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THE COURTS.

Ia the sseendancy for place and powet.
JUar,1lA.
THE COURTS.
Applications fnr DIvorrn--. Criminal fyusincas
--.Judkmenta at1 New Suits,
Judge Drunmond has not yet returned.
Yesterday Wa defau1t.day Iu the Circuit Court.
Tomorrow will be The last Jay OF service 10 tho
July tarm Of tho Superior Court.
DIVORCES.
Margaret Murtha was tbe only one yesterday who
found her matrimonial bonds too heavy. She was
married twenty Ave years ago to Jamcs Murtha,
and after quarter Of a century Of welded hsppi.
nces fndulsed In a reasonable hops that It would
continue during her life. lint last Tuesday slo
discovered tlat her husband had boeu un.
faithful 10 her that very day, and she
lost no time Ia seeking lawyer
70 get divorce for her. James owns two saloons
from which he il receiving good lncome and rho
asks for suitable alImony and COSTS and for m In
junction 10 prpvent him from d!spoang OF his
property bcfosc she obtains her decree. The In.
| Junction WAS granted by Judge Fasvell without
bond.
Judge Fssrell grautea decree o1 divorce yes-
ssfdaya 70 70 Masy ioch from f''eF 1oeh on the
UNITED STATES COURTS.
John L. Parwoll teran a ault ior 81. 900 Yestes.
day sxainss he9ert @ liopkins.
Of John 7. CottlnK commenced an action to re-
| @ Sossr $3.0D damages of the Traders National
EFasta: + 1trt Ct al, eroughs snlt 70, s., 600
The Connecticut Mutual Life.Insn,ance Com
t. obei, John r. w6te ' Jamca ~ H. 1na Jeep.on spun
and Louisa a. Jefferson. 70 forccloso mortgage
f., ss: W %.sst 81 t.; M T. "a 5t osl
| BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.
James G. lfylc, a real-estale dealer at No. 1875
Dearborn street and member of ths tfm of Eogue
1 q Ia
cured debts ioot Up sGa, OIL IS ths sccusities heiug
,c werth a ~ I;o 1be nn,seated amount 70 sep.
valued At 81, 700 heavily .incumbered; bilk and
sa.. tss"s ss s.ss 81 H. 'a wast s Al. +,
have At different tines been pledged with divers
Rarttss t9 tssuts 1oanA Tho case was referred 70
directed to sei1 the bankrupts assets nfier TIRES
nae ia ,tSe t1,s eass 81 JoIn IT, sxe.,s o'a'f "aS
The Assignee Of Thomas liastiu was directed to
advertise toI nlds for asties stock after isu days
The Composition Of John G. 0ocbel was con.
,I5 p,aatora Hancock was appointed Assignee Of
ss%ps.iss & per cent eas5 ss on s asSsss aean:
aSaes aeSSs M b e'setSd for Edwin ]. Decker
"A. sGfmpo'.on 2, |s =, esgs VII s hsla ts same
". Burch.
SUPERIOR COURT IN BRIEF.
pa. =. .asstnst M AartY O. Robinson. laytng an,agcs
Sisst;p 'Ss;HH 4, Good md A. e. Knoo, ,.oon mi,
fo5 j. oo5 ae.inst ch.sle. Fosses:p D's"' ''''
g. goo tfem ths Chicago. Fila soathresisfa Il esGsea
jseeb psn1 aIs9 . blu sg.ln,t Maria Frsder.ha
Yen Yen lIol!en Emsl!a, olga, Anna. and Henry Won
To forertnse trnst .ec1 for ~ IN ~ - prs.it
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New York SUP correspondent LaA very in-
tsrcat[ng aecouEt of tho cx,tute OF white whales
for the New York and cunay Island A4uArups
from tbetr nadsa hagpss 1t ths sls 4ux Cpou1es In
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SEWING NlAUkaIMESs

T0 FtRST. CLASS MACHINES. ALL KINDS. TO LIE
elossd q haif ths prtcca; 10. your chance
chtnE. Private leaa oMcr. lis t:iatk.t1, E0uul =.
PERSONAL
1)EAsOkAL-:TOuT." MUTE To ME-, AN VERY
/ Au1t0ut. AddrsAs T0or, :Tltuas uncc.
7)EnsoSAL-R. r. MAnSE-;ALL Tut2 NOUN
J. 1uk u Tribune for lsstsrJ (. 4. ~
, 1877-06-21
sALEM w1rc11cnArT ouTDoNE,

9ALEM W1TCllCHAFT CUTDONE,
The young daughter OF Elijah Nichols, a bluck-
smith OF 1Icrdstown, n. j., Ii afflicted In the most
singular and mystehnns manner Sta predicted
eyll against her 18th birthday, which btfell on tho
18th OF October last. and since TINT date she his
been bcd-rtdden and patnlyzed. Al times thcro
appears under the connterpane Of her bed a ptcs.
encG ~ of 4 rat. rabbit, or che swlftly moving
from place to place and clud,ns detection In vain
10 tho bed stripped. OF the patient removed to
another place; tho "prcsenCe" 10 only powetless
to act when tho mother sleeps will tho child,
Tho phys.cians. no less. than thu Clergy, md
tt1s common folk OF alt the countryside, orc
bntrlcd. Crowds coms daily 10 sen the mye-
terry. On one rccent occasion. BIZ. Richards.
Mayor of Dover, held bis sttd hat above Tho
t'presence,~ and tho hat received blow TINT
crushed IL Violent blows have been giyen To the
hand, 10 . cano. and 70 other objects held ont over
tho place where tho ''picsence" !" waa, and, need
,ess to say. nttnmpts 10 grab tho presence hnvu
failed. All the while tho girl lies tn0Aalng 40 N
terror o. pain md her position In tho bed would be
plainly snch as to show TINT the mysterious move-
tncntA were not cauBcd By her. The girl hsa been
known to ahstn!n from ill tood for the space pf
fifteen daya, and Tor some weeks past she has onty
received l!ttle milk dalJ, yet her face " fair,
and. when tho yattaton fs not nigh, her sleep In
apparently heallhful. IIor parents arc plain and
honas1 people. who view this nIil!cklon not 10
b turned 10 ntcount for notorlcty or money. The
poighbofs, unable 10 account for It tn any other
way, hava tole1nn'y dectred withcFaEt against m
old woman living hnlnnE tha,u, and charms are In
active demand. .-ErtAangs.
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vyANTED-mALE HELP.

IsooAkecpers. Clerks. etc.
WANTED-1o EMPLOY. MAN WHO HAS
hta efpertence ~ shipping clerk Or check clerk
a. railroad depot; sitaation permanent wages f3s 70
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24
REPLEVIN.
BY MARGARET VANDERBILT.

He was youth all simpleness,
And she a maiden full of wiles:
How could the rustic ever guess
That mischieflur beneath such smiles?
She did not wish his heart to break
For pastime ere she went to town.
But just to keep herself awake,
And win, perhaps, some slight renown.
She tiirted with him at the well,
She tilrted with him in the wagon,
And at her meals-though, truth to tell,
His mother watched her like dragon.
He cut her pencils when she drew,
He cut her name on several beeches-
In fact, he did the best he knew,
And racked his brain for pretty speeches.
The thing went on some little while,
Until at last the maid grew weary;
She could not always raise a smile,
The country, too, was growing dreary;
She thought she'd try new effect,
And so, without the slightest warning,
She said to her tlrtee elect.
m going home TO morrow morning."
She scanned his face for signs of grief
But what she saw surprised her, shghtly:
a look of most intense relief
Appeared there, and he answered brightly.
sc I'm thankful-no-I mean to say,
hope you'll find some other fellows
TO tiirt with, if you come our way
Again, for Sue S most awful jealous,
I've tried to tell you, but somehow
| always felt SO dreadful sheepish,
And next thing, there'd "a been a row,
For really. it was getting deepish.
on see, we're promised, Sue and me
She's bright, though she's not had much
schooling
She said last night she'd set me free.
Unless I'd say I'd quit this fooling,
"Of course | said would but then
| wondered what you'd think about me,
| thought I'd catch it. sure, again,
on seemed SO lonesome like without me-
| never thought that You might hear
From some one else of my engagement,
But mas been telling you, it's clear
He wondered what her look ofrage meant,
Scrib"er for Apru.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24
A WHALE CAUGHT BY TELEGRAPH.

Some time ago the Singapore ocean tele-
graph cable was injured by a lance of a saw
fish. A still more extraordinary accident,
by which the Persian Gulf cable was broken,
is chronicled in the Engineering as follows:
" The cable between Kurrachee and
Gwadur "a distance of about three hun
dred miles suddenly failed on the evening
of October the 4th. The telegraph steamer
amber Witch, under the command of Cap
tain Bishop, with the electrical and engi-
neering staff, under Mr.. Henry Nance, pro-
ceeded on the following day to repair the
damage which, by tests taken at either end,
appeared to be one hundred and eighteen
miles from kurrachee. The cable was sue
cessfully grappled within quarter of a
mile of the fault.
The soundings at the fault were very
irregular, with overfalls from thirty to sew
enty fathoms. On winding in the cable
unusual resistance was experienced, as if
it were foul of rocks; but after persevering
for some time, the body of an immense
whale, entangled in the cable, was brought
to the surface, where it was found to be
firmly secured by two and half turns Of
the cable Immediately above the tall
Sarks and other fish had partially eaten
the boiy, which was rapidly decomposing,
the jaws falling away on reaching the sur
face The tail, which measured fully 10
feet across, was perfect and covered
with barnacles at the extremities.
Apparently the whale was at the time of
ENHANCEMENT, using the cable to free him
self from parasites such as barnacles which
annoy whales very much, and the cable
hanging in deep loop over a submarine
precipice he probably, with flip of his
tail, twisted it round him and then came
to an untimely end.
This is, without exception, the most ex
traordinary accident that has happened to
any submarine cable which has come within
our knowledge, although many strange
accidents have arisen. In one case the
cable across the river Yaa. in the Isle of
Wight, was broken by bullock which,
falling overheard, got entangled in the ca
BILE, finally breaking it,"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24

If you have too much music in your
sole, soak the bottom of your shoes.
In Switzerland, the oldest Republic in
Europe, the elections are held on Sunday.
John Tennial is one of the artists of
London Punch. He is not related to Cen
Tennial.
The Virginia House has passed a reve-
nue. bill laying a tax of one cent on each
drink sold at bar.
"A tropical Georgian maid said she
would rather be a black bombazine band
on her adored ones hat than live without
him.
-" Which is the bottom of a batter
cake?' is the question that impedes the
progress of the Lagrange kentucky de-
batting club.
Albany has medal. The city boasts
of man who is so cold -blooded that dog
who bit him i'll the leg had all his front
teeth frozen.
"A Vermont paper recently closed an
obituary of young lady thus: "She had
an amiable temper, and was uncommonly
fond of ice cream
-Baldheaded men are SO numerous in
Chicago that an audience in that city is
said to look, when viewed from above, like
Il cobble pavement
An Iowa paper tells of a smart wife
that helped her husband to raise seventy
acres of wheat. The way she helped him
was to stand in the door and shake broom
at him when he sat down to rest.
A Welsh town is named Llanpump-
saint. The name seems evasive as to the
main question. 1t is not what land pumps
amt, but what land pumps are, that we
want to know.
chicago newspapers say that St.
Louis bella, travelling in Europe had a last
made exactly like her foot; and she got it
through the Custom House free of charge
as work of art, by pretending that it was
part of Bartholdi's colossal statue of Lib
erty.
Horace Greeley said that of the thou
sands he lent the most he ever received
back was five dollar note inclosed in a
letter, and upon tracing out the writer of
the letter he found it came from a lunatic
in the Utica Asylum who never owed him
a cent.
One of the discoveries made by the
latest Attic explorers is that the length of
the Polar night is 142 days. "What a
glorious place that would be, :" says Brown,
in which to tell a man with bill to call
round the day after tomorrow to get his
money
Dentists have learned to work around
Il sensitive nerve without the nerve having
the most distant suspicion that anything is
going on; and they can extract throbbing
molar 50 dexterously that the tooth some
times keeps on aching a day or two before
it finds itself out.
1t was refreshing variation from the
general run of speeches at temperance
meetings when man got up in Pittsburg,
the other day, and remarked: " Ladies
and gentlemen, to bring my nose to this
state of blooming perfection has cost me,
at the least, $4,000
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24

SCRIBNER FOR APRIL.-Of the "number
of occasional papers on American sports y
announced by Scribners Monthly in last
November, three have already been pub
lished, viz: "Salmon Fishing 90 Bay
Shooting" and ''Trout Fishing in the
Rangeley Lakes" These papers have all
been written by men of recognized author
ity and have uniformly appealed to the
sportsman and not to the "sportng man."
The same may be trnthfully said of the
fourth, "Some American Sporting Dogs"
which appears in the April number, and is
from the pen of William NJ Tieston, Esq.
of the "Forest and Stream" The unique
illustrations of this paper include wood
cuts of celebrated American hunting dogs.
The writer discusses the comparative value
of pointers and settlers, training dogs for
the field, etc. Of the illustrated papers,
Colonel Warnings Farm villages" deals
with the financial and moral disadvantages
Of the present system of isolated farm life,
with plans showing how they can be RENE
died. This paper is to be followed soon by
others on Village Improvements. The
other departments are fuller than usual and
have a wide range of interest. The Lon
don letter in Culture and Progress - is
to be permanent feature. Brio aBrac -
has place in magazine literature not shared
by any similar department.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24

HARPER's MAGAZINE FOR APRIL, 1877.
-Harper's Magazine for April comes to its
host of readers richly laden with even more
than its accustomed variety of instructive
and entertaining matter. The eloquent
history of Renaissance Decorations as ap-
piled to furniture, illustrated with twenty
one superb engravings. DR.. A. L. Gihon
concludes his beautifully illustrated paper
on the Atlantic Islands. In Fiction, this
number is one of marked interest. Besides
the two best serial novels of the season, "a
Woman Halter" and "Erema," there are
four excellent short stories by John Esten
Cooke, A. p. c., T. L. M'Cready, and Re-
beech Harding Davis. The editorial depart
mentS are full of interesting matter on new
themes, new books, new facts in science.
the current events of the month, and timely
humors. The Drauer is especially anus
ing, and contains seven illustrations.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24
THE TELEPHONE.

In the wonderful progress Of science the
time has come when, by the aid of teie-
graph wire stretched upon poles in the usual
way, individuals may converse with each
other in audible tones although separated
by hundreds of miles of space. A man in
Boston may sit at his desk in State street,
and converse with his partner or friend in
Wall street. New York, with as much ease
and facility as if they were sitting side by
side. This is indeed stupendous achieve
ment, and affords evidence that the hidden
powers of Nature are competent, when un-
derstood, to bring ali the nations of the
earth into instantaneous verbal communi-
cation with each other.
The telephone is the invention of Pro-
lessor A. Graham Bell. of Boston, and has
resulted from a course of inductive reason
philosophy Of sound, as related to wave
motions in air, and in metals when induced
by electrical excitation. The instrument is
exceedingly simple and mex pensive, and
to the terminals Of the ordinary telegraph
wires between any two points powerful
compound magnets with coils of wire con-
nected. In front of the poles. surrounded
by these coils of wire, is placed diaphragm
Of iron. \ mouth piece to converge the
sound upon this diaphragm substantially
completes the arrangement. When the
human voice causes the diaphragm to vi
brate, closing and breaking the circuit with
each vibration, electrical fluctuations are
induced in the coils precisely analogous to
the undulations of the air produced by the
voice. These coils are connected with the
line wire, which may be of any length, pro-
vided the Insulation be good. The undua-
tons induced in these coils travel through
the line wire, aud, passing through the
coils of an instrument of precisely similar
construction at the distant station, are again
resolved into ain undulations by the dia-
phragm of this instrument.
In order to attach this device to any lines
of telegraph. it is only necessary to remove
connection with the batteries, close the cir
cult and the work is done. The wire serves
the purpos sc of a speaking tube, and when
cities and towns are connected the results
are the same as if the most perfect tubes
were in use for the purposes of communi-
cation. How far this result can be made
to reach is as yet undetermined, but expert
ments show that the communication is per-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
BY MRS. Z. 7. CoRBETT.

Solomon Schaff was cunning knave,
Eager to make and ready to save,
Fond as a barber might be of a shave"
If only the law its sanction gave.
Now the reason for this recital
Is merely to show that in saving his pelf,
This cunning sharper outwitted himself,
And met with fit requital.
On his fortieth birthday Solomon Schaff
Began to dream of "better half
And to tire of his bachelor living:
OF course, as lie was abnormally thin,
He fancied a fair one with double chin.
- I'm lean and she's fat,
There's profit in that
Quoth he; - get more than I'm giving
Courtship's very extravagant thing"
Said Solomon Schaff. "She'll look for a
ring,
For bonbons, bouquets, and all that;
But shall waste my cash
On such protitless trash?
No, indeed, I'm too sharp for fiat"
Howe'er, when the wedding day drew near,
Mr.. Schaff was seized with bright idea,
SO he found out an artist needy.
4" want portrait, you want some cash, ="
Briefly he said to young Rubens Flash;
" A half length will do,
That's half price for you,
You'd better agree, you're so seedy.'
Well, Flash was in want, so the bargain
was struck.
"Ho! ho"' said solomon, I'm in luckw
And he scarce could smother litter.
Flash worked away like busy elf,
But he whistled softly and laughed to him
self,
As he gazed at his scheming sitter.
A week had sped, then. to Schatfs delight,
Flash wrote thus: " Your picture is finished
quite,
Ind sent as you care me direction,
Most carefully packed, to Miss Caroline Reed ;.
Please hund to tie bearer the price as agreed,
and be sure, arorthy friend,
Such a present must tend
To increase h p respect and Affection"
Quickly the check was written and SENT
And the evening brought Solomon, well
content,
To sit by the side of his charmer:
But, alas. what a cruel reversal is this.
She turns away from his proffered kiss,
And with looks of scoru
She bid him "begone"'
Ao II lis LHeie PleseuCe Coulu marin neI
What is ito" poor Solomon, wondering,
cries.
The lady surveys him with wrathful sur
prise,
Then suddenly raising curtain:
" \ our present. in angriest tones she ex-
claimed;
And there stood a picture most showily
framed,
But yelled in shadow uncertain.
Nearer still nearer, then Solomon drew,
But he started aghast-what is this meets
his view?
a half length the artist had painted;
But, dreadful to tell the half that Flash
chose
Began at Sol's watch chain and stopped at
his toes!
Harper's Magazine for april
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24

DANGER OF THE TELEPuoNE.-Perkin
San Francisco broker, bough: two of Pro
fessor Bells telephones and made connec-
tions between his office and the parlor. He
thought it would be a pleasant thing to
converse with his wife when business was
slack, to inform her when lie would 90 to
dinner, and to learn how often his Young
est son fell down the cellar stairs during
the day. One morning he was conversing
by wire with his wife about new bonnet,
when broker came in to ask about some
stocks. He "teleph med y to his wife that
he was busy, aud, without Severing con.
nection with tie instrument, turned to the
broker and opened negotiations fol the pur-
chase of Julia, Lady Byron and other stocks.
Mrs. Perkins, at the other end of the line,
listened intently, and finally caught her
husband $ words: I'll take Julia at G. 3d.
Her suspicious were aroused; there was a
woman in the case; she burst into an ami
mated soliloquy, which the faithful tele-
phone carried to the ears of her husband
and his customer. "Ill Julia him-wretch
-villian-married fifteen ycars-where's
my rubbers-.just wait till get hold him.
These words, together with miscellaneous
tokens of confusion and racket, denoted
active preparations for Sortie upon his
office. Perkins broke off his stock nugo-
uahons and went home to appease his wife.
The instruments were subsequently, re-
moved.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-24
BUBBLES.
Cant be beat -Turnip.

Cant be beat -Turnip.
Cutting swell-Lancing boil.
An anchor rite-Turning the capstain.
A mummy is something that keeps
mum.
Cutting Notwithstanding a news
paper.
Mr.. Corkscrew calls his new baby
"Gimlet."
A man with corns felt better after
meeting man with no feet.
Writing verses came very easy to poe.
He had but to try and his effort was Poetry.
"A mans dearest object should be his
wife, but, alas! sometimes it is his wifes
wardrobe.
If man wounded by shot has been
shot, has the one wounded by dagger
been Jagged.
Columbus was the first man to estab-
fish an iron foundry in America. He cast
an anchor there.
-" Marriage is promotion" says George
Elliot. She might have gone further and
said it is commotion.
A person always meets with warm
reception at hotel. The minute he ar
riyes he is placed on the register.
Billings says, 81 spell it 'kaughphy,'
and Webster spells it coffee l kant
tell which is right Web, or me-"
A lady says there are more superfuous
men than women; and the rest of her sex
would like to know where they are.
The Whitehall Times can't understand
why it was SO awful dark in Egypt when
there was so many Israel lights there.
everything together, because they are SO
exactly alike they can't be told apart.
An independent editor is man who
will crowd out a new advertisement to
make room for a fresh piece of spring
poetry.
If man on a polar expedition should
kill another, what would be the heinous-
ness of his crime? Murder in the eighty
third degree.
One of our lawyers who has recently
received a ten-pound boy as a retainer, says
that he felt assured that it would be an N
FOUNDER of the law.
He was a tramp. "Of what use is
the casket when the jewel is gone ?" he
remarked, as he guaffed the contents of
half-pnt flask, and then SHE'D the vessel at
cat.
Somebody having remarked that a
great many people were out of doors yes
terday, Lavendar wanted to know why
they didn't go to door factory and buy
some.
Friend to scientific authority: "Doc-
tor, how is man to tell a mushroom from a
toadstool?' Scientific authority: "By
eating it. If you live, it is a mushroom;
if you die, it is a toadstool"
-Bald-headed gentleman in the paraquet
to young lady in the dress circle, during
an affecting passage in the play. 81 re-
spect your emotion, Ma'am, but you are
shedding tears on my head"
A servant GIRL who had been adomon-
ished by her mistress to be very careful in
"washin' up" the best tea things, was
overheard shortly afterwards indulging in
the following solloquy while in the act of
wipins the sugar basin: elf was to drop
this ere basin, and catch it, l suppose
shouldn't catch it; but suppose if was to
drop it and wasn't to catch it, reckon l
should catch it.