The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-10-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.

done 50, 1Or IL Is now Sli-.
S. Simon has two of Tie finest hogs in
town. They are about fourteen months Old
and each weigh about foar hundred pounds.
Robert T. c. Crouch has sold his trot-
ting mare Lydia to Mr.. Daniel Beard, of
Camden, n. j., for price that has not been
made public.
The Republican Club of the 18th district
will he addressed, on next Saturday even
ing, 18th inst, by L. c. Thackery, ESD, in
the X of p. Hall, at Cherry Hill.
Lewis Hall, the young man who was
charged with an attempt to rob Ambrose
Ewing, near Port Deposit, Il few weeks ago,
is reported to have gone to Canada.
BY request of the members, the Rev.
Vaughn Smith preached a most admirable
and forciblc sermon on temperance and To-
cal Option at Chesapeake City, on Sunday
last.
i~7Ne E,'cry Ecening says that person
from Elkton, while hunting for the depot in
Wilmington, last Wednesday evening,
walked off French street wharf into the
Christiana. Who was he?
Rev. j. L. Vallandisham will preach
the funeral sermon of the late James
McKane, at the Head of Christiana Church,
of which the deceased was for many years
a member, tomorrow, October 10Th.
Dob Frazer has a mammoth pumpkin
on exhibition at his drug store, which was
grown by \. T. johnson, Of Elk Neck,
which lacks half an inch of measuring five
feet in length, and weighs fortr-tfve pounds.
Mr. f. c. Collins will open a class in
penrnal ship, in the room over the law office
of Albert Constable, Esq, on Tuesday even
ing next, and also in the Academy building,
at Chesapeake City, on Thursday evening
next.
The steam canal boat Vim. Mckinney
arrived at Elkton, on Friday of last week.
from Wrishtsville, Pa, via the Tide Water
Canal, with cargo of lime, consigned to
several farmers in the vicinity of Cherry
Hill.
Mr. Morris Dunbar found a carriage
curtain on the road leading from Elkton to
Bell Hill, on Wednesday morning last,
which the owner can have by calling at the
blacksmith shop of William Dunbar, in
Elkton.
--Barnum's big show exhibited in Will
,ning.on on Wednesday last and was largely
attended by the people of the surrounding
country. Mr.. Wells, our ticket agent, sold
5Ol5 excursion tickets to persons from Elk
ton and vicinity.
L H. Hess, of Fair Hill, who recently
returned from the University of Leipsie,
Germany, left Elkton, on Tuesday last, for
Cincinnati, with the intention of prosecu-
ting the study of the law in the office of
Stanley Mathews, Esq.
AS Daniel Harvey, Jr., was engaged,
on Saturday last, in hauling corn fodder,
the wagon overturned and he was thrown
to the ground with great force, but fortu-
nately alighted in a plowed field and es-
capped with slight injuries.
Some of the residents of the western
part of the 4th district contemplate making
a fine entertainment at an early day, to
which they will invite the County Commits
sioners, in order that, while going to it, they
may learn the bad condition of the roads
from actual inspection.
The weather has been as hot during the
past week as it usually is in August, and
still grows hotter. No rain has fallen for
about month, and the roads ard fields are
as dry and dusty as the desert of Sahara.
In consequence of the drouth, the early
sown wheat looks badly, and much of it is
severely injured by the fly.
Master Fred Elder, son of Mr.. VIM. H.
~Edor, of this town, had narrow escape
from death, last Saturday night. Owing to
some defect in the gas works, the gas ceased
to burn, and he forgot to turn it of. On
awakening the next morning, he found the
atmosphere in his room impregnated with
gas. Fortunately, he had forgotten to put
down the sash in his windows, or no doubt
he would have bsen suffocated.
His Honor, Judge Stump, who is pro-
prietor of model farm in Hartford county,
had fine lot of Short Horn cattle on exhi-
bition at the fair at Belair, last week. His
BULL Clan Charlie and several others from
his herd of Short Horns, among which were
three cows and calves, took the first pre-
IniuIns. Clan Charlie was the second best
Short Horn bull on exhibition at the Penn
sylvania State fair, recently held on the
Centennial grounds, Philadelphia.
Mr.: r. X. Vanneman and Miss Laura
I:Nesbit were married in the II. Z. Church,
at Port Deposit, on last Thursday morning,
by the Rev. Mr.. Brown, assisted by the Rev.
MIR. hartindale. hessrs. Harry Nesbit,
Edward Nesbit, Ebenezer Frazer, and IL.
Boone, of Philadelphia, acted as ushers,
and the church was crowded by the elite of
the town. The happy couple, at the con-
clusion of the ceremony, departed on a we'd
ding trip to Philadelphia and other cities.
The unssasonably hot weather of the
last few weeks seems to have had a bad
effect upon the mental faculties of several
citizens of the county, for, on Saturday last
James Brown, of Perryville, was commit
ted to Jail by Justice Foard, of Elkton, at
the request of his friends, who stated that
he was partially deranged and had been act
ing in such manner that he was unfit TO
be at large. The same Magistrate also com
mitted Henry Shippers to Jail, on Tuesday
last, for the same reason.
Z On Monday evening last, while John
Frazer and friend of his were sitting in
that gentlemans clothing house reading.
they were startled by an unusual sound
and upon making an investigation learned
that it was caused by a large king rail that
had entered the room. The bird had preba-
bly, been attracted by the light and was
captured with little difficulty Mr. Frazer
gave if to sporting friend of his who lives
in Elkton, who intends to keep it during
the Winter for the purpose of studying its
habits
"A tramp, who gives the name of Will
liam Harris and says he belongs in Balti-
more, came to Elkton on Wednesday last.
and succeeded in getting little money from
some charitable people to pay his fare to
Baltimore. As is nearly always the Case
with these Jail birds, he spent the money
for whisky and soon became intoxicated,
and abused several of our best citizens in Il
shameful manner. sheriff Boulden's at
tention being called to the case, he very
promptly arrested him and locked him up
till Thursday morning, when he had Il hear
ing before Justice Eoard, who remanded
him to Jail for a final hearing to-day
Ninth District Republican Meeting,