The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-26
Local Affairs.

-Hot-the mercury at Mitchelrs drug
store reached ST. on Thursday.
The June term of the Circuit Court
began and ended on Monday last.
The strawberry crop of the Peninsula,
which has just been marketed, is estimated
at 5, $50, 900 quarts.
Art has put a set of new cases in the
drug store, which will add to the place
in appearance muchly when finished.
The two public schools in Elk Neck
will unite in holding picnic, at Wesley
Chapel, to-day. Refreshments for sale or
the ground for the benefit of the church
Public invited.
The house and lot of DIR. Thayer, ad.
vertised to be sold on Tuesday next on &C.
count of the Elkton Building Society, will
not be offered; the claim having been paid
and mortgage released.
The Philadelphia & Baltimore Central
railroad is in hot water with the citizens OF
Oxford, Pa. The Railroad Company claim
sixty feet and the property owners deny
their right to any more than thirty feet.
There will be cotillion party at Red
Point, on the North East river, on Satur-
day, July 3rd. Kimble's cotillion band
and the North East cornet band have been
engaged for the occasion. The public are
respectfully invited.
The Mutual Building Association OF
Elkton meets on Monday night next
Money for sale, and the officers will be
nominated, as required by law previous to
the annual election, which will take place
at the July meeting of the Association.
The worms suddenly disappeared from
the shade trees last week; what were not
devoured by the numerous birds which
gathered in from the neighboring groves
and fields to feed upon the luxury, have
spun themselves coceons and retired from
active labor.
Monday last was the longest day of
sunshine in the year in this latitude, that
old luminary having risen at 4:35 A. N. and
set at 7:eS P. N. Add to this couple of
hours of twilight at dawn and dusk and
we have II hours lacking minutes taken
from the night.
The Harre Republican says: owe
understand that several of our lager beer
saloon proprietors have taken out U. S.
Internal Revenue licenses, and are selling
all kinds of spirituous liquors without
State licenses" "Mr Thomas NJ.
Sumption has been appointed Deputy Post
master here, vice Seth Hopper, resigned"
Mr.. L. T. Bennett caught brook
trout, "speckled beauty" near the head
of Elk river, on Thursday morning. The
fish measured about ten inches. The same
lucky fisherman also caught several soft
crabs, which is very unusual at this dis
lance from salt water. His basket was
completed by real diamond back terrepin.
The first lot of imported cigars ever
brought to Elkton in the original package,
were received by Mr.. Simon, this week.
They were manufactured in Havana. The
cases are covered with goat skins and the
boxes containing the cigars are very care
foreign cigars is $50 thousand, and the
smoking of them is an expensive luxury,
costing, as they do, % to so cents each.
The annual Levy List is published in
to-day's Wing. This statement of the
stewardship of the County Commissioners
deserves the careful study of all tax payers
for whose information it is published, 1t
will be found to be an improvement over
some which have been previously publish
ed. 1t is open to the criticism of the pub
lie. If any discover wherein some expenses
could be judiciously Topped off we have no
doubt the Commissioners would be pleased
to have it pointed out. We have not had
time to examine the statement carefully,
and it is laid before our readers without
comment.
Mary Gillespie, an insane woman, was
taken from here, on Tuesday last, to the
hospital for the insane, at Gainesville, Md.
She has had quarters at the Jail for some
time. Her departure created quite an
excitement and drew crowd of idle
negroes to witness the novel way of her
removal. Being unable to walk horse
cart was furnished, the driver of which, a
good-hearted fellow, procured some clean
straw for the poor creature to lie on. She
was placed in charge of Constable White
and delivered safe to the hospital.
"Rattle her bones over the stones,
She's only pauper whom nobody owns"
The three young men who set out to
make night of it some two weeks ago at
the coffee house were arrested and brought
before Squire Brown on Monday last. The
Judge after hearing the evidence in the case
fined them for getting drunk and for dis
turbing the peace and added the cost of
prosecution, amounting to some ten or
twelve dollars; and promised them the full
extent of the laws penalty if arrested on
similar charges again and brought before
him. The Town Commissioners have it in
their power to make the town orderly and
quiet at all times, if they will but pursue
offenders and have them arrested at the
Atoe opPohsuhi IL ehCy hAohoSS w ooSoPS
when the offense is committed. If the
same commendable vigor is shown in all
cases of disturbance that was in this in
stance, the effect will be most salutary, and
such disgraceful scenes as have been al
lowed to 60 unnoticed will become un-
known. The certainty of punishment,
sooner or later, is what cows natural dis.
turber of the peace, and compels him to
respect society which is sure to lay strong
hand upon him if he misbehaves.
Till Robbery.-On Wednesday, while ]
E. Brown, confectioner, was absent from
his store few moments, some person, moi
having the fear of the law before him
slipped in and robbed the till of change
amounting to about dollar. The THE
did not take time to make careful investi
CATION or the loss might have proved NOR
serious, several dollars being in porte
monnaie in back apartment of the drawer
The till of Mrs. Smiths confectionery ha
been visited several times recently, VI