The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-08-11
Cufal affairs.

TIE RED LION CANT MEErISG.-This
camp meeting is now in progress. 1t is not
OH the old ground, but this side of the Red
Lion" about eight miles from Elkton. "
TEMPERANCE Mass MEErrNG.-An adser-
tisement of the Temperance meeting TO be
held near North East on the 22d inst, will
be found in another column. 1t will, We
doubt not, be an immense gathering.
WEATHER AND.CRoPs.-S the cutting Of
our oat crops, we have had an unusual amount
of rains and cloudy weather in consequence
of which many fields of that grain are still
out and which together with much that has
been hauled in are more or less damaged.
The corn is very rank and promises a
heavy crops. 1t is some two weeks later
than III ordinary seasons, and if frost comes
early it may he injured to some extent.
Potatoes are rotting in low grounds, but
there will be enough left to make an unusual
y large crop for this county. They are Of
excellent quality this year.
TEMPERANCE DISTRICT CoMMIrTEEs-Fro
the President of the State Temperance Com
vention We have the following District Com
mittecs
In pursuance of the authority vested in ME
as President Of the State Temperance Con-
ventiOn which convened in the city Of Balti-
more on the 18th March, 1865, l appoint the
following committees for the several election
districts Of Cecil county.
RRICF l. col ,nSPOR0I-CH
LIST District.-Richard Scmans, Thomas
p. Jones, Tllos. c. Crookslanks, Doct. T..
y. Roberts, jeremiah G. Price.
IND District.-Capt. Ly!tlcton S. Chopper,
Samuel Thompson, Richard ii. Bryan, John
Il. Price. John l.. Clayton.
;rd Dstrict.-Jamcs y. McCullouoh, WIN.
IL. Elder, VIM. Torbert, Rev. j. Y. Brown,
VIM. Pinkney Ewing.
Ith Distrtct.-Davd Scott (of Jno.) Jos.
Miller, Doct. r. c. Carter, Anderson Smith
Samuel Mcdaniel.
9th District Evan W. Thomas, Alexan-
der Wilson, John N. Black, John 7. Janney,
Joseph &. Johnson.
| 9TH District.-Wm. Pierce, Charles IL.
lIaincs, Barclay Reynolds, Joseph Thomas,
jeremiah Rittcnhousc.
9TH Disrct.-ELwin Wilmer, Jefferson
| Ramsay, L. d. McClcnahan, Rev. J. Squicr,
Thomas J.. Pouls0Il.
Stl District.-John T. Richards, Absal ON
Roman, Edwin L. Ewing, Doct. J. W. Row.
land, .. z. killinssworth.
TIE CHOLERA CAsEs.-Wc mentioned in
our last issue the fearful ravages nal. bv
the cholera at Pcryville in the family OF
joseph Raisi.i, stating that he was then
down with the disease. lie has since died
The family consisted of husband. wife and
six children. III weeks time all of them
died cxcepta small lad who has recovered.
Three of the children were unwisey sent
to the Aims House, where two of them died
and what is most unfortunate, they have in.
lcctc1 the premises there, two Of the inmates
having since died of similar dscasc-onc
on Wednesday and one yesterday. Charles
Badger who died yesterday, against the pos
tive orders Of the Oversccr, sorgcd himself
with green corn and cucumber, and in few
hours was a corpse.
In Perryyillc colorcd man died on Wed.
ncsday in the house adjoining where Raisin
lived.
DR.. Treadwcll of IIavre-dc- Grace, who
was called to sec the Raisin family, says
there is no doubt about the disease being the
Asiatic cholera. lie was among it in New
York i'll 1892, and in other places since that
time and these cases are precisely similar i'll
all their leading features.
Local causes undoubtedly produced it among
the Raisins. They had been living on I'M
wholesome food; from the time cherries be-
gan to ripen the children, who were poorly
attended to, had been eating profuscly of all
kinds of fruit, ripe or unripe, as they could
get it. The spring which furnished the fam.
| lily with water was close down to the river,
where the tile flowed into it from an un.
| wholesome cove. There had hccn shad
fishery there all the fore part of the season
and large quantities of shad had been opened
in the ncishborhood Of the spring, their blood
and entrails being thrown down to pollute
the ground and corrupt the water. The
whole family had Teen for weeks afflicted
with the aarrh1a, and the day before the
first Of them died their dinner consisted Of
green cabbage, halfrottcn bacon and dump
lings made Of green apples, all boiled togetll.
er i'll the same pot of which they cat largely.
With this history of their habits, which il,
other respects were those attendant on ex-
IRENE pow erty-the reader will not be sur
prscd that but one of the family remains
alive.