The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-11-14
Local Affairs.

The old Elkton Building society meets
to night.
Ducks are plenty in the North East
River and Chesapeake Bay; affording ex
cellent shooting for the sporting fraternity.
Rev. James A. Brindle will preach in the
brick school house, near Baldwin, factory,
tomorrow Sunday afternoon, at 3o'clock.
The leaves having about all fallen and
the Dimycratic procession being past, could
we have the streets cleaned before Winter
rains?
The pedestrian who has been stopping
in our town for some weeks, left very sud
denly on last Saturday morning, failing to
pay his board.
The pavement ascending Partridge's
hill is in a very bad condition, and has
been SO for several weeks. When will the
bricks be replaced?
A cloudy day and light shower of rain
on Monday, added spice of variety to the
beautiful, dry Indian Summer which has
characterized the present Fall.
The meeting called for Tuesday even
ing, for the purpose of taking initiatory
steps in organizing reading room and
library association for Elkton was failure.
The ladies of Bethel NJ. E. Church, at
Pivot Bridge, will have Supper and FEES
tival on Thanksgiving afternoon and even
ing, the 26th instant). Tickets, so cents.
MIR. S. Lowman's little son, five years
of age, while staying with his grand par
ents, at North East, fell from fence, on
Wednesday, and fractured his collar bone.
Walnut Hill is not a success as shoot
ing preserve for cartridges, but the scarcity
of game is doubly compensated by the hos
pitality which seems Indigenous to the
place.
AT West End we all remember John
Lang and his good bread; and are happy to
say he has resumed operations, and will be
prepared to serve his customers on Monday
next.
The mud machine made its appearance
in Elk river on Wednesday last, and COM
bled the boat to approach near enough to
the bar to dump the mud behind the pill
ing.
The Oxford Press says: A fire burned
over portion of Joseph c. Taylor's wood
land, Little Britain township, on Friday
last. 1t originated from burning gun
wad. Sportsmen should be careful.
The same paper also says: Messrs.
Woollens & Alexander are now receiving
at their bone mill in this borough, two hun
dred tons of first quality bones from Fort
Wayne, Indiana. They are being shipped
over the Pennsylvania Railroad, via Phila-
delphia. A car holds about ten tons.
About this time our exchanges show
a piebald lock. as an evidence that cold
weather has struck the printers rollers,
changing what was soft pliable roller to
hard, smooth cylinder, no longer under
the control of the devil.
MIR. John W. Shippers, on the farm of
Mr.. James Boal, near North East, raised,
this year, about 5000 bushels of turnips.
He values them very highly as winter food
for his mich cattle. They are said to be
excellent in increasing the flow of milk.
African NJ. E. Church, Bridge street,
Elkton, preaching tomorrow at II o'clock
A. NJ. There will also be lecture and fes-
tival in Union Hall, on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings 18th and 10th, for the
benefit of the church.
D. RIDEoUT, Pastor.
One of the candy peddling wagons
from Wilmington, which visit our town
about every other day in the week, ran off
on Thursday, and coming in contact with
the yard fence of Mr.. Samuel Lowman,
upset his wagon, scattering the sweets
about the street, breaking the wagon and
fence, and throwing one of the horses;
which, however, resulted in nothing serious
beyond the break up.
The little son Of Coroner Litzenburg
narrowly escaped being killed on Wednes-
day, while out driving with his father.
Some parts of the harness becoming loose,
Mr.. Litzenburg got out of the carriage to
fasten it, leaving the lines in the chld's
hands. While he was fixing the harness,
the horse suddenly started and ran some
distance, when the carriage was overturned.
Fortunately the child escaped without any
injury.
The fourth anniversary of Providence
M. P. Church, of Elkton, was celebrated on
Sunday. James H. Manly, formerly of this
town, but now of Wilmington, made an
excellent address, taking for his subject,
Put your Enterprising Spirit in Action"
c. Manly and E. Thomas followed in appro-
pirate remarks. The singing, conducted
by Mrs. L. Foreman, Mrs. L. Manly, and
Messrs. Davis and Milburn, was excellent.
The exercises closed with some remarks by
the Superintendent, Mr.. E. Boyer.
"A letter from friend in Topeka, Kan
sas, few days since, informs us that Mr..
Cook, who went to that State to gather
bones for Waring & Bro, the celebrated
bene-dust manufacturers, of Colora, this
county, had made very successful COM
mencement; having bought up one hun
dred tons, about Great Bend and east of
that point, was going on to Dodge City and
Granada to prosecute his labors of gather
ing fertilizers 10 the crude state for the
improvement of our worn out lands in the
East.
On Monday morning, the End instant,
about two o'clock, the dry-house of the
wooden factory, located on the North East
creek, about two miles from North East,
known as Crawfords Factory" was dis
covered to be on fire. The flames were
making rapid progress when noticed; but
by great exertion on the part Of the work
men and abundance of water available, it
was soon extinguished. The fire is sup
posed to have originated from the fire under
the dye-kettle. The loss, we understand
is about So, 600.
Mr.. William McNamee, Jr., of Elkton,
was severely injured on Wednesday last, in