The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-22

LOCAL BRIEFS.
-tI"ve You seen the GENET
Winter still fingers in the lap &c.


Rev. L. G. Matlack, Presiding Elder
filed the pulpit of the NJ. I. Church on
Sunday evening last.
Tie band is practising Tor the New Cas-.
tie celebration, and tavors the townsrcople
with nightly concerts.
Rev. VIM. Schouler will hold service in
Reeds Hall, Chesapeake city, Tomorrow
Sunday at $50 +. NJ
For the first time in the history of som
erset county, onc Of its colored men reccatly
served on the grand jury.
Mr. Frank Kerr is putting Il second
story on his house on WIG street, occupied
By Mr.. Z. Wesley Janney.
-Un the midnight train, on Wednesday
night We're six ears filled with emigrauts, Il
rather unusual circumstance.
Mr.. BENZ. Is. Sweet. an aged and highly
respected citizen of tine 9TH district. died on
Sunday last, At an advanced age.
Miss Mary Partridge, who recently fell
and fractured her arm, is rapidly recover,
ing from the effects OF the injury.
A believing COW on the railroad brought
out the tiagmen, on Thursday afternoon.
They mistook it for an extra train.
Mr.. John ". Anthony is improving his
property on East Main street, by the cree,
ton ola new and handsome from. fence
"A number OF snipe have been killed by
our sportsmen the PAST week, although the
birds are very wilda difficult to approach.
tom planting season is at hand Mr..
J. 5. Clifford, near Calvert, was reported Is,
having field ready for planting this week
Call ut the New York Clothing House,
No. lSi W. Baltimore street, and rxa!nine
the stock, and compare prices Tor yourself
The foundation walls for the addition
to Scott & Bros phosphate manutactory are
completed, and the carpenters will com
menee work Immediately. II
The rolling mills of The McCnllou-h
Iron Co., ut West Anwell AMI North East,
have resumed operations after having been
shut down for two weeks
The New Castle Presbytcry is in ,es-
sion at Princess Anne, Nd. !. T. McCuI-
Tough, Esq, was elected one Of The com
missioners to the General Assembly. -
><Harry Ferry fell fhrougl. til" la;cl,way
1T SS,ott X Bros grain warehouse, on
w @dnS~flay, and was quite severely in
iurod. although fortunately no bones were
broken.
fine 'argr fee house owned ~ Jacob
'H>cy, Of Wilmington, enc mile AID = half
north Of Coatesyillr was burned on Mon
day afternoon. T'Ec lbs. amounts to al.ntit
$50. ac0.
Mamie, the daughter of Judge Davis, of
the Orphan Court whose illness Of 'lipthe.
ria was ?oted ,;l~l week. dice, on Tuesday
night, at her fathers home, near Ceriifon
aged IL wears.
We Were visited b. the first heavy
thunder storm of the season, on Wednesday
evening. The rain came down in torrents
for an hour or more, while iae flashes o:
lightning were almost iucessant.
The far famed Red Pump of Cecil coun
~ still continues to eject n clear stream of
sparkling water, and many people say it is
Sweetcr since rum was swept from the
county's fair dornau.- O,ford PTce$.
An effort is being made TO organize An
efficient base bail nine for the coming sea
son. All persons interested are request ed
TO meet in the County Commissioners Office
on Tuesday evening next ut $ O'Clock II
H., I
i'll this county, will be pleased to learn that
he has recovered from his recent serious Ill
ness, and was in his pulpit in Smyrna ON
Sunday last, though not yet able to preach.
-AIessrs reynolds x Kirk, propretors Of
the sycamore mills, in this county, have
purchased Il new diamond dress for dress
ing mill burrs. They have also improv ed
their property by putting in Il new turbine
wheel. I
The wooded slopes and pincy groves of
Red Hill are LOW resonant with the happy
voices Of glad children, as they meantler
through its classic shades in search of that
pink tinted harbinger of spring, the trailing
arbutus.
-Nr. :. :. i;rmbo moved iato his new
hardware rooms on Main street, opposite
the Howard House, on Thursday. Tie
property has been greatly improved in ap-
pcarance Ivy TIE liberal use of PAINT and
whitewash. II
--Eev. Elm Kirk lately OF Vest Noting
ham is nov stationed in Philadelphia,
tn ,,,..s,,x,
zion of independent Methodists They are
building large new church at Eighteenth
and Dickinson streets.
The new moon presented a very siuou-
lar aspect just before the approach of the
storm on Wednesday evening. Owing to
some peculiar condition of the atmosphere,
there appeared to the eye of the behulder
three crescents .iumbed up together H.
a coiored hoy named Harris was dis
covered on Thursday afternoon in the act
ct rohblm2 the monry-drawer of Edward
Norgan'S store on Back street Morgan
made hiin ,IiSgnrge the sum of twcnty-niur
cents. gave him u thraahng, and let him
go.
The handsome Howard House coach
made its reappcarance on our streets on
Tuesday last. 1t has been improved by IA
new set Of running gears, and the rroprie-
tor says the next time it leaves for Newark,
he PROPOSES 10 send a body guard along with
it.
-Ihe Rev. K. J.. GoIdsbororgh, well re
nembered among our .ownS-neuple as Rec.
tor for many years of Trinity Church, ha.
spent Il portion of the present week in Elk
ton, among MS old friends and forrncr par
lShIoners, preaching last evening" at Trinity
Church. 1ic leaves for bis home in
Burlington, y. j., tu-,lny
Mr.. Rommel, popular tohacconist Of
iia!tonore, inserts his card in to-tiay's ELig.
ifany Of our readers want to test the unu-
aua{lg excellent quality of The cigars he
sells, let them remit him $50, and they
will receive one hundred OF the best Havana
filled cigars they ever smoked We know,
for We have tried the article
Sonnet hing is evidently wTUng with the
chronometer, by which the Catholic Church
bell Is rung each day 1T noon. Several
days this week its mellow tones (the bell
we incaaj. have foatei through the town
frolu fifteen minutes to liaIf an hour ahead
of time. This is apt to cause s"ri9nS mis-
understanding between labor and capital
- Notwithstanding the apprehension felt
last week for the safety of the peach crop