The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-12-11
OUR NEIGHBOURS.
DELAWARE.

Alderman Vincent, of Wilmington, is about publish
ing IL history OF Delaware.
fair and festival on grand scale for the benefit Of
the Masonic Lodge of Middlstown will commence on
the Wednesday before the Holidays, and continue until
New Years Day.
A gentleman from the vicinity of Midlietown was
passing along of the streets of Philadelphia few
days since and seeing pile of Peach Baskets stopped
and counted them fifty in number, and recognized the
mark on them This may suggested what has become
Of so many of the baskets of our peach growers
The postoflce at FELTON, broken into last week,
and several watches stolen The deputy postmaster is
matchmaker.
generally known that cotton successfully
cultivated this peninsula but such is the fact Beau
tifu cotton regularly raised in Accomac and North
ampon counties, Va and shipped either to Norfolk or
Crisfiell.
Tho two colorcd men, Joshua .;onns and Lewis Car
pentor convicted of rape, at the New Castle County
Court last week have been sentenced to be hung the
4th Of February next
lures delivered i'll the Midletown Hail. the present win
ter during which Henry Ward Beecher, Brick pomeroy
Horace Greeley, and other notal,ss will appear.
Robert A. Cochran is mailing bricks into Middetown,
preparatory to building fine brick store house, ON the
corner of Broad and Main streets. 1t is possible that he
may extend his improvements far to erect entire
brick front from the corner to Walkers hotel.
On Thursday night of last week. the Citizens National
Bank of Mldetown was entered by burglars and rob-
bed OF number of bonds amounting i'll value to nearly
$4,000.
The Bank is situated in room in the new Town Hail.
and the thieves effected entrance by pryng open
back window In the Bank wers two free-proof safes
in one of which the money belonging to the Bank
and in the other books papers, &c. and number Of
bonds left there for safe keeping special deposits
This safe the robbers pricd open and stole thcrcf:om
bonds ms Yellowstone 81 900 Delaware Railroad bond
belonging to j. V. Crawford; fourteen 81 600 Pacific
Railroad bonds, belonging Richard Lockwood: 50
Of U 5. bonds belonging to j. B. Cazier and $3.50 in L.
s. securities belonging to Miss A j. Simpson, scho"
ted about O'Clock On Friday morning, noise
heard in the building about that time 1t is supposed
that the thieves became frightened and left in hurry,
as their tools (which Of the kind used by profess
siona burglars) left behind, and also 81 900
fc Railroad bond, belonging to Mr.. Lockwood.
The Milford Hook and Ladder apparatus has been sold
at Constables SALE for rent, and Dover bought it.
The new NJ. f. Church. at Lincoln will he dedicated
tomorrow (Sunday.)
ers Of Frederick has raised cabbage in his garden this
year. which measures feet in circumference and weighs
over 80 pounds.
TALBOT.
The friends of the Inebriatc Asylum proposed to he
erected in Baltimore have thus far collected S43 in this
county.
During the past year letters were sent from the
Easton posofce and So lbs received during that time.
The Wizard Oil concern in Easton last week
Samuel NJ. Bostick, Of Easton, killed tho End
inst lie, in company with two friends had been
cunning and in the evening he to the wagon where
the guns were deposited and taking all three
ono time, with their muzzlcs toward him, when the
hammer of ono of them struck the wagon sufficiently
hard to explode the cap and the entire load entered his
left breast lie died in a few minutes.
On the I'd inst, while Joseph Cooper of Easton
standing in the crowd giving to the music from the
VII BAND listening to the sIlvcry tongue OF
their salesman. borrowed his pocket book con-
tanning about forty dollars.
HARTFORD.
The Circuit Court adjourned Thursday the 3D. after
session OF nearly four weeks. From the report
grand jury. we infer that their Jail is better than
own. The following from Cecil county was tried =
VIM. l.. Cooley Enoch Noyes, Lr., and Henry Smith
son. Tried before jury and Judgment for plaintiff for
$2l910.
The raroa, continues to be the all-asorbing topic of
interest to the people of Beair and the first district
the county The subscriptions thus far obtained amount
in the aggregate to $4,000. 1t is most probable that
the new road will connect with the p. W. b. Railroad
An epidemic is raging among tho hogs in the vicinity
of Bclar Large numbers died last week. The disease
manfcsts itself about the throat and is accompanied 10y
great efftision of blood In the cases. however
salt may lie relied on to the victim.
new building association has been organized ut JAR
rettsvlis.
Money sold at IS per cent at the meeting of Havre
de Grace building Association Monday evening last
The cold weather of the past week completely closed
the Tide Water Canal. Quite number of boats loaded
with lumber and coal for Philadelphia and Baltimore
caught in the ice