The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-09
LOCAL NEWS,
BreyitieS,


pension of over six weeks.
Mr.. J. NJ. Brown, of the Glass Front
Main street, has taken a lay off offs month
or SO during the dull season.
An Oxford, Pa, lady produces mag
nihcent growth of all kinds of window
flowers, by the use of Bone flour, as fer
tilzier. y
Cards are out for the marriage on the
olst inst, of Mr.. Robert j. McCleary, of
Fair Hill, TO Miss Anna NJ. Wingate,
daughter of Mr. Ellis Wingate, of the same
place.
What has become of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company. stir
was made few months ago, and wires and
instruments were to be put mp at once but
the matter langUished and still remains
passive.
DR. Virden, of Hartford county, who
owns large ice houses on the Susquehanna,
opposite Perryville, made paying specula-
ton in ice this season. He stored $4,000
tons of ice and sold it in the house at a
profit of 81 per ton over and above all eX-
penses, netting a clear gain of $4,000.
Cap. j. T. JONES' one of our most sue
cessful poultry raisers, this week, received
a fine Plymouth Rock Cockeral from New
Hampshire. The captain never uses cock
m ore than two seasons, and by constantly
changing prevents inbreeding, and keeps
his fowls up TO the highest point of excell-
ence.
The ground hog saw his shadow on last
Saturday, gave IA grunt and went back into
his hole. So We are yet, according to the
weather wise, TO have six weeks of winter
weather The past week has been decidedly
otherwise, more like spring than winter i'll
temperature while the atmosphere has been
murkey and the roads muddy.
A gentleman advertised in the WING
on Saturday last, for competent miller to
take charge of grist and market mill, and
by Tuesday he was suited. He received APP
plications from nillers enough to supply a
dozen mills and 80 had good lot to select
from. If you want anything or have any
thing for sale advertise in the WPIG. II
MIR. Alfred B. McNey, as will be seen
by his card in another column, offers his
services to the people of Cecil county as
Surveyor, having been elected County
Surveyor. MIR. McNey is an expert in the
science of surveying and has just procured
an entire new set of instruments. His ad-
dress is either Zion, this county or Newark,
Delaware. y
Miss May, daughter of Mr.. Samuel
B. Miller, residing near this town, is suff:
ering from an attack of disease strongly re-
eiDbling scarlet fever, hut we trust that
the affection may prove 20 he some other
less dangerous ailInent. A number of cases
of fever are reported from the country
within three or four miles of town, but
nothing of the kind exists here SO far as we
have been able to learn.
WIN. NJ. Knight, ESP, who for NOR.
Than a month past has been confined to the
house by illness -pneumonia-walked out
on last Wednesday. At one time Mr..
knights life was despaired of, bu: by good
medical attendance and nursing backed by
q sound constitution, he overcamn the dis
ease. Mr.. Knight will return to his home in
odSodll do ->CSh3 "hClC Hc Will lultl
until returning strength enables him to re-
same the cares of business.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
Elkton Cemetery Company. was held on
Monday last. DR.. K. G. Mack all was re-
elected President; John Partridge, Secre-
tary and Vim. j. Jones, Treasurer. An
Executive Committee, consisting of Messrs.
Thos. Drennen, VIM. II. Elder and DIR. j.
H. lamar, was also chosen. Several ques-
tions of interest were discussed. II is
thought that the rule preventing the plant
ing of trees in the cemetery grounds will
he rescnded, as it by right ought to be. II
A crowd of young street Arabs listened
orGsiide the hall on North street, on Mon
d,y last, to what they could catch of the
music of the Oratorio in rehearsal within.
They indistinctly heard the chorus where
the words, "Haman, Hannah, long live
Han.an," or words something like these
occur, and they at once marched off down
the street shouting "Hayman, Hayman,
long legged Hayman;' "Hayman, Hay
man long legged Hayman,' repeating it
voices.
On Monday last Mrs. Leanah Temple,
wife of Andrew Temple, formerly Of this
county, died in Bucks county, Pa, at the
advanced age of ninety nine years, seven
months and twenty-three days. Mrs.
Temple was the mother of Mrs. Martin III
Biles, of this district, also of Mr.. Armitage
~
farm now occupied by Mr. Manuel Major,
on the North East road, and grandmother
'of Mrs Thomas Biddle, of this town. Had
she seen the fourth of July next it would
have been her one hundrelth
An old and valued subscriber visited
the WHIG office, on Tuesday, and after ex
changing the usual greetings said, "now
sit down, take piece of paper and put
down the figures. I've brought along til.
money for about a bakers dozen of sub
scribers from among my neIghbors," we sat
1t always gives us pleasure to see our read
ers, whether they bring us anything alon,
OF not, but it is human nature TO feel al
additional emotion when their visits are ac
>-Smpanied by such little incidents as TIT
above. In fact we like such things first rate
The county roads have, during the pas
week, been in a miserable condition 0
wretchedness, hub deep in many places
and in some places bottom has not beef
found. We We're told on Wednesday, by
gentleman who had driven from Chesa pea k
City, that he has been acquainted with th
road for number of years, but never sa,
1T in such Il terrible condition as it wa
then. He is an individual not given TO ey
aggeration, and he declared that in man
places the mud was nearly hub deep, an
he could not on any part of the road driy
faster than walk.
The petition from this county askiu
that constitutional amendment be sui
United to the people, providing for the cr,
ton of County Commissioners for four i,
stead of two years, which was referred
in our last issue as having been preseute
in the Legislature, signed 10y N,r. Potter an
Others, was not ONLY signed by Mr.. Potte
President of our Board. bnt also hy Il!
other Commissioners, and was prepared
the suggestion of the COmrni Ssiouers
Dorchester county, by whom it was sent
the County commissioners throughout II
State, with the request that IL be signe
and forwarded to the legislature II al
pears that some persons are under the in
preston that because Mr.. Putter's nan
headed the list, that he was the originate