The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-09-17

III .inbers is practising bu9lt. calling % act
a herald 1T the tournament.
The PcninsIlar Fair at Midi. town,
Del, will open on Tuesday, September 10th
and continue three days. 1t will d",t. Hess
be one of the finest agricultural fair ever
held On the Peninsula. The entire, III llal
Ut speed are unusually full, and those who
like to see fine exhibitions of speed Will
doubtless DC we'll pleased at this Fair. There
will he one race each day for Peninsular
horses only, and two additional races each
day open to all sections of the country.
MIR. Samuel Is. Grant, constable of the
:;rd district, and residing near Cherry Hill,
met with an accident in Elkton. on Wetlnes-
day, which might have been much more
serious He had been out cunning i'll the
marsh, and on starting for home in he after
noon his wagon was upset on West High
street, opposite the residence of Col. John
NJ. Miller, and he was thrown violently out,
sustaining il severe confusion in his side
DIR. Tuft attended him, and Mr. Grant will
soon be out again.
A curiosity in the shape of a white reed
bird was left at Mtchell's drug store, last
Monday, having been killed by Will Booth,
on that ,lay. The feathers on one side and
on the breast are perfectly white. This re-
calls the instance Of Il white black bird
having been killed some years ago, by Sen
ator Groome, and which recovering from its
wound, was kept in Il cage for some years,
and when it died he had it stuffed and
mounted by Il taNidermiSt, and is now an
ornament in one of his parlorS.
-One of the incest and most enjoyable
features of the Delaware State Fair will be
the musical concerts. We understand that
the band engaged for this occasion is COM
prised of some of the best musicians i'll
/fhe country, including detachment from
McClurg's celebrated band, of Philadelphia.
The entry books of the Society are now open
and it will he wise thing for orr readers
who intend to exhibit to make their entries
at once The machinery department is fill
ing up rapidly and the other departments
will be represented by former and new pa
irons Ladies, your country expects you to
do your duty. Send Mr.. Barnard list of
your exhibits at once.
~ letter received by lady in Elkton
from lady friend of the Misses Bacon,
who formerly resided here, states that
neither of the young ladies We're with their
mother (NIrs. DeIsowens) at the time of
her death \ dispatch was received by
Them asking them to come on at once, as
their mother was very ILL., and in half an
hour afterwards, Il second dispatch was re-
eeived announcing the sad intelligence of
her death. This news gave her eldest d:tugh-
ter such a shock that she is how lying quite
ill at the residence of her brother, in st.
Paul, Mimi. The letter states that Mrs.
Bowens died of malarial fever She had
become convalescent, when a relapse in her
disease took place, from which she so sud-
denly died. ON September :'rd Mr.. Frank
Bacon, at whose home in kirkwood. Mis-
souri,, the deceased was living at the time
of her death, is well known in Elkton,
where he formerly resided, and this is the
second loss that has fallen on him in the
space of Il few months. His Young wife, to
whom he had been married only one year,
died quite suddenly a short time since.
The family have the deepest sympathy of
their large circle of friends here in their
bereavement.