The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-12-29

made as good music as it did when new
from the factory.
After this issue The WING will not b
issued any more until next year.
A pigeon match is on the tapis anon!
our sporting fraternity.
detective Jones, of the p, w. 4 B
railroad station at Wilmington, was il
Elkton on Wed sday last.
CONSTABLE benson of the first distric
brought a colored man, charged with burg
larry to this town on Thursday and lodge'
him in Jail.
Mr. Boynton, lessee of the weaving de
partment o: Elk Mills, purchased of Mr.
Baldw in his large flock of fine turkeys an'
presented one TO each of his employees as
Christmas gift
Services appropriate to the Christina
season will be held in the Church of III
Good Shepherd Chesapeake City, to NOR
row Sunday at o'clock T.. NJ. All ar,
cordially invited
The Young Peoples Lyceum will meet
at Persons Grove schoolhouse next Tues
day evening, January lSt, at 80 o'clock
The subject for debate will be, els Il man
ever UNSUITABLE in telling n lie"
john Stephenson, colorcd, who was
convicted in the Circuit Court here of the
larceny of a pair of pants and sentenced ia
the renitentiary about TIVE years ago, was
liberated and returned home this week.
Rev William Schodlrr will hold ser.
vice in st. Augustine Church, bohemia
Manor, next Saturday, January ), at
o'clock T.. NJ. y general invitation Is eN-
tended to the people in the neighborhood.
This has bcen !. lively week at the
Comm> sioner's C.ice ON account of the
large number of persons who have core
forward to pay their taxes so As To avoid
| the interest to he charged after January lst.
Prof. M. Eennor Virgins Moore, of
this town, the renowned weather prophet,
intended gong To Philadelphia on Thurs
4day morning ,st, but unfortunately was
too late for the train by about two minutes
and ffty-niHe seconds.
The ice upon the creek on Thursday
last measured five inches in thickness.
| This is thick enough TO store, though none
| of cur icehouSe owners awaited themselves
of the opportunity. Nessrs. Booth Il Son
| are cutting ice from their pond for freezing
ice cream, but it is not thick enough to
| store for sale.
An Elkton gentleman, residing on East
| Main street, while in a brown study on
Christmas afternoon mi,tool1 neighbor'S
house for his own and bultel in. Some
people may Say it was not because he was
in a brown study that he made the mistake,
but it was, nevertheless. He is a strict
temperance man.
-Tu-mnrrow (SumdAy) viii be the reg:
ular review day of the sabbath school Of
the NJ. Z. Church of this town. Tx. excr-
ciseS will take place in the audience room
OF the church at the usua; aoUr in the after
noon. they viii i've Of much interest aud
the music will he an attractive feature Of
the occasion. Ample space viii he pro
vided for all who desire to he present.
Tie small pox has broken ont among
TIL prisoners in the New Castle County
Jail. There are over sixty prisoners, and
there is no place To take he patients. The
county re>t-nouse WAS burned down lat
spring TIE frs: case WAS discovered about
ten days ago. Two victims, culurri priS
oaers, v ere turned GUY the other !, mates vac
cinated ard the cells tumi gat. ~ Two or
three other cases have been rsss-- A>ince.
We have received 1i,r, =! NH altar:
Magazine" for January, 1881, and iIad it as
usual full Of interesting matter. Among
the leading cuutrihlii"n~ are 'huther's
Monument at Worms" by j. Leonard Cor
ming; "Pompcii Past and Present." by
Ecorkeeper, a poem Ivy I.,iith NJ. Thomas:
''Creaiinu ar I.volutinn," by Geo. Ticknor
Curtis, etc. II can irr had at Ilnchili-'S.
A furioItS wind >qutIl passed over this
town at about > o'cl".'Il oil Thursday after
noon. 1t only Lasted ali mt Ten minutes
and the heaviest wind seemed to b.: above
the tree tops. II Travelled from northwtS st
to southeast, and while it continued Ike
So
ed to be driving before il, :s to make
it us dark a. twilight. Il ceased as sud-
denly As il came on and left the atmos
| phere clear.
There seems TO be Z very genera! desire
| among our citizens to have a new road law
for Cecil county passed ny the coming Leg
| islature The present law does not define
the duties of the supervisors. and con,r-
| quently controversies arise constantly,
| which r1uSe much trouble. Tue present
method of letting the roads IS also faulty,
and better plan i, needed Lifting them
to the lowest bidder 10y sealed proposal
seems 10 be popular idea, ami would no
doubt be better han the present one.
A bloody Street fight tool. place in
Charlesiown ON Christmas day b"tween
Valentine Il. tiglrd AMI Two men named
! Murphy and Shelton. The battle, which
was the result Of a quarrel, CAUSED 10y too
! much liquor, ended in the discontinue
and defeat IF Aigard, wl" was badly
| beaten up. lie is a lnUch larger and ap-
rarently more muscular man han either of
| the others, but their combined "ttark was
too much for him, an'i h. WAS WHIPPED
all over. No one iuterit., ell and they were
allowed to H., hit ii out. Friends of Algtrd
declare that this is rot the last III il.
christmas trees have this season been
| both numerous and elaborate i'll the style OF
trimming. We have been shown number,
all of them handsome and pleasing TO look
upon, but the largest and most deliberately
furnished tree we were privileged 10 look
upon was at the residence Of Mr.. George y.
| Brown, on North street. Mr.. Brown is Il
genius in the art of decoration and i'll his
efforts upon this particular piece of worl;
he was very successful. The tie: is we'll
worth long walk 10 sc, aud is the wonder
of the young folks in tie nti-hborhoor AID
the pride Of the children I" the house, who
firmly believe that "O!i L ria" brou hit it.
-Four brutes--two bears and two AMI.
mails claiming to he m~u-Snorted, sang
and danced on the streets of Eikton on
| Thursday. Tie two legged animals con
trolled their four-legg"d companions by
means of chains attached to rings through
the latter's Snouts That the constant Jerk
ing of the chains caused the animals pair
was evident 10y their cries. Had the cordi
ton of affairs been reversed, and the ring;
been through the other fellows noses, We
would have enjoyed ihe performance more.
These are the same parties who were
driven ont of Wilmington Il day or two
previous to their visit to this town.
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