The Cecil Whig., 1883-09-15
LOCAL BRIEFS. .

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Mr.. Myers Kitchens, on the Ellis farm
near town, finished cutting corn on Mon
day.
Corn cutting is in active progress SOME
farmers have finished.
The 5.54 p. NJ. train north now stops III
this station to take passengers for PhiladeI
phia.
Some scamp or other indulged in squir-
rel shooting in Hollingsworth woods on
Sunday last.
The Independent State Fair VIII oe
held Mt Lancaster, Pa, on the 18th, 18th,
10Th, 2Orh and 2lst instants
Mr.. George Howard, of this town, Is
about to erect a dwelling house upon the
lot owned by him on Howard street, near
the Public School building.
-Rev. WIN. +. Rose will preach in the
F. NJ. Church of this town, tomorrow,
morning and evening. He will start Tor
his new field of labor next week.
Joseph Ross, bridge tender and toll
r,therer at Octnraro bridge, has held the
nosition ever since its erection, in 1859, n
n period of about twenty-four years.
Hilarious gentlemen were more num-
erous in Elkton last Sunday, than for some
time past Some half a dozen persons upon
whom the hug juice was actively working
were around.
On September Goth, 21th and 2Sth en-
c,lrsinn tickets will he sold at Port Deposit
for Oxford, Pa, for the round trip, with
admission to the fair, good t" return on or
before the Goth.
Mr.. Jefferson McVey, of the Sixth dis
trict, suffered the diSlocation of his right
arm at the shoulder and had his collar hone
broken, while wrestling with companion,
one day last week.
Quarterly meeting service will be held
in the Elllton f. NJ. Church, beginning on
Friday evening next and continuing over
the Slbbath, under charge of Rev. W m.
Gould, chairman of the district.
A large barge that discharged lime at
Barroll's wharf this week, threw overheard
large number of empty barrels, i'll which
her deck load was packed, and several
cooks were engaged in securing them for
use as kin;lling wood. =
The basin above the iron bridge, is now
used as a harhor for small crafts, and quite
a large fleet of them lie there. The opera
tions south of the bridge-huilding new
wharves, SI-has driven them out, and
tn p,py-a q h,I-a
There was shipped by express on Tues
day morning, from Hon. Lloyd Lowndes'
farm at Rawlins a remarkably fine Young
Jersey bull, consigned to J. NJ. Thackery,
Elkton, Maryland. Sire Is Rex. of Mt.
Savage, No 5S92, and his dam, Pearl. of
Shamrock, No I,3j.
Mr.. VIM II. E,ier is improving the
block of houses on Water street, recently
purchased by him, and putting them in
habitable condition. Two of them too far
gone in decay, to be reclaimed were torn
down. The three remaining are now almost
in good condition, two of them being Occu-
pied
A canal barge, while discharSing lime
at Barroll's wharf this week, was beset by
water on both sides, that threatened to slack
irs cargo, while the rain came down from
above the water from the creek came up
through leaks from below, and the pumps
had to be kept in active operation while
unloading was going on.
A lively little iisticutf took place. on
Main street, about the center of the town
last Saturday night, which ended in one of
the parties being compelled to seek the aid
of physician, 10 have a rent in his scalp
caused by his having been thrown head
foremost upon the curb stone-Sewed up.
The parties appeared to he strangers.
An Albino black bird was seen in a
flock of his darker coated brethren, on the
marsh near the iron bridge on Sunday.
Several persons We're anxious to capture il,
but rs the dry was the Sabbath, We're com
pcllcd to defer operations until Monday
morning, and when they went to look fol
it on that day nothing could he seen Of the
bird.
The second quarterly meeting of Iior
Circuit, will hc held at the Union NJ. +
Church, on Saturday and Sunday, the 15tl
and 10Th inst The Presiding Elder, Rev
G. Hill, will preach on Saturday nj II \
NJ Love feast on Sabbath at . y. NJ, ant
preaching by the Elder at 1o1I \. NJ. 1t il
expected that the meeting will be continued
through til" following week.
The laying of the corner stone of th'
new Octoraro NJ. f. Church, West Noting
ham, took place on Sunday last. The Ger
vices We're conducted hy Rev. w. w. Wis"
carver, the pastor, assisted hv Eevs. Il
Kaines and L. c. Rutter The idea that In
church is located half in Pennsylvania an'
half in Maryland is erroneous. 1t stand
in PENNSYLVANIA, twenty-five feet from ih
Maryland line.
John Miller, of Philadelphia, Il membc
of the club having It's headquarters at Iow
ler'S Shore (Fnrt Driiauce) ON the Elk
while cunning on the marsh for reed birds
on Monday, stepped into an unseen musk
rat hole, and the entire weight of his bod
being thrown upon the limb so encased, tn
LEG bone was broken. He was taken to tn
fIllb H'lilSt anu iLif' 80 i'fS Va !l Hitl't
secured, and was afterwards taken to hi
home.
An immense tree stump cat an
blown from the ground, this week, ii Sill
gerly's new wharf. 1t steod Just in I'll
line of the foundation and it WAS necessar
To remove it, which was finally accom-
plshed hy means of axes and powder.
From this stump several trees had been ci
and it had TIE appearance OF being l.ot 81
stump alone bat the stErnps of four or ii,
trees grown together. 1t measured six
eight feet in diameter.
-Wm. Anderson, who lives ON Watt
street, makes the crab trade speciali
iuring the season, aud has them on hand
any quantity all the time, Keeping them
n live box. He at first tried keeping the
in Il live box in the wafer, but found til
they were canibals, and dsvoured enc
other, so he was compelled to keep the
ont of the water, where they cannot ca
He now packs them in wet crab gras
W here they will remain alive several day
"A row took place SUNDAY m"rnil
last, in the rear of the 4. NJ +. Church
High street between two ColOred men. II
crowd present formed ring and the ty
blligercnts went at tin true pugiIi'tIc sly
They fought until both were nearly denu
ed of clothing and scratched and bung
mp, when they were separated. Towar
the close Of the row one of the ccmhatal
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