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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
Fond Of Grapes.

On the South side Of Main street, about
the centre of this town, in fine substan-
tial old stone dwelling house, resides
Mr. Burbage Brock, one of our oldest
and most substantial citizens, with his
housekeeper Il middle aged lady. The
dwelling house is two stories and an at
/ tic, or half story high on Main street,
| but in the rear on account of the fall of
| the hill side, it is five stories. On the
! three upper stories in the rear, running
/ the whole length of the house, there are
large porches or verandas, one above the
other, and all over these from bottom to
top, from seven or eight different stems,
is a mass of grape vines. On Sunday
morning last when Mr. Brock set out for
church is is his invariable custom, these
vines hung full of fine large punches of
luscious purple grapes. The housekeeper
had passed the previous night by the
bedside of a sick friend, and when Mr..
Brock went ont, she laid down to rest,
At about half past eleven she awoke.
and thinking she heard some one NOV
ing at the back of the house, she went
out, and there to her establishment she
found perched away up among the grapes
two Youngsters a girl and boy, while
several grown persons both women and
at least one man were clambering upon
boxes, &c, and standing upon the
ground reaching all intent on riiling the
vines of their grapes, i'll the shortest pos
sbte time. The youngsters above were
pulling and grabbing the fruit, passing
it down below to those who couldn't
climb and in the mean time keeping their
own mouths full. In the company there
were both Jew and Gentle but the
former predominated. When the house
keeper appeared, there was a scampering
and scattering, she relates, amusing to
witness She could have captured the
youngsters had she been so inclined, for
the work of climbing down two stories,
with very little to hold on to, is slow
work. unless the climber lets 90 and
falls, that would be quick enough. She
had no desire to capture them however,
all she wanted was to recognize each
one beyond possibility of a doubt, and in
this she is positive she succeeded. AS to
the identity of the parties we have 10
knowledge, if we had we are inclined to
think we would be tempted to make it
public, by giving all the letters of their
names in full
When Mr. Brock got back from church
his favortc vines, which he had tended
50 carefully all the year. and the growth
of which he had watched with so much
pleasure, presented a sorry spectacle,
nearly all the fine full ripe clusters of
fruit We're gone, on all below the upper
porch, and nothing left but such clusters
as contained about equal quantity of ripe
and unripe frnit and the porches and
ground around strewn with skins and
remnants of clusters, crushed and trod-
den over. 1t was an outrage which calls
for the strongest condemnation, INSIDE
meanor in Il double sense, pilfering the
fruit and Gesecrating the Sabbath. Had
this raid been made upon the premises of
almost any other man than Mr.. Brock,
criminal prosecution would have fol-
lowed
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
Death CT WEll. Knock.

Mr.. William Knock, Of the fast dis.
.tsict, whose illness we announced some
time ago, died at his residence in SAssa-
fras Neck on Friday of last week, the
9Th inst. His disease was Of q drop&ictl
nature, affecting the heart, and lie had
suffered from it for a long time.
Mr.. Knock was 81 Years Of age, =
prominent member Of Iohnsto"n Meth
oclist Episcopal Church, and highly res
peeted in the community. lie married a
daughter Of James 1iegiiI, who with one
son survives him.
Mr.. Knock was for years Il frequent
visitor to this town. He was Il large,
portly gcntleman-oue who would be
sure to be observed even in a crowd.
During the late war he untlinchingly
supported the government and did much
toward upholaiug the uaion cause in
Cecil, both by counsel and example. lie
was a farmer by avocation, and so long
as he was able to take active part in di-
rcctIng affairs, quite successful in that
| calling.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
Bass Fishing in the Susquellanna

Fine sport is to be had just now bass
fishing in the Susquehann;- river, large
quantities of these game fish being
taken. They are caught both by still
fishing from boat or rock, and trolling,
the latter being the popular method near
Port Deposit. OF this sport the Oxford
Press Of this week says: 'Messrs.
Charles \. Long, of Philadelphia, and
J. Clinton Gorsuch, conductor on the p.
Is. r. r recently did some successful
fly fishing for bass at Peach Bottom.
They had fished for some time when the
latter discovered a pool that contained
bass, anil both cast together and fast
ened brace OF bass each, which We're
landed safely. On the second cast each
man fastened a bass apiece the third
cast resulted in Mr.. Long fastening
another brace and Mr.. Gorsuch one bass;
the fourth cast each man fastened fish.
The time occupied in catching these fish
was about fifteen minutes. They were
all fine bass, and others were caught the
same day by these champion fly casters.
Mr.. l.. spent two weeks at the river, and
succeeded in fastening six brace of bass,
of which eleven fish were landed safely,
and the twelfth bass escaped by cutting
the leader against stone. He caught
about fifty-eiglt bass while there. He
has invented fly of his OWL combina-
ton of colors that has taken most of the
bass fastened there this season.
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Personal.

Miss Maggie Prichard a cousin of ex-
Postal Clerk James johnson, has been an
invalid for number of years. She resides
with him at his residence near North East,
and is the only member of her immediate
family living.
Prof. ID. p. Wyatt, of Oratorio celebrity,
Is now at Chestertown, Kent county, where
he will probably form class and render
one or another of the oratorios Of his re-
partoire.
Judge WickS, of the Circuit Court, has
been spending some time at White sulphur
Springs, Va.
Mr.. Thomas kcnnard of Coora, has been
a subscriber to the CECIL WHO since the
day its first mum Der was issued III August
1911.
Mr.. and Ms. w. W. Henderson of this
town, returned home from an extended visit
to Atlantic City on Monday last
Cashier c. w. Finley, of the National
Bank of Eikton, makes weekly trips to At
lant'c City while his family is staying
there, going down Saturday and returning
Monday
Rev I. Snow,ten Thomas, of North East,
with Mrs. Thomas and two daughters, after
an extended visit among friends in New
England. arrived homo Tuo.la.y lat.
Mr.. Thomas's youngest brother, Rev. Jas
Seweiil TbQmas, is member of the New
England Southern Conference, STATIONED ID
Iiarwich, Mass.
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Obituary.,

Observation-Disclosures this life on Fri
day, 9TH inst, +. kennard, son of the late
Elijah Reynolds, of this county, at his resi-
dence in the city of Norwich, Connecticut
He had been an invalid for some months
and during the last few weeks Of his life
was a great sufferer.
OF an ardent temperament, lie practical
ly applied the scriptural injunction, "What
thy hand tindeth to do, do with thy mi ht -
This at last told in the drain on his merry
Gus force, thereby destroying his health.
or pleasing manners, he never failed in
finding friends and establishing pleasant
relations wherever he Went.
Born in this county, he spent the years
of his hoyhood and early manhood in the
place of his nativity.
| He removed to Norwich in 1877, where
he succeeded by his usual energy and bust
ness capacity i'll establishing pleasant and
| popular business.
In politics he was Republican, ana alvo.
Gated his principles with all the earnestnesS
| of sincere conviction.
He died expressing firm hope of bliss
! full Immortality
He married a New England lady some
years ago. Besides the widow he leaves
Two daughters to mourn the loss of Il de
voted and faithful husband and father
And 50 it goes: 'The old, old fashioned
death comes to us all.
One after another droOpS from strong
hopeful manhood in WEAKNESS and decrepi
| tude, till the mourn:ul truth fastenS on IL.
as we look around that THE dust and tn,
pal! shall cover all III this world of misery
noise and show
Yesterday there We're seven; to-day bu
six ami in a few days at most the last o
the seven shall have disappeared. w.
Port Deposit, Md, Sept. 10, 1881.
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Death Beneath a Bank.

While an Italian laborer named Pene-
gan Cunnengham, or something very
much like it, was working III cut on the
B. & o. railroad, Philadelphia extension,
near Stony Run i'll the fifth district on
Tuesday morninglaSt the bank caved, and
heavy mass of earth fell upon him.
breaking his neck, and causing instant
death. The section upon which lie was
at work was that under contract Of Bit
ner & IIuy. on the farm Of Byron Field.
not far from North East. Justice of the
Peace Joseph benjamin impanneled a
jury anti anti III III -iSSfj1fst was~nefd: Or:
Housekeeper was present and testified to
the cause Of death, and the jury rem
dered a verdict iii accordance with his
testimony, aud also after examining into
the matter, eXonerated the contractors
and their foreman from all responsibility.
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Death Of Il. X. Reynolds.

As will be seen by an obituary notice
in another column, NJ. E. Kennard Rey-
nolds, native Of this county and for a
number of years a resident Of Port De-
posit, died at his adopted home in Nor
wich, Connecticut, on Friday, 9TH inst,
after a lingering illness. Mr.. Reynolds
was son Of the late Elijah Reynolds,
one of Cecil's most honored citizens in
his day, and Il brother Of W. w. Rey-
nclds, of Port Deposit Tie removed to
Norwich i'll 1877. There he was success
full in business affairs and actively en-
gagged up to the time he was taken sick
He married in the east, and leaves sur.
viving him widow and two daughters.
Mr.. Reynolds circle of friends and ac-
quaintances in Cecil is large one, and
the notice of his death will be received
by them with regret.
Nj. Reynolds in politics was an orig
nal Republican, and during the war an
earnest supporter of the government.
Deceased was an occasional contribu-
tor to these columns. His letters were
always full of interest and eagerly read
by a large portion of our readers. BY
his death is added another old friend to
the long list of those gone before.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
County commissioners.

The CArnty commissioners were in
session an Tuesday and "Wednesday.
Present. Npssrs. VIM. :. Potter. presi-
denf Wilson D p,irs,n and ELS. Sent
man,
The clerk was directed to notify the
bankers and merchants and the Western
Union, Trlo.e~arh Connanies that thew
must rcr1oye fht;r noi,s ,r,5fl whore tie
same ofstluct the approach to the Como
winco hli,lgc to point outside Of the
ra,airiuo walls If said bridge.
IeviE TearrS. T. Porter Lusbv and
! Stnrett Smith we're arpoinecd ex-
ae,iuers !, view and determine the pro.
prictv of changing tbs location of the
public roals from JackSon's corner 70
Ienness's mill, in the Seventh district.
An order was passed recurring the
road commissioners after the next gen
eral inspection ct roads to report monthly
on the condition Of the roads and bridges
in tl,cir respective read districts.
,Gbe clcrf, was directed to give public
notice that al material furnished to road
commissioners aud all work done for
thcm SHALL be charged to their personal
account, aud not to the county, and that
80 charge shall be made against the
county fer material or for labor on
roads an,i hriglnes except npon the writ.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
Barker Items.

Our genial postmaster and station
agent, J. c. Reynolds, is managi ing the
farm of Moro Philips, Of Philadelphia,
/ as well as attending to the warehouse
situated here of J. l.. Coope.' of Not
! tingham, Pa, which keeps him contiru-
| ally on the alert
VI. T. Nesbitt, our entcrplising mer-
chant, is doing lucrative business at
his new store on the corner of Line and
Cherry Streets having been in opera
ton sinee last May.
Samuel Grayson, our neighbor just
over the lire, is erecting beautiful
house on the prominence overlooking
the town. The builders are John Me.
Carlell and w. n. Brown.
The spacious mansion of Amos Brown
in the southern suburbs is nearing com
pletion under til" artistic supervision of
our townsman, Job 1idwelI, which, when
completed, will compare favorably with
any in the upper end Of Cecil.
Our near neighbor, 5. James Brown
threShcd 2>3 bushels of FuitZ wheat
from six acres, or an average of I. l 6
bushels per acre. Who can beat it ? BY
the way Mr.. Brown does the neatest and
most profitable farming in this vicinity,
attending to the minutest details of the
work personally, not forgetting to return
Il Just proportion of his large profits to
the land again, investing in the tried and
truest commercial fertilizers.
We must not forget our friend, John
Cameron, as being in the front ranks as
a farmer and gentleman who only needs
Il suitable companion (Which no doubt
he could get) to make home complete.
Mr.. Daniel Barker and family, of
Philadelphia are spending a few months
here, being their annual summer resort.
Mr.. Barker locks exceedingly well. Cur
town was named i'll honor of him.
Charles Craig is i'll business at the old
stand. Charles is a shrewd business man.
"ENOs.'
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ATTE1MPTEU 4NCENDIAEIS2i
A DiabOlical Letter.

n DIaDOilcal Letter.
About half-past three on last Monday
morning Mrs. David Lockard, an agec
widow woman who lives i'll . small house
on Bow street, was awakened from SLEEP
by being almost sullocatcd by smoke
She could see no fire in the house, SO she
ran out and called to Mr.. Thomas Green,
whose dwelling adjoius hers on the
north, and asked him if he knew where
the smoke came from. Mr.. Green began
a search for the fine, and in few min
utcs his little boy, going around in the
rear OF Mrs. Lockari'S found the cause.
| Some one had stuffed an open place
/ between tie boarding and logs of the
| house Git is built Of logs boarded over)
! full of old rags, paper and other com
bustibia matter and set fire to it, a
plain and vicious attempt at incendarism
| and possible murder, for had it burned
! freely Mrs. Lockard would hardly have
escaped.
Mr.. Green promptly smothered the
fire and demolished the inccndiary pile,
which for that time at least frustrated
| the Geudish design. Why one would
| make this little house and this aged wo-
man the object of such deviish act
was entirely beyond ;he power Of any of
tllc neighbors to conceive. No one had
! the least idea or suspicion as to who
bo.,, of tl,n at
why they did it. Mrs. Lockard is a very
old and respectable woman, and she lives
all alone III this little one story cabin built
Of logs and boards. 1t adjoins the frame
dwelling house Of Nj Thomas Green on
the north, aud is very close to the frame
out-buldngs OF the double brick dwell
ing occupied by Miss Mary Biddle
and Mr.. Howard Titus on the south, and
the little cabin could not possibly have
burned without having taken these with
it. Very close to Mr.. Green in the rear
about them are other buildings commu-
nicatDg with houses on North street one
way and Main street the other, so it
would be difficult to guess where, with
arorvthins, in its present dry condition.
the IRE would nave OF c"nlt nave o3eh
stopped, had this tiend been successful
in tl,is attemnt.
,,n;, ,,.a. ,,,+ +,o and or + h,,ro,.or
On zIo,,d,, ,oor,i,,, Mr. Green racaived
through the mail an anonymous letter.
~, 49,, ,..;.ou +.u. r. +,o do4or
,,, 49,
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Fair Notes.

Ex-Sheritf VIM. 7, Boulder has been ap-
pointed chief-of-polic of the fair.
The flag floats from the staff on the
grounds, and will continue to II at until
the fair is over
y handsome flag pole has been prepared :,
and will be stepped i'll the tower Of the new
exhibition building.
The telephone company will put up one
of their finest instruments ON the fair ground
both foc actual work and exhibition during
the fair.
Work on the grand stand is going ahead
rapidly, and when the MeSsrs Merritt get
through with it, the stand will be inst
what it ought to have been at first.
Whitewashing is going on on the grounds
now, and the fences and buildings are pat
ting on a snow-iike appearance, much to
the improvement of the appearance of
things.
One of the finest wells of water in the
county is located ut the northeast corner OF
the new main exhibition building This
water is as cold as ii from Greenland's lev
mountains. a new pump is needed in the
well.
The Farmers Sociable, or Ball, to be
held in the new main exhibition building,
is to be made the grandest affair either be
fore, during or after the fair. Cecil and adj
joining counties can turn out some of thc
handSomest ladies in creation, and they
will all be there
The telephone Office during the fair will
probably be in charge of Mr.. Richard Max
well, young gentleman thoroughly posted
III telephony and teegraphy. The object of
the company is TO tamilarize the public
with its operations, and to this end every
facility will be afforded visitors TO examine
the instru .ents and test their operations
The privilege of paiAting signs on the
outside fence III the neighborhood of the en-
trance gates should be denied to every body.
1t distigureS the premises, and is only an
evidence Of the poverty of the association.
for what well regulated fair association
would for paltry ten dollars allow its
front entrance to be so used We do not
refer particularly to the class of goods adj
vertised in these signs, but no advertising
signs of any character should be allowed
there.
The exhibition building will be COM
pIeted by Tuesday next, the 10Th, and
handed over to the association. The con-
tract time is the Goth, but instead of being
behind as is so often ahe case, Contractor
Cameron will he one day ahead This
building is an ornament to the grounds and
credit to the builder. Mr.. Cameron did
not coniine himself closely within the lin
its of the contract, but to make the build
ing what it should be, he added great
deal of ornamental work, for which lie gets
no pay, and for which he wants none. The
building is a good card for him as a builder
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
Ina Effect,

The fruits of the sensational and IN
true report Of the Baltimore D"y in re-
iation to the health of this town. can be
seen already in the fact that to our own
knowledge several persons who had in
tended visiting this town during the
month gave up the idea on account of
having read these reports in the news
papers, and no doubt there are many
other eases that we have not heard Of
The case we speak of was that of two
ladies who had been at Ocean Grove,
and had arranged to stop here on their
way home and remain few weeks, over
the fair, we presume, got hold of a news
paper with the Day article in it, and
went to their homes in Washington,
from where they this week wrote to theiI
friends here the cause of their failure to
stop. and it was all on account of the
people in Elkton now, but only one case
of anything like typhoid fever, and the
physician does not say positively that it
is typhoid and of those that are sick every
one Of them are convalescent.
We venture to say that there is as lit
tie sickness iii Elkton as in any Other
town of it's size on the peninsula. In
conversation with the senior partner OF
our largest undertaking firm the other
day, he said he never knew summer
when there were 50 few deaths. He has
not bad funeral for several weeks, and
what he has had this summer every one
Of them were aged persons except one
/ person who died of consumption, twenty
miles from here, and Was brought here
! for burial, and an infant. This certainly
| looks little like an epidemic of dan
@crous disease. 1t is rather an epidemic
of good health.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
School commissioners.

The board met on Tuesday when the
following business was transacted
The bond of 5. A. McCardle for build -
ing Octorar3 school in Sixth district was
approved.
Bills for repairs on Wood Valley school,
Ninth district, amounting to So 10, was
ordered to be paid.
The resignation o. Elisha Brown, trus
tee of White Oak school was rendered
and laid over, also the confirmation OF
Webster White, teacher for same school,
was deferred.
The board of trustees of Port Deposit
school organized with A. l.. Barry as
president, and I. c. Bond, Secretary.
Miss Dcbbie jackson was confirmed as
teacher of Partridge Tract school, and
Miss Maggie j. Jackson, assistant for
school No. /, both in Second district, and
Miss Lizzie Richards as teacher of school
| No. ;, in Sixth district.
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The Indian Doctor Arrested,

We clip the following from an Eas-
ton, Maryland. paper: prof II. P.
Lorman. the Indian doctor, and one of
his men, named Atkinson, were arrested
in E&ston, Thursday morning, by Deputy
Sheriff Lee, for drunkenness ard swear
ing on the street. When taken before
Justice Robinson the Doctor was so dis
orderly the justice committed him to Jail
to sober up. Atkinson had Il hearing
and was fined. He was unable to pay
the fine and was committed TO Jail until
the fine and costs were paid. In the
evening the Doctor paid the fines and
costs and both were released" The
first named party is well known in Elk,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13

From this Gate TIE CECIL WING rM bt
seroed to ,ceeh2y subscribers IN Port DepoSa
bu ROBERT L. STEBBINs. Robert IS an
Industrious and cnterprisi"g bog, and ''tt'
merit tie good ,eW ef h@ customers dy h'S
prompt service and o5ltgtn9 dtSPositto"'
PatroHi=e lin.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13

LADIES MEDICAL ApVISEE-A complete
medical work for women, handsomely bound
in cloth and illustrated; postpaid for 10 two
cent stamps. Tells how to prevent and cure
all diseases of the sex, by n treatment at
home. Worth its weight in gold to every
lady suffering from any of these diseases.
Over 10, coo sold already. Address NUNDA
PUBLISHING CO., Nunda, n. Y.
Drew's Yeast Powder is the purrst, cheap
est, strongest made. Sold by all country
merchants.
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MARRIED..

H-GO0DYEAR.--on Wednesday Sep
TENDER, 10, 1881, at New London, Pa, by
Rev. !. Il. Clark, pastor of New London
Presbyterian church, GEORGE ASH to
AMANDA GOODYEAR, both of Elkton,
Md.
FILLINGuAM --BJCKWoETIG.-bn the lot h
Sept. 1881, at Bethel, Md, by Rev. +. c.
Atkins, MIR WINTER -. FiLLINGIAM
and Miss ARArEI.I.A BUCKT OkTu, both
of Cecil county Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13

Philadelphia Grain Market, Sept. IL, 1888.
Wheat unsettled and lower-No. > Della
ware, soc.
C0ru--tjia6Tc.
Oats Observation-Disclosures.
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Philadelphia Cattle Market, Sept. II, 1884
Beef cattle dull and lower-4a7r.
Sheep, prices lower-22 al Sc; lambs,
81 raGl &C.
Hogs dull-Sa9l &c.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13

For prime home-dressed beef, 20 to Can't
wells market this morning. There you
will find one of those choice western steers,
tatted by VIM. j. Jones. Something rarely
killed in this market and will dress 600 lbs.
Come for choice roast, steak or stew.
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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

rs1IiE School Commissioners OF Cecil
L county will meet at their once. in fikton.
for the transaction of current School business on
the SECOND TUESDAY of each and every
Month. JOHN SQUIER
fTGCi - R'-An arv
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-13
jury List.

The following is the jury list As draw II
by Judge Stump, on Tuesday the Goth ult.,
to serve at the September term Of court,
which begins on Monday next, the 18th of
that month: