The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-16
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.


Baltimore. This fact is due to "A variety of
causes. In the first place, Baltimore is
very wealthy aud refined city, with a num-
Der of old and rich families. and il is get
ting to he he thing TO visit the races i'll
family carriages, four in hand and tandem
teams, presence of these big bug"
To use very common expression. naturally
having tonirg influence on the Attendance
in general. In the second place. the course
Is situated five uI six miles from the city.
aud IL Is an expensive thing to hire a hack
costing So 1t the leas,. The cost nf get.
ting there prevents people Of limited means
from visiting 1t regularly. In the third
place, the price OF admission To "all the
privileges Is - per male head ladies
were admitted flee this year Ia the grand
stand, with an additional charge of fifty
cents for The right To have your carriage
admitted within the outer enclosure: and
rs this Is more than people care tn pay tn
see a race, this of iisef keeps many away.
Then the racing beg ius At one o clock sharp
and As 1t takes 4 good hour To reach I'll.
course, business men. who do not care to
give up ! whole day to the sport are kept
away. The average Attendance during the
last meeting. which closed on saturday.
October, 20 h, WAS fully five thousand pen
day. II The high prices aud other causes
have mentioned kept away the patronage
Of persons of limited meailS. Ilcy also al
tracted the wealthy aud ari>t"cra attic from
New York. Philadelphia, Norfolk, Wash
ingion and Richmond. and many fIom the
Peninsula of Delaware and Mary land: their
presence helping materially IN swelling the
exchequers Of the Maryland Jockey Club
To be Il witness of the races AT Pimlico Is Il
rare treat. and when better iacIiIties are
made for reaching the grounds, til. att eud.
ancc viii gradually increase each year, and
hity thousand people will he pre.vnr, III
stead of live cac,. day which OF Itself viii
be an attractive sight, a. many will 90 To
sre the wealth, fashion and beauty of Bal
iimore, outside of the racing. Baltimore
Is certainly
IMPROVING RAPIDLY
in wealth. heauiy and III size, though it
lacks manufactures. IL almost equals the
city of Brooklyn IN its handsome church
edIilccs. and cumpares favorable with other
large cities III lis theatres and hotels. The
northeastern ard northwestern sections Of
the city seem 20 tie extending into the
county V, aud The limits oi the city " III soon
have 10 lie changed from Boundary avenue
beyond The present Druid it'll Pa; k.-itsclf
uuequalled III natural SCENERY by any park
III the country. Patterson Park III the
eastern section uf the city, Is much more
ui a fsvurite Tor pedestrians than Druid Hill
Park, as II Is always cool ia Summer. and
commands fine view of the harbor OF
Baltimore. Fort Mclienry and other noted
spots, besides having plenty of shade.
pleasant walks, good water and a fine dane
ing pavilion, with beautiful lake for
Baltimore has over other cities At present
il the chcapuess OF rents, aud its hcalthful
ness At all seasons of the year. The past
summer has been an unusually healthy one,
there being but little infant muria atty, com
pared with other cities. and no epiicmics
of any kind. Every summer an effort Is
made Ia purify the haInuI, which Is a great
nuisance. but 50 long as no sickness results
HON the peculiar OdoT, The matter falls
through. until some day perhaps an cpl
demic will break out, and sweep oil a
portion of the population, which Will then
open The eyes of the city authorities. who
seem blind To the dangers this city is AL
ways EXPOSED 10 during the hoi season.
CHANGES. sc.
The wooden pavemrnt> have almost dis
appeared from oar streets aud substitutes
blocks, which are mad, of stone. and will
probably last for many years. The city il
much III want Of additional passenger Iail
way facilities. which has caused the old
fashioned omnibus To be introduced, run
nIng over sections Of the city. which are a.
yet unsG ppiIed BY railways The gas
monopoly has been broken up 10y the
Consume. Company who have laid over
iity miles II pipe and who are gradually
extending their harGS ~ every section OF
the city. TIE tvs" old companies changed
their prices from - - to 81 20 per thou
saud feet, after tt- new company had
adopted their price : 30 per thousand feet.
THE RELIGIOUS CIRCLES
of Baltimore are greatly agltatrd At prc,en,
over the active work OF three ui the most
effective gospel workers %hIoh the country
can boast al Mss Maggie Van Cot. NJ.
Dwight |. Moody and the Rev. Thomas
Morrison. whose names are known through
out the American continent. Wherever
they raise the banner nf the cross. il seems
as II thousands Use up a. this signal, and
aid III unfolding It's peaceful folds. Mr..
Moody has regularly domIcilcd himself aud
family in Baltimore, and expects =, remain
here foa year al more MIS- Van Con
has been he:c before, and Mr. Harrison
one uf the greatest Of i:v!ag revIvallsts
who is now only III his twenty fifth year. is
well known here, having been here almSt
constantly since he attended the Baltimore
conference in 1876 Daring fourteen
weeks revival in 1871, 1T the mon Suuare
VI. + Church. there We're III all eight hun
dred conversions. which far surpas>cs any
religious movement ever witnessed in Bal
tImuTe.
THE RESULT or THE ELECTIONS.
throu. hout the land last week and through
out this state. were great disappointment
10 the leading Democrats Of this city. who
were commencing - prepare fur \ clean
sweep ni all the offices next year through
cut the State. The small vote pOlci IN al
the districts. and disastrous defeat OF the
party in Western Maryland. has caused
much excitement. coupled with the fact
that the friends Of the Hon. VIM 1
Hamilton i'll this city are determined on
having h,m nominated for Governor by
the convention, which will probably meet
IN this city some time in the early Summer
Of next year. Il was well known that Mr.
Hamilton was asked tn allow his name to
go before the Democratic convention in the
sixth district. which he positively declined.
although lie had every reason Ia believe he
could have hers elected It nominated II
WAS also well known that il WAS all arranged
al Annapolis during the s-s>iou of last
Legislature, th:i. the Hon. George Peter
at Montgomery county, the State Senator
elected last Fall from that county. should
be the candidate To succeed the Hon. Vim
Walsh, who had been elected for the usual
Democratic two terms. AID that the would
have the support of Nrssrs A. F. German
X C., the present leaders of the Demo
H., A.