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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-07-26
Notice to Teachers.

Notice is hereby given, that until therwise
ordered, the Board of School Examiners OF
Jackson County, Ohio, will hold regular meet
ings for the examin alton of teachers, at the
City Hall, in the town of Jackson, on the First
Friday IN eUeTy month.
By order of Board of Examiners.
2Iaug79tf J.W. LONGBON, Clerk.
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the wrecked boat in which the unfortunate
cross in, came ashore). These are also ex-
tensire fisheries, using many miles of rope
and seine and employing several hundred
hands
Above Bulls Mountain a few miles, on
the North East River, is the fishery of Sim
pers & Crothers, second only in size to Car
penter's point and Balls Mountain. There
are number of other fisheries Of less i'm
portance, besides the hundreds OF OILERS,
whose floating lanterns at night, light up
the broad expanse of water, scattered about
wherever a favorable location can be Sc
cured, all intent upon bringing to land the
shiny deniZens of the deep. The aggregate
catch of fish is enormous, and as we do not
propose to go into statistics, we refrain from
attempting to give the quantity. Suffice it
to say that $1,000 to 10000 herring with
several hundred shad, and cart loads of other
fish, is no unusual catch at one haul for the
large seines. y favorite pastime with Il
great many persons in this vicinity is II
yearly trip to the fishing shore, and they
are well worth visiting.
AS a rule fishermen profess but little
faith in the artificial propagation of shad.
They say that up to 1881 herring had been
very scarce in :he Susquehanna for twenty
years, but in 1881 the run was larger than
had been known for generation. No arti-
fetal propagation of herring had taken
place; yet the herring increased wonder
fully. On the contrary, some years have
been given to the artiticial Matching of shad
and they have shown no increase
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The Work Completed.

The work of removing the remains of
the dead from the old Hollingsworth
family burial ground on West Main street,
was completed, on Saturday last. with
the exception of one, Chat Of Charles
SewelI) which was this week taken up
and deposited in the Sewell family vault,
at Holly Hall.
One of the graves opened on Saturday.
contained the remains of a woman in 4
remarkable state of preservation. The
features were almost perfect. The hair
AN abundant growth, was perfectly pre-
served, and the shroud, saving that it
was discolored, was almost as perfect as
as when put in the grave some sixty years
ago.
In another grave five skulls were found
and it was thought by those resurrecting
them, that five persons had been buried
in one grave, but there is little doubt
but the true explanation of this is, that in
opening this grave they dug the excava-
tion SO long as to take in the head por-
ii of two other graves, one at each end
(for they were buried in this ground
with the heads in all directionsl and SO
wide as to take in one OF two other graves
lying parallel with the one opened. One
remarkaDle feature was, that though the
skulls were found in fair state of pres
ervati IN, the bones were nearly all de-
cayed.
In all, the remains of seventy seven
persons were taken up from these grounds
besides those taken out in excavating the
bank which would perhaps number as
many more. The Forward grave was
not found, as there was nothing to desig
nate it b.. A mound was pointed out as
his resting place by Mr.. Levi +. Boulder,
the undertaken who had buried him, but
upon digging into it, it proved not to be
a grave at all, aud no remains were found
in it, There is every reason to suppose,
that he was taken up among the UNI
known. without being identified.
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The Fisheries of the Ches peake.

The herring fisheries of the Susquehanna
river and Chesapeake bay have begun
oserationS. Seines were hauled Saturday at
several points and the catch encouraging.
The season, however has been backward.
Usually fishing begins April l. The Sus-
quehanna fisheries are nearly all concen-
trated within a range of ten or twelve miles.
-Four floats and one shore are operated above
Havre lie Grace. There are none above
Port Deposit. Four floats and eight shores
are tished below Havre de Grace, mostly in
the river mouth and bay, in the vicinity of
Speculate Island. The largest ti.l above
Havre de Grace is float anchored to L
small half-acre island in the Susquehanna,
two miles from Port Deposit. This float is
classed as shore fishery, and il worked by
the Spencer Bros. s. Co. The firm COM
prises the veteran fisherman, Jarrett Spen-
Ger, and his three sons j. Herman, Joseph
and Willard L. Spencer. Floats OF batteries,
rs they are sometimes called, are peculiar to
these waters of Maryland, where high hills
afford protection from storms and tides do
not interfere with fishing The float is
large raft which may be towed TO any spot
where the owner may have acquired fishing
rights and made fast to iron shod piles
driven into the mud, and allowing the
float free play to rise or fall with the tide.
An apron is let down from the fishing side
of the raft to the river bottom, forming AN
incline or artificial shore, on which the
seine is drawn with whatever of fish it may
contain The float of the Messrs. Spencer
is an appurtenance of a shore fishery. They
own the float and rent Paton's Island for
its fishing privileges. The largest seine used
on this float is go fAthoms or 800 yards
in length, ami :, 700 yards of rope are also
employed to give wide sweep and long
haul. The other seine i'll use is GOO yards
long, with 900 yards of working rope.
Upon the upper side of the mouth Of the
Susuuehanna with Il sweep for its seines Of
open water, ten miles either way is located
the fishery of the MessrA. Barnes know
rs Carpenters Point fishery. This is one Of
the most extensive in the upper Chesapeake
Steam power is used there instead of horse
inlhauling the seine and every late appli-
ance for facilitating the handling of the i'm
mense net has been adopted. This has al.
ways heen one o, the Ipost successful fish
cries.
Directly across tbs river On the Elk Neck
side is what is known as the Bulls Noun
tain and OILERS Hole fisheries, operated by
Messrs Wilson & Rutter (it was here that
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Resolutions of Respect,

AT the regular meeting OF tho President
and Commissioners of Port Deposit held
Monday, April . lsS5 the following pream-
BILE and resolutions We're unanimouslya adopt
ed.
WHEREAS. The President and Commits
sioners of Port Deposit, desire to give pub
lie expression Of their esteem for their lato
fellow member. John keaveny, and ii the
loss which has been occasioned liz MS death,
Therefore,
Resolred, That by las manly and upright
course in his representative position, he won
for himself the confidence of us all, and by
his death this body and community has lost
one of its III ost useful citizens
Res0lred, That while deploring his loss,
yet as friends we shall ever cherish his
memory for his charity, his integrity of
purpose, his business capacity and the puri-
ty of his private life.
I;eSoired, That we do hereby extend to the
family of the deceased our sympathy in this
their sad bereavement.
ReSolccd That the clerk embody these
resolutions in the minutes of the Board and
forward copy of therl to the family of the
deceased and furnish 4 copy 10 the county
papers for publication.
JOHN NJ. MCCLENAHAN, Pres.
FRANK RALsToN, Clerk.
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Orphans Court.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Orphans Court teok place on Tuesday
last, with full bench.
The following bonds were examined
and passed: Edward T. Russell, admin
istrator of Charlotte Russell; George
Ricketts,, executor Of Catherine A. John;
Henry IL. Brady, administrator of Ed
ward Il. Garrison; Ellen keaveny, adj
ministratrix of John Keaveny; VIM. j.
Smith, guardian of Emily, Horace II.
and Thaddeus A. Smith; John Hurford,
guardian of c. Eli, and Maris B. Hur-
ford; VIM. II. Freemeu, administrator of
Wayne Anthony; II. G. Reese, admins
TRAITOR of Francis Maloney; John o. Mel,
executor Of Charles Marty.
The following accounts were passed
Sixth account of James NJ. Evans, guar
dian of George NJ, Ann f. p, Washing
ton c., and Robert E. Gillespie; sixth
account of James NJ. Evans, guardian of
Bernard c., Emma NJ. and Elmer E.
krauss; seventh account of James NJ.
Evans, guardian Of John II. Reynolds;
fourth and final account of F. 5. Everist,
guardian of Anna Moore, and fourth &C
count of same, guardian of Eva Moore;
final account Of Benjamin r. Boyer.
guardian of Fannie Poe; first and final
account of Philip 7. Bell and J. Wether-
ell; Bell, executors of Elizabeth Thomas,
and distribution struck on same: first
and final account of Job England and
Samuel q. England, executors of Samuel
J. England, and distribution struck on
same; first account of Daniel Bratton,
guardian of VIM. d. Bratton; seventh
account of Agnes 4. Emmons, guardian
of VIM. L. EmmonS.
List of Goods and chattles of VIM
McAllister, Edward l.. Garrison and
Wayne Anthony, were examined and
passed.
List of debts due estates of Elisha
Brown, and Martha J. Carter were ex,
amincd and passed.
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RISING Sun ITEMS.

James VI. Tosh sent six head of fat cat
tie away on Thursday, weighing 5000 lbs,
giving some one chance to enjoy fine
steaks of short horn beef.
That common source of complaint, roads,
are better than ever this spring-and
with very little care more would be
good all year. The great deficiency in
the road system is in the Inspectors not
keeping the contractors to their duty.
Improvements are still in order. VIM.
Brown builds an addition to his residence
jerome kimble an addition to his store
house John W. Barnes is painting and
fixing up his dwelling II. II. Haines has
added an addition to his stable on the
Bank property, &c.
Business never looked brisker in our
Borough. All the shops are busy and
the machinery men are selling and deliv,
erinS goods in every direction, and can
hardly get supply. All the mechanics
are engaged, many of them two contracts
deep. Around the shad man the sewing
machine man the photograph man 4; the
tinware man the jewelry man, but not
the man who borrowed the post digger.
JpSES
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Prospects of Large Run of Shad.

All the indications point to Il large run of
shad this spring along the Atlantic coast
and thence to the Chesapeake and Delaware
bays. Old fishermen ut Baltimore say that
the winter was more favorable to shad in
Southern waters than in any season of
which they have knowledge and they anti
cipats that the run northward this spring
will be of a kind and in schools superior to
any caught for years, and in number uu-
precedented. The catch on the North Caro-
lima coast has already been very large, glut-
ting the Richmond, Norfolk, Washington
city and Alexandria markets. and supply
ing that of Baltimore with variety and
quality never before surpassed
The run in the Delaware and Chesapeake
bays has already begun, with the !ndca-
lions that it will be very large, in the latter
particularly SO. Fishermen at Columbia
and thence down to Havre-,ie-Grace are
now actively preparing to receive the run
when it leaves the Chesapeake, bay, and
they all look for an enormous catch.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-04-14
County Commissioners

The County Commissioners were in ses-
sion on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr..
S. Bradun Gillespie. President. Mr.. II.
Hess and Mr.. George +. Harlan, were
present.
The opening of the new road laid out
in the First district, through lands of
Susan Oldhams heirs and others. was
referred to Messrs. Hess and Harlan with
authority to contract for same.
The following appointments were made
First district. Stephen II. Ford; Second.
Thomas Y. Nicoll; Third, John Ramsey:
Fourth, VIM. Henderson,; Fifth, Thomas
Williams; Sixth, John A. Nesbitt;
Seventh. Adam Peoples; Eighth, John
L. McGuigan,; Ninth, Andrew J. IL.
Cameron.
Inspectors of Public Roads. First dis
trict, Thomas Price and James p. Mccoy;
Second, John Millburn and David Hut
ton; Third, George w. Denny and C..
jackson Campbell; Fourth, w. a. Can
nan and b. Frank Thomas; Fifth, Ste
phen Atkinson and b. Franklin Palmer;
Sixth, heretofore appointed; Seventh,
Harry s. Condor; Eighth, Samuel F..
Pierce: Ninth, Zimri Taylor.
Trustees of the Poor.-N. p. Manly,
Il. Taylor Reynolds. Lloyd Luton, G.
Ross Biles and Z. Wesley Janney.
Directors Bohemia Bridge.-Benjamin
B. Price, VIM. T. Price and VIM. S.
Evans.
Bridge Tender Chesapeake City.-Alex-
ander Powell.
Messrs. Gillespie and Hess were direct
ed to arrange for the completion of the
road hid out from Rowlandvillc to Con-
owingo, in the Eighth district, and
Messrs. Gillespie and Harlan to view a
new route for the proposed road from
Perryvile to Frenehtown i'll the Seventh
district.
The following road and bridge accounts
were examined and passed, and ordered
to be paid from Levy of lSS2:-
G.. w. Denny, s22 IS; b. F. Palmer,
sci. O4; Clayton Thackery, $50. 10; Fhos.
Warburton. $6.1l; Geo. G. Ryan, $3.50;
John L. Gallaher, 81. ~; Andrew Wood
all, $3333G. 81; Wm. A. Miller, SIS; Samuel
+. Pierce SOC Is; John Milburn, $l2.25;
Andrew Woodall, s2.92; Brady Il Lind
say, $2191; w. a. Canaan, $3.50; Geo.
Kennedy, $7493. Accounts for posi-
martens ordered to be paid from levy Of
1888. DR.. John II. lamar, $40; s. f.
Wills, $40; G. S. Dare, $40; accounts for
burying paupers. etc, ordered to be paid
from the same levy; Amos Moore, s3G;
Richard Brown, So; John A. Dunn, sl1;
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Meeting of the Directors OF Cecil Agricul-
tural Society.

The board OF Managers of the Cecil
County Agricultural Society met at their
Office in Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday
morning last. A. Il. Magraw Esq. Presi-
dent, was in the chair. Some items Of
unimportance being settled, the various
COMMITTEES for the coming fair October
2d, Sd. 4th, and 9TH were selected. They
are as follows
Executive COMMITTEE: George Ricketts,,
Thomas Bremen, and VIM. Il. Warbur-
ton, Jr.
Special Premium Committee: Hon.
Frederick Stump, VIM. NJ. Knight and
ii. II. Duyckinck.
Track Committee: |. ID. Davis, George
w. Cruikshank and VIM. Armstrong.
Premium List and Judges Committee:
w. J. Jones, Thomas Drennen, a. w.
Mitchell, IL. IL. Duyckinck and w. T..
Warburton, Jr.
TO arrange horses: VIM. Armstrong,
Geo. L. jackson.
To arrange cattle: II. W. Ricketts,, H..
II. Duyckinck.
To arrange sheep: John Gilpin, George
Ricketts,, Jr.
To arrange swine: Edwin c. Collins,
John Brickley.
10 arrange agricultural implements:
Jesse A. Kirk, Harry ID. Miller.
To arrange fruit: Samuel Mclntire,
VIM. r. Grosh.
To arrange vegetables, grain, seeds,
hay and poultry: A. w. Mitchell, n. +.
Manly, Samuel II. Miller, l.. I. Roberts.
To arrange household products: VIM.
J. Jones.
To arrange fancy and needle work:
Thomas Bremen.
To arrange floral department: George
A. Blake.
To arrange miscellaneous articles: AL
fred Wetherill Roger WitwOrth, Col. l.
ID. Davis.
To arrange amusementS: A. w. Mitch
ell, Col. |. ID. Davis, Thomas Drennen.
A committee was also appointed to
consider the praaticability, propriety and
cost of n building for the better display
of miscellaneous articles.
The Executive Committee were au-
thorized to rent the track until the next
fair.
The boa d determined that the Society
offer three premiums for the best yields
of corn, to be grown upon half acres OF
land, by boys under lG years of aye, all
the manuring and tilling to be done by
them and report of mode, etc, made
to the Society.
Mr. II. II. Duyckinck then addressed
the meeting, giving an interesting state
ment of the proceedings at the State
meeting of the Agricultural Societies OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
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The young gentlemen dancing club,
who, und.r the instruction of Prof
Cooper, have been meeting as dancing
class every Monday night at Maxweil's
hall were doomed to disappointment, a..
it would appear to nnknowing outside
observers last Monday, by the non ar
rival of the professor. But it seems that
these ignorant outsiders little know the
resources and interchangeable enterprise of
these gentlemen. In about one hour
after they had found that they were to
have no class. they put their heads to-
gether and made up their minds that
they would have little surprise hop
anyhow. The first thing they did was
to secure excellent string music and then
to scatter and pay hasty visits to their
friends of the tairer sex who. instead of
hesitating and consuming valuable ting
iG arraying themselves in party dress,
accepted the iuyitationa as promptly as
they were given and accompanied their
escorts in the dresses they were attired
in for the evening, and for the taste and
simplicity of which the Elkton girls are
so Justly noted and admired.
At eight o'clock, when the reporter
happened in to see what was going oD,
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School Commissioners.

The board met on Tuesday with all the
members present. Minutes of last meet
ing were read and approved.
1t was resolved that in view of the de-
creased appropriation of State tax to the
schools of the county, being i'll amount
over 81 200 the schools be kept open for
half the last term only. The schools will
therefore close May 23rd.
Bill OF y. +. Lacklan for out-houses
for school No 3 in Ninth district, amount
ing to 5000, was examined and ordered
to be paid.
Bill of VIM. Warning for surveying lot
for Rose Bank school, amounting to 50,
was ordered to be paid.
MISS Mary 5. Duhamel was confirmed
as teacher for school No. ,. in First
district.
Repairs on schoolhouse No 10, in
Third district, were referred to the trus-
tees.
The Board made statement to the
County Commissioners, estimating the
amount needed for the coming year for
the public schools of the county.
Next meeting of the Board will take
place for settlement of teachers accounts
on Friday, April 9th.
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The Coming Canni-g Season.

Now tuat the season for active opera
lions i'll the canning industry, is APP
preaching, some stir is noticeable an ong
these engaged in the business. Nearly
every town in the county can boast of
one or more of these establishments and
many are scattered around through the
county. Two new concerns will be put
in operation in Elk Neck this season.
Contracts for tomatoes, peaches etc. are
already being made. The ruling price
for the former seems to be - cents. For
peaches the price is more uncertain and
is not often fixed 50 early, 50 the con
tracts ale made for delivery at market
prices. There is one strange feature
about this business. The goods put up
in our local establishments. can often be
bought in New York and Philadelphia
at such price, as to allow the retailer
to pay freights, and still sell i'll this
market (and with profit too at 4 less
figure than that asked at the factory
by the package. How or why tbs is hus
We do not undertake to say, but it is an
undeniable fact
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wilma Literary Society.

This association held its last meeting
last Tuesday evening at the usual hour.
Owing TO the rain storm prevailing at the
time the attendance was not So large as
usual. The evening programme was as
follows: Solo, Miss Mary Harvey ; es
say, Miss Bessie Miller; recitation, Miss
May Miller The question, d" Is man hap
pier in Il civilized than savage state
was discussed on the affirmative by
Messrs. Harmon, Hayes and Frank Iar-
vey and on the negative by Messrs
Frank Founders, Chas. Price and Thos.
Little. These gentlemen are all anna
tours in the line of debating, this being
their first attempt. They deserve great
credit for their first attempt, each one
being eminentiy successful. Indeed your
correspondent has never listened to 4 bet
ter amateur debate. The decision was
in favor of the negative, which decision
was sustained by the house. This being
the last meeting of the season the sociesy
adjourned to meet at Wilma on the 10th
of October next.
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Fire.

On Monday night about midnight, fire
was discovered III the rear Of the store house
of MessrS. McCrery x Boulden, on Main
street. The alarm was given and promptly
responded to by number of persons who
succeeded in extinguiShing it. The fire was
found to have originated in 4 h"gshead of
straw in which chinaware had been packed.
From this it communicated TO several other
hogsheads of u like character, and to Il Large
pile of empty packing cases. When discov-
cred it had taken hold upon the fence on
the side of the yard and in a moment
or two more would have communicated to
several Irau,e buildings i'll the vicinity. The
flames were first seen by Mrs. Elizabeth
tiroo,ue from her chamber window and 81 G
gave the ALARM upon TIE street The origin
of the fire is unknown, some ascrbe it I"
spontaneous uInbustiou, but the mos
likely theory is that seine careless person
threw ths lighted stump of cigar into the
hogshead, which set fire 10 the straw. Tie
damage done was very slight.
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Death of Aged Persons.

Mr.. Samuel Schotield of Philadelphia
well known in Elktop and cousin of Mrs
jackson Scott-died after Il short Illness
last Saturday. He was in his Jlst year
and up to the time of his illness had enjoy
ed excellent health. His funeral took place
last Tuesday and the interment was in
Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
attended the funeral, Mr.. Scott returning
home the same evening, and on the follow
ing morning received Il letter from his wife
stating that her aunt, Mrs. Sarah l.. Mar
shall, oi Philadelphia, who had been i'll
from pneumonia was also d.cnased Mrs.
Marshall was over 40 years of age and had
frequently visited in Elkton where she had
large circle of friends and acquaintance.
Her funeral took place yesterday afternoon.
She was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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r. II. Bell. SIS; John 7. Burkins, $24;
Dr.. J. V. Wallace (vaccinations), SOL so.
Miscellaneous Accounts George F.
Harlan, locks for jail. $500; DR.. J. II.
lamar. medical attendance at Jail, sl2;
VIM. J. Smith, Bailifr of Elkton, s. 80;
II. d. Miller, Register of Wills, s2ss.S2;
II. II. Mitchell paint, glass, etc, county
buildings, sl355; same, medicines for
Jail, S15.01; Henry Rowan, damages to
sheep, $50.
The Commissioners adjourned to meet
on April 80, for the purpose of closing
the accounts of the collectors, for 1889.
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Accident.

As Mr., Alex. Shafier and wife were driv-
ing out of the Howard House yard OH Sun
day morning last, on their way to visi:
friends i'll neighhoring town, the wagon
canted over to one side SO far, as 10 spill its
entire contents upon the ground, in Il con
fused heap. Fortunately bvstandel
caught the horse and prevented him from
running, otherwise in the tangled up condi-
ton that things We're some one must have
been badly hurt. AS it was, but little act
ual damage, beyond Il few bruises to their
persons-and scratches upon the wagon
was done and they soon got off Oh ih,ir
journey again.