The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-09-23
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ELKTON, SEPTEMBER as, 1876.
local Affairs.
,PoRrEp FOR THE CECIL WING

Many strangers III toWn this "eeh.
-Leaky roofs were tested on Sunday.
Hickory nuts are beginning to drop.
The camp meeting season has closed.
Wild pigeons are seen passing south.
Pointed toed shoes are out of fashion.
Our farmers are getting in their wheat.
old Prob. gave no notice of Sundays
storm.
Mushrooms are in season and very
plentiful.
Good timothy seed is worth about $3.25
per bushel.
There was considerable fall in tim
Der on Sunday.
Our citizens are visiting the Centen-
NAL in large numbers.
Oysters are reported to be extraordi-
narily large this season.
People are beginning to feel scarm
interest in the stove question.
1t is about sixty years since tomatoes
were first raised in this county.
Sundays wind relieved the boys of the
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"A downtown wife smoothed her in
ebrated husband down with fiat iron.
A genuine white shad was caught in
the creek, near Cedar Point, on Tuesday
evening.
The churches were slimly attended
last Sunday morning. In the evening they
did not open.
The School Board advertise for pro-
posals for two new school houses, one in
the Ninth and one in the Fourth district.
The evening service at Trinity Church
will be omitted tomorrow, on account of
the absence of the Pastor at St. Augustine.
Darkness prevailed DER the face of
Elkton, the greater part of this week.
The water quenched the fire at the gas
house.
Look out for counterfeit $40 notes; in
fact, you may as we'll look out for any
kind of $40 notes, but reject all but the
genuine.
We hear that Thursday, Oct 10Th, is
to be Maryland day at the Centennial. All
good and true Marylanders should be there
on that day.
Monday mornings tide about wound
up the rail bird shooting for the season,
although there was on that tide, from 500
to 600 birds killed.
-Litchtenstein's store has been improved
by the erection of humber of shelves for
the reception of his Fall stock of goods,
which he is now laying in.
Attend William G. Valentines public
sale of personal property, at the late resi-
ofS Vala Gortarfc
paper mill, on Saturday, September 30th,
at 12 o'clock.
The Grecian bend has entirely disap-
peared. The last specimen was seen last
week in the sad case of a boy who had
eaten the whole of stolen watermelon.
He had it bad.
"A large tug boat with a party of gun
ners from Philadelphia was laying in the
creek below Cedar Point, on Wednesday
last. They met with such poor success as
far as the rail were concerned, that they
left for home on Friday morning.
"A drunken itinerant tin-ware member
created lot of amusement for crowd of
iders in front Of the Court House, on
Friday morning by his antics. He was at
last arrested by Deputy Sheriff Janney and
committed to Jail by Squire Foard.
In Japan, when dog barks at night,
the owner is arrested and sentenced to work
year for each neighbor who complains of
being disturbed. The dog gets off much
easier, being simply killed. A law like
this would be blessed boon to the people
of Elkton.
Mr.. c. W. Maxwell killed a genuine
Mother Cary's chicken or petrol in the
marsh, on MONDAY. The gale of Sunday
afternoon was too much for it, and it had
to come in shore. We have also heard that
Mr.. George Booth was successful in killing
one. He deposited his in the general
"curiosity shop -Mitchelrs drug store.
You can now 60 to the Centennial and
return for $2.35, including admission to
the grounds. This is a saving of fifteen
cents! A gentleman from town bought
one of these tickets last week, but when
he arrived at the grounds forgot all about
his admission ticket, and laid down his
fifty cent note. He never discovered the
mistake until he was on his way home.
The bridge to span the Big Elk, on
the railroad, is up and trains are passing
over it. When painted it will be beauti
full structure. All remaining to be done is
the excavating of a channel for the water.
Most of the employees were at work on
Sunday. No accident occurred during the
raising of the bridge, which was built by
Clarke, Reeves s. Co., of Phenixvile.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad is taxed to its ut
most capacity for conveying the Centen-
NAL visitors to Philadelphia. Every train
going towards that city is crowded to its
fullest extent. Most all the trains are run
in sections-three and four-each section
having from ten to fifteen cars. The greater
portion Of the people are from the remot-
est points of the South.
Two old fellows, who evidently do not
visit our town frequently, were very much
abashed, one day this week, on entering
the rear apartment of one of our groceries
in search of soother,"-in which place
the ardent was dispensed last year,-to find
out they were in the wrong pew. They
came out looking very sheepish and wendell
their way down street seeking more con-
genial cline.
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