The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-12-04
LOCAL BRIEFS.

on next MONDAY "tth, tHt LOU lllSt.
Drop in at Wells candy mandatory
and see them make the tempting sweet
meats.
DIR John H. lamar has removed his of
fee to the second floor of the old Bank
building on Main Street.
AT Havre de Grace canvas back ducks
sell for S1.75, red heads at 60 cents, and
black heads at 10 cents per pair.
An impecunious acquaintance says that
prosperity may be booming, but he finds it
Just as hard to borrow dollar As ever.
&C. f, Stubs, Esq, of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, visited his brother-in-law, H. III.
Haines, Esq, of Rising sun, last week.
Joe, Il favorite setter dog belonging to
Mr.. c. W. Maxwell, OF this town, was kill
ed by the cars, on Wednesday evening.
Stephen Lynch has been appointed
Justice of the Peace for the Sixth district of
Cecil county, vice r. b. Gillespie failed 10
qualify.
The gas works are again i'll good order,
new retorts having been put in and no fur
Their difficulty about light will be suffered
by consumers.
The money made at the supper given
some time since for the benefit of the poor,
has already done good by relieving a family
almost starving.
An unusually crazy man was hunting
around town, on Wednesday, for the Balti-
more end of the Baltimore x Ohio Railroad
He landed in Jail.
A perfect slaughter of marsh ducks
took place on our marshes this week The
oldest gunner says he never SAW them in
such quantities before.
"A neighboring town boasts of the cham
pion miser. He wears spectacles of the
strongest magnifying power, SO that TWEEN
ty-tive cent piece looks like IL Bland dollar
An Elkton gentleman talks of going
into the business of carp raising Oh Il large
scale. We do not see why it may not be
made paying Investment.
We were pleased, on Wednesday. by
call from our old friend, Charles Piercev.
Esq, of Elk Neck. He gives good reports
Of the farming interests Of the neighbor-
hood.
The 80 2. NJ. train on Tuesday was de
layed on account of the wrecking OF Il freight
train just above Perryville No one was
hurt, and after little delay the trains pass
ell on.
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Christmas present, it will pay You to call
on Mr.. John Wilkinson of this town, as he
offers extra inducements at this season of
the year. Send for prices
On tuesday last, Mr.. A. p. Shockley.
auctioneer, sold for j. Harvey Rowland,
Esq, 1853 acres of land in the Sixth district.
for IS, 500. This tract WAS known as the
Nickle farm and is Il good place
Col. f. II. Webster was taken suddenly
i'll, in his law office in Belar, on Thursday
last. He has but recently recovered from a
protracted illness and this attack is a re-
lapse. L
Mrs. Maria Smith (widow of the late
Thaddeus Smith, of this town, has pur-
chased property in Delaware City and
will soon remove to that place. We under
stand that property is selling at very low
prices in that town.
A black man in 4 dark cellar with Il
dark lantern looking for Il black cat could
not be darker than the past three nights.
Out of range of the street lights it was al
most npSSih1o 70
interviews between men and trees took
place.
The personal property on the farm in
Elk Neck, wherein the late Andrew liillin-
ger resided at the time of meeting with the
accident that resulted in his death. was
sold at public sale, on Wednesday. Mrs.
Gillinger will remove to PENNSYLVANIA, her
former home.
The Thanksgiving entertainment held
at Hyland's store, for the benefit of Harris
meeting house, proved a success realizing
81 net profit. We congratulate the Rev.
Mr.. Conway and his jealous co-workers on
the enterprise evinced in behalf of Method
ism in Elk Neck
MIR. Zachariah Porter, once Il resident
OF this town, a teacher OF some note and
father of Professor Porter, of Newark Col
lege, died, at his residence, near that Mace
early last week. Mr. Porter was one of the
Oldest teachers in this neighborhood, having
served nearly half a century in that profess
sion.
w hen borrow ,
pruning once, you cant bet how much
there is left of it. An Elkton gentleman
did that thing the other day. When he GOT
home he settled himself comfortably to read
particular article to which his attention
mad been drawn, when, sad to relate. the
printer had clipped the article for his own
purpose.
Providence Paper Mills began the requ-
lar manufacture of paper, on Monday. the
new machinery having been completed. A
trial was made on Saturday, and everything
was found satisfactory. The wood min
machinery will be in running order in a
very short time. When all is in order
about four tons Of paper will be turned ont
each day.
Mrs. Susan Eaudain, wife of Matthew
VI. Naudaln, Esq, former Collector of t,xes
Ill TINS district, is lying at the point Of
death, at her husbands residence ne.r
Cherry Hill. Several years ago, Mrs Nam
oaih was stricken by paralysis, and from
tnat time has been Il great sufferer No
nope OF her recovery is entertained. and ere
this reaches the eye of the reader She NAV
nave passed away.
DIR. Justus Dunot, of Frederick and
formerly OF this town, on Tuesday night
swallowed dose of atropia instead of NOR
phla' and but for prompt discovery of the
blnnder and the administration Of a bower
ful emetic by Mrs. Dunot his lif,. of useful-
ness would have been ended n. ,v,s -.
stored 10 CONSCIOUSNESS after lying in a stu
por Tor seven hours, and his physicians con-
slider him out of danger.
The through trains of the Baltimore <,
ONO Railroad, between New York and
Washington, by what is known As the
no'ind Brook Route, have been passing
through our town, this week. They do not
YET run on regular schedule time. but 90
through on special orders. Three trains per
"ay nave been passing through this week,
one south about 12.34 A. NJ, one north at
~ A. NJ, and the third south about .. OF
=. NJ In short time these trains will run
On regular stated time, when at least two
trains in each direction will be run daily.
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