The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-20
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Edison is not going 10 light up the
world on Christmas Eve after all
Thomas H. Ricketts,, of Baltimore, has
purchased the trotting horse "Sky."
Mrs. n. T. Biddle and son returned
home from u visit to California, on Tuesday
last.
The fattening turkeys have no suspicion
in this weather that Christmas is no near at
hand.
The grand jury of Hartford county re-
Gently indicted several delinquent tax col
lectors
The only old-fashioned rain we have
had in Elkton for some months fell on last
Sunday. 1t was much needed.
The board walk leading to the public
school house has been repaired, of which it
has been in much need for some time.
-Tamaee says that the man who never
made blunders is yet to be born. The man
who never made anything else lives in
Brooklyn.
MIR. II. NJ. Nicols, of this town, postal
clerk, stumbled over truck, in Pittsburg,
last Saturday night, and hurt himself badly,
but has partially recovered and is again OH
duty.
-"Jacko," returned from the House of
Correction on Wednesday last, where he
had been sent by Justice Foard, about three
months ago, to do penancs for his bad be-
haviour.
John A. Diament, of Chesapeake City.
has sold his lime kilns and wharf property
to Messrs. Steele, Brady, Lindsay and
Cleaver, who, we have been informed, will
continue the business.
A dog belonging to a customer jumped
through the glass i'll T. Drennen's store
door, one day this week, which is the third
or fourth time il has been broken by dogs
in hunt of their masters
"A leak was discovered in the boiler at
Marley Mill, early on Thursday morning,
which caused the speedy stoppage of the
mill until workmen were brought from
Philadelphia to repair it.
The National Bank of Elkton will be
closed on Christmas and New Years, they
being legal holidays. Notes becoming due
OH either of those days, to avoid protest.
should be paid the day before
A help toward enjoying cold weather
can be found by any one who will send a
ton of coal to some poor and deserving
family. Such an act will warm up the
donor almost as much as the recipient
We noticed n young gentleman, whose
hearing is somewhat impaired, using an
audiphone in the court room last Thursday
evening. 1t was made of guta percha and
resembled a lady's fan. He held it between
his front teeth.
j. l.. F. johnson, of the west end of
the town, recently found a quantity of
zephyr and pair of slippers in the street
near his residence, which the owner can
have by applying for them.
The bride in Mrs. Lucy Litzenbers's
window looks so sweet that there is some
danger she may captivate the heart of Santa
Claus, but we hope he may not be induced
to tarry too long with her and disappoint
his other juvenile friends.
-Messrs B. G. & j. C. Smith have nearly
completed u new flint and feldspar mill. on
Conowingo creek, Cecil county The mill
Is situated near the track of the Columbia
and Port Deposit Railroad, over which large
quantities of the ground flint and feldspar
are shipped.-Harre Republic.
Holiday presents in great abundance
are to be found at the Original Ono Price
New York Cash Clothing House, 1874 West
Baltimore street, opposite Light. An all
wool, fine cashmere suit for sl2, said to be
the best bargains ever offered in Baltimore.
An ulster at $40, the best yet.
W. Garrison, colored, was committed
to Jail, on Thursday last by Justice b. f.
Terry, of Cecilton, charged with stealing
nine bushels of wheat from the barn of
John A. Pope, on the night of the 10th
instant. Garrison is an old offender and
has recently returned from serving term
i'll the pententiary.
On Friday evening of last week, Manley
bremen found small boy on the road be-
tween Elkton and Newark, heading towards
the former place. He said his name was
George Hughes Russell, and that he had
been deserted by his parents, in Whining
ton, on the day before. They are engaged
IN buying old rags, and visited Elkton
about . week before
1t is said by those who know that pig
lives to the age Of twenty years. if he is not
cut short by a violent and butcherly death
That's nothing. We have known ROSTERS
to live, we should judge, to about sixty
three years, and then be killed for the table:
there's no knowing what the average ago of
chicken would be if he were not eclipscd
thus early in his youth.
-Bailiff Shockley has purchased $50
turkeys for Hamilton DisSton, Esq, of Phil
phia, who will present them to the employees
OF the Disston saw works. These turkeys
will be delivered at the Elkton depot on
Monday next and will comprise the largest
lot ever shipped from this place The whole
lot weighing upwards of 5000 pounds and
costing upwards of SLIGO.
Mr.. Nathan Marble, residing near BAY
View, slaughtered, last week, two hogs,
weighing, respectively, 400 and 800 pounds.
They were of the Jersey breed, and were
fourteen months old. A hog of the com
mon bred, of about the same age, kept in
the same pen, with the same advantages,
weighed only 273 pounds. This shows the
benefit of keeping good stock.
( The Dramatic Association of Cherry
Hill have i'll preparation the delightful
drama of Uncle Toms Cabin and pro-
pose treating THAR friends and the public to
representation of this moral drama, on
Christmas night, for the very moderate
price of % cents. All who desire to spend
pleasant evening should go to the Hall, in
Cherry Hill, on Christmas night.
&C. W. Maxwell, on Monday last, while
cunning for ducks on Elk river shot large
crested Cormorant. This bird is very rare
IN this latitude. The pumags of the speci-
lnen i'll question was dark on the back and
ola light gray color on the breast 1t meas
ured four feet two inches from tip to tip of
Its outspread wings, and three feet from its
beak to the end of the tail feathers Mr.
Maxwell has placed this fine specimen in
the hands of ta1idermist with view of
preserving it.
The young men of Ceclton and vicinity
have organized lyceum, of which Thomas