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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-09
GENERAL NDWS NOTES.


The remains o! Lieutenant Lock wood,
one of the victims of the Greedy eX pcdi-
ton, will be taken to Annapolis to day.
for burial. lie was son OF Genera il II
Ii. Lock wool.
The New York board of Aldermen Oh
Wednesday by a vote of y to /. decided
railroad, to De operated by horse = ,wer,
on Broadway. Some curious luiuors are
afloil concerning the means by which
this nearly unanimous vote was brought
about. The Cable Railway Con pany
made ii s.iG' fight against it, bat were
beaten.
The result Of the Democratic Con 5res
sion II Conventions III the varinuS districts
of the state, on Wednesday last. vas as
follows: In the FIRST district C"weI pen
insula counties) Charles II. Gibson, ca
Talbot county, was nominated. II the
Third district (part of Baltimore city }.
DR.. Wm Ii. Cole. of Baltimore, received
the nomination. In the Fourth district
CBaltimprr). J. V. l.. i'iullcy WIS re-
nominated In the Fifth district (Snuth
ern Mary land. Western Shorc) b rncs
Complain. Of Charles county. pT sent
state Treasurer, was put in nomina ion,
and in the Sixth district CIV, stern Mary
land) F:edcGic-, J. Nelson, OF Frederick
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tated TO express my respect for Gov.
Cleveland and TOR his administration of
our state, yet cannot but regard him
as merely 4 happy accidrrt. in his party,
who will be is powcrlcss against it. if
he f,W0rs 4 reform of the civil service
iii the nation, is WAS Senator Pcndlc-
ton. | dare not cast 4 vote to bring in
the party which has opposed all the
healthful and statesmanlikc measures
of the last thirty years, and which
seemed to me sure, should it To come
into power, to vitiate and nudity the
civil service system, which has been SO
happily carried out thus far, and which
can be only fully developed by the re-
publican party in accordance with the
principles laid down in its platform
and the virtual pledges contained in
Mr. Blaine's letter.
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IL a ccent lectm e"rn Fixed 1sarS. DIR
David Gin wanted to give an Illustration
of the distance to CeutauI;. This is " hat
he said: I'VE are commercial people
We ike to make our estimates in pom is
sterling, We shall suppose that som,
wealthy directors have failed in getting
parliamentary sanction To eat a sab ut
lanlic tunnel to America aud 50 Tor want
of some 9th / outlet !nr their energy ana
capital they construct a railway 10 Cen
tauri. We shall neglect for the present
tie engineering diilicuItiCs--:. mere de
tall--and suppose them overcome and the
railroad open for traffic. We shal 90
further. and suppose that the directors
have found the construction -! Su2h Il
railway to have been peculiarly easy. a'tG
that the PROJECTORS of til" irt,r~tr}ili
sp.cc had not been rXul h.laut ia tiiri!
terms Tor right al way. Therefore, With
a view To encnurrag" traffic, titc ilr, ctu.>
had made the fares cX"rc'ilu-l,' moderate
VIZ, first class at one p'HnE p" 100
milcS. D,>liin@ to take advantage" o..
these facilities. an American gem LEHMAN
by way of providing IimSril with .,.nli.
change for the journey. buys mp the NJ
tinmal daht Of Ergl1uu ana Il few either
countries. ami, presenting himself IT the
hooking office. demands IlIaJ class single
to Cpntauri For this he tenders III pay
mcut the srrii. of the national debt a..
England, which iHSt .'rvers the cost "
his ticket; hut | sh"uli explain that Il.
this time the national debt, from little
vars coupled with some unr"nmmerAti.,
Government investments IN landed prop
cry; had ran up from G'nt,
900 UOo II q. 100 oOn. goo sterling
Having taken his seat it occurS to h,m t"
ask: vt What rate do yon travel" ;>ixlt
miles an Ii pur, sir, including s;npia2r>,
is the answer. Then when shall We react
Centauri: Ia Is So. 600 years, 81.
'lIumph rather :; long journey.
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Eu'Ier accepts the Nomination.

The following letter has been seat by
Benz +. Butler. t. Clias. \ Dana, Eli
tor of the New York SIM, the letter OK
plains itself
''B,Stoa, ..ug. 6. 1881 ZION Chlrl.s
4. Dana, editor New York Sun. \ W
York CIty.-Dcar Sir: AS "A means al
reaching more querists than can d" III
any other way, | write You this note for
such use as you chose to make Of it.
"Answcr-l do intend 10 stand by lie
nominations of the greeuback and Labor
ing men and the anti monopolists, and
hope everybody Will vote for me WI"
thinks that it is the best thing to do. J
will give the reasons for my action, which
are controlling, to the public as soon a /!
can have the benefit of Mr.. Cleveland s
letter OF acceptance, 50 that where dis
agree with him may do him no injustice.
Very truly, your friend and servant.
i, +. BUTLER
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If Il voter could only vote for Cleveland
aud-som,hndy. also ,rh, ,r.,, I,,.,I.,d
+rrt,,sn, n,,,1 .,,,,,,, ny.,,,,,...l.,: ''l
= '' many i'e'i'''' ''s W Ut.
bnt those WI" swallow Cleveland have
to swallow Hendricks also. There is no
helm for i ,rbo .r;,o ~ I'D a,,l a.,
t''' N '''''''F i"'''p' outer :" together ;
tiie voter must take both, or leave both.
Independents who have either stomachs
INCONSISTENCIES will G,d ,,l,,,
an. NJ .,l, ",
"'' w ""''''ei III oci"i" N'lih'h
paper, AFTER one taste, was forced to :sd-
nit that Cleveland, Hiid Hendricks. ,,gR
the nI,tr,um ,,,,dtLa ,l,.,.,,,,..o,i, ,,,,.,.
i'''' ~
were u" "i'ch.
Mir. hendricks is in all respects as bad
as his party, and as bad as his rlatln,m.
His ,t,,tv inI,,,. and -t,.,,I,ir,.,...l ,,.,..
,. -,
~ No ''''' '''' II ''i'
c"a'Epl"h bvh9"f "i MS time, an;i one of
the most comscicnceleSs demagogues. as
IA ,I,,, ,,.,rl,l l,,,.,s ,..'.
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Prominent Southern Democrats con-
tinue to declare for Blaine and Logan
and a protective tariff. The latest re-
ported accession to the party of liberty
and progress are Col. Robert Berkely,
a distinguished lawyer and politician Of
Virginia, and Samuel Noble, founder
of the prosperous town Of Admission in
northern Alabama, and probably the
largest manufacturer in Alabama.
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Let it be borne in mind that the Re-
publican press has made no charges
against the private character of Grover
Cleveland. 1t proposes to continue on
in the discussion of those great issues
which divide the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties, and upon that discus
sion will rest the burden Of the cam
paign. Whatever may have been said
Cerogatory to the manhood of Grover
Cleveland has been said by Democrats,
both before and since his nomination.
The Republican press has no part in
the business whatever, except to note
the existence Of these derogatory state
.ments.-HarLtoJd RosL
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Mr.. HENDRICKS is evidently sick Of
{ morality issue" raised by the Re
bIcan boilers. The New York Times
respondent, who interviewed him at
yany, reports him as saying that che
deprecated a campaign of defamation
on either side" and that he ''wished a
clean campaign, wherein party princi-
pies, and not the private life of the
candidates, were to be the issues dis
cussed." There are great many peo-
pie who would like to know what Gov.
Cleveland thinks of the morality issue"
by this time.
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PRESIDENT Andrew y. White, of Cor
nell University, was one Of the dele
gates-at- large from New York to the
Chicago convention. He was selected
because he was known to be opposed
to the nomination of Mr.. Blaine. Since
the meeting of the convention there has
been some speculation as to whether
he intended to support the ticket or
not. President White cmerges from
bis midsummer retirement at Nantucket,
Mass, long enough to set all discussion
as to his position at rest. In letter
to General II. ID. Bruce, Of Syracuse,
New York, President White says =
'.Since the publication of Mr.. Blaine's
letter it has been well known to my
friends who have cared to ask that |
am fully determined to vote for the re
publican nominees. | have never hest
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TIE TRUTH OF THE AFTER

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w. blame ,''e Nc '"o'l'''l ilol'''''St III
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great desire OF 'le iiarpcr5 Tor the
publication of this book, the earnest
ness with which they sought and the
kecnness IF their di.,u,,int,oart in
py ''lG e\'GiI' u 'I'oi "l'I"'''-''''i - WI
h'ai'ie
On the 9Th OF March. 1888. OAly 4
LITTLE more than 7 y.or AGO MIR w
If,rnar IT. tn. head ,f rho fro, wrote
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MIN liiiu ILH1It| y D|0I!|2E ',9H|I
h. 9IllG IL b. C0RSIGCJGG IN tic mo. LCl. "
Mr.. HarDcr added the following words
which about th;s time constitute what
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" iii the instinct - publisher, &C
customed t. deal With the people rather
than with privilege classes, | recognize
t!4e fact that there is 10 man living more
closely III s. mpathy with the people than
Mr.. Blaine. keep nos unframed fin
ger ON the popular pulse, which, in our
vigorous American HE, IS generally
hcaittE, ana am sure that II oeats
strongly i'll admiration and affection for a
man who has been absolutely fearless III
his At!iotism. Mr. Weeds reminiscent
Sos WI, , Dc INTERESTING , as Inc r's1'a 0, an
rl,ine,s nar,a,ive vii, h,1d |ha lmrrican
people because it will be buman-real
flesh and blood-the record, not of a
Mlchiavelian observer, but Of al active
p"ruo'pA'or' a brave i'7ht'r' and a gal
'""' ,,a"'i ~ :ne ,n'S' ''''''"' events o'
9, m,,a,, !, n,','os 49,. o.,,,.,,;,,
von 7 wish tina. Won v,nld ,;vc Mr.
Blaine to understand that while the doors
of franklin Square always stand wide
open to them literary f'!5el"' such as
-''.'.'' anu '''' ''''' '0'' 's anu 20
Innr,,,,rs .n .Inun =, -. .i.,,."'.Il, -
welcome, the Aistoti.n Of II, ,vu time.
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The Democrats are trying the reform
dodge for the fifth time. In 1868 it
was Seymour and reform. II 1872 it
was Greeley and reform. In 1870 twas
Tilden, with the old tail piece Of 'OS
and IL. In 1880 it was Hancock and
reform, and now Cleveland takes the
nllce Of UanCOck.
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The Republican party talks protec-
tive tariff and votes protective tariff.
The Democratic party straddlcs protcc-
tive tariff and votes free-trade.
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The disbursements reception to Mr..
Blaine at Portland, Maine, on Wednes-
day last, was one Of the most brilliant
affairs of the kind that ever occurred.
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\ Chcs' or county, Pennsylvania, young
lady, one of the most cultivated of
that county's daughters. i;G.e the reap
ing machine team on her father : farm
throughout harvest this summer.
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AYERS PILLS.


large proportion OF til" diseases which
cause Au....l suffering result from drralllc-
mont Of he stomach. h,,y,,S ami r,gr
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W4.:A thy &c led by tie medical l!e.,i-
s."n.
These ii!'5 are compounded Of v"-'tHl',
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'''''-ei OF a.! ''l-tf injurious I!G'-''''"t.
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Congressional Primaries

The Republican Voters of Cecil
"nunty, and all who are in favor Of the
ction Of Blaine and Logan, are re
,lestcd to meet at their usual places Of
Getting in the Several Election Dis
cts Of the County, on
saturday, August 23d, 1854,
from 5 to I O'Clock p. NJ,
to select five delegates to represent
each District in a County Convention
to assemble at EIkton
Tuesday, August Goth, 1854,
at IL NJ,
which Convention will select four del
egates to represent Cecil County in
the Second Congressional District Nom
mating Convention, which will assemble
at Wav1rly, Baltimore County, on
Thursday, August 2Sth, 1851,
al ? P. NJ.
By order Of
COUNTY En-. COM,
las. T. MCCULLOUGH,
Chairman.
II. r. ToRmERT,
Chr. County State Central Com.
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1853 i'OLIlIlGSs


squad of rural Democracy was in no
sense an imposing body, and the happy
accident of Local Option in Cecil
County alone prevented its being 4 bib
ulous enc. Yet, for consistent, down
right, partizan obstinacy, it is perhaps
the most remarkable body Of men that
has assembled in convention since the
days of Andrew Jackson. Indeed, it
may be questioned, whether its record
of ballots has ever been cquallcd since
the formation Of the Government.
The oldest political quidn,nc in
Elhton shook his head in despair the
walking encyclopedias Of political wis
dom who crowded the sidewalk to see
these phenomenal fellows file past, all
declared that the record Of 1858 bal
lots" cast by 4 Democratic Convention
cheat the nation ~ and that the glory
of the famous 800" had been fairly
cclipsed by it.
In folly, it was phenomenal.
Now the situation at Eikton was in
tercsting if not instructive.
Twenty delegates came here on
Wednesday to nominate 4 candidate for
Congress. Considering the nomination
equivalent to an election, every delegate
stood firm for his choice. Baltimore
County sent six delegates staunch and
true for Talbot; Carroll sent five for
sworn for Shaw; Hartford, five more
pledged to Hopkins, and Cecil, last
but not least, gave four, osten5lhly to
Talbot, but really for Constable.
Talbot commanded at the start and
held through the unprecedented num-
Der of 1858 ballots, the solid votes OF
Baltimore and Cecil Counties, needing
but one vote which he could not get,
and which certain Cecil supporters OF
his hoped and believed he nssy1 would
get. In other words, the Cecil dele
gates, while supporting Talbot, We're
not really for him, and never intended
he should be nominated. Constablc's
friends under his manipulation had fixed
that lob about week before the Prima-
ries, and while the well known attitude
of the Cecil delegates towards the
present Congressman had nothing to Go
with prolonginS the ballotlng, it may
still prevent the nomination of some
Cecil County man other than Consta-
bic. since the Carroll and Hartford del
egates left Elkton in no very pleasant
mood towards their Cecil brethren.
To be ostensibly in the interest of one
man, but in fact manipulated in the in
terest of another, is not pleasant Pc
sition for any delegation to be placed
in. Yet this was just the position held
by the Cecil delegation.
o,Ionce o+ + h.. recent course of
Democratic politics in Cccilwill explain
this
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-09

For its ,ootiiug and grateful iailuence on
the scalp, and for the removal aud preven-
ton of daudrult, Ayers Hair NiGor has no
equal. 1t restores faded nr gray hair to lis
original dark color, stimulates the growth
of til" hair and gives it Il beautiful, s.'lt.
glossy and silken appearance.
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pended upon. Cream Balm causes 80 pain. Gives
relief ut once ClcanScS the head. Causes healthy
scrrctiun~. AhLtcs inflammation Prevents llc>n
colds Heals the. sores. Restores IL" S,.I.Sc ni
taste aud smell. \ thorough tccatu. .ut VIII rurr.
Moi u liquid or smut. Applied into ttlc no>t:ii>.
~ cts. at drug"i~ts to c}>. i'y mail sam! bot
tie hv mali lu-ts ELY BROTHERS.
Druggists. bHr..n. y. Y.
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'TlE Stated Meeting OF the O, phaps
I hiii @, Cecil county will be held on the
>f' ''Nb II ESbAl in every month Eyecu-
tors. ADMINISTRATORS and Guardians, wanting
t''lr accounts stated. will please bring in The
'"n"hct = irw days he'o ,Courr.
REL BEN +. LAMAR,
-" Register.
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DHi..r nrpu-it" Court il"''S
M..-r-. i'aTl, y trcSNrii.
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SCHOLARSHIP
N
Western MARYLAND COLLEGE.
IMPORTANT SHTICt

Owing Ia recent chang. in tir' wrn,hcrs -
"r this nrn. outstanding arrnn!ns due the old
iIrin. must hr settled at once.
All ace u"is unpaid August Isl viii have the
cost al cu."rti".l n,i' vd t's juctI-
E.ktuu, .iiIuV -. iNr!.
l.. stt.IF ) sac.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Notice of Intention.

Notice Is hereby given that 1t Is the intention
Of the Council Of tho City Of Los Angeles to
establish the grade Of Court House street from
Hope street to Flower street, as follows:
At the N. y. corner Of Hope and Court House
streets the grade shall be, as now established,
i37 feet above the datum plane; at the N. W.
corner OF Hope and Court House streets the
grade shall be- as now established, t39 feet above
the datum plane; at the 8. z. corner Of Hope and
Court House streets the grade shall be, hs now
established, 140 feet above the datum plane, and
at the s. W. corner OF Hope and Court House
streets the grade shall be, as now established,
| 142 feet above the datum plane; at point in
the center line Of Court House street, 1855 feet
westerly from the west boundary Of Hope street,
| the grade shall be on the south side Of Court
House street l54 feet above the datum plane
and on the north side OF Court House street l5s
feet above the datum plane; at the N. +. corneI
Of Court House and Flower streets the grade
! shall be 1iO. 80 feet above the datum plane. ant
at the s. L. corner Of Court House and Plowei
streets the grade shall be l42.50 feet above tn,
datum plane.
All persons interested are hereby notified to hl
their objections, II any they have, with the Clerl
Of the Council. within ten days after the dat
Of the first publication OF this notice.
| BY order Of the Council Of the city OF Los An
geles at Its meeting Of December 18th. A.
1888. W. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk OF the Council Of the City OF Los Angeles.
4 os Angeles, December 18th, A. ID. 1888.
| decl9 10
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-03
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Itarna of Interest.

London's famous Langham Hotel is
mortgnged for $500, 600.
Statistics OF electric wire deaths in
New York are TO be taken.
Fully three hundred children in At.
lania City, N. j., are down with scarlet
fever.
II is proposed to erect a Peoples
palace" in the East end Of London, ut n
cost of 100000.
Geneva sent to the United States in
the first hall Of the current year nearly
5000 worth of music boxes.
The Republican State Committee OF
Arkansas has declared Stephen w.
Dorsey no longer citizen of that State.
The present Congress has one claim to
distinction at least. 1t contains only one
Smith. II, however, has four Joneses.
There is a policeman in England for
every S2l inhabitants. The total cost
Of each policeman is SiO0 per year and
there are $4,000 of them.
Bismarck openly opposes secret voting
for members Of the Lower House OF the
Prussian Diet, and favors universal suf-
frage with public ballotlng.
The tunnel under Lake Michigan that
Is to give water to Hyde Park, suburb
of Chicago, hns been carried out 2iGC
feet from the shore. 1t is six feet three
inches in vertical diameter and six feet
in horizontal diameter, and has been
blasted through solid rock.
The national pilgrimage to the tomb Of
Victor Emanuel, which is to take place
on the 9th of January next. the ami
yersary of his death, is assuming vast
proportions. One hundred thousand
bronze medals viii be presented to the
multitude as souvenirs of the occasion.
There is Jewish penman in Vienna
who writes 400 Hebrew letters on one
grain of wheat. In order TO furnish the
Emperor with satisfactory evidence OF
his extraordinary skill, he has written
the Jewish prayer for the imperial fami-
ly on the narrow edge of an ordinary
visiting card.
The project of law FOR the lcsaliza-
ton of divorce, which is before the ltal-
ian chamber, proposes that divorce
should be accorded in cases only where
legal separation of the parties have pre-
viously taken place; and where this
shall have lasted six years in cases where
there is Offspring, and three years where
there is none.
Probably the most wonderful tree in
the world is the Baobab bread tree. 1t
grows only TO the height OF forty feet.
but is thirty feet in diameter. The
age of this tree is quite incaleula-
bic. Humboldt considers it 'the
oldest living organic monument OF
our planet" A good sized
room can be cut in the trunk of the
Baobab, with comfortable accommoda,
ticns for thirty men, and the tree will
still live and flourish. The fruit, which
is nourishing, is about foot long. The
tree grows very slowly, a specimen at
Kew, in England, which is more than
eighty years old, having only attained a
height of one and a half feet. The
Oldest known Baobabs are estimated to
be over 5000 years old.