The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-13
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The average Elkton young man now
wears a magnolia in his button E"le.
An excursion from Chesapeake City tC
Colchester, will take place on the 2oth inst.
We venture to say that there is more
building going on in Elkton just now, than
in any other town of its size on the PENN
sula.
The DIOCESAN convention at Centre
willie, Queen Annes county last week, de-
termned on Elkton as its next meeting
place June, 1886.
The June term of the circuit court Cor
this county, begins on Monday next. AS
this is Il non-jury term the session will not
be of much public interest.
If the grass was cut and the rubbish
and stones cleaned off the grounds in front
of the NJ. Z. church, they would present a
more slightly appearance.
Frost was plainly visible to those who
were up early enough last Wednesday
morning. The tenth day of summer Is
pretty late in the season for Jack to be
about.
In a stream near Iron Hill Baptist
church, about three miles from this town,
three ladies were baptised by immersion last
Sabbath morning. The pastor of the church
officiated.
-Brickley & Mccullough IS first excursion
of the season. Port Deposit, Havre Dcgrace,
Colchester, steamer, "Nelly White White,
Wednesday July 22d. A day full of enjoy
meut.
-Wingate Post, G.. y. f., of North East
will entertain Smyth Post, of Wilmington,
Del, on the fourth of July. The members
of Wingate Post cannot let Independence
day 90 by without recognizing it in one
way or another.
Mr.. John McKane, who resides few
miles from this town, picked up in field
on his farm the other day, an English soy
erign, bearing date of 1921. 1t had been
turned up by the plow. Its value is few
cents less than five dollars.
-Paymaster, Henry Clayton, L. s.
army, who has bsen for some time stationed
in Montana Territory, has been ordered to
Baltimore. Mr.. Clayton is the second son
of the late John l.. Clayton, of Pivot Bridge,
in this county.
The spring fair of the Oxford, Pa, agri-
cultural society, began on Wednesday and
closed yesterday. From what we could
learn yesterday the fair was moderately
successful, but not as much so as that of
last season.
The 1iith annual commencement eXcr-
cises of West Nottingham Academy, this
county, will take place in the Presbyterian
church of that village on Thursday even
ing, June 18th. West Nottingham school
is getting on in years.
Mr.. l. Il. Ceilings, who was some time
ago removed to the home of his son, i. l..
Ceilings, at Collingswood, New Jersey, spf-
fering from n severe stroke of paralysis,
has improved very much since his removal,
and appears to be in a fair way to recover
entirely.
The thirty third annual commencement
of the Baltimore Female college, took place
OH Thursday last. Among the graduates
was Miss +. Hardcastle of Cecilton this
county. The seventy-third semi-annual
session of the college will open on the thld
Monday of September next
The fIiends of the Ebenczar NJ. Z.
church, Zion circuit, will hold festival on
Saturday evening, the Goth inst. If the
weather should prove unfavorable it will
be held on the first fair evening of the fol-
lowing week. Proceeds to be applied to
repainting the church.
The twentieth annual commencement
of the Auxiliary Department of medicine
University of Pennsylvania, will take place
on Monday next at II o'clock \. N, at the
American Academy of Music, Philadelphia.
Doctor Howard Bratton, of this town, is
one of the committee of five hav 'ng the a
rangements in charge.
During the storm of Friday afternoon,
the 9Th inst, three children of Mr.. James
l.. Clark, who resides on the Smith farm,
two miles from this town, were struck by
lightning while standing upon the porch OF
the dwelling. None of them were killed,
but they remained iusensible for fifteen or
twenty minutes.
"A trip to Colchester with the Brickley
& Mccullough excursion from Port Deposit
and Perryville on Wednesday the 22d inst,
will be day of rest and recreation to the
farmer VIII has been toiling for weeks past
getting in his spring crops. Now i'll the
interim between spring and summer work
is good time to build up the physical man
by a sniff of salt air. BY all means 90.
Mr.. y. w. Mitchell, of this town, this
week shipped to Mr. Diehl, (the gentleman
who acted as judge of poultry at last falls
fair of the Cecil Agricultural Society," at
Beverly, New Jersey, pair of the celebra.
ted Cecil county breed of tailless cats OF
rather kittens. They were comical looking
little specimens neither Of them owning
the semblance of a tail.
If you 60 on the X. of p. excursion
from this place to Colchester on the 24ti
Sst., you can take look at the immens,
Tgator, now on exhibition there. by tn,
way our Devil has a conundrum on tn,
name of this reptile. He asks the differ
ence between an alleygate and an alligator
and when you give it up he says, it is tha
7''the water goes under one and the othe
goes under the water
MIR. Al. Heiman tonsorial artist at til,
Deer Park HOte1 NavarL. naI,,,ra =, +I,,
owner of a fine collection of Canary birds
as we'll as being an A No. l. artist in hi
profession having the skill to remove tn
move obstinate growth of beard so quickly
and pleasantly that his subject has no ide
that he is undergoing this too frequently
distressing operation. Mr.. lehman has
number of most beautiful singing birds, an,
will part with them upon moderate and ac
commodating terms.
-One of the most useful inventions, VT
have seen for long time was exhibite,
here this week by Mr.. Nathan Montgomery
of Rock Springs, in the Eighth district.
consists of a vessel of iron covered by
patent adjustable covering, with perforate,
false bottom which fits about halfway @
the vessel. Two or three different thing
can be cooked in it at the same time. On
may be boiled in the water in the lower de
partment while others, Vegetables, etc,
may be steamed on the upper division. On
of the most convenient features about it
that the water may be poured out of it er
tirely without removing the lid and withcu