The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-17
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The Middletown fair will commence on
Tuesday, September DIST, and continue four
days.
Fifteen marriage licenses were issued
from the Clerks Office during the month of
June.
The lightning struck a stack of wheat
on Thomas Drennen's farm, near Elkton, on
Thursday morning last, and set it en- fire
Lizzie Wilson, colored, had a narrow
escape from being struck by the Q o'clock
train, on Wednesday night, at the Blue Ball
crossing.
We call the attention of our readers to
the sale of stock and farming utensils of
w. X. Deacon, in Elk Neck, on the 2Sth
instant. ,
MIR. Ephraim p. Lowe, 4 we'll known
and highly respectable citizen of North
East, died, ON Wednesday last, in the 13rd
year of his age.
Fletcher A. White, who formerly kept
Il drinking saloon near the locality where
the devil is said to do his cooking was in
town, on Saturday last
Mr.. George Witworth, proprietor of the!
North Street Market, who has been suffer-
ing from erysipelas in his leg for the last
ten days, is convalescent.
Andrew Donnell formerly of Mont/
gomery, Alabama, but for many years
resident of Newark, Del, died at that place,
ON Monday last. aged 50 years.
Judge Sample, the old Elktonian, has
our thanks for a fine photograph of himself
which we received this week. We hope
the original may follow the picture.
Thomas NJ. Coleman, many years ago.
editor of The Cecil Democrat and now City
Editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, paid
flying visit to Elllton, on Saturday last.
A festival will be held at Liberty Grove
this county, on Thursday afternoon and
evening, July 22nd. Proceeds for the bene-
fit of Liberty Grove Sunday school library
AS will be seen by reference to the con-
stitution of the Cecil County Agricultural
Society, which we publish III another col
umn, the stockholders are entitled to tickets
of admission to the fair free of charge.
Mrs. Hetty Ann Matthias, who resides
in London Britain township, Chester coun-
ty, Pa, one mile west of the east end of
Mason and Dixon's line, recently threshed
14l bushels of wheat from Al acres of land.
A spirit thermometer in Mitchell's drug
store registered go last Tuesday. The
same thermometer registered 96o one day
in 1858, and has not been above that since
that time. \ mercurial thermometer hang
beside the other one indicated tempera-
ture of $50 on Tuesday.
DR. Tanners pulse was tested, n week
ago, with the Sphigmogroph, his muscle
with the Dynometer, and his sense of feeling
with the -Esthesiometer, notwithstanding
which he still lives, and after which no rea-
sonable person should doubt his ability to
complete his fast of forty days.
William H. Knock, enumerator of thk
eastern part of the First district, discovered
colored man named Henry Sewall, who is
10 years of aye. He has always resided in
that district, except period during the
VI lHC wal VI lS1-, WHEN lie
served in the navy under Commodore Balm
bridge.
The excursion to Atlantic City, underJ
the auspices of Creswell and Wingate Posts,
G. a. H., OH Saturday, 31st inst, promises
to be very grand and enjoyable affair. 1t
will certainly give everybody who chooses
to 90 an opportunity to see the Atlantic
Ocean and to have genuine bath in its
water
We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of the Waring Fertilizinc
Company, at Colora in this county. The
large experience which the managers have
acquired in ten years of successful opera
ton is sufficient guarantee, if any is
needed, of their ability to produce fertilizers
of the highest grade.
jacob Dixon. an orphan colored lad,
from Elk Neck, about sixteen years of age,
had a hearing before Justice Foarj, on Sat
urday last, when it appeared that he had no
proper guardian, and had been in the habit
OF pilfering from the farmers in the lower
part OF the Neck. The Justice committed
him to Jail until he is disposed of according
TO law.
john Pennington, of Sassafras Neck,
was committed to Jail, on Monday, by JUS
tice Terry, of Cecilton. charged with steal
ing forty dollars from the vest pocket of ii
ID. Morton, on the previous Saturday night
The alleged larceny was committed near
Warwick, when both of the parties We're
said TO be intoxicated. Pennington claims
that Morton gave him the money to hire a
conveyance to bring them to Elkton on n
spree, and that he returned it to him on
Sunday evening
- y newspaper can scarcely look better
than The last number of TIE CccH IFhjg
We have All ambition to make the Press
look that way, too, and hope the few delin-
queht Subscribers whom we have been wait
ing ON for SO long time will soon report and
enable us to purchase rev suit of type"
Oytold Press.
We thank our esteemed contemporary for
this tatterins expression of his good opinion
and hope his delinquent subscribers will
soon pay up, and that our own will follow
their example.
The Masonic excursion to Colchester, on
next Friday, the Ord instant under the
auspices OF the Masonic fraternity of Elkton
and Newark, WHO will spare no pains to
make 1t the most enjoyable one of the sea
son, promises to he Il grand affair. This
will probably be the last chance this season
for trip down the bay. The Citizens Cor
net Band of Newark will furnish music for
the occasion. The fhester will leave Elk
Landing at 8 a. III
Two of the employees Of the MaryiauI
Hospital came to Elklon, on Friday of last
week, and took James Barber, one of the
insane persons who recently escaped from
it, back to that institution with them