The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-10


sale of candy for the use of bees that have
exhausted their supply of honey.
-Elkton Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
will celebrate the fifth anniversary of it,
institution, at the Lodge room, in the Hall,
to-day. \ fnll attendance is requested.
Owing to the bad condition OF the roads
and other untoward circumstances, only two
members of the ladies' walking club Went
upon the regular pedestrian tour, last Tues
day.
-Messrs Vim. \. Wright and Victor
Jackson. of this county, and Samuel NJ.
Russell and Frank NJ. Farr of Hartford
county have been appointed special polics to
attend to the duckers around the head OF
the bay.
An old farmer and eX-sheriff, of New
Castle county, visited Elkton, on Thursday,
wearing pair of calf skin boots which he
has worn since 1864. He is III his list year
and looks as fresh and young rs if only
sixty.
One day last week, little tour-year old
VI -hlSAdHtCl I<lltlS,
the old rolling mill formerly owned by
Park, Smith 6 Co., swallowed an ounce of
laudanum, which had been left within her
reach, from the effects Of which she died
the same day.
Herring and Shad seem to be unusually
plenty in the waters of this county, as in
Dictated by the large catch the past week by
the proprietors of pound and gill nets. The
proprietors of large hauling seines will gen.
orally put them in operation the early par;
of next week.
A black Chesapeake water dog was
found on the railroad near the depot, on
Monday morning last, by the employees Of
the company, suffering from injuries re-
ceived by being struck by train. 1t was
injured past the hope Of recovery and was
killed by those who found it.
The premises of j. b. Dean, who re-
sides on the plank road near Andora, were
visited, on Friday night of last week, by a
thief or thieves, who broke into his poultry
house and stole a lot of chickens. They
also entered another outbuilding and stole
therefrom about six bushels of oats.
-Creswell Post, No. 10, G. A. r., have
adopted the army cap and blue uniform.
They expect to be uniformed by May 30th-
Decoration day. The post is rapidly in
cre3sing and has members from every part
of the county. The regular meeting nights
are the first and third Thursdays of each
month.
Miss L. V. Dixon, Of Richmond, Va,
and Miss Z. p. Robinson, of Bath, y. ",
will give concert and literary entertain
ment at Odd Fellows Hall, in this town. Oh
Thursday evening, April 22nd. They are
very highly spoken of by these who have
heard them. Admission, 10 cents. Our
colored friends will no doubt literally pa
tronize them.
A pair of blue birds accidentally i'm
prisoned themselves in the street lamp at
the North street crossing, last Sabbath morn
ing,-that is to say, they were hunting for
a place to build, and, though they found the
way into the lamp, We're unable to find the
way out, until Sheriff Logan, who is not
apt to release prisoners without warrant of
law, opened the door.
Last Monday night, Immediately after
the final adjournment of the Legislature,
the Democratic members of the House of
Delegates presented the Speaker, Hon.
Hiram Mccullough, with a handsome gold
headed cane, in testimony of the impartial
IN ;nb ha l,o L., a.
of his office, and the high esteem in which
he is held as citizen.
The tonsorial saloon in the basement of
Nitetell's building, under the management
of Francis S. Dennis, successor to II. c.
Caldwell, has, this week, been thoroughly
observation-disclosures painting, and
she general Encouragement of things bein.
the order of the week. This has been done
for the better accommodation of his custom
ers.
On Tuesday1ast, Sheriff Logan, assisted
by Jacob \. Howard, took BENZ. White
man, who has been insane for some months
past, to the Maryland Hospital at Balti-
more. Henry Shippers, who was recently
taken to the Hospital, is so much improved
that he will probably be released in short
time. James Barber and the patients from
this county show no signs of improvement.
On Friday afternoon of last week, as
Dennis Devine, near Cherry Hill, was lead
fng a young stallion in his barn yard and
walking some distance in front of it, the
playful animal reared up and surprised him
by placing its fore feet on his shoulders,
one of which was dislocated. The in iured
man was brought to AItchell'S tru. store,
where the dislocation was reduced by DIR.
Mitchell and X. II. Tuft.
The cloth merchants, of whose doings
we gave an account last week, waited upon
Mr.. James Swaney, an unsuspecting farmer
G,1 the Fourth district, about q week ago,
sxt,d succeeded in inducing him to purchase
n Zoe OF dry goods, for which he gave his
note for $40. pom more close examina-
ton of the goods, he is of the opinion that
they are not worth more than half that
.sai,i, and publishes a notice in another col
tiIIH EdUliOHlHS Tic Pubiit against ucRp-
fiariHg tie note in question.
Last Friday week, spark from a loco
motive attached to one oil the trains on the
T.. W. & Il. Railroad, set fire to the stable
lnanAre, liberal coat of which had recently
been spread upon field of the Gipin farm,
in the tenancy Of Mr.. John r. Lee, beyond
the Big Elk. Owing to the fact that the
manure was quite dry and a brisk breeze
was blowing at the time, about five acres of
st was entirely consumed After fighting
che flames for some time to no effect, Mr..
Lee plowed furrow around the fire and
stopped its progress
The bill for the iucsfporati1n of the
proposed new railroad between Baltimore
and Philadelphia, which was before the Leg
islature under the name of the Baltimore
and Northeastern Railroad, was withdrawn,
on Saturday morning last, its friends bein.
apFrei:es.st-e that it would he defeated
Measures, however. we understand, have
been taken to incorporate the new company
nadar the general incorporation law Of the
State. It is probable that the new road
will Grass tlae tnsguehanna River just be
low the mouth "a tie iAtoraro, and will
probably run about midway hsswaa1 Fair
Hill and Cherry Hill and pass Newark be-
tween the p, W. & b. Railroad and that
town. We give this as n matter of specula-
tion ftseiS. III rs yet no portion of the
route has been s,lrsr. "a!