The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-10-07
), W, & B. Branch Penna. Railroad.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

LOCAL BRIEFS.
Have you seen the comet?
The fair was a great success.
Read the new advertisements in this is
sue.
The toy whistle nuisance is around
again.
The general exhibits were fully up to
those of last year.
The crowds on Thursday We're big
The crowds on Friday were bigger.
Corn cutting is about completed and our
farmers are now seeding their wheat.
The pressure npon our advertising
columns this week. has restricted the space
ordinarily devoted to editorial and news
matter.
Wild geese have begun their Southern
pilgrimage and cold weather may soon be
upon us.
The coloret band of Oxford enlivened
our streets, OIL Tuesday evening, with some
fine music.
Rev. W. Is. Rose, providence permitting
viii preach in the Elkton +. NJ. Church, to-
morrow, morning. at the usual hours.
Rev. VIM. Schouler will hold service in
St. Augustine Church, Bohemia Manor, to-
morrow Sunday afternoon, at halt past
two. II
"A large portable engine, propelled by
steam, passst over our public roads, on Mon
day 1t came from Avondale, Pa, and was
heading for our fair
The opening Of bids for the new schoo
houses at Brick Meeting House, and New
Valley, in the Sth district, were postponed
by the School Board until October 10th.
The third quarterly conference for the
Rising sun Circuit, will be held in Rowland
vile Church, on October 14th Rev. DR..
Matlack, F. E, will preach Sunday, Oct,
II.
Notice the new card of Cooper 4 Conard
in today's Wing. They are extending an
immense trade, and the popular favor in
which they are held, is the result Of fair
goods.
Horses slobber from eating clover. This
is annoying especially in the driving horse,
but the remedy is easy at hand, consisting
of head of cabbage fed to the horse before
using INN for work or driving. 1t is cheap
and effective. Try it. IN
Mrs. David Karsner, formerly Of Ches-
apeake City, in this county, and sister of
the late Reuben d. lamar, died, this week,
in Baltimore She was buried at Bethel
Cemetery. She was a most estimable lady
and left a large circle of friends to mourn
her loss. n
We call attention to the sale of Mr.
Joseph A. Roman of farming stockg dairy |
cows, Sc. We regret to learn that Mr.. Il.
has formed partnership in Hickory coun-
ty, Missouri, in the stock raising business. |
We are sorry to part with as good citizen
as Mr.. Roman, but wish him great success
in his new enterprise. II
Mrs. NJ. Jennie Kemp, wife of Rev. j. |
ID. Kemp, of Rising Sun, was completely |
surprised, one evening last week. The
members and friends of Row landsvile NJ. |
Z. Church presented her with a beautiful |
Howe sewing machine, with all the attach
ments, and S. in gold. She prizes the gift |
very highly and assures the donors they |
shall always have a precious place in her !
affections Nv
We hope very soon to be able to an
nounce to our readers the completion of the |
new Wing building and its outfit of steam
machinery and new Presses. The Wing is |
now printed upon Steam Cylinder Camp
bell Press, that has no equal, in this section
of the country, and when all is finished, we
shall make q lengthy notice Of the improve.
ments we have introduced in our business, |
and which will place it upon level, with |
the best printing establishments anywhere. |
We call the attention of our readers to |
the new advertisement in to-day's issue of |
the Peoples Mutual Live Stock Insurance |
Company, of which Mr.. D. q. Waring, of
the Rising Sun, is the agent for Cecil and |
the adjoining counties. The high standidg |
of the officers and directors of this Com |
pany is a sufficient guarantee to our farm |
ers that the Company is a reliable one, and |
its business methods legitimate ones. 1t
will, in opinion, not be long before the
practice of insuring live stock will become
AZ general as the insurance of other property
against fire Mr.. Warning is well known in |
the upper sections of the county, and his |
agency of this Company is enough to COM
mend it to the favor of those who need its
benefits.
The hackmen of Philadelphia are dis
tressed by the announcement that within a
month the Pennsylvania Railway Company
will exclude them from its Broad street sta
ton, inside which twenty hanson cabs and
ten -four wheelers" owned by the company
will have places. The vehicles are nearly
completed, and are after English models
Seventy horses have been purchased in Mich
gan to draw them, and the animals and We
hicles will be let to reputable drivers at fixed
price per day, the rate OF fare being prescribed
by the company. The price for a hanson
cab holding two persons will be twenty-five
cents for Il mile and half or less and fifteen
cts for any additional mile or fraction there
Of The charge per hour will be sIxty-tive
cents. The price for the "four wheelers"
will be thirty five cents for a mile and half
or less and twenty cents for each additional
mile or fraction thereof. The charge for
trunk will be ten cents and fo- each valise
five cents. Passengers can carry baggage
free in the hansoms. The chief purpose of
the vehicle Is to convey passengers from the
station to their homes, bntthey will also car
ry to the station persons who hail them while
returning thither The fact that the scheme
is in the hands ofthe Pennsylvania Railway
Company indicates that the day ofcheap fares
has surely come for Philadelphia
A Foreign Show.