The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-06
The immense pile of coal on Singerly's

Several barge loads of coal were I'M
loaded by Messrs. Scott x Bro, at thei
wharves this week At Singerlysa mum
Der were also uuloaded.
-Rev. c. f. Sheppard will preach a
Crouch Chapel tomorrow, Sabbath after
noon at 81 o'clock. Ali are invited. Thu
Sabbath school will meet at 2ls O'Clock.
The cattle sale by Mr.. Thos. Miller, :.
at the FELTON, house yard, came off ON Sat
urday afternoon last. Some of the stool
brought fair prices, but much of it sol'
low.
The contract for altering the CRANE
stand upon the fair grounds has been
awarded to Mr.. James =. Merrett, of thi:
town, at S42l He began work on Thurs
day.
MIR. Burbage Brock, of this town, car
ries a curious cane, made by prisoner il
Trenton, \. j., Jail. 1t was presented II
Mr.. Brock by the Jail keeper, many year,
ago.
The floral mound on the railroad con-
pany's lot near the station is very pretty
lust now The architect of this work is
skillful hand at it, and a person of eXcellen
taste.
The Sabbath school of Cedar Hill 4
NJ. 2. Church held its twelfth annual an
niversary on Saturday last. The school i,
large one, and in fiourishirg condition
The anniversary was well attended.
open books this week at Taylor's livery
office on Ma in street. A number of persons
who have died were stricken Oft. Only Il
new names We're put on.
There is a great scarcity of dwelling
houses in Elkton just now, the supply be-
| ing tar less than the demand, and scores OF
| houses bringing from seven to twelve dol
lars per month, could be rented.
Wesley Chapel Sabbath school, Elk
neck, will have a picnic this day week,
Saturday, September 18th, in the grove
near the church. Every one in the neigh
borhood is expected to be present.
AT the Northeast \. NJ. =. Church.
Rev. E. w. Scott, pastor, tomorrow quar-
terly meeting services will be held. Love
feast will take place at . O'clock a. m, and
there will be preaching at II a. m. and p.
III.
Much speculation has been INDUCED in
recently as to how the seven giraffs on the
large bills at the Howard house get along
with only nineteen legs among them. If
you go to the circus to-day the mystery
may be solved.
-Tramps 90 in focks now. 1t used to
be that shey We're not so plenty as to make
up crowds, and they travelled sinsly or at
most in pairs, but nowadays they are so
numerous that more crowds than single in
dividualS are seen.
The dredging machine is rapidly clean
ing out the creek between the two lines of
wharveS. On account of the height of the
wharves they can only work on high water,
as on low water the shoot will not extend
over the wharf
The "Manitee,'' Mr. Hamltons Diss.
tons steam yacht, was here several days
this week, having on board a company of
sportsmen, who came here to sheet rail
The tides, however, were poor, and they had
but little luck
The Calvert Bachelors Social Club held
picnic at Brick Meeting House Thurs
day evening. \ large attendance and
pleasant time was the result. The silver
tongued gallant of the Grand Central was
prominent figure at the gathering.
On Wednesday last at 6.35 \. NJ, 80
carrier pigeons OF the Newark, y. j. club
We're let out at Havre dc Grace and at noon |
all the birds at home. The distance
is $50 miles. The time 1851 minutes, an
average of 1865 ya;ds a inmate.
"A new style shell for breach-loa,ling
have zinc heads Instead of brass, ant! sell
for sixty cents per hundred at retail, but
little more than twoihirds the price of the
other, and they have proved themselves as
good
-MessrS. James il. Merrett and Clinton
White made the same bid for altering the |
grand stand the fair grounds. Their
bids being less than the third one, they
We're called Oh to alter their figures, and at
the second opening Mr.. Marrett received
the contract.
A tiger anl panther belonging to John
Robinson'5 circus escaped from their cage
near Pennington, Kent county, Delaware,
on Wednesday last, while the show was on
IL, ,ftar nr,ls
captured by the keepers some distance from
where they escaped.
A heei's head that was left hanging out
all night in front of provision store on
Main street was found next morning with
piece of paper pinned to it upon which
was written: "Not dead but sleeping"
We can't see any particular i"ne i'll this,
but simply mention the circumstance.
Another discharge pipe has recently
been pnt in at Singerly's mills to carry of
therefrlse from the pulp-naking machinery.
At first it was thought that TIT would be IA
tai to the fish. bat now it ems that they
jump around in il as lively as ever fish did
in fresh water. They appear to like the
poison.
- There will be services tomorrow (Sab-
bath) in the Presbyterian church by the
pastor, Rev H. w. Beers His subject in
the morning will he "None but Jesus and
in the evening sabbath Dissertation - the
third in his series of sermons on current
topics of the times. The evening service will
4
The Friends Quarterly Meeting at Cal.
vert yesterday, one week ago, was well at
tended. The rain which fell that day was
the first in 40 years on August Quarterly
Meeting day sufficient to prevent members
from attending the meeting, although it is
a common occurrence for these meetings to
be held during heavy rains.
-NIessrs Jos Booth 6; Son are now
marketing their first crop of celery, six
weeks at least in advance ofthe usual time.
They this week shipped to Wilmington,
Delaware, a lot of the finest ever saw.
About October LIST they will begin regular
weekly attendance on the Wilmington
market in their large market wagon. They
! have three acres in celery, all of the finest
| quality.
The English sparrows have discovered
that the wild oats which grows upon the
marshes is good food for them, and they now
flock upon the low ground south of town.
| Some few are to seen upon the large
| marshes further down, but the main body