The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-03
LOCAL NEWS.

-Tomc Institute Commencement will
hr held June II, II and Il.
William Hill. of the Eighth district.
j. setting out an orchard of choice apple
trees.
-Childrcn'> Day exercises will he held
in ST. Paul'S NJ. +. Church, .Johntown.
tomorrow evening.
The pupils of the Oak Grove school,
near Mechanics Valley. cleared 500 at
their recent festival.
-Childrcn's Day exercises will he held
in AShury Church tomniluw and at
IIoprwrll next Sunday.
Capitalists are said to he seriously
considering II trolley line from Chester
town to Ccntrcvillc and ElstUH.
Forty Hours Dcvution began in the
ElktGa Catholic Church on Sunday even
ing and closed on Tuesday evening.
The grades for the new sewer on East
Main street were fixed by engineers
from Baltimore and the work began on
Monday.
Summit NJ. +. Sunday School will
hold Childrcn'S Day exercises tomorrow
evening. Those at Bethel will be held
on June Is.
Tome Institute students returned on
Monday after an absence of about ten
days. the typhoid fever trouble having
been rrmrdi"d.
Harris NJ. +. Sunday School. Elk
Neck, will held "Children's Day eXer-
ciScS tomorrow morning and evening,
with special programs.
A festival will he held by the pupils
of Shawrah school nn their grounds.
Tuesday evening. June &. If stormy,
the next evening. Proceeds for library
purposes.
John w. Mccullough. of North East,
Commander of Wngate Post. G. \. r.,
is suggested aS ii candidate for Assist
ant County Treasurer "a the Republi-
c,ran ticket
A strawberry and ice cream festival
will be held at FRANKLIN School, near
Pennington, on Wednesday evening,
June I. Proceeds for the benefit Of the
school library.
-Homard Terry disposed of his house
hold goods. etc.. at his residence near
Colora. last week. preparatory to leav-
ing for Atlantic City. where he will en-
gage in the grocery business.
A strawberry and ice cream festival
will be held by the pupils of Blythedale
public school, on their grounds. Tues
day evening. June 9Th. If stormy. the
next evening. Proceeds for library fund.
The annual convention of the Diocese
of Ei<ton will meet at Snow Hill, on
Tuesday. June 6. The lay delegate for
Trinity Parish is Mr.. Alfred Wctherill.
with Mr. George h. kerfoot Its his al
tcrllsite
The hour of evening service in Trim
ity Church, beginning with tomorrow,
will be $50. with the exception of sun
day June Is. the occasi,n of the Sunday
School Song Service. when the hour will
he 7.3O.
The -Four PickcrtS Il Company np-
peared to fair hG;leI'S at Elkton Opera
House on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and gave good performances
with II number of pleasing Specialtics
between the acts.
The coUutcSt for the prize in Orstory
offered by the clergymcn of the State
under the auspices Of the Wuman's
Christian Temperance Union for Il prize
of 500. was held last evening ut Della
ware College to students of which it was
limited.
IA sketch of St Mary's Church
North East. campbell by the Rector,
Rev. j. Gibson Can't. and illustrated
with pictures, of the edifce before and
after the erection of the Brookings Mem
0rial tower, is on sale ut Wells drug
store, Elkton, and the North East and
pcrryvillc drug stores. ut - cents Il
copy.
The official Beard OF the First Me
thodist Episcopal Church of Portland
Oregon. has invited Rev. Francis Bur
gcttc Short, ID. d., formerly of Whining
ton. and well known on the Peninsula
to return for another year from October
l. next The church has 800 members,
40 gained since September, and the
missionary offerings rose from 500 to
$1,000.
The Lord Baltimore and the Penn,
the fine day beats of the Ericsson Line,
which have the speed of torpedo craft,
were to resume daily trips through the
Chesapeake 'ltd Delaware Canal on
Tuesday, the Penn starting from Balti-
more and the Lord Baltimore Prom
Philadelphia. The former took n party
of eXcursiOnosts to Betterton on Memoir
ial Day.