The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-06-10

ment, etc, which will BEL, adily accessible
tt conductors and other train hands IN case
of accident. This, though 4 small irttrre,
is looked upon as one of the necessary de-
tails in the management OF we'll equipped
road
The Messrs. Scott \ Bro. expect to have
the new machinery i'll process of erection at
their mills in operation sometime during
next week The process of converting South
Carolina rock into fertilizer is a compli-
Gated and interesting one, necessitating :.
large amount of heavy machinery. \ visit
to the mills when all is in working order
will be we'll worth making
Almost daily we hear expressions of dis
approval of the no-pass systeRl adopted by
the managers of the Cecil Agricultural As
ISOLATION. Many farmers declare that unless
the resolution is resciuded they will not at
tend the fair of the association at all. The
no-pass system very nearly entirely broke
up the fair of the oxford Agricultural So
ciety. They saved themselves only by dis
cardins it and issuing passes.
The foundry of Messrs g. c. Bib &
Son, of Baltimore, located at Port Deposit,
in this county, is now being run up to its
fullest capacity both as to men and time,
much night work being done. The stoves
made by this firm enjoy such great popu-
larty that it is impossible for them to keep
up with them, and they are, in consequence,
continually pushed. A larger number of
this company's stoves are sold in the mark
cts of this country than of the manufacture
of any other concern.
John Shoemaker. an elderly man, who
has for number of years been an inmate
of the Aims house, presented himself at the
office of the County Commissioners on
Thursday, with 500 county bond, for
which he desired the cash. There was eight
years interest due upon the bond, none of
the coupons having been renewed, the whole
amounting TO Si24.60. Mr.. Rossell, deputy
clerk, furnished the old man with the cash
in exchange for his paper. He said he earn
ed the money by making baskets, which he
sold in neighboring villages.
The trustees of the Elkton Academy
met on Saturday afternoon to select two
persons to fill the scholarship in that iusti-
tuition, now vacant by the expiration of the
term of David Il. Wright and Ollie Price.
There We're thee applicants for the place,
viz Sadie Bradbury, daughter of +. E.
Bradbury, of this town w. H. Evans, son
Of Henry II. Evans, of Westamwell, and
Fl. W. Men cal, of this place. The two lat
ter We're selected with the understanding
that Miss Bradbury should receive the APP
pointment to the next vacancy.
BY the death of Mr.. j. w. Carroll, the
actor, which occurred in New York recently,
a citizen of our town, Mr.. John w. An
thony, falls heir to portion of his real
ESTATE, located in Chestertown. The deceased
left q will bequeathing his entire estate to
his wife, from whom he had been separated
for 4 nun Der of years. This will, however,
was not executed in accordance with the
laws of Maryland, and the court here re-
esty under its provisions, consequently the
real estate spoken of reverts to the heirs ut
flaw of the deceased, of whom Mr.. Anthony,
being a cousin, is one.
AS many of our readers will visit Bal
timore during the encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, June 10th, Goth, 21st,
22nd, 23rd and 9th, and as many, no doubt,
will desire some pleasant place of amuse-
ment, where an evening may be passed, we
would suggest to such that no more attrac-
tive place can be selected than Albaugh' s
Holiday Street Theater. This place of amuse-
ment will be open every evening during the
week, and two matinees will also be given,
when the new and thrilling military drama,
entitled "Tried and True" will be present.
ed for the first time in Baltimore. Visitors
from our county should not fail to see this
thrilling drama.
An Elkton man s ideas became so much
mixed upon Saturday morning last that he
mistook the day for the Sabbath and care
fully made his preparations for church.
He sailed out, dressed in his best bib and
and tucker, wondering why the church bell
did not ring. At the door he met colored
individual armed with brush and bucket,
and thinking the old man had forgotten the
character of the day and was about to I'M
Willingly desecrate it, he politely called the
old mans attention to the fact. The old
man chuckled and said: Why, boss, what
is de matter wild you? dis yeah hain't Sun
day; it am Saturday, and Ise got a big job
of whitewashin' to do Our church bound
friend began to wake up, and when he
looked around and saw the stores and shops
all open, he hurried back into the house and
soon reappeared in his everyday garb.