The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-08-27
LOCAL JOTTINGS

III LlOli SSDy IAN \iuINu
Silver & Liddell's cannery at Col
ora, began work for the season. Mon
day.
Sneak thieves are getting in work,
mostly on standing teams, i'll Rising
Sun.
A new iron bridge is Il re erect
ed over Stony Run, near Liberty
Grove.
John Churchman, OF symar, has a
broken arm. caused by kick from a
horse.
Preaching AT Jones Chapel to-
morrow by Rev H. A. g. Westerield,
at $50 p. NJ,
Elk Neck residents report that a
CROOKED" oculist has been operating
i'll that section.
-232 tickets were sold al Elkton
for the railroad excursion to Atlantic
City, on Wednesday.
Rev. DIR. L. E. Barrett will preach
in Middletown M. f. Church tomor-
row morning and evening.
A new bridge will be erected over
White Clay Creek, near Phillips Mill
III Londongrove township.
The Cherry Hill Bands festival
, and cvarnival held last evening, will
b econtinued this evening.
Trinity Sunday School held its
annual picnic at Otis Shore, Locust
Point, Elk River, on Thursday.
The Cecil Farmers Club held its
August meeting on Wednesday at M.
L. Thompson's, near Woodlawn.
Jones Sunday School will hold
their annual picnic in Wetherills
Grove. on Thursday, September I.
Leroy Reynolds, of New Bridge,
near Rising Sun, wos kicked severely
by newly shod colt, one day this
week. =.
"A valuable draught horse died OF
colo, on the Paul farm at French
town, on Elk River, one day this
week
Failing from hay wagon OH
Tuesday, George C Reynolds, OF the
Pennington section, broke his collar
bone.
The congregation OF Rock Church
and visitors had a good time at the
picnic held on the Church grounds on
Saturday.
Clifford Kirk, OF Rising Sun, will
enter the service of Carlin & Fulton,
one of the oldest hardware firms i'll
Baltimore.
-Elkton canrery opened on Satur-
day with sixty hands and with pros
poets for a better pack than usual in
recent years.
The Sunday School picnic held in
Ewing's meadow at Blake, last Satur-
day. was largely attended, and all had
a good time.
A valuable mare which Jacob A.
Null, OF Rising Sun, had just sold to
W. B. Cooney died, one day last week.
OF spinal meningitis.
Big Elk Sunday School will hold a
lawn iete at Mr. Elmer Janney's on
Friday evening. September ?. Ii
stormy, next fair evemg
The Boomer Girls base ball team
lost their game at Newark. on Satur-
day by score of II to o. $50 tickets
were sold for the game.
Capt Mack and WIFI, OF the
American Salvation Army, were in
town this week, holding meetings at
the Court House corner.
Crouch Chapel's lawn fete. set for
last evening at Henry Lewis, Sis has
been postponed until Tuesday next.
If stormy, Wednesday evening
Taxes viii be in arrears alter
September ], after which date interest
will be added County Treasurer lay
lor reports August collections good.
About fifty members OF Union
Lodge \. F. & A. ~, OF Elkton, en-
joyed crab supper AT Betterton, last
Thursday evening. making the run on
the Jeanette"
douglas Lockwood, the Middle
town youth missing since early spring,
left Chicago on Sunday for San Fran
cisco On route to Hawaii, where his
parents are living.
There are upwards OF twenty pat
tents at Union Hospital. Four opera
tons were performed on Saturday and
three on Wednesday, for troubles
more or less serious.
While at work in woods, on the
Thompson place, in Elk Neck, where
a saw mill is operating, Elliott Krauss.
OF the Sixth district, gashed his head
with an axe that struck a tree limb
and rebounded. lie was treated at
Union Hospital
The new local game law requires
nonresident gunners TO Obtain license
costing $40. The season for rail, reed,
blackbr(s and squirrels runs from
September to December "a. The
pheasant, quail, partridge, rabbit sea
son opens on November l.
During the visit TO National Lodge
|. O. O. F., of Elkton OF Special DIS
trict Deputy w. J. Arthur, OF Hyvre
de Grace, last Friday evening plans
for the coming tri-county meeting OF
Odd Fellows at Havre de Grace were
discussed Refreshments were served
after the lodge meeting.
DR.. A. d. McConachie is treating
John /. Davis, of North East. at I'm
ion Hospital for impaired sight OF his
remaining eye, the other having been
destroyed by an accident in machine
shot At Kennett Square, three years
ago. He is now an agent Tor tne
Ogden-Iioward Company, OF VII
mingtun On recent trip to EIktoi
his sight was weakened from exposure
to sunlight and he went to the hos