The Cecil Whig., 1883-08-25
LOCAL BRIEFS.

The track on the fair ground is in poo
condition. The management should iooi
after this matter at once
The Sabbath school of Trinity 4. T.
Church of this town p.cnicked at h't'
Hall farm, near Frenchtown, on the EiE
River, on Saturday last.
Mr.. Thomas Biddle is erecting nict
little two story building. on Mafft street, :
street recently opened west of Bridge street
Mr.. Calvin Merritt is doing the work.
Quite a large woods meeting of co'oret
folks was held near Glasgow, Del, on Sun
day last. The rain interfered somewhat IL
the evening, but notwithstanding all this,
they had a by day.
Rev. j. II. Manly, son OF Clayton
Manly, of this town, is minister in charge
of large camp meeting near Norfolk va
The Tirginian says that fully one thousand
people attend the meeting each evening.
Mrs wm Wade, who resides near Ap-
pleton, in this county, was thrown from her
carriage near Stanton, Del, while on her
way to Wilmington one day last week, and
her arm was broken and she was otherwise
badly bruised.
Our enterprising merchant and gardener,
Henry Bell, is about making further inn
provements to his property on High street,
by an addition to his storehouse. His
growing business makes an extension OF his
premises a necessity.
A warrant was issued by Justice Scott
on Sunday, for the arrest of Chas Garreu,
colore,l, charged with beating his mother,
hnt before the document reached the Sheriff,
Garrett had crossed the line into Delaware,
and he failed to get him.
The Rig Elk Sabbath School will hold
its annual picnic in jesse Taylor's woods.
on Thursday, 3Oth instant. If rainy on
Thursday the picnic, which will be contin-
ued through the evening, will be held the
first clear day thereafter.
There seems TO be hut very few light
ming bugs this season. On the marsh back
of town, usually sparkling with them of
evenings at this time of the year, but very
few can he seen, and they are correspond
ingly scarce everywhere else.
Last Sunday morning Mr.. Thomas
Lewis, whose business it is twice each day
to pass over and inspect the track and see
if they are in order, on his rounds on
Sunday morning picked up dead rail bird,
another victim to the telegraph wires.
An insane colored woman, named
Becky Martin, was committed to Jail, on
Monday. 1t was thought to be dangerous
to allow her to be at large, as she showed a
disposition to be ugly. She will be kept
until court, when some disposition or other
will be made of her.
A lady farmer near Elkton refused, re-
giving as a reason for this action that if she
sold any more she would not have enough
for the preachers. We withhold her name.
for fear if it were given she might have
even too much of good company.
While Mr.. Benjamin Campbell and
family, were quietly sitting upon the front
porch of his house, on east Main street, the
other evening, he leaned back and rested
his chair against the post, when before he
knew where he was the post gave way and
he landed upon the ground. He says he
thought lightning had struck him. IL
The reports of guns fired on the marshes
south of town were distinctly heard on
Sunday afternoon last. Who it. is that
hunts upon the Sabbath day we do not
know. Whoever it may be should know
that by Sc doing they are violating the law
and laying themselves liabl. to heavy
fine and Imprisonment, or TO both. +
Some person or persons, to him un-
known, helped Mr.. John T.. Alexander, ot
this town, to gather in his crop Of potatoes,
one night recently. The potatoes had been
dug the day previous, and as it looked like
rain Mr.. Alexander tried to get them in,
and succeeded in getting them all in save
about half Il dozen bushels or so. These
were stolen by some potato hungry indvid,
ual.
Capt. NJ. l.. Really arrived at Scott.
wharf on Monday last, in his sloop. the Geo
w. Fauuce, with cargo Of over tour hun
dr-d wafer melons, from Anne Arundel
county Last week he failed to come here
as ahvrrtiIal. becAu,e of finding better
market at Chesapeake City, where he dis
posed of one Thousand melons. at Il camp
meeting of colorrtl people. The fruit he ha.
NOW is very fine and just from the patches
A palmer while at work on a ladder
AT Cameron's Mill, near this town, on last
Saturday, lost his balance and fell To til,
ground "A distance of fifteen or sixteen feet
He was not serinusly Y in jure,l, though it il
"a wonder that he was not, az those VIII
Witnessed the accident thought certainl,
he would be killed. IT. is said that he re
marked, after he had recovered his breatl
sufficiently TO talk, that it wasn't the fal
he cared for, the stopping was the thin:
that hurt.
The fine Young running stallion Fear
less has been purchased from Mr.. McNa
:nara, of New York, who is now trainln
his horses upon the track of the Elkto
race course, by Mr.. S. y. Foard, of til
Howard House. Fearless is 4 bay, thre
years old, and a very handsome animal
He is said to be a fast runner Mr.. FOar
will run him at Mid,iletown and Dover a
the coming fairs, and will stand him mex
season. Fearless was once owned by Lori
lard, who had him in number of races.
tl,n .
Singerly's mills, are all getting along yer
well, and will, from present appearance
soon he able to resume work. Mr.. Singerl
has directed his manager to have the il
iured men attended to and cared for, III
that they must not go to work again unit
they are thoroughly we'll and able
do 80, and that during that time they wi
receive their regular wages, and he will al
pay all other expenses. This action upt
the part of Mr.. Singerly is fully apprec
ated by the men.
Andrew Groves, for many years res
dent of Elk Neck, died at the home of h
son, near ST. Georges, Del, last Saturd;
evening, after a short illness, of dyseutar
His remains were inferred there on We
prsday afternoon. Mr.. Groves was a Ill:
of true Christian character, "A leading mel
ber for years, of liart's NJ. +. Church,
the Neck, where he was known and respet
ed by large portion Of the communit
For a number of years he tenanted the far
of S. S. Maffitt and afterwards of Dan
. Bratton, and ranked foremost among ag
culturists in that section.
Meat, vegetables and fruit are pl-n
in our market now, At fair prices. Beef
10 to 20 cents a pound, lamb At Is to 20
p, I ~,