The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-05-02

by ROBERT L. STEBBTNs. Robert is an
Industrious and enterprising boy, and scl
merit tile good acW Of his customers By ha'
prompt service and ojligiHg disposition.
Patronize him.
BrevitieS.
Giles, at his North street fish market,
had shad on sale Gil Tuesday last, weighing
twelve to fourteen pounds to the pair
The annual conference of the \. NJ. p.
church for the district of Maryland, will be
held in this town, beginning on May the
18th.
Mrs. johnson, mother of George John
son, of The Cecil Democrat, celebrated her
eightieth birthday on the 14th inst. She
resides about one mile east of Rising Sun.
Rev. C. F. Sheppard, former pastor OF
the NJ. E. church. of this town, accompanied
by his wife, paid visit to his old fields OF
labor here on Monday last. He is much
pleased with his present location at Zion.
The annual flower thief is about, and
flower gardens at the east end of town are
nightly relieved of their contents. One OF
two yards were robbed of their choicest
hyacinths one night this week.
The groome Guards, of this town, are
drilling almost nightly, preparatory to
participation liz the parade of the Maryland
Malta, on the 9TH INST. They had dress
parade last evening, accompanied by the
Elkton Cornet Band.
Rev. E. w. Scott, who has filled the
pastorate of Cecil Circuit A NJ. p. church
for several years past, preached bis farewell
sermon to the Elk Neck charge last Sunday
afternoon to one ofthe largest congregations
ever assembled there.
Two appointments of postmasters fol
Cecil county were made this week by the
Postmaster-Ge neral, viz. Frank Vanzant
was named to succeed John j. Williams
at St. Augustine, and A. j. Craig was ap.
pointed in the place of J. c. Croothers, at
Calvert or Brick Meeting House.
A depot for the purchase of cid rags,
paper, metal, bones, and all other kinds OF
refuse has been opened on High street,
near North, by an agent of Mr.. Jesse Coale,
of North East, where highest cash prices
will be paid for these commodities. Gather
up YOUR waste matter and convert it into
hard cash.
Members of the Delta Phi literary So
ciety of Delaware College, will present Geo.
NJ. Bakers celebrated drama entitled
Comrades in G. A. f. Hall, North East,
Friday evening May sth. Proceeds for
North East Classical institute. This drama
was presented in Newark on the 18th OF
April and met with great success.
A furious wind storm visited this To-
cality early last Wednesday morning. 1t
began about midnight and reached its
heaviest about sunrise. Limbs were twisted
from trees, and fences Frustrated, but no
serious damage was done. The long line of
bill boards erected by the agent of Robin s
circus, near the railroad station, was blown
down. The rain storm of last Sunday
morning washed every vestage of the bills
from the boards so that its demolition dam
aged no one.
The English sparrows give the gardeners
great deal of trouble at this season by cut
ting the young cabbage plants all to pieces.
Scare-crows have no effect upon them. The
impudent little foreigners alight and peck
away at the plants right before the gar
densrs eyes. The only way to get rid of
them is to shoot them, and then it appears
when one is killed a score or more comes to
the funeral. One .Elkton gardener puts
three plants in each hill, two for the spar
rows and one for himself.
"A large force of men were engaged on
Sunday last in burning the wrecked cars at
Bell Hill cut, on Sunday last. The rain OF
that morning had saturated the wood work
such an extent that it would not ignite
readily, and cotton waste saturated with
coal oil was used to aid combustion. All
the wood work was burned, and the iron
gathered up and shipped to Wilmington
A large company Of spectators from this
town, Newark, and the surrounding coun-
try were present and witnessed the opera
tion Of burning.
On Wednesday morning last during
the high wind, portion of the tin roof was
blown from the residence of Mr.. IL. G. Levi:
on Main street, and the cap of the chimney
knocked off. The chimney OF the large
three-story dwelling un Main street occu.
pied by Mrs. II. NJ. Nicols, was blown down
and crashed through the roof into a third
s1aanipp al
was in the room. If it had happened a,
night the occupant Of the bed would hav
been crushed. Several telephone wire pole
about town were FRUSTRATED, darangi ne
communication for time.
Our account last week of young lad y
signaling and stopping train on the 2. w.
& b. railroad, aud possibly preventing il
from colliding with wreck which had
taken place a few minutes previous, at a
point a few miles north of this town, has
called forth several communications in re
gard to the matter, each giving a differen'
version of the incident. One of them l.
from the flagnan of the extra freight trair
No. 1872, who states that as soon as the ac
cident occurred he ran back to poin,
where he could see the approaching train,
extra No. 80, "when it was but short dis
lance below Iron Hill station and fagg d
it," Nothing is said in regard to the acti Il
of the young lady, but it is intimated 1
each of the communications that the sta e
editing her with signaling the TT Iii
Incorrect. Our Information in regard
fr,, yI,l ra
y<ole source, a disinterested eyewitness o
v the occurrence, and we cannot question the
accuracy of his statement.
Herring have been selling during the
past week as low as 81 900. Indeed the;
were so plentiful that they could hardly b.
given away. Such run of these fish ha.
not been known fer many years. At some
of the shores they are hauling them out or
the land for manure. Fishermen state thai
these fish are so abundant at the head Of
the bay that they frequently knock them
out of the water with their oars as they row
out with their nets. While there is such
plenty of herring shad are comparatively
scarce, the price keeping up, none having
yet been sold at less than $50 per hundred
Old fishermen say, that the scarcity of shaG
in the Chesapeake is attributable to the in
PRODUCTION of black bass in the Susqueh
anna. They destroy the spawn and feed or
the young fish. This theory appears plau.
sible, as while they are scarce in the Ches
apeake they are abundant in the Delaware
In the past the Delaware shad were though
to be superior in quality to those taken I