The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-09-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The temperance people are arrane ing
| to make "A contest for osal option in Bal
! timore city in the next legislature cam
! paign.
The wife of Bishop Matthew Simpson
has given beautiful baptismal font to
the new Simpson Methodist Episcopal
/ Church at Long Branch.
1 Ugly women in beautiful costumes
have been the rule at Saratoga this sea-
son. and such an array of fat and beeiy
creatures has never before been criticised.
William H. Allen, President of Girard
College. died. ON Tuesday. at the college.
He had been suffering for Il long time
from general debility and Brisht's dis,
ease.
Cape May Bonifaces are now ''speed-
ing the parting guests, and it is a cere-
mony that brings tears to the eyes of the
most hardened sinner all along the Jersey
coast.
Secretary F"l.er said the other day
that if he is nominated for Governor
of New York, and there is fair concur
renee of popular sentiment, he will ac-
cept the nomination..
\ sensation has occurred in Buffalo by
the discovery that the secretary of the
Chatauqua Baptist Association is a de-
faulter. The experts have discovered IA
deficit of $4,000, aud the total amount is
expected to reach 80 600.
The winter wheat crop Of Illinois this
year exceeds 80. Oo1, 900 bushels and ii is
the largest. except that OF 1850. ever
harvested i'll that State. The spring
wheat aggregates over -. 600. 600 bushels
IL little unGcr the average of lSI9-but
the quality is uurh better.
II" BLAINE used to cultivate his MEM
cry when he was reporting the Maine
Senate proceedings. in his youth. by
keeping in his mind the full list of votes
on half dozen different bills. and writ
ing them out several hours after the votes
were taken.
David Il. Atchison was President of TIE
United States for day and half. He was
President OF the Senate when that inter
val occurred between the end of Folks
administration and the Inauguration of
TAYLOR. He lives i'll Missouri. and is a
very tall. straight and hearty old gentle
man.
Glow much DO yeu charge for your
peanuts9' asked a lady at the fruit stand
at the Central Station. Ten cents a
quart" said the clerk. "Too dear" re-
Piled the lady. Bu5," persisted the
young man. these are hand picked. and
we warrant them to cure consumption
and heart disease" The woman actually
purchased two quart.
\ number of bogus checks have re-
Gently been received at the National Bank
of Baltimore from New York and other
Eastern banks. all of which are forgeries,
but had been cashed by firms or by the
banks transmitting them. They purport
to be signed by w. Z. Norris 4 Co., of
Baltimore, who keep an account with
the National Bank of Baltimore.
Gen. Abe Buford, the noted Kentucky
turlman, who recently made a profession
OF religion, has written a letter in which
he pitches into Mr. Craddeck, editor of
the Paris hehtHrkifa in Il lively manner.
asserting that the editor has told two
falsehoods about a certain matter i'll
quick succession. and stating that he is
willing to fight him if he is Il Christian.
The liquor men OF Indianapolis pub
lshed a card one day last week, in which
they announced that an association of
business men had resolved to boycott all
persons who favor prohibition. 1t raised
terrible huhhub The card disappeared
next day. and the liquor men have been
kept busy ever since explaining that ii
was meant only i'll Pickwickiau sense.
The way they spend Sunday il Tomb
, Ind; t,l Inv,
nouncemcnt in the leading paper of the
place t, the effect that OF. account of
the fire there Will be no big pool at the
keno game Sunday night. but Ike has re
ceived a fine lot of ,iewery. aud will give
away with his pnnl at 8 o'elJcl, 4 fine
geut'S vest chain, value SO, ami 1t 10
o clock ladys neck chlin. value $40.
free to all play ers AT the time.
The Presidents visit to Newport is his
| first real resting spell since his inau4 tir-
alton. He is the guest OF the Hon. +.
ID. Morgan. the excellent War Governor
of New York. upon whose staff the
President served as Quartcrmastcr Cen
eral, ana did such splendid service in
equipping and forwarding troops No
President WAS ever more nugniiirently
entertained than Mr.. Arthur has been.
and none ever bore his honols With s.ture
dignity and grace.
Mrs. Kate Gibson. who claims to ne
the widow of Il Louisiana sugar planter.
is the proprietress of an opium l.aror on
| Mount Vernon street, Philadelphia, the
only establishment of the kind in that
city. She claims that many of the fire.
uuenters of her place move in good So
3Ictr and reside in the fashionable quar-
ter, of the city, ana size seems to cons!d-
Ell herself public benetactress III offer
llg . quiet retreat to women victims of
the opIum habit, where they can indulge
in safety aud comfort. y Those who are
any way known are stared at il little by
others when they inst come, she says:
- but they ii" not seeth to mind this AID
are very >ucable with each other. Dur
ing the Wiuter parties OF three OF iour
hours ani then leave together Mrs
Gibson refused to tel tDw much she
charged these aIistUcratic opnm- s:aol-
WA. She vigorously excludes Ike StetHer
SEX. sag Jug thai III n do ieG iats!ast lllc
women WHO indulge in opium.
\ meeting Of the butchers OF Balti-
more was held on "Wednesday night to
take steps to compete against the West
ern slaughtered beef now comm. to that
city, 1t was complained HAT the supply
ut cattle broGght t. ui.at market w;S nGt
sufficient for the demand, and that, in
consequence, prices we've higher than in
Philadelphia Or New York. With a view
to obtaining larger supply, it was re
solved To change the cattle market day
from Monday to Thursday, the change to
take effect on Thursday. September 18th.
l,a, lad