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NOTICES., &c.
Notice to Creditors,

This is to give notice. that the subscriber of Cecil
county, hath obtained from tho Orphans Court of said
county, letters Of Administration the personal estate
of TOWNSEND NJ. CROTHERS
late of snid county deceased All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with tho vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the 18th day of June. 1872:
they may otherwise by law he excluded from all benefit
of said estate All persons indebted to said estate are
requested 10 make immediate payment 10 the snhscri-
Der. Given under my hand this 10Th day Of June S1
JONATHAN l.. CROTIIERS,
Administrator of Townsend NJ. Crothers.
Test-REUBEN ID. lamar, Register.
June 10, 1s7l-6w
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The records of the parties tell for them
selves, and we invite careful comparison.
The Republican party has not yet found
itself put to The necessity of a s'new depar-
ture,'' or obliged to adopt Democratic
principles for the purpose Of gaining votes
The Democrats denounce the Republicans,
and accuse them of every species of politi-
cal crime on the catalogue. But they show
their appreciation of them, nevertheless, in
Il very convincing manner, by endorsing
their principles. This "new departure" is
simply this: an endorsement of all the
Republicans have done, and it is on this
platform the Democrats hope to win the
next elections. This is an expression of
opinion on the Republican record also.
And if the Democrats endorse the past
action of our party. it is tolerably certain
the country will.-Press
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The Thipying Democracy.

The New York Times has a reporter en-
ployed in making transcripts from the Off
cial books of the city Government who
shows up the stealing of Tammany; and no
system of public plumber has ever equaled
it before.
During the years of 1869 aud 1870 an
aggregate OF So, G63, GAGS SO was paid to one
Tweed himself is said to be member-for
cabinet work in the new courthouse and
repairs in armories. A schedule of the
individual entries is given with date ofwar-
rant, amount drawn, character of the work,
and date on which the work was supposed
to be done, specified in each case. A por-
ton Of the warrants were drawn directlyto
Ingersoll & Co, and checks for the remain
der were all endorsed by the same firm.
The charges generally represent from ten
10 one hundred times what the work or
articles could have actually cost, and the
total is monstrously extravaganza. But the
exceedingly suspicious feature about it is
the fact that over five and ene-half millions
of dollars were paid out of the treasury
during two years to single firm, and that
firm well-known agent of the Tammany
ring. The inference that the bulk of this
sum went into the pockets of the Demo-
cratic officials who approved the warrants
forces itself upon the most obtuse and
incredulous minds.
For furniture supplied to the new court
house was paid to the same suppositious
firm total of $1,476, 9SO.s4. The sum
paid for carpets on the courthouse and
offices alone was $5G5, 731 "a. which at So a
yard would buy 113, al yards. The whole
City Hall Park containing but 81 acres, or
10000 square yards, the Times estimates
that the sum of money thus accounted for
by the ring would have carpeted that intire
paTl three times orer!
Another batch of damning figures was
printed in the Times Of Tuesday. These
cover the accounts of keyser & Co., plum
bers and gas-fi tiers, audited and paid dur
ing the years 1869 and 1870. The total
amour, is 81, 1881, S17.76, which, according
W ehO lSSoiuo "SHt io' Sdo-
fitting in the armories, d.'ill-rooms, and
county building during something over
Two years. S,431, 1920 of this total was
for such work said 10 have been done in the
armories and dri,! rooms alone.
When a house has been once finished and
supplied with ting, the expenses for
changes and repairs IN this particular are
usually very small, and $50, 600 would prob
ably cover all such necessary repairs in all
the county buildings, armories, &C., in
New York, for two years at Least; 100000
would certainly meet al legitimate expen-
di:ures for such purposes during that time,
even supposing the most lavish extrava-
gance. Al a, events, nobody will believe
that nearly $1,s32, 900 was honestly spent
for plumbing and gas-ftting. The largest
portion of this amount was undoubtedly
divided among the prominent members of
the ring.
IF the Baltimore american would direct
its enterprise in this direction, it might
find matter equally interesting to the pub
lie in The city government of the Monumen-
tai City.
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WANTED..-2O YOUNG GIRLS.

Head of Elk Mills, Elkton Nd, to up Match Sticks
Fine light cork.
July 90, 1S1l-3w
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LAUGHING WITHOUT GAS!

Over 100 ladies and gentleman of Cecil county
now laughing without gas 10y rssding the AUTO
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN B. COUGH. the Great Lee
turar. For sale by SAMUEL LOGAN
Juno "A, ls1l-Sm Chsrestown, Cecil county, Nd
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The Home of ku.KluX.

A special correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Press, travelling with the Committe of
Congress who are examining into the state
of society in some of the Southern States,
writes from Unionville, South Carolina
July 18th:
The sins Of the fathers are being visited
upon the third and fourth generation of
their descendants in this unhappy land.
The Government of the United States failed
to punish them for their crimes against the
Union, but God has been less lenient. The
SOIL ruined by slave labor, yields food but
sparingly, everything has the appearance
Of decay, and the people are being slowly
starved out of existence.
THE NORTHERN PART
of this State, from which have been writ
ing, is the poorest country in the United
States-hardly better than desert plenti-
fully interspersed with GASES. A majority
of its population is white-poor white trash
and it lives in log cabins with no windows
and only one door. Two-thirds of the
whites Of Spartanburg and Union counties
are of this class; two-thirds of them cannot
read or write, but all possess guns and re-
volveLs, and are members ola Kuklux Khan,
whose object IS to overthrow this ignorant,
incompetent negro government. Northern
farmers will hardly believe me when l state
that from three to five bushels of corn to
the acre is considered a fair return here.
Onc-fi h of these five bushels is preserved
for seed, ano; her fifth for food, and the re-
mainder is CONVEX ed into corn whisky-the
staple product of this region, its standard
beverage, and its greatest curse.
THE RENEDAY FOR KIrKIrxIsN
is the remodelling Of the entire society of
the south. If the Government of the Uni
ted States had transported twenty thousand
of it's male white population Immediately
after the war, and supplied their places
with the splendid material that formed our
volunteer armies there might have been
peace and plenty here to-day. The Gov
eminent, however, failed to do this, and its
reconstruction acts, stringent as they were,
were not stringent enough, because they
were intended for people who had no NOR
al ideas, and with whom force was the
great controlling element. If the Govern
ment had been more forcible it would have
been more respected. NOW know of no
remedy against Kukluxism except
MARTIAL LAW,
and the summary hanging of two or three
hundred men in this county. Of course
my language sounds violent to the people
of,the North, but it is the most temperate
can command for the occasion. Northern
correspondents who manage to ct as far
south as Columbia and Charleston, where
there is civilization and hotels and ice, tell
you about the peacefuluess of the Southern
people, their hospitality, and SO forth. Let
them leave these centres and go to Spar
tanburg, Unionville, or any other place one
hundred miles from Columbia, or two hun
dred miles from Charleston, see the people
and talk with them, and stay day or two
at one Of the shambles they call hotels, and
il they do not come to the conclusion /
have, they deserve to be at once banishsd
forever from clean towels, clean beds, clean
food, and respectable society.
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A. J. MIcHENER, Agent,
Interesting Facts for Farmers,

trial Of Thrashers and Cleaners took place on the
18th Of April at the farm of Benjamin Briggs Tul-
lytown, Pa. between the Machine made by Wheeler,
Icck Co, Albany, New York and the Machine made
by the Trenton AGRICULTURAL Works Trenton N j.
which resulted follows Each party had the privilege
of thrashing twenty 25 sheves before the trial.
give them an opportunity to regulate their machines
after which each machine thrshed two hundred (2O0)
.heares OF which accurate account kept of the
and grain wasted. Both Machines by the same
power and eam and the sheaves trashcd all taken
from the same
After the twenty five 25) shoaves had been rashed
by the Albany Machine the operators expressed them
selves rcaGy for trial. Two hundred OO sheaves were
then thrown from the mow which were thrashed and
cleaned ready for market by the Albany Machine in
twenty-five minutes. Twenty-Five shcavcs were then
taken from the NOW and thrashed by tho Trenton Agr
cultural Works Machine The contrast between the
work done by the two Machines great that the
operators Of the Trenton Agricultural Works Machine
asked the privilege of thrashng ten 90 sheaves
before the trial, which willingly granted by the
operators of the Albany Machine.
After the ten extra sheaves had been thrashed two
hundred were then taken from the same NOV, which
were thrashed and cleaned (but not fit for market in
thirytree and onehaf minutes The difference in the
time of thrashng the two hundred sheaves eleven
and onc-alf minutes in favor of the Albany Machine
The difference in the saving of grain eleven and
quarter pounds in favor of the Albany Machine.
Statement Of Committee Thrashing Machines.
NEAR TuLLYrowy, Pa, June 10, 1871
wethe undersigned Committee on Thrashns Machines,
al the trll held AT the farm OF MIR. Benjamin Briggs,
near Tullytown Pa the 18th of April last having
observed advertisement published in the papers signed
by Bennington Gill; President of the Trenton Agricu-
tural Works, charging Mr. John Beers General Agent
for the Wheeler Meck Co., of having given incor
rect statement of tho recent trial. therefore gen.
tlemen, deem it duty justice to Mr. Beers and the
company he represents, to inform the public that his
statement Of the facts and figures of tho trial believe
to be all true and correct
Signed MINOR H. WINS
JOHN WHARTON,
JOHN BURTON,
TIN
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BRIDGE NO. 2.

To build Bridge Principle Creek. on the road
from Brick Meeting House to Port Deposit The Adult
ments to be 6 feet long at base and WIDE and bat
tered to Is feet At top in length and thick and
foundation feet below the bottom of the creek suf
hcently deep to good foundation and feet
inches high from ordinary level to girlers of
bridge. The Wing Walls the west sle-one will be
lis feet and the other Is feet long, and foundation
depth of abutment where they connect and feet un
dation at outer ends. On the east side Wing Wall
will be 40 feet the other IS feet long, depth as
above. All tine wing walls TO be feet thick f6und
ton The Guard Walls to be feet high above the grad
ing of the roadway which shall not be more than foot
grade in H. the Guard Walls to be IS inches thick at top
and good ftstenngs to be built in same; cover the
same with good boards pitch outward and to have
coats of paint and sanded The Abuments to be built
of large stone laid in cement and the Wing Walls
be laid in good quick lime mortar; the Abutments be
pointed with cement and the Wing Walls with good
lime mortar. The Bridge to lie Is feet wide and IS
span; flooring inch white oak. clear of sap.
Proposals for Masonry and Grading. Masonry at SO
much per perch, and Grading at much per cubic
yard. Proposals for Wood or Iron will be received
Contractors must be prepared to give security
plee the or before the 10th day Of October
next. If an Iron Bridge the have coats
of paint.
The whole work to be done under the control and
direction Of the County Commissioners of Cecil county
BY order. VIM T. MILLER
July -, 1S71-3w Clerk
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Lawrence NJ. Strong died suddenly of
heart disease at his residence near the
Trappe, on Monday night, 18th inst. Dur
ing his life he held several positions of
honor and trust in the county, and once
represented Kent in the Legislature.
Stewart & Bro, of Chestertown, have
contracted for the new NJ. E. Church at
Mlllington. 1t is to cost 1925.
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GoDEYs' LADY's Book for August, has
its usual richness and variety. Life's
Young Angels-a beautiful steel engrav-
ing; the Colored Fashion Plate; What
Keeps Mary Jane-a charming wood cut;
the extension plate of Fashionable Cos
tunes, containing upwards of forty engrav-
ings of articles of dress in addition to the
extent and variety of its other attractions,
give Cooley rank among the first Fashion
Magazines of the world.
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TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS
BRIDGE NO.

Proposals will be received by the County Commission
ers of Cecil county, at their Office, in klkton, on
TUESDAY, the Sth day Of august, merit,
up to O'Clock, P. N.
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THE AlDINE.-This beautiful pictorial
for August has just reached us, and still
maintains its reputation as being the finest
periodical published in America. At the
commencement of he year it was scarcely
thought possible that the publishers would
be able to keep up the high standard with
which they started, but the artistic world
has been agreeably surprised as each sue
cessivc number is fully equal-in illustra-
ton, Typography and literary contents-if
not superior, in many numbers, to those
frs! issued. The one before us is extremely
rich in Illustration, containing no less than
eight large wood cuts, three of which are
full-page ones. The principal, "Renard
Outwitted," by Decker; "Death of Wal
lenstein," by Billner; FsThe Picture-Gal-
lery," by Becker; "Dogs attacking an
Otter" by Beckmann and "Othello and
Desdemona," by Hoffman, are really beau
tiful, and are executed in that careful and
delicate manner which is speciality with
this publication. The literary matter is
fully up to the standard, and of a varied
and interesting nature. AS each number
is laid away, and the size of the volume, at
the end of the year, becomes apparent, we
begin to realize the handsome pictorial it
will make, and to wonder, as, indeed, every
subscriber must dc, how is it possible for
the publishers to issue such work at SO. so
year. The proprietors are James Sutton
d Co., % Liberty street, New York.
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BRIDGE NO. 2.

To rebuild a Bridge Rock RIM, in the town o
Port Deposit. Span sc feet and 20 feet widc Floorn
to be White Oak, inches thick. clear of sap runun,
crossway same. Contractor to remove the old bridge
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QUEEN ANNE s.

The Queen Anne's Railroad is at last
completed to Ccntreville. The first loco
motive was run into the town, on the 18th
inst, and great crowd assembled to see
the sight, some of whom, doubtless ne'er
g seed the like afore -
Thos. H. Legg, aged about 81 years, son
of John Legg, residing near Templeville,
committed suicide, on the 10th inst, by
shooting himself with a gun.
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DORCHESTER.

In fracas, at Applegarth's store, Lakes
District, Elijah Ellis stabbed Pat Riley SO
badly that it was thought the case would
prove fatal. Both parties are colored.
The potato bug has been committing
great depredations, not only upon the
potato crop, but also upon all vegetables
growing near or among these plants.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

4 Newspaper Of the Present Times.
Intended for People Now on Earth.
Including Farmers, Mechanics. Merchants, Pro-
fessionGl Men, Workers. Thinkers, and all Man
ner OF Honest Folks, and the Wivcs. Sons. and
Daughters Of all such,
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A very heavy rain visited this county the
early part Of last week.
On the Goth inst, little daughter of
Bishop Lay was kicked in the forehead by
a horse and seriously injured.
Crabs are being shipped from Woodland
Station, on the Md. & Del. Railroad, in
large uantities-from 1000 1000 pounds
daily. This is a new business which PROM
Uses to pay handsomely.
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CAROLINE.

James Urry was thrown from mule,
recently, and had his shoulder dislocated.
Capt. Alex. Stewart has purchase the
Wooters' farm, Of 206 acres, near Burrs.
vile, for $1,000.
The berry season has about ended.
Lees Chapel, an ancient place of wor-
ship, is to be replaced by new structure.
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THE DAILY SUN, &C A YEAR.

prominently rcad,bc newspaper. with the
largest circulation In the world. Free. indie
from everywhere. Two cents a copy by mail,
so cents month, or Sc year.
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imparG al reade- will deny This state of
ara iras existed for more than q quarter
0" "A century, and whenever the Democratic
party gained power, this Ching has piled
its cal Ing, and plandered the treasury
lis wno'e nis.ory, as we have shown re-
peated' Y, has been one continuous record
Of extravaganza and public plumber. The
half hae not been told, of its doings and
Facs' found no dfficul IN arra:gning
ii before lie bar o.. pubic opin on, N an
indie; ment that cannot be quashed; and we
lie the people plainly, wi hout distinction
OF party, that tbs state of things will con-
time 20 exist, while this so-cailed Demo
Graf c party is entrusted by them with the
COVE nment Of he county. The Republi-
can pay was charged by this same
H.n@f and is wiling :ool, The Demo-
era, with unheard-of extravaganza and
pecuat on, to which we challenged the
proof hat never was, and never can be
produced, or the charges were malicious
and unfounded but now he charge returns
20 tla; pa.ly supported by a cloud of wit
unprincipled thai ever held lease of power
We challenge a comparison of the expendi
TIRES Of the two parties while administer
ing the affairs of The county and State. In
fac;, re very name Of Democratic party
has become he synonym of public plumber
ard official .iheft. Look al Baltimore city
and the State government of Maryland :;
look a the records of Cecil county look
a. New York, at brooklyn, al Albany,-in
a word, anywhere thai party has held
power fo- any length OF time, and you will
find widespread system of plumber in
opera; ion. Are we Of Cecil county, who
have he majority to-day, if the Republi-
cans will turn out and vote, going longer
to submit to such state of affairs?
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TERMS TO CLUBS.

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A frame house about four miles from
Salisbury, owned by Robert Parsons, took
fire L few days since, and was burned to the
ground. Loss, over 1000. Insured for
500. Mr.. Parsons succeeded in saving a
portion of his furniture.
A son of Levin Townsend, of Salisbury,
fell from shed, recently, and broke his leg.
The public schools closed on the 21st.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-16
Paris Township.

GEORGE GRUBB.
Central Committeeman.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-16
4 VETERAN Ex.EpIrOR.

Among the guests present. by special
invitation, is that veteran, ex-editor, j.
Harmon. of Ravenna, formerly (nearly
forty years ago) editor of the Western
Courier, of that town. Mr.. Harmon is a
native of Sufield, Conn, and at the BIZ
centennial celebration of the settlement of
that town which we, as q native of the
town ourself, attended last October, let
ter was read from Mr.. Harmon, stating
that after an absence of So years it would
have given him great pleasure to have at
tended the gathering, but that he could
not do so without losing his vote, and he
had not lost vote since he first cast one
IN 1871. Mr.. Harmon Is 81 years old, is
mentally still remarkably vigorous, and as
ardent Democrat as he was IN the days
Of Thomas Jefferson. Long may he wave
-Akron (Rep) Beacon.
For number of years during the last
civil war Mr.. Harmon was subscriber to
the Stark Co. Democrat and used to favor
us with an occasional letter. We were
glad to meet our old-friend at Akron, in
good health and mental Vigor. As the
Beacon says, he is as ardent in the faith
as ever and hopes to live to see the over
throw of the "higher law, corrupt Grant
dynasty. and the return to power of the
constitutional Jefersonian Democracy.