Daily Republican., 1882-08-22
THIRD EDITION.
MAMYLANOL Letter.
I'm and As0und R1SIBg Sun-The
POlIttoaI D tIOOk I'm Cecil county
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I'm and As0und R1sIBg Sun-The
POlItieaI outlook I'm Cecil County
--DemOCr ts aI Logger Heads
snko,al Corresponds ent Of the kBPuBLiOAN
RISING SUN, Md, August 2lst, 1882
Knowing that q number OF your
readers were former residents of Ris-
ing Sun, Md, while great many more
are interested in the welfare OF the
town. your correspondent thought a
short letter from this point would be
of some interest. For the benefit OF
those who do not know so much about
the placs 1t would be we'll to state that
Rising Sun is situated on the line oi
the Central Railroad, about thirty
miles from, Wilmington. II is thriving
little inlaud town and can boast ol
several wealthy citizens. 1t supports
National Bank, where a large amount
of business, or county town is trans,
acted. Many fine residences are noticed
in the village, among which is that oi
T. Mccullough, son of the late Jethro
Mccullough Of Wilmington. he IL
superintendent of the West Ammel
Rolling Mills at Elkton. MT Jop
Haines, who Is now travelling In
Europe, also occupies handsome re-
sidence at this place and is quite an
influential citizen. There are several
other fine residences in the place. tne
whole forming quite an aristocratic
place, but the people are all very Socl-
able as all Marylander's are -,
Several new buildings are being
erected at this time, among the nost
prominent being the five BRICK stores
and dwelling houses, which are oelne
erected on the site of some old wooden
strnctures, recently destroyed by fire.
The corner store, which takes the place
Of a former brick building destroyed
OF the same time, will be an imposing
strnoture, The front will be of press
brick with a plate glass front IN the
lower story. These buildings are being
erected by 81. H. Haines, Esq one OF
our we'll to.do citizens, and when finish.
ed will be quite an addition to the
town.
The carriage business is one OF our
main industries. Mr.. g. Birdsall Pass
more is the proprietor of the works; he
has recently purchased the Town Hall
property and will convert 1t into car
riaRe shop, for the purpose OF gaining
more room for his large and increasing
business. He employs several work
men who formerly lived in Whining
ton.
An elevated track or siding Is being
at the warehouse OF A. l..
Duyckinck, near the railroad, for tho
nurnose of unloading coal into bins.
A canning factory has recently been
erected at his place by Messrs. Brown,
Mccoy q Son, which will give employ
ment to a number of persons. They
started operations last week, when a
large quantity of corn was canned
The principal articles to be put up this
wear will be corn, tomatoes and peaches.
A walk through the factory displayed
the fact that everything is done system
atically and in clean manner, so that
persons buying the Mccoy brand may
rest assured that it is perfectly clean.
A meeting of the residents OF the
town are talking Of inaugurating an
Odd Fellows Eucampment. A meet.
ing will be held in a few days FOR the
nnrnose of making the final arrange
ments.
This town also supports an excellent
brass band and their playing on re.
hearsal nights is enjoyed by all. They
Yesterday nearly all the colored
people of the place we're at the camp
meeting at Conowingo seven miles
distant. A large crowd was present
and they had big time.
Your correspondent made friendly
call on Mr.. W. q. Pennington, editor
of the Rising Sun Journal Quite a
lengthy conversation was had with the
genial editor and much information
was cleaned thereby, as he is well
posted in all matters OF interest. The
Journal is live sheet and credit to
any community.
Local option prevails in this neigh
borhood, but, unlike Elkton, drink Of
anything stronger than cider could not
he had for love or money. The beneficial
effect of local option is felt in this place
and business is not in the least iDter-
ferred with, while gang of roughs,
who used to visit the town Of a Satur
day night, whom liquor was sold, are
seen no more, and the citizens
are left in peace. While some liquor is
brought to town in jugs, not a drop as
far as could be ascertained, was sold on
the sly, which is not the case in some
other towns in the county.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
The next election in Cecil county
promises to be the closest contest ever
known in th at county and the result ID
conceded to the Republicans, DOtwith'
standing that the county has previous
" given over 300 Democratic majority
This state of affairs is due to the politi'
cal teud now existing in the ranks ol
the Democratic leaders over the Judge
shin. The fight has been waxing hot
for some time, and as the day for hold
ing the nomination approaches, it be
comes warmer and more exciting. Each
district is joining in the fight and lively
times is expected. Tho main leaders
are divided into two factions, viz: The
Mccullough, Mitchell and Stump fac
tiop. who are working for the interest
of the present incumbent, JudgeStump,
who has been on the bench in the Cir.
emit Court for 10 years and has made
an excellent record, aud one that nc
man can find fault with, but the plea Of
his opponents Is that he has been there
long enough, coupled with Bhe fact thai
he Is not a local option man. He, how
ever, has the sympathy of the majority
of the voteIs ia and around Rising Sun
who are confident Of his nomination
and from the general outlook IT seem'
as though he would be the man.
The other faction is known as the
Constable, Cruikshank q Company
faction, who are in favor of nominating
Mr.. UruikshaDk, editor of the Cecil
Democrat, for the Judgeship. The first
named faction are formed into com
bination or ring, and are determined tc
win. They want the county off rers
and are bound to have hem at any
price
This fight was inaugurated two years
ago previous TO en election for Clerk oi
the Circuit Court, when Briscoe, the
ring candidate was defeated, aud the
coming Fl ght is simply a rene val Of the
previous one, only it will be attended