The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-08

stock of sweets conliscated.
The night freigh: train sou =. Jumped
the track near Stanton, on Tue dry night
All trains were in consequence" delayed.
Mr.. T. B. Brown mail agent who was AT his
home here, was thereby prevented from
joining his ear at Baltimore, on Wednesday
morning. lie was compelled to await lis
rival here when he took charge
In the present uneventtul state of af-
airs here, the slightest incident occurring
upon the streets is taken advantage of 10y
the cuiious crowd as :; source o: entertain
meut y laiky horse furnished diversion
for such a company ON Tuesday afternoon for
quite a length of lime. and dog with Il Tin
ran TIED 10 bis tail proved bonanza OF fun
Lovers Of oysters, now thai the season
| is drawing TO Il close, will make the most OF
the time left them. Giles Yesterday receiv-
I'd an invoice OF the finest shell fish ever
brought to this market, and is ready to sup
ply all wants. He will this morning also
have supply of every variety of fish, in
Guiding herring and shad from the Su>que-
hanna.
| A large number Of Ekton ladies and
| gentleman visited the festival of the Glas-
| Cow Presbyterian church, on Thursday
evening, and passed a pleasant evening
! The music on the occasion was very fine,
! Misses Eva Perkins and Bessie Terrell and
| Mr.. VIII Terrell, of this town, took part in
/ this part OF the exercises and aided greatly
| i'll its success
The Cassiday peach orchard, in Sassa-
! fras Neck, was the first venture in this line
! in Il commercial way, in Maryland. 1t was
| planted III 1887 by John CasSiday, a mer
! chant of Philadelphia, and has since borne
| his name. OF course none of the original
| trees are now living, the orchard having been
| replanted a number of times since its first
! establishment.
By act of the late legislature Good
| Friday has been added to the list of legal
holidays. They now stand as follows: New
Years day, Washington's birthday, Good
Friday, Fourth of July, General Election
day, Congressional Election day, Thanks
giving day, Christmas day, and any special
day named by the Governor or President of
the United States.
1t is said that Mr.. 7. c. Crouch of this
place, after Il long and faithful service as
superintendent of the Sabbath school at
Crouch's Chapel, will shortly resign the
duties into the hands of a younger man,
provided the right person can be found
Do. tI,n oh A.
ishing condition, due mainly to the energet-
ic and persevering efforts of Mr.. Crouch.
Our sportsmen are now busy hunting
snipe. The sport, however, consists main
ly Ill hunting-as the birds are very scarce.
There seems to be but one spot where they
abound, and that is upon Il piece of marsh
north of town, where the proprietor will
not allow any one to shoot. Here the birds
are said to be in great mum bers and as tame
as chickens. y look at them though is ali
/the sportsman is allowed.
A certain weather prophet, one De Voc,
has now taken the front. He predicts an
excessively wet Spring and early Summer;
the rotting in the graund of nearly all seed
t'itAiibti. s,'t' w
lightly of root crops. Pretty generally it
is the safest plan to 90 exactly contrary to
the advice of such individuals, and this
may be no exception to the rule. We all
remem Der Vennor' $ cold and wet (ilStJ Sam
mer.
-MnssrS. Jacob Tome and john McClen-
ahan, of Cecil county, and Jesse Hills and
Murray E:Induiver, of Hartford county,
Were in Washington on Thursday with ref
erence TO the improvement of the Susque-
hanna river. They had interviews with
Senators Groome and German and Repre-
McLane ans, Talbot on the sub
.iect, all of whom expressed great interest
i'll it and an intention to do whatever they
could TO secure an appropriations
Sheriff Dunbar, on Wednesday morn
Jug, accompanied the two prisoners convict
ed ut the recent term of court to the State
Penitentiary. The parties were George An
derson, who goes for five years for uttering
a forged note, and John Scare colored, who
was; sentenced for one year for the larceny
of coal from Messrs. Davis, Keys & Co., of
lniS plaCe, Inc TWO nnfortunateS were
handcutftd together, apparently much to
the disgust of the white man.
A couple of Elkton boys whose name
we withhold this time, We're discovered the
other day in the robbery of a pigeonry,
wherein was confined Il large number of
fancy birds. The depredators broke the
eggs of the sitting birds, and carried off
one pair of the finest variety. The father
OF the youngsters paid for the damage done
but if the depreciation is repeated the own
CT OF the property will not accept such a
compromise again, but prosecute the
thieves.
We call the especial attention Of our
readers to the new card of Mr.. James Croth-
ers, whom we have the pleasure of knowing
personally, and to whom we recommend
our friends for the best goods in his line.
Courteous, painstaking. and obliging, he is
without exception one OF the most agree
able gentlemen we have ever done business
with. His assistants, too, are just like him
For the prices, which are very low, we
think he offers the best wall papers we ever
saw, both as to style and quality. Call and
see him for yourself.