had
luckily just been threshed. A bucket
brigade prevented the spread of the
flames to nearby buildings.
"A site for proposed academy for
young ladies to be erected in Easton,
Talbot county, has been sold to Bishop
John J. Monaghan, of the Diocese of
Wilmington. 1t will be conducted by
members of Catholic Sisterhcod.
AN day services will be conducted
at the dedication of st. Peters Pro
Cathedral in Wilmington, on October
30. MonsignOr Falconio, the Apostolic
Delegate Cardinal Gibbons and other
digmtarics will attend the exercises.
Owing to the strain of the duties i'm.
posed by care of the large parish Rev.
j. Gibson CAN'T, rector of st. Mary g
Church, North East, has resigned. He
has been rendered and accepted n call
to a parish in Queen Annes county
The river front below Bridge street
is lively these days and more crafts are
now at the wharves than have been seen
there at any time for years past. The
boats have been loading at the FertiH
ger Works and delivering wood for the
Pulp Nell.