The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-08-08
OUR NEIGHBORS.


meeting fever is prevailing to an alarming
extent.
Cedar creek canal is to be enlarged
Cash subscriptions sufficient to complete
half the work have been taken, and a board
OF directors appointed to raise the balance
Of the funds. The object of the enlarge.
ment OF the canal is to drain the adjoining
marshes, and secure navigation to the Brick
Granary.
One box of peaches was EXPRESSED from
Seaford on Thursday of last week.
The Dummy thing" running on the
Smyrna road, has had to lay up again for
repairs. A locomotive from Wilmington has
taken her place.
Last week, an old lady, aged 81 years,
came down on the Delaware Railroad.
and was put aboard the Maryland and
Delaware train to go to Easton. She has
been entirely helpless for over twenty wears.
The Grand Division of the Sons of TEN.
perance met in Stanton on Thursday. 3Oth
ult. After the transaction of business for
which they were convened, public meeting
was held in the school. house in the evening.
The Directors of the Junction and
Breakwater Railroad are ready to receive
proposals for building the remaining section
of their road, from Georgetown to Lewes, a
distance of 10! miles.
tor - SarnL l GNU ""ineu EllHaDeth' dangh'
CO. Eli: Vi o", IAN "a. a., haslup, was drowned by
10 W;i ~ .ne well oi WAGER at the residence
last Saturday morning.
l,o, ,Is..ni zoo "Aon Vi ehcader hundred
early Goodrich and Peach Blow varieties.
The Camden camp was in full blast this
week. The number of tents is greater than
last year, some of them two. story. nlaned.
Pamnno anu az n papeftu hev. Jas. n. Light
ing Tho,o uo .;,.,. ,,
colI;n ner p are Sixty permanent boarders at
0'"' De"'"' I'D
CHESTER COUNTY.
The Oxford Press saws Bayard TAYLOR.
who is now sejourning at Gotha, the place
of residence of his wife's parents, will re
turn to America in a few weeks, to be pres.
ent at the golden wedding of his parents. at
kennett Square, on the Slh of October.
The oats crop was a failure-hardly
worth harvesting. In this neighborhood
the Yield was very small, and the grain will
not average more than twelve pounds to the
bushel. After the heavy rains had beaten
the straw down, many farmers would not
have cut it but to clear the ground for seed.
ing wheat. Rev. Samuel Dickey, of this
Borough, thrashed his in the field, and from
Is acres had about 1926 bushels, weighing lG
pounds to the bushel. This was a good crop
compared with others.
The Philadel phia and Baltimore Cen.
trail Railroad has large force constantly
engaged in putting the bridges on the road
in repair. A new bridge is being erected
over the West Branch of Elk at West Branch
Station. New freight houses are also being
ua,r' a,,;n ~, ,h naI e"n o.a'lohs. me
whole station building 1O5 Inv AZ fne, and
the platform will be 1872 feet long, Nav
FREIGHT houses we're recently erectad ~ Vs.
Grove. at Chadd's Ford. and a large rail.
road carpenter shop at Oxford.
The wheat crnn tbrourho,t C,.,
PENNSYLVANIA and Nprtbaru Taruion ,ias'1 Ia
low an average cron y;eId;pg nyIu frn 10 " 20
to u bushels ner acre. TIE "r,;n how.
ever. is excellent and will make GOOD a hU
oorrosnondent of tio so,',. So nou..
On Thursday morning. 9th nltp "f IN o onys.
panv with a friend. we left Rattle Swami
for Rowlandsyille, on the Octoraro and
after an hours pleasant drive thronab th,s
romantic and wealthy country. we srr;ynJ
at our place of destination. Dur;na our
stov. we visited the "Deen Cnt y On 10 p
T. i. C. r. r. was informed this was tho
deepest cut ON the route. being sixtv feet
Joep onJ ubot foo .Lron,, lie zig o siNy 'ee'
The boss of the work, in reply to our I'm in.
on;r;as ;nformed ne hot thav h to o'' han
WORKING there since last .Junc "~ Uoor and
that thev will NOT he readv for tho cars
mill Christmas, Il Is certa;nlv stunsnd.
ons iob observed about tI;rtv man .,
work. They nm two sets of hands. one So, at
at NIGHT and the other dnr;no the Jav
HARTFORD COUNTY.
! The Railroad Comnonv has constructed
a new freight house at the fIayre do Grace
station.
The steam flower mill onposite the
/ store of Messrs. LYON is being rooted in and
/ An .,e., lu. nIeteJ ''''
Grace this season.
q ofG o ~ o oa navre lodge No; 40;
n;oI,t hov;n I "u,e ins."i,eu last Mohda,
nrse d;' ,''''"s 'ee" e'ee'ea the week pre-
NTLe bo,v;ost ,l,,1ou ,.
for sevoral roa.s ~ " thn. ".o''ns Mltnesseo
the town on SatnrJou iost "In' p"eseu oSe'
lest showers nassaI ; ,as' onu o' .he neav
ornnmd ca "o:I o ulec'y over camp
meot;na ,vns hn;nr Ia "' 'o""' "he'e
WTbe Woo JS Me eaG NJ uoLo,s w,.
oo,,nanood ~ e1I"s AZ liohe "a'
the dav On th o"surtdy anu broken up on
far ,i ''S' inc weather proving very uh
NThn u,vro Jo7.oun5.n, ,;.,n o.,,
ot JrnnLan 'h hraI ';a Ewes al aceG" u.
6. Da,. aau"N tI,u p,a"i "h'In occurreu al
doy n;,rht iast ~ :" .naS p'aei y. oa'ul
III: cns,nmarS oran p.oph.ie'I1' uaI' ohI o.
and tha nmstomors fr;end 1e" go" WV" a. '.uo
nr;etor Demncrot ho.d a,a ,.unsi 'nv pIo
,rJana g. a',oh o'ia. ne"u quai'ers Is JUST VIC
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70 70 oea.s oIl .he oioo' me %ho on amount
Vi as Tha WE properly - 90, ~ ,z'o;
- ha h he ,.n.slon olrcul' amp Mee.lng'
~ oe heiu near ohes'er''i'e' commences TO-
o"y'
QUEEN ANNE s COUNTY.
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