The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23
Local Affairs.


The annual meeting Of the Cherry
Hill Building Association will be held OH
Thursday evening next.
Nightly services are still continued in
the Presbyterian and NJ. +. Churches OIL
this town, with, if possible, increased ill.,
terest.
A son of Alexander McNeight while
chopping wood, on Wednesday last, cut
one of his feet Fortunately, the wound
was a slight one.
The personal property of the late
Thomas McVey, near the Union Church,
will be offered at Executors sale, on We'd
nesday next. See advertisement.
AT Chesapeake City protracted meet
ing has been in progress at the Presby
terrain Church for some time, and we Learn
that deep religious feeling pervades almost
the entire population of the town.
The season for vendues is drawing near
and Sam Price is ready to cry on the first
alarm; and The Wing office is the institute
where you can get the "noisy bills at NOISY
prices" Send in your orders and the Price
will always please.
Mr. Benjamin Elliott, in the employ OF
Alexander s. Bro, of this town, had one
of his feet severely cut on Tuesday last, by
an ak which was pulled from under the
counter by a cord which he was using to
tie up bundle of goods for customer
Mr.. J. E. Alexander, of this town, has
been unfortunate with his horses. Last
week valuable colt slipped on the ice and
dislocated a stiff1e joint. On Wednesday
one of his horses had leg broken by being
kicked in the stable by another animal.
Death from a fall on the ice'-Miss
Mary A. Jones, daughter of Capt. j. I.
Jones, of Elk Neck, died on Saturday last,
from injuries received by falling on the ice
while going home from school, few days
previously. The fall caused inflammation
of the stomach, from which she died.
The firm of Bonsal & CALDWELL COM
mission merchants, No. Is West Pratt St,
Baltimore, has been dissolved, as will ap
pear by notice of dissolution in our adver-
Using columns to-day. Mr.. Caldwell with
draws from the firm, and the business will
be continued under the name of T. V. Bon
sal & Co.
On Friday morning last the remains of
John Scott Green were brought from Phla-
delphia, where he died, to the Elkton depot,
and were there taken in charge by the Amer
lean Mechanics, of Cherry Hill, of which Or
der the deceased had been a member. The
interment took place at Sharp's graveyard,
near Fair Hill. The deceased was nephew
of P. C. Strickland, of this town.
The sparrows.-Those little insect de-
vourers, the English sparrows, have made
their appearance in our town this Winter,
and may be seen and heard in sunny ex-
posures on bright day, chirping cheerily
as they hop from branch to trunk of the
shade trees, searching out the larvae of the
leaf-roller and measure worm which are de-
posted in the crevices of the bark.
In the death of John P. Vanneman
Port Deposit loses one of its old, substan-
tial and best citizens. A whole community
feels deeply the death of such members of
its society, as a part of moral and material
strength distracted suddenly from it. His
life was an upright and blameless one, and
his death has made vacant place not
easily filled. The funeral will take place
on Monday, 25th instant, at l o'clock P. NJ,
from the residence of the late deceased.
"A night colored school, taught by Miss
Lou McKinsey, and held in the house, on
Main street, recently occupied by Mrs.
Young, is in successful operation. Up
wards of thirty pupils attend, and mani
fest much interest to acquire "book learn
ing" We understand that Rev. Mr.. Skin
ner is the organizer of the movement, a
true missionary, whose earnest life work is
to lift up and prop up weak and despond-
ing humanity. We are aware that it is, if
anything, dstasteful to him to have his
good works placed before men, but never
theless, as chroncler of the events of the
day, we feel it duty in the midst of SO
many drones, lay and clerical. which at
present clog the highways of life, to speak
= word of cheer that may-hap comfort and
encourage honest laborers.
We have been Enjoying real Winter for
the last three or four weeks. The cold has
been severe and steady, and a sheet of ice
covers the ground. A few drops of snow
fell here on Sunday night, but not enough
to whiten the ground. Farther north good
sleighing is reported. At Philadelphia two
inches of snow fell. We are having what
in common parlance is termed real old
fashioned Winter, with the snow left out.
These sold time' traditional Winters are
always associated with immense snow
drifts. The most natural cause for these
famous Winters that tried our ancestors
pluck and endurance is, that only the very
cold ones were remembered, the mild sea-
SONS being soon forgotten. With the ex-
ceptiop that the snow fall is less, we appre-
bend the Winters at present do not differ
much from their predecessors Of hundred
years ago. There was more forest then
and it is probable that more snow fell dur
ing the cold months. And the old time
boy wore low shoes, which let the snow in
>rouud his weoiien stockings and gave him
cold fee.. which were often frost bitten,
and when he grew, up to DO an old gentle
man he had vivid recollection OF the old
time Winters, as we'll he might, anu he
handed the tradition of their intense cold
ness down to the young generation, invested
with all the artic terrors that memory and
Imagination could portray.
MilItary.-The Groome Guards, having
been thoroughly organized, are prepared to
receive applications for honorary member
ship.
Section 20 of article 3 Code Of Public
General Laws, provides that "every COM
pany may receive and have as many honor
airy members as it has active and uniformed
members and no more on payment in ad-