The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-01-05
Our Neighbors.

Several citizens of Lancaster received oN Is
for Christmas gifts.
The corn crop of Wicomico county this
season has been a failure.
A five and ten dollar bank note, rs
years old, were found stuck away between
the rafters of a house near Carville, Queen
Anne's county.
One of the boats plying between Port
Deposit and Baltimore was taken off last
week. The other will continue to run as
long rs freights pay.
The slate mandatory, near Delta, which
has been idle for nearly four years. is about
to resume operation, under the firm name
of Whitaker Brothers.
On Sunday morning, December a3d, Trim
ity Episcopal Church, at Churchvillc, Rev.
+. A. Colburn, rector, caught fire from II
stove, and was entirely destroyed.
S. NJ. Bayle who lives near Glenville,
Hartford county, a few days ago shot 4
crane, which measured 6 feet from tip TO
tip of its wings, and was II feet long.
A ferry-boat engine was recently shipped
to Rio Janeiro. Brazil, by the Hal Ian Il
Hollingsworth Company of Wilmington.
The engine is for boat that is being con
structed at Rio.
The roads in Hartford and Baltimore coun
ties are in bad condition, aud the CORES
pendent of some of the newspapers publish
ed there are discussing the questIn OF how
they can be improved.
Pusey, Zones & Co. of Wilmington. are
constructing a model of a lighthouse for
n in th,si tl,,y, Il
ington. The model will be seven feet in
height, and will be built of brass
Bold thieves, who travel around at night
with two three and four horse teams are
giving the farmers much trouble. They
carry off wheat, corn aud other gram by
the wagon load, and up to this time none
of them have been caught
Some of the Methodist ladies of Milford
are glad that Mr.. Purdy has gone; he made
them work SO hard, pray IN public, speak
in public, and handled them SO roughly
generally. that one of them remarked that
"she- should die if he stayed long?'
Harry. a little son of Mr.. Samuel Patch
ett at Easton, accidentally discharged a
pistol on Wednesday last; while putting 1t
III his pants. The bail entered the flesh
near the top of the pocket aud passed
though, coming out near the leg. The
wound was painful but not dangerous.
The Hagerstown Ne,cs chronicles the kill
ing of a wild Cat on the farm OF William
Lantz, Esq, near Petersburg, by Me>srs
F.F. McCnmas, Samuel Mentzer. Jr. and
&. A. Davis, on Saturday, the 10Th. 1t Is
not often that such wild animals leave
their Businesses to come into the settlements
unless sorely pressed by hunger.
Some of the citizens of Chestertown. are
in favor of having their town commissions, +
appointed by the Judge of the circuit court
or orphans court. They think that the negro
voters of the town do not make a wise dis.
elimination in the choice of town commits
sioners and suggest the change as a remedy
for this and other evils appertainIng to the
present mode of,selecting their commission
erS.
Samuel Truman, aged So years. a citizen
of West Nottingham township, living with
in / J miles of the Phila. d Baltimore Cen;
trail Railroad, and owning land within
miles of it ever since the road was built
never rode in a railroad car in his life until
the % ult. On that day his son Thomas
prevailed upon him to take the train at
Nottingham and ride to Oxford. Mr.. Fru
berth because he seldom went from home.
preferring to attend closely to his domestic
affairs. He is still active, hale and hearty.
On Monday evening, 81 ult. about dark,
McCann's candy wagon was stopped in the
road about four miles from De liware City.
by three negro men. One seized the horse
by the bride while one of the others put
his foot upon the wagon step and demanded
the drivers money. Mr. McCann pointed
his revolver at the negro when lie also drew
weapon saying We can shoot, too
Mr.. Mccain then fired hi, p.s,ol and whip
ped his horse forward, forcing the negro 10
relinquish his hold on the bride. Five
shots were fired after him, two of which
struck the wagon. This was certainly
bold piece ot work to be undertaken i'll
New Castle county, and a narrow escape
for Mccain.
singular explosion occurred at the new
residence of Mrs. Anna p. Burton, on
Western Avenue, Oxford, on New Years
morning. While Mrs. Burton and Mrs.
Emily E. 1erkes were engaged in prepar-
ing breakfast the stove, "a hot water range
suddenly exploded, owing to the waller
pipes leading into an outer room becoming
frozen during the preceding night. The
range was broken to atoms, and thrown IN
all directions around the room. together
with the cooking fixtures and the cooked
vlctuals. The room was considererablT
damaged, several holes knocked through
the ceiling and one of the windows greatly
shattered, TIN ough which pieces of theS
broken range were thrown. The iadIe
fortunately escaped injury although in i'm
minent danger.