The Cecil Whig., 1883-07-21
county contributed but $6S. % to the cause

county contributed but $GS.2 to the cause
during the year.
Tho hsavy rains Of the past ten days
have been very much against threshing in
the fields, and many farmers have had their
crops damaged in consequence.
Mr.. George Jackson, of Indianapolis,
Ind, well-known here, suffered damage to
his crops by a recent hail storm to the ex-
tent Of seven or eight hundred dollars.
Henry spittle, baker of this town. has
contracted to furnish 300 loaves OF bread
daily for Mr.. Henry Matthews, who has the
contract for feeding employees on the new
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
| An Elkton merchant has adopted the
plan Of spreading a line of gas tar around
the edge of his store porch to prevent loaf.
ers from lounging there at night and on
Sundays. The plan works splenddly.
| Rev. William b. Rose will preach in
the grove of the Free Methodists, two and
a-half miles from North East, tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock, and at the house
Of Mr.. Croft, near New Leeds, at 8 in
| the evening.
The big. ugly yellow and green worms
on the maple trees are now in season, and
| pedestrians upon our streets are liable to
find them hanging to their garments. The
| sparrows and the worms seem to be ON the
best of terms.
Much complaint is made of malarial
gasses arising from the marshes back of
town, and the neglected outhonses border
ing thereon. The greatest care should be
| observed at this season to keep all about
premises clean and pure.
-Elkton juveniles now delight in carry
! ing with them large green and gold bug,
| tied to the end of string. Almost every
youngster, both girls and boys, on the street
is fixed out with one or more bugs. They
buzz and fiz and dart around very much
like mad hornets.
A cake, confectionery and ice cream
festival will be held at Asbury NJ. Z. Church
on the afternoon and evening of Thursday,
July Goth, for the benefit of the church If
the day should be unfavorable the festival
will be continued the next day. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
"A large mule gave an exhibition of
how stubborn mule can be to large au-
dience on North street Thursday morning.
He jerked his leader Ga stout young man)
around as though he was a feather. After
he had given what he thought full show
he trotted off as gentle as lamb.
A company of men and dogs are engaged
almost every Sunday morning in rabbit
hunting in the swamps south of town. The
cries of the dogs in chase of the rabbits
can be distinctly heard in town. This is a
double violation of the law, as this is the
close season for rabbits and the law forbids
hunting on the Sabbath.
AT the explosion at Du Points Powder
Mills on Friday morning of last week Thos.
Pearl, foreman of the press room, and Pat
rick Haley, a laborer, were killed. They
were blown to atoms, only small fragments
of their bodies being found. Twenty-Five
hundred pounds Of powder exploded. The
loss amounts to about Sc, 600.
In consequence of the decision of the
Court of Appeals in the Register cases, the
officers Of registration have received notice
from Comptroller Heating that they will he
paid 81 per day for each day employed in
making up the registration lists in hand
bill shape after each sitting; not, however,
to exceed five days for each sitting This
will give each officer OF Registration about
$50 additional pay.
john A. keene, farmer, on Mrs Re-
becca Haines' farm, near Rising Sun, Md,
has field of twelve acres of corn which is
Of remarkable growth and fine appearance,
and has been all through the season. 1t is
all now in tassel, and much of it in silk,
many of the stalks showing two and even
three ears. This corn was planted the last
day Of April Mr.. Keene is All excellent
farmer. .-Orford Press.
"A farmer, who resides near this town,
3 member of Elktou Grange, came into
town on Wednesday evening to procure
some supplies with which to complete his
preparations for the Grangers' excursion
next day. He had not heard of the acci-
dent by which the excursion was prevented,
but, supposing it was to come of, had gone
ahead with his preparations. No doubt
others in the same fix will be heard from. ! ,
A severe hail storm passed over portions
of Bohemia Manor, on Friday of last week.
The storm travelled from north to south and
those in the line of it, suffered by injury to
G,it,r n,, In f,r l,,,
Mr.. VIM. Clark, near Freeman's mills the
corn was badly cut, on the adjoining farm
occupied by Joseph Manluff, it was also
somewhat damaged. Fortunately the track
OF the storm was ma rrow, not exceeding a
quarter Of mile.
AT the farm of our citizen, Alexander
Ewing, in Little Britain township, malig-
nant disease suddenly attacked tho hogs a
few days ago and six of them died in u
| short time. The pigs did not show sickness
more than hour or two before deathr Mr..
Ewing and his farmer were considerably
agitated for fear their whole pom of seven
| teen would be carried, off; but the disease
| abated after six died, none of the rest being
affected. Oxford Press. This same disease
has caused the death of u number of pork
ers in this county.
An Elkton and peninsula road to be
| built by the b. & .. Railroad Company is
| now talked of. This company have always
had an eye Oh the fruit, fish and oyster
| shipments of the peninsula, but have never
been in a position to get it.. When its new
| through line is finished, however, they will
| be ready to handle this trade, and persons
protesting to know say that a peninsula
| road from here down to the jumping off
point is part of their programme and will
be built. II
While conductor L. l.. Gillgan was
driving from Perrvville to Port Deposit, on
Sunday morning. pair of horses attached
to a large extension top wagon, containing
seven persons besides himself, among whom
| were his wife and several children, the
horses ran away, capsizing the wagon and
throwing them all violently out. They
were all more or less bruised, but none were
seriously injured. The horses ran on to
Port and when they arri we'd there was very
little of the carriage left.
| AT colored camp meeting. not a thou
sand miles from the village of North East,
on Sunday evening last, while the minister
was preaching in the large tent, warning
sinners to flee the wrath to come (that they
might pass safely over Jordaa), the wife OF
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