The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-16

| Jnt tOuIJ IOI tulS -Ap-
plications will be received by Register OF
| Wills r. Z. lamar, and be laid before that
| body at its next meeting. This is a good
| opportunity for some young man to secure
an education.
Mrs. Robert Moore Of this county, was
yesterday taken to the Maryland asylum
for the insane, the county commissioners
| having made provisions for her ;,ccommo-
dation there for three months. As her at
Fiction is of an acute nature, it is hoped
stored to her right mind.
Deputy Coroner Palmer, of Whining
ton, accompanied by Detective Jones of the
p. w. & B. Railroad, were in Elkton on
Thursday They visited the scene of the
accident to the Lynn family, near Glasgow,
in the morning for the purposeof getting at
the facts in the case, and afterwards went
to the scene of the Hogeland accident near
this town.
David Orr Post, No -, q. y. Il. Of
Port Deposit, Will give what is known as a
circular fair at Odd Fellows Hall, Port De-
post, August Goth, Wednesday next, for
the benefit of the relief fund of the post
The management promises IAN enjoyable
entertainment for all who attend, and
no doubt this promise will be full
filed. The object is a good one, and the
fair should receive liberal patronage
A man, to our reporter unknown
driving a two horse wagon, made a narrow
escap from being struck by the limited eX-
press that passes south at about two o'clock
p. N. last Tuesday. He was on the crossing
at the warehouse, when the train was pass
ing the station, running sixty miles an
hour. 1t don't take it long to run fifty
yards at tn rate, and when it got to the
crossing, the tail of the wagon was not ten
inches over it.
On Thursday next the last grand eXcur
sion by Brickley Il Mccullough from Port
Deposit and Havre de Grace to COLCHESTER
will be given. This is the last chance of
the season and should be awaited of by all
who want fresh air or are in need of recrea
ton. The Pilot Boy leaves Port Deposit al
o a. NJ, IldNlt ut NIIdtt ub -; anu ltllii IL
ing leaves Colchester at 6 p. NJ, arriving at
Havre de Grace at Q, and Port at 10 O'Clock
Get your tickets.
The Changers excursion to Colchester
on Thursday was a success in every way.
The day was pleasant, excellent order pre-
vailed, no accident occurred, and the atten
dance was large. over four hundred per-
sons We're on board the Pilot Boy. The re-
ceipts largely exceed the expenses, a very
satisfactory state of affairs. The steamboat
was a little lat in gettirg here in the morn
ing, so that they did not get off until nine
o'clock, bat notwithstanding this the day
was long enough. They arrived home about
nine p. NJ, good hour.
1T is truly remarkable to see what beau-
tiful flowers, may, by cultivation, be made
ont of our commonest Wild flowers or weeds
Take the repulsive gympsum weed. a plant
against which n deadly war of eNtermina-
ton has been Cor years waged a plant
without one redeemng feature, sickening
in odor, poison. as it is charged to be. An
| Elk ton lady has taken one of these I'M
promising plants, and by careful cultiva-
| ton has taken from it all odor and appear
ance the of common gympsum, and it now
| bears large elegant flower larger shan the
largest lilly and just as sweet.
The carriage in which Mrs Hogelaud
was riding when struck by the Seaside eX-
press on Wednesday morning was COM
| pletely torn into splinters, as though it had
been chopped up with an axe. An eye wit
ness says that Mrs. IIogeland was thrown
| twenty or twenty-five feet in the air, looking
| to him as though she came from the smoke
stack. Yesterday evening she remained in
a state of unconSciousaess, not having
| spoken or known any one since the acct
| dent. The only nourishment she has taken
was a small quantity of milk poured down
| her throat.
The following is from the North East
| correspondent Of the Cecil Netcs of the 9th
| inst ''The Peninsular Ncthodi$t,' of Will
mington since its change of name and own-
| erShip, sends to our Office the largest num-
| Der to subscribers, of any one paper, re-
| ceived through the mails, either secular or
| religious. If the Ne,rs correspondent will
take the trouble to inquire at the post office,
he will find that there are more than twice
| as many WINGS as there are PeHjnSuldr
Neth0djStS delivered to subscribers at North
East, and that the number of WINGS that
| 90 there weekly, is within five, of being
| twice as many as any other paper sends.
| We simply make this statement to put our
contemporary correspondent right, upon
| the record.
A couple of Baltimore gentlemen went
down the Elk fishing one day this week
| They waited upon the iinny tribe until they
| We're tired and then started on a two-nile
pull home against swift tide They tug
ged and pulled and perSpired for an hour,
(each charging the other with lack of ener-
gy at the oars) and had only made about
half mile. This was terribly discourage
ing, and they We're about to give it up in
despair, when looking around they ,liscov-
cred that they had on starting failed to haul
| up their anchor, Il piece of railroad iron
about three feet long, weighing anywhere
under hundred pounds, and that they
had been dragging it all this time. They
both then and there made oath upon an
empty lunch basket that hereafter they
will use nothing but cork anchors.
While 4 number Of coal cars were being
backed upon the trestle work on tho Com
panys dumping grounds near the railroad
station on Wednesday morning, the brakes
were not properly applied and the cars were
run back with so much speed, that the
heavy timber fender at the end was knocked
off, and the end car jumped to the ground,
smashing things up pretty badly, y young
man named Jesse Chick, who was riding
on the car just for the fun ofthe thing escap-
ed from injury by jumping into the pile OF
coal, but one of the regular brakeman, who
was not in position to jump clear of the
wreck, was hit by some portion of the tim
and severely injured about tie side and
shoulder. His arm was also broken. The
men in charge of the train, lay the blame
of the accident upon Chick, who they say,
volunteered to take charge OF the brake,