The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-02
LOCAL BRIEFS.

North East, on July 1.
The funeral of Lydia Gordon, an aged
colored woman of this town, took place on
Tuesday afternoon last.
-To-morrow week, June 10th, will be
celebrated at the NJ. f. Church, of this
town, as Children's Day.
An Elkton man spoke of the corona
tics of the Caesar of Russia on Sunday
last He meant the Gar.
Mrs. Caroline Oliver and family will
occupy the residence of Miss Jane Torbert
on east Main street, about the 18th inst.
A large bunch of the variety of grass
known as " Red Clover, with leaves nearly
. white may lie seen in the Elkton Cemetery
The June term of the Circuit Court will
sit on Monday, the 18th inst. This is non
iury term. devoted mainly to chancery bus
mess.
Mr.. John Chamberlain, recently with
Mitchell of this town, will open out his new
drug store in New Castle, Del, the first of
next week.
-Rev. Mr.. Hume will preach at Persons
Grove Sabbath School Chapel, tomorrow,
at 80 o'clock. at the close of the Sabbath
school exercises.
An E!kton man the other day informed
a ueiyhbor that the carpenters were at work
putting masquerade roof upon the
National Bank.
Mr. VI Stackhouse, of Elk Neck was in
S,t vii lar i'm I'M nv
his recent accident, in splints, or friend
put L. in Il box.
The cattle sale of Messrs. Hess and
Mackey, at the FELTON, House on Monday,
drew quite a crowd of farmers and dealers,
and the bidding was spirited.
Mr. George Ha rbert, of this town, this
week visited his brother residing in Phla-
d-lphia who is Sc years of age, yet hale and
hearty and fully able to attend to business.
The National Brewers Association,
which met at Detroit, Mich, last week,
voted $4,000 to the liquor men of Maryland,
To assist them in their fight against local
option in the State. +
u. ). Senator Jas. Il. Groome, of this
town has purchased of Mr.. Geo w. Cruik-
Shanks the farm located in SasSafras Neck,
known as the Sheffield farm, containing
40 acres. for $4,000. /
Letters received at the Post office of this
town are now stamped with th-d.te of their
receipt. This system has been in operation
some time in other offices, tn" order having
been issued several months ago. Il
Nine lambs and two ewes belonging to
James Paxson of Little Britain, Lancaster
county, We're struck and killed by lightning
last Monday evening The sha~p were I'M
der tree in the field ut the time
Camp meetings for the following times
aud places are given out: Chester Heights.
July Il; Wye, Md, July 81; Ocean Grove,
August 20; Woodlawn, August IA, and
Brandywine Summit, time not set.
On our first page this week, will he
found a very interesting historical sketch
of North Elk and Trinity parishes. deliver
"a by Rev. Mr.. Schouler, at Trinity p. F.
Church, of this town, on Sunday morning
last. ~'
Strawberry festivals will be held at
Cecilton, for the benefit of the NJ. f. Sab
bath School on the 9th, 9th, and 9TH inst:
and at Warwick, on the l2fh, 18Th and 14th
Tor the benefit of the NJ. p. Church, of that
town. 4
Mr.. John Il. Iogg's trotter, Belle Wild
Air, beat her record, at the track on the
fair ground here, last Saturday afternoon,
making half mile in one minute and
twenty five seconds. Her record at Dover
SIir last fall, was 256
The stump of the large silver maple
tre,, that cut down, on the corner of
Main aud Howard streets recently, has been
converted into an immense flower urn by
h"llowins out the centre and is now adorn-
ii with numerous growing plants. h
DIR. Il. II. Tuft has so far recovered AS
80 he able to come to town this week and
visit some of his patients. He has not en-
Iirev recovered from his accident, but is
gnending rapidly. He attended the decora-
'ion service at Cherry Hill, on Wednesday.
Work was begun this week on the new
snansarl roof of the National Bank build
ing and also upon the improvements to the
store house of Mr.. Il. &. Reese, of this town.
The entire front of the latter will he re-
modelled, converting it iuto what is known
as a glass front. n
A barge carrying about 80 tons of
coal unloaded at Scott & Bros. wharf on
Monday. Several schooner loads of poplar
wood for Providence mills, also unloaded
here during the week. The quantity of this
wood n"w ranked upon the whLrfs is some
shing enormous.
An Elkton gentleman is acquainted
with the now celebrated No !, lyman"
having attended school with him in the old
country, at school seven miles from Dub
lin. lyman father was gunsmith, and
dealt in all sorts of arms, sabres, etc. Per-
haps this is where No. got his warlike
notions.
-Geueral Quarterly Meeting began in
the Free Methodist Church, on Thursday
evening, under charge of Rev. Wm NJ.
Parry. Preaching last night and to night
Saturday. Tomorrow, Love Feast at 9
o'clock; preaching at 1880, followed by the
adm Illustration of the Sacrament. Preach
dmg again at 3 and o'clock.
The Elkton Juvenile Amateur Min
'-trels is the title of Il club recently organ
lied among the boys of this place. They
are now negotiating for Instruments and a
tent, and when these are secured will give
public exhibitions. In the words of one of
the menb ers, " the object of the organiZa-
ton is not to make money, but it is for the
fuu of the thing II
"A swarm of bees settled on fence post
on North street, above the railroad, We'd
nrsday aftern Don. They came from the
apiary of Mr.. Joseph Terrell (who is il
great fancirr of this industrious little i'll
sect, near by and We're hv-d by him later
in the day. Mr.. Terrell now has six or
sight hives of honey gathers, all busy at
work filling their combs
Sixty four car loads of berries were ship
ped over the Delaware railroad on Tuesday
go points in the East from the various sta
lions on the road between Harrington and
fristeld. They were consigned to the fol
lowing cities: Philadelphia, % cars; Jersey
City, % ears; Boston, Pears; Chester cars;
Wilmington, . ears This was the first larg.
shipment of the season. Since Tuesday
Iike shipments have been almost daily.
Mr.. Jacob A. Howard, of this town,
met with an accident last week, of nature
that in nine eases out often would have re-