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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
PUBLIC LAND FOR ACTUAL SET
TIERS.

1t will not be very long before the dis
position of the public lands. will be one
of the test questions in our National pol
tiles. The immense subsidies granted to
railway corporations, the reckless squan-
dering of the greatest public domain
ever inherited by Il Nation, have pro-
voked the righteous Indignation of every
intelligent citizen, and no future Con-
gress will dare defy public sentiment by
donating any portion of the remaining
public lands to railway corporations. But
there is a popular demand for a still more
stringent regulation than the prohibition
of land grants.
The sale of vast tracts to foreign cap
talists has excited intense dislike, and
the adoption of measures to prohibit the
establishment of immense landed estates
on what is now government property is an
urgent requirement. The sale of vast
tract in Texas, known as the Pan Handle,
to English company for grazing purposes,
has provoked the most recent outbreak of
public opinion as to a reform of the gov
eminent land system.
The total land area of the United States,
is 1900, 5000 acres, and the total
amount in farms, according to the last
census, is 536 0Sl, $50 acres. The num-
Der of acres owned by the government at
the time that census was taken was l..
> az = hot
III, 12G acres are now in the possession of
corporations, and railway claims are pend
ing for nearly as much more.
1t is true that the area still retained by
forty times the land surface of the State
of Pennsylvania and Uncle Sam is not
likely to become land poor very soon,
even should the squandering of the pub
lie domain continue. 1t would take more
than sixty years to dispose of the public
land. even at the rate of last year, To-,
$50, s4S acres. But no one can doubt
that it would promote the welfare of the
nation to reserve the whole public do
main for actual settlers, and it is also dc
sirable to restrict the amount sold to each
person. Experience has shown that the
country is most prosperous, aericuItur-
ally. whose surface is divided up into
small farms. The average area of the
zoos, 907 farms of the United States is a
fraction more than 1873 acres each, and
the increase in the number Of farms is
now confined almost entirely to those ex-
ceeding fifty acres. 1t is wise for the
government to adopt measures to ensure
the division of its remaining lands into
small farms for actual settlers, and Con
aress undoubtedly will be asked to enact
laws for that purpose at its next session
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
FRED DOUGLASS AND GOOD SENSE

Fred Douglass spoke sensible words in
his Grafton at the celebration of the
anniversary of the E nancipltion at
Washington on Monday night. Coloni-
cation is impracticable and undesirable:
the theory of extinction is absurd, the
colored population having increased 10 per
cent faster than the white since the war.
and assimilation is the only destiny for
the negro clement of the nation The
ridiculous predictions Of a war of races
and the ultimate supremacy of the blacks
appear in their true character III the
light of the following declaration by Mr..
Douglass: " Assimilation, not isolat ion,
is our true policy and natural destiny
Unitication for US is life: separation is
death. We cannot afford to set up for
ourselves political creed apart from the
rest Of our fellow citizenS.' The negro
is not naturally aggressive, and there is
no desire on the part OF the colored pco-
pie to engage i'll IL war for supremacy
over the whites. They desire peace and
an opportunity for prosperity. They will
be satisfied with the destiny predicted
for them by Mr. Douglass
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
THE HOMOGENEOUS MoRMoNs

The gathering of Mormons of Kirkland,
Ohio. has excited great interest all over
the country. and some of the dispatches
published have contained serious iuaccu-
racies. The delegate from Utah, Mr..
Blair, who was represented as being a
regular L tab Mormon with several wives,
is missionary who is striving to convert
polygamists to the true faith of their
fathers. \ representative of the Cleve-
land Le0der has interviewed Elder Blair,
and obtained the main facts about tt e
homogeneous Mormons. or "Reorgan-
lied Church of Latt.r Day Saints
When the break up at Nauvoo occur
red in 1916, the main Mormon body,
headed by Brigham Young, went to Salt
Lake. Several smaller factions remained
behind, and were scattered about in sew
eral States. In 1851, representatives of
some of these came together and reorgan-
lied on the old basis This was the be
ginning of the present reorganized
church. In 1860 Mrs. Joe Smith, who
had never gone to Salt Lake-we refer to
the only genuine and original Mrs. Joe
Smith of course-and her children joined
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
TWO-CENT POSTAGE.

Judge Gresham S administration of the
Postal Department is to be memorable
for the introduction of two cent postage,
and if he continues in the office of Post
master General until the end of Presi-
dent Arthur's term he will have unusual
opportunities for distinguishing himself.
1t is true that he has had nothing to do
with the adoption of the new rate, but
its practical introduction will afford OPP
pOrtuuities for the exercise of great adj
ministrative ability, and for the exhibit
ton of much wisdom in the suggestion
of important changes to Congress. 1t is
fact that the success of the two cent
postage scheme will be credited largely
to the administration under which it is
achieved. The profit of the Postal De
partment during the last fiscal year was
about Il 800, 900, and it is probable that
there will be deficiency during the first
year of tw o-ct Mt postage, but the change
will ultimately result in an increase OF
revenue. 1t was predicted that the pos
tai card would be costly convenience,
but, without diminishing the receipts
from letter postage, it has yielded net
revenue of :l3, 600, 900 in eight years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
(Chapter ~, page 81.
AN ACT

(Chapter -, page 81
To amend the forty-second section. relating to the
granting of licenses to traders. OF Article nifty
six. of the Code of Public General Laws:
Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland. that the iortysecond section OF
Article tiftv-siX of the Code of Public General
Laws. relating to the granting OF Licenses to
traders he and the same is hereby repealed. and
the following enacted Us Il substitute therefor:
- When any person. body polite corporate.
shall propose to barter rS.ll anything mentioned
in the preceding section. except spirtuouS or fer
mented liquors he shall apply to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the county in which he may re-
side or if he resides in the City oi Baltimore. to
the Court OF Common Pleas Tor Il license therior:
but license to trade or to sell SpIrituOuS or Ter
mented liquors. shall be issued by any Clerk Of
a Court to temme COrert or to Il person under the
age OF y years, without the special order OF the
Judge OF the Court: but no Judge shall give such
special order to issue licenses to sell SprltuouS or
iermented liquors unless upon the recommends
ton OF at least ten respectable ireehOders. resi-
dent OF the ward or district wherein the place ui
sale may he. and whenever any licenses snail be
issued to Il temnt r0rcIi or minor the said femme
cocert or MINOR shall he responsible Tor all con-
under such license, nj shall be Liable TO be sued
therefor any OF the courts ui this State: and the
said femme Cortrt may be sued. or indicted and
prosecuted in c.l>c violation by her OF the Ii
cense laws vi tins State. or IN case she should
keep disurderly house, rs il che were Il Femme
sole: and if Judgment be obtained against her on
any contract, execution Sha II or may iesuc i'll the
ordinary way To affect her separate estate: prOci-
dpd hOufrfr. that such Responsibility shall III no
manner affect or impair the responsibility OF the
husband or parent under the existing laws. and
that this shall take effect on the thrterh day
vi April nrAt
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\ IuIIn WITH Sly (,EA\I.

\ CHILD WITH SIN GRANDMoTiIERS- \
letter from Northampton county, y. c.,
says Mr. and Mrs. w. Robert Wick. of
that county, had recently born unto them
a son who has six living grandmothers
Mr.. W. Robert Wick is son of Major w
p. Wick, Cf this place (who, by the way
is one of our largest and most successful
farmers and his wife is a daughter #
Mr.. Alexander Reid, formerly of Gran
vile county, but now Il resident Of
Northampton county, living near St a
boart. Major Nick and his wife are boz h
living, and are lust in the prime of life.
They "clehG' ted their silver wedd NJ
about a year ago, the major having been
married at the. early age of 10 Maj T
Wick mother, Mrs. Lucy Parker, an
Mrs Wick mother, Mrs. Mary l.. Boz
tom, both reside near VI rrgarettsviI'e
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid, maternal grand
parents of the child, reside near Seaboard,
and both their mothers are living. Mrs.
Lucy Parker's stepmother is also living,
and nearly 100 years Old. Mrs. Parker
was before her inst marriage Il Miss Joy
ner, and the old Lady alluded to was Mrs
Parker'S fathers second wife.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
(thaptcr ~. page lol.)
AN ACT

To amend the twenty-irSt and twenty-Secund
sections oi the nifty sixth Article OF the Code OF
Public General Laws, relating To the Licenses
OF HawkcrS and FeddlcrS.
Sertiun /. Be it enacted by tn: General Assem-
bly, OF M.lry Wand that the twenty and twenty
second sections OF the tiity-siXth Article OF the
Code OF Public General Laws, relating To the Lii
censcS OF hawkers and p-ddlerS. be and the same
are hereby repealed, and the following sections
enacted III lieu thereof:
Twenty-one. For every such license, not to en-
tend beyond the county i'll which the same may
be issued there shall be paid the following rates
10 wit: FOR every license to travel on loot, the
sum Of forty dollars to travel with horse or other
b.uSt OF burden md Wagon other vehicle. the sum
of SO. For every such license 10 extend over the
whole OF the Eis e Shore. the whole oi the
Western Shore there shall Ue paid the following
rates To wit: For every license IL travel on loot,
the sum vi sixty dollars: to travel with horse Or
other beast vi burden and wagon or other vehicle.
the sum OF one hundred dollars: with two horses
or other beasts OF burden and Il wagon or other We
hiclc the sum vi one hundred and nifty dollars.
Twenty-Five. No lch license shall be granted
TO any Other Than Il white crsun, or to ally lawk-
er or reddlcr in the name and style OF partner
ship or company, and BIT one person shall act
under such iccuSe.
Section =. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect on the day OF Its passage.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

Observation-Disclosures GRESHAM has
chosen a design for the new two-cent
stamp, which in its general features re-
sembles very much the present three
cent denomination. The head of Wash
ington is just the same. The inscription
Il. 5. Postage at the top is spelled out
in full and the letters of palmer design.
At the bottom the words Two cents
will be placed horizontally instead OF
curved, as the Three cents is in the
present stamp of that denomination. Tie
color will probably be not the same, for
fear that the new and old might not be
distinguished apart except by close
scrutiny, for both are very much alike.
The stock of Scent stamps on hand will
be worked off in stamping packages and
miscellaneous uses to which stamps are
now put
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
Owners of Stations or Jacks.

The owner or keeper Of every Stallion or Jack
shall, before being permitted TO stand OF station
such animal, pay to the Clerk OF the Circuit Court
of some OF the counties in this State the highest
sum which he intends to ask or receive Tor the sea-
son OF one mare: and the receipt 81 the said Clerk
With the seal of his Court attached thereto Tor
said sum- shall be the License for Statoning or
standing such stallion or lack, for one year from
the date thereof: prorided that i'll 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 from all other State tax
ANY owner OF keeper statiuniug OF standing any
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

THE American pig has powerful friends
and France may find abuse of that quad
ruped improbable. The embargo against
the animal is designed to iniure its repu-
tation, creating the impression through
out Europe that it is unhealthy. IT is al
legged that recent disclosures as to the
adulteration of French wines have been
made in retaliation for the libel upon our
porcine products, our consular agents in
France having been instructed to secure
as much information as possible concern
ing the adulteration of wine. Apart
from the matter of retaliation, the expo
sure ought to be made, for the extent
and injury of the importation of dishon-
est French wines are alarming. The evil
is not of recent growth, and its exposure
ought not to have been neglected until
prompted by feeling of resentment for
an unjust discrimination against our com
merce, but the attack which has now
begun should continue until thorough
reform is effected.
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sssYHE+WH IG:ss:

eae-smNsnTLY VALUABLE FOR ITS LOCAL AS WELL As
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS CT THE
COUNTY IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
Of IT'S REGULAR CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NC
ATTENTION, tn NAms OF The WRITER BEING REQUIRED
NALL CASES AS A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED GRATul
rouSLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL MATTER.
Local INIT Ten cents a line for single insei
t0n.
Transient "..--- = EIght cents line for one, dnt
-Four cents a line tor every additional insertion.
one inch Of space counted as Itreire lines. on'
,oIumn, FIVE Dollars per inch, one year.
Four changes dlotced to yearly advertisers rifhou
additional charge.
The circulation Of The Wing being among tn
most intelligent classes Of Cecil county and tn
adjoining counties of Maryland, Pennsylvania anf
DeLauare its proprietor confidently recommends u
to Business Men as most desirable medium Jon
reHlunerdtire advertising.
To maintain its high standard as a family journal
no offensive or Objectionable advertisements wlH o.
admitted into its columns at any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
Billiard or Pool Tables.

License may be granted to any person wh'
may apply for permission TO keep billiard table.
for which License there shall be paid the sum of
nifty dollars and that tor every additional billiard
table kept by the same person or persons. he. she
or they shall pay a License OF twenty-five dollars:
prorided that Ill said additional tables shall he
kept in the same apartment: pr0rided, that this
act shall not apply 10 any billiard table kept iol
private use.
ANY person or persons keeping or exhibiting ii
billiard table tables without first obtaining II
License therefor shall Tor each and every table st
hundred dollars one half 10 the iniormcr and the
other half to the State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

The app licant must either make OATH as here
toiore before the Clerk o the Circuit Court OF tht
county where he is engaged i'll business, OF the
amount Of goods kept On hand at the principal
season OF sale; or the oath may be administered
by a Justice OF tho Peace, when the person want
ing liceuSe applies through an agent. Ii III,
latter course be adopted. the following form VIII
he deemed sufficient compliance with the act:
CeCii County, 10 tcn:
On this - day Of. 1888 before the subscr
Der n Justice Of the Peace OF the State o1 Mary
land, in and for said county. personally APPEARED
and declared that he intends to apply
for Traders License. under the second section vi
the act Of January session, 1879, - the ti,rh
OF the Circuit Court Cecil county
and made oath that the amount ui The stock o
goods generally kept Oh hand by him Tor by the
concern III Whi'h lie is engaged, in CASE II be a
Partnership ut the principal season o sale Tor il
the applicant has not previously engaged III such
trude) that the amount OF goods which he intend.
to keep, etc, does not Tor Will mott exceed -.
Sworn before
If the oath be ud .ninst.red before Justice o
the Peace out U. the county in winch the applica
ton is made, there must attached the ccrtifl-
cate OF the Clerk Circuit Court OF the county
in which the Justlcc resides.
Persons may sell salt t0 cure fish in March
April and May, without license. Wonders vi cakes
and vendors ui beer and cider who makers u
such beer and cider dagger beer eXccpted) are not
required 10 pay L.ceusc
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

THE y. Y. Times thinks Mr.. Bayard
made Il mistake in attending the lroquois
club dinner at Chicago. That he appears
to better advantage at distance and in the
semi-obscurity Of the Senate Chamber.
and that as a statesman challenging tie
confidence of the country by his utter
ance on great matters he is !, failure.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
(Chapter III, page no }
AN ACT

To amend the Fiity-SiXth Article OF the Code VI
Public General Laws. relating to Licenses by
adding thereto the following section relating tC
partner ships taking out licenses:
Section |. BE il enacted 10y the General Assem-,
bly, OF Maryland, that the following section bt
and the same if hereby added to the nity-siXtl
Article OF the Code ui Public General Laws tt
follow the second section thereof;
Any license may be obtained by partnerships OF
firms as well rs by Individuals but in all eases
the names OF all the partners OF any nrm shall be
set forth in iul i'll the license. and no license shall
protect any person pretending 10 act under The
same unless he is named therein, Or is entitled t.
Il representative or assignee under the provision,
hereinafter contained i'll this article, and the
Clerk issuing the license shall enter upon tn,
record OF license the full names OF the members U
u copartneIship 10 which suth license is issued.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

Silks-An advertisement ought to
say what salesman ought to
say but salesman has the advantages
of having his nearer before him, and of
having his topic chosen for him. We
may choose the topics that you, the
reader care nothing about and we may
say what you know already.
Trade here is more of medley than
anybody outside knows. We have
need of more varied goods than any
body outside knows. Silks are as va
rious as anything can well be. We try
to have every sort that anybody wants.
1T you ever want to see Hamburg
embroideres at their best, now is the
time, and here is the place. We are
more than satisfied with the collection
that has been gathered.
Nextouter circle, city -h-l square entrance
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
tChapter lis, page rs }

To amend section one of Article tity-Six of the
Code OF Public General Laws entitled e Lii
censes. relating TO the issuing of licenses by
Clerks OF Courts
BE it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland. that section one OF Article titty-siX of
the Code OF Public General Laws entitled Lii
ccnses, be amended and reenacted SO as to read
as follows:
All licenses shall be granted by the Clerks OF
the Circuit Courts OF the county and the Clerk OF
the Court OF Common Pleas in the city OF Balti-
more except where different mode is specially
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

We have also a most extensive and
varied collection of pongee embroider-
les; up to IS a yard.
Ncxt-outer circle. south entrance to
main building.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

Handkerchiefs, unless bought with
great care and skill, are liable to be
half-cotton. Linen ought to mean
pure-lin because cotton mikes with
it so invisbly. We never had part
cotton handkerchief i'm the store.
Linen lawns ready; all new; and all
the designs new, except dots, which
can't be new, of course. We stick to
small figures, though most merchants
will have large figures.
We stick to pure-linen lawns too at
IS to 81 /. cents, though almost
everybody else will sell cotton-and-
linen down to IS cents. We WILL NOT
sell mixed cotton and linen, except at
extraordinary prices. There's good
deal of satisfaction in having things
true.
Outer circle. south entranc.. to matn
building.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

Satins Of eighteen colors have come at
sl.25. Already we had satins at IS
cents and 81 of about the same num-
Der of colors. There is something very
singular in the colors of this season :;
and the singularity shows in satins quite
as markedly as in anything.
eros de Suez (Gros de Londres is
the very same) is very tine-ribbed
silk with heavy rib here and there.
The effect is rather of heavy ribs made
apart upon fiat surface. One of the
new silk fabrics. which seems likely to
be a farorite. In the new colors, of
course; sl.35.
More of the same SI.25 black rha-
dame for 81.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

Iron has certainly pushed wood al
most off the ocean, but 1t seems less likely
than it did that steam will wholly super
sede sails The first iron sailing vessel
ever built in this country was launched
at the Roach shipyard, at Chester on the
Delaware, this week, and it is expected
that many others will be constructed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
NlillincrS.

Females vending Millinery and other small Al
ticles whose stock IL not over S5oo. pay License
of So So only; but if over that amount they are re
uuired to pay the same Licenses AS nthcr persons
oath to be made AS to the amount OF stock at the
principal season OF the yenr.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
Oyster and Eating Houses.

TIL. License to be paid by the keepers OF Oysters
and Eating Huuses IL $50 % throughout the State
III. sJth section ~ The Code, which required III
applicant Tor License to open oyster or Ing
houses, to procure the recommendation OF two
ueiyhborInx ,reehuldcrs aud also to make oath
before the Clerk Of the Circuit Court OF Cecil
coun v etc. as to the annual value Of house, il
repe ed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21

TIE season is very late and the people
are impatient for the bloom of spring,
but fruitgrowers are not displeased that
the season is SO backward. An abun-
dance of peaches may be the reward for
the discomfort of cold and disagreeable
April
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-21
PRECIOUS STONES.

We have most beautiful selection Of TOPAZ.
AMETHYST. MOSS AGATE and TUH-
otOIS: also. Mineral Specimens from the Min
ny Districts OF Old and New Mexico and Arizona
selected for cabinets and frame work INDIAN
POTTERY OF rare designs. Very cheap. Send
zoe. Tor specimen. Stamps taken. Address
DANIELS Il McALPIN,
Wallace, New Mexico.
A cVEa.IsEEs by addressing GEO. P scwEii Co
IA 10 Spruce St. New York. can learn the exact
cost ui any proresed line OF ADV ERTISING in
American Newspapers. fS-lOO-page Pam
phlet, - cents.
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Spring dresses ready-made, of flannel,
cotton, miscellaneous dress-stuffS and
silks, low-priced dresses, are ready :;
down to SO for the very lowest; and
that is very similar to one that was
much liked at the same price last year.
1901 Chestnut. second he"r. Take
car LII lnlI.