The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Capt L. II. Ellis, L. 5. y, visited his
friends in town this week.
1t is rnmored that Justice \. J. Scott,
of this town, will remove t. Baltimore in
the Spring.
The Orphans Court meets on Tuesday
next, when the case of MurnekhuySen IS
Magraw will he heard
The President, on Tuesday last, signed
the commission of :. \. Nannort is post
master at Port Deposit, this county
Henry Wood, Esd. President OF the
fhiiadelphia and Baltimore Central Rail
read has been subpnnaed TO testify in the
Guiteau case.
The sweet odor from neighhoring pig
sty has been mingled, this week, with a
savory perfume from an clubhouse in the
same locality.
WIN. {. Grow, Esq. of this place, is
eanvassing the Peninsula, taking orders
for fruit trees, shrubhery, &c. He reports
his sales aS large
--Carhart 4 Co store, Zion. M.t, will
he closed on Thanksgiving day, Thursday,
Nov. 24th, except an hour or So after the
arrival Of the mail.
Mr. Harry I.arzalere, now resident in
the Neck, will remove, on March oIth, to
the property owned hv Eeuben Haines,
ESD, on Bow street
Parties are around buyin. up at dis
count silver coin which has been perforated
with the purpose Of filling up the holes and
passing the coin n par.
The rumor that the landlord of the
Howard House contemplates removing
from that hotel III March next seems To he
premature. Mr. Falls has no such intention
At this time.
The present Board of County Commits
sioners will meet for the last time on the
second Tuesday in December, and the newly
elected board will then assume control OF
county affairs.
The stone work of the Far Creek bridge
is all completed and the filling in and
grading nearly finished. December lst has
been fixed as the time for beginning to lay
the bridge proper. +
"A large lemon tree raised from seed
by the late Mrs. John Il. Hogg, of this
town, has at this time upon it Il dozen large
nearly ripe lemons. The tree stands about
twelve feet in height
Attention, Post No. 10, G. \. R.-Thc
regular meeting of the Post on Nov. 2lst
has been postponed until Nov. 2Sth, for
special reasons. j. NJ. Ash. Adiutant; J.
f. Wilson, Commander
The battery of artillery expected to pass
through town, on Wednesday, on march
from Yorktown TO Governors Island, New
York, failed to put in an appearance. II
passed through by the upper route
Rev. DIR. II. b. Martin, of St John ;
=. L. Church Of Havre de Grace, has ac-
repted q call to Trinity Church, of Will
mihgton, and will enter upon the paSforatc
there about the middle of December.
--One of the oldest Republicans in Elktol
has never held office of any kind nor ever
received anything from the public crib,
save fifty cents for serving as a juror of in
A fine opportunity vii! be offered our
farmers to purchase good young stock at
the sale of the Messrs. Coilings,at the FELTON,
House, on Saturday afternoon, Nov. cost
See advertisement in another column
The supper at Maxwell's Hall, on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings, by the ladies
of Trinity T. +. Church, for the benefit OF
the poor of the town, was a success. Ur-
wards of seventy dollars profit was realized.
A little daughter of Mr. Harry y. Hail,
of this town, fell from the newly construct
ed abutment of the bridge at Far Creek
fording, distance of about fifteen feet
The child was bruised considerably, but not
seriously hurt.
A farmer near town narrowly escaped
an accidental shooting. the other day. His
gun went off prematurely AID Just missed
putting the load into his foot by shaving.
His rule no doubt in the future will be tc
keep out OF range of his own gun.
Mrs. Ruth Kennard, widow of the late
Rev. Edward kennard, at one time well
known citizen Of this county. arrived in
Elkton, on Saturday last, from Indianapo
lis, Ind. She will spend the Winter here
with her daughter, Mrs. Edmund Brown.
Two Hartford county gentlemen, MesSrs
Il. B. Mccoy and James II. Brown. arc
about to engage in the canning business al
Rising Sun, in this county. They have
purchased 4 building and invited farmer,
10 make proposals for furnishing corn
tomatoes, peas, &c., next season.
-Elkton society is lookin. forward with
great interest 10 the coming of Thanks
giving day. as in addition to the usual fes
tivities of that day, the marriage ceremony
of n daughter of prominent Elkton officia
and an officer of the /. =. Coast Snrve,
Corps, is 10 he celebrated
The p, W. & B. Division Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad was inspected, this week
by the officers of the company and fount
to be in firSt-cass condition. The usua
prizes will be awarded to the section super
visors. The names of the fortunate parte:
were to he made public to-day.
We are pleased to he able to say th;,
Albert Constable, Esq, who has been lyin
i'll for some time at the Lafayette Hotel il
Philadelphia. has improved greatly ,lurin
the last week. He has so far recovered Il
to be about his room and hopes that he will
soon be able to leave his room are entertain
ed.
Mr. Sutton Scarborough, for man
years a resident Of the neshborhood ,
Brick Meeting House, who, 4 few years age
removed 10 Oxford, Pa, has returned t
Cecil, where he will hereafter reside. Nj
Scarborough is An enterrriSing man and
good citizen and will he heartily welcome
back by his old neighbors.
Mr. John Atkinson, of this town, VIII
was injured Il little over Il year ago by
fall but aft erwards to appearances recover
ed, sufficiently at any rate 10 be about,
now again confined to the house. the in.jnl
ed parts having again given away. Til
most severe injury was to the knee join
which now causes him great suffering.
"A few weeks before the death Of Mr.
Ann B. Hogg, of this town, she was visite
by Mrs. Araminta Howard and Mrs. An
Boulden, widows respectively of the lat
Jacob c. Howard and Thomas Boulder
During conversation it was discovered thi
the three ladies We're all of exactly the san
age, seventy y-nine-their birth days bein
the same.
4 Young man, giving the name Of las
Blake, who arrived in our town this werl