The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-22

Brothers at Odd Fellows Hall, ThurSda.
evening November 9th, Thanksgiving day
Flora Swing" the trotter, has COM
back to Cecil, she having been re-purchaset
by Mr. n. X. Warner, who formerly owned
her.
The horse of Mr.. David Phillips, fel
dead while standing hitched at West Not
tingham Friends meeting housed on Sunda.
last.
The Il. & o. railroad company have de
termined to build branch road, from thei
new line down the peninsular, passing
through this town.
Rev. Mr.. Edwards, who filled the pull
pits of Rock & Zion Presbyterian Churche
part of last summer has been called to the
pastorate of the circuit.
Work was begun on Monday last, OF
the bridge at Gilpin's fording, near thi:
town. This bridge was damaged by the
great food of June last, and has beef
standing so ever since.
| -Carhart q CO.. store, at Zion in thi,
county, will be closed on Thursday
| Thanksgiving Nov. eth, 1884, excepting
an hour at noon for distribution of the
mail.
The revival service meetings have been
continued nightly this week at the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, the, pastor Rev. &.
f. Sheppard leading. They have been we'll
attended.
| -Womens rights were somewhat venti-
lated at Newerz, Del, last Tuesday by the
presence of several members of the alleged
weaker sex, riding on horseback in Demo
cratic parade.
| The old Bowling Green building near
| Ear Creek fordiEg east Main street oriSl-
nally long low structure put up for a
another story put upon, which will convert
it into a roomy and comfortable dwelling.
A North street man, being plagued by
persons loafing about his place, lolling upon
the porch SC, has adopted the novel plan
| of filing the entire edge of the porch floor,
foot deep or more, with pointed nails.
Any one sitting down on this porch, will
feel if he don t see the point.
-Messrs. Jos. Booth, & son, of this town,
have 700 yards of celery in trenches ready
tor winter sales. Seven hundred yards of
trenches does not sound so very great, but
the quantity of celery contained in them
is simply immense Mr.. Lue Barber, the
next largest grower, has about 80 yards of
trenches.
a dispute arose among several Italian
laborers at Henderson's Quarry on the b.
& o. railroad last Sunday, which resulted
in one of them cutting the throat of another
with a razor. The cut was severe, but not
fatal. These Italians are something like
Kilkenny cats, if let alone they will anhi
late one another.
An Elkton sport who aspires to pugil-
istic fame, recently ventilated the pretty
broad assertion, that he can whip any three
boys or men, white, black, or tan in Elk
ton. On account of his wonderful powers
for brag the boys have christened him
Oscar Wilde. O-scare, because he tries to
scare everybody he comes in contact with.
and Wilde because his assertions are so
wild.
A quartette of the so-called weaker sex
made themselves conspicuous in the parade
of the Democratic Notification at Newark
on Tuesday last, mounted on very non war
like steeds. Their presence in line called
forth comment more personal than COM
plmentary, and the remark. ''They want
to be countesses,' was freely INDUCED in.
Some ungallant persons even went so far as
to say that these young ladies were out of
place.
"A curious freak of nature was discov-
cred by Mr.. Robt. Mearns, of Bay View, in
this county, the other day, whie huskng
corn on the farm tenanted by Mr.. John
Mahoney, near that place. 1t consisted of
one full ear of corn with seven lesser ones
clustered around it the whole containing as
much corn as at least four full ears. We
have seen some such things before, but
never came across one in which all the ears
were so well developed.
We We're the other day shown speci-
men Of Golden Dwarf celery, the variety
cultivated by Mr.. Lac Barber, who resides
few miles west of this town. 1t is not so
large as other varieties, but far surpasses
any that we have seen in deicacy of flavor.
Mr. Barber makes a speciality of celery cul-
! ture, his endeavor being to produce only
the best. He will be at his regular stand
on the Court House yard on Wednesday
t,,c II Al for
giving day.
Our ice dealers are putting their ponds
in order, preparing for gathering their win
ter harvest of this summer luxury. Mr. II.
Vinsinger who ha ) leased the Howard pond
and house, has put in new gates. and other
wise made it ready to receive the water.
Messrs. Booth 4 Son, have theirs in order,
aud are erecting still another ice house, %
feet square. With this additional storage
room, they will be able to carry stock
enough for two seasons to meet a possible
| failure of the ice crop.
john Partridge, secretary of the Cecil
Agricultural Society," last Saturday, shipped
from this station large invoice of articles
for exhibition at the Worlds Exposition at
New Orleans to begin December 10th next.
| We have on exhibition at the Office of THE
WING. exact views of all of the buildings,
grounds, etc, of this great exposition, from
which pretty good idea of their extent
may be formed. The main building is the
largest structure ever erected, covering SO
acres of ground quite NICE little farm.
-Messrs. p. Lorillard, 81 Co., of New
| York, not only manufacture the best to-
bacco in the country, but they are wide
| awake and liberal advertisers. Their lat
est success in the latter line, is the issue OF
a large full sheet engraving, containing a
perfect likeness of all the leading profess
sional base ball players of the country.
The portraits are tastefully arranged the
whole forming a handsome and valuable
gallery. The plate is by Root & Tinker Of
New York, and is pronounced by compe
tent judges, fine piece of art, and at the
same time the portraits are lifelike. 1t is
dedicated to their climax, red tin tag, plug
tobacco. Every admirer of base ball should
secure a copy of this plate.
The funeral of the late Rev. Michael d.
kurtz, at RoXboroush, near Philadelphia
last week, was the largest that has taken
place in that eighborhood, for a long time
Service was held in the Central NJ. E
Church, of which he was pastor at the time
of his death. ii /. died on Tuesday the 18th
inst, of dysentery, in the 18th year of hi:
age. He entered the ministry in 1888, and
besides having been stationed at a number