The Cecil Whig., 1882-11-25
PORT UER.N.4N ITEMS.
Mrs. 1ohand is very i'll.

Mrs. Lotland is very i'll.
Now get ready for winter.
-Partridses are scarce Just now.
Eli Wells mas moved into town.
Black marsh ducks are plentiful.
Miss Float Swing is convaescent.
Plenty of saurkrout is being made.
The field larks are quite numerous.
Hog killing will be done On this
moon.
Cur town will soon shed it's tshy
coat.
illustrating has begun by our sport
men.
Rabbits are plentiful - shot and
trapped.
Levi Mumford is recovering from his
recent illness.
Why not hold Sunday school in the
school house.
Mrs. George Pate has been i'll the
three weeks past.
Capt. Way killed in one day &c ducks
on the Bohemia, last week.
Every resident of our town owns a
sailing skift, except one.
Capt. Jersey Brown is repairing the
dam of the Filter ice pond
Our fishermen have begun to take
up their pounds and tke nets.
Our citizens are repairing their ice
houses for the coming season.
Miss Fannie Craig is visiting Mrs.
Charles Fears. of Virginia.
-H. Fl. Cannon caught 20 boxes hug
fish in two hauls, on Saturday last.
--Bayard heirs are repairing their pro-
perty, tenanted by Levi Mumfovd.
Harry McFey has purchased new
show case for his tobacco department.
Eli Wells, our faithful mail contrac-
tor, performs his star route duty well.
Mrs. G. NJ. Fears, who has been suf-
foring from malaria, is now enjoying good
health.
There are 1000 worth of freight
paid the Ericsson line from our wharf
yearly.
Port Herman turned the election
tables at our last primary and will do so
again.
Davis Cain is jubilant over his sue
cessiul management Of the Town Point
| House.
| The Ericsson line is the most indie
| pendent line of steamers this side OF
Jericho.
Mr.. Smith and some other sportmen
from Germantown. Pa, are guests at
| Armstrong's.
! The waters have been too cold at
times, for our fishermen to trap fish. for
three weeks past.
There have been IS tons of eels ship
ped from our wharf the two months past.
They averaged i to cents per ID.
The Filter residence will be built at
once, by the Insurance Companies. John
Morrison OF Middletown, Del, contrac-
! tor.
John W. Bouchelle. \, J. 'Bouchelle,
l.. j. Bayard aud Puffy of the Manor,
were at }. l.. CraigS, Cunning for rabbits
last week.
Mr.. Grover, of Philadelphia, guest
OF j. Hanson knorr. Esq. took IS pairs
of ducks home with him, on Saturday
night last. shot in the bohemia river.
1t looks bad-so many christian resi-
dences and places to hold divine Worship
on the sabbath. yet none held. 1t is not
becomlhs to a christian neigh oorhood.
VIM. ii. Abbott. J. Abbott Mcclure.
J. Hunter Mcclure. T. II. Wood. {. ID.
Cassidy. j. Iarrison, f. J.. Carlin and
y. Il. Carin of Philadelphia are guests
at the IoWn Point House.
he chimney Of the old Saw Mill y
and relic of the old ship yard" built
when the town was first laid out. still
stands asa memento OF enterprise found
ed by our iorefathers of the town.
st. Augustine must contain an intlu-
enti&i man. He has secured from the
Government on the 81. pay route of
two mails per week for this vicinity, too
sorrow ofall. We have good mail carrier
and one mail a day. Onr otlicious friend
will please note this If the Government
insists in selling the route for two mails
a week as proposed, our Postmaster will
resign, consequently there will be no post
Office for the carrier To leave the mail at.
However, our carrier will continue to
hriug our mail once day, directed TO
Chesapeake City. PAULINE.
~ Ground Alum, Turks island and fine
| salt nj