The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-12
LOCA,RIEFS.

LOCARIEFS.
Ducks are sa he plentiful in Elk
River.
Mushrooms ate abundant in the
meadows around
The wet weatas delayed work on
the new bridge at ,reek
Farmers have kept busy this week
ordering gunners Ceir places.
w was cUnced this week on the
new dwelling of Mar>bank, on Bow
street.
-Eev. Mr.. Avem his bride returned
on Saturday last. filled his pulpit on
Sunday.
Large quantitif apple butter and
cider are being ma the upper part of
the county.
-Wltworth, Main Bridge streets, has
sold twenty guns dg the present shoot
ing season.
-Ihe boys are noisy making and set
'ihS rabbit traps. class OF game is
quite plentiful
The vote of Tu.y was small, only
S'6 votes being cast of Il registered list
OF over thousand
JOHN Evans, ESct Huntsville, in this
county, who has beeIite i'll for two weeks
past, is convalescing
The town taxes SO, in arrears and
unpaid, have been ped in the hands OF
Sheriff Logan for colicn.
A persimmon tim the front yard of
the Misses Ash on Nh street is hanpinu
full of inviting lookiTruit. II
H. ID. NJ. Howar Esq, this week re-
moved from Holly H to the DeBowens
property, on west Ma street.
several enthusias politicians eager to
near the news spent tlentire night of last
tuesday in the Hole-i;he- Wall. II
MIR Thomas Tuck formerly telegraph
operator at our depotnd now located at
Atlantic City, was in wn this week. n
-lhe hrst snow of season fell in the
upper part of the countand along the State
line, OH Friday morninof last week.
The light fantastic tripped, on Thurs
day evenings, at Mawels Hall. The
science y is taught inll its branches.
Judge Stump was town, on Wednes-
day. He was on his VIZ to the lower Pen
insula to attend the metinn of court there
The famous stallio, I" Morgan Black
hawk, is dead. He vas owned by 7. j.
HART, OF Milton, Del, nd was forty years
of age. :
Daniel Bratton, Esl., was out on elec-
tion day, the first timefor some time. He
looked quite thin, but appeared to he in
good spirits.
-lhe Elkton CoFet Band rendered tie
kev. Mr. Avery and his bride a seren.de,
aI thelr residence, on East Main strct. on
Thursday evening.
-Ihe Sabbath schools al liersons Grove
under charge of r. lamar, and a-Jtts, Geo
\. Blake, Esq, superintendent. save closed
for the Winter season.
A voter on Tuesday de'osited instead
oil Il ticket slip Of paper memorandum,
on which was writer % sugar, molasses and
coffee 1t didn't count
"A hog stye some wiere in the neighbor-
hood OF the Post Office, on North street,
sends out an odorip the evenings far from
pleasing to the olflctory organs.
A valuable ,etter dog was lost by Il
couple of gunnrs from Paynter's factory,
on Tuesday. Ee was liver-colored dog,
between one ald Two years old.
-Workmenh have removed the large pop
lar tree from die front yard of the residence
OF Clinton Mccullough, ESD, on Main
street. 1t was taken up roots and all
1t is rumored that Mr.. Falls, landlord
OF the Howard House, has determined to
give up that hotel on the 25th of March
next. His successor has not been named.
Mr. Yearsley, of Lancaster county, Pa,
the owner of the celebrated Laveracr ,1ts.r
dog, " Dashing Lion,'' was in town, this
week, with his dog. He visited the flats,
yesterday, for days duck Shooting.
-Elkton people have alreaov began fur
nishiug the sparrows with their Winter IA
tions. We noticed bevy, the other dav,
feeding upon food supplied by aresident.
Many persons think this bird shoud be ex.
terminated rather than fed.
Christield has grown to considernb blt pro-
portions. Clayton Manly and Others receive
consignments from that point Very few
day. The oysters are very tine,much ST.
perior to upper bay bivalves. +
An English gentleman Of mans mas
purchased the farm Of John Il. Way, neal
Avondale, just over the Pennsylvnia line
in Chester county, for $500 ais is q
fine farm, and has on it valuable bldings
the barn alone costing $4,000. J.
MIR. John Higgins, who resi,s te,
miles east of town, near Deiawal CITY
last week. sold lot Of six youngs gscttc,
dogs for 1000. The dogs We're of a riety
of strains, Laverack, Field Trial, Re,risb
&C., and We're all well broken.
titles on North street next to tho ost
office keeps ready for delivery Oyster. h,
D, the pint, quart or gallon or in the sh,i,
any quantity. Fresh opened on l.,
all the tine. He has both Christcld =,
Chester river, Of the best quality.
The Waring Bros. Fertilizer work
Colora, have suspended operations 70
week or two, the Fall season being o'
During the suspension Il new acid chan
and a new drier will be put in. The cap
of the work: will be largely increased
these improvements.
The sale of the personal propert,
Samuel H. Colbert, of this county, W
took place on Thursday of last week,
one of the best of the season. Everyt
offered brought high prices. Horses so
from 500 to 500, cows from $50 to 500,
other stock in proportion.
The Newark and Delaware City
road is fast approaching completion
large force of men have been ut work
it for some time and trains will SOC
running regularly. The distance bet
Baltimore and the Eastern Shore Is she
ed by this route about twenty miles.
There was but little drunkenn
town, on election day. Two or three
old stagers were in Il happy conclt
tulinesS. The effect on one Of them
set him TO preaching, while the other
tanned a crowd by dancing jig.
were the only public exhibitions "t
Of tln ,r,l.pt