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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-04-22
Senator Mahonc il SAID to be pos
SCISSOR Of 50 900, 900.


SCISSOR Of 81. 100000.
Ex-President Hayes, il is ruHored
is employing bis leisure in writing a
history Of his administration.
Thurman and Sherman entered pr
litical life twenty years ago, both poer.
Thurman retlres as poor as when ne
started. Sherman il worth 81 500 900
Josh Billings says. success don't
konsst in never making plumbers, but
in never making The same one second
time
Invew Of the danger Of being
seized and exposed by unbellcvers, .
Boston spirit medium annpnnces that
he will hereafter keep cooked pi 40
in his cabinet, with winch 10 sllt 0
meddcis
A few English pheasants have been
recently received at Gilroy. In lew
wears this biid OF elegant plumage and
good eating will be plentiful in Call
fornia, AZ they are being EXTENSIVELY
distributed in pays for breeding.
The total area Of lands available
for wheat culture in the Tn ted States
is 100000. 900 acres. Our entire
wheat crop Of the past year would not
supply seed enough TO sow SO vast an
area OF wheat land.
The Columbia river is 1900 miles
long, is navigable TOO miles, drains
100000 square miles Of territory, aud
is said to be the only river in North
American that will admit deep sea
going ship 100 miles above its mouth,
The Ontario company, Utah, pays its
miners the following wages: For wet
storing S3 so per day; for dry stopping
So 90; dump men from So so to 50 90;
car men in the mine SO 90, and for
common laborers 50 so per day.
The Denver Republican lnblishes a
statement as coming from Denver
aud Rio Grande official, that that com
pnny intended importing 10000
Ftenchmen and corps of French en-
gineers ut an early day, to work on
the Denver aud Rio Grand extensions,
II would perhaps be difficult 10 de-
eide which is the noisest milkman in
New York with his war-whoop. One
lady, however, says that in street
among the seventies milkman is So
loud that the milk takes him for early
spring thunder aud turns sour - y.
T. Herald.
In paper lately read before The
London statiscal society statistics
were given showing that violent
deaths of various kinds have increased
in frequency with the progress Of civ
illizaton. New forces, as also illcrcas-
ing mechanical productjveness. rem
ders the risk to life and limb confirm,
ally greater.
A Second Advent congregation at
Greenwood, Kansas, have lost conf
dence in their pastor because while
publicly avowing belief that the
world viii come to an end in 1881 he
secretly took a note for five years on
loan of 1900, and demanded twelve
per cent. interest with ample security.
The Directors of the Texas Pacific
Ra lroad have accepted the resigna.
ton OF Thomas A. Scott, President of
that road, ard elected ]. Gould to snc.
coed him, Gould and Houston retired
from the Board, and Thomas r.. Eek
ert was elected. 1t is stated that
Gould purchased SCOTS 81 900 600 |
interest in the road.
AS a preliminary step in the war |
against polygamy, bin will be intro
duced IN the next Congress to change
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
THE VICE-PRESIDENT

The admirable behavior of the Vice
President, during each successive crisis
in the Presidents case. has been a most
important element of the popular conf
in these emergencies He has shown
such unaffected anxiety. such sympathy
with the President and his family, such
readiness to cooperate with tie Cabinet
and such discreet reticence, that the peo-
pie have come to feel as though he would
be equal to any emergency. and that he
will do and say nothing to add to present
complications and anxieties.
The Eice-President is too experienced
and shrewd apoliti.ian not to understand
the motives of those who would have had
him assume a more positive and decided
and could have, no sympathy. Nor can
he fail to see through the sudden compli-
ments that have come from quarters
whence have proceeded the severest at
tacks on himself. If he continues his
policy of respecting the feelings of the
stricken President, as well as the delicate
proprieties of a most painful position, he
will win higher honors than the Presi-
dency could give. and. should that come,
he would have prepared the country to
acpuicsce and give him its support.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
THE DEMAND FOR LABOR

One OF the most encouraging indca-
ed and unskillcd workman. The same
story comes from different sections of the
country. Chiefs of public departments
and railway managers say that at present
there is an unusual demand for labor at
higher wages thar are commonly asked
for at this season of the year. The srl-
perintendent of immigrant transportation
on the Pennsylvania railroad says the de
mand for labor is fifty per cent. greater
than it was last year, and although three
fourthS of the immigrants have their To-
cation settled before their arrival on oul
shores, the remainder have no trouble in
finding employment. The greatest de-
moreland region. Numbers of men have
also found work at the Allentown rolling
mills; while the increased output of the
collieries and iron work of the anthracite
region has also created a renewed demand
for laborers III this vicinity. \ Philadel-
phia employment agent advertises fol
farm hands from S14 to SIG per month
and laborers in mills on public works and
railroads from s1.e5 to SLIGO per day.
MessrS. Clarke Reeves 4 Co.. the great
PhGnixville iron constructors. have con-
tracts for more work at the present time
to be filled in the coming year, than they
have executed before in any five years
put together.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
BALLOONS AND ELECTRICITY.

Prof. King is preparing an immense
rubbercloth balloon, in which he expects
to make i voyage from Minneapolis to
the Atlantic scacoast in September. His
project is said to be preliminary to an at
tempt to cross the Atlantic ocean in an
air-ship, and its purpose is in part the
determination of the atmospheric cur
rents which must be better understood
before he can venture upon voyage
across the sea with any hope of success
He is also to test the superiority of ny
drogen to coal gas with view to ascer-
tanning what size his balloon must have
in order to float across the ocean. Aero
nauts have SO frequently deceived the
people with advertisements of an uterl-
ton to make q voyage to Europe in an
air-ship that there will be much hesita-
ton to believe that such an enterprise
will soon be undertaken. Nevertheless,
Prof. King. or some other daring naviga-
tor of the skies. may surprise the world
by setting ont upon such a voyage at an
early day. 1t is probable that not many
years will pass before an attempt to make
it will be made. But before the attempt
is successful the application Of electricity
to aerial navigation may need to be made.
And this brings us to the suggestion that
Prof King may find,quite as much profit
in studying how to control balloon by
an engine moved by stored electricity as
by inquiring into the air currents Of the
Atlantic. The electric balloon now seen
in the Paris Exhibition of Electricity is
a curiosity which may suggest to aero
nsuts the only feasible plan for success.
fVI aerial navigation,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
MAKING CHANGE.

Fortunate it is that the masses of the
people are good natured and accommo-
dating in small business dealings. If
they We're not so. quarrelS would often
comes from Boston that person wishing
to cross the East Boston Ferry gave to
the gate keeper five-cent nickel piece.
The fare was two cents: and the gate
keeper proffered as change three cents.
one of which was an old-fashioned bulky
copper cent-one of the kind which were
coined before 1857. The passenger de
clined this and asked for a smaller coin
instead but this the collector refused to
give. The passenger then asked to have
his tive-cent piece returned, but the gate
keeper refused this also. saying that the
passenger "had made Il contract and was
bound to keep it. AT last accounts the
City Solicitor was advising the gate
keeper that his position might be correct
but was not wise one to take. The
question is petty one: yet special cir
cumstances might give it Importance
Suppose railroad conductor and pas
senger. while the train is under way. get
in controversy: the passenger offers a
bill: the conductor cannot change it:
each party insists that the other shall
make change, and finally the conductor
stops the train and puts the passenger off
for non-payment of fare. IT, now. the
conductor was i'll duty bound to change
the bill. he has rendered the company
liable III damages for all the inconvenier c
the passenger suffers; and these damages
may amount to thousands Of dollars,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION.

The past week has been one of contin-
ued anxiety relative to the President $
condition, the reports from Washington
causing alarm for bis safety. a crisis
was reached on Wednesday, since which,
in the opinion of his physicians, there
has been an improvement i'll his cendi-
ton.
An incident of Thursday was the dis
covery that the right parotid gland was
somewhat swollen and intlamed. a cir
cumstance accounted for by the physi-
clans on the ground of the extreme de
bility of the patient. The inliamed gland,
the physicians say, is not uncommon in
similar cases. and is not regarded as an
unfavorable symptom, since the patient 5
general condition is better than it has
been for several days.
The last official bulletin showed the
Presidents pulse 10s, temperature 100,
and respiration IS. DR.. Agnew left for
Philadelphia on Thursday morning. DR..
Hamilton. of New York, still remains in
Washington
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
The Meanest Yet.

\ meaner husband than Il young ply
stefan of Chicago, as shown by testimony
in court. it would he hard to find. lie
had wealthy father. but dissipation had
cut him oil from that quarter and his
professional practice amounted 20 moth
ing. He married Il Girl who earned $50
a week iii II millinery store and allowed
her to support him. Whenever she was
i'll. he sent her to her mother home, i'll
Michigan, and his etters during that
period were curiDuS lie advised his
"prccouS darling" to come back as soon
us possible and demand an increase of
pay from her employerA he urged her to
try and get IL railroad pans. SOFAS t" avoid
e>nenSe: he thought hardEhat his " own
precious wiley couldn t re-engage at Il
higher SALARY. adding: ;" Il" not hope
for wealth. but God knows | think we
deserve a living he assured her that
her longing and loving husband had
plwnrI his ovcrcDat. and was III, Il great
hurry to see her. She worked on pa
Hrntly. when able. while he INF tdc no
advance III his profession. At leHgth his
father died, and he came to his fnherit-
ancc. lie immediately deserted lis wife
got a fraudulent divorce, and md FRIED a
prettier girl.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

the establishment Of abatt0irS and Other
matters of general interest. In this
connection we may be allowed to inquire,
what has become Of the Board Of Health
appointed for Cecil county? Are the san
itary conditions SO perfect in the county
rs to require no attention.: Are there no
nuisanceS existing which are preiudicial
to the health and detrimental to the com
fort of orr people, The interests COM
mitted to the Board of Health are so i'm
portant that the greatest diligence should
be shown i'll their superintendent, since
the preservation of the health of 4 com
munity is second to no duty that can
possibly be imposed upon any citizen.
Vigorous action ON the part of the board
will make it great blessing to the coun-
ty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

picture represents wheat the swsh
Cooa Md, seeded to wheat in the Fall of 1880
The work by the undersigned We drilled with the wheat
field left without the fertilizer There other diff
N the pro u s @ b above ~"n nre de o
the difference between the with the fertilizer and that without
wA 1;ER H NJ HSsA'
whose TN ", Yn Sp al
for the Election district of Cecil county Md
Nc AN" consider an" sfEEET BowS IT, co
nothing the experience
observation of those accustomed to the of fertilizers.
Given good careful preparation of the ground and
ting himself against failure and have
reasonable expectation of satisfactory by drilling liberal quantity
C. Rock with the seed This assists the wheat in getting good start
the Fall and will frequently through trying that would
almost quite destroy the plant of thrifty growth Under
eunstances, most soils the crop largely increased
be satisfactory
the wheat
good effects might produced
space give only
following:
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my T% % rs%s FROM @ . @ Sy HssH Ssi nf al
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r f o %s dn s 1 s III; esdpss n
shall Rock this Fall wheat.
Elk VIEW, Pa, Is.
T Tn M Wait ] x fo r s. ok p o "p a1
and % S S1Ss %
best ISAAC FISHER
r. ,. !. Ssrs s s ia. bite: 6. the
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is success
WOODWORTII
is of
grass.
5 c. Rock well in Cecil in county.
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Further particulars be had by applying
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

1HE Mormon missionaries who are
travelling through Georgia for the pur-
pos" of making converts have succeeded
~ arnuSing Il public sentiment against
their work which may possibly take de-
Unite shape i'll legislation. \ bill has
been introduced in the State Senate
which makes the propagation of the doc
ir'ne OF polyGamy in Georgia a felony
The debate which immediately followed
the proposal of this measure did not in
dictate that it is likely to pass in it's pres
"nt form. but showed that public opinion
IS not disposed to tolerate the ipsidious
teachings of the missionaries. The At.
lt"th f"nstt"fton, which has done a val
liable service i'll warning the people of
Georgia against these Mormon agents,
points out that . the great difficulty in
the way of any law that can possibly be
framed IN constitutional limits is the fact
that the Mormon missionaries in Georgia.
as well as the other States, carefully con-
zeal from the people among whom they
operate the fact that their system is bas-
ed on the debauchery and prostitution of
the female converts. AS ignorant as
these people are, they hold the family
relations as sacred, and no amount of
persuasion would induce them to unite
with an organization which has its origin
III the lusts of the most depraved men.
Knowing these things, the Mormon prop
agant is ae clretul not to expose the
basis and corner stone of their system
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
STATE SANITARY CONVENTION

At the meeting Of the State Beard Of
Health, on the 9TH inst, it was agreed
to hold State Sanitary Convention, in
Baltimore, during the month of Novem-
Der. 1t is to be composed Of the local
boards of health of the different counties
and of prominent physicians and others
interested in sanitary matters. Among
the matters 10 be discussed will be the
question Of vital statistics and the neces-
sity f"r additional legislation By the Leg
islaturc TO have a correct record of the
bistps, deaths ard marriages III the State,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

and delivered discourse upon the
D" Scarlet line e. haht',.
Rev. Mr. Hrownr, ri Port Deposit,
preached at night from Rev. 500.
The report Of ThnrS'ay'> proceedings
and the closing services failed TO reach
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
No Good Preaching

No man can do a good i"h Of work, preach
Il good sermon. Try Il law suit we'll, doctor ii
patient, or write Il good article when he feels
miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and
unsteady nerves, and none should make the
attempt III such u condition when il can lie
so easily and cireaply removed by u little
Hos, BiitprS-ilbunH Tiai.S
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
sssWHE+:WHIGss:

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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
os IT'S 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 GRATUI-
TousLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL MATTER.
Local matter, Ten cents a line for a single inser
ton.
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one inch of space counted ItCeipe lines. One
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The circulation OF The U-hig being among the
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adjoining counties Of Marylcnd. Pennsylvania and
Deia'rdrs, its proprietor confidently recommends it
10 Business Men a most desirable medium for
remunerdtire advertising.
To maintain its high standard as family journal
no oHensire Objectionable advertisements uiH be
admitted into its columns at any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

The prize tiend of the year is the man
who tied boy to a railroad track in Hi
nois when train was approaching. BY
some strange feat of twisting, the boy
escaped with the breaking of his ribs ard
foot.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
LIST OF TEACHERS.
NOTICE TO
Builders & Contractors,

SEALED PROPOSALS for Building a
~ NEW SCHOOL Hot 81. in the 9tn Election
district. to supply the place ri Cherry Grove. No
t. y 10y - feet. either brick or frame: proposals iol
each Kind are requested.
Tie specifications ior frame houSc can be seen
ut the home OF the undersigned. near /iOn. FOl
brick house reference is made to the brick school
honSe near Cherry Hill. No :. Big En- 4th Flee
tun district. which house can he seen as "A sample
in every respect. Size, height and finish in all
and every respect
All the material pcrtainin" t" the old house fit
sound and suitable can he used by the contractor.
free from cost. in building the new house: except
the school furniture.
The proposals Will be received by the School
Commissioners. at their Office in Elktom. and
opened at > o'clock l.. NJ. September 18TH. 1851.
The School Board reserve the right To- reject any
OF all bids
Any information desired viii hc "ivcn by apply
in" III person /" the undersigned. At his home
near Zion.
Tie house t" he Finished according 10 plan and
specifications, and ready Ton use on or hci"rc the
18Th LAY al N"v"nhur ISL.
by order =; IiIv - h"ul Commissioners
=. i. ENGLAND.
Aug Nv Chairman uf Committee
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

IT seems to be rather out of order to
be discussing Mr.. Thurman fitness. or
unfitness for the Supreme Bench. as Ohio
has two representatives on that bench al
ready. She is = wonderful State. we all
three supreme Court Judges, leaving
only six for the thirty seven other States.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
Q|'t Qtti| 1l>hie.
ELKTON, AUGUST 20, 1881.

'WILL the coming man >teal?" asks
4 aesthetic exchange. The chances arc
that he will, if anything is left by the
time he is elected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
A Better Market for Grain |!

We take pleasure in informing
our customers. and the farming
community generally, that we
have erected, on our wharf. Il
substantial Warehouse for the
reception and storage of
GrHin, BdIed Hay, dc.
The building is fitted with an
Elevator, and grain is stored
without labor to the seller. We
have placed in position Il new
Fairbanks Standard Six-ton
Scale of the most approved pat
tern. In connection with these
facilities, our own vessel is en-
nloyed in carrying the grain,
which at once secures the louext
.fr'jJht-rHtc 0ftuinubie. We offer
our customers the advantages of
this change, as the highest prices
warranted by each dry's markets
will be paid. Grain stored and
treighted from here, or from any
point on the river, at the lowest
rates.
ID. SCOTT 4 BRO,
ELKToN, Mp.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

GOVERNOR HAMILTON, has good reason
/" be as mad is was the Dublin fish
woman when Daniel O'Connell called her
4 hypnthcnuse. Tie Bolfin,ort Go=dtc
accuses him of assisting at the gcmm-
parous, fi>>ipar"u> and very equivocal
generation nf 100 factions of the Demo
cratic party We don't know what this
means. bat ii lmust he something drca,l
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

TIE Afghan soldiers, like Ben Butler
are always ready to skip over to the side
winch seems likely to win. Many of the
when they thought that pretender likely
t" he victorious, but they seem willing
t" return Row that Abdurrahmann khans
chances of maintaining his authority are
frightening.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
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ESTABLISHED IN is4l,
rs PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
AT ELKTON. ND.
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SUBSCRIPTION, Two DOLLARS YEAR, IN ADVANCE
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
BEN S ON'S
CAPS|NE POROUS PLASTER,

No Remedy more Widely or Fl vorably Known
II is rapid in relieving. quick in curing. Fur
Lame Back, Rheumatism, Kidney Affections
and aches and pains zen rally. it is the unrival
led remedy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

DYNAMITE. it appears, may be put to
odd uses. In Wales, the other day. an
individual was observed standing on the
bank of river having in his hand a large
red ball. He lighted it by fusee and
threw it into the water when a loud ex
plosion occurred, and numberless dead
fish came to the surface. There the
poacher was proceeding to gather up
when he was arrested, being found guilty
If using dynamite to catch and DESTROY
iish. A poacher with a quantity of this
ticklish stuff in his possession might be
Il dubious subject for gamekeeper to
handle, though, in case of blow-up, the
trespasser and the man who arrested him
would probably be reduced to fragments
together. \ curious article this, used
alike for the destruction of kings and
r''Iimg>. 1t may become as harmless as
.Gunpowder i'll time when the world is as
well used 10 it. and can guard rs effectu
ally against il: bur at present peacea-
hic man might be pardoned for express
ing the wish that it had never been in
vented. 1t must rank with the revolver
The world c",tld have got along so beau
tiiully without il.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20
500 Reward.

JAMES McCRERI left his residence.
y at Holly Hall. near Eiktun. on SATURDAY,
August 9Th. AT l. o'clock NJ. and has not returned
His are Is II wears: height 1cc 10 inches: weight
about l3j H.. when i'll health. but much reduced
10y recent illness: dark complexion. dark hair and
whskcrs. gray eyes: wore gray suit of clothes
and white straw hat.
500 RENA RID Will he paid Tor hi return to
hi friends. "r I" the subscriber ut EIkton Mary
land. WI. MyCRERY
Aug l:-lW
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-08-20

No" th.l .Imi-e .Icrc. Black has got
his hand in at rcconstrncting history, he
sh"nid try Floyd. the man who sent orr
little regular army to Texas just before
the rebellion broke out, where it was
speedily captured. Perhaps. by a stretch
of his imaginative and retrospective
powers Black can picture him rs good
patriot. like the rest Of nuchanan's Cab
met