The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-12-06

ia MIR. James Z. Lewis our popular 81
on dealer W no has been confined to the hou
for several days, was on the street yest'
of day.
he Go to Giles North Street Market VIII
you want the finest oysters, the best poultr
- the freshest fish, and the choicest vegetabl
i. Giles is the man all the time for the be
i, supplies for the table.
bo Deputy Sheriff Mackey arrested CO
- ored man named William Moneymaker
I, the First district, on a peace warra
issued by Justice John Partridge on u
oath of Harry Price of Warwick.
~ MIR. William Cummins, a conductor o
r the Philadelphia and Baltimore Centr
railroad, and Mr.. Thomas d. Harper
10 Oxford have been spending few days gun
ming at Carpenters Point in this county
L Oysters are becoming less plentiful, an
9 oystermen declare that unless the havo
and waste at the beds are stopped I'll he Mar.
t land oyster will in a few years become a
:. most extinct. Commander Seth says he in
Q tends to enforce the culling law.
A negro sailor who says he was born il
Martinique, West Indies, and being ship
wrecked was landed at Norfolk, and whit
claimed to be bound to Philadelphia, begged
assistance at the WING office on Thursday
He spoke French fiuently, his accent ant
language indicating his foreign experience
if not birth.
The Talbot county Circuit Court &C
Journed on Saturday last after session O.
eleven days. These sentences were imposed
by Judge stump: Captain Sydney Gibson
an oyster dredger, sixty days in county jai
for resisting an officer of the state oyster
police force; John Slow, three months in
House Of Correction for larceny; Annie
Ayers, six months in House of Correction
for selling whiskey. All except Gibson are
colored.
| Extra services are being held this week
in the Elkton Presbyterian church. This
week DIR. Osmond has been preaching each
evening and conducting them unassisted.
| Next week he expects the assistance of
| Prof. Kendall, the Rev. w. w. Reese, of
Port Deposit, DR.. Marks and Rev. A. n.
Kergwin, of Wilmington,
Extraordinary inducements to buyers
of ready-made clothing, of account of max
| ing great Improvements in their clothing
department., can be had at Herman Balls
H Han inf to nlo thair
extensive stock of ready made clothing at a
great sacrigce. Buyers will find this good
opportunity to get bargains heretofore I'M
heard of at Balls Oak Hall, opposite Court
House, Elkton, Md.
MIR. John s. w. Holton of the Sterling
Coal Company, Philadelphia, accompanied
by DIR. w. W. Leech, had long drive last
week-from Philadelphia to Rising Sun,
Md. They came by way of Oxford. where
Mr.. Holton stopped to see his friends, Frid-
day, and then on to Rising Sun, where he |
left his horse to winter at the farm of S. A. |
Barnes. The young gentlement got fine
view of the country and long sniff of
fresh atmosphere. They returned by train
Monday.-Orford Press
The Baltimore american is authority
for the statement, that Mr.. Granville Rich
ards of this County who is Examiner in the
ap praisers Departments of the Baltimore
Customs. was sickened by the odor of the
a fish and other edibles which constituted
recent importation of Hop Lung a chinese
mere liant of that city. The delicaci 5 re-
ceived from the Flowery Kingdom consisted
IF five cases containing 800 eggs put up in
black clay; four boxes of nut oil, some
slcohol some preserved lemon peel ; a lot
If holiday shoes covered with satin, and
Iome working shoes covered with cotton
velve chests of tea; two boxes of smoking.
obacco and no opium; twelve boxes of dried
some sailed prunes and sailed
'lums; some edible bulbs and edible lily
caves; six boxes Of dried fish about the
izs of yellow-neds and stronger in odor
han codfish lot of preserved beans, like
,ease; lot of Chinese dried cabbage, about
he size of apples; some sailed olives; two
'oxes of joss sticks, but no Chinese gods or
dolls; four cases of iced flour; four bales of
indicated leaves and several jars of pre-
erves.
The farmers of Maryland seem to be
to the Importance of concerted
ction and discussion for the promotion of
heir interests in this State, and public
meetings. in different counties are being
eld. On Saturday last farmers meeting
-ol ha1 at Sail Oh hn ErSt Of ar,n
f similar meetings to be held in other
ounties. The meeting was under the aus
ices of the Maryland Agricultural College
nd Experiment Station. Mr.. Ernest Bren- y
ley. of the college, had been through Wi
omico county during the week making
arrangements for the meeting q
here were thee sessions held, one be. t
inning at $50 o'clock A. NJ, at which the 1
ubject of "Strawb berries, Their Cultivation 7
nd Diseases" was treated by Pro lessor t
trunk. of the Agricultural College, and the ,
Work of the College and Experiment Sta. +
on," by Professor Henry c. Alvord, presi- ,
ent of the college. At the afternoon ses- +.
ion Mr.. Z. D. Bradley, lecturer of the
Iaryland State Farmers Alliance, treated
ne subject of the advantages of Farmers
EXAMINATIONS" and Professor Alvord that :
f Food for Man and Beast" Tho evening
ession was held in the Grand Opera House, /
which II. j. Patterson, chemist of the t
Station, explained Food Adul- s
Professor Brunk gave lecture |
Il "Door Yards and Gardens" which was I
Illustrated by stereopticon views, and Presi- .
ent Alvord a lecture on "Milk on the +
arm and in the Household" Quite an I
lterest was manifested by the people here,
nd a goodly number of representative
,rmers were present.
We published in our last issue full N
eport of meeting held at Newark last a
aturday week, which was attended by a N
um Der of prominent farmers of that viciu- /
", looking to the establishment of a large h
aiming factory, there, and which it is CON |
smp plated to be supplied by these farmers t
nth vegetables grown by them. The Will v
nington Ere'y EUening of Monday con- =
aimed the following account of second .
.eeting held on Saturday last. Another
lrge and enthusiastic meeting of the bus
less men and farmers of this neighborbood
yas held on Saturday afternoon in Grange
Iall to hear the reports of the committees
ppointed at a meeting on Saturday, No
ember 22d, to inquire into the desIrabilty y
having canning establishment added to a
he other industries of Newark and also, I
, ascertain directly from the farmers within u
radius of five miles what acreage they T
rould pledge to plant in vegetables for the :,
lpply of the cannery which the McGaw
rothers of Smyrna contemplated removing