The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
Late News Items.
Michigan has 500 ORANGES.

Michigan has 500 oranges.
Small pox is reported in Trenton. n. J.
The Brooklyn theatre is not to be rebuilt
The Brooklyn theatre relief fund exceeds
$33, 600.
Wilmington is building narrow-gauge
railroad cars for Brazil.
Congress is considering the creation of
two or more new territories.
There are ., 200 applications for space in
the permanent international exhibition.
Vice President elect Wheeler has been
too Ill to appear in his seat in the House.
Philadelphia has just about as many in
habltants as the whole of South Carolina.
At $40 o'clock on Christmas night. the
Convent at Montreal. Canada, was burned
The Nuns barely escaped with their lives
Thirteen boarders are missing.
The electoral vote of Florida as cast by
the republican electors, has been received
by Senator Ferry, Vice President pro- tenn
No receipt for the vote was given to the
messenger.
Late kilograms are looked upon as set
ting it that the Plenary Conference at
Constantlnople is to come to nothing, and
that the invasion of Turkey by Russia is
now but matter of a few days time.
The East room and parlors in the White
House, at Washington, are being prepared
for the New ear reception, next Monday.
AS 1t will be the last official New Years
levee of President Grant, large attend
ance is anticipated.
The very bad condition of the pavements
is noticed in telegram from Washington,
and several instances are mentioned of
heavy falls, producing sprains, and, in more
than one case, broken limbs. One man,
who slipped and fell on the steps of a
house, was literally impaled on the spikes
of fence, causing death in few minutes
package was sent to the National Bank,
at Chicago, a few days since. from the
Treasury Department at Washington. 1t
was supposed to contain $4,000, but on
being opened nothing but blank paper was
found. The robbery is supposed to have
occurred in the cash room of the Treasur-
er's office, at Washington. The secret SER
vice agents are working up the case.
g Stone walls do not a prison make"
was the conclusion of John Clark Sam
Collyer and Fiddler Merry, as they fought
and fought and fought in the prison yard
at Trenton, one day last week, hammering
by way of variety, a .jailor who interfered
in their pastime. Afterwards quoted by
the shower bath, they now pine in solitary
wretchedness in the darkest cells in the
penitentiary.
Cronin, the Tilden Elector from Oregon,
on Wednesday, took his returns from the
safe of the National Hotel, in Washington,
and deposited them with Senator Ferry,
President pro tempore of the Senate. Gro
min was accompanied by Representative
Lane, of Oregon. and Senator Bogy, of
Missouri the latter giving him the intro
duction to Mr.. Ferry As in the case of
Florida, no receipt was given for the
returns.
The situation in Florida has been still
further mudded. The notice for meet
ing of the Returning B ,ard to recanvass
the vote, in obedience to the mandate of
the Supreme Court, was withdrawn, on
Wednesday morning, by the Secretary of
State, McLin. McLin and Cowgirl refused
to obey the order of the Court and an
nounced their intention to file motion to
vacate the rule and set aside the man
damus. After their refusal to recanvass.
Attorney General Coke, the other member
of the board, made the recount himself,
from the face of the returns, giving Drew,
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
497 majority. and the Tilden Electors a
majority of "a. He filled these returns in
the Clerks office, as directed by the Court.
Subsequently McLin and Cowgirl agreed to
recanvass, and the full Board met for the
purpose in the afternoon. The majority,
by throwing out Clay county, and adop-
ting what the Democrats alege to be
false return from baker county, gave Drew
1875 majority, and the Hayes Electors 506.
A protest was entered by the Attorney
General. The Supreme Court will review
the action of the Board. In the meantime,
ex Attorney General Williams has gone to
Tallahassee, and Judge Wood, of the L.
S. Court, is also reported to be going there.