The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-01


The new bridge at Marley Mills, vii
be in place by the 18th of TINS month.
-Au Elkton N an boasts of having a horse
that can haul heavier load down Part
ridges hill than any animal in town.
The IN Ill pouch thrown from the ex-
| press at North street crossing last Tuesday
morning, bursted and some of its contents
| were scattered about.
Capt. w. Really ofth;s place who was sun
struck last summer, has not yet entirely re
covered from it. He still suffers in the head
! when exposed to the rays of the sun
An Eikton Democrat said to Il WIG
reporter the other day, "Well we give you
| Republicans good scare, every four years,
If it does not amount to anything more
Robert Graham, French canadian,
employed in the stone quarries of Drake,
Stratton & Co., at Port Deposit, was struck
by falling derrick on Thursday morning
and knocked insensibe. He was severely
though not dangerously injured
| The entire family of DIR. Il. +. Tull, OF
this town, consisting Of his wife and three
children, have been i'll for some time past,
but are all now convalescing. Two of
them were suffering from Typhoid and the
| others from Malarial fever.
H. r. Torbert proprietor oft the "WHIG"
left on Thursday morning for Western
Maryland, where he will speak each day
for Blaine and Logan. until election day.
He spoke on Thursday night at W oodsboro,
yesterday at Frederick City, and last night
at Mechanicstown.
C. w. Morrison, of Port Deposit, who
fell from window of Adler's hotel, Baiti-
more, some time ago, and was seriously in
jured, still fingers in a critical condition at
his home in Port. The lower half of his
body is paralyzed, and his recovery is next
to impossible.
The rain came this week after long
waiting, and with il the mud. Portions of
Main street become perfect quagmlres alter
a rain, particularly that part in the neigh
borhood of the bank, which is almost i'm
passable to pedestrians. This should be at
tended to before winter sets in.
There will be services in the Presbyter-
ian church tomorrow (Sabbath) as usual
by the PASTOR Rev. Il. w. Beers. His sub
ject in the morning will be Culture Pun
ishment." In the evening he will deliver
the ninth in his series of sermons on popu
lar topics of the times the subject being
''The Political Duties of the Christian"
1t is rumored that L. Ewing form
erly owner and editor of the CECIL WING,
who removed from Elkton to the West, in
1876, will very shortly return to this county,
taking up his residence in the Sixth dis
trict. His Oldest son Cecil is now engaged
in business in Philadelphia. Mr.. Ewing is
good citizen and we are always pleased to
welcome such men among us.
A large number of ladies and gentle
men came from Philadelphia on Wednes-
| day evening last, to attend the wedding fes-
| tivities of Mr.. Thos. N. Lewis and Miss
Mary Turner, at the residence of Mr.. George
Turner, of West Main street. Notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather,
enough guests were present to fill the house
to its fullest, and most enjoyable time was
passed by all.
There has been good deal of betting
on the election of next Tuesday, this week
A pool of 500 dollars, made up by several
Democratic gentlemen was taken, even on
New York, by Mr.. Darwin of the railroad
contracting firm of Shields s. Darwin, he
backing Blaine and the pool betting on
Cleveland. 1t is said that Mr.. Darwin has
over 81 900 up on the election. A number
of ether persons offered to put up on Cleve-
land Philadelphia gentleman offered to
take them, but they did not come to time.
Giles fish market, North street, is an
interesting place just now. He has almost
every variety of salt water fish and loads
upon loads of our native fishes. He hand
les enormous quantities of pike, receiving
SO many that he is compelled frequently to
send a portion of them to neghboring towns
for sale. During the past week he has re-
ceived good many rock fish, one of the
choicest of fish. They were eagerly bought
up, the supply falling short of the demand.
Giles also keeps the best oysters that can
be had both salt and fresh water
Mr.. John I. Janney who was short
time ago appointed to the L. S. railway
postal service, between Washington and
New York, to relieve Mr. James johnson
who had resigned. Has in turn rendered
his resignation, the position being too la
| borious for him. Mr.. Janney is man past
| sixty years of age, and many a much
younger man, has proved unequal to the
| demands of this service. The strongest men
are sometimes worn out in it in a very few
years. 1t is not childs play as many appli-
cants for position in the service imagine it
| to be.
Constable Legates, of Newark, Del,
accompanied by posse of twenty armed
men on Thursday morning of last week,
| went to Fitzpatrick and McGuigan's sec
| ton of the Baltimore and Philadelphia
| railroad, near Newark, for the purpose OF
| taking from the Italian laborers several
| horses belonging to farmers in the vicinity,
ehlu w ulCH IIC L ftlidliS utlu DIS LOT
their wages. The Italians numbered one
hundred, and when the posse approached
| they drew dirks and showed disposition
| to fight, but when the constable and assis-
tants exhibited their revolvers the majority
of the laborers put away their weapons 4
few of the Italians, however, had to he
overpowered and bound before the horses
could be secured. That done the posse re-
turned to Newark
| The dredging machine belonging to
| Capt Jetfries of Chesapeake City has been
doing excellent work in front of Singerlys
| new wharf this week. The work began al
| the lower end of the wharf on Saturday last
| and at this time they are half way to the
upper end. When it is considered that cut
| of seven feet below low water is to be made,
and that the bank of ground and mud
| thrown there by the Government dredger
is several feet above high water mark, the
extent of the work may be realized Thi,
| machine is one of the most powerful of it.
kind. 1t lifts at each scoop about two tons
of material, makes scoop in less than a
minute and rarely misses. 1t is said of thi:
machine, that more than once, when cana
barges had sunk in back creek or the cana!
| Capt. Jeffries would lay this machine along
| side of it, place the scoop or bucket beneath
it, and at one lift break it into a Thousand
pieces, then at their leisure they would
scoop it up, load it into scows and tow il
| 1,