The Cecil Whig., 1873-06-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

"A Scorcher-last Thursday.
A Rosster-Thursday night.
The heated term-June term of Court.
To-day is the longest day of the year
Trinity Church, Elkton, will be open
cd for the usual services on Sunday, the
22nd inst, at 10! A. NJ, and r.M
"A lady's cuff and sleeve button were
picked up in front Of the Post Office, on
Tuesday last by the mail carrier and left at
the Post Office.
Money sold at meeting of Elkton
Building Society, on Saturday night last,
500 for 1G. per cent premium, and 81, 000
for II per cent premium.
Change of Terms:-Mr. T. V. Oliver,
has changed the terms of Sale of his Fur
niture, on Tuesday the Gath inst, from all
cash to credit of four months, on all sums
over $1,000.
- Strawberries have been tolerably plsn-
ty in Elkton this week, selling for 12 cents
box. Green peas 30 and 40 cents a peck.
The dry weather is cutting the early berry
and vegetable crops short.
Mr.. E. d. McClenahan, of Port De-
posit, has sold tract of woodland, in
Mathews county, Va, containing 1,1O5
acres, to Messrs. Chas. w. Talley & Co.,
of Wilmington, Del.
The ladies of Hopewell NJ. E. Church
will have an Ice Cream and Strawberry
Festival, On their grounds, tho afternoons
and evenings of Wednesday and Thursday,
June 25th and Goth. The proceeds for the
repairing of their church.
General complaint is heard among the
farmers Of the hot, dry weather shortening
the grass, oats and potato crops, and one
farmer we have heard complain that rust
was attacking the wheat and oats. Wheat
is generally pronounced good.
The title of the Banking House of
Evans, Wood s Co., at Rising Sun, Md,
will be changed on the 1st of July to that
Of the Rising Sun Banking Company, with
out any material change Of membership,
officers or mode of conducting business.
A theatrical company from Ford's
Grand Opera House, performed in Elkton
this week. The first evening the house
was very small. The second evening the
audience was 80 slim that the performance
did not take place. The acting was very
crsditable on Wednesday evening.
On Friday next the closing exercises
of the Elkton Academy, will take place
and our citizens are duty bound to attend,
give encouragement to the cause of educa-
tion and the building up of a first class
school at this place. If an interest is ia
ken in the school it will certainly prosper.
If not it must decline.
Commencement Exercises of Delaware
College has kept the little town of Newark
in a fever of excitement this week. The
ceremonies commenced on Monday and
ended on Wednesday evening, Jas. T.
Mccullough, Esq, of this town, delivered
the address before the Athonean Society,
on Tuesday evening.
- The late Secretary to the Town Com
missioners, furnishes quite lengthy arti-
Gle on the subject of the town finances,
but fails to give any further information;
but in lieu of that, proposes an investiga-
tion committee at our expense. We can't
sec the wisdom of this suggestion. Every
taxpayer being party, all should bear,
and doubtless are willing, portion of
necessary expenses.
Another writer has something to say
from the taxpayers stand point. The
thing is growing interesting.
We find the following notice in the
Ortsrd Press, of big clover raised by one
of our Octoraro farmers. We are we'll
acquainted with the farm, which was
famous for turning out fat cattle in former
times.
FINE CLovER.-We are in receipts of
bunch of clover from the farm of w.
J. Preston, Sth district, Cecil county Md.
There being variety of eolors-from
white to deep red-the flowers make
pretty boquet, a farmers boquet, a number
of them being double' some triple and
some even quadruple. 1t was taken from
field of clover prepared in this wise: At
the last working of his corn last summer
Mr.. Preston sowed clover seed and the
clover is SO we'll set and SO large, being
three feet in length, he intends to NOW a
portion of it the present harvest, although
the original intention was to plow the
whole growth down for wheat next fall.
The land had been manursd previous to
planting the corn and was afterwards
heavily boned.
Lecture.-Rev. ]. Barnett Mann will
lecture in the Ebenezer N. E. Church,
Zion Circuit, on Wednesday evening, June
25th, at 8 o'clock.
Admission free. A collection will be