The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-08
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The County Commissioners, Orphans
Court and School Commissioners will meet
on Tuesday next.
Mr.. Il. I. {. Crouch has sold his sorrel
horse, "Towhead, to Dr. Il. II. Register,
of Philadelphia, for 5000.
The proprietors of the Providence Paper
Mill will manufacture paper from poplar
wood. See their advertisement elsewhere
-Rev. \. W. Parry will preach at the
Rolling Mill Bank Church, North East, to-
morrow, morning and evening.
Rudolph Ellis, Esq, son of +. A. Ellis,
ESD, of Elkton, sailed for Europe on last
Wednesday. He expects to be absent three
months
The oxford Harmonic Society will give
May 18th. Forty voices and fifteen instru.
Inents.
-Rev. T. b. Hunter, of the Cherry Hill
NJ. +. Church, will preach sermon to the
Red Men Of that place, tomorrow, at 1Ors
O'Clock
There will soon be two vacant scholar
ships in the Elkton Academy, which will
be filled by competitive examination, of
which further notice will be given.
We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of part of the Thompson
estate, near the Pivot Bridge, which is one
of the most desirable farms in this comfy.
Bishop Lay will preach at ST. Mary s
Church, North East, on Tuesday evening
next, at ~ o'clock, and also at st. Mark 5
Chapel, at -. O'Clock, on Wednesday even
ing.
William Irving, alias "Muskrat Bill, -
was held in n bond of $50 to keep the peace
on the oath and information of Mary T..
Manley, of Chesapeake City, by Justice
Foard, on Saturday
MIR. Thomas Green is improving his
premises on Bow street, by the addition of
a two story back building, which he raised
on Thursday. He will also add another
story to the front building
During the past week the temperature
OF the atmosphere has been warm and
genial, we'll BETTING the merry month of
May, which indicates that Winter has taken
its final departure. So mote it be.
Mr.. George A. Lee, formerly with Mr..
d. Crossmore, on North street. has taken
the shop in the Hollow, recently occupied
by Charles II. Boulden, which he will occu-
by as a meat and provision store.
Rev. w. w. Heberton will preach at
Persons Grove, tomorrow, at 3 o'clock p.
NJ. The patrons and teachers of the Sunday
school at that place have recently purchased
a Beatty organ for the use of the school,
There are enough peaches on the trees
III this county to produce a reasonably good
crop, if they mature; but it is idle to specu-
late upon this subject until after the June
fall and the ravages of the curculio are over.
"A fisherman on the Elk, one night this
week, caught in his gill net in the neigh
borhood of a score of large oad-fross-not
the water or bull-frogs, but regular toa,ls.
This singular game made the fisherman
open his eyes.
james a. Lewis, Est, has been com
mlssloned justice of the peace for the :ird
district OF this county, and will have his
office in the room on the first floor of the
Odd Fellows Hall, in the rear of the office
OF the Fire Insurance Company
We have been requested to call the at
tention of the town authorities to the bad
condition of the ditch near the east side of
Bow street, some parts of which, it is said,
contain stagnant water that emits disa.
greeable odor.
We learn from the Philadelphia papers
that the children of the late Abel Jeans,
who recently died at an advanced age in
that city, and who was the father of Mrs.
Nicholas Hiss, formerly of Elkton, are con-
testing his will
The Elkton Trotting Association have
leased the old tile yard field, on the Cherry
Hill road, from Mr. A. Tutt, and last Tues
day Mr.. James NIcCauley laid out for them
a half mile trotting course, which they will
Immediately put in order.
Hezzie" is now travelling between
Philadelphia and Pittsburs, but his old
place in the Exchange building is ably filled
by r. 5. Dennis and his accomplished as
sistant, Benjamin \. Cook, upon whom
Hezzies mantle appears to have fallen.
The new Board of Trustees of the Aims
House met on Monday last, and organized
by the election of Henry Hess President
and y. p. Manly, Secretary and Treasurer
stephen Pluck was continued as overseer OF
the poor and DIR. j. II. lamar was appoint.
ed physician.
The Circuit Court for Hartford county
commences on Monday next. The ease OF
Nelde as. Scarborough, removed from thi.
county, will he tried Mt this term Up
wards of seventy-tve witnesses have beer
summoned in this case, all of whom ar,
expected to be in attendance early in the
week
Joseph W. Garry, grandson of Jos
Megill, of Sassafras Neck, !, lad of thirteen
years of age, plowed forty-fiye acres o
ground, this Spring, as we are informed, il
a workmanlike manner, with 4 Syracuse
chilled iron plow-half of which was heavy
sod. We hardly know which to commend
the most, the lad or the plow.
-Hev. Mr.. Schouler, recently called te
the fentorship of Trinity Church, and fam
lily, arrived in Elkton, on Saturday last
and ofhciatsd with much acceptability OIL
Sunday. He aud his family have beel
stopping at the Howard House during til,
week: meanwhile the rectory is being IT.
painted and otherwise renovated.
Mr.. Joseph Wells has purchased tn
confectionery aud candy mandatory O
ID. Nj. Reese Gray, IN this town, and wi!
continue the wholesale and retail candy an,
fruit business, assisted by Mr.. Fredericl
McGrEder They intend to run a team. an,
will supply customers throughout the coun
to- upon as good terms rs can be obtaine
elsewhere.
The Annual Conference Of the slarl
land District, of the a. L. NJ p Church
will e0n.spe i'll Providence NJ. p. Churcl
this town, on next Wednesday, May 12tl
at 80 o'clock A. NJ. il will hold about eigll
days. There will be a large number {
ministers present. There will be preachn
each evening at o'clock P. NJ. by some on
of the ministers.
The "catch" Of herring at the iisherie
In this county has recently been larger la
for many years past. On last Monday, MI
d. K. Wilson made haul at "Guilder
Hole, on the North East River. which wa