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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

The Mails.-Complaints reach us every
week about the irregularity of the Mails
in this quarter. Those who have the man.
agement of the mails will have to mend or
there will be such an cutlery as will compel
investigation. A package of The Cecil
Wigs of Saturday last, labeled Charles
town, Cecil Co., Nd, in large black printed
letters was found in the postal car from
New York to Washington on Wednesday
night. The package had no business there.
This is only one of many similar cases.
Su CHI work won't do.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Robbery.-The house of Mrs. Butler, an
aged widow lady, residing on Main street,
in this town, was entered by burgler, on
Tuesday evening last, while she was cut,
and robbed of $50 in money-two or three
cloth, sheet and pair of pants. When Mrs.
Butler returned, accompanied by her son,
they saw light in the house, but before
they could enter, the thief hearing them
succeeded in getting out of the back door
and escaping. In his hurry he dropped one
or two of the silver coins.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

sB-The " Wilmington City Soap" chal-
leuges the world to beat it. 1t is a pure,
harmless, beautiful and effective article,
warrented to do all claimed for it. The
whole country is beginning to appreciate
its superiority. Moore & Bro, manufac-
tuners.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

The old year has passed, and with it old
goods and prices, and with the new year,
Lewis introduces a new list Of prices. con-
siderably lower, while his stock of fresh
goods still retains its superior quality.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Supper at the Hall.-There will be
supper at the Hall, on Thursday evening,
the 18th inst, for the benefit of the Sab
bath-school of the Presbyterian Church of
this town. The public arc invited to at
tend.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

FAMILY AND AN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL,
devoted to Choice Literature including Poetry Novel
cites Tales and Moral and Entertaining Reading gem
orally. In the Literary Department shnll present
the choicest varieties within the reach of our extended
and equal TO anything to be found any journal
magazine.
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, embracing Farming
Gardening Raising etc. Our abors in this depart
ment for thirty years, have the cordial appro
baton of the public. Our purpose has been to furnish
useful and reliable information upon these very impor
tant branches of industry and to protect all far
within power against the false doctrines and selfish
purposes of the nany empires and sensation adven-
turers by which the farmer is necessarily assiied. This
portion of the Gernnt0,rn Telegraph is alone worth
the price of subscription.
NEWS DgpARTMEST.-The same industry, and dis
elimination in gathering and preparing the stirring
events of the day. expressly for this paper, which
hitherto has been of its nd features and given
such universal satisfaction, will be continued with
redoued efforts to meet the increasing demands Of the
public.
TERMs-Two dollars and fifty cents per annum. No
orders received without the cash and all subscriptions
stopped at the end of tbs time paid for. Specimen
bers sent. Address PHILIP r. FREAS,
Jan S, 1SI0-lw Editor and Proprietor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

The School BOard.-The new School
Board met, pursuant to announcement, on
Tuesday last, 4th inst. The members pres
ent were Messrs. G. r. Carpenter, of I'd
District DR.. r. G. Mackall, of the Sd ::
Jas. A. Mackey, Of the 4th ; Dr. N. B.
Morrison, of the 9Th Luke Brown, of the
jth; F. S. Everist, of the 18th; DR.. A. NJ
Jordan, of the sth ; and S. J. England, of
the 9th. The Board organized by electing
DR.. Mackall, President pro tenn, after which
he was elected President for the ensuing
year, and Rev. John Squier, Secretary A
committee on bylaws was chosen, composed
of Messrs Mackey, Everist and England,
who reported the rules and bylaws gov.
erning the old Board, emitting the 9th by.
law, which provided that no member should
speak more than twice ON the same ques-
ton, law altogether superfluous, the
Board discovered, as speech making is sell
dom INDUCED in by the members, great
deal Of talking, and frequently several at
once, being substituted for set speeches.
The petition of J. 3. Morton, asking for
the payment Of certain claims, was again
presented, but summarily disposed of by
laying on the table. Mr.. A. H. Reynolds
asked that interest be allowed on the note
of the Board, which he held for building
school house at Rising Sun, at the rate Of
six per cent for seventeen months from
date Of note, and eight per cent. after that
time. The Treasurer was orderrd by the
Board to pay Mr.. Reynolds the sum of
S262.57, interest on said note, and the bal
ance in eleven months, and renew the note
till the 4th of January, 1871.
W. A. Lewis was appointed trustee for
school No. 5, of Cd District, known as
Chesapeake Academy, and ]. Yerkes, trus-
tee, vice Jas. A. Mackey, for Rock School,
IN the 4th District. The President and
| secretary were authorized to provide for
| The payment Of obligations falling due be-
fore the next meeting of the Board. which
will take place the second Tuesday in Feb
ruary. motion for furnishing the new
school house at Cherry Hill, with desks,
seats, etc., was referred to the committee
from that District. 1t was also ordered
that if the new school house at that place
is accepted by the examining committee,
that the note of the School Board be piyer
to the contractor, Mr.. T. C. Strickland, 70,
the amount of his bill as per agreement.
The same disposition was ordered in refer.
ence to the now school house erected al
Shilling Hill,' near James Mill, in the
18th District.
No further business of Importance being
before the Board, an adjournment war had
| until the day of next regular meeting.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Acknowledgements Rudolph Bennett
has our thanks for splendid beef steak
a cut from one of the Prize oxen, butchered
by him on Monday last.
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Town Subscribers.-Weh have numberless

Town Subscribers. have numDerless
complaints of town subscribers not receiv
ing their Wings. The carrier AYERS that he
leaves them regularly and that the paper is
taken from the door by other parties. We
wish to ascertain what is wrong. and
request town subscribers when they miss
paper to make the fact known at the Wing
Office as soon after as possible.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Court PrOceedingS.-As per adj journment
Court re-assembled on Tuesday last. The
following are the proceedings up to time
of going to press
VIM. w. Price VS.. VIM. T. Weldon, W.
II. Pearce and others. Trespass u ct arnsis.
Demurrer filed by Defendant, which was
argued, and held sub curia. Archer and
Constable for Price ex-Judge Price and
Jones for Defendants.
State VS.. Perry Allen. Indicted for lar
eeny of corn. Tried before Court, and
Judgment of not guilty. Biddle for State !;
H. Mccullough for Defendant.
State VS.. J. B. Meyer. Indicted for sell
ing liquor on election day. Tried before
the Court, and judgment of not guilty
Biddle for State Evans for Meyer.
State VS.. SAMUEL Anderson. Indicted
for selling liquor to minors. Plea not
guilty. Tried before jury. Verdict
guilty. License suppressed Biddle for
State; II. Mccullough for Defendant.
Nicholas Eeloker VS.. Robert Thackery
Trespass Q. C. F. Tried before jury,
and verdict for Veloller. Wilson and Con-
stable for Neloker; Hiram Mccullough for
Thackery.
Joshua HorRer VS.. Robert Lynch. Re-
plevin. Tried before jury, and verdict
for Horner. Archer and Constable for
Homer; Jones and H. Mccullough for
Lynch.
Joshua Horner VS.. I. D. Carter. Action
of trespass de bonis asportatis. On trial.
Archer and Constable for Horner; Jones,
H. Mccullough and Haines for Defendant.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

LEGAL Miscellany.-Extra services were
again resumed in the Elkten NJ E. Church,
onSunday last and have continued through
out the week. The "man from North
East" was up, and preached two good
sermons, on Tuesday and Wednesday even
inss. So far, but few penitsnts have been
at the altar.
In observance of the week of prayer,
services have also been held every evening,
this week, in the Presbyterian Church Of
this town.
We understand arrangements are max
for 4 concert, to be given by the NJ. E.
Sunday school, about the latter part of
this month.
Friday night next is the regular time of
meeting of the Young Peoples Association.
We believe a nice programme has been ar
ranged. All are invited.
The Building Society meet to- night.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

An Earnest Call.-What would our sub
scribers think if we were to :call -" them
in the following style, which we find pub
ished in the Delaware Gazette, Of February
Goth, 1856. The Gazette says:
Parson Brownlow, ftho Knoxville Wig,
concludes an earnest appeal to delinquent
subscribers to pay up with the following
unmistakablc expressions:
Those of you who can't pay, and will
write to us, acknowledging your indebted
ness, we will record as clever fellows, and
those of you who will not do either we will
publish this spring in an extra sheet, as 4
set of graceless rascals, willing to have a
poor man labor for you for years for moth
ing, and pay for paper, ink, and the hire
of hands to serve you, without hire.
Come to Knoxville, you lousy rascals, on
a pilgrimage, and see our little ones,
chips Of the old block" looking daggers
at us and crying for bread. Come and see
us with our elbows out, and the officers of
the law leading us about for debts created
to furnish you paper, and you will forl,
over at once!
And you hypocrites, who arc members of
of different churches, owing us for our pa
per, how dare you, around your family
affairs, night and morning pray to God
g Pay us this day our debts, as we pay
to others ~ He knows you owe us and
won't pay, and until you do pay, you may
pray yourselves out Of breath and you will
never be heard! yes, you sanity villains,
you have been owing us long enough to
make us "poor, halt, miserable, blind and
naked,'' and yourselves rich at our expense
You get to heaven without paying us up
never
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
PAIN KILLER.

ZSL En- Z AIIT N11HGIC.
q: :: :: !: !: !: ::
&NH ANA NORTHAMPTON, March IL, 1867.
G&3 HrU Dear Sir:-I wish TO add to your nu-
WNznUnE% E.erous testimonials. Last September.
$S9AS while at work emitting sole-lcathcr with
y die and Il heavy iron mallet made nisstrike and
the mallet down with its whole force my thumb
splitting it from the first joint entirely open and laid
the bone bare supposed had ruined my thumb for
but thought of your Pain Killer. had often
heard of its healing qualities. went about half a
mile and obtained small bottle. saturated little
batting first winding waxcl thread around the
wound and applied the Pain Killer, saturating the BAN
dage three times day. In five minutes the pain
ceased, and in week it entirely healed up; and will
say that have anything for healing quail
ties that equalled it and would earnestly recommend
it to the pubic ) pain killer and healer.
dec 60 Yours truly L. +. CHAPLIN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

in high state of cultivation, except acres in good
Timber The location is healthy and in a good neigh
horhood convenient to churches, mills &c.
The improvements consist of Two-Story xsspzsl
FRAME DWELLING, with small Kitchen 1l15Haa
attached: No Cellar Barn, 40 SO. nearly I,:std
new; good Wagon-house and Granary: and ks..XkffA
thriving Apple Orchard of choice fruit Just in heNlln
There is splendid Spring of Water the door.
THE TERMS OF SALE 0ne-third in cash on the
day of SALE onethird in Six Months. and the residue in
Twelve Months Tho credit payments bear interes,
from the day of sale and to be secured by the Bonds or
Notes Of the purchaser with surety To be approved hy
the Trustee.
aa-S:.e to commence at o'clock p. NJ
1T MCCULLOUGH
Jan. :, 15IO-ts Trustee
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
THE MARKETS.
CORRECTED EVERY FRIDAY.
FIsfOn Markets.
ScOtt,S Mills Market.

BLACK OAK BARK PER Ton SIS 90
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
TRUSTEES SALE
OF A
VALUABLE FARM.

BY virtue of Decree of the Circuit Court for Cecil
county, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at Public
Sale
Saturday, goth day of January, 1870.
on the premises, all that
F 4 r NJ
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
Baltimore Markets.
REPORTED BY F. f. MARINE.
Jan. 6. 1870.

sS-These quotations are made by 7. E. MARINE, Com
mission Merchant, No SO West Pratt St, from actual
sales They are made mp with and may be relied
fully as though they through the mail
in reply to inquiries.
Flour-Howard Street Super, per bbl.,
Trade Brands Extra, S. 75(G6 90: Family,
6 25@7 90. Wheat-White, choice, per
bus. 60 Tbs, 81 45(G1 50; prime 81 3S(e1 40
Red, choice, 81 40@S1 43; prime, 81 500
SO; fair to good, 81 25G1 80 Corn
White, good to prime, per bushcl, Sc lbs,
sO@sS; Yellow Corn, 9O@92. Rye-good
to prime, 81 00G1 10. Oats, prime, per bus
80 lbs, 5000. Clover Seed, good to
prime, per bushel Ga lbs. IS 00@S 25; Tim
othy Seed do. per bus. 45 fbs., 81 OOG$4 IS
Flax Seed, do. do. So 1O@S2 rs. Timothy
Hay, No. 1, per ton 2, 900 lbs, $24 OO(G
&c 90; mixed do, No. 2, $50 00@24 90;
Clover, No. 3, $1S@2O. Rye Straw, $1s 90
geo 90. Oats Straw, $15 00@1G0O Eas-
tern Eggs, 40@42 cents per dozen. Chick
ems, old, 81 00@5 90 per dozen. Chickens,
young, SO 00@4 90 per doz. Geese, per
piece, 75(Gs0. Turkeys, per piece, 81 90
Geese and Ducks, dressed, = 10, 14@16.-
Chickens, dressed, 10@12 cts Beeswax,
prime, 3SG40 cts. per ib. Feathers, live
geese, prime white, 70@S0 per fb. White
Beans, Country, per bus. 60 lbs, So OO(f
so; b. E. Peas, per bus. 60 lbs, 81 50Qn
65. Dried Fruit-Peaches, peeled, bright,
perth 14G16; unpeeled, Is. 6(Gs; unpeeled,
IS. s@10; Apples, bright, sliced, 100
Country Rags, 4@5 per tb. Hides and
Skins-country, dry, 16@1s cts; do, green,
500 cts; Sheep Skins, per piece, 5Oc@5O;
Lamb do, 25950 cts. Potatoes Carriers,
per bus. GO Tbs, prime, 50@60; Peach
Blows, $4,000; other kinds, 4095O.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.-The cattle
market was very dull this week and prices
were rather lower. About 1900 head ar
rived and sold at 9!@10c. for extra Penn
sylvania and Western steers; 7@9c. for
fair to good, and 5@6sc. p H., gross, for
common, as to quality. Cows were in fair
demand; 100 head sold at $45@s65 for
springers and $50G90 per head for cow
and calf. Sheep were in demand at an
advance 5000 head sold at Park and Av-
enue Drove Yards at 6@9c. ? ib, gross, as
to condition. Hogs were dull and lower;
300 head sold at the different yards at
S14@14.75 ? 100 TBS. net for corn fed.
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ELKTON, JANUARY $, 1870.

tB Mr. John c. Hindman is our regu-
larly authorized Agent and Collector to
procure subscriptions and advertising for
The Wing.
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KILL THE DEMON e f

cured of Deafness and Catarrh by simple REM
edy, and will send the receipt free
4w MRS NJ c. LEGGETT IIoiokcn n j.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
MARRIED..

MATTHEWS-WH Both,
1869, by the Rev. W. F. p. Noble, PEAR
son MATTHEWS, of this county, and ELvA
WHITsoN, Of Bart, Lancaster county,
Pa.
SNYDER-KRAUSS .-On Thursday last,
in the parlor of the Howard House, Elk
ton, by Rev. Henry Mathews, Pastor of
the Presbyterian Church of this town,
DAVID SNYDER and G. AMELIA KRAUss.
both Of this county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08
Railroad Mecting.-An adjourned

Railroad Meeting.-An adjourned meet
ing of the friends of the Elkton and Mas
sey's Railroad, was quite largely attended on
Tuesday last. Jacob Tome, President of
the temporary Board Of Directors, occupied
the chair
Mr.. Groome, chairman Of conmitte APP
pointed to procure a charter for the pro-
posed road, submitted draft, which was
read by section and adopted, and instruc-
tions given TO endeaver to secure its pas
sage by the Legislature.
AS nothing further can be done until the
charter shall have been granted, the meet
itg then adjourned, to reassemble at the
call of the president.
Railroad stock is looking mp, and the
friends of the measure began to feel strong
hopes of its alternate success.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Sunday-School Anniversary.-The Pres
byterian Sunday School, of this town, held
an anniversary meeting, in the church, on
Sunday evening last. The exercises, which
consisted of singing, prayer, addresses,
reports, etc., were very interesting, and
reflected credit on the organization.
Appropriate addresses were delivered by
Rev. Charles P. Mallery, of Chesapeake
City, and the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Mathews.
The Superintendent read report, which
stated that the school numbered, during
1869, 1870 scholars; actual attendance at
the present time, so. There are IA classes
and 10 teachers.
The school is formed into mite society.
The collections, during the year, amounted
to $500. This money is to go toward
building room for the use of the school.
In all, there were four prizes awarded,
three of which were given for good beha-
viour. lessons, and attendance. No prize
was presented for any one of these merits,
but for all three, combined Miss Effie
AiIus oaiiioo vi Iie hrst prlZe,-a Sold
cross; Henry Mccullough the second.-a
Bible; Elwood Thayer, the third,-a Bible;
and the fourth, and extra prize,-a gilt
edge Testament, was given to Miss Laura
Hsatzig, for being present the whole fifty
two Sundays of the year. Who will say
she did not deserve it? and is there another
girl or boy in the State, who has done the
same thing?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

High Tide.-on Sunday night last the
tide in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays
rose higher than it has ever before been
known. At Elkten w alter street was flooded
and several families of colored people were
compelled to leave their houses. Can't. NJ,
Really, rescued the inmates of one house.
with boat. Several cords of wood belong
ing to w. P. Howard, which was piled on
Towards Lumber Yard at the bridge. were
carried away. The Causeway was covered
with water about two feet Deep and there
was three and half feet in the kitchen of
Meals Hotel. The cellar of r II. Foard
& Co., on the south side of Main ST., was
also reached by the tide, and lot of pota-
toes stored therein were set afoat. A
small oyster pungy belonging to two colored
men was sunk in the creek below the bridge.
The Park Stables, and those belonging to
Meals Hotel, were flooded and the horses
were brought out to to save them from the
angry waves. The water rose in the gas
house about three feet, drowning out the
fires, and leaving Elkton in darkness, on
Tuesday night, the supply of gas in reserve
having been consumed before the fires
could be started and a fresh supply manu-
featured. At Elk Landing large schooner
belonging to the Mccullough Iron Co.,
dragged her anchor and was left high and
dry on the wharf, also canal boat belong
ing to Wyoming Coal Co., anchored at the
same place was carried from its moorings
and left on terra firma where the water
recsded.
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Germa ntOWn TELEGRAPH.

PAIN instantly, ana meals oId Ulcers. Wocotts Anni-
lator cures Catarrl Bronchitis and Cold in the head
Sold 10y all Druggists and Isl Chatham Square, NY. Nv
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Notice to Creditors.

TIL. rrrd of Elisha Il. England Goccas"! are
hcrcy titled lille their claims against sail ,-c..se
with t:lc hers tibet r"f in ,hN nicc of the Geek
the tT. ait Cnurt for Ccc county. within three months
Of the 18th day Of January, 1870.
J.T. MCCULLOUGH,
Jan s. 1863. Trustee
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ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the Members and Proprieturs
of ROSE BANK CEMETERY will be held in the Rose
Bank Hall on SATURDAY, the Stl of January, 1870, at
o'clock Pm. full attendance of the members is
requested. Z. G. CIANDLEE,
Jan l. 1ST0-2w Secretary.
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Wilmington Markets.
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tR9-These quotations made by I. f. MARINE Com
mission Merchant, No. SO West Pratt ST., from actual
sales. They made mp with and may be relied
on as fully as though they sent through the mail
in reply to inquiries.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
Sieges of Jerusalem.

Probably no capital city of equal con-
sequence was ever taken and retaken SO
many times as jerusalem. We have no
record of the date of its foundation yet
its subsequent history is one Of continual
contests and continual restoraticns; and
it is no doubt owing to these changes
that the ground of the modern city is in
many places thirty feet above the level
of the old, and that the valleys which
formerly intersected its divisions are now
filled to their SUBMITS with soil and de-
bris. The following are the principal
sieges and conquests which the metropo-
lis Of Palestine has undergone, not in
Guiding however various brief capitula-
tions during the 8lacabean and later
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

A SMART GIRE.-A pleasant story is
told of young lady who in 1862 was
student in the Normal University of Ill.
She was good-natured, quiet girl, toll
erablc scholar, except in the matter Of
composition, utter failure in which branch
prevented her passing an examination.
Five years were devoted to the effort,
when her father, who resided at Bloom
ington, died, leaving small business in
the furniture line, an invalid wife and
three small children, to her care and sup
port. Instead of selling off the stock
and living ou the proceeds until some-
thing should turn up, this girl who had
failed at school went herself into the
shop, sold of the furniture at retail, and
when the stock ran low, astonished her
friends by going to New York and buy
ing larger and better lot of furniture
than was ever before seen in Blooming
ton and what is more, she sold it. For
seven years she has conducted the busi-
ness, and to-day she owns store worth
$4,000, in the upper stories of which she
began her labors, and other real estate
aggregating $4,000, besides paid-up
stock worth $4,000 more. A smart
girl, certainly, even if she did fail in one
branch Of study.