The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19

doors to the puhlic on High street this
week. Its proprietor will, OF course, Ell
deavor to give satisfaction.
| Several pieces of the machinery to Ice
used in the new steam laundry arrived in
town on Thursday evening last and We're
placed in position.
The Bohemia bridge will be closed to
travel between the hours of 5 a. IN. and p.
m. on Monday the 2lst inst. Notice of the
rcprnng of the bridge VIII he given.
The Elktnn brass band under the com
petent leadership of Mr. II. MrCrnne is
practising nightly now :" that it may he III
excellent musical trim for its performances
at the fair.
"A sermon commemorative of the late
Bishop Lay will be delivered by the Rev.
| William Schoulcr tomorrow Sunday
forenoon at Trinity Church and at the
Church Of the Good Shepherd, Chesapeake
City, in the afternoon.
An officer of the new 3. Il '. Railroad
| told n WING reporter this week that soon
as the Susquehanna bridge is completed Il
number of ms fcllow-oflicers will 70 over
the road for the purpose of locating the
stations that are to mark its route.
"A pleasant surprise party was given on
Tuesday evening last to Master VIM. Bid
die son of Mr. Jacob T;iddlc of this town.
ut his home on Main street. Many of his
friends of both sexes gathered early in the
evening and enjoyed themselves for several
hours with games and merry making.
AT the fair at OXf.rd next week the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will have
an Information Bureau. All information
rs to the arrival and departure of trains on
the Baltimore Central Will be obtainable at
that office as well As information respecting
railroad travel throughout the United
States. Why does not the p. w. u b.
road establish such an institution at our
fair! 1t would surely be appreciated by
every one.
"A young tramp, while walking upon
the track of the p, w. ~ i. Railroad on
Wednesday afternoon last, was struck near
Principle by the engine of express train
No. IL, which passes Elkton about o'clock
going North. The man hailed from Pitts
burg, and was probably on his way to that
city. He was sent to the almshouse, where,
after careful Investigation by the physician
of that institution, it was discovered that
no injuries had been sustained further than
a few severe cuts and bruises upon the head
and limbs.
Albert Whteley Townsend, son of the
late Il jbert Y. Townsend of Philadelphia
and grandson of Mrs. Ann Cleveland of VIII
mington, who died at Herndon, Baltimore
county, Md, last Tuesday week, was buried
in the First Presbyterian Church cemetery
ut Wilmington on the lith. Services were
conducted at the grave by the Rev. Lafay
cite Marks, d. D., and the funeral was
largely attended. United States Treasurer
Conrad y. Jordan and wife, relatives of
the deceased, were present
The Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of the
Oxford Agricultural Society will be held on
the society's grounds, in the Borough of Ok
ford, Chester county, Pa, on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, September, %. "a,
%, 1880 The premium list embraces every
article of household and mechanical manu-
facture, as well as all agricultural products
and implements. Running, trotting, hur
die and dugraces. ADJUSTMENTS and music
each day. The managers will leave moth
ing undone to make the fall fair of 1885 the
largest and best ever held in oxford. Ex-
cursion trains will he run at reduced rates
of fare, and exhibits will be returned to
their owners tree.
The surviving members of the First
Mary land Regiment met in Baltimore on
Wednesday night to effect a permanent or
ganzation and to arrange for placing a
number of tablets on the spots occupied by
the regiment at the battle of Gettysburg-
Col VIM. p. Maultby, the old commander
of the regiment presided. He addressed
few remarks to his former comrades, and
said .hat of all the regiments engaged in
the war none had talked so little of them
selves as had the First Maryland. \ COM
mittee of 20, including the chairman, was
appointed to visit the Gettysburg battle
field and mark out the spots where the
ItrllIItHl pccH meeting
then adjourned until October.
Although in the announcement of the
! change of sessions in the Academy school
made in the WING last week it was said
that the change had been made Gin accord
ance with the urgently expressed wish of a
maiority of patrons of the Elkton Academy
Academy" there has developed this
week 4 wide diversity of opinion among
these same patrons as to the policy of the
change. Many parents complain of the in
convenience it puts them to by usurp;ng
the established dinner hour in so many
homes, and various other reasons are offered
i'll complaint. We can hardly believe that
Il movement involving as it does the inter
ests and feelings of 50 many has been
brought about By the influence of few
whom the change pleases, but hope the
matter has been given impartial considera-
| ton By the trustees and principal and the
| interests of all who are concerned consulted.