The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-13
ster. In the present instance a little whal-
ing will answer.

ster. In the present instance little Whal-
ing will answer.
THE TELEPHONE IN ELkToN.-Those OF
our citizens who were fortunate enough TO
be present on Thursday evening last, were
much amused by the exhibition of gen.
uine telephone upon cur streets. This
apparatus was constructed by Thomas f.
Boulder, an Ingenious lad of some twelve
or fifteen years of age. Though costing
but little, it is admirably adapted to the
purpose of transmitting sounds for con
siderable distance. The apparatus consists
of two tin fruit cans, the bottoms of which
have been removed and a covering of dried
beefs bladder substituted These are
firmly fixed in cigar boxes and connected
with cotton string about - yards long,
which is passed through hole in the cen.
ter of the bladder covering the end of the
can. The utterances of person speaking
in either of these tubes can be distinctly
heard by those at the other end of the
string. Verify this is the patent age of
new inventions"
THOSE SwINDLERs.- our last issue,
we left the confidence men, Deviue and
Benjamin, together with one Abrams, in
the custody of the police authorities of
Cincinnati, Ohio. On Friday evening last,
one of the vctimized innocents, Matthew
Russell, Jr., in company with a friend, who
acted as a guide, started for that place,
which they reached late on Saturday even
ing. Early on Sunday morning, Russell
went to the station house and greeted his
old friends and neighbors, who had lost
their way to the fishing shore. SO confused
were they, when they shipped their zinc
bound trunk from Media, that one of the
party forgot his name as well as the fishing
shore route, and marked the trunk % Geo.
Hall, CINCINNATI, and when he gave this
assumed name at that place, on Thursday
of last week, the officer introduced himself.
and accompanied them to the hotel de lock
up. Russell and the parties made COM
promise of some character, but as Matthew
is very reticent on this point, it is supposed
that he succeeded in getting some money
out of them and then let them 60 When
last seen, the parties were vending their
way upa principal street of that city on
Sunday afternoon, Benjamin bearing one
end of the duplicating trunk and Devine
upholding the other, with the "sewing ma
chine man bringing up the rear, probably
journeying towards Omaha, as they had
tickets for that city when arrested. Per
haps that place now contains three more
shrewd business men. If the victimized
parties can stand the financial part of the
programme, the county can afford 10 do
without these sharpers. From an account
of the parties, published in the Cincinnati
Commercial, it appears that Deviue alias
Geo. Hall, told the authorities that he had
wanted to raise the sum of $3.50 and had
asked neighbor to 60 his security, and
that after getting the money, had started
west on business trip; that the other two
had nothing to do with the affair; that his
endorser had got scared and came after him.
This story would do very we'll there but is
too transparent for this locality.
We have received a card from Mr.. H. H.
Haines, of the Rising Sun Banking Co.,
stating that the parties had not received
the large amount of money at that Bank,
as reported, but got three notes discount
ed, aggregating about S235.