The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-12-24

StrOES nOlSe was pfOuuctu
The singing Of the morning service ut
the NJ. f.. church tomorrow Sunday and
Christmas dav) will be by the children of
Sabbath school. They have been practicing
for the occasion during tile past week. The
church will be taStefully dressed with ever
| green and flowers for the occasion.
The First brigade Pennsylvania State
| Malta through Maj. Adams, is looking Tor
rifle range for practice If Elkton is not
to far from their headquarters in phiiadri-
phia, we would suggest some one OF the
naturally formed ranges on the suburbs al:
orr town OF " hich there are several.
The mud machine pulled up stakes and
sailed FOR Baltimore in tow of Il Tug, on
| Friday, its work here being completed for
the present. Now would we like to hear
the silence and solitude OF Elk River daily
disturbed by the putting and wh:stiiug Of 4
steamer making daily trips to and from
other points.
Sheriff Dunbar, on Wednesday, escort
ed the two prisoners convicted at the last
term 81 Outl, ~ iii'' tNtft't tiittliI liI y
They are both colored. a man and Il boy
The former goes for five and the latter for
six years They both chose shoe making as
the trade TO be followed hy them while in
confinement.
t has Lloyd, of Chesapeake City, an
employee on the mu,s machine, was robbed
of Il pocket book containin" thirty dollars,
an Tuesday evening, some where about town.
He had been paid Off that day and carried
! his money in two separate pocket books.
one of these, containing the amount named
was stolen.
In the appraiSemeut of the personal
property OF the late Mr.. Merryman, of Bal
timore county, the stock Of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society is put at 100
cents on the dollar: Hartford county at 30
cents, and Cecil at only p cents. This
speaks low for the reputation OF our inSti
tuition abroad.
Orphans Court met i'll special session,
on Tuesday, but no business of public in
terest was transacted. The next meeting
will be on January 9TH, and it will be de-
voted to taking additional evidence in the
Munnekhuysen- Magraw will case Judges
Wickes and Stump will then be placed upon
the witness stand.
Mr.. {. c. Wright, of this town, is agent
for the sale of a patent anti-shatt RATHER, a
simple, inexpensive and durable device
which can be placed in position by any one
aud 1pbirh aans fba oh ftS of riaf in,
position and entirely cures rafting Call
and see them all We who have carriages. 1t
is far superior to the gum articles.
A Port Deposit man, Mr.. +. NJ. Raw
! lings, has been appointed 10 the cierkship
in the office of the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court, made vacant by the resignation OF
T. Bond Brown, Esq. We take back all we
said last week about Cat Swamp as a SEE
ton prolific OF gentlemen ready to sacrifice
themselves for the good of the public Ser-
vice. Port fakes them all down.
The report that 4 little daughter of SEN
ator Groome, OF this town, was bitten hy Il
SpitZ dog, ut the residence Of the Senator's
aunt, Mrs. Young, in Philadelphia, where
~ 'iip'lilt tluSt ttiiiiiN "tit Nl>liiHS,
proves, upon the return of the family, on
Thursday, to he untrue. The child simply
received slight scratch from a little terrier
dog with which it was playing.
Several very handsome slei1ls OF cut
tiers have Just been finished for E,lktoa par
ties and are now on exhibition at the shops
of MessrS. Meise < Wright. Messr>. Il.
I. {. Crouch, Frank Ii. Scott, Nelson X.
Warner and John Wilkinson are the re-
spcctive owners. Sloulda dash OF snow OF
Il sufficient depth and tirmness fall, our
streets would put on Il much more lively
appearance
The Delaware Game Association, on
Thursday, received from Virginia five or six
hundred live quail. The birds will be dis
tributed among responsible parties TO he let
loose i'll various sections of the State to
stock the grounds made barren of these
birds by last Winter, severe weather.
+ Cecil county sportsmen should follow the
example set by their brethren of the Dia-
mond State.
'
years of age was arrested on Wednesday,
by Sheriff Dunbar as Il tramp and commit
ted by Justice Lewis to the House of Cor
rection, At Icssup's Cut. for one year. The
Sheriff accompanied him 10 his new quar-
tiers on Thursday. This is he second time
this gentleman has been committed to this
institution, having been sent there by the
late Justice Foard, a year or two ago.
Mr.. Shockl,y received aud shipped his
LOO turkeys, on Thursday. They went to
Hamilton Disston, of Philadelphia, who dis
poses Of them as Christmas presents to his
employees. The fowls We're packed in straw
i'll Il freight ear. The freight warehouse
presented Il busy scene while the poultry
was being received and packed Six OF
eight persons We're employed by Mr.. y, and
these with the owners of the fowls and tile
spectators formed large crowd.
The feyhold farm, in Sassafras Neck
was sold at public sale. by \. p. Shockley,
auctioneer on Wednesday,. 1t contains
| 2S5 acres, and was knocked down to Nj
VIM. S. Potter, at $685. per acre, or Sill
:;1j.1:l. \ large sale of personal property
followed. everything bringing good prices.
| Cows sold at from $50 to $50, and all else in
proportion, the bidding being spirited The
sale began at 9. \. NJ, and continued till
dusk, the ;uctiane@r pronouncing it one OF
! the hardest days work he ever experienced
I john Cavnaugh, u Washington local
been working III this neighborhood, this
! week He distributes tracts and breaches
on he streets He eXhorted a crowd at
the depot upon two occasions. Mr.. Cav
| naugh, who is :. native If I.ynchburg, Va,
| and Jealous worker, was previous to his
conversion according to his own statement,
| a very wicked man. He was raised a CONAN
! Catholic, and lost hand in the late war
| having enlisted i'll the Confederate army.
| He is Il good speaker and always secures an
attentive audience.
| A farm hand, while working a mule 10
an agricultural implement, on a place lie
| tween this town and Newark, the other
| day, was placed in an awkward position by
| the animal Jumping fence ana hanging
| himself OH one side, the implement on the
other. The quadrul,">i's hind legs kept up
7 such Il lively motion thai his driver dared
I not attempt to derach him by unhitch,n.t
/ the harness, 50 he was compelled t" ALLOW
/ him to kic:s himself loose, which he finally
! accomplished some persons thought that
il Hornet had stung tue i2ulc.
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