The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-30
Found Dead.-Jesse Acros, one of tho

Found Dead.-Jesse Acros, one of the
track men of the railroad, discovered a
man lying dead under COW culvert, yester
day morning. He was conveyed to Elk
ton and the usual inquest held over the
body in the Jail yard. DR.. Ellis was inter-
rogated by the Coroner and gave it as his
opinion, after examining the body, that he
had died from natural causes. He bore
all the marks of a played out old tramp,
whose thread of life h ad snapped suddenly.
He was dirty and lousy beyond conception.
He had small rings in his ears and a ring
on one of his fingers, and rags OH his per-
son. The doctor thought life had been
extinct probably 20 hours before he was
found. The miserable creature had gone
down to a rvulet that flowed under the
culvert to cool his feet and get drink,
perhaps, and there tainted to wake in
another world.
Registration of VOters.-The registra-
ton of voters will take place in each Dis
trict on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 10th, 10th and 18th of September
The Registers will open the books Of regis
tration at the voting place, or near that, in
each District, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon
and close at G o'clock P. NJ, each day.
Tho officers of Registration are, for the
First District, John Wroth; Second Dis
trict, Noble Biddle; Third District, VIM.
R. Gilpin; Fourth District, Benjamin c.
Cowan; Fifth District, Granville S. JEFF
fries; Sixth District, Robert A. Evans;
Seventh District, Clarence L. lamar;
Eighth District, John J. Bennett; Ninth
District, II. II. Duyckinck. These regis
tration notices ought to be officially publish
ed in both party papers-in some counties
it is customary-but our county officers
are economical in the sense implied in the
old proverb, of saving at the tap while they
lot run at the bung. The registers will all
do their duty it is most probable, as we'll
as they know how; and it may be of some
advantage to them to be assisted slightly
by one or two members of the Republican
party where cases of uncertainty arise.
hiSo SOulC VI IuCul tiO ioe az OH hOtou ioi
clerical ability. Last year there was con-
siderable complaint, that careless, or inef-
ficient management, or worse, appeared Oh
the certified lists of voters which were
placed in t he hands of tho judges of cleo
ton; and if the latter officers had not
placed as liberal construction on the law,
which, in some instances, amounted to
stritching-a number of persons would have
been cut out of their votes. The Registers
were called upon in several cases, by the
judges to "explain" and amend, and we
heard of instances where the Register not
being present or to be found in which the
party lost his vote through clerical negli-
gence in copying the lists or misspelling
names. Such things ought not to occur,
and it would be great assistance to the
Registers if candidate of each party or
some other persons we'll acquainted in the
District would attend the places of Regis
tration while the work is going on. We
believe onr Third District list was scrupu-
lousy correct. But then we are pretty
much all "quill drivers" in Elkton. The
more rural districts are not so favored in
this respect.