The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-02
NEWS HND NOTES..

Philadelphia has adopted new and
pleasing. custom at weddings i'll the plac
ing of baskets of flowers on stands in tln
;ti>es. from which guests are invited t,
help themselves when leaving the church
-Unbelief pays. Here is Colone'
- Bob lngersoll. who gathers in as many
shckels as he desires from his lectures.
and there also is Brudder Jasper of Rich
nnnd. Va. who combats the theory that
the sun remains stationary in the heavens
and bv his lectures has obtained money
enough to pay off a mortgage on his
church.
cold Abe" the famous eagle carried
through the war for the Union by the
Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
has died in the Capitol at Madison. Wis
cnnsin. 1t was presented to the regiment
in 1861. carried through the four years
struggle without receiving a scratch, and
since then carefully kept and tended i'll a
room in the basement OF the Capitol.
Very recently it was discovered that
a note for $500 discounted last November
by the Eastou National Bank was n for
gerry. 1t bore the names of George r.
Parvis. Frank Wright. John Coppage,
Samuel W. Walls and Joan E. Chance.
4 warrant was issued for the arrest of
George r. Parvis, and he was captured
after fruitless attempt to escape and
lodged in Jail at Centreville on March
oath.
The refusal Of the Episcopal clergy
men of Delhi, Delaware county, New
York, to perform funeral services over
the remains of the late Gen. Anthony VI.
Paine, editor of the Delaware Gazette of
Delhi. has caused much feeling through
out the county. and has created division
in the church. The reason given by the
clergyman was that Gen. Paine had never
been baptized. although he occasionally
attended the church and contributed lib
orally to its support.
A despatch from Madison. Wis. says
the governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday
signed the bill recently passed by the leg
islature prohibiting the practice of treat
ing" The bill provides that any person
who shall hereafter ask another to drink
at his expense. or any person conSenting
tn drink at aaother's expense. shall be
liable to arres: and punishment. When
the bill vas introduced into the legisla-
ture it was referred to as a scnseless and
mpracticable idea. and nobody thought
it would become law. 1t has only at
tracted attention since it has passed.
The Democrats have been labnrinc
under the deluSion that they had the trap
set to catch the coon coming or a going
| If an extra session had been called they
expected TT kick up enough mischief to
| injure the Republicans III the fall election.
! Now that none will assemble they intend
to go before the people and claim that
the veto of the Retunding bill has lost
| the Government several millions in inter-
est. lisa nice programme. and if the
people were in mood to be humhugyed
! the Democrats might derive some advau-
tage from it. But they are not in that
| Muod,
! Charles Young. clerk. attempted
/ to kill his wile"n Sunday night at Il hotel
in Chicago. where they had been spend
/ ing their honeymoon. Although not
/ more than six weeks married. they had
! quarrelletl ON account of marked atten
ti"ns paid to Mrs. Young by a Sound
I rel name PINE. On Sunday night Young
became SD exa>pelatei that his wife fled
! from the room. lie fired at her AS she
reached the stairway. and missed. but
she lost her footing and fell to the bot
: t'iii vi ltIS SthliS. dtlkIS III
the fall. As she lay helpless Young fired
two more shots at her without effect, and
then disappeared.
! - The Kinaerhook Glutton " is dead.
and a famine is 'hrs averted in Columbia
C ,untv, New York. 1t is said of him
/ that he would eat as long as anything
eatable remained before him. II is al
lodged that at one sitting he has eaten
twenty pounds OF solids and drunk gal
ion of milk and coffee. Five pounds of
bee steak were regarded by him as but
an appetizer. and unless such side dishes
as a half peck of potatoes, a whole hoiie,l
cabbage, big pie and a complete pud-
ding were provided also, he insisted that
he had only lrnehed. His loss is the
I community's gain.
President Hinckley will retire as soon
rs the new board of directors is chosen.
! Official notice has been given by the
/ Pennsylvania Railroad Company to its
agents to receive Freight and sell tickets
| for all points On the Baltimore and Ohio
I railroad. This notice takes effect April
3. The same date the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad will discontinue its passed.
ger business over the Bound Brock
route.
The presence Of numerous parties of
engincarA ah the proposed route Of the
now line, to be built between Philadel-
phia and Baltimore gives practical evil
dence on the part of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company to speedily fnl-
fill its promise that the new road shall be
built las fast as men and money can de
it 1t is said the plans and papers OH
which . Contract will be drawn mp as
soon as possible. are already we'll under
way for a magnificent iron bridge over
the Susquehanna river at Port Deposit.
Grading is to be commenced in a week or
two and the speed with which it is intend.
ed to push the work Is indicated by the
fact that the portion of the line between
Chester and Wilmington is expected to
be done within five or six weeks, En-.
gineers are also surveying the N,nte be.
tween Gray's Ferry and Chester. along
the line of the Reading railroad, and for
the purpose OF laying double track, to
he used by tie Baltimore and Ohio com
pany.