The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-06-07

| from the peninsula
The dedication of Octoraro NJ. Z. Church
will take place on Sunday, June ODD.
Sea Lyon and other Marine animals
on free exhibition at Colchester. Ca with
Brickley Il Mccullough, June 18th, 1854.
"A special meeting of Seminole Lodge,
X. of p. will be held on Wednesday even
| ing next All the members are requested to
| be present.
North East, Calvert, Middletown, New
ark and Elkton horses are entered for the
races at oxford Fair, june 1lth, 18th and
18th
| -Isaih MinkS, coored was arraigned on
Saturday last before Squire DeFord OF
North East, charged with being drunk and
disor,ierly, and in default OF bail was coA-
United TO Jail, where he now is.
| A North East man whose name we
Withhold ON Thursday last made complaint
before the Justice of the Peace, against his
son-in-law whom he charged with assault.
! The pugnaciouS SOn-in-law was required TO
| give bonds to keep the peace towards all
men, and especially towards his father-in-
! law.
The ladies' of New Leeds Nj. p. Church
will hold IL strawberry festival in Mr.
| Daniel Harvey's grove, on Thursday even
ing June 10Th. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the church. If Thursday is
stormy tie festival will be held the next
| fair day. You are cordially invited to at
tend and help the good cause.
There will he services to morrow (Sun-
day) at the Presbyterian Church rs usual
| by the pastor, Rev l.. w. Beers. The sub
| ject in the morning will be "a False Con
| ception of Honor" The evening service
will be very short on account of the special
| services in the Nj. L. Church. The evening
| subject will be "B"ild with Cedars not with
Sycamores.
| The front of John Wilkinson's new es-
| Enlistment on Main street, opposite the
! Howard House, promises to be by far the
Landsomcst in town. Although it has not
| all been uncovered, enough eau be seen to
| give a fair idea of the whole, and to show
that it will be very handsome. The sign
work on the large plated glass of the win
dows was done in Baltimore, and is very
striking. The plan of the whole front is eX
cellent and will make a very fine display.
The spring fair of the Oxford Agricul-
tural Society on June 18th, 18th and 18th,
promises to be one of the most successful
ever held. The entries for the races are
more numerous and of II better class than
usual, and some exciting races may he
looked for. The machinery exhibit will be
very large. This is usually the case bat
this season the number of pieces of machn-
cry on exhibition will probably double that
of last year. The live stock entry also will
be larger and better than at former spring
shows, and altogether, with the exception
of fruit and farm products this fair will
closely rival the regular fall exhibitions.
Mr.. John G.. Noakes, of the firm of
Burns X Noakes, late contractors on the
b. & O. Railroad Company's Philadelphia
Branch, who left this town a few weeks
ago, has arrived in London. Mr.. S. b.
Foard of the Howard House received IA
letter from him on Wednesday, dated on
board L. NJ. S. Adratic off Queenstown,
May %, in which he says, 81 have arrived
off old Ireland, and expect to be in London
on Saturday night, have had lively voy-
age and there is n jolly company on board
ship" Mr. Noakes will spend some time
on the islands remaining the greater time
in his native place in Wales. His many
friends here will he gratitied to know that
his lines are cast in such pleasant places.
Constable w. c. Crow is now the terror
of evil-ioers on our streets He has entered
upon the duties of the office evidently de-
termined to do his whole duty, and his
course will meet the approval of all law
abiding citizens. Although but recently
appointed he has already arrested several
disortierly persons, uuelled several incipient
disturbances and is generally about when
his services are needed. Heretofore we have
been without an officer of this kind, so far
as the police duties of the position are con-
cerned, the other official ,levoting his atten-
ton to the collection of claims, etc, and
Mr.. Crow comes in as the right man in the
right place. We will give linn whatever
support we can in the enforcement of the
law.
"A young colnred man, of this town,
met with startling little adventure few
days ago. He was invited by two young
ladies to drive them To St. Augustine, where
they were going 10 attend 4 festival, they
being ;imid about driving the horse and he
accepted. But he is, or was engaged to be
married, and his iiancee objected to this ar
rangement. lie persisted and had gotten
himself in shape 10 drive away with the
Ladies', W hen his sweet heart bounced down
upon him, like Il wild eat upon Jack rab-
Bit, and before she resigned The engage
ment She relieved him Of \ large majority
of his boiled linen which he had ,lonne, Tor
he occasion. This broke up the trip and
also caused an arrangement bet ween the
couple and Sh". furious on account of the
condition of affairs, proceeded to shake the
kinks out of he fair ones who stole her
lover away. How much of said fair ones
would have been left after the shaking
would he hard to estimate, Il friend inter-
Iered, however, and put stop to it, Mat
'
boil at any moment.
-ASaGcl Griest, who was arrested two
weeks ago, charged with an attempt to kill
his wife by striking her upon the head with
an AKA while asleep, 1T their home between
Calvert, IN this county ami Oxford, Pa, on
the night of the 10th ulto, has been arrest
ed again, this time on the charge of forgery
for Ina ing placed his wife's name to a check
and drawing from the Oxford bank 500
belonging to Ter. Burton Baldwin, an Ok
ford lad of II years, testified that Griest
called at his fathers .jewelry store, when
he only was present, and asked him to
write Ruth Griest's name to a check: that
he did it to accommodate him, not compre-
blending the importance of it. Grest being
unable to procure bondsmen was placed in
Jail at VEST Chester. Mrs. Griest is now at
the home of her sister, Mrs W. II. civ, near
fIilaman'S, where she is being cared for
and is recovering from the terrible wound
on her head. On Monday last Justice s,
II. Smith went to the house and took her
affidavit i'll relation to the assault She
does not know who dealt the blow upon her
head, but believes it was Griest. She did
not authorize him to draw her money from
the bank and thinks his object in irving to
kill her was TO obtain the money. The trial
of Griest will take place at the August
torn Of Court