The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Mr. Vanderbilt is said to have ex-
pressed a purpose of deToting to benevc-
lent objects all of Maud SIS earnings on
the turf this season.
Mosquitoes are doing all they can to
retaTd the prosperity OF the season al
Cape May Al last accounts their labor>
We're being crowned with great success.
Hon \. H. Stephens who is close 10
his SEVENTEEN birthday. is writing an"th-
er book. He has been dying for the past
ten years. but literature Is well known to
be conducive to longevity.
John :. Srdlrr, Paramount district.
Somerset county. Md. lost about GOO
bushels nt wheat in the stack from fire
from steam thrashing engine. Nine ont
Of twelve stacks were burnt up.
Long Branch averages two runaways
day and if somebody is not all smashed
up the .Ierseymen are disappointed. W hat
they call a hrst-class runaway affords
them the greatest qualification.
Emma Abbott. at Richiield Springs,
has Il silk and wool costume of pale blue,
trimmed with gold, with sliirred sash.
The goSsips do not say whether or not
she has SHRED eggs Tor breakfast
Curious how even great men will
think what is true of themselves is true
OF everybody else Beecher says "most
persons have two codes of moralS--nne
for public and one i,or private life.
The various applicants for foreign
appointments who haunt the Department
of State in Washington. are very much
concerned in regard to the President $
health, and most earnestly hope for his
speedy recovery.
Very few members of the diplomatic
corps now remain i'll Washington. Four
or five of the ministers are now in Europe
and the secretaries and attaches at New
port OF some other fashionable watering
place for the summer.
1t is useless to deny the fact that
thus far the watering place season has
not met expectations. With the cXcep-
ton of Long Branch, no place is we'll
patronized. and the hotel keepers. while
not alarmed, are a tritle i'll at ease.
Divine service is held every Sunday
in the parior of the Surf Hotel, Fire
Island. and the singing of the voluntary
choir is often times very good. What
seems to please the congregation best is
the fact that there is never-that is very
seldom-any collections taken up.
Mr.. Royal Phelps. of New York city.
who is the father-in-law of the Hon. John
Lee Carroll, has purchased for $50. 600 a
thousand acres in Maryland, a part of
the original eetate of Charles Carroll. of
Carrollton. The residence upon it, which
is called Carroll Hail. cost about 80
600.
The st. Louis gamblers banished
from that city by the new anti-gambling
law have determined not to surrender
their field of operation entirely, and will
emigrate to East st. Louis. Just opposite
on the Illinois side of the river. where
they think they can carry on their bust
ness successfully. Ferry-boats will be
run regularly from the Missouri side.
A dispatch from Las Vegas says that
the coroner jury on the body of Billy
the Kid returned verdict of justifia-
bile homicide, coupled with statement
! that Pat Garret deserved the thanks of
the whole community for Kidding the
country of the desperado. The Kid was
p years old, and boasted that he had
killed man for every year Of his life
! The New York Evening Express of
Wednesday says there were no SIGNS of
let-up in the railroad war. though there
was no further reduction of rates bv any
! of the trunk lines Demands for tickets
I increase hourly. and the public seems i'll
! cllned to take advantage of the fight and
, to provide themselves with tickets for all
time to come. The brokers in tickets are
doiuu an immense business.
( E;ob+ h,,,1,oa . ,;...
t,,,'I,I., IN ''ilhi
York on Wednesday. The steamship
Anchnria arrived with POO from Glasgow,
the Iielvetia brought sos from l.iverpool
and sS saloon passeumers, and the Bristol
I arrived from Avonmouth will, 39 IN
board. The Salier, of the Bremen Line.
is reported coming up with large mum.
Der of Germans on board.
The DISPLAY of private c,,riaras #
Lone Branch this season is l,roas' md
/ finer than has ever before been seau NJ
tween I and ia the afternoon is the
/ fashionable iu:ing and drlvin. time, and
/ Ocean avenue is fairly crowded with every
variety of eouipage. Among the finest
are those of Hooker Ifamerslev. Gen,
! Webb, Gen. Horace Porter, Henry Clews.
John Hoey and Victor Newcomb.
/ And now the Atlantic CITY hc.a}-
kceDers have the audacitv IL, saw That tbe
back wardness of the season there is ali
ouino The ASSASSINATION of President ca,
field. The winter business was excellent
for the place is recommended Inv nhys;
Clans as winter resort . ..,::. np to the
present lme there Is nothing to indicate
that the hotel-keepers are going to make
more than enough to pay their fare home
in the fall.
WATERING place bot.Ikaera,. aon,t
like phila,lelIhi,us and saw of item thew
are too fussv' and waut too much Cn.
their money. They have their beds and
furniture continually CHANGED make
a great disturbance If thew cameo have
one narticular taIie IN the notwithstanding ,;;
! WISH tLeiI in;ves and rnrLs in ia t,,,,,
blers, rub imaginary specks off the
plates, and continually run to the office
to make complaints:
"a. Prasiuen, Garfield and ,tudre Hl.cl,
have recently become fine OWNERS Of y
larue farm in Alexandria county Y.
lyinr within view of the White iI,','. .,'
| They acunire a small NORTON of tho t,.ot
partly bv purchase and n,rtlv as :, foo f,'.
services, The whole tract wa >,>c ~
gaped, ard in order &c LIMA Mar rar +
ti.6sy .u,..lo ed an IN agent to pnv the
whole of if when the fnreclosura s,Io wa
currcd While the Pras;dant has ''I 49, 49,
Vino III the sale has henn n,ad', ,nd IT, 1';i
farm secured.
An Old colored man recently, fo,coa
his way tnto ti,o on.c. OF secretary If
/
ulatiuo Mr., Lincoln on h;s sir;i tG ,.a-
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