The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-30
LOCAL BRIEFS.

corn.
New Castle his the small pox an / Elk
ton the circus this week
-Eev. Vim. Schouler will hold service ut
Baldwin's Mills, Tomorrow, at > p. NJ
The Elkton Band >ersna,l-l Mr.. Harry
Miller and his bride on Saturday evening.
Town elecrion on Monday. Vote early
and often and keep on voting until y"n
elect YOUR candidate.
The odor OF Il deceased feline III the
drain on Bow street does not add 10 the
comfort Of the neighburhood.
About the only thing given away freely
in Elkton is advice, and poor folks can
get plenty of this OF all qualities.
Mrs. Sarah Wingate has removed from
North East to Mount Vernon, Lower Oxford,
where she will open country store.
"A coal oil lantern used by Il fisherman
on the creek exploded the other night and
several De rsonS narrowly escaped burning.
MIR A w. MITCHELL we are sorry to
ANNOUNCE, is confined to the house with Il
severe case of erysipells in his lower Iiinbs
MIR. Samuel s. Simon moved his family
TO Baltimore on Wednesday, " here he will
engage in the Wholesale and retail liquor
business. II
-Samuel Mclntire, Esq, has placedupou
his farm, near town, three full blood Alder
ney cows H. purchased them from Balti-
more parties.
One swallow may not make a Summer,
but one frog can make a dozen springs, and
We know "A man who can swallow IA dozen
frogs-broiled.
The Susquehanna is said to he teeming
with black bass. They are taken with hook
and line in quantities, some of them weigh
ing six to eight pounds. II
d putty Sheriff Harry LOGAN arrived
home from Red Point fishing shore, on W-d-
nesday, bringing $500 herrin. with him for
use in feeding prisoners.
The Rev. Mr.. Cunningham, of the Phil
adelpha Conference of the NJ. f. Church,
at one time Presiding Elder of this district,
died at his home, last week
Some peach growers have let up on the
cold weather as the cause of the failure of
the crop and charge it to the hot and dry
weather of last July and August
--Creameries are very popular in the
neighboring counties of Pennsylvania and
said to be profitable to the farmer. Why
wont the same rule hold good in Cecil.
Rev. F. b. DuNal, of First Preshyter-
ian Church. Wilmington, will occupy the
pulpit of the Presbyterian Church of this
town, tomorrow, morning and evening u
We understand that John Writ, Esq.
HOW practicng in Chicago, will, ut an early
day, locate in Elkton and take the practice
of his brother Henry, recently deceased. i
We are pleased to he able to announce
that Hon. Hiram Mccullough, who has
been suffering for 4 week or ten days from
erysipel'is in the neck, is now convalesSing.
Our Band, Prof. Harry McCrone leader
gave our citizens treat, on Saturday even
ing The band is improving very rapidly
and will now rank with the average city
band.
Our local juvenile fishermen are doing
a big business just now. With little nets
ten to twenty yards long, the catch of the
young fishermen often reach hundreds OF IN
evening.
The hour Of service on Sunday even
ings at the various churches is now: Pres
NV arrnn Dr,. -: o M
Methodist Episcopal and Free Methodist
7.i5 o'clock.
The merchant who presents his cus-
TONERS with a box of domiaoes with which
to while away leisure time is z. c. Strick-
land, dealer in agricultural implements on
North street. II
Mr. Christopher c. Wright, the iron
worker at the carriage shops of Roger Wit
worth, in this town, yesterday. inflicted a
severe cut on his RICH, hand with piece of
iron work that he WAS filing.
The Directors of the Ellston Cemetery
Company met on Wednesday evening. The
only business transacted was in relation to
the location OF the line between the GENE
terry and neighboring grounds.
Many guesses as TO the location of the
new railroad have been made, bu. it is vet
one of those things no fellow can find out.
At present as many as five different routes
through Cecil county are named
The mail thrown from the morning ex-
press south, on Thursday, by acrident fell
beneath the wheels and was badly cut up.
Same of the letters We're SO ,letaced as to
make their addresses unreadable.
A number Of hogs belonging to Mr.. II
Warner, of Westam well, died last week of
peculiar and unknown disease beginning
with a swelling in the feet and legs and
soon extending to the body and causino
death.
Judge WickeS, at the Kent court. ha,
decided that where a farmer hires a hand
for Il specified time, and the hand, withou1
cause, leaves before the expiration of til,
time, he cannot compel payment for hi.
partial service
-Special religious services at Union NJ
f. Church, Zion Circuit, tomorrow, at
"a. - pio'hiiehI lazy evangelist, o
Philadelphia, has been invited by the pas
tor and is expected to take charge of til,
services. The public are invited
A little difference of opinion seems +,
exist just now between the town LAM
lighter and the Board of Commissioners
The former thinks the latter owe him sey
eral months wages and the LATTER thiul
otherwise
Mr.. WIN. Il. Writ, of the office of tn
Clerk of the United States Circuit Court !.
Chicago, spent Il few days in town this week
He left for New York yesterday, and sail
to-day, in company with Mr.. Bradley, tn
clerk of the court, on Il six months tri
through Europe.
Our river and creek looked lively for
tlme on "Wednesday. In addition to til
putting and blowing OF the tug engaged i
towing the dump srows, three other tna
came up with burgess and vessels in tow
Two OF them came into the creek the thir
one dropped its tow below Frenchtown
The Spring meeting Of the Oxford Ayr
cultural Society will be held on he 9Th, l0f
and llrh Of June. More attention will /
gwen to horses (fast and oth+rwi>e) an
cattle than usual at this meeting. The f..
show is more generally devoted to machir
cry, produce, &c.
The Exchange Hotel is Il place Of g,
change n" longer. On Wednesday a chan.
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