The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.
BreyitieS.

Mr. G. w. Boulder, of Second district
who has been quite i'll for some time past
is now recovering
The John Logan farm, near Bay View
has been purchased by q Mr.. Wivel fol
$3.50 1t contains eighteen acres.
On account of the cold weather oysters
are becoming scarce in market. The cold
prevents the oyste-men from operating.
The freshet of Wednesday morning
booked Water street with ice. Some OF
the large cakes were ten to twelve inches
thick.
-Rev. James r. Gibson will preach in
the Presbyterian Church of this town to-
morrow Sunday at both morning and
evening service.
Rev. Mr.. Conway, of Port Deposit, who
preached in the Presbyterian Church here
recently, is great favorite Il preacher
with Elkton people. l.
Rev. Walter f. Avery, wife and child
spent the past week in this town. They
were the guests Of Mrs. Avery's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Vim. J. Jones.
Why not NUM- Der the houses in Elkton??
Ii would cost but trifle and would be a
matter of great convenience to almost every
body, particularly strangers. II
The annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the Cecil Agricultural Society will be
held on Tuesday next, the 18th inst, at the
office of the Society in this town. =
DR. S. L. Ford, of North East, in this
county, has been elected a member of the
Board of Directors of the Centreviile, Queen
Aune's county, National bank. Il
State Representative Frank Il. Scott of
this town, has been placed on the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, one of the most
important committees of the House.
AS will he seen by an advertisement in
another column, a resident of Delaware
wishes to buy farm in this county. This
is good opportunity for any one wanting
to sell.
The cross between a rabbit and cat
owned by Mr.. George d. Bennett, of this
town, mentioned in the WING some time
ago, is about to be added to the Zoo collec-
ton at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
The recent cold snap delayed ont door
operations at Sngerley's new pulp mills.
The machinery, piping, &c, for the Artesian
wells is on the ground, and the work of
sinking them will be pushed ahead as soon
as the weather permits.
--Eev j. NJ. Crowell, of Princeton Semi
nary, preached an able sermon at the Pres
hyteran Church of this town last Sabbath
morning. Mr.. Crowell, who was accompa-
hed by his wife, was the guest of Charles
r. Finly, Esq, while in town.
Some of the handsomest artistic work,
by Jack Frost, was on exhibition at the
waste gate of Vinsinger's mill dam on Mon
tlay last. 1t would have to be seen to be
appreciated. Nothing from the hands of
man was ever half so beautiful.
"A brakeman on the p W. & E. rail
road, named John Fitzpatrick received a :,
Injury on Canton Avenue Baltimore. on
Monday from hich he died shortly after
wards. He attempted to jump from the
engine, and fell with his foot upon the rail
The wheels of the tender passed over it and
cut it off.
The matrimonial market is brisk in
Chester county, Pa. The Oxford Press last
week published marriage notices of twenty
seven couples, all occurring within about a
week. The Press says: Business is brisk
mp this way, the minister, the baker and the
cradle maker have for some time been jub
liant and full of anticipation
A young man was the victim of hoax
at North East last Saturday night. \ party
of young men took him out on a bogus bee
tree hunt, or some such trick and scared
him so bad that he ran and never stopped
until he got within mile of this town, a
distance of about five miles, hauling up for
the first time at Cameron's mill.
"A Chesapeake City man arrived here by
She midnight train on Monday night in a
desperate state of dryness. He reused the
the clerks at several drug and ether stores,
and also of one OF more hotels, plead ing
earnestly for something to drink. The last
accounts from him left him still in dry
state, how he Jared later on we did not
learn.
hS hOOlt tuaptl,
Fourth district, on the Goth ult., was pro-
nounced by the correspondent of the Oxford
Press as Il most enjoyable one. The hand
some decoration was conceived and put up
by Mrs. L. Senderling and Mrs. Gather, as
sisted by IA number of young people. The
instrumental music was by Ward b. Wor.
rail- and the vocal was by Messrs. &. NJ
Sender,iug and W. Ewing. u
The lowest point the mercury reached
during the recent cold snap, was at two
o'clock on Sunday morning last when i!
registered 30 degrees above zero. At Il
midnight Saturday it registered 3 degrees
above, and at > o'clock on Saturday morn.
ing it was at four. The average tempera
ture of Saturday and Sunday was the same
being 81 degrees. That of Monday was
l6is degrees.
The Oxford Press says: "At the m1sica
entertainment on Monday evening, one o
the benches in the hall was filed, it is said
entirely with Kinks, FROM the neighbOrhooG
of Liberty Grove, Md, who came to heal
Camilla trso, the violin virtuoso" Yes
the Kirk family is quite a large one in Cecil
and we could scare mp enough to fill a GOOD
nnany more benches all good, substantial
people too
"A bastardy case, in which effort wa.
made to prove an attempt to produce abor
ton, drew large crowd to the court room
on Tuesday. Would it not be well to ex
clude young people from the court room
when such eases are on trial" Among til,
audience on Tuesday there were a numbe
of young lads upon whose minds such ties
timony was given there cannot fail t,
have bad effect.
-Ex-State Senator VIM. NJ. Knight has
during the week just passed, been lyin.
dangerously i'll of pneumonia at the resi-
ience OF his mother-iu-law, Mrs. EIizabetl
l. Groome, or Main street. Mr. Engh
was taken sick i'll Baltimore, ard was no
able to reach his home in Sassafras neck
He had been unwell for a week and the ex
pnsure conseqent upon long ride in one O
Baltimore's proverbially slow night stree
cars, laid him up and endangered his life
We are pleased to be able to say that he i
now much better. He is attended by on
of the best nurses in Philadelphia, Mr. \
Willis, and has every care possible to b
given him. Mr.. Willis, his nurse, is a stou
robust man, and to sre him upon the sti ce
one would never suppose him capable of at
tending the wants of IA sick mai But il
1pa sick han il liuh h,t,