The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-03-21
Court Proceedings.-The March term of

last, and still continues in session.
Mr.. jeremiah c. Price, of the First
District, was appointed Foreman of the
Grand Jury, which adjourned on Thursday
afternoon, having had very few witnesses
before it, finding but ten indictments, two
of which were ignored" and the others
returned "true bills" as follows: Assault
and battery, three; larceny, two; selling
liquor to Minors two; and for keeping
disorderly house, perjury and murder, one
each.
The report of the Grand Jury was like
all it's predecessors since the completion of
the new Jail.
The following cases have been disposed
Of, the first day of the term being entirely
occupied in calling the various dockets by
the Clerk, entering judgments, &c.
Daniel Gallop Us. Edward B. Dallam;
removed case from Hartford county; an
action on a contract for surrendering pos
session of farm by the tenant to the land
lord. Neither the defendant nor his coun
sci were present in Court, and the case was
submitted to jury by the plaintiff, who,
upon the evidence offered, rendered ver-
dict for the plaintiff for 1924, the amount
claimed, without leaving the box. Ill. W.
Archer for plaintiff.
p. H. Cleaver os. John W. Bouchell; an
action as endorser Of q promissary note
under seal, or what in law is termed a
"sincle bill.'' Tried before jury, who,
under the instructions of the Court, render
ed a verdict for the defendant. w. 5.
Evans and Archer for plaintiff; Constable
and II. Mccullough for defendant.
Vesparian H. Watts us. the President
and Commissioners of Port Deposit; an
action for damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained by the plaintiff by
falling down the excavation made in build
ing the Odd Fellows Hall, in Port Deposit,
some few years since. On trial before a
jury as we close our report (Friday.)
A Centennial Tea Party.-A bevy of the
prettiest girls we have seen for many day
were in Elkton on Thursday last, selling
tickets and canvassing for Centennial
Tea Party, which they propose holding at
Kirkwood, Del, on next Thursday even
ing The ladies will appear at the tea
table arrayed in the costume Of our grand
mothers, and if the said grand mammas
had as bright eyes and winsome ways as
their daughters who propose to personate
them-and we presume they had, for we
cannot trace the witchery of the blue hens
chickens of the present day to aught but
their grandmas-then we do not wonder
that the Delaware regiment made such a
noble record in the Revolutionary annals,
for none but the brave deserve the fair,
and in discipline and gallantry the Della
ware troops ranked as the flower Of the
continental army, the old Maryland line y
even not excepted.
The hundredth anniversary of the De-
claration of Independence must be cele-
brated in the city of Philadelphia at old
independence Hall in 1876, and prepare
tions are being made for that grand event
in all parts of the country, especially in
the old colony States, where so many bat
tie fields are hallowed by the blood of the
patriots of "'76" The Kirkwood ladies
determined that their little State shall not
be eclipsed in the anniversary, but that her
patriotism shall shine forth as brightly as
in the days that tried mems souls, have
organized tea party, and by personating
the manners and dress of the oldep time,
hope to
"Snatch from the ashes of your sires,
The embers of their former fires"
and kindle in the hearts of the men of the
present day some of that patriotism and
valor, which achieved such feats in arms a
hundred years ago. Within sound of the
guns at Chadd's Ford, and in sight of the
roads along which the serted columns of
British troops marched to the battle of
Brandywine, these fair daughters, whose
grandmothers cheered on to the desperate
conflict, the gallant men of Delaware and
Maryland, hope to see an outpouring of
the sons of those noble sires at their tea
party on Thursday evening next, worthy
of the glorious cause of independence, and
worthy of the deeds they propose to COM
memorate.