The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-12-25

Bennett of the New York Herald has
organized an expedition to hunt up Boss
Tweed, for whom a reward of ten thousand
dollars is offered.
-Four thousand quail are to be set free
by the West Jersey Game Protective Society
in Cape May county, after the expiration
OF the cunning season.
The Municipality of Paris has contrib
uted $4,000 toward the subscription to send
deputation of French workmen to the
Philadelphia Exhibition.
In Kentucky, rabbits are so numerous
as to be great nuisance and, "circular
! rabbit hunts" conducted on horseback,
constitute fashionable amusement.
Mr.. Stanton says: Six hundred millions
of people on this globe constantly toll all
their lives long, while IL, 0OO, 900 sit quietly
and complacently by, gathering the results
to themselves.
"A petition one-eighth of mile long,
with over thirty thousand names attached,
praying for the repeal of the bank-check
stamp tax, has been presented in the House
of Representatives.
"A sexton of statistical turn of mind
in New York, keeps a book in which he
registers the size of the hands of every
man who ever acted as pail bearer at
funerals of which he had charge.
"A new Paris telescope brings the moon
to within ten miles of the EARTH and q
Michigan woman thinks that if she we're
given room to yell, she could get up con-
versaton with some other woman I'D there.
Over one hundred and nine-seven thou
sand trees were planted in Minnesota, dur
ing the tree planting season, by contestants
for certain premiums which had been offered
to those planting the largest number.
I'm New York fair has been held for
| the benefit of "All Angels Church." This
ought to be happy church. Most churches
would be glad to be all Christians, but how
great their privileges and joys when they
are all angels.
1t is announced in an English paper
that the company of scholars which is en-
gagged in revising the King James version
of the Scriptures, has proceeded with it's
work upon the Old Testament as far as the
book of jeremiah.
From England we have information
that working people will no longer be able
to earn the wages of the past three years,
and those of them who have not been
thrifty in the days of their prosperity will
probably now suffer.
There are now seven steam canal boats
successfully plying in the coal trade on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and it is rumor-
ed that some gentlemen of capital are
about to engage in building steam canal
boats on grand scale.
The number of Oranges in the United
States is over $4,000, and the membership
over 100000 The order has its greatest
strength in the Northwestern and Western
States. In Pennsylvania, it is claimed, the
membership is over 10000.
1t has been five hundred years since
bank failure occurred in China. The fact
that, when such an event takes place, all
the officers have their heads cut off and
flung into corper with the assets, may
possibly have had something to do with
this.
On Friday last, William Lloyd CARR
son celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
the residence at Newburyport, by taking
his position at the case, and performing
the work of a compositor on the Herald of
that city, paper on which he set type half
century ago.
The Scientific american says:-"Tubs
and pals saturated with glycerine, will not
shrink and dry up, the hoops will not fall
off, and there will be no necessity for keep
ing these articles soaked. Butter firkins
keep fresh and sweet and can be used a
second time
One of the wealthiest men of New
York began life in buying up old flour bar
rels. From this he went into old oil bar
rels. The panic struck him with one mil
lion oil barrels on hand. His personal losses
within the last three months have been
$3.50, 900 on shrinkage.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
of Philadelphia have resolved not to parade
on the 18th of March next, as has been
their custom. The annual parade of the
Union on the Fourth of July next, it is
contemplated to make a memorable one in
the history Of the organization.
ALI rhe turkeys who were fortunate
enough to slip by Thanksgiving day have
held meeting and adopted resolution to
the effect that, owing to hard times, it does
not seem appropriate or fitting that any
particular attention be paid to Christmas
or New Years day this season.
The Pennsylvania coal gas machine,
now in use at the office Of the Pottsville
Miners Journal, produces gas of a supe-
ior quality at less than one dollar per 1000
feet. By it gas is generated from the gas
coal and the coke may be used for fuel, as
is done with the coke from other gas works.
1t is estimated that at the close of
1875, 207,677 steam engines of all classes
and descriptions were in use throughout
the world. These united engines repre-
sented &c, 900, 600 horse power that is, were
equivalent to the power of 25, O0O 900 horses
working night and day, or to the labor of
200, 0O0, 900 men.
The International Revenue report
shows that of a total revenue of $2SS, 000,-
600 the Government last year drew $780,
900 from spirits and tobacco alone,
and it is believed that the better enforce
ment of the law against illicit distillation
will this year bring the yield of the whisky
tax alone from s54, 900, 900 up to $50, 0OO,-
900.
"A lace dress, worth six thousand dol
lars, seized by the Custom House officers
some time ago as struggled goods, is now
before the United States court at New
York. 1t was made in Brussels, Belgium,
l. ". 80 L.. IL, Do;