The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-30

about to erect four dwelling houses, on the
sites of the small one ani a half story
houses on High street above North.
Go from home to learn the news. The
Smyrna Record says, "Elkton is about
completing arrangements for the erection
of water works"
Our citizens can now go to PhilaIel-
phia on Sunday mornings. The train which
passes here a little after eleven, heretofore
without halt, now comes to a full stop.
The Ladies' Mite society OF the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Chesapeake City, will
hold a straw berry festival in Spring Grove,
near that town, on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, June 10th and 1lth.
The var on the Ailanth us trees is still
raging. The town commissioners say they
must go. Another charge has been brought
against them. The poultry raisers say the
blossoms kill their young fowls.
-Messrs. Elder & kershaw have leased
their marsh lands south of town to Mr..
James l.. Jackson for Il term of ten Years.
Mr.. jackson intends to plant the ground in
willows to be used in the manufacture of
blskets.
Rev. George Il. Kramer, of Brooklyn,
New York, will fill the pulpit Of the House
hold of Faith church near Principle OH
Sunday June 9TH and 14th. Two sermons
will be preached each day, at II A. NJ, and
7r.M.
"A gentleman picked up neat little
tin box on the street near the railroad sta
tion last Wednesday, aud upon opening it,
Instead OF finding snuff inside of it as he
expected, he found it packed full of potato
bugs. This is the first we had heard of the
arrival of his bugship this season.
Fully as much genuine enjoyment can
be had by an evening spent in witnessing n
play by the Elkton amateur dramatic as
sociation, as in an evening spent at the
average city theatre. The surroundings
are not s, grand, but the acting is just
good, and besides one knows what company
he is in.
The conditions which prevented large
audience from being present at the time of
the rendition of the drama of Robt. Macairn
by the Elkton amateur dramatic associa-
ton, so:ne time since, do not exist now,
and there is no reason why Bob Briefly
should not be greeted by a large audience
next Wednesday evening.
Another base ball team is about being
organized here, made up of a portion of the
old fl st niue with others. SO far as we
could ascertain the personnel of the club
will be as follows: w. w. Burkley, II.
Henry, l.. Shockley, o. Mason, j. Banks,
- Myers, John Morgan, Ed. Morgan, w.
Alexander and j. Dunbar
Oak Hall Is again full up with fresh
new stock of spring and summer clothing
from the best makers, and it will be run off
at the very lowest figures. The season OF
heat is almost upon rs, and now is the tim
to secure the proper clothing, and Oak
Hall is the place to get it, y look through
this large stock Of clothing is worth taking
whether you want to buy or not.
An Elkton man, 4 Democrat, of course,
who expects to receive an appointment in
the l. $. postal mail service, is practicing
at throwing in letters and newspapers. He
has 4 dozen or more guano bags hung
around his barn and uses corn cobs to rep
resent letters. 1t is said he can hit bag
nine times out Of ten, at distance Of thirty
six inches.
-Baili1f King, on Sunday last, arrested
several young men of this town for disor-
derly conduct upon the street. They were
committed until Monday morning, when
hearing was given them by Justice A. j.
Scott, who thought it a case in which a fine
was necessary and he imposed it. Warrants
were issued for others charged with the
same ofiensr, but they have not yet been
apprehended.
The clam has taken the place of the
festive oyster, and we are not sorry, for its
place is well filed by the juicy clam, and
when made into soup as Clayton Manly
Easement of Odd Fellows hail, North
street, makes it, it is 4 dish fit for king.
Clate can beat any man in Cecil county
making clam soup. If you don't believe it,
90 and get some Of it, and 60 anyhow
whether you believe it or not Clayton will
have crabs on sale today.
This is the day of The fifteen cent lunch
at IIart's meeting house, Elk Neck, and all
the boys, old and young, should be present
and treat the girls to a nice lunch put up in
a neat paper ox. This is new thing and
should draw largely. Hart's is ahead as
the introducer of this new feature There
are some energetic people there, if we can
judge by q little experience Of certain
member Of the congregation. They are not
of the kind who want for "somcthng to
turn up" They go to work and turn it I'D.
We have no doubt the enterprise will prove
a success.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has just issued from its headquarter office,
No. 233 south Fourth street, Philadelphia,
handsome volume containing descriptions
OF all its numerous summer excursion
routes with their cost, also attractive cuts
of Il large number Of the leading summer
resorts, together with the maps showing
the entire gigantic Pennsylvania system of
| railroads. The book is artiStically made
up throughout, and bound in beautiful
| illuminated covers. This volume cannot
| fail to be of much service to persons con-
| templating either Il summer tour or a
! simple jaunt of a few days. 1t can be Sc
cured by writing to George w. Boyd,
| general passenger agent, at the address
| given above.
Some time ago an order was issued by
the board of town commissioners directing
| the bailiit to cut down an "ailauthus" tree
in the yard Of the premises belonging to
| Mr.. Frank Kerr, and tenanted by Captain
| III. 7. Leslie on Bow street, on account of
complaint made by neighbors of the offen-
sive or,'er Of the blossoms of the tree. The
tenant of the property averred that the tree
was great comfort to him in SUMNER in
warding off the fierce rays Of the sun, and
an injunction restraining the board of COM
miSsioners from cutting the tree was sued
| out. This week upon a cOnSid, ra ion OF
the testimony in the case Judge Stump SET
aside the injunction, and on Wednesday
| afternoon last the axe was laid at the
root of the tree, and it was felled to the
ground. The case is an unusual one. Capt.
Leslie claims that the tree was valuable to
him; while the hog pens of the neighbor
| hood are offensive and hurtful, while the
other side make exactly contrary claim
1t is one of these cases where mutual con.
cesslon would smooth things over wonder
fully, but where at the same time no one