The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-07-26

| Miss Jeanne ROBERTSON, OF l'dIii'HoTt
has been visiting Miss Carrie :. Oliver at
her summer residence, on East Main street.
--Cieneral manager Vatican, of the Over
land Telephone and Telegraph Company,
was in Elktol yesterday luoking after the
interest of the local company here.
The friends here of Mr.. Samuel Hratton
of Texas, have no information of any posi-
tive determination on his part to come north
| not come
1t is thought that the colorrd man who
stole suit ofclothes here on Friday the 18th
was the same who stole the horse from Mr.
| Walker, at OXford ON Sunday night fo!-
lowing
-Two-rhir,i, of the late issue of stock by
the Cecil Agricultural Association has been
taken, and the managers have assurance
that it Will all be taken by the time the new
building is completed.
There was another tlutter among the
railroad hands on the i. Il o., near North
East this week, but to default as Il contra.c.
tors now Ala VS. mas DeSolilc 10
bat little note is taken of it.
The Democrat campaign club is about
to put up IA wigwam on the corner OF Main
and Bow streets, 24x32 feet of rough boards.
Davis Keys, x Co., are to erect the build
ing, and buy back the lumber after the
election.
before Squire Scott, charged Will. drunk
eness and disorder on the street and conf
hitting an assault upon Mr.. George Alex
ander The Squire fined him one dallar
and costs, which he paid like an old soldier
Thursday last, was the hottest day of
the season, so far. The thermometer reached
90 at several points, and ut others ranged
from SO to 80 according TO location, but
all in the shade. In the sun it would have
gone clear out of the tube.
Mr. George Kennedy, who acted As
chief marshall ofthe Mddletown, Delaware,
Fair for several seasons, has been invited
to act in the same capacity at the coming
fair of the Cecil Agricultural Society and
has accepted. He is very capable and eff
ticien1 official In the capacity named.
Samuel Sloan, the well-known architec:
of Philadelphia, who drew the plans for the
Cecil county Jail building and the fine resi-
dence OF Hon. John A. j. Creswell, died at
Raleigh, North Carolina, last Tuesday. He
was there experimenting the erection of a
large asylum. He was &c years of age.
Three youngsters, none "f them inore
than seven years of age, found bottle OF
whiSkey in rear of the Park stables on
Thursday. and drank the greater part of it,
the whole company getting as drunk rs
lords, Keeling about and immitating per
fecily, older persons when on a spree. The
: light was !, sad one.
-Brnoni Cooling, executor of John Shaw,
deceased, will sell the personal property of
deceased, AT public sale, on Tuesday, Au-
gus. 9Th, on the farm on which Mr.. Shaw
died, near North East. Sale 10 commence
at . o'clock T.. NJ. The property consists OF
farming machinery and implements, house
and kitchen furniture, hay, horses, oxen,
hogs, chickens, Nc, sc. Mach of it is very
desirable proverty.
The moonlight excursion will leave Sin
gerly's wharf at niue o'clock on the morn
ing OF Thursday, August I, touching at
Town Point and Rey bold'S. Will leave
Colchester at & Z. NJ, giving the company
pleasant moonlight ride up the Chesapeake.
Brass and string music will be furnished
by the Elkton cornet band and Iiume'S
| string band. The tickets are one dollar, en-
titling the holder to all the privileges of the
excursion.
Several of the successful parties in the
=. Sorg 4 Co. SpearHead tobacco award
received their prizes this week. Among
them were, VIM NJ Terrell, meerschanm
pipe and five pounds of tobacco; James
Halves, five pounds of Spear-iiead tobacco,
and j. Torbert five pounds OF Spear-liead.
Chew Spear Head and save the spears, and
on January LIST next you may draw 81 900
government bond, as lucky fellows did this
time. Altogether about five thousand pres
ents were given away Ivy MessrS. Sora X
Co. Their address is Middletown, Ohio.
The young peoples moonli ght eNcur
sion on Thursday, August :, promises to be
IA very pleasant one. The day will be spent
au Colchester and the evening upon the
Chesapeake, while those on board can TIL
er trip the light fantastic. spark in some
SHADY nook, or sit on the upper deck and
count the stars. Either of these pasrimrS
or all of them can be INDUCED in during
the moonlight sail. From present indica-
lions the company will be Il large one, but
as the Pilot Boy acc ommodates six hundred
persons there is no danger of Il crowd.
The Elkton Cnrnet Band, (colored,)
have received their instruments, and will
give picnic and hop in Ellis, (formerly
Merry'sl Grove, near town, on L thursday,
August It'll, to raise funds to pay the debt
remaining on them. a platform will he
erected, and music for dancing will be fur
nshed by Philadelphia string band. Al
, o'clock in the afternoon a game of base
ball will be played between the Athletic
club (colored) of Philadelphia, and the Elk
ton nine. All kinds of refreshments viii!
furnished. The grove will be put in first
class order, and will be as pleasant Il place
as can be found to spend day and evening
The eighth annual reunion of the $50
ciety of the Army of West Virginia will
| be held in the city of Cumberland, Md on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Sep
TENDER 9. , and 4, 1884. All soldiers are
cordially invited to attend. Arrange
ments are making to render this the
most notable gathering of veteran soldiers
ever held in that section of country. Among
the thousands who will undoubtedly be
present will be many distinguished officers
and civilians, among them Gems. Sheridan,
Hancock, Mcclellan, Rosecrans, Kelley, Sic
gel, Hunter, Schenck and others. We are re-
quested to extend an invitation to all old
soldiers in this neighborhood, or any where
that this may reach them
SO common nowadays, visited this town
last Saturday and remained until the be-
| ginning of the week. The concern con-
sisted of Il dirty old hospital tent, in which
common snakes, and Il poor attempt at a
Punch and Judy show. Why these con-
Germ: are permitted to exhibit without IL
cense we cannot understand. If some poor
for sale his little lot of notions without Il
license, he is pounced down upon and com
p He'd to pay a heavy fine, but these scampS,