The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-06-22
Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

on Sunday next, June 23rd, at lo2 A. NJ.
text, Psalm 17:15.
The closing exercises of the Normal
Institute, of Rising Sun, will take place, on
Friday afternoon the 2Sth instant, at one
o'clock. The exercises will consist of ora
tons, essays, dialogues, Rotations, &c.
There will be quarterly meeting at
Grifith's Chapel, Cedar Hill, Sunday, the
23rd instant. Rev. r. CLANCY will preach
at II O'Clock A. NJ, and Mr. James Fl. Man
ley, of Elkton, at clock. All invited.
Rev. 0. OBJ. Strayer will hold woods
meeting in Porter's Grove, Newark, be-
ginning at 10t A. NJ, Sunday, June 23rd.
There will be preaching every evening OF
the week following, and Bible reading at
10t o'clock every morning. All are cor
daily invited.
The farmers of this part of the county
are now in the midst of their hay harvest;
but owing to the cloudy sky and frequent
rains the wheat has not ripened as early as
was expected. A few fields, however, are
now being cut and the bulk of the wheat in
the county will be harvested next week.
Service in Providence NJ. P. Church
of Elkton-To-morrow morning, at 1O3,
Rev. c. H. Williams; at 2 in the afternoon,
Rev. E. Thomas, at s in the evening, Rev.
C. Manley. On Monday evenin, Rev. JAS
]. Tyler, missionary of Md. s. S. Union,
will preach. Subject Tomorrow" All
invited.
Horwitz the trustees for the sale of Holly
Hail. offered it last Thursday; but for want
of bidders, it was withdrawn. William J.
Jones, attorney, on Thursday, sold the store
of w. H. Ricketts,, deceased, to George V.
Bacon, for 81 $40.
The annual gladiatorial contests among
the apostles of temperance in Wilmington,
Del, was inaugurated last Saturday night,
and we are in daily expectation of another
installment of temperance evangelists.-
Where is Harry St. Clair? Probably he
could heal the breach, close up the broken
ranks, and lead the valiant host to victory.
Bic OATs.-We have on exhibition, at
The Wig office, bundle of oats in full
head, taken from the field of Mr.. John J.
Williams, at St. Augustine, on Bohemia
Manor, in this county, that measures six
feet eight inches in hight, and headed in
proportion. We challenge a specimen of
Cecil county oats to beat it.
MIR. Joseph L. Wells, our enterprising
Elkton butcher exhibited in the yard of the
FELTON, House, on Thursday, pair of fat
steers that would have rejoiced the heart
of all lovers of prime beef. They were
grain fed steers, fattened By DR.. H. H.
Mitchell, and weighed, on the hoof, $3.50
lbs. They went to Philadelphia as prize
beeves.
Rev. Mr.. Ridgway bewails the loss of
his study Bible. The book is of the
Oxford Edition, bound in limp morocco,
black, 12mo. size, with marginal references
and has many written notes on the margin.
1t is supposed to have been left at the resi-.
dence of some one in the town, and the
friend will confer great favor on Mr.. r.
by leaving it at the Parsonage or at this
office.
Rev. Jas. J. Tyler, of Baltimore, will
hold Sunday school prayer meeting, at
q o'clock, aud preach at 81 and s p. NJ, in
Crouch's Chapel, to- morrow Sunday after
noon and evening. Subject-The Family
of Christ. at 81, What is required to be-
come a member of Christ's family. At s,
The privileges of being of His family
Text-Matt. 1850. The public are cor
daily invited.
When you enter that celebrated store,
the New York One Price Cash Clothing
House, No. 1S4 W. Baltimore street, the
prices are indelibly marked on every gar
ment that is meant for all. No deviation
under any circumstances whatsoever from
the fixed price. 1t is no chance business
to deal there. We unhesitatingly say to
our host of friends, buy your clothing there
when in want of such an article.
Mr.. Samuel T. Earle, of Centreville,
says of his new seeding: "They are as
large as Beers. The Shocks ripen almost
the middle of October and are yellow, with
no blush" Mr.. Barnard will bud this va
riety. Read his advertisement He is spar
ing no pains or expense to secure valuable
late canning varieties. Such a need has
long been felt, as so much worthless stuff
has been palmed off on fruit growers.
Fast driving is positively forbidden by
town ordinances, yet not unfrequently it
is INDUCED in. On Saturday afternoon
last, a man from Baldwin, Mill came rush
ing up Main street at about rate of eight
or ten miles an hour First he nearly col
lided with Mr.. Brewster's team, and next
he came in contact with a carriage belong
ing to Mr.. Joseph Curtain, opposite the
Howard House, taking wheel off it.
james Vance, of Chesapeake City, who
was arrested last week and taken to Will
mington, was brought to trial there on
Wednesday last for passing counterfeit S.
notes on the First National Bank of Han
over, Pa. The prosecution proved that
Vance by his agent one Edward Caulk,
who is already convicted, had passed a
number Of these upon citizens of Delaware
and Bohemia Manor. The defense at
tempted to prove an alibi and at the last
advices the case was not concluded.
On last Monday morning, as VIM
Armstrong, of the Fourth district, was driv-
ing near the Elkton depot, his horses be-
came frightened, and while running rapidly
and in the act of turning up the plank road,
overthrow the dearborn, which threw Mr..
A. to the ground, his head and shoulders
striking it with much violence, stunning
him badly, while the frightened animals,
which became detached from the vehicle
ran swiftly up the plank road. MIR. A.,
who happily was not seriously injured, was
removed to the Howard House and from
thence to his home.
AT the meeting of the sportsmen's club,
on the 18th inst, a resolution was adopted