The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-07-26

Og ROBERT Il olEBBlNs. H""e'' TO u"
Industrious and enterprising bog, and ~7l
merit tie good aciU Of las customers Jy las
prompt serrice and oJliging disposHion.
Pttr0nize him.
Brevities.
John S. Writ, Esq, of the Elkton bar,
is at Ocean City, Md.
Miss Mollie Drennen, of this place. Wis
tied friends in Dover, Del, this week
AT the meeting of Elkton Grange, Pat
rons of Husbandry to-day, important bn>i-
ness will be transacted, and full atten-
dance is requested =
Cashier Finley, of the National Bank
of Elkton, returned this week from briet
visit to Atlantic City
The Democratic Congressional Conven-
ton for this (2d) district, will meet in this
town next Wednesday week, the sixth of
August.
To transact business by telephone is "he
Thing" in Elkton now. The only trouble
about the matter is that the goods cannot
be delivered by wire.
Mrs. E. W. Purnell and daughter are
visiting friends in Accomac county, Nir-
gina. Mr.. Purnell is on business tour
South, being at this time in Florida.
The friends of Asbury NJ. f. Church,
will hold festival on the afternoon and
evening of July 3lst and August 1st. Pro-
,aaJ, f.,r ba hapa6t IF bp rbnrch
-Ex-State's Attorney Charles c. Croth-
ers, of this town, is just getting about again
after a severe attack of bilious fever. He
left for his old home in the Eighth district
early in the week.
Harris Sunday school, picnic will he held
at Red Point, on North East river, on Sat
ur,lay, the I'd of August. Boating, fishing
and Grabbing will be among the plstimeS.
All are invited.
The heavy teams running between Elk
ton and Cecil paper mills, that had been
stopped on account of damages to the roads
by The late flood, began running regularly
again this week.
-Elkton Grange, No. 14j, Patrons of
Husbandry, will give an excursion to Toll
chester, on the steamer "Pilot Boy" on
Thursday. Angus 18th. They will start
from Singerly'S wharf.
Rev j. d. Brown. editor of the BiJ'e
Ba inner, Philadelphia, Pa, will preach morn
ing and evening of Lords day, August 3d.
at the Household of Faith church, near
Perryville, Elder VIM. II. SEvIL, pastor
-Thirty-ive hundred bushels of wheat
threshed ont in five days, and three re-
movals of the machinery made in that time
is not slow work, but this was done by the
Messrs. Bowen, of this vicinity, in Sassa-
ifras Neck, this season.
The best game of base ball of the season
i'm this section was played on Saturday last
at Newark, Delaware, between the "Ynnng
Americas" of that town and the "Juve-
miles of this town, resulting j" victory
for the last named by a score OF 10 to Z.
John Terrell will have or sale at his
nroyision store on Mair street (Merritt's
old staud) this morning. the finest beef ever
offered in this market. This is Il special
prize fed animsl, yonng, fat and tender, and
all lovers of nice cut, should be on hand
early.
The Odd Fellows of Newark give their
excursion to Colchester on Tuesday nexr
when an opportunity for As pleasant a day
as any one could desire, will he offered
Make your preparations to 90 with them.
The grabbing and bathing there are excel
lent now.
On account of urgent need for funds to
carry on the repairs to damaged roads and
bridges the Board OF County Commission
'ers have been forced to negotiate a loan of
$1,000 upon note i'm the National Bank of
Elkton. This will be met by the early col
lertions for 1884,
The excursion fever has struck this
community and is now raging an cpl
Jemic. The Newark Odd Fellows 90 to
Tolchester on Tuesday, Goth; the young
men and their girls of Elkton go there on
Thursday, August It'll, and the Changers
OF the 14th.
A camp meeting under the auspices of
Cedar Hill A. NJ. p. Church of North East.
began yesterday in the woods of Thomas
Shippers, near that town. 1t will continue
over three Sundays and promises to be well
attended Rev. +. w. Scott, pastor of tue
church, is in charge of the meeting. H.
Mr.. s. Kennard Blake, COL tractor fol
hauling the heavy blocks ofstone to be used
in the construction of the B. 4 o. railroad
bridge, near wilma, in this county, uses
ar al oh RI
drawn by team of powerful horses. The
stone is brought here in the rough, on barges
dressed here, and hauled up to the road,
ready to 90 into position. Some of them
ARE very massive. The immense derrick
ruse.! for lifting them from the vessel, is
worth visit, when in operation.
Wheat appears to he turning out well il
nearly all sections of the county, yields OF
from 81 to 4; )nshels to the acre, being
common. Some people pretend to pooh
pooh commercial ferti liners as worthless
and only a tax upon the farmer, without re
turn. If all such would examine the sta
tistics they would certainly change thei
minds. Before the introduction of these
feeders of the soil, with the barnyarl ma
nure, our farmers were satisfied with eigh
aud elated if they cut fifteen bushels to tn
acre. while now, forty or forty five is not a,
unusual yield. Allowing even onehalf 70
fertilizers and their profits far exceed thos
of The ante-fertilizer days.
A fatal accident occurred on the line o
The new b. & o. railroad in this county OF
Monday afternoon last. As Il train of eigh
teen or twenty dump cars were p,ssin.
over n trestle work at Lees steam shovel
on the farm of John Maudin, about a mil
from Perryvilie, the structure gave wa,
and about half of the cars with the timbe
of the trestle fell upon tins men below. Two
Italians were fatally injured one of whom
died next day, and six or eight others wer
injured-uone of them, however, fatal y
The engine was not on the open trestle a
the time or the accident would have beel
greater. DIR. George Stump. of Perryville
attended the W ounded men,
The foundations of the new exhibition
building on the fair grounds Of the Cec
agricultural society, are in process of con
struction. The excavation is being mad
by Mr.. William Tyson, or "Uucle Billy,
as he is Familiarity known The new build
ing, which will be Il very h tndSome one
together with the enlargement ofthe ground
and the alteration in the grand stand, will $
ha of ln