The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-12-22


Main street, opposite Court House. FL
offers number of Christmas novelties.
Col. A. X. Mcclure, ofthe Philadelphi;
Times, Iectured at Oxford, Pa. last night OIL
his personal recollections of Abraham Lin
coin.
| A large collection of standard novels ant
the works of American and English poet
at Hinchliffe's.
1t is rumored that the Oldest citizen o
this town is about to be married, for tn,
second tine.
DIR. Cut Wells, of Mitchell's drug store
is confined to the house by severe attack
of boil-ouspess, not rheumatism as has
beeh led. We are pleased to be abb,
to state that he is now recovering.
Go to Hnchliffe's for scrap books photo
ghaph and autograph albums, papertieS
prayer books, hymnals, bibles, writing desks
| work boxes, pocket books and fancy ink
stands.
An error some how or other occurred in
orr announcement last week, of the time
OF the meeting of the State Legislature. a
figure getting in before the ., and making
us say the 18th instead of the ID, as it
should have been.
Major Lo3miS, of New York, a civil
engineer of national reputation, who was
here some time ago assisting MesSrs. Burns
& Noakes, III their work on the new b. Il
o. railroad, returned on Saturday. The
major is a genial gentleman.
So much trouble has been experienced
in sinking wells at Singerly's pulp mills,
that he now thinks of deserving the exca-
waited wells, and putting down artesian, SO
as to get rid of the sand that has been the
cause of SO much trouble in the past.
The ladies of Trinity Protestant Epis-
copal Church, OF this town, We're busy sew
eral evenings during the past week, at the
store house formerly occupied By Mrs. Ann
Scott, on Main street, preparing material
for the Christmas dress of the church.
To all of our lady readers. who have
not secured a copy Of itrawbridge & Cloth
ier's Quarterly Baszar, for the winter of
1884. We would say send for it at once.
1t is replete with instructive and interest
ing matter Tor the ladies and costs out fifty
cents year.
The concert by The choir of Trinity
Chapel, Wilmington, given at Port De
posit, this county on Wednesday evening
last, proved great success, both in an ar
tistic and IL financial way. 1t was for the
benefit of the Parish Aid Society of s..
James =. +. Church.
Rev. Thomas Long, Of Bloomsbury
New Jersey, who filled the pulpit of the
Presby erian Church of this town last San
day, was a college mate of Reuben Haines,
Esq, of the Elkton bar at Lafayette College
Easton Pa. Rev. Mr.. Long was the guest
guest of Mr. Haines while here
MIR. 5. Il. Foard, of the Howard House
trip down the peninsular. He left here on
gunned Tuesday. Wednesday,
and Friday, and brought home
with him ninety-eight quails and three
snipe. He shot his new hammerlesS breecl
loader, and says it worked like a charm
Mr.. a. =. Shockley, on Thursday last
shipped from this station to Hamilton
Disston Esq, of Philadelphia 1913 turkeys
distributed by Mr.. Disston among his en-
ployes as Il christmas gift. We ieel safe in
saying that a finer lot OF turkeys never
went into Philadelphia.
The present term of court has not -
a good one for profess ional taleSmen. Sew,
state has SO far had but few eases, and
these have tax Tn their iur!'s mostly from
the regular panel. A few have been sworn
in civil cases, bur the uncertainty of getting
the per diem i'll such cases render them
rather undesirable 10 the prnfesh Alto
geiher this has been up TO this date, "A poor
term for PROFESSIONALS
An Elkton man lost his Christmas
whiskcy in an usual manner the other day.
1t had just arrived from Baltimore by ex-
press, five gallons of it in deIniiDhn, and
as 1t was taken from the car, it Was let
down too heavily. The jar broke the glass
of the vessel, and the liquid poured cut
upon Tue I'dtlo'iH. y iuHlp hl lHulNIu-
uals present sighed over the loss Of the
fluid.
AS passenger train No. IS, s,uth bound
was near McConnab,y's, between Newark
and tikton on last Sunday afternoon, some
one fired twice into the windows of The.
Baltimore and Ohio passenger ear Tie
first shot made a hole through the glass she
second shot broke a pane. The passeb-
gers We're greatly alarmed. Efforts have
been made to discover the perp-trator of
this outrage, bue so far We heii-ve without
success.
On Tuesday morning last Mr.. f. X.
Frazer freight agent OF the p W. 4 b
at this station discovered smoke
in the large warehouse. An examination
showed that II came from il bale of waste
paper consigned to Carriers paper mill,
which had taken fire by spontaneous com
bustion it is thought. y bucket of water
extinguished it, bat if it bad not been dis
covered when it WAS Il serious fire would
have been he result
The Rev j. A Is. Wilson, formerly
pastor of the North East NJ +. Church in
this county, now presiding elder for the
Salisbury district of the Wilmington NJ.
f. conference, and who moved TO Princess
Anne last spring, has rented the house in
Salisbury now occupied by Henry s. Brew
ington, of the firm of Brewington & Dorman,
and will remove 70 that town tie first of
next year, where lie i'll probably remain
daring his term of office.
A solitary English sparrow, an old
bachelor no doubt, lodges each night on the
projection on top OF one of the posts of
Mitchell's drug store porch, just beneath
the eve OF the Roof The little lodser keeps
late hours, for though he retires call y, on
account of the hustle created by persons
passing in and ont of the store and the
glare Of light from windows and door he
can not get 10 sleep until well on towards
midnight. He attracts much attention
nightly. Another bird of this species, has
tlken lodgings on the cornice above the
Judges seats inside of the Court House,
where he holds solitary court during the
silent hours of night. He enters the house
by way of 4 broken window pane.
An Oxford, Pa, correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Record styles that town the
"Gretna Green, of Maryland and Delaw-
are couples, seeking to be joined in matri-
lnony. The Press says: He alludes to the
many marriage ceremonies performed by
the late Rev. Il. j.. Dubois of New London
and to the autobiography of that eminent
minister. During his day New London