The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-07-24
Port Deposit Items.

weather we have had. Especially was il
cool on Monday and Tuesday nights, and
some folks fearing colds and ague from the
outstanding it has been cloudy for several
days, but little rain has fallen.
LEAVING TOWN.
DR.. n. b. Smith, our dentist, left us on
Wednesday evening for a trip to his home
among the high hills of Pennsylvania, at a
place called Mount Rose, two hundred
miles up the SusGuehanna river, and four
teen miles from the river, in Susquehanna
county. The doctor will be gone about a
week. Several other gentlemen left town
on the evening train on Wednesday for
Wilmington, Del, where they stopped over
night and started Thursday morning on the
excursion train for New York and up the
Hudson river. Among those who went we
mention Mr.. Geo. w. Vandiver, operator
of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
Mr.. Walter NcClenahan, and Mr.. Lutte
White.
Accepting the kind invitation of Mr.. VIM.
Way, your reporter in company with that
gentleman made call at the stone quarries
of Messrs. Malone & Armstrong; as we'll as
McClenahan & Brothers. Both quarries
have quite force at work, and the way
they lift stone around with their large der
ricks is certainly great curiosity. They
swing a stone around weighing half ton,
and have it on the cart before a man could
take good look at it. Some were loading
cars, others scows, some blasting, and 9TH
ers drilling.
NEW TELEGRAPH POLES.
We observed also in our drive that the
Western Union Telegraph Company have
planted new poles in and on the suburbs of
the town along the quarries, and such large
poles we have never seen before. AS the
ice each year especially when there is a
gorge knocks the Company's poles down
and scatters their wires to the four winds
of earth, we infer from these large poles
that the Company does not intend such
shall be the case any more and have taken
proper measures to prevent it.
MOVING.
Mr.. St. Clair, who has been living in Mid
dletown, near the Methodist Church, for
sometime past, has moved to the lower end
of the town.
ARRIVALS.
Among others who have arrived at the
Farmers and Commercial Hotel, during the
week, are: Mr.. Harry II. McComas and
lady, of Baltimore City. Mr.. McComas is
a son of the noted McComas, keeping and
to this country all kinds of fire.
arms, guns, pistols, etc, in Baltimore City.
Mr. Milton y. Kidd was also among us
again on Saturday and Sunday last.
IMPROVEMENT.
A small dwelling house is in course Of
erection in the lower part of the town.
The dwelling house which has been in course
of erection at Rock Run, belonging to Mr..
Walter Paxton, is nearly finished. The
work of street improvement still goes on,
and several car loads of small stone have
been scattered over them this week. In
many places the recent gorge washed the
dirt from the streets, leaving them uneven
and rough. These places are being filled
up with stone, and soon our street will be
as level and nice as ever.
TIE EXPECTED ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment to be held at the Meth
odist Church on Friday evening by the
"Church Aid Society,"" isgreatly talked of,
and having been announced on several occa-
sions from the pulpit, and through the news
papers, it is thought there will be quite a
crowd in attendance.
PLEAsURING.
The Riverside Brass Band has been Civ
ing us some excellent music lately, for which
they deserve and have the thanks of the
INDUCED in during the pretty moon light
nights just gone, the band, too, often made
a trip out on the water, and from the town
the music sounded delightful. The streets
during these pleasant evenings were throng-
ed with people out for walk and enjoying
the breeze.
SOMETHING NICE.
Mr. J. Miller, proprietor of the Com
mercial Hotel, bought in Baltimore City a
few weeks since, pair of horses, the pref
ticst we have seen for some time. In point
of beauty they excel any others in the town,
being dappled gray, medium size, and hav-
ing that symmetry that makes them look
uniform and well proportional. They are
not yet five years old.
MISCELLANY
A great many men, belonging in the town,
are working on the p, w. & B. Railroad,
where the new track is being laid near Bush
river. They go and come each day by train,
boarding at home. For few nights now
there will be what is called gravel or con-
struction train lay over in Port, coming up
from Perryville each evening and returning
very early the next morning. There
will be hacks in abundance to carry passen-
gers from here to the Wood Lawn Camp
during the time which it lasts. We
understand the liquor houses of Bel Air,
Havre de Grace, and in fact all over Har-
ford county, have reopened for the sale of
rum, notwithstanding the restrictions laid
down. Several lumber vessels are
loading at our wharves. The hay
market is quite brisk, and the genuine arti-
Gle appears to come from every direction.
The mornings (real early here are
very foggy, but there is little sickness in
the town. ELECTRICAL.
THE PRESBYTERIAN UNIoN.-The Great
Gathering tn England.-On Tuesday the
delegates from the Presbyterian churches
throughout the world assembled in London
in order to perfect the scheme of Presby-
terrain confederation. AS many as forty
eight organizations it is expected will be
represented, comprising the Presbyterians
of England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia,
the United States, New South Wales, and
other parts of the Christian world. This
contemplated union of all Presbyterians
has been for some time in process of pre-
paraton. 1t was first suggested in connec-
ton with the tri-centenary commemoration
of the birth of John Knox, and was ap-
proved by the Presbyterian Assembly of
this country which met in 1872. At the
Worlds Confarance of tho Evaprol;c,l