The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-07-10
Local Affairs.


town, are having their church repaired.
The County Commissioners, Orphans
Court and School Commissioners meet next
Tuesday.
MIR. A. T. Tyson will sell at Public
Sale, at Bay View, on Saturday next, a
number of new and second hand carriages.
-Raspberries have been quite plentiful
in our market this week, selling at twenty
cents a quart, of Delaware and Philadel-
phia varieties.
We publish on the first page this week
another of those pleasant letters by " R.
H." from Europe-this time from Scotland
and the home of Burns.
Tonight the Elkton Building Society
meets. There will be about $4,000 for
sale to members. If enough buyers are
not present it will be disposed of by lot.
The Elkton Reading Room will be
closed on Saturday, July 10th, until Octo-
Der LIST. By order of the Board of Man.
ayers. F. A. Ellis, President.
The firm of Meisel, Shinn & Company,
carriage builders, of this town, has been
dissolved. The business will be continued
by Messrs. Meisel & Dopson, at the same
place.
Death.-Ex-SheriffJ James E. Oldham,
proprietor of the Rail Road Hotel of this
town, died yesterday friday morning,
about 3 o'clock, after a protracted illness
OF typhoid fever.
Heat again has returned after few
days of pleasant weather. Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday were terribly warm.
The refreshing shower that visited this
neighborhood on Tuesday evening, did not
allay the heat.
The Mccullough Iron Co., on Tuesday,
raised steam in the boilers at their new
mill, in Wilmington, to test their engine
and machinery, and everything was found
to work very satisfactory. Sometime dur
ing next month they hope to get into oper-
alton.
Nelson has offered the first watermelons
for sale in our market. They came some
where from the sunny South. We read of
thirty car loads of the luscious fruit pass
ing through Atlanta, Ca, from Florida,
bound for the cool Northwest, accompanied
by as many old crackers in butternut coats,
to open trade with the WOLVERINES.
Farmers in this section report wheat
half crop and the quality of the grain
very good. Red rust injured the straw in
some places. Oats promise to be a very
fine crop. Corn is growing rapidly. More
favorable weather for the latter crop could
not be. Potatoes promise we'll and fine
crops are expected where the farmers gave
the bugs sprinkle of Paris Green.
Mr.. Edward N. johnson, of this town,
graduated at St. Johns College, Annapolis,
on Tuesday last. At the commencement
exercises of the Wilmington High School,
on the 3Oth ult., Miss Maggie Carpenter,
daughter of Mr.. G. G. Carpenter, formerly
of this county, was awarded the solid gold
medal, provided by Mr.. John II. Adams
for the best essay. There were eighty five
competitors for the prize.
Arrangements have been completed to
run a tug boat and barges between Elk
Landing and Baltimore City daily during
the peach season. The tug will leave Elk
Landing every evening at o'clock, taking
aloaded barge in tow, and leaving an empty
barge at the wharf. The boat will stop
at Frenchtown, Bohemia Ferry, and Rey-
bold's wharf, and wherever signalled on
Elk river. The peaches will be landed in
Baltimore in the morning in time for mar
ket. This appears to be an excellent ar
rangement and will accommodate the peach
shippers with daily market in Baltimore,
which is made one of the best and most
uniform markets for peaches by the can
ners, who are large buyers.
The Council of the borough of Oxford,
Pa, have passed an ordinance compelling
the muzzling of dogs in the hot season.
This is a most cruel and mistaken practice.
There is no more danger from hydraphobia
in hot, than in cold weather. A muzzle
serves rather to aggravate the poor brute,
and induce the rabies, where every insect
that dog flesh is subject to is preying upon
him and the animal is prevented from
relieving his sufferings by having his mouth
fastened up. The practice is cruel stu
pidity that we had hoped the age had
become too enlightened to resort to. Kill
the worthless ours, if it is determined to
be best for the corporation. They are
terrible nuisance in every village; but don't
torture the dumb beasts with muzzles in
the interest of the old exploded theory of
guarding against hydrophobia.
Arm Broken.-A little son of w. F. ].
Henry had an arm broken in two places
between the wrist and elbow, by being
thrown from carriage while returning to
town on Monday evening, from the Groome
Guards picnic. Bailiff Tim White, w.
F. j. Henry, and F. Simon, with three lit
tie boys, two of them sons of Mr.. Henry,
were in the carriage. On the way the ami
NAL commenced kicking, and kept it up SO
lively that the carriage was upset, and in the
turn over the boy 8 arm was broken and Mr.
White received some slight bruises. The
animal continued to kick till he had stripped
himself of the harness and pretty effect
ually demolished the carriage. The little
fellows arm was dressed when the party
reached home, and he was at play the next
day.
More Till Robbery.-On Monday last
Mrs. Smith missed 81 which had been alb
stracted from her money drawer in the con-
fectionery store. A boy was seen in doubt
full proximity to the place, who bears bad
reputation. Constable White was sent in
search Of the youngster when he returned
to town in the evening, but the youth when
arrested had no money about his person
and denied all knowledge of the act. II
transpired, however, that he had invested
As cents in e-crackers that day to cele.
brate "the 4th.'' Mrs. Smiths drawer
has been robbed several times recently
She had better take better care of hel