The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23
Local Affairs.

Quot pitching is now in season.
Thursday was the longest day of the
year.
"A healthy Summertime fly crop is
good.
-Elkton youths wear loud button hole
bouquets.
The engine house has been made to
look white.
Our streets are being cleared of the
loose stones.
MIR. VIM. G. Carter is having his car.
riages reprinted.
New potatoes are in market at fifteen
cents quarter of peck.
The strawberry crop did not pay this
season; prices were too low.
"A new culburt has this week been put
in at the corner of Bow and Burk streets.
The Trustees of the Aims House will
meet at their usual place on Saturday next.
-Witworth, on North street. has pine
apples weighing as much as eight pounds
each.
They expect to have new flour at Head
of Elk Mills next week, from Western
wheat.
The closing exercises of the Friends
Normal Institute at Rising Sun were held
last evening.
The newest collars for gentlemen are
linen bands straight around the neck in
clerical style.
"A social picnic party left Elkton on
Wednesday morning to spend the day at
Gipins rocks.
The moon shines as serenely now as
though there was not sinner upon earth.
Oh, placid moon
The peaches are still falling. A grower
informed US this week that his orchard was
almost bare of fruit.
Ports Sunday school excursioned to
Spesutia Island, on Thursday. A very
pleasant day was passed.
Rev. d. c. Ridgway will preach a
"Sermon to Parents, at the NJ. E. Church,
tomorrow Sunday evening.
Rev. J. d. Kemp, of Chesapeake City,
addressed large temperance meeting at
Rising Sun, on Thursday of last week.
Gospel services in Odd Fellows Hall
to commence on Thursday evening next,
under charge of Rev. NJ. D. McDougall.
Why is it that some people are SO
unreasonable as to object to their children
being run over by fast drivers on our streets.
MIR. John D. McCauley has taken
Meisel & CO.. old stand, in the Hollow, and
branches.
During the storm, on Thursday night
last, the lightning struck one of the tele-
graph poles near the depot, and broke it in
several pieces.
"A swapping turtle, weighing 26l lbs,
was caught by gentleman at the Long
Creek crossing, on the Chesapeake road,
on Wednesday.
Five ounces of copperas half-pound
carboic acid, five gallons of water. Apply
one quart to cess pools once a week and
save doctor bills.
John Butler, while moving on the side
of hill, near the Hon. j. A. j. Creswell's
residence, slipped, one day last week and
sprained his ankle.
Mr. d. L. Stanton and family left
Elkton, yesterday, for Virginia, where he
has obtained position as trimmer in a
large carriage factory.
Rev. D. c. Ridgway will preach at
Crouch's Chapel, tomorrow, Sunday
afternoon, at 3! o'clock. Sunday school
half-past o'clock. All are invited.
The order of Free Masons enjoyed
themselves in their Lodge room, on We'd
nesday night last, by partaking of ice cream
and other refreshments in abundance.
The railroad company are making an
improvement upon the road at the north
street crossing, by replacing the stone
culberts with large cast iron water pipes.
"A friend from Port Deposit sent us an
item for last weeks Wing, which, through
an error of ours, got in among the North
East items. We are sorry for the mistake.
Several back yards in Elkton ought to
be looked after by the town authorities,
some have become quite filthy and will
create sickness if they are not attended to
soon.
An Grafton of some length was de-
livered on the Court House yard, on Thurs
day night last, during the time of the heavy
rain, which the speaker did not mind worth
cent.
The day of banging and burnt fingers
is approaching, and dealers and buyers of
of noise producing, nerve, racking and
peace breaking fireworks are preparing for
the racket.
Speaking of SMELLS Hunters Point has
rival; the ailanthus trees are shedding
their blossoms and the air is sick with the
odor. Some people may like it, but we
prefer fried onions, so far as the nose goes
"A blacksmith at Newark, one day
this week, wishing to enlarge the bune
hole of supposed empty whisky barrel,
used red hot iron. Tableau: terrific
explosion, cutting the man badly.
The fire insurance companies have con
tracted with Perry Litzenberg of this town
to paint the fronts of the stores of r. c.
Lewis and Frank Kerr; also, the house oc.
cupied by Mrs. Nelson, injured by the late
fire.
The June term of Court began and
ended on Monday, meeting at ten and adj
turning at five o'clock. A number OF
orders in chancery cases were passed, anG
some argument heard in the same class OF
cases.
MIR. L. j. Finnan, who took such al
important part in the concert recent,
given by Prof. Fohrman, gives instruction
in vocal and instrumental music, a worl
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