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$ ’I Titf v ecu .bithJSSwji'!. un|u(. i i ' ** SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900. REAL ESTATE. Recent Transfers of Property Recorded in Cecil County, James 11. Webster and Ella E. Webster, to James K. Kelly, house and lot iu Port Deposit $1,450 Robert C. Thaekery, Attorney, to Theo- dore Ott, Taggart farm iutho Second district $3,500 Naomi C. Hogg to Gilbert Smith, un- divided ten-twelfths interest iu twelve tracts of land iu Cecil county $5,818 William 31. Poguo and wife, to Joseph S. Pogue, land in Sixth district $2,775 Sarah Hopkins and Thomas C. Bond, Administrators, to Evalyn S. Tome, Philip Hopkins property la Port De- posit $535 MARRIAGE LICENSES. Issued This Week at the Office of Clerk of Court for Cecil County Summerlleld Wilson, of Havre do Grace, and Esther llonshaw, of Newark, Del. Harry W. Burgeln, applicant. E. N. Sweet nnd Bertha Bennett, both of Elkton. William H. Silk, applicant. NEWS IN BRIEF. —Several members of tho family of Lovl K. Bowou, of Newark, arc ill tho result of ptomaine poisoning. —Tho steamer “Susquehanna” will run tho first of tho popular “moonlight’’ excursions ou Monday night next. —Tho West End Sunday School will hold their Childrens’ Day exercises tomorrow, Sunday, evening at C o’clock. —The office of tho Eureka Fertilizer Com- pany, nor Perryville, was struck by lightn- ing Monday night. Very little damage was done. —Tho strawberry festival which was hold at the Elkton Catholic Church, Thursday and Friday evenings, will ho continued this even- ing. Proceeds tor the benefit of tho church. —Still Pond, Kent county, is now equipped with a complete electric light plant, and is probably the smallest town in tho United States having a fully equipped electric light system. —Monday night’s storm did considerable damage to tho roads and growing crops. Several buildings in tie Fifth district were struck by lightning, hut no serious damage was done. —Tho United States Surveyors, who have beer, engaged in making a topographi- cal survey of Cecil county, left North East on Saturday. They will resume work next full, witli headquarters at Elkton. A-i C. Denio, road foreman of engines on tie- Maryland Division of the Pennsyl- vania railroad has been appointed supervisor of hank rooms along tho entire route from Philalolpliia to Washington. - Complaint bus been made to Examiner Biddle tout parties were breaking into nnd trespassing upon the - h ... grounds ut War- wick The matter wa referred to States’ Attorn, y William S. Evans for investigation. —The Elkton Town Council was la special session Friday night, last week, and passed an ordinance prohibiting tho keeping of pigs within ti e town limits except ...j boca fide farm property. The ordinance will take effect on January i, 1901. ..While standing on. one track watching the approach of a train William P. Reynolds, station i.geut at Townsend. Del., was struck by a train coining from the opposite direc- tion and his right foot was so badly crushed that it had to lie amputated —The following pastoral appointments for Cecil county, wen made by the Maryland District A. U. M. P. Church, which met lu annual session at Havre de Grace, last week: Rev. R. E. Moore, Cedar Hill Circuit: Rev. C. \V. sides, North East Circuit. —Mr.-. Hannah Creswell Inis presented a handsome Hag to John A. J. Creswell Post, G. A. ft., of Elkton. Tho presentation took place last night Addresses were made by several speakers. A number of members from other posts attended the presentation. —The strawberry season is nearing an end, and large shipments from the peninsula have almost stopped. The season this year has been it particularly short one nnd the crop only about one-half of that of last year. The prices received by some growers have been very good, while others have made very little money out of the fruit. —Last Saturday, “The Kigbio,” a handsome now hotel at Betterton, that noted Maryland pleasure resort situate at tho head of the Chesapeake Bay. was opened under the pro- prietorship of Howard Turner. The hotel is one of the finest that can ho found at any pleasure resort iu Maryland of the same size. It has a capacity for accommodating 125 guests, and Mr. Turner is a man capable and competent oi taking care of all his guests lu the proper manner. His table is always spread with all tho delicacies of the season and his rates ate moderate. During July and August, Betterton Is noted for affording tho best fishing grounds that can bo found iu several days’ journey. In another column of this issue of tho Cecil Whiq will bo found hfs new advertisement. —Childrens’ Day was appropriately ob- served in the Cherry Hill Methodist Eplsco-, pal Church, last Sunday. Xu the morning, Rev. J. H. Geoghegnn preached a special ser- mon for the occasion, and at night the fol- lowing program was rendered: Singing, by school; responsive rending, by school; “Who Will Volunteer,” by school; by Rev. T. Fryer; “In Bright Ranks,’’ by sehooil; reci- tation, by Edith Harvey; motion song, 1* ffifnnt school; recitation, by six boys; “Hark the Sound,” by school; recitation, by Robert Harvey; singing, by Lettie Burns nnd Isabella Miller; recitation, by four girls; singing, by four boys; recitation, by Wilda Davis; solo and chorus, “Tho Flag,” by Harriett Whitaker recitation, by three girls; “Move Forward,” Kf,school; address, by Bov. J. H. Oeoghegan; collection; “Shout the Battle Cry,” school; “Song of Victory;” duet and chorus, by Misses Baobel Kirk and Lyi*a Porter. HOiCE Vegetables will ahvay:;. iinj a ready market—but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the •.’Teal secret how to ob- tain both quality and quantity by tire judicious use of well- balanced fertilizers. No fertil- izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least S% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New Yurk. —Clinton Denney tins secured a position at Camden, N. J. —Ttio festival at Pierson’s drove, Satur- day night, realized about $45. —Miss Ellen llarroll is having her resi- dence on East Main street, repainted. —Elmer E. Hinson bus a position in New York State setting up binders lor the Deer- lug ilaohiuo Company. —Tho contractors for the new station at Porryville, have finished the foundation and are rapidly pushing th brick work. —Mrs. Savannah McKenuey has removed from East Main street to tho houso ou How street, recently vacated by Qeorge T. King. -Miss Mabel Marrelt, of Leeds, passed tho State examination for senior students of the West Chester, Pit., State Normal School, last week. —•ln the United States Court Tuesday Isaac S. Fredd, of Newark, who was recently adj- ured a bankrupt, was discharged from the rule of tho court. —Over Ilfty dollars were realized by the festival held at Howlandville, last Friday and Saturday evenings. A largo crowd of people were present both evenings. —Mr. Jehoiakim Briekloy, of Sylmar, and Mr. Alfred Anderson, of Principle, wore relieved of their poeketbooks while attending the Oxford Spring Fair last week. —ltov. W. If. Laulug, of Philadelphia, will preach at tho Pleasant Hill Church, to- morrow, Sunday, morning and evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all. —liov, A. S. Mowbray, of Fort Deposit, toad an interesting paper on the General Conference at the meeting of the Wilming- ton 31. E. Preachers’ Association ou Mon- day. —ln attempting to cross tho old fording below Davis ,v Viuslnger’a mill, Monday afternoon, Coustabl, T. Emory Lc“. of Olu rry Hill, got bis horse mired in the mud. Some hoys went to his assistance. The School Hoard has aco> pted the resig- nations of MBs Hannah A. Griffith, C irr.v M. Vausant, and Maud Hr iwn. They have also confirmed the following: Miss Mattie Warner, Elizabeth J. Keene, and Kittle Husfelt. —Tim following officers have been elected directors of West Nottingham Academy for the suing year: President, S, W. Media: : Secretary, C, c. Cameron; Treasurer. J. H. Verio Trustees, S. T. Lee, w. R. .Steele and A. J. Morris. —The commltUH having in charge the col- lection of a fund in Elk ton to hoi forwarded In aid of tho famine sin.-,,en people of India, w t ¦; n ssfu la ¦ islng *2Ol, whlcl ; is been ,-eut to the central committee j u New York to he forwarded. The Northeastern District Junior Christ- ian Eudcav'.r will hold their annual eou- ventlou in Ch> stout Grove, Sweet Air. Hai- timorn county, on .Tine ‘dll and 21 The con- vention will open at 8 j . m., ou the 20th, and ele.se 0,30 p. m,, on the 21st, —The twenty-sixth annual commune ment f tho Friend’s Normal Institute, Risk:;’ Sun wa- held lust evening Tim graduating class consists of Misses Emily L. Duyekinck, Mabel Duyekinck, H. Maude Kirk, Helen Phillips of lllslug Sim and Margaret Hoy 1 of Nottingham, Pa. —Harry Dixon, of Enrleville, who wa? shot in the face by i: eur.ipaulou and severely injured, about four months ago has returned home from a hospital in Baltimore where lie hits been since the accident. He has fully recovered from his injuries except his sight which is badly damaged. -The Hint hieyli meet of the Maryland Division, League of American Wheelmen will he held in Havre de Grace, on July S and ¦l, and already the local wheelmen aro having committees at work arranging tor the event. A bicycle elu with a membership of ilfty has just been organized at Havre de Grace. —The weekly crop bulletin issued by tho weather bureau, for this week, reports that peaches oeutinue to drop iu all districts, thinning tho crop badly in portions of Cecil county, but elsewhere tho result has been simply to relieve the trees of the imperfect fruit. In Cecil and Kent counties straw- berries were reported plentiful. —A fatal disease has prevailed among tho young calves of farmers living in tho vicinity of Hising Sun. The disease was thought to ho tho ordinary “scour,” hut doctoring tor this proved ineffectual. Edwin H. Reynolds, of Rlstag Sun, wrote to tho Department of Agriculture aud received tho answer that as far ns they could judge from tho symp- toms the disease was diarrhoea. —Hollo Boyd, the noted woman Confeder- ate Spy, died on Monday In Kllbourno, Wis- consin. Several years ago she lectured In Elkton and Rising Sun, giving her exper- iences during tho war. The life nnd death of this noted woman was of interest to a number of (Ascii countiaus because of tho fact that In her girlhood she attended Mt. Washington Female College, near l|iltimoto. At this time Dr. J. H. Jamar, of Elkton, Dr. John E. Owens, of Chicago, and the late Ex- Qoveijnor Jas. B. Groome and J. C. Oroome. were school hoys from Cecil county at Rugby Institute which was at Mt. Washington, almost adjacoilt to the institution at which Miss Boyd was a pupil. A friendship Mutu- ally sprang up between Miss Boyd and the Cecil county school hoys. John E. Alexander & Son, Elklon | have taken the agency fr the Deering Reapers and Mowers. Repairs on hand all the time. CECIL WHIG, ELKTON, SATURDAY. JUNE 16, 1900. —Childrens’ Day services will bo held at Bethel tomorrow. —Albert Miller has bought out tho business of Harry Perkins at North East. —The pension of John H. Davis, of Pori Deposit lias been increased to $lO. —Childrens Day services will be hold at Jones Chapel to-morrow Sunday evening at 7.30 - The salary of the post master at Rising Suu has been decreased from SI3OO to $l,lOO por year. —The wood work of the Second National Bank is being repainted. Charles S. Parker is doing tho work. While working at Perryville, ou Friday, Erastus Butter, of North East, was over- con. I by the heat. Ho was removed to his he- .• on Saturday. —The entire pavement in front of the National Bank of Elkton, on East 31uiu street, is being relaid in asphultuin. L. O. Cameron is contractor. —The ladies of the Elkton Presbyterian Church will hold a festival on tho lawn, in front of tho church, on Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings. June 19th and 20th. —Jfiss Marion Clark, of Ceelltou, it mem- ber of tho class of ’9B, Cecil County High School, received a gold medal at Western Maryland College, on Wednesday. —The board of trustees of tho Tome Memorial Church, Port Deposit, have de- cided to raise the salary of their pastor, Itov. A. S, Mowbray, from SI,OOO to $1,200 per year. —Sheriff F. Ambrose Price has seized the stock in the store ou East High street. Elk- ton, recently occupied by William H. Silk, and will sell same on Tuesday uext, Juno 19. Silk has left town. —Rev. Frank E. Williams, of the Boundary Avenue Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, will exchange pulpits to-morrow, moruiug and evening with Rtv. John McElmoyle, of the Elkton Presbyterian Church. —Tho Pleasant Hill Young Peoples’ So- ciety of Christian Endeavor will hold a strawberry and ico cream festival this, Sat- unday evening, In Mrs. Emma Smith’s grove. Proceeds tor tho benefit of tbe suffering peo- ple iu India. —Book Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. William FitzSlmon is pastor, is being re modelled and a number of handsome im- provements made to tho interior under the direction o! architect William L. Pluck, of Philadelphia. A heating plant is being placed in. - Harry B. Bouidou of near North East, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff McAllister ou Tuesday afternoon and brought before .Magistrate p. M. Groves who hold him iu $],009 bond lu each of four eases for hia appearance nt court ou tho charge of abduct- ing bis children after they h.t I been com- mitted to a bomo. —Paymaster Martin, of tbe United States Navy, who is u graduate of Delaware Col- legia and participated In the battle wlu-u Admiral Dewey captured tbe Spanish ilcci at .Manila, will made an address before the Histori - al Society of Delaware, next Monday ovi uliig. Ho will tell what 1: ¦ saw of the battle, a part of which he was. —That well-known clothing firm James T. Muffin A- Sons, of Wilmington, Is doing a go d thing for their customers iu the nearby towns and country ou tho occasion of tbe Elk’s Carnival, week of Juno 18 to 23. This firm will return cost of railroad ti.-ket to tlios.i making purehnsi s provided the cost of ticket doe; not exceed pj per cent of the amount of cash purchase. Note their adver- tisement iu another column. —Th" annual spring fair of the oxford Agrlcu’tural Society, hold last week, was well alt aided, tlu crowd on Friday being espec- ially large. There wore large exhibits of hort -. farm machinery, dowers, -trow- b n-i- -, etc. Tim trotting wits a groat attrac- tion, n number of Cecil county Ic-rses win- ning jur-es. Tb" auto-cycle scut out from Philadelphia, by John Wauinnnker, was pre- vi iiti-'l from giving salislaetory >xbibitioa of speed by the rain. The receipts of the fair were about &2200. - Two horses belonging lo Richard L. Naudaiii, a farmer living near Middletown, ¦ .-.pi 1 from the pasture on Tuesday night aud wandered on the canal drawbridge ut Summit Bridge. Tho bridge tender was signaled by an approaching vessel to open the draw, when he discovered tho hor-esand drove them off the bridge, but before lie could open the draw they stepped back upon the moving structure. They wandered from end to end of the bridge while the Iraw was open but did not attempt to jump off. A- soon as tho vessel had passed through tho bridge tender turned turned tbe bridge back and tho horses were out of danger, This is certainly another argument In fafbr of hav- ing safety gates placed across tho road at this place. —The Baltimore Business University, [whose advertisement appears lu another part of this paper, has adopted a cow and unique plan which puts the art of book-keeping, Shorthand and Penmanship within easy reach of all. They are teaching these three branches which are so necessary in the busi- ness world of to-day by mail, nnd their sys- tem is said to be the most thorough and is meeting with success everywhere it Is intro- duced. Everyone should know something about book-keeping as,it will be found the greatest assistance, even about ones own home, and with matters made as simple as tho Baltimore Business University make it. there Is no reason for anyone being without the knowledge. We are glad to see such enterprise as this with its home iu Maryland. QVMMASTIC UNION AND FESTIVAL (TURN- FEST) NORTH AMERICA, PIHLADEIPHIA, JUNE 17-24- Reduced Rates to Philadelphia via PennsyJvanla Railroad. For the Gymnastic Union nnd Festival (Turufeat) North America, at Philadelphia, June 17-24, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- piuiy will sell excursion tickets to Philadel- phia from all stations on Its line at the rate of single fare for the round trip (minimum rale, 50 cents). Tickets to be solfl nnd good going Juno 15 to 21, inclusive, and to returns until Juno 2(1, inclusive. " Notice. Books \>®ll be opwned at the officel of the* Mutual Fire* Insurance Comilmv in Klkton, and at tho office of Joseph H. Stocloat Chesapeake City, on Friday, June 22d, 1000, nt 10 a. in., and will be closed on Bat- urclay, June3oth. IWOO, at 10. in., for tho pur- pose of receiving subscriptions to tho capital stock ot the Cherry Hill. Klkton and Chesa- peake City Electric Railway Company, of Cecil county. The par vtdfce of said stock being SSO per share. JOHN M. TCCtCBB, Secretary, HENKY H. BRADY, President. juneKMl PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. The “Vivo ciub” was pleasantly entertained at the home of .Mr. aud Mrs. A. B. McVoy, on Friday evening, Juno Bth, tho following /W/jM f'TTN program being rend- ij/tJjJ If ered. The meeting /sf, LI (tj >J liju7\ was opened with a fcMU fl/i' jl/XA solo by Little Miss fm / ) Lillian Holder ; next a recitation by Muster VV Arthur Fulcher; \ reading by Mr. Chns. Gatchell; recitation by Miss Louisa Kirk ; reading by Miss Kathryn Biles; play, “Tho Family Album,” which was very well acted ; recitation by Miss Dora 3Xackio ; reading by Miss 31iuuio Gnteliell; recitation by Miss Julia Brokaw, whieh ended tho program, after whieh refreshments wore served. Then all adjourned to their homes, having spent a very pleitsant evening. 3lrs. A. M. Price is visiting lu Philadelphia. L. J. Finnan is ill at his residence ou Bridge street. Miss Emma Thomas is visiting friends in Newark, Del. Dr. Howard Bratton was iu Princeton, N. J.. this week. C. F. Kirk, of Theodore, was an Elkton visitor un Tuesday. George 31. Christie, of Howlandville. was in Elkton on 3loudav. Benjamin McCartney, of Wilmington, was iu Elkton ou Monday. 3liss Bertha Haley, of North East, visited Elkton friends Monday. 3lrs. 11. E. Jamar is visiting friends at Wheeling, West Virginia. Mrs. H. 11. Torbert is spending several days with relatives in Baltimore. 3lrs. George Biddle is visiting Mr. and 3lrs. H. G. Budd at Smyrna, Del. Frank Dale, of Wilmington, was tho guest ot Elkton friends ou Sunday. W. Arthur Mitchell and sou, Hoary, are at Cambridge, 31d., ou business. Miss Mary E. Steele, of Newark, Deb, is tho guest of 3lrs. W. J. Davis. William B. Heatzig, after several mouths’ illness, is able to be out iigaiu. 3liss Sara Hinckley, of Danville, Pa., has been visiting 3liss Mabel Keys. Miss Bessie Manly was the guest of North East friends Saturday and Sunday. Willard Yates, of Wilmington, spent Satur- day aad Sunday with Klkton friends. Miss Harriet A. Bolen has returned to Elk- tou after a visit to Wilmington friends. Miss Annie 3t''Colitgan. of Middletown, Deb, was an Elkton visitor ou Sunday. 31rs. Lynn Pratt, of Milford, Deb, is visit- ing tier mother, Mrs. L. U. Litzcuberg. Joseph H. Frnz“r ,f Newark, spent Satur- urduy aud Sunday with Wm. S. Evans. Miss Pi'iirb; Cantwell, M Wilmington, spent Small - with Air. ami Mrs. George Turner. M-is. Edward Taylor and Manly Drenneu attended the Oxford Spring Fair last week. 311-s Florence McFarland is spending the summer vacation with her mother at Ridley Park. 31:- Beul.di Wilson, M Elk N.,uk. i- the guest of Mbs Bohn Miller, ou West High street. Albert Alexander, if .Middletown, spent Sundry and Monday with his parents in Elkton. Mrs. J. E. Rutherford, of Harrisburg, Pa., bus been visiting In r sister, Mrs. Charles 31. Bouldeu. 3li-s 3l;d ¦¦ Sweet, o! North East, spent Saturday and Sunday with 3lrs. Winfield H. Bennett. 311— Frost, instructress at the Elkton A- ml. eiy, n turned to in-r homo in Virginia, tills week. Masters Dudley Frazer aud Stanley Evans aro visiting their nude, Samuel Frazer, at Enrleville. Mis-i Nora Verdler. ¦ f Philadelphia, is visit- ing .Miss Maty Smith, at her homo, on East Main street Bayar Sc ott ha.- returned to Baltimore, after -pet ling s. me time with uis uncle, Edward Taylor. Mis.- Bessie Bowcrmun, of Baltimore, has been .-pending several days with Miss Bessie Rieards, of Elk Neck. Air-. J. Newman Davis, oi Wilmington, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr-. Joseph McNenl, nt Bello Hill. Frederick T. Haines, of Philadelphia, spt ut part of tins week with bis parents, Mr. and Sirs. L. .Marshall Haines. Malvern Jeffers, of Wilmington. Del., spent Saturday and Sunday wiib his parents, 3lr. and 3frs. Herman Jeffers. 3liss Emma Peabody, who has been visiting at Trinity Rectory, left on Monday for a visit with friends in New York. Reginald Constable entertained tho class of 1900 of Delaware College, at a sailing party, down the Elk river, on Monday. Chief Judge {limes Alfred Pearce, of tills judicial circuit, ou Monday, attended the fortieth anniversary of his class at Princeton University. 3lr. and Mrs. Charles B. Finley attended tho commencement exorcises at Princeton University this week. Tlfoir son, Charles B. Finley, Jr., was one of tho graduates this year. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Grace M. Craig, of Blytbodale, fo Mr. Alexander Hasson, tho ceremony to take place ou Wednesday evening, Juno 20th. nt 8 o’clock, ki Ashury M. E. Church. 31Jss Covington May, of Elkton, read an cßßi%’ on “Tho Faculty That Wins," and Miss Minfian Clark, of Ceelltou, an essay on “The Talisman of Fame” in competition tor an oratorical prize at Western Maryland College, Westminster, ou Tuesday. Deputy Register oi Wills, R. D. BowlamV oi Elkton, will attend tho session ot the National Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., in Phila- delphia, beginning Tuesday, next week, to con*mn> several days. Ho goes as a Trustee of the National Orphans’ Home. Byron Noble Bouohello, sou of Byron Boucbelle, tho well-known merchant of . Chesapeake City, graduated with the degree of A. 8., at tho Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, this week. His standing entitled him to tile mark of honorable mention. tVilliam Taylor, Esq., formerly of Elkton, is spending several days here with his sister, Mrs. Margaret A. Mr. Taylor is Mw editor aud proprietor of tho Nutley Sun, N. J., aud is just returning from a trip South as far as Knoxville, T°nu. He saw the total eclipse of the suu at Norfolk Vo. Mr. Taylor Is enjoying excellent health and was heavily greeted by his many friends here. A i;oo.l horso and poor look- * tag ha riH'HH Is tlw worst kind of u com* Eureka Harness Oil AfX not only mal 1 n horse out *i.:ik• * ;\\n ‘,l Kuthcr soft mid pliable, pm- it in e >n- (-Em JliP/i-J' / Isisl—twice US louff m\ ’ij jlfWmn/// -**jt ordinarily would. jM ijM pfiSlttn * S ' ; ' v ' r ,j'' r 'ant—hU ~standard Gi \ Your A Horse a | Chancei Trustee’s Sale —OF—- REAL ESTATE In Rising Sun, llyvirtue of a decree of the Circuit Omi t lor Cecil county, in Equity, pas,-d in i cause in said Court wherein Thomas Kirk i- plain, till' and Elizabeth W. Wilson and -.tlur- an- defendants, the undersigned. the trustee named therein to make side, will oiler at Pub. lie Auction on the premises described tier, in, in the town of Rising Sun, Cecil county, Maryland, on Wednesday, July lith, 1900 AT H O’CLOCK, A. M., Ail of tin- following Ueai Estate -ituated in said town. No. I,—The Home property when of the late < harks \\. Wilson died, sei/.. 1 and possessed, consistiug of a lot of land, situated at the corner of Cherry street and Wilson Avenue in said town, improved by a Frame Dwelling House, 23$ stories, containing seven rooms, a Frame Stable and Carpenter Sh ip, all in good eondi- - lion. Tin’s is a desirable place of residence in a pleasant pan of the town. No. Also alet of land, adjoining tlie first lot, fronti iig 1.1 feet .n said Avenue, with a deptii of |:10 feet. This n a valuahie lot tor building purposes, TERMS OF SALE,—One-third ol the pur- chase money shall be paid it! cash on the da\ of sale, and the remalt.dcr in Six Month's therefrom, tin* credit payments to bear in- I crest from date of sal,. md to bt -.cured t-j llu'satisfactlon of the tru lee. Z "Coats of conveyance to be paid bv the purchaser, GEORGE A. It LAKE, Trustee. John C. Hindman, Am t .oner. juneVMs NOTICE TO I ItI.IUTOUS. Notice is hereby giv n to tie- creditors f Charles W. Wilson, d. cc:ce i, to tile Hi, voui hors ol tin ;r claim!. dul.v ithenth an d, in lln - oillee of the ( ierk ¦!t he reuif ' ¦ >ur?' for Cecil county, within lorn months |V : ¦ June U, 1000. GROUGE A. FLAKE. Trustee AN ORDINANCE. No. 63. Section I. /'• ./-a rt> Jby tin- l'r< dent ml Commissi- ru rs of the t v iof Elkioii, i¦.¦ : County Maryland, t hat m and in v the Fu -i day oi .In it nary, m tin r Ninei e< u hundred and on*-, no person or j. i - or b-d.. <• a-po: - ate si';.ll keep within t in-'hubs .•;' -a:-' town ol Elkton, ati.v live hog nr pi.;; provd*-.;, however. that the owner or tenant ofauv farm lying, in whole rqipan, ¦.utlun rl; limits ol the said town ¦: Elkton. i : have ¦ provided, further, that sum ‘aria has Inna buildings and a dwelling lanee then occu- pied! by raid owner or tenant and tin' -'aid farm is tilled <-r cultivated U farm, during the time said h.:rs or pig?, are kept im r- on and Piovlded. furtlu •. ¦ha tiie st> a m* ure in with h hogs and pi-. - on sain farm <b il: be kept, sha i t than to any dwelling hou-c in said town ard said sty or enclosure sha I. not he p-ni;if ted by said owner to bee.,;a. i\• to lb. i neighborhood. Suction ~ Any per uor ,m r-ons or b -dy corporate wlio shall v... ale au\ oi ihe pi’-'vis- ions of this Ordinance sha!: a> a tin -* and cost < prusi dnj or part t herei f) aueSi vh it ion at cot t inue. GEORGE Mi < (>C I LKIN, President, WILLIAM. H. MACKA 1.1., s. -,ry. LESLIE CAMP. Tin* Loan! Treachers’ mp Me. i r.s \&so- j elation takes pleasure in auuouneimr to its : friends and tiiepui.lie i hat the e.imp at Leslie, Cecil county, .Maryland, will eonuiuue' 1 - .i nn . dnosdny. An. ust lath, I coni m uniil Tuesday morning, August 28. Large Tent SO. For further particulars inquire of, Rev. John 11 Wright. Pnsment. IUU7 Tenth street,N.W. Washington, H. ( Rev. W. T, Hammond, General Manager, Pleasant Hill, Delawari; or John 1.. Moore, Secretary, jiinell-2m North East,' Maryland. . .x.f*. mum * •’IF ITS i AM ! > fi t MAKE >I. FOR THE | FOURTH OF JULY! Flags—l 3anne r s. Decorations. Of every description and eohrt4f* Wrile for a price list. S. B. Marts, Jr.,& Co. I 718 ti. Baltimore St., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. The largest manufacturers of Canvas specialties in the South. DWELLING HOUSE AND BUILDING LOTS IN NORTH EAST ZFOIE3 BAILIE]. 1 offer at private sole on .liberal terms, one end of the desirable doume frame dwelling house on Cecil Avenue, North East, Md„ (Little property), also 7 (seven) building lots in rear of nl>ove property. THOMAS U. FREEMAN, Kovlß-tf, Elkton, Md. Notice of RearaovaH Risaog Sun Bakery. As I have not sold the >;ooJ will of the hakqry of m>-late husband, Joseph Kopper, I wfll oontmue the same within a half block of the old stand, where I will bo pleased to see all old patrons. Satisfaction guaranteed. Respectfully, MRS. LOUISE HOPPER, Rising Sun, Mil, j .NOTICE TO CREDITOHS. Tills is Id (fivt notin'thin tin' snbsrrllur ot i tt il i-i.limy Ims obtained Irmn i h<- Orphans’ i min m said county 101 l its uf administration mi Hie personal estate or BENJAMIN UEVNOI.DS. r.lie til Mil't efiunty, ilieeusid. All persona jmving claims against I lie said deceased are In warned to exhibit Ihe same with iho vouchers thcrcol duly authenticated, on before the 26th day letobt i I hey may otherwise be excluded troia any bencht ol said estate. Ml persons indebted I< >a;d .¦•• late ar- n quested to make immedi- ate nayim-ui to the subscriber, (live n under my hand t his 261 h da v of April. lIHU ANMT, S RFVN'OLDS WALTER I*. REYNOLDS. Ma. l:.*-i : Execi NOTICE TO CREDITORS, This is to gave notice t hut th< subset Ibersol < ••••i! county him - obtained from the Orphano- i 1 ¦ 1 said countj letlersof admimat rat lon | on the personal estate d .JESSE JANNBV, .ateot said county, deec.ased- All persons having elaiins against the said deceased at hereby warm -I to exhibit tin same with t vouelu. r.s thereof duly authenticated, on or be lore the 25th day of October, 1001), they may otherwise be excluded from any benefit of said t-Mate. All persons indebted i" said •-state are requested to make immedi- ate payment to the subscribers. Given uudt r our hands this 251 h dav of April, I'.MJO. .. . SAKAiI C. .) A N’NEY, Ma> I2*iit, Administratrix. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. I his is to give notice that the subscribe! ot ('•¦i :l e< untv has obtained from tin- Orphans* ( ourt ot said county lettersof administration on the personal v state of HARK V D, TUI MULE, jate ot salt! county, deceased. All persons ha\ iiiyclaims against the said deceased arc hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof duly authenl leated, on or before the 15th day of November, 1900, l b'-y may otherwise be excluded Irom any benefit of said estate. All persons indebted I estate are requested to make immcd- iat< - payment t<• t It* - Mibseriber. (liven under my hand this lothdnv ot May 1600 Unit HUT M. TUIMULE, J mieltbiit Administrate!* ORDER NISI. In the Matter nt the Mortgaged n c . u | Estate of Emanuel Lamm, el, al, iu the Circuit Court for Cecil County. In Equity, No, 22*5. Ordered, this sth day of June, Hum, that the sale o( property mentioned in these proceed- ing, made and reported by George A. Blake, Attorney named in tin* mortgage therein set b'rtli, be ratified and continued. unless cause to the contrary thereof In-shown on or before the !Uh day of August next, provided ti copy ol this order be inserted in some newspaper printed and published iu Cecil county afore- said, oneca week for one* month before the 10th day of July next. Tile report states tin-amount of sale to be $1050,00. JOHN G. WILLIAMS, i rue Copy, Test : Cb>rk jutiey-iw JOHN G. WILLIAMS,Clerk. NOTICES. $5,000 to Loan In sums to suit. Apply to 'K. THAI KEItV, I' > It Blkton, M 1 GOOD PASTURE. r a ¦'title for Horses and Cat tie. Goed shade itnil v.iiicr, JAMES E. JACKSON, Elkion, Md. Wanted. eit i i buy a pair of brass mounted in. -ons V. M. TOR IIEl IT, ••( ten, Wtiui" Otiice, i Elkion, M L TO LOAN S>i:i <•: il I'l s2sbO oil Stl'Sl moi'l ea.u >ll Ue.il Estate '•; tied at -i-ai; 1 ¦- the :t :i e-i*. of the loan. H. M. Met I 1.1.D1C ;1, Mur.: if. Elktoii, Ml. Examinations for Princeton. r;.iiuit: for ftrane. t<. iVineet¦. I ¦. ¦ ¦ ill W i A-a.iemy, Colora, .1 uni It mu r. i‘.. i* informal ion oldivr - the pri :i . i ? :. ! , At a lemy JOHN G. i.UNNEIi, A. M„ iys-tt Colora, Md Hotel for Reni. The well-known Spencer Mouse, le,. ; i Hat:, de Grace. A line stone a.e' iT-ame ’••.Hiding of 25 rooms, -ituat. d on V. ashitii -t: •ureel, a main thoroutrlifar e and - eentrul ¦ ¦ utr i t radc. Po m sion a. ¦nc , lu r terms, ete., pi.-aru- add res.*. WALTER T. JOHNSON, R. al Estate lirokt r. Rising Sun, M l. FOR SALE. For Sale. SEEM OATS FOR SALE, C. R. FOARD. Eiklot., .Md FINE FARM OF I*l ACRES. GOOD LAND .’.-id iimprovements: exceptional!, well!o aid, L, M. HAINES. -mplMf Blkton, MJ. For Sale. A Stevens Tract ion Engine and Thresin r if, good eondition. Apply to , MEWS BROTHERS, I .junelMm. Near Eikt'-n. For Sale. A Threshing Machine in good order, A-oj “Ideal” Feed Mill; has been used but ¦ u season. Apply to Martha j. van deck in’, Jnne'.i-2w. Cecilton, Md Western Oats For Sale. Keys iX Mi I let* Lumber Company, Elkion, Ims Just received a carload of Western Oats, For seed or feed, April2ltf Farm For Sale. lb si farm in the Fourth district—ss acres. Well watered, fenced and highly fertile, story Frame House of II rooms. Good cubar*. vault and garret. Barn 40x50 11., hen Rouse', wagon house, corn crib and other buildinga in good condition. Splendid meadow,orchard, ete. Address for terms. WALTER T. JOHNSON, Real Estate Broker, Sept 11 Rising Bun, Md. Betterton, Md. THE RIGBIE On the Chesapeake Bap. High Elevation, Pure Water. Fishing, Bathing, Sailing, Athletic Grounds, Launch. Bay Speoinl rates (or Jane. Write lot Booklet. Howard Turner, Proprietor. 7

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Page 1: The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.) 1900-06-16 [p 7]district $3,500 Naomi C. Hogg to Gilbert Smith, un-divided ten-twelfths interest iu twelve tracts of land iu Cecil county $5,818 William

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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900.

REAL ESTATE.Recent Transfers of Property Recorded

in Cecil County,

James 11. Webster and Ella E. Webster,to James K. Kelly, house and lot iuPort Deposit $1,450

Robert C. Thaekery, Attorney, to Theo-dore Ott, Taggart farm iutho Seconddistrict $3,500

Naomi C. Hogg to Gilbert Smith, un-divided ten-twelfths interest iu twelvetracts of land iu Cecil county $5,818

William 31. Poguo and wife, to JosephS. Pogue, land in Sixth district $2,775

Sarah Hopkins and Thomas C. Bond,Administrators, to Evalyn S. Tome,Philip Hopkins property la Port De-posit $535

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Issued This Week at the Office of Clerkof Court for Cecil County

Summerlleld Wilson, of Havre do Grace,and Esther llonshaw, of Newark, Del. Harry

W. Burgeln, applicant.E. N. Sweet nnd Bertha Bennett, both of

Elkton. William H. Silk, applicant.

NEWS IN BRIEF.—Several members of tho family of Lovl K.

Bowou, of Newark, arc ill tho result ofptomaine poisoning.

—Tho steamer “Susquehanna” willrun thofirst of tho popular “moonlight’’ excursionsou Monday night next.

—Tho West End Sunday School will holdtheir Childrens’ Day exercises tomorrow,Sunday, evening at C o’clock.

—The office of tho Eureka Fertilizer Com-pany, nor Perryville, was struck by lightn-ing Monday night. Very little damage wasdone.

—Tho strawberry festival which was holdat the Elkton Catholic Church, Thursday andFriday evenings, will ho continued this even-ing. Proceeds tor the benefit of tho church.

—Still Pond, Kent county, is now equippedwith a complete electric light plant, and isprobably the smallest town in tho United

States having a fully equipped electric lightsystem.

—Monday night’s storm did considerabledamage to tho roads and growing crops.Several buildings in tie Fifth district werestruck by lightning, hut no serious damagewas done.

—Tho United States Surveyors, who havebeer, engaged in making a topographi-

cal survey of Cecil county, left North East onSaturday. They will resume work next full,witli headquarters at Elkton.

A-i C. Denio, road foreman of engines

on tie- Maryland Division of the Pennsyl-vania railroad has been appointed supervisorof hank rooms along tho entire route fromPhilalolpliia to Washington.

- Complaint bus been made to ExaminerBiddle tout parties were breaking into nndtrespassing upon the - h ... grounds ut War-wick The matter wa referred to States’Attorn, y William S. Evans for investigation.

—The Elkton Town Council was la specialsession Friday night, last week, and passedan ordinance prohibiting tho keeping of pigswithin ti e town limits except ...j boca fidefarm property. The ordinance will takeeffect on January i, 1901.

..While standing on. one track watching

the approach of a train William P. Reynolds,station i.geut at Townsend. Del., was struckby a train coining from the opposite direc-tion and his right foot was so badly crushedthat it had to lie amputated

—The following pastoral appointments forCecil county, wen made by the MarylandDistrict A. U. M. P. Church, which met luannual session at Havre de Grace, last week:Rev. R. E. Moore, Cedar Hill Circuit: Rev.C. \V. sides, North East Circuit.

—Mr.-. Hannah Creswell Inis presented ahandsome Hag to John A. J. Creswell Post,G. A. ft., of Elkton. Tho presentation tookplace last night Addresses were made by

several speakers. A number of membersfrom other posts attended the presentation.

—The strawberry season is nearing an end,and large shipments from the peninsula havealmost stopped. The season this year hasbeen it particularly short one nnd the crop

only about one-half of that of last year. Theprices received by some growers have beenvery good, while others have made very littlemoney out of the fruit.

—Last Saturday, “The Kigbio,” a handsomenow hotel at Betterton, that noted Marylandpleasure resort situate at tho head of theChesapeake Bay. was opened under the pro-prietorship of Howard Turner. The hotel is

one of the finest that can ho found at any

pleasure resort iu Maryland of the same size.

It has a capacity for accommodating 125guests, and Mr. Turner is a man capable and

competent oi taking care of all his guests luthe proper manner. His table is always

spread with all tho delicacies of the seasonand his rates ate moderate. During July and

August, Betterton Is noted for affording thobest fishing grounds that can bo found iu

several days’ journey. In another column ofthis issue of tho Cecil Whiq will bo found

hfs new advertisement.—Childrens’ Day was appropriately ob-

served in the Cherry Hill Methodist Eplsco-,pal Church, last Sunday. Xu the morning,

Rev. J. H. Geoghegnn preached a special ser-mon for the occasion, and at night the fol-

lowingprogram was rendered: Singing, byschool; responsive rending, by school; “WhoWill Volunteer,” by school; by Rev.

T. Fryer; “InBright Ranks,’’ by sehooil; reci-tation, by Edith Harvey; motion song, 1*ffifnnt school; recitation, by six boys; “Hark

the Sound,” by school; recitation, by RobertHarvey; singing, by Lettie Burns nnd Isabella

Miller; recitation, by four girls; singing, by

four boys; recitation, by Wilda Davis; solo

and chorus, “ThoFlag,” by Harriett Whitaker

recitation, by three girls; “Move Forward,”Kf,school; address, by Bov. J. H. Oeoghegan;collection; “Shout the Battle Cry,” school;“Song of Victory;” duet and chorus, by

Misses Baobel Kirk and Lyi*a Porter.

HOiCE Vegetableswill ahvay:;. iinj a ready

market—but only that farmercan raise them who has studiedthe •.’Teal secret how to ob-tain both quality and quantityby tire judicious use of well-balanced fertilizers. No fertil-izer for Vegetables can producea large yield unless it containsat least S% Potash. Send forour books, which furnish fullinformation. We send themfree of charge.

GERMAN KALI WORKS,

93 Nassau St., New Yurk.

—Clinton Denney tins secured a positionat Camden, N. J.

—Ttio festival at Pierson’s drove, Satur-day night, realized about $45.

—Miss Ellen llarroll is having her resi-dence on East Main street, repainted.

—Elmer E. Hinson bus a position in NewYork State setting up binders lor the Deer-lug ilaohiuo Company.

—Tho contractors for the new station atPorryville, have finished the foundation andare rapidly pushing th brick work.

—Mrs. Savannah McKenuey has removedfrom East Main street to tho houso ou Howstreet, recently vacated by Qeorge T. King.

-Miss Mabel Marrelt, of Leeds, passed thoState examination for senior students of theWest Chester, Pit., State Normal School, lastweek.

—•ln the United States Court Tuesday IsaacS. Fredd, of Newark, who was recently adj-ured a bankrupt, was discharged from therule of tho court.

—Over Ilfty dollars were realized by thefestival held at Howlandville, last Friday andSaturday evenings. A largo crowd of peoplewere present both evenings.

—Mr. Jehoiakim Briekloy, of Sylmar, andMr. Alfred Anderson, of Principle, worerelieved of their poeketbooks while attendingthe Oxford Spring Fair last week.

—ltov. W. If. Laulug, of Philadelphia,will preach at tho Pleasant Hill Church, to-morrow, Sunday, morning and evening. Acordial invitation is extended to all.

—liov, A. S. Mowbray, of Fort Deposit,toad an interesting paper on the GeneralConference at the meeting of the Wilming-

ton 31. E. Preachers’ Association ou Mon-day.

—ln attempting to cross tho old fording

below Davis ,v Viuslnger’a mill, Mondayafternoon, Coustabl, T. Emory Lc“. ofOlu rry Hill, got bis horse mired in the mud.Some hoys went to his assistance.

The School Hoard has aco> pted the resig-nations of MBs Hannah A. Griffith, C irr.vM. Vausant, and Maud Hr iwn. They havealso confirmed the following: Miss MattieWarner, Elizabeth J. Keene, and Kittle Husfelt.

—Tim following officers have been electeddirectors of West Nottingham Academy forthe suing year: President, S, W. Media: :Secretary, C, c. Cameron; Treasurer. J. H.Verio Trustees, S. T. Lee, w. R. .Steele andA. J. Morris.

—The commltUH having in charge the col-lection of a fund in Elk ton to hoi forwarded Inaid of tho famine sin.-,,en people of India,w t ¦; n ssfu la ¦ islng *2Ol, whlcl ;isbeen ,-eut to the central committee ju NewYork to he forwarded.

The Northeastern District Junior Christ-ian Eudcav'.r will hold their annual eou-ventlou in Ch> stout Grove, Sweet Air. Hai-timorn county, on .Tine ‘dll and 21 The con-vention will open at 8 j . m., ou the 20th,and ele.se 0,30 p. m,, on the 21st,

—The twenty-sixth annual commune mentf tho Friend’s Normal Institute, Risk:;’ Sun

wa- held lust evening Tim graduatingclass consists of Misses Emily L. Duyekinck,Mabel Duyekinck, H. Maude Kirk, HelenPhillips of lllslug Sim and Margaret Hoy 1 ofNottingham, Pa.

—Harry Dixon, of Enrleville, who wa?shot in the face by i: eur.ipaulou and severelyinjured, about four months ago has returnedhome from a hospital in Baltimore where liehits been since the accident. He has fullyrecovered from his injuries except his sightwhich is badly damaged.

-The Hint hieyli meet of the Maryland

Division, League of American Wheelmenwill he held in Havre de Grace, on July S and¦l, and already the local wheelmen aro havingcommittees at work arranging tor the event.A bicycle elu with a membership of ilfty hasjust been organized at Havre de Grace.

—The weekly crop bulletin issued by thoweather bureau, for this week, reports thatpeaches oeutinue to drop iu all districts,thinning tho crop badly in portions of Cecilcounty, but elsewhere tho result has beensimply to relieve the trees of the imperfectfruit. In Cecil and Kent counties straw-berries were reported plentiful.

—A fatal disease has prevailed among thoyoung calves of farmers living in tho vicinityof Hising Sun. The disease was thought toho tho ordinary “scour,” hut doctoring torthis proved ineffectual. Edwin H. Reynolds,

of Rlstag Sun, wrote to tho Department of

Agriculture aud received tho answer that

as far ns they could judge from tho symp-

toms the disease was diarrhoea.

—Hollo Boyd, the noted woman Confeder-

ate Spy, died on Monday In Kllbourno, Wis-consin. Several years ago she lectured InElkton and Rising Sun, giving her exper-iences during tho war. The life nnd death

of this noted woman was of interest to a

number of (Ascii countiaus because of thofact that In her girlhood she attended Mt.Washington Female College, near l|iltimoto.

At this time Dr. J. H. Jamar, of Elkton, Dr.John E. Owens, of Chicago, and the late Ex-Qoveijnor Jas. B. Groome and J. C. Oroome.were school hoys from Cecil county at Rugby

Institute which was at Mt. Washington,almost adjacoilt to the institution at which

Miss Boyd was a pupil. A friendship Mutu-ally sprang up between Miss Boyd and the

Cecil county school hoys.

John E. Alexander & Son, Elklon|

have taken the agency fr the DeeringReapers and Mowers. Repairs on handall the time.

CECIL WHIG, ELKTON, SATURDAY. JUNE 16, 1900.

—Childrens’ Day services will bo held atBethel tomorrow.

—Albert Miller has bought out tho businessof Harry Perkins at North East.

—The pension of John H. Davis, of PoriDeposit lias been increased to $lO.

—Childrens Day services will be hold atJones Chapel to-morrow Sunday evening at7.30-The salary of the post master at Rising

Suu has been decreased from SI3OO to $l,lOOpor year.

—The wood work of the Second NationalBank is being repainted. Charles S. Parker isdoing tho work.

While working at Perryville, ou Friday,Erastus Butter, of North East, was over-con. Iby the heat. Ho was removed to hishe- .• on Saturday.

—The entire pavement in front of theNational Bank of Elkton, on East 31uiustreet, is being relaid in asphultuin. L. O.Cameron is contractor.

—The ladies of the Elkton PresbyterianChurch will hold a festival on tho lawn, infront of tho church, on Tuesday and Wednes-day evenings. June 19th and 20th.

—Jfiss Marion Clark, of Ceelltou, it mem-ber of tho class of ’9B, Cecil County HighSchool, received a gold medal at WesternMaryland College, on Wednesday.

—The board of trustees of tho TomeMemorial Church, Port Deposit, have de-cided to raise the salary of their pastor,Itov. A. S, Mowbray, from SI,OOO to $1,200per year.

—Sheriff F. Ambrose Price has seized thestock in the store ou East High street. Elk-ton, recently occupied by William H. Silk,and will sell same on Tuesday uext, Juno 19.Silk has left town.

—Rev. Frank E. Williams, of the Boundary

Avenue Presbyterian Church, Baltimore,

will exchange pulpits to-morrow, moruiugand evening with Rtv. John McElmoyle, ofthe Elkton Presbyterian Church.

—Tho Pleasant Hill Young Peoples’ So-ciety of Christian Endeavor will hold astrawberry and ico cream festival this, Sat-unday evening, In Mrs. Emma Smith’s grove.Proceeds tor tho benefit of tbe suffering peo-ple iu India.

—Book Presbyterian Church, of whichRev. William FitzSlmon is pastor, is being remodelled and a number of handsome im-provements made to tho interior under thedirection o! architect William L. Pluck, ofPhiladelphia. A heating plant is beingplaced in.

- Harry B. Bouidou of near North East,was arrested by Deputy Sheriff McAllisterou Tuesday afternoon and brought before.Magistrate p. M. Groves who hold him iu$],009 bond lu each of four eases for hiaappearance nt court ou tho charge of abduct-ing bis children after they h.t I been com-mitted to a bomo.

—Paymaster Martin, of tbe United StatesNavy, who is u graduate of Delaware Col-legia and participated In the battle wlu-uAdmiral Dewey captured tbe Spanish ilcciat .Manila, will made an address before theHistori - al Society of Delaware, next Mondayovi uliig. Ho will tell what 1: ¦ saw of thebattle, a part of which he was.

—That well-known clothing firm JamesT. Muffin A- Sons, of Wilmington, Is doinga go d thing for their customers iu thenearby towns and country ou tho occasionof tbe Elk’s Carnival, week of Juno 18 to 23.This firm will return cost of railroad ti.-ket to

tlios.i making purehnsi s provided the cost ofticket doe; not exceed pj per cent of theamount of cash purchase. Note their adver-tisement iu another column.

—Th" annual spring fair of the oxfordAgrlcu’turalSociety, hold last week, was wellalt aided, tlu crowd on Friday being espec-ially large. There wore large exhibits ofhort -. farm machinery, dowers, -trow-b n-i- -, etc. Tim trotting wits a groat attrac-tion, n number of Cecil county Ic-rses win-ning jur-es. Tb" auto-cycle scut out fromPhiladelphia, by John Wauinnnker, was pre-vi iiti-'l from giving salislaetory >xbibitioaof speed by the rain. The receipts of thefair were about &2200.

- Two horses belonging lo Richard L.Naudaiii, a farmer living near Middletown,¦ .-.pi 1 from the pasture on Tuesday nightaud wandered on the canal drawbridge utSummit Bridge. Tho bridge tender wassignaled by an approaching vessel to openthe draw, when he discovered tho hor-esanddrove them off the bridge, but before liecould open the draw they stepped back uponthe moving structure. They wandered fromend to end of the bridge while the Iraw wasopen but did not attempt to jump off. A-soon as tho vessel had passed through thobridge tender turned turned tbe bridge backand tho horses were out of danger, This iscertainly another argument In fafbr of hav-ing safety gates placed across tho road atthis place.

—The Baltimore Business University,[whose advertisement appears lu another partof this paper, has adopted a cow and uniqueplan which puts the art of book-keeping,Shorthand and Penmanship within easyreach of all. They are teaching these threebranches which are so necessary in the busi-ness world of to-day by mail, nnd their sys-tem is said to be the most thorough and ismeeting with success everywhere it Is intro-duced. Everyone should know somethingabout book-keeping as,it will be found thegreatest assistance, even about ones ownhome, and with matters made as simple astho Baltimore Business University make it.there Is no reason for anyone being withoutthe knowledge. We are glad to see suchenterprise as this with its home iu Maryland.

QVMMASTIC UNION AND FESTIVAL (TURN-FEST) NORTH AMERICA, PIHLADEIPHIA,JUNE 17-24-

Reduced Rates to Philadelphia viaPennsyJvanla Railroad.

For the Gymnastic Union nnd Festival(Turufeat) North America, at Philadelphia,June 17-24, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-piuiy will sell excursion tickets to Philadel-phia from all stations on Its line at the rateof single fare for the round trip (minimumrale, 50 cents). Tickets to be solfl nnd goodgoing Juno 15 to 21, inclusive, and to returnsuntil Juno 2(1, inclusive. "

Notice.

Books \>®ll be opwned at the officelof the* Mutual Fire* Insurance Comilmvin Klkton, and at tho office of Joseph H.Stocloat Chesapeake City, on Friday, June22d, 1000, nt 10 a. in., and will be closed on Bat-urclay, June3oth. IWOO, at 10. in., for tho pur-pose of receiving subscriptions to tho capitalstock ot the Cherry Hill. Klkton and Chesa-peake City Electric Railway Company, ofCecil county. The par vtdfce of said stockbeing SSO per share.

JOHN M. TCCtCBB, Secretary,HENKY H. BRADY, President. juneKMl

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

The “Vivociub”was pleasantlyentertained at

the home of .Mr. audMrs. A. B. McVoy, onFriday evening, JunoBth, tho following /W/jMf'TTNprogram being rend- ij/tJjJ Ifered. The meeting /sf, LI (tj >J liju7\was opened with a fcMU fl/i' jl/XAsolo by Little Miss fm / )Lillian Holder ; nexta recitation byMuster VVArthur Fulcher; \reading by Mr. Chns.Gatchell; recitationby Miss Louisa Kirk ;

reading by Miss Kathryn Biles; play, “ThoFamily Album,” which was very well acted ;recitation by Miss Dora 3Xackio ; reading byMiss 31iuuio Gnteliell; recitation by MissJulia Brokaw, whieh ended tho program,after whieh refreshments wore served. Thenall adjourned to their homes, having spent avery pleitsant evening.

3lrs. A. M. Price is visiting lu Philadelphia.L. J. Finnan is ill at his residence ou

Bridge street.Miss Emma Thomas is visiting friends in

Newark, Del.Dr. Howard Bratton was iu Princeton, N.

J.. this week.C. F. Kirk, of Theodore, was an Elkton

visitor un Tuesday.George 31. Christie, of Howlandville. was

in Elkton on 3loudav.Benjamin McCartney, of Wilmington, was

iu Elkton ou Monday.3liss Bertha Haley, of North East, visited

Elkton friends Monday.3lrs. 11. E. Jamar is visiting friends at

Wheeling, West Virginia.

Mrs. H. 11. Torbert is spending several dayswith relatives in Baltimore.

3lrs. George Biddle is visiting Mr. and 3lrs.H. G. Budd at Smyrna, Del.

Frank Dale, of Wilmington, was tho guestot Elkton friends ou Sunday.

W. Arthur Mitchell and sou, Hoary, are atCambridge, 31d., ou business.

Miss Mary E. Steele, of Newark, Deb, istho guest of 3lrs. W. J. Davis.

William B. Heatzig, after several mouths’illness, is able to be out iigaiu.

3liss Sara Hinckley, of Danville, Pa., hasbeen visiting 3liss Mabel Keys.

Miss Bessie Manly was the guest of NorthEast friends Saturday and Sunday.

Willard Yates, of Wilmington, spent Satur-day aad Sunday with Klkton friends.

Miss Harriet A. Bolen has returned to Elk-tou after a visit to Wilmington friends.

Miss Annie 3t''Colitgan. of Middletown,Deb, was an Elkton visitor ou Sunday.

31rs. Lynn Pratt, of Milford, Deb, is visit-ing tier mother, Mrs. L. U. Litzcuberg.

Joseph H. Frnz“r ,f Newark, spent Satur-urduy aud Sunday with Wm. S. Evans.

Miss Pi'iirb; Cantwell, M Wilmington, spentSmall - with Air. ami Mrs. George Turner.

M-is. Edward Taylor and Manly Drenneuattended the Oxford Spring Fair last week.

311-s Florence McFarland is spending thesummer vacation with her mother at RidleyPark.

31:- Beul.di Wilson, M Elk N.,uk. i- theguest of Mbs Bohn Miller, ou West Highstreet.

Albert Alexander, if .Middletown, spentSundry and Monday with his parents inElkton.

Mrs. J. E. Rutherford, of Harrisburg, Pa.,bus been visiting In r sister, Mrs. Charles 31.Bouldeu.

3li-s 3l;d ¦¦ Sweet, o! North East, spentSaturday and Sunday with 3lrs. Winfield H.Bennett.

311— Frost, instructress at the ElktonA- ml. eiy, n turned to in-r homo in Virginia,tills week.

Masters Dudley Frazer aud Stanley Evansaro visiting their nude, Samuel Frazer, atEnrleville.

Mis-i Nora Verdler. ¦ f Philadelphia, is visit-ing .Miss Maty Smith, at her homo, on EastMain street

Bayar ’ Sc ott ha.- returned to Baltimore,after -pet ling s. me time with uis uncle,Edward Taylor.

Mis.- Bessie Bowcrmun, of Baltimore, hasbeen .-pending several days with Miss BessieRieards, of Elk Neck.

Air-. J. Newman Davis, oi Wilmington, isvisiting her parents, Mr. and Mr-. JosephMcNenl, nt Bello Hill.

Frederick T. Haines, of Philadelphia, spt utpart of tins week with bis parents, Mr. andSirs. L. .Marshall Haines.

Malvern Jeffers, of Wilmington. Del., spentSaturday and Sunday wiib his parents, 3lr.and 3frs. Herman Jeffers.

3liss Emma Peabody, who has been visitingat Trinity Rectory, left on Monday for a visitwith friends in New York.

Reginald Constable entertained tho class of1900 of Delaware College, at a sailing party,down the Elk river, on Monday.

Chief Judge {limes Alfred Pearce, of tillsjudicial circuit, ou Monday, attended thefortieth anniversary of his class at PrincetonUniversity.

3lr. and Mrs. Charles B. Finley attendedtho commencement exorcises at PrincetonUniversity this week. Tlfoir son, Charles B.Finley, Jr., was one of tho graduates thisyear.

Cards are out announcing the marriage ofMiss Grace M. Craig, of Blytbodale, fo Mr.Alexander Hasson, tho ceremony to takeplace ou Wednesday evening, Juno 20th. nt8 o’clock, ki Ashury M. E. Church.

31Jss Covington May, of Elkton, read ancßßi%’ on “Tho Faculty That Wins," and MissMinfian Clark, of Ceelltou, an essay on “TheTalisman of Fame” in competition tor anoratorical prize at Western Maryland College,Westminster, ou Tuesday.

Deputy Register oi Wills, R. D. BowlamVoi Elkton, will attend tho session ot theNational Council, Jr. O. U. A. M., in Phila-delphia, beginning Tuesday, next week, tocon*mn> several days. Ho goes as a Trusteeof the National Orphans’ Home.

Byron Noble Bouohello, sou of ByronBoucbelle, tho well-known merchant of

. Chesapeake City, graduated with the degreeof A. 8., at tho Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, this week. His standing entitledhim to tile mark of honorable mention.

tVilliam Taylor, Esq., formerly of Elkton,is spending several days here with his sister,Mrs. Margaret A. Mr. Taylor isMw editor aud proprietor of tho Nutley Sun,

N. J., aud is just returning from a

trip South as far as Knoxville, T°nu. Hesaw the total eclipse of the suu at NorfolkVo. Mr. Taylor Is enjoying excellent healthand was heavily greeted by his many friendshere.

A i;oo.lhorso and poor look- *

tag ha riH'HH Is tlwworst kind of u com*

EurekaHarness Oil AfXnot only mal 1 nhorse out *i.:ik• * ;\\n ‘,lKuthcr soft mid pliable, pm- it in e >n- (-Em

JliP/i-J' / Isisl—twice US louff m\’ij jlfWmn/// -**jtordinarily would. jM

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Trustee’s Sale—OF—-

REAL ESTATEIn Rising Sun,

llyvirtue of a decree of the Circuit Omi tlor Cecil county, in Equity, pas,-d in i causein said Court wherein Thomas Kirk i- plain,till' and Elizabeth W. Wilson and -.tlur- an-defendants, the undersigned. the trusteenamed therein to make side, will oiler at Pub.lie Auction on the premises described tier, in,in the town of Rising Sun, Cecil county,Maryland, on

Wednesday, July lith, 1900AT H O’CLOCK, A. M.,

Ail of tin- following Ueai Estate -ituated insaid town.

No. I,—The Home property when of the late< harks \\. Wilson died, sei/.. 1 and possessed,consistiug of a lot of land, situated at thecorner of Cherry street and Wilson Avenuein said town, improved by a

Frame Dwelling House, J®23$ stories, containing seven rooms, a FrameStable and Carpenter Sh ip, all in good eondi-- lion. Tin’s is a desirable place of residence ina pleasant pan of the town.

No. Also alet of land, adjoining tlie firstlot, fronti iig 1.1 feet .n said Avenue, with adeptii of |:10 feet. This n a valuahie lot torbuildingpurposes,

TERMS OF SALE,—One-third ol the pur-chase money shall be paid it! cash on the da\of sale, and the remalt.dcr in Six Month'stherefrom, tin* credit payments to bear in-Icrest from date of sal,. md to bt -.cured t-j

llu'satisfactlon of the tru lee.Z "Coats of conveyance to be paid bv the

purchaser,GEORGE A. ItLAKE,

Trustee.John C. Hindman, Am t .oner. juneVMs

NOTICE TO I ItI.IUTOUS.Notice is hereby giv n to tie- creditors f

Charles W. Wilson, d. cc:ce i, to tile Hi,voui hors ol tin ;r claim!. dul.v ithenth an d,in lln - oillee of the ( ierk ¦!t he • reuif ' ¦ >ur?'for Cecil county, within lorn months |V : ¦June U, 1000.

GROUGE A. FLAKE. Trustee

AN ORDINANCE.No. 63.

Section I. /'• ./-a rt> Jby tin- l'r< dent mlCommissi- ru rs of the t v iof Elkioii, i¦.¦ :County Maryland, t hat m and in v the Fu -iday oi .Initnary, m tin r Ninei e< u hundredand on*-, no person or j. i - or b-d.. <• a-po: -ate si';.ll keep within t in-'hubs .•;' -a:-'

town ol Elkton, ati.v live hog nr pi.;; provd*-.;,however. that the owner or tenant ofauvfarm lying, in whole rqipan, ¦.utlun rl;

limits ol the said town ¦: Elkton. • i : have¦

provided, further, that sum ‘aria has Innabuildings and a dwelling lanee then occu-pied! by raid owner or tenant and tin' -'aidfarm is tilled <-rcultivated U farm, duringthe time said h.:rs or pig?, are kept im r- onand Piovlded. furtlu •. ¦ha tiie st> a m*

ure in with h hogs and pi-. - on sain farm <b il:be kept, sha i tthan to any dwelling hou-c in said town ardsaid sty or enclosure sha I. not he p-ni;iftedby said owner to bee.,;a. i\• to lb.

i neighborhood.Suction ~ Any per uor ,m r-ons or b -dy

corporate wlio shall v... ale au\ oi ihe pi’-'vis-ions of this Ordinance sha!: a> a tin -*and cost < prusidnj or part t herei f) aueSi vh ition at cott inue.

GEORGE Mi < (>C I LKIN, President,WILLIAM.H. MACKA 1.1., s. -,ry.

LESLIE CAMP.Tin* Loan! Treachers’ • mp Me. i r.s \&so- j

elation takes pleasure in auuouneimr to its :friends and tiiepui.lie i hat the e.imp at Leslie,Cecil county, .Maryland, will eonuiuue' 1 - .inn . dnosdny. An. ust lath, I coni m uniilTuesday morning, August 28.

Large Tent SO.For further particulars inquire of,

Rev. John 11 Wright. Pnsment.IUU7 Tenth street,N.W. Washington, H. (

Rev. W. T, Hammond, General Manager,Pleasant Hill, Delawari;

or John 1.. Moore, Secretary,jiinell-2m North East,' Maryland.

. .x.f*. mum *

•’IF ITS i AM ! > fi t MAKE >I.

FOR THE |FOURTH OF JULY!

Flags—l 3anne r s.Decorations.

Of every description and eohrt4f*Wrile for a price list.

S. B. Marts, Jr.,& Co.I 718 ti. Baltimore St.,

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.The largest manufacturers of Canvas

specialties in the South.

DWELLING HOUSEAND

BUILDING LOTSIN NORTH EAST

ZFOIE3 BAILIE].

1 offer at private sole on .liberal terms, oneend of the desirable doume frame dwellinghouse on Cecil Avenue, North East, Md„(Little property), also 7 (seven) building lotsin rear of nl>ove property.

THOMAS U. FREEMAN,Kovlß-tf, Elkton, Md.

Notice of RearaovaHRisaog Sun Bakery.

As I have not sold the >;ooJ will of thehakqry of m>-late husband, Joseph Kopper,I wfll oontmue the same within a half blockof the old stand, where Iwill bo pleased tosee all old patrons. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Respectfully,MRS. LOUISE HOPPER,

Rising Sun, Mil, j

.NOTICE TO CREDITOHS.Tills is Id (fivt notin'thin tin' snbsrrllur oti t t il i-i.limy Ims obtained Irmn i h<- Orphans’

i min m said county 101 l its uf administrationmi Hie personal estate orBENJAMIN UEVNOI.DS.

r.lie til Mil't efiunty, ilieeusid. All personajmving claims against I lie said deceased areIn warned to exhibit Ihe same with ihovouchers thcrcol duly authenticated,

on before the 26th day • letobt iI hey may otherwise be excluded troia anybencht ol said estate. Ml persons indebtedI< >a;d .¦•• late ar- n quested to make immedi-ate nayim-ui to the subscriber, (live n undermy hand t his 261 h da v of April. lIHU

ANMT, S RFVN'OLDS„

WALTER I*. REYNOLDS.Ma. l:.*-i : Execi

NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

This is to gave notice t hut th< subset Ibersol< ••••i! county him - obtained from the Orphano-

i 1 ¦ 1 said countj letlersof admimat rat lon| on the personal estate d

.JESSE JANNBV,.ateot said county, deec.ased- All personshaving elaiins against the said deceased athereby warm -I to exhibit tin same with tvouelu. r.s thereof duly authenticated,on or be lore the 25th day of October, 1001),they may otherwise be excluded from anybenefit of said t-Mate. All persons indebtedi" said •-state are requested to make immedi-ate payment to the subscribers. Given uudt rour hands this 251 h dav of April, I'.MJO... . SAKAiIC. .) A N’NEY,Ma> I2*iit, Administratrix.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.I his is to give notice that the subscribe! ot('•¦i :l e< untv has obtained from tin- Orphans*

( ourt ot said county lettersof administrationon the personal v state of

HARKV D, TUI MULE,jate ot salt! county, deceased. All personsha\ iiiyclaims against the said deceased archereby warned to exhibit the same with thevouchers thereof duly authenl leated,on or before the 15th day of November, 1900,l b'-y may otherwise be excluded Irom anybenefit of said estate. All persons indebted

I estate are requested to make immcd-iat< - payment t<• t It* -Mibseriber. (liven undermy hand this lothdnv ot May 1600

Unit HUT M. TUIMULE,J mieltbiit Administrate!*

ORDER NISI.In the Matter nt the Mortgaged n c.u | Estate

of Emanuel Lamm, el, al,

iu the Circuit Court for Cecil County. InEquity, No, 22*5.

Ordered, this sth day of June, Hum, that thesale o( property mentioned in these proceed-ing, made and reported by George A. Blake,Attorney named in tin* mortgage therein setb'rtli, be ratified and continued. unless causeto the contrary thereof In-shown on or beforethe !Uh day of August next, provided ti copyol this order be inserted in some newspaperprinted and published iu Cecil county afore-said, oneca week for one* month before the10th day of July next.

Tile report states tin-amount of sale to be$1050,00.

JOHN G. WILLIAMS,i rue Copy, Test : Cb>rkjutiey-iw JOHN G. WILLIAMS,Clerk.

NOTICES.$5,000 to Loan

In sums to suit. Apply to'K. THAI KEItV,

I' > It Blkton, M 1

GOOD PASTURE.

r a ¦'title for Horses and Cat tie. Goed shadeitnil v.iiicr, JAMES E. JACKSON,

Elkion, Md.

Wanted.eit i i buy a pair of brass mounted

in. -ons V. M. TOR IIEl IT,••( ten, Wtiui" Otiice,

i Elkion, M L

TO LOANS>i:i <•: il I'l s2sbO oil Stl'Sl moi'l ea.u

>ll Ue.il Estate '•; tied at -i-ai; 1 ¦- the :t :i e-i*.of the loan.

H. M. Met I 1.1.D1C ;1,Mur.: if. Elktoii, Ml.

Examinations for Princeton.r;.iiuit: for • ftrane. t<. iVineet¦.

I ¦. ¦ ¦ ill W iA-a.iemy, Colora, .1 uni It mu r. i‘..i*

informal ion oldivr - the pri :i . i ? •:. ! ,At a lemy

JOHN G. i.UNNEIi,A. M„iys-tt Colora, Md

Hotel for Reni.The well-known Spencer Mouse, le,. ; i

Hat:, de Grace. A line stone a.e' iT-ame’••.Hiding of 25 rooms, -ituat. d on V. ashitii -t:•ureel, a main thoroutrlifar e and - eentrul

¦ ¦

utr i tradc. Po m sion a. ¦nc ,lu r terms, ete., pi.-aru- add res.*.

WALTER T. JOHNSON,R. al Estate lirokt r.

Rising Sun, M l.

FOR SALE.For Sale.

SEEM OATS FOR SALE,C. R. FOARD.

Eiklot., .Md

FINE FARM OF I*lACRES. GOOD LAND.’.-id iimprovements: exceptional!, well!o aid,

L, M. HAINES.-mplMf Blkton, MJ.

For Sale.A Stevens Tract ion Engine and Thresin r if,

good eondition. Apply to, MEWS BROTHERS,

I .junelMm. Near Eikt'-n.

For Sale.A Threshing Machine in good order, A-oj

“Ideal” Feed Mill; has been used but ¦ useason. Apply to

Martha j. van deck in’,Jnne'.i-2w. Cecilton, Md

Western Oats For Sale.Keys iX MiIlet* Lumber Company, Elkion,

Ims Just received a carload of Western Oats,For seed or feed,

April2ltf

Farm For Sale.lb si farm in the Fourth district—ss acres.

Well watered, fenced and highly fertile,story Frame House of II rooms. Good cubar*.vault and garret. Barn 40x50 11., hen Rouse',wagon house, corn crib and other buildingain good condition. Splendid meadow,orchard,ete. Address for terms.

WALTER T. JOHNSON,Real Estate Broker,

Sept 11 Rising Bun, Md.

Betterton, Md.

THE RIGBIEOn the Chesapeake Bap.

High Elevation,Pure Water.

Fishing, Bathing, Sailing,Athletic Grounds,

Launch.Bay Speoinl rates (or Jane.

Write lot Booklet.

Howard Turner,Proprietor.

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