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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
THE MISSOURI TORNADO.

The terror of the tornado which tore
its way along the James River and the
st. Louis and San Francisco Railway, on
Sunday evening. almost destroying the
whole town of Marshtield, something
more than two hundred miles from ST.
Louis, exceeded that of most of the tor
nadoes which have been known in the
West Although Marshtield is 4 town
of considerable Importance, there are
few of its buildings uninjured. and a
large part of them are Frustrated, and
fire broke forth amid the fury of the
storm to add to the awfulness of the
scene. The reports that Seventy-eight
persons were killed and two hundred
others injured, many of them fatally,
may prove no eXaggeration of the disas
ter, and the horror of the inha bitants of
the stricken town must have been as
great as peril and death ever brings to
mortals. The instantaneous shock of
the railway disaster gives the victims
little time to suffer, and hardly enough
to perceive their peril; but the Missouri
tornado gave the people of Marshiield
the torture of impending death for one
terrible hour, i'll which the storm con-
tinued to beat and the fire to rage. The
sight which met the people of Springfield,
twenty-four miles away, who soon after
midnight took the train to go to the re-
lief of the wounded and the dying, must
have been one of the most appalling
human eyes ever beheld.
Fierce storms swept over many parts
of the West. during Sunday night and
Monday morning, Illinois. Iowa and In
diana suffering most severely. The de
struction of property at several points
has been considerable, although it is to
be wondered that such furious gales were
not more destructive. Lake Michigan
was stirred to its depths. and had not
most of the vessels sought harbor. or
the protection of the western shore. the
wrecks and loss of life would certainly
have been great. Canada, too, was visit
ed in some parts by terrific storm dur
ing Monday. and the prevalence of de-
structive gales over so large an area is
extraordinary. 1t would be fortunate
were some student of nature able to re-
veal the law Of the tornadoes which SO
frequently devast and destroy in the
West, but for the present such vista
tions must be set down as one of those
ills to which the inhabitants of certain
States are exposed, of whose approach
they can have no warning, and from
whose power there can he no human de-
liverance.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
IRON AND PAPER.

The paper men will do well to study
the history of the iron market. The iron
men, like themselves, had been suffering
from depressed market; with reviving
business they were enabled to obtain bet
ter prices, but prosperity made them
reckless and they forced the market until
it broke leaving them in doubt as to
whether mismanagement has not per-
manently injured their industry. The
iron men may not have formed any such
conspiracy as have the paper monopolists,
but their greed has made more distant
the profits at which they clutched. The
Paper Ring should observe that high
prices brought unusually large importa-
tons of iron from Europe, thus reducing
the demands upon American mills. So
the extortion for paper will bring impor-
tations of that product for our relief.
Even now Canada is sending vast ship
ments of paper to the United States, and
if the monopoly continues the removal or
reduction of the duty until newspapers
of the United States receive 4 large part
of their paper from foreign manufactur-
ers will surely follow. 1t is about time
for Congress to indicate to the Paper
Ring that they have killed the goose that
laid the golden egg.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

The Pennsylvania Railway has begun an
examination which promises TO exhibit
valuable statistics rs to the prevalence of
color blindness, and to establish conf
dence in that roads security from the ac-
cidents which result from installing sig
nails. More than 5000 men are to be ex-
amined, and the result of the experiments
must be of much scientific value, what
ever the effect upon the practical opera
ton of that great railway. In these days
of universal reading and OF the excessive
use of the eyes at night. eye diseases
multiply, and extensive investigations of
this subject will perhaps not only add
security to railway travel. but also reveal
the causes of defective eyesight, and to
some extent lead to their removal.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
TILDEN'S PERFECT MACHINE.

Every intelligent, respectable and con
scientious Democrat-and there are many
such, in spite of all Prescriptions to the
cOntrary-must flush with shame and i'll
dignation, as he reads the pitiable story
of the degradation and enslavemt of his
party, contained in the reports of the
proceedings of Mr.. Tilden's private con-
vention at Syracuse. \ party that in
New York once had such leaders as Silas
Wright, VIM. l.. Marcy and John A Dix,
and that has such a living, though retir-
ed. leader as Horatio Seymour. has fallen
for the most part, into the private owner
ship and control of a poor, feeble, broken.
scheming old man who could not stand
the racket of Presidential campaign:
registers his DEGREES: executes his pur-
poses, and makes platform out of his
woes and misfortunes.
That is to say, the regular" party
machine does all this. And such another
machine does not exist anywhere else in
this country. Nor would it be tolerated
anywhere else. 1t has required all the
peculiar and parnicious adroitness, trick
cry and craft Of the politician whose
skill in constructing and making politi-
cal machinery enabled him as Chairman of
the Democratic State Convention. to Or
ganize and win victory for the Tammany
Ring, and who has since used all the
capital he tilched as 'reformer, -
when he turned on that Ring as it began
to break, for the pcrfecting of his ma
chinery.'
The Republican "machine" i'm New
York is an awkward and RECONSTRUCTED
and badly working affair, compared with
that which did its perfect work at SYRIA
cuse on Tuesday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
COLOR BLINDNESS.

Recently there has been unusual at
tention given to the subject of color
blindness as related to railway accidents.
The theory that defective eyesight inca
pacitates many rsilvyay employees for
trustworthy service i'll the manipulation
of switches and the management of trains
by signal, has awakened profound in
terest, if not q considerable alarm. on
the part of many, and the belief that
defective eyesight is growingly prevalent
has increased the desire for some practi-
cal test of the fitness of responsible rail
way employees for the places they hold.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
The Great Increase in Immigration.

1t will b. sesprai months hefnre tie Br
reau OF Statistics gives liz ihG tteHrGs of tht
enormous immigration now coming 10 this
country. Nothing tike it has eyer been
known, and its consequences are speculated
upon with great alarm Daring January
February, and March l35,00O Immigrants
landed at New York, being three times the
number for the corresponding period of last
year. If the same ratio continues through
out the year, the number will reach ut least
half Il million ut that port, and about tive
hundred thousand at all others But it is
hClieyea TINT TIE DroEortion will he much
greater in the f.i,i. wi.Gi. .i.g ,r,s,, t,,i: &c
recover from the Immediate efieDts Of their
famine, and obtain means to pay their pas
sage hther; that it is not unreasonable
to estimate that by the first of January next
there will be at least IA million foreigners
added to our population.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
Q''t Qff'l 1hie,
ELKTON, APRIL "a, 1880.
REPUBLICAN VOTERS.

The Republican voters of the several
election districts of Cecil county are re
puested to meet in Primary meetings. on
Saturday afternoon, April Gath, 1880, AT
O'Clock p. VI. at their accustomed places
of meeting. for the purpose of electing
five Delegates from each of said districts
to attend a County Convention to meet
at Elkton, Oh April 9th, at 1 o'clock P.
NJ, which said convention will elect fou,
Delegates to represent Cecil county in a
State Convention to be held at Frederick
city, May 9th, to select Delegates to the
National Republican Convention to be
held in Chicago. By order of
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
FOR CECIL COUNTY.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
Qhtptoplts (ol''m"
Give Him Hearty Welcome.

Mr. EDIToR:-The call extended by
the Nestry of Trinity p E. Church to
the Rev. Mr.. William Schouler. of Cen
trail New York. has been accepted by
him, and he is expected to take charge of
the parish on or about the 1st of May.
Now that this vexcd question is settled.
all prejudces and predictions for diff
fcrent result should be laid aside and for
gotten. and not only hearty and cheer
full welcome be extended to him and his
family. but every member of the parish,
male and female, should do all in their
power to aid and cheer him in his minis
terial work. that the bread he may cast
upou the waters may be seen for many
days after. May God speed him i'll his
good work should be the prayer of
every one interested in the welfare of the
parish. y.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION

Dennis kearney will come forth from
the House of Correction, to which he was
consigned on Monday, to occupy some
what different position from his old one.
a culprit who has been convicted by as
lair IA trial as that which fined and i'm
prisoned kearney. cannot pass from the
jail back to the supremacy he may have
held over the opinions of others. and the
Sand Lot orator will discover this fact
six months hence, if lie does not happen
to reflect upon it before he tiotfs the con
vlct's garb. The Jail will give him six
months of hard labor. and the whole
some effect of that discipline will be OF
much worth. His imprisonment will
teach him respect for law. and even if he
returns to something like his old life he
will be likely to pay some Difference to
the public opinion which condemns VIC
lence of speech and action. 1t may be
ton will, to some extent, reform the
character of kearney, and if not. the
stigma of his impri ,onment will rob him
of much of his power over the ignorant,
clamorous crowd he has been accustomed
to rule. A Jail will put Dennis Kearnev
out of the way of the progress Of civiliza-
ton in California, and when he comes
forth from its walls, he may find that to
mount a draymans cart once more is the
occupation in which he will be most
likely to secure an abundance of daily
bread. The State of California is to be
congratulated upon the wisdom of the
proceedings which have clothed this dis
turber with a convict stripes. If he is
foolish enough hereafter to try to live by
ranting. he will find that a Jail has not
given his words additional weight among
followers who were before beginning to
listrust them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
ORDER NISI.
WILL AM J. JONES

WILLIAM l.. HOWARD AND WIFE. AMI
OTHERS
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county In Equity
No. SIS.
ORDERED, This ninth day of April
" 1850. that the sale made and reported by L.
Marshall HaincS. Trustee for the sale of the mort
.a"ed real estate of William =. Howard and wife
be ratified and confirmed. unless cause to the con
trary thereof he shown on before the 18th day
OF 1une next: provided. copy Of this Order he
inserted in some newspaper printed in Cecil coun.
ty. once week Tor one month before the llth day
oI May next
The Report states the amount Of sale To he
S6O0.OU. JAMES A. DAVIS. Clerk
True copy: test. JAMES 4. DAVIS.
April lO-lm Clerk
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

The futile attempts Of the paid ap-
prentice Of Tile Democrat to throw an
apple (crab) of discord among the re-
spective supporters of General Grant and
Senator Blaine in Cecil county are as
ridiculous us their writer is silly. 1t
would be cruel to hold the etlitor-in- chief
responsible for the nonsense.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

SENATOR CAMERON says that if Grant
and Tilden are the two candidates at the
approaching election, and he thinks they
both will be. Grant will carry eight of
the Southern States.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

THE claim that Maryland has before
the United States Senate for $50, 600 to
complete 4 survey for ship canal be-
tween the Chesapeake ami Delaware bays
is much more honorable to her than in
erecting a monument to the rebel soldiers
who attempted to destroy the Govern
T7lcnt which is now solicited for help to
assist an important State enterprise.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
Wanted.

SthGEl;tan 3 Co, Marshall, Mich, want an
agent in This s,tuiiis at GlGe, ut :, salary o.
800 per monih and expenses paid. For Wil
particulars address as above.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
%SYHE+WHIGss:

PRE-EMlNENTLY VALUABLE FOR ITS LOCAL AS WELL AS
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS or THE
COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
OF ITS REGULAR CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO
ATTENTION. THE NAME OF THE WRITER BEING REQUIRED
IN ALL CASES AS A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED aRATu-
TousLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL MATTER.
Local matter, Ten cents line for single inser
tion.
Transient rates-Eight cents line for one, and
Four cents a line for crery additional insertion.
One inch Of space counted Trelre lines. One
Column. Fire Dollars per inch one year.
Four changes aHorcd TO yearly advertisers pitheu,
additional charge.
The circulation Of The Hhig being among the
most intelligent classes of Cecil county and the
adjoining counties Of Maryland, Pennsylvania ana
Deiardre, its proprietor confidently recommends ii
10 Business Men most desirable medium for
remunerdtire advertising.
To maintain IFS high standard as family journal
no offensive or objectionable Advertisements will be
admitted into its columns at any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

TuDEN rides for his health, SO the
Democrats have a man on horseback -
all to themselves, if they want him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
ORDER NISI.
NICHOLAS =. MANLY

JACOB y. HOWARD AND WIFE AND
OTHERS.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Equity.
No. 54s
ORDERED. This 9th day of April. in
" the year 1850. that the lie mattc and reported
by William j. Jones and l.. Marshal! Haines
Trustees for the sale OF the morgagcd real estate
of Jacob \. Howard and wife, be ratified and con
nrmed unless cause to thc contrary thereof he
shown on or before the Nth day ri Tune next: pro-
viled, Il copy Of this Order he inserted in some
newspaper printed in Cecil county. once Il week
for one month before the llth day OF May next.
The Report states the amount of sale to he
$1,000. JAMES A. DAVIS Clerk
True copy: test. JAMES 4. DAVIS.
April l0-lm Clerk
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
173 ACRES Of LAND,

1t will he sold in two tracts-one tract containing
One Hundred and Fifteen and One-Half Acres
aud the other tract containin" Fiity-Sevcn and
Onc-Half AcreS-or Il whole tract, which even
will be the most advantageous.
This farm is divided into six fields and well
watcred. About three fourths OF the land is ara.
g. BILE. and the balance is thickly set III very
S6tnc TIMBER. consisting of Chestnut
White Oak and Black Oak. This farm is
- in fair state of improvement: good quail
ity oi land and well adapted to the growth OF
grain and grass. 49,
The improvements consist of a BRICK 32T!m'
HOUSE lSX32 feet. two stories high and IA !!L
good cellar under the same. and Log E8II
Kitchen attached to house. lSX2i feet one and
Hhalt stories high. with front porch on house and
kitchen: two Barns. one 2OA50, with overshoot
l6N5O. and the other 30N50. with stone basement:
tw" Corn-cribs and Granaries. one 2Ox2o nearly
new. and the other l6NlS feet
The farm is in very healthy ncighborhood con-
vcnent to churches schools mills and stores
TERMS OF SALE.-Qnc-third cash on the day
of sale; enc third in Six months. and hala nee in
One year: purchaser to give Notes with approved
security. with interest from date. One- third of
the purchase money can remain in the property. if
desirable. Purchaser to pay cost vi deed.
WM. X. HOLT.
April lets Attorney.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

y DEMoCEATIc Congress set on foot
no less than cighty-four $50 Investigate
IN" committees, intended to show up
Republican rascality. Not one of them
has yet made any discovery worth record
ing. If the hasty and imperfect investi-
cation of 4 Cecil county grand jury
brings to light 4 s31 800 county bond de-
ticiency. what would have been the re-
suit, had the committee gone earnestly to
work? This is not conundrum at all.
but a pertinent inquiry put to the nom
partisan taxpayers of Cecil county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

state, in which the interests of manutfc-
turers and consumers are likely to thrive,
and the outlook is not less hopeful for the
nation than three months ago
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Mortgages Sale.

R1 virtue of Il power contained in Il
~ mortgage from Joseph A. Hines and Mary
\. Hines his wife. dated the twenty-sixth day of
April. in the wear 1878. and recorded in the Land
Records ut Cecil county. in liner y. W. NJ. No. ,.
folio ~. the undersigned. Mortgagee named in
front of Odd Fellows Hall in the town of Port
Deposit. on
SATURDAY, THE list DAYOF MAY, 1880,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
DISSOLUTION.

TllE partnership existing between The
l. undersigned is thi- day dissolved by mutua
consent. Persons indebted to the late firm vii
please cali and settle their accounts. Either part
ncr will sign in settlement.
j. TOME.
JOS. W. REY NULDS.
&ort Depnst. March % 1870.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

\ FEEBLE and far-of' Hancock boom is
heard from Texas. The delegation from
that State to Cincinnati is not instructed
for him, but Us he is mentioned in the
resolutions of Tuesday 5 convention. and
nobody else gets Il like compliment, it is
fair to conclude that he is the favorite
candidate of the Texas Democracy. Like
the Grand Duchess the South cloves the
military and in its eyes the sword and
epaulets of a major-g neral quite obscure
the shining civic virtues OF that eminent
Reformer who was endorsed at Syracuse
on Tuesday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
LOT on PIECE Of LAND.
Mortgages Sale.

by virtue of a power contained in &
- mortgagce from Richard Thomas and wife
t" The Rising Sun Building and Loan Associa-
tion nt Cecil County. the undersigned Attorney
named in the mortgage will offer at Public Sale.
at the Court House door, in Elkton,
TUESDAY, THE 4th DAYOF MAY, 1880,
AT ONE O'CLOCK Z. NJ,
A TRACT OF LAND,
LYNN. in Elk Neck. about seven miles from Elkton.
and the saple distance from North East formerly
belonging to Ellen Baton. This tract adoinS
lands of Elizabeth Foster. James T. Mccullough
and Vim. b. Llly. 1t contains
One Hundred and Fifty Acres,
about seventy five of which is under cultivation.
and the residue well set with TIMBER ~
principally Pine. II
The Improvements consist Of Il FRAME hal
DWELLING HOUSE. two stories high. 1I
with Frame Back Building: Stable. and other
outbuildingS.
THE TERMS OF SALE. prescribed by the
power OF sale are That al the purchase money
shall be paid in cash on day Of sale.
W. !. JONES. Attorney
April lots named in mortgage to make sale.
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Gratis, a 6-Pags Catalogue,

CONTAINING much valuable infor-
" nation: also. list OF Peaches with rotation
in ripening, and a list of Southern or long keep
ing Apples. Z fruit EIpGh necded here Every
M laQ,e Of iae Few fark ~ Westaai varieties to
plan he;e isr Winter apple, far sraWn here they
are not Winter fruit. w
Also Japan i'ersinmon. queen OF the Market
Raspberry, with full line of Nursery stock, at
greatly reduced prices. Also
RECEIPT FOR A WASH FOR TREES,
which will drive ont horers if in the peach ounce.
apple and ash. and not one-half the time cost in
applying it as t" remove with knife and if APP
piled annually there WILDE 10 borcrs in the trees
and not peach tree die with the yellowS, where
thousands die annually now
Send postal card for catalogue. CAN anG see
stock J orders sent b ,Haii ,eeeit. larIiHl
,;tenIi.;t ia = ihii-IH PETERS.
Nav s-.,I. Wilmington. Delaware
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Attorneys Sale.
Rl virtue of a power of Attorney. the
- undersigned will sell the

VHIOHDII hCHI LIZ HlIJ
OF which the late John W. Holt died seized, on
the premises, on
SATURDAY, the 5th day of JUNE, 1880,
At TWO O'CLOCK =. VI.
This tract of land is situate about one mile
southeast OF the Union VI. f. Church, on the
public road leading from the New Leeds and
Union road to the Nottingham road and adjoins
lands of T. V. Rose, Robert McKay. James
McCauley and others and contains
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24
ORPHANS, COURT.

FHE Stated Meeting of the Orphans
l. Court of Cecil county will be held on the
SECOND TUESDAY in every month. Execu-
tors. Administrators and Guardians wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring i'll the
vouchers a few days before Court
II. ID. MILLER,
Ian l. 1s7a-y s.ae.staf.
~ WaScnes ~ To ". RevoIvers
tftA $3.50. Over 100 latest Novelties
SA ASu wanted 20 .SuppiyCo Nsshvils feua ~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

INDIANA can no longer be set down as
doubtful State. 1t is decidedly Repub-
lican. The late election in which party
lines We're closely drawn, shows the fol-
lowing result: Democratic, $50, $40; Re-
publican. 15S, 504. Total votes so far re-
ported, 30S, sl4, giving Republican ma
.iority of s,l61 votes, or gain of II .23S
TO the Republicans in the same townships
will be about 315, 900, or 30, 900 votes less
than the highest total vote cast in 1876.
In addition to this apparent Republican
gain, the election machinery in several
important Democratic cities has passed
into their hands.
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Valuable Store for Sale.

THE undersigned, desiring to change
l. his business, would sell 10 an active man his
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-04-24

WHATEVER else may be doubtful about
the intention of the authors of our tariff
laws. they undoubtedly meant to place
on the free list all materials used in the
manufacture of paper. 1t happened that
pulp Of wood, which is by far the most
important element in the manufacture of
paper used by the daily and weekly press
of the country. was not specifically and
by name exempted from duty. Under a
Treasury decision which held that this
verbal omission was fatal to the free adj
mission of wood pulp, few manufacture
ers of that article have been able to i'm
body of paper-makers. by whom it is of
course shifted OIL the consumers, the
newspaper publishers Of the country, and
ske burden falls with special hardship on
publishers outside of the great cities-we
consequently, being impoverished so that
handful of monopolistS may grow rich.
The most powerful champion of these
monopolsts is Representative Garfield.
Were his opposition to the bill withdrawn
The restoration of wood pulp to the free
lisi. where it belongs, would be accom-
plisIled in few days. While his opposi-
ton continues the monopolsts are secure.
Can Mr.. Garfield afford to continue his
support Of a M0st odious and oppressive
tax which brings in no revenue to the
Government, but ;wht2b interferes very
decidedly with the dissemination Of
knowledge among the peoYlei