The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-19

az tuclE hOWlduuflll6 HILLS.
A gun was fired on the suburbs OF towr
on Sunday morning last, startling the resi-
dents of the neighborhood.
-Coasting has been very popular THU
week with the young folks, as sleighini
has with the older ones; but it's dangerous
Mrs. James L. Foard is lying seriously
i'll of pneumonia at the residence of her
husband, Mr. James L. Foard, near Tur
key town.
The noise made by the fail of a six foo
citizen when his feet slipped frsm under
him on Main street on Tuesday evening, wal
heard for two blocks, yet he called it a ligh
autumn.
The snow fall of Tuesday night put new
life into the sleighing and the bells hav.
been jingling merily ever since. II is fine
fun for the young folks, but hard on the
horses.
MIR. J. Polk Scott, of Cherry Hill, has
purchased the farm belonging to the heirs
Of the late Thomas Tong, containing 81
acres, located in the Fourth district, for
$3.50.
The stoppage of the West Amwell Iron
Works, at this season of the year, is a Sc
rious matter to the employees, in so far as it
curtails their incomes. The works have
been silent since about the first inst.
A young man by the name of Stradley,
seventeen years of age, engaged in farming
for Mr.. VIM. Ward, of Sassafras Neck,
run out sixty five acres of corn ground last
spring This is a pretty big job for youth
of that age.
mercury reached five degrees below
zero ON Wednesday morning last in some
localities in this town. The air was still
and consequently the cold was not felt 30
been blowing
The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church,
of this town will be filled o-morrow, Sun
day morning and evening, by Rev. w. w.
Campbell, former pastor of Aberdeen
(Harford county, Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Campbell is an able minister.
"A fox, followed by a pack of five
hounds, in full chase, crossed Elk river
from Locust Point to the Elk Neck shore.
on Wednesday. After n chace around the
neck Reynard recrossed the river and made
off towards back creek neck. What be-
came of him finally we did not learn.
A lively party was given at the house
Of Nr w l Main Off
Tuesday evening last The light fantastic
was tripped until well on towards Wednes-
day morning. The company was as full of
dance as grape is of Juice, and made the
tim bers of the old building crack.
The second General Quarterly meeting
for the Philadelphia district, commences in
the Free Methodist Church OF Elkton, on
January oath, at 80 p. NJ, and
holds over the Sabbath. Rev. VIM. Gould,
chairman, and other ministers and visitors
are expected from abroad. The public are
invited to attend.
A ball in the locality known as the Bar
rens, on Thursday night, OF last week broke
up in Il row. The party vas held at the house
of one, Mr.. Moore. "A number of persons
not invited came to the ball, and Moore
ordered them out. A row was the result,
in which guns, knives, cudgels, &c, were
used. No one was seriously hurt, but a
booming noise was made.
The English sparrow that for long
time roasted beneath the ewes of MITCHELL 3
drug store porch, after having been disturbed
. number of times. has taken up quarters
elsewhere and his old domicile is vacant.
The little fellow who roosts in the Court
House holds the fort He flew in through
the window the other evening while court
was in session and took his bed for the
night.
In casting up a summary of the bust
ness of Cecil county this week. we were
more than ever convinced that the business
of the farmer is the most Independent and
desirable than any other. Cecil contains as
many we'll to do, prosperous farmers as any
section we are acquainted with, and this
has been particularly good season with
them. The figures show in this branch of
business, highly gratifying condition of
affairs.
The following are the officers of the
Cecil Detective Association for 1884:
President, Isaac f. Vanarsdale; Vice Pres
ident, Wilson d. Person: Secretary and
Treasurer, DIR. James A. Mearns. Direc-
tors-A. Il. Magraw, Hugh NJ Cameron,
Geo. w. Clifford, Levi S. johnson, Thomas
Fassitt, Jos. I. England, Cornelius Barrett.
VIM. H. Mcdowell, Joseph Hambeton,
Job Kirk. The head quarters of this asso-
citation are at Calvert or Brick Meeting
House.
Rev. Samuel Dckey, of Oxford. Pa, a
gentleman widely known and respected in
this county, died suddenly. of neuralgia, of
the heart, in Philadelphia on Monday last
Mr.. Dickey had been in attendance at a
meeting of the Board of Directors of the
which he was a member. He died in a
street passenger rail way car while going
out Market street, near Tenth. The re-
mains were taken to Oxford and inferred
on Thursday last.
Mr.. Alfred Kirk, of Pennington, in
this county, this season, from fifteen acres
of ground, harvested over 1900 bushels
of corn. 1t is the largest yield recorded this
season. and pushed 100 bushels to the acre
close. Mr.. Kirk is model farmer, and
has enc of the finest places in the county.
1t would require pretty good pile of cash
to induce him to part with this farm. He
this fall slaughtered over two tons of pork,
made the greater part on refuse from the
dairy alone. There is money in this.
A horse belonging to DR.. Joseph Wal.
lace, of Chesapeake City, hitched to sleigh
and in charge of a colored man, became
frightened and got away from him on Main
street, on Wednesday evening In his course
up the street the sleigh struck the hitchine
post in front of Ward * Davis's store
Hearn block, and broke off the shafts
and otherwise damaged the sleigh. Thi.
put somewhat of check to the runaway
and he was caught by Mr.. Benjamin.
Whiteman short distance above. Tn,
horse was not injured. r.
AT the annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Cecil County Agriculture
Society held on Tuesday, 10Th instant, tn,
following Board of Managers for the ensu
ing year were elected: Messrs Adam X
Magraw, Thomas Drennen, Hon. Frederick
Stump, Col. J. l. Davis and Messrs II
H. Duyckinck, w. j. Warburton, Jr. A
w. Mitchell, Win. Armstrong, John Gil
pin, Clinton Mccullough, A. e. lutte ant