The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-07-07
;, W. & B. Branch Penna. Railroad.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

A tlisagreeable odor from a slaughter
shop annoys residents of North street in
the vicinity of the railroad.
The new block of houses, recently cree
ted by Mr.. Geo. Turner, at Little Elk, is
great addition 10 the neighborhood.
The town pump remains statn quo,
which means that it gives forth no water,
and the piles of debris remains about it.
The road supervisors have been at work
since the heavy rains, and the county roads
are better now than they have been for
long time.
The ground was laid out, on Monday
last, Cor new dwelling to be erected by
Mr.. J c. Davis on his property adjoining
Singerly'S new mills.
Mrs. Margaret Morgan, in her lnNur-
liant flower garden, on High street. has
most snowy Cactus now in bloom. The
blooms are a beautiful pink, and profuse in
quantity.
An infant, about five months of ages
tie child of Mr.. w. +. X. Frazer, freight
agent OF the p, w. Il Z. Railroad, was.
buried at the Elkton Cemetery on Tuesday
afternoon.
ON Tuesday last, Mr.. Henry Bell, of
this town, The successful truck grower,
shipped to Philadelphia, among lot of fine
vegetables, one head of cabbage, weighing
seventeen pounds.
A pleasant Garden Picnic was given
at Mt. Airy, the residence OF Mr.. .JnO. T.
Wilson, near town, on Wednesday after
noon, tn the fricnls of Mrs. w. w. Heber-
ton, visiting her ut the time.
AT the meeting of the Groom Guards
for inspections, on Monday night last, Ser
geant John Galaher was promoted TO the
position of Orderly and Corporal Geo. \.
Brown was advanced TO the SECOND Ser
gean,y so made vacant.
An Elktnn gentleman, while strolling
through neighhoring wheat field, counted
rs many Is forty English sparrows upon one
shock actively engaged in threshing out the
grain and appropriating it. Upon every
shock in the field, more or less of these birds
."uii he seen.
The merry click of the ivory balls is
n"w heard "ontinuSously at Shockley's new
pool rooms. \ new system doing away
with ali semhance of gambling, has been
adopted at r,ese rooms. Each player, whe-
q tlrr hr wins or lnoses, gets fun value for
the amount charged, in CHECKS which en-
! titles him to cigars ,tttt ...r.!
---Dn the recent excursion OF the Presby-
Gill a. q. \ / l.,
1mure policeman h,ara-h the steamer nn
The return triu, and n+r-. discovered his
mistake until half way here. He came on,
of course, as there was 10 way In get back,
and took the night train home. Rather
stupid for policeman. Ii
Mr.. Thns. G. Crnnch, Of This Town. re-
c-mtlv met with quite 4 severe accident
while passing throu III his garden on Tues
day Last, he Slipped upon the wet tarrh.and
fell, go :ling down With all his weight upon
his right wrist and hand, spraining il Sc
rer-ly He snif,-re, considerable pain, hut
Is now recovering rapidly.
In Srssafras neck, The corn crap is said
To I've in better condition at this time than
ever before at this season. Up to June 1st,
1T gave hut little promise, the cold weather
~r-ping it back, bat sine" that it has ad
ran"e,l wonderfully, many farms now show
ing stalks, uniformly over the hole field
measuring six feet and more in height.
There is some question rs Ia which of
the hot days of the past week tie
hottest. Some claim the hnrning honor for
Monday, and others for Wednesday, 4:h.
Either was hot enough and both We're
warmer than any previous day of the sea-
son. In the signal tower at Baltimore, the
thermometer ON both days was in the
nnetieS point it seldom reaches there.
-NrssrS. Alex. Evans, .Jr., Calvin Mer-
rift, c. Mccullough, Esq, and Mr.. Jas.
Dean, spent the fourth in pleasant sail in
the yacht Maud s. On the cruise they
came up with the yacht Nantho, Capt.
Fowler, with pleasure party aboard, and
4 race ended in an easy victory for the
Naui :. At Port Herman, they fell in
with several other yachts and outsailed
them all crossing their bows with ease.
An Elkton lady was the victim of a
pim"hing bug the other evening. \ large
lia"k hug with pinchers like pair of for
cops. fastened upon her hand and did not
want {" lot 60. The lady screamed and
frantirally tried to disengage the monster
hut il only held OIL the harder until her
husband hearing her came to her reScure
and broke the savage insects hold The
tangS of the bug left severe cuts upon the
l.sdy'S hand.
-SIsSairlS Neck boasts of champion
land meaSnrer, who operates without III
strumruts, measuring simply by stepping
il OF. Recently gentleman was about 10
sell 1" another party an acre OF ground.
Mr.. Joseph M-giii. the person referred to,
>trppri and Stakel it of Afterwards a
COMPETENT civil engineer surveyed i. and
funri the plot 10 contain just one acre, not
on inch more "r less. This is very Diff
t.u!f f.-r to p+ri,.rm.
--NrSsrs. .Ia-. T.. Merritt anI 10. r..rrel
PROV i,,ion dealers of this town. have rur
chased of VIM. j. .Inn"s Esd, and Mr..
John lee, fifty head of fine beef cattle,
which they will serve 10 their customers rs
needed. The stock is in an excellent rnndi-
ti"n, and of good average size for beef.
Among tlsm are also several head of prime
how beef. IL fa:trned by iht. sellers
rIJsuiI their respective farms in .hiS neigh
t@ni,.iJtl.
-Au f.lkton man seeing notice in
newspaper, that on and after Monday last ,
the Pos: Master wnnld issue money orders
for sums as high As 800 to any one desiring
them, suggested to friend that they 90 To
the office early on Monday morning and get
a first chance. When Informed that he
wnnd have to pay like sum for The order,
Le gave it up, aud said that he couldn't see
what good the money order system was to
POOR men if they ha, to pay for them. He
supposed they were free.
Mr. VIM Wail, Of Sa>stfraS Neck this
season, takes the honor Of heng the first
3,rre farmer Ia harvest his wheat crop He
ant on Two rrapers ani binders. and ran
1heIn ,ight and dIv until the harvest was
coucln.ie,i. Cuttin1 wheat NJ night is
.,ompwhat Of a novel thing here. Under the
old system of hand binding it wond per
gap4 be hard tn do. bur the modern reaper
and binder, needing no eyes, will cut and
a,iud as wei! in the dark as in the light.
Mr. Ward is m energetic and successful