The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-12-08
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MIR. F. p. Bradbury of this town, ha'
s. fallen heir to a considerable fortune hv til,
o death of an uncle in Portland, Maine.
II Mr.. Frank Il. Scott, of u. Scott x Bro,
has leased the residence on Dclawar" ar"-
S nue. now occupied by Rev w. w iIebe9ton.
y Prof John b. HiTchie of Wilmington,
: Del, is about forming a class here for in
struction upon the violin. 1t will meet
weekly.
|, The mumps, the terror of children, are
prevalent among Elkton juveniles. One
Q youngster declared she had 'elu clear down
: to the heels
A fair will be held at Chesapeake City
for the benefit of the Catholic Church, com
, mencing Thursday evening, December 18Th,
, to continue for ten days.
"A couple of young pugili,tS, one white
and the other colored, had s..t-to gu the cor
ner of North and High streets on Wednrs-
day afternoon. They pummeled each other
quite lively for a while.
Mr.. Samuel c. Smith, the newly ap
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the duties of the Office until January Isl,
next. EN- Sheriff E. W. Jauney will fill the
place until that time.
Mr.. c. b. Leslie, son of H. p. Leslie, /.
S. n. who has been connected with the rail
road interest in Texas since 1876, has been
compelled to resign and is now on the say
to visit the home of his parents in Elkton.
MIR. Leslie has been sick with mal;,rial fever
since June
The excuse Cecil county men at This
time give when applying for unusual guam
titles of liquid goods to Newark dealers is
that they are "about to kill hogs" One
dealer in that town remarked recently that
the quantity of liquor he had sold upon such
acquisitions would make all the hogs in
America drunk and still an eye-opcner
would be left for each as they We're SOLDERING
up. In n short time the pre;eXt will lie
Christmas and mince pies
VIM. Evans, colored, was arrested ly
| Bailiff Titus ON Wednesday afternoon. for
disorderly conduct and breaking the fumi-
ture at the house of his parents on High st.
, just about the time the arrest was made :.
colored lad, WIN. Freeman, appeared before
Esquire Lewis and asked that Evans hn
placed under bond of the peace, charging
that he (Evans) had attacked kim and
| threatened to do him bodily injury. \, The
| subject of these charges was in jail at The
time they were made the Justice did not
deem 1t Eecessary to issue the b"n'. lie
was'released on Thursday, no on,. app :..rin.,
against him.
On Thursday evening last Elkt0u
gentleman came very near being caught
with his horse ard carriage, AT The Bow
street crossing p. w x Is. Railroad. by the
$40 North bonnd train. He did not observe
the approaching train, in consequence o.
intervening buildings, until lie nearly
upon the track and the engine almost pou
him. There was no Waterman there at thai /
time of night, consequently there was no .
warning of the imminent danger. The rail .
road company should, as has often heen /
suggested by us, have ii nj sht tiagnau and |
gate-tender at this poilt. Tie gate is
there, bur without Il tender 10 operate IT, il :
Is of no earthly use
carly in the fall, it was 4 noticrattr
fact, that the rabbit crop in this section was !
unusually great, and all law Observing gum
ners, counted confidently upon fine sport
hunting them when the lawful time came.
When the open season came and our SPORTS
men took themselves to the woods and
swampS to hunt the festive cotton tail,
greatly to their surprise they were found TO
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scarcer than in any past season for a NUM-
Der of years. This state of atf.irs puzzled
many. 1t however is easily explained. The
rabbits We're trapped am! shot Off before the
law had expired, by persons who seem 10
regard neither law nor right. 4 number OF
these persons are known and if some one
would make an example of a t;sw of them
1t would have salutary effect in he failure.
The b. q O. Telegraph Company de-
termned to be in the lead, about intro
ducing new and convenient system here.
Call boxes will be placed in various public
places throughout the town, So distributed
that every port ion of the place Will b- in
proximity TO one or another of item. When
the arrangement is completed, which viii
be III very short time Il person wishing
to send message has only 10 - to lie call
box, signal the office, by simply turning a
small crank, (Which movement. hy clcrrri-
cal connections, rings IA hell and registers
the number of the call box at Ia" .arin
office and u messenger will be sent iui9r-
diately to receive the mcssa-" The call
boxes and uthe: Instruments hive ..lrc"dy
b.en received by Mr.. Charles &. Wills,
a,ent of the company here
Our newly-elected sheriff, William j.
Smith, was rendered Il S"rru;jIe ly the I.li-
ton Cornet Band ON Wednesday evening
last. AT about aif-past light nclc,.l; Tie
band marched to the Jail, and i;rriuiu. 1T
the main entrance, pealed forth heir mus
lcai congratulations. Sheriff Smith soon
appeared and invited the serenadcrS in.
where they found spread in the large dining
room an ample table Of refreshments lees,
cake, fruit, Ne, disappeared rapidly beneath
the vigorous attack of the band, lat there
was plenty for all and Il nun.her of q: hers
who had dropped in besides when his
part of the serenade was over, the bond was
conducted within the Jail proper where they
played number of pieces for tie benz fl Of
they took their departure highly gratilicl
with the hospitible reception they had met
On the way to their room they gave MIR.
Charles III. Smith serenale at his store on
Main street. This was not on the programme
but proved a very pleasant little extra
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