The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-04
GEXERHk NEWS N0TTS.

Simon Cameron was in Jacksonville
Florida last week and left by the steamer
for Sanford.
There is a rumor that General Butler is
looking toward the Republican party
again. The church is full.
There is nothing impulsive about Pres
iGent Arthur. as those who are waiting
for appointments have occasion t" know.
His iailnre to rush things is Distressing
to applicants.
Scarlet fever is one of the most deadly
of diseases in these days. During 1881
there We're .S64 fatal cases of it in New
YORK, and though two full months of the
present year have not passed. $40 eases
already mark the death roll il this dis
ease.
Goose growing is among the new i'll
dustries introduced into Texas. Recent
ly Il flock Of geese, numbering 600 ship
ped from Boone county. Mo, arrived at
Gainesville. where Il ranch had been pre-
pared for them. IL is thought that this
investment Will pay.
The Rev. Thomas J. Prcttyman. pastor
of the VI. L. hurch at Newark. W"rces-
ter unity, Md. died suddenly on Mon
day afternoon. Mr.. Plettyman was an
industrious and earnest worker, aad was
some what noted rs "A revlvaiiat. He was
well known i'll Pennsl lvania aud through
out the Peninsula.
James Swan left Lees army after APP
pomattox without IA penny IN his pocket.
lie got place :is clerk in grocery store
in Atlanta. went To New York as clerk
for n cotton firm. became partner in the
firm. made million or two. and now re-
tires to build a hue residence on the site
OF the Atlanta grocery
There were PSI failures III the Lnitrd
States reported to Brad>trcetS' during the
past wcpii. aud Il dccrcsc of five. com
pared with the go responding week of
Last yeal. The largest decrease is in the
South and West. While the number of
failures is much less. their Importance
has been greater and liabilities larger.
Mrs. Salisbury, the wife of Chancel
lnr salisbury. OF Delaware, tripped over
the stump of IA broken post at the Will
miugton depot on Friday. and. falling,
was injured painfully. She was on her
way. in company with the chancellor to
Philadelphia. On the train she suffered
a good deal. but is now resting well at
the residence OF DR.. Townslev.
Charles iIeber Clark. Max Adler
has sold his interest in the ErrHing BUN
ftin to Mr.. McCuIly. aud retired from the
editorial connection he has held with that
paper for the past tilt en- years. He has
bought Il half interest in the 7trtiie Re-
cord Of .imerica. 4 new trade journal late
ly started in Philadelphia, aud will here
after devote himself to it.
In tearing away, the other day. part
of the wall ot the old Baltimore home of
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. the work
men made an interesting discovery. This
was the massi,ely built and hidden vault
in which Mr.. Carroll once stored his pa
pers and vaIuables. 1t contained an oak
cabinet. all its drawers and pigeou-holes
labe ed by Carroll's own hand.
The Methodist ministers of Chicago
have been discussing Senator Logan
bill giving the United States revenue
from whisky to the public school fund,
and most of them oppose it. One speak
er doubted whether the government was
III such 4 condition to-day that good
craftsmanship would allow the diversion
oi $50. 600 600 Il year from the payment
of the national debt to the use of the
schools or anything else.
Henry James, while in Washington
lately. is wieked!y said by the Boston
Gazette to have asked clever Young lady
if there was not a rive" near the city call
ed the Potomac. "Oh YES. said she.
land should think you would knew all
about it, because there is place on it
called Mount Vernon, where a man nam
cd Washington lived. You are sure to
have heard Of him. yGi. know, because
his father was an Englishman.
Last summer it was published through
the coutry that Mr Henry w. Longfe-
low. the pet had submitted to the removal
by the knife of Il cancer from his face
Iiic operation was as successful as could
be expected, but recently he waSs again
very i'll, the iaet being kept from publ
cation at his urgent request. For weeks
10 one saw him except members Of his
family and his physicians. He is not by
any means the active. robust man in ap-
pearauce that he was two or three years
ago. but his face is lighted by the same
kindly sympathy as Of old. AlthoHga he
shows his years, it is hard to believe chat
he may be near the end. IA single touch
of unnatural color being the only sign Of
disease noticeable.