The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-22

The T.. ". y Il x. Il. Company are
now having placed IN all the principal
stations along fheir line handsome new
clocks winch will Ice cpuGrc'cd l., MI.
with regulator IN their depot at Phlla
del,hia, aud ~ IL O'Clock. noon, each day
they will be set according - their cna'iiuc.
tlJr, To the cnrrec' time. 10y u!coti ,cri!, by
the regulator III Philadelphia. Tbs de pot
IN " lining ton and several sra,s,nts lbnvc
there. have been already supplied. The =.
W 4 y railroad - fast becoming the nnst
CON; l-ie road ii the country, ana II is we'll
deserving of any pra. ise 1t may get.
The Bible readings, given 10y +. ".
Dawson. III the Presbyterian Church Of
this town. ON Thursday evening last. were
reasonably well attended, considering the
severity of the weather. The subject Was
the Wonderful Lamp The reading WAS
illustrated IN such a manner rs 10 impress
II Iud-ibly upon the infantIle mind. and
while more particularly designed for those
of Juvenile years, no one, y1uug or old,
story of the cross, could fai to be inter
esred and instructed by listening to ii. ~
told in this novel manner 10y Mr.. Dawson.
MIR. John Lee. living nn the GiIPin
farm, met with an accident which he may
congratulate himself did not result more
seriously To him. Ga Sunday last, when
ia a dark stall of his barn. aud while
stopping TO reach the halter If cow
stabbed therein, the animal lmpatieutly
threw her head around. the point OF her
horn striking Mr.. Lee jus, above the eye,
cutting I cash about one and a half inch, =
long that had to be sewed up. Blu; a little
lower, and he would have probably lost an
eye. Really, few things are 81 bad. but
that they might be worse. Accidents are
10 exception.
Last Monday night, about Il o'clock.
as Geore. Ash. who is employed by the
RAILROAD Company, and was upon duty
that night on account OF the snow storm
that was then prevailing, was passing 10y
tie maj BILE shop OF +. {. Strickland NOW
occupied 10y David Sloan. he discovered
that II was on ire. and lost no time III
giving the alaI M ana aIousiug Nj. :, who
lives upon stockton street. The flames
were soon exiting uished, and il was ascer.
taiusd that the damage was slight, Il rur-
ton Of the floor only being consumed. -
The lire is believed tu have orig iu:,tcd from
-. IL
flames probably prevented u GisastI Gus
conillgration.
The extra meeting which closed al Hat
mony NJ. 7. Church, a short time since,
proved great blessing to that community.
The attendance was to the utmost capacity
of the church. at times. The order was
the best, for the young people of Rowlands.
vile have great respect for the worship of
God aud the peculiar sin of Rowlauds-
vile is not non. attendance at church -
Twenty three sought the LoId ard twelve
were converted: others were reclaimed and
twelve accessions were made Ia the church
4 few Sabbaths after the meeting. Bro
Nelson Mcdowell was complimeuted by
having i handsome Bible and large church
hymn book presented to him by the con
gregation, in view OF his long and faithful
services. II was a most beautiful surpIise
The books cost about SEQ.
Men may escape the Law, but their own
Gonsciences they cannot lice from. 4
Boston paper reports the story of young
man who many years ago was guilty of an
offence against the law, an offence which
brought social ruin upon HIM self and his
family. The man and his offence are for
gotten 10y the public, yet he lives, aud lives
in Boston. But from the day his offence
was discovered although having ESCAPED
the law, he is free To come aud go A. he
pleases-hc has never been outside of hls
own home in the daytime. S"mrtimes under
the cover of night, he walks abroad Ia take
an airing, aud note the changes that Thirty
years have wrought, but an everaciIve con.
science makes him shun the light Of day
aud the faces of men, and he walks apart.
u stranger III the midst of those among
whom he has always lived
A pigeon shooting match for the cham
plonship of E!kton came of last week on
the farm of lly land Marcus The match
vas between Mr.. Harrison Bruuett and
William W. Scott. eX sheriff. ON one side.
aud Robert Marshbauk and IIylaud Mar
Gus gu the other. Five birds each, al
~. y .Aae no.
Tho score WAS as follows: Bennett, two
killed, three missed; Scott. three killed.
two missed. Marshbank, five birds missed,
aud Marcus, two birds killed and three
missed. Mr.. Marshbsuk, popularity called
Banks claims that ne used an inSnili
cient charge Of powder, as explaining his
blank shots. Banks did some big duck
shooting last Fall, having killed on the
Su,quehauna flats forty one ducks at for
~ seven shots. However, game shots
often fail at pigeon shooting, as the score
above Atheists.
some If the fishermen on the Elk and
North E..t rivers have recently been in
town purchasing supplies preparatory 10
commencing operations, which they will d."
rs early as the season will hermit. The
largely increased number Of two year old
male shad caught last Spring proves con
clusIvsly that the propagation of this spc
cics of fish. by placing the young shad in
the head waters of the Chesapeake bay by
the State fish commiss toner's has proved
To be i grand success. 1t is not generally
known that Young shad remain in the
streams where they are hatched tn the
following Spring, and that shad do not
mature until they are three years of age
The small two year old male sh,d are n
tracrrd into fresh waters 10y the females
that visit them for the purpose of spawn
ing. This accounts for the large number
of two year old male shad being caught
last Spring, that being the second year
after their propagation vas commenced by
/ the lish commrn issioueGs
4 We nave often thought that tn, doc