The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-08
LOCAL NEWS.
BreyitieS.


prophets the last
An Elkton couple have postponed thei'
marriage until the license fee is reduced
This is an actual fact.
Frank Kirk, son of Mr.. c. F. Xix, Of
Rowlan,sville has lost the sight OF one OF
his ewes from sickness.
DR.. Cut is bidding his bachelor friends
bv.bv. He will leave the brotherhood on
the 18th inst, so says madam rumor' =
DR.. Conard Reynolds formerly Of Ri3lng
sun, in this county, has located at Tough
kenamen Pennsylvania, for the practice Oh
his profession.
Prof. John Terrell, of this town, this
week. sold a handsome parlor organ to MT
w. w. Burkley and another TO Mr. mos.
Il. Griffin, of Chesapeake City. -
Samuel B. Gerry, Esq, ex-memoer OF
the board of County Commissioners, oled
at his home near Rowlandsville, in the
Sixth district on Mon1ay last.
Mr.. ]. w Falls, principal of the Elk
ton public school, has recovered from the
indisposition from which he suffered, and
his department is now in operation.
Rev, Alfred Smith, of the Wilmington
Conference, will preach in the NJ. E. Church
of this town, tomorrow (Sunday) March
9th. Mr.. Smith is All able and interesting
speaker.
The new style spring coat and panta-
looms cut by Frank Kerr are just the mob
best ever seen in this town. Now Is tue
time to get the advantage of a full stock
and special low prices.
In our notice of the burial of the late
Harry d. Miller, Register of Wills, last
week, in the list of bearers the name OF Mr.
BENJAMIN B. Bowen, was by some means
committed, leaving but five of the names.
The WIG man has lost his eye glasses,
1ropped on the street some where. Will
the finder please return them. They are
an ordinary pair Of glasses with rubber
frame, but the only ores he could find in
town to suit him.
Rev. Il. w. Beers, who received the call
TO the pastorate of Elkton Presbyterian
Church at the recent congregational meeting,
has siguifed his intention to accept, though
lie cannot formerly do SO until after the
conclusion of his engagement at Princeton.
The Rev. Andrew w. Lightbourn, of
the Wilmington NJ. E. Conference. will
preach in the Presbyterian Church, of this
town, tomorrow Sunday morning, at
1880 o'clock. He is an able young man,
and good sermon may be confidently ex-
pected.
Mr.. VIM. C. Dunbar, of this town, has
rented the blacksmith shop of Mr.. John
Lewis on the street or road leading to the
railroad station, and adjoining the railroad
hotel, at Newark, and will ltake possession
March 25th. He will hereafter make New
ark his home. +
Mr.. H. H. Kimble, of Appleton, in
this county, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Insurance
Company has sold his farm of 112 acres, in
that vicinity to Mr.. E. p. Howell, of Mill
Creek Hundred New Castle county Del,
for $500.
An Eikton landlord brings close collec-
ton down to fine point in settling with
his tenaLts. The rent per month of one of
them amounts to number of dollars, cents
and half cent, and every second month he
collects an extra penny to make good the
fractions.
An Elkton minister was called upon to
marry a couple this week, which service he
promptly performed, and at it's conclusion
the couple calmly and cody walked Off
after simply thanking him for the service.
That minister will probably max e his terms
leash in advance" hereafter.
Giles received this week Gas he does
every weekly two invoices of excellent and
luscious cove plant oysters. Any one who
says that they are not splendid is not a
Judge of shell fish. Giles also does the
fresh fish business of the town, and any
thing with scales on it can be bought there
Farmers about to sell their stock at
public sale, make a great mistske when
they take the calves from their cows pre-
vious to selling. A farmer who did this, at
his sale the other day, did not realize as
much by several times the value of the calf
, for the cows, as others did who sold COW
/ and calf together
a The Maryland Law Record, published by
81. L. Hanna, at Baltimore, has been en-
larged and it now has eight instead of four
s,ages. 1t is also printed on better paper
a nd is generally improved in appearance
end contents. The Record is the only jour-
al of lis class in Maryland and should re-
Five the support of the legal fraternity.
y. Hanna is known to many of our read
=, having once been a resident Of this town.
Potatoes are selling at twenty-five cents
bushel at Oxford Pa and vicinity. The
sket is glutted, and in fact they will
s, ly sell at any price. 1t is estimated
the stock on hand in this country now
supply the dem and for a year or more
ne, so that it will without forcing
advance in price, make little differ
ihether the crop of this year turns
ell or otherwise. ~
ssil Haines, a we'll known citizen OF
- xth district, died at his home, neal
Sun, on Tuesday morning last, the
s ;, in the 74th year of his age Mr.
has been in declining health fol
. past, though be had recently sc
proved that his friends had grea
lis recovery, but few days before
- he suddenly grew worse and con
~>-SHueu giving way, up to the time of hi
death.
John Frost, Esq, is the quickest turn
pike builder in the country. He will con
vert a miry, impossible road intoa har,
highway while other contractors are sleep
ing. He gave an exhibition of his abiit
in that line here recently. One evening las
week; the old plank load was hub dee
in mud, and almost impossible. Mr.. Eros
got to work about midnight and at da
break the next morning, he had it CONVEX
ted into solid hard road, little rough t
be sure, but passable for all kinds of team.
The one great trouble with his work is that
won't stand heat 1t will stand any amour
of wear and if it would stand the heat,
cold countries no other turnpiking is useC
and in many countries it is even used i
bridging streams and rivers
Bass fishing on the Susquehanna seem
to be growing better year by year, and no,
attracts diciples of the rod and line from A
directions. A party of some fifteen fl
fishermen, prominent citizeus of Philade
mia and members of the Anglers Associ.
,;on IF Eastern papnsyIvan;, J,,-.. fr..,