The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-07-07

day.
The spots upon the sun may he seen
through bit of smoked glass.
The Fourth passed quietly everywhere
in the county except at North East.
MIR. R.T c. Crouch, of this town, atten.
ded the races at Woodbury. n. j., on the
Fourth.
The newly organized, or recognized,
| Lodge of Knights of Pythias met here on
Monday night last
The spots on the sun are now attributed
to the English sparrow. Better kill bird
than give him a bad name.
Chester county, Pa, farmers are employ
ing italian labor for harvest work They
procure them in Philadelphia
The usual fleet of scboouers loaded with
poplar wood for Providence Mills arrived
and unloaded at Singerly's Wharf, this
week.
-Messrs Booth 6; Son, of this town, sup
piled to the North East encampment dur
ing its continuance over two hundred gal
lons of ice cream.
MIR. S. b. Foard, of the Howard House
yesterday sold his promising young horse,
Ewood F., to Mr.. Frederick NJ Walton, OF
Philadelphia, for S37j.
| Three cents 4 mile for railroad travel
now. Before taking the train measure he
distance to your point of destinations aud
then pay accordingly.
An Ekton colored man was arrested ut
North East on "Wednesday, charged with
dealing in contraband iqnor, but lie was
discharged for want of evidence.
We will shortly give our readers the
experience and sights Of Cecil county
man among the dens of New York city,
under the guidance of a detective.
This is the flush year for crabs Last
season they We're very scarce, but from pres
ent appearance, will he plenty this They
are already botherin% the OILERS
Mr.. John Gilpn showed us last Friday,
a fine sample Of early corn grown in their
| garden. On the 18th of July he had roastin.
| ears for dinner. Who can beat this?
Countess, fine young setter dog, be-
longing to DR.. r. f. Tull, Of this place died
| this week. She recently became he rr ri her
of litter of puppies, all of which also died
! "A card was attached to the balloon sent
up here, on Wednesday evening, by Prof
| Ilurn, asking whoever found it to return it
! to him. Up 10 yes;eiday it had not been
heard from.
Va. ~;
county on the line of The new Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad are elAted at the prospect
of having such Improvement in their iaci!i-
ties for travel.
Henry Hayes, L. :. Post Master, at
Cecilton for upwards Of thirty wears, died
on Saturday last. Mr.. Hayes was luan
of advanced age, and Il good and highly re-
spected citizen.
Mrs. James Thompson, of tlis town,
has an unusually large oleander tree, for it's
age, now in bloom. Two years ago it was
cutting 1t now stands several feet high
and bears several blooms.
Among the graduates at he recent
commencement at Lafayette College at
EaSton, Pa, was p. T. Tome of Port De-
post, in this coanty, upon whom the de-
gree of i'h. Il. was conferred.
Mr.. II. II. kim Bile, one of AppI. tons
most enterprising citizens, has improved
his property there hy the erection OF Il
harness making establishment and Il con-
siderable annex Ia his store house
The extensive shedding upon the farm
OF Mr.. \. &. Tuite, near This town, That
We're blown down during the storm of last
week will he rebuilt 10y the owner as soon
AZ the necessary carpenters can he secured,
Mr.. Geo. w. Evans has made exten,ite
Improvements To his cannrry at Charles
town, by which the capacity of the works,
will he much greater Than last year. He
employs Roh-mians, principally, as prepar-
ers of the fruit, whnle families of them
working together.
The Oxford Press says hat it has been
proven in that n+i@hborhon,i thia season
that rearing machines are ~ good for cut
ting flesh and bone aS they are for emitting
grass att! wheat, and backs rlr assertion 10y
naming cases where parties have been chop
ped up III vali"ns shapes lay them. They
are dan gcrouS Things Ia play with. II
On Saturday last Mr.. job Garrhrll, who
resides near Rising sun, in This county, WAS
found upon his place, some distance from
the house, lying upon the gr,und in an I'M
conscious condition bleeding AT the nose.
He was taken home and 4 physician sum
moned, who pronounced il severe case of
apoplexy. Mr.. Gatchrl is ~ years of AGE.
Hi ease is yet qnite uncertain, the last AL
vices from him stating that the physician
still considered him to be in rrecarinus
condition.
The Red Men of Cherry Hill AMI vicir-
ity will give an excursion to Tolchestn,
Annapolis, ETC., on Saturday, DIST instant.
They Will, in all probability, secure the
steamer Pilot Boy, or some other large, safe
and convenient boat, and leaving the town
wharf, Singer'ey'S or SCOTS about halt-pist
4 \. NJ, and touch at colchester, where all
who desire TO can land, and then proceed to
Annapolis, where permission to land at the
Naval Academy wharf will he secured,
through the Kindness OF Hon. James Black
Groome.
"A horse WAS taken from the stable of
Mr.. Walter Armstrong at Fair Hill last
week, and, as pretty thorough search
failed to bring any tidings of him, his owner
had almost come to the conclusion hat he
was gone for good, hut on Saturday last he
received notice from William Grason of
| Rising Sun, that an animal answering to
| the description of his had been found some
where near Conowingo. Mr. Armstrong
| drove over to the place named and found
the horse to be his. He was found wander
ing upon the public road, evidently having
been abandoned there by the theft, who had
| perhaps become alarmed.
| The Changers excursion leave the wharf
ut Elk Landing, at o'clock ON Thursday
morning. july 18th, and on the way down
| to Colchester, will take on passengers ut
| Merry's Landing, Town Point and Hey-
holds wharf The Changers always have
pleasant excursions and this will he the
best OF all, so everybody fond Of this sort
of thing should go. The big balloon is still
at the beach. The bathing will lie good
| then and crabs will he there in abundance.
| Both brass and string music will lie taken
| along and the re " i'll be. nlruty nf III ,nrin,,