The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-09-03
GENERAL NEWS.


-Gniteau wants to have McGill. his
| guard tried for assault and battery.
! sam Lee, the only thinamau in Del
aware, died on Monday. at Wilmington.
/ But twenty persons III all have seen
| the President since the secand week i'll
! July.
| The majority 81 clanks about
/ Washington are said To be from Ohio.
! That State is bound to be ahead.
! dwight l.. Moody. the evangelist in
/ a talk to ministers at the Mortified Con-
vocation. recently gave them the follow
ing advice: = Don't talk by the yard
! Camp meeting John Allen. of Farm
/ ington. Maine. who is nearly ninety. said
! the other day that he "now reckonS his
/ age by the month, because he no longer
| dares to think of years.
| We cannot agree with some folks
who believe the world is growing wicked
er every dav. 1t is easier to get trusted
now than ii was three months ago. and
creditors are not nearly 50 importunate.
The Atlanta C0aSiiutioa thus an
nounces an impending operate innova-
! ton: Miss Emma Jane Abbott will
! come to the front with Il new stage hug
next season. She proposes to make
Romeo grunt 50 the gallery can hear
him.
Saturday hurricane On the Georgia
and South Carolina coasts was very de-
~tructive to property ard human life. At
Savannah the maximum wind velocity
was 80 miles per hour, and great damage
was done to buildings of all kinds, and
t" craft i'll the river. Along the Savar-
nah and on Tvhee Island, - persons.
mostly colorcd, are known To have perish
ed. All the people on Shad Island were
swept away. but the number is not
known. vt Port ROYAL South Carolina.
ten colored men were drowned by the
washing away of Il ferry house. The
light ship on RattleSnake Shoals at
Charlcstown broke from her moorngS.
and is now anchored in six fathomS of
water southeast Of Fort Sumter. three
miles nearcrthc city than she was before.
The fund for Mrs. Garfield now
amounts to S156, 1912. and the promo
tiers Of the movement seem to be conf
dent that it can readily be increased to
S2oo, 600 if the president should not re-
cover. Certificates for Sl25. 900 in Gov
eminent bonds. worth &145. 2Sl.o5. have
already been placed i'll the hands of Mrs.
Garfield. New York heads the list with
! Sll3. 81. Philadelphia comes next with
$l2. PSI p, ana Chicago follows with SILL
800 Baltimore 50 far is credited with
| Singlar contribution of SO. On Satur-
, day last Messrs. Drexel 4 Co. of Phila-
, delphia, notified Cyrus w. Field that i'll
! the event of the Presidents death they
proposed 10 receive in that city subscrip-
tons to the fund for Mrs. Garfield hene-
! fit. heading the list with 5000. and i'll
quiring whether Mr.. Field approved The
/ plan. i'll reply to which he telegraphed
! his approval.
Never did man attain sudden fame
more unexpectedly than Captain c. a.
+ Cook. of Brownsville. Ohio, who. upon
hearing one Morrison declare his hope
, that the President would die. promptly
/ slapped his mouth. From the penny
subscriptions I" Il fund Ior his benefit
/ Captain Cook has paid his fine and costs
+ amounting to $32. has put $3.50 i'll the
/ bank and is about to receive q gold
watch costing si.5: and still the sub
! scriptionS are coming in. But all these
/ comfortable items are as nothing com
! pared to the future which his admiring
| friends are preparing for him. He has
already declined u nomination to the
! State Senate and refused to be Il cand-
date for County Treasurer, pointing out
with excellent senSe and discrimination
his uphtneSs for those positions, and now
/ liiefc Is II "cil supported movement on
1907 10 secure MS appointment as post
master OF Newark. ONO. The Newark
+ Efe"t"T AcEs. an independent Demo
cratic newspaper mas come out strongly
IN favor OF that appointment and believes
/ ti'tt II ""'lla De approved by the entire
community.
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