The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-04-03
Local Affairs.

-Wickersham Institute meets at Chesa-
peake City, on Saturday, April 10, 1875, at
2 o'clock.
Thursday was all-fool's day. We didn't
hear of many fools, but doubtless they are
as numerous as ever.
Money sold at the Mutual Building
Association, on Saturday night last, at pre-
miums ranging from 1876 to 1876 cents per
share.
ALI persons having accounts against
the County are notified to file them in the
Commissioners office on or before the 10th
instant.
The firm of Evans & Haines, stove and
hardware dealers, at Rising Sun, has been
dissolved. The business will be continued
by Mr.. Evans.
Abundance of fish has been in our
market this week. Herrings have made
their appearance. Marylanders are sup
posed to consider the latter the prince of
fishes.
Happy man.-One of the petit jurors
not serve on single jury, although in
attendance every day that Court was in
session.
Meyer bought the bottling apparatus
at the executors sale of McAteer's proper
ty, and will fix it up at the Exchange
Hotel to brew harmless drinks for temper
ance people.
We thought it would come. And so
we are to have Spelling Bee" in Elkton,
by the notice in another column. "And
the elephant walked around, and the band
it began to play
Levi Boulder has moved his shop from
the corner of Main and Bridge streets to
the McAteer property, on North street,
and will be ready in few days to rejuve-
nate mattresses and beds.
Two members of the Bar had hand
to-hand struggle on the Court House yard
on Monday last. Nothing serious the result.
The "judge" also had an "onpleasant-
ness" with two individuals who manifest
ed contempt on the street for the Court.
Public sale.-4 head of Horses, head
of Cattle and other personal property, at the
residence of Mrs. Cantwell, on the Marley
road, one mile from Elkton, on Thursday,
the Sth OF April instant Sale to commence
at 10 NJ. Terms made known at sale.
Jos. P. CANTwELL, Auctioneer.
No family should be without ONE
There was left for record in the Clerks
Office on Saturday last, a mortgage for two
and ahalf millions of dollars, given by the
Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad Com
pany to Josiah Bacon and Geo. B. Roberts,
of Philadelphia, as Trustees, to secure the
same amount of first mortgage bonds about
to be issued by the above named Company
One day last week a party of fishermen
hauled seine in the Elk river, and the
result was hogshead of small fish were
destroyed. There is law in this State
regulating the size of meshes to be used in
fishing seines. 1t should be enforced, and
this destruction of small fish, and conse-
quently the reduction of large source of
food supply in which all have an interest,
prevented.
The Cherry Hill Building Association
is nearly wound up. An arrangement was
made between the stockholders sometime
back by which the society would be closed
by the borrowers returning to the society
certain per centage of the amount received
from it, and the borrowing stockhold-
ers accepting in lieu of their stock sum
I'D Inv he ~,
rowers, except three, have settled on this
basis, and the amount of money due the
society by them is stated at about So, 200.
Capt. Smith, residing near Hickory
Hill, Chester county, had, for several days,
been Hospitality entertaining gentleman
who pretended to be in search of farm
to purchase. Mr.. Smith accompanied his
guest on several expeditions to examine
farms in the neighborhood, none of which
suited, and the stranger despairing of find
ing place to answer his purpose, and feel
ing delicacy about longer trespassing on
the hospitality of the Captain, departed
quietly on Sunday night last taking with
him gold watch and pocket book con-
tanning $50, the property of Mr.. S.
The Oxford Press says GAS soon as
Spring opens it is proposed to begin the
laying of the track of the Columbia &
Port Deposit Railroad. The company have
100, 900 tons of iron at Columbia; enough
of iron to lay fifty six miles of track
Messrs. Keaveny & Buck and Mr.. Freeland
will have finished their contracts by the 1st
of May, when there will be nothing to do
but lay the track from Octoraro creek to
Columbia. 1t is proposed to place an iron
bridge at Rowlandsville and for the Como
wingo the bridge has been built for three
years and is lying at Pittsburg.
Every Tuesday and Saturday we pro-
pose to give free exhibition to all who
may see proper to call at our office, Main
street, Elkton. We want every one to be
satisfied that we sell the best Sewing Ma
chimes, with self threading shuttle and self
setting needle, and in every respect the
simplest and best machine now in the mar
ket. 1t is not our purpose to talk any one
into an inferior machine, as we can furnish
any kind of first-class one, and leave the
customers to decide the matter for them
selves. We give our machines on trial,
and sell on instruments. Also Pianos and
Organs. Write for prices, or any informa-
ton. John Wilkinson, Agt, Elkton, Md.
In selling the public roads, under the
new road law, the Commissioners complain
that they found the old Supervisors the
greatest obstacles to contend against. They
generally refused to bid, and stood around
deprecating the system and throwing cold
water on the sale, losing no opportunity to
present obstacles to the successful sale of
the roads. Like Othello, their occupations
gone, and these old rats find the public
crib shut against their depredatons, in
future. The glorious privilege of sitting
on the fence and lounging under shade
trees by the road side at the county's ex-
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