The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-23
Port Deposit Items.
THE FIRST SHAD

THE FIRST sHAD
of the season were captured here on the
14th inst. Mr.. David Douty, one of our
most experienced fishermen, catching two
on that day. His good fortune has started
all the rest of the OILERS to work, and now
we are having fair supply for SO early in
the season. but the high price at which
they are held prevents any but the upper
crust lndulging in the coveted luxury.
OUR PROFESSIONAL BURGLARS
are still at work at their trade. On Sunday
night, the office of Armstrong & Co. was
broken into and the drawer of the desk
ritled of its contents, some fifteen cents in
change; poor pay for SO much trouble
The burglars were little more successful
on Monday night, when they broke into
the news depot and variety store of w. c.
King, by cutting the Stats off the window
shutter and raising the sash. They helped
themselves literally to cigars and pen
knives, abstracting about twenty five dol
lars worth. They were somewhat consid-
crate in their selection of penknives, taking
few out of several packages, leaving Mr..
King samples of each, SO that he might
keep mp the variety. Mr.. King is much
pleased to personally express his gratitude
whenever the opportunity occurs.
We have club formed for the detection
and prosecution of horse thieves. Would
it not be as well to form a club to detect
and punish house thieves. Laying all jokes
aside, this thing of burglarizing on such a
small scale is getting monotonous in this
town, and we are now disguised at it, and
advise gentlemen to move their quarters to
Havre de Grace "city" or some kindred
locality.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Quite an interesting meeting of the Tenn
perance Society was held on last Tuesday
night, it being addressed by Mr.. Bowen,
of Baltimore, a reformed man, which was
his second appearance before our society.
He is a good speaker with fine flow of
language and held the audience in close
attention throughout. He addressed
meeting at Perryville on Wednesday night,
and from there goes to Elkton, where it is
to be hoped he may be able to enlist
lively interest in the good cause.
The announcement is made that Mr..
Mosher and his talented daughter, Miss
Minnie, will be with US, on Tuesday even
ing next when we hope to see the hall
packed to its utmost capacity. 1t will be
a treat to which we are not often invited
and every one should avail themselves of
the opportunity to be present. Let us give
them rousing reception and show them
that the Port Deposit men and women who
have the cause at heart are not becoming
lukewarm or hating, even though trusted
legislators may be derelict and succumb to
the political power of the rum traffic.
READINGS, &C.
j. Prescott Eldridge, the rectationist
elocutionist, &c, gave some readings, on
Wednesday evening, to very small audi
ence, in the town hall Some of the pieces
were finely rendered, among them "the
Nagabond," by Trowbridge; "the Death
Bed of Little Willie" and the SO Bells of
Edgar Poe. Mr.. Eldridge's articulation is
rather indistinct, which must initiate
against his success as a reader.
GLASS BALL SHOOTING.
Wednesday last closed the glass ball
shooting here for the season, with con-
test between the Port Deposit and Prin
cipio clubs, on the grounds of the latter,
the score standing "A for Port to GO for
Principle Furnace, and as each club had
won match, they concluded to try GO
balls more each, with the result-4i for
Principle Furnace to 46 for Port.