The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-09

to Elkton, his native place, at the close OF
last week.
The several telephone companies on the
Eastern Shore are about to unite in the
construction of through line from Easton
to Baltimore, connecting the towns of East
on, Centreville, Chestertown, Elkton and
Port Deposit with that city.
Mr. j. II. Ostrander, florist, of Rising
Sun, is engaged in laying out and orna-
menting the grounds about the residence of
Miss Martha Finley, on East Main street.
When completed they will, no doubt, be
the handsomest in the neighborhood
The roof of the residence of Mr.. +. G..
Lewis. on East Main street, which was dam
aged by a wind storm short time ago, has
been replaced by new one of the very best
quality of roofing tin. The work was done
by Mr.. G.. j. Jamison and is an excellent
job.
Tile Times is the title of a new Sunday
Democratic newspaper just established in
Baltimore by Henry j. Ford, for sometime
connected with the Sun. Mr.. Ford knows
how to make up a newspaper, and that in
the Times they may confidently expect a
readable, newsy journal.
Mr. Levi b. Kirk, of Pleasant Grove,
Lancaster county, Pa, whose farm Is so
near the Maryland line that he is almost a
Cecil countian, recently sold for shipment
to the New York market pair of fat steers
weighing 1890 pounds, or within 10 pounds
of two tons and a-half.
The U. S. Government has awarded to
the Messrs. Megargee Bros, of Philadel-
phia, contract for a large quantity of a
special kind of paper and they are putting
their Spring Lawn mills, on Elk creek, ten
or twelve miles north Of here, in readiness
for It's manufacture.
The "pink cye'' disease among cattle
appears to be on the decrease. No new cases
have taken place here recently and all the
old cases are on the mend. Not more than
ten deaths from this cause have occurred in
this vicinity since the contagion began,
more than three months ago.
The Oxford Press says that two persons
recently caught, with dip-nets, in the Octo-
rara creek, in two nights, 4 900 herring, 800
mullets, 400 hickory shad and 60 stone roll
ers. This is nothing remarkable in the way
of catching fish, but will the Press please
rise and explain what manner of fish a
"stone roller" is?
Mr.. Henry A. Miller of Wilmington Del,
son of Sam'l. II. Miller of this town, who
now is the head of one of the largest plumb
ing firms in Wilmington Delaware, audwho
did the plumbin. in the fine residence of
Miss Finley on East Main street, will do a
large amount Of this class of work for Mr..
K. G. Lewis at his residence on Main street.
Last evening was the time set for the
presentation of the drama of Comrades"
at G.. A. Il. Hall, North East, by company
selected from the Delta Phi Literary Society
of Delaware College Newark. From what
we have heard of the talent Of the members
of the com bination we have no doubt that
it proved success. We will, however, be
better prepared to report upon it next week.
DR.. Howard Bratton, of this town, waa
among those who received the degree of
doctor of medicine at the commencement
of the medical department of the University
of Pennsylvania on the evening of Friday
the 1st inst. There were 100 graduates and
He already, though young in his profession,
enjoys an enviable reputation as a surgeon
Real estate is going up on one side and
down on the other. A sale reported re-
Gently not many miles from Elkton, put
the price of vacant ground at S25, per foot,
while the remainder of this same lot was
sold by the same party the saue day for
$40 per foot. 1t is wonderful what differ
same story, especially when the other fell
low is the purchaser.
The Groome Guards of this town, took
part in the parade of the Maryland militia
on Thursday last. They were accompanied
by the Elkton Cornet Band, and intended
to make street parade here before their
departure but at that time it was raining
too hard to permit of it. The rain fell in
torrents here all the afternoon, but they re-
port that there was little or none in Balti-
more, the sun being out portion of the
time, and the parade was not interfered
with. The company reached home by the
half-past nine p. NJ. train in jolly condition
The Champion reaper, binder and now
er is machine of acknowledged excellence
We this week were pleased to have an in
terview with the general travelling agent of
the company and he informs us that, even
if they put on force of over six hundred
men, they cannot anything like keep up
with the orders crowding in. Ex-Sheriff
VIM. t. Boulden has accepted the locol
agency for this popular machine, and all
who want it will have to address him now
at Locust Point, and later at his Elkton
office, which he will soon open. This COM
pany will have grand display of their
machinery at the coming fair of the Cecil
agricultural society.
Mrs. Caroline Hall this week had erect
ed at her ice cream factory on Main street
a long line of piping or trough, extending
several hundred feet into the marsh to an
open drain, for the purpose of carrying of
the waste salt water from the freezers
Heretofore this waste has been source of
Inconvenience, as the tide had to be depend
ed upon to carry it away, and as high tides
are few and far between in the heat of sum-
mer, it would stagnate and throw off an
offensive odor. This improvement will do
away with that trouble. If all the resi-
dents of the south side of Main street would
follow this example the air would be purer
in that locality.
A diminitive specimen of the African
race, about nine years old, attempted to
make off with cage containing canary
bird from the front porch of the
residence of Mr.. Joseph Wells, on
East Main street, last Wednesday after
noon in broad day light whilea number of
persons were in the vicinity. Mr.. Wells
was passing out his side gate at the moment
and saw the hoy snatch the cage from the
hook upon which it was hanging and III AXE
off at the top of his speed. When he called
to him the little rascal dropped the cage
and the bird would have escaped had not
Mr.. Wells been quick enough to prevent it.
This youngster it is said has been in a num-