The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-03-25
LOCAL JOTTINGS

st. Anne's Rectory in Middlerown
las been repainted and lpepapered
throughout by the vestry and the pipe
organ in the church has been repaired
and tuned by Haskell, the expert or
gan builder. of Philadelphia.
William Street, who was found
dead at his home at Rocks OF Deer
Creek, Hartford county, one day this
week, had nearly $500 sewed up in his
clothing.
w. H. H. Whiteford, pprominenr
resident OF Upper Hartford died at
his home in Darlington, on Thursday,
aged II years.
The Citizens Band of Cherry Hill
will give concert and festival in Red
Mems Hall, Saturday evening, March
18th, The band will play number of
bright new pieces. There will be solos
both vocal and instrumental The
Midnight Quartette" will make its
first bow to the public on this occa-
sion. Cakes. candies and ice cream
will be served; a good time is assured
to all.
-Damian Alagia, OF Elkron, was
one OF the students at St Charles Col
lege, near E!licott City, Md, most of
whom had close calls when it was de-
stroyed by fire lasr Thursday morning,
and is now at home.
A number of horses and teams ar
rived here on Monday for the use OF
the National Fire probing Company,
on the Foard farm on Red Hill Ma
chinery, it is said, will arrive in a week
or ten davs lor the proposed clay plant
on the tract
-Willet Ewing, of Calvert, made
second high amateur average in a two
days shoot at Prospect Park, Balti-
more. March 1917, breaking 2Io out
OF 24o targets in high gale, two tar
gets behind William Foord, the Della
ware champion. Harry England,
Marion and William Rose and Gusts
Williams also of the Rising Sun Gun
Club shot in the match.
Towels, set on fire by a swinging
gas jet moved by his three year old
grandson on Tuesday night, caused a
blaze on the third floor OF the fine
residence in Germantown (Phila) of
William II. Scott. father of John w.
Scott, of E!kron. Mrs. Scott had been
i'll for several months past in her
room on the second floor and remain
ed there while the fremen fought the
blaze by tearing off the roof. The loss
by fire and water is put at $40 900.
Failing on tn steps of porch at
her home in North East, on Monday,
Mrs. George O. Carey was shocked
severely and badly bruised
Slipping in the gymnasium at Del
oil 40, 1,c 7
Eugene Gonce, of Elkton. a student,
sprained his ankle.
Today, March rs, is moving day.
WING subscribers changing resi-
dences will kindly forward their new
addresses.
-Hopewell and Lapidum churches
and Wesleyan Chapel, forming Susque-
hanna M. p. Circuit, have chosen ].
M. Maclem delegate, with w. S. Wal
ker alternate to the Maryland Annual
NJ P, Conference at fredericksburg on
April 5. and will ask for the retention
OF Rev. Silas B. Tredway as pastor
An agency of the Society for the
Suppression o, Vice will be establish
ed in Port Deposit, it is said.
County Treasurer w, ]. Tarbutton
and 1. b. Grew, leading Kent peach
growers, report that their trees have
but few buds and look for a small crop
this year.
The missionary collections for the
year by the Sunday School classes of
Bethesda M. E. Church. Mddetown,
toralled 5000.
Some shad and several hundred
herring were caught near Havre de
Grace early last week. The floats wer
to move out this week David Fisher
is erecting sheds on the old railway
wharf to handle a large pack during
til coming season
Miss Mary A!exander's dress
caught on fire from a stove at her
home in Rising Sun, one day last
week. J. ID. Grant smothered the
flames with bags but scorched his
hands sew rely.
The ladies of This town and county
will be interested in the Spring MILL
merry opening OF Mrs. Lena Wilson,
advertised i'll another column, for
March q and rs.
Maryland Day, March rs, falling
on Saturday this year, was observed
i'll the schools yesterday Talks on
famed sons OF the State were the chief
features of the exercises. Rev. DR..
John McElmoyle was assigned as the
speaker at Elkton, John D. Worth
ington of Bel Air, at Calvert High
School, and Folger McKinsey, the
"Bentztown Bard. at Cecilton