The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-03-17

| Main street.
BY the blowing out of u steam cock, at
Scott & Bros mills, on Wednesday, Mr..
Harry Ferry received slight scald upon
the face.
We are pleased to hear of the resurnp.
ton of Messrs. Malster & Reaney, ship
builders, of Baltimore. Mr.. Master is well
known in this county.
Hottie, a ten year old daughter of the
late j. i. ash, Of this town, was taken with
diptheria, on Wednesday last, and at las,
accounts was quite i'll
A son of Rev. Il. W. Todd, of the NJ
F. Church, Williamhy name, aged II years,
died suddenly, at his home in Dover, Del,
while his father was absent at conference,
on Monday last.
| Rev. Mr.. Sheppard conducted the Thurs
day night prayer meeting, at the NJ. f.
Church this week. The assignment of this
gentleman to this appointment gives uni
versal satisfaction.
--iiev. Henry Matthews former pastor OF
the Pre:hy terian church of this town, has
resigned the Secretaryship of the American
| Bible and Tract Society of Baltimore, which
| position he has held for several years.
- flock of fourteen wild geese on their
| travels north, aiighted upon the wheat
! field of James Sterling just above the Fair
grounds, on Thursday morning last. They
rested awhile and then proceeded on their
| journey.
Mrs. l.. Marshall iiaines, OF this town,
was one of four persons who solved q puZ-
zle recently propoun,led by the Phladel-
phia Times, for which prize of $500 was
of the whole prize.
AT the sale of j. Ross Connolly, near
Blue Ball, this county, on Monday last,
| COWS brought as high as S1S, calves, 81, and
a yearling bull $50 Tonng pigs sold for
| S7.75 each, and chickens at 16l. cts, per
pound, live weight.
The Bee Hives new trent is to be put
in Just as soon rs the weather will permit.
We cannot give our readers any idea of
what it will he, save that the proprietor Mr..
Il. G. Reese, declares that it shall be a hand
some and substantial one
A letter addressed to ID. Landreth &;
Son, Philadelphia, from this place, but to
which the writer failed to append his or her
name, awaits the sender at the Flkton Post
Office. All who have written to this firm
from here, recently, should call and see the
letter.
{ Mr. James Grow, who had a sale Of per-
sonal property, Oh Wednesday. at which
good prices We're re ilized, is ii OF cancer in
the stomach, and it is feared cannot recover.
A leading Elkton physician, the other day,
remarked that he, Grow, would not live to
count his money
Frank Kerr has the finest and largest
stock Of goods ever exhibited by mer-
chant tailor anywhere. He will make you
clothing in as good style and lower than
city prices. He gets up first rate pair of
home made kersey pants for only two dol
lars. Try him.
= A telegram from Wilmington Kent
county, announcing the illness IF Mrs Nor
lis N'llI tl tilil loh II, WIS lttSiNft
by Mrs c. Hall, of this place, her sister,
on Tuesday. Mrs. Hall left at once for Mil
ington. We have since learned that Mrs.
Cummings is getting better.
--Messrs Cahall Il Davis, boot, shoe and
gents furnishing goods dealers, who opened
on Main street, over a week ago, inform us
that their business experience here, has so
Tar proved satisfactory, their sales coming
fully up to their expectations. See their
new ctrd this week,
The order of I.enten services at Trinity
Church during next week passion week.
will he as follows On Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, at 1917 \. NJ.
and ~ p. NJ. On Good Friday at lOl5 AN.
and o. p. NJ. On Saturday easter Eve)
AL 1872 \. NJ. Ali are cordially invited
Work upon the repairs and improve
ments at Marley Mills is progressing rapidly
and it will be but Il short time before the
Mills will be even in better shape than be-
fore The explosion The men injured thereby
are mendinG even more rapidly than the
mills all of them being able to be about.
A regular o'd-fashioned iamboree took
place on Wednesday, afternoon, on Bow
street, bet ween the collector OF an Elkton
business house and the alleged debtors, in
which oath, were freely used. a knife
drawn, etc, but NJ damage done to any
one. The angry passion should not be al
Owed to rise etc.
Andrew j. Pennington, formerly Of
this county, and for several years past
bailif in the ci;y tax department of Balti-
mere city. loses his position i'll the new
deal recently made in the officials Of this
portion of the city government. Ills sue
cessor takes the place on April l, next.
On Sunday night last darkness profound
held sway several Of the outer streets of
town. The new moon, just showing its first
quarter Of light, was ohscured by clouds,
and the street lamps gave no light at ali,
the flame having been turned oft early in
the evening. This system of not lighting
the street lamps on dark nights should be
abandoned at once.
Mr.. Patrick McGreaIy, carpet weaver
of this town, has purchased the store prop
erty, corner of Main and Church streets,
from the Mutual Building Association.
This property is 4 portion of the estate of
Susan b. Register, al of which sold low,
this business stand bringing only 500. Mr..
MuGready will remove his business to his
new purchase.
Another patent burr mill for reducing
South Carolina rock, much larger than
either of the others, was placed III position
and put to work at Scott < Bros. mills this
week. With this added machinery the
firm will be able to turn out as much, if not
more, than any other concern in the State.
They had in their employ this week about
half a hundred hands and still wanted
more. Read their new card in this issue.
The Home Mission Band of the Presby-
terrain Church OF this town; held its Second
Anniversary i'll the church last evening.
The exercises were too late for us to give
any report of them this week, though We
have no doubt but that they were very in
teresting. Among the speakers promised
was laaya a native Oriental, who was an
nounced to appear in her native costume
-MeSsrs. Scott * Bros. unloaded at their
Fertilizer mills this week, u barge 10 id of
bones, the tonnage Of which was $50 tons
BESIDES this several vessels have been load
ed, and grain shipped by other class of
transportation. The new burr mills, re-