The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-10-30
OUR NEIGHBOURS.


room, where the liquors are Stoltu'
The finances of Sussex county are III ;
bad condition, according to the Cc"tnerct0
The county is in debt $50, 900, and county
orders, drawing 6 per cent interest, are
selling at 81 per cent. discount.
John Il. Wilson, of Smyrna, was relieved
of his purse and about $50 in New York
few days since, by a nice (?) young mar
who insisted on showing him round.
The skeleton of the Mastodon found il
Salem county, n. ]. last August, by some
workmen in Il mari pit, was on exhibition
in Wilmington last week. 1t is said 10y
persons who are posted in such matters, to
he the largest ever found. When upright
it is 90 feet high; its head is five feet long
and 5 feet 10 inches broad; the ear is IA by
90 inches; one of its teeth is by4 inches:
the eye is s by ) inches; one of its toes is
8 inches long, and the longest rib fonnd
measures 8 feet. The weight of the head
is 400 pounds, the lower jaw alone weighing
100.
A correspondent of the Commercial has
been looking after that ubiquitous individ-
ual the coolest inhabitant, and has sue
ceeded in finding him in several places
First, he mentions Mr.. Benjamin Har-
rington, at Harrington, who is in his 95th
| year. The old gentleman lives about a
quarter of a mile out of town, but every
day when the weather is fine, he may be
seen trudging slowly along the road there,
/ and his descendants are SO numerous that
I every fouth man you meet for three or four
miles around, rejoice in the name of Har-
rington. Should he be there of a Saturday
he may shake hands anywhere down the
line from Il son to great grand-child: and
am told he may hear the prattlc of a
I great great grand-child. A Mrs. CULLEN,
. Ia cic or 10 |,
wife, is yet living, and is ten months older
than himself. There is 4 black woman,
too, Dinal Dorman, that with the help of
her long staff may soon reach five scores
/ In Milton, Sussex county, there is a colorcd
man, David Oliver, who bears upon his
broad back the slow decay of a hundred and
two years.
"Box-toed shoes, ten yard neck tie,
! tight pantaloOns. bob-tail coat. and a three
cent paper collar, together with plenty of
check" constitutes Il young gentleman of
the period says the Mutual Friend. Brains
are not necessary.
The people of Clayton are considerably
exercised about the title to their lands, a
chap from California having appeared there
and claiming to be the nephew of some
body who once owned the land and deny
ing the validity ofthe deeds of those who
Z
eiectment on one or more of the citizens,
and the case goes to court.
On Sunday of last week there was or
ganized i'll Middletown Society called the
Band of Hope, the members of which are
required to take the following PLEDGED
hereby solemnl7 pledge myself to abstain
from the use Of all Intoxicating drinks. i'll
Guiding wine. beer anil cider as a bever-
age; from the Use OF tobaccoin every form,
and from all profanity. The Society is
composed Of young people principally, but
adults may and are earnestly invited to be-
come members.
In Frederick, on the e1st inst, Captain
Caleb Smithers, a long and well-known
resident of that place, took sick and died
very suddenly. Captain S. is one of the
oldest residents of that place where he was
for many years engaged in the mercantile
business.
Col. Lemuel Roberts residing near Sud
lersville Queen Anne's county, on return
ing home from Chesitertown on Wednes-
day night, the Goth instant, was thrown
from his carriage when near his residence
and MORALLY injured. He was found in an
insensible condition shortly afterwards and
taken home, where he expired on Thursday
and ,,sef,1 c;tizon md biS ,1;soapo will Ie
caenlr 1,n,or+od h, al Who Lno,,. hin, IIo
was we'll Known tlroncbnut tho state bav-
inc for many Years taken an active mart in
noIitics and filled \ number of nnblic Off
ros
,,o,,ro ,ro,,o, ,,o,,od E1;vo posor hoe
heon orrosted and ind<rod in iail on the
charge of attempting to poison William l..
Bowers, residing i'll Still Pond. She lived
haa,, o.,,oht ,,,,+t;n,, 10 ,,o;s,,oTs suhS+,roo
A very interesting religious revival has
been in progress ut st. James NJ +. Churh
for some weeks past. A number have pro-
fessed conversion, and the altar is nightly
thronged with penitents.
One day last week as John E. Ringgold,
of Chestertown was on his way from Phil
adelshia to Baltimore he was robbed at the
President St. depot, under the following
circumstances: Starting to leave the cars
with valise and several articles, 4 we'll
dressed man offered to assist him, and in
the confusion of the moment he suffered
himself to be assisted into a carriage, when
the door was violently closed and the man
made off with the yalise The man on the
carriage at the same time drove off rapidly
and would not stop until Mr.. Ringgold sue
ceeded in calling the attention of the police.
The driver was then arrested and carried
before a magistrate. and gave bail for