The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-06

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Local Miscllany.-Hallow-ee cen coming on
Sunday, this year, Monday night was taken
| instead, by the boys of Elkton. Indeed
the event was hardly celebrated at all, the
small boys participating in it only. Aside
from the carrying off a few gates and door
steps, but little mischief was done.
| Tomorrow morning Sunday the proba-
TONERS will be received into full member
ship, in the Elkton M. E. Church. In the
evening extra services begin.
Elkton is not yet finished-several new
porches have recently been put up. Besides
a fine new porch and show windows, Wells
& Son are re- fitting their Provision Store, in
Producing marble counters and other i'm
provements, which give the place an at
tractive appearance. Well will Wells
please patrons particular, and an apprecia-
tive public, by making their store so invit-
ing, and keeping everything in such good
style.
That new fence recently put up in front
of the residence of F. A. Ellis, Esq, adds
to the appearance of things considerably.
1t is said that the school just opened in
the third story of the Odd Fellows Hall is
a high school.
There was an immense amount of gas in
the NJ. E. Church last Sunday night. p.
SIT came from the heater.
Sore-the election news to Republicans
but not half so sore as the heads of these
Democrats, who engaged in pugilistic Ell
counters on election day.
| Couldn't stand it.-Those fellows who
partook too largely of Democratic whisky,
on Tuesday. They were seen next morning
lying around on store-boxes, with black
eyes and cut heads.
If inanimate bodies possessed the power
of retaliation, Burton's new house would
certainly exercise it, for the slowness with
which it progresses.
"Augur making is coming to be a branch
of mandatory in Oxford, their now being
two shops in town. Boring is an old
established business in Elkton.
The Commodious and handsome new
dwellieg of Mrs. Maria Ford, on Elk River
in the 1st District of this county, is now
nearly completed. P. c. Strickland, OF
Elkton, is the contractor. Perry Litzen-
berg has the contract for painting it.
Mr.. B. F. May advertises his Store House
now occupied by Messrs Katz & Greenblatt
for rent-Possession given 25th of Marcel
next.
DIR. Livingstone, the great African ex-
plorer, who was reported murdered by one
of the wild, rowing, cannibal tribes of Cen
trail Africa, has again been heard from OF
the 9Th of August last. He spent the yea
previous exploring the section of the coun
try lying south of Tangamjaka lake, which
he found to contain many small springs o.
inner-lake fountains, which he claims to bt
the true sources of the river Nile.
The letters are written on small scraps
of paper which DR.. Livingstone begged
from the Arabs, who conveyed the writer
documents to the coast for transmission t.
England. The communications are eX
ceedingly meagre so far as regards genera
news.
In these letters he requests that furthe
supplies of necessaries be despatched t.
him, including nautical instruments ant
copies of English almanacs for the year
1869 and 1870 This fact indicates, it i
: supposed, that the Doctor purpOsed re
naming in the country for a lengthy perio'
of time, more particularly as he has give
no idea of his Intentions for the future, AM
has not mentioned at what place OF poin
of the territory he purposed to come out OF
his journey homeward.