The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-03

Strongly amt permanently ii''' ''i'' win
comfortably seat those who may attend.
This is the last entertainment OF The season,
and will TAKE. place on Saturday evening,
MAY 10th. in the X. of p. Hall.
On Wednesday last, Sheriff Boul' IN
received 4 Geographic dispatch from the
President of the Union Association of Ken
nett square, stating that horse had been
stolen the night before, from the stable OF
Isaac =. Steel, of Kennett township The
horse is described as Il sorrel, about sixteen
hands high, with star i'll its forehead. six
Years old, and branded on the hoof with the
letters L. 4. The Association offers Il re-
ward Of Sl15 for the recovery of the horse
and the conviction of the thief.
sheriff Boulder, on last Sunday even
ing, arrested Richard Robinson at Bulls
Mountain. charged with stealing chickens
from Il Mr.. Robinson, near Chestertown,
Kent county. When about to handcurf the
prisoner. he attempted to escape from his
grasp. and, jumping out of the store house,
succeeded in throwing the Sheriff To the
to the bottom of a deep ravine but no in
Jury was sustained. except a slight wound
upon the Sherift-S right hand. The agile
Richard was finally handcutfed and marched
off to Kent county.
-Balitf Shocklty has been overhauliug
the engines and hose belonging t" the town
during the past week, and they are now in
better condition than they have hcrn for
some Years There is three hundred feet of
old hose. which. with the addition of Il like
qantity of new, soon to he purchased with
an appropriation nt 5000 cne-half OF which
has been made by tn" County Commission
erS. will he sufficient to reach III" creek
from nearly every part of the town. This
additional hose has hcen much needed, ow
ing to the fact that, in ease of large fire.
the supply of water near it was generally
soon exhausted.
The funeral of Mrs. ClariSsa Boulder,
on Monday last. from the residence ri her
son-in-law, Mr.. W. =. Biggs, near Summit
Bridge. was one OF the largest ever seen iii
tllit St'lltlI VI ->tN '''ii'N' Ni"ei''
of a hundred carriages being in attendance.
The religious services We're conducted 10y
Rev. Mr.. Stephenson, of Philadelphia. and
Rev. Mr.. Kemp, of Chesapeake City. The
interment took place at Bethel. Mrs. Boul-
den was. in many respects. Il remarkable
woman; her unbounded hospitality and her
svmpaty for the homeless and untornate
manifested itself III acts of beneNolence,
which endeared her to many who never
eniovei the pleasure of her personal a"-
quantance.
-On Thursday last. some young men,
from the vicinity OF Battle swamp, who
seem DESTROYS to revive the scenes and Incl
dents that prevailed ut the Charlestown fair
century ago, visited Barnes fishery, at
Carpenter Point, and had with them Il
supply OF tanglcfoot whisky, of which they
inhibited freely. The result was that they
quarrelcd with some of the fishermen, in
which row the rowdies were defeated. They
then assaulted and stabbed a peaceablc en-
ploye of Mr.. Barnes, who was engaged i'll
withdrawing, int1icting two wounds upon
him, which, though not dangerous. are pain
full. No arrests We're made, probably he
cause no officer was present. We failed to
learn the names of the parties.
Abe Hin,lman, an aged rolorrd man
and native of Kent county, died in Elkton
last Sunday night. He was said to he lo2
wears of age, but is thought by those VIII"
knew him best not I" have been more than
80 or ~ Though he was descended from
coored parentage, he was of very light conf
plexion. and was often mistaken for q white
person. Upon one occasion he and his wife.
who was quite black, were travelingin Kent
county. and their vehicle broke down. and
a farmer near whose house the accident
occurred. invited them to spend the night
with him. He. as was very natural, mis-
took Abe for a white gentleman. and took
him into the parlor, while his wife spent The
night with the other colored people in the
kitchen.
E. \. G. Pew, the patcntee of the new
invention for increasing the illuminative
power of ordinary coal gas, gave Il practical
exhibition of its effect at Mitchell's drug
store. on Thursday night last. The appara
tuS is called the Eclectic Gas Machine, and
50 disintegrates the common coal gas rs to
add about ~ per cent to its illuminating
power The invention can also be used with
ont reference 10 ordinary ga, iy subStitut-
ing common air supplied by an automatic
air pump 1t Is claimed that by using this
apparatus a saving of X! per cent will he
made and the experiments 1T the drug
store seen, 10 Indicate that this is not an
overestimate the light produced being more
brilliant than thai of the ordinary gas.