The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
LOCAL BRIEFS.
The dog days are now ut hand.

The comet Is getting very iudiStiuct.
The melons are now displayed for sale.
The Rev. Vaughan Smith was in town
this week.
Seven doctors stopped at the Howard
House this week.
MIR. Dunbar has sold his trotting horse
TO Mr.. 5. b. Foard
The Governor has appointed John f..
Ferguson register OF voters for the LIST dis
trict, vice John Wroth, deceased.
1t is thought the repairs to the NJ. F.
Church in this town will or completed by
September. Mr.. Jacob Rambo is doing the
work
Our lamp-lighter begins to extnguish
the gas too soon. The lamps in the center
of the town were put ont one night IT II
o'clock.
The remains of Il son of Rev ChaS.
karsiier Were received at the Elkton depot,
yesterday, and taken to Bethel GENE e y fur
refinement.
We are requested to note that the Elk
Neck Sunday School will hold its annual
picnic on Thursday, Aug 4th The public
is cordially invited.
Mr.. Harper, purchaser of the koalin
clay works, ut North Fast, has secured the
services of Messrs. II. II. Gilpin. and H.,
G. NicolS, OF this town.
Thieves broke into the cellar Of Miss
Ella Lort, residing at the east end of the
town, ON Friday night, and stole therefrom
a quantity of provisions.
The sunday school and congregation of
Glasgow will join the Eikton church on the
occasion of the Presbyterian excursion to
colchester, on August 3rd.
Mr.. Manly bremen has sold his hand
some mare to John $. Writ, Esq. She was
formerly owned by his brother, Henry g.
Writ, EST, lately deceased.
The crabs are about. An Elkton Fish
erman caught eight last Thursday while
fishing. Should the drought continue they
will soon be here in abundance.
"A handsome new register for guests,
with Elkton business cards on blotters be-
tween each leaf, has been presented to the
proprietor OF the Howard House.
Clayton Thackery, on his mothers farm
near town, raised 400 bushels of oats on 81 !
acres of land. The oats are fine and bright.
and weigh "a pounds to the bushel.
--GustavuS Hoffman, AMI John Nelson
trampS, We're brought before Justice Lewis
as suspicious characters, but there being no
evidence against them they were discharg-
ed
Full particulars will be given next week
OF the start of the Elkton Yacht Club, which
sails on the Sth. They will have their final
meeting for arrangements one evening next
week. -
Leonard Hendrickson's house, in Che$a-
peale City, was discovered to be on fire, ON
Monday morning last. Besides the loss of
some clothingof his wife, no serious damage
was done.
A bird dog had fit in the Hollow last
"Wednesday morning, and being supposed
TO be mad, was killed near Titus's black
smith shop. Better that ten innocent dogs
should suffer than one guilty dog escape.
Capt George. Gordon (coloredl made (
quick trip from Baltimore to Elkton in an
open sailing skiti, leaving the former place
on Friday night and arriving here about
noon on Saturday. He brought up load
Of fine melons.
Mr.. S. Is. Foari has sold his fine horse
Bay Tom. to William Falls, who intends
10 use him as ladies' driving horse for his
new ph;rton. Tom being "a quiet horse is IA
great favorite with the ladies, MANY of
whom have driven him.
The steam tug r. II. Cook has arrived
at the wharf for stay of ten DAYS 70 take
the place of the CraighjU, which has gone
to Baltimore for repairs. She is abont the
size OF the Emily formerly here and is a
very neat and roomy boat.
A fishing party of three caught last
Wednesday six dozen fish. most of them
fine white perch. Their bait gave out, or
they would have caught rs many more.
Every day our river is now dotted with
boats containing fishing parties
The Government surveyors are now at
VIM. p. Towards on Back creek. making
4 survey for a ship canal. The Govern
tnent intends 10 make three surveys: the
Back creek and Elk river, the SaAatras.
and the Choptank routes, in time TO make
the report for the next Congress. II
-Bailiff Smith has much improved the
appearance of our streets, as well as added
70 the sanitary condition Of our town, by
grading up, cleaning ont, and removing the
numerous weeds which had become quite
rank. Deputy Clerk Rossell has also had
the court house yard we'll cleaned
The Union Sunday School will hold
their annual festival on Wednesday after
noon and evening, August 3rd, in the grove
near the church. Supper tickets, % cents.
children, i cents. Refreshments on the
ground. If unfavorable on Wednesday, i;
will be held on Thursday afternoon and
evening.
A grand aiI-day jubilee and picnic will
be held, on Thursday. August 4th, by the
Gospel Temperance Society Of Otis Chapel,
near Iron and Chestnut Hill. in the grove
near the chapel. There will be music
speaking and plenty of good things to eat
All who are interested in this cause are in.
vited to attend.
Mr.. John Hughes has left at Mitchell.
drug store samples of oats and timothy just
as they were cut on his farm in Carpenter
Point Neck, the oats being very near six feet
high and the heads of the timothy H.
inches long The samples, he says, are a
fair average of the entire crop His whea,
threshed out 90 bushels to the acre.
Arrivals at the port of Elkton this week
were as follows: Schooner Charles 4. Bond
Capt. Wright, arrived on Wednesday from
baltimore, loaded with potash for ID. Scot,
q Bro; sloop Tycoon, Captain Really, from
baltimore, with lumber for Davis & KEYS
and assorted cargo; schooner Lille Mou
Capt. Shivery, from Baltimore with melons
The new contract awarded TO g. II
Ferris by Col. Craighill, of the engineer
corps, for digging out the channel, was pu,
into the hands Of Capt Jolliffe, inspector
this week. This contract covers the last
appropriation of 5000 given by the las,
Congress. They are to dig a channel 90 feel
vide and teet deep at mean low water
Mr.. Falls, set the example, the othe,
evening, of sprinkling the pavement an.
street in front of his house If all the bnsi
ness places in town would follow his exam
pie and use the watering pot for half al