The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-06
PcrryviIle Items.
What People Have Done in that Neishbor-
hood Lately.

hood Lately.
There will be an exhibition held here some
time this month for the benefit of the ". +
church.
Since our last writing death has visited
our town aud carried oil Mrs. Sallie McCIT-
dell, who WAS bride of but five months.
The Pennsylvania railroad company's
coal wharf is progressing Slowly on account
of the weather. The dredging machine is
lying frozen fast in the ice al the company'<
wharf.
Mr.. Nathan Lock land has purchased the
good will and fixtures of DIR. &. VI. Stump's
drug store. Mr. Lockland has filled up his
store and is now prepared to furnish any
thing in his line.
Armstrong x CO.'S foundry has not been
doing much work since Christmas but now
has started ap again i'll full blast. They
are doing considerable machine work, be-
sides making stoves of many patterns, ior
the Z. w. X Il. railroad.
| Now is the tim, III 1t we woull like ;hc
school commissioners to come along and
see the crowds Of little children on their
| way to OR most announcement school house
| with walk Of about one mile on the rail
road, with trains passing hourly, aloug one
| of the most bleak and coolest shores, and
the most dangerous road in tie county t, I
children. Come and see for yourselves and
give us Il school house in town, if you have
| the hearts of men.
The Il. * o. are making another attempt
! to swing their last span. They have had
the tressel work torn out twice by the lee.
They say that if the ice will keep still for
two weeks they viii be ready 10 draw the
tresse work and swing it clear. This is
the last span TO be swung; but there re-
mains great deal of work yet to be done
ere the bridge is completed. There was a
locomotive and several cars out on the
| bridge last week, went over mere than half
way of the bridge and returned.
| Last week quite Il number of our Perry
Vile folks We're summoned before Squire
Abrahams, of Polt Deposit, to attend a
suit between Major ID. K. Burrell, of Havre
de Grace, and f. y. Wathers, of this place
1t appears that Mr.. Burrell rented a house
II,
when all went we'll for a time. The rent
was paid in advance the first month by
| Burrell, after this Wathcrs paid The rent
regularly and got receipt in his own name
and when ordered to leave by Burlell h"
| refused to 90, stating that he was not an
agent for Burrell as stated, for " hich he
| produced papers to show where he had
bought of Burrell and h I'd pail for what he
| got. Squire Abrahams gave judgment
against Walthers, from which he has taken
an appeal to the county court.
There has been no ice harvesting here in
the big houses mp to this time, owing 10 t. t
river freezing up in such rough and mud
dy condition. There is one clear place above
the p. w. x b. bridge. but it is hard q get
at, there being SO mach rough ice to cut
through. All the small houses about here
have filled by hauling from clear spots.
The houses at Havre de Grace have the al
vantage rhiS year AZ there is a clear field
| along the Hartford shore and many are
using it. Cochran and Oler began on Mon
day to get ready 10 ill ON the canal, but M
to this writing they have not pat in any ice
Cochran and Oler started up their engine
below Lapidum on the canal when the boil
err burSted and blew the roof of The engine
house of. Fortunately the explosion was
on top and went straight up, no one oeiu.
hur only the comp'ny'S pocket book.