The Cecil Whig., 1885-05-23
LOCAL NEWS.

merit the good ,oiH Of his customers By has
prompt service and odliging disposition.
Ptr0Rize linn.
Brevities.
The races will be better than ever be-
fore
The liberal purses should entice fine
horses to the June fair here.
The exhibit of machinery at the June
fair will exceed anything ever seen here be-
fore.
The race track on the fair grounds was
never in better condition than it is just
now.
Notice C. j. Dunn's card in this issue.
II you want good trunk or va Use at sat
isfactory price he is the man to 90 to.
A workman was badly hurt on the line
of the new b. & o. railroad near this town,
on Thursday last, by dumping car falling
upon him.
The premiums for the races offered at
the coming fair of the Cecil county agricul-
tural association, are more than four times
as large as those offered by the Oxford fair
company.
The twentieth annual commencement
of the Maryland State Normal school, will
be held on Thursday evening, May 2Sth,
at the usual place of meeting in Baltimore.
All the teachers of the schools of the state
are expected to be present.
There are some strange signs at the en-
frances to bridges in Cecil county. We re-
Gently copied the following from large
board projecting well over bridge entrance
''Notis. If you 90 over this brige Faster
than a Wax VOW Viii bee find fiv dolers."
An Elkton man the other day ordered
a roast of veal from his butcher, and the
butchers attendant, apparently misunder-
standing the order, sent him the half of a
large calf. He probably thought he was
going to have barbecue.
-NIessrs Scott & Bros. schooner the
edith was this week transformed from a
black to white craft by means of a couple
of coats of paint put on by Captain Wright,
and now looks as fresh and pretty as a May
morning.
-Messrs. Joseph Wells and John w.
Cantwell, of this town, purchased this
week nine fine beef cattle, steers, from the
herd owned by Mr.. j. Alfred Mackey, OF
the Fourth district. Two of these fine
cattle have been slaughtered, and will be
for sale at their stores on Main street to-
day.
The Ekton dramatic association
will render the drama, 'The Ticket-of-
Leave-Man' on the evening of June 3rd,
the second day of the fair. Appropriate
new scenery and costumes are being pre-
pared, and every detail will be looked after
with a view to making this the most sue
cessful entertainment ever given by the
association.
The Delaware College RcrieD gives the
second lecture of the course on Thursday
evening, May 2Sth. 1t will be delivered by
Mr.. Howard MacSherry, the eloquent and
witty New Jersey lawyer. 1t promises to
be an excellent lecture, it's subject being
"National Follies." Admission, 50 cents
Parties from Elkton can return by rail the
same evening.
Large congregations have attended each
meeting of the conference of the \. L. NJ
p. church here this week. The attendance
has not been confined to the colered popula-
tion but hundreds of whites have been
present and given countenance to the pro-
cecdings by their presence and by at times
taking part in the services. The mem bers
of the conference express themselves as
highly pleased by the reception they were
accorded in Elkton.
Mr.. Jester, of st. Georges, Delaware,
exhibited five or six fine specimens OF
sporting dogs, at the Philadelphia show
this week, and carried off several honors.
The exhibit of dogs at this show was
said to be the finest ever shown in this coun-
try, and an animal even to be awarded 'H.
c." had to be something beyond the COM
mon average. Mr.. Jester did not show any
of his rare strain of Italian grey hounds,
for the reason that there had been sickness
among them, though they have now almost
entirely recovered.
Tomorrow Sunday will be observed
as childrens day at the Presbyterian churcl
of this town, and the services usual upor
this occasion will be held. The evenin,
service will begin at 73O o'clock, and will
be of much interest. There will be ne ser
vice at the Methodist Episcopal church il
the evening, that congregation having de
termined to unite with that of the Presby
terian church. The second Sabbath il
June has been fixed upon for children's da.
services at the NJ. E. church, when the con
gregation of the Presbyterian church viii
join them in the evening service.
breaches of order were not uncommon
at night in the vicinity of the African Meth
odist Protestant church, in this town, wher,
the annual conference was in session thi
week. All the disturbances came from
gang of irresponsible colored boys They
should have been arrested and placed il
Jail, and the officers of the conference
showed laXity of interest in the endeavo
to maintain order when they failed t.
prosecute these night howlers. The arres
of two or three would have put an end t.
the whole thing We trust the manager
of the conference will know better mex
time.
Mr.. Hal Nicols, who has for some tim
past acted as clerk at the Bee Hive, Mail
street, will relinquished that position Jun
4 J,,ti
~ him will in future be assumed by MI
Gsorge Reese, son of the proprietor. Mr.
Nicols has been deservedly popular with th
many customers of the house, on account o
his courtesy and afabilty towards all will
whom he came in contact, and Mr.. Reese
who succeeds him, we have 40 doubt viii
meet with the same favor at the hands o
patrons of the house. The change was mad
<Se understand simply as matter o
retrenchment the proprietor O
the house preferring, if consonant with hi
own interest, to retain Mr.. Nicols in hi
employ.
DR.. Art. Mitchell has large variety {
mammoth pumpkin seed, which he is read
to distribute to those who have a mind t
try their hands at raising this kind of vege
table. A story is told about the species
pumpkin known as the Large Fours" tina
an individual once planted seed of thi
variety in rich ground, and it grew so fas
a that he was compelled to run to get out {
4slts way. Before he reached the fence
Il caught up to him, and next day he wa
4 found dead, with pumpkin vine as larg
rs a vessel hawser twfaed about his neck
and both coat pockets bursting with pump
& kins as large as his head growing in them
q lilo 1rrnyuth of the vina had drannel hi