The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-25
PORT DEPOSIT BRANCH.
LOCAL NEWS.

From this date TIE CECIL WING aciU be
ssryed to weekly subscribers In Port Deposit
by ROBERT L. STEBBINs. Robert is an
Industrious and enterprising boy, and acil
merit the good ,ciU Of has customers By has
prompt service and obliging disposition.
Patr0nizs him.
Brevities.
Mr.. j. T. Collins is erecting new
dwelling house on Collins avenue opposite
the a. NJ z. church.
The old barn upon the rear of the Hogg
property on High street, an old land mark
was demolished this week.
Work has been begun upon the new
dwelling houses of Messrs. III. c. Wells and
r. C Thackery on east Main street.
Level, Hartford county, died from the eff
fects of the seed Of the stramonium or jim
son weed, which it ate.
Miss Mary and Mr.. Ed. Purnell, of
Retta Burton, a relative, in Washington, d..
c., this week.
New and larger gas mains We're laid on
Bow street, from the corner of High
street this week. The old ones were
too small and would not supply a sufficient
volume of gas.
The one hundred and eleventh annual
commencement exercises of the University
of Pennsylvania, begins at the American
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on May
1st next. Among those to receive diplomas
is Doctor Howard Bratton, of this town,
who is also a me.a Der of the executive COM
mittee.
The position in the quartermasters de-
partment, United States army, for which
Lieutenant Mitchell +. lamar, Of this town,
was highly recommended, has been filled
by the president by the appointment of
Lieutenant Francis b. Jones, of the third
infantry, one of the oldest officers of this
grade in the army.
Mr.. John Queck, baker, of this town,
has had a varied experience in building a
cistern under his bakery on Main street in
the hollow. In cutting out the excavation
he came upon an old vat at one time used
in the tan yard that stood upon this spot.
The vat contained large quantity of tan
ming, oak bark, and remnants of leather in
a remarkable state Of preservation.
Judge Frederick Stump, of the Circuit
Court for this county, purchased from a
Philadelphia florist recently, what was
represented to be a new and rare variety of
flower called the ''Dude flower" He pre-
scented an Elkton gentleman with couple
of the plants. They were planted out, grew
famously, and a day or two ago they
bloomed, when they proved to be nothing
more than the common jonquil or datfodil
"A very heavy frost fell upon last Mon
day morning, SO white as to look almost
like fall of snow. Monday it was cold
throughout the day. Tuesday was some
what warmer, though still chilly. On We'd
nesday however the summer came down
in earnest, and at twelve o'clock noon the
mercury had almost reached $50, some say
it went over it, but we did not observe it.
Certainly the day was good specimen of a
June or even July day.
The ladies Auxiliary Corps, of Wingate
Post, will give supper at Grand Army
Hall, North East, this Saturday evening
April 25th. Proceeds will be devoted to-
wards the furnishing of Post Hall. Supper,
oysters, chicken, tea and coffee at reason
able rates. Confectionery, ice cream and
cake at fancy table. All friends of the post
are invited to be present, as the ladies will
of course, give them the full worth of their
money. Supper from to 10 p. NJ.
james Dulin, of Elk Neck, in this
county, met with an accident in oxford,
Pa, on Monday last, whence he had gone
with load OF fresh fish for sale. He went
up into the second story Of Branson Stacks
livery stable for the purpose Of throwing
down some hay. Being a stranger to the
premises he did not know of an opening OF
hole in the floor, which was hidden in the
hay, he stepped into it and fell through TIC
the first floor, breaking his left arm. Thi.
accident will prevent him from prosecuting
his business for some time.
--Msssrs. Booth & Son have their ice
cream machinery in active operation, turn
ing out loads of this popular refreshment
They will give more especial attention tt
its manufacture this season than ever be
fore. Orders left at the postoffice or will
the driver of their wagon will be promptly
attended to. The Messrs. Booths make o
l. ,.xl g.,
excellence of quality. They are also largely
engaged in the truck business, having ovel
four thousand feet of hot beds now full o
young plants of various kinds.
Some time ago the sportsmen associa.
ton of Delaware, procured a number of
prairie chickens from the west, and lib
Grated them in that state, in hopes that
they would flourish and multiply here
While out snipe shooting one day this week
Messrs. A. 7. Shockley and Jacob Lothian
came across pair of these birds ON the
farm of Mr.. George w. Boulden, a few
miles south of this town. They were very
tlnid, and would not allow the gunners to
get within range of them, though they
would not have shot them. Whether this
pair was Of the original lot brought east
or their progeny is not known, but that
they were veritable prairie hens there is NJ
doubt.
-Fredus Aldridge, of Chestertown, Ken
: yf3<r3., a former citizen of Elkton
I'D Visit of day or two to his old hom
this week. Mr.. Aldridge although maj
of advanced ia still doing acti a 1ut =
in the L. S. mail service on one of the Pen
insular lines. He is now on a furlough 0
ten or twenty days, and he hopes during
that time to make a change and secure tn
appointment he now holds for his son, re
lieving him from active duty. Mr.. AL
bridge as the saying goes "holds his own
remarkably well. He appears as vigorou
and active as he did ten or fifteen year
ago He is remarkably well preserved 70
man of his age, looking but little ode
than he did fifteen or twenty years ago
He left Elktou for Washingtonon Wednes
day.
The report of the death of Nr. Erasmus
NAPLES, which appeared in one of the Phil.
adelphia morning papers, and which wa
copied into the CECIL Countu Ne,cs, turns
out to be incorrect. A letter was received
last Thursday morning, and dated Apr
22I, by the father of recent bride of thi.
town, now residing in Philadelphia, in
which she says that her husband met or
the street and shook hands with Mr.. Wapl e.
the day before she wrote her letter How
the error occurred we are unable to guess
but as Mr.. NAPLES resided for some year