The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-01-15
LOCAL JOTTINGS

Grace Marshall. the young woman
who was imprisoned from youth in
her home, is gradually improving
physically in the Phipps Psychiatric
Clinic. Baltimore. According to sew
oral SPECIALISTS who have made study
cf ner extraordinary case, the girl
will never yield to treatment, as pre-
srribed. One of the specialists ad-
nitted hope for the return of the nor
nal mental condition by treatment
had been abandoned. Since taken al
The institution she has added three
words to her vocabulary. They are
sno " yves" and what"
The Tome School basketball team
defeated the Oxford, Pa, Athletic
Cnb last Saturday, in a game played
~ Tome School by the score of 33-8.
Services will be held at Crouch
Chanel tomorrow Sunday evening
~ 7:3O o'clock. Public invited.
The W. C. T. U. of North East,
rerentlv donated % towels to Union
Hospital, Elkton.
At the public sale of personal pro-
nretv of Jacob Moore. near Newark,
bel Auctioneer VIM. S. Armstrong
sold horses from sos up, cows aver
soed 500, corn brought 92 cts. per
In 500 bu. oats brought 60 cts. per
b,I Hay 500 per ton. 1t was con-
sidered by many to be the best sale
held in that community for some time.
Tho sale was held Tuesday as adver-
tised in the WING last week.
The will of Mrs. Richel P. Child5,
widow of c. NJ. Childs. of Whining
Al,
Orphans Cohrt for probate. Her
farm at Rowlandville is left to her son.
Walter NJ. Childs, and the remainder
of her estate is devised among her
four children.
The managers of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Cecil County
on Tuesday elected William Sterling
Evans as Secretary and Treasurer of
the Company. succeeding John NJ.
Tucker. resigned.
Elwood Balderston. of Colora, re-
ports the following rainfall in Cecil
county during the year 1915: January,
5.53 inches; Feb. 1926; March. 1877;
April. POS; May, 5.33; June, 3.79,
july, 3.8Z; August, 1918; September,
900: October, 2.30; November. ITO:
December, 2.SS. Total for the year,
1883 inches; average per month. 4.07
inches; average per month for 1914,
300 inches,
Hagerty, ST.. e Son, Port Deposit, are
Headquarters for Automobiles and
Carriage Painting and Decorating .adtf
The Peninsula Horticultural Society
met in annual session at Easton. on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
this week.
Trave.ing libraries We're circulated
at Elkton and North East last year,
as shown in the report of the Mary
land Public Library Association.
A civil service examination was held
at Elkton Saturday by the local sCcre-
tary, Samuel Trimble, for the posi-
ton of auxiliary clerk at the Elktoa
postotfice. There We're three appll
cants-Marion Sloneker, Of Elktoa;
Arnold c. Cooke, of Elk Mills. and
Harry C. Pyle, of Shovel. Worcester
county.
Go to Hagerty, Sr., and Sons up-to-
date Automobile Supply House, in
Port Deposit, Nd. for Oxy-Acetylene
welding. advt-tf
Exera services are being held each
evening at Zion Presbyterian Church.
It is rumored that DR.. Daniel Brat,
ton. dentist, of Elkton, will spend part
of each week at Port Deposit. having
purchased the furniture and instru-
me IT. OF the late DR.. Brown, of that
piac'.
The Third District Teachers Read
ing Circle will meet next Tuesday
evening, at 1870 o'clock. at the School
Commissioners office.
Hagerty, Sr..& Son, Port Deposit, are
headquarters for Automobiles and
Carriage Painting and Decorating .adtf
The Woman's Club of Elkton will
meet next Tuesday afternoon at 3:43,
in the Odd Fellows lodge room in the
Tucker building. Miss Miller, of the
Tome Institute will address the meet
ing on "Education.' The future meet