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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

IN the newspapers Of burglaries n high
and low life aud M ANXIETY Increased
instead of diminishing" Tie vague fear
Of commcr"ial panic wa exchanged
for distressing apprehension Of burg
lars. He Went out by dav in fear and
trembling lest he might not find his
treasures when he should return. and
he could not sleep AT night from a dread
of being awakened by the presence Of
masked rullians in his room He
bought n revolver which he kept loaded
under his pillow, and in this way, lived
in constant apprehension OF midnight
bioodsh.d until unable to endure il anv
longer, he took back the money 10 the
bank
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

WE publish on the first page of To-
DAYS issue an unusually interesting per-
sonal interview with the Hon. Hamilton
Fish of New York, Secretary of State
in Gen. Grants Cabinet No man had
a better opportunity to form correct
estimate of Gen. Grants character, and
the opinion entertained of him by Mr.
Fish is that held by every impartial
American.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

IT is announced from Indiana that all
reports that Hendricks has lost his grip
upon the party there are false and Of
evil origin. The great straddler is de-
clared to be as firmly intrenched in me
hearts Of his brethren a. he ever was.
This NAV be true, vet it is also true
that the Indiana Democrats, like their
brethren all over the country. were
never - deeply impressed as at present
with the necessity Of having a rich man
for candidate next year. As they run
their fingers down the list Of aspirants
the only name which has millions al
tached to il is Tilden's. and their feel
ings are shaped accordingly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
ARIslE.ID.

bill hRAt S>.-Dn Thursday. January
:'N,h. by the r." -. + Harvey, Oxfnrd
IA, ARTHUR :. Fell, of Little Britain,
L1nca>t~r county. aud EMMA G.. KRArs-,
al Rising sun.
BIKE VS. I Err COOK AT the NJ F. Par
sonage. IN EIktnn. on November Is 1878,
by Rev u. G. Riigway. JESSE Bntws
TER To JENNIE Cook both of hi. c,up,v
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

CARTER HARRISON. of Illinois. j.
making the best use of his last ie:,
days in Congress TO establish his claim
to he considered the pre-emncnt luna,ir
IN not over-sauc House. He declared
that President Hayes is following in
the footsteps Of his iron predecessor -
a statement which is calculated to
astonish Mr. HAYES quite as much as
General Grant-and that the iron pre-
decessor " is now carried about from
country To country on United States
irlgates learning the WAYS of kings. 50
that he NAV come back with an army
behind him, ready to practice all bis
fresh knowledge of despotism upon the
helpless people Of the United Statc>
There can hardly he ANYTHING more
excruciatingly ridiculous than this said
between the 9Th Of February and the
9Th of March. aud if Mr. Harrison j.
anxious TO get home he might, without
prejudice 10 anybody's rights, take that
fools cap now and start along.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

The signs of the times all point TO
Grants third, triumphant, and crown
ing success as the chosen Presidential
candidate of the Republican party
Atehis0a Kan Champion, Rep
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

RICHARD HENRY DAyA, another of
the old school of American poets, is
dead Speaking of him. cstemporarv
pertinenily saws that in more WAYS than
one, and in the best sense. Mr. Dana
was one Of our American aristocrats,
coming as he did of line Of solid and
publicly useful men, the best products
of the religious and intellectual culture
Of Massachusetts He cared little for
novelties Of faith, as be cared little for
novelties of literature. He belonged To
different if not to stronger genera
ton than ours.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

Rock eypher baby in the tree top;
When tho Tribune wind blows, old Sammy
will rock;
When truth is proclaimed, Gramercy will
fall;
Then down come Tilden aud nephew and
all.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

The Tildcn Bureau is clearly enough
flooding the South again with editorial
pabulum. The contributions do not
appear in the more prominent Journals
of the South, but in the more obscure
and rural ones In those the tune
about Tilden being the only man who
can carry New York State is ground
out with great PERSISTENCE Its varied
with remarks ab"u; the folly Of nom
mating a Western inhationist. and thus
loosin- all the Eastern End Middle
States. Tildcns reorganization bv az
clamation Is already predicted, aud +
the South makes up its mind to have
him again, Of course the party will have
TO bow in acquiescenee
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

.IoHN II. BLANEY, of Boston, got
drunk on an average of four times
year, kept so in each instance about
week, and then went into an inebriatc
asylum TO get sober. \ ii the rest of
the time he was total abstinence man.
His wife sued for divorce on the
= ound OF gross and habiiual intoxica-
zion" He contested the case deter
minedly, claiming that his intemperancc
was not "habiual" within the meaning
of the law. since he was perfectly So
Der nine-tenihs of the time but the
Supreme Court has decided against
him
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

ENGLAND is jealous OF our cattle mar
kets, aud would welcome some preteXt
for prohibiting the unrestricted sale of
our beef TO her people. jealousy more
than any fear of the prevalence ofpleuro-
pneumonia among American cattle, en-
plains the contemplated action Of the
authorities TO prevent the importation
of our cattle for the present. Canada
has already refused 10 allow our cattle
TO cross the line during the next three
months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
THE NEW PENSION LAW.
Department of the Interior.
Pensi III piii e.

CIRCULAR LETTER.

WAsHISGToS, ID. { Jan. -, le.g \
CIRCULAR LETTER.
SIR:-Persons who are entitled to ar
rear, of pension, under the Act of grant
ing Arrears. approved Januar- -, 1879.
and whose pensions srre Granted previous
1" thai aa;e, will not require the assistance
IA claim agent in draining the amount
due them. All correspondence in relation
Ia any claim for such arrears, will be with
the person entitled, and no claim agent will
be recognized in such claim.
\ letter addressed to the Commissioner
OF Pensions, sigued by the person who was
IN receipt Of the pension at the date afure-
said, and two witnesses, in the presence Of
a magistrate, will he the only application
rrqulred-and upon which the rights OF all
parties concerned will be adjusted
~ The Pension Certificate should not be
sent To this oil :e-but II must 1s exhibited
In the magistrate.
The letter should be in the following or
equivalent form:
= To hs CoHlm.issioHsr Of Passions:
|, pensioTer under pension Ger
tiiicate No. hereby apply for the ar
rears due me. under the Act granting Ar
r~ars of Pensions. approved January 25th
1879. My post Office address is Here in
seIt the name of the post office, aud If the
claimant resides in a city, the name aud
number Of the street aud residence must
also b. given Name IF Claimant.
TicD Witnesses
STATE or -, COUNTY OF -,
Signed IN my presence, by -. who
is known TO me To be the person he de.
scrIbes himself 10 be. ard at the same time
he exhibited to me his pension certificate,
which is numbered
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
DIED.

\ EAR-LEI In l."wisyille. Pa, F.bru-
a'y lst. 1879. .jo>Erm YEAH>LEy. aged
90 years
West Chester papers please copy
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
Notice to Stockholders.

vi T. Annual Meeting Of the Stockhold-
L - ct tho colt NHIA arrI PuEr DEPOSIT RAIL
h'AD COMPANY xiii IT, held At the ui,ie~ If the
company. v" - S"nih Fourth .ir~-i Philadelphia
"a IN "ErNi>b'T February 18th, ~" IL o'clock
4 y E'"iIpn E'g P5-.Ii"ut arl Direct Tor, dat
an! ;ilc", JANIS Il MCCLURE
I-L 81 -,rr,,,ry
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

Mr. TiLDEN, do YOU ever send
eypher dispatches -
Never
What, Never"
Hardly ever
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

WHAT can nervous bank depositor
do with his money when he draws it
out and takes it home Vine Their
the bank goes to pieces or holds togelh-
or. there are thieves who stand ready
to break in and steal A timid English
man, who had read in his morning jour
nal of the collapse of one bank after
another until he was halfcrazed with
worriment, went to his London bankers.
withdrew his account, and marched
home with 5000, which he locked up
in a strong box. But every morning
At breakfast his eyes fell upon accounts
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
EQUALITY

- Life is but short and We should do
all we caa tn prolnng it. Check cough
or Cold at once 10y using an old and reliable
remedy such as DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Price only - cents a bottle
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08
ELkTON, FEBRUARY =. 1879.

WHAT has become of that attack on
tue National banks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

n Can farmers ask better than this
Il 'of Green Coffee. IL! cents; Sugar. q, ;
good Prints. cents per yard; good Muslin,
]; Cotton Flannel, 6 TO 10; allother goods
down in proportion, at DRESSEN's.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-08

TnE crafty Samuel dropped his
"vpher baby at nephew Pelton's door,
and the latter was fool enough to take
in the troublesome stranger.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Late Murders.

In drunken quarrel at San Francisco.
Cal, on the 9th inst, William Forsyth killed
his paramount with stove litter.
Andrew Henderson, workman in a hub
factory near Cuba, Mo-, was killed on the
9Th inst. by being beaten on the head with
club by Henry Post, fellow workman.
At Harrodsburg, KY, on the 18th inst,
Oscar Freeman shot and killed Jas. H. Glib
bons in a quarrel
Howard Heltzolaw, telegraph operator
and railroad agent at Warrenton Junction,
Va, was waylaid, murdered and robbed on
the night of the 9th inst.
The village OF Wrightsville, in southern
Illinois, was the scene of q frightful tragedy
on the Sd inst Charles Z. McAuhfe, Apply
stefan, invited his wife and her brother. Mr..
Heayener, into his drug store, and after
drinking with them shot Heavener dead.
The doctor fled but was captured, and be-
fore the constable could secure him mob
Of Infatuated people strung the prisoner up
to tree.
At Shabonier, H., on the 4th inst, Fred.
Matcho shot and killed August Ruben, and
mortally wounded his eldest daughter. No
cause is assigned for the deed. All parties
are respectable.
In melee at Goliah, Texas, on the 9TH
instant, a man named Lockhart killed one
Henderson. The murdered mans brother
came to his rescue and emptied six cham.
bers OF his revolver into Lockhart's body,
killing him instantly.
Sam Hill shot John R. Simonds dead in a
bar room at Atlanta, Ga, on the night of
the 3lst ult.
A young man named William Peake was
shot and instantly killed at Manhattan,
Kansas, on the I'd inst. by one Bates, acting
as deputy marshal. Peake was standing
inside church when he received the
fatal bullet. Bates has fed. No definite
cause is given for the deed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Abe Cattle Trade.

The Canadian government has prohibited
the importation of American cattle for a
period of three months and streng pres.
sure is being brought to bear in Great Brit
ain to secure the passage of like structure.
Cattle exporters and butchers in New York
characterize the story of disease among cat
tie received from the west as simply non
sense, and say of the Canada prohibition
for three months that as cattle are most
likely shipped there from Montreal, water
transportation is closed and business is sus-
pended, and during the time of prohibition
the Canadians viii be enabled to dispose
of their Aistilln-s- f~d ~~441~- own
Cullom, of Illinois, telegraphed President
Hayes on the 9th inst, saying that the ac-
ton of the British government in respect
to cattle shipments works great prejudice to
cattle raisers in the northwest, where cattle
are in excellent condition, and suggesting
thatit is of vital Importance that these facts
be presented in such form as to counteract
the influence Of false reports The presi.
dent responded asfollows: "The secretary
OF state has made full statements as to the
false reports about the cattle disease to the
British government"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Dishonest Officials.

Evan Rice, cashier OF Wilmington and
Brandywine National Bank, Wilmington,
Del, has been arrested on charge of en-
bezzling about S27 zoe. Rice is confined to
his bed by nervous prostration.
William Heath, who was auditor of st.
Louis County for ten years prior to 1876,
was convicted on the 9TH inst, at St. Louis,
No, of embezzling about s14S, 900 of county
and township funds, of which he was col
lector and custodian. His sentence is
twenty years in the penitentary.
Juehoatzos the treasurer OF the Mutual
Credit Foneier Co, of Russia, convicted of
embezziug 100000, has been sentenced TO
fifteen years penal servitude in Siberia.
Harrison Attoway, Missouri coal oil in.
spector, was arrested at St. Louis on the 4th
inst. The grand jury it is said will return
an indictment against Attoway for partially
in office and fraud. Clifford Able, the off,
cial's clerk, was also arrested for refusing TO
produce the books of the Office.
The accounts of ex-treasurer Fred S.
Ellis, Of Brown county, Wis, have been
found to be short over 5000, The bonds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Business Troubles.

The notes of the Salmon Falls paper COM
pany, Russell. Mass have been protested
The failure of Fl. Sayles, Danville, and S.
l.. and I. D. Sayles, of Versailles, Conn, is
announced. These concerns are in reality
one and have been in existence % years
and were the largest individual manufac-
torres Of wooden goods in the country. Their
mills were situated at Mechanicsville,
Dayville and Versailles. The property
invested in the enterprises amounts to
between $4,000 and 100000, the entire
village of Mechanicsville being owned by
the firm of II. c. & T. D. Sayles. The
failure falls heavily on the wool merchants
of Boston, who are creditors to the extent
of $350,O00 or 100000. Depreciation in
the value of WOODEN goods is assigned as the
cause Of the failure.
Albert Grant has filed petition in bank.
ruptcy at London. Liabilities 96S1, 1898.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Why She Refused the Cake.

The Princess Louise is exceedingly in
terested in church work in Sunday
schools and in schemes for the relief and
comfort OF the poor. She recently en-
tertained at Rideau hall all the teachers
and pupils of the Sunday school con-
nected with the church which she at
tends. The servants were dismissed and
the hungry children were served by the
princess, the marquis and their suite.
Addressing pretty little girl the prin-
cess asked her if she would not take more
cake. The little guest declined with
awe, and her hostess, fearing that bash
fulness was standing in the way, pressed
her again. Again she declined Her
highness, struck by the sweet modesty
and child-iike simplicity of the pretty
creature, cut a large slice from the cake
and said; We'll, my dear, you must, at
least, take this home as a present from
me; let me put it in your pocket" The
child hesitated, blushed, and exhibited
a decided unwillingness to accept the
proffered gift. And the more unwilling
she seemed, the more charmed the prin-
cess became with her innocent look and
blushing diffidence. Using a gentle
force she found the pocket of the young
visitor, when 10, to her infinite astonish-
ment, she discovered that it was already
filled to overlooking with cake which
this bland little heather Chinee had
stealthily distracted from the table
~ Y, Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
The Arrears of Pensions

General Rice, chairman of the committee
on pensions, has had several interviews
with Commissioner Bentley as to the neces-
sary legislation to carry out the provisions
OF the arrears of pensions act. OF course.
time will be required to examine claims
presented, and, with the facilities at his dis.
posal, the commissioner thinks no more
than ten million dollars will be required
for claims adjusted during the coming year.
The committee has informally considered
and will probably report a bill accepting
that amount for the purpose. Should
claims be more rapidly adjusted, provision
for their payment can be made on the meet
ing of congress in December
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Labor Troubles I'm I.vprnooI.

1t is estimated that from 50, 0C0 to 81, 600
men are now on a strike at Liverpool. The
demeanor of the crowd on the 9th inst, was
mostly threatening, in consequence Of the
sailors joining the strikers. The laborcrs
employed in the provision trade have also
struck. At Waterloo, the dock mob broke
up the staging and did much damage After
their expulsion by the police, they en-
deavored to storm the gates, At the Prin-
cess dock, the mob boarded the Cora, from
Wilmington, n. c., which was unloading
rosin and, extinguished the fires in the
donkey engines and cut the hoisting gear.
This mob numbered about 5000 Smaller
mobs terrorized the laborers at the Queens,
Nelson's and Bramley cocks. A number of
laborers sent to Liverpool from Wolver-
hampton, were compelled to return, by
threats of murder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
A RanNrunI City

The weight of municipal debt has at last
overcome Memphis, aud that once prosper
ous city, the central cotton market of the
Mississippivall is no more. The deceased
was once vigorous city, and withstood the
shock OF civil war and pestilence, but over
surdened with a debt it could not pay nd
without inclination 10 make the attempt, it
suceumbed at last and has given up its
charter as a municipal incorporation, the
legislature repeating its act of incorporation
and the city property has been attached
The two commissioners appointed by the
governor, have assumed control of affairs.
In the meantime, the United States courts
have issued garnishments in favor Of credi-
tors to nearly S1,000,000 and everything
available and belonging to the city has been
attached
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
THE MARKETS
~ eW York

NEW YORK, February 500 P. M.-Cot-
ton-Quiet ct 9.16c. Flour-Quiet. re-
ceipts 1900 bbls; sales 200 bbls at So. 10
G5.O0. Wheat-Without decided change ;
firm; receipts 49,, 600 bus; No. 2 red seller
April, SLID No. white Michigan, $1.0913.
Rye-Firm. Corn-Lower; receipts 123,-
900 bus; sales 10000 bus at 42L@4715c for
western mixed. Barley-Unchange Oats
Dull; receipts $4,000 bus; sales 20,COU
bus at 30K@3114c for mixed western; 32K
@3413c for white. Pork-Firm at $1,000.
Lard-Firmer at $685. Butter-At 603Oc
Cheese-At 3@91zc. Whisky-At $l.O7.
Sugar-At 62@6Ic. Eggs-At 23@30c.
Petroleum-Crude at 8h@9c; refined at
93sc. Coal-Dull. Leather-Steaay at 10
@21c. Wool-Quiet at 27@40c.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Culinary.

Hon. Levi B. Villas died at Madison, Wis,
on the 9Th instant, of pneumonia. He was
member Of both branches of the Iegisla.
ture in Vermont, and had been three times
elected to the assembly in this state. De.
ceased was IS years of age.
Richard II. Dana, the poet, died at Boston
OF the I'd inst, aged 81 years and three
months. He had no particular disease, but
having contracted a cold, he had not
strength enough to throw it off,
j. p. Cummings, business man, of Gin
cinnati, o., died on the Sd inst, of an ever
dose OF laudanum. Whether taken to com
NIT suicide or not is not yet determined.
Bishop Bethune died at Toronto, Canada,
on the Sd inst.
DR.. j. K. Morton, the eminent homeo.
pathic physician of Lexington, KY, died
suddenly on the 1st inst. OF paralysis, while
attending patient.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Another Story of Caleb Cushing.

Concerning Caleb Cushing it is
chronicled that when first as an am
bilious young lawyer he entered the
Massachusetts, legislature, he was eager
to exhibit his ability in speeches. One
day he deliberately ridiculed another
member, rough, uncultivated, dog
matte old farmer, to whose quaintness
members generally were disposed to
defer. The old gentleman was amazed
and angry at Cushing's attack, but kept
bis seat until the young man got through.
Then he rose, walked over to Gushing.
shook mis- hand in his face, and said |:
" What do you mean, young man, by
abusing me in this way? If you don't
look out, We won't have you here,
speaking your pieces" These last three
words were so palpable a hit upon Mr.
Cushing's oratorical style, they were
spoken SO contemptuously, that the
whole house laughed and the old farmers
triumph was complete.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
Primitive Form CT the Mariners
Compass.

Many people look upon the compass as
an introduction of the fifteenth century,
but 1t seems to have been well known
in primitive form in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries. In one of the
popular songs in the time OF King John,
1t Is said that the sailors who go on long
voyages to Friesland or to the east know
their way by observing the Tramontane
or Polar star; but, when the sky is
ocovered with clouds, and they could
no longer see the stars of heaven, they
had continuance, which was this;
They took needle of iron and put it
through a piece of cork, so that one end
remained out, which they rubbed with
the load-stone, and then they placed it
in vessel full of water, and, whichever
way the end of the needle pointed,
there, without any doubt, was the Polar
star. This formed a primitive but fairly
perfect mariners Scientific
american.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-15
The <HP

The deciding game of the New York bill
lia4d tournament was played on the night
OF the 7th instant, and was q most remark.
able one, resulting IN a victory for Jacob
Schaetfer, who is now the champion of the
United States. George Slosson was the
competitor, and, in his ixthinning, made q
run of 464, placing his score at $50 against
- for Schaefer. The latter, in his sixth
inning, made 2S3, Slosson made but u in
his seventh inning, aud Schaeffer ended the
game with an unfinished run of pos. The
score stood 500 to 5I winners average,
s. 81, the largest on record and losers
average was 81 AZ, the second greatest av-
erage. Slosson takes the second prize, and
Sexton and Daily third and fourth respec-
tiyelv