The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-08-19
GENERAL. NEWS NOTES.

A hog owned BY n farmer living near
Petersburg, Va, weighs LOO pounds.
Many sel-made man would have done
better by himself had he let the contract
out to somebody eiso.
The barbaronS managers of a ia;. to be
held at Charlotte. y. C.. have arranged
for Il bull -Hgl. at the meeting.
A man in Schiey e"iatv. GA. dreamed
he was in swimming and disel ont of a
second story window. He wA@ fatally
hurt.
The fruit crop or Texas is immense.
Easte,W Texas is selling peaches at ten
cents Il busiiei. an.i thousands OF bushels
will be converted Into b.a:"ly.
Some mean fellow says that ladies ~ho
tie bright satin ribbon bows and stream
ers around their waist must expect to be
taken for packages of prize candy.
Hear the voice of Boston sheet: '' A
lady never signs her name Mrs Moth
ing could be more Vulgar or iiiiterate than
such mistake And now school is dis
missed.
A daughted of John BrGWh has accept
ed IL position in the San Francisco Mint.
Mr.. Brown will be remembered as the
gentleman whose sole is Il professional
pedestrian.
\ country editor offered s. for the best
written lore letter. He received about
two tons of letters, and lies awake at
night wondering how he can raise the
amount of the prize.
She who has small and pretty feet can
now crafty her vanity with the endless
styles in shoes and slippers of the season.
The cleverness of the modern shoemaker
passeth all understanding.
Secretary Lincoln said on Saturday that
nc appointments to the increased force in
the Was Department will be made from
Maryland or i.S,n any other State which
has reached its full quota
Spider-legged style of handwriting has
had its day and is fast going out of fash
ion. There is no mourning. and there
will be no rejoicing until the proper and
legible style comes la * to MS.
Straw rides are in order at Delaware
Water Gap, where the summer visitors
are of the class that go in for good time
regardless of fashion. style, good clothes
and expense. Such people always enjoy
themselves.
College students who are earning an
honest penny by serving as walters in
White Mountain hotels render life very
unhappy for city people in the dining
room by the series of biupders they con
tinually make.
"But can't see New York, Phiadel-
phia CT Boston," she said, viewing the
scene froa.. the piazza of the Hotel Kaat
erskill. Certainly not" he replied:
why, how much do yc4 expect for four
dollars day."
A tobacco hater says: "Two cigars a
day will supply family with -four
Foggs says be buys half dozen cigars
some days, but he doesn't t,ni it any
easier to supply the family with -four for
for all that. lie thinks there must be a
mistake somewhere.
Two persons in Sunday last died in
Brooklyn from the effects of drinking
wafer. They were probably politicians
and the enforcement of the Sunday law
led them to indulge in the beverage which
doubtless produced paralysis of the
stomach.
The f;e insurance agents doing bust
ness in Lancaster, Pa, give notice in the
evening papers that, under instructions
from the companies represented by them,
they will issue no more policies and can
eel those now in existence on property ia
Lancaster, unless vigorous effort is made
by the authorities to suppress the preva-
lent ;ncendiarism.