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The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
THE TENDENCIES OF THE CUR
RENT SCEPTICISM.

The skepticism of the age strikes deep.
1t asks not merely, is the Bible inspired
but, have We Bible? 1t not only qnes-
tions whether a miracle is possible; it
demands whether the Christian religion
is supernatural. 1t not simply seeks to
know whether Christ made an atone
ment; it inquiries is there God! 1t ex-
amines less concerning the doctrines OF
future punishment than the more funda-
mental question: Is there iutule'
This widespread scepticism is even
cropping on in the pulpit. Article Ill.
of the Church Constitut ion requires every
candidate for ordination to subscribe the
following declarations:
" do believe the Holy Scriptures Of
the Old and New Testaments to be the
Word OF God, and to contain all things
necessary to salvation; and do solcmnly
engage to conform to the doctrines and
worship OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States
DuG IuiS Shc ptlClSlll ttSSsiiiS liiCSc scrip
lures as OF no binding authority. They
are mere compilations - some true, some
false - to be tested by scholarship
1t is another illustration of the old adage.
"extremes meet" that this drift toward
rationaliSm uniteS with the drift
towards infallibility in demand for -
an expurgated Bible. And it is coming.
A well-known book publisher in New
York is about to issue The Sacred Scrip.
lures of the World, being virtually an
expurgated edition of the Hebrew and
Christian Scriptures, to phich are added
| Characteristic selections from tie ohe,
Bibles or sacred tcritings Of tie .eorld; de-
signed for common use, for devout and
ethical purposes in churches, aud houses
and schools.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
COUNTING UNCLE SANS MONEY

The task of counting one thousand
millions of dollars is difficult, even for
the best experts, but the retirement of
Treasurer Gilfillan makes it necessary
His old assis tant and friend, the new
Treasurer Mr.. Wyman, may not feel
much solicitude to have the accounts of
his predecessor verified and it is under
stood that he will waive the right to have
second count of Uncle Sans money
by his own assistants, but it is well
for the government to have eXperts search
through the Treasury. Chief Daskam,
of the division Of public moneys; Mr.
Upton, who as Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury is familiar with its books.
and Mr.. Middleton, a Washington bank
er, are the committee in charge of the
work, and at 4 O'clock last Saturday
afternoon they took the keys and books
from the retiring Treasurer and put their
clerks into the vaults, resolved to
count enough packages t. allow the tel.
ters of the Treasury to make their pay
ments without interruption during the
week. Having placed enough money
behind them to do the business of the
government the counters can now com
plete their work at leisure. The funds
consists OF about $30G, 900 900 in cash.
about $3.50, ,000,C0 in Treasury notes
ready for issue, and 800. 600, 900 in bonds
OF national banks, in ali more than 81.
000, 900, 600. The monstrous pile of sill
yer dollars is regarded with especial
dread, and it is to be hoped that when
the counters have handled it piece by
piece their disgust will be communicated
to the whole country, SO that an over
whelming demand will be made for the
reformation of the dollar which is 50
troublesome in Uncle Sans pocket.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
Resolutions OF Respect.
ELETuN, MD., April sd, 1882.

ELEToN, MD, April Sd, 1882.
At Il meeting of the members of the
Elkton bar, held this day at the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil
county, to take action in reference to the
death of Mr.. Henry L. Physick, a mem
Der of this Bar, on motion o. William 7.
Warburton, Esq, Francis \. Ellis, Esq.
was called to the chair and William ).
Evans was appointed Secretary.
On motion, MessrS. Albert Constable.
John :. Writ and Clinton Mccullough
were appointed Il committee to draft resc-
lutious expressive of the feelings of the
Bar on the death of our brother PhySick.
The committee reported the following
resolutions
WHEREAS, We have heard with feel
ings of profound regret Of the death of
Henry Lyttleton Physick, ii member ,f
this Bar, and desire to put IN some en-
during form the expression OF the regard
and esteem iii which he WAS held by us,
his former associates.
/. 1herJ0rc Il is iesolced, That in the
death OF Henry Lyttleton Physick the
co immunity has lost most useful citizen
OF pure aud upright life.
=. That in his death we recognize the
loss of a professional brother whose
ability and integrity of purpose proved
him an ornament to his profession. and
whose uniform courtesy endeared him to
his associates.
). That the uuexampled forlitude and
patience with which he bore the long
and trying periol of his most protracted
illness has illustrated the highest type of
the Cnlistian character which is worthy
of all admiration.
4. That we extend to his bereaved
family in Ibis hour of their trial the
warmeSt assurances Of our sin .ere sym
pathy.
). That the Secretary be instructed to
furnish a copy OF these resolutions to the
family of the deceased brother, and also
Il copy for publication to the county
papers.
On motion OF Clinton Mccullough,
Ed, it was resolved that Mr.. Albert
Constable be requested to present the
proceedings of this meeting to the Cir
cult Court Tor Cecil county at its next
session, and request that the same be
spread upon the records OF said Court
On motion the meeting adjourned.
FRANCIS A. ELLIS, President.
w. :. Evans, Secretary.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
(Chapter lis, page 23s }

To amend section one Of Article nifty six of the
Code Of Public General Laws entitled Ii.
censes, relating to the issuing OF licenses by
Clerks OF Courts
BE it enacted by the General Assembly Of
Maryland, that section nne OF Article fi.y.sir OF
the Code OF Public General Laws entitled Ii.
as follows:
All licenses shall he granted by the Clerks OF
the Circuit Courts OF the county, and the Clerk VI
the Court ui Common Pleas in the City OF Balt.
more. except where a different mode is specially
provided, and all licenses granted by the said
clerks shall expire On the trst day VI May next
thereafter, except licenses ior fisheries and horse
licenses and il granted tor part Of year. ratea-
BILE sum shall be charged therefor.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
ORDER NISI.

JACOB RA AMBO
WILLIAM G. RAMBO AND WIFE, AND
OTHERS.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
A Locomotive Plunges into Bush River


On T1eSday morning. at an early hour.
the engine of freight train Nn2, cii.in,cr
Louis AshSay, Conductor W. &. Tru IT,
plunged through the draw Of the bridge
across Bush River aud disappeared be
meath the water and mud The water at
this point is not more than eight or nine
feet deep. the mud beneath, however Las
an unlimited depth and the engine went
down, down, down. until no sign of it
was to be seen from above.
The train left Baltimore at cioy k in
the morning, and was bound for Perry
vile, Md, stopping al all the way sta
tions. Reaching the bridge spanning the
river at about 6 + o'clock, it began to
cross at speed of SIX miles an hour
Meantime the draw had been opened to
allow vessel to pass through. Al! the
bridge signals were up. but it was not
until the train was within 4 hundred
yards of the opening that tie engineer
discovered his danger. lie hlrx the
whistle to put down brakes ana tried
hard to stop the engine. lie ANA the
fireman then leaped ont of the caho",e
climbed over the tender ana ran over the
tops of the cars at the imminent risk of
falling and breaking their nccts. Tnry
had hardly reached the third ear when
the locomotive shot into the river with 4
tremendous splash. The tender followed.
smashing into the lOcnmutiye but getting
decidedly the worst o! the collision. The
rear OF the tender was rs Yet coupled TO
the first car, which had jumped its uwn
track and was obStructiug the whole
bridge. As soon as possible the roup-
ling was broken and then the tender
dropped into the river. It was time"
hours, however, before the blockade
could be removed. Seven passenger ana
two freight trains Were delayed. having
been telegraphed to hold UP at different
stations on the road. l5y ten . clock
everything was in working order.
The accident is said t. have been ing
to the sun shining i'll the engineer : ewes.
preventing him from Scciug the Sigu lis.
Another cause alleged is JIat the rngi-
necr was eatn" his breakfast at lie time
and d:d not keep = lookout. Au invcStl-
CATION viii be made. The keeper OF the
bridge is James VI. Bockmau, who has
held the position thirty three years.
His assistant is VIM. [ ooper. The t;raw
is a new one, having been put in about
two months ago. and does HOT worl,
easily.
An effort will be made to morrow
iSunday) when there is not much travel
on the road, to raise the >lnkcn luc0nn
tive and tender. The water is not over
nine feet deep. y pant of the tender can
be seen from the daor of the rear car 0f
passing trains.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
%EHE+WHIGsS.

PaE-EMIHshTlY VALUABLE FOR ITS LOCAL AS WELL AS
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
OF IT'S REGULAR CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO
ATTENTION. tn NAME OF THE WRITER BEING REQUIRED
MALL CASES AS A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED GRATuI-
rousLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL MATTER.
Local matt Ten cents a line for single tnser
itor.
TrGnsientrat.4 Eight cents line for one, and
Four cents q line for every additional insertion.
One inch Of space counted as TgeiUe lines. One
column, Five Dollars per inch, one year.
Four changes aAo,ced TO yearly advertisers wihsuf
additional charge.
The circulation Of The Whig being among the
most intelligent classes Of Cecil county and the
adjoining counties Of Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Delaware, its proprietor confidently recommends IT
70 Business Men q most desirable medium for
renHneratipe advertising.
To maintain its high stonddrd as family journal
no offensive or Objectionable advertisements wiH be
admitted into its columns at any price.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07

aud compelled them to disgorge all their
plunder.
1t may be. however, that that Juli is
not of genuine Apache blood. In that
case, there can be no doubt that he is the
only original and genuine Wandering
Jew That picturesque individual has
not made himself prominent for cen
tury or two-not since NJ. Eugene Sue
wrote book about him. The publica-
tion of that book no doubt drove him
from the thiclliy. settled haunts of the
Old World to find congenial spirits
among the demons of the Arizona desert.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
DEATH or PETER COOPER
HIS BRlEF ILLNESS AND LAST HoCES-.
LONG AND WELL. srrNT LIFE.


LONG AND WELL. SIENT LIFE.
Peter Cooper died at 3 O'Clock on We'd
nesday morning. He was 81 years old
at the time of his death, having cele-
brated his 9ad birthday on February T..
He had been ailing for time with Il
slight cold, and on Sunday he WAS com
PEELED to remain in his bed His family
physician said that his paticnt was auf,
terng from Il severe attack q, pneumonia.
About . ccck on the morning named
he called his son, cx-mayor Cooper and
Mrs \ BRAN ). Hewitt. his daughter, auC!
her family, to his bedside. say ing to hem
that he knew he had not long to live, and
that they must become reconciled to this
fact. He remained conscious up to the
time of his death an hour later. aud
made several remarks in regard to family
affairs.
Daring his last hours Sir. Cooper maui.
tested great interest in the Cooper
Institute, and spoke to Mr.. Hewitt and
to his son, cx-Mayor Cooper, about the
manner in which the work lie had him
self begun shpuld be carried OH aftv. lis
death.
the funeral will take place this mora.
ing.
The intermeut will be i'll Grecnwo oo,i
Cemetery, where the remains "f he
phianthropist 5 wife rest.
Peter Cooper was born in tie city of
New York February -. 1871. His
father was engaged at different times as
merchant and in manufacturing hats.
brewing and briclimaking in each OF
which Peter became proficient.
During apprenticeship he made the
| first machine ever invented for morti>ing
hubs. His employer was 50 much i'm
pressed with his skill and capacity that
on reaching the age Of u years he offered
to build shop aud start young Cooper
in business. but the protter was declined.
Peter Cooper was endowed with :.
wonderfully fruitful inventive genius.
which included within the range of It's
| achievements not only ponderuus
steam and water machinery. bat even :;
| torpedo boat for naval warfare and a
musical mechanical rocking cradle. Bur
| it is for philanthropy lie will be longest
| remembered. He was the tounder of tie
! Cooper Institute. of New York city, the
! endowment of which has cost him over
81. 000. 600. This institute has its home
| in :. large building, where its free schools
! of industrial art and practic Il science, Its
| libraries and apparatus are the perpetual
property og all youths who may desire
| te trim brain and hand for the enter
! prises of the age.
! Mr.. Cooper was the Grecnhack can
didate for President of the t'niteo
! StatpS in tS1t
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
Local Option Defeated in Worcester.

\ special election was held on Monday
in the first second, fourth. sixth. seventh
and eighth election districts of Worces-
ter county on the question of permitting
or prohibiting the sale of spirituous or
fermented liquors or alcoholic bitters
therein. The aggregate vote in the six
districts will show about 200 ma iority i'll
favor of the sale of liquor. Snow Hill,
or the second district, gives Sc majority
against the sale of liquor; Stockton, tie
eighth district, gives 15l for licens e:
Coulborne's, or the sixth district. gives
~ for license, and Newark 81 for license
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
Owners of Stations or Jacks.

The owner keeper OF every stallion or Jack
shall before being permitted To stand station
such animal. pay to the CLERK u the Circuit Court
of some OF the counties IN this State the highest
sum which he intends to ask re :eive for the
son oi one mare: and the receipt et the said Clerk
with the seal Of his Court attached thereto for
said sum- shall be the License for stationing or
standing such stallion or jack, Tor one year from
the date thereof: prorlGcd, that in no case shall
the sum directed to be paid by this section Tor
such license be less than ten dollars; and that
every stallion Or jack upon which the said tax is
paid shall be exempt IRON all other State tax.
Any owner or keeper statonng or standing any
stallion or Jack without License, shall forfeit
and pay twice the sum authorized and required
to be paid in the last preceding section, one-hali
TO the State and the otner halt to the iniormer.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
Iohn Wanamaker,
Philadelphia

~. When any person, body polite or corporate,
shall propose to barter ors.ll anything mentioned
in the preceding section. except sprituous or fer
mented liquors. he shall apply to the Clerk Of the
Circuit Court of the county in which he may re-
side. or il he resides in the City Of Baltimore, to
the Court Of Common Pleas for II license therfor:
but no license to trade, to sell spiriuous fer
mente liquors. shall be issued by amy Clerk OF
Court to a femme c0rrrf Or to person under the
aye OF Il years, without the special order Of the
Judge Of the Court; but no Judge shall give such
special order to issue licenses to sell spirtuous
fern. n:ed liquors, unless upon the recommends
tiOn OF at least ten respectable irechOlders, resi-
dent OF the ward or district wherein the place OF
sale may be. and whenever any licenses shall be
issued to femme corert or minor, the said femme
C0reri or minor shall be responsible Tor all con
tracts made i'll the prosecution OF their business
under such license and shall be liable to be sued
therefor in any Of the courts Of this State and the
said femme coren may be sued, or indicted and
prosecuted in case OF u violation by her OF the IL
cense laws OF this State, in she should
keep disorderly house. as if she were femme
sole; and if Judgment be obtained against her on
any contract, execution sha II or may Issue in the
ordnar, way to affect her separate estate; propi-
ded, holrerer, that such responsibility shall in no
manner a fleet or impair the responsibility OF the
husband or parent under the existing laws, and
that this act shall take effect on the thrteth day
April next.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07

The app licant must either make OATH as here
toiore before the Clerk OF the Circuit Court OF the
county where he is engaged in business, OF the
amount OF goods kept ON hand ut the principal
season OF sale; or the oath may be administered
by il Justice OF the Peace, when the person want
ing license applies through an agent. II the
latter course be adopted, the following form Will
be deemed sufficient compliance with the act:
Ceol County, TO rit:
On this - day Of, 1885. before the subscri
ber u Justice OF the Peace of the State OF Mary
land, in and Tor said county. personally appeared
- and declared that he intends TO apply
ior Traders License, under the second section Oi
the act of January session, 1855 10 the Clerk
oi the Circuit Court Tor Cecil county,
and made oath that the amount OF the stock vi
goods generally kept on hand by him (or by the
concern IN which he is engaged, in case ii be Il
Partnership at the principal season oi sale Tor il
the applicant has not previously engaged i'll such
trade). that the amount OF goods which he intends
to keep, etc, does not Tor Will notl exceed s..
Sworn before
If the oath be administered before Il Justice OF
the Peace out Of the county in which the applica-
tion is made, there must Dc attached the certiri-
cate OF the Clerk Vi the Circuit Court the county
i'll which the Justice resides.
Persons may sell salt to cure fish in March,
April and May, without license. Ncndcrs oI ca es
and venders oi beer and cider. who makers OF
such beer and cider (la2er beer eycepted) are not
required To pay License
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
President Arthur Gone to Florida.

After many postponements and delays
President Arthur left for Florida on
Thursday morning at / % o'clock The
train was made up of an engine, bag
gage car and three coaches: two of the
latter were parlor cars. One of the last
acts of the President before leaving
Washington WAS to direct that commits
sion be made out for Col. A. w. Sheldon,
of Baltimore, managing editor of the
.Horntng Herald, as associate justice for
Arizona Territory, vice Hoover, sus
Deu1p1
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
(Chapter ", page l0i.)
AN ACT

To amend the twenty first and twenty second
sections of the ty sixth Article of the Code vi
Public General Laws. relating to the Licenses
of Hawkers and Peddlers.
Section l. BE it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, OF Maryland, that the twenty -trst and twenty
second sections ot the fifty-siIth Article OF the
Code Oi Public General Laws, relating to the Ii
censes OF hawkers and peddlers, be and the same
are hereby repealed, and the following sections
enacted i'll lieu thereof
Twenty-one. For every such license, not to ex-
tend beyond the county in which the same may
be issued there shall be paid the following rates
to wit: tor every license to travel on loot, the
sum OF forty dollars; to travel with horse other
beast ofburden and wagon or other vehicle. the SUM
of $40. For every such license to extend over the
whole OF the Eastern Shore, or the whole Of the
Western Shore there shall be paid the following
rates, to witt For every license to travel on foot,
the sum Of sixty dollars to travel with u horse or
other beast OF burden and wagon or other vehicle.
the sum OF one hundred dollars; with two horses
or other beasts OF burden and wagon or other ve-
hicle, the sum OF one hundred and tifty dollars.
Tweuty-two. Ne such license shall be granted
to any other than white person. or to any hawk
er or peddler in the name and style of partner
ship or company, and but one person shall act
under such license.
Section .. And be it enacted That this act shall
take effect on the day OF its passage.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07

IMPORTANT changes in the lunacy laws
Of several States are soon to be effected,
and in Pennsylvania the demand is even
greater than in other States, for the ac
complshment Of the changes during the
session now in progress. Whatever other
reforms may be effected in the lunacy
laws, there is one that should not be neg.
iected. The California law for murderers
who make the plea of insanity deserves
universal adoption. 1t provides that
when the plea Of insanity is made as all
excuse for murder, the person who makes
it shall be examined as to sanity, and il
found insane shall be sent to lunatit
asylum for life. If not insane, the trial
for murder shall proceed to the end. So.
ciety cannot afford to allow red handed
maniacs to 60 at large, however complete
their recovery may appear to be. Insani
ty is incurable except in it's first stages
and lunatics who have become dangerous
can never safely be trusted with liberty.
Let them be confined, as pleasantly as
may be. but for life,
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
MARRIED..

WILKINSON On April 3, AT
the residence of the brides mother, il VII
low Grove, Del, by the Rev. II. w. Todd,
Rev. 5. l.. Pilchard, of the Wilmington
Conference, and Eta Wilkinson.
LlNCH-LOG AN.-At Charlestown, on
March 10th, 1889, by Rev. Samuel Logan
William r. Lynch and Miss Margaret A.
Logan, both of this county.
CoCHRAN-HoFFECK 4thinstant
in Dover, Del. by Rev I. 5. Williams, Rev
f. j. Cochran, of the Wilmington Confer
ence, and Miss Dora Hotfecker.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07

PHIPPs, the Philadelphia almshouse
robber, was but one of many pilferers who
have fattened on the food furnished to
the paupers Of that city by charity. The
latest disclosure is that of the fraud of a
contractor who supplies bad meat to the
Philadelphia House of Correction, char
ging the price of a wholesome article.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
Billiard or Pool Tables.

A License may be granted 10 any person who
may apply ior PERMISSION to keep billiard table
for which Lcense there shall be paid the sum OF
Fifty dollars, and that for every additional billiard
table kept by the same person persons he She
Or they shall pay Lceuse oi twenty fiye dollars:
prOrided, that Il IL said additional tables shall lie
kept III the came apartment: proridrd that this
act shall not apply To any bIlIard table kept ior
private use.
Any per'on or persons keeping or exhibiting
hiiiiaru tab.e or tables without hrst uhtaiuing Il
License therefor snail ur e;ieh aud every table 80
kept or exhibited. forfeit and pay the sum Of live
hundred dollars, one hall to the iniormrr and the
other hall to the State.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-04-07
tChapter l2l, page l30. J
N A(NTN

Te amend the Fitty-sixth Article OF the Code Of
Public General Laws, relating to Licenses by
adding thereto the following section relating to
partnerships taking out licenses:
Section !. BE 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, OF Maryland, that the following section be
and the same is hereby added to the nity-sixth
Article OF the Code OF Public General Laws to
follow the second section thereof:
Any license may be obtained by partnerships OF
firms as well as by individuals; but in all cases
the names OF all the partners OF any frm shul be
set forth in full i'll the license, and license shall
protect any person pretending to act under the
same unless he is named therein, or is entitled to
IL representative or assignee under the provisions
hereinafter contained in this article and the
Clerk issuing the license shall enter upon the
record OF license the full names vi the members
copartnelship TO which such license is issued.