The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-10

No. li5, II. of H., is requested 1t their
next regular meeting, ON the Eth, inst,
for the transaction of important business.
Many of the coiored people Of Elk
ton participated in picnic near Newark
on Friday last. They had "cake throw,
what ever that may mean, and fine time
generally.
S. X. Blake. Esq, near New Leeds,
has partial crop OF peaches this year, his
orchard being one of the very few in the
county that have yielded any peaches this
season.
MIR. Harrison Clark will preach at
Crouch's Chapel, to morrow evening, at 5
o'clock. The public are invited. Sunday
school at q and prayer and experience at
3! o'clock T. N.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
have an excursion to Colchester Beach, on
the steamer Chester, some time during next
week or the week after. The time will be
announced hereafter by bills, &c.
We saw few peaches at Colchester
Beach, in trdHsitu TO Baltimore, where, we
were informed, they sold for two or three
dollars box. The peach crop in Kent is
almost total failure this season.
VIM. Gilpin. Esq, of Elkton, raised 4
trophy tomato this year, that weighed n !,
ounces, and was fifteen inches in circum-
ference. If any of our readers can beat
that we would like TO hear from them.
The excursion from Sorth East to
Cambridge, on Thursday last, was a
decided success. 1t reached the latter
place at O +. NJ. and left il about an hour
and half afterwards, and reached North
East the next morning at 6 A. NJ.
The New Leeds NJ. p. Sabbath school
will hold their annual festival, in Mr.
Daniel Harvey's grove on Wednesday.
August nth, inst. If the day be unfair,
the festival will be held the next fair day.
Supper tickets, twenty-five cents.
Services at Providence NJ. p. Church,
tomorrow: Preaching at 10. A. NJ, by Rev.
Sydney Butler; Rev. J. J. Kelley, the cele-
brated Indian preacher, will preach a spe-
cial discourse at 5 o'clock, on the "Swells
of Jordan" lie will also preach at T. NJ
MIR. Barnard is now budding the In
glish Cling, an old natural variety; very
late, large, and has always commanded the
highest price from Gamers in Baltimore
Has been in the Linthicum family, near
Cambridge, Dorchester county, for over a
hundred years.
What has happened at st. Louis that
all the heat waves originate there 1t is
feared that the present great heat of that
region will roll over the continent in another
burning wave. The cool weather We now
enjoy may soon be followed by the extreme
of sweltering heat.
-The Philadelphia Times gives a sensa-
tional account of the fight between litter
aud Pleasonton, in which the scene is laid
at Elkton, which is six miles from where
the fight occurred. This, inaccurate rs it
is, is nearer the truth than the rest of the
story.
The Sabbath school, together with
good musical talent and cornet and organ
accompaniment, will give a grand concert,
at Cherry Hill, on Thursday evening,
August 18TH, at o'clock for the benefit
of the NJ. E. Church. Tickets, adults %
cents; children under IL years, 10 cents
John Butler. who lives in DR.. lamar $
tenant house, north of the railroad, was
arrested on Tuesday last, on the complain;
of Mrs. Norris, who charged him with
being intoxicated and creating disturb
ance. He was arrested by Bailiff Shockley
and had hearing before Squire Foard,
who committed him to Jail.
The number of churches struck bv
lightning during recent storms is the sub
ject Of much comment. That a building is
devoted to sacred use does not change the
laws of nature in its favor, and its chance
of destruction by one of natures forces is
neither more nor less, other things being
equal, than that of any rnconsecrated
structure.
on Tuesday last, between some of our
E'kton marksmcn, assisted by Mr. John
J.. Clayton, OF Baltimore. Sixty balls were
shot at, with the following score: CLAYTON.
10; Bennett, IL; FoarG, 10; Shockle lev, -.
\ tie being made, and no more balls on
hand, the match will have to be decided in
the future.
During the playing of a game of base
ball, at New Leeds, on last Saturday, be-
tween the club of that place and one from
Cherry Hill, VIM. Campbell. member of
the New Leeds club, collided with another
member and sprained his ankle badly. The
two young gentlemen were both endeavor.
ing to make fly catch, and when the col.
lsion occurred the ball struck young
Campbell between the eyes, blacking them
considerably. If 1t is the object of this
game to cripple those who participate
IN it, we suggest that it could be much
more effectively accomplished Gy using a
metallic ball or round stone
-kven the cows are made the subjects
Of the decentralization that pervades society
at present. Two Of them belonging to a
resident of Elkton, and which were graz
ing in Towards meadow, were recently
found to be rapidly failing in their milk,
for which no cause could be discovered
The boy, who was in the habit of driving
them TO town, was sent for them one even.
ing much earlier than usual when he saw
4 man hastily leaving the meadow with a
bucket in his hand, followed by youth
who had been doing duty as picket guard
and had given the alarm.
The Patrons of Husbandry Grang,
No. ii5, of Elkton, contemplate charter
ing the steamboat Chester for an excursion
from this place to Annapolis, on or about
2sth Of August, Of which further mott
will he given. The Chester has recent !,
been refitted at an expense Of several thou