The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-13

to whom it belongs.
The ladies OF the Eikton Methodist
| Episcopal church will hold Il strawberry
festival on Tuesday and Wednesday even
ing's next, either at Odd Fellows Hall OF
the main exhibition building on the fair
grounds.
Mr. Horace johnson, OF this town, is
| of the value of one penny, of about the
first issue made by our government. To a
collector nf old coins this place would no
! doubt he valuable.
-Mcssrs. T. B. and Wm. Brown, Of this
place, have been appointed general agents
of the Hatdcn Hand Grenade Company,
for Mary land, Virginia and West Virginia.
For the present the business viii be man
aged by Mr.. VIM. Brown.
The physical condition of Chas. Barnes,
who killed his brother-in-law and son on
Saturday the 30th inst, near Moodlaw, is
considerably improved since he has been
incarceratcd in Jail here. His niad how
ever, is still considerably of balance.
The North East NJ. L. sunday school
will give an excursion on the steamer CheS-
Ter to Tolchester, on Saturday, June 10Th.
| Refreshments and music in abundance.
Tickets, 1j:; children, not members of tie
school, 3D.. Boat leaves wharf at 8 o'clock
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Win. s Evans, Esq, as trustee on
/ Thursday last sold 1T public sale, the farm
belonging To the late Henry u. Miller, for
mer!y Register of Wills, for this county,
upon which he resided at the time of his
death, TO a sister of deceased, Miss Mary
NJ. Miller for $50.
The Nlutho, Capt. VIM. FowIer's clip
per-built yacht has just come from the
ways handsomely painted and i'll applc-pic
order, ready for the excursion season. The
Nantho was very popular among excursion
lists last season, and Will no doubt receive
a full share OF patronage this summer
The lunch box sociabe held on the
50th ulto., at Hart's NJ. L. church, at
forled much amusement to both young and
Old, and great credit is due to MeSsrs
SeYer and Pennington, and Mr.. McCu!-
Tough and family in making it Il success,
financially through their untiring labor.
Saturday June 14sh, will be observed as
Children's day in Trinity NJ. L. church,
Chesapeake City, Md, I. y. II. O'Brien
pastor. W. j. Jones, Esq, OF Elkton,
will deliver an address on ''Christian Edu-
cation in the evening The public are
cordially invited to attend the morning,
afternoon and evening services. Singing
by the children.
The directors of the Cecil agricultural
society met Oh Thursday last at their Office
in this town. Matters in connection with
the coming fail fair were discussed, but on
account of the fact that several of the MEM
berS were compelled to leave by the morn
ing train, We're not finally decided upon.
Several bids for the catalogue of the fall
fair were received, but the contract was
not awarded.
We We're on Thursday last shown
small branch cut from bush on a clearing
few miles from town, upon which there
We're twenty three of the empty shells or
skins Of which locusts had divested them
selves. They hung upon it as thick as
hlaCkberries on the bush. The party who
exhibited it said that it was not uncommon,
but that he had seen other bushes more
tAickly covered.
The seventeen-year Iocusts are here in
force. Some people call them the seven
teeners, and claim that they are as nice to
eat rs schrimpS. We do not see why they
should not be. One is a grub living in the
air, and the other the schrimp, is nothing
more than a water grub. Yet the majority
of people consider them a delicacy The
locust will yet have its day, and be eaten
by man as an honest insect should.
-Messrs. Brickley & Mccullough, of
Port Deposit, have chartered the steamer
Nelly White for an excursion to Colchester
beach, from Port Deposit and IIavre de
Grace, on Wednesday July 22i. This
promises to be one of the most enjoyable
trips of the excursion season. The capacity
of the White is eight hundred persons, and
though this is quite n large crowd, we
would advise all to secure tickets early, as
the demand will exceed this number.
Black bass fisherman now roam about
the romantic banks of the SusGuchanna,
endeavoring with the festive lTeIgramite on
hook to lure this wary game fish from his
retreat in the deep edd!es beneath the nu-
merous rocks and boulders in that stream.
Some most excellent baskets of fish have
been taken recently. Last week 4 Philad-
e!phia gentleman landed five fine fish, the
smallest weighing nearly two pounds, the
largest showing over six pounds on the
scale. Others have done as WELL and some
better than this.
Mr.. w. W. Taylor of Chester county
Pennsylvania, the builder of the Chester
town and iIavre Degrace water works. was
in Eikton yesterday, endeavoring to asccr-
tain the sentiment of the people of the town
upon the question of the proposed water
supply. MIR. Taylor is a practical builder
of this class of works. Those at Chestertown
and llavre Degrace, give great satisfaction,
and we cannot see any reason why Elzton
should be SO far behind other towns of its
size. The natural advantages here are far
greater than in either of the two towns
named and the erection of works would cost
considerably less. All that is needed is a
little public spirit and enterprise and this
much needed improvement would be an in
sured fact.
The funeral of the late John W. Free
man, ST., who died at the home of his son,
G. J. Freeman in Middletown Delaware, on
the morning of Thursday the 4th inst, took
place on Sunday afternoon last. Services
We're held at the house and the remains We're
brought to this town and inferred in the
Elkton Cemetery. The funeral corteuc ar
rived at the cemetery about half past one
T. NJ. there 1t was received by large
company of old friends OF the deceased who
had gathered to pay this last tribute of re-
spect to the memory of former citizen of
the town, and man respected by all who
knew him. Rev. Mr. OTIS of the NJ T.
church otciated AT the grave. Before the
casket was deposited in the ground it was
opened and an opportunity afforded all who
desired to do so, to look once more upon
the face of the deceased. The friends who
came over with the remains returned to
Middletown the same afternoon.
Yesterday (Friday) was the beginning
of commencement week at Delaware Col.
lege, Newark, Del. The following is the
programme for the remainder Of the week:
| To-day Saturday., June 18Th, 2 p. NJ,