The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-10

| where he began.
-Chas f. Weber, 9th and Market street
Philadelphia, whose advertisement appear
in this issue has in store a superior stock Q
furniture. to which attention is called.
The hour of service at the church of tn
Good Shepherd, Chesapeake City, beginnin
with to morrow Sunday will be 3 p. aI
instead of $50, as heretofore.
The McGuinniss & Abbey Dramati
troupe are at Oxford, Pa, playing to goo
houses. The Press of that town speaks Q
them in the highest terms.
| -Aunty Hewitt, whose serious illness w
announced week before last, is, we ar
| pleased to he able to say, at this time nue.
better, though it is hardly likely that sh
will ever be about again.
Fire was started in the furnaces at Sing
erly's new pulp mills on Thursday, and OIL
yesterday morning, at IL o'clock the steam
gong was heard by the people of Elkton 70
| the first time.
WIN. Shippers, colored youth was ar
rested on election day and locked up 70
drunkenness and diSorderly conduct. HI
was kept III Jail until Wednesday morning
when he was discharged.
1t is reported that Delaplaine Mechanic
Esq, will erect a suitable building and es
tabliSh a banking institution in North East
He has purchased the property of DIR. Nor
rison on Main street for this purpose.
The fall term of the Cherry Hill schoo
will close the 10Th of this month. The
14th and 10Th will be devoted to quarterly
review. The friends of education are in.
vited. The Winter term begins on Friday
MIR. Clark Grant of Cherry Hill, who
was appointed to fill the vacancy as route
route agent between Philadelphia and
Baltimore in the postal service, has re-
signed, having found the duties too Ia
borious for him.
-Messes. Ellis and Hinchliffe, have
erected n wind mill at their Elkton gas
works to operate the pump that supple.
the works with water The mill is the
same one shown on the fair grounds here
this fall.
Rev. Robert Todd, pastor of North Eas,
NJ f. Church, is off Oh leave of two week,
for the purpose of giving him short rest
He suffers with asthma. Rev. c. H. Sent
man, editor of the Conference Worker, viii
fill his pulpit during his absence.
A fight in the alley that opens off o.
Main street in the hollow was one of the
attractions on Tuesday. Liquor flowed as
free as water on that day, and no one need
keep sober who desired to get drank, and
from the appearance of things good many
were of that mind.
The installation exercises, of the Rev.
j. G. Anderson, will take place in the Pen
Nov. IA, at $50 p. NJ The Rev. w. W.
Heberton will preside, DR.. Heaton will
preach the sermon; Rev. j. Polk will de-
liver the charge to the congregation and
Professor Mackey, of Delaware College will
deliver the charge to the pastor.
A gentleman who resides sixteen miles
from this town, drove all the way here on
Tuesday to attend to some business at the
bank, and upon his arrival found that in,
stituton closed, the day being legal holi
day. If he had read the WING of the Sat
urday previous he could have saved himself
this long, useless drive, and more than the
price of years subscription in loss OF
time, etc.
Mr. Jacob Markee who resides upon the
Philadelphia turnpike, two-and La half miles
east of this town, has the finest pen Of Jer.
sey Red porkers in this vicinity. His drove
of young hogs of this variety, containing a
dozen or more sleek fat young shoats, would
be hard to beat, and in the pen he has a
number of heavy corn fed animals ready fol
Slaughter. He is one of the few in thi.
vicinity who have the true Jersey Reds.
"A set to of more than usual interes
took place ON the court house yard on Sun
day afternoon, while everything was still
and quiet, between two well known Elktor
individuals. One of them dropped som,
money and he thought the other was pick
it up with the intention os appropriating i
and to prevent this he waded in to him
The old man was too much for the younge
and laid him upon his back.
"A gentleman near this town is maxim!
a trial test of a number of different make
of fertilizers, upon his wheat crop. He ha
divided a fifteen acre field into sections, an,
| upon each section he used one brand O
farfil he, a.: 8
ference can be observed between the whea
upon one section and another, but befor
| harvest next season quality will tell
Among the fertilizers used was Sur
Growth, Star Bone and several Others r.
Tile recent examination of train men
of the p, w. & B. Railroad, resulted in til
discharge of several of the employees, VIII
| were unable TO pass satisfactory examina
ton in regard to distinguishing colors. On
engineer, who had been in the employ of tn
| company for n number of years was pro
nounced color blind, and a second one wa
so near so as not to be able to distinguish
between the red and green lights. A yer,
large proportion of men would be pronoun
ced color blind if put to the test.
| At a called meeting of wilma Debating
Society, held October 16, after the election
of officers, the following programme wa
arranged for Tuesday evening, Nov. 1C
Solo, Miss Florence Burke; essay, Mis-
Bessie Miller; select reading, Miss Amy
Rowland; recitation, Miss Enma Money
The question selected for debate is, ava
CORVALLIS Protectorate of benefit to Eng
land as n Nation" disputants ON the aft rr
alive, j. NJ. Means and Geo. III. Reese; neg
ative, Prof r. T. Graham ana H p. Fowle,
In onr local columns last week we al
nounced that Mr. Harry G. Clayton of PHI
adelphia had purchased of Mr.. f. Quick
sail a piece af land near Iron Hill station
upon which he intended erecting a war,
house and engaging in the grain bushes.
This was incorrect. Mr.. Clayton purchase
the land mentioned mot for the purpose sta
ed, but simply to secure n convenient roa
way to and from his farm which adjoins I'll
piece purchased. Our informant based I'll
report upon rumor clrrent in the negl
borhood.
While the dearborn of Mr. John Loci
ley, florist, was standing on North stree
near the court house. on Monday evening
some one took from it a nuin Der of fowe
ing plants, in pots, and several article
which he had purchased during the afte
noon. At first, Mr.. Lockley supposed b
property to he stolen, but the negt mornir
it was found strung along the wing wall
the far creek bridge, where whoever took
had put it, we suppose by way of jok
I This was rather serious joke, as all II
plants were injured by frost.
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