The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-09-30
Have you seen the harvest moon yet"


Have you seen the harvest moon yet"
The Oxford fair began on Wednesday.
Attend the primaries to day.
All agree that the equinoetial storm has
arrived, aud we hope passed.
Get registered next Monday or Tuesday,
as it will be your last chance.
Exhibits for the Fair are daily arriving.
Already quite lot has arrived
Frost made it's appearance in the low
places and along the streams yesterday
morning.
Mr. C. Strickland, assistant postmaster,
returned on Wednesday, from a three weeks
tour in the West.
One of the meanest thieves on record,
stole door mat from parsonagei in Elkton
on Thursday night.
Rev Vim. Schouler will hold service at
Baldwin's Chapel, Elk Mills, tomorrow
Sunday at 3 P. NJ.
In the lower part of the State, fields of
corn may be seen in shock. Some corn has
( been cut near Town.
! You. who have not put up your stoves
yet, had better be looking them up, as Jack
Frost will soon be along.
Mr. Stephen. B. Foard, advertises that
desirable property at the Pivot Bridge in
to days issue of The HhiG. r.
During the storm OF Friday night last,
a canal boat loaded with coal, was run into
and sunk by a tug, near Havre de Grace. ?
The annual Fair Ball will be held in
Odd Fellows Hall, on Thursday evening
next. Baltimore music will be furnished.
Owing to the press of advertisements
and other matter, the proprietors of the
oxford Press contemplate charging their
papersoo
Lots of folks are expected in town next
week, if the weather is good. You know
what the attraction is, the Fair will be in
progress then.
d We call tue attention of our readers to
ME- VIM. II Freemans advertisement of
that desirable business stand at Cecilton
known AS "Megee's Corner
WIS Tue VI tilc
popular Glass Front, has addressed this
week a beautiful Fall circular to his patrons.
1t vas printed at the Cecil Wing office. II
Wonder who and what kind of police
we will have during the fairo We hope they
will he men that will not be afraid to do
their duty, and that they will arrest all dis
orderly persons. f.
-Messrs Cahall & Davis, of Bridgeville
Delaware, will probably occupy the vacant
store in the Hurn building about the first
of the coming year. They purpose opening
a first class shoe store. /
Thomas H. Street, of Dublin, Hartford
county, this State, was robbed in a street
: car in Baltimore, of his pocket book, con-
Naming Sl20 in cash and $500 in negotiable
otes, few evenings ago.
s. The New Castle Presbytery, meets at
Newark, Delaware. on Tuesday evening,
October 3rd. 1t will continue its setting
until Thursday at noon The Rev. w. w.
Heberton, of this town, is the stated clerk. :
The storm which has been prevailing for
the past week, has done considerable dam
age throughout the country. In this neigh
hood, it has kept the farmers back with
sowing their wheat, and may damage the
tomato crop som ewhat. h
A son OF Mr.. John WOODBURY., of
Omaha city, aged about twelve years, died
ut the residence of his grandfather, Mr..
William johnson, OF this town, on Tuesday
1 last, of cancer on his neck. The little fell
& low was great sufferer. n
q Mr. Charles d. Bouldiu, one the oldest
Ncitizens of Hartford county, and formerly
sfor many years Publisher of newspaper in
s that county, died al the residence of his son
DR.. Robert K Boudin, near Jerusalem
K Mills, on Tuesday. He was in the Seth year
s of his age. n
8 Intelligence is received of the death of
< Mrs. Charlotte Russell, an aged lady resid-
& ing in the vicinity of Bay View, and moth
er-in-law of Mr.. Jos. T. Reed, of that place.
She was highly esteemed by large circle
of friends in that section. Her funeral took
place at Bay View, on Wednesday last. l..
1t is reported in Elkton, we know not
Ohio Railroad Company Will not at present
construct tho contemplated new telegraph
line. If this be the case, some of our Elk
ton applicants for places on it, will be out in
the cold. We hope the report is not true. h
The funeral of Rev. Jason Rogers, Of
the Baltimore Presbytery, and formerly
pastor of Pencadar Church Delaware. whose
death occurred on the 18th instant, took
ulace on Thursday afternoon from Westmin-
ster Church, Fayette and Greene streets,
Baltimore. There was quite large attend
ance of ministers, elders and Others
Exhibitors in Household department.
of the Fair are respectfully notified as fol-
lows: Pies, Custards and all pastry will be
Judged on Wednesday, Bread biscuit,
rolls, rusks. &c, Judged on Thursday and
must be deposited not later than Wednes-
dav at noon. Attention is called to the
premium for cooked ham. Mode of curing
must accompany the ham. I rely on my
friends in the county to give Inc fine ex-
hibit this year. w. j. JONES.
About ten o'clock on Wednesday night
last, crowd Of roughs from the barrens,
collected on Main street, near Granite Hail.
and engaged in a regular fight. 1t appears
that the parties were pretty well filled with
/ whisky and other stuff. Some one of them
hurrahed for Cruik shank, when another one
said something about Stump which result
ed in a setto, ami they rolled each other on
the pavement, until the Stump man wanted
some one to take the Gruikshank man off
They were parted, when some time after,
other parties got at it, when there were