The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-08-26
THE CECIL WHlG El4KTON SATUK1)AY Y, AUGUST 90 1889
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Cape May is winding up its season in
blaze of glory. and much Of the red thai
goes to make up the blaze is made by the
festive mosquitoes Of the locality.
Seven hundred people did more or les; OF
the light fantastic last Saturday night at
the ball held at the Stockton Hotel, Cope
May, and as many more sat on the piazza
and made disagreeable remarks about the
dancers.
People at the summer resorts remark
upon the large number of ladies in mourn
ing, and are trying to make up their
minds whether they have lost relatives
or are in sack cloth and ashes for their
many social sins.
The distinguishing feature Of the iowa
Democratic platform is it hostility to pro-
hihition and protection. So the party
will 90 into the campaign as the advocate
of free rum for every body and low wages
for workingmen.
Families at the Thousand and one sea
side resorts are now preparing for home.
and hotel men say that the exodus vii!
be earlier than usual. When they have
said this they sit down and shed tears as
big as hens eggs.
ing upon the beach one day, an over curl
Gus admirer asked il she were not afraid
of the terrific storm then raging. She
replied; NO; prefer the voice of God
to that of the summer boarGtr.'
There WAS an unhappy scene on tho
piazza of a Saratoga hotel the other day.
Somebody kicked a dog owned by
woinas. who abused the kicker il Ian
guage that made it seem impossible tina:
she could be a boarncr III ANY hotel.
An Iowa paper complains that the mole
creamereS tn, re are i'll that State the les
butte. there is i'll the home market. ami
the higher the price. The creamery but
ter commands the highest price in the
Eastern markets and is sent cut OF the
State.
Horses slnbber from eating clover.
This is annoying. especially in the driv-
ing horse. but the remedy is very Simpl"
and easy IT hand. consisting OF Il head OF
cabbage IA, ru the horse Just before US
ing hiu !":, w"rl: CT driving. 1t is cheap
and effective.
The blood curiling story from Ala
bama about the negro population conspir-
ing to murder the whites is generally
locked upon as pure fiction. and the law
less hanging Of one Of the accused as an
act designed to intimidate the voters from
appearing at the approaching election.
1t is a slovenly practice TO take reap
er in a harvest field without first cutting
around the field with IA cradle. 1t is done
however. more and more every year. one
reason being that few farmers have
cradles in good condition for using. and
few men nowadays know how to use
them.
The whale that got ashore nearly OPP
posite the Carlton House, Cape MAY
Poiut. on Monday evening. was secured
and hauled ashore by windlass. where it
now remains an object of great Curiosity.
Means have been taken to preserve it for
some time. 1t measures II feet in length
and is very bulky and heavy.
The New York Tribune thinks that
Miss Hatchet. the poor gi: whose cuguet-
res provoked tna Garland Addison duel.
has received her punishment. She should
not hear a word of ceusure. With one
man, whom she professed to love, dead,
and the other on trial for his life what
condemnation from without could hurt
her more?
The Chicago pic mic to raise funds to
build a monument to- ,Iohp Brown was Il
failure. i bout ii.lo pegsons vera l.rescut
but the expenses consumed the receipts.
Letters were read from Mrs. Garfield,
President Arthur, Wend Il Phillips Sen
atQr Guakiing, Gen, Grant Gen. Mctiel-
lan and other distinguished persons. Mrs.
Brown was present.
The Republican canvass in Main open
ed last Friday with a speech from Senator
Frye in Portland. A little less than three
weeks remain before election, and the
time will be filled with one of most earn
est campaigns Shame o'er Witnessed The
Republican papers are oautinning the
party against over confidence. a mistake
which led to the loss of the State in 1880.
\ meeting will be held in Philadelphia
next Monday. for the purpose of forming
an organization of ahous five hundred
young men to assume the various parts in
The tabeanx t. be given dpriug tie c.,ie-
! n.i.in.. In2 li.g .a."i.i2 i"r thi- feature
So far as arranged, IS as follows: ! he
opening scene will be one of Indian life.
and will be followed by historical events
in the early settlement by the Swedes,
! Dutch aud English, closing with a spec
tacuar and epic poem comprising some
twenty seven Jab!eapx. arranged on :loatS
or wagons. Illuminated hy :. large uum-
Der OF brilliant apd skiliully arranged
| lights,
y woman and child arrived in Phiia,
deiphia from the West, recently, who
had made a three days Journey in a clos
ed freight car loaded with wheat. When
the train arrived at Norristown, on Sat
urday, the men employed at the station
imagined that thly heard tbs yoi.e Of a
woman RI .He nI ttr cars. An inveStl-
cation proved that they were right, for
when the car door was opened man, :!
woman and Il small child were discovered
in the wheat. They said that they lad
been in the car three days and asked
eagerly for water which they had not
tasted f.:r f.2rfy- eigh, .l.i.:s. Provisions
they had provided when they got into the
car to get ride to this city, but had for
gotten about the water of which they
had but a small supply. The woman was
quite good looking and neatly dressed.
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