The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-10-06
LOCAL BRIEFS.

among the eHnlDlIOr anu alleHuantS DIT
the fair this week.
The Indians at the fair proved to be first
class disappointments. They are the tamest
savages immaginable.
The Elkton Coronet Band appeared in
their new uniforms at the fair ground on
Tuesday afternoon last.
1t is now said that Lady Cecil, did
not make the record charged against her
at Chicago IN 1880.
$500, scarf pin at the ball on Thursday
evening.
AS usual Nr. Fan &ustins Judging
of the racing met with universal APP
proval.
B. +. May, Esq, of Baltimore, and for
many years resident of this town, paid us
friendly visit yesterday.
The new two-cent postage stamps
quickly gained popularity. Five letters
for a dime is better than three any time.
Rev. j. J. Haviland will conduct the
services at the f. NJ. Church 1890 a. NJ.
and 40 p. NJ. tomorrow (Sabbath). All
welcome.
MIR. Vim. ii. Robinson of Fredericktown
| this county, raised this season one hundred
peach baskets null of potatoes from one
bushel of seed.
Rev. Henry G. Lay, Will preach at st.
Marks chapel tomorrow Sunday after
noon at half past three o'clock. The pastor
would be pleased to meet Il full congrega,
ton.
The light fingered gentry were abont
during the past week. On Thursday J.
T. Sterling was relieved of his pocket
book containing forty dollars, and several
smaller thefts were perpetrated.
Thomas Denney, Esq, President of
the Delaware State Fair Association, at
tended the fair here yesterday. .Mr. D.
Barnard, the Secretary, was here on
| Thursday.
Rev. a. y. Hoyt, will preach at the
'Household of Faith" church Cecil Co.,
next (Sabbath), Oct. 9TH, at the usual
to New England for few weeks stay.
Elk Lodge, G.. L. o. of f. will 90 to
| Wright's A. NJ. L. Church to hear a special
sermon preached by Rev. DIR. Christian, of
New Orleans, assisted By Rev. Charles II.
Young, services in the afternoon at 5 T.. NJ.
The p. w. & b. Railroad are about to
place shifting engine on the track. to
| operate at Newark, Elklon and North East,
for the purpose of hauling freight cars and
trains in and ont of Sidings at these stat
| ions
The Railroad Company have made a
most excellent piece of road, on Bow street
from the railroad to the Fair ground
gates. They used Port Deposit granite in
the operation and it would be hard to mag
inc Il better niece of road.
MIR. James McCormic, formerly of this
county, is now general travelling agent, for
ID. NJ. Osborne & Co., the great manufac-
turers of farm machinery. lie was here
during the greater part of the fair this
week.
1t is said that more than one, most
fragrant case of set up gambling concerns,
were countenancel in town this week. and
the rate at which the dollars walked away
from them, was n source of wonder to Il
mum Der of our sports.
A most bare faced violation of the law
was perpetrated on Sunday last. Some
reckless party fired several shots at birds,
within the Elkton Cemetery companies
enclosure and not Il word was said to them
although it was known by number of
persons.
AT at late hour yesterday OR iday)
we found it impossible to publish the
awards by the judges of the exhibits at
the fair, and although the lists wero pre-
pared. We are compelled to lay them
all over until next week, when they will
be given entire.
F. Wagner, piano dealer of Whining
ton, Del, who had arranged to have a large
exhibit of instruments at the fair, was pre-
vented from doing so by sickness. This was
great disappointment to Mr.. Wagner as
well to a host of others who expected to
see his instrum ents here.
The tournament for the benefit of st.
Francis Navier Catholic Church of W.r
wick, which is to take place at Middleto wn
during the third week of this month, pro
Uses largely. Great interest is being taken
in it by the young men of lower Cecil and
of the neghborhood of Middletown in Della
ware.
The Rev. C. F. Shepard will preach
at Crouch Chapel tomorrow Sabbath
afternoon) at 81 o'clock, and Mr.. w. II.
Wright at Z! PM. The public are cordi-
ally invited The Sabbath School will
meet at @ p. NJ. All the members and
friends of the school are requested to be
present.
The ruling out of Lady Cecil from the
race on Wednesday was the subject of much |
comment. 1t was shown that she had made |
a record at Chicago three years ago much |
below that at which she was entered here. |
She was entered there As 'Lady Thor e."
and these facts We're all admitted by her
owner. This bars her from entering here
after upon any course under the ,iuriadction |
Mr. f. j. Chandler, of Kennel square
Pa, was so unfortunate as to be relieved of
a valuable over coat on the fair grounds on
Wednesday. He removed the garment
from his carriage and hung it in 4 place so
public that he never for moment dreamed |
of its being stolen. 1t went all the same,
and it is our opinion that the fair grounds
are this season infested with just the class
of scamps rs those who took this coat.
The special trian north on the p, w.
& b. railro ad, on Thursday, was made up
of about a dozen cars. The regulars We're
nearly as large, and those south bound
about twice their usual size, and yet they
were scarcely able to take away the crowd |
of persons at the station awaiting them.
Mr.. Wells, the agent here, sold many times
the usual number of tickets, although the
bulk of persons came on round trip cXcur-
sion tickets.
A funny incident took place among n
gang of workmen on the railroad near the
fair ground on Monday. a monkey that had |
escaped from one of the side shows. took
his course up the track, and was seen by |
the men, The whole crowd at once gave
chase, and for some distance it was a ques-
ton as to which was the fastest, the monkey |
or the men. Pretty soon however, the
b,ip har,,pn ia in tha Inn haS