The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-04


business carried over from the regular
meeting.
WIN. II. Elder. has sold for Mr.. VIM. J
Jones his nice 10 room cottage at Hehohotl
Beach, Del, to Professor VIM. kershaw OF
Germantown, Pa.
Master Fred Lewis, son of James \
Lewis, ESD, of this town, has been award
ed a free scholarship at the Eikton Academy
by the trustees of that institution.
-Elktou people are said to be setting al
extra number of hens this season to provide
chickens against the meeting of the NJ. f.
conference next spring.
Elk Lodge No 241S of the q. L. O. OF
o. f., will have their Than kSglvln. Sermor
delivered Sunday, April l., at O'Clock p
NJ. at A. L. NJ. p. church by j. 6. Peter
son.
john f. Wilson and Clinton McCul
Tough, Esqs, have bsen chosen to fill the
places of Rev. James Mc1ntire and Hon
Hiram Mccullough, deceased, in the board
of trustees of the Elkton Academy.
The fertilizer mills of MeSSrs. Scott &
Bro, of this town, after a thorough over
hauling during the winter were started on
full time on Monday last. They expect tC
turn out much larger amount of manu-
featured goods South Carolina rock, Ne,
than last year
We have frequently heard of tenants
tearing down the fences around the houses
occupied bv them, and using them for fuel,
but we never until this week heard of any
one putting a mantle piece to such use.
This we are informed was done in a dwell
ing house in this town recently.
Grace f. Coolidge, a well-known con-
tributor to Tie Youths Compilation, Wade
.4wake and st. Nicholas, has begun in Tile
Philade1ph1a Weekly Press department de-
voted to amusements for the home, social
clubs, church entertainments, etc. The
feature is meeting with great favor.
Any of our readers wishing to purchase
firearms of any kind ammunition or tools,
we would commend to the Marlin Fire arms
Company, of New Haven, Connecticut,
who will furnish anything in this line at as
low figure as can be had anywhere with the
double advantage of undoubted fair treat
ment The Marlin Repeating Rifle is one OF
the best in the market.
A sixteen to seventeen hundred pound
show beef, stall fed, by Mr.. john Regan,
on the Creswell property, near this town,
will be butchered by John Terrell, provi-
sion dealer, Main street, corner of Groome's
lane on Monday next, and will be on sale
Wednesday morning. Housekeepers can
confidently depend upon it that this will be
prime beef. Don't fail to make note of it.
We were shown yesterday several
specimens of very handsome arasene work
on velvet and plush, from thehands OF Mrs.
Lucy Litzenberg, of this town. Among
therl were pair of table scarfs or covers,
really beautiful pieces of work. Mrs. Lit
zenberg is giving lessons in this work, and
now has a class of half dozen or more
ladies under instruction.
County Commissioner Seminar has de-
ternined that the last quarterly pay went
TO supervisors in his division, embracing
the 9TH, eth and sth districts, shall be de-
ferred until May 1st, as many Of the roads
are not in proper condition. Mr.. Seminar
insists upon the repair of the pads before
certificates are issued. He and the road
COMM ssioners in the districts named will
make an inspection of the roads in the
latter part of the present month.
"A practical April fool joke was PLAYED
upon Mr.. Edward Taylor, iveryman,
of this town, on Wednesday hst-April
LIST. He forgot all about the day being
all fools day, and when message written
upon telegraph blank, enveluped and
duly sealed, directing him to send a two
horse carriage to the p. W. & B. railroad
station at once was handed him, he
promptly complied. When he reached the
station however, he very soon discovered
that he was victim, and all he could do
was to make the best of it.
The following account of one of the
most barberous acts imaginable isfrom the
Oxford Press of Wednesday. If thre is any
law to reach them the perpetrators should
have the full benefit of it: "It is said the
cruel treatment of cat at Rgselville,
which short time ago was spriked with
turpentine and set on fire by two or three
thoughtless young men and boys, net with
the ioudest condemnation from allthe citi-
zens in the place. The cat escapedfrom its
torturers ran up the street and WIS killed
by Isaac Watson, to whose little laughter
it belonged. The risk of setting fire to
buildings into which the animal might
| have run was great. \ warrant wS issued
| by Justice lIershberger for the arres of two
| persons connected with the outrage
Herring are putting in an appearance
in this market. Giles had few o. We'd
nesday but the supply vas then exceedingly
| limited. He received a large lot Of otfal
fish from pound men that day, amog them
many tingerliugs totally unfit for use These
he threw out and the fishermen tods that
many young fish from the water Without
any return to themselves. 1t is ashame
that pound fishers continue to takeevery
thing that goes into the net. If theyyould
liberate the small fish, in another season
they would be worth catching they
will not voluntarily do this law pescrib
ing the size of the fish allowed to be .aker
should be passed Millions upon million.
of young fsi, are destroyed by the ponds
all of which would escape throug til,
mesheS of the hauling seins.
The sale of cattle, horses, Garages
wagons etc., by Mr.. E. c. Collins, a In,
FELTON, House yard on Tuesday aftenoo,
last, was very successful. He disposal O
eleven carriages, fifteen head ofcattle, hre
horses, sixteen sets Of harness, tely
whips, fifteen blankets and one horsea,,e
Everything sold brought satisfactoryrices
No sheep, oxen or cows We're sold therice
offered did not suit the owners. Mr.. leur,
Wood after the sale disposed of one hi
registered cows at very satisfactory rice
Farmers in this vicinity do not apsr T.
appreciate the value OF this stock Of Mr.
Woods. Ifthey did they would be vllini
! to make = large advance in their offe 70
it. 1t is probably the finest ever efferl a
public sale. That its value is not bpre
ciated as auction goods, is proven tia
3 fact that he invariably gets twice as ,ucI
for it at private sale as is offered at apion
A youngster twelve or fourteen car
of age, giving tie name of Joe Savage NJ
his home at No 92I South fifteenth Soc,
Il Philadelphia, was among the wander,s i
- this neighborhood on Wednesday last. In
i was very hungry and in plaintive me
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