The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-01-10

6y ROBERT L. STEBBlNs. ho0e'' 20 "''
industrious ea5 enterprising boy, and 'c1lt
merit the nood eiH Of his customers By ms
prompt ssr,i,s and obliging disposition
Patronize I'm.
Brevities.
Col. Mrrray Vandiver has been elected
mayor of Haze de Grace.
Mind is II = rule not the exception, this
week. The reason is, it is not frozen.
Mr. G.o-;.e A. Lee, who with his fam
ily removed II, n here to Philadelphia iast
October. will return to this town IN fep-
ruary.
N.ssrs. Clemson and Hess arrived home
from their western trip last Monday night.
They have since received drove OF STOCK
nurcha.ed by the,A. The stock may be seen
at the Felton, House stables.
A meeting O" the stockholders of the
Cecil county Agricultural Society, will be
held on Tuesday next at II o'clock A. NJ,
at the office of the company in this town,
for the purpose OF electing board OF m"n-
ayers for tie ensuing year.
-O.ite number of unfinished build
inos are exposed to the storm in Elkton at
this time. 1t appears to US that 1T very
much out IT the order of things to wait I'M
til December to begin the erection OF
dwelling house. Yet some people do it.
AT several points on Main street the
.ou sh,Is bors oone down and the mud
has come M. The reason for this is appsr-
emit There was not sufficient quantity OF
shells nut on in consideration of the un'in-
tied extent of the mud.
-Piersou's Grove Lyceu,n did not meet
on last Tuesday evening on account OF the
extremely stormy weather A few persons
were present, and it was determined to
postpcue Tie debate until next Tuesday, the
18th inst.
The ice went out of the creek on Tues
day without damage of any account. The
water was not a. high As usual at this sea-
son of the year when the ice breaks an, and
the ice though quite heavy passed out
without damage.
Our neighbors as a rule have been suf-
fering from earthquake this week. All
along the state line above us and little over
it shocks Of earthquake have been felt re-
GENTLY. Fortunately the valley Of the Elk,
has been clear of all such manifestations.
Ball, on Main street, ha, filled up with
fine new stock for the new year. II you
are in want of new cost, overcoat, vest
pantaloons. shirt drawers, nsckts or collsr,
90 to Bail, and you will certainly be suited.
fnot 10 one else can auit you, give him a
call
HAIRY tho old bay horse who for
yea RS haule,: the ice wagon of Mrs. Carrie
Howard tough the streets of Elkton, and
who Was k, to every man woman and
child in town, gave up the ghost and passed
in his checks on Sunday last-that is, he
died.
Mrs. ;ia--aret Nelson, wife of James
Nelson, die At her home near North East,
in this corntv. on Wednesday the oath ulto.,
in the fcrty 9Th year of her age, and her
remains We inferred in the burial ground
attached t, itoulden's chapel. She died of
consumption OF the lungs.
The i2 : spring weather of Wednes-
day moru4ng was a delnson and snare,
for by noci q cold raw norther was blow
ing, and overcoats were substituted for
light "iothi :. The weather of this lsti-
tude is some. ing no fellow knows any
thing about.
There will be enough moonlight this
month 10 satisfy the most exaetiug. There
will be two moons this month, one on the
first, and QUE on the 3lst Surprising the
sleishns to be good, tho average young
man " Ill la able to put in at least a dozen
nights gliding over the slippery surface.
George White a colorsd man, Owe N can
no joke usually a very peaeeable and law
abiding citizen allowed his passion to get
the better Of him one day this week and
planted his nst upon a companions phiz.
For this he is now one of the large company
within the gloomy wall of Cecil county's
Jail.
"A Wilmington Del, Ice Company is
erecting lour large ice houses at Peunock
Il Cos dam in Valley township above
Gainesville, On the alto of those destroyed
by fire few years ago. The houses will be
the largest erected in this section and will
hold several thousand tons of ice-Catord
Press.
While ont cunning on Thursday Mr.
A l.. Mirker was accidently shot by Mr.
W. Fl. Minker. The two were about thirty
yards apart, end neither saw the other
Tie shot first struck bush and then en-
tered Mr.. Minker's body at numerous
points. Dr. Housekeeper extracted the
Shot. THE wounds though painful ar,
not dangerous. NORTH East Star
The Havre de Grace Republican has is
sued to its patrons a handsome almanac fe
1855, the fir st without doubt ever gotter
out by country weekly in this state which
speaks wei for the enterprise and pros
1erty of the journal. 1t will be sent fire.,
ss's--fr disss in Hartford county. Persons
;~--.rI71S - here must accompany thei
request for with two two cent stamps
-CarI Houser, a deuizen Of Chesapeake
City, in this 20, was this week committed t.
all to remau until the March term Of cour
for alleged assault upon Lena Myers,
neighbor >. lis Lena charges that Car
came i.o ~, domicil and struck her, i,
vioatic! & wv and against the dignity O
the state. .rl unfortunately was unabl
to give SEE .ity, and now numbe one q
. the fwcn5 eight or thirty prisoners il
charge OF Sheriff Smith
tn: rvius capacity Of AN Italia
peGrr is ."t..athing away above the CON
preGenSior # ordinary mortas A VIII
reporter eryiewei ono OF thcae bundle.
and th. who carried it one day thi
week. ~, package measured about foul
by-tonr fec n cube, and weighed owe
eighty ..unds. The man who toted
stood " let three in height, and weighe
little lc~- than a hundred and twent
pounds. With this pack, almost as heav
as hifnse'. and much larger, this mona
narcham cd. over Cecil county from on
end 10 tor other, frequently travelling a
mach Is t'Lccn miles a day without coun
isg hi1 many turns aud twists going in an
out to ds-llimS houses from ths publ
road. Ne Hrrived here about four ocloc
in the ats Ion, and had that day tramps
from Rising sun, n distance of seventes
or eighteen miles, had visited about thirt
houses travelling four or i've miles extr. i
doing so, ard had sold goods to the amour
of two dollars and eighty-five cents. Y,
Id. ~. Il.