The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-02-21

1t is reported that duel is mmiuen
t between two county officials, resident il
this town.
} There are several cases of diphtheri;
, and scarlet fever in this vicinity, but nom
, of them of Il virulent character, we believe
The roller skates used in the rink wer,
furnished by Mr.. Roger Wtworth, of thi!
town, at lower figure than the parte.
could buy them in the city.
The board of school commissioners al
their meeting on Tuesday last decided not
to observe Monday next as holiday, and
the schools will therefore be in session.
Mr. VIM. NJ. Snserly was in Elktou
yesterday, and it is rumored determined to
erect gas works at his pulp mills He left
for Philadelphia on the l.. II p. NJ. limited
express, which stopped to take hun on.
The county commissioners met on Tues
day last for the purpose of correcting the
assessment list for 1855. They will meet
again next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day to complete this work.
"A six years old child of Mr.. Michael
Reagan, who resides near Odessa, Del, for
merly tenant on one of the CIesWel farms,
near this town, died last Wednesday night,
and will be buried today at the Catholic
cemetery in this town.
The family of three persons, whose Suf
ferins from want Of food and fuel was men
| IN FL,
taken to the almshouse on Wednesday even
ing last. They objected to going, but their
neighbOrS thinking it best for them, con-
stl aimed them to comply with their wishes.
Mrs. Reagan, wife of Mr.. Jno. Reagan,
as taken with hemorage of the Lungs on
| Tuesday light last, and is lying danger
ously i'll at her home near this town. Mrs.
Reagan is a sister to Michac! Kea gan,
whose child died on Wednesday might,
notice OF which will be seen elsewhere in
| these columns.
Tie season when the house must be re-
painted and re-papered, to give it the fresh
ness of The spring time, when the brown and
| scre Of winter must be thrown off, and
| something bright, new aud gay substituted,
is approaching, and we would call the at
tention of our readers to the advertisement
of wall paper by Lewis, Of the Glass Front,
elsewhere in this paper. He carries a line
of these goods in variety SO great that 4
lection can be made from it with as much
satisfaction as from the stock OF large houses
in the cities. Go to the Glass Front for
nd G., 4
and from the city.
The Is. Il o. telegraph company, being
compelled TO vacate their present Office in
the Democrat building, are looking around
for suitable room for their purpose The
small store-room adjoining their present
quarters used by Mr.. A. q. Brown as
wareroom for storage Of surplus stock, would
be just the place needed, but Mr.. Brown
thinks he cannot spare it. 1t they succeed
in securing this building they will avoid a
good deal of trouble in moving, as it is so
close to their present quarters, all that
would be necessary would be to move the
office wires. No alteration or addition of
poles would be necessary.
Mr.. Fred Carroll, foreman Of the Coch-
ran y Oler ice company's operations at
their houses near Perryville, in this county,
was struck on the top of the head yesterday
morning, by chain which had broken,
hitting him on the rebound, and it il feared
dangerously hurt. The chain was the one
which draws the cradle contains the ice on
its way up to the house, and as it draws
very heavy weight, the broken chain, which
is Il heavy one must have come down with
great force. At the time our informent
left the physician had not arrived, and the
extent of his injuries were not known. Mr.. |
Carroll is a man universally esteemed in
Perryville and vicinity, in fact wherever
known, and we trust his injury may not |
prove to be of y serious character
An Elkton boy gave specimen of his
smartness at the roller skating rink the |
other evening. He went in and sneaked |
pair of skates, while the attendants atten-
ton was called to something else. After
skating for an hour or more he hired the
skatessto another boy for tel cents, and then
went to Mr.. Collins, the manager, and pre-
tended that he had paid him ten cents for
skates, but had not been supplied. r.Col-
Inns, thinking that in the press and confu-
sion this had happened, the assumed inno-
cence and timididy of the boy helping him
to this conclusion, handed over to him an
other ten cents, and the young scamp left
the hall Boosting Of his cunning trick. This
youngster is a candidate at large for the
state penitentiary.
We last week published an account OF
the unceremonieus breaking up of card
party by an indignant wife, who returned
home at a time her liege lord Was not ex-
pectirg her. The story we gave just as the
wife related it to us, but we have since
learned that shs did not stick to the truth
very closely !. Several witnesses of the affair
say that there was no card playing going
on nor were there any cards in the house,
and that her story about burning them
was Of tie whole cloth The deserted hus-
band AYERS that she brought charges against
him that We're not true, and endeavored to
get possession of their marriage certificate
to destroy II, for the purpose of breaking
with him. A number of persons witnessed
he little unpleassntness, and they all de-
clare with one voice that there were neither
cards or any other kind of game going on
and that there were no bottles broken as
she stated. The weight of testimony is
strongly on that side
-ManZo, the Italian who vas beaten and
robbed near North East some time ago, re-
mains in Jail here in an apparently dying
condition, as he has been for days past.
His entire left side limbs and throat are par
alyZed, and he is in an unconscious condi-
ton. His case is strange one battling the
physician completely. He was hurt Ell Jan
uary Sd, and was brought to Jail on tine
3lst. Dr. lamar placed HIM under treat
msnt and in a short time he appeared to
have completely recovered. He remained
so until Monday, the 10Th, when he wanted
to go out and go to work. On that day
paralysis set il, and he rapidly grew worse.
Mike, the interpreter and nurse, says Man
70 told HIM, while able to talk, that he had
no near relatives. His father and mother
died in this country. DR.. lamar thinks
his skull is fractured, ridge can be felt
extending from the center of the forehead
around the base of the skull TO point over
the ear, as though he had been struck upon
the head with some blunt instrument.
The Philadelphia Weekly Press PROM
ises to ouriyal the ma gaines, in their own