The Cecil Whig., 1885-08-01
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The hot wave still holds the fort.
Mr.. VIM. B. Writ, of Chicago, is visiting
friends in this town.
Miss Fannie, daughter of Prof. Alex
ander Goldsborough, of Philadelphia, is
visiting Mrs. Lucy Litzenberg, of this town.
Miss Fannie is thoroughly accomplished,
both in vocal and instrumental music.
Mr. Jacob Collins, of Washington, ID. c.,
visited friends in Elkton this week. Mr..
Collins is son of Mr.. Jacob Collins, an old
resident of this town. This is the first visit
he has made to his native place for three
years.
A number of Elktenians left today
for Ocean Grove for an extended stay.
Among them were the family of w. S.
Evans, Esq, Mrs. George Il. Blake, and
several members of the family of Mrs. Jas.
Frazer.
The sermon on the life and death of
Gen. Grant that was to have been preached
by Rev. Mr.. Otis, of the NJ. L. church, of
this town, last Sunday evening, was post
l'ohc'i oh dSCouHe Va IhC iaiu, ouu Will pO
delivered tomorrow evening at o'clock.
-Ex-State's Attorney C. C. Crothers, of
this town, arrived home this week from an
extended trip through the Southwest, TAX
ing in Louisville and other towns in Kon-
tucky, Tennessee, &c. He speakes in glow
ing terms of the country through which he
passed, and comes home much improved in
health.
Gentlemen who wear a fine class of
hand made boots or shoes, need not go to
Philadelphia, one of the most skillful of
leather workers, has located here in the
rooms formerly occupied by the late Hiram
Alexander, on Main street, opposite the
bank, and will put up as fine work as can
be had anywhere.
The Cecilton Library Association will
give an excursion to Colchester Beach, on
the steamer Chester, on next Thursday ,Au-
gust 9th. The boat will leave Georgetown
at Z A. NJ, and upon the return trip will
leave Colchester at 5 p. NJ. The Chesapeake
City Cornet Band will furnish music for the
occasion. Supper will be served on the
boat. Tickets IS cents.
AS the season for the ripe peach to
come to market approaches the crop of this
delicious fruit, is written down by the
growers and spectators. until one would
hardly suppose there was more tlan one
small orchard on the peninsula, and that
the locust had stung one-half the trees in it.
A few weeks ago at least half a crop was
calculated on; now it is down to an eighth,
and even tenth in some districts.
The regular examination for admission
to Delaware College will be held on We'd
nesday, September I'd. The reorganized
faculty is now as follows: Rev. j. III. Cald-
we'll, ID. D., president. Rev. d. w. Mackey,
Phi. d., professor Of ancient language;
Theodore r. Wolf, PHI. D., professor chem
istry and sanitary science; Rev. A. A.
Benton, professor of mathematics and mod
ern languages; f. d. Chester, professor of
physics and agriculture.
Mr.. Thomas H. Patton, a farmer resid-
ing near Port Deposit, in this county,
thought he had killed a burglar last Satur-
day night, but was mistaken. He was
awakened in the night by his sister who
heard noise rs of some one trying to gain
an entrance to the lower part of the house.
He siezed his pistol and quietly went down
stairs, and when he reached the lower floor
he saw man endeavoring to effect an en-
trance by way of a window. He fired and
the man apparently fell as though shot, but
when Mr.. Patton reached the spot no signs
of him could be found. He is positive how
ever that the man was there; so he must
have carried the bullet away with him.
"A short time ago Mr.. Alfred Gallaher,
a merchant of Wilmington, Del, was re-
moved from that city to the residence of his
father, near this town, in an almost help.
less condition, suffering from a diseass
whtch daprlved him of the use of his lower
snd in fact Frustrated him entirely.
limO'' '',eut baffled the skill of the best
The icians, and it was thought very doubt
ply! that time that he could recover, but
fu. weeks in the country breathing the
81" air of the highlands of Cecil, has
P",,pht such change as all the doctors in
,.tion could not bring about, and Mr.
,,~ker is now almost well enough to re
turn to active business. He was able to q
to Wilmington last week where he remained
several days.
AT the 10th annual meeting of the Far
mers and Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance
Association held at Calvert on Saturday
last, II. II. Duyckinck, of the Ninth dis
trict was reelected president, and ii. III
kimble, reelected secretary and treasurer
Alfred Kirk, Levi II. Mearns, Aaron j
Michener, WIN. Armstrong and John w
Mccullough were reelected managers Al
the last years surveyors were continued
except in the Sixth district, where Aaror
l.. Duyckinck succeeds ID. G. Waring, ant
in the Ninth, WIN. Kirk succeeds John p
Wilson, declined. The annual statement
made by the board of IN ,nagers, shows tn,
amount of property insured in the compan
to be within a few dollars of 81 500, 900, witt
balance in the treasury of 1851.
Walter T. Jackson, of Principle Fur
mace, had miraculous escape from instant
death on last Thursday morning, the 23t
inst, by the accidental discharge of a pisto
in the hands Of an Italian laborer. Til,
italian came into his store and asked for
box of cartridges: Upon being asked wha,
number he desired, he replied "Big ones,
and at the same time drew his pistol from
his pocket. Mr.. Jackson, seeing the pisto
was pointed directly toward him, requested
the man to put it away, but at the same in.
slant it was discharged. the visitor having
raised the hammer to extract a cartridge
The ball grazed Mr.. Jackson's right sid,
just below the shortribs. The cartridge dis
charged was large one, being No. 81 long
and had it struck Mr.. jackson would prob
ably have inflicted fatal wound -NoH1
East Star.