The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-06-18


\ Sassairas Neck farmc" informs lis
that from two OF lis orchards where corn
was planted last wear lie viii have half :.
basket of peaches Ii the tree, but fr"ln ;ie
third, " hclI as suwn in wheat and con
seourntly not worked lie will have none.
This certainly is evidence strong in favor of
the cultivation theory.
Tit. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
panv have it is understood, determined
upon the lower route for the line of their
new road from Baltimore TO New York. 1t
will pass through this country on line,
the nearest point Of which t" Elkton will
be- about three miles distant. passing very
close to Miller, Corner.
AT an election OF officers of Excelsior
Lodge, of Rising Sim, on Saturday evening
last. the following WAS the result; br. q. ;.
Dare. \. c.: w. II. Reeve, Y. g.: !. Il.
Tavlor. L. 5: lanes y. Evans, T. $; Job
was elected Ia fill the uneypired Term of
DIR. Dare in the Board of Trustees
Tile Comptroller of the Treasury, made
distribution of the school tax among the
various counties and the city of Baltimore.
nder this distribution Cecil county gets
81, 24G 81 for white schools, and Sj42.9, for
colored schools: which is payable on and
after June 18th. on order Of the Board of
School Commissioners of the county.
A little straw berry festival was held at
Wesley'S, on Saturday afternoon. The re-
CENTS were less than forty dollars, the profits
were twenty dollars and fifty cents. The
people there we'll understand managing al
fairs of this kind and can do n good business
ON a small capital. All enjoyed the social
gathering as well as the good things.
twenty odd head of young turkey hens
and gobbiers We're gohhlel from the prem
is,, of Mr.. Henry ricrSon, on Saturday
night 10y parties not having proper appre-
citation Of their nei ghhor'S rights in young
turkey flesh. Mr.. y. prefers that the next
time they would steal the old hen and eggs
while setting rather Than wait for them TO
hatch.
The work Of Improvement on the North
East NJ. L. Church began on Wednesday
last. The front or end wall is To he taken
down and the building heightened Il num-
striking features added, so that when com
pleted if it looks anything like the arch-
tect's drawing. it will he 4 very handsome
building.
An old eighteer-pouni cannon bali was
dug out from beneath Il deep bank of gravel
at AIitchclls' mill, the other dag, by some
parties who We're hanling gravel. 1t was
many fee; below the surface and must have
been there FOR 4 great number Of years. 1t
may have been one of those fired from the
British gun boats, at Frenchtown. in 1872,
If it isn't then some one has lost II cannon
ball
The state Teachers Association meets at
Frederick City, on the 9th, 9TH and Sth of
July. All the teachers of this county who
may wish 70 attend will please inform the
Examiner. so that he may procure tickets
which will entitie them 10 reduced face on
tha railroad. There will also be Il reduction
of the fare at the hotels in Frederick City.
This Association is for all the teachers of
the State.
The new railroad iro m Reading, Pa, to
Perryville in this county, a distance of
seventy odd miles is TO he built. Work will
begin at once, and it is expected that before
January, 1882, the road Will he in operation
and a coal station established ut Perryville.
On the strength of this Perryvllians are al
ready warning Havre tie Grace Of its down
fall and predicting the rapid growth Of their
own town.
The weather was more prOpitiouS on
Tuesday last-the day of the strawberry fes-
tival of the Pierson Grove Sunday School
than it has been in many other cases this
season. yet it WAS still far too cool, and the
evening was dark. Notwithstanding these
drawbacks, many persons drove ont in the
afternoon and evening and the enterprise
was fairly successful. Something over forty
dollars was realized.
An Elkton cabinet maker, this week,
in hopes OF drawing Il big prize in the lot
' .
to the Importers Tea Campany's Branch
Office, at Wilmington, for i package Of
coffee. He drew I; prize in the shape of a
brass breast pin, value too small to esti-
mate, and now laments that he paid forty
four cents per pound for twenty-three cent
coffee Sich is lotteries.
Tuesday evening was an exceedingly
dark one on our streets. The moon was ell
tirely shut OFF by the clouds and the street
lights We're not lighted. Visitors to the fes-
tival ut Persons Grove found it very diff
cult to drive drought the streets on their re-
turn. This is an old source of complaint
which we understood the new (present)
Board of Town Commissioners had correct
ed. If they attempted TO do SO they failed
and should Try again.
Thieves sometimes possess refined tastes
after all \ few days ago, Mr.. \. =. Manly
and wife brought from Philadelphia hot
houses Il selection of choice flowers, and on
Friday of last week, planted them out,
mainly in vases, on the grounds around
their residence. On Saturday night some
person or persons came along and emptied
the vases of their flower treasures and trans
planted them to some spot unknown. At
any rate, on Sunday morning, the vases
were empty, though the scent Of the roses
may have chung to them still.
Tile Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has issued very handsome book descriptive
of the summer excursion routes for which
tickets are sold via its lines of railway. The
book is elnbclished with number of beau
tifu engravings, making it ornamental as
we'll as useful. 1t has valuable map in
colors, specially prepared and revised, to-
gether with :. number of plats showing the
locations of hotels and general plan of the
streets of the principal resorts, which are of
great use and assistance to tourists. Copies
of the book can be had upon application to
the ticket agents Of the company.
The entertainment g wen by tfeSwell
Post, G. \. T., at Cherry Hill, on Friday
evening of last week, was in consequence
of the extremely stormy weather, attended
by IA smaller audience than it otherwise
would have been. It was all exceedingly
pleasant entertainment, Miss Gillingham,
as elocutioni,t. and Misses Jones and Per-
kins, in the musical portion of the pro-
.ramIne, executing their various parts i'll :,
| thoroughly artistic manner We regret
that so many of the residents of the Hill
were prevented from being present.
The musical and literary entertainment
| to lie given by the students of the academy