The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-02-05

| John Partridge, Esq, slipped and fell
on the icy pavement near the Exchange
Hotel on Sunday evening, receiving 4 dis
agreeable blow on the left cheek Proven
bialy polite, he was stepping aside TO allow
a lady to pass, when the mishap occurred.
! The ground hog came out of his hole,
/ ~, noon on Wednesday. The sun was shin
| ing brightly and hi, shadow scared him
Jhack. Therefore. according to the supersti-
| tiun, we will have rough weather for six
weeks, followed by an early mild Spring.
The grand carnival that was TO have
been held on the ice at Havre de Grace, on
Tuesday, was postponed on account of the
snow, and yesterday (Friday) WAS selected
for it. We We're unable to ascertain, before
going to press, whether it took place or not.
We acknowledge the receipt of the
| Cherokee Orphan 1sylum Press an interest
ing little newspaper published by the Rev.
Walter A. Duncan. Mrs. Duncan's former
husband, Mr.. j. A. Caleb, was an old sub
scriber to The Wing. and we send her kindly
greeting in her distant Western home.
The last snow storm is "the last feather"
or something of that sort. The language
thar is freely used about this browning in
fiction is not of the sort we would like to
put in print. Let us be patient, however.
The sidewalks will be in good condition by
the-4th Of July.
DR.. lamar, assisted by DR.. Cut Wells,
on Wednesday, amputated the index finger
from the hand of one James Ryan, an in
mate of the Aims House. The limb had
been frozen. Another surgical operation is
yahont to I've performed by the doctor upon
another inmate of the same institution.
In our notice of the squalid condition of
/Some of the residents of Water street, last
week, there was no implied censure upon
the owner of the tenenents, as he receives
comparatively no rent fro:n the occupants,
but simply as an act of humanity permits
them to get what shelter they can in the
building.
"A colony of English sparrows was
found, on Wednesday morning, inst after
the heavy snow, beneath the caves of a
house on Main street. huddled up for shell
ter. The resting place was too small to ac-
commo,late each Que with sitting room, so
they piled up, sitting one upon another, in
some places three deep.
A gent, residing near town, on dark
flight recently, saw three men at the same
time strike y match and attempt to fire his
chateau. The explanation of all this is
that he had been to town and got on his
magnifying glasses, and the ncentiiary was
fonly traveller on the road lighting his
pipe.
The Young Mems Social Club of this
! town, at the meeting on Friday night of
last week, made donation of sl2 from the
funds of the club to the Dorcas Society of
the NJ Z. Church, to aid in their ministra-
tons to the poor. Two of our liberal citi-
zens have also subscribed literally to the
same object.
On Saturday last, rs Mr. P. E. Wild
man, living near Fox Chase, was returning
home from Wilmington, when near Newark
his horse became frightened and ran. After
running some distance he collidel with
another team and then wheeled and fell into
II deep ditch by the roadside, in juring him
self fatally. He died in short time
A sportsman near this town determined
to trap quail and keep them over Winter.
This, so far as it goes, was Il laudable act,
but finding his trap empty each day for
three or four days, gave up attending it.
About two weeks afterwards, as he was
passing the neighborhood of one of his
traps he found two poor Bob Whites within
it starved to death. Moral: Don't set bird
traps unless you attend to them.
On Thursday evening of last week. the
Rev. E. c. Macnichol, on Charlestown Cir
cult, was the recipient of n handsome dona-
ton. A number of his friends and congre-
CATION, led by a band of young men, spent
the evening very pleasantly ut the Parson-
sonage, and left, as tokens of their regard
such things as dry goods, groceries, provi-
! sions, corn, oats, etc, which were gratefully
| received by the parson and his wife.
We notice in several of our exchanges
! the time made by three young men on the
| ice from North East to this place variously
stated. One has it in one hour and twenty
! minutes; another in two hours and half,
and a third in three hours and thirty min
utes. To !A safe about the matter, we will
| give the time as within thirty hours and
three minutes. We didn't time them, as
our repeater was frozen up, but we feel con-
fident that there is nothing prerious about
our statement.
Very few persons know that we have a
shipyari in our county. Yet we have, on a
small scale. The Messrs. Stanley, residing
on the farm of George r. Howard, Esq
in the Neck, have, during the past three or
four years, built and launched several YES
sells, one schooner and two sloops, beside
other small boats, and are now at work upon
another sloop. These young men served no
apprenticeship at the business, yet they
turn out a frst-rate craft, and find read
market for all their work.
Mr.. f. NJ. johnson, of this town, has
accepted y position on the editorial staff of
the Morning Ners, of Savannah, Ga. for
which place he will start next week. Mr..
j. is well known here having occupied sew
eral positions of public character during
the past ten years. He was at one time
principal of the public school and afterwards
connected with The Democrat He has fol
some time past been acting Exchange
editor of the Wilmington (Dei.) Ererg
Ereaing. We tender our best wishes fol
his success in his new field.
On Sunday, 22nd ult., an extremely
wintry day, son of Mr.. James Warrick
who resides on the Chambers farm between
this town and Chesapeake city, found il
the meadow large viper snake that haC
been by some means or other disturbed il
his Winter quarters and was apparent,
looking for others. Although the weather
was freezing cold, his snakeship was livel,
and moved along at a brisk pace. Tn,
} young man despatched the varmint, instead
of taking it to his bosom, as did the man il
the fable.
The Dorcas Society of the Sabbath
School of the NJ. E. Church, of this town.
composed of the lady teachers-have don,
good work among the needy poor in on
midst during the cold weather. They bav,
. visited and relieved the sick and suff-rin.
wherever they could find them, and by thei
efforts undoubtedly much suffering has beel
averted. Their efforts Ii I'VE been seconded b,
m my of OTr cjtizepv and ,va ara r.,n.,,