The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-04
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j. c. Pangborn, general passenger
} agent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company, was in Elkton on Tuesday last
The Republican meeting at Port Deposit
on Friday evening, the 10Th ult., was the
largest held there for a long time.
Service will be held at Baldwin's
chapel, Elk Mills, tomorrow Sunday at
; p NJ. A full attendance is desired.
Sleepy Dave, owned by Mr. Il. I.
Crouch, of this town, took second place in
Fthe wagon race at Dover fair ON Thursday
ss1ast.
All members of Mt. Pisgah Lodge No.
u, |. O. O. F., are requested to be present
on Wednesday, 14th inst Business OF inn
portance. BY order of the Lodge.
F. \. Ellis, Esq, secretary of the Mu-
tuaI Fire Insurance Company of this coun-
ty, visited Denton, Caroline county, this
week, to estimate the loss of recent fire
sthere.
n Daniel Tucker goes to the penitentiary
Sof the State of Maryland, to spend the quiet
Sit,lc time of four thousand, three hundred
land eighty days--all for letting his pistol
go off when it shouldn't.
Prominent in the exhibit of this State
St the New Orleans Worlds Exposition,
will be fish, oysters, terrapins turtles, can
sFass backs, crabs, and other products of
%Iaryland waters.
3 Rev C. f. Sheppard will preach at
s'rouch Chapel tomorrow (Sabbath) after
noon at $50 o'clock. Tie Sabbath School
swill meet as usual at 2:3O o'clock. A full
attendance is requested.
r-ALy who thinks that Giles on
f5North street does not handle good mani
@oysters should take a look at the mountain
<of empty barrels in the rear of his prem
.ises-all received since September the first
y Mr.. f. Brown, of this town, as agent
Sfor the heirs of the late John S. Kennard
: @nf Wilmington, Del, has sold a small
double two-story house, located on Collins
1ane, to MIR. James Merry for four hundred
Dollars.
& During the coming week, Ball, the OAK
4Iall clothier, will give to each purchaser Of
goods one of the handsomest chromos evel
shown in Elkton. In many cases, no doubt
De picture will be worth more than the
goods purchased.
The hour of service at the Church of the
siood Shepherd, Chesapeake City, beginning
with tomorrow Sunday will be 3 p
81. until further notice. a cordial invita-
$ion to the services, held regularly every
- ,1.,,- ft.rp 1a,J oil
-Greater enterprise has been shown by
SElkton merchants this year than ever be-
Fore, in the way of advertising cards to be
distributed at the fair. Some very hand
Some ones are now being printed at the
zN HIG JOB OFFICE
y A meeting of the friends of the Ma.
'tional Temperance party was held at Colora,
Don Wednesday evening last at 7:3O o'clock,
Z a and addressed by Rev. E. b. Newman,
q Hon. l.. d. Morrison and others of Bati-
Fl more The latter is an elector at large on
N the St. John ticket and has been a promi-
& nent lawyer of Baltimore and De.u ocrat
Z in politics. The meeting was a very respec-
: !. table one in point of size.
y 1ohn ro,,tn.or, ,,
- AS John foDlnSon circus, which eX-
"a hibited here few weeks ago, was entering
y Portsmouth, Va, last Sunday morning
II two black tiger, broke Out OF their cages
: and, after killing two trained goats, escaped
Il in the direction of the Dismal Swamp. A
throng of hunters with packs of hounds
started in pursuit, but so far the animals
have not been captured The tigers are
A - 4
81 A large lighter. loaded with immense
q blocks of sandstone, arrived at TUFTS wharf
Il this week. These blocks are real ,Jumbos
y and are the largest brought here vet. They
4 are for the new r. <; o. railroad of course
q At BarrollS wharf opposite, several barge
g loads OF lime We're uuloaded and beiue
Z hauled away, and ali wharves below the
= bridge were occupied. What our harbor
n needs now is more wharf room and draw.
y bridge.
A large and enthusiastic Blaine and
ogan meeting was held at Port Deposit in
this county last Friday evening The
speakers were Thomas V. Cooper, chairman
of the Pennsylvania State Republican com.
z smittee, Il. c. Thackey, Esq, of this town
eaud w. w. Hopkins, Esq, of Port Deposit,
2Thaddeus c. Blair, Republican candidate
for Congress, in this district, was expected
y to be present, but for some cause or other
Z failed TO get there.
The cholera still RACES among the swine
Z in this section, more or less deaths occur.
, ring daily. Already the mum Der of hogs in
= this neighborhood has been cut down abou,
:. one half, and if the disease continues as il
IS been for month or two more there
y be no pork at all this fall Amonq
who lost animals this week was Mr.
y. Brown who hauled out to hoe
fine pOrker of nearly three hum
nds weight.
/ltaljan laborer in the McClennahap
~ granite quaries at Port Deposit, was
stantly killed recently in singular man
"a ner y large rock, became disengaged
z from the side Of the quarry, two hundred
A feet above the point where the men were al
work, and fell with great velocity, striking
boulder on the way down which gave il
an oblque course. In its path the man wa,
4 at work, and a sharp point of the rock
N struck him in the centre of the back, tear
ing away the flesh and bone, and takinf
\ vita it portion Of the spine. The mar
was killed instantly, SO quickly indeed thai
his death must have been almost painless.
The mill dam of Thomas Smedley. or
the Little Conowingo creek, Fulton town
ship, Lancaster county, PENNSYLVANIA
which was torn ont by the great June food
has been rebuilt by Mr.. Mcdowell, the
well-known dam builder of this county
This dam is an extensive one, 10 wards
long, with lengthy wings, and eight feet
high i'll the centre. The Oxford Press saws
A force of men, sometimes large number
including many of Mr., Smedlev's neigh.
bors, who gave several days help, were en-.
gagged on it for thirty days and over one
hundred large trees were used in its con-
!. struction. 1t is of the crib style of con.
struction and great amount OF stones and
earth was required to fill IN. The dam will
cost about $1,000. Among the timbers OF
tile old dam taken out was a large log i,
the base which is supposed was placed
there over 100 years ago. 1t was still in a
good state of preservation.
Mrs. Litzenberg has new fall millinery.
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