The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-03
PHILADELPHIA Cattle Market,-Bccf cattle

Philadelphia Cattle Market.-Bcef cattle
were in fair demand this week, but prices
were unsettled and lower. About 1900
head arrived and sold at 9M94c. for extra
Pennsylvania and western steers; 7GtSsc.
for fair to good do, and 5GtGi". = H.. for
common, as to quality. Cows were I'LL
changed $50 head sold at $40W60 for
Sprngers and $450s10 per head for cow
and calf Sheep we've duh and lower
10,0 900 head sold nj the Park and Avenue
Drove Yards at 4i!0ri!e. = 10. gross as to
condition. Hogs were dull; 400 head sold
at the different yards at $l3ml3.75 7 100
II S. net for corn fed
A Night in the Open Air.-A very I'M
pleasant occurrence happened at our depot
on Wednesday last, in which three ladies
and a child two years old, enjoyed the ac-
commodation of the sky as 4 covering and
the street as resting place.
Col. Geo. II. Lawrence, of New York
State, recently purchased part of the farm
of Mr.. Caulkins. situated short distance
from Elkton, where he has been stay ing
for some time past. He expected his fam
lily by the P.N. train, who were the three
ladies and the child spoken of above but
by some detention in the trains, they failed
to connect, and came on to this station in
the 1.32 night train. There was no person
at this hour to meet them, and the man in
charge of the depot, asserts that he offered
to conduct them to a hotel, but they refused
to go. and desired to remain in the depot
till morning, which he refused to allow,
and closed it up. The orders of the Com
pany are to close the depot when the last
passenger train has left, and allow no per-
son to remain in it. Under this order,
which he did not chose to exercise the dis
cretion to violate-the Agent, Mr.. Wells,
not being in charge at that hour-the ladies
and child were turned out, where they re-
manned till morning. Col. Lawrence, find
ing his family, who were strangers in the
ncighborhood, had been SO inhospitably
cared for, was naturally very Indignant
The ladies doubtless felt reluctant to go to
strange hotel at that hour of the night
and wished to remain in the depot for the
few hours that interviewed till daylight,
which privilege would have been granted
by the Agent, doubtless, had he been pres
ent. The occurrence was one of those I'M
fortunate affairs which sometimes happen
when subalterns are in charge, WHO are
unwilling to assume responsibilities outside
the letter of their instruction although a
little discretion would convince them that
a very proper rule as general principle,
might be more honored by the breach than
the observance, on such an occasion as the
one in question.
>Court.-After having heard the argyll
ment in the case of Samuel Thomas es.
John I. Jones, being an application for
perpetual injunction against the defendant
to restrain him from tearing down certain
buildings the Court drew the Jurors for
the next Term, and then adjourned on Fri
day of last week. The counsel for the
complainant in the above case, Jas. Black
Groome, Esq, brought his argument to
close with the following brilliant peroration:
'Let the thief boast of his honesty let
the prostitute boast of her chastity let the
ravisher boast of his respect for female vir-
tue let the dogeating Chinaman boast of
his refined astronomical taste let the Dig
ger Indian boast of his civilization let the
Devil boast of his religion-but never again
let the defendant come into this Court and
boast of his charity
The following are the jurors for the Sep