The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-18


ter, Mrs. Lucy Litzenberg, of this town.
Isaac rhorp, for many years proprietor
of hotel at Frenchtown, between Port De
post and Perryville died on Monday AID
VI as buried on Sunday.
A reward of 500 is offered by the
/ County Commissioners for the apprehension
OF tie cUlored man jackson, who murdered
the Italian, Felix Emzo.
Prof Keely is giving instructions in
various branches of study to Elkton Young
| folks, visiting their homes at stated periods
! for the purpose.
The directors of the Cecil Agricultural
association met on Tuesday last and adj
! jourued to meet again on next Tuesday to
make up the premium list for the spring
| fair.
| Mrs. Rev. L.C. Matlack of Port Deposit
made most excellent sale OF her property
located on High street, in this town, this
week, realizing very satisfactory price for
| it. Mr.. f. +. Bradbury was the purchaser.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Singerly has purchased
from Mr.. W I. Alrich, of this town, his
onehalf interest in Il tract of land fronting
on the creek and adjoining the pulp mill
property of Mr.. Singerly for one thousand
and fifty dollars.
On Thursday night guest stopping at
the Deer Park Hotel, Newark, Del, acct
IDENTIFY overturned coal oil lamp, and for a
short time serious fire was threateued'
but the danger was speedily arrested, with
very slight damage.
Our eaders will be panied to learn of
the death of Mrs. Price, wife of the Rev.
BENZ +. Price, which occurred in Whining
ton, Del, on Wednesday last. Deceased
was the second wife of Rev. Mr.. Price, and
they had only been married a short time.
1t is said that the gas works at the
Tome Memorial church, of Port Deposit,
having contaminated the springs and wells
i'll the vicinity the trustees are determined
to put into use machine for the mauufac-
ture of gas from gasoline, by which they
hope the difficulty will be obviated.'
A number of persons from Cecil at
tended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of
the order of light and truth, which met i'll
Baltimore county on the 10th inst. Rev.
Z. W. Scott, pastor of the Cecil Circuit A.
NJ. p. church, was elected president for the
ensuing two years.
Harry C. Hurn, of this town, this week
attended as witness in suit for damages
against street railway company, for cans
ing the death of lady. time ago. He
happened to be upon the side some little
distance off when the accident occurred.
Mr.. Hurn is a witness for the defense.
The term of service in the pententiary
to which that once delectable citizen of this
neighborhood, Benjamin Bolt, Esq, was
sentenced, will expire shortly. and that
picturesque gentleman will once more be ut
large He was sentenced for twenty years
for cooking the goose" of (killing) a COM
panion.
The sloop Fannie Amelia, Captain Sim
gleton, of Annapolis, arrived at SCOTS
wharf yesterday with a cargo of fine Severn
river oysters, prime and right from the
water. This will probably be the last OPP
portunity Of the season, and lovers of oyS-
Iers should avail themselves of the chance.
They can be had shucked or in the she'll
"A delicate surgical operation was per-
formed at the Howard House, in this town
on Tuesday last, upon an infant son of MI.
J. C. Price, of Sissafras neck. Il consisted
of cutting out a hair lip, removing the de-
tormity and putting the lip back again so
as to form a perfect lip. DR.. G. NJ. Ellis
performed the operation.
two or three Elkton boys went out on
a foraging expedition the other day. They
came upon a sitting hen and deprived her
of her entire stock in trade. Tbs noise
made by the hen Srieving over the loss of
the theft, and the little rascals were cap
tured. They had taken the eggs to a store
for sale Lucky they were caught as some
one would have had chicken and egg in
one for breakfast.
-s'Bouldeu's Roost'' is said to be the
name of newly established place in this
town. 1t is run upon the Al-fresco, Euro
pean plan, that is, sleep out doors and
beg your breakfast-fee-ten cents. The rear
establishment is called Peep o Day Place.
Here the all-night boobies bundle in an
open shed with he soft side Of d plank for
matrass. \ queer place, frequentel by
the queer. The locality has been christened
''The Three Points.
We are Informed that a crowd of ex-
| tremely bad boys gathers daily on the flat
pf Inin hpll nd
much evil work is INDUCED in. Stones are
hurled about, breaking windows and doing
ether damage, loud oaths and blasphemies
are heard from the lips of little shavers Just
able to speak plainly, and altogether it is
said to be IL bad state Of affairs. During
the winter every pane of glass in the win
dows of an unoccupied house was knocked
out. If this report be true the town officials
should look to it and put an end to it.
| Mr.. Thomas Isothwell, of the First dis
trict, met with severe accident on Wed
nesday the Sth inst, narrowly escaping
fatal injury. He let his young spring horse
| ont for IA run, and as he loosed kim lie threw
mp his heels i'll playful manner, but horse
play it as far as Mr.. Rothwell was con-
cerned without doubt, for one of his hoofs
struck him upon The right cheek bone just
beneath the eye intlcting as we stated an
ugly wound. Mr.. Rockwell is low recov-
ering. Had the blow been little higher
and more to the left it would certainly have
| killed him.
| George Faulkner, an aged German,
| g.,
cabin in Creswell's woods, OH Gray's Hill,
| a mile or two from town, died on Sunday
| afternoon last, and his remains were in.
| tered in she Elkton cemetery on Tuesday
afternoon. Rev. Mr.. Beers, of the Preshy-
| terrain church officiating. Deceased vas a
| native of Germany, and very eccentric
man. His wife, who survives him, is a ma
| tive of Delaware, in the vicinity of Cooch
| Bridge. Her maiden name was Kennedy.
They were without children, living in the
| deep woods, apparently anxious to shun
all mankind. Mrs. Faulkner is very aged
and hardly able TO take care of herself An
! effort will be made by charitable persons to
secure admission for her into one of the
| public institutions of Delaware.
Death of County Editors.
Capt. John Mentzer, the editor and pra-
| prietor of the Herald and TorchIiobt. of
| Hagerstown, Md, died at $50 on Thursda,
| evening at his residence in that touu ,ftar