The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-02-17
'ORT DEPOSIT BRANCH.
LOCAL BRIEFS.


the Peninsula.
MIR. i. T. Grai,an, OF Cunowingo, has
purchased the site OF the burnt Fertilizer
mill, at Perryville.
The Wilmington Conference OF the NJ.
T. Church will meet ut Cambridge on We'd
nesday March lith next.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas c. Crouch of this
town will celebrate the fftieth anniversary
of their wedding on the oath inst
Daniel D..ugherty, the celebrated orator
of Philadelphia WAS booked for lecture at
Rising sun, on Thursday evening last.
The Rev lanes Mccoy will preach at
Crouch's Chapel tomorrow, Sunday after
noon, at 2la o'clock. Everybody is invited.
1t is proposed to vaccinate dogs as a
preventative of the rabies. Don't all ap-
NV at once for the position of vaccine ply
>ician
Mrs Vim. -. Rose will preach at the
house of Mr.. james Rnthermeii, Gu the
Bank, North East tomorrow evening, At
the usual hour.
A gay and happy Eikton party drove to
Glasgow on Saturday night last, through
sleet and rain. 1t is needless to remark why
they went there.
The Grand Lodge X. of =. of the State
of Maryland met in Baltimore on Tuesday
last. As the Ekton lodge is defunct, no
representative from this place was present.
-Cowardly and sneaklng insinuatons,
unre,leeme,l by ray of wit, need no notice
at our hands. The local editor of the Den-
ocrat is ,loubly welcome to il monopoly of
such wares.
Work upon the road or street leading
from Main street to the new wharf and mill
of Mr.. Singerley was begun this week. AS
the weather permits, the work will be push
ed to completion.
"A brood of young chickens forms one
Of the features of the kitchen of the Howard
House just now. They great pets at
this time, perhaps in month Or SO they
may get into a broi
Two brida! parties left here by the half
past five p. NJ. south bound train, on We'd
neStlay last. This was something unusual,
and attracted more than the usual number
of curious persons to the st ,tion.
The name of Mr.. Charles II. Smith is
given upon the street as Il probable second
candidate for the position of Town Balitf
The first name used in that connection be
ing that of Mr.. Jno. W. Draper.
The ladies Of Buy View will give a
Washington birthday entertainment in the
basement of the church. commencing in the
afternoon and continuing throughout the
evening The public are invited.
The paper making machinery at Marley
Mills has been in operation for week past
turning out paper, made from Old paper and
wood pulp. The work of rebuilding and
improving is also in active progress.
The extra revival service. which has
been in progress ut the NJ f. Church, in
this town, for some time past, closed upon
Tuesday evening last. Abnnt thirty con-
versions took place during the meeting.
At the sale of Mr.. Ell. Taylor (succ-S
SCR to Mr.. II. T. L. Crouch, of farming i'm
plem-nts on Monday last, g,oi prices We're
realized, and the ale proved very sati,f:.c
tory At the same sale Mr. Crouch dispDs-
ed of several hurses.
The Philadelphia Record If Thursday
d-vn,es considerable space, to a drscrip ti"n
of the spots now to be on the fice o.
the sun. That Journal states that these spots
will shortly be visible To the eye, with the
aid of smoked glass. II
MIR. Geo. ID. Bennett, Il clerk ut the
Grand Central store, entertained company
mot6er, Mrs. Denny, en- west Main street,
upon the occasion of his t~enty-tirst birth.
day, on the eleventh inst. Z
Solomon Golds'ein, the re,idler, Who
was arrested at North East last week, on
the charge of selling tinware without the
necessary license WAS discharged from Jail
on Tuesday, proof having been produced
that he was in the employ of 4 Baltimore
manufacturer.
Judge Frederick Stump, of the Circuit
Court, offered at public sale, on Tuesday
last, at Havre lie Grace, his Hartford county
farm, said to b. the second best, if not in
fact the best farm i'll that county, but, it
was not sold, being Withdrawn on account
Of inadequate bids
The new Episcopal Church at Chesa-
peake City will be opened for divine service
ro-faorrow Sunday afternoon, at 3 O'Clock
service to be held regularly thereafter on
Sunday afternoons. 1t it hoped that the
Conservation of the church by the Bisop OF
:he Diocese, will take place soon after
Easter.
In the new river and harbpr bill recent
ly perfected in committee of the House, i.
included ST, 800 for improvement of Elk
river. With the ST, 500 already appropria-
ted This will make $4,000 to be di>hnr,r'l
upon our navigation interests. Oh how
some folks long for = beginning of the dis
tribution.
--sandfurds MINISTRIES gave AN atttartiv,
entertainment, at Odd Fellow Hall, OF
Tuesday evening last The evening wa:
not n pleasant one and i'll consequence TIT
audience was slim, thou5h the perform ,ncs
was considerably above the average of min
strels. Sandford as an old darkey canno
b. surpassed.
Mr.. Joseph l.. Wells, of thi. Town, nov
an official in the Baltimore Custom House
formerly a telegraph operator in he -,nplo,
If the p, w. 4 q. Railroad Company. 81
expert in this line, has opened night schoo
for instruction in t-l-graphy IN all it
branches at No. II North street III the lat
ter named city.
The latest report Oh Friday, from Per
Deposit relative to the ice gorge was To til
effect, that few days more of the weith-
Of the last fonr days, aud the gorge vii
have entirely disappeared. Within da
OF two it has moved down about three hun
dred yards, The river bring clear Of ic.: i,
far down as I.owlani's wh,rt.
1T is now reported that Aies>rs q. W
Taylor and Lewis Roberts, have delrruiu
ed not 10 embark in thr stove and tiuwar
business at i. S. R.mb,'s old stand Til
obliged to hold another sale, Of the remain
der of the stock. They will open out 4 he,
stock in another place to be chosen.
On Saturday night last lille the snow
sleet an rain were falling, all Elkton ma
stood upright beneath !: street Lamp. on tn
corner of North and Main street, full up t
cvertlowng with the D,ltware 80 be 10,
full" sound asleep, covered with sno"