The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-09

It, h"..uritv ,h, l.kt"n cemetery aud
rive II an atira'l.'e appearance, 'b"''"
shade trees >hculd nr planted al intervals
Throughout; it upon rhr road ways.
Dealers in tnha,c .'ould not sell Gig
aretres OF cigars to y"ung boys. \ case
happ"ned this week where yorug~trr
bought cigarettes and gave enc to II child,
ho smoked it and ner;lm" draIhly sick.
1t is said that S;ng,rlv's pulp mills will
shut down th, cleuing, and remain idle
for week or two Ia allow of necessary re-
pairs and i,npr"v, mrnts. y number of
additions are to hr made.
Ball. proprietor al OAK II al, is now the
proud father of Il bouncing girl baby, who
arrived a little hcfor" noon ON Saturday last,
and is now just Il week old. Bal is 50
pr"nd of his new possession that he cannot
look below a level of eight feet and has not
seen his feet since. He will sell clothing at
wonderfully low prices, in fact, nearly give
il away. The arriva!"f the Young lady ne
crSsi,ates other improvcm,mS and he has
now determined to enlarge his stnr.. room.
nus IL IL, one How lilIlS lt''ii,iiN lis'l1 ''i
-TE-,Countv Commissioners in session
on "Wednesday awAri"d contracts for ma on
work and mat,ria for bridges damaged ar
sw"n away hr 1hr recent Il 'nl rs frilowS
To PrtcrSon x Brown, "f ELECTROMAGNETIC
pin bridge, (ovrr Iii" Eik) at s. per yd.
Blldwin's hrid2", ,v"r Big Eik) $50 per
yd L., and new bridge Cover ,tnrar') nj 81
~ per yd: To McIIugh x Hathaway, of
phila, iIainr's bridge, (nv"r Stony run) ut
s. per vd. to Mcdowell x NrShiSt -ror-
ter'> bridge, Cover ortnraro) ut S1.l5 per
wi! : HnwlandSrillr (n",.r q -tnraro) At 8
per vd : Ia c. G. Thark"rav Marley
bridge. cover Little Eik) M ST - per yard.
The board decided to place tn" construction
OF both suhstruct,Ir" and sup"rStrHrturc at
the following bridges under charge Of c.
II. Latrohe, engineer, Of Baltimore: Gil
pins, Baldwn'$ and Marley, and the super
structure only of the following: Hain"'S
new bridge, Porter's. R"wl"nhyiile and Co
nowiugo. Samuel u. Fisher WAS appointed
load commissioner for the 1th district, in
place of Enoch Mccullough, resigned.
Tie county statements published on our
first page, is something shat Should be read
carefully by taxpayers. y great many
persons are i. error in regard to this state
nent, surprising it 10 lr, Us it Wa, in years
past IA statement Of sums due To various
persons by the county, Ia be paid, when the
money is collected, while, Ipon the con-
t:ary, it is "A statement of sums already paid
by the county commissioners, mp to June
50, 1881. vouchers for which, are on file i'll
their office Following the statement is
clear and comprehensive statement of the
financial CONDITION of the county, showing
receipts, disbursements, assets and ilahil-
irieS followed by an eXpllultinn of tue de-
ticencv, Sc. y statement of tue receipts
and disbursements of Ia" Trustees of the
Poor is also given iii detail! --'umething new
rr before ! uhlishrd. And last is given
statement OF the amount necessary 10 lie
levied this year and the purposes t" which
it is to lie applied. This amount will be
collected and di>hurSCi this year, and will
be accounted for at the end of the year, that
is, in The annual statement this time reNt
year. In years past, no account OF dis
bursemruts in detail WAS given. All that
WAS done Was To make a statement of the
amount necessary To- br levied and the pur
poses to which it was 10 be applied, and no
further statement as to whether ii was ap-
piled 10 these purposes or not waa ever
made. Under the present system, the
whole thing is shown clearly and fully.