The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-02

Fufr entlneer corps, t" make Il survey oi
r}road from Houston To the Eio Grand-
rivt Inc company left Wilmington, on
Mol W, on fast train, expecting to make
! zip III fifty hours.
! A new martin box for the Howar
HSe wlSs completed, this week, by Mr.
Ii B'nIden. 1t is called the "II"tel d.
MIN, and il five stories in height "
cas'lnS Seventy-SiX rooms, and will there
foii"'o'hin"t,ie that number of families
Araslns the families at six members each
IN we hhv" Il total Of 4I6 guests in this
hel. All the rooms have been engaged
tEe'. Il. paichrn Smith, Young minis.
tot The NJ. L. Church, who WAS at one
tie Il typo i'll The Iemocra office, spent
Is we"k with his friends here. He preach
eat ''ohnSon'S school house, IN Sunday
7. fafchen, rs he is flmiliarly called
r.. gives promise of making an effective
fmt orator. He has been STATIONED by
late conference on Princess Anne Cir
1t.
We understand That 4 mum Der of large
ach growers below are taking up their
tfhardS, wherever Indications are given
! lat there will he no fruit. One of them.
T. Joshua Clayton, Of Bohemia Manor. is
Iggn@ mp an orchard of three thousand
fe'. As the buds are dead and no fruit
g pu!d be produced by them this season, it
~ oil
I ID pnt the ground under cultivation.
Two pieces Of diagonal cloth, valued at
Is, were stolen from George H. Ash's tailor
sore, 'lmingfon, at noon one day last
MEEK. Mr.. Ash, at the time, had gone 10
inner. y boy, hnwevcr, was attending
ahe store. Two men came in, and while
tne WAS examining buttons, his companion,
ih" carried box, stepped to the table
There hr r;'Ssimrres lay. The Snrpo>ition
: that he placed the pieces of cloth in the
spx.
DIR. Charles Ferris died, on Tuesday, at
us home in New Castle. He was a er;:tu-
,fe of Delaware College, and for time was
hat institution. He also practiced medi-
inc in Newark. Moving from Newark to
New C,Stl", he opened n drug store near
The town hall, which is now kept by his
bon. H. was a son of Jacob Ferris, of Pen
fader hundred, and was n prominent mem
Der of the Presbyterian Church.
The old PUNK road from this place to
Providence Mills will soon be the model
road of the county if not of the State Mr.
Green, who has charge of the work, is
sparing nc, pains TO perfect the job. Granite
concrete and oyster shells are being used in
and if these two won't make a
good road, we don't know what will Eff.
Teen inches of shells are heing put on, and
wherever necessary Il solid foundation is
first made of granite chips. We brag on
this road.
-F'razer, the druggist, in the Exchange
on Main street, is about to make
great changes AMI Improvements in his
store room. The floor, which now stands
about three feet above the level of the pave
ment, is TO be lowered about two and u half
feet. The entire southwest corner is to be
slired Oft, and the entrance door placed ut
that point Inside corresponding improve
mentS will t,h made, and when all is finish
ell Il handsome establishment is expected Us
The result. Bob is bound to shine, and no
use in forgetting it. CALVIN Merritt, car
penier, is TO do the work.
The mud machine continues to bring up
from the bed of the creek curiosities of var
ous kinds. The latest was a twelve pound
round >hot, supposed TO he one of the many
fired by the British fleet, during the war OF
1872. The fleet laid at Frenchtown and
directed their fire against the fort at Elk
Landing. This shot was taken up at Nor
CAMS shore, a quarter of a nile north OF
the true range in which they should have
fired. They must have been poor gunnerS.
The head of II canister shell was also dug
up. This, too, was fired with the same pur-
pose as the solid shot. These relics may be
seen nj Mitchell'S drug store.
1t is rumored that capitalist contem-
plates the erection of u line of wharves
above the bridge, the deepening of the creek
at that point and putting draw in the
bridge. The question now is whether OF
not the County Commissioners will make
the last named improvement. If they will
we believe The other two will promptly fol.
low. This should he done, as it is Il needed
Below the bridge there is nc
ground upon which to build wharveS, the
high bank rising abruptly from the waters
edge, while above there is ample space for :;
long distance up the creek on both sides OF
level ground. The digging from the creek
would furnish all earth needed for filing il
purposes.
A pair of old mill stones were removed
on Monday, from the spot upon which at
one time stood Il sriSt mill, kn"wn as Gil
pins Mill" on the farm near town, occu
pied bv Mr. John T. Lee. Thirty years or
more have passed since these old burrs did
duty in reducing grain TO flour, and th.
mill building itself was torn down Il quar-
Ter of a century ago. These stones are
about the last relics of the old mill. Fol
many years the old water wheel could b,
seen standing by the side of the crum blins
walls, but it has long since fallen to decay
Piece by piece the building has been re
moved and now nothing remains of Gil
pin's Mills. The two stones We're taken tt
Head of Elk Mills, but, though good il
quality and in fair condition, they could no
be used, not being of proper size. n
"A very narrow escape was made by
gentleman while driving across the railroa,
,t Red Mill crossing, the other day. II
neither saw nor heard the approaching
,r,in. but it seems his horse did, and III
though he whipped it and dill his best Il
make it 90 upon the track, it would not d
:, hpt turned short arounl within ten fee
,f il At the instant of turning and JUS
about the tim. he would have been in tn
c.pt.r,f the track had he obeyed his driver
!, .xrre,s trim rushed by ut the rate q
fftv miles an hour, passing within il few
feet of the horses head. The incident W.,
Witnessed by several men nj work ut MI
v,nsiucer's and they all unite i'll saying i
was one of the closest possible shaveS an
highly commend the intelligence Of tn
bnrs, in avoiding Il serious accident.
We cali the attention of our readers
,hi. week. ~ the card of MesSrs. MackeH
Johnson, Turner & Co, of Philadelphia, i
,,,,ber column This new concern Is mad
m of Young and energetic men, thorough
nostea in everything pertaining TO I'll
e,,,,b;uo business. Mr.. Albert d. Macke
is = Cecil countian by birth, and Is we
iLro,vr 10 MANY of our citizens. They hay
Opened a, No. '22 Chestnut sfr"ef, '.h'laae
= l rl.. Stnl.E Of t;nr ClOf him L