The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-09
liberal fee from the owners for the sugges-


ton.
DIR. John B. Butler has taken possession
Of his new residence on Main street, corner
of Delaware avenue.
--Oratorio of Esther, We,ln' SHAY ant
Thursday evenings, 18th and nth inst, al
Odd Fellows Hall, Elkton.
One hundred and wenty five voices vii
constitute the chorus of the Oratoria neXt
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Lovers of pure chasts and beautiful
music should attend the Oratorio next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The attention of farmers and dairymen
is called to the sale of stock advertised 10y
b. b. Robertson, in another column.
Jefferson Dean Of the Eighth district,
died last week in his ninety second year.
He was one of if not the oldest citizen OF
the district.
H. r. Torbert, proprietor of The CECIL
WING, has been confined to the house for a
week past suffering from an injury to his
uack He is now somew hat better.
The warm weather and rains of the
early part of the week broke up the ice, and
on Tuesday the creek was comparatively
clear. 1t is now fully open to navigation.
Mr. Joseph Brown, teller of the Odessa,
Del, National Bank, is seriously i'll at his
home in that town. Mr.. Brown is a son of
the late Rev. Joseph II. Brown, of Cherry
Hill in this county.
There will be an entertainment of
| tableaux, music, etc, in the lecture room,
adjoining the Zio.. Presbyterian Church, on
| Friday evening Feb. o., for the benefit Of
/ the church property.
There are five Presbyterian churches
within eight miles of Oxford at present with
out a pastor, viz: Fagg's Manor, New Lon
don, Rock and Zion and Oxford. Elkton,
| Il miles distant, is also without Il shepherd
for its Presbyterian flock OrfOrd Press.
An amendment to the charter of the
b. x o. railroad company, has been offered
TO the Legislature authorizing the company
| to build branch roads from their Philadei-
phia line now in course of construction at
| any point between Baltimore and the Della
ware border, in this county. a branch
from that line to Elkton may be built if the
bill passes
A house two miles above North Fast in
this county, belonging to Timothy Rose,
and occupied by George Ray, colored, was
burned with all its contents on Monday
evening last, the children barely escaping
with their lives, owing to the RAPID spread
of the flames. 1t is supposed The fire orig-
mated III defective tlue. The house hut
not the furniture, was Insured.
A movement is on foot TO bald Il turn
/ hike road from This town to Louisville, Pa,
joint stock company hereafter to he organ
lid. Application will be made to tn"
County Commissioners for authority Ia
build the road, at their meeting on Tues
day, the 19th inst. 1t is understood that
Mr.. w. T. Singerey is largely interested in
the movement.
AS soon as the ice left the creek and
marshes this week, the marsh ducks began
to come in. and ON Wednesday shooting
began, and has been kept up ever since.
The ducks, as might be expected are very
poor, and scarcely,tit for the table. They
have been almost starved out for more than
a month past in consequence of the lee, and
shooting should be abandoned for Week
or two to give them an opportunity to
fatten.
A revival continues at the Free Metho-
dist Church of this town. Morning service
tomorrow (S@nday) at 1870 O'Clock. y
Bible reading on the subject of heart
purity" will be given ill the afternoon at
go o'clock. The evening service will be-
gin with praise and testimony meeting
Preaching service legins at 80 o'clock
Miss A. +. Haviland, OF halfway, y. j..
and others will assist in the revival services
to be held all next week.
The time for purchasing flower and
vegetable seeds, plants, bulbs, &c, is upon
us, and it is we'll to know where 10 get the
best for the least money. Tie old house of
James Wick, at Rochesttr, New York,
stands at the head Of the list. They keep
nothing but the choicest varieties, and
when one deals with them, honest aud fair
| treatment is certain to lie received Send
for their catalogue. tor order from them any
known seed or plants and you will get them.
The hands, about ten in number, EN-
| ployed in moving the steam excavator To
the line of the new b. & o., railroad, struck
on Monday morning last, because they had
received no pay or could not get any sails
faction as to when they would he paid or
how much they would receive per day.
| Their pieces We're filled 10y Italian laburers
from the road and the strikers ara still of
work, the company il good and they would
have received pay for all the time they
| worked.
The bill relative To the government oi
the Cecil Aims House, which has inst
passed the State Legislature and now goes
TO the Governor for his signature, provides
that the County Commissioners shall here
after appoint the Trustees at their January
session; requires the Trustees to close their
accounts and report to the Commissioners
30th of each year, and increases the pei
diem of the Trustees from 81 to 81. 30. The
last is the most important feature of all
the others are only trimmings as it We're.
-Ex-Sheritf Thomas, of this town, has
brought suit against Smith, Usher & CO.
contractors for the masonry work on the
new b. & o. railroad bridge across the Sus
uuehanna river, at Watson's island fol-
damages for breach of contract. Ex-Sherif
Thomas says that he bargained with the
contractors to board their workmen. He
went to work aking his preparations, hav
| ing been notified by the contractors that tht
men would be on the ground at a certain
date. He laid in quantity of provisions
-four, sugar, molasses, &c, &c, but wa:
not through with his preparations, when
greatly to his surprise the contractors ar
rived upon the ground with their men,
number of days prior to the date fixed fo
their coming, of course finding everythin.
in confusion, and nothing ready for The
mems accommodation, Whereas had they
not come until the time fixed he would
have been al! ready to take care of then
properly. He did the best lie could unde
the circumstances, but the parties were no,
satisfied or willing to put up with a lit
iuconveniece for "A few days, but secure,
to take charge of the boarding house them