The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.
RreYitieS.

Ia used IOr uuHGluS thoo Si'"SS -
tirely.
-Tbanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov
Goth. the store of Carhart 4 Co., Zion' Mu'
will be closed, except at noon for denver
of the mail.
Wilmington citizens propose TO organ
jze Vigilance Committee, on account
the unusual amount of unsupresscd ro"os
ism, burglaries, SC.
The following pupils in attendanc
avery day of last quarter ending Novembe
,5tb at school No. Q, District No. 8, Florenc
Clarke. Willie White, and Willie Penning
ton.
-Overcoats of every description embrac
ing Chinchilla, Beavers, Diagonals, Meiton
&c, made in elegant style and manner o1
artistic tailors at bottom prices, at the Ne"
York Clothing House, 1872 and ISL Yves
baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. 4
John Burk, track Waterman on thu
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, wa
struck by train No. 35, Saturday evening
near Cspowingo, in this county. The
train was stopped and Burk, was taken tt
his home at Conowingo, where he died OF
Sunday morning.
The Dramatic Association, OF Port de
posit. haEa in .ehearsel, as holiday attrac
ton the great real life drama, entitled "lhe
Lady of Lyons or love and PRIDE by si'
Bulwer Ly.on. The play will be rendered
at Odd Fellows Hall, Port Deposit, Oh
Thursday and Friday evenings, December
18th and 14th.
Within week or two, several annony
NOUS communications have been received
Mt tbis office. Our friends will please re-
member that it is time thrown away, III
preparing such articles, as they must OF ne
csssity 90 into the waste basket. Send the
name with each communication, 1t Will MOI
be made public without the owners consent
The following change of time on the
Newark & Delaware City railroad, went
into effect on Monday morning last. Leave
Newark for Delaware City at 9. 10 A. NJ, and
BPM. Leave Porter's for Delaware City
9.34A A. NJ, Las and p. NJ. Leave Newark
for Delaware City. $40 A. NJ. and 800 p
NJ, Leave Porter's for Delaware City, a.l2
A. NJ, 70 O5 and 5.27 P. NJ. L
"A woods fire ragged for some time at
Bacon Hill on Saturday night last. line
fire which started from a spark from an
engine on the P. w. & B. Railroad, began
on the companies grounds, spread over a
large tract of their woodland, to wood
land of Thomas, and others and was only
stopped by burning belt around it, after
a large quantity of wood was destroyed.
"A birthday ball was given to Mrs.
Marks Lieberman, of this town, ut her
residence on Main street in the hollow, by
a number Of her friends on Monday last.
Some ten or twelve couples were present,
and very pleasant evening was passed, IN
dancing to good music furnished by a COM
pany of amateur performers. Twelve
o'clock struck before the company dis
persed.
Mrs. John E. Brown, the wife of the
we'll known and popular crier of our Cir
cult Court, we are sorry to say, was Sc
verely injured by fall on Tuesday morn
ing last. She arose from bed at an early
hour, and was shortly afterwards taken
with vertigo and fell heavily upon the floor
of her bed room, injurins herself severely
internally. When last heard from she bad
greatly improved. 4
A hanging lamp [cnal-eiD, at resi-
lence on Bow street, broke from its fas'
tening the other evening, and fell upon a
table beneath if. smashing the lamp tc
fragments, and scattering the fluid all
around, but fortunately the light was ex
tinguished by the fall, and the oil did not
ignite. The fastenings Of such lamps
should be made secure or serious accident
might be the result. II
Mr.. D. Sloan, marble cutter of thi:
town, this week completed set of eight
massive octagon posts of the choicest
marble, which with connection of massive
galvanized railing are to enclose n burial
lot in the North East Methodist Episcopal
Cemetery. The columns or posts are flint
specimens of the marble cutters art, ant
will prove ornamental when put in place
They will cost several hundred dollars.
Benjamin Green, farmer living in thi
county, whilst hauling lumber from tn
depot at Middletown, Del, for the new
the 18th inst, was thrown from his wagol
by pair of runaway mules. His cola
bone was broken and he was otherwis
bruised. DIR. Barr reduced the fracture
Mr.. Green is about 60 years of age. The aC
cilent will be a serious matter to him, eve
if it does no" prove fatal.
MFR. C. W. Maxwell of this town, ha
had fine shooting on mis- cunning point o
Elk river, during the two past weeks. Fo
"a number of years past the shooting on tn
Elk has been poor, but lately it has revive
and now it appears as though somethin
like old times were coming back agai1
Last week Mr.. Maxwell killed sixty cd
ducks, and this week, though the elemen;
have been unfavorable he has done nearl
as we'll On several other points good shoe
ing has been had all this season, which
something unusual.
The First National Bank of Havre {
Grace, was only opened for business on Sci
TENDER LIST, yet the deposits already amour
to $152, 900, and the earnings have been b
tween three and four thousand dollars. II
capital stock is 1000, of which only abo
eighty per cent. has been paid up,yet shar
already command ten per cent. premium
The bank building, very pretty affair,
on Washington street. Besides having
fire burglar-proof safe, the bank is furth
protected by the cashiers residence beil
above. Mr.. A. Vosburg is president.
Last Saturday night, at about $50 ocl
three freight cars became detached from
train as it was coming down Iron Hill graf
The engine with the head portion of t
train moving more rapidly than the thu
detached cars in the rear, passed the staff
here about hundred yards in advant
but as it slackened up below the station
three cars came laundering down up
them, and at point just above the red N
crossing, struck the rear car # the first s
ton with tremendous crash, shatteril
the bumpers but fortunately not deraili
any of the cars. delay of nearly half
hour was caused, when tie united tri
passed on.
The new time table of til; p, w. s.
Railroad which went into effect on Sund
last, makes one very decided change in
travelling time of the road. For instal
the train heretofore leaving here at 9.51
NJ, south bound, now leaves at :O.40 A.
80 that passengers bound for Baltim
reach that city one hour later than here