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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD says he has
n little bill which he intends to III
roduce calling another Presidential
election in May. Is he ready to give
bonds that he will submit to the re-
suit of such an election any sooner
than to the decision Of the tribunal
which he helped to create
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

SENATOR THURMAN, who - con-
finel to his house by illness, has re-
signed bis position as member oil
the Electoral Commission, and SEN
ator Herman, of New York, also a
Democrat, has been appointed TO
fill the vacancy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

PRESIDENT HAYES ChBlNET.-
Speculations rs to who will form the
Cabinet under President Hayes, are
rife. Tue most plausible of these
comes from Cincinnati through the
Iptrr Cceaa. This names WIN. NJ.
Evarts as probable Secretary OF
State, with Harlan or Bristow OF
kentucky, Judge Sittle of North
Carolina, Ednuuds, Of New Jersey,
sherman, of Ohio, F.olinghuyseu, OF
Vermont, and Cameron, Of Pmusyl
yania in connection with the other
portfolios.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

GoLp at noon on Monday was
auoted at l04! in New York.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
TIE COMMISSION AND osE1oN.

man being detained at home
sickness, his associates on the II
bunal went to his house and helu
their session in his room. Seven
PROPOSE ions were submitted, one 10y
Mr. Edmuuds. four by Judge tie It,
one y Mr.. Bayard, and one by Mr..
Morton. The Edmmds resolution
declare d that "the certificate signed
'by E. A. Cronin, }. \. t. Mil er
''and John Parker, pnrportlhg to
''cast the electoral vote OF the State
1T Oregon. does not contain or Ger
.tify the constitutional votes to
(which said State is entitled" Al
ter good deal of beating about the
bush, this resolution was brought to
a vote and passed unanimously. The
position OF the Democrats was that
the only Lawful votes were those OF
Odell and Cartwright. The Field
and Bayard resolutions aimed at
that point.
70 have so decided would have
been to hold that if the people choose
an ineligible Eector the olunder
| cannot be remedied, the national
constitution and State laws 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding. Oregon
had certainly vested in its Electora!
College ali the authority possible III
the premises, aud that body had
proceeded in strict accordance with
| law. The Statute vests in the col
lege power to fill vacancies occa-
slUned by death or OTHERWISE. Plaln
rs the cases really was, Justices
! Clifford and Field voted with the
Democratic Senators and Electors
III denial Of the right to fill q va
cancy. Fortunately their votes were
uuavailing, aud the Morton resolu
ton to accept the certificates OF
Electors OdelI, Cartwright andWatts
was adopted by the usual majority
Of one. The decision OF the Com
mission was then drawn up and
signed 10y the eight members voting
in tie affirmative On motion OF
Mr.. Morton, the Injunction ofsecresy
upon the acts and proceedings of
the Commission, except as regards
their report to the joint session OF
/ Congress, was removed, and the
Commission adjourned to meet in
the Supreme Court room at l.
O'Clock Saturday. The report IS
substantially as follows:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

KEYEs says he forsiyes Us all now
for opposing the election Of Carpen
ter to the U. s. Senate, two years
ago. But has Reyes asked us all to
forgive Tim for bis part in the con-
test !-Grd7t Go UeruId
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28

Wind and Water Proof

garments a specially Our 10th sri.lee Coat cor
blucs two garments in one. For stormy wcatn,
Il is perfect water proof and IN dry weather .
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
WOODWORK.

span of 30 feet clear of face of abutments and l6
Skewbacks 71l2 inches Posts 10xl2 nches Braces
lOx2 inches Josts 4xS inches (space feet from
centreE Flooring q inches thick: Lateral Braces
5Y5 inches Wall Plates 4Nl2 inches (pne lumber) ;
Girlers 6xl2 inches; Studiiny 2xi inches end pests
Ixl2 inches: Caps 4x2 inches Chorps 5x9 inches the
Grders be "a feet long and secured to Posts
with strrups by inches and inches long, boied
through the King Posts with inch bolts to each stir
rup, ana the other Grders to he secured with inch
Suspension Rods, represented the draft. The
sides of the bridge to be feet high at King Posts and
feet high ends: the Gird-rs running out feet longer
than the sides of the bridge to be hraced with Iron
Braces lN2 inches, running from the end OF the Gird
the frame Of bridge, and secured with "a inch
bolts heads and washers. all complete, inch bolts
through cords represented on the draft The iounda
lions and timber to be inspected above, and all the
work for feet above ordinary water mark to be
laid in cement and the remainder of the masonry 10 be
laid in good lime mortar. The stone work all to be
pointed with cement, and completed on before tho
Goth day of October next 1877. The frame to he wealth
erioardrred with good siding all sides AS above
for this bridge will lie furnished free of
the quarry the bridge site.
bridge in tho Office of the County Commissioners of
Cecil county.
The County Commissioners reserved the right to
reject all any bid.
Proposals for wood OF iron soed.
IF. VANARSDALE
Jun 23-;iw Clerk County Commissioners
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07

Saints; grave, chaste and kind, frugal yet
generous, active, cheerful and wise.
She lived beloved, and here lamented lies,
Till with the joyful raised dead she'll rise.'
The memorial window in the Elkton Pres
byteran Church, is in memory of Rev.
James Finley, who was brother of DR..
Samuel Finley, who was at one time Pastor
of the Rock Church, and it is thought had
charge of congregation at Elkton. Chas.
Finley, the efficient and obliging Cashier of
the National Bank of Elkton, is a great
grandson of brother of these eminent
and learned divines.
Close by the present church is the West
Nottingham Academy, and from the shade
of the Royal old oaks that surround it we
had view of the mansion of Adam Ma
graw, Esq, whose farm we mentioned in a
previous page of this diary. We met
Alexander Evans, son of Hon. A. Evans,
of Elkton, at church. He is a pupil of
the Academy, and we were glad to see him
looking so well. Mr.. Gayley, the Pastor
and emplary piety. He preached good
sermon, and we were sorry Aleck was not
there to hear it, because Aleck and he are
countrymen, and Aleck might have been
benefited by it.
On the way home from church, our
friend Tosh showed us, near the church,
the place where "Cousin Sue" was born.
The place is now owned by his nephew,
James Tosh. He said he knew her we'll
and many time, in her childhood's happy
hours, had nursed her on his knee. Mr..
T. also showed us where the tree once
stood on which the eagles built their nests,
from which an incident in the life of the
celebrated Dr. Rush derived celebrity, and
to which your correspondent Neeks" p" re-
ferred a few weeks ago. The Doctor, when
a pupil of the Academy here, in his boy
hood, many years ago, was in the habit of
visiting this nest, in company with young
lady, who years afterwards, owing to an
attack of fever, was for time in deler-
Gus or unconscious condition. The Doctor,
then an old and accomplished physician,
came to visit her, and whispered in her ear,
1.-The eagles nest" She recognized his
voice, and this, in connection with the
power Of old associations, led to her ult-
mate recovery.
From the house at the foot of the hill,
occupied by Mrs. Pierce, there came float
ing to our ears as we sat upon the porch
of our friend Tosh, in the evening. The
music of the vesper hymn, in the quiet of
that Sabbath evening, sounded sweetly to
our ears, mellowed as it was by the space
that intervened Beyond Mrs. P.'s place,
we caught a glimpse of the fine farm of
John P. Evans, who has model place,
and fattens some of the finest and best
cattle that go to the Philadelphia market,
he being one of the best feeders in the
county. He is fine, genial old gentleman.
We met him at the Club and were sorry
we could not visit him at his home.
QUILP.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
GLEANINGS.

1t is stated that ten members of the
United States Senate are printers by trade.
Flour is more refined than meal
Wheat has a head on it, while corn is all
ears.
because soda water is half gas, that is
no reason why the price should remain SO
/ inflated.
"A cute man says he thinks instead
of giving credit to whom it is due, the cash
had better be paid.
! The police of Kansas towns have orders
to shoot all potato bugs found running at
large without muZZle on. This is impor-
tant if true.
! Young men of the middle classes are
so little dispose to marry these times that
parents of marriageabe daughters will
have to resort to the seductive chrome.
Discussion between 4 wise child and
its tutor: "That star you see up there is
bigger than the world" eyes, it is"
"Then why doesn't it keep the rain otf?''
A cotemporary asks: care skunks
liable to 60 mad ~ We can't answer the
question, but it is said that person who
too closely interviews one is liable to go
very much that way, indeed.
An essayist winds up an elaborate ar
ticle on the subject of early marriages by
summing up the bad effects. He curiously
omits to mention the worst-the long lease
of mother in-law it usually entails.
Forty cents piece are paid for dead
dogs i'll San Francisco. The skins are
made into gloves, the hair is used in
plaster, the bones are ground for clarifying
sugar, and the fat is manufactured into oil.
"A young gentleman who ventured
West in prevailing fashion of neck wear
was Immediately utilized by thrifty
granger, who smeared his lofty shirt collar
with coal tar and set him up as a grasshop-
per trap.
AT this season of the year there is
something discouraging to the heaven born
genius which despises conventionalities, in
the spectacle of a man who wears a Winter
hat and endeavors to secure the recognition
of his friends.
The Black Hills shine-em-ups charge
o5 cents per job and that amount is also
charged for cigar, shave, or drink
Washing % cents per piece. There is
saloon in almost every house, and gamb-
ling goes on publicly.
Its getting about far enough along in
the season for a woman to trade off $40
overcoat and Sc pair of beaver gloves for
a pair of 80 cent plaster of Paris dogs and
white angel with blue eyes, Nandyke
brown hair, red wings and club feet.
In thieving, the latest is to steal the
leather straps from trunks en- route from
town to country. Wherether the express
men or the railroad people do it is an open
question, but somebody does it, and often,
too, and that is enough. A word to the
owls is all that is necessary.
"A Connecticut dentist has got hold of
4 composition whereby he can make teeth
at a cost of less than II half dollar a set.
This will enable female wearer of false
teeth to have set to match every suit she
owns, both in color and design. With
pink goods, pink teeth, with striped goods,
discovered Connecticut was no slouch.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
For The Cecil Wing.
For The Cecil Wing.
LINES
DEDICATED TO COUSIN DAN. FLY AFTET
REAnJNC COX TIJt, WING y
LINES

DEDICATED TO COUSIN DAN. FLY AFTET
READING "ON THE WING -
Old friend, thy words have touched the chord
OF brightest recolections,
For youth, life's winsome fairist child
Claims memory's fond affections.
OF those glad sunny days of yore
cherished many a token,
And oft | muse on Friendships true
That Times rude hand hath broken.
OF those who used with us to meet
In many a scene of pleasure,
And chase the hours with flying feet,
To music's joyous measure;
Some, vexed with household griefs and cares,
Lead lives of homely duty:
a shadow wells the fate of one
Whose gift was Queenly beauty.
A bark unmoored adown the sea.
OF careless folly drifted,
The mist of doubt that wells her fate;
May never here be lifted.
And one afar in distant lands
Climbs high, towards fame immortal;
And some have folded weary hands
Within the shadow portal.
But we, my friends, with blithesome pen,
The heart of Care make lighter,
We shall not feel we live in vain
Who make this sad life brighter.
cousin SUE"
Mansion Farm, June 23nd 1877.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
BUBBLES.

Flies are good in their place. They
keep bald-headcd men awake in church.
"A contemporary says of very promi-
nent militia general that ''his sword was
never drawn but once-and then in rattle. -
-" There's a light dawning in the East,
remarks the war editor of contemporary.
For the sake Of preserving the dignity of
the newspaper business, we advise that
young man to get home earlier.
"A contemporary insnuates that some
country postmasters pay for their groceries
and whisky in postage stamps only. The
charge is enveloped in some doubt; but, if
true, the practice should be stamped out.
-"Ah,', said man to his son, "hearty
breakfasts kill one-half of the world, and
tremendous suppers the other half.'' 81
suppose then," retorted the boy, " that
the true livers are only they who dye of
hunger"
The longest sentence on record was
constructed by western Judge. He SEN
fenced murderer for life, and afterwards
.,.,,,od t,,,, ,,,o,, ,,o,,, - t1,o .o,,.o,oo
because the prisoner called him "po qen-
tleman.',
"A patent medicine advertisement
asks: "Is your Life Worth 10 cents :''-
The medicine may possess all the curing
..:,, -.
f,u th, ,o,.o, th,t .hau oona;do. +,,o;n r,,os
worth NOR. than ton cents
rC M, ne,as aIaan,s 'ayS ,i, .o,o o0''
The huckleberry and the peach,
The cherries now are here.
p,,t fo,I,s viii hnu md a,t
Will drink of ice-cold water. too.
Then die-as it is meet.
-"I tell YOU, sir" said Dr.-one
morning to the VILLAGE anotbecarv al fell
von cir tba ,or ,,o,,,,u shonId not-must
,.-.,-,,, %, WI, VS.,
ho' pe u'sies'iueu """'' uo0'oi
exclaimed, 'the apothecary, ruoolhS MS
hahds. GU ool say 'h"I orohe ouI
III town, too, has 1t: LORD help US! what
uhhealthy ''ihes 'lese are
"A shoemaker of the last generation, in
Il Flfeshlre parish, once borrowed horse
from farmer to enable him to pay a
business visit to neiohboring town,
p;a;uo hona =, tho eror;no with b,no
iO ''
roil oi eaCher s'i"ppeo oh HIS oach' d
friend met him and asked his motive for
carving it in such curious fashion,
:. Wi va soo " sovs be uthis &c Mr. So
~ ~, nv
an so S hors' ana II eAtof'ioh hea man
beast"
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
BRIDGE No. 2,

To build Il Bridge over CALDWELLS FORDING. on
Basin Run. Rowlandvillc Span 80 feet between
the face of abutments; Abumrnts be Il feet long
and feet thick base, and III feet long top and ~
thick top. and feet above ordinary watcreve
the bottom of chords and feet deep below the bed
of creek, if good foundation cannot be obtain
ed The Wing Walls the depth of abutments
where they Join the same aud feet deep at ends,
aud wide abutmcnt and feet the ends l.
long the and 10 feet long the side
creek. The Guard Walls to he II. feet high above
the roadway which shall he graded u of foot in
II feet to be covered with coping stone or cement
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
WOODWORK.

span of 10 feet in length between the face of alut
nicntS. Bridge 10 feet wide. Chords and jost To have
Ii inches bearing sans. The timber required for
this Bridge will be follows Skewbscks 7xl2 inches
Braces, loNl2 inches: Posts, l0xl2 in hes; Center
pieces l0x2 inches: Grdrrs 1Oxl2 inches Josts, 4x7
inches and feet from center to center: Flooring =
inches thick Lateral Braces 5N5 Wall Plates 4xlU
(all these pieces white oak Studiing 2xl inches
Posts end of chords, 4x12 Caps 4Nl2: Chords 5xS
inches, (pue The grdcrs will be secured to the king
posts with iron stirrups inch thick by inches wide
feet long and bolted with two inch bolts The ends
of the grder- to out feet longer than the bridge
wide The King Posts to be- feet long, and the posts
the end of the chords feet high, and the sides OF
the bridge t. he hrace from the ends of the girders
the king posts with iron bruces made of iron n inches
bOted through the posts and grders with y inch bolts
the chords and posts and braces to be boed W tn Il
inch bolts, washers nuts. &C. The frame work to he
wcntherhoar,cd both sides with good siding clear
of sap loose knots. The foundation and lumber to
be inspected by the County Commissioners. their
agent, before the work is commenced: and the frame
work capped with boards and covered with galvanized
All the work and material 10 be frst-class, and
finished to the entire satisfaction of the County Com
missoners. before the Goth day of October 1871
The Stone will he given very conveniently free Of cost
in the quarry. Sand delivered the bridge SITE and
Grading done free of cost To contractor.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
TO CONTRACTORS.
Erection of a Frame School HOus
NOTICE.
JOSEPH PENSELL


NENIN W. MCCORMICK and MARY A. MCCORMICK,
his wife.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county In Equity.
No. 734 ID. s.
/ n pursuance of an Order of the Circuit
4 Court for Cecil county, in equity notice is hereby
given to the creditors of Nevin W Mccormick deceased
and tn" lieu creditors of Mary A. Mccormick James
Mccormick, and Thomas A. Mccormick. to file the
vouchers Of their claims, properly authenticated, in
the Office of the Clerk of said Court before the
18th day of October, 1877. C. MCCULLOUGH,
Auditor of the Circuit Court for Cecil county in Equity
June Elm
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
HIRES ROOT BEER PACKAGE

N hNEo j SdIIUHS UI UeIICIUus DteT TOT
AVA 25 cents; made from Gipsissewa Sarsaparllla,
Danielion and other medical roots. delicious beyrr-
age possessing properties which will change any NOR
bid action Of the stomach liver and kidneys and keep
them i'll healthy condition, promoting strength and
v.or. To farmers and lahoring il is indispensable
in warng of the effects Of heat and prostraton dur
ing the Summer months. Manufactured only by G. T..
HIRES, Wholesale Botanic Druggist, No. Letitia ST.,
Philadelphia. Ask your druggist for it.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
BRIDGE No. !.

To be built at McVEI'S FORDING. on Little Nort
East Creek Stephen Atkusnn's. according t. the
following plan and specifications The Ahuments 10 bt
Ii feet long base and feet thick and ID long
top and feet thick, and foundations feet deep,
fcent good foundation and feet high above
ordinary water-evel To the chords. The Wing Walls
to be depth of foundation where they join the
same. and feet wide and 10 feet long and feet found
ations and feet thick at outer ends The Guard Walls
he 81. high above the grade of tn. road way
which shall be than l foot grade in Il feet.
Guard walls To he cuprd it Hat finished with
small ST and cement with circular
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
ORDER NISI.

REUBEN KIRK
JAMES SMITH AND MARY J. SMITH, Ills WIFE
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chanccry
No. 1i2 d. ;.
nrdcred, this 2oni day of June 1877. that the sal,
N/matr and reported 10y VIM r. Wtrhurton. Jr.. on,
of the Trustees for the sale of the real in tn,
above entitled cause, be ratified and confirmed, unes.
10 the contrary thereof be shown before tn,
2jth day of August. next provided copy of this order
he inserted in some newspaper printed in Cecil county
week for month before the 18th day of July
HeNt.
The report states the amount of sale to be $500
A W. MITCHELL. Clerk.
True copy: test, A. W. MITCHELL.
June 2:}-lm Clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
JOSEPH BOOTH g. SON,
TO Bridge Contractors,

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
~ 10y the County Commissioners of Cecil county. at
their office in Elkton, on WEDNESDAY, July the llth
mp uclock n, to build the following described
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
NOTICES, &c.
ATTENTION.!

ITNllE town ordinance prohibiting the firing of guns
L pistols, fireworks of any kind within the limits
OF til" town, will hereafter he strictly enforced.
By order of the Town Commissioners.
A. 7. SHOCKLEY.
June 23-3w. Town Baiin.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07

Cheapest P1ra: md Be-: Family Medicine j, .he To.,i
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. Jnuulicr. Bill
ions attacks. SICK HEADACHE. Collie. Depression of
Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn. sc Sc.
This uivallcd Southern Remedy i. warranted not To
contain single particle of MERCURY any injurious
mineral substance, hut is
PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing those southern Roots and Herbs which
wisc Providence has placed i'll countries where LIVER
Diseases prevail !: will cure Ill -sea.a, cac:ej t7
Da:aaEe1ea. Of he Live. .ai Bowels.
The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or
bad taste in the MOUTH Pain in Back Side or Joints
often mistaken for Rheumatism: S.. s:czact: Loss Of
Appetite: Bowels alternately cu-fIyr and lax: ITrir-
ache: Loss of memory, with painful sensation of hav
ing failed to do something which ought have been
done: Debility, Lew SPIRITS, thick yellow appearance
0f the skin and Eyes, dry Cough often mistaken for
Consumption.
at others very few: hut the LIVER. the largest organ in
the body l. generally the of the disease and if
regulated i'll tlme great suffering, wretchcdnesI and
DEATH will cnsue.
can recommend eficacouS remedy for disease
Of the Liver Heartburn and Dyspepsia Simmons Liver
Regulator. LEWIS e. WUNDER, 1925 Master Street
ASSISTANT Posi- MASTER, PHILADELPHIA
I'VE have tested its virtues personally. and know
that for Dyspepsia BiliOusnrsS. and ThrObng Head
ashe it is the best medicine the world We
have tried forty other remedies before Simmons Liver
Regulator, hnt none of them gave than tenn
porary relief: but the Regulator only relieved but
cured us.'-ED. TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, Macon, Ga
MANUFACTURED ONLY EY
j.. ZEILIN & CO.,
MACON, GA. and PHILADELPHIA.
Price, Sl.oO. Sold LY all Druggists.
Oct II, lS76-1y
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
FOR RENT

NNIE STORE ROOM in Tie Cecil Wig
L Building. recently occupied by John Wilkinson
Possession given Immediately. Apply at
Sep t9 lsI6-u THIS OFFICE.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
ORDER NISI.

DAVID NJ. REYNOLDS and MARY J. REYNOLDS,
his wife
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chancery
No. rs D. :.
ORDERED, this 22nd day OF June, in
~ the wear 1877. that the sale made and reported 10y
William Jones Trustee, for the sale of the real estate
mentioned i'll the proceedings in the aboye-enttlrd
cauSr, Ice ratified AMI confirmed unless the
thereof be shown before the 25t ,ly
August next provided, copy of tins order he inserted
in some newspaper printed in Cecil county week
for month before the 18th day of lul, next
The report states the amount of sale to br 81 600
A. W. MITCHELL. Clerk.
True copy: test, A. ". MITCHELL.
Jun" -. lSI1-lm Clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
MEDICINAL.

ASK the recovered lys
peptics. bilious sufferers,
victims of Fever and Ague,
the mcrcuri;.l diseased pat
tient how they recovered
health, cheerful spirits and
good they will
tell you 10y taking SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07

As-Persons taking the City Passenger Cars will ride
to the of St. Paul Street within n few steps of
the Mansion House. feb ), lS16-y
The Cecil Whig., 1877-07-07
Saints; grave, chaste and kind, frugal yet
generous active cheerful and wise

One Column, $500 per inch for year Three changes
allowed to yearly advertisers without additional chac