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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-04-16
School Commissioners.

The Board held its regular monthly scs-
sion on Tuesday last, all the members being
present.
The Treasurer made u report of the condi-
lion of the finances; and as the Is ,ard was
informed that there are arrearagrs of dog
TAX which will he available hy the first of
July, they resolved to keep the schools open
during the - hole OF the summer term
BY request of Mr.. Daniel Harvey. the use
of school house No. 10, Third district, was
granted TO hold Sunday school; Mr.. Harvey
giving u written obligation to be RESPONSE
blt. for all damage to the school property on
account of such uSe.
Mr.. Joseph 5. Scarborough and others ap-
peared before he Board in behalf of them
selves and Others TO urge the bTlding of ::
new school house on the road bttwr.n the
Blue Ball and Fair Hill l. lid over for the.
present.
Rev. VIM. II. Reed appeared before the
Board in regard 10 the prof -.ct OF the Beard
joining with the trustees of the colured
Methodist Church OF North ElSt to erect :,
building to serve for Il church and school
house. Referred Ia Commissioner England.
y committee of the Whale was appointed
TO meet u committee Of the Rose Bank Gem
etery Association to conclude about the dis
po>al of the school house and lot. The coul-
,uittee will meet ut the cemetery on The 10Th
inst. Miss Mary +. Clrhart was confirmed
Us teacher for school No. i, Ninth district
Adjourned to meet on Monday, 18th inst.
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The State Temperance Alliance.

The eighth annual convention of the Ali
ance WAS held in Baltimore, on Thursday,
in the main hall of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, Mr.. Vim. Daniels preSid-
ing. The session was opened with dero-
rional exercises, in which the Rev. ID. w.
Chase, of this county, participated. The
address of welcome was delivered by RObt.
ID. Morrison, Esq, and eloquenrly respond
e'i to by G. A. Blake, Esq, of Elkton. eve
shall be compelled to postpone until nexr
week fuller report of the proceedings
Cecil county WAS represented by the fol-
lowing influential delegation:
NJ. E. Church, Chesapeake City-James
H"gs-: Sabbath school, Miss Lizzie Hogge.
Charr>rown NJ. L. Churchill. Tucker,
Edward Craig.
Agnew National Christian Temperance
Union, Port D-p,'-it-R ". r. j. Aiken, j.
fl. Rowland, II. Smith, j. \ Davis, &. G.
Oldham. NJ. l.. Sunday School, Rev. y.
NJ. Browne, T. c. Bond, u. r. Ste phenson
Memorial Church, j. Tome, H. Z. Nesbitt,
j. NJ. MrCleuallan.
Elkton Presbyterian Church-George A
Blake.
North East Temperance Society-G. S.
JetttriS, p. Rredy, A. Ford, Mrs Lizzie
rl-ty, WIN. Maskin, Miss Ella Harris, H.
ID. Rutfin.
ST. Paul'S NJ. f. Church, Crcilton-Rev.
T. w. Chase, Lizzie w. Emerson, Geo. \.
Nandegifr, ID. \. Jones. T. 7. Jones, j. W.
Davis.
Temperance Union, Conowingo-John Q.
Bennett, John X. White.
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The Holy Land Exhibition.

On Monday night, Rev. DIR. ID. T. Seaton,
of Rei.tertown, Baltimore county, gave an
exhibition of Strrroscopic views of scenes
in the Holy Land, and also exhibited relics
of various kinds from u number of local.
ties in that country, among them water
from the Jordan and Dead Sea, pebbles
from the brook where little David gathered
his ammunition with which to go for big
Goliath, and various other things of this
character. The views were very fine, and
each picture was accompanied by 4 full and
clear description by Mr.. Seaton. The enter
fainment was for the benefit of rhe A. NJ.
f. Church of this place. The audience was
fair, but not large enough to return II very
large amount over expenses. Among the
views shown, we mention a few which
struck us aS very fine productions of the
art: Mount Tabor, the Dead Sea, Rachel'S
Tomb, one mile from Iiethlehem: also, Sev-
eral views in Jerusalem Pieces of stone
Clipped from the wall OF the Hospital of
ST. John and Mary nj Jerusalem We're pre-
scented to Il number of the audience by the
lecturer, and were highly priced by the re-
tipientS
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Religious Intelligence.

Services were held in Trinity p. +.
Church every day this week.
An early morning service at Trinity
Church, tomorrow, at o'clock.
Service at ST. Augustine Church, to-
morrow, at $50 +. NJ. Rev. Lewis Wake
officiating.
Chapel, Tomorrow. Rev. Mr.. Schouler, of
Trinity Church, will otficate.
The New Castle Pre.bytery will begin
its sessions, in the Presbyterian Church in
this town, on Tuesday evening next.
wilma Sunday school, at Mackalls Mill,
will open for the summer to morrow after
noon at % o'clock, under the management,
of Daniel Harvey, Esq.
Easter services at ST. Marks Chapel.
at "a. NJ; at st. Mary's, North East, at /
A. NJ; Sunday school al $50 z. NJ: at st.
Johns in the Wilderness ut $50 p. NJ.
The Rev. Mr.. Mccoy will preach at
Crouch's Chapel, tomorrow, Sunday after
noon, at 81 o'clock. Everybody is cordially
invited. The Sabbath school will meet al
~ o'clock. A large Attendance is desired.
Preaching in the Elkton +. NJ. Church,
tomorrow, morning and evening, by Rev.
I. +. Dolan, Evangelist, of Washington.
He will also preach on the Court House
yard, at I o'clock in the afternoon, if not
stormy and in the same church Oh Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, of next week.
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The County Commissioners.

The County Commissioners which met in regu-
rs lahors until Thursday owing to the large mum
Der OF accounts presented ivr the ueXt levy and
other important work before the board.
Physicians accounts. aggre eating about 500,
'or vaccination OF pauptrs were passed Tor levy.
Among other large accounts Tor levy were those o
the Sheriff. Clcrn OF the Circuit Court, Register
OF Wills States Attorney, and county printing
bills. Accounts oil Justices OF the Peace. Cor
stables, Register OF voters, and sundry bills Tor
puryinS raul'ers AMI Tor taking paupers TO Aims
House. Numerous accounts extra work vi,
TO Ids were passed and ordered To be paid.
Inc CIcrh was direc,ed toiidvertISr Tor PROPOSE Is
Tor opening The famous Cnidrslcr road IN the
Nlntn district.
james IL. Ii urlock was appointed Constable o.
the Seventh distrct III place OF John L. Rutter,
resigned
An order was adopted holding Road Supervisors
ami Road Inspectors To IL strlcter observance u:
their respective duties. Under this order inspec-
;nrs required To make IL monthly report to the
commissioners, i'll person or in writing. ui the con-
dltiun OF the roads and bridges in their districts
and are forbidden to make extensive improve
,nents, furnish material Tor build new work
without first having obtained the consent OF the
Commissioners. When bridges over Jour iect wide
,rc found cut OF order report must De made II
once To the Inspector, whose ddty II shall be to
iavc the saline REPAIRED immediately, II OF miuul
Importance: OTHERWISE the Inspector snail couicl
WIN the Commissioner most convenient to M III.
dad they together shall detern. and carry out
the ncst and most economical lnutnod oi Repair.
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The Peach Prospect in Cecil.

The growers Of this fruit in this county
have, as Il rule, given up all hope Of a crop
this season. Some orchards may produce Il
fraction of an average yield, but these are
few and far hrtween. In the Second dis
trict there will be none, the buds being all
destroyed. SOME OF the growers are taking
up their trees. In the First district, so far
AZ learned, there are none except along the
water courses. At Reynolds Wharf, on
Henry Rowan's farm, on twigs averaging
from forty to sixty buds, not more than one
per cent. OF dead buds are found. On the
farm immediately adjoining however, the
destruction of the buds, with the exception
of some few varieties, is nearly complete.
At the CasSday farm, in Sassafras Neck,
the prospect for II crop is good the buds are
living and look healthy. Whether they
live and realize their Indications of course
remains 10 be seen.
In 1865. memorable season in Cecil, the
thermometer registered, on Feb. Sth, from
ten to Twelve below zero. The peach buds
were winter killed, aud there was no gen
tIdl peach biOOIu even. Inc bloom, now
ever, does not necessarily indicate crop, as
the first germ may be destroyed, and the
bud afterwards open with an imperfect
bloom that might readily deceive unprac-
ticett eyes, as was, in many instances. the
case in 1873. In that year the failure was
general in Cecil. In the First district there
was here and there an orchard hearing a few
peaches. The record shows the thermome-
ter to have descended to ten degrees below
zero, about January :il>t. These two years
are the only ones of recent date in which
the peaches were winter killed. Spring
frosts have, in many years, injured and in
several seasons entirely destroyed the crop
in this county, the failure every year since
1871; being attributable TO that cause In the
last nine years the two favorable seasons
were 1879 and 1880, when the fruit escaped
both winter killing and spring frosts.
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Long Story of Polly Short.

Everybody knows Polly; she is and has
been Il common character and Il common
nuisance in and about Elkten. Eight
months ago, Polly was consigned to the
quiet shades of .JeSsup's Cut reformatory
institution, by Justice Ford. She was Sell
fenced to serve the State for six months, buI
by good behavior she shortened her term by
twenty-five days. When she returned t"
Elkton she appeared to be Il changed
woman, and declared her, determination T."
lead Il different life. But, alas. ere twenty
four hours had passed, Polly WAS Keeling
drunk, and she had again taken up hel
,bode ut the Hotel tie Gordon where sur
rounded by the c"ng-nial society of thu
lowest of our population, both black and
white the orgies We're kept up. Scenes of
the most ScandalouS character were witness
I'd there; and finally matters reached such
il point that The officers of the law were con-
strained to put an end to them.
On Monday night sheriff Logan took Polly
in charge, and on Wednesday Justice Levi
sentenced her to ano'h term of six month";
M Je>sup's Cn.. Tie only wonder To us is
that the Justice lid not give her six years
instead of six months, as while AT that in
>titutisn she did better than at any time III
her life before. The managers of the rcforma-
tory class her among The best behaved and
most useful prisoners ever sent there. And
offered her employment nj good wages III
he close of her term. Whisky is Polly :
Weakness, and 81 long as She can get it, she
will he the same worthless vagrant.
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TIL" father (Nathan Tyson) who was
charged with, and tried for, taking the life
Of his infant child, AT the recent term of nur
court, died III his home, rear Bay View, on
Saturday last. Tyson WAS acquitted of the
az, tor which he was tried, srcauSe of want
of icy i,l-ncc 10 prove the deed against him.
The Court of Appeals of this State, Il short
time before the trial had ruled that Il wife
is not competent 10 testify against her hu>-
band, and for this reason Mrs. Tyson was
not placed upon the stand. Had she been
allowed 10 tell all she knew about the cast,
the result might have been very different
IT. was OF her testimony alone that Tyson
was first committed to Jail; in fact, she was
the only one besides him who knew the true
history of the matter. They have not lived
together since the trial; she has heen stay
ing with her relatives, and he fTyson) has
pepn living alone in the house where they
resided before his arrest. At the time of
his trial he was iu almost the last stage Of
consumption, and was n truly ri.ishie-ieok.
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Death Of Mrs. John Carhart.

On Saturday last, while seated at the din
her table, surrounded by the members OF
her family, this eStimable lady was stricken
with paralysis of the heart, and died almost
Immediately. Through a long life of acfive
usefulness, Mrs Carhart had endearel her
self to an entire community. She had lived
/, see :, number of her sons become respect
ed and leading citizens of their COMMUNE
ties In Philadelphia, mt Zion, at Oxford
their names are prominently identified with
business circles, and commercially none
stand better. Mrs. Carhart's funeral took
place at Zion, on Wednesday, her remains
being inferred in the cemetery of the Pres
bvrerian Church, in the establishment of
which she was one of the original twelve
petitioners to the New Castle Prrsbytery.
The Rey>. \. ID Davis and j. ii. Johns Off
ciated at her funeral, delivering forcible and
impressive sermons.
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Death of an Old Railroad Man.

Cantain Galloway, one Of the old"St-ii
nj the oldeSs--"npl"ye Of the p, w. x
Railroad, died at his home, in Hlvre d..
,r,rp ON Wednesday evening, in the I0rh
ear of his are Captain Galloway was, for
Io,o time, commander of the steamers
se,I prior to the erection of the bridge for
ransf,rring cars across the Sn~quehanna
Tr,t rhe .SnSq"ehHnn", and afterwards III"
Etry;,,,d. was nn;irr. his command during
,.;r entire. term of service. After I he COM
'let;,n of The bridge, Captain Galloway was
'laee.I IN charge of il, as we'll rs all the men
'mrIovcd therein. He was u faithful and
iH.;.,,t officer. and his worth was fully APP
r4riote,I bv the company. Several years
o, when ace began To Show upon him, the
enn,rv rendered him retirement with full
av fir the remainder Of his life, bnt This
declined to accept, preterrlng an active
ee ,o one of Incidence. He kept his post
n,;r Ell, very short time before his decease,
nd gave ap at last with great reluctance.
herv few nersonS in the habit of travelling
!, ,ba line of the p, w. x II. are unac-
'hainr.d with the Captain. He served the
'5un,nv for upwards of forty years. He
navas , widow and several children, all of
ia latter having reached tleir majority
lhaee to his ashes.
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sssCeuNFY + NEWS.ss
CECILTON ITEMS.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE.


By means of oyster shells and gravel y
much-needed grading has been made o
the sidewalk in front of Anderson $ ant
Pisers shops. Mr.. Mckee has also i'm
proved his premises by Il new front fencs
and grading of sidewalk.
COMPETITION IN MILLINERY
Miss J. F. Loiiaud, having moved her
millinery store, Mrs. Allen will reopen
her millinery store. and there will be
competitor in this line this season.
WILL ATTEND THE CONVENTION.
Most of the delegates elected to the
State Temperance Convention are likcl,
to show their interest in the cause by
attending. Whisky has only two or three
weeks more to flow. If it flows longer, it
will lie by an underground current.
THE FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING
of the conference year will be held at the
VI. f. Church on Sunday and Monday
next. The Presiding Elder. Rev. T. E.
Nartindale, will preach on Sunday after
noon.
CHANGED HIS OCCUPATION.
William Colvin. so long and favorably
known as II clerk in one of our leading
stores has returned to his old occnpa-
ton as wheelwright. and no doubt he
will as popular as a mechanic as he was
in his former position.
DROUTH-DEsTRUCT ION-WEATHER.
There Isl scarcity of news-nothins by
way OF excitement.
The passion now seems to be to destroy
the NAPLES. because of their shading and
decaying buildings.
Thr weather brpatheS more of Summer.
and the farmers are beginning to dir the
r!sw: x,
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New Castle Presbytery.

This body meets in the Presbyterian
Church of Eiktoll, Tuesday evening, April
18th, ut ~ o'clock, and will he opened with
Il sermon by the retiring Moderator, Rev.
Henry Runner, of ST. Georges, Del. The
only business that will he transacted the
first evening will be the election of Mnder:l-
tor and two temporary clerks AMI the read
ing of the report of the committee of ar
engagements. The meetings will he open TO
the public, and we cordial, invite all TO
attend. Wednesday evening, the Rev. Mr..
Huntington, of Dover, will preach, and The
sermon will he followed by p voluntary COLI
ference by the delegates. The principal bust
ness will be transacted all day Wednesday
and Thursday morning. Delegates to the
General Assembly, which meets in Buffalo
i'll May, will be elected at =. NJ. Wednes-
day, the nominations being made 1T 10 A.
NJ. We would he much pleased if our citi-
zens showed their interest in the meetings
by attending them faithfully. 1t is proba-
BILE that there will he some interesting de-
bates. W. w. HEBERTON.
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A w OGDEN Webbing.

Surprise parties, So catts'i, are not gener-
ally surprises at all nowadays. the name
alone. being the only feature OF the genuine
old plrties OF this kind ii thirty years OF
more ago. On Wednesday night, however,
there occurred in this town u real, genuine
old-tashioned surprise party. 1t was the
fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr..
and Mrs James Z. Alexander. Quite Il
large number of his friends, armed with
buckets, hrooms, washboariS, tubs, clothes
pins, and many other articles made OF
wood, visiting his residence, on Main street,
taking the gentleman and his wife com
pletely by surprise, they having II" kn"wl-
edge ut all OF their coming. y very ple:,S-
ant evening WAS passed, and after the com
pany took their leave the parlor looked like
Il woo,leli-ware store room. The occurrence
was n source of mach qualification TO Mr..
Alexander and his wife.
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ing object. His long confinement i'll warm
Jail had no ,louhl rendered him more than
ever unfit to bear exposure in such il eli
mate rs this, ana Immediately after his dis
charge he began growing worse. About ten
days ago he contracted additional cold, which
settled upon his lung, ana resulted in his
death Oh Saturday last His wife, upon
hearing of his illness, went to him and was
with him at the time of his death. His re-
mains were inferred on Monday last.
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ArbutuS.

wandered lonely where the pine trees made
\ gainSt the bitter east their blrric.tde,
And guided by its sweet
Perfume | found, wirhn Il harrow dell.
Amid dry moss and dead leaves AT nv
feet,
The trailing Spring bower tinted like shell.
And bending DER il not irrevrrent
l Thought OF lives thus lowly clogged and
pent
Which yet found room,
Through daily rumberimgs Of deep decay
and death,
To give to heaven the sweetness Of their
breath
And TO earth the beauty of their bloom.
H. g. Hh!utcr.
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Juvenile Poetry.

Written 10y seven year old girl on re
M owing from Bro"klvn 10 a manufacturing
in Cecil county.
am going to the country,
Where r"S. and buttercnp grow;
Whrr- all things are green and singing,
And where the bright waters flow.
I'm going to the land of flowers,
Where everything is green;
Where trees and flowers are budding,
And where all nice things are seen.
! am going to the land of beauty,
Which | love, oh, so we'll!
Who're | can fall i'll the mill pond,
And tumble around pell-mell.
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Neal Dow at Port Deposit.

We are authorized To announce that this
FEDERATED advocate Of prohibition will Ger
ainIy he in Port Deposit Oh Thursday even
hg next the DIST instant, and will speak ON
temperance, III the VI. +. Church, at -?
O'clock. Seats free. All are invited.
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PORT DEPOSIT ITEMS.
BUSINESS.

BJSlNEeS.
The planning mill of S. c. Rowland,
having suspended operations for the pur-
pose of eniarging the house and putting
in new machinery. is now running t"
its full capacity. The Foundery of B.
c. Bib & Son is in full blast. turning
.ut fine work and plenty of it. Mauldin
u Nesbitt have opened their new dry
goods and notion store, in Odd Fellows
Hall. The house has undergone a thor
ou"h repair. the new porch in particular
being Il decided improvement. They have
a fine assortment and are determined to
sell as low if not lower than the lowest.
FISHING.
This weather is very unfavorable for
the fishermen. Spencer has made Il few
hauls and on Wednesday caught a few
Shad. Thursday was the first appearance
of Shad on the streets. selling for one
dollar per pair. herring twenty-five cents
per dozen. We are anxiouSlv looking
forward to the time when fish will he
caught in abundance and good prices
realized.
FARMERS
arc very backward with their spring
work; verv few oats are sowed or pota-
toes planted. The old saving that ''late
easter makes - Late spring. has been
verified this season. Seed time and har-
vest will bs here notwithstanding the
grumbling Of farmers.
j. Fred Garhauser an old citizen of the
town, was buried. last Sunday. at Prin-
cipi". Rev. 7. J. Aiken officiating at the
funeral. Milton Garrell. Il very promi>-
ing son of George Garrell WAS buried
last Sunday from his residence nca
Wood Lawn. The remains were followed
to St. Marks cemetery by large con
course of friends. Much sympathy is
expressed for the parents.
DELEGATES ELECTED.
The NJ f. Church selected As dele
yates to the State Temperance Alliance.
MpSSrs. II. e. Ne>bitt, Jacob Tome. ans
}. NJ. McClenahan.
is in :, healthy condition. very few case S
of sickness of any kind being reported.
Mr. TOME
is repairing damages done to his office
caused by the late ice gorge. He says
it will cost one thousand dollars to repii
his wharf opposite his residence. The
hay shed on Steamboat wharf is being
built.
TEACHERS
are glad to hear that the publicc schools
will not close until the last of June.
Pupils are sorry.