The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-03

+. Church now in session III Philadelphia.
-Rev. T. Snowden Thomas, of North
East, Md, will preach providence per-
mitting) in the Rock Presbyterian Church,
tomorrow (Sabbath) May /, at lol4 A. NJ.
An interesting communication on forest
fires was received so late that We We're COM
pellsd to lay it over until next week. Sew
eral other items Of interest met the same
fate.
The weather prophets predict cold
weather all through the spring and early
summer, and frost in July. Take in your
peach trees.
Two hundred thousand herring were
landed al one haul at William Wilson's,
Bulls mountain fishery, ON the North East
River, on Wednesday last.
Mr.. John L. Meyer and Miss Katie
Cline, of this town, were married on Mon
day last, the ceremony taking place in
Philadelphia.
The county commissioners met inSpecial
session OH Wednesday last for the purpose
of closing the accounts of the tax collectors,
who are required by law to settle with the
State and county before the 1st day of May.
The Rev. e. f. Sheppard will preach at
Crouch's Chapel tomorrow (Sabbath) aft
ernoon at $50 O'clock; everybody invited.
The Sabbath school will meet at 2:}0 o'clk.
a full attendance Of the members and
friends is requested.
The haltcat haIf-rabLit that escaped
from Mr. George Bennett several months
ago, now makes its home in some hole or
crevice about Partridge's warehouse, near
the railroad station, and is frequently seen
hopping around. 1t is very timid, however,
and will not allow person to approach it.
The high wind yesterday rekindled the
fire that had been bLrning in the woods in
the Barrens west of town, and it commune
Gated to the timber and underground on the
farm OF w. j. Homes, Esq, and as we go to
press it is burning tiercely. The town dur
ing the afternoon WAS enveloped in smoke.
AT noon on Thursday last the seine at
Wilson's Bulls Mountain fishing shore, came
in so full OF fish that it could not be landed,
and Il portion of the catch had to be liber-
ated to secure the remainder. over 250, 600
herring and several hundred shad We're
landed, and perhaps as many got away. II
w. C. Grow, by authori; ofthe County
Com missiOnerS, set out several young ma
PIE trees in front of the Jail. Il few days age.
This should have been done twelve years
ago, when the Jail was built. II is said to
be hotter than IIades in and about the
Sherits house during the hot months.
Edward Burlington, Il well known cit
izen OF Cecilton, i'll the First district, died
on Saturday last, after IL brief illness of
pneumonia Mr.. Burlington was the oldest
son of William &. Burlington, now resid-
ing in Cecilton he being one of its oldest
citizens.
The heaviest run of herring known for
years came on this week, and the fishermen
scooped them up by the hundreds of thous-
ands. The fish were very small however,
very small that many persons declined
to salt them away fearing that by summer
there would be nothing left of them. They
sold at from 20 to 50 cents per hundred, and
some sales were made as low rs 1214 cents.
The house belonging to Mr. Isaac
Thomas in rear of Dunbar's livery office on
North street, was sold ut public auction on
last Saturday afternoon, and bought by
W. j. Jones, ESP, for Sl2O. Mr. Thomas
is now i'll PottStown, Pennsylvania, visiting
a nephew who resides there, where he will
remain until his health improves, when he
intends to return. He will retain his citi-
zenshp here.
The Ho1ning H"ImM is now, by long
Odds the best Republican newspaper pub
lished in Baltimore. Indeed we think it
eXcells any paper published in that city
whatever may be its political complexion.
1t gives all the news of the day in as brief
and live a manner ~ is possible, that
every item of news worth knowing may be
found in it, ard all for one cent. 1t GER
tainly is good paper. Il
A fire ragged for some time in Cooper
woods east of town on Sunday evening
last. 1t burned as far as the railroad when
it went out for want of material to keep it
alive. 1t burned over an area of about 200
acres, more or less damaging all the timber
thereon. On Tuesday evening fire broke
OFT in the woods at Foy' Hill, near North
East, and burned over pretty large space
before it was stopped. The smoke was
plainly visible Oh the streets Of this town
William L. Mccullough, who formerly
resided on the farm known as the MERRY
farm. adjoining the Booth place, northeast
of this town, died near New Castle, Del.
on Friday last Of pneumonia. Mr.. McCul-
Tough was related 10 James T. Mccullough,
of this town, and Of the t'arr family, of
Philadelphia. lle resided here for a num-
Der OF ye,rS, and will la remembered by
many of our town readers. He WAS about
eighty years OF age.
ON Sunday night the barn and corn
crib of Mrs. Smthson, situated in Hartford
county, across the river from and about two
and a-half miles west of Port Deposit, were
destroyed by fire, together with their con
tents, lot of agricultural implements and
one valuable horse which could not be re-
moved. 1t is not known how the fire oris-
n.llSu ut iOSH - Nllltiditu ttl ScNtlli
thousand dollars The farm is leranted by
Alexander Wilson, whose loss en- farming
implements, &c, is very heavy.
"A quantity, (said 10 have been ii bar
rel) of coal oil was spilled at the store of
the Nessrs. Ceilings, on Main street, i'll the
hollow recently. The oil ran down, through
the floor to the ground and nothing more was
thought of ii, until within Il few days, when
the oil has been discovered covering the top
of the water in Il spring beneath building
adjoining the Ceilings store. To reach the
spring the oil had to pass through IA heavy
solid stone wall and through the earth a
distance of about thirty feet, but it accom-
plished the feat.
A despatch from ilagerstown, Md, to
the Baltimore Ih,eric,,t, one day recently,
stated that a gentleman in Washington
county, sold forty head of cattle recently,
for the handsome sum of 81 900 These
cattle were shipped to Liverpool, England.
Cecil county has done as well. Mr.. Evan
w. Ainskow, on the Tranor farm, soath
of town, sold last week, to IA Mr. Martin. of
Philadelphia, thirty head of steers at 500
per head. being the same price received by
the gentleman in Washington county.
james johnson, who for IA nunb Der of
years has been i'll the United States Postal
Service, rs clerk on a postal car between
Neg York and Washington has resigned, his
Resignation taking effect the LIST of May
Mr.. johnson having from long service be-
come faInil1nr with tLn Lutins Of L.. ,,.,.;-