The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

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ties.
I --CrahS are abundant in the river about
Frenchtown at present. They bite much
better when the tide is flooding, and parties
+ in contemplation had better arrange To get
on the ground ut about low water SO rs to
take advantage OF the young flood, at
which time they will have all the sport they
+ wish.
Rev DR.. ID. W. Bartine prominent
Methodist Episcopal minister died in 1ren-
ton, New Jersey, on Saturday, aged Il
years. The doctor WAS well known III this
county, having preached the dedicatory
sermon ut the NJ. +. Church in Elkton, in
1850, and also preached at Wood Lawn
( camp meeting several times.
I Moses Moore, colorel, well known in
Elktou, and employed by DR.. Mitchell,
! white sitting in the end of {; wagon in the
Hollow, last Tuesday, fell ont backwards,
and at first it was thought he was hurt:
bnt he got up laughing, ran on after the
wagon and rode oil rs if nothing had hap
pened. The mishap, however, drew n large
crowd.
AT most of the churches the pastors are
still absent. DR. Mackall (layman) read
the service ut the Episcopal Church last
Sabbath. There We're no services ut the
Presbyterian. Rev. Mr.. Mccoy, of GlaS-
gow preached at the NJ. +. Church, morn
ing and evening. Rev. DR.. Matlack, Pre-
siding Elder, will preach there tomorrow,
morning and evening.
The pleasant barge parties down the
river are SO enjoyable that the participants
even keep their memory green in dream
land. A few nights since one of the ladies
dreamed that she was walking the plank
from the barge To the wharf, when she slip
ped and fell ami was struggling i'll the
water. She ;lwokc to find that in night
mare she had rolled ont OF bed and was
struggling on the floor with the sheets.
The Big Elk Sabbath School purpose
holding their annual picnic in Jesse Tay
lor'S grove, on Thursday, August 18th. \
table will be furnished with all kinds of re-
freShments and fruits of the season. \
good time is anticipated by both old and
young. \ cordial invitation is extended to
one and ALL Should the weather prove I'M
favorable OF Thursday, the picnic will be
held the following day.
We had a violent storm of wind, bnt
no rain on Saturday last and it extended
over the nei ghboring country doing conSid-
erahle damage. At this place it blew down
a very large weeping willow in the yard in
the rear of the bank. At Brandywine Sum-
nit Camp it was accompanied Ivy rain, and
uprooted trees and demolished many TENTS
but fortunately injured no one. On the
Delaware river ut New Castle, it upset a
pleasure boat and two men, names unknown
were drowned.
"A proposition has been made to dis
penSe with the Wesleyan Female College
and erect Il new building, for female in
Struction 1t is stated that if the project
should be carried out, and the old building
sold, it will not interfere with or .jeopardize
the interest of those holding claims against
it, President Williams and a majority of
the Board of Trustees are in favor of the
scheme and at Il recent meeting of the
board, a committee was appointed to search
for ali eligible site for the purpose.
When the storm came up on Saturday
afternoon, at the farm of Howard Preston,
Lower oxford the farm hands We're com
ing from a field with a load of hay. The
wind struck the load and upset it complete
lx lot1, ba
son of Mr.. Preston, who was on the load
was thrown upon the ground, one of the
men also being caught in the wreck. For
tunately all escaped injury, but the mo-
ment was terrifying one rs in the terrific
gale it was difficult to get the team righted.
The hay was scattered far and wide
Drtoyd Press.
We publish Il log or journal OF the Elk
ton Yacht Club, which many of our readers
will no doubt peruse with interest. The
members are all business men in orr midst,
and their well earned short vacation will
no doubt refresh them and and enable them
to settle down to their several avocations
with renewed energy. The M embers We're
mortified that their name should appear in
the Baltimore papers in connection with
disgraceful row at Oxford, which was ere
ateGl by Il party of rowdies from Baltimore
and while our boys We're up town enjoying
the hoSptalitieS of some of the citizens OF
Oxford
The Smyrna Times says: The bargain
for the crop Of peaches the farm of the
Cats heirs, known as the "Grove Farm"
on Elk River, referred to in our last issue as
not being cOnsummated because the tenant
could not haul the crop to Mildetown, a
distance of eighteen miles, has finally been
concluded. Instead of S1.7O per basket,
Is Of 4 bushel) for the whole crop the
firm of Richardson 4 Robbins agree to
give 81 per basket for as many as they can
haul to Middletown. This will include
mainly the yellow varieties. Thirtv-three
baskets of the latter, preEIatures, sent from
this farm last week IL New York. sold for
81 per basket.