The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-09-24
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ELKTON, SEPTEMBER II, 1881.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
The Fair is boomin".


The sun crossed tue line on Wednesday
There will be Il display Of cats at Tho
Fair.
Judge Robinson arrive; ON Monday
evening.
The tournament hop is not 10 te a full
dress affair.
The Gamers i'll This COMFY have irou
bic i'll getting fruit
There are about one hundred entries nt
horses for our Fair.
There was a very large crowd of people
III Elkton on Tuesday
Wanted, at this Office, copy of Tn.
WhtJ of January s, 1881
The Middletown hop was attended by
The Elkton heaux instead of the bellies
Milk now sells in Elkton for : cents
per quart Now briu. on the creamery.
The Grand Army of the Republic have
Their headquarters here draped in mourn
ing.
The farmers say that, owing to the late
drouth, there will be little, if any, clover
seed
ley. VIM. Schouer will hold service at
Reeds Hall, Chesapeake City, tomorrow
At 80 +. NJ.
Jurors and witnesses, please notice.
Court will re-aSsembe on Tuesday. instead
OF Monday next.
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church, beginning with to-morrow evening,
will be 80 o'clock.
Preaching at Bouden's NJ T. Chapel,
Tomorrow afternoon, at 80 o'clock, by the
Rev. c. F. Sheppard.
In the Presbyterian Church, next sun
day, Rev. Mr.. Heberton will preach a ser
mon on the death of the President
"A lady in Elkton, in guessing the names
OF the seven approaching weddings reported
last week, counted up nine in this vicinity.
Benjamin NJ. Wells tolled the court
house bell on Monday night, and first in
formed the citizens of the death of Presi
dent Garfield
On Tuesday last, the Hessey farm in
Sassafras, was sold by Clinton Mccullough.
trustee, Mt the court house, for 3, 500 Mrs.
Louisa Hessey, purchaser.
The river seems to be alive with Dor
poises, and more are seen here now than
have appeared for number of years The
crabs are becoming scarcer.
-McLear & Kendall, the leading Will
: m n of rrin f,,
new card in another column. We shall
notice at length the sup eriority of their
work at an early day.
The OFT Sunday School will hold 4 fes-
tival at OFT Chapel, Chestnut Hill, next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and
the object being u worthy one, it is hoped
that there will be good attendance
-Ayoung gentleman suggests that young
men visiting ''Cat Swamp" on matrimonial
purposes should prepare themselves with a
supper before leaving home, as the Swamp
chickens are hard to catch on Sunday even
ings.
Services with special reference to the
death of the President will be held in the
morning. The pastor, Rev. n. NJ. Browne,
will preach Il sermon appropriate to the
solemn occasion.
The Elkton Social Club suspended their
flag, draped in mourning, across the street
at the Hall, early Tuesday morning, out of
respect to the memory of the deceased Presi-
dent. 1t will remain draped until the flu
neral services are over.
Rev. Samuel Logan, of Charlestown.
will preach at Crouch's Chapel, tomorrow
afternoon, at 31a o'clock The public are
cordially invited. The Sabbath school will
meet at % o'clock. All the mem bers OF
the school are earnestly requested TO be
present.
Mr. David Karsner, formerly of Chesa-
peake City, died at his home, in Baltimore,
last Sunday morning, and his body was
brought on and inferred at Bethel cemetery
on Tuesday. The deceased was a brother.
in-law of the late Reuben d. lamar. ESQ,
of this town.
While team of horses, belonging to
DIR. Mitchell, was standing near Dunbar's
blacksmith shop, last Saturday, they sud
denly took fright and ran at great speed
down North street, and, turning the corner
ran down as lar as Col. Towards before
they stopped -
"A large number Of our people have AZ
tended the Middletown Fair, this week. and
they speak i'll the highest terms of the sue.
cess of it. Most of the trotting was very
fine, but the exhibits are reported to have
been rather limited. Their list of entries
was not so large as ours.
The regulations for the proposed tourna
ment are as follows: Distance, 100 wards
time, 10 seconds; number of rings 3: dis
lance, 20 yards: size of ring, 81 inches
height OF rings, feet two inches; length Of
lance, s feet. Daniel Brattom, ,Jr.. and
Henry Mccullough, Esqs., committee
-Archv Montgomery, son of Mr. Robert
Montgomery, living in the 4th district O
this county, was attacked near Beers Cor
ner, On Saturday night last, by two negro
men, who are in the employ of Mr.. Fl. ID
Miller, and was badly beaten about the fac,
and head. The grand jury. next week, will
inquire into the matter
After an agitation of over thirty wears
the County Commissioners have conclude,
to build u bridge over the creek at the foo
Of Red Hill. This much-neeted impro, q
ment will be of iron, and the work on til,
abutmentS and wing walls i, rapidly ap
preaching completion. Tile iron work is al
ready, and will lie pnt in place as soou a.
the other work is done.
Mr.. George Witworth has exchanged hi
store house and dwelingon North street fo
the foundry, wheelwright and blacksmith
shop, stock, fixtures, etc, belonging to r. f
Lair. Mr.. Witw0rth will hereafter conduc
the foundry business, with Mr. Geo Ora,
as foreman. The foundry lot is situated o,
Bridge street, near the railroad, and con
tains about an acre of ground.
John 7. McCleary, who has been EN-
ployed as engineer on the mud machin
since its arrival here, has resigned his posi-
zion and returned to baltimore, his place o
residence, where it is intimated he will &C
cett an appointment rs deputy sheriff. Tn
large gang of colored men from Petersburg
Va, who have been employed on the scows
have also been discharged and sent home.
Two amateur sportsmen of Cherry Hill
who are the happy possessors of :; breccl
loader, were practicing, on Thursday, at
poor little squirrel, when one shot was fire.
towards the house of Mr. 1 II Macmillan oI