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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-10
An Eye for an Alley.

\ precociouS member of the sporting
fraternity of Elkton, aged about ten years,
one day this week was engaged in playing
Il game of marbles. and as fate would have
il was 50 unfortunate as 10 lose al his stock.
which, much to his chagrin. terminated the
game for short time but the lad was equal
to the emergency, and bethought himself of
a Ella IS eve that he wore in the cavity made
vacant in his infancy 10y the loss of the nat
ural member: so, quick rs thought. he
whipped it out. and the game went on for Il
time longer, when luck being still against
him he lost it, and was compelled, sad and
eyeleSs as he then was, to seek the shelter
of the paternal roof. The eye was subse-
uuently redeemed by the lads father upon
payment of twenty-five cents, and Young
hopeful will possibly take better care of it
in the future. Does the law against gam
bling apply in this case!
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Sudden Death.

Mrs. Hannah Grant, wife of George
Grant, of the Fourth district, died suddenly
at the house of her Son-in-law. Mr.. Fergu-
son. near Landenburg Pa. sometime during
Thursday night. the first instant. The aged
couple We're visiting their married daughter
and retired to rest in their usual health, Ut
the usual time on the evening before men
toned. The next mornin" Mrs. Ferguson
had occasion to enter the room, and finding
her father sound asleep and noticing that
her mother was not breathing, attempted 10
awaken her. when she found that the vital
spark had He'd. Mrs. Grant had showed
symptoms of heart disease for some years.
and she is supposed to have died from that
cause The deceased was about 80 wears of
age ard resided all her life within mile of
her late residence The aged couple cele-
brated their silver wedding in the fall of
1873 The funeral of the deceased took
place on Sunday last, and was largely at
tended by her neighhor> and friends, who
followed her remains to their last resting
place ut head of Christiana Church.
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The most striking feature of this table is
the great di>proportion between the number
of male and female CANNES in the county.
Considering that quite as many and perhaps
more dogs are imported than are annually
exported from the county. the above table
shows that in order 10 keep up the canin
population, each gyp in the county must
annually give birth, if it We're possible to do
SO, to thirty-tive and tifty-one SiXty=ttths Of
a pup. But as this, unfortunately, is not
possible, we will make it the even thirty
1--WE, which shows that the female dogs of
the county are remarkable for then fecund-
ity. The reader will see by the table that
there are but five .yl,S in the First district
and only :i1:i dogs, making total for that
district. where the noble sport of fox hunt
ing is extensively INDUCED in, OF only ;i7S
These five gypS claim relationship with :'73
male dogs, most of whom no doubt are their
offspring. The gypS of the Second district
are not quite so prolific, it would seem as
those of the First, but yet they manifest
surprising vigor to bring forth and rear an
nually seventeen pups each.
Running our eye down the column we
come 10 the Sixth district. which for an area
of that size contains only l13 dogs all told,
male and female, with only one isolated and
solitary number of the latter sex, which if
she is the dam of only half the dogs i'll thu;
district Is possessed Of Vitality enough to
stock the Desert of Sahara. i'll a short time,
with ability left to supply the wants of the
resi- of Africa The Eighth district, too, is
celebrated as the distinguished posseSsor Of
an equally ambitious mother. while the
Ninth boasts :: trio of dams, holding thu.
balance of power against l95 days.
The above prculiaritieS are strange and
curious and may well excite the curiosity of
the naturalist. and lead to an investigation
of the causes that produce them. But
strange as they are they are not more so,
than the fact that for the year 1876 of the
400 dogs assessed in the Third district the
owners of I:s2 of them, or halfo the whole
number. are returned insolvcnt. In 1871
about one-third of the dugS in the county, as
near As we have been able To ascertain from
the hooks In the Commissioners office, are
returned as inSolvent.
The curious taxpayer will now be ready to
ask, in the language of Il modern writer,
why is thi, thus" Perhaps it may be
owing to the migratory habits of the CANNES:
possibly TO the impecunious condition of
their masters: but most probably to the par
TALLY of those who run the political ma
chinery of tn" county, and who fail in the
first place to make a correct return of the
dogs and then for for political purposes fail
to collect great portion of the tax. The
subject. however, is Suggestive i'll any phase:
for We hold, if there is one animal in crea-
ton that ought to bear the law oppression,
il is Il worthless cur
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Major Sheets.

Major Harry Sheets. an ancient compost
tor who i familiar with all the roads and
by-pathS as well as editors and printers
from Maine to California, and from the
Lakes TO the Gulf of Mexico, called at The
Wing office on last Monday. He was on
his way back to Washington, where he was
born on the 18th day of May 1900. and
where he has always resided when not on a
tramp. Mr. Sheets served his time in the
office of the Notiondt HteHigencer, having
entered it as an apprentice i'll 1915. During
his apprenticeship and subsequently he be-
came acquainted with John Randolph. David
Crockett and many other of the leading
Si;,t5:nen OF half a century ago. Mr.. Sheets
has been tr:imping for about - years and has
made the tour of the Western. Southwestern
and Northern States more than once, and
can entertain any person who has time and
inclination to listen to him for hours with
personal recollectionS and "reminiscences of
the great men of the nation and proprirtOrS
of the leading papers of the L mon.
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Sales of Real Estate.

John {. Hindman, auctionecr for Vim.
S. Evans and Albert Constable, trustees, on
Wednesday last, sold the real estate of X.
l.. Mckinney, consisting of 24a4 acres of
farm land. near Rising sun. to Mary Mcliin-
ncy for 81. 40. And Il house and lot in the
village of Rising sun to Mrs. Sarah j. Win
chester for $500.
W. j. Jones, W. =. Evans and Clinton
Mccullough, Esqs.. trustees. sold the real
and lcaselod eSt:,sc of the late firm of 4 rnl
strong x Co.. situated in and near Port De
poSit on Wednesday last. The foundry in
Port Deposit was sold to Bentley e. Bibb, OF
Baltimore city. for $1,000 The farm known
as the '.Boyce farm. on the road from Port
Dtpo it to Perryville. was sold to Mrs. Jane
Armstrong. for 81 200: il being subject to :,
lien of about the same amount \ double
house and lot in Port Deposit in fee simple
was sold to Mrs. Caroline Armstrong. for
81, 200 Another double house and lot in
same place upon ground rent was sold to
Mrs. Margaret Given for 81 ,005. The tin
and stove store was withdrawn for want OF
Il sufficient bid.
Clinton Mccullough, Esq, Attorney for
the heirs. sold on Tuesday last, the double
frame. on Church street, belonging to the
estate Of the late William McCleliaud. for
81 ,OO5
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Which Shall It Be (?

He is a small man physically, bur an ati;,-
BILE gentleman always. He was elected !;
Town Father on Monday, and, although in
the language of Il famous Elktonian, he
might reasonably "A..a.rl- 'Look at nr
oor!'" vet his sudden elevation to the ,ligni-
ty and responsibility Of 4 seat in the Select
Town Council. has not rs yet made any per
ceptible change In hi, bpafing OF manner
Some natures lily bear the sudden elevation
to such place and power, even although the
official jurisdiction does not extend beyond
the curbstonc. Our City Father, however,
pqis aH ~ airs or graceS, but patiently and
rouftoohsiy giyEs a.! car - cqcii and every
applicant for plaza.
One of the first responsibilities or tn" new
Town Council will be the appointment Of Il
Lamp Lighter. There are at least five APP.
plicants for the place, all Of them deserving
candidates. That four OF them will be dis.
appejuted il 4 palpabIe fact Net such Is
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FIRST GUN OF THE CAMPAIGN
Local Option Meeting at Zion.

Quite u large and spirited temperance
meeting was held in the Zion VI. +. Church
on last Monday evening. The pastor. Rev.
y. ID. Davis presided, and Rev. Mr.. Johns
pastor of the Zion Presbyterian Church. led
i'll prayer, earnestly invoking the divine
blessing upon the cause and the efforts being
put forth for the suppression OF the evil OF
intemptrancr.
and Thomas l.. PoulSon. of Baltimore Were
the speakers of the evening, the tirSt-named
making Il brief but eloquent speech. and
Mr.. PoulSon one of his most witty. telling
addresses. The audenre We're not only
highly entertained, but evidently :: deep i'm
preston was made ON their minds in favor
of battling for local option.
Before closing the meeting. Il Local OPP
ton Alliance was organized with John Il.
Arrison, Est. as President and the follow
ing being the pledge adopted 10y the Society
=" Believing that every community ought
to have the right to determine by LoIlot
whether Intoxicating liquors shall he sold
therein: therefore,
pledge myself to Vote for no man tni.
the Legislature who is not in favor at grant
ing this right OF L"rd Dl'fi"n to the people
The Alliance will hold II meeting. this
Saturday evening, to perfect arrange
mentS for work in the future, and as this;
movement will receive the cordial support
of both ministers of that place. who are
Jealous. uncompromiSing temperance men.
it may br expected that The. Ninth district
will not he behind in the present campaign
so fav"rably begun in favor of local option.
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the sanguine disposition OF human natu. t
that each confidently expects the appoin'-
men.. Hope springs eternal in the hum: IL
bre tSt. lis we'll lis 50. Our aii;tlle Tow IL
Faith y never had Il better demonstration of
the fact. Meeting him on the street, appl
cant No asked his support. He had
cured the endorsement of five of the Board,
and naturally desired the compliment of Il
unanimous vote of seven. Within an hour.
No. > applied. Six City Fathers had as
Sured him of their influence, and bur one
was lacking OF the entire Board. Applicant
No 5 had been scarcely less successful. He
had been complimented by the assur-
ance of tive-sevenths of the Board. while
No. only lacked one of its complete cap
ture. The coincidence was u lesson already
i'll official experience. Each applicant had
secured for himself already majority that
by every rule of mathematics could only he
given to one. Thus it ever is. Hope tells
tiattcring tale, and the light of realization
will gladden. the heart OF but one. Which
shall il be- Which shall il be"
Whose hand through coming nights shall
throw,
In Summers heat and Winters SNOW.
OF light the welcome ray!
W no show the path TO stumbling feet :.
Ger crooked pavement, muddy street.
Oh, Fathers. quickly say.
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The Grice Case.

The Kr"t .Nc,r&. in speaking Of this ease,
says that it attracted more attention than
any other one tried at the late term OF the
Kent county court. and occupied five whole
days, including two night sessions.
''Our community generally favored, very
naturally, the cause of the plaintitl>-the
Grice childrcn-and much sympathy ant,
regret is expressed at their losing the suit,
though very few question the correctness nt
the Jury : verdict under the evidence in the
case and the law as expounded by the court.
The ease was given to the jury 1T l01. Mon
day night, and at T. the verdict was rem
dered for defcndants-thc court remaining
in session till that late hour in order TO re-
ceive the verdict.
Albert Constable. Esq, the senior counsel
for the children. is a lawyer OF marked abil-
ity. and managed his east in :, mastery
manner, though his efforts before the jury,
We thought were unnecessarily dtnuncia-
tory of the personal character of Mr.. Craw-
ford, the president of the board of county
commissioners of Cecil. His speeches. how
ever were listened To with greatest attcn-
ton by all. Mr.. {. has Il mind apparently
we'll stored with precedrnts-that is. cases
"fSimilar bearing-and he is, without doubt,
one of the most persistent i'll holding on
to points. either of law or evidence. whil..
his fund OF sarcasm. with manner and irS-
ture appropriate, is cNcellcd 10y few.
On the part of the decentralization the
county-\oble I. Biddle, Esq. spoke first,
occupying nearly two hours. Mr.. i. is Il
torcible speaker, and a good lawyer and did
himself credit in his effort on this occasion.
He is the counsel of the Cecil board of com
misSioners
i, A. Pcarcc, Esq, was the second speaker
for the defence, and his able and exhaustive
review of the evidence: convincing logic and
apt illustrations, were acknowledged by all.
The prominent part he took and the ability
exhibited IN the management of his case
places Mr.. Prarcc even Yet higher in the
appreciation of our people.
II. Mccullough, EST, the senior counsel
for the defence. held and expressed such
high regard for the merit and weight of the
formers effort that he declined To occupy
much time himself before the jury Mr.
Mccullough stands high at the Cecil bar, is
Il gentleman of sterling qualities. and has
represented the people Of the State in the
National Congress"
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The Jubilee at the Catholic Church.

Bishop Becker celebrated mass at the
Catholic Church, in Elkton, last Sunday,
and after reading a portion of the End chap
ter of the Gospel according to st. John, de-
livercd forciB1e and instructive discourse
to the large and attentive audience that filled
TIL church. The sanctuary was handsomely
decorated with flowers. which added much
TO til" beauty of its appearance. The Bsh-
OPS discourse abounded in wise suggestions
and admonitionS to his hGafcrs upon their
duties rs members of the true church, of
which he claims to be Il representative. At
the conclusion of mass he administered the
sacrament Of confirmation to nine candi-
drtcS, whose ages ranged from ten or twelve
to nearly fuurscorc years On Sunday even
ing the Bishop gave the benGliirIion ut the
blessed sacrament. and delivered d discourse
from the 10Th chapter, 2ird verse, of John ;
Gospel. His subject was. rs the text i'm
plies the power to forgive sin. Sin is any
want of conformity unto, or tranSgreision
Of the law of God. To the original sin i'll
h"rited from our first parents. man is con-
TN usiiiS uHtiNc IN ~ iu'i 't''t! 'S''''i'i''
Sin may Inc lii tn" affections III the heart
manifested In the expression Of the lips and
the works of the hands. The power to for
give sins must he in the hands of an impair
tad judge. No lawyer could decide Il cas-,
in which he had been engaged as counsel.
The fit subject for pardon must b" rontritt
in hGart. Ele sinHcf Mast randcr due
sense of his sin and apprehension OF the
mercy of God in Christ, turn from il unto
God with Il full purpose and determination
to avoid contamination thenceforth, lest
returning, like the SOW that has been
washed 10 her wallowipg in the mire, he
tring lepLoach uIton lnc AaAiour and t.aln-
pie under foot the mercics of God:
The Bishop remained with III" ElktDll
congregation till Wednesday morning, hold
ing services twice in the morning and one,
in the evening. His principal objects i,
visiting the church here were to urge til,
people to perform their Easter duties OF con
tossing and coinnuning and also to pre-
claim ;tc Quite III c.spmeGioLation ct thu
anniversary Of the ascension of Lee XIII
to the Papal throne
;t AN Linen Crash at 10 cents, ut
EEESES
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PORT DEpoSIT IFEuS.
KILLED BY THE CARS.

\ distressing accident occurred on the
Columbia II Port Deposit Railroad, on
Thursday of last week at McCalrs Fer
ry. The conductor Ga young man by the
name of McClain) waS attending to the
switching off of some cars at that place.
and was on the front platform of the car,
holding the break. which either gave
way or he tripped, and was thrown on
the rails, falling lengthwise. and the
whole train of nine ears passed over the
full length of one side of him, crushing
and mutilating him in a horrible manner.
His death must have been ms santaneous.
STRAWBERRY AND irE CREAM fE-rN Al.
The Aid Society Of the Presbyterian
Church intend having a fair and straw
berry and ice cream festival on the even
ing of Wednesday and Thursday of next
week in the Temperance Hall. The COM
mittce consists of Mrs William Parker,
Mrs. Moves. Mrs. J. j. Nanneman. Miss
5. IIeckart, Miss H. Evans, and Nh. F.
B. Frazer. r. Row land and j. Mc.Afce
are busy at work making the necessary
preparations for the coming event. and
from the welI-eStabliShed reputation of
the members of the committee, we know
every thing will be done up in the most
approved style. with Il full supply of the
dclcacics mentioned. So let everybody
come that will come: they will meet with
il cordial weit:e.lnG.
CARRIER PIGEONS LET LOOSE.
Mr. f. Gil!i,an the conductor on the
Port Deposit and Baltimore train. brought
up from Baltimore three carrier pigeons.
on Wednesday evening last. which he
east loaSe lh, i,eXt morning. Fine first
one he threw up five minutes past &.
which, flying up In the mir and making
circle or two started off on Il bee line for
Baltimore, being lost to sight in min
uteS from the time it was cast off. The
second was started at fifteen past &: it
likewise made Il couple of circles. and
then heading direct for Baltimore. d IS
lest :; s!t.ht III ~" i..il.a.es. I'hs third
was let loose at twenty-five minutes past
ii, and rising in the air and u, king a few
rrc.e.. its attention seemed dirtt led to
some oil our tame pigeons flying about,
which caused il to lily back and forth, as
il it was hewildered. and it was nearly u
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Teachers Association.

The Teachers Association of the Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth districts met at the
Port Deposit High School, on last Saturday,
May >, the Vice President, Mr.. John l..
CrotherS, i'll tn" chair. The meeting was
called to order al 40 Z. NJ. and was opened
with PRAYER by the Rev. John Sluier.
The roll being called, % members respond
ed and Ii Were absent.
The literary exercises being in order. Miss
NJ. Dora Brumtcld read 'The New Church
Organ" by Will NJ. Carleton, and Miss
Annie Otficy, Il teacher of clocution from
Havre de Grace, being introduced by the
Rev. .Ichn Sqnier, read ''kentUrky Belle. "
The eSsayiSt, Mr.. Samuel j. Tammany, not
heing prepared, was excused until the next
meeting. The question for debate was then
read. WAS the French Revolution more
beneficial than injurious??" Upon motion
of Mr.. John \. Calhoun the question was
changed SO us to read illus the French Rev
olution been more beneficial than injurious"
and was then discussed by Messrs Calhoun,
Warner and Stump on the affirmative and
by Rev. John Squier on the negative.
The sentence referred to Miss Moilie Girls
tie was satisfactorily analysed and parsed.
The following question was referred by Mr..
Samuel j. Tammany to Mr. j. {. Warner:
''If in any triangle Il line be drawn from the
angle at the ycrtcN perpendicular to the
base, and another line be drawn hisccting
the angle at the vcrtrN, the angle included
between the perpendicular and the bisecting
line, will be equal to half the difference he
tween the other two angles.
Upon motion of Mr.. John d. C. Hanna,
the Executive Committee were requested to
report three questions for debate, one of
which should he chosen by the Association
to be discussed at the following meeting.
TIL" Executive Committee made the fol-
lowing report: Select Reading, Mr. j. Thos.
Hynes: EsSayists Mr.. Samuel j. Tammany
and Miss Emma =. Stephens; Debates,
Messrs. Geo. X. Stephenson. V. II. Watts.
Geo. W. Hanna, DIR. j. Haincs Mccullough,
and Misses Ella \. jenkins and VI. A. +.
Phillips. Questions-G) Would the gen.
eral adoption in the United States Of the
Metric system of weights and me;IrsueS be
a bencit?" CD SIS material progress Il true
test of national grcatneSs!' (i) Was taxa
ton without representation the true cause
of the American Rcvolution!' Question
No. | was chosen by the Association.
Upon motion of the Rev. John Squirr it
was decided that the next meeting b. held
on saturday, May oath.
The critic, Rev. John Squier made his
report and Prof. Geo. X. Bechtel was ap-
pointed critic for the next meeting.
Adjourned to meet at Port Deposit, on
Saturday, May 24th, 1879, at $50 =. NJ,
JOHN ID. c. HANNA, Secretary,
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A New Enterprise.

Mr.. VIM. \. Wright has chartered fish
tween Elkton and Turkey Point and Spesuria
Island for the purpose of trading in herring
and shad, which he procureS at the Latter
places and offers for sale at Elkton on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays. Mr. W.
informs lis that II barrels of herring and
100 shad We're taken at one haul AT SpcSutia
Island on Monday last Sha,l rangein price
from SD to Slj per Ii lndre,l. Herring are
worth ~ cents per hundred.
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Equine Obstetrics.

y nice case Of niscai,. ulation of time
i'll equine obstetrics. occurred III town.
on Tuesday last. The notice of ac-
couchment was too short. however to
stabulate the fecund quadruped. Being
cNtrcated gently from the tloral-laden
vehicle and perambnIated TO the umbra-
geous retreat of friendly street the
prolific equine WAS soon repnscd in her
improvised lyingim hospital. Both dam
and foal are doing as well as can be cx-
pected. 1t is perfectly clear to You. ism t
it? For minute particulars we refer our
readers to DrS. Carter and Gilpin
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Licenses.

The following is list of the licenses
issued by tho Clerk of tho Circuit Court
up to May 9th: 10 female traders. IA
males. 30 hotels ; liquor (not less than
one pinD. ) restaurants. | billiard table.
| banking company Cat Rising SUM. The
traders liquor licenses are issued t. per
sons residing at Port Deposit. at
Eikton. ana ii Chssapeaakc City. of
the restaurant Keepers. Il reside at Port
Deposit, ut Ellktnn. and one iii the First
district
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Former Elktonian Heard From.

We are glad to inform our readers that
our former tcllow-citiZen. WILLIAMSBURG
times tamilimly called Billy -McC lei
land. has. since his removal TO California.
been successful il business. and Dame
Fortune smiles on him. He is Real
Estate Agent and Notary Public. To
meet the changed coalition of his for
tunes he. imitatin,, the example of more
pretentions men. has changed his name.
1t is now William d. Mcclellan. Billy. -
while he lived in Elllton. was little
capriciolS ahau. ihe eoiqf Of his hair. but
he always stuck to his daddy's n;:me
sometimes too leyotedly for the pecunia-
ry comfort of his indulgent sire. There 5
little in a name It's true. but much OF
little, what is good enough for the father
the son should not be ashamed of.