The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-07-18

1T is reported that the Misses W"ullry
some time since residents of Elktpn have
boon SO fortunate as to fall heir to 4 very
handsome fortune of from $50 600 To 500 900
each. We give this rumor rs current in
certain circles here, but have no knowledge
of the facts
The Sunday school jubilee services of
Cecil circuit of the NJ. p. church, will be
held in the grove near Mt. Olivet NJ. T.
church on the Xford road on July %, 1885,.
Exercises begin at 10 A. NJ The festival
will be in the afternoon and evening. The
public is cordially invited.
A min, a little under the influence of
the 40, b. pear-ful" while driving rapidly
up North street about eleven o'clock last
Tuesday night, ran into IA hay rigging
standing in front of Dunbar's smithshop,
with a crash. We did not learn what
damage was done, but the way that man
did "dam it, is awful to relate. He at
first swore he would remain there all night
to find the owner of the rigging to put
very big head on him, but he afterwards
changed his mind and drove on.
On Tuesday evening last willie Howard
street was full Of children at play, as it
usually is on summer evenings, it being
by street and not supposed to be as much
used as others, a stranger to THE WIG
reporter driving spirited horse to Il buggy
drove through at the rate of fully ten miles
an hour, in fact at the very top of the ami
mails spceti-and he was evidently fast
goer-see.ningly careless whether lie ran
over one or a dozen of the children or not.
This was in ilagraut violation OF the town
law and if any one who is acquainted with
him his name saw him should he handed to
the townhailitf for prosecution if he can be
caught Such acts as this should not be
| passed uunoticed
| A man fell in fit on Bridge street ar
| High, opposite the carriage shops of Mescl
& Son, about noon on Wednesday last. He
was taken up by Messrs. Meisel and c. c.
| Wright carried to the shade and restora-
tives applied, and after a little time regiined
consciousness. He stated that he WAS on
his way to Delaware City, his intention be-
ing to walk to Chesapeake City and take
the boat through the canal. He stated thai
lie came from Havre de Grace, was a car
| penter by trade, anL that he had never had
a fit before. He admitted having drank
pear cider, and it is thought that this acted
upon by the heat had brought the tit on.
1t afterwards transpired that he was known
by Mr.. j. w. Draper of Little Elk, who,
when he heard OF his condition took him in
AMI cared for him. If pear cider and hot
sun won't knock a man into fits, then IA
thunder storm backed by a park of artillery
won't any more than do it,
The wheat stacked in the yard on the
farm belonging TO the heirs of the late Dan
iel Bratton, known as the "Red House
Farm, formerly owned by the late David
| NJ. Taylor, about three miles south of this
town, took fire about noon on Thursday
last, while the hands, who had been engag-
ed in hauling in the grain from the field
were at dinner, and all of it (about five
hundred bushels) was destoyei. The ORR
gin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought
that it came from the pipe Of one OF the
men. The farm is tenauted by Nj Den
matter to him. After the farmer prepares
his ground aud plants his wheat, should
the fly or uufavorable season ruin his
crop it is hard enough; but after raising
cutting and hauling in a good crop Of wheat
and then to see it burned before his eyes is
a little more than any but the most philo-
sophical farmer can stand with equanimity.
A would-be pick-pocket of African
descent, the other day received hard rap
upon his Uranium in return for his; tcmcrity
in putting his hand in the pocket of the
captain Of Il wood schooner, lying at Sim
gerly's wharf, in search for the Son OF Nrp.
tunes peck The little pleasantly
| occurred at the saloon of Mrs. Lemon, Oh
the corner of North and High streets, one
day this week. y company Of men We're
in the place and were invited by the cap
tain to imbibe, including the ungratefu
colored After thoroughly wettng
their Threats, the captain stood at the bar
talking, when lie felt hand slyly gliding
into his pautaloons pocket, where rested a
wallet containing quite sum of money.
He seiH"d the hand and following up the
| line of The arm he found it belonged to his
colored friend-or rather, newly-made ac-
quaintauce. Quickly taking in the merits
of the case, aud fixing upon the Judgment
of the court, he whipped ont a healthy
| looking billy and proceeded to play bass
drum upon the prisoners Uranium. One or
two licks caused the skull to creak, and the
recipient of such warm favors concluded it
was mo fitting place for him., and with IL
cry and a desperate bound he bid the cou-
pany "good day Had he not gotten away
when he did he would not have been the
rossessor Of head enough to talk much
about.
The excursion steamer to Colchester on
Thursday last, carried in addition to the
Legitimate excursionists the famous Elk
ton Juvenile b. b. club, an organization
that might well be designated by the two
letters b. b., as they had never beaten any
other organization until the day named
when they IN anaged to capture the Ches-
tsr:own club by a score of IL to Q. OF
course it was bad luck and not bad playing
that caused them to be 80 frequently scooped
ILL ouJ oe THAI aS IL may, lnelr fortune nau
been 80 poor during the season that it had
been seriously suggested that they adopt as
standard a banner with very large beet
emblazoned thereon. Bnt things have
changed now, and that idea will be aban-
doned. We wonder however what the
Chestertown boys would think il some one
were to let them into the secret of the prob
able cause of their defeat. OF course we
would not tell them that bu. five of the
boni-ide Elkton nine were on the diamond,
and that the remaining four were old and
expert players, an NJ. D., than whom
Elkton never boosted of a better hand on
the ball field, Baltmorean also a fine
player at b. b., and two of Dallware's best
players, but some one else might tell them,
and if they do we don't want the Elktou
boys to blame it on US. No matter, they
raked in the Chestertovners with two to go
on. and the Elks are happy.
The start of the excursion of the NJ l..
sabbath School of this town, for Colchester,
on the steamer Pilot Boy, ON Thursday
morning last, was both amusing and cx-
citing The maximum number of persons
allowed by law to be carried by this steamer
at one time is six hundred, and while there