The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-06-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.

And now the hot wave is upon us again
with all the fury of Il genuine African 81
rocco.
-Four large tubular boilers for Provi-
dence paper mill arrived at Elkton this
week.
S. X. Miller, of the firm of Davis, Keys
& Co., is in the lower part of the peninsula
purchasing a drove Of cattle.
The 200 new of feet hose recently pur-
chased in Wilmington for the of the
town, arrived on Thursday morning.
During the thunder storm last Tuesday
the lightning struck a tree near the barn of
Mr.. Joseph Booth and shattered it to pieces.
The greatest cabbage heads" extant
are the gardeners who sprinkle that edible
plant with Paris green to destroy catcrpil-
lars
If the people of Elkton had known how
much they would have missed by not hear
ing the Boy Orator, his audience would have
been much larger.
Owing to the scarcity of harvest hands
and the dryness of the crop, some of the
farmers i'll the vicinity of Elkton cut most
of their wheat at night.
The School Examiner will be at the of
flee of the School Commissioners, in Elkton,
on Tuesday next, and any one wishing to
see him can meet him at that time.
Wherever God erects a house of prayer.
The devil always finds 4 worship near;
Aplf fxtyi11 h..f md ,,lJr ,nfin
The latter has the larger congregation
"A young gentleman from St Georges,
rode over to Elkton a bicycle last Thurs
day, and after spending an hour or two
oiled up his machine and rode home again.
-Elkton is infested by gang of ours that
make the night hideous with their bowling,
and render it impossible FOR the citizens to
sleep. Is there no remedy for this intolera-
BILE nuisance?
The scarcity of labor in this section is
strikingly illustrated by the fact that three
barge loads of coal, belonging to the Provi-
dence Mill Company, laid at our wharves all
last week, unable to discharge for want of
hands.
Train No. 1, which passes here about 1
\. NJ, struck and killed a horse belonging
to William Veach, last Monday morning,
near the Blue Ball crossing. The animal
had strayed upon the track from an al Join
ing field.
The directors of the Cecil County Agri-
cultural Society will meet in the Hall on
Tuesday next, the Goth instant, ut o'clock
A fnll ottenlnnpn iS al n.
business of Importance will be brought be-
fore the board.
A Juvenile Elkton sportsman, when in
terrogated as to whether he shot his wood
cock on the ring or not, replied" Yes, sir,
I shoot them on the wing, on the head, on
the tail, or any where else; no matter where
you hit them-its all the same"
The schooner A. II. Lemon arrived at
Elkton, on Tuesday last, from Beach Ridge,
North Carolina, laden with yellow pine
lumber, consigned to Davis, Keys, s. Co..
The sloop Tycoon arrived on Thursday, with
same class of cargo, to same consignees.
r.. C. Thackery, Esq, and Daniel Brat
ton, Jr., Esq, two of our promising young
lawyers, attended the commencement of
Princeton College this week. The latter re-
ceived the degree of a. NJ, the former hay
ing had that degree conferred upon him
some years ago.
We are pleased to state that William
Torbert, Esq, one of our oldest citizens, who
has been very i'll for six or seven weeks
past, has so far recovered as to be able to
leave his room. His recovery is now conf
IDENTIFY expected, though few weeks ago it
was scarcely hoped for.
Joseph Booth & Son want to buy next
week all the pure cream that can be brought
to them at their ice-cream depot opposite the
court house. The unusual demand for the
Fourth of July, for Booths celebrated ice
cream, compels this advertisement. Cash
paid for pure cream on delivery
Miss Letitia Cleaver, of this town. was
seized, on Monday last, while walking along
the street, in Wilmington, with a severe
attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, and at
last accounts was lying III critical condi-
ton ut the residence of her brother in that
city with little hope of her recovery.
James W. Dawson, formerly of Brick
Meeting House, but for a long time a resi-
dent of Wilmington, Del, died in that city
on Sunday last, of dropsy Of the heart, in
the End year of his age. He was at one
time engaged in the dry goods trade, but
retired from business some years ago.
The friends and church associates of the
Rev. Il. l.. Goldsborough, former Rector of
Trinity Church, in this town, will be panied
to learn of the death of Mrs Goldsborough
which occurred at burlington, n. j., on
Tuesday last. Funeral services were held
at Christ Church, Philadelphia, on Thurs
day last.
John Thompson, colored physician,
for whom warrant was issued last Fehru-
AIRY, at the complaint of Rev; Mr.. Williams
ST this town, charging him with being a
qonlprer and asorierly person, was arrest
ed last Wednesday: and bad hearing the
hefF morning, Aeiure :insticp E,aFd. who ip
the apsenee of the State's witnesses, dis
charged him.
The gross RECEIPTS of the Elkton Acade-
my entertainment amounted to So 80 of
this So, 81 was paid for the use of the hall
slb. for Use Of Piano and transportation of
4iflne; s3A0 for profassional services to Mrs.
+. b. johnson and S. 20 for printing
Leaving balance Of s3a.17, which will be
applied towards the purchase OF an organ
At the beginning of the next term,
E. W. Janney, census enumerator for
Elkton and that part of the 3rd district
south Of the railroad has completed the
enumeration of the Inhabitants, and finds
that Elkton contains l,15l, and the other
part of the district 600, making a total of
$3.50 The work will he revised next week.
and these figures may be slightly changed
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