The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-13
Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

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meat.
, But little remains of the apple crop
since the storm.
"A new set of retorts are being put in
at the gas works.
The back bone of Summer has been
broken by the Fall.
Road supervisors will now find plenty
of work, if they want it.
Much wheat will need reseedng, in
consequence of the flood.
Our county items this week give fur
Their accounts of the flood.
Fitting up stoves now engrosses the
attention of the house wife.
Don't forget the exhibition at Crouch's
Chapel, next Tuesday evening.
For beautiful ladies, the Middletown
fair is awarded first premium.
An extra meeting will begin at the
Chapel, in Elk Neck, tomorrow.
R. c. Crouch, Esq, has bought a trot-
ting horse, called Lady High Foot"
Jesse Boulder, of College Green, had
a valuable horse to die, on Monday last.
Coroner Ltzenberg is painting G. w.
Cruikshank's residence on North street.
-Westamwell Iron Mills are now run
ming on full time, double turne, night and
day.
Rebuilding the dams demolished by the
flood gives employment to many otherwise
idle hands.
Rev. Mr.. Heberton will preach at Pier
sons School House, o-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Fresh fish have again appeared in our
market Fine pike we're offered this week.
They were caught in the Elk.
Geo. w. Childs, Esq. of Philadelphia,
was in town on Wednesday. He visited
Marley Mills, of which he is owner.
Rev. John A. b. Wilson will preach
at Boulden's Chapel, at q o'clock P. NJ,
on tomorrow (Sabbath) October 18th.
We were shown, this week, clusters of
perfect blossoms from both apple and pear
eiVCo, q NCty uhuouai ehidS oV ehio oOoSohs
The canal barges driven upon the
marsh by the storm of last week have been
hauled off. They received but little damage.
Miss Nellie Oldham, of Port Deposit,
took a prize for fancy work, at the Middle
town Fair, also at the Hartford County Fair.
Miss Annie Wells, of this town, took
prize at the Middletown Fair for the
best specimen of an embroidered table
cover.
"A number of our citizens who attended
the fair at Wilmington, on Thursday last,
chartered "a special car for the return trip
in the evening.
MIR. Frank Pennington, near town,
owns remarkably prolific sow. This
animal recently gave birth to seventeen
pigs in one litter.
-" Belle Wild Air." belonging to John
r. Hogg, Esq, of this town, won the three
minute race at Wilmington, on Tuesday.
Her time was 2.57.
We understand that the Workingmen's
Convention, or Executive Committee will
meet this evening, at North East, to fill va
cances on the ticket.
The ladies are now looking out for new
Fall bonnets, and husbands should remem-
Der what Benjamin Franklin said, "Avoid
all arguments at home.''
Isaac Nichols, of Fremont, this county,
slaughtered porker on the sth instant,
weighing 405, which is being manufactured
into sausage, scrapple, and lard.
"A little stranger arrived at the Metho-
dist Parsonage, of this town, on Tuesday
evening. The Rev. Mr.. Ridgway now
speaks of "that daughter of mine.''
"A meeting of those who contemplate
forming company for the Maryland Ma
tional Guards will be held in Elkton, on
Saturday, October Goth, at o'clock P. NJ.
The mammoth pumpkin mentioned
elsewhere, was raised by Mr.. Joseph Price,
for Sheriff Cooling. He has three others,
weighing respectively "a, 81 and 70 pounds.
The final grand concert of the insect
orchestra has been given and the troupe dis
banded for the season. All hands, except
Mr.. Mosquito, have gone into Winter quar-
tiers.
The abutments of the iron bridge
across the creek, at SCOTS wharf, are
gradually crumbling away. Unless it is
attended to, the structure will soon be
down.
Rev. Father ballard, of this town, has
been suffering severely from poison from
the poison ivy. We are pleased to be able
to state that the worst is past and he is
convalescing.
If you wish to learn to write we'll and
rapidly, put yourself under the tuition of
Mr.. E. G. Collins, who is teaching a class
in the Academy. His terms are moderate;
and if you learn nothing, he asks no pay.
MIR. J. Alfred May, son of BENJAMIN
F. May, Esq, former citizen of this
town. was married in Baltimore, on the
4th instant, to Miss Emily Hopkinson,
daughter of DR.. NJ. A. Hopkinson, of that
city.
We were shown one day this week, by
our polite and gentlemanly Sheriff, large
pumpkin raised in the garden attached to
our Jail. 1t is of species similar to the
COW pumpkin and weighs one hundredand
thirty pounds.
Thousands of ducks from their north
ern Summering places passed over town in
their flight southwark, this week. The
Susquehanna flats are said to TEEN with
them. Shooting begins on Friday, the end
day of November.
Our streets have been without light at
night, the greater part of the week. The
gas works not having entirely recovered
from the effects of the flood. sufficient gas
could not be generated to supply both
dwellings and street lamps.
Mr.. Nelson J. Lee, the temperance re-