The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-12-17

Doctors Mitchell and.Eiiis, Of this town,
performed complicated surgical operation
upon Mr.. John Atkinson, AT his residence,
GU High street, on Wednesday. About
year ago, Mr. Atkinson injured his leg i'y 4
fall. II had apparently recovered; hut re
Gently ii gave way afrc>h-the fractured
bone becoming Displaced, causing great
pain. The Doctors removed several pieces
OF lie lr.hone. nearthr knee. aud ft"patient
i uo~ doing we'll. Mr.. Chris. !. Wrsit
acted rs assistant 10 the surgeons.
"A virulen' ease of >'nall-po& is said to
exist ca the suburbs Of Nrrih Er~t. The
sufferer i, = Mis- Miller, :: t!au4ll:er Weston
Miller, E>,,., Of this couuiv, and >h" is now
at the house oil her brother 'n.l1W, MIR.
Mixer, m empluye of the Nrts;liol2h lion
company. Miss Miller comtrartcA M dis
ea,e in Wilmington, Del, wh.re she was
then residing, and where hat disease is
prevalent. We advise or readers, one ami
all, great and small, to place themselves
under the hands OF tn" vaccine rhv>ciar.
Eliza Thomas, colored, wife Of Thomas
Jordan Thomas, an aged colored man Of
this town, died very suddenly, on Sunday
morning. She had been exercising VIC
!tutly in attempting To capture i runaway
pr, " lIich had broken from It's pen, and
after the chase sat down to smoke her pipe.
After smoking "A moment or two, the pipe
dropped from her hand and size tcll to the
floor, and before She could be lifted up. was
dead Hear; disease was the cau<,, OF her
day.
There will I've Il church festival held a;
Hylanl's Corner, in Ell; Neck. ,ingin. Tie
Christmas holidays, beginning On Welnc--
day, the 2Sth lust, an: continuing Tor three
evenings. "Wednesday evening supper, and
on each succeeding evening ic"-creIin,
confectionery, and cake will I've sold. Scv-
eral valuable articles will be sold at the
fancy table. \ pound party will he til
prominent feature u the programme on
Friday evening All are invited. Supper
ticketS on Wednesday evening, 40 and -
cents.
* Bro. of this town. manufacturers of fer
filters, accompanied by Il friend, q day or
two ago, visited the extensive works of the
Waring Fertilizer Company at Coicr,. for
the purpose of inspecting the establishment.
They speak very highly of the concern, hoth
as to extent and the process followed in the
Of both Sulphuric Acid and
Fertilizers. This i, one of the most extern
Sive and relia bic concerns in the State sur
passed by none for the high grade of goods
produced.
In these degenerate days, when even
timber fails TO grow to any considerable
size, I hickory large enough to make Il
wagon tongue is almost considered giant
We sometimes hear with wonder of the
trees of past times. In this
we We're the other day told Of Il
hickory cut ut Head Of Chrstiana, 4 num-
Der of years ago, measuring eightv-nne feet
in length, FIVE feet in diameter ut the butt
and sGnaring twenty-one inches 1T TIE small
end. Such monarchs of the forest are I'M
known now :. days.
Mr.. Benjamin Elliott, for several years
foreman OF the tiaewara shop nf .Juo. L,
on Main street. las given M li-
place and located III |heStcrtown, hi, form
or home. MIR. L. met with y little unp,r;s-
antnesS at Middletowu, nn his way dowu
the Peninsula. At one of the horelS there, /
he es>ayed to treat the c"lnred man who
was driving his team. This was t;.&ru rs
an Insult by some of ihr Delaware viiiyllry
present in the blr-roonl, ans! 4 ft:tcaS WAS
the result. out Of which it j. said Mr.. f.
Elliott came badly nSod up.
Tom eats with one head are l:a! enough .
in all conscience, hut now it seems there j. /
danger Of our midnight slnmhcrs being dis .
turhed by tyro-h headed SOualler~. \ SpeCi- .
men of Il doullc-lead"I feline is ncw ON .
exhibition in " DR.. Cut'S" museum of curl
osities at Mitchell'S. Fortunately for hut .
;nanity, this individual died young. but I
there is no telling how many Of tn" same .
kind may be in existence in the section
from which this was imported. This freak .
of nature is = product of upper Cecil, and /
ot Morris Wilkinson, Esq, q: the Ninth
district.
In our notice, last week, of Ii. death to;
James VI. Sewall, by some means or other,
we We're made &c say that :" his mother.
Mrs. Ann Sewali, was Il daughter OF the /
late VIM. Pinknrv. = prominent baltimore
lawyer" This is incorrect. l'be maiden
name of Mrs. Ann Sewall was Rudolph.
and SIN, was 4 sister OF the late Tobias Ru-
Golph (f,tcr Of the pres ent Tobias and of
the late Mrs. Martha Torbert, OF this town.
1t was Mrs. Annie >ewall the surviving /
widow OF james Il. SewLll, whom we
meant to sag is L Grand daughter Of the late
Wm. P;nkney.
The report current in this town, this .
week, of an attempt AZ suicide upon the ,
part Of :, Young ll'iy, while lahoring under .
depression of spirits, proves ~ be 10 4 ,.ra:tt .
extent Il hoax. The rnmor took its ri.e .
fcom the fact Of Il young lady of the East
Enh--not At all depressed in spirits, b"t, on I
the contrary. one ii u particularly cheerful .
Il weak solution Of ,
rlrbolic acid for another and harmless drug
and swallowing Il dose OF il. The lady, - /.
we'll as her friends, were Tor Il time somt-
what Alarmed fearing the effects of the acid
upon her, until treasured by 4 physician,
who pronounced it too weak 70 do any harm
Mr. John W. Baker, the builder of tn
!.ihion Gas Works and for several years
resident OF this town, is now manager If
the Gas Transportation Company of New
York. The object Of the corporation is th.
Of gas on Il large scale, to sup
ply the gas companies OF the various cities.
For this purpose, it Is proposed To erect
works in the coal regions adjacent 10 the
mines, and transport the gas, when manu-
flc-iired to the cities by means Of pipes.
-Four hundre,t miles OF pipe. six feet in
diameter are 70 be used and much more of :,
smaller size. The capital of the company
is fixed ut So, 0no, 0oG, aud stock to that
amount is offered for sale The headGuar-
ter office is III No. % broadway.
Religious Intelligence.
--pra.idencc permitting, Rev. Charles f.
will preach IT BOuiden'S NJ. T.,