The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-05-16

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merit tile qooa uiN of his customers By Ia
prompt serrice and oJliging disposition
yPatr0nize him.
Brevities.
The Oxford, Pa, Junior base ball club
played the Havre do Grace club on Thurs
day.
Battle Swamp people want the Wood
lawn postotfice. Why not have one at each
place? Uncle Samuel could stand it.
The June fair of the Cecil agricultural
society will be one of the best spring fairs
ever held in this vicinity.
Preparation is being made to send up
somewhere in the neighborhood of forty
balloons &uNng the June fair.
The entries for the races at the coming
Spring fair June ., 3 and 4, close on May
18th, after which no entries can be made.
"A youthful plant dealer who has a
stand on the court house square in this
town, offered his tomatoe plants at one cent
apiece or fifteen cents dozen.
The directors of the Cecil agricultural
association are sensible. They refuse to
lease the exhibition building for use as a
skating rink.
On and after July 1st there will be two
daily mails between Elkton and Chesapeake
City. One in the morning and one in the
afternoon.
Mr. Harry C. Hurn has been appointed
10 a clerkship in the Office of the Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Cecil county,
in this town.
With the main exhibition building on
the fair ground lighted by gas, balls and
parties can be held will, but little extra
trouble. The old coal oil lamp and its dark
dmness will be thing of the past.
-Messrs Frank Scott and VIM. Terrell
left Elkuon for Minneapolis, Minnesota
on Wednesday. They propose to engage in
the grocery business there, unless some
more promising undertaking presents itself
The oyster season being over the fest
i've clam is now the order of the day. Giles,
at his North street market, keeps supply
of the best constantly on hand. He also
receives fresh fish of all seasonabe varieties
daily.
-Shad are remarkably fine this season,
specimens weighing six and seven pounds
being common. The herring also are much
finer than they were last season and have
been unusually abundant. No one need be
fish hungry now.
The keeper of the Elhton cemetery is
busy at this time sodding the many grave
mounds, made during the fall and WINTER
There is great scarcity of suitable sod in
tthis neighborhood, and the few who have
it are unwilling to give it up. The road
sides have been pretty well cleared of it,
and it is nog' necessary TO 90 upon private
ground.
An Elkton genius, in attempting to
tell of the mutual eenfde reposed in
each other by two ladies OF this town, how
they consult with one another upon mat
tiers of interest to them, said: MRS. b.
comes up one day and insults Mrs. C.. about
something or other, and the next day Mrs.
c. she goes down and insults Mrs. b. about
something else
Mr. John Hyland, the wel-known con-
ductor on the z. w. x B. railroad, between
Wilmington and Philadelphia, was recently
rendered the position of assistant station
master at the Philadelphia end of the line,
but on account Of the great popularity he
enjoys in his present position he declined.
Mr.. Hyland is well-known to the ma ority
eff our readers. He was raised within a few
Hniles of Elkton.
One Of the best and now rapidly becorn-
ing one of the most popular remedies on
Tn. market is Buffers Subduing Liniment,
N@i,aged at the establishment of DR.. J. j.
r ut2eT, of this town. This remedy, for
ma. US aud aches, has been tried and tested
and kzss come out the victor in many hard
cont, st.aa battles. There is no doubt, and
we sn ak fi,e.n experience, that this prepa-
ration siaf! 10 81 that is claimed for it.
For W,sr faxml- readers, and for those
not aaric, naturally isclined as well, we do
not know VI "A ,fournS.--daily, weekly or
montblv-c Nc;tIi..ed TO te ~ ore instructive
and useful in t's'e taniiv' eHyie tn'n 'ne
american IA 'tqst3turist published by the
Judd. Co. of Stss- York;, an Old veteran
notification kno r1Irsi every body in the land.
II has RECENTLY b efIiislproved ami eElarg-
ed. and is at this Ifae undoubtedly onR Of,
if not the best far. 'jacistnals in America.
The ladies' of To ue-ElIeaoral Methodist
L I lDannS1t
hold A festival at O.. d N'ellows' Hall, in
that town, on the event naS- Of iday Goth and
9th. Straw berries, ice cream, ices, con,
fections, and III fact even Yohing that IS good
will be supplied in abb WAance. Nobody
knows better how to get u , e thing OF this
kind than the ladies of Pc. t. and q grand
time may be surely counted @al. See ther
advertisement in another col umn.
The Sunday Times is the t lille Of another
venture in literary circles i'll ! aitsimore the
first number making it's app earance last
Sabbath. The Times is not only new but
newsy, evidently being made up by full
editorial and reportorial corps. Although
the Times is very pronounced Democratic
sheet, all who read it must admit
.bst it is an exceedingly lively and well
? &C. ,ne, more on the order of the Metro
politan journals than anything we have
seen hereabouts for a long time. Mr.. Fo.d
is to be congratulated for making such a
decided success of this undertaking.
Frank Kerr has in stock at his merchant
tailor emporium, on Main street, suit goods
that would tempt the taste of any tasty
man. He is doing a really astonishing
business. From to I suits is now bis
daily turnout, and his average will foot up
at least three and a-half. Some of them
cost good round price, too, and Others are
as cheap as the most economical man could
ask them. Frank certainly is remarka-
BILE man. He has abundant energy, plnck
and perseverance,, and inside of twenty
years he has arisen from journeymar
tailor to the head of one of the largest mer
chant tailoring establishments outside o
the cities, and larger than some in the lead
ing metropolis. Such concern may safell
be trusted with your orders.
The board of directors of the Mutua
Fire Insurance company of Cecil county
were in session on Tuesday last, all tn
members being present. In view of the In
creasng business of the company it wa
determined to authorize the secretary f. a
Ellis, Esq, to employ an assistant or cleik
and Mr.. Harry G. Hurn was selected 70
the position. 1t was also ordered that if n