The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-12-25

lie lulleral procession WAS one Oh the l'tlS-
est ever known in Elkton.
-Kriss popped into the Fair room, late
last night, and left a large invoice of pretty
things to be disposed of tonight and every
night next week. All the yonng folks
should go see them. Ask for genuine kriss
Krinkle goods aud take no others.
A wearbcrwiSe North Easter predicts
an open Winter. 1t don't look Il great deal
like it now, but he says that when we have
Il solid freeze, followed 10y n snow before
Christmas, an open Winter surely follows.
Perhaps he means it will open next March.
It l.. Graham, Esq, Principal OF ElktonS
Academy, on Thursday evening, at the
closing of the school for the holidays, pre-
scented each of the young lady students,
about thirty in number, with handsome
copy Of Tennysou's poems. \ very hand
some act indeed.
Rev. VIM. Taylor the great California
street preacher and South America mission
airy, has presented to the Havre de Grace
NJ. +. Sabbath school Il full set of his writ
Friday night of last week, but was carried
through, not knowing the town when he
reached il.
Key. James II. Manley will commence
the publication of the JiSifor at Whining
ton, about January 18th. The cause of the
removal of his enterprise to that city is the
lack of patronage in this community, the
number of readers among our people of
color not being sufficient to maintain a
newspaper.
-(ieorge Young, EST, the leading menu
Der Of the prominent lumber firm of Young
x Savin, of Denver, Colorado, has been on
a visit to his mother, Mrs Rehecca II.
Young, of this town, for number of days
past. Mr.. Young was accompanied by his
wife and son. They left for Chicago, on
Tuesday evening.
Old Kriss passed through here at pre-
ciSely twelve o'clock last night One of his |
reindeers had lost horn since his last visit
and Kriss had supplemented it with
wooden one of his own make. So an old |
fellow about seven years old told us il was
to be, and we suppose, of course, it was, so
we give it as a fact.
A trick of the butchers, not Elkton !
ones, came under our notice the other day. !
1t was plan to make light quarter weigh |
heavy. 1t was done b. taking the fat leaf
and kidney out of Il large steer and placing |
it in the small animal II cute trick and |
gain of from fifteen to twenty pounds. |
butcher man.
A Dolly Warden street man took home |
with him from Wells. the other evening, a |
couple of those mammoth candy canes, and |!
TO his confusion he it told. endeavored to /
make his boys believe that they grew in the |
woods. But when the little fellow broke it |
in trying its elasticity and II bit of it hit |
him in the mouth he was up to snuff and |
insisted upon pa going to the woods every |
day.
The competition between Smyth Post, (
G. A. r., of Wilmington. and Creswell Post,
Of this town, for stand of colors, at the |
fair now in progress at Odd Fellows Hall, is |
waxing warm. The Wilmington Republican |
says: capt. Jno. Carroll, and an able corps ,
of assistants, are enthusiastically ut work /
in behalf of Smyth Post" Look sharp, |
Creswell men, and see that you are not |
beaten.
A rumor was ahoat this week, and be- !
lieved by many, that Ned Larue, the color !
ed man convicted of manSlaughter in our !
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another colorei man, and who acts as bar |
Der in the penitentiary, had cut the throat |
Of one Of the keepers while shaving him.
Some of our colored folks were much excit- |
ed over the rumor. 1t was afterwards found |
to be untrue and the excitement subsidized.
Some persons have an idea that the
apple has run out in this section OF the !
This is great mistake, as fine |
fruit can be raised here rs ever provided |
the proper varieties are selected. In proof /
of this, we saw on exhibition ut Janney's |
provision store, this week, quantity of
" Baldwins, Il most luscious fruit, raised !
by Hugh Cameron, Esq, near Zion. New /
York state could not beat them to save her. |
North East is about to take the laurels !
away from Elkton in the dramatic line
The exhibition in preparation for the holi-
days is said by those acquainted with it to
be far superior TO the average of such per-
formances in the county. They lack good
hall and stage, W lille we with both haven't
the talent or energy to produce such an en-
What has become of our
dramatic association" And echo answers
what.
Gold has been found on the farm of Mr..
William Wagaman, near Chestnut Ridge, in
Frederick county. Experts who have eN
aInined the deposit like the looks Of the
quartz, and have offered $50, 900 for the
place but Mr. Wagaman couldn't see it
ZErchange We know of a farm in Cecil
where gold was recently found, and already
coined, too. Now, if any of those fellows
want to buy this place for 100000 or up
wards, it is for sale.
"A beautiful custom prevails with the
heather Chinese, which is worthy of imita-
ton by our Christian people 1t is not law,
but universal custom, made obligatory by
close observance 1t is that all debts must
be cancelled before the new year begins. AS
he end Of the year approaches and TO 4 late
hour on Christmas eve, the Chinese mer
merchant in kept busy with his counting
board and brush pencil, in wiping out the
Indebtedness of his customers.
The attendance ut court this term of
persons from other counties has been larger
than usual, owing, we suppose, to the num-
Der of removed cases TO he heard. The fol-
lowing, nearly all of whom are lawyers,
werc at the Howard House this week.
Hon. John r.. Price, ex-Judge of this cir
cult; Geo. l.. Van Bibber, .. S. Lee, G. Y.
Manydier: VIM. Young: W. Smithson For
ward, II. w. Archer, W. +. Mccain, j.
Husband, Jr., ESgs., of Hartford county.
and Il. w. Applegarth, Esq, and ID. j.
Young, of Baltimore City. In addition to
the above named, the register of the How
ard House contained scores of names of
visitors from all quarters, making very
encouraging showing of the business of the
house.
"A merry sleighing party, with g four
INLAND" attached to Vinsinger's big sleigh,
left town, on Thursday evening, bound for
Newark. They were jolly crowd, and
everything went merry as marriage
bell y until the return home, when a series
Of mi>halts occurred. First, the leaders of
! the team broke away and ran, being found
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