The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-11-03
Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

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REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.
Fall neuralgia is in order.
Tuesday next is election day.
The smiling candidate greets you now.
The small boy dreams of snow balls
and skates.
Winter is coming; ice formed several
nights this week.
One week more and the political agony
will have subsidized.
Duck shooting began on the Susque-
hanna flats yesterday.
The postal clerks are to be uniformed.
Elkton will have more brass buttons.
WIN. J. Alrich, Esq, is refitting his
iewelry store, on Main street, adding new
cases, &c.
Thursday, November goth, has been
named by President Hayes as Thanks
giving day.
"A down town merchant talks of open
ing a branch store in one of the rooms in
the Hurn block.
The name of P. C. Strickland, for
postmaster of this town, was sent to the
Senate, on Monday last.
Snow, accompanied by rain, fell for
about five minutes near the river, in Elk
Neck, on Tuesday last.
Alexander & Bro. are opening out a
large stock of goods at their new store
room, on Main street.
"A mass meeting of the Workingmen's
party is announced for Elkton to-day. We
are not advised of the hour.
Business men in the Hollow are haul
ing the dirt from the street in front of
their stores, in wheelbarrows.
General Sigel has purchased a farm
in this state for his two sons, of whom he
intends making agriculturists.
Mr.. Robert Alexander, on East High
street, and P. c. Strickland, on Bow street,
are having their dwellings reprinted.
The boys play "hunt the hare" on the
streets in the evenings. The course of the
hare is markedly the footing of fish horn.
-Messrs. Booth and Son are about to
open a market in Port Deposit for the sale
of celery, Of which they have a very large
crop.
The street lights, corner of North and
High street, and one on High street west of
Bow, burned all night several nights this
week.
The new retorts are now in working
order at the gas works. No further trou-
BILE with light need be anticipated for the
present.
The mice carried away eleven dollars
in green backs for an Elkton lady, one
night this week. She had hidden it behind
wardrobe.
The Elkton Band still hammers away
at the "Sweet Bye and Bye" notwith-
standing the fact that they have just bought
new uniform.
"A force of men are at work in the tim
Der lands of Rudolph Bennett, Esq, near
town, getting out ship timber for Phila-
delphia builders.
H. R. McNeal, son of Mr.. Joseph H.
McNeal, Of this district, has been lying ill
in Wilmington for week past. He was
brought home on Thursday.
MIR. Clayton Thackery, of this town,
has embarked in the meat and provision
business at Middletown, Del, with Mr..
VIM. II. Boulder as assistant.
On Thursday morning, Mrs. P. Good
man lost, on North street, a portion of
gold ear ring. The finder will please leave
itat Goodman's clothing store, Main street.
Mr.. John W. Draper has removed his
shop to West Elkton, where he will be
pleased to see his old friends. Those de-
string it, will be waited upon at their
homes.
Mr.. Booths turnip patch, which is To-
Gated above town, is being thinned out
considerably, if one may judge from the
large number of tops scattered along the
railroad.
Less mischief than usual was done by
the youngsters, on Halloween, Wednes-
day evening. few gates removed from
their hinges was about the extent of their
pranks.
H. H. Haines, Esq, of Rising Sun, re-
turned last week from his trip to Colorado.
MIR. Haines is largely interested in land in
that State and has entered extensively into
sheep raising.
T,r - oc II
lamar, Esq, of this town, died at the resi-
dence of her brother-in law, J. D. McCau-
ley, in this town, on Friday Of last week,
after brief illness of pneumonia.
The P. W. & B. r. r. Co., gave a
dinner to the section bosses of the road,
at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, on
Monday last. About twenty were present
Our townsman, Mr.. Jno Lewis, was among
the number.
Prof. Jno. NJ. Terrell has taken to him
self a wife. He was married on Thursday
evening, at the NJ. E. Parsonage, to Miss
Eliza Ward, daughter of David Ward,
Esq. The Rev. Mr.. Ridgway performed
the ceremony.
The many friends of Aunty Hewitt,
who was injured by fall last Winter, will
be pleased to learn that she is in fair way
to recover the use of her limb She walk
ed across her room with the aid of crutch
one day this week.
Autumn leaf gathering is still the
rage, and many maidens HE them to the
L. I~oI s.
have taken TUMBLE and when these
are found there is gush and nonsense
enough to make an Indian sick at heart.
AT North East NJ. E. Church, to-mor
row (Sabbath) morning, the pastor, Rev. j
A. B. Wilson. will preach on "Christian
Perfection" The pulpit will be occupied
in the evening by Rev. Mr.. Valiant of the
M. p. Church.
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