The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-26

e accepted challenges until the week but du,
ing the next month six games will be playet
5 --Havre de Grace is to have Nationa
bank.
t A Grand Army post has been ORGANIZED
in Port Deposit.
The Elkton Cornet Band now meets il
Maxwell's Hall, corner of North and Higl
streets.
DR. c. NJ. Ellis. of this town, who ha
been seriously i'll for some time past, is nov
convalescing.
-Havre de Grace is about to have waite
works to supply the town with water. s.
should Elkton.
The bridging over the street drain al
Main ami Howard streets, was yesterday
re covered with new planking.
Queen Annes county has a Chiraman
the only one en- the Eastern Shore. He is
part owner and master of sloop.
Miss Anna Ralston Of Port Deposit, is
a member of the graduating class of the
Darlington Seminary, of West Chester.
C. d. Jamison has added gasoline stoves
to his stock. They are the great desidera-
tum for summer housekeeping, and our cit
liens should call and see them.
DIR. A. A. Hanna will remove to Balti-
more at an early day, where he will prac-
tice his profession. DR.. w. w. Eirhin, of
Lapidum, will succeed him at Port Deposit.
The sheriff, on warrant issued by
Squire Lewis, on Saturday last, arrested 4
white tramp, and committed him as a va
grant Up to noon yesterday he had not
been given hearing.
A strawberry festival will be held at
Odd Fellows Hall, in Port Deposit, on Fri
day evening, June l, 1883, by the ladies of
the Parish Aid Society, for the benefit of
the Sunday school of st. James Episcopal
Church.
The Havre de Grace Republican comes
to us this week an eight page paper, having
recently doubled its former size. We are
gratitied to see such evidence of prosperity
in our neighbor. The Republican is live
journal.
The time hallowed Feast of Corpus
Christi, festival commemorative Of the
transubstantiation of bread and water into
the body and blood of Christ was celebrated
at the Catholic Church in this town on
Thursday.
-Messrs. Booth g. Son, of this town, are
negotiating for steam engine and boiler
~, tln,r
making machinery. This will enable tie
firm to furnish ice cream at even lower
prices that at present.
An Elkton man one day this week,
while little joyful, mounted the roof of a
porch on Main street and gave an exhibit
ton of gymnastics to quite large and IN
terested audience. He finished by sliding
down the porch post to the ground.
| Thursday from Baltimore, where he had
been in attendance upon the meeting of the
Democratic State Central Committee, John
NJ. Miller and c. H. Crothers, EsqS., mem
bers of the committee also returned.
Mr.. H. NJ. Nicols, surveyor, on Tues
| day, laid out in building lots and made Il
plot of the property of Messrs. Elder and
Alrich, adjoining the Singerly mill pro-
perty. These lots will be offered for sale on
Saturday, June 9th, at public auction.
Beginning June Sd, a Sunday morning
train will be run from Baltimore over the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad to Port Deposit. 1t will leave
Union Station at a. Nj, and returning
leave Port Deposit at ) p. NJ, stopping at
all way stations.
Probably the highest auction price ever
paid in this country for COW was that Civ
en- by Mr. S. NJ. Shoemaker, of Baltimore,
last week, when he laid down Sj,1j0 for
Khedive's Primrose, bred to Pedro, which
bull Mr.. T. s. Cooper, paid $1,000 for. The
sale of this rare stock of Jersey cattle of
New York amounted to S1l3,37O.
Ball, clothier, on Main street, asserts
that he will sell clothing at from ten to
twelve per cent lower than any other con-
Germ in town or that may be in town, and
will guarantee the goods to be as represented
|6r the money refunded, His familiar ac-
quaintancs with the markets of Phlatel-
phia and New York enables him to do this
The attention of our readers is called to
the card of Messrs. Booth & Son, in another
column. The season TO: the refreshing
luxury, ice cream, is upon us, and lovers Of
| it should inform themselves as to where it
GAN be had of finest quality, and at lowest
fnrina j.,
anywhere than are produced by the MeSsrs
Booth.
| AT the sale of Mr.. Frank Green, on
Wednesday, prices realized We're good. The
sale was for cash, and much better prices
were realized than is usual at such sales
| T. j. Scott was auctioneeeL and VIM Hem
derson clerk. Mr.. Scott ratified the goods
off in his inimitable style, making every
body buy whether they wanted to or not
| Mr.. Green left for Caroline county, on
Thursday, on visit to his son, at Hidgrley
Mrs. Green left for Philadelphia the day
previous.
"A man registering at Miller's Hotel,
Port Deposit, on Tuesday, as John Clayton,
1 gy with him. was arrested on the charge of
having stolen the same from Edward Strong,
in WeSTChester, Pa. He was put in the
lookup. Mr.. Edward Strong, of West
Chester, Pa, arrived in Port on Wednesday
morning, and identified the horse and bug
gy as that stolen from him on Sunday night.
The man charged with the theft was sent to
West Chester in charge Of Bailitf Paxton,
! AND Mr.. Strong drove his team home.
4 In compliance with joint letter ad-
dressed to H. f. kenney, Esq, Superinten-
dent of the P, w. & b. Railroad, by Messrs
Cruikshank and Torbert, propretors, re-
spectively, of the Democrat and WING, aud
the editor of the Nems, we are informed,
such change in the matter of stopping trains
at this station to permit the despatching
of the newspaper mail by the morning ex-
bpress. When this takes place our readers
out OF town may expect to receive their
papers regularly.
The Elkton base ball club have accepted
challenges from four clubs-Dtla ware Col
lege Club, Actives, OF Newark, the Cecilton
Base Ball Club and the IIavre de Grace
Club. The match with the first named
club will come off, on Monday, June 18th.
Dates for the other games will be arranged
a: an early day. Should they unfDrtunate-
| ly be beaten i'll all four of these games, to
save them from the reputation of being the
| DoOreSt club in the country thew will then