The Cecil Whig., 1885-08-01

| Mr. w. IL. Cole, of this town, is lying
dangerously i'll of typhoid fever at his resi-
dence on High street.
The Eikton boys were waXea again on
Thursday, the Middetown base ball club
paralyizing them by score of IL to 6.
The young peoples social excursion
goes to Colchester on the steamer Pilot Boy
next Thursday. This will be the best of
all the excursions.
The annual meeting of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Cecil county takes
place at the office of the company on North
street in this town.
| "Prolucer" in another column makes n
sensible suggestion which if put in prac-
tice would either largely add to the public
revenues or make land in the towns cheaper.
The festival at Asbary NJ. E. church,
near Whitalker's mill, yesterday and the
day before, proved quite successful. The
attendance was good and the receipts salts
factory.
Mr.. Harvey Reynolds, who resides
near Cecil paper mills, in this county, while
unloading grain from a wagon Saturday
slipped and in falling his left arm was
caught by piece Of timber and badly hurt.
Billy the Joker was committed to Jail
again on Saturday last charged with ply
ing his old trade of selling liquor, at Chesa-
peake City, contrary to law. Billy has
only been out few months, having served
a term for the same offence.
Captain VIM. Really, of this town, has
on sale at his place of business on Main
street in the Hollow the finest tomatoes that
have been seen here this season, and he is
selling them ut ten cents aquarter of peck;
just half the price others are selling them
at.
Mrs. Elizabeth y. Perry, of Port De-
posit, i'll this county, died ut the residence
of her son-in-law, Mr.. II. L. McClenahan,
in that town, on Tuesday morning last,
aged 73 years. Mrs. Pc ry was the mother
of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Perry,
U nited States navy.
There will be services in the Presby
terian church tomorrow (Slbblth) both
morning and evening at the usual hours
by the Pastor, Rev. Il. w. Il .ers. The SUBJ
ject in the morning will be: The God
given Heart and Spirit" and in the even
ing: 'The Secret of Holy Life All are
invited
MIR. c. c. Wright, of this town, the
well known carriage smith and the patentee
of the most popular "anti-shaft rattler" on
the marker; We are sorry to say, is confined
to his bed by an attack ofillness very bad
case of typhoid fever. The rhysi
clan says that Mr.. Wright is in a critical
condition.
The following is one of the premiums
offered in the catalogue OF this year's Cecil
fair in October: No. 16-wagon race
premium S75. Free for all horses owned in
Cecil county, months prior TO October 9th
1853. With or without record Best . in
,. First, 800 90. Second, $50 90. Third
so 90.
Reuben Haihes. Esq, of this town, and
his daughter Miss Mamie, who have been
on trip east for two weeks past, arrived
home on Thursday evening, tanned by the
ocean air, but much benefited in health.
They started from Baltimore going by sea
to Boston, and afterwards visited many of
the points of interest in the northeast
The Oxford Press gives the following as
a cool subject for discussion. "Isaac Woods
double ,jointed ice house stands close to his
dam in East Nottingham. He has been
supplying a number of Oxfordians with ice
from one of the houses and has not taken
any of the concealed stuff from the other
house. The ice in the building no: dis
turbed has fallen to a level with that in the
house opened daily. This mystery puzzles
the owner Who can explain it.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
have secured control OF the Delaware Mary
land and Virginia road, running from Har
rington, Dal., to Franklin, on the Maryland
line, thus giving them possession of all the
important lines on the peninoula. The Old
Dominion steamship lire from Lewes to
New York, discontinues operations today,
and hereafter all freghts which is mainly
farm produce, will be carried through by
rail.
"A young man by the name Of "Moore"
carried off the prize as the boss pie eater, ut
the Flagg concert last Saturday evening.
The eaters We're hampered by having their
hands tied behind their backs. The pies
cut in quarters were lain before them on an
| ordinary pine table, and the trick consisted
in eating the pie without the aid of the
hands, or in other words just about as dog
would have done it. All the contestants
possessed "mouths for pies
"A vicious youngster tied q tin can to 4
| dogs tail one day this week, and started
him down Main street. The yelling of the
dog and the noise of the can beating upon
| the pavement, came very nsar causing sew
eral horses to break away from their fas-
| Jennings. Such acts as this should not be
overlooked by the town authorities 1t is
more of disturbance of the peace~than
many other acts that have cost their perpe-
| traitors fine. Beside the cruelty to the
dog it might have caused a run away that
would cost some one his life
The remains of Nathaniel Founders, a
| former resident of the vicinity of Cherry
Hill, in this county, but who has been a
resident of Wilmington, Del, for some
| years past, and who died in that city were
brought to this town on Tuesday last and
| taken to Cherry Hill for interment. The
| funeral company was met here by the
| friends of the deceased, and by them ac-
| companied to the place of burial. Mr.
Founders was well-known to many resi-
| dents Of this district. His death was sudden,
| beipg the result of sunstroke.
An interesting fsticuf took place on
Monday last, on North street, between two
| vigorous young farmers, which came near
| resulting in the decentralization of one of
them, but forthe interferenceof friends. They
| jumped at each other like wild animals
ready to crush each other, and probably
they would have done so had not friend S
| parted them. The closing act in the drama
was an arraignment of the parties before
| Squire Gilpin, who imposed a fine of one
dollar and costs on each of the combatants.
These parties meant business, Judging from
the appearance of their faces after the battle
was over.
| The audience at the DR.. Flagg free con-
certs during the past week have been un-
precedently large, and the managers of the
enterprise have been raking in the ducats.
They give an excellent show. The perfor-