The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-03-07

weeks, and will give very creditable rep
resentation of the above piece. We hope
the dramstis person9 will be careful to
avoid too literal representation OF the
play in the thirteen bar-rooms which accom-
modate Elkton, and turn out graduates for
this great drama on the worlds stage.
Sudden Death.-Hasson Lynch died very
suddenly on Tuesday night last. He was
apparently in his usual health when he
retired to bed. His wife was alarmed i'll
the night by some manifestations of illness
on the part of her husband, and turning
up the light, discovered that something
serious was the matter, when she imme-
diately called the family, but when they
reached the room the man was dead.
Mr.. Lynch was we'll known by many of our
citizens. He was in Elkton the day pre-
vious to his death in his usual health.
Cause of death unknown.
Port Deposit & Columbia Railroad
Work continues to progress on the Port
Deposit & Columbia Railroad. The heav-
lest part of the work is done except a
portion between Fite's Eddy and McCall's
Ferry. Messrs. Keaveny & Buck have
contracted to complete portion of the
road in that vicinity and have COM
menced work in earnest. The diligence
and good management exhibited by these
gentlemen on the contract they finished
last Summer, ensures the seasonable COM
pletion of their new enterprise. 1t is the
intention of the company to lay the track
as far as Peach Bottom this Spring. The
farmers near that part of the line will be
reioiced when such an event does come to
pass; and we shall all be glad when the
cars run directly from Columbia to Port
Deposit.
Important to Those who Draw Notes.
A man drew note promising to pay one
hundred dollars. He used the printed
form, and did not close up the blank devot-
ed to dollars, and after passing it as negotia
BILE paper somebody inserted "and fifty"
after the one hundred and before the print
ed word dollars. The note thus altered,
got into the hand of an innocent party,
who presented it to the drawer, and the
Supreme Court decided that the maker of
the note was liable for it's face, because
through negligence he did not draw line
between the written word "hundred and
the printed word "dollars." Any testi-
mony that the drawer might offer to estab
lish the fact that he gave the note for one
hundred dollars must 60 for nothing, as
"there was nothing on the face of the note
to show that it had been altered" Evil
dence of an alteration on the face of the
note would have changed the case.
Death in jail.-A colored infant whose
mother was confined in Jail for larceny,
died in Jail on Sunday morning last The
Coroner was promptly on hand with twelve
men and physician to see whether foul
play had anything to do with the death of
the child. The physician had attended the
child through its lingering illness. The
Coroner, we suppose, is compelled to 60
through all this farcical work in comply
ing with the requirements of law in the
fulfillment of his official duty. The bill of
costs to the County for holding Coroner's
inquest is as follows:
Coroner, $500
IL Jurors, at so cts. each, 600
Serving 12 summons, 124 cts. each $50
Examining physicians fee, So to 1000
mostly the latter fee.
Total, $22 so
for each inquest, paid by the County. If
the holding of inquests is required by law
in cases like the above, when the cause of
death is so self evident, made obligatory
on the Coroner, and we presume it is, or
the County Commissioners would not pass
the bill, it strikes US that the Legislature
might do little useful work for their
constituents by a little judicious alteration
of SO foolish a law. The. Coroners with
the same propriety might hold inquestss
over the bodies of all PERSONS who Dig ]
in the State. e '~'t ~ ~
DrOwned.-Bill Badger, ene-armed
colored man, of dissipated habits, was
found drowned in DR.. Mitchell's mill race,
at the east end of Main street, on Satur-
day evening last about 8 o'clock. Badger
had made his customary daily visit to
town, from Red Hill, and after loading up
with whisky started for home some time
in the afternoon. When discovered by
two of his comrades the top of his head
was protruding above the water, frozen
stiff and standing erect on the bottom.
He was taken out, and two bottles of wits
ky were found in his pockets. He appears
to have left the road, and going through
gate laid down ON the bank Of the race,
and being 50 intoxicated had rolled into
the water. Mr.. John E. Wilson whose
residence is close to the scene was sum-
moned and assisted by the men the body
of the drowned man was taken from the
water and the Coroner summoned, who,
attended by DR.. Tuft visited the scene and
the body was deposited in Mr.. Flinn's
stable close by. The next morning (Sun,
day the ceremony of holding an inquest
was gone through and the remains were
left in the stable till Monday. The verdict
however was accidental drowning. Drown
ed when helplessly drunk, would have
been a more appropriate rendering, and
had the advantage of being new version
for an old occurrence. Badger was a SOL
der in the late war and lost an arm in
front of Petersburg.
Pigeon Match-2nd District VS.. Bird
District.-A large number of the sporting
fraternity with many others as lockers on,
assembled on Wednesday afternoon to
witness a pigeon match, held in field
adjoining the town. The contesting par
ties were Messrs. Polk Steele, Edw. Bid
die and Henry Bidle, who came up to try
their skill against Messrs. G. W. Maxwell,
A. P. Shockley and Harrison Bennett;
each party had the privilege of pointing
his shooting iron at ten birds. The stran-
gers won the toss and Mr.. Maxwell was