The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-25

nell, inferred III the Olt Methodist ''r'N lng
ground twenty-siN Years ago, We're, ~, Mon.
| day last, eNhumcd and rcinterret III the
new cemetery, by the side of the l..:r Mrs.
| Susan Il. Register. who was fnrmtI Y the
widow of the deceased. The body was in a
remarkably good state of preservation, and
the face, with the exception of the eyes,
well preserved.
Our town was enlivened, ON Tuesday
night, by perambuating "caliopc" that
! passed through on the 10 o'clock freight
train bound south. 1t belonged to the great
London Circus and its mission appeared tn
be to distribute advertising circulars. II
| reminded those of our citizens who have
been West of the times when that in,tru-
ment was popular on steam boats there.
In sinking one Of the wells on the fair
| grounds, this week, at about ten feet be
meath the surface Il vein of very handsome
| SerpCntine marble was struck. The vein
runs north and south, and the well just
touched the southern point Of the bed. 1t
is Thought by many who are expert in this
line, among them several Port Deepest gen
tlemen, that the stone exists in quantity
sufficient to pay for quarrying.
The managers of the Delaware State
Fair have certainly been fortunate in secur-
ing 4 fine list of horses. Driver Trickct
Jersey Boy, Wedgewood Irene, Phil Dough-
erty, Wilbur F., Edwin Thorne, and others
will grace the track in their fast races. We
are assured that all of the other purses are
we'll filled with an unusual good class of
horses. We would advise all who wish to
see good racing and fine exhibits to 20 to
the fair.
The base ball lot, near the depot is now
the center of attraction among the small
boys about town. An arrangement called
the flying horses" had been erected by
two enterprising individuals who travel
from place to place with this ingenious con-
trivance, and for five cents each Il dozen or
tw o boys or men can whirl around the cir
Gle for ten or fifteen minutes An organ
grinder and u monkey furnish additional
amusement for the crowd that gather there.
There will be such features exhibited ut
the Delaware State Fair this Fall us never
before presented. Two well filled bicycle
races, which will certainly be interesting:
while, to make up the fun and break mo-
notony, arrangements have been made to
exhibit in all of the exciting features a
mimic fox chase We are informed that
the chase was quite Il feature in the Nation
al fair held at Washington, d. c., last Fall,
and some of the same hounds that were
there will be at Dover
The Mortquctta, the yacht upon which
several OF our misunderstanding the gen.
tleman of the Glass Front were Shipwreck-
ell recently, arrived at our wharves, on Fri
day last, in charge of Captain Purnell, who
rescued her from her sandy bed, at the
mouth of the Potomac. The story of the
cruise has heretofore been told, also the
wreck upon q friendly coast. Capt. Purncll
saved all that could be saved of the wreck
and its outfit, and delivered it into the
hands of Mr.. Bartol who started at once
and alone, by way of the canal, for Phila-
delphia.
A gentleman in Elkton, whose scholas-
tic culture is only equalled by his readiness
Of wit, recently heard his door bell ring
With his habitual courtesy he answered the
summons in person. Mother sent ne to
ask hoe old Mrs - is?" said little boy,
standing OH the door step, meaning to in
quire after the condition of the aged mother
OF the gentleman, who was quite i'll at the
time and using the word 90 old " to distin-
guish her from Il daughter-in-law residing
with her. ''Just eighty.tour yeorS old was
the ready reply. With apuzzled expression
the boy hurried home with his unexpected
piece of information.