The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-02-25
Port Deposit Items.
poRT DEPOSIT, Fec. %, 1888

PORT DEPOSIT, Fec. - 1865.
Samuel Orr expired suddenly Monday
evening al his home in this place in the Soth
year Of his age. Mr.. orr lived here in his
carly Iu..uhJVi, but removed to Ph.iadel-
phia where lie resided for the greater part
of his life, but returned here about three
years since where he has lived till bis death.
The funeral servic-s were conducted at his
residence by Rev. l. r. Barrett Wednesday
afternoon. Iuterment at West Nottingham
cemetery.
As j. II Rowland WAS returning home
from town Monday afternoon his horse
quickly turned around near the residence of
Rev. J. Conway, upserting the buggy and
throwing Mr., Rowland out on his shoulder,
but the ground being soft did not injure
him. Mr.. Rowland got up to catch the
horse's head as he had fallen and keep him
from getting up, and called for assistance,
Mr.. Conway and Mr.. Peoples came and
before they could unhiteh the horse from
the buggy he died. Prince was familiar
animal in our town and will be missed.
DR.. Pussy Nicke son of w. w. Nickle,
was in the train on last Saturday when the
singular accident happened i'll the Pullman
car between Ekton and North East, and
rendered what medical skill was required
with the limited means at hand to the gem
tIemau who was injured until the train
reached Perryville, where Dr. Stump got
on the car and took charge of the case.
A land slide near Feter Eddy on the
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad oc-
CURED Wednesday morning. The ~. ~ A.
NJ. train did not get here, but the p. NJ
train left Oh time and exchanged passengers
and mail. The night train arrived little
later than usual
Harry White and Miss Mary Miller were
married Monday evening at Rising Sun by
Rev. l. Jewell. They returned to their own
home, and were serenaded the same night.
On Tuesday morning w. w. Nickel,
president of the Board of Town Commits
sioners, went to Baltimore and procured
the tug Baltimore tocome up and break the
ice between the p. w. & B. K. r., and the
| b. 81 .. bridges, and also the smooth ice
| above the latter bridge. The tug left Balti
| more Wednesday morning, came to Havre
de Grace and took on board Major Hutton,
w. w. Nickel, j. NJ. McCleuahan and Il.
| C. Hopkins and soon cut a large block of
ice below the p. w. b. & Il. r., and let it
noat down the bay. She then proceeded up
| the river with but little difficulty, breaking
through II inch ice. The gentlemen sug-
gested to Major Hutton the ACCESSIBILITY of
| cutting the ice in blocks between the bridges
and above the B. ~ o. bridge, but
| thought 1t advisable to come here
and then do that afterward, but found while
| the tug could readily break clear l. inch
ice it could not go through the heavy pack
Ut mush ice, and after one or two efforts
forced the ice pillow and the forward part of
the boat so far on the ice she could not back
OH, and was forced to lay from the middle
of the afternoon until 10 p. NJ, when she
was pulled off by the tug Champiin which
came from Havre de Grace in the track he
had broken for that purpose. Thursday
morning the tug Baltimore broke ap the
ice between the bridges and then returned
to Baltimore. Late Wednesday night or
early Thursday morning dispatches were
received of the terrible gorge at Columbia
and the river was raising rapidly. All resi-
dents on the lower side of the street began
| to move furniture and other articles to
higher quarters. Many of our people re-
| manned up the balance of the night watch
ing the river which rose very slowly. About
q A. NJ, the ice in front of the town moved
down "a short distance. The water gradually
rose in the upper end of the town covering
the crane wharf at the depot, and also front
of j. A. Davis - Sons. Little before noon
the whole body of ice moved and piled in
large quantities at Mount Ararat, and or
the sand bars on the Hartford shore looking
| like small mountains a the latter place AT
| no time has the water been over the railroad
| here or i'll any of the houses. The ice is
| pretty heavily packed from the watch box
| at the mountain to the Methodist Episcopal
Church-clear water above there, with some
running ice coming down. Our people seem
calm, and feel confident we will not have
much trouble here unless the gorges from
Turkey Hill to Colunbia give way and
| comes down ON tue ice here, and it will not
yield to the pressure but piles up and holds
the water. At this late hour Thursday
| night the most of our citizens are sleeping
| soundly after the excitement of the day, not
dreaming of being disturbed before day
light Rumor says one span of the Colum :
bia bridge was moved Is inches, but is still
used by the railroad The ice piled on the
track at Washington, and we had no trains
| T,l do I'll nj, l,o
1 p. N. train Went up and returned little
behind time. All other trains III town have
run on schedule time n.