The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-12-22
Our NeighbOrS.

Winter shad have been sold at Cambridge,
Dorchester county.
A new oyster packing house is under way
at Notwithstanding four in that town.
People down the State are dreading the
approach of New Years, becase it is NOV
ing day.
The new Agricultural Society, of Kent
county, organized and elected officers
on Tuesday evening last.
The Grand Jury of Baltimore county are
investigating the delinquent tax colec
tors of that county, with the commeudable
intention of bringing them to justice.
The periodical whipping of convicted
criminals took place at New Castle last
week. Three of them received twenty
lashes each: and three others rested them
selves in the pillory for an hour.
Mr.. Clement Dietrich, of Hartford
county, is engaged in investigating the
process of sugar making from beets, and
design, using the unoccupied buildings of
the Hartford furnace for its manufacture.
Mr.. John Redmann, who met with an &C
cident by falling from ladder, while en-
gagged In painting the house Of Senator
Ray, at Newark, Del, on the 9th of No
vember, died from the effects on Friday
last.
Committees OF the fishermen of Talbot.
Dorchester and Caroline will meet at Den.
ton on the 22d instant to devise bill for
the protection of fisheries in the Choptank
river to be presented to the next Legisla-
ture.
In swearing in the Clerks and Judges of
the railroad ordinance election at Cumber-
land on Saturday a copy of "Story on the
Constitution y was inadvertently used, and
the formaity had to be repeated with
Bible.
William Merrill, Postmaster at Newtown,
Worcester county, Maryland, met with
sudden death on Wednesday last by falling
down flight of stairs leading to photo
graph gallery, of which he was proprietor.
He leaves widow and several children.
A very interesting meeting is being held
in the NJ. f. Church at McClellandville.
Delaware, under the charge of Rev. J
France, and good deal of interest is being
manifested by the young people of the
neighborhood, although thus far there have
not been many conversions.
George Eyre, % years old. brakeman on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Road, was instantly killed on Satur-
day by the breaking of push pole while
some freight cars were being backed on a
switch at Lamokin, near Chester. A por-
ton of the pole cushed in his breast bone
as he was ,jammed against the side of the
car.
A negro named Isaac Hopkins was shot
dead in the house of William Harris, also
colored, living about five miles from Town
send, on Saturday night. Harris had been
to a festival and returned home, found
Hopkins in company with his wife. Harris
commenced to beat and abuse his wife,
when Hopkins iuterfered, and the former
seized gun and shot the latter in the left
side. near the heart. The wounded man
expired at o'clock next morning. MIS-
Harris was the only witness of the tragedy.
A serious fire supposed to have been of
incendlary origin, occurred in the village
of Odessa, Del, ON Saturday night, SIX
barus, four OF them being frame and two
brick structures, being destroyed. Four of
the barns, were the property of John
COrbit. The loss, though the exact figures
cannot be given, was very heavy, four
horses and two mules being burned to DEATH
and about six hundred bushels of grain
being destroyed The fire broke out about
6 clock, and, as the buildings are situated
in the heart of the town, great deal of
alarm was created. The fire communicated
to Paulin's Hotel and to Hobbs store, but
was got under control before doing ma
terial damage to those places, the latter
of which was on lire two or three times.
The fire at one time threatened to become
contlagration, as Odessa is without fire
| apparatus, but the Babcock extlnguisher
from Middletown did effective service in
aiding to control the flames.