The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-06-10
The Getil Mhi9
ELkTON. JUNE 10, 1876.
Local Affairs.

Sundays rain did much good
-FragI ant-the new made hay.
EARLY cherries are turning red.
Protect the inSectvorous birds.
New potatoes are in our market
commandments have commenced.
The days are almost at their longest.
Spring chickens are becoming plentiful.
Many ladies now dress in ready made
clothing.
The blackberry crop promises to be
immense.
Use chloride of lime about your sinks
and reservoirs.
as Turkish bath.
"A hooking bird, at the east end of
town, sings all night.
Monday and Tuesday were so cool
that an overcoat was comfortable.
The prescribed time for shad and her.
ring fishing expires by legal statute to-day.
The fashion in strawberry boxes is,
two shades smaller than they were last
year.
The Board of County Commissioners
and the Orphans Court meet on Tuesday
next.
The learned bears were in town on
Thursday, much to the delight of the young
sters.
A hog with an eye as hard and smooth
as glass, is an Elkton curiosity. Mr.. SIM
con Scott has it,
Mrs. Nelson has put up a tasty new
porch in front of her millinery establish
ment on Main street.
Miss Hattie Lort's school had {. very
pleasant little picnic in Merry's grove yes
terday afternoon.
Mr. Lockley asks us to tell the ladies
to keep their fuchsias out of the sun, if
they want them to flourish.
If you want paint that is ready mixed,
durable and cheap, write to Messrs. Bella
Il Elliott Wilmington, Del.
Strawberries are becoming plentiful in
our market, as the crops of the cultiva-
tors in the neighborhood ripens.
AT constable's sale, on Monday, S. J.
Price, auctioneer, sold three fresh COWS for
$12, an average of S24 per head.
The dead body of white infant, sewn
up in sack, was found in the canal at
Chesapeake City, on Tuesday last.
Preparations are being made by some
of our citizens to remove their families to
Rehoboth Beach to spend the Summer.
The first cherries of the season were
left at this office yesterday. They were
from the farm of Mrs. Pierson, near town.
Much rowdyism in town on Saturday
night last; the quiet Of the midnight hour
was broken by the hideous yells of the vic
Tins of crooked.
-Shad have been more plentiful this
week than at any other time during the
season. From 60 to 100 per night has
been the catch of each boat.
MIR. W. p Howard is building a two
story addition to bis dwelling house prop
erty, on west Main street. on the site of
the portion recently torn down.
There will be a Strawberry Festival
held in the grove at Bay View, on Friday
and Saturday, June 10th and 18th, for the
benefit of the Sabbath School at that place.
For the best fitting clothing of first
class, fashionable material at moderate
prices, we recommend all to go to Messrs.
Robt. W. Adams & Co., 1332 Market street.
Philadelphia.
The finest strawberries we have seen
this season, were sent us yesterday by our
old friend John Grant. Esq, of Charles
town. They were large in size, sweet and
of most delicious flavor.
If you want to see the beautiful Venus,
take a look at her one of these fine evenings.
She will soon give up duty as evening star
and appear in the early morning only
l.. IL
William H. Wilson, a son of Isaac
Wilson, decd, former resident of this
town, died suddenly in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday last. He was about % years
of age.
We call the attention of farmers to the
advertisement of Elliot Brown, Port De-
post, dealer in agricultural implements.
He has for sale the celebrated Peerless
Thresher and Cleaner, said to be the best
in use.
The ladies of Zion Presbyterian Church
will hold a strawberry and ice cream fes
tival on Tuesday afternoon and Evening,
June -. Supper % cts. Strawberries
OF the church.
w. G.. Williams & Co. have bought
out the drug business of Mr.. H. c. Mes
bitt, at Port Deposit, where they open gu
with choice stock of goods. The bust
ness will be conducted under the manage
ment of Mr.. Nesbitt
The strawberry festival held in Col
Inns Grove for the benefit of the Pierson
Sunday School, r. E. lamar Superintend
ent, on Thursday evening last, was very
successful, fifty to sixty dollars being real
lied as the profits.
MIR. John T. Lee, one of our most thor.
ough-going supervisors, is putting sub,
stantial new floor on the bridge at "Gil-
pins crossing" near town. The roads and
bridges, under Mr.. Lees supervision, are
always kept in good condition.
Thomas Jarrett, colored man, a ua-
tive of the island of Jamaica, who has for
six months past, been acting as waiter at
the Howard Howard in this town, died on
Thursday last of consumption. He was
buried from the Howard House yesterday.
-Bailiff White, on Sunday morning last,
captured four horses and six cows that were
running at large within the town limits,
contrary to ordinance. They were EN-
pounded and the owners compelled to pay
the penalty-S5 per head for horses and sc
cents for cows-for their release.
A stable belonging to Jerome Kimball,
in Rising Sun, was destroyed by fire last
week. \ horse belonging to Henry p
Townsend was burned to death and a
carriage of Mr. Townsend partly burned.
The building was insured for $3.50 in the
Mutual Insurance Company, of this county
"A tramp who performed the astonish
ing trick of linking together number o.
apparently solid iron rings, was the curios
ity at the depot on Monday last GU
Oh, 80,
much for him. He discovered the secre
joints in the rings and exploded the trick.
All who either use or frequent thu
Presbyterian grave yard must remembe
that the plants and flowers that grow within
the lots are as much the property of TIL
lot owner as the tombstone itself, and can
not be transferred from one lot to anothe
or plucked without violating the Eight
Commandment.
On Saturday last little child of Mr.