The Cecil Whig., 1886-01-23

- skating parties have taken place already
and some are contemplated ii ~ ice con
tiuucS in good condition,
At the meeting of the old board of III
, rectors of the Cecil County agriculture! SO
ciety held previous TO the stockholders
meeting resolutions of respect to the tate
Arthur W. Mitchell were passed and or
dered to he placed on the minutes of the so
ciety. 1t was also ordered as t"stimouial
to his memory the Main Exhibition Build
ing shall hereafter be known as Mitchell
Hall, and that a suitable tablet theriu shall
be erected to his memory. This Is what
should hive been done long ere this
A lecture will be given in Port Deposit,
Odd Fellows hall on Thursday evening
Jan. 2S at eight O'Clock by Wallace Bruce
of Pougekeepsie, y. y; subject, "Eeady
Wit" under the auspices the Presbyterian
Church Aid Society of Port Deposit. Mr.
Bruce is known as one of the most vigorous
and eloquent speakers on the lecture plat
form. lie uses no notes but delivers his
lectures eXtempore. y very pleasant even
ings entertainment may be anticipated.
ADMISSION 81 CTS.
The County Commissioners were in ses-
scion ON Tuesday. The following were APP
pointed Trustees of the Poor for the ensuing
year: Slml Keys, K. {. Ma,kalI, Thomas
Drenucn, Sam'l II. Miller and +. w. Jan
ney. The tax collectors were ordered to
search FIR all new unaSsesSed property and
assess the same AT the earliest practicable
moment The clerk was also ordered 10
notify the collector to strictly iuforce the
law relating to the taxation of dogs, and to
report the names of those having dogs who
refuse the pay the same.
The beautiful ceremony of the installa-
tion of the lately elected officers Of the Elk
ton Grange took place here on Thursday
last. There were present besides the mem
bers of Elkton Grange, Henry NJ. Murray,
ESD, Master of State Grange; DIR. Thos.
| Welch, State Lecturer; and II. q. Devries,
Esq. agent of State Grange. Mr.. Frank
+. Pennington, assisted by Mr. Murray,
performed the installation ceremonies. Mr..
Jas. Chester, of Anne Arundle CO., made an
excellent speech, and first class dinner
was INDUCED in by the members of the
Grange and their invited guests. The Elk
ton Grange is one of the best organizations
of the kind in this State, and it has worthy
| object before it in the advancement Of the
interests of the husbandmen.
| To those who knew her here and else
where it will be sad news to learn that Mrs.
| Virginia G. Phuhus, wife of the Rev. Geo.
| 4 ID GI l,.
stricken with paralysis in her residence at
Brooklyn, NY, on Saturday morning last.
The stroke of paralysis from which she died
was received on the Monday previous to
her death, and was the third stroke III
seven years. She was about fifty years old,
a native of this Peninsula, and daughter
of the Rev. James A. Massey, of Whining
| ton, Del. Her death, it is supposed, was
hastened by the recrLt flight Of her son and
the subsequent disgrace resulting from his
conduct. Mrs. Phu'bus was a sweet and
amiable lady, very intellectual, n sincere
Christian, and one who was dearly beloved
indeed. Her husband and several sons and
daughters survive her.
Sweet slumber come, and DER mine eyes,
| Bid the veil of mystery fall,
| To Danish bitter tears and signs
Hither guardian angels call.
| These words are from one of Mathilde Len
mons beautiful concert songs, and are OF
the worthy kind that do one good to hear
They come with package of music sent
us Tor notice fl ON the eminent publishers,
Oliver Dtson Il Co., OF Boston The pieces
sent are: Sweet Slumber, come, GO clS.)
Song by Frenke The Answer, 60 cts } by
Sebastian Schlesinger Roses and Thorns
Schottische, go cts) y Mexican. piano
piece by Vidcrique. Tyrolenne, (3o cts,) .
An easy dance by d. Plate. Picnic Waltz .
$50 cts) by a. f. L. Fairies Mazurka !
(30 cts) Easy piece by John priiham. !!
Five songs without words, arranged to be
played on the banjo, (3j cts.) by Curtiss. |
The airs ale; "pid Folks, "'Shepherd Boy" |
"LoGgng on the cold ground" "Eosa .
Lee and "We have lived and loved
A sleighing car nival took place at Bel
Air on Monday last, and Main street was /
an ever-varying scene of brilliancy and /
gaiety. Mr. Harry W. Archer, Jr., with /
four beautiful bays to a handsome cutter
won the first prize for the finest turnout on
the road The trophy was an elegant bear
skin robe. Mr.. William Rockford took the |
first prize for the best double team, and re- |
| ceived also a robe while Mr. y. NJ. Full |
ford's PAIR took the second prize. In the |
contest for single teams, Mr.. +. NJ Allen, |
Jr., won the first prize with his tr"tting
| III
horse Second. The prizes We're only given /
for the best looking turnouts and speed did |
not enter into the contest. For speed the |
fastest horses were Greenway'S Frolic, llol- |
| lingsw and Wetster's mares, +. NJ. |
| Allen, Jr.s, Rocket. Hlnway's Pat and |
| Walkers John y. Il. For the tandem team
Messrs. Greenway and Hopper won the !
prize--a set of bells. The judges We're
Messrs. John Moore, John BayIess and T. |
+. Hanway. Probably 200 or 800 peo
| pie witnessed the carnival
! The Centrevile Record Of la ST week
contained the following interesting sQuib:
| The alarming spread of opium smoking and
eating in the cities, and the vigorous efforts
| undergoing by the law officials toward the
determination of the dens trCquented for
the purpose recalls the memory of an old
white woman of this town, than whom,
! perhaps, there was no more confirmed
opium user in the State, Daily did she Oh
tain her supply of the poison rus drug from
one of our drug stores, and her every mo-
ment of life was spent under its baneful in
tiuence. If through any cause she failed to
wretched, ,morose and crazed till her appetite
was again appeased. She had contracted
the habit when young, and gradually grew
a most ahject slave to its ruinous cravings.
| Her features were distorted her flesh pale
| to ghastlineSs, and one instinctively
thought of the charnel house as her tottcr-
the counter for her daily allowance. As an
illustration of the misery the opium habit
causes the human being -physica!ly and
mental y-this old woman preached a
greater sermon against the practice than
ever eminated from the lips of c:uHupuCe,
however strikingly presented.
AN AMUSING CONVERSATION.
Taken from the Telephone Wire Last Week
Near Vinegar Hill
First Speabcr-Hello, Fred