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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-22
March Magazines,

THE i.AuIIS' FLORAL CABINET. New
York, has among the Illustrated articles in
IFS March mum ber 100 that render it espec;-
ally attractive. nne, on its first page, of
Il scarlet LILY, tie blossoms Of which range
tECm=c,y,. III Il circle ut the top of the
flower stalk, making 4 gorgeous crown.
The other Of . Floral Arch, illustrating one
oi the ways by which the lawn can be orna-
menied aside from bedding arrangements.
Various interesting papers are contributed
by Ncti-hnoWu writers. Mr. William Fal-
couer, formerly superintendent of the Har-
ward BCt@ .ii"ai t,&Tdnns, describes how n
garden can hc made beautiful with hardy
flow ers c"Iirr,t;; from the woods and mead.
owS. I. Lamse tells lis of the novelties
among Roses glawn 10th in this country
AIT: abroad. l.. u. Sturtevaut has some in
;err>iing fact. tn give about yellow Water.
Lilies, a suljyc; on which he is an au-
thority. II! the department of Home Deco
rariona only novelties i'll fancy work are
shown Is are easy Of execution and rcquile
small outlay fer materials, a feature which
Comnen0s It 20 all ladies'
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New Leeds Items.

DEATH or MR.. BENJAMIN PETERMAN-
NEW rArEE MILL ETC.
We are called upon to report the de.
mise Of one Of our oldest citizeEs, Mr..
Benjamin Petermau. which occurred en-
Friday morning, the 18th inst Funeral
services were held in the VI. p. Church.
OF Monday afternoon, Rev. William |
Miller officiating, "ho took for the basis
OF his remarks, job iith chapter and part
of the 18th verse: IF man die, shall
he live again. Intermcnt was made III
the cemetery adjoining, large con-
course of relations and friends following
the remains to the grave. Deceased was
aged about 81 years.
The new contractors, Shields & OAR
win have arrived. They will put their
steam eXcaVators to work Immediately,
and Judging from appearances, will rush
things right along. We are informed
that Italian labor will be dispensed with
to certain extent. On this account
nearly every family having the room
To spare have g house full of boarders.
The Cherry Hi Rip Van Wrinkle cor
respondent to the N"2rs reports that a
new paper mill will BE- erected at Como
wingo. The building of this mill has
been under Roadway several months.
Mr.. Carter states that they will be ready
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Train Wrecking and Arson.

On Monday night train No % on the
Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
struck tie which had been ,lac, {;
across the rails with malicious Intention
By some one unknown near Buck mill.
Fortunately the pilot knocked the >!c
clear Of the track and no damage WIS
done. The same night the engine honse
of the company near the same spot was
discovered to be on fire by some coIared
men, who succeeded in e,,tingniahiog
the flames before any great damage was
done, and serious csnflagration was
averted. There was no fire in the en-
CINE house by which it could have been
communicat d, and there is but little
doubt that the origin was an inccndiary
ATTEMPT.
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The Annual Move.

ttri;t number Of removals will take
place III this vicinity on Tuesday next, the
2t'h inst, ar'! many people VIII be snh-
'a'ted the accompanying annoyances.
Among those to change quarters we mote
,I"hu Wilkinson will remove his piano and
rcss my machine head quarters to the prop
crjy recently purchased by him on Main
street, just above the Bee Hive store ,!ohn
Terrell will remove from John street to the
premises yaratel by Wilkinson.
l. Bond Brown will take possession of
one Of the new buildings on Howard street
MIR. .l"hn i.ee.lr., has already occupied one
ci ther. /; c. Thackery, Esq, Will occupy
:le dwelling" on east Main street, now in
possession Of Ex.Sherilf Dunbar, who will
remove to his farm. Louis Buchanan vii,
remove from the Creswell farin near town.
e the huU.c vacated by Mr.. Terrell on Johu
street
Nh II. c. Wells, will take rooms with
Squire \. i. Scott on John street. Mr..
t2iirh, of Philadelphia, will take possession
ot the building on Main stree; in the hollow
now occupied by Mr.. Joseph Terrell, and
open = bakery there. Mr. Michael Real '
viii remove FROM Chester Delaware County
!'"nn., 10 one of his dwelling ho"ses on
Main street west of Bow
Mr.. John Chick will remove from iligl
% stockton Street.
Mrs. Alexander Mcknight Will remove
trtlu Mar. street, west of Bow Zone of tn,
Michael Really houses) to her farm on 'h'
EiH" Ball read, about two miles from town
MIR. George King will remove from LitrI,
. Elk 10 the house vacated by Mrs. Nick nigh
or wt>t Main street.
sir john T. Lee will remove f.om III,
Gilpin tdrm lear town to his farm in Ell
Neck. near Plum creek
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doubt if the aggregate will foot Up more
than three hundred dollars I'D.
Miss Mollie McCieuahan, of Port PepoSit
visited the Misses bremen, OF :his town,
on Monday last.
Adams Express Agent Wells, If this
town, was confined to the house 10y sick
ness, day or two this week, and was com
PEELED to eutrust the business to other
hands He has recovered, however, and is
now back at his post.
"A new way to carry groceries and pro
visions has been devised by an Elkton lady.
She slows them in the hood Of her gossoa-
mer, and her bean escorting her horne never
dreams that she is tranSportng a heef-strail"
and severa! half pecks of vegetables.
The bill reducing the marriage license
fee TO sixty cents, has passed through both
Houses, and will become Il law ~ soon as
it is signed by the Governor. The Eht"n
man Who has been waiting for This rrdur-
ton, need not remain bachelor much
longer
Mr.. Clinton White, of this town, caught
one night this week, in n fyke net, one hun
dred and fifty large creek muliets some of
them weighing much as two pounds
apiece. They were caught in what is
known as the bend" u deep hole IN the
creek near Holly Hall.
A large number of the Stockholders
Cecil Agricultural Society were in town dur
ing the past week. in attendance on court,
and a pretty thorough canvass TN the mat
ter of increasing the capital stock, deVe!-
oped the fact that about Einr tenths of them
favor the proposition.
The Farmers and Mechanics N"t"a
Insurance Company Of i'iS county, OF
which III. ii. Kimble is secretary ANA treas
urer, makes good showing. 1t has =, .'Ho-
600 of insurance, and Guling The eight years
of its existence has had eight losses. The
average amount paid per year by member
who have belonged TO the company from is
beginning, on the $1,000 insure! is Si.0..
The heaviest rate paid was durin;; the lnst
two years, when the assessments amounted
to S2.l5 OH the $1,000. Even this is am c<-
company that we have any knowledge Of.
Some mutual companies. but they are very
rare, insure at Il rate as low "a 500 on the
$1,000. hut none OF them ever get down -
S2.lj. The company has paid eacl loss,
and but few cases have been met where a
member has declined to pay his assessment.
A horse, one of lot of tuur brought
frem Baltimore, got loose from his moor
ings in Dunbar's livery stable yard on
Tuesday night and has not yet been head /.
from. On Wednesday he was seen near
the farm of Mr.. Racine, a few miles from /
town, on IA bee line for Baltimore, and il is ,
thought he has made straight tracks for
the point from which he started. \ iock- .
ont is being kept up for him, mp to the time
of writing Thursday nishD nothing /
further had been heard from him. En- .
Sheriff Morris Dunbar accompanied The .
owner of the horses, to Baltimore To assist
in their purchase, Md it is reported on the .
streets to day that he, the owner, is about /
to bring suit against the ex-otiicial FOX the .
recovery Of the value of his horse What
his grounds are for such an extraordinary /
suit as this. is far beyond our INCEPTION
The horse will no doubt be found in
some farmers pasture quietly feeding. /
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\ Blue Blood,

one Of the handsomest horses seen upon
oar streets, is the fine stallion 'sEackmore,' -
owned by Mr. James Il. Marrett, of Granite
Hail restaurant. Blackmore's pedi gree as
given in the National Associations Trot-
ting Register, " voiume4, No. los, is as fol-
lows: BIacllmore, got by Iughey Angus, No
i2$S:,lam Pauline, by Swigert, $50; grandam
Ltdy Bell, by Hellfounder, 90; great gran
GAM Merrybird, (thoroughbred) by imp
Mickey Fell, tracing on through various
Crosses hy Sovereign, Glenoel, Medoc, &c
This pedigree shows that he possesses l21-
per cent "t The best running blood. His SIR"
a. welt as his dam, was got by Swigert, the
~ou ui .l,eNander'S Norman, and out of
BianttlIs. Blandina. was one of the very
best daughters OF the famous .Tanhrino
chief. Elackmnre can therefore be fairly
caller! i TrEn hlue blood.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-22

sion are pushiIs work rapidly, aud piers
for TIE bridge "c,y-s &'lEh East creek
vii! soon be rea"y Tor binding the spans,
winch we understand ala t. he sixty fees
instead ot fifty, Is iIgst Intended.
Mt. George VI .'>oH, y.hn has been con-
fined to his bed Tor about seven months,
we are GlaG to announce is able to sit up
III char. Dos ttUID.
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An Aged Citizen Dead.

The Wilmington Ecery Ete1jHg of
Tuesday last says: Isaac Holt, aged S.
years, and well known i'll this city, died
last evening at the home of his son-in-
law, No. 2l3 West Eleventh street. De
ceased was afflicted with a complication
of diseases, though the immediate cause
of his death was rheumatism. He was
an uncle Of William NJ. Holt, the .jeweler
and had lived retired life III this city
for many years. He was born in Csci!
county, Nd, and has been an invalid for
the past 10 years. The funeral will take
place on Thursday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-22
Live Seeds.

81 course none of us want to plant any
thing but live SEEDS. IL order t. secure
them we must deal only with reliable
parties. Dead seeds, especially OF corn,
are likely to he offered this year in great
quantities. Hiram Slbley Il Co., Of Rs-
chester, !. y, and Chicago, H., are a
house that it is safe to deal with. Al
though they sell thousands of varie ties
vegetable, tiel4 and flower seeds, yet
they make a speciality of seed corn.
Their catalogue and price list costs a
postal-eaId.
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North East Items.
TOM; ELECTI0N-IMpEOV EMENTs OF THE
STREETS, ETC.

TOW; INSTRUMENTATION AGENTs OF THE
STREETS, ETC.
O;:r election for town commissioners
passed off quietly on Monday, resulting
N tilI selection OF new board. One of
;Ea old commissioners, who has been in
10. about ten years, worked persevelinaly
t2 lie re elected. but the citizens com
peeled him to step down and cut, having
apparently determined to lie rid of dead
wood and @eI new timber III the board
1t is said he died very hand.
Ne hope the new board will give us
some much needed mprovements-such
as walk to the school house for the
benefit OF orr little children, and few
street crossings. as we are compelled to
y !Ge shoe deep III mud to get from one
other Improvements tC" numerous to
mention. We are informed that one of
the tg y commissioners has promised the
hauling free, by water to our wharyeS
Of oyster shells sufficient to fix the
streets. With such commencing rs this
We c@n hope for low tax and splendid
,.5revts ia the near future
The result OF thc election held Oh Mon
day last vii Ec found in another ci,lumn.
In& !, cornet band being inspired
with the returns from the election, were
ont serenading the commissioners elect
i'll tpe evening.
Chatter of machinery is again heard at
the rolling mill and we hope business
viii justify the company in continuing
TO @ne our men steady employment, as
when hey shut down the effect is felt
Throughout GU: commuritey,
Wort. ca the G. :. r. hail is progress.
jag slowly, owing to the inclewaucv Of
,A" weather, bnt it is hoped Odd Prob
VIII %:,nn get tired of such monotony and
order q change.
Contractors on the new b. & q. extern
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-22

THE NoITAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Mich,
will send DIR. DYES CELEBRATED ELEC-
Tio-N oLTAIC BELTS AND ELECTRIC AP.
rLGAN' rs on trial for thirty days, to men
(young or Odd who are afflicted with Ner-
youS debility, Lost Vitality and Manhood,
ami kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration of health and
manly vgor Address rs above. y. b
No risk Is incurred, rs Thirty days trial is
allowed
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ORDER MIST

VILLA II JOHNSON AND WIFE ys SAM.
I Ell BURNS AND OTHERS
IN Inc orphans Court of Cecil county No. "a
~ Chancery.
1 skl )kRED, this 29th day of February.
Robert &. Thackc-y. trustee appointed hv ~. a.!
cree III Tue above entitled cause, be ratified ana
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown
On OF hei"re me 3otii day Of April next: provided
published in Cecil county once a week tor dna
month before the a0th day of March next
The report states the amount of sale 10 be sis1 IA
,cu,,. ...... ~ Il. f. LAMAR Register.
True c"py-Test:
mar Lin X. F. ia MAR Register
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Two applications Of nr. Terry's New Remedy
cured mo al Il severe attack of rheumatism Al
bert H. L"duer Magistrate Court No.ll. Gus Vine
street. Philadelphia.
Ii instantly relieved and positively cured me Of
Asthma. Chas. IIaadrom, 5iS luliana St. Phila
APPLICATION permanently cured me OF chronic
Catarrhal II cadache F.PUtts .Phila Post Office
1t cared ne Of DEncSS of Vision. T.. O. Hoe
.livh. l225 lciPrr street. Philadelphia.
Cured me Instantly ui II severe attack of Neu.
r. c.Ia in the right kidney. II. G. Garrison. EX
sheriff. ti!"Ucestcr county, n. j.
tjnr application cured me OF Chronic Headache
s. l.. WaIth. nii Vine street. Philadelphia.
Cured at Sciatica. ". J. Lee, - NuTt
Second street. Philadelphia.
1t instantly cured me OF dv.p-seHtcd pain il
my hip Joint. J. Holt. 1912 tut,hcTt ST. Thila
had rheumatism il! my hands ana feet. was
unable to work for !purv as my ply stefan TAI {,
to afford mo any relief. Due application of DR.
Terry New Remedy cured 'ur instantly. H.
Haricgan, 3i3 : inc street, PhiiaGciphii.
those suffering from any disease incidental 4.
hgji..an life are cordially invited 10 cUl.uIt lie.
| guarantee 10 cure all eases l undertake.
|. G. TERRY, N. H.. Office. 30 North sixth
street. above Vine, Philadelphia.
Office hours from 10 A.. VI. n :: p. NJ. and . 10 9
7. II. Sundays from 10 \. u. to y NJ
March ply
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Ornamental Hedging Plants,
GREEN HOUSE PLANTS in vorio.,..

GREEN HOUSE PLANTS in variety: HOT.
BED PLANS in season.
icing n tiie trade ana i'll a line OF communion
ton with responsible growers all over The conn.
try can generally supply valuable new Plants
direct from headquarters at lowest rates These
nin"s, oil doubtful value, and others that are
hlsh III price, because scarce. it does not pav to
Keep, but can furnish them ut 80 to 100 pei cent
less than could if my whole time was spent in
c;.nvaSSing Tor purchasers You must gag Inc i,dp-
me mehe derotes 10 BORING you into Lujuq at HAN
P'ictS chdt ne or you possibly kROir HoaiHq about
1 nave spent time and money Tor several wears
IN studying up this branch of trade and have
time, and my own interests now and in the future
depend upon iair dealing with everybody and ms
l wish to continue to live among YOU can conf.
IDENTITY ask fair shave of public patronage
GEORGE BALDERSTON
h!d'I0it COlOra, Nd.
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Dissolution of Partnership.

VIE Partnership for the construction
NJ ,hr masonry Of the New Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad bridge across the Susuueh,nna
river, heretofore existing between US under the
nrm-naine OF SMITH, USHER * Co has been
ms oh day Of March, 1854, DISSOLVED by mu.
tu"4 consent. IllEOPHILUS q. SMITH
ISAAC USHER
ma! 10 u NATHANIEL, A MrRpJDE
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ihrre Reasons why Frank kerrS is the
best and cheapest merchant tailoring es-
taAli>hiacut in town. First-He buys and
,aak'N up larger quantities of goods than
any other, and thus saves both in buying
al!. making. Seconi-lie is the only pr G.
liza. merchant tailor in town. Third-Iie
l. earning II dollar while the self-censtituted
best equipped literary functionary is prop.
p!rg up posts, lounging on store boxes, or
marking. lftheSe are not enough many
more can be given
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Colora Nurserv,
rultS, Flowers and Ornamental Trees

Two THOSE vino do not know. and az
- n reminder to those who do this is printed
BUSINESS. and am ready to furnish anyanJ Mi
WIZ" H. nay favor me with orders with everything
heard o. yet il would make more of an aJvertise.
hient tlah You care to read to enumerate and de.
S S what Is here growing: but will supnly A
Catalogue to those who have use tor i, ''It''
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Destroyed by Fire.

The round house of the Columbj& &
Port Deposit railroad in the Latter place
was entirely destroyed by fire on We'd
nesday morning last at , O'Clock. The
fire originated in coal house attached
to the round house which was also de-
stroyed. There were two engines in The
house at the time Of the fire which ma
rowly escaped being consumed with tho
building, which fell in about II minutes
after the last engine had been removed.
The fire is supposed to be the work of
an incendiary as it was the second at
tempt to destroy the building by FIRE
that night. 1t was discovered on fire at
$50 the evening before and eXtiugui>hcd
before being seriously damaged.
A man was seen running from the
uilding when the fire was first discuy-
eyed. The loss is estimated at 81 Geo.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-22

Our streets were made lively in the
evening, by the band serenading the sue
cessfui candidates. We had one drunken
man who acted in a very dsorderly man
ner He was on hand next morning
bright and early to pay his fine, for c
knew that the rod in the hands Of Squire
did.
There is more in this election than APP
pears on the surface. 1t will be felt IN
the right quarter.
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DR. |. c. TERRY,

~ Late Professor Of
Physiology AMI Chemical Lecturer on Nervous
Diseases. has discovered u New Remedy whic.. is
externally applied. 1t affords instant relief in all
Neuralgia. Rheumatic or Gouty Pains, Asthma
PlcuriSN. Mysteries. Sciat ca. Headache Enlarged
and Painful JOINTS Pain in the region OF the
Heart iuags. stomach. Liver, Kidneys and Blad-
der. dizziness. -,.re Throat. Pains in the Should
crS Ti~htn -. OF the Chest, Slcuiles,nCss ~.
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A TOWN ELECTION.
A Lively Contest in North East
The Old Ticket Goes Under.

Our usually quiet town was stirred by
great excitement on Monday last, over
the election of Town Commissioners. IL
was apparent after the polls were opened
that there was going to be a fight against
some members of the old board, WHO
wanted to be e-eleeted, in order to give
them influence abroad y proposition
was made and the three agreed that il
any one of chem was defeated the other
two would resign. The joke OF it was
all three were left, and the plannc. him
self was the lowest man on the ticket
Excitement ran pretty high. 4 bi" vote
was poled. Below give the result:
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Personal! To Men Only

bite wash BRUSHES, Scrubs BrFoms
and Buckels. REESE.
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4 GENTS WANTED to sell Fruit
4 a .issI t5sy Ac.-.I. IIst> .,.i~is ines Roses
exc. Fun instructions ..v,u. I.g,Yeral..a Itna
cAH easily cara Sine uUsutsS. .NHlery and tx
penses paid. Address II. j. B0WDEN X 60.
Brighton n, ]. 4 mite east OF RochCStcr)
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Al your seINice. T.. Il. ihrH.
Table Linens, Napkins "ld Towels.
lEIST.
If its cheap goods you're locking for
we'd like 10 see you, for, as sure as you IL
born we'll meet your expectations. REESE.
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- PEACH TREES I

- OF good size. all leading sorts by
tMGGsan dS; APPLE TREES of best vaf1r1,,s.
~ EXC REEN and SHADE TREES. RAPE
MINES: RASPBERRIES, STRAWRERpV
lI-ANlS. Mc.: OSAGE ORANGE and
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$3.50
Sibly bring utaganst the county.
Whenever any new and startling &C.
currence is about to take place, il is custe-
mary 10y the press - make il known at as
early an hour is possible, and with this
custom in Wv, we now announce to our
readers, thai Prof. Moses Nennor Virgins
Moore, viii Val upon Item shortly, with
what he terms Il iit:Ch '",d III his hand.
He declined 20 initiate MS INTO the mysteries
OF Tie punch card business, 50 we cannot
tell our readers what il implied by this
term, bat Ivy tie way of Il guess we sup
pose that when Ire presents it to an ac
quaintauCc with request for contribu-
ton towards lis Lew house, if nothing is
contributed lie punches the head of the
parsi;aon!nus party. Whether this is the
true eXrl4natinu of the matter or net we
cannot certainly say, but that it is some
th:ng u snaovhcIe Ike this We are GER
tain, "&d RI that uur readers now have to
do is to Wait until the Professor comes
along.
Some fifteen or more attachments were
last, against tie steam eXcarator that re-
cent ~ arrived III The railroad station here,
from the line cf The new Is. x O. Railroad
The machine came her5 about month ago
ard after tedious and troublesome time
arrived near the line Of the new road and
just about the time it got there Messrs.
Burns K Noakes hy whom it was engaged,
gave mp their contract and there was no
work for it to do, and its owners had to
turn it around and coiGe back again. A
large force OF men were employed in NOV
ing the maChine-ana they bad received lit
tie or no pay at all for The work so when he
machine got back 10 The station, and was
ahontto be loaded upon The ears and taken
away. they began To fear that they would rot
| get anythngat tail and swore ont against it,
! the attachments above mentioned. There
are great number OF cases, but the amount
| in each and all of Them is small, and We