The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-02
Happy New Yearl

Happy New Yearl
/ Court meets on Monday.
Contractor Sloan on Wednesday
completed the sewer work on upper
North street.
i w. K. Legcr has bought the How
ard Wilson farm OF 100 acres, near
| llaydcn's, Kent county, for 5000.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles +. Pierson
mourn the loss OF their infant daugh-
ter, who died ON Tuesday afternoon.
The Christian Alliance, one OF the
latest OF latter day religious sects, has
rented hall at Bay View Tor nightly
meetings.
William Moore has purchased the
| li3 acre farm OF Augustus Brosius, OF
Avondelc. located in London Grove
f township, for $1,000
The new high school building in
/ Aberdeen, OF which the tnwnspeople
are Justly proud, has Just been COM
plctcd by contractor Clinton Smith.
/ Yesterday, New Years Day, was
observed in the Catholic Protestant
+ Episcopal and Lutheran Churches as
the Feast oi the Circumcision
William Wilmer is at the Union
Hospital, Elkton, for treatment OF a
j badly wounded foot the result Of
cunning accident in the Rowlandville
section
The whole range OF Fail and
/ Winter Fashions for Men and Boys is
now open for your inspection Spec
/ al bargains in Ovcrcoats. ready to
! wear JNO FRAZER.
! Noble Morgan won the prize tur-
key at the shoot in Col. s. Il. Foard's
gallery on Christmas eve night He
put it mp again, and il was won by Jul
ian Smith
James {. Ingram died AT his home
near New London. ON December %.
aged 90 years III, father and he were
/ for many years sections ui New Lon
don Presbyterian Church
The young people oi New Castle
| Presbyterian Church arc going in for
| physical culture, and have formed an
athletic association, purposing to fit
up a complete gymnasium.
William Jones. who was standing
guard over George Brchm's turkeys at
| Rowlandvilc, which thieves had been
troubling. went to sleep on cot with
! his gun, and dischargiug it while asleep
shot of a big toe.
Il.ndmau closed up hi, sale, for
zoos with big prices, At {. G K Miller,
COW sale un Monday. the 18th inst.
near WupdIlwn. - COWS averaged
$3.50 head selling from $lroo 10
/ s., so Attendance large
The ladies 1T Wesley Chapel will
hold poultry and oyster supper at
! the chapc, on January q and 7 First
elias, ,tcwcl. panncd and fried oysters
! Everybody welcome Ii stormy, on
the first clear nights following.
-fllott's Orchestra furnished the
music at the holiday dance given by the
young men Of MddlctowJ on Monday
ught, which was well attended. Luc-
len Green, Julian Foard, James Wood
all and Irving Roberts were the man
ayers.
A bull stuck its nose into the entry
ri Earl I!cyuod,' barn IN the Eighth
district IN Monday afternoon and
struck a gun lett standing IN the door
way which wa, fired thee barge enter
ing the mouth oi the animal. which had
to he killed
-Rcv. Robert S Woods. 81 st Bar
thulomrw'S Parish. New York City.
will preach tn the students at Tome
School. Por, Deposit, early this month
aud Ialcot Williams, oi the Phiadcl-
phia Press, will likely address the
pupils in February
II. s. Worth. J. H. Strickland and
s K. Dickcy, the jury OF view for the
proposed new bridge over North East
Creek. between East and West Not
tingham townships, Chester county,
will meet on Saturday to sign the
notices and ten days later were to
make the view.
The preliminary plans for the llar-
Ian & Hollingsworth company's pro-
posed new steel car plant in Whining
ton. have been prepared, The work is
contingent on the vacating of JustiSon
street. which the JeSSup & Moore Paper
Company opposes in a formal protest
entered by Superintendent h. w.
ARREST.
Arthur Hale. we'll known in upper
Cecil. for some years past General
Superintendent oi transportation on
the r. & O. r. r.. has, owing TO pres
sure OF other duties as Chairman OF
several committees OF the American
Railway Association. given way 10
John c. Waibcr. Mr.. Hale will give
his whole time to iurthcring the in
,crcSts of the association and will have
offices in New York and Chicago.
"A ,cm-annual dividend OF 3 per
cent payable January >. has h@cn de
clarcd by the directors OF the National
Bank OF Port Deposit. This increases
the annual rate from 5 to Z per cent
During the year the Bank earned over
,5 per cent on its capital stock, adding
S.. 500 To its surplus account. which is
nov 100000 Mr.. s. G. Rowland is
President, Mr. W. w lIopkins. Vice
President. and Mr. +. G. Hopkins