The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

bg ROBERT Il. STEBB1NS. hooeFt u u"
industrious and enterprising bog, and 'ctH
merit the good ,ciN Of his customers By has
prompt service and ob1iging disposition.
Patronize him.
Brevities.
CWheat is now worth in the market
~ ,out twenty cents more than corn.
The pastures were so badly parched up
before the rain that dairymen were forced
to feed their stock, just as they do IN MID
winter.
There will be preaching by Rev. E W.
Scott at Elk Neck A NJ. p. church tomor-
row at II A. NJ, and at the North East
church at P. NJ.
A large ash-leafed maple tree in the
side yard of the residence of the Misses
Jones, on Main street, was blown down on
last Saturday morning.
The wedding of Mr.. John I. Lewis and
Miss Mary Turner, of this town, Is an
nounced for Wednesday next. The lady is
niece of Mr.. George Turner, of Little Elk
Berkeley, barber of this place, has just
put in new and latest style of chairs, and
his customers may now be shaved under
the most comfortable circumstances pos
sible.
Mr. George Cotton, of Baltimore, who
made such fine display of poultry at the
late fair of the Cecil Agricultural Associa-
ton, exhibited - cages at Hagerstown fair
this week.
Mr. P. J. Megrady, of this town, can
make a carpet OF rags that is as pretty as
ingram or brussels and that will wear bet
ter than either. If you doubt it, try him.
In these carpets he uses wool chain.
We were told by 4 farmer the other day
that when he attempted to pillow recently,
he found the earth ~ dry that dust actually
arose from the bottom OF the furrow, turned
up several inches beneath the surface.
Giles, at his North street market, had
on sale this week some of those fine salt
water oysters. These oysters are something
beyond the common run of bivalves, so fine
favored that they recommend themselves.
They come from Accomac county, Va.
The demand for the Bib Baltimore
fireplace heaters is so great that the agent
of the house here, Mir. c. j. Jamison, can
not keep up with orders. He has almost
enough ahead to keep him busy until the
opening of winter.
Mr.. James c. Bell, well known citi-
zen of Conowingo, in this county, returned
home with his family on the 9th inst. from
his residence on the Hudson river, New
York, where they spent the summer
months.
Mr. Frank Scott, formerly of the firm
of Brown & Scott, of this town, provision
dealers, is negotiating for the purchase OF a
business of this kind in Baltimore. If he
fails to secure the Baltimore concern he will
probably engage in the same business here.
An Elkton gentleman, who was never
before seen upon horseback, created quite
stir by cantering Con walk through the
streets one day this week. Some persons
thought he was starting out on canvass
for ST. John and Daniels, but this was
mistake.
The youth of Eiktoo, have established
a race course and some of the most exciting
races that ever TOOK place here, are daily
being trotted on this track. The time made
there is almost phenomenal Twenty-Five
entries have been made for Saturdays races.
Any one fond of sport will look this matter
up.
Farmers who are in want of a feed or
ensilage cutter should buy the Belle City,
the greatest machine of the age, and one
that sells as low as the lowest but does its
work better than the best. Any one inter
ested can receive full information by ad-
dressing T. G. Forester, % East Baltimore
street, Baltimore.
The copy for job of 40, 900 circulars for
Baltimore house was handed in to the
WING JOB OFFICE on Friday of last week,
and on Saturday evening, the next day,
they were completed and packed ready for
shipment. Two presses were worked on
them, one printing 80 the other 20 per min
ute. Can any country office beat this?
The water sprinkling machine brought
here from Wilmington during the fair, for
use in sprinkling the track, remained here
until Monday last, when it went up on tn e
noonday express. As the charge for it was
to be $3.50 per day fo- every day it was
here, the bill will in all probability be large;
though they only used it few times.
The great botanical gardens of England
are at Kew, few miles up the Thames
from London, and they are under the con-
troll of Sir Joseph Hooker, the distinguished
naturalist paper in the November Har-
per's will give an account of day spent
with him in the midst of his work, and will
be illustrated with some fine drawings of
plants from the pencil of Alfred Parsons
An Elkton boy is the happy possessor
of an opossurn and large litter of young,
but he is rendered unhappy periodically by
the escape and fight of one or more of the
brood, who do not seem inclined to remain
beneath the paternal roof. On Saturday
night party of boys captured one of these
little wanderers in a crevice in the wall
around the court house yard, where it had
taken shelter.
Work on the new warehouse of Mr.. w.
NJ. singerly is being pushed ahead. The
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completed and the building will soon begin
to show itself. A siding has been put down
by the railroad company, aud all material
can now be taken right to the spot where it
is needed, without hauling. This warehouse
is to be one of if not the most complete al
this station.
-. = r. c. Thackery, Esq of the Elkton bar
~ been doing good work on the stump fol
Blaine and Logan in Pennsylvania. He
spoke at Lancaster in company with Gen
eral Beaver on Friday evening of last week
and made a very favorable impression
Since he has spoken in a number of import
ant towns always to large and enthusiastic
gatherings. He spoke at Reading, Lancas
ter, Pittston, Allentown and Hokendauqua
The country is full of boys, both black
and white. shooting off every kind of bird
they come across. We are informed that a
party of this class of sportsmen fired upon
bunch of young quail, too young to be
able to fly, upon the ground the other day
Afterward the birds were found to be toe
young even for these savages to eat, moi
even being feathered, Such work as this is
shameful and should be stopped.
The gates of the fair grounds should be
put in order and closed for the winter. On
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