The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05

: SlbltIS anu NcllUOl COMMISSIONERS iilttL !
regular session, on Tuesday next.
--NIessrs Lewis Logan and r. L. Chri,
tie are making preparations to start car
merry at Rowlandsville in this comfy, {
an early day.
The Rev. c. f. Sheppard will preach a
Crouch's Chapel, tomorrow afternoon, a
$50 o'clock. The Sabbath school will NEE
at 80. The public is cordially invited
The front OF the store house of Mr. l.
Brown, on Main street, was, this week
given a new dress of paint by Mr.. p. Lii
zenberg, and it now looks fresh aid new.
During the storm, on Friday last,
heavy charge of electricity struck one c
the pretty shade trees, along the Westanl
well boulevard, completely demolshing il
That enterprsing concern, the McCul
Tough Iron Company is about to take u
the old railroad track, from the railooa'
station 10 their mills, at Rowlanlsviile, an,
replace it with new ties and steel rails
Coroner Litzenberg has so much worl
ON hand that he could give two good mel
employment At painting and paper hanging
If this meets The eye of any one ont o
work, they would do we'll 10 apply to him
The work of planting trees, shrnbbery
etc, on the grounds at our depot, began OF
| Thursday. EvergreenS of various kind.
and other ornamental plants We're set out
| The grounds will he very pretty when com
pletcd.
| The dwelling on the Scotland Point
property, recently purchased from Captain
Cozzens by Mr.. Mattsinger, of the Otter
Point Club, is being altered so as to render
it convenient as a club house Mr.. Thomas
George is doing the work
The Public School, damaged by fire on
Tuesday night, will be temporarily fixed
up, so that the current quarter may be com
pl"ted. It is thought the house can be put
in condition so as TO resume session of the
school on Monday next
j. Ferris Moore, Esq, of Baltimore, at
tended the Presbyterian jubilee, in this
town, on Thursday, and was the guest of
James I. Mccullough, Esq Rev. James
O. Murray, the speaker in the morning, was
the guest of +. \. Ellis, Esq.
Tie nobbie>t and best spring suit, for
men, we have ever heard of for the price, is
now offered by Ball, successor TO Goodman,
on Main street. for 81. We We're surprised.
when shown the goods, that they could be
sold ut such price. He has distinctly but
one price,
is likely to be some change in the mail ar.
rangcmentS, as relates to this town. An
examination has been made into the matter
by special agent. and some change re-
commended. Any change must be for the
better as it could not be worse.
-kev. John Squier, Public School Exam
jner, for this county, aud secretary of the
Board of Public School Commissioners, was
in town, on Wednesday morning having
heard of the fire at the Public School Build
ing. He viewed the damage done nv the
fire, and expressed his belief that it was of
,incendiary origin.
We last week announced that plans,
&c, had been made for the new mills of
Mr.. Singerly, and that the site of the build
ings had been marked out The dimensions.
&c. given by lis were correct, and there is
>nothng te"tatfre nor doubtful about it. We
took orr notes from the plans of Mr. Settler,
who kindly allowed lis to examine them.
We are Informed that farmers in the
upper part of this county and Pennsylva-
mia, who sowed Russian golden wheat last
fall, for which they paid 81 per bushel, say
that ii does not now look as favorable for
making a crop as the Ful,z or other com
mon kinds. About two hundred bushels
of this wheat was sold tor seed in this and
the neig hboring county of Chester in Penn
sylvania.
-Ihr suit in the United States Circuit
Court Of The National Bank of Baltimore
90 Parker Abrah"mS rromissory notes for
81 900, in which the signature, as indorser.
of Mr.. .\hrahamS is disputed, came up in
the court in Baltimore, on Wednesday,
After some tin" spent in preliminary IF.
forts t" get Il jury. it was postponed until
yesterday morning in order hat two more
tal"SIEtn may hr summoned. The cast. is
now in progress.
Mr.. Frank X. Bacon, fnrmerlva citizen
of this town, now residing in ST. Paul,
Mimi, was married on the 18th of April
last, at Lnrkport Ill.,, to Miss |. Nav
smith, of that town, Mr. Bacon is engaged
III the real estate business, in St Paul. in
connection with his brother George. Miss
Smith will be- remembered by 0nr readers
rs young lady who visited the family of
Mrs. S;;llir Drli0wen, while she resided
here. Miss Smith, at that time, being a
resident of WilliamSport, Pa. She is pos
SeSsed of II fortune in her own right.
We have received from the New Yorl,
Life Insurance Company of New York City
one at the best companies in existence, a
handsome plate, in gold and colorS, emtir led
the Origin of the Stars and Stripes The
plate contains fac SMILES OF the coat-of. arms
OF the Washington family, copied from the
tomhi of the ancestors of the ." Father OF
his Country and is accompanied by a
pamphlet giving an accurate account OF
tue Washington genealogy, which we will
give to our readerSon onr first page mex,
week
The Grand Army of the Republic is still
! on the increase throughout the country, and
the mem hership at present is not far shor,
of one hundred and fifty thousand Sine.
the first of the year twenty-one new nost.
have heen Instituted and added t. the de
rartItient in Peinsy lvani;i, ana in tile sattn,
tine thirty four posts have been inhinSterfet Il,
III and added To The department in n rllinioSiss
lnthis State many new posts have h4iethn ii III
sfitt,ted, and al the old posts are in goo,
c>n,fition.;d ~ ti+ Old :'oSt' ;-!o - good
The yacht Nantho, belonging to Captain
Tfn F6Witf, WlfitRo loSss bR1p Sis mft siss f
i tfoH 8lt life r' ~ N2tk If rNs5S Sdb
has Beeri reftt5i Nth new ~ Sticks, ani Emu
I'll ffrst!class condition above Watar.d Sn.
'sailed on Monday evening, for sCalrrpjenttirr'
Point Fishery, taking as passengers 4 Seeojanpl
Of Elkton youths Who spent Mayy--d:,yy
on the Shore. she then went To Hare d,
Grace, where she was placed upon the Ways
ana her bottom thoroughly, 'overhaiifed aI..t
painted 20 that she is now in first.claass con
dition. Captain rnrnelI did tile work to
setting the new masts and re-rigghg :, u
business men in and about Middleton n
Del, are a good deal Interested at I'll
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