The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-02-03
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

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Misrepresentation, / revelations and l
promise.
The United Presbyterian Church is
raising $500, 600 as y thank offering over
the completion OF its quarter century.
\ woman nearly hundred years old
was tried before Justice at Connellsville
last week for assault and battery, and
convicted.
Lene Goldstandt, of Columbus. o.. has
sued Morris Summerfieid for $50, 600
damages for charging that her sister had
married chinaman.
Hannibal IIamlin, who speaks from a
long experience Of public life, urges col
lege students to practice extemporaneous
speaking.
Since New Years no child under twelve
years of age can be employed in any
manufacturing establishment in New
Hampshire. except during the regular
school vacations.
Thomas Donahue of WilliamStown,
Mass, has asked to be committed TO an
Insane asylum because he feels an over
whclming desire to kill some one.
1t is said that the greatest sensation in
political circles since cold weather set in
is the announcement Of :he absolute re-
tirement of Mr.. Geo. Cotton from poll
ties.
DIR. Wild, of Toronto. announces that
4 l,,,x IL
seen to indicate that the Garden of
Eden WAS located somewhere i'll Ken
lucky.
If You were in Canton and wanted to
buy Chinese infant from the founding
hospital it would cost you seventy five
cents.
Mr.. Chas. ". Long, of Somerset county
Nd, has tested the theory that iron
driven into apple trees will promote fruit
bearing. lie has a winter golden pippin
which never held its fruit or bore heavi-
ly until some old horseshoes placed in
the forks of the tree became imbedded in
it. Now it bears abundantly, and the
fruits is of the best quality.
Henry Ward Beecher says: every few
of my pew holders come to church in the
evening, they get so full in the morning
| that they can't digest any more of my
preaching i'll one day.
Six years ago the Empress of Germany
announced that she would henceforth
decorate with a golden cross every female
servant who had passed forty years of her
life in the same family. The Empress
has been called upon to bestow this mark
of her. royal favor So, tiyDeS
Mr.. Daniel Gale has withdrawn from
the Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia, and
has been succeeded as proprietor by Mr..
| l.. |. Maitby. SD well known AS the pro-
prietor of the Monmouth House. Spring
Lake Beach and the Beach House, Sea
Grit. \. J. The change was made on
the first OF the new yeal.
Sealskin. genuine and imitation. is as
common as common can be, and ladies
who have a considerable sum of money
Invested in the genuine are as unhappy
as the bride who found out after the we'd
ding that the diamonds from the bride
groom > mother were only Rhine stones.
An interesting point is raised by Bis
hop Ireland. of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Minnesota. who fol bids men,
bers Of the church from keeping saloons,
| tending bars, or furnishing liquor to the
public in any nldnurr whatever, under
penalty OF communication.
Engineer Melville's pretty cottage at
Sharon Hill, Pa, has been deserted since
TIE litigation between the parents for
the possession of the children. The
mother has the three children with her
in West Philadelphia, and Melville is in
Washington. The sheriff has possession
of the property on claims for debts con
tractcd by Mrs. Melville. She intends to
sle the 80 Delaware county physicians
who signed the the certificate that con
signed her to the insane asylum for false
Imprisonment.
The Washington correspondent oil the
Charleston 6. c. Ners telesraphed the
other night: " When the Senate met to-
day Senator Butler was the only Senator
present. The Vice President raped with
his gavel and gravely said: The Senator
from South Carolina will come to order.
The chaplain then began to pray for the
Senator from South Carolina and the
others struggled i'll"
Mr.. John 7. Hand. formerly of Centre
willie, Md. died at his residence in Balti-
more on Tuesday night last. The de-
ceased was widely and favorably known
Throughout the State. When at Centre
vile he was editor of the Maryland CHi-
zen. and also postmaster of the town for
4 number Of years. He received an ap-
pointment in the castom house, and re-
moved to that city. He leaves a wife
and two children. His death is deeply
regretted by a wide circle of friends and
relatives.