The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-01-03
LOCAL BRIEFS.


H. H. Kimble has purchased the Fox
Chase hotel property-formerly DySart $
from Mrs. Lydia Smith, for s3,150
The failure in the gas, last Sunday even
ing, was caused by the carbonization of the
new retorts, and will not likely occur again.
The mother of Samuel Hughes RUSSELL
the lad that lost his parents in Wilmington,
a few weeks ago, was in town. on Saturday
last looking for him. She lives at Cherry
Hill.
"A valuable setter dog belonging to John
Torbert, Of this town is strangely afflicted
with spasms. Experts are i'll doubt rs to
whether it las been poisoned or has the
hydrophobia.
-rhe second story of the old Democrat
building, on North street, has been fitted up
and reprinted, this week, and was taken
possession of by Mr.. G. {. Crothers, States
Attorney, as his law office.
DR.. Thos. II. Musgrove has removed his
office from Summer street, Philadelphia, to
No. COG Walnut street. All communic:-
tons, professional or otherwise should be
addressed to the latter place.
job Taylor, who has been living at
SCOTS mills, in the Fourth district, for
several years past, sold his personal pro-
perty, on Tuesday last, with the intention
of removing to Colorado in the Spring.
WIN. Lloyd, the colored man recently
tried and acquitted of the murder OF Elmer
Redifer, in Hartford county, has made his
way home to Chestertown on foot. He still
adhere; to the story he told on the trial.
The RI Rev. Thomas A. Becker, Bishop
of Wilmington, will lecture on the Religion
of the Nineteenth Century, at st. Patrick
Church, Newark, Delaware, on Thursday
evening, January 9th, 1880, at 8 o'clock.
Now is the time to place you: money
where it will tell. The Original New York
Clothing House, 1S4 w. Baltimore street.
opposite Light, has reduced the price on its
entire stock to the cost of manufacture:
does not wish to carry it until next season.
Bargains sure and no humbug.
james \. Coulson's commission, as
County Commissioner of this county, was
day. The next regular meeting of the Board
80 ssia missioncrS will be held on Tuesday
: Aspt, at which time it is probable
i sation will be effected.
Tile tonowing list of discharges, which
We're in tie hands of the late benjamin c.
Biddle, at the time of his death, may be
had by calling at Miss Mary Biddle's, on
Church street, Elkton: Emery Stanley,
Daniel Thomas, John Price Samuel Hight
man, Frederick Wright, Wm c. Massey,
Randolph Bard.
The friends and relatives of Mrs. Cam
eron, mother of David =. Cameron, Esq,
County Commissioner, celebrated her Goth
birth day, at his house, on the day before
Christmas She has two sisters living
Mrs. Ellen Rowland and Mrs. Eyerist.-
and the united ages of the three make 40
years. Among the china used upon this
occasion was plate given to her by an aunt
81 years ago. \
DR.. and Mrs. r. c. Mackall celebrated
their silver wedding at their residence, at
Elk Landing, OH New Years eve. Large
numbers of invited guests We're present to
offer their congratulations, and the festivi-
ties were kept up till Il late hour. \ re-
markable but pleasing coincidence con-
nected with the affair." was the fact, that
New Years eve was also the birthday an
niversary of their only child.
Our friend Bob Frazer played the role of
public benefactor by scattering saw dust
upon the icy pavement in front of his drug
store, on Wednesday. But It's said, lie is
to be found inside the store engaged in adj
ministerins to the wants of the needy, bv
dealing out and scattering abroad, for the
public good, his large stock of drugs and
medicines, besides a huge lot Of handsome
holiday presents, at reduced rates
The dun gelding Lyman formerly
l.. BY Joseph Gracey, Of Lewisville, /
Mc'd for $1,000, and is recognized
s. stest trotterS in that State /
countr charles Lloyd's, iii Delaware
bu+ not be generally known
xe,rs ~. Il stallion until nearly four
ocn.5 ~ ~, he has 4 son in Ekton
prizes Bremen, Esq, which he
9, n's as a family horse
And left th.. ,ow in the falling snow,
From the edorn It of her dainty shoe:
The most To-, he heel to the pointed toe
Yet her broth"rlke is Il number two.
slipner WED me her morning
a mum Der Seyel -,
And broad in thu III 'iise' .,
skipper Die us portsmouth
Now how the IL
To squeeze \ hnof 10 the girls contrive
III, IL r
into nnmber two + camel $ loot
-Phe p, W. d
tlytompleted the new ~ ~ nave 50 near
Hayr. pet.en Perryvillc and
ii"sre Gle Grace, that it c y ro,,,.,i,. - ,,,,o.
'ne iron draw in position. h;o,, iii y, ,,a.n
sometime during this m,,,, 49, -.
ne work of replacing IL wo,d,, hr;1c..
.Sssructurfras herculean
tasX, out it has been accomplished without
the slightest accident or delay, under the
supervision of Edward Larllins, Esq, the
resident engineer
The pew Presbyterian Church at Not
tlngham Station, on the Philadelphia x
Baltimore Central Railroad was dedicated
on Wednesday, the 9th ultimo The
sermon was preached by the Rev. y. Is.
Jack, of Hazelton, Pa, and short addresses
were made by Revs. Lawson, Johns, Rut-
ter Michael, and Drs Stewart and Randall
This congregation were so unfortunate as to
have their first church edifice blown down,
just after it was roofed by the great gale OF
of October, 1873. The present building is
erected on the same site and of the same
materials.
Attention, Soldiers
Creswell Post, No. II G. \. H., will meet
on Tuesday night, JANUARY Sth at o'clock,
in the room over Il. Marslbanl's furniture
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