The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-07-14

"A pair of new shoes were stolen from
the stable of w. G. Carter, Esq, on We'd
nesday last.
MIR. Henry Bell had the first ripe toma-
toes in market, on Thursday. They were
very fine ones.
w. G. Hollingsworth, Esq, formerly
of this town, has purchased farm in Bal
timore county.
School Superintendent Squiers has been
attending teachers conventions down the
shore this week.
This is the time when the whole week
seems to the liberated school boy like one
continuous Saturday.
Eleven thousand young shad from
Havre de Crate were recently set free in
the Sacramento river.
Thomas II. McKenney, of Rising Sun,
is about to remove to Virginia, where he
has purchased property.
The Church of St. Augustine, Bohemia
Manor, will be opened for worship, on Sun
day, July 22nd, at p. NJ.
An Elkton man says lager beer glasses
are like Jersey peach baskets: they grow
smaller and smaller every year.
We print in another column an inter-
esting letter from DR.. H. G. Register, from
on ship board en- route for Europe.
The ladies of North East are prepar-
ing for fair, for the benefit of the band,
to be held the first of next month.
A man with fully developed body,
but whose legs were only about foot long,
was the curiosity in town this week.
The culvert that crosses beneath Main
street, in the Hollow, has suffered some in
jury recently. 1t should be looked after.
-Maryland's single seaside resort, Ocean
City, is going to be a big place.
Philadelphia Star.
Business appears livelier at the estab-
lishment of Carhart & Co., at Zion, than
at any place we have visited for some time.
The Goth annual meeting of the Mu
tual Fire Insurance Company of Cecil
county takes place on the 4th of August
next.
Mr.. Agnew, the temperance evangel-
ist, injured himself severely while in bath
ing at Port Deposit, on Tuesday. See Port
items.
-Aunty Hewitt stood upon her feet last
Sunday for the first time since she was in
jured by fall upon the ice on the eth of
February last.
Between seventy and eighty persons
will be admitted to full membership in the
North East NJ f. Church to morrow (Sab-
bath) morning.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Mahan has rendered to the
Postmaster General her resignation of the
position of postmaster of this town, to take
effect August 31st next.
R. H. Bell, Esq, is negotiating for the
purchase of Locust Point Farm from w.
I. Boulder, where he intends going into
the truck business on large scale.
Mr.. Geo. Booth has about three acres
of the finest potatoes in the neighborhood
He is confident, if no accident occurs, of
getting $50 to 800 bushels to the acre.
The insurance companies and Messrs
McKinsey & Co., on Wednesday, reached
basis of settlement of the loss of the lat
ter by the recent fire. They are to receive
$3.50.
Rev. Mr.. Ridgway and wife celebrated
hetenth anniversary of their married life on
Wednesday evening last. Quite a number
of the members of the NJ. E. Church were
present.
One of the most common spectacles on
the street just now is young man with a
long buster, carpet bag, and some Dor
rowed money, speeding away to spend his
vacation.
MIR. Wells, agent of the railroad CON-
pany at this station, has just completed a
very handy arrangement whereby his dwell
ing is supplied with water from the COM
pany's tank.
Robert L. Rodgers has entered upon
his duties as Deputy Collector eff Customs
at Havre de Grace, succeeding A. P.
McCombs. The salary has been reduced
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Mr.. Peter Milburn, the gentleman who
does the circular work of Tile Wig Office
left for Cape May on Thursday. He stops
at the Columbia House, where he will be
pleased to see his friends.
Our friend James Barnes, of the 9th
district, desires us to request the parties
who borrowed two grain cradles from him
last season to return them. Now that har.
vest is over they will have no further use for
them this season.
Two little boys, one son of Mr.. Low
man, and the other of Mr.. Rash, living on
High street, engaged in a child fight on
Thursday. During the row the former
picked up glass lamp and threw it at his
antagonist, striking him upon the leg, cut.
ting him quite severely.
Eek Gov. ]. B. Groome this week pur.
chased of Hon. H. w. Archer, Trustee, a
farm of 324 acres, formerly the property OF
Eli j. Ford, situated in Back Greek Neck.
Price, $500. This is said to be a very
fine farm, and it is thought that the Elk
Governor has secured great bargain.
The pavement on Main street, in the
Hollow, so long an eye, sore to our citizens
and a wading place during wet weather,
has, this week, been put in good repair
Baiiff Shockley is beginning we'll. If he
continues as he has begun, our citizens will
have no cause for complaint.
MIR. Jacob Rambo has contracted to
build, upon the site of the recently burned
buildings on Main street, three brick store
houses-two 49, by so feet for II. c. Hurn
and one 18 by 40 feet for Mrs f. A. Ellis
The work v'Hn commenced at once. Mr.
VIM. Jones' hattie contract for the stone
masonry