The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-06-06
;" To Arms-to arms !

The foemen storm the wall ~
A meeting has been called for next Wed
nesday evening of all lovers of the noble
art and science of war, the object of which
is to take initiatory steps for organizing a
volunteer company in Elkton to be called
the Groome Guards. The Governor, in
honor of the compliment, will equip and
arm the company. The outfit will include
a complete uniform as we'll as standards
and arms and hall to drill in. The prom
inent candidates for the. captaincy are
Messrs. Edward Sweetapple, the man
ager of the Ledger paper mill at Marley,
William G. Purnell and II. u. NJ. Howard.
DR.. Frazer appears to be the coming man
for surgeon Of the company, who will
dress their wounds after battle, and exer-
else a general hygenic supervision over the
company. The prospect is favorable that
Elkton ere long will be walked up from her
chronic lithergy by the piercing squeel
of the martial fife, and clatter of the ket-
tie drum, and the steady step of the SOL
der, keeping time to the music of the
union.'
Last week the boys of Bowdoin College
rebeled against military drill. 1t is plain
that these effeminate sons of cold blooded
Yankee sires had none of the chivalric fire
of Elkton's martial youth in their veins.
Sale of Real Estate.-H. w. Archer,
Esq, Trustee, sold the Pennington pro-
perty, containing 4S0 acres, situate in Sas-
safras Neck, on Wednesday last. The
property was offered as a whole and in
divided parts, and sold under the latter
arrangement. w. L. Potter bought $50
acres for $56 per acre; and Mrs. Pennington
the balance, 200 acres, for So, 500, subject
to certain legacies. The property is in fine
condition and handsomely situated on the
Sassafras river, and at time not very re-
mote in the past would have sold for per-
haps double the amount it was knocked
down at.
SALE OF THE DARLINGTON PROPERTY
The Maryland Land and immigration
Company sold at public auction, on We'd
nesday, all their real estate at Darlington,
Hartford county, except four small tracts
on which their large saw mills are located.
The Belleview farm, on the bay shore, con-
tanning 81 acres, was bought by Mr..
Griffith Davis at $1,000 per acre, cash.
This farm is we'll improved, and the price
paid represents scarcely half its real value.
The Darlington farm, containing 430 acres,
was bought by Mr.. Henry James lone of
the corporators of the Company at $22
per acre. The Plum Point farm, contain
ing 900 acres, was bought by Mr.. James at
$50 per acre. Mr.. James also bought a
small tract containing about seven acres,
known as the Distillery property, the price
paid being 81, 425. There are four dwell
ing houses on this tract A narrow strip
of land containing IS acres, binding on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad, was sold to Mr.. Hoke for
$467.50. But few bidders were present at
the sale. These are admirably adapted to
the dairy, and the tenants are now sending
$50 gallons of milk to Baltimore. The
growing crops look very well, and it is
difficult to understand why the land did
not bring larger price unless it was be-
cause the tracts are too large. There are
fishing and ducking shores on all Of them,
and the improvements are first class. The
Darlington and Belleview farms are APP
preached by a long avenue, lined with
locust trees, as fine as any in Maryland.
Baltimore American.