The Cecil Whig., 1881-05-28

OF antics stumped his toe and fell, bad y
cutting his head The moral of lhi. is thai
when You have an ,ld soldier coat on don t
stump your toe.
Miss Loring, W II" lecfurei in the chape
of the Presbyterian Church ri This town
last evening will speak III the Glasgow
Presbyterian Church, Tomorrow evening
Miss l.. has fcr several wears been Il mis-
sionary in Syria. She is 4 pleasant and i'll
reresting speaker
The Casho Machine Company, of New
ark is about to make Il change in he class
OF goods made by them, giving mp tie man
ufarture of threshing machinery. They
will sell at public sale, on .Irrn- Hth. thcil
entire stock of these machines. See thcil
advertisement in another column.
a change was inaugurated among the
employees at the depot on Monday. Tho
mail heretofore carried 10y Mr.. Frazer viii
be transported by Mr.. Rob Lewis. MIR.
Lewis will also have charge oi the baggage
room and ticket sales ri night Mr.. Frazer
goes into the freight warehouse.
strawberry festivals will be held as fol-
lows: Elkton Presbyterian. Church, in odd
Fellows Hall, Tuesday AMI Wednesday
evenings of next week. ST. Mark : Chapel,
in Cou,ion's woods. near Perryville, to-day,
afternoon and evening. Supper viii be
served by the ladies from : 10 O'clock.
A prominent memher Of the Eikton
bar contemplates removing 10 California.
upon, but from present indications it will
in all probability take place at an early day.
Santa Clara county is the locality where he
contemplates settling for the practice of his
profession.
We noted last week the tearing down
of Il house on the Blue Ball road known as
the - Red Onion" heretofore the resort OF
low characters, white and black. ON Sat
urday night, the establishment, or what
was left of il, was burned. No one Will
grieve for it or take the trouble to inquire
into the origin OF the fire
Farmers in the neigllborllood of town
il'tAt toihl'ltihl VI tHt ldlSe HuutcE vi
beagle and other rabbit chasing dogs that
come from town and overrun their farms,
destroying much growing grain and killing
off the young rabbits and birds Many eN-
press the determination TO hereafter shoot
all such intruderS, so advise town folks
owning such dogs to keep them At home if
they value their lives.
A literary and musical entertainment
will he held i'll New Leeds Church, Oh Fri
day evening, June ird, at o'clock Prof
$ T. Ford, the popular elocutionst, Of
Wilmington, will read and sing some of his
fine jubilee songs. Some of the best mus-
engaged. admission, - cents: children
under T. years, II cents Proceeds for the
benefit of Wilma Sabbath school.
The Port Deposit Homestead AsSocia-
ton advertise To sell at public sale a num-
Der of pieces of valuable property. On
Monday next, the 30tll inst, they will offer
in Port Deposit Il number of lots and build
ingS located in that town, and on the next
di lilt Nfpitlh i1tuSt uODl, III
Elkton, will sell fine farm %! 2i6 acres,
with large modern dwelling house upon
it. located ON Gray'S Hill. a mile or 20 from
town.
Mr.. y. W. Mitchell met with i hearty
greeting from his numerous friends on Mon
day, on the occasion of his first visit TO
his drug store since lie was taken i'll over
month ago. Though thin he looks like one
who had taken Il new lease of life and
health. During his illness he lost fifty
pounds in weight (nearly as much as the
whole stock of some pcrsons) but he bids
fair to gather ii up again shortly.
Some pot hunter or gunner. not regard
ing the law, was discovered engaged in
shooting woodcock i'll Rudolphs woods,
this week. We did not suppose that there
was a man i'll Cecil county so mean as to
shoot these birdS-this season especially
before the time appointed by law. But it
seems that one or two such do exist, and we
trust their identity may he discovered -
Every effort will be made to discover the
party or parties, and when found out, our
word for it, they will he prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
Mr.. George Il. Thomas, at one time en-
gagged in the banking business in this town.
in connection with Mr.. {. g. Finley, died
at his residence i'll Baltimore, on Saturday
last, after a brief illness. His funeral took
place on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Thomas
was Il son o!' the late Capt Samuel Thomas.
and a nephew of the late John L. Thomas,
of this town. He was tllrty-iour years Of
age and leaves wife and one child He
has for several years past been engaged in
in the grocery business on Lexington street
with his brother-in-law, +. L. Laurence.
Several lots of eggs of choice varieties
OF fowls We're received here from distant
points this week. Mr.. Harry Morgan was
the recipient of a nest of eggs OF some fancy
breed OF chickens, upon which the express
age alone amounted To 90. whatever the
eggs may have cost; it is 4 pretty high rice
for hen fruit. Capt. Fowler also received
from their breeding grounds Il setting OF the
\
proposes to place beneath Il tame fowl, and
il successful i'll incubation, raise them for
the purpose of using them as decoyS, in
stead OF the wooden imitation. in duck
shooting.
captain Vim. ii. Brady, recently ap-
pointed by Judge ComegyS, of Delaware,
liquor hailitf for the city of Wilmington.
(the duties of the office are to find ont and
arrest yiolatorS of the State license llw) is
q native Of bohemia Manor, in this county
He passed through the entire war, enliStin.
in the Second Delaware Regiment in lS6l-
the regiment to which Capt. Ben Ricketts,
Cecil company was attached. He was pro
NOTED 4 number of times and finally made
captain. The members of the Elkton com
pany will remember him as sergeant-naior
of the regiment, which position he filled fol
quite Il length OF time.
The Mission.
The services ut the Catholic church of thi.
town, during the past week, have attracted