The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-04-28
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Parties applying for liquor license are
reqested to have the petition and bond
properly filled up and Witnessed before pre-
sentation to the Clerk of the Court. Much
delay will be avoided by applicants atten-
ding to this
An Elkton tobacco merchants friends
wondered what he wanted with Ratchet,
when he went out to gather crow foot, the
other day. They understood, when they
saw him climb pine tree, Ratchet in hand,
in search of it.
The Sabbath school, at Crouche' S
Chapel, will be opened for the season, to-
morrow Sunday afternoon, at half-past
two, at half-past three the Sunday class will
meet. In the evening, at half-past seven,
Rev. Mr.. Vanhorn will preach.
On Saturday last, a little son of Mr..
Owens, at Reynolds wharf, came near
shooting himself, by getting hold of a gun
standing in the room, while his mother
was absent from the apartment. The gun
was discharged, the contents passing up
through the ceiling.
-" 1t never rains but it pours. An Elk
ton man, on Thursday last, established
himself on Court House corner, to sell a
patent cement Before be had been at it
half an hour, an enterprising Philadelphian
lit upon the opposite corner and hung out
the same goods for sale.
MIR. Jas. II. Scott, of this town, lost
an unusually valuable dog this week. He
disappeared on Tuesday, and has not since
been heard from. He was full shepherd
dog, black, with a ring of white around his
neck. Mr.. S. values him highly, and is
making every effort to recover him.
Tom Brown-every body knows Tom
the polite baggage master of Captain Matt
sons train, on the Phil, vii. & Bait. rail-
road, was recently presented with very
handsome and valuable Newfoundland dog,
by Philadelphia gentleman. He has
named him Judge Joe BRADLEY, because he
is his eighth dog.
DR. Willett's lecture on Trip to Eng
land and the Continent, before the Teach
ers Institute yesterday morning, was in
tensely interesting and exceedingly funny.
He held his audience perfectly enrapt
from the beginning to the close. The
Doctor will lecture at the same place on
the gath of May, in the interest of the
Presbyterian Church of this town.
Mr.. II. H. Bennett, of this town, has
again been called to mourn the loss of an
interesting child. On the 4th instant, his
died, and on Wednesday last, an older
child, Effie, aged three years, followed her.
Effie was an exceedingly bright and inter
esting child, and the parents, in their
bereavement, have the deepest sympathies
of many friends.
The Board of Town Commissioners
have contracted with Mr.. John Gilpin for
curbing and paving the north side of High
street, from Bow street to the residence of
John Perkins, Esq, distance of 400 feet.
This we find no fault with, but we would
suggest to the Board, that so long as the
town is unable to pave all of Main street,
it would be well to either raise the side
walks on the south side, from the Bank
to Howard street, or dig them out SO that
they will be navigable for boats in wet
weather.
The fine weather of this week has
brought with it increased quantities of fish.
Ali the shores have been doing well. At
Bulls Mountain, (Wilson's) as high as
$1,000 have been taken at one haul. On
the Elk, Stackhouse and Boulder have both
been more successful than at any previous
time this year. Every indication now points
to a successful season, the old adage of "a
bad beginning makes good ending SEEM
ingly being about to be verified. We trust
this may prove the case, as the interests of
our fishermen are the interests of our peo-
pie generally.
Recently, quite a number of destruc-
tive fires have occurred in the belt of
woods surrounding our town. The most
fierce aud destructive of them all was ig-
nited, on Wednesday, in the woods bound
ing the railroad at what is known as Cow
run, mile and half above town. 1t
burned from the railroad to the turnpike
distance of about mile, its track being
about quarter of mile in width and
was confined principally to young timber,
though a considerable area of heavy tim
Der was burned over. The progress of the
fire was stayed at the turnpike.
for a number of years under sheriff. or
.lailor of our county prison, died suddenly,
at half past one clock, yesterday morning,
at his brother in laws Mr. John johnson,
in this town. He had been suffering for
some time from lung disease, but had kept
about, and was on duty the day previous
to his death. Mr. White was 80 years of
age, and unmarried. His funeral will take
place tomorrow, at . o'clock p. NJ Inter
ment in the Catholic cemetery of this place.
Service at the church.
HYMENEAL-We have received late
issue of the Salt Lake daily Herald, in
which is chronicled the marriage of Mr..
Milton Barrett to Miss Laura Watson, of
Denver, Colorado. The marriage cere-
mony took place at Denver, in the Trinity
Episcopal Church, by Bishop Spaulding.
"Milt' was formerly of this town, and
he has many warm friends here who wish
him and his bride happy and prosperous
future.
The Herald speaks of the wedding as
being brilliant affair. and san event which
society had looked forward to for some
time"
POUND NETs.-Mr. Geo. Williams, OF
Fredericktown, was arraigned before Squile
Howard yesterday morning, charged with
violation of the fish law, by using pound
net in Sasafras river. The net was placed
opposite the property of Mr.. Jas. J. Hill,
who complained and procured Mr.. Viii