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

by ROBERT L. STEBBINs. RobeH IS an
Industrious and enterprising bog, and 'rH
merit the coed 'ciU Of has customers dy ms
prompt service and o6Eigi"g disposition
Patronize him.
Brevities.
1t is said that the driven we'll at Sin
gerly's pulp mill is now down to oep'h
of five hundred feet.
A telephone wire pole between Luton $
corner and the aims house, a few miles from
,bis town. was broken in two the other day
and now hangs suspended by the wlre'
The colored man jackson who killed
the Italian Manzo, should be brought to
Justice, and to this end the county com'niS-
sioners should make suitable appropria-
ton.
We call the attention of our farmer
readers to the advertisement OF the CllmaN
corn, bean, pea, etc, planter, small YET
effective implement that should be on every
farm and in every garden in the land.
Cards are out for the marriage on the
eth inst, of Miss Hylie Drennen, daughter
of Mr.. Thomas D.ennen, prominent pnSi-
ness man of this town, and Mr. John w.
Tucker, of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
-Rumor has it that, Mr.. VIM. NJ. SIN
gerly will as soon as the season opens eeelh
the erection of twenty -four new tenement
houses on his grounds at Main street ana
Landing lane The grounds have been iala
out.
ALI the county bridges swept away by
the summer floods that are to be rebuilt
are now about completed The amount O!
money it was necessary to lay out IN TINS
direction, would make snug little fortune
for modest man.
-Messrs. Harlan & Bro. are actively at
work once more to rebuild the dam at their
Book Board mills, on the Little Elk L: APP
pears to be a set-up- and-knock-down with
This dam. 1t has been washed away two or
three times within year past.
The mill property of w. D. Alexander,
of oxford, Chester county, Pa, formerly Oh
North East, in this county, was sold by the
sheriff in West Chester on Monday last, to
Joseph Dowdall, for 800, subject to mort
gages-making the property cost him nearly
$4,000.
There appears to have been unusual
mortality among the colored people OF TINS
vicinity recently, if the large number Of
newly made graves in their burial ground
is any Indication. Fifteen or twenty mounds
all apparently made within month or two
past NAV be seen in the enclosure.
A grand house warming was given at
Lemons North street house Oh the evening
of the 9th inst Mrs. Lemon on the 10Th
inst, occupied the Temperance Hotel on the
corner of North and High streets and this
was the inaugural ball. Dancing was the
main feature of the evening.
We regret to learn that Francis G. Park,
a former citizen of this county, now resi-
dent of Coatsville, Chester county, Pa, has
on account of sickness lost his mind and Is
entirely incapacitated for business. Mr..
Parks held the office of postmaster of Coats
vile.
Isaac Wilson, an aged citizer of this
neighborhood, who was in the employ OF
Mr. George Ricketts, and others for many
years, died at the aims house on Friday
evening last. He had been an inmate OF
the aims house for only a few weeks. His
remains were inferred in the old NJ +
burial ground on Sunday afternoon.
Black wool has from time inmemoria
been the old womans remedy for earache
gentleman of this town suffering Will
pains in his ear, about year ago placed {
small wad of it in lis ear, backing it will
piece of cotton and after the pain had sub
sided, he as he supposed, removed both WOO
and cotton. Recently he had another at,
tack and the physician in probing found tn
wad of black wool. 1t had been there
year and in the first instance cured the pail
but in the second instance caused it, TO
when it was removed the pain ceased.
The out-houses in rear of Browns groc
cry store on North street, are infested wit
species Of rat, the largest and most fert
cious we ever heard of. One night recent
one of these ydrnaintS attacked a chicken o
the roost in the chicken house, and withou
removing 1t from the perch ate its he'd an
breast OFF, leaving the body balanced on til
roost, where it was found the next morning
Thep perch was piece of board only an inc
or two wide. This rat must have been an I'll
usually large and powerful one to be alb
to catch and kill the fowl upon the perez
and hold it there while making a meal
it. Rat hunting is a favorite pastime wit
the employees of the establishment.
Benjamin Griffith, wel-k known colore
citizen of the fifth district, died on the 24i
inst, in the 18th year of his age. Decease
was a leading man of his race in Cecil, an
during his lifetime did great deal toward
elevating his people. He owned consider
bic property and gave freely of it for char
table and religious purposes. He donate
an acre of land upon which Cedar Hill
NJ. p. church was built, as well "a givir
literally towards the erection of the churc
III also gave the lot upon which the scho
house near the church stands. His funer
took place OF Friday, the eth inst. Servi
was held in the church, Rev. +. w. SEQ
officiating, and the remains were inferred
the burial ground attached.
Oak Hall, Main street, opposite t
court house, is now splendidly filled wi
the largest stock by long odds, of the be
clothing ever shown in this town, FIRE
from the manufacturers. There is not
last seasons garment among the ten thol
and and more pieces. Any one from
toddler just beginning to wear breaches
the largest man in Maryland can be suit.
1t certainly is q grand stock of goods
every particular, and no man, woman
child should buy before seeing it. The
cap and furnishing goods department is f
miss seeing this great collection of cloth,
1t is all open and Oh the tables now, a
can be seen to the very best advantage
The number Of deaths in the upper p
ton of this county within very short ii
past has been greater than ever before
the same length OF time. On the 18th in.
three persons all living within u short d
lance of each other, passed away, Y
Miss Mary Ann Moore, near Colora, az
60 years; Mrs. Baker, mother-in law of
II. j. Rowland at Liberty Grove, and NJ
Lucinda Ewing, widow of Alexander +
ing, died at the home of her son, L. f. i
ing, near Mt. Pleasant, aged IS yea
Susan A. wife of Andrew l.. Ierkes, d
at Lombardville on Monday morning Ia
aged "A years. On last Sunday morn