The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-01-05

They have sieigLing in Nova Scotia.

Rain was falling throughout California
on Saturday, and "a prosperous season for
farmers " is looked far i'll that State.
Mrs. Hayes was celebrated at the White
House. on the night Of the 81 ultimo
In the District Court at Washington. on
Saturday, Mrs. Belva Lockwood applied for
the appointment of Llvina G. Dundore
under consideration.
AT san Francisco, during the business
year ending on Saturday. The total sales OF
mining shares at the " Big Board aggre-
gated SIG, 800, $50, against 1923, 100, Az in
1876.
The harbor of Bangor, Me-, was closed
by ice on the 29th nlt., after having been
open since March 295h. This is the longest
period il has been open in any one year
since 1918.
y fire in St. Johns. \. Is on Saturday
/ morning destroyed Nalpley's shoe factory
and eleven frame buildings Loss,
$50 coo Two hundred men are thrown
out Of employ ment 10y the burning of the
! factory.
The bark Liberia will sail from New
/ \ orl one day this week, with sixty colpred
! people, who will settle in Liberia under the
auspices OF the American Colonization
| Society. A few families from Pennsylvania
are included i'll the number
/ On tn" western rivers, during the year
now closing. 20 lives were lost, more shan
wo.thlrds of them ny boiler explo sjous and
burning of steamers fhr loss uf property
is es' mated at s.. $50. coo br disasters. by
ice g"rges. etc, on the Ohio River.
T.,
Germany, was convicted Of the murder of
a forester. and eXtennatiuG circumstances
being shown, sentenced to sixteen years
imprisonment. The real mui tierer has just
confessed his crime and the innocent ser
want has been set at liberty.
A supply of fresh straw berries. grown in
the open air at Bnothhy Hill. Hartford
county. Md, were served at hotel in
Baltimore. on Friday The berries il is
said. were OF good Siza and flavor and
made their appearance on the vines without
forcing. at This unusual time of the year,
| i'll obedience to general warmth of the san
Philip Nartz. of Nnnrneville, Indiana.
having been manned on Thursday last gave
Il wedding reception on Friday night If
last week. The festivities were married by
a number of unlimited guests, who gave
belIing." The friends of Martz fired into
the noisy crowd and wounding niue of them,
three severely. Two of the firing party,
named Moses and kranse. were arrested
The Working Mems Congress. at New
| ark. n. J held an open session on Satnr-
day. Two members were expelled for
joining the Republican party. The names
of the oreanizltinn which claims - sec.
[ nd ,t,n,s oh,
the "S"cIalliat Labor Party" A platform
was adopted. declaring u working man.
party necessary, because other parties give
no relief; recommending the formation Of
trades unions throu.hon the country,
and favnring the repeal of all laws against
labor continuation aud strikes. 4 reSou
ton against Coolie labor was also adopted.
An intelligent young lady of nineteen
summers arrived in Washington d. G., on
Friday night. from Trenton. n. J having
walked ths entire distance She left Tren
ton on Saturday. the 22nd. inst, her object
being TO reach Columbia, :. c., where She
has an uncle living. She is the daughter
of a former State Senator of South Carolina.
Three years ago she and Der mother, hav.
ing become very poor, left their native
State for the Moth, in search of implny-
ment Her mother died in Trenton about
four months ago. Transportation to Fred
eriCk sburg, Va, has been secured for he:.
Charles Taylor, a colored lawyer prac;ic
ing in the nited States Circuit and Dis
trict Court 1T Baltimore, WAS refused al
mission to the bar of the Court of Appeals
last week. Judge Ba:tni III delivering the
opinion of the court showed that the Code
prcsCr!btS that applicants for admis> |
must be free rhits male citizens, aud the
Court of Appeals have no power to SET
aside the plain letter of the law He also
showed c"nclusively that the case does not
come under the provision of the Fourteenth
Amendment, citing cases showing that the
Supreme Court does not regard tie right to
practice law as one OF the immuuitics of
i citizen OF the nited states which a State
cannot abide.
On Saturday, the a2nd utimo the resi-
dents of the lower part of Washington
county Were excited by a series OF fires.
originating IN inceudiari,m. Two persons
seem TO have been engaged in the work.
which occurred after y clock the previ
Gus night. The properties destroyed lie
on the road leading from the John Brown
| School House, at the western foot of Elk
ridge mountain, to Harper'S Ferry. The
party of iuceudiares first fired The wash
house and spring house of Charles t. Wen
ner, lying abour a quarter of mile south
of the school mouse, occupied by Nh. Ben
latnin. and the TWO bulidiugs burnt were
very near the stable. fhe family of Mr.
BEN amin was aroused. but not in time to
save any thing III the two buildings. The
stable, however, was saved by their efforts.
y bout half mile down the road the large
Swlzer barn of Mrs. Mary Houser WAS
fired and entirely consumed The barn
was new AID substantial building. Two
stacks OF fodder and ii lot of fencing be
longing to Terence Byrne We're next burned
on Mr.. Adam Ats place. Some old nes,io
quarters containing shingles aui meat on
the next place, also belonging to Mr.. Ter
ence Byrne, were next burned. The roof
of an Old kitchen adjoining Mr.. Byrne's
dwelling house was burned, but the dwell
ing was saved by great exertons.