The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-19
LOCAL NEWS.
BreYities.

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The mercury reached two degree below
zero on Wednesday morning last at SIX
O'Clock. Cold.
There is brisk demand for medium
GRADE houses in Elkton at this time, and
capital invested in this manner wouio
make a good return.
A bible presentation, to Nannot Lodge,
LOOT. of Port Deposit, took place IN
the presence of a large audience, in odd
Fellows Hall, in that town yesterday. =
-Rey. DR.. S. A. Gayley, of West Not
tineham Church. this county, is assisting
in conducting revival services at the
SMYRNA, Del. Presbyterian Church, this
week.
The lyceum at lakewood in this county
is in fiourishing condition. The attend
ance at each meeting is large, the interest
great and the debate spirited and inter
esting.
Mr.. Oliver Widdoes, of the Sixth dis
trict, has sold his fine little farm, with sub
stantial brick dwelling house upon 1t, to
Miss Hannah England and sister for about
$4,000. \
The cattle killed on the p, w. 4 b.
Railroad above Iron Hill a short time ago,
belonged to Enoch Moore, stock dealer OF
Avondale Pa He estimases his loss at
$1,000.
During the food of last week, portion
of the massive wall along the Baltimore
Central Railroad, at Liberty Grove, in this
county, was swept away, making an ugly
and dangerous break. II
Squire James Cummings, of the Eighth
district, slipped on the ice OH the Court
House yard, on Tuesday last, and narrowly
escaped serious accident. Keep your
pavements we'll covered with ashes during
the slippery weather.
I.ort, Of this town, who recently took his
departure from here, bound for Colorado,
to engage in business with his brother
Frank, in the house painting business,
has arrived safely at Manton City. y
Mr.. John S. Everist, one of Port De-
pait's Oldest and most respected citizens,
visited our town on business on Wednesday
last Mr. Everist is the father of the popu-
lar president of the school board of this
county, F. S. Everist, Esq.
One of the most beautiful Snow land
scapes imaginable, was admired by
crowds of people on Tuesday morning last.
After all Jack frost, without color on his
pallet can snrpass all the artists in crea-
ton, and as a molder he is matchless.
1t is said that Mr.. w. NJ. Singerly will
i'll the spring, as soon as work is practical
BILE extend the main mill Of his new pulp
mills 100 feet towards main street. 1t is
the common belief that he will eventually
remove his paper making machinery to his
mills here.
Since the illness of the pastor, Rev. j.
H. Johns, the Rock Presbyterian Church
has been supplied by neghbering minis
tiers. Rev. William Kennedy, of New
London, preached there last Sunday and
Rev. John Cam, of louisville. on the pre-
ceding Sunday.
The County Commissioners met in
special session on Tuesday last, and ap-
pointed w. w. Michigan collector of the
Eighth district, to succeed his father, de-
ceased. The member of the Board left for
Perryville to view road upon which
change of locotion is proposed by the new
B. & o. Railroad Company.
The recent cold snaps are the un .versal
theme of con versation. On this subject ex-
Judge r. l.. Thomas, of the Orphans Court
says, that in the winter of 1881 in January
or February on the 5th the mercury reached
% degrees below zero, at his store in the
town of North East. The Judge made
record of the fact at the time. ~
Harvey Kimble, of East Nottingham
township, through whose property the
Pennsylvania and Maryland State line
passes, has purchased about six acres of
land from the trustee of the estate of David
NJ. Holton, in Cecil county. This pur-
chase squares out Mr.. Kimbles place and
makes him neat little farm of 26 acres.
Many of the residents along the two
Elk Creeks and the North East, have filed
their ice houses with the heavy ice, driven
out upon the banks by the late heavy
floods. The labor of cutting is avoided,
all that is necessary is to drive to the creek
border and gather it up. The ice is of a
remarkably fine character, very thick AMI
clear as crystal.
Those road supervisors who have be-
csma accustomed to getting their certiti-
Gates and the cash regularly, without doing
any work upon the roads, are now raising
"A desperate howl against the new road la
This simple fact speaks volumes in favor of
the new law. If it causes the leeches and
sharks to cry out, there certainly is some
thing good in it.
The annual meeting of the SuSque-
hanna Fertilizer Company was held in
Baltimore on Friday the 1lth inst The
election resulted in the selection of the old
officers: President, Charles j. Tyson, of
Adams county, Pa; Secretary and Treas
urer, Geo. Is. Passmore, of Oxford, Pa.
superintendent, Seneca p. Broomell, OF
Baltimore. Three of the directors reside in
Baltimore.
One of the most gorgeous sunsets of this
season of gorgeousness in that line, was
witnessed on Sunday evening last. To set
- each evening is a regular habit of Old Soils
: and the habit has 80 grown On him that he
cannot shake it off but it is not to the sun.
set we refer as being 80 gorgeous, but to the
beautiful colored lights and clouds visible
on the western horison as he settled down
to his bed, away out west there. II
Mrs. Martha f. Harris, of Pa label
phia, a native Of this county, was married
on Tuesday evening last, to Alex. J. Brown,
Esq, of Philadelphia, the ceremony takinj
place at Broad and Arch street NJ f.
Church The bride is sister of the lat,
Isaac Lort, Of this town, and has many re
iatives here. The groom is President o
the Seventh National Bank, of Philadel
phis, gentleman of high standing in tina
city.
The recent floods that cleared the Littl
and Big Elk creeks Of ice only carried tn
break as far as the junction of the tw,
creeks at Cedar Point, u mile below thi
town. There jam took place, and from
that point down to Turkey Point and in fac
Oh down the Chesapeake hay, the ice re
manned firm. Since that the creeks hav
again become ice-bound. The ice upon tn
Elk is heavier this winter than it has beef
for number of years past.
"A very correct model of n tug boat, il
miniture, in on exhibition at Mitchell
drug store, the work OF Capt. Owen Stan