The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.


-Burklrv, our popnl,r barber has nc
the hana~onr,t saloon on the Peninsula.
Key W. Srhnuirr will hold service
Gallwin's Chapel, Elk Mills, to-norrow
at ) +. N.
A tirrer-Irgsed ral!it WIS captured l.
an Elkton sportsman, on Tuesday. He Wa
shur by u Eannon.
Clover hay sold here the other day "a
SIS per ton. Surely if it goes any higher II
will be out of sight.
Butter is forty cents per pound ami
eggs twenty-five cents per dOzen i'll our
market and very scarce.
The new iron truss bridge at the Ear
Creek is being laid this week. In few
days it will be ready for Use.
George Naux Bacon, Esq, of st. Paul,
Mimi, was in town on Monday last. lie
left the same night for the east.
1t is reported that l. ID. Carter, Esq.
has leased his paper mill, north of town, to
Philadelphia parties, and will retire from
active business.
A series of meetings will be held Prov
idence permitting at Boulden,s Chapel,
commencing Monday Nov. 2Sth, at l.. Nj.
Sermon by the pastor.
The snow storm expected last Saturday
failed to put i'll an appearance. 1t tried
again on Wednesday, and game pretty near
to it, giving us Il dash of hail.
D.,- y Via.
tary of the Maryland State Sabbath Asso-
citation, will preach in Tome Methodist Epis-
copal Church, tomorrow, (Sabbath) eth.
Thomas Bowen was arrested and lodged
Henry johnson, residing near Chesapeake
City, with threatening to burn his barn and
other property.
"A caveat to the will of the late Hen
rietta j. Barroll of this town, was this
week filed in tue Orphans Court. The case
will probably he heard at the January ses
sion of the court
"A regular meeting of Elkton Grange,
No. 49, p of H., will be held on Saturday
next, December 3rd. y full attendance of
members is desired for the transaction OF
important business.
While attempting to raise the engine
on the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad,
which recently ran into tll'. Susquehanna
River, the other day, the tackle gave way,
injuring five men. one of them fatally. n
A glee club composed of colored youths
of this town, led by VIM. Boulden, the man
Of many voices, serenaded Rev. Mr.. Avery
and his bride, on Friday night of last week.
The reverend gentleman acknowledged the
compliment by liberal present to the club.
Testimony in the injunction case of
Wickersham rs. Hunt, Harper and Smith
Cecil Kaolin Company of North East) was
taken before Commissioner +. A. Ellis, on
Tuesday last. This testimony will go up to
the court and on it 4 decision will be rem
dered.
Thanksgiving day passed off quietly
Great attention was paid to Turkey Ser
vices We're held in the churches as usual in
the morning. The Presbyterian and Meth
dist congregations united and worshipped
in the latter church. Rev. Mr.. Avery
preached. III
Mr.. Thos. Biddle, who was injured by
an accident Oh the railroad in the Summer,
has almost recovered and hopes 10 go to
work again on the road by December LIST.
When brought home on the day of the acci-
dent, the doctors hardly thought it possible
for him to recover.
"A crowd of young colored men, who
had been imbibing too freely of a variety of
cider sold at certain places in this town,
amused themselves, on Thursday night, by
pulling off and destroying the palings from
the yard fences on Main street. The hailitf
should look after these gentlemen. II
A large opossum was captured early
the other morning, by Hiram Alexander, of
this town, in the rear Of his shoe store, on
Main street. The animal no doubt was i'll
search of a chicken on which to make
meal. He missed his mark, however, and
will now himself form the basis of a meal
for some one else.
Tine annual meeting of the Association
of Public School Commissioners of the
i'll Baltimore, on Tuesday, 10Th inst, at II
o'clock, and not on the 22nd rs previously
announced-the time fixed by the bylaws
being ' the last Tuesday before the last
Wednesday of November -
Mr.. T. T. c. Crouch has recently added
to his already fine stable of horses fast
trotting bay nag He stands sixteen hands
high and is well proportioned, making Il
snowy appearance on the road. He is safe,
good driver on the road and fast OH the
track. Mr.. Crouch has also recently Sc
cured match for his gray. and now drives
as pretty pair as can he found anywhere.
Our Club" at odd Fellows Hall, on
Wednesday evening, 30th instant. The
New. York Herald says: SIT is one of the
raclest plays of the day, devoid of trash
and picture to he seen in every day life.
The initiative ceremony is caution to all
Masons and Odd Fellows, and screamingly
funny. ALI Burnett made the most of it
by his great facial power The company is
all tirst-class. Il
"A guest of the Howard House return
ing to the hotel from Ber,lley's shaving sa-
loon, one night last week, in the darkness
tthe street lamps not being lighted because
of an insufficient amount of pas) walked
Off of the stone wall around the court house
yard on North East, falling to the street
below. He injured his leg severely and
was laid up at the hotel for several days in
consequence.
The new addition to the NJ +, Church
at North East makes a handsome edifce of
that building. The main audience room i
40X75 feet, and is now being frescoel
The building is of brick, with a heavy
tower and steeple, and will when com
pleted, be one of the finest church edifices
on the Peninsula. The basement which is
already finished is a handsome room
Bishop Simpson will rededicate the church
sometime in January.
Augustus Everets, an employe of VIM
Falls, Esq, at the Howard House took
- French leave, on Thursday night, bv the
an4ah'ght train, taking with him an over
coat belonging to Mr.. 5. r. Foard, the clerk
of the hotel, and small amount of money
belonging TO Mr.. Falls, which he had col
iected from the patrons of the livery stable
Everets came here Il tramp and was taken
and cared for by Mr.. Falls, when in a needy
condition. This is his manner Of showing
his gratitude
10 repair the large Corliss engine. re.
Gently injured by an accident at the North