The Cecil Whig., 1881-12-10


evening.
AT Havre de Grace, on Sunday last Geo.
W. Stillweli, u hand on the cunning yacht
/ "r q. w. Barnes, Ed. dangerously shot 4
coored hand ON The yacht FtGt, named
Geo. W Stewart. The dispute arose over
/ the ownership of an "l'rN>Sum found an
| StillwellS vessel, which WAS claimed by
4 Stewart.
Ii tAe intellectual calihre Of the t,iiior
& Of The lec.i Net"S is really low :l> Is indi
I Gated hy Il paragraph III the lasJ issue OF
that Sheet, referring 70 the local editor Of
/ Tie UhiG, then is it te!rtully :"w. Hasn't
lie brains enough /" SEE the improrrjrTr Of
copying Tie wings local items, ii he thinks
them uutrUr.
The millinery store Of Mrs. LitZenherg,
on Main street, is very attractive just now.
She has in addition 10 her main store room,
4 show room. where hOnuetS hats. tSr., are
exhibited, both trimmed and unfinished.
She Ni,loys Two milliners and sales ladies'
ana har facilities are such that customers
can lie promptly served
tie new bridge at Far Creek is as high :s
the walls supporting ii, forming :! danger
Gus tr:tp to travellers. y person could very
readily drive off this high bank on dark |
night, or a fractious horSe might pitch off
in day time. There should be heavy rail |
! ing along its entire length.
The gas works have been SO far repaired !
as to be able to furnish a i.nited supply of /
-as. one bench of retorts being in order. Up !
TO Tuesday our citizens have been c0nnell- /
ed IT, use coal oil, and ii wasa great relief
10 many to find supply Of gas that even !
ing. 1t is thought now that there VIII be /
10 further serious trouble about our lights. !
A novel patent, in the way of hitch |
ing chain and rod combined, is on exhibi- !
/ tion at Perkins, Main street. Ii is Il com
plete thing and inexpensive, and if our
I merchants would introduce them upon the (,
iitciing posts, &c, at their various places |
of business, much OF the trouble with !
horses under such conditions would he .
avoided.
-Witworth his Just received a large lot !
of sleigh bells, of ali varieties; selling thr- |
, ty-three per cent. below last years prices. /
I He has sixty varieties of pen knives and /
every known make OF pistol His stock of
skates is full and any one can be suited. .
Among his Sales on Thursday, We're two |
sets of harness and 4 double breech loading .
gun, to Bohemia Manor parties.
An unhappy domestic drama occurred |
in the village of Cherry Hill, last week, !
creating wonderful stir among the quiet /
denizens Of that usually quiet town. y de- /
luded and erring wife deserted her husband |
and fainily and fled with guilty paramour. |
We refrain from publishing the particulars |
of the case, believing that no good purpose |
woald be served hy such publication. /
There must be something in the air .
hereabouts destructive of matrimonial peace
and felicity .inst now. In addition to the |
several eases Of marital unpleasantneSs re-
ported this week, 4 married lady of this /
town, the other day, packed bag ard bag .
gag aud bade adieu 10 the donlcl of her
lawful husband. The latIer's convivial /
habits are said TO he responsible fo- the .
break mp.
.-Eieven hundred turkeys isa large num- .
/ber, and all together would make ire
mendouS flock: ye: that is the number
wanted. hy Mr. \. y. Shocllley. of this .
town. lie buys them for Hamilton Diss- |
ton, ESQ, the great Saw manufacturer of .
Philadelphia who presents each af his en-
poyr> with 4 Christmas bird This is a
,,,., /
sale of their ticcks. see the advertisement
in another column.
On the farm OF Mr.. James Mercy, near
town, may be seen a buttonWuOd tree almost
rivaling some of the giant trees of Califor-
mia in size. We cannot give its dimensions,
but some idea of its size may I've formed
from the fact that in the butt Of the tree
there is Z hollow large enough to accommo-
date comfortably ten persons II q time. In
this hollow the sheep grazing in the meadow
are accustomed to take shelter from the
storm, and hy this means it has been worn
TO lis present dimensions.
Mrs. Wm. I. Giles of this town. fell
while descending the inner steps at odd
Fellows Hall. at lie ri0>e Of the Spiritual
lists exhibition, on Friday evening Of last
week, brui>ing herself considerably. Her
fall was brought about 10y an attempt upon
her part to prevent an aged lady-who had /
!n>1 her balance while descending the stairs
from falling. She has been confined 10
the house sine e; but is now convaleScinG
Mr.. Frank p Price, merchant ON Main
street. and Miss Ella CaatWell, daughter OF +
the late Thomas cantweli, Of :his town,
were united i'll the rosAy bonds at seven
o'clock, on Thursday evening last. The
ceremony. which was performed by Rev.
Mr.. Avery. took place at the residence of
the brides >t"p-father, Geo. Turner, i,>r.,
on West Main street The wedding WAS a /
quiet one, none bat the most intimate
friends OF the parties being present. |
An indignant husband Il few evenings
ago in 4 very uureremonious manner put |
an end in y tee Il tee between his wife and
gay ;.a;hari". The couple We're walking
lovingly arm and arm ON Main street when
the husband seized his wife by the arm and
lead her hurre,ly home meanwhile admin-
is'cTIn@ y severe tongue lashing to both par
ties. They reached home ard th- door clos
ed up0n tncEn, The sacred secrets of lnatri-
mcniai bliss We dare not venture to unfold.
Tie directors OF the Cecil y Agricultural
Society met, on Thursday, having adjourn
ed OF til" Tuesday prior to that day. Pro
vision w&a mad" for the payment of the
remaining premiums due from the last en-
nihitior. All other bills will remain I'M
provided for until the next annue meeting
which takes place on tire SET "na Tuesday |
in January. At that time Il new Board of
Directors will be chosen. The feasibility oi
holding a Spring fair will be determined by
he new board.
A nUuj.r OF boys OF this town, who
would he much hettcr off at home, are in
the habit of roaming the streets in the
evenings and hurting gravel, stones, shot,
corn, etc, against the windows of certain
places Of business. The other evening" they
caIried matters 50 FAR u, To stone the house
"f quiet citizen IN III" East End. They
were tirrd n with shot gun and they may
consider themselves iucky to have escaped
u1iIit. Several VI them ar. known aud il
eli her oi tines" acts are repeated I ,l5' arrest
1t tn" Offenders vii! follow.
A pony. at one time the property of
Mr.. Il. 7. G. Crouch, and Thought then to
h" quite a desirable Little animal, was sold,
tni' week, at the remarkable price of one
dollar and fifty cents. The purchaser was
son Of Mr.. William Johnson, of the gas
works, and he now goes d,Nhing around
town on his dollar half horse This is
| the i''W"St price we ever heard Of for Il horse
or r"nE able to stand ON his feet and this
litii" fellow, though not very Comely in ap-