The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
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-Four large schooners, carrying poplar
, wood for Providence mill arrived and I'M
loaded here this week.
-Myriads of winged ants, poured up from
beneath the pavement on Main street, near
the Court House one warm day this week,
and winged their way to pastures new.
\ little boy from FIX Neck,
Ate of peanuts, half of peck;
And when he was done,
lie cried This is fun:
I'm full clear up to the neck
The last meeting of the old board of
town commissioners took place on Thurs
day evening. They leave the finances of
the town in healthy condition. The new
bard will meet for organization on Monday
evening next.
The grading at Sin. erley'S new wharf
is now complete to Main street. All sur
plus earth hereafter taken from further
excavations will he removed to the site of
his second wharf, on the opposite side of the
creek. Arrangements for putting in place
a pontoon bridge for this purpose are being
made.
We hope that the farmer boys of our
county will enter the field to contest for the
premiums offered by the Cecil County Agri-
cultural Society, for the best half acre of
corn raised by youths of II or under, lay
their own labor, and a careful account ofthe
mode of cultivation to be kept and reported
by the contestants.
The Elkton Cornet Band, turned out on
Thursday evening, for the purpose OF sere-
nading Ilr. Howard Titus, the newly elect
ed town baiiti. The serenade, however was
postponed on account of the arrival ahuut
that time, of a telegram informing him
! (Mr. TituS) of the serious illness of his
sister. Mrs Ehie Cooper of san Francisco.
| The clothing trade seems 10 he the most
| tlourishing of any other in this town Just
now. At any rate that is the impression
received upon a visit to the store of Mr..
! Ball, successor to Goodman, on Main street.
| He has a splendid stock; sells low, and is
running off goods at Il rapid rate. Oar
readers should give his stock an e.NanIina-
ton before purchasing.
II lie uouN OF .AStPl or ASnlnS, or what
ever his name may be, the colored man who
formed the fourth of the Whitaker party
drowned in North East river. some time
ago, was found near Carpenter Point. last
week, by Mr.. =. X. Barnes, or Sonr at his
| hands 1t far gone III decompo>irion
aud was hastily buried. The whole nu M
Der of the unfortunate party is now ac-
counted for.
The machine shops of George Mctluilkin
on Bridge street, were broken into, on
Thursday night, and the books and papers
taken from the desk and scattered about.
Mr.. McQuilkn does not miss anything
from the premises, and it is thought the
raScalS We're after money only, and finding
none in the desk in spite made havoc
among his books and papers. There is no
doubt hut hat the parties who visited the
machine shor. We're the same that broke
open the confectionery store of Mrs .Danney, |
mentioned elsewhere.
Another, and the third accident, To
mail pouches, happening recently, occurred
on Friday morning. of last week, AT the
North street crossing. The pouches We're
thrown from the SIS train, while running
at the rate of fifty miles an hour, struck the
fence, and knocked enc panel of the boards (
into SInithereeps. On Saturday morning
the fourth mishap of this nature occurred, /
the bag struck the fence, breaking the top
board and tearing a large rent i'll he bag ,
Il they keep on at this rate they will break !
| mole -, far,
The fisheries are doing little or nothing F.,
SO far as catching fish i. concerned, just /
now. On Thursday three traders teams
passed through here, homeward bound and .
empty. They stated they had been at the .
shores for three days and in that time thar /
number of wagons was not ioaded. There ,
being others ahead of them, they gave up
in despair and left for home. As they .
passed up North street they met two other
teams, the drivers of which they wcr" ac-
quainted with, bound for the fisheries. They .
related the state of affairs To then and they .
also turned around and drove tor hcme It /
is now SO late in the season that no hope; of .
Il revival are entertained. n
The Holly Hall property, belonging to /
the Blrron estate, near town, is now UNI /
tenanted, and, taking advantage of this |
fact, some persons have made Il practice,
recently, of wandering over the hoESr and ,
grounds, plucking the flowers and doing no |
little damage in various ways Some one. |
has even gone far TO dig up flowers /
and other plants, bulbs etc, and carrying ,
them away. The property is in charge Of IL !
gentleman of this town. He has secures! u !
tenant To look after it, hut he cannot rrtnov,. |
there at once. In the meantime he pro !
poses to prosecute all who hereafter enter |
the house or grounds and destroy or carry !
off any class of property thereon.
For some years the Mutual Fire ln>ur- !
ance Company of Cecil County, has paid ;
taxes to the county, levied upon the cash |
assets of the company, deposited in bank
and drawing interest. The company has |
always demurred to the payment OF this |
tax, and at one time refused, and levy |
was made upon the fixtures of the office by |
the collector. An injunction was then sued !
out by the company's solicitor, but on ac-
count of some legal bubble, the appeal not
having DeeI taken III lne proper IltDe, or
some such thing, the ease Went against
them. This year they again refuse to pay,
and will appeal To the court as soon as the
levy is made. The amoun: of the tax is
about SID
In addition to the payments mentioned
in another place, made by the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Cecil county, on
| Tuesday last A loss of 5000 on Temper
ance Hall. in ChriStfed burned last fan was
| also paid. This matter had been in dispute
| The board of School Commissioners ON
Wednesday, brought Mr.. Alonzo Reynolds,
builder, from Port Deposit, 10 aid in eSri-
mating The loss, there being Il great diver
| Sity Of opinion upuu the amodnt necessary
to repair the damage TO the Elkton school
house In HE sum finally fixed on, i in
| clndrd payment for damage done the
chemical fire eXiingui>hcr and for chem
icalS used, also for payment of watch.
men who had charge of the building the rr-
maiuder of the night, after the fire va, en-
tingui>hcI.
The friends, here, of Mrs. Ellie Cooper
nee Titus, wife of George Cooper, of san
Francisco on Thursday, received II telc-
gram stating that Mrs. Cooper who
has been suffering for some time from con-