The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-09-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The r:lvages of the tobacco worm ON
the Tomatoes is much complained OF. They
destroy both fruit and vine.
-Rev. VIM Schouler will hold service
in Reeds Hall, Chesapeake City, tomorrow
(Sunday) afternoon. at 3 o'clock.
DIR. Robert c. Carter, is ut Saratoga,
seeking improved health His friends dur
ing the past week have received favorable
news tram him.
The Elk Landing cannery is now run
ming regularly, putting up AN average Of
about three thousand cans daily. Peaches
and tomatoes are the principal frnits han-
died.
The total registration in the Fifth dis
trict for September sitting was l79 white
and 9 color-G: and the whole number regis
tered in that district Mas l6 whites and %
culor-,i: total, 7I3.
Will remain hut ten days. Those de-
string "A good picture viii do well 10 embrace
the oppnrtnnity. Novelty Picture Gallery,
j. L. Burr, Proprietor, adjoining Mar>lank,
corner of Main and Bow streets.
A number of persons from this neigh
b.rhood visited the Middletown fair, IN
Wednesday, They do NOT give the most
glowing accounts of it, but represent the
show AZ far as live stock goes, AS very poor
indeed.
To morrow, Sept. "a at 80 p. NJ. is the
time for the regular preaching service at
Rnnd-n's NJ. f. Chapel. The pastor, Rev.
Z. +. Sheppard, desires "a full attendance as
important matters are to lie brought before
the congregation.
The third quarterly meeting for Elk
Neck circuit will he held AT Wesley Chapel,
To. morrow, oath instant. Love Feast at
. 4. NJ. and preaching ut 1880 by Rev. 1.
:. Thomas Revival services EVERY even
ing during the week, Monday and Saturday
excepted.
-H-v Joseph Travis will pr-ac!, i'll the
Elktum f. N, Church, 10 morrow, iu"rnins
aud evening The Sacrament "f the Lords
Supper will b. administered III the close of
the morning sermon, and love feast and ex-
Ieri-nr+ ln--ting held at 2.30 p. VI. The
Irlrntls a Tine CAUSE itIt INV hNu.
List Sunday night, at | o'clock, the
dwelling house of f. j, OSterkamp, Har-
furd county, situated "n the road leading
from D"x-ns corner to the Churrhvlll-
road, three miles from Bel Air, WAS entirely
destroyed by fire, and Mr.. O>t-rkamp'S lit
he s.u,, aged eight years, persisted in the
flames. s. Il
"A salt. of carriages at public auction,
Was arrernpt4,l by Wilmington parties at
the Howard House yard, on Tuesday last
They didn't gnotf like hot cakes, not by amy
means only one or two cut of Il long string
being suld Ohr pe"pl- as Il. rule prefer TO
purchase such things from the shops of bong
ti,l- and reliable makers.
The unusual sight of workmen engaged
in putting in the masonry work Of i grave,
in The cemetry at night, WAS witnessed here
on Monday night last. The ina>ons We're So
l,nsily Ell gagged through the day, that they
could not attend tu this work, and to get the
grave ready in time for the funeral they
were cn,n,~l,al t" do it at night.
-"Jo.." Mr.. d. McCnll"ughs trotting
horse died ON Tuesday, from lock jaw pre-
duce,l by deca y.4i and hollow tooth. "J"''
was under the care of DIR. Warner, of Will
luiugr",i, but n"t outstanding everything
was done for him that skill suggested his
life could MT b- saved. Joe was valuaed
at $50, and WAS rapid goer. II
VIM. bradford, son "f the late Alrxan-
der Bradford, of this town, who is engaged
in driving team for "A Philadelphia firm, met
with AN injury rerently, which will lay him
up for some time. He was kicked by u
horse and also ". understand thrown from
the Wagon, hurting him sn that il will be
sumr time before he will he able to go TO
work again.
"A hot rivalry EXISTS between competing
Elkiop cioth hing houses. The t~uchef ones
nr. located on Main street, about Il hundred
yards apart, and occasionally one runs
customer from the very threshold of his
rival Then the war of words RACES. This
occurred one day this week when eryb"ly
expected to s-ea fight, but it ended in words
pretty loud ones though.
in our nutire last week, of the death in
iail here, of Ellen Foley, we enormously
stated that he had been All inmate of the
Aims House for several weeks and was com
fined there. This We find WAS Il mistake,
she came to the Aim, Hnu 81 only day be-
fore she was brought to Ill. her child hav-
ing been born prior to this time, some
where no one se-In> I" know or care where
The child is at the Aims Ilnu>r. N
DR. .Ju>tuS Dmunft, has ma de and is
still making great improvements, upon his
place, near town. The dwelling has hern
repaired, painted and papered throughout,
and al! its surroundings put in complete
order. The farm has also been looked after
and nothing has been left undune, that
would add to its condition. 1t is said that
the work done upon the place during the
season, will ro>t the Doctor upwards of four
Thousand dollars.
A ruInor was current upon our streets,
GU Tuesday last, that benjamin b. Price
ESD, of Sassafras Neck, a brother OF the
late ex- Sheriff JAS u. Price, OF this town,
lad suffered stroke OF paralysis. Upon
Investigation the rninor found to be
entirely untrue Mr.. Price were are credibly
informed, had slight nervouS chill, but
beyond this nothing had occurred and he
was in his ordinary health. He had exper-
I. fenced none of the symptoms whatever of
Paralysis. The repDrt spoken of M donbt
.originatesi from the fact Ut his having had
the nervous chill II
There exists just at this time great COM
petition among the forty aud one telegraph
operators here, for the position of manager
OF the new office, about to bo established,
by the B & O., II. K. Co. Every body who
ever handled IL key has made application,
and as is usual in such Cases, each one of
the lot is To be- the man. BY the way for
turning out Telegraph operators and Dent
lists, Elkton il hard to l~a. In the ranks of
both frat-rnitieS she las already placed IA
gnOdly number and the supply is in no " ist.
falling of Indeed, every second young man
you meet is either pracricing with the for
crps or handling the telegraph key.
The large canning house of Mr. Bemia-
min Silver, Jr. at Chenille Hartford county,
was entirely destroyed by fire about four
o'clock Thursday morning, involving loss
of from go, 900 to S2J, 900. which there is
insurance To the amount of $4,000. OF this
amount $1,000 is in the Hartford Mutual
Company. The hands left, the lights We're
distinguished and the building closed, about
eleven o'clock, and there was then nn ap-
. pear;,uce OF fire anywhere ab"ut tn. prem
ises. \ severe Thunder Storm began shortly
after dark, continuing all night, and it is
supposed that the building WAS struck by
lightning and set On fire.