The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-02-09


away lamp belonging to him. He did
not believe in ghosts and resorted to legal
process for the recovery of The value of the
lamp. As might have been expected how
ever, the ghost in some mysterious way
slipped through the mashes of the law and
the aforesaid occupant of the basement
failed to get remuneration for his lamp,
and strange to say the officers of the law
failed to collect TIE costs to which they
were entitled. The ghost intended to have
taken its departure on "Wednesday m"rn-
ing, but owing to the legal proceedings
against it, it laid upon the platform near
/ the depot all day securely fastened inside
two large boxes, and amid the cheers of
large crowd took its departure in the ) =.
NJ. train.
The justices and legal brotherhood of
Kent comfy have had a lively time about
ii law suit that grew out of the fact that
some fox hunters trespassed upon the farm
of Mr. GIeekie, which borders on the
Chesapeake bay, near Sill Pond creek.
There was Miss Greeke. daughter we
suppose of the owner of the farm, whose
name it seems is indicative % her courage.
who was soioulniug there and who !i:ed
load of bind shot at the yeping CANNES,
which were some four or fire hundred yards
distant. wheleupnn the gallant huntsmen
sued her for aSSauting them. The trial
took place last Monday week. and Was at
tended by such a large concourse of people
that the Justice adjourned his court to the
court house, which WAS .iammed and packed
by the appreciative crowd. There was
Mr.. Pilman mixed up III the case some
how, who was charged with aSsaultiug and
threatening the gallant hunters, bus the
State abandoned the case against him, and
the Justice. after considering the case for
two days, concluded the plucky woman
was not guilty. There is another suit pend
ing against the said Pitman for killing the
dogs at Mr.. Greekie's, after Miss G.. had
chased the hunters away. Mr.. p was
witness in the assault case, and after the
trial was over he was violently assaulted
and knocked down near the door of the
temple of justice by the owners of the dead
dogs, whereupon three of them were ar
rested and fined five dollars each. Alto
gether the inhabitants of the ancient Dor
ough Of Chestertown appear to have spent
Il lively and pleasant day.
STOLEN CHICKENS RECovERED.-On Sat
urday last constable William Hickman was
notified that the hen roost of George Titus,
Chester county farmer, had lately been
robbed of some forty pair of chickens, and
that all of the missing poultry had been
marked by cutting Oft one toe of the riGht
foot of each fowl in the days of its infancy.
Acting on this hint, Mr.. Hickman has
since kept bis weather eye open for chickens
with a short allowance OF toes and on
Wednesday morning discovered five pair of
such birds at the Clayton House and two
pair more in the Third street market, and
discovered that they had been brought into
this city and sold on Saturday last by
farmer named John Mune who owns and
cutivates "A farm of about 100 acres some
where in Cecil county. Maryland.
Wilmington E'csrg Erening.
The GEORGIA MINISTRIES. Mr.. Fred
Height, business agent of the original
Cation Field Georgta Mnstrels, is IN town.
making arrangements to give the citizens
of this vicinity an entertainment which all
may enjoy, at Odd Fellows Hall. on Friday
evening, the 18th instant. This enter
tainment will be of such refined and
OH al, b,. Ill 4
enjoy highly pleasing treat, without being
caused unnecessary agglavation by witness
ing any vulgarity whatever. Go and wit
ness the Great Cotton Picking Scene aud
Life on the Southern Plantations as it
originally existed, and as can only he truth-
fully portrayed by the true opponents tor
merly slaves who have endured those
Hard Trials and Great 7riJulations, of
which they sing. The price OF admission
is placed within the reach of all that may
wish to attend-50 cents; children % cts,
without any extra charge for reserved seats.
THE SPoRTsMAN's CLUE OF CECIL. CoUN-
TY has sent to the Legislature the draft of
a law designed for the protection of fish in
Elk river. This is a movement in the
right direction, and we hope the members
of the Legislature from this county will
use their influence to obtain the enactment
of the law. We are informed that it is the
custom of the fishermen that frequent the
Elk river to beat the waters thereof with
long poles and also to use other means to
drive the fish into their nets These obnox-
ions practices and noisy proceedings, it is
claimed, brighten the fish out of the river
Fisheries that some years ago rented for
several hundred dollars have been made
worthless by these obnoxious practices for
the last three or four years. This is by no
means the worst feature of the practice
complained of, for it is believed that these
noisy demonstrations have frightened the
trout that were recently placed in the
waters of the Elk so badly that they have
migrated to other and quieter streams
The dnckers, many of whom rent points
along the river, for the purpose of ducking.
complain that the noise made by the fisher
men Brighten the ducks away, and that in
this way their rights are infyinged and their
avocation destroyed.
Then the pound nets are another NUS
ance that claim the attention of the law
'nakers of the State. 1t is asserted that
many thousands of young fish are annually
destroyed by them.
1t is certainly avery Illogical method Of
doing business to tax the people of the
State to the extent of many thousands o;
dollars in order to maintain the Commits
sion of Fisheries, and allow the young fish
which the commissioners place in tie
waters of the State to be need lessly de