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The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
Annual Meeting of the Phila., VIII. and
Bait. Railroad Company,

The forty fifth annual meeting Of the
stockholders of The Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad was held at the
station, in Wilmington, on Monday. Among
those present were Mr.. Frank Thomson
Vice President of the Pennsylvania Rail
road: Edmund Smith. also Vice President
of the same; MeS>rS. Isaac Hinckley, :. NJ.
Feion, William Sellers WiSt,r Norris and
Christian Febger.
The forty sth annual report was present
ed by Mr.. Hinrkley, and from which it ap-
pears that the total earnings of Ihe p, W.
and B. Road and its connections amounted
to s., 427 ,o9l 81. and the total expenses to
S5675, 494 80 leaving s., 15l, 597 81 as the ret
earnings. These earnings result from the
operations of the following roads: The p.
w. and t., including the New Castle
Branch, Philadelphia and Baltimore Cen
tral and including the West Chester and
Philadelphia Eaiiroasl, the Delaware Rail
road, Queen AIMS and Kent Road, and
Delaware and Chesapeake Road. The first
three roads named earned Sl,1Sl $50 IL, and
the expenditures upon The last two named
exceeded their aggregate receipts by S29, 6SS-
so. The report also states that after closing
the revenue fund and allowing for probable
depreciation of the Companies assets, and
for extraordinary expenditures not properly
chargeable 10 operating expenses, the final
result is a surplus TO credit of profit aud
loss account. October ;lst, 1882, Of 81 ,465,
$50 40.
The operation of the Delaware Railroad
in 1882 is repnrt"d rs satisfactory, resulting
in profit to tie Philadelphia, Wilmington
and B tItimore road of 81 900.
During the year nine new locomotives,
twelve passenger coaches and one hundred
freight ears were added 10 he equipment
without any increase of capital account.
There We're placed on the tracks of thu
Maryland division during the year 541 tons
of steel rails 937 tons of iron rails and l5l,
3S3 ties, and in he Central and Delaware
divisions, 1902 tons steel and 1902 tons IRON
rails and 81 ,S54 Tics
The fruit season was, as is well known, a
good one, and there we've passed over the
Delaware road jlS2 car loads of peaches and
1881 car loads Of berries during he past sea
son, the total weight of peaches aud berries
being ~, 12S TONS, giving Il revenue TO the
Of $40. 56l sS
The foliowin.. Beard of Directors was
elected: Isaac HInckley, 5. NJ. FELTON,, 5.
NJ. Shoemaker. Jacob Tome, Charles War
ner, VIM. Sellers, Christian Febiger, George
B. Roberts, Frank Thomson, John = Green,
J. n. DuBarry, Wisrar Morris, Edmund
Smith, Henry NJ. Phillips and Benjarnin +.
Newcomer.
The Directors after their election, held Il |
meetin. and elected the following cfficers: |
President, Isaac Hinckley: Vice President, /
Frank Thomson, in place of 4. j. Cassatt: !
Secretary and Treasurer, Robert Craven. /
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
Cecil County Agricultural Society.

The Stockholders of this Society het at
their office, in Odd Fellows Hall, in this
town, on Tuesday last, when the following
Board Of Directors for the ensuing year was
chosen: A r. Magraw, w. j. Jones, Thos.
Drenn"n, VIM. Armstrong, II. II. Duyck-
inck, l. ID. Davis, Vim. NJ. knight, A. w.
Mitchell, Frederick Stump, Geo. Tickets,
G. w. Cruiksha and w. T. Warhurton.
The new hoard will meet for organization
some time during the next week.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
Duyckinck Smock.

On Tuesday rhe9th instant, Ellis \. Huy.
ckiuck, Of 'h" Rising sHA, sou "i nar rs.
termpd citizen Horace Duyckinck, Esq,
and brother of Mr.. \. l.. Duyckinck, head
of III. rutrrpriSing grain and commission
firm of Rising Sun, and Miss Kate &.
Smock of New Jersey, were married at
,b. residence Of the brides parents at
Bon, Brook, n. j. Rev. Mr.. Baldwin of
that II zee performing the ceremony.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
Surgery.

An extremely difficult surgical operation
was recently performed by DIR. Ellis, of this
town, and DIR. Whitaker, of Fair Hill, upon
a child of Frank Mackey, of The Fourth
district. The operation was nothing less
than the removal of a portion of the molar
(iaw) bone which had become diseased
The youthful patient underwent the opera
tion bravely, and, thanks to the skill of the
surgeons, Will, in all probability, recover.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARKET The
market for beet cattle was active and large
sales were made. We quote best at $3.50
$500: Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Crrms
s2.'5fa3.5O. Swine, grass hogs sac cts
corn-ted hogs 9M10 cts, with few extra
AT ll24c. net. Sheep sold at 3M47ac.; Ea.nl,S
IA -, cents: ewes 81 5Od35o
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
MARRIED..

EvANs-HAND.-On Tuesday, the 9th
instant, at the Howard House, in this town,
by the Rev. Walter +. Avery, VIM. f.
Evans and Rosa Hand.
REEDY-PEIcE-On January 10th, 1888,
by Rev. {. L. Sheppard, Patrick Reedy to
Ella j. Price, both of North East.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

a There is something soft and tender
Ill the fall of single snow flake. but it
always reminds US to look after our
hottie of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.-our
"ld o. stanf by in the days OF Coughs and
Coids-for We have always found it
reliable
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
County Ccmmissionrs

The County Commissioners We're in Sss-
sion on Tuesday and Wednesday y--ail rhe
members of the Board being present.
The Clerk was directed T., call attention
of the Collectors to that portion of rhcir
oath of office Contained ia section 81 ot the
law relating Io The collection of State and
county raNrS in Cecil conuty,) which re-
uuires them To ''mike dilig-nt search for
new or missed property, aud justly and i'm
partially value the same"
The following communication from the
School Comm isSinherS was received:
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

~ Blankets and Buffalo Gloves if you
don't buy them now you'll probably not
want them REESE.
.5s Pure lard in 20lb buckets, a right
handy package, buy one REESE.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

Us Young men or middle aged ones
suffering from nervous debility and
kindred weakness should send three
staml'> '"r Part VII of Worlds Dispensa-
ry Medical AS>ncr,' "n. Buffalo, n Y.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

Quite large crowd was present, and bet
ting was free, considerable money chan sing
hands
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
Trap Shooting.

y pigeon shooting match took place at
Chesapeake City, last Saturday, for a
purse of 500, ten birds each, bet ween
gentlemen residing in Chesapeake City and
on Bohemia Manor. The Manor team was:
William Bradford, Walter Buck with, Ed
Egee and James Warner. Chesapeake was
represented by q. S. Woolley, Lewis Bould-
en-. George Bennett and j. p. Steele. Below
We give the score:
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
IT FIT T. IOI7
BOARD or SCrDuI. COMMISSIONERS

VI
ELKTON, January 9, 1889. y
The Hon. BOARD IF CoHntH Comm iSSi0nerS:
GenttemeH-lt becomes my duty to
transmit 10 yOu the following copy of a
resolution passed hy the board of School
Commissioners at their meering this day
"R"solred, That in view of the difficulty
in Keeping the schools open for the full
term OF ten months in the year, the Secre-
tary be requested to urge upon the Commits
sioners OF the county the necessity of
promptly collecting all monies appropriate
ed To the public schools over which they
have control: otherwise the School Commits
sioners will he greatly irnneded in the man
agelncnt of the schools.
Respectfully y0urs,
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
THE GREAT BREAK

THE GREAT BREAK
WE HAVE MADE IN PRICES OF
Seal and Fur-Lined Sacks, Circulars
and Domans,
filled our Cloak Rooms this week
with customers TO such an extent that
salespeo,le had to be called from
other departments III order to pre-
vent their being kept waiting.
The SEALSKIN SACKS and DOL
MANS. Fur-Lined CIRCULARS
and WRAPS were all largely taken,
which is not surprising. considering
that they were made by one 9.i ths
best manufacturers in the country,
who
NONE But THE BEST SKINS,
and that we are selling them
SOME UNE-HALF.
SOME ONE-THIRD
LESS THAN OPENING PRICES
PRICES OF SEAL SACKS:
s35: $9S. siio, Si2l, sl32, Slls. sl54,
slt5 s6d, sis5, slel s22o, S2ss ssl7,
S2i5. S3O2 $jl2
PRICES OF c1t1f FfRRtt!NEp lRt! CIR
81, sis, ~, $40, sol 50, saa. SCI, sor.
fKlcEs OF sEsr1sEn ssSs DOL
fsf a.. ~. si6 IS. $40 SO, s6S and s71.
PRICE uF il ANIPSTER LINED
ClRCULARS
PRICE OF 90 aaMrsrER-n1NEn r.
DDLMANS:
$23
OUR REGYh,N G4dakNs srook OF
has hGen carefully Watched and
psioes changed from time to time
"a that il is now on our a'ter-stock-
taking basis and merits n view from
every one in search of n garment for
less than regular prices before buy
ing elsewhere.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
What Queer Climate This Is

First it showed
And then it. howpd
And th-u hegan to raj
And then il bowed =
And then it -n"wrd
And then it rainrd again.
With cold in head
I'm almost dead
Bn, Vet won't complain;
PAIN KILLER saves
From winiry graves
And make ns well again.
Nobody ought to be without p,
DAvIS'S PAIN KILLER.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
PRICES
ARE
UNPARALLELED

UNPARALLELED
for goods OF like quality.
Concerning COLORED SILKS
We think We are warranted in say
ing that there is no better assort-
mcnt than ours in the city. The
hrmness. evenness and briliancy o.
our EVENING SILKS are appa-
rent to the greatest novice and
prices are hest aSeertained by cam-
parISon.
10 publish details would absorb
several pages Ct this paper and he
both tedtUuS and unsatisfactory after
all.
We wish to give the widest publ
city to this sale. and most urgently
request our frieuaS to esteem the en-
tire month
OPENING DAYS.
in which they are at perfect liberty
to examine and look over these fab
ries at leisure, without being expect
ed to buy; ior only thus can they
obtain any accurate idea OF these
UNPRECEDENTED OFFERINGS.
We, therefore, most cordially invite
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
NOTICE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP,

THlS is to give notice, that George
L Evans. of Hartford county, and Benoni Cool
ing. of Cecil county. have formed q Co-Partner-
ship for the purpose Of packing fruit and vegeta-
bles at Charlestown under the firm and name OF
Evans Cooling. GEO. w. EVANS
BENONI COOLING,
Charlestown. Feb. 4th las2-tf
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

In view of the afnregoilrg reqaeSt aud the
fact thar tie tax collected from owners of
dogs and SlurS would be the only funds that
conla lac given to the schools this year, the
following order, designed To secure the
prompt collection # thar tax, was adopted:
"Ori-r.d, that the Clerk warn Ire Col
lrctnrs that they Will lie held Ia 4 strict ar
Counrahiliry for the enforcement OF the law
imposing tIv on owners of dogs and slutS;
that they will he expected To sell the prop
erty of these who refuse I" pay: and that
where the owner has no property from
which the tax can he ,liZed they will lie
required to kill or caU>e Ia be killed the
dogs or sluts of such person.
The claims for damages to sheen hy dogs
filed during the year lssl, We're ordered to
be paid.
Numerous nrher claims were examined
and passed and ordered 10 he paid.
John Barnahy was aprontrl Bridge
Tender of S.s>afra> bridge for one year
The Board adjourned to meet the second
Tuesday in February.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
EHE WHRKEYS.
Elkton Markets.
REPORTED BY ID. SCOTT a BRO.
Baltimore Markets,
BALTIMORE, January II, 1888.

Corrected Weekly By W. II. Michael d Sons,
Grain and Produce Commission Ner-
chants, 81 McElderry's Wharf.
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13
CONSUMPTION.

POSITIVE remedy the ooOyo disease, " lto
Ese thousands Of OF the worst kind and Of long
standing have been cured lndeed 90 strong faith
gether with VALUABLE TREATISR on this disease, to
any sufferer. Give Express and p O. address,
DR. r 4 SLOCuM, lsl Pear, st., New York
The Cecil Whig., 1883-01-13

s9~Fur the time OF trains leaving North East
station OF Northhuuad. deduct l. minutes. and on
Soutnhouni. add II minutes to the above time.
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A Mile a Minute on a Locomotive.

Think of man getting seasick from
riding on locomotive engine" said
Counselor Farley, who last week shot
down from Philadelphia to Atlantic
City at the rate of more than a mile
minute to reach the bedside of diving
child. 'Seasickness' is, of course, not
the term to apply to the disorder, but
that expresses it better than any other
name that / can think of My ride
created. the same feeling of wretched-
ness that few hours on the ocean al
ways gives me, only, instead of its be-
ing caused by the rolling of a vessel, it
was brought on by the pitching and
tossing of the locomotive.
81 received telegram telling me of
my child's condition about two i'm the
afternoon. Every moment after that
second seemed an hour. | realized how
extreme was the danger, for had been
up for several nights with the little one.
/ engaged special conveyance at once.
There was nothing but the locomotive,
and / sat in with the engineer. Dis
patches were sent ahead ordering all
regular trains to run for sidings and re-
main until the engine passed. View
about minute getting out of the built
up part of Camden. Then we flew, but
no rate could'b too fast for me. As
we rushed along, we enveloped ourselves
in a cloud of dust that was so thick at
times that / could not see half dozen
yards ahead. The whistle screamed
note of warning almost every second.
Indeed, it seemed to my excited mini
that it was all one wild shrek, extend
inc lolo Al.
we had gone few miles the engine be-
gan to pitch and toss, and as the speed
increased the motion grew more violent.
Now we seemed to drop into a gulf,
then to rear into the air, and, again, as
quick as thought, to be in the act of
leaping into creek. The trees and
fields and houses were like a long,
black, waving streak. / began to feel
faint and dizzy, and if it had not been
for the rushing wind fear l must have
swooned in that terrible cab. The en-
gineer was perfectly cool. He after
ward declared that never before had he
gone at so high a rate of speed for so
great a distance. l told him of my
feeling of sickness. Yes he said, Il
have heard old railroad men tell how
passengers had been made seasick by
fast riding. but L never saw it before
When we struck the meadows and got
a Whit of salt air braced up bit, but
l felt queer and unsteady on my legs,
even after we had reached the station
and 1 had alighted. l felt as if had
just come in from a rough sea voyage.
But l was in time. once more saw
the light of my child's eyes, fading fast,
indeed, but still instinct with life, and
in that everything else was FORGOTTEN"
Philadelphia Times.
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The Result Of Education.

In the elegant drawing-room of a
Cincinnati pork merchants mansion a
large comp any was assembled. ALI the
luxury that wealth could command
contributed to the qualification of the
guests Upon a blue satin divan the
pork merchants daughter, gorgeous in
silks and pearls and diamonds, was
conversing with a friend. Presently
her father approached and said:
pauline, want to say word to
you"
The girl arose and accompanied her
parent to the seclusion of a bay win
dow.
Pauline began the old man,
'there's couple of Cleveland dudes in
the diningroom havinga hot talk about
Copernicus. / was afraid they were
going to ask me to decide the dispute,
so made some excuse to get out and
come to you. Now tell me, who was
Copernicus, anyhow"
30 fatnerr' exclaimed Pauline, show
could you be SO ignorant? Why, any
school-boy knows who Copernicus was.
He sailed from -Palos, Spain, on the Sd
of August, 1892. and discovered Amer
lea the following October"
Venerable purveyor of swine gazed
exultingly at his daughter a moment
and then said, with suggestion Of
sadness in his tone:
Pauline, my child, if / had your
brains 1 might have been a United
States Senator from Ohio. "-Brockiyn
Eagle.
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salvage afterward proved. Tt was
charged against the Captain that he en-
deavored to sink the ship by cutting
the suction-pipe and opening the sea,
cock In the after-peak; but this he de-
MED. and whether it was proved or not
and what became of the ca I can not
recollect. Encountering and bringing
to port few such Gerelicts as the Falls
OF Alton would soon make mans fort
une, and if they were numerous we
might hear of public companies beino
formed for the salving of such aban,
doned craft, with underwriters for
chairmen. But they are not numerous.
and this age of iron makes them rarer
every day. Even when a vessel that
looks worth preserving is met. life is
often leopardized in sailing her; or il
she is to be lowed. then, after deal of
manGuyring and many hours of deten-
tion ana the carrying away of hawsers,
the derelict has frequently to be
dropped, with a sea-blessing on her
head and hearty regret on the shippers
part that he ever sighted her. The
struggle Is sometimes a desperate one.
The abandoned craft, like an Irishman's
pig, refuses TO go ahead. She barely
answers her helm. The tow-rope parts
in gale of wind, the wreck drives
away to leeward and is lost in the
thickness, and the little company of
men who have been put aboard of her
find themselves pretty much in the
same dangerous situation the vessel's
first crew occupied before they were
succoted. If ever money is meritorious-
I.ly earned, it is by the men who receive
rewards for bringing wrecked vessel
to port.
1t is not very long since three men
were picked up in an open boat in the
North Sea by a foreign bark The
story told was this: They belonged to
an English fishing cutter, and, while
cruising derelict vessel was sighted,
| drifting. The cutter sent a boat with
three men to board the vessel, and
when they arrived they found her to be
brig. The wind was breezing up at
the t me; it freshened into gale; the
tow-rope by which the smack was en-
deavOring to drag the brig parted, and
the cutter was blown out of sight II
was impossible to stop aboard the water
logged hull, so the three men got into
their boat and they had been drifting
about for forty-five hours when the for
eign bark came across them. Out OF
such stuff is the romance of the derelict
to be woven; and material for MANY a
wild and wonderful yarn may haply be
found at this moment among wrecked,
abandoned and drifting fabrics, over
whose deep sides the green seas are
rolling in foam, or whose hulls, with
the CLEAN of the black water in the hold
visible through the open matches, lean
YEARLY with the oil-smooth swell, like
drowned seamen, whose bodies have
escaped from the hammocks in which
they were sewn, and have risen to the
surface to look blindly up to Heaven
! till decay scatters their dust through
ten thousand miles of ocean London
J TcLc0rdLh.
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Abandoned Vessels.

Derelicts always appear to me as
kind of ocean beggars. They hover
about the path of well-to-do ships, and
exhibiting their mutilated stumps and
broken sides, cringe and courtesy for
help as the vessels go by. They are. it
must be admitted, as rule, miserably
poor-in rags and without % brass
farden' in their pockets. The sea
despoils them first; but if Neptune over
looks anything of worth, it is pretty
sure to be carried away by one or other
of the vessels which may bear down to
have a look at the wreck and overhaul
her. Found n good quarter-boat
floating alongside; got it aboard and
proceeded" Or, "NOthing to be
found on deck or below; looked as if
some passing vessel had helped herself
to all that was to be got" Such state
ments are sometimes to be found in
log-books. Here is one that / at this
moment light on: "The German bark
Europa reports, March 20, sighted an
unknown bark; all sails set, and on fire
aft; found a thirty-foot life-boat adrift,
which was taken aboard, in which were
some tobacco, provisions, and n stone
butter-pOt." Doubtless the Dutchmen
the provisions and the butter. The
Ocean Swell reported sighting vessel
right ahead, with only a jurymast
standing. 1.-The cargo was all gone
out OF the main-hatch. but her after
hold was full of casks. She had no
forehatch, but 1 think her forehold
must have been full of casks also.
fancy that she. has been loaded with
rum and molasses, the rum being
stored in both ends, keeping the vessel
afioat" She was full of water, conse-
quently the rum was not to be come at,
and so all that poor Jack of the Ocean
Swell could do was to look yearninoly
down at the casks and then, with wa
sering mouth, tumble reluctantly into
Sis boat and row aboard his ship again.
a more romantic derelict was the
american brig Celeste. the story of
which read with interest in an Ameri-
tan paper few days ago. She was
found in the Mediterranean and boarded.
All sail was on her, but not a LIVING
creature was to be seen. There Was a
are burning in the galley; dinner was
set out untasted and not yet cold; there
was some child s toys in the cabin. land
piece of a woman's dress was still
under the needle of the sewing
machine What had become of the
PeoPle7 Had they committed suicide
by jumping overheard? If so. wby was
their dinner cooked and served. only TO
be left untouchede The easiest way
perhaps to solve the riddle is to disbe-
Ieve the story. But If it be true It is
extraordinary, and should commend IT.
self as q marine problem very well
worth the notice of magazine-writer
on the lookout for subject.
Now and again. however, a derelict
IS encountered that proves a wonder
fully rich prize. Such was the Falls Of
Alton At about 2S0 miles from Ma
deira French vessel fell in with a
large iron English ship, abandoned. and
she was conveyed to the island by a
French squadron of inspection. She
proved to be the Falls of Alton. a new
iron ship, loaded with 2,5OOtor,s of rail,
way sleepers. $50 tons of pig iron. $50
tons of smithy coal. and 200 tons Of coke
- nice little haul for Monsieur. as the
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TWO SMILES.

mover know delight until that day
when. its ] crossed dusty city park.
Thought-wCary, tortured by forebOdings
dark.
ohlid smiled on inc frsm rs happy play.
rhcnccforwar,l al my fancies wcrc intent
On baby blsscs. Songs and childish lore:
And To- my days 20 lone and sad before.
rho loyousncss OF childhoOds mirth was lent.
And whom oil questions for rcsoivement
pressed
And ON my brow drew many an anxious
A budding thought looked out to answer
From vide young eyes with doubt yet unop-
pressed
Tier purity upheld me like q prayer;
And while OIL poets sang for us anew.
Into my Chastoucd thought the maiden
grew
As rose opens In rain-freshenod air.
Tho years nIlcd up breach unseen before:
Till one day made us one, in trOth and
heart,
We never dreamed that we had been apart,
Cntil we know that we should part no more.
No moro a. part AMI yet ercwhilc she lay.
Ana smiled with lips unrufncd by breath:
And looking ON the wan chill smile OF death,
thought ut her nrst smile that far-on day.
sherwood Bonner.