The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-10-02

iodSC VI VI buitbS III lulS 10" H.
w. J. Jones, ESD, of this town, isthi
week on visit to friends in Connecticut
Lend your aid to the Register of you
district in clearing the list Of all improper
names.
Rev. Alfred T. Scott, of Wilmington
will preach in the NJ. E Church of this town
tomorrow, morning and evening,
Colonel E. H. Webster, our Republican
Candidate for Congress, will be in Elkton
on Tuesday next. Come and meet him.
Deputy Sheriff Boulder had hot foo
race after Il prisoner, near Charlestown, ont
day this week. He captured him finally.
Owing to the scarcity of water in OH
streams, the mills and factories on Big ant
Little Elk Creeks are not making full time
Rev. DIR. George A Phpbus will shortly
publish new life of Bishop Asbury. This
will be followed by biography of Ezekie
Cooper.
AT the Dover fair, ia Wednesday
Daisy Dale, Trinket and Wedgwbod were
on the track. A number of our citizen.
were in attendance.
There was some tall swearing and ho
firing by the witnesses in the Pritchard
case, on Tuesday. Each seemed to want t.
put the other in Jail
The famous trotter St. Julien passed
through this town, on Wednesday, Ell route
for Washington, where an exhibition of hi
trstting will be given.
Services at Trinity z. E. Church, in
this town, will hereafter be held at 1O1s A
NJ. and ~ P. NJ. Service at st. Augustine,
tomorrow, at 81 P. NJ.
Wheat seeding is still being pushed for.
ward. We notice some fields looking quite
green already with new wheat, notwith.
standing the dry season.
The lime kilns recently erected on
Bridge street have been demolished and the
material partially hauled away Evident
ly the enterprise failed to pay.
The Oxford fair came off, this week,
holding over Wednesday. Thursday and
er was fine and all were happy.
The barn, together with a lot of hay
and wheat, on the farm of Thomas Furnice,
just over the line in Lancaster county, was
burned on Friday evening of last week.
Mr.. Will Booth, who for a week or two
past has been confined to the house by ma
.l ;e AZ
looks much the worse for his experience.
Rev. c. w. Barrager, the newly-ap-
pointed pastor of the Elkton Free Metho-
dist Church, arrived this week and will
preach at that church, tomorrow, at 10. 30
A. NJ. and 7.30 P. NJ.
On Thursday, Mr. Falls exhibited his
trotter, Willow Switch, upon the fair ground
track, attached to his new tifty-seven pound
sulky. Unfortunately the track was not in
condition to let him 60.
Clinton H. Jamison, a young man, for
merly of this town, while engaged as break
man on shifting engine at Wilmington,
was severely hurt, recently, but is now re-
covering from his injuries
Mr.. Hogg, the owner of the well known
trotter, "Belle Wild Air" has, during this
week, had her upon our streets number of
times, not for trotting, but on exhibition
She looks in superb condition.
The final sitting of the Officers of Regis
tration takes place in their respective dis
tricts on Monday and Tuesday next, the
4th and 9TH instants. See that every Re-
publican has his name upon the list.
That anti-local optionist who left his
old, dilapidated, black dress coat in cur
back yard, the other night, is advised to
come and take it away soon, or some of the
particulars of the case may be made public,
There is on Nitchells counter the PIC
ture of very handsome lady 1t is only
an advertising card but it is almost the fac
smile of the face of one of our sweetest
faced Elkton girls. Who can guess who it
is?
When you see a man with the knot OF
his neck-tie under his ear, talking temper
ance to lamp post late at night, you can
safely say that he is not in favor of total
abstinence; he simply believes in temper
ance.
-John-not the piper's son, but DEPUTY
Commissioners Clerk-piped to the burn
ing Democracy of Turkeytown, last Satur-
day night. He will be followed by Senator
Groome, who is to give them "burnipa
words tonight.
Mr.. George Walters, of Philadelphia
who had violent attack of hemorrhages
while attending the Free Methodist camr
near North East, in August, died at his
residence, in that city, this week He was
forty-tive years of age.
Notice Frank Green's large sale OF
horses, stock, &C., on October 10Th, adyer
tised in to-day's Wing. The stock is un
usually excellent, and the credit long. 1t is
rare that better opportunity is offered te
buy at your own price on such terms.
We have in the neighborhood two re-
narkable specimens of calves-one belong
ing to Mr.. Joseph Booth, five months old
weighing five hundred pounds, and the
other belonging to Mr.. John Warrington
three months old and of the same weight.
HE has been engaged at heavy work in
neighboring iron works for years, vet he
disabled his back, the other day, Will,
CARRYING bucket of water for his wife
This is his unvarnished statement. We adj
htrSI ,a,
this case.
-" Rob, son of Mr.. W. r. Nelson, cabi.
net maker, of this town, shows great talent
in the way of handling scrsll saws. Some
OF his work upon one is really wonderful,
considering that he is a child of lively,
years. Specimens may be seen at Mr.. Mel
sons shop.
A good turkey eater must be John Sim.
pers. One Green, a witness in the turke,
and disorderly house cases at court, this
week, swore that Shippers, ON one occasion
brought to the house, "the Red Onion,
three turkeys, all of which he boiled ant
ate at one mess
Holly Mackalls horse took to himsel
a runaway, on Thursday morning. III
started from the depot and made the circui
OF North and Bow streets, and was haule
up at Little Elk. Some little damage wa
done to the vehicle, but nothing serious re
suited. No one was in the carriage.
Quite good tide came in Oh Tuesday
and many of our sportsmen hoped for
large bag of birds, but it was found tina
the rail birds were becoming scarce and bu
few were killed. The highest boat W
heard from brouuht On,