The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-09-20


HousE.-Our readers everywhere within reach o
the Brick Meeting House will remember the Fill
more and Donelson Mass Meeting to be held ther,
on next Saturday the 9Th inst. 1t vii be one q
the lnrgcst meetings ever held in the county
Among the speakers certain TO he there are White,
Davis, Dixon Roman, Smithers of Delaware and
| Webster OF Hartford Go out, citizens in your
| strength.
| FNuEAT SOWING. The farmers Of Cecil are
now in the midst wheat seeding There will be n
| larger number of acres sown in the county than
usual and it will be put in, generally i'll better
manner than is usually the case.
7 RAIL SHOOTING.-The Rail or Sora, (Rak,s
CAEoLINrs,) have been plentiful in our marshes
for few weeks and have afforded our cunnors
much fine sport and many excellent repasts Since
they came there have been few high tides and con
scqucnty not much first rate Shooting: still large
quantities have been killed and the pursuit after
them continues.
reach us of the failure of The
Wing to reach its destination in time On several
occasions lately our subscribers at Bay View or
Shclemiah have not received their papers for
mailed in time and TIE fault is with the post
masters or agents on the cars. We hope whocvrr
is at fault may attend to their business properly
hereafter.
-f~IHE C0RN.-llow wonderfully the corn
improved when the rains began to fall after the
long drought i seemed certain at one time that
we would scarcely have the seed back again; now
Soma folds Innl, rnuIiv wall m, 4 al;
over there will be above h.lf IL usual crop
DEATH OF LAWYER -Gcorgc Ross Vcazcv,
Esq, member of the Baltimore Bar. and formerly
of the bar here died at his residence in that city
on Friday last He was native OF this county.
and his mother and brother now reside in Sassa-
fras Neck. Mr.. Neaz"y was "A man OF sterling
character and worth and leaves wife and several
children to mourn their sad bereavement
a4f-WILD PIGEONS. These birds for the past
few days have been quite numerous in some sec,
tons ofthc county div ertng. in some desr &C. the
attention Of gamers from til rail and reed bird
of the marches
~s-NAME CHANGED The name of the Post
Office ut Shclcmiah has been changed to Bay
View DR.. j. j Buckley was, some week. ago.
appointed postmas ter there in pl ace of T. b. hail.
Esq.
'-TnE ACADEMY.-It is n relief to see the
Academy open again, and the boys of the town
again at school. who 20 long had proved ..that
Satan finds some mischief still. for idle hands 70
do" The passing crowd of girls and boys 20 to
show that The school is large
SEPTEMBER. The first month of Autumn
has already slipped more than ha If away and so
like Summer has it been that we have scarcely
detected it ms one of the trio which brings the
fading and falling of the leaves Yet the evenings
grow cool and I he trees that fringe the river he
gin to show he dying radiance which so beauties
an American autumnal forest
To ADVERTISERS. The regular issue of
The Cecil Wing is larger than that Of any news
paper known to us. published in a county with n
population equal to Cecil AT this time it is
sweilcd by hundreds of campaign Subscribers and
is thus made very valuable advertising medium
1t is read by most of the people in The county but
its circulation is not, by any means, confined TO
the county; we send as many ms twenty five papers
to single post Office in ncglborng State.
TIE STREE rs.-AlcCrccry. the Town Raj
lift has turned his attention to the streets and has
greatly improved hem in many places We hope
he will soon be able to remove those scattering
curb stone from North Street. they are alike un,
slightly and dangerous to passing vehicles.
MAIL CARRIER DEAD.-Mr. Robert Will
kinson, the obliging mail carrier between Elkton
and Lewisville, Pa, died ON Monday night last
after few days hess
POLE RAIsING.-A Fillmore and Doncson
Pole will be raised at Frenchtown r Roads other.
wise known as the Bull Frog to-day at clock
There will be speeches made by lion. Scwcll c.
Biggs of Del, VIM. ]. Jones Esq. of Elkton and
James White Clayton, Esq one of the Old Guard
oflhc End District
CHANGE OF PosrMAsTERs. William McCul-
Tough has been appointed Postmaster at Port De-
post Md, in place of Alonzo Snow resigned
FILLMORE AND DoNELsON CLUB IN THE
2kp DIsrnlcr.-The following has been ordered to
be published in The Cecil Wing
Alta meeting ofhe Fillmore and DoncSon
Union Club of the. 2nd District held at Chesapeake
City Md. on Monday Sept. 18th 1876 the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously passed -
RESOLVED, That this club, believing that
thereby the people Of the district will have
better opportunity of hearing party topics dis
cusscd, invite the buchanan and Breckenridge
clnb Of ,his town to meet with them at some future
day. alike acc ptablc to both clubs for the pur-