The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-04-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.


TO be som W ut better.
April is past middla agr, and yet she
doesn't seem to know how To behave herself.
-Rev. Is. F. Myers, late pastor of the
Presbyterian Church nj New London, Ches-
ter county, Pa, has resigned.
Il would not live always, sings the
tramp. He would not live all ways. hut
only one wagon other people.
-Conundrum for the man who stole Amos
Pearson'S net: Must a man have an iron
constitution to make good steal"
The Rev. j. Rogers has resigned his
passionate of the Pencader Church: his res
ignation was accepted by the PresbyterH.
SCOTS bone mill has been runningto its
full capacity, this week, the firm having re-
caivcd fresh supply of bones from Balti-
more.
The Tycoon, Capt. VIM. b. Realry, ar
rived here from Chester river, on Wednes-
day, with a partial cargo of prime fresh
oysters.
The interior of Trinity Protestant Epis-
'pl'dl tHlItu Wis ny Ntt-
terly, on Monday, making, no doubt, very
beautiful picture of its attractive audience
room.
The corner stone of Manlry y. L. VI. p.
Chapel will be laid at Havre de Grace to-
morrow, (Sabbath) at 81. o'clock T. NJ
Fare for the round trip from Elkton. eighty
cents
We really had no right TO expect il. You
know. One fair day, and that Faster sun
day. was rs much of Il concession as any
one could look for from this unusually can
tankerouS season.
The barn of Levi Taylor, i'll the Sth dis
trict, was destroyed by fire on the night of
the 9Th instant. The loss includes a guam
tity of hay, straw, feed poultry, &c. 1t
was partly insured.
The workmen in the employ of the
railroad company have erected a new tank
at the engine house. during the past week,
and also repaired the roof of the company'S
warehouse at this place.
Bishop Lay, of Easton. Md. who is
now in Europe, is i'll improved health. He
left Rome, few days ago for a short stay
in st. Petersburg, whence he will leave for
Belsize Square, London. in May
The barge Mnlcern, Capt. j. T. Jones,
arrived at Elkton, on Thursday. from Phil
adelphia, with cargo of eighty tons of
black ashes, consigned to the Elkton Grange.
The ashes are used rs q corn fertilizer.
How very accommodating hens are at
this time of the year. They lay red eggs,
and blue eggs, and green eggs, and yellow
eggs, and black eggs, just as the market de-
mands, and never make any fuss about it
either
III You want a suit o1 clothes, Il coat. il
vest, OF a pair Of pants, made to tit in good
style. at a fair price, Alfred {. Col,. is the
man to do it, He can he found ALWAYS on
the second floor of the Glass Front ready to
obige
"A large flock of wild geese passed over
the western part OF this town. on Wednes-
day evening last. They were heading
southwark, which indicates that they were
bewildered by the darkness ofthe night and
had lost their way.
~-Our old friend VIM. f. Emerson. of
sassafras Neck, informs us that the peach
crop in that section of the county looks well
and promises an abundant yield The trees.
owing to the backwardnesS of the season.
srili not bloom for some days vet.
The Rev. Vaughan Smith, will preach
at frouch'S Chapel tomorrow (Sabhatbl
ut - O'Clock Z. NJ, and Rev. VIM. r Mil
Ter at ~. The Sunday school will COM
mence on Sunday, the 21th inst, at u; p.
~ All who are interested are invited to
attesd.
-''no DuIamell and wife. of Poplar Neck.
We're surprised and grieved To find upon
awakening, last Saturday morning. that
fhe1r infant child, aged about two months
%hici, was in bed with them. had died
during the right. No cause is assigned for
death.
On Tue dly night last, a lady of Elk
ton. whose mind has been impaired for some
- tbs past, escaped from her residence
owing I" the darkness of the night
>aaed~the vigilance OF her husband ard
friends. She was not found till the next
morning.
They tried to kill book agent at oua.
ha, last week. He was robbed thrown inn,
'ht RIVER Knocked Oft the ears, tossed from
Il mgh bridge into the river again, and in
NV" hours he was around with All illustrated
iabie. trying TO get a subscription from the
head of the attacking party.
"A woman cured her husband of st,v;ur
ont late at night by going to the door when
lie came home and whispering through the
keyhole, " Is that you, Willie >" Her bus-
S'anG ) name is John, and he STAYS at home
every night now, and sleeps with one ey.
open and revolver under his pillow
William X. Brown. son of Ed,,urJ
brown, left Elktnn, on Thursday for In
stlaHapolis, where he contempat., max
ing his home with his uncle George Jacl-
son, formerly OF Wilmington. As William
Will he near his sisters. his cousins and his
aunts, he should not be lonely. We wish
bim success in his new home
-Thiriy-fiye witnesses have been sum-
-i''i'' ~ d'ttIh court at tHeStertoWu next
week. Ill the case of the orphan children
~ DE- Grice against the Commissioners of
Cecil county. Twenty-four of the numbe,
are for the plaintiffs and eleven for the de-
PENDANTS. They are all residents of Chrsa-
Peake City, except Judge MrCauley.
"A horse belong TO VIM. G. Carter, be-
eains frightened al Il wagon, near the depot
'ggssssaasaa,f a*. and Notwithstanding the
Z ITS owner and one of his en-
,ke loose from them and ran 10
s-s> e, on North street. The carriage
was badly injured by coming in contact
"ith the fence near the FELTON, House
i he funeral of j. VI. ScudIer took nI,ce
last Sunday afternoon, from his late resi-
denre, and was largely attended hv hi,
.neighborS, friends and some of his relatives
FROM Trenton, y. j. The Rev. Mr.. Smith
preached il very impressive sermon at the
VI. f. Eiuteh. after which the iuterment
TOOK place at the cemetery in tn" pre- nee of
i large concoirse of people.
Some evil-dispoSed person STOLE a gill
net from Mr. Amos pierson. last Tuesday
fhEht. Mr.. liers"n had placed two nets
sapol' poles, near the bridge at the cause
way, 10 dry. the day before, intending To-
use them that night. bur, unfortunately for