The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-20
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american soaller on so tender spot as the
gratifying announcement have mentioned.
1t is unfortunately true that our favorite
Rational beverage has not yet touched the
Zero of ante bellum times, when three
cents procured a respectable eye-opener,
5and twelve and half laid the foundation
bf first class drunk; but with fall from
Aifteen to six, may we not hope for further
deduction, till we reach IA condition OF
sbeatitude where the most incorrigible bum
Emer and sot shall have nothing whatever to
complain of.
The operation of our new license law
has been productive of some remarkable
effects. In front of hundreds of gin-mills
now, you see signs, "Mike Finnegan's
Inn, " " Pat Murphy's Hotel, Accumulation
for man and baste." The latter portion at
least is true, though even the accommoda-
itions for thehuman beasts there sheltered are
somewhat limited. But the sigh satisfies
the law, and policeman 2,79G passes by
with his left eye shut on Sunday that he
may not see the illicit rum which is doing
its work of murder under the cover of the
law and under the nose of the policemen.
4 party of colored sailors just home from
foreign cruise, strolling around the city,
brought up with round turn in the classic
regions of Baxter street. For the benefit
of my friends not acquainted with the
geography of New York, l will mention
th.t is Of tbp main
nues that leads to the Five Points. No
person should mistake these for the five
points of fellowship, for they are not; but
very much the reverse; though if you hap
pen to be stranger, they are always ready
to take you in. The Five Points has never
been remarkable for Churches or Bible
societies, or Young Mems Christian Asso
Citations, and the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions might here find field of more
profitable labor than in the kingdom of
Dahomy or even the Fijee Islands,
where a picked missionary is con-
sidered dainty dish to set before a
king. The sailors, as l have said, found
friends and haven in Baxter street, and
for time " all went merry as marriage
bell;' whisky, such as it was, was plen-
tiful, and the dusky charms of number
of sable beauties added to the interest of
the occasion; but in due time the fire water
began to do its work, and the sailors set
upon one of the frequenters of the den;
the fray became general, every one taking a
hand; chairs, stoves, pint pots, tumblers
and decanters giving decided tone to the
engagement. AT last huge negro named
Wilson drew keen-edged razor from his
pocket, and from the execution he did
within about two minutes and a half, it
was evident that if not barber he was at
least given to barber-ous practices and
understood how to use razor. One man
had slice of his nose taken off, another
lost an ear, third came off minus his left
cheek, while fragments of colored sailors
lay scattered around in admirable confu-
sion, enough to stock a second-class medi-
cal museum.
We had a startling sensation on Friday
in the surrender of the forger, w. C. Gill
man, of whom l spoke last week. He con-
fessed his crime in full, and was immedi
ately sentenced to five years in the State
prison. The prisoner was surrounded by
his family and friends, and the tears rolled
down the face of the district attorney as
he rected the charge. Gilman was a
nephew of Henry Ward Beecher.
The temperance ball has fairly begun to
roll-enthusiastic meetings taking place
every night in Brooklyn and New York
The Catholic Churches are taking the mat
ter in hand many priests are working
zealously in the cause, and the result will
undoubtedly be rich and abundant har-
vest.
l must apologize to my lady friends for
having neglected my usual excellent notice
of the latest Fall fashions, and knowing
how useful they are to ladies who intend
visiting the city, l can only regret that I
have deferred it to this late day. The hats
are indescribable, varying from two and
half to fourteen inches. All fall hats should
have rim or else be without them. The
proper thing is to wear them on the extreme
back of the head, or else balanced on the
nose with a slight inclination to the left
ear. Laces for frills, collars or ties should
be dragged three times around the back
yard before using, or if you have not time
for this and your husband chews tobacco,
he can fix them all right for you in "a very
few minutes. The hair is done up in sew
enteen lines of scollops, in fixing which a
tallow candle may be of service. Little
ornaments are worn on the side of the nose
and on the cheek TO resemble lame mosuui-
toes or rheumatic flies. If unable fnan-
cially to get the latest sly es of Bonnets, put
on your darkest dress and get SOM youny
friend to shake a featl er bed over you; in
the distance the effect is remarkably pic
turesque and pleasing. The skirts are long
and sweeping, and are usually trimmed
with straw, brown paper, mud and tobacco
guilds. The mud is growing scarcer since
the Fall dresses have appeared, and guilds
are in active demand. Stockings of every
shade are fashionable, from limited pea
green to sky blue scarlet; high heeled shoes
costume.
Our great aquarium az the present time
rejoices in devil fish whose tentacles are
forty feet long. All New York has rushed
to see him and now our country cousin are
pouring in upon us to get look at this
ocean wonder. The aquarium is now one
!. OF Our established institutions, and is one
of the most interesting exhibitions in the
city.
Gilmore's concert at the Hippodrome
drew out an immense crowd; the receipts
were fabulous and Paddy Gilmore reioices
accordingly. The benefit to Edwin Adams,
now lying sick in Chicago, took place on
Friday afternoon and the result was
crushing honse and an addition of several
thousand dollars to the depleted treasury
of that favorite tragedan. The weather
has changed in the past week; the sign of
close OF Summer are unmistakable; bust
ness continues lively; Beecher received an
ovation on his return from his Summer
vacation, and DR.. Hall, of the Fifth
Avenue, after eating olives in Jerusalem
and Sauer k rout in Germapv cows tLo,o -