The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-31
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mrs. Ann 2. Lockley intends visiting
Oldham, England, her native place, at an
early day.
Mr.. John Creswell, of the 18th district, !
recently had four sheep killed and num-
Der worried by dogs.
A Juvenile bicyclist from Philadelphia
has been perambulating our streets occa-
sionally for the last few days.
john Brewster, Esq, who was recently
stricken with paralysis, has so far recovered
as to able to walk about the house.
Many young cattle have died in the up
per part of New Castle county from the bite
of minute insect called the "TeXas tick. p"
Elk river is fast becoming Il fashionable.
resort, and is daily visited by fishing and
grabbing parties from 4 distance, who enjoy
themselves hugely.
Mr.. Benjamin C. Pearce recently lost
four or five cows from a disease which they
contracted from Il drove that stopped at his
farm, at Hare's Corner
The iron works at Powlandville, which
have been idle all summer, except the last
two weeks, commenced to run to their full
capacity on Tuesday last.
Last Saturday, John Algard, ST., of
Lombardville, had one of his fingers so
badly bitten by a vicious horse that he was
obliged to have it amputated.
L. NJ. Haines, Esq, trustee, sold the
Mullican farm, in Elk Neck, containing 10
acres, on Tuesday, to Mrs. Patterson, for
Sl,700. y. p. Shockley, auctioneer
The old fashion striped potato bugs,
which seem to have an appetite like the
horse-leech, are devouring the tomatoes,
vines and fruit, in Elkton and vicinity.
Harry Clemson, son of Mr.. o. p. Clem-'
son, of the FELTON, House, fell Off the plat
form at the depot, on Thursday afternoon,
and sustained a fracture of one of his arms
We learn from the Ne,rark Ledger that
Barney Moore, Esq, who farms the Murphy
place, on the Telegraph road, near the Fox
Chase, raised 1850 bushels of wheat this
season.
"A horse belonging to Dennis Mullin,,
which was left standing loose in the street
opposite the bank ran away, on Thursday,
and smashed up the wagon and harness
pretty badly.
Elder Joseph L. Staten, of Berlin, Md,
has accepted call from the Welch Tract
and London Tract Baptist churches, and
will take charge of them about the first of
January next.
Two wandering young negroes from
Baltimore VISITED town, on Wednesday,
One of them is quite as proficient per-
former upon the bones as Blind Tom is
upon the piano.
The peach festival for the benefit of the
'Village Guards" which was held Oh Tues
day evening, was reasonably we'll attended
and about 81 was realized for the purpose of
dressing the juveniles in soldier clothes
New Leeds Sunday School will hold a
Festival, in Mr.. Daniel Harvey's woods, on
Wednesday evening, August 18th. Supper
tickets, % cents. If the weather is not
favorable on Wednesday, the next fair day.
There will be n special meeting of the
Elkton Grange. at their room in the Hall,
this afternoon, (July 3lst,) at the usual
hour. a full attendance is requested, as
business of importance will be brought be-
fore the Grange.
-Sallie Mansfield, a ten year old girl of
Frogtown," got lost, last Saturday, in
Wilmington, whittier she went in company
with some persons from her own neighbor-
hood After wandering about for three or
four days she was sent home by the police.
The Sunday school of Boulden's Chapel
will hold a festival in w. r. Hollis woods,
near Southampton school house, on Satur-
day, August 9TH. There will be supper
provided twenty-five cents Children, half
price. Proceeds for the benefit of the school,
Captain Davison's scow arrived from
Baltimore, on Wednesday last, with Il cargo
of nine hundred watermelons. Except two
small lots of a hundred each, they were the
first of the season and sold slowly for prices
ranging from ten to twenty dollars hun
dred.
We call the attention of or readers to
the notice published in another column of
the opening of the fall term of that ancient
and well-known institution, the West Not
tingham Academy, under the charge of the
popular and efficient Principal, George X.
Bechtel, \. NJ.
Our old friend and highly esteemed cit
izen, Mr. Basil Hanes, of the .I;i>ing sun,
Graded oats every day during harvest this
season. making the time of full hand, al
though nearly seventy years OF age. If the
Pennsylvania border can boast Il better
man, let us hear from him ut once.
"A large number of fishing and Grabbing
parties have visited Locust Point during the
last few weeks. This is pleasant place to
spend day. and there is no more pleasant
and agreeable person than its genial pro-
prletor ex-sheritf Boulden, who always takes
delight in ministerng to the pleasures of
Others
-MessrS. Vim. Dean Il Son. the Newark
WOODEN manufacturers, were the lowest bid
ders for $4,000 yards of blue llersey, at the
opening OF proposals, at the Quartcrmasters
Department. Philadelphia, recently The
contract will keep their mills running for
seven months and the value of the cloth is
SIG, 900.
Eliza Lynch ca white womrn) was
committed TO Jail, on Thursday last, upon
the oath and information Of Annie Miller,
who charged her with breaking into the
house Of the latter in her absence and steal
ing therefrom various and sundrv articles
of wearing apparel and household goods.
She will have hearing this evening.
During the tllandcr storm last Tuesday
evening the lightning struck and set on fire
Il large oak tree close by Mr.. John Brew
ster's barn, and no doubt would have set
the barn on fire, had it not been discovered