The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30
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Brevities.
strawberry festivals are now ripe.
This is Decoration day. Bring along
the flowers.
The frame of DR.. Cu-. Wells new house
on east Main street is up.
Do not miss eaing the Ticket Leave
Man next Wednesday evening.
The spring fair begins next Tuesday,
when large attendance is expected.
The gas company are about to run
mains out east Main street to the town
limits.
lows hall next Wednesday evening and he
should he greeted by large audience.
-l:nv. L. W. Beers delivered the closiu z
lecture of bis course on South America at
the Presbyterian church of this town last
evening.
The Oxford base ball club has chal-
lenged the juveniles of this town to play a
match game at an early day. 1t is thought
lht Ii ntOA htl > " III 't'ItpO thI o'th1Si.
The Eureka Fertilizer company, of this
county, recently sold to the Fulton Grange,
Patrons of Iiusbandry, Of Lancaster coun-
ty, Pa So, ,20o worth of their fertilizers.
-MeSsrs. l. d. Davis, l.. N. Haines,
Joshua II. Ash, and Person Matthews, of
Post No. 10, G.. y. r., will have charge of
the Decoration ceremonies here today.
1t is thought there will be as large, if
not larger an exhibit of farm machinery at
the approaching spring fair of the Cecil
agricultural! society than usual at fall fairs.
Daniel Arhuckle, an emp!oye at Sin
gerly's pulp mills, in this town. was quite
severely injured on Tuesday last by falling
aud striking his back upon the edge of an
iron tank or vat
The engine of the $50 p. NJ, train
south, Gu the P. w. & B. railroad, broke
down near the iron bridge north Of town on
Tuesday evening last, and the train was
delayed about Il quarter of an hour.
"A young gentleman, q son of contrac-
tor Dorwin, of the new b. &; O. railroad,
who is stopping at the Howard House,
injured his limb quite severely in alightin g
from his carriage last Tuesday.
a much Geetled improvement was made
on Main street this week, in the erection of
a stout fence along the brow of the hill at
the open lot of James 7. Mccullough, E-q.,
nearly opposite the National Bank.
Mr.. E. J. Barroll, of this town, is busy
al work upon the balloons to be sent up dur
ing the fair of the Cecil agricultural society
next week. About forty of these air ships
will be sent up during the fair.
The fine little mare driven to his plant
wagon by Mr.. Henry Bell, of this town
was an orphan when only few days old
and was raised by her owner, Mr.. John
I.ocllev, upon cows milk, fed by means of
a bottle.
A train on the p. ". & B. railroad ran
into flock of guinea folws near town on
Saturday last, and made scatteration
among them. They made such quick time
of the track however, that only two Of
them were killed.
ii'i'ifSo y. anu w H. lt lAttSt, tAt'Cu-
tors of John Il. Reese, of New Castle county,
Delaware, have sold the farm of deceased
on Bohemia Mano:, Cecil county, Md, con-
tanning 40 acres for $1,000. Georgiana
Reese was the purchaser.
The funeral of Mr.. John s. Mafftt,
who died last Saturday night at . o'clock,
took pl; ce on Tuesday last from his late
residence near Union NJ. f. church. Ser
vice was held at the house, and the remains
We're inferred in the burial ground adjoin-
ing the church.
Frank Kerr is doing a remarkable bust
ness just now for a merchant tailor in a
town of the size of Elkton. lie has as large
force employed as nine tenths of the city
ciflde ready made clothing makers The
secret of this is, that he makes good well
fitting garments at low prices.
This is the harvest time for plant grow
ers, and our two principal operators, Messrs.
Henry Bell and Booth & Son, are up to
their eyes in business. Mr. Bel has large
stock of al kinds, all very thrifty and Wig
orous. His sweet potato and tomato plants
are remarkably fine. The Messrs !:ootll
also have d fine stock of plants.
Mr.. Edwin r. Reynolds, of this county,
has carp pond containing about
three thousand of these fish He
feeds them on canned corn, and says he can
make more ont of corn in this way than by
feeding it to hogs. He last year sold S22&
worth Of fish, and his stock is larger now
than it was then.
- The Delaware conference of the A. NJ.
Z. church, met at Salisbury, WicomicC
county, on Thursday last. This is the 22t
session and will be quite a notable gather
inG OF colorei ministers. Bishop r. s. Fos-
ter, Of the NJ. f. church (white), presides
This conference is under charge of the NJ.
L. church and comprises over a hundred
ministers.
The Sabbath school of Moore's Chanel
this county, will celebrate children's da,
tomorrow, This school is in a fiourishinG
condition. The following are the officers
and teachers of the school. Superinten
= den q. N. Sendering; assistant superin
tendent, e. Il. Ewing; treasurer, c. Il
Biles: teachers-Miss Carrie Vansant, Mrs
i. j. Senderling, Mrs. Emma Gathers, Mrs
Hannah Young, Miss Sue Mackey, Mrs. NJ
Commons, James NJ. Ewing, a. w. Gathers
Robert Mackey, Harvey Mackey.
The match game of base ball on Tues
day last between the Elkton and Delawar,
College mines resulted in victory for th,
latter, by score of 6 to s. The game wa
Que of the most hotly contested ever playe,
here, and some very pretty playing wa
done. The batting was the Test ever see,
here Haines pitched and Purnell acted a
catcher for the Newarkers, and for the Elk
ton club Cantwell was catcher and Alex
ander pitched. Master Ed. Purnell acte,
as score keeper, and Captain Woolly, O
Delaware College umpired The game wa
witnessed by large number of persons.
~ report has been circulated during thu
past week to the effect that, few or no en-
tries have been made for the trotting race
at the coming fair of the Cecil agriculture
association, and that consequently th
races have been declared oft This is en-
tirey untrue. Instead Of no tr0tting thi
part Of the programme will be the best @
the whole We are assured by the IN anage
ment that, some of the finest trotting horse
i'll the country will be present and tax
part in the races. This rumor mas no doub
been given out for tho purpose of kcepin
people away from tho fair hy some evi