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FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

The grand naval review by the Queen at
Portsmouth on Tuesday was failure on nc
count Of the strong wind and heavy rain.
Clancy, the Fenian convicted i'll 1869 and
sentenced to imprisonment for life, has been
released upon Il ticketoi.leavc.
The radicals of Southwlck propose to nom
mate Miss Helen Taylor for parliament to
raise the question of women's rights.
Alban, the famous American singer, was
married at London on the 12th to Ernest Guy,
the opera manager.
There is strong reason to believe that Eng
land is negotiating 10 obtain footing on the
mainland on the eastern shore of the Mcdtel-
ranean.
The reports of the unhealthtulncss OF Cyprus
are contradicted, and heavy English cmigra-
ton to the island is setting in.
Unfavorable reports in regard to the English
wheat crop have caused II slight advance in
wheat and maize at Liverpool.
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Some men are continually grumbing about
the immense amount of money the United
States send abroad every year for The payment
Department nj Washington makes the state
mcntihat instead ofthc thousand million ofdol
lars worth of United States bonds owned in
Europe ia 1873, there are now less than 5000.
600 900 held thcrc-and that with balance OF
trade in our favor 10 the amount of S2J0000
600 annually, these bonds will all be returned
To the United States in "a short time.
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CITIZEN SCHwAB. one Of the communistlc
leaders OF New York, has been studying the
,chcm" of Pctel Cooper and Ben Butler TO in
fate the currency and substitute flat shin.
pla,tcrs for coin and rcdccmablc paper and
has come % the conclusion that it would lie OF
no benefit 10 the abUring classes. He SAID
The most the natIona-labor- grccuback party
can do j. TO help the middle CLASSES Of society
to bring back for few wears the hollow pros
pcriiy of the war times 10y flooding the coun-
try with nat money ana giving the CLASSES |
refer to chance to speculate and make for
tunes quickly The working people would
no: Ice benefited Everything they eat and
wear would 20 up. hut not 81, high :, thcIrcN.
pen,r,. Badly of a. they are now. they would
be- worse of then. Though it might give
them few wear, higher wage>, the reaction
wouii leave them worse off than ever.
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HARD TIMEs-Thcrc is undoubtedly II treat
deal of good sense in the following from the
Ypsilanh (Mich.) Sentinel After all, hard times
are largely relative terms, like high and low,
far and near, and are real or imaginary, very
much as people accustom themselves to look
at them:
l. there not GOOD deal Of humbug about
this eternal cry of hard times: Are the times
really haru; For many they are no doubt 4;
but for many the times were always lard.
Times were hard for one of our citizens, who
Is now well oil, when We knew him To be
whipping the cat " at fifty cents day; and
for another one also well of. who was carry
Ing hOd entirely beyond his strength for low
wages. And so times are hard for men who
struggle for fOothold in the world, rs these
men were then. They are hard for those who
never provide for a RAINY day" Such times
there always will be. But if We look al the
vast amount of building done in the various
cities of the state this summer; at the immense
amount spent in excursions and attendance at
shows, at the constant travel upon our rail
roads. at the number of merchants, clergy,
teachers. etc. who spend the summer near the
-ca or 90 Ia the Paris cXpo>ltion-thc cry of
hard times seems thin. We take tut little
stock in it, Crops are abundant, money is
plenty. Let that be- understood once for all.
There never was Il time in the history ui the
country when the >uund currency "i the Coun-
try was in "a larger ratio io the business which
requires IT, use. Whence then. arises the cry
of hard umc>: IL opened with the collapse
and panic uf 1873 and il has become Il habit
II continues now that tie unavoidable causes
have ceased To operate.
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THE OLD SETTLERS PICNIC.
arce Attendance and Interesting Exer-


cises.
|le morning Of Thursday dawmcd clear and
| Int, and pleasant day for the reunion was
|cipntcG, and at an early hour crowds of cOun-
people came pouring in from every direction,
|abont Q o'clock threatening clouds began to
ear and there was every indication, for
he, of Il rain storm. Nevertheless, at about 10
)ck the grove was pretty well filled. and at
Int II, when the exercises Of the day began,
weather was very threatening and some be
To leave the ground, but in II short time the
DIS broke and the rest of the day was compar-
|cly pleasant one. The asscmba@e inereas-
from the commencement Of the exercises I'M
line middle of the afternoon, when the number
people on the ground was estimated at about
10. The main part of the grove beng chclos-
by rope, little or no Inconvenience was cN-
enced by teams driving through rs had been
case ut former picnics At the entrance Of
grove baskets and other articles were check
rec of charge at building provided by Mr..
|Walthcr, who was at his stand in the grove
catered TO the wants Of the people In the
| { satisfactory manner, and did good bust
> The grove was well provided with seats
tables, also swings and other amusement for
children, the latter Of which an Old reverend
tlemen, in his address, condemned tvs frivol-
Hue assembly was called to order about /
lock by the President OF the Old Settlers As
alton, Saml K. Lewis, who Immediately
an the exercises of the day by announcing
nerica" by the choir, led by Profs. Ford, of
AVA, and Lancaster, Of Prairie Center, which
sung in an excellent and spirited manner.
,rvent and able prayer was then offered by
Ter Batchcllcr, the pioneer preacher of La
e county The next was the singing 10y the
|ir of an "Odc on Science which was Il fine
|cton and well rendered
resident Lewis, to whose energy and eificicn-
the great success Of this 10th annual reunion
tn,Old Settlers is in great measure due, de
,cr, his address of welcome as follows;
,uIu, i,"'. 1905. 80 - ."''',' "'' VI Wv
ache than to patrOnizc Il man who woulC
tell the truth when it hankcrcd TO he told.
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"Docinr doctor" painted - m"ss"nr"" '''1
ST the close Of the address the choir sang n
Y pretty song, entitled strike the Timbrel,"
cr which the president in - few welktimcd re-
Irks, introduced Col. Fort Of Marshall county,
10 delivered the formal address Of the occasion.
the Colonel spoke cXtrmporancou-ly we are
able to give the speech in full. He occupied
| out 80 minutes and was listened TO with mark
attention and appreciation. The Colonel has
happy faculty Of saying II great deal in few
rds and very short time, and he knew what
say tn interest old settlers, for he had been
ere" to some extent. He recountcd his own
Ipericnce in early days and those OF Others old
than himself. He referred 10 the trials and
Iivations OF those times as being intermiXcd
|th some comforts and pleasures showing that
ley were not all days of darkness and trouble
/ spoke in pleasant manner Of the "undcr-
(ound railway which all the old settlers readi-
understood, aud took occasion TO say that hav-
X am interest in that thOroughfarc was proba-
" the worst thing that his old friend and school
|itc. : r. Lewis, could be charged with. He
lsed with a few words Of solid advice to the
lung people WHO were not provided with labor
20 To some new country and do a. their father,
fore them had done, build up homes aud fire
les for themselves Col. Fort is an Julc and
ltcrcstn" speaker and Mr. Lewis did q. very
lnsiblc thing in inviting him 10 make the ad-
css. At the close Of Col. Forts remarks the
loir sang sound the Loud Tmbrcl." After
|hich - recess Of an hour and a half Was taken
II dinner and social visitation. The old settlers
Ld young settlers and everybody who were pro
ded then produced their lunch baskets and
BON there were inEumcrablr "lav outs Of all
|e good things for the inner man that only the
riftv farmers wife can 20 well prepare 10
hitch the hungry picnckcrs DID ample justice,
the same time listening 10 or rceuUuliug the
lrrativcs Of the days they iovc 50 much'tn talk
out and giving themselves az in every way 10
le enjoyment Of thu hour.
Just before calling to order again NJ O'Clock
b ola man by the name 81 O'Conuor mounted
.e stage and sung "TaliyEo" go very charac-
ristic manner. After song by the choir Mr..
Iicks, the historian Of Kendall county, made a
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OF the thirty-ninc railway companies doing
business in Michigan last year, representing Il
capital account of S3l2, 100000 only four paid
any dividend Nine paid only Il portion OF
their interest eight paid no interest, and sew
cral failed To earn their operating expenses
Evidently the 300 miles OF railway in Michi.
gan, nearly all equipped and operated in the
most admirable manner, CNist for the comfort
and convenience OF the people of the state
rather than for the profit # their owners-
(htrdgO RuiltraV ige
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The India Government sends reports to Lon
don that Russian mission has arrived at
Cabul, in Aighanstan, with letters from the
car and that the mission was received with
the highest honors. The inference is that Rus
STA is trying to establish herself in northern
Afghanstan The matter was mentioned in
the British House OF Commons on Monday
evening, and the under secretary Of foreign
affairs said it had been determined to send an
English mission 10 Cabul, as the government
could not regard with indifference what was
passing in Central Asia. England had always
claimed to have greater interest in Afghan
istun than Russia
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Pretty Waukegan girls are learning to
stockings "A la their grandmas.' one
heard to remark Il few days since that 1.-THE
nothin' that shows off white hands rs we!
Il ball of blue yarn and Il haltknit SOCK. 81
there's the Ketchums from the city boar
over to the Tuckcrses, with their two b
Folks do say they want to get married; III
tell We it's the industrious gals that gifts a
with the husbands nowadays | tell yc X
tins rood exercise, but I'd bout as licve
wood, if the truth was known. '-Cht'
TuUyuuI
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France,

The Franco American commercial confer
ence at Paris agreed on mutual reduction OF
French and American duties 30 to so per cent,
with sliding scale tariff on wines and silks,
The International silver conference opened in
Paris on the 10th and elected Leon Say presi-
dent on motion of Gov. Fenton, who explained
the objects of the conference, and thanked the
powers who responded 10 the invitation Of the
United States by sending representatives. Scv-
eral members not having yet arrived, tho con
ference adjourned for a few days.
The claimants strike in Paris, so incOnvcn-
lent and annoying for week or two, is virtu-
ally at an end, twothirds Of the men having
resumed work.
The Prince imperial of France, the son of
Louis Napoleon and Eugene, is bctrothed to
DC married to the Princess Tnyra, Of Denmark.
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EXprcsidcnt Grant arrived at ST. Petersburg
on the 10Th, and was received by Minister
St0ughton The Empcror's aid, Prince Carts,
chalioff ana other high officials called on him
without delay, and mex, day he had an audi
cncc with the Emperor. 1t is said that from
Russia Grant will proceed to India in Novcm-
her next
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Germany.

4 Berlin dispatch says Prince Bismarck has
notified Turkey that the continuance of an
ambiguous policy with regard to the occu-
patton Of Bosnia by Austria would risk the
existence Of Turkey in Europe"
Since the attempt to asSinatc the Emperor
William there have been j2l convictions, in
Guiding 81 women, for using insulting Ian
guage towards the emperor. Their average
imprisonment is for about two years.
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i philosopher al Sacramento the day inter
c,picd "a note maxim an appointment with his
wife that afternoon. ID he >otto work making
cartridge, puli~hiEgup hi hrccchloadcrand
raising a dcmnitinn row generally Not IN
the least He simply put hi, false wiic'- false
teeth IN hi~ coat tail pocket. kissed Tie children,
Ii, his cigar and tranquility -auntcrcd down
town. ~ ropjri,
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The Plano Mars says that l.. C. swift, "a
breeder OF ,inc swine, living abou, three miles
from Plano, during the la>i ten days has lost
ii)y oi Ais choicest hog, from the elrccis Of
cholera. and has about hundred that are al
fected some Of which are dropping off daily
Shont, IIadIcn and other farmer, IN the yiciu-
ify. have suffered largely from The >,nlc lis
g.sH
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Wuman'- rights appear To hc looking up
The New Hampshire legislature has Conferred
the electoral franchise un females in schooi
that The Radical, Of Southwark propose {"
nominate lady-Ni,s Helen Taylor-f"r par
Lament
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Rev : J.. CpiwclI hal hi, residence visited
10y burglars on Monday night who cndcavorcd
Ia gain aimiiunCc by cutting the blinds and Il
wire screen hat was IN the window. The
noise made in ci'ccting an entrance uwukc the
,lcrIsT-. and the would-bc-rubhcrs hearing con
ycr>ation within the house. were frightened
away N.Hdofd RAJ.
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A lover who had gone west To make h'
for his Birdie" wrote to her-"l'V got
finest ouarter-section of land QGO acres
nut NV foot down on" Birdie wrote bac
suppose you buy another quartcr-Sect
John, SO we can have lawn around yourto
John made "a home" but Birdie never was
mistress of it,
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4 Sunday-school boy only six years ola
asked by his teacher ""hy they took Step
outside the city to stone HIM to death.
little fellow Vas silent for Il moment us tho'
absorbed with the problem, when brighten
up suddenly he replied, $50 that they ca
get IL better crack at him
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Il admit" said one dramatist of anotl
"that he has wit, but it is heavy wit lie
wit? " hat difference is there between hc'
Wi and any other kind of WITT "Prccl,
the difference that there is bctw eena smell
81 nrrtumpn
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II j. confidently stated that sam Cary, who
la, been hired To make twenty gpcenhaGk
Speeches ia Illinois this fail i To be paid "ul
Of tire republican campaign fund
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Chicago Female College,
Morgan Park, near Chicago
uHrins ImesInN. SCnt. 10. 1879.

Preparatory and COLLEGIATE Departments an Optional
Cona~r: also Gaiuaun- Course in Music Drawing ANA
Painting NpCCnii"~ Fu" Catalogue, address G.. IlAN th.
President Morgan Park. Cook county H.. ora = Madison
street, Chicago. Iuly2t-.uu~
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Trustees Sale.

In VIRTUE of decree of the Circuit
i, Court for Hartford county, as Court of
Chancery, the subscriber, as Trustee, will
offer at Public Auction, at the Court House
Door, in Bel Air, on
TUESDAY, APRIL 9Th, 1878,
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War Of 1872.

CONGRESS has just passed an act which
~ gives pension 10 ali soldiers of the W ar
of 1912, soho served Ia days, or were in any
engagement; and to the surviving widows
of such soldiers, no matter aolten married.
Applications will be received by
~ A, PRESTON GILBERT,
mhS Attorney at Law, Bel Air, Md.
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REPORT
OF THH
GRAND JURY.
ON THE CONDITION OF THE
.AInash0USe and Jail.
FEBRUARY TERM, 1878

FEBRUARY TERM, 1878.
To the Hon. JUS ID. Waters,
Associate Judge 3D. Judicial District.
TNHE Grand Jury for the February term of
i the Circuit Court for Hartford county
respectfully report to your Honor that they
have transacted all the business brought be-
fore them, and ask TO be discharged.
We have examined 1877 witnesses, found
Is true bills and dismissed 25 cases, in which
the evidence did not warrant us in finding
presentments.
In accordance with the requirements of
law we visited the Almshouse, and found
therein "a inmates, of whom IL were white
males, 7 white females, 2 white children, 6
colored males, and z Colored females. In the
Judgment of the Grand Jury the County
Commissioners have been peculiarly fortu-
nate i'm their selection of the present man
ager
We also visited the Jail, and found confin-
ed therein 10 persons of whom IRE insane;
on the charge of assault, 6 for larceny, and
serving out sentence
The sanitary condition of the Jail is rs
good as could be expected from its imperfect
ventilation and dilapidated state. The pris-
oners are all well cared for and kindly treat
ed by the present excellent and humane
Sheriff
| The Grand Jury have ascertained that of
| the pauper insane supported by the county
| 10 are kept outside of the county, at an an
nual cost of nearly $4,000.
We think a suitable building could be
erected on the Almshouse property, at small
cost, where these unfortunate wards of the
county could be as well and as comfortably
cared for as they are now, and for one-half
the amount at present expended. So far as
any supposed advantage in the cure of the
insane, by keeping them at institutions out
| side of cur county is concerned, We find that
in the past ten years, during which they have
been thus provided for, not one has been re-
turned cured
During our session of eleven days we have
observed that the Court House is in very
deplorable condition. The walls are defaced
in every part and there are other marks of
the spoilers hand We would recommend
a thorough cleaning and re painting Of the
entire building, and the appointment of some
suitable person TO take charge of the building
and yard, and keep the same in respectable
condition. We have also noticed that the
acoustic properties of the Court Room are
exceedingly imperfect, and recommend TO the
County Commissioners the adoption of some
means to remedy the defect.
| Complaints have been madeio lis of the
obstruction of the public roads by fences, old
rails, piles of stone, brush, &c. We think
the road supervisors have full authority in
the premises, and would urge them to more
vigorous and rigid execution OF the law
against all persons 30 offending.
In conclusion we beg to tender TO YOUR
Honor, to the States Attorney, and to other
officers of the Court our thanks for valuable
aid and assistance promptly and cheerfully
rendered US in the prosecution of our impor-
tant and responsible duties. .H..
Very respectfully, ".3
mh1-3t JOHN MOORES, Foreman.
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No. 3. Contains
49, Acres of Land,

and lies east of Division or Lot No. Q, and
adjoins the lands of James A. Amos, John
r. Rutledge and j. Dauton.
All the land is advantageously situated,
we'll fenced and watered, and susceptible
of high state of cultivation. 1t will be
sold either as a whole or in parcels, as divi-
ded, whichever may be deemed the most
advantageous.
A descriptive plot of these lands may be
seen at the office of the Trustee, in Bel Air
TERMS OF SALE.
The terms of sale as prescribed by the
decree are-that one-third of the purchase
money shall be paid in cash on the day OF
sale, one-thrd in six and one-third in twelve
months thereafter, the credit payments TO
bear interest from the day of sale, and to be
secured by the notes or bonds of the purchas-
err, with surety approved by the Trustee.
EDWIN HI. WEBSTER,
Trustee.
J. s. Richardson, Auctioneer mhS
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MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

This1iniment very naturally originated in Ameri-
ca, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antdotes for the maladies Of her chill
dren. Its fame has been spreading for IS years,
until now 1t encircles tho habitable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment is q matchless
remedy for all external ailments Of man and beast.
To stock owners and farmers 1t Is invaluable.
A single bottle often saves human life or re-
stores the usefulness OF an excellent horse, OK,
cow, or sheep.
1t cures footrot, hoof-ail, hollow horn, grub.
screw-worm, shoulder-rot, mango, the bites and
stings Of poisonous reptiles and insects and every
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life.
1t cures every external trouble Of horses, such
as lameness scratches, swinny, sprains, founder.
wind gall, ring bone, etc., etc.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment Is the quickest
cure In the world for accidents occurring in the
family, in the absence of physician, such as
burns scalds, sprains, cuts, ETC., and for rheuma
tism, and stiffness engendered by exposure. Par
ticularly valuable to Miners.
1t is the cheapest remedy in the world. for it
penetrates the muscle to the bone, and n single
application is generally sufficient to cure.
Mexican Mustang Liniment is put up In three
sizes of bottles the larger ones being proportion.
ately much tho cheapest. Sold everywhere.
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DEATH OF COMMODORE WIN. G. WH1rTLE

DEATH OF COMMODORE WIN. C. WHITTLE.
Commodore VIM. G. Whittle died Mt the
residence of his son-in.law, Mr. Coles Terry,
in Roanoke county, Va, on the 9th of March,
of paralysis, in the seventy third year of his
age. He entered the United States navy in
1920, served on number of vessels and made
many cruises. His last cruise was on the
coast of Africa, In 1854, in command of the
United States sloop of war Dale, where he
was active in the suppression of the slave
trade. On the breaking out of the war he
resigned his commission and entered the SER
vice of the Confederate States, and was ac-
tive during the entire struggle. At one time
he was in command at New Orleans. Since
the war he had lived most of the time in
Buchanan county. He was son of the late
Fortesque White, many years prominent
shipping merchant of Norfolk. He was born
in Norfolk, and was brother of Bishop
Whittle, of Virginia. He leaves several
children, among them Capt. W. @. Whittle.
commander of the Bay Line steamer Florida.
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Notice..

J. s. Richardson, Auctioneer.
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No. 2. All that portion of said land
which lies on the west side of line
drawn moth Al degrees east from stone at
the corner of James A. Amos's land and
north of said new road, containing
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Baltimore Cattle Markets.
MONDAY, March, IL 1878.

MONDAY, March, II 1878.
BEEF CATTLE.-Market slow and prices slight
ly lower than last week. We quote as follows ::
Very best on sale this week. ....4%051< cts.
That generally rated first quality .3s4@ 45s
Medium or good fair quality. ....31s93as
Extreme range of prices. ........3 05X
Most of the sales were from. .....4 @4e4
Mich Cows.--Trade in better grades more
active, but not brisk. Prices 25@S50 at retail.
SwINE.-Prices have again declined. We
quote at sac cents.
SHEEP.--We quote common to fair sheep at
4@5H cents, fair TO good 514959< cents, and
sales being recorded at the latter price. Spring
Lambs SOLO cents per lb.
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NOTICE is hereby given, that Thirty
IN Days after the date hereof application
will be made to the County Commissioners
to open public road, commencing near the
Glade. on the road that passes Stansburys
Mill, to intersect the road leading from Mrs.
McComass Store to Flies Saw Mill, at q
point near Joshua Wright's Store House.
February Odd 1879