The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-11-07
GENERAL NEWS.

Trains arriving at Cleveland ON Satur-
day from Buffalo were covered with snow
two inches in depth. The storm was be-
tween Buffalo and Erie.
The Patrons of Uusbandry in Ohio
have awaited themselves Of the general cor
poration laws Of the State, and stand on
the records as a regularly incorporated
body.
1t is reported that there are fifteen
hundred persons sick with typhoid fever in
the town of Darwen-O Over, county of Lam
caster England, being more than one-six-
teenth of the entire population.
The Nebraska Relief and Aid Society
at Omaha are receiving contributions to
meet immediate demands. They have sent
nine car loads of provisions for distribution
among the destitute, and expect to be able
to forward six car loads of provisions and
clothing per week.
The woods along the Ohio river, from
Ironton to Marietta, distance of 100 miles,
are reported to be on fire. The smoke on
the river is said to be so dense as to make
navigation impossible. The fires in the
pine forests in Fairfield and in the swamps
near Akron, Ohio, are burning fiercely.
ue new Olh uTupIC du
examination of the records of the various
candidates in that city for the Board of
Aldermen and for the Legislature, and the
exhibit is a sorry one for both parties,
although the Tammany nominations show
much the larger allowance of scamps.
Among the candidates there are sixteen
liquor dealers, twelve of them unlicensed.
After going through the list i'll detail, it
sums up as follows:
Not in the directory, 8
No visible means of support,
Reflects of the ring, II
"Strikers,'' 16
Carpet baggers and adventurers, 5
Reported habitual drunkards, 81
AT the session of the Episcopal Con-
vention on Saturday the committee of con-
ference appointed by the House of Bishops
and the House of Delegates, reported the
amended Canon on Ritual, and it was fin
ally passed. The amended canon is, in its
main provisions. the same as at first re-
ported and passed by the House of Dele
gates. The two first specifications of prac-
tees forbidden, the use of cruitixes and of
incense during the celebration of the Sac
rament, are stricken out and some slight
verbal alterations made. 1t was explained
in the debate preceding the action of the
House that the striking out of the speciti-
cations was not to be taken as approving of
the use of incense or of crucitixes, but to
satisfy the consciences of those who could
not vote for canon that declared such use
symbolical of false doctrine. The vote on
the adoption of the amended canon in the
House of Delegates presented quite as
strong a majority as when the canon was
first acted upon. The proposition to add
rubic to the baptismal service, allowing the
minister discretion in the use of the pray
ers in which the word "regenerate - oc-
ours, was discussed and finally rejected by
large majority. The amendment to the
Constitution of the Church looking to the
providing of shortened form of morning
and evening prayer was adopted. This has
to be acted upon by succeeding general
convention before it can become operative.
The subject of revising the Constitution
and of providing for provincial system
was laid upon the table. The convention
adjourned on Monday to meet at Boston
three years hence.