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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06

Bargains at the GLASS FRONT, where
splendid assortment of Fresh Fine Sum-
mer Goods are being run off at very low
prices to make room for fall stock.
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Death Of Former Citizen.-The fol-

Death Of Former Citizen.-The fol-
lowing announcement appeared in the Bal
timore Sun of Thursday
At 12 o'clock, yesterday, Wednesday,
w. c. Hasson, As years old, while at work
on the Caroline Street M. E. church, was
overcome by heat, and on being taken to
his home, at No. North Bond street,
died before medical attendance could be
summoned.
Roads in West Nottingham.-The new
system of managing roads adopted by the
Supervisors of West Nottingham, under
special act of the Legislature last winter,
by which the contract for mending and
keeping them in repair for three years is
sold to the lowest bidder, appears to be CIV
ing general satisfaction and promises to
work well. The roads were sold in April
and most of the contractors have finished
their sections in an excellent manner
There is also promise of great economy
of the public funds over the old system
The total estimate of cost by the Super
visors for the ensuing three years is about
$4,000, while for the past three years the
expenses amounted to $4,000. The tax
payers will appreciate this reduction, when
they also have better roads in the bargin.
the amount of road tax levied by the Super
visors on the township for this year is
$1400.- Orford Press.
Why could not our County Commission
ers adopt some such plan? 1t is, at least,
worth looking into, to ascertained what
discretionary power the law grants them in
the matter of putting out the roads to
Supervisors. If men undertake to keep a
road in repair for specified sum and time,
they would be likely to use economy in the
W0rl1
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The Death of Jeff.-Jeff was favorite
cat OF Miss. Liza's large feline household.
JEFF, as the name would imply, was not a
Thomas cat, but one of the softer SEX
After an existence of II years, 2 months
and 10 days, she departed this life, on
Saturday, the 22nd day of June last. The
subject of this obituary was born on the
memorable 18th of April-which was Sun
day-1s61: the day Fort Sumpter surren-
dered. Jeffs' mistress being violent
secessionist-the reason why is something
no .fellou can find out."'-called the pet
after the arch-angle of the rebellion; but
puss proved by an exemplary life the falsity
of the old adage, or saying, that "children
take after their namesake," being, as her
Borrowing mistress very feelingly expressed
it g honest, eleanly and industrious" which
is more than history records of the man
whose name puss bears. jeff was afflicted
with blindness for several years, but bore
this great deprivation with resignation
On the day of her demise she seemed well,
enjoyed like prudent cat her victuals, and
died very suddenly from paralysis or heart
disease. 1t is the hope of her bereaved
mistress that she will receive the rest
which all good cats are entitled to.
In closing this touching obituary, it is
fitting that we should do so with one of
those fashionable dirges which are consid-
cred so expressive of the regard felt for the
loved and and lest one:
Alas, poor jeff. I mourn thy death,
IT'S fate which all must know;
With gentle hand l lay thee to rest
Where the green bulrushes grow;
Free from those tyrants, boys and dogs,
Who filled thy life with alarms,
May thou sleep as sweet by the cool
marsh bank
As cen in thy mistress arms,
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EoRHNH

THE STORE IN Eli,
Brown Bro. 1t il an oil, ~, o,e"p.I ~ -,
the best locations i'll the t'''o'' '''' an" '''e VI
Possession given at once
Jan q, 1ST2-tf my w WV, roy,p,r
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The Fourth in ElktOn was observed in a

The Fourth in Elkt0n was observed in a
Sabbsth-iike manner, places of business
generally being closed, and the streets
quiet or only occupied by pedestrians in
Sunday Dress. The fire cracker nuisance
to some extent annoyed and marred the
otherwise quiet of the day. We wonder
when our town authorities will reach the
advanced civilization of large cities in pro-
hibiting by ordinance the firing of crackers
on the streets. We hope they will be up
to that point by the next 4th of July.
A fine thunder storm in the evening
helped to cool the air and make the oppres-
sive heat somewhat endurable and afford
a good nights repose. And so passed the
95th anniversary of Independence in Elk
ton. The eclat with which the day was
observed in the early history of the Repub-
lie is falling into disuse each succeeding
year, while a quiet Sabbath-life observation
is taking the place of gunpowder and noise.
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The Crops.-The reports from all parts
of the county are that the yield of wheat is
very small, but the grain is of fair quality.
There are some exceptional fields. Would
it not profitable for farmers to set about to
asceftaining what caused these exceptional
ly good fields in SO unpropitious season?
The grass is also light, with exceptionally
good fields. The same treatment might
have made all the grass fields like these
exceptions. Oats short, but well filled;
Corn very promising.
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The IS Heated Term."-The newspapers

IHt " HtItcu IeTHs'-IH ne HeW SDapeTS
all have paragraphs Of the cheated term"
and everybody is inquiring which was the
h, 'ttest day. In our estimation they are all
hot alike, and that is about as hot as the
sun can well make them, without moving
closer to the equator. In the coolest place
in Elkton, the thermometer was $50 and
from these figures up to 100, where the
sun shines. The city papers report 1909
above zero, aud deaths from heat. In New
York "a fatal cases from sunstroke, and So
not fatal, occurred; 20 cases in Boston,
eight in Philadelphia, and 10 cases in Bal
timOre.
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DUP0NCCS Golden Pills for Females
ARE PERFECTLY HARMLESS,

AND NEVER FAIL,
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One lady writes, She would be willing to pay s. box
or them rather than be without them.
Another lady writes Duponcos Golden Pills relieved
ne in 1.-TWO days. without any Inconvenience like
magic.
beware of Counterfeits" The genuine is now nut
~ in large white boxes containing double quantity"
Pills, and upon each box you will find the L. S.
'evenue Stamp printed from my p ,ate die upon which
u will find the words DupoNCos golden PERIODICAL
lis, in lwhite) letters. None genuine without that
, mp. The small red and yellow boxes are no longer
HI, because OF their being counterfcted.
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Land Sales.-James Black Groome, Esq.
as Trustee, sold, on Tuesday last, an i'm
u, owed lot, in Sassafras Neck, containing
Az acres, of which E. D. X. Richardson,
died seized, to Mrs. Julianna w. Richard
son, Of this county for $4,000. Also,
woodlot on Bohemia Manor, belonging to
Aug. J. Craig and others, to David Scott
County Clerk for 1896. Also wood
lot in Elk Neck, same owner,) contain
ing 50 acres 2 roods, 2s perches, to Rich
ard Thomas, ( sheriff, for $249.72. The
same Trustee also sold, few days ago, a
sarm in Elk Neck, known as the Mousdale
F. .ym, and containing 1872 acres, to John
Gil, hin, of Kittaning, Pa, for $4,000.
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First Dividend Declared.-The National
Bank of Elkton, when Mr.. Tome took hold
of it, was insolvont. $4,000 of the capital
stock was paid up, and the Bank started
on new course of prosperity. At the
Directors meeting, on Tuesday, dividend
of per cent. for the last six months was
declared, the debt of $4,000 having in
addition been cancelled. A bottle of cham
payne was broken over the diminished head
Of Old Liabilities, and from a debt-paying
institution the Bank was pronounced hence
forth diyidepd-payinp concern.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TRUSTEES SALE,

by virtue of Decree of the Circuit Court for Cecil
county, in Chancery the Undersigned Trustee will offer
ut Public Sale, ut the Court House door, in Ekton on
THURSDAY, AUG UST tile LIST, 1872,
between the hours of and o'clock NJ the property
whereof john NJ. Ferguson died seized.
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HOUSE and CORNER LOT.

At Andora, Cecil county, Md
The House is now used Il Dwelling and 49,
Store. The Lot is bounded the east by the 1nll
Plank Road. and on the north 10y the public ,a,, IVA
road leading from Carriers Paper Mill to SCOTS ~ eeN
Mill 1t is almu, surrounded by Mills and Factories
and is first rate stand for business
TERMS-Cash on day of sale.
Costs of Deed and Stamps to be paid by purchaser.
REUBEN HAINES
juno =! lois Trustee,
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E>ERENILIZIC
Peruvian Guano,
Mexican Guano,
Rhodes Super Phosphate
Moro Phillips do,
Whann's Raw Bone do,
Baughs do. do,
Tasker 4 Clarks pure Bone Dust
and other Fertilizers. For sale by
JOHN PARTRIDGE,
Sept l. 1866
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THIRD DISTRICT.
TO- BRIDGE BUILDERS
and CONTRACTORS.

PROPOSALS will be received Ly the County Com.
mssioners Of Cecil county, at their Office in Ekon M
to , O'Clock p. NJ. on - W
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-20

julius Chambers, the amateur luna
tic" Of the New York TiJunc, has shown.
by his successful invasion and expose Of
Bloomingdale Asylum, the perfect
method Of his madness.- A week with
in the walls of private madhouse hss
furnished him with material for sen.
sation which quite rivals that created
by the London Casual" and although
some lofty objections have been made
by the blameless as to his manner of
gaining entrance, the end certainly jus.
titles the means, and that much good
will come of it there can be no doubt.
He has shown how q ma9 may be com,
mitted there bv an interested person.
and while showing no other symptoms
of insanity than nervousness and excita-
bility, may be consig ned to the 'vio-
lent wards, where, by surroundings,
these symptoms are aggravated to al
most any extent. He found, too, that
it is impossible to communicate with
the outside world, as any letter written
by patient 10 his friends is forwarded
or not, at the discretion of the doctor
in charge. Bloomingdale has always
been closed against inspection except
in the usual way of invited committees,
trustees, and occasionally by a reporter
who has seen as much of it as its man.
ayers chose to show him. But Mr..
Chambers has now thrown its doors
open wide. and the public walks
through and judges for itself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-20

In Kansas town lives a man who is
somewhat noted rs money lender and
devoted church member. He came
to the State with little ready money,
and taking advantage of the high rates
of interest paid by land spectators in
that overtraded region, he amassed
quite fortune, and became known by
all as the Shylock of -. Not long
ago he bought lot in the new GENE.
terry, and was contemplating the luxury
of family tomb, and in his bargain
with the stone-cutter it was agreed that
stanza was to be cut upon the monu-
ment. The monument being nearly
completed, the stone cutter called for
his selection. Our friend, handing him
a check in full, replied:
~ am well satisfied with your work |;
the stone suits me exactly. I'll just
trust you to select something appropri-
ate. / am busy now" rr-
The stone.cutter, remembering an old
grudge, and feeling the money was in
his pocket, concluded to show his Gus.
toner's nature up in its own mirror. A
week later, imagine our rich mans
chagrin when, in company with friends,
he had gone to see his expensive shaft
of granite, to find these Words
Here lies old Thirty.r Five Per Cent,
The more he made the less he spent;
Friends and kindred both he shaved,
And how can such soul be savedw
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A Family Paper.

The Steelville Mirror, of Crawford
county, Mo-, is a curious specimen Of
Western pluck and enterprise. The
editor says
\ We have, beyond all question, one Of
the most delightfully."- situated printing
establishments in the world. That's
strong, but we think the facts will sus.
tain it. We ere, literally, in the woods,
being four miles northeast of Steelville,
our nearest mail point, eight miles south.
west Of the Scotia Iron Works, eight
miles south of Leasburg, and ten miles
southeast of Cuba. We print the Mirror
in the woods, but publish it in Steel.
vile, the county seat. We have fitted
up a story.and-a-half frame building 20
KID feet inside, with eight windows and
two doors, standing SO high on the ridge
that we can see the trains all along the
route as they pass between Cuba and
Leasburg, from eight to ten miles dis.
tant. The situation is a most beautiful
one, surrounded, as it is, by nature in all
her pristine ENTHUSIASTICALLY, wild
flowers, myriads Of birds singing around
us all day, and at night the call of the
whippo'- will, the boot of the owl, and
howl of the wolf.
We located our working house out
here for several private reasons, among
which are comfort, pleasure and econ.
omy. We own the Office, and mean to
do what we please with it; we own the
house, which we have fitted up to suit
ourselves and we own the farm of two
hundred and thirty acres on which the
printing. house. stands. We have six
children, the youngest ten years old, all
Of whom can, and do. set type. Our
Oldest daughters, Nellie and Dollie, can
each set one thousand ems Of type per
hour all day they also write stories for
the paper, editorials, locals, etc., and
can use the scissors judiciously; while
the eyes of our youngest daughter be.
gin to exhibit POLITICALLY frenzied ap.
pearance.
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The old saw "'tis better to be horn
lucky than born rich" hnds remask-
able illustration in the Gaze Of young
physician Of this State, who. unless re-
port bellies him, has stumbled accident.
ally into the possession of such for
tune as but rarely falls TO one man in q
generation. His name Is 7. L. Matchett.
and he resides somewhere in the CEN
trail part OF Illinois. The story of his
good luck Is, to say the least, q marvel.
GUS one. Our information is derived
from gentleman who is travelling
through this section in the interest of 4
business house, and who was in the city
yesterday. He is friend Of the fortu-
nate physician, who, it appears, is not
yet aware of his unexpected elevation
to wealth. We give the tale as it fell
from the travellers lips:
In the month of September, 1855.
Mr.. Matchett, then a residen. of Spring.
field, H., was passing through Chicago,
and while waiting for the train at the
Burlington and Quincy depot he saw a
lady with child in her arms, also wait
ing for the train. The lady was appar-
emily a stranger in the land, and seem.
ed to have no escort. While still in the
depot the child, a little girl, was seized
with sudden and violent sickness, and
the mother was seriously alarmed. Mr..
Matchett CALAMITY rushed to her assist
ance, took care of the child, and hap
pening to be well informed in regard to
infantile complaints, he succeeded in
restoring it to health before the train
started. His timely act of assistance,
coupled with the tender and friendly
manner in which it was rendered, COM
pletely won the lady's heart, and she
was profuse in her expressions of graft
tude. But at this moment the train
came, and the young man, bidding her
a hasty adieu, jumped into car and
was off. The lady, before depai ting on
another train, made inquiries concern
ing him. and founh out all about Mr..
Matchett and where he lived, and then
she jumped into car and was off.
Here endeth the FIRST chapter of the
romance. Passing over the Intervening
pages, which are perfect blank, we
rush at once to the denouement.
A few months ago the lady died in
the town OF Aberdeen, Scotland, and in
her will she bequeathed to her bene-
factor the handsome fortune of 100000.
1t is said that the money is already de.
posted in some Eastern bank awaiting
its claimant.
Such is, in substance, the strange
story related by the commercial gentle
man. Should it prove to be founded on
fact, DR.. Matchett, wherever he is, has
reason TO be grateful for encountering
that blessed baby. If he is married,
and is the father of promising boy, he
had better send the lad at once to Mare
schal College, Aberdeen, to be educated.
There new romance might naturally
grow out of an old one. The little girl
would now be about seven years DID,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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WILLIAM WALLACE Bruce, a gentle.
man we'll known to New Workers as a
clerk Of VIM. B. Astor, has, after forty
years faithful duty, been honorably re.
tired by his employer. Mr.. Bruce en-.
tered the Office Of the late John Jacob
Astor in the year 1882, and has faith.
fully discharged the duties Of his posi-.
ton to this time. He was an associate
and fellow.clerk Of the late Fitz Greene
Halleck, the poet who, at one period Of
his life was in the employ of the Astors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-20

THE women of Massachusetts are 10
have a college of their own, endowed
with $4OO,OOO.
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Gross Extravaganza and Bare
faced Swindling.
hat Civil Service Reform Means,
" Practiced by the Grant
Administrations
ling Figures.

The New York World has been print.
ing a series of articles, from day to day,
exposing the gross frauds and extrava.
eance practiced by the Grant office
holding machine in the collection of
internal revenue. We have collated
these articles, and present them to our
readers, in the order in which they ap-
peared in the World. They certainly
exhibit most startling and Infamous
system of stealags, and furnish highly
interesting chapter of reading for those
who profess to believe that the present
Administration is not the most corrupt
and incompetent that ever cursed a
civilized people:
GRANTS BKEY.EATERs IN MAIZE.
The monarchs Of England In the good cid
times INDUCED in regiment Of what were
called Bsef-eatsrs. The functions OF these
people we're not exactly defined all that is
clearly known Of them is that they we're the
personal machines Of the monarch. We can
conclusively show that our President has also
his Beef-eaters in almost every State Of the
Union. We will give to-day the cost OF tho
Beef-eaters in Maine. who are kept for no
other purpose than to aid IN political jobs.
BY the recent repeal OF certain internal
taxes there are now ouly four articles that
really require the supervision Of ass ssors and
collectors. viz. spirits, fermented liquors,
tobacco, and banks. There are five districts
in Maine, and we give below the actual re-
cspts Of revenue from these four articles in
four out of the five districts, with the cost OF
their collection:
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the First District OF Georgia. the Grant car.
pet-bag Beef-eaters deducted s24, 900, and left
for the Treasury el7,929.s7.
There are four districts in Georgia. Why,
we ask could not the Second District take
care OF these $4l, 0l9 taxes collected In the
First District? Or can any non-partisan,
honest man believe that it requires an ex-
penditure OF $4,000 to collect tll. 929 I?
1t must naturally be great comfort TO the
great civil-service and revenue reformer,
George William Curtis, that in all these ex.
posed districts the employees are well up in
what he 30 much prizes arithmetic. The ad.
dition Ito thems elves) and the division CT these
Eeef-eaters will challen Persia, China, Mexico
offce-holders in Turkey. civil-servlce reformed
co. and host Of similar 60 the nevy Of all the
countries.
One thing we may feel sure Of, VIZ, that
the recipients Of the ga. 900 in the First
District Of Georgia will vote for Grant and
Wilson and that is. in the eyes of the stiff
Howadji, the very essence of civil-service re-
form.
GRANTS BEEF -EATERs IN MISSISSIPPI
In the First aud Third Districts OF Misss-
sippi there was collected i'm 1901 from the
four taxable articles for internal revenue the
following amount
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eaters the following table will be found ser.
viceabet
Total for Percentage for
:, District. collected collecting. collecting.
First ....-......s2. 6le37 $4,000 Nearly s7ls
Third...-...... l6.3O5.2j 1900 Fraction over li6
Totai soscted;.. .$36 1923 go
TOTAL cost Tor G. llectng 100 90
Deficiency paid by the Treasury to the Beef.
eaters in the above two dis, cis........... 76ss
II 1t does not make any material difference
we would respectfully suggest to the Presi-
dent and that great civil-service reformer
George William Curtis to reform the above
before the Presidential election.
GRANTS BEEF-EATERs IN TEXAS.
For the -four items left in the statute from
which internal revenue taxes arc collected.
the amounts as given below show the sums
collected in 1871, and the cost for collecting
them appropriated for 1928, for the State of
Texas:
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!, Amount appropriated in 1928 to collect
ths above, ga, O00-which 10 fraction over
9! per cent. for collection. or the above
sAl,s2s.S7 taxes ground out Of the people In
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-10

Madison, Wis, 0. The majority of the
members of the legislature have arrived. The
contest for Speaker has narrowed down to
Hall and Swaine. The Governors message
will be lengthy document, devoted mainly to
State affairs, giving however some space tor
national matters, especially postal telegraph
Cleveland, O., 9. Carl Martins died on
Sunday night from trichnia spirialis. His
wife and two children are sick and the former
is unlikely to recover.
Milwaukee, 9. The sale commenced yes
terday a: Menasha land Office of two town.
ships of land on reservation of the Stock
bridge and Munsie tribes of Indians in
Shawana county.
Lowell, Mass, .. The directors of the
Lowell Hosiery Company met to-day and de-
clared a six months dividend Of ) per cent.
The manager, w. +. Solmon, recommended
an increase of capital sufficient to double the
products of the mills, which was referred to
committee to report at the stockholders
meeting on Monday next. The treasurer,
DIR. Hosford, made a very favorable financial
exhibit of the condition of the Company.
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EUROPEAN NEWS.

London, 9. The city journals have arti-
cles on the assassination o.. Fisk. They cite
the cases OF Richardson and Critterdcn, and
attribute the frequency Of such deeds to the
peculiar civilization Of America, and de-
nounce the laxity Of public sentiment and the
weakness of the courts which made the prac-
tice of CARRYING concealed weapons so gen
eral in the United States. The Times ar
riyes at the conclusion that the assaSsins pis-
tol only killed Fisk, the spirit of which he
was the incarnate representative is still liy
ing in the city of New ork.
The Queen and members Of the royal family
have gone to Osborne.
DR.. Justo Arosemena had an audience with
the Queen yesterday at Windsor Castle. and
presented his credentials as Minister of the
United States Of Columbia.
The announcement that the trials of the
hostages taken by the Germans for outrages
committed on their soldiers in France would
commence to-day was premature.
A committee of the republican electors OF
Paris called on Vautrian to-day and begged
him to remember that his election was an ex-
preston of the people desire that the assem-
blv return to Paris.