The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-04-05


North East Nurseries. All of Ike i,e>f Va
rieties known. ap:'-;t
-Singerly's pulp mills have not III vp-
Grafton portion of this week, owing 70 :.
break down that occurred last Saturday.
Ex-Sheritf Morris Dunbar is about he
ginning the erection of double frame
dwelling house on Church street.
An Elkton baker, undertook the role of
an amateur painter and grainer. In grain
ing he used a fine tooth comb, and turned
out some startling specimens Of the art
j NJ. Terrell, organ dealer, Of This town
sold during the past week, in Caroline
county, near Greensboro, three o"gans Of
the Cough & Warren make
"A new barn in caursa OF erection ON
the farm of Mr.. Amos Marrenlell, near
Zion, in this county. will be forty by sixty
four feet in dimensions, with two driving
floors, n large straw shed attached
Master Hal lamar, son of DR. John II.
lamar, of this town, printed the tickets for
the coming school exhibition. Hal is quite
an expert in printing, and has his own
press and fixtures.
Robert j. Burdettc, of the Hu"jiHg'on
Hd'rheye, will lecture at Oxford, Pa, on the
1lth inst. Subiect-"Aivice 10 Young
NEIL" We acknowledge the receipt Of
complimentary tickets for the lecture ard
regret we can not be present.
j ,mes Woniley, Il prominent citizen OF
Wilmington, Delaware, was stricken with
apopleXy, on the 9th ulto. Mr.. Wooley is
the father of Miss Woollcy, n young lady
who Frequently visits this town, a. the
guest of Mrs. Cecil +. Weaver.
Mr.. Quick, the purchaser Of the Terrell
property on Main nesr Bow street., is MAX
ing very considerable Improvements on it.
He has torn down the rear buildings, ia-
cluding the bake house and oven and viii
erect new buildings, with me-" and i'm
proved oven.
The season Of arNEtuS gathering is once
more upon rs, and the gay and festive
young man and maiden Lie themselves l."
the wild woods to pluck the sweet scented
flower. The weather has been 50 Geld
lately that the flower is backward in bloom
ing and the quantity gathered has been
limited.
A joke was perpetrattd at the meeting
of the Building Association, on Monday
evening. One or two Of the directors il is
said, contemplate matrimony, and Il r.#o-
luton was offered, forbidaing any member
of the board from marrying without giving
at least two weeks notice. The reading of
the resolution accustomed considerable mer-
riment.
Some person or persons are in the habit
of throwing garbage and other ref;t>,. mai
ter into the Elkton Cemetery, and recently
the vicinity of the entrance was ornamentrd
by pair of defunct pussy cats. The keeper
requests us to say, that the cemetery is not
a feline burial ground nor a dump ground
for rubbish, and asks shat ali who lave
been in the habit Of using il n >uch, vii!
in the future refrain
Mr.. John w. Cantweii, late of the firrn
of Terrell 4 Cantwell, has engaged in the
meat and provision business in tie store
house, on Main street, just west Of the
Howard House, where lie proposes 10 keep
for sale everything in the provision llur
Mr.. Cantwell is a practical butcher, having
been engaged in the business for IL number
of years. See his card el,ewhtr" III thc-
columns.
1t is said that an i1ikton merchant (nui
Oak Hall mind a.,
ance of business. wraps up Old plSteboarl.
paper, Re, in nice bundles, and sends il
out of the store by runners engaged for the
purpose. The runner walks out Of The store
with the package under his arm looking all
the world like a customer departing with Il
new lot OF goods, sauntcrS down Main
street. and when he comes to all alley. slips
IN and throws his package 10 the dogs.
This may look like business hut i; is a very
nnsubstantial substitute
A horse belonging to Mr.. Gross, Who
resides on the farm of William z Smith.
on the Louisville road, Il few miles trolu
this town, died while confined in the S-nc k,
at the smith shop OF Work x Gam nt,eli, ut
Cherry Hill on Wednesday. The horse
was wild one, and could not he sio,i with
out being confined, and he was put n lie
stock, a frame worl: of heavy oak timber
with ropes with which TO lash him fast. for
this purpose, and he became tangled in the
ropes, where he struggled fierreiy, and h;,-
fore they could release hin? lie Was dead.
Prof Wyatt is busy al work training
his class for the Hay Makers 81,
the 18th they will gi:. i repetition Of
the oratorio Of Esther. The hay makers
will be given about May lDfh. Nrwiii
have more to say in relation TO this in The
near future. There Will be some change in
the cast of the orati0ro tits time The
part of Queen will he taken hy Mis-, Lizzie
Merritt, instead of Miss Fannie Jones, and
Miss Josie Mahan, will take the place Of
Miss Scott, as one Of Zeresh's attendants.
All the other characters viii remain as be
fore. The company met for rehearsal en-
Tuesday evening last
Capt. NJ. l.. Really, arrived here on II
sloop "Faunce" on Monday evening with a
cargo OF fine Eastern bay oysters. While
down the bay this trip, Capt. Really struck
a large school of rock fish III he mouth of
Chester river. He threw his gill nets
around them, and succeeded in capturiuu
over one.thousaud line fish, ranging in
weight from one to five pounds. His net,
show. the marks of the contest tie rock being
strong active fish, and soon ,lemoiSheS IA
gill net, unless it is of the strongest charac-
ter. Capt. Really's nets We're badly torn,
but the fish he captured will amply repay
him for this damage. Ii, hands were also
badly cut up in taking the fish from the
net.
The directors OF the Cecil Agricultural
Society met at their Office here on Monday
last, and afterwards visited the grounds.
and discussed the various plans for the ex-
tension and Improvement OF them. Squire
n. j. Scott is preparing a plan Of the CON
templated new building. About three acre,
will be added to the grounds The lines OF
the grounds We're originally drawn TO take
In three acres less than the amount Of
ground agreed upo;i, bur unfortunately the
deed or lease wa ma,ie to read twcnt v-iive
acres more or less, while there was only
about twenty-five acres within the hounds
The association cUuld not under these cir
cuinstances claim Ike additional 3:arec acres
and to secure it now they must purchase it,
"A rotary drier, weighing over four
thousand pounds was shipped from Mc,)uil-
kens Elkton machine shops ON Tuesday last
for the Mount Wolf, Flint Works York
county Pa. This dlier, which: look. VERY