The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
1osnl department.

/ R. G. Lewis is having porch erected in
: front of his residence
- The Rising Sun canneries opened this
week on the corn canning business.
Jonathan Pickering of Zion, lately had
a very valuable Hambletonian mare to die.
The Rev. J. =. Otis will preach at the
wilma School House to-morrow Sunday
at ) p. NJ.
//-Work has been commenced on a new
M. f. parsonage at Rising sun. Mr.. Sam'l.
I Ryan is the contractor.
j. Granville Richards of this county,
has been promoted to "a superentendency in
the Baltimore Custom House.
&C. Cameron u Bro. of Red Mill, owing
to the growth OF their business are about TO
place a new cob crusher in their mill.
A Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was organized in Hopewell NJ. L.
church, 9th district, on Sunday last.
/I-John S. Everist, of Port Deposit, has
purchased the farm of j. Allison Neshtt,
A porch is being erected in front of the
male department Of the alIns-house The
foundation for the new insane ASYLUM has
been laid.
Levi f. Boulder having furnished 5000
bail for his appearance at court on the
charge of keeping a disoiderly house was re-
leased last week.
-kev j. H. Milligan pastor of Rock and
Zion churches, this county, preached at the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Washington,
last Sunday.
The Democrats hold their primary
meetings today. There will not be contest
it is said, in a single district. The conven-
ton will be held next Tuesday.
John NJ. Sterrett, of near Rock Springs,
Cecil county, started Tuesday for Pough-
keepsie, y. V, where he will euter the
course of the Eastman Business College.
Rev L. d. outhworth, the newly ap-
pointed Pastor, of the Elkton Free Metho-
dist Church, is expected to fill his pulpit
to morrow (Sabbath) morning and even
ing.
Oxford Pa, has crack base ball club.
The Quaker City club, IF Philadelphia, WIS.,
tied them on Saturday last and were van
auished in an interesting game by d score
of to l.
Mrs. Louisa Wendell of Chesapeake
City and her daughter Miss Mary Wendell
of Baltimore were baptized in the Pataps:o
R,lf
Sunday afternoon last. I
The Rev. j. Beers, Rector of St. Anne's
church, Middetown, Del, will hold service
in St. Augustine church, Bohemia Manor,
tomorrow Sunday afternoon, at o'clock
All are invited.
Rail and reed bid shooting will soon be
lawful and the sporLsnen are preparing TO
slaughter them. From the way in winch
some of the gunners talk one might infer
that bird flesh will be cheap this fall.
A party of about ~ SO ciety people of
the west end were taken down Elk river on
Monday afternoon by captain "Blly' Fow-
lers steam yacht "Annie." The trip was
greatly enjoyed by all the participants
Montgomery Reunion Sunday Schoo!
will hold picnic on "Wednesday afternoon
and evening, September LIST, i'll Miss Miller's
woods. Should the weather be unfavorabie
it will be held the next clear evening The
puhlic are cordially invited.
- Rev. j. b. Gotfney, pastor of 81.
Xaviers church, Bohemia Manor, has been
removed To st. Ingloes, in st. Mary county,
over which he formerly presided. Rev. Mr..
Giraud, of Leonardtown, succeeds Rev. Mr..
Gotfney.
james b. Groome Esq, trustee ON Tues
day offered at public sale at the Court House
yard the farm belonging TO the Stephen H.
Foard estate in the First election district,
and containing 2S2 acres. After the property
had been bid up to S24 per acre 1t was with
drawn and held at private sale.
The Oxford Junior and Rising Sun base
ball clubs played in Oxford on Wednesday
of last week, and the score was Oxford, IS
Rising Sun, Is. On the Friday following a
return game was played in Rising Sun and
the tables We're turned, the Cecil county
nine winning by IA score of IL to I.
"A Social Family Harvest Home will be
I held in DIR. MitchelPs woods near Crouch
Chapel on Thursday September I'd. There
will be choice music and oratory. Addresses
will be delivered by Revs. j. p. Otis and
Chas. A. Hill and George a. Blake Esq
There will be vocal music and Mr.. John NJ.
Dunbar will perform on the cornet.
-, -. L.,
of the Court House were insecure the CON-
mission having the remodelng in charge
contracted with contractor Francis ID. Tai
ley for the tearing down of these walls to
the second floor and the rebuilding of the
same. We were unable to learn VIVA
amount this latest extra work will add tC
the increasing cost Of the building.
In these days of sharp competition be
tween manufacturers of rival fertilizer $
farmers are often perplexed as to which Il
use. The only practical method to decid
the quality and value of any artificial ma
nurris by actual use on your land. In othe
words experience is the only teacher. Rea,
what well known farmers i'll this vicinit,
have to say ABOUT Tygert'S Star Bone Phos
phate, which p. G. Strickland sells
brings the results in the biggest crops.
-" Harry C. Hurn, artist, of Elkton Md.
was the guest of I. f. Hurn of Cass stree
yesterday" We clip the above from tn
Middletown correspondence of the VII
mington Erery Ecening. As is well know
the gentleman in question is person of al
tistic tastes in drawing, painting, til
drama, aud other lines. But why he shout,
be dubbed ARTIST" we are unable to CON
prebend, as there are 50 many kinds of al
lists tonsorial artists, tight rope artists, ty
biographical artists, Geographic artist.
artists in ink, oil and charcoal and a grea
MANY other sorts of artists. We are incliI
ed to suspect however-from experience
our own-that the correspondent who wro'
the item was afraid that if he didn't civ
Hurn title he wouldn't to use a newspap'
correspondents phrase, "get HIM in" all
thus lose several lines towards Il hard earl
ID column of news.