The Cecil Whig., 1885-07-04
BrevitieS.
This is Independence day.

This is Independence day.
"A hop took place on ''the green at
Port Herman, yesterday.
Rev j. P. Otis will preach ,at Crouch's
Chapel tomorrow (Sabbath) afternoon at
o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
The painters were pushing things in
Cherry Hill this week. Messrs. George Nc
Neal, Clark Grant and John Dowd, engaged
the services of the man with the brush, and
their properties now look fresh and new.
Among the earliest of the farmers of
this vicinity to cut their wheat this season
were Messrs. Wm. Price and Louis Wards
on the L. T. Roberts farm, near Cherry
Hill, who began on Tuesday last.
1t is rumored that the paper mill of Mr..
1. d. Carter on the Little Elk, which has
been idle for some time, will shortly re-
sumo operations under the management Of
his son, Robert Carter, who has removed
here from Philadelphia.
The hour of evening service at Trinity
church, beginning with tomorrow Sunday
will be halfpast six; at the church Of the
Good Shepherd, Chesapeake City, eight
o'clock. The above arrangements will hold
good for both churches until further notice.
-Messrs Brickley & Mccullough will
give another of their popular excursions from
Port Deposit aud Havre de Grace on July
22d. The steamer Nelly White has been
chartered, and will leave Port Deposit at
n'c1nnlx Thoca al
ingly pleasant excursions.
Quarterly meeting service will take
place at the NJ. E. CHURCH, of this town, to-
morrow. Lovefeast will be held in the
morning before the regular morning ser
vice, at which the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Otis
will preach. In the evening the pulpit will
be filled by the presiding elder, Rev. Mr..
Hill.
The Elkton colored cornet band have
determined to have a picnic, on August
25th. The place has not yet ben deter
min upon, but it is thought that the grove
on top of Red Hill will be the place. The
mem bers OF the band need new uniforms,
and they take this plan to make up the
money.
For some time past there has been a
Colored man loaing around town, standing
on corners, sleeping on the street, and pry-
ing into whatever place he can. He is a
stranger here, no one knows him. He lives
on the street, has no home. He lives by
begging, and frequently scares children and
ladies upon the street. The town authori-
ties should take cognizance of this matter.
The Ailanthus trees must go. The
order has gone out from the town fathers
that the tree is a nuisance. The work
gan this week on the tree in the yard of the
residence occupied by Mrs. r. f. Tull, and
the woodmaus axe was laid to the root of
it. Lamplighter Willing says it makes ex-
celent fire wood. The war will be prose-
cuted and soon the last Ailanthus tree in
town will fall. Probably they will be r, =
plac d by more desirable shade.
1t is reported that woman residing in
the neigh hborhood of Fair Hill, in this
county, the other day, threatened for som 9
cause or other to hang her son, lad of
twelve OF thirteen years of age. Whether
she was really in earnest or only meant to
frighten the boy, she herself only knows,
but she caught him, and taking piece of
strong rope began preparations for string
ing him up. The boy however did not
relish this proceeding, and whipping out his
jack knife he cut the cord and ran for the
woods and liberty. Since that time he has
been staying a: a neighbors.
The Royal Executive Court was insti-
tuted in Elkton, Md ON the evening of
June 26, with the following officers: Ed
= ward Thomas, r. f. F.; Anna Bayard. r.
E. NJ: Edward Boyer, r. E. r. H. r.;
Susan T. Mluurn, L. E. L. H. r.. Henry
Richardson, r. f. f. P; Mary NJ Harris,
r. f. X; Henly Chase, X. f. c. r. H. S
Ellen Thomas, A. S. Moses McCabe, II.
E. c. l.. II. s.; Mary A. Evaus A. s.;
Tenney Bidd'e, r. E. j. g.; Harriet Allen,
Il. E, o. G.; j. w. MiIburn, r. f. d. NJ
duly installed by the Supreme Grand Mas
ter, Rev. g. V. Peterson. This will form
the first District Court of the Order of Light
and Truth of the Degree Department for
the Third Province in Cecil county
Captain Alfred Cousins, of this town,
left home on Tuesday last for London, Eng
land, to take possession of a fortune oi
twenty thousand dollars, bequeathed to him
by a relative recently deceased there. The
Captain has concluded to kill two Or more
birds with one stone, and so long as he has
to pay the passage fee to the old country he
will remain there for some time visiting
frIa md oil l.,
back about September next, putting in the
time circulating among his boyhood ac
quaintances. When the Captain returns
he will probably give up the sea flrng lir,
which he has followed for more than quar-
ter of a century and devote his time to az.
ricultural Captain Cousins is the fortunat,
heir to large sum of money, and prefers
going and taking possession himself, to
sending another and perhaps being swind.
led.
This is the season when snake story,
ara in order. The first we have beai,
comes from Georges Shore, on the Ell
river, couple of miles below town. A
gentleman whose word cannot be doubt
but whose imagination may possibly hav
got the better of him, says, that be lande,
at this shore few days ago, and in deepl
shaded ravine which runs parallel with tn
road leading up to the tenant house on tn
farm, lying partly coiled up on the dea
trunk of large old chestnut tree; he sa,
an enormous black snake. He thinks cor
fidently that it was fifteen feet long, and a
large around as an ordinary stovepipe Th
side of this ravine next to the creek
honey -combed with muskrat holes, and i
one of these this monster makes his home
resident of the nei .hborhood informs IL
that he saw this snake for the first tim
thirteen years ago, and then it was as thicl
ssa mans arm, and five or six feet long.