The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-09

BURGLARS VISIT PORT.


burglars have again been at work If
Port. On the night of February the Is h,
the post Office door was broken open and
all the money-about $20-and stamps OF
the value of three or four dollars, that were
in the Office, were appropriated by the bur
glars. The letters were not disturbed.
The postmaster Captain Snow was i'll
the habit of taking home with him at night
all the change aud postage stamps on hand,
but ON this eventual night he had over
looked it. 1t occurred To him just as he
was about retiring to bed, and he says he
felt tempted to go back to the office for the
money and stamps, but concluded they
would be safe for that one night. He re
grets now that he did not carry ont the
impulse and go back to the office. The
store of John Nannort was broken open in
a similar manner the same night, by fore
ing open the front door, but little booty
was taken, the robbers, no doubt, becom
ing frightened by some noise and decamped.
There is no doubt that these burglaries
were committed by the same parties that
have been operating here on previous occa
sions, and who are familiar with the pre-.
misses. Some of them will be apt to come
to grief very unexpectedly.
GLASS BALI. SHOOTING.
The great shooting match, for the cham
pionship of broken glass balls, between the
Principle and Port Deposit clubs, came of
in this place, on Friday last, resulting in a
glorious victory for our boys of Port, the
score standing &c in their favor to GO for
Principle. The Port boys are ,iubilant at
the result of this their first match.
CHANGE OF LOCATION.
Our good dentist and highly esteemed
citizen. Doctor Smith, is about to move
from his present locality in Rum Square
To a more copgenial situation near the rail.
road depot, having leased the large front
room of the bnilding formerly occupied by
the public school. The room is well lighted
and ventilated, and the doctor will, nc
doubt, make it an attractive place of resort
to his many appreciative customers. DR..
Mccullough takes the adjoining room over
looking the depot.
TEMPERANCE.
The temperance men and women of our
town enjoyed quite a treat, on Tuesday
night last, in hearing Major Hall, of 3alti-
more, discuss temperance aud local option
hours address. His remarks on the me
mortal of the liquor traders to the Legisla
ture against local option. wherein they
claim to have SO, 900. 0C0 invested in the
traffic, We're mastery and effective. Espe
cially he contrasted the evil to society
wrought by this $15, 900, 900 of rum traffic,
with the good that might be accomplished
if that $50. 000 900 were invested in mann
facturies and other pursuits. He portrayed
the great cause of humanity beserching the
Legislature of Maryland for refuge from
The devastation from the flood produced
by that immense sum in rum. The friends
of this movement are disappointed at the
action of the Legislature in this matter,
but the day is coming, and speedily, too,
when legislators will not dare to tribe with
the great question of temperance.
ENTERTAINMENT.
The entertainment given here, last week.
by Professor Hart and Miss Johnston,
was attended by such an intelligent ard
appreciative audience as is seldom seen in
our hall. While it was not success tiuan-
cially, yet il was delightful entertainments
TO those present. Prof Hart is an elocu-
ZIONIST with a power and ilexibility Of voice
which would be difficult to surpass. His
manner is easy and graceful, and his per
sonatons are very good. His rendition of
"Othello's reply to the senate of Venice y
was truly dramatic, and his reading OF
The Raven" cannot be eXceled. In the
humorous, "The French Music Teacher S
Pupil aud 1.-THE Schoolboy'S Composition
on Winter were received with rounds of
applause and laughter. Miss Johnston has
IA highly cultivated aud sweet voice, and
seemed to carry her audience from the be-
ginning, although suffering from a severe
headache which prevented her from re
spending to the frequent encores. They
fully sustained their regulations for giving
chaSte and pleasing entertainments. Miss
Annie NJ. Loag, with her usual skill, pre-
sided at the organ. Arrangements are in
progress for their return in the Spring,
when they will have a crowded house, iudg
ing from the FAVORABLE impression they
have made this time