The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-22
ohn's, Lewisville. respectively.

John S, LeWiSville, respectively.
President Ira Remsen, OF Johns
Hopkins university, DR.. William B.
Clark OF the State Geological Survey,
and S NJ Shoemaker, member OF the
State Road Commission, and its en-
gineer, w. w. Crosby, were enter
tanned at lunch on oalur day in Port
deposit, by Director Thomas S. Ba-
ker, of Tome Institute
The annual State Convention OF
Postmasters OF Thid and Fourth class
offices, will be held in p o. Building,
Baltimore, on October 70. All Post
masters are urgently requested to at
tend.
Work was started on Wednesday
ton of State road. 1t is said that
operations this fall will be confined
to grading and concrete bridge work
at Long Creek and that the macadam
izing will be done in the spring.
announcement was made on Oc-
tober IA, OF the discovery of another
new star by Mrs. Williamina Fleming
OF the Harvard Observatory. 1t was
stated that OF the 70 new stars found
during the past rs years 10 were dis
covered by women assistants of the
observatory, one being found by Miss
A. ]. Cannon, two by Miss H. S. Lea
witt and ten by Mrs. Fleming. Miss
Cannon is sister OF Mrs. r. c. Lewis
OF Elkton, whom she has frequently
visited here, and is Wellesley Col
lege graduate.
John Mills, Elkton's noted song
ur about TO
Tell Her to Call Me on the Phone"
local hit, with music by c. E. Finck,
OF Elkton. Leading musical houses
have made fattering offers to Mr..
Mills for the control of his last song,
Those Days of Long Ago." and he
will enter two of his songs, There's
No One Cares for Me Now" and 81
Think OF Thee" for the $Ioo prize Of
fered by the Boehmer Music Company,
at its special request.
The last matinee races OF the sea-
son will be held on the Glasgow track
net Thursdayx afternoon with five
events on the card and number OF
speedy nags entered,
A valuable colt owned by J. N.
Williams, of Middletown, it is feared,
has been fatally injured by rolling on
a broken bottle in a pasture field.
John Anderson, of Ceciton, will
ship to Baltimore today rs fat steers
bought from James L. Dickerson, of
the Taylor's Bridge section, near Mid
dletown
-Sassafras Grange met at James ID.
Davis. home on Saturday night and
will meet again in the Mechanics
Hall, netx Saturday
A special meeting OF the Elkton
Improvement Association will be held
in Council Hail, on Friday evening,
October 81, at 8 O'Clock p. m.
Time to get ready for the Hallow
cen parade, on Monday night week
Howard Browns new greenhouse,
3oxSS T2 feet, at Calvert. will shortly
be operated by his son, Clement. Mr.
Brown has greatly improved the stone
mansion house on the CLAYTON farm
which he recently purchased
Several residents of Elk township
along the new telephone line from Mt.
Rocky to Mt Oiivet will install
phones.
The II. r. Gillespie property at
Liberty Grove was sold at public sale
on Saturday to II. f. Mcdowell, for
$7o3.
There will be I mass meeting held
n he chapel at Providence on friday
eve lin, October 20 Addresses by
Rev. john McElmoye and others
CaCiCe music will be rendered Every
body cordially invited.
A bale OF S:-aw slipped from Jas
Crcssans loaded wag III near Newark,
one day this week. lie was knocked
off the wagon, and the wheels ran
over him, njuring him seriously.
George H. Huber, OF Newark. was
struck and hurt by the broken pole OF
his wagon, when his horse, scared by
an automobile, ran away on Wednes-
day
Farm help is reported hard to get
in lower Cecil, even at unusually high
wages.
C. c. Caldwell has purchased the
old railroad freight shed at Port De-
post and removed it to his farm at
New Valley, converting it into quar-
tiers for farm hands.
Mrs. Robert Pierce. OF Colora, is
reported suffering from blood poison
ing, caused by puncturing her hand
with lead pencil
DR. w. Frank Hines, son OF the
late Jesse K. Hines, of Chestcrtown,
died in Baltimore on Monday, aged IS
years. He was Chief OF the Bureau OF
Vital Statistics and had previously
been Superintendent OF the State Bur
eau OF Immigration.
"A large crowd and good prices
prevailed at the sale OF the estate of
the late Job tIaines Kirk, near Rising
Sun, on Wednesday, the 10Th inst
The farm. containing 6S acres, was
purchased by Edwin F. Kirk, Tor
$1,000. Personal property sold up good.
The sac began at IL promptly and
ended at p. m, covering FL pages
of paper to take down the items sold
Hindman was the auctioneer.
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