The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-01-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The Elkton Building Society will meet
tonight.
-Warm-on Sunday last the mercury
rose to $50.
The P, W. s. B. Railroad Company
paid a semi-annual dividend of per cent
to its stockholders last Thursday.
-Suspicious-The President of the
Temperance Alliance at Port Deposit,
while making calls ON Christmas day, fell
and received painful injuries.
Tho Patrons of Husbandry are COM
ing. A Grange was organized at Oxford
on Saturday evening last, and at London
grove, Chester county, the Thursday even
ing previous.
Extra services have been held in the
Elkton NJ. E. Church this week. Rev. j.
B. Mann, of Zion Circuit, preached four
nights with great acceptance. There is
some religious interest manifested. The
meetings will continue next week.
About week since large fox was
shot and killed on the old railroad bank
near this town; and although many poul-
try raisers will be glad, reynard will have
many to lament his un.imely end among
tho sporting fraternity. b.
Mr.. Fredus Price, of this town, re-
ceived a fine lot of terrapins, twenty five
in number, and aggregating in weight 26o
pounds From the rapid manner in which
he disposed of them it certainly shows
how many lovers of good eating there arc
in our town. We understand that he e1-
poets more of them next week. B.
The cooperative car builders associa-
ton at Oxford seems to have got into diff
Guilty. A report is current that the shops
were to be sold. The time for starting
such an enterprise was very unfortunate.
The general crash and panic in business
coming on just as the company had got to
work.
The Oxford Press men give broad
hints to some body. They say the new
date is 1874. Whose fault is it if the label
on your paper, denoting how your sub
scription stands, hasn't in it?" We
wouldn't say that to our subscribers for
anything, although there are just baker s
dozen without the 4.
Mr. 8. B. Foard, Jr., SO we'll known in
this community, has returned from his
long visit to Texas. He speaks highly Of
the soil and climate, and is SO little fright
ened by " Yellow jack" that he proposes
to return early in the Spring. He interests
our sportsmen very much by his glowing
account ofthe abundance Of game found
there. b.
One of the horses attached to the
carriage of James E. Barroll, Esq, when
coming up Main street yesterday slip
ped and fell, near the Howard House,
breaking the carriage tongue. Mrs. Bar
roll made sudden exit from the carriage,
but except the momentary fright received
no injury. The horse was rescued before
further damage was done.
Most of those wiseacres who contend
that they can foretell the weather by signs,
&C., now suddenly change their tone and
jump to the other extreme, proclaiming
cold weather and plenty of ice, on account
of the change on Thursday last Should
their last prophecy be correct, we can only
say that the birds which have built their
nests and laid their eggs, have certainly
been "muchly" fooled. B.
The former School Board, Messrs. F.
8. Everist, President, S. J. England and
George Biddle have been reappointed by
Judge Stump for another term-two years.
Rev. John Squier was reelected Examiner
and Secretary Of the Board. The first
meeting Of the new Board was held on
Tuesday last, q report of which will be
found in to-day's issue.
There were one hundred and forty
three marriage licenses issued out of the
Clerks Office of this county in the year
1878. There is law requiring the regis
istration of births and deaths and the
Clerks Office supplied with books Of rec
or0 for this purpose. But there being no
person responsible for executing the law
and no penalty attached to its neglect, it
remains nearly dead letter on the statute
books.
-Four children were bitten by mad dog
in Tredyfrin, Chester county, on the 18th
ult. The dog belonged to w. w. Richards,
the father Of the chlden. The family
were not aware that the dog was mad until
the following day. 1t was traced to scnyl-
kill township where it was killed, but not
until it had bitten two others-a man and
:, boy. The children are under the treat
mo mt of DIR. Emery, of Phenixville.-
Grea excitement prevails in the neighbor-
hood, 1t Is not much wonder that cases of
hydropho bia among dogs are constantly
occurring. This will certainly be the case
as long as there are so many starved ours
left to prowl about without food or shelter,
whose owners, if they have any, neither
feed or care for them. They can't help
hit 90 mad under such circumstances, and
If hey damage persons and property be-
fore taking their departure it's not more
than m. light be expected.-O1ford Press.
We meyer heard before that starvation
would produce Observation-Disclosures is
very maddenins though.
Mild Wfnter.-The present Winter
mr. omises to be as remarkable for mildness
and Spring-li weather, es last, and sew
eral preceding Winters were for the in
tense Sc verify of their cold. The ice 'ian
are beginning to cast gloomy looks at the
murky skies aud consider their chances foI
reaping harvest Of crystals from pond
and river as among the very doubtful
things. The cold snap o. last week formed
ice on Westamwell dam two or three ines.as
thick and some who procure ice from that
place commenced securing their Summer
supply, but the warm san and south WIND
dissolved in a day, the thin shell which bad
hardened over the pond.
Temperance In the Churches.-1t is in
eoa, emplation to organize vigorous and
conce ted movement in the cause Of tenn
neraucs among the christian congregations,