The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-05-11
Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.
Spring is getting up steam.
Fans bearing Biblical quotations are a
novelty.
These are the evenings when people
& sit on the front steps, talk scandal and
catch cold.
The County Commissioners, Orphans
Court and School Commissioners will meet
on Tuesday next.
Captain William Realey expects his
boat to arrive to-day from Baltimore with
a cargo of strawberries.
The life of John Morrissey is offered
for sale on the streets of New York, in
pamphlet form, for ten cents.
One sualloao does not make a summer,
but few s,oallo,os of some kinds of Elkton
whisky will make faH-in the gutter.
Booth has upwards of 800, 900 sweet
potatoe plants, ready to set out. They are
the finest ever grown by him. Read his
card.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church,
at Port Deposit, will have a strawberry fes-
tival for the benefit of the church, on Thurs
day evening, the 10th instant.
An ordinary herring was recently found
in rock fish caught in the Susquehanna.
To make story out of this, editors will
please state that it was a smoked herring.
We call the attention of our readers to
the card of S. B. Foard, Jr., who has re-
Gently been appointed constable, and has
entered upon the discharge of the duties
of his office.
The p, w. & B. r. r. Company intend
to ballast their whole road with Port De-
post granite, and have erected large and
powerful crushers at Perryville for the pur
pose of preparing it.
-Messrs. Whelin and Morrow, temper
ance evangelists, of Wilmington, Del, will
hold temperance meeting in the vicinity
of the Westamwell school house, tomorrow
afternoon at one o'clock.
The proprietors of a number of the
largest fisheries ON North East river have
"cut OUT" and our American citizens Of
African descent who were employed there
returned home early this week.
News for Cecilton. The Great Ma
tional Photographers will be at Ceclton,
on Tuesday 14th, and remain for ten days.
They make fine pictures of all kinds at
greatly reduced prices. Give them call.
We suppose the transit of Mercury
took place on Monday, as predicted in the
almanacs but it was not visible to the
naked eye in the latitude of Elkton, and
for want of telescope our citizens failed
to see it.
The old house on Main street, owned
by Mr.. Jarvis, the eccentric shoemaker who
lived in Elkton some years ago, was torn
down this week. 1t was very old build
ing, and being in an unsafe condition was
removed to prevent accidents.
We call the attention of our readers to
the card of VIM. r. Matthews, proprietor
of the American Eagle Mills, near Zion.
Persons wishing anything usually found at
first class grist mill will do we'll to give
him call.
The ladies of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church will hold strawberry festival, on
Thursday and Friday evenings, 10th and
in the Hollow. Proceeds for the benefit of
the church.
George H. Noch, formerly editor and
publisher of the Hagerstown Daily Neaos,
will lecture on gospel temperance, in front
of the Court House, in Elkton, at 8 o'clock,
this Saturday afternoon. And at Crouch's
Chapel, on Sunday evening, at o'clock.
DR.. G. NJ. Ellis performed surgical
operation upon young gentleman resid-
ing in Elkton, in the early part of this
week, by extracting tumor from his jaw.
The patient is doing well, and was able
to attend to his business the next day as
usual.
DR.. Jordan, of Baltimore, was in town
this week looking after his interest in some
real estate devised to him by his uncle,
John Jordan, Esq.,. of the Fourth district,
who died about thirty four years ago. The
farm is now in the possession Of Judge
Stump.
Mrs. Dickson, of Philadelphia, will
speak in the Free Methodist Church, of
Elkton, tomorrow (Sabbath) at 104 o'clock
in the morning, At 8 o'clock she will con-
duct general experience meeting. Preach
ing at y in the evening. The public is
cordially invited.
Dress and address have much to do in
helping a man along in life. The latter
can be cultivated without expense. and if
you wish to indulge the former at the least
possible cost, visit the New FORK One Price
Cash Clothing House, 1874 West Baltimore
street, Baltimore.
The farmers of Delaware county, Pa,
are taking the initiatory steps to prevent
their fences, gates, buildings, &C., from
being defaced by the advertising agents of
the quack nostrums of patent medicine
vendors. 1t would be we'll for the residents
of this county to do likewise.
Il. D. Carter, Esq, is erecting large,
new barn, upon his lower farm, on the
Little Elk, below Walnut Hill. He intends
to put an additional story and mansard
roof upon his mansion at Walnut Hill.
The carpenter work is to be done by the
Nessrs. Miller, of Mechanics Valley.
Mrs. Henry offered the first strawber-
ries of the season for sale at her neat and
attractive confectionery, on Main street, on
Monday last. They came from Philadel
phia, and were large and delicious. She
has recently made noticeable additions to
her saloon, which she advertises elsewhere
in The Wing.
John Lungren, ESQ.,, the gentleman
who carries the U. S. mail between Ekton
and Lewisville, has had his mail coach re-
painted and trimmed and it now looks as
bright as new pin. Messrs. Stanton &
L. II.