The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-03-04

- iHomaS flSner began work on
Tuesday on Joseph S. Pogue's double
dwelling OF concrete, the first of that
kind to be erected in Rising Sun
Postmaster George M. Evans, of
Elkton, on Saturday examined thlr-
teen candidates for rural mail carrier.
to succeed walter c. Mercy, resign
ed, on Route No. /, rom Elkton. The
papers were forwarded to Washing
ton, and the appointment will be an
nounced in due time.
A bazar and festival for the benefit
OF the Improvement Fund OF Cherry
Hill M. E. Church will be held in Red
Mems Hall, next Saturday evening,
March II. by the Ladies Aid Society
OF the Church.
-Workmen are laying concrete
foundations under Elkton passenger
station. in its new location.
"A supper and festival will be held
i'll Riverview Council Hall, Elk Neck,
by the ladies' OF Hart's NJ + congre-
CATION, next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. Tickets IS cents. Ice cream
and cake will be on SALE
Stricken with paralysis in his boat
on Elk River, on Monday, John Green
colored, OF Elk Neck, fell over, part
ly in and out o. the craft. and remain
ed so till found several hours later.
His condition is reported serious.
-"Ye Little Olde Folks Concert,
given by Seventh grade pupils, in the
Cecil County High School. on Mon
day evening, was well attended and
greatly enjoyed. The net proceeds
we're $28.
Lends Hand Circle of Kings
Daughters, OF North East, has elected
the following officers for the coming
term Mrs. B. NJ Mahoney, Presi-
dent; Mrs. L. F. Hamrck. Vice -Presi-
dent; Mrs. Curtis Williams, Secretary,
and Mrs. w. J. Falls, Treasurer.
Members anil friends OF Jones'
Chapel congregation are invited to at
tend the reorganization OF the Sunday
School tomorrow afternoon at 2.3o
O'Clock. Special program with sermon
at o'clock.
The tob-web social held last week
at Walker Fells, at Kembleville, was
wei attended and quite profitable.
A bake will be held i'll the room
adjoining c. H. Jeffers' store, on Main
street this afternoon at o'clock, by
Miss Lydia Terrelrs class in the NJ +.
Sunday School. Everybody invited to
attend.
The fence along the Howard
House yard on North street, has been
removed and placed diagonally. from
the north end OF the hotel to the rear
OF the Sngman yard. The north porch
OF the hotel as been removed, anu
Henry H. Mitcell will have an ice
storing receptacle built along the wall.
Miss Corneia Wayne, OF the Col
ora section. is i'll at Cecil Smeltzer's
residence with appendicitis with which
she was stricken while returning home
from Theodore Sharpless' recent sale.
Mrs. Martha ]. Moore fell and in
jured her arm severely at her home
near Richsrdsmere, one day last week.
William Jenness, of Woodlawn.
owns a mule foaled in the early six
ties, possibly the oldest in the coun-
try.
Vic Willis, the noted base ball
pitcher OF Newark, who was recently
transferred from the St. Louis TO the
Chicago team, is reported as negotlat-
ing with George Johnson proprietor OF
the Washington House, Newark, for
its purchase.
Rev. F. H. Reynolds. OF Alexan
dria, va, who accepted the call to the
rectorship OF the new Grace Reform
ed Episcopal Church. Havre de Grace,
filed its pulpit on Sunday.
"A site has been secured, it is
stated. for the proposed cannery at
Rising Sun, in J, II. kimble's mea-
dow, along the railroad.
jesse l.. Shepherd, it is reported,
has bought the old railroad freight
warehouse at Middletown which he
will move and use for storing grain,
phosphate, etc.
w hile Frank A. Janney and bride,
Miss Katharine Kebler, OF Philadel-
phla, where they were married, on
February 81, were returning on the
evening train on Sunday, after a visit
to the formers parents in Oxford. a
stone thrown through the car window,
at West Grove. whizzed by the couple.
Mr.. Janney's cheek was cut more or
less by broken glass.
The Court o. Appeals, last Thurs
day, i'll the case OF c. C. Caldwell. sur
viving executor of James T. Graham,
VS.. Eliza J. Graham, involving a claim
for a shortage of upwards of $4,000 in
the funds OF the estate, for which Mr..
Caldwell disclaimed responsibility, af-
tirmed, with costs, the order OF the
Cecil Circuit Court, directing the pay
ment by Mr.. Caldwell, Of the amount
claimed