The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-17
Local Affairs.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.

The ladies of the Glasgow NJ. f.
Church will hold festival near that place,
on the 22nd inst.
Rev. James McIntire will preach in the
Elkton Presbyterian Church, to. morrow,
at the usual hours.
A new Republican paper is about to be
issued at New London, Pa. with Mr.. Jos.
Fulton as publisher.
Attend 5. X. Miller's sale of cattle at
the FELTON, Hotel to-day. There will also
be offered good horse and wagon.
Thomas NJ. Biddle. an old ana respect
ed resident Of this county, died on Thurs
day last, near Elkton, after a protrac,ed
illness.
DIR. Thomas II. Musgrove, formerly Of
this place, but now practicing his profess
sion in Philadelphia, is visiting his friends
in Elkton.
Mr.. Harrison Clark will preach at Elk.
ton NJ. E. Church tomorrow Sunday
morning at l0i o'clock A. NJ. and at s
O'Clock p. ".
Samuel d. Frazer, of Sassafras Neck,
has lost two valuable cows, within the last
fortnight, with some unknown and mystic
rious disease.
benjamin E. Lodore, of Elkton, has
made arrangements to remove to Florida,
where he intends to engage in the cultiva-
tion Of oranges ami other tropical fruits.
The new foundry building, which Mr..
c. II. Smith is erecting on the site of the
one recently burned, is rapidly approach
ing completion, and will soon be ready for
use.
An odd genius, who said he once
walked from Chicago to San Francisco,
was in town on Thursday. We failed to
learn his name or to verify the truth Of his
story.
Mr.. Jos. G.. Corriden has sold his fast
trotting colt, Nora Day, to Capt. Layman,
OF Chesapeake City, for 5000. This colt
promises to be the latest trotter in the
county.
The Patrons of Husbandry, Grange
No. l45. Of Elkton, have chartered the
steamboat Chester for an excursion to Toll
chester and Annapolis, on Wednesday,
August 2sth.
The Port Royal will go to Colchester
to-day as usual. II you wish to spend an
agreeable day upon the beautiful river and
bay, we know of no better way to do it than
nv y;S;,,pr Tnlcha.t.. na,.l
The demand for late yellow canning
fruit is undated. We are informed that
out of the GO, 900 peach trees ordered of
Mr.. Barnard by our farmers, three four,hs
OF them are Of this description.
We were shown, on Thursday last, by
Samuel J. Price, a beautiful flower of the
Night Blooming Cereus. 1t was white rs
the virgin snow. Like most lovely things,
the blossom of this rare plant is short-lived.
1t lasts but single night.
The trustees Of the Elkton Academy
have contracted with Jacob Rambo, for the
repair of that building, which is in a very
bad condition, the plasturing having fallen
from the ceiling and much of the paper
having disappeared from the walls.
Matthew Herman. resident of Chesa-
peake City, was committed to Jail by Jus
tice Chrstfield. on Wednesday evening
last, charged with threatening to kill Mary
Powell of that place. Too much benzine
appeared to be the cause of the trouble.
The north bound freight train, which
passes Elkton at i.ls +. NJ, has a passen-
ger car attached, by which passengers are
enabled to visit Wilmington and spend an
hour and ten minutes there and return to
Elkton on the train arriving here at 5.34
p. ".
Big Frank, one of the gang Of bur.
glars who were convicted year or two
since for rob5ing bank in Wilmington.
Del, and who broke Jail at New Castle,
was arrested in New York, on Monday
evening last, on the charge of robbery in
that city.
Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Howard Ter
hume and Or. Andrew Mitchell took a trip
to Betterton on the Port Royal on Tues
day last, to indulge in perch fishing, which
is very uncertain amusement and un-
fortunately selected bad time and caught
very few fish.
Godfrey Hartenstein, the old German
who lives near Iron Hill, has met with
another misfortune-this time it was the
accidental cutting of his shin, which has
produced severe Inflammation of the lower
part Of the limb, from which he is suffer
ing severely.
The recent Bankers Convention, which
met at Saratoga, n. Y, last week, elected
for the ensuing year long list Of officers,
among whom we notice the Mans of our
fellow townsman, Hon. J. A. J. Creswel
who has been elected one of the Vice
Presidents of the Association.
DIR. ]. ii. lamar recently showed us a
curious peach, o. rather two peaches joined
together, somewla at like the Siamese twins.
This curious production grew upon the
farm of John w. Davis, in Elk Neck, and
like all the fruit that is raised in that part
of the county, was we'll favored and deli
cious.
Henry L. Constable, lad of six or
eight years Of age, son of the Hon. Albert
Constable, Of this town, while amusing
himself with hay cutter in DIR. J.
ii. Jamar's stable, one day this week, ac-
cidentally got his hand in the machine and
suffered the loss Of portion of one of his
fingers.
-Chas. Collins, Rufus Oldham and John
Bowen chartered Mr.. ii. ii. Benefits sail,
ing skift and started down the bay last
"Wednesday morning upon a pleasure trip
to Colchester. They went prepared to cap,
ture the scaly monsters of the mighty deep.
and expec, to return to day with a good
supply Of them.
John II. Williams, the colored steward
Of the Port Royal, who was committed to
Jail by Justice Foard OF Eikton charged