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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-11-17
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GRAND
Triumph i'm Horticulture.

GLORIOUS results of a useful life: eli
~ max almost reached FELTUN'S NEW BERRIES
Cinderella and Continental Straw berries Early Prolific
aud Reliance Raspbcrries The four best bearing best
carry ing. best selling. best paying Market Berries
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IS Doctors are to guard human life and
bring relief to the sick. So does Dr. Bulls
Baby Syrup; it contains nothing Injurious
aud is always reliable. To be had at all
drug stores in our county. Price % cents.
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INSTANTANEOUS.

The farmers have nearly finished husk-
ing corn; the crop is large. Wheat is for.
ward and looks better than usual. Many
hogs will likely die during this month of
'''sore throat" caused by the butchers
knife. Thanksgiving day being at hand
the turkeys are getting anxious
A MAN ABOUT Town.
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ANOTHER SwINDLE.-A number of the
farmers of Elk and East Nottingham town
ships, Chester county, and the adjacent
parts of Cecil county, Md, have recently
been swindled by a pretended agent of the
Practical Farmer, a Philadelphia publica-
ton. A tall, well dressed young man of
good address, giving his name as G. E.
Long, canvassed the section mentioned and
induced number to subscribe for the jour
nal at $50. offering as an additional in
ducement half bushel of timothy seed
from the store of Theo. Knowles, Viii
mington. The latter was to be shipped to
Oxford. AS neither the paper nor the seed
has yet arrived, the subscribers have come
to the conclusion that they have been
swndled. Other farmers should be on the
look out for this game.-O tord Press.
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ACCOUNTS PASSED.

t.iu
were passed.
ACCOUNTS PASSED.
B. b. Price, insolvencies for dogs 1874
and 1915, $50; John r. Gamble, Super
visor Third district, SO -; d. w. Morri
son, Supervisor Fourth district, $41. 43; J.
Vi. Seminar, Supervisor Fourth district.
$l26.2J; Nj. NJ. Naudain, Supervisor Third
district, $25.24 John w. Egnor. Super
visor Fourth district, sos 81: John w.
Oldham. Supervisor Fifth district, $3S 81
f. J. Jackson Supervisor Fifth district,
S2S.75; Benjamin Miller, supervisor Third
district, S14 10: William Benjamin. bridge
Fifth district, 1854 02; II G.. Wildsmith.
roads Fifth district. S16o IS; John T.
Willis, Supervisor Fourth district, 1923 63;
Alexander Richie, Supervisor Fourth dis
trict, IS 40; John 5. Crossmore, Supervi-
sor Fourth district, $l1.20; w. B. Robin
son, Supervisor First district, So: John
Lockley, Supervisor Third district, GS1:
John Conrey, Supervisor Second district,
50 II; Robert Anderson, hauling lumber,
$685.; w. T. Warburton. plank for bridges;
$42 81; G.. p. Harding, work on road, So;
John McCrery, Supervisor Third district.
S24; J. II. Charshee, Supervisor Seventh
district, $14.5C; J. J Alexander, Supervi-
Sof seventh nlStrlct, 80 II, w m. Mackey,
Supervisor Fourth district. $50 30: G. W.
Boulder. Supervisor Second district, So -;
A, F.. Mearns, Supervisor Ninth district,
S22.7S; Robert Anderson, Supervisor
Fourth district, $243 43; Robert Mackey,
Supervisor Fourth district, $2l2 a. Lewis
T. Melrath, Supervisor Ninth district, $32
81; DR.. J. Fl. Frazer, post norton and
medical attendance, $12; Clinton McCul-
Tough, States Attorney, $195; States wit
nesses, $G4; James Graham, Supervisor
Seventh district. 1888; Henry Smithson,
work on roads, 1919; Samuel Logan (of
Thomas work on roads, $54.52; T. w.
Strahorn Il Bro. lumber and work on dam,
S295 -; Jonathan Strahorn, work on roads.
$50 80; J. II. Rowland, work on roads,
500; Isaac S. Deford Constable Fifth
district, $3.50.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Samuel II. Miller, Collector Third dis
trici, was ordered to collect taxes, omitted
in the assessment, from the following per-
sons: VIM. Denver, real and personal ST.
342; Merry Il Anthony, real and personal,
$4,000; Matsinger & Bro, real, $1,000;
Eno' Reitzel, personal, $3.50; S. Kings
heirs, real, $4,000; Mary E. Scarborough,
real, $500; Bridget Mckee, real. $500.
J. Scott Ferguson, Collector Fifth district,
was ordered TO collect from Eliza Edmund
son taxes on $320S real and personal
property, omitted in assessment.
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ORDER NiSI.
NANCY LINTON, by her husband and next friend.
John Lntcn,
ORDERED, This 22nd day of Octobe


NANCY REBECGA CAMPBELL.
In the Orphans Court for Cecil county. In Eqnty.
No. ~ Chancery Docket.
nRDERED, This 22nd day of October,
" A. d.. eighteen hundred aud seventy seven. that
the sale made and reported by William s Evans Trus-
tee for the sale of the Real Estate mentioned in the
proceedings III the aboreentied he ratified
confirmed unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown or before the 10Th day of D-cember next:
provided copy of this Order be inserted in news
paper printed in Cecil county week for one
month before the 9th day of November next.
The Report states the amount Of sales to be S2l2OO.
X. d. LAMAR. Register.
True copy; test II. b. LAMAR.
Oct =, lsIi-lm Register.
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OUR TOWN IMPROVEMENTS

Improvements in our town continue to
be made, seven new houses having been
erected here this season. Mr.. Pensil is
building fine large store house on Bid
die street. When finished it will be the
largest in town. Mr. P. is an energetic
business man and has also done much to
improve our town, having erected several
fine houses
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DEATH OF MISS CARRIE CHAMBERs.-
The MONDAY express south, on Tuesday,
bore to our town from her late home, IN
Wilmington, Delaware, the body of Miss
Carrie Chambers, a young lady of about
seventeen years of age, daughter of Mrs.
Anna and the late Nicholas Chambers of
this town, who died on Saturday last, after
very brief illness. of diptheria. Her re-
mains were inferred in the Presbyterian
cemety.
1t has been but short time since Mrs.
Chambers followed to the grave her eldest
daughter Maggie, a lovely and interesting
girl, and this second atfiiction following so
close upon that sad event, seems enough to
crush the mothers heart. We did not
know Carrie, she being but child when
her mother removed to Wilmington, but
those who were acquainted with her speak
of her as a young lady of admirable quail
ties of heart and mind. The many friends
of Mrs. Chambers in this place sympathize
deeply with her in her severe atllicton.
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|54 Acres & 63 Square Perches
OF LAND. MORE OR IESS.

The improvements consist of n large, com ~
Portable TTo-sToay ssI.E MANSION, ID by 20 1!slN
eet part! cenrnted and parity pehblelash- .,sl
ed covered with slate: with Brick Kitchen s.aa@-
attached, covered with iron: ii Well nf water with
Pump i'll tine pump house attached to the kitchen The
main building contains two large rooms, with hall on
the first floor and five rooms on the second hnor-
BAR\.'5 by 81 feet, with stone baipnent also with
Straw house attached II 10y 81 feet large Wagon house
with Granary second floor covered with slate; Well
OF good water with Pump therein. near barn: Hog
house Smoke-house Wood house, and short all neces
sary outuuildings.
The land is of excellent quality and divided into
80, eight convenient fields, all enclosed with good
Sa fencing. and is well red by branch of the
SS5FS North East creek There il also a large meadow
- and sufficient WOODLAND for the use of the
property. together with young and lhri, ing APPLE
ORCHARD in full bearing.
This Is IN all respects most desirable prop rty CON
venien TO mills schools and places of public worship
There has been raised upon it the present season nearly
SIX hnnr bushels of wheat uf the best quality and
one thousand bushels of oats
Persons wishing 10 view il will apply the Execu-
tor, at Brick Meeting House, Cecil county, Nd.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third of purchase money
cash on day Of sale: onethri in Six months and the
residue in One year. The credit pal inter-
est from day of sale and be secured by the Bonds OF
Notes of purchaser with approved security. Two
thousand dollars of the purchase money can remain
secured upon the real estate.
JAMES TURNER
Executor of Thomas j. Fisher, deceased.
Oct y, ls77-ts
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DEATH OF DAVID PALMER. has
been busy this week in our midst; a num-
Der of sudden deaths are recorded in our
columns, and we now chronicle yet another,
that of one of the most prominent and
public spirited citizens of the county
David Palmer, Esq, who died at his resi-
dence, in Chesapeake City, on Wednesday
morning last. He had been suffering for
some time past with an aggravated case of
dyspepsia but was considered convalescent,
and his physician had great hopes of his
being able to attend to business in few
days. On Tuesday, however. he was taken
with severe attack of cramp cholic, and
worn down by pain, expired at o'clock
on the following morning. Mr.. Palmer
was fifty eight years of age, native of
Bucks county, Pa. He had been a resi-
dent of Chesapeake City for about twenty
years, holding the position of Superntend-
ent of Repairs on the Chesapeake 4 Della
ware canal. He leaves a widow and one
son. His remains will be taken to Morris
vile, Bucks county, Pa, for interment, on
Monday next. Mr.. Palmer was very pop
ular at home, being man against whom
none could speak i'll. Chesapeake City, in
fact, Cecil county, by his death suffers an
irreparable loss.
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County COMMISSIONS rs.

The Board of County Commissioners
was in session on Tuesday and Wednesday
last, which was the last meeting of the
present Board. \ full Board Messrs.
Armstrong, Crawford and Gerry-was in
attendance.
Outpensions, to the amount of $117.j0
were passed.
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50 Acres, Rood and 80 Square PerChpS
TRUSTEES SALE,

Rl virtue of decree of the Circuit
~ C"urt for Cecil county, in Equity the under.
signed Trustee will sell at Public sale at the Court
House door in Elkton, Cecil county, Md. on
Tuesday, the eth day Of November, 1877,
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EXECUTORS SALE
REAL ESTATE.

NDER and by virtue of an Order of
~ the Orphans Court for Cecil county. state of
Mary land. the undersigned, Executor Of the last
VIII and Testament Of Thomas j. Fisher decd late of
Cecil county aforesaid, will offer at Public Sale the
premises,
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REAL ESTATE,
Hi ghfield Farm for Sale.

n BOUT 90 ACRES: situate near the
n junction of the Baltimore nra and the Column
ha railways. Franz Barn. T"rncrb aud Wagon. shed
and House Good water. Possession on 25h at M,rch
1873. Apply To p : p CONNER
of GEO CHRISTIE.
Nov ) lS77- Ruwlan,.yiu. Ma
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DEATH OF AN EsTIMABLE LADY.-Our
community was shocked, on Wednesday
morning, by the announcement of the sud
den death of Mrs. Mary J. Falls, wife of
William Falls, Esq, proprietor of the
Howard House. Mrs. Falls was in her
usual health up to about 3 o'clock on Tues
day afternoon, when, upon going into her
room, she complained, as she sat down, of
a pain in the left side of her face. At that
moment she was Frustrated by an attack
of that dread disease-apoplexy, and, be-
coming unconscious, remained in that con
dition until the time of her death, which
occurred at > o'clock on the following
morning. Her entire right side was para
lyzed, while she retained the use of her
left limbs. She was unable to articnlate,
and did not speak word after the stroke
came'upon her.
Mrs. Falls was daughter of Samuel
Dehaven, deceased, at one time promi-
nent citizen of this town. She was fifty
six years of age.
Aside from the heavy blow to her imme
date family and trends OccaSloned by TINS
at1liction, the death of this lady will be
severely felt by q large number of our citi-
zens to whom she had endeared herself by
acts of kindness. She was generous to a
fault, open-hearted and sympathetic, al
ways ready to aid the suffering, and kind
and consderate of the happiness of those
around her. Being in position in which
she came in contact with a greater number
of persons than is usually the case with
women, she had "A large field for useful
ness, and her many estimable qualities of
character were widely felt. In the church
she was always foremost in works of be
nevolence, and here her death will leave
vacant place not easily filled.
Her remains were inferred in the Presby-
terrain cemetery, in this town, yesterday
afternoon, at q O'Clock, followed to the
grave by large concourse of friends.
Many of the business houses on Main
street were closed out OF respect to the
deceased.
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TUESDAY, November Goth, 1877,
REAL ESTATE.

situate. lying and being the public road leading
from Blue Ball to Brick Meeting House in the Ninth
Election district of Cecil county aforesaid adjoining
the lands of Edwin Mendenhall William B. Ri cs and
Others. and upon which the late Thomas j. Fisher lately
sided. The property contains
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A THIEF STOPPED BY WATER.-One
night last week, during heavy rain storm,
a thief or thieves broke open the spring
house of Mr.. James E. Haines, at Port
Deposit, by prying out a heavy iron staple
which held the door. 1t is supposed that
they were after butter and milk, bat when
they succeeded in getting the door open,
they found the house flooded with water,
and that they could not reach either butter
or milk without wading waist deep. They
then gave up the milk business and acent
for Mr.. Haines' corn in neighboring field.
of which they carried off quantity. In
the corn field they left the iron bar with
which they pried open the spring house;
this they can have lover the head by call
ing upon Mr.. Haines.
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A BRUTAL ASSAULT UPoN AN OLD Man.
Mr.. John Shaw, an old and respectable
citizen, residing in the Fifth district, near
Principle Furnace. was severely whipped
with heavy hickory stick, by "A man named
Powell, on the farm of Mr.. J. w. Shippers,
near North East, on Thursday of last
week. the particulars OF which, as related
to us, are briefly as follows: Powell farms
on the shares for Shaw, and the dispute,
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"a Repository Of Fashion, Pleasure and
Instruction.
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Chesapeake City Items.
OUR SCHOOLS.

The schools are in a hourishing condi-
ton, and patrons and pupils are pleased
with the worthy principal and his assist
ants.
TRADE ON THE CANAL
Canal trade is looking up. The first new
lumber from the upper Susquehanna passed
through last week If the weather con-
tinues mild, large quantities may be ex-
pected.
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then left and did not return. The horse
shortly afterwards died, having been liter
ally driven to death. From the descrip-
ton of the animal DR.. Mitchell thinks
there is little doubt but that it was his
horse. Upon the same day that the loss
was discovered, stray horse, used up by
travel, was found upon the turnpike by
Mr.. Abraham Wright, near Mitchelfs,
which latter animal was, a few days after
wards, claimed by gentleman at St.
Georges, Delaware. The thief had stolen
this animal and driven him as far as he
could go, and then set him at liberty. and
taken DIR. Mtchel's horse from the field.
ADVENT MssIoN.-There will be an Ad-
vent Mission held in St. Marks Chapel,
near Perryville, beginning the second Sun
day in Advent, December 9th. Services
will be held every evening during the fol-
other clergymen. At the close of each
service there will be an opportunity for all
who desire counsel in regard to the way of
life to converse with the clergy.
SUDDEN DEATH.-On Friday night 9th
instant, Charles W. Mccullough, son of
Jethro J. Mccullough, Esq, died suddenly
at his residence, in Wilmington, Delaware
He had recently passed through severe
attack of typhoid fever and had recovered
sufficiently to go to work when he caught
cold and was taken very i'll on Thursday
and died on Friday night. Mr.. c. W.
Mccullough was - years of age and leaves
a wife and two children. His remains we're
taken to North East, on Tuesday, and in
tered in the cemetery at that place.
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CENTS; SO it is now quarter by the slow
line and fifty cents by the fast team of Mr..
Woods.
-Caspar w. Norris, Esq, father of c.
W. Norris, Jr., of this town, died at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Candy, in Will
mington Del, at o'clock, yesterday morn
ing. He had recently undergone an opera
ton for the removal of stone from the
bladder.
A hotel proprietor and an ex sheriff
INDUCED in foot race, near the depot, one
day this week-distance one hundred yards.
To the establishment of all spectators the
sheriff beat by two lengths. We don't
know how a length, in this class of race, is
calculated.
Some sweet oothed thieves stole bee
hive, with its entire contents of bees and
about 10 pounds of honey, from MIR. Jesse
Boulder, near College Green, on Friday
night of last week. The parties are known,
and Mr.. B., is preparing to sweeten them
when the proper time comes.
Capt. Really requests us to state that
he has no female agents for the sale of his
oysters, and that the article sold by such
persons, and represented as coming from
him, are frauds. He makes the statement
because he has suffered by the representa-
tions made by these impostors.
AT North East M. E. Church, the Cor.
responding Secretary of the Women's For
eign Missionary Society. Mrs. E. B. Ste
vens, will be present to morrow Sabbath
and conduct both services. She will also
hold meeting for ladies in the vestry OF
the church, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock.
The wonderful increase in the number
of meat dealers in our town has suggested
the idea to the mind of our decl that the
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new moon, and add three-quarters of an
hour to each day to make up the difference
between a solar and lunar day.
The Young Peoples Association, of
this town, held its regular monthly meet
ing, on Friday evening of last week, in the
lecture room of the NJ. E. Church. The
exercises were more than usually interest
ing, and seem to indicate, a renewal of in
terest in the work of the Association W.
J. Jones, Esq, read an intensely interest,
| ing historical sketch of Iolanthe, a statue
of whom-in butter--was exhibited at
the Centennial Exhibition. Mrs. johnson
and the Misses Terrell sang several songs
very prettily, and Miss Eva Perkins per
formed an organ solo. A still more inter
esting programme is promised for the next
meeting.
To our friends visiting Baltimore we
| take occasion to recommend them to visit
| the upholstery establishment of Messrs
George w. Taylor & Co, on Lexington
street, above Park. An endless variety of
lace and Nottingham curtains, reps, ere
tonnes, terrys, and silk goods. Shades,
curtains and blinds will be found on their
counters, beautiful in design and quality,
as well as reasonable in price. In addition
to an attractive stock of goods they will
also find in Mr.. Taylor an agreeable and
obliging gentleman. Polite attention in
dealing is one of the pleasures of shop
ping. If, in this respect, Mr.. Taylor has a
superior in Baltimore, we have never met
him. This is not a paid for puff of Mr..
Taylor, but gratuitous notice of gentle
man in business who never spares trouble
to please his customers. Such has been
our own experience, and we propose he
shall have the benefit of it., whatever it
may be worth.
We, last week, noticed the theft Of a
horse from the farm of DR.. MITCHELL near
town. On Tuesday last the Doctor re-
ceived a letter from a gentleman at Lin
Wood, Delaware county, Pa, who had
read in The Wing the notice of the theft,
stating that, on Sunday previous the day
the horse was missed, a stranger arrived
at that place, driving a horse nearly worn
out by travel. He stopped at the hotel and
asked that the animal be cared for, and
Sharp County record., 1877-11-09
Chinese Public Granaries.

There has existed system OF public
granaries in China since date long be-
fore the birth of Christ. They are es-
tablished by private charity, and are SO
well approved that in the single Province
of Chill no fewer than 1,OO5 are main
tanned. During the last century the
Government ordained the erection OF a
granary in every district of the Metro
politan Province, and provided careful
laws for their management. Tne meth
cd of supporting these institutions is
thus described in an English exchange;
"The granary having been erected, the
surrounding landowners are encour-
ed to send in presents of grain as their
means will allow, and the local authori-
ties are authorized to offer them in re-
turn Mandarins' buttons, varying IN
rank according to the quantity OF grain
subscribed. When the granary is sui
ficiently full, two officers chosen from
the locality are appointed to superin-
tend it, and the work begins. AS the
granaries are intended to be self-sup-
porting, and for the assistance of the
people in ordinary years as well as for
their relief in times of famine, it is part
of the system, in the spring of the year,