The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-05

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half before he got here.
Howard street boasts of a canine SO
aiminutive that near sighted gentleman
,n!stook him for 4 rat the other evening.
The Susquehanna river is now frozen
over and the young folks are skating
upon it, but little or no ice has yet been
stored.
Cecil county secured Il good share of
the official plums at Annapolis this week.
What Cecil folks don't know about Office
eobhling aiu't worth knowing.
The material from a chicken coop is
sail to make good kindling, at least this is
the testimony ola Main street artist who
used his neighhors coop for hat purpose.
One night last week a number of young
gentlemen of this town were storm caught
at Newark! ami compelled to leave their
teams there and return home by railroad.
-D"v. VIM. Schouler will hold service in
81. Augustine Church, Bohemia Manor, this
.,Sstrriay) afternoon, at O'Clock. y gen
.aral invitation is extended to the people in
-she neighborhood.
Albert Phillips, of Hartford county, in
tsiis State, has purchased the farm Of the
Ire John VI. Brown, in West Nottingham
towaship, Chester county, Pa, containing
81 ACRES, for 81, 400.
Mr. 5. 5. Eambo, of this town, has
been appointed hookkeeper and salesman
for Capelle Bros, hardware merchant, in
Wilmington Del. He entered upon his
duties January list.
-Messrs Meisel & Son, carriage builders
on Bridge street, have put up band or
endless saw for getting ont carriage work
The saw is driven by power from McQuei-
ken's machine shops close by. II
One day last week the grand stand on
the Oxford, Pa, fair grounds was crushed
by the weight Of the snow upon the roof
and is a complete wreck. 1t is so badly
damaged that it is thought it cannot be re-
paired, and a new stand will have tc he
erected. y
Thomas Lort, a son of the late Isaac
Lort, of this town, who has just graduated
AS a house painter with Mr.. Geo. w. Wells,
left on NJ Monday for Denver, Colorado, where
he will engage in the same business with
his brother Frank, who is already estab-
liShed there.
-George Smiley, professional tramp,
was committed to the House of Correction
by Squire A. j. Scott, and escorted down to
.Jessup's Cut by Sheriff Smith on Monday.
He was thorough tramp. following it rs
AN OCCUPATION, if it can SO be termed, and
had recently footed it from Chicago.
Condo ore out for the marriage on
" eSGeSday. the 10Th inst, at G o'clock T.
NJ, OF Daniel Harvey, Jr., and Miss Evelyn
Perkins, daughter of Mr.. John Perkins, of
this town. The ceremony will take place
at the residence of the brides parents on
west High street.
On last Sabbath morning Rev. Mr..
Sheppard, pastor of the Elkton NJ. Z.
Church, preached upon the subject of the
close Of the year. taking as his text the pas
.,age of Scripture GLOW Old Art Thou ."
The sermon was 4 strong one, engaging the
attention of the congregation from begin
ming TO end.
Mr. George Cotton, who entertained
an Eliltou audience so pleasantly n few
weeks ago, delivered the same lecture at
Friends Normal Institute, Rising sun,
lust evening. We were unable to get n re.
port Of the lecture in time for this issue,
but 40 doubt the Rising sun people were as
well pleased as the Elkton audience. The
proceeds of the lecture 90 to the school. 4
On Wednesday and Friday of last week
auctioneer \. p. Shecklev, sold the per-
sonal property, on two of the Sassafras
Neck farms of the late VIM. Knight, for
Wm. VI. Knight, Esq, trustee. Both sales
were COED ones, and good prices ruled.
Farm horses sold at from $50, to Sl50, COWS
at i7om $50 to SO, and everything else in
proposition. One reason for this was that
the property was all first class. The whole
sale footed mp over $4,000.
The statement in last weeks issue of .
rattle tor poultry having taken place ut
Messrs. lean x T..ylor's store in this town,
was misrepresentation upon the part of our
reporter. He misunderstood his informant.
The ratila positively did not take place at
Messrs. Dean s. Taylor's, but at another
place entirely distinct from and some dis
lance therefron, Messrs. Dean & Taylor
having no connection with it and probably
rot SO much as knowing that it was 50
ing on.
A oueaimed man was found sleeping
upon the stone coping around the Court
House yard on Monday night. The young
man, John Rambo, who discovered the
sleeper called Deputy Sheriff Smith who
underworld to arouse him, hut failed, as he
completely overcome by liquor. The
night being cold and stormy aud the man
being likely to perish if allowed 10 remain
there, Mr.. Smith summoned aid and the
intoxicated sleeper was literally carried to
The Jail
New Years day was dismal, stormy
auU cherries, and all that could remained
within doors. Watch meeting was held at
the NJ f. Church, closing a, the clock
struck twelve, While out Of doors tine new
year was greeted by tie ciang of bells and
the roar of guns aud ,Iumho FIRE crackers
,--ETl-a custom of New Year calls was ncve
}ouch in vogue here, or il itevcr was it has
long since gone out of favor. The bank ant
county offices We're closed, but in all otEe
respects the town presented very much thu
sau,e appearance as on any other day.
"A stranger riding in respectable look
ing carriage drawn by spirited youn
horse, passed through here on WeGnesla
morning en- route, as he said, for Lee. burg
Virginia. He seemed perfectly Ignorant {
the Topography of the country, and mad
numerous inquiries as 10 the route, rs
now he could cross the Snsquchanna, etc
apparently being in a great hurry. VIII
he was or whence he came he did not intori
any one: bat on the contrary, seemed am
jous to keep this 80 himself. His appca
-nnce here seemed to 1irtS..f more attentio
--iirn is usually bestowed ut.~,l strangers.
John Wauamaker never stnr~. \
sooner is the Christmas tide-cver tina,
without waiting to catch his breath, he
iuto something else. This time gre;
deduction Sale--,he first in six years. /
il TOO careful of his reputation to NAL
such an announcement without meanir
a good deal hy it. We'll. whatever il i
at is an i'll wind that blows uotohg good.
We have the biz Advertisement" GA t:
first page. and the people have the ba
Gains, and Wanamakar has his own wa
which we candidly admit is a pretty GOO
way generally Out of nearly two mi
lions of dollars worth of goods, there mu