The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-05-07

his nfircS are ieH. For The tlrm"rit is Just
the place To have damages I" farm ma
chiuer, which are constantly u">u.ring.
repaired.
THE oversees nf II" Poor met ON Mon
day last ~ the Aims Hnus.' inr the annual
election oI officers. .lno. T.. Alexander was
chosen President and \. p. Manly, TreaSur-
ar, nr. John II. lamar WAS rrappointed
rhy>i, iat. 70 the House aud stephen Pln,k
was reelected bverSrcr. About 800 tramp
were entertainment during the year, TO
whom were given 1900 meals. The average
number Of regular inmates is 20. Fourteen
deaths and two births occurred during / he
year. Two white boys, : to Z! years old, are
There now for whom the Board desire To oh
tain homes. The institution and farm are
i'll good order, the latter trins wei! managed
and productive.
N.Y. Joseph Bacon arrived home from
Topeka, Kansas where lie has been residing
Tor some time past, on w cdnc>day. de
will remain = short time, " hen he will leave
for ST Louis, where he will hereafter reside.
His mother and sisters will accompany him.
See, advertisement Of their personal proper
" III another column. Their residence i'll
this town will y" rented MIR. Frank Bacon
we'll known here, HOW residing III ST. Louis.
was last week called upon I" mourn the loss
ut his wife to whom he had been married
but Il year. She WAS = member OF the IyIrr
frnily Of Virginia, 4 descendant Of John
TYLER, once President OF the United States.
She lied in 81. Louis
-MeSsrS. Spencer 4 Bro, nj their fishery,
on the SuSquehanna, have several times dur
ing the past week been compelled i'll coESe-
uucnre of the abundance of herring, To raise
the lines of their seine and allow 4 portion
Of the l>h enclosed to escape AS many rs
seventy barrels of these fish have been lib
Grated NJ one time from the seine, and Vet
when it vas landed fully as many We're
caught. We are informed that some Of the
propretorS OF shores are hauling the fish
upon their lands for manure. Such 4 pr:lc-
tice is altogether wrong and fishermen
shoUld remembe" thar Just this Very thing
almost totally depleted our waters not many
years ago. II such 4 thing is being done 1t
should he stopped at once.
-McsSrs. W II. Jack and !. l.. ,Ietiord>,
Of Philadelphia, representing large manu-
featuring interests in that city, have leased
:. portion of the Welsh Point tract. or Elk
river, for the purpose OF mining clay for the
manufacture Of wares, paints, sc. This
tract of land contains immense beds Of val
liable clavs of various kinds suitable for he
manufacture OF white and colored ware,
paints, &C.. ~ which there lies no doubt
several features. The operation of digging
the material is now going on, and shipments
OF barge loads by way Of the canal are made
daily. The best quality Of the clay lies
beneath the bed of the river, and for this
purpose the operators are about to erect an
extensive Golfer dam. 50 to allow it 10 he
reached \ large number of hands are en-
ployed.
The Rev. w T. Cullis, well known here,
preached recently in Philadelphia on the
end of the world. He seems to think with
the Canadian prophet, that the time is near,
probably this year: if not then, between
this time and 1850 In consequence of the
approaching perihelion of the great planets,
an event that has not taken place during
the Christian era, and will not happen again
for 1000 years, many persons believe that
from 1881 to 1885 will he most perilous
time TO human being>-a time OF great heat
and cold, spread of fever, floods, drought,
etc Astronomers who We're engaged i'll
observing the last eclipse Of the sun are of
opinion that it is undergoing great changes,
which must materially affect the world if
not destroy it, How much truth there is Ill
these representations those who live until
1883 will see As for us, ali we know is.
that if it is coming, we cau,t hinder it.