The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-18
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Moses Nennor Moore coiored, the wea
Their prophet of Elkton, is seriously ill.
Track laying has been begun on the
new Il. & .. Railroad in this neighborhood
A small band of Gypsy passed through
this town on Tuesday last, on their annual
northwarl migration.
MIR. Eugene .JamSon, of this town, is
acting as engineer on Section No. Ii on the
new 3 and q. Railroad, near here.
The corn is not up yet; in fact, it is not
even down, though the crocuses have had
the hardihood to peep above ground.
The public schools of this county will
close upon May 22nd next, until the fall
term. Want of funds is the cause.
The lumber for the North street roller
rink has been ordered by the protector, Mr..
Z. c. Collins, from Michigan.
The county commissioners on Tuesday
last received and accepted the resignation
of David Tucker, constable of the Fifth dis
trict.
Monday and Tuesday last gave very
fair specimens of winter weather. We had
snow, rain, hail and a good hard freezing
snap.
BENJAMIN F. Crawford of the First dis
trict, of this county, has been drawn as a
petit juror for the April term OF the United
STATES court at Baltimore.
Mr.. H. Optoad and B. Uilfrog, who
generally arrive here in the early spring
have not yet put in an appearance on ac-
count OF the cold weather.
Presiding Elder Rev. P. L. Hill, will
preach at the NJ L. church, of this town,
tomorrow Sunday morning at the usual
hour of service.
Any person desiring to secure Il com
Portable dwelling house can do so by apply
;ng to Thomas Both, John street, this
town. See his card in another column.
The cellar recently dug for the new
dwelling houses of Mr.. John Wilkinson, on
West High street, is filled pretty well
with water, in consequence it is thought
of springs beneath.
Last Saturday evening some fishy man
appropriated one hundred herring from the
wagon of Mr. Charles Jones which was
standing at the htchirg place in rear of the
Bee Hive i'll the Hollow.
The lodge of Knights of rythias of this
town, will about the first of Jnly remove
from their present location in MaNHell's
Hall to the room in Odd Fellows Hall, oc-
capied by the Changers, with whom they
will occupy it in common.
Rev Lewis Wake, of North SaSsatras
parish will hold service in st. Augustine
Church, Bohemia Manor, tomorrow (Sun
day) at ) p. VI. All are invited. Service
sill be held at the Church of the Good
Shepherd. Chesapeake City, by the rector,
at the usual hour.
-Elkton was crowded with Democratic
politiciars on Tuesday last. They came
from all directions, north, south, east and
west, aud tremendous amount OF wire
pulling was done We learn that severa
of the wires were much stretched, if indeed
not actually broken.
Mr.. Winfield Crazy, of the Fourth dis
t-ict, has sold his Gilt Edge colt, five yeal:
Old to Stewart < Thompson, Of Philadelphia
for S62J. This colt is from MesSrs. Hess S
Clemson's celebrated stallion Gilt Edge
who is now in service in the lower part o
she county.
The Sabbath School at Crouch'S Chapel
will lac reopeued tomorrow (Sabbath) after
noon at half-paSt o'clock. As the Officers
and teachers are to he elected for enSuin!
season, it is earnestly requested that all tn,
members and friends of the school will b'
present.
Tuesday last was the anniversary of the
hombsrdtuent of Fort Sumpter, Wednesday
last was the anniversary of the assassina
ton of Abraham Lincoln, tomorrow
will be the anniversary of the first BLOOD
shed OF the war of the rebellion during the
riots on the streets of Baltimore as thu
Massachusetts troops passed through. Anc
Thursday last was Emancipation day.
The wheat crop in this neghborhoo,
proves To be in much better condition thai
anticipated a few weeks ago. On South
ern and hillside exposures, it is in real,
fair condition and on low grounds wher
the ice and freezing ana thawing had ap
parently killed it ont entirely, it is not nea
as bad that, though it is not much t.
Drag on.
Miss Carrie Z. Foster, Of North East
who has been teaching at Wood Vale.
public school, near Lombardviis, in thi:
county, for some time past resigned her pc
si;ion there and returned home on Friday
last. Miss Foster will leave soon for Ocear
Grove, New Jersey, where she will maxi
quite an extended visit to her aunt Mrs
Rev. j. S. Inskip Her friends in Ceti
wish her a pleasant time.
A Deputy United States Marshal for the
District OF Maryland was in Elkton or
Wednesday last summoning witnesses il
the case of Robert Dinsnore and others VS.
George w. Childs, the proprietor of thu
Philadelphia Ledger, and Harry l.. Carter
the manager of the Ledger paper mills, il
this coupEr. These suits were brought il
the Cs~&1purt for Cecil county in 1888
bat We're removed to the United States Cir
cult Court by the plaintiffs. The suits gre
out of an explosion of large steam diges
ter used in the Lesiger paper mill, which &C
CURED i'll january, 1888, aud killed tw'
men and injured several others. There ar
several suits, the entire damages elaine,
aggregating abouGSiO0, 600; but they will 10
likely get verdcts for more than ninety
nlne-one hundredths of the amount. The
explosion was a terrible one, but the Coro
ner's jnrv fully exonorated the owner ant
manager OF the mills from all blame in tn
matter. Mr.. Childs did everything in hu
man power to alleviate the suffering cause,
and to repair the damage done by the ex
ploslon. We understand that several o
the sufferers, among them the family 0
one of the killed, refused to be parties T.
the suit.
ON Thursday morning last a "Pharoah
or seventeen year locust, was dug out of til
ground in the old peach orchard on thu
farm of John +. Wilson, Esq, on Gray
Hill, near this town. He was only abou
tive inches beneath the surface, and wa
evidently pleased at having been re
lisved of the labor of digging the last tw
inches of his long road from China that, a
soon as lie saw daylight he struck up
lively tune. He continued his song unit
well into the afternoon when he ceased t
ham and gave up the ghost. He is possibl
the advance picket of a large army to al