The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-08-05
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Hon. Jacob Tome and party had arrived
safely at Omaha.
An interesting article, relative to the
ownership of land, will be found upon our
first page this week.
The wheat receipts in Baltimore on
Monday, We're 10000 bushels, the largest
ever known in one day.
-Wrights \. NJ. f. Church, Of Ellton,
will give an excursion to Colchester, Oh
Saturday, the 18th inst.
The Board of County Commissioners,
School Commissions and the Orphans Court
will meet OH Tuesday next.
The author of "I4et dogs delight to bark
and bite, Sc should have lived in Elkton,
and he would have said "stop them
-Rev. VIM. &. Rose will preach in the
Free Methodist grove, ~ miles northwest
of North East, tomorrow afternoon, at 81 ,
o'clock.
The brick work upon the new wing 10
the residence of Mr. Creswell, near town,
has been completed to the square of the
third story.
Rev. Mr.. Schouler, of Trinity F. +.
church, of this town, sailed from Baltimore
for Boston, on the steamer Nm. Crane, on
Monday last.
on Saturday last, was largely attended and
pleasant throughout. Everybody seemed
to enjoy themselves.
The Star is the title of a live and inter-
esting weekly, the first number of which
was issued at North East last week. Mr.
Geo. Q. Carey is the editor.
A couple of bicycle tourists arrived
here from trip through the lower part of
the State on Monday They took the train
for their home in Philadelphia
On Monday everybody was sweltering
in the summer heat; on Wednesday many
of these individuals We're pulling up to
cracking fires in open-fire places
A new and improved range and water
back is being placed in the kitchen of the
Jail here, by Messrs Stephen Morris & Son,
of No 121 North Sixth street, Philadelphia
The collar was stolen from the neck of
a setter dog belonging to gentleman of
this town, one day this week. This is
about the meanest class of thieving we
ever remember hearing of. /
The new station at Iron Hill, on the P,
w. Il Il. II. r., is about to be furnished
with new passenger depot orders having
been issued to the Superintendent of
Bridges to erect it at once
The Board of Directors of the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Cecil County
met at their office in Odd Fellows Hall, in
this town, on Wednesday last The an
nual meeting takes place to-day.
And now we are now promised a law
suit on account of the shooting of an east
end gentleman's favorite dog by :. neighbor
The neighbor says he shot the dog to save
his poultry which he had attacked.
Peaches are coming into our market
but mp to this writing the quantity far sur
passes the quality. Canteloupes, apples
and small fruits are quite plenty. Water
melons have not yet put in an appearance,
The wheat crop of Mr.. Hugh Cameron
heretofore referred to by us, has proved to
lie even greater than was expected. Upon
Ghreshing, it measured forty seven bushels
TO the acre-an extraordinarily large turn
out.
a gentleman offers q special prize of
ten dollar gold piece for the best loaf of
wheat bread exhibited at the Cecil County
agricultural Fair to weigh not less than
on. pound, and to be baked not later than a
day a,efore the exhibition
The wise man drinks sparingly of ex-
eessiveiy cold drinks and nothing at all of
stlmuiants ON = hot day, but the fool fills
himself with brandy. beer and other heat
ing beverages, and str2i4htway begins to
swear because it is SO terribly hot.
The Republican Judicial Convention to
nominate candidates for judges for this
circuit will meet at Centreville Queen
Anne's county, October 18th. The Con-
gressisnal Convention for this district will
meet at Havr~ de Grace, October 9TH.
We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisements, in another column, of
Delaware College, at Newark, and also of
the Conference Academy of the whining
ton NJ E. Church, located at Dover. Both
institutions are well worthy of the patron
age of our citizens. l.
"A. W. Mitchell, Esq, this week, took
up a pumpkin vine which showed signs of
decay and from the interior of the stalk re-
moved about dozen large white grabs. The
majority OF the vines in this neighborhsed
are similarly affected. 1t is thought that
tne dry weather causes the worm to thrive
SO unusually.
AT Port Penn, Del, q few days auo
several persons were i'll by eating of bread
pudding, made the day Previous a.aa which,
1t is supposed, had been spoiled by the
heat. They showed symptoms of poison
ing, and were for a time very ill. Such
things should be eaten only willie fresh
during the hot weather. II
GOD Lawn camp Meeting begins on
tuesday next. An unusually large ell
canpment is anticipated. Rev. K. G. Homes
OF Port Deposit will be in charge, assisted
Ay fevs. l.. G. Matlack, ID. d., T. E. Mar.
el''dale, John d. Kemp, 5ohn France and
= w Hammrsley. Bishop Andrews is
expected TO be present one day.
"A horse attached to the ice cart ,f ,,o
-iessrs Booth Il Son was taken sick nm III.
street, the other day. After working with
h'sa Tor a while and administering the mod
FSt eose OF two tablespoonfnl's Of laudanum
anu tumb bier full Of spirits of ether, he re-
NiFea so lar AS TO be able to 90 ON with b;s
work. Another attack. however an Atou
day, resulted in the animals daatb
"A proiuiaeut citizea of orr town ,vas
unexpectedly brought to gras. by his favor
Ute COW, on Sunday last. TIE animal for
So"e "haccountable reason quietly ap-
preached him from behind and before &.
knew what WAS the matter had landed h;,
Hat upon the ground. The COW has hereto
lore been considered one of the ceutlest of
her kind. The gentleEa an WAS not hurt I.
deputy Clerk to the CsxatY Commits
siouers, John S. Rossell, has Rex4iy COM
pieted the work of making out the e.,tt.s.-
Ton books for the tax collectors. Tie
County Commissioners, at their meeting
next week, will fix the time and place of
the sitting of the collectors, in their re-
spectiVe districts, for the receipt of taxes,
due notice of which will be given the pub
lie. n
"A Sassafras Neck peach grower, Mr..
W I'm. s. Potter, recently shipped To Balti-