Newark post., 1912-09-25
Cecil County Letter


East Road, has been sold to Chas.
Marcus for 81, 700.
John A. Long, of Philadelphia,
has purchased portion OF the
Whiteoak farm at Town Point, Elk
River. and on the bluff just below
the point. will erect a bungalow to
cost $4,000. A tower structure to
contain boathouse, bath room,
reading room, and observatory will
be erected on the shore and connect
by bridge with the bungalow.
Among the recent real estate
transfers recorded in the Circuit
Clerk s office are the two farms Of
the late Thomas M. Ferguson, in
the Fourth District, the Minner
tract of 621a acres, and the home
farm of 76 acres, with improve
ments, to Harriet G. Ferguson, by
George A. Blake, trustee, for $645O.
The ladies Of Rock Presbyterian
Church, near Fair Hill, will hold
Harvest Moon Festival on the
church grounds this evening, with
music by the Utopian Band. Ice
cream, cake, candy and hot cocoa,
and fancy articles will be on sale.
Ladies Of st. Andrew congre-
CATION, Andora, near Fair Hill, will
hold an ice cream festival on its
lawn, on Saturday evening.
William H. Warrington, with
the aid Of neighbors, has raised the
framework for a large new barn on
his farm, near Elder Station on the
b. & o. r. r., to replace the one
burned about two years ago.
' The funeral of Miss Rebecca B.
Steele was held on Thursday, from
her home near Blue Ball, with In
terment in Rosebank Cemetery,
Calvert.
Miss Steele, who was 6S years of
age, died on the previous Monday,
Of cancer of the liver. She was
daughter Of the late Alexander
Steele and was highly esteemed by
her friends and neighbors.
The Rising Sun Gun Club will
hold its twelfth annual shooting
tournament on it's grounds on We'd
nesday, October 16. The program
embraces ten events of Is targets
each, and a so target match for
the Cecil Championship, closing
with a special team race between
members Of the Elkton. Chesa-
peake City and Rising Sun Gun
Clubs.
A deed was recorded in the Cir
cult Court Clerk s Office last week
transferring all the property and
franchises Of the Diamond State
Telephone Company in the sever,
al counties on the Eastern Shore
of Maryland to the Chesapeake anC
Potomac Telephone Company, O
Baltimore, for $515, ,5SO.SS and tn
assumption by the latter Of a mort
gage of $5OO,O0O on the property
Miss Eeatrice Biddle, daughte
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Biddle, o
the Elkton section, and Mr.. job
l.. Bender, of Port Deposit, wer
married last Tuesday at the HON
Of the brides grandmother, Mr.
David Devare, on West High S
Elkton, by Rev. E. P. Roberts
Cherry Hill M. E. Church, nea
Elkton, is undergoing repairs an
improvement, including metal Gel
ing and side walls, interior and e!
terror painting, new floors, pew
and carpet and a new steam hea
er, all Of which will improve IL
appearance of the building and IL
comfort of the congregation.
William Pratt, Howell Graha
and Edward Dawson, three of la
years graduates from the ElktC
High School, have entered at De
aware College. Miss Susan Bra
ton Booth, another graduate of Il
school, has entered at Swarthmol
The September term Of the Cet
Circuit Court, which was thong
would prove quite lengthy, W
likely close this week with the d
posal of the cases on the Grimm
Docket. But two of the MAJ
cases on the Civil Calendar we
tried last week. Several mark
for trial were removed to 9th
counties in the Circuit. The Graz
Jury found nine indictments
one for selling liquor, three for |;
ceny, three for burglary, one t
assault and one for murder. In t
last case, that of Tony Duke, t
demented Italian, who shot Sh,
if J. Myron Miller, in the Jail va
at Elkton, last spring, w. 7. w;
burton, Esq, was appointed cot
sci for the defendant whose san
is to be tested by an alienist W