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The Telephone Company.

The Telephone Company established
here short time ago is flourishipg
finely. Twelve Instruments are in opera
ton in town, and more will be put up
soon. The Exchange is located in the
Gallagher Building, on North street, and
is presided over by Master John Feeley.
The wires are up as far as Chesapeake
City, and in a day or two communication
with that town will be complete. They
will next be up put between here and
North East and from there to Principle.
Perryville, Port Deposit. etc.
Messages will be received ut the En-
change as soon as the wires are com
pleted for any point in the county that
they reach.
OF the 5000 shares of stock 300 have
been sold, and the remainder will soon
be placed.
The Executive Committee is pushing
matters, ano will have the lin. in wo.i.
ing order as soon as possible.
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A Brilliant Wedding.

Fair Hill, in this county, was on Wed
nesday last the scene of one of the most
brilliant weddings that has taken place
here for long time, when DIR. George
P. Rishel, of Bellfonte, Pa, led to the
altar Miss NJ. Louise Armstrong. daugil-
ter of Walter Armstrong, Esq . promi-
nent citizen of that village. The cerc-
mony took place at 100 o'clock p. NJ
the reseate knot being tied by Rev. 7.
r. Mcdowell, of Lower Brandywine
Oelaware) Presbyterian Church. The
bride was attended by Miss Nellie Bes-
sey, of Brooklyn, n. v, Miss Ida Bird
sail and Miss Lizzie Elwell, of New ,Jcr-
sey, and Miss Minnie Johns, of this coun-
ty, as maids of honor, and Messrs Walter
Booth, of Chester county, Pa, Harry and
Norris Lewis, of this county. DR.. Noor-
hees, of New Jersey. and Fred and John
Armstrong, brothers of the bride. acted
as ushers. After the ceremony the large
number of friends present rendered their
congratulations, and the bride and groom
then drove to North Last and took the
5.4l p. NJ. train north, and after Il tour of
the principal points they will proceed to
the home of the groom at Belllonte.
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GERMAN CARP.
An Hour 5 Exciting Sport Fishing
in IL Stocked Pond,

\ few days ago the writer had the
pleasure of casting hook for the first
time for carp, the fish that has been at
tracing more attention in this country
for several years past than any other
member of the tinny tribe.
Five miles north of this town, in a
handsome dwelling located in the midst
of large and elegant lawn, back of which
lies the broad acres Of his splendid farm,
resides genial and hospitable gentle
man, Wescott Lowell by name; a gentle
man well and favorably known to many
readers of THE WING. Several years
ago Mr.. Lowell became interested in the
carp, and having IA fine location for a
pond, with ample, never-failins springs
as feeders, he set about and in a short
time constructed a large reservoir or lake,
mediation of millions of these fish. He
procured three hundred fish tingerlings
as a basis for the future coloney and
placed them i'll the pond. This was some
thing near three years ago. They were
allowed to remain undistnrbed for year
and a-half, when investigation showed
that the water was teeming with fish.
some that were taken out at that time
weighing between two and three pounds.
That season the summer was unprece-
dentedly dry and the springs that fed the
pond failed and the water evsporated
away until there was none left in the
pond, except 4 shallow basin in the CEN
tire overgrow with rank vegetation. The
carp were gwen up as gone, no one sup
posing for moment that one fish would
survive; but there was more water in the
ccntre of the pond than was suppoA ed,
and when it filled again the fish were as
plenty as ever. Since that time they
have been multiplying and increasing
i'll size, until now the waters contain vast
numbers of large fish weighing as much
as four and five pounds piece.
Upon the day referred to the writer
baited his hook with piece of ordinary
bakers bread and cast it into the water
1t had been there but an instant when if
was seized and with IA dash aud splash
the powerful fish, feeling himself hooked,
took the line whizzing through the water,
first this way then that, occasionally
he would spring from the water, giving
himself vigorous shake as though he
was trying to shake the hook from his
mouth. The angler handled his rod as
cautiously as possible, but notwithstand
ing this the wiley fish took advantage of
slack line, and making a quick turn
and dart in another direction, cleared the
hook from his jaws and decamped. This
was the whale fish and, although we aft
erwards landed several weighing three
and four pounds, none were as large as
the one that got away-they never are.
Another fish we attempted to land
summarily without play ing him at all,
and the consequence was lost hook and
fish. This was another whale, but not
as large as the first, because we had a
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which were to &c had on the spot, thc
result might have been different, but he
did not do so, bat relied upon the weap-
ems nature gave him, and they failed him
at critical moment. Lynch soon re-
covered himself, and springing up made
IA dash at Gable who endeavored to check
him by another blow, but he missed his
mark, pitching forward as he struck, and
Lynch plunged the knife into his side,
cutting cash eleven inches in length,
missing vital point as it was afterwards
found, by little more than a hairs breadth.
Gable was taken to the house of Mr..
MckiuncJ near by where he remained
unable to be ont until few days ago.
He has made no complaint against
Lynch who remains in the neighbor-
hood. but it is understood that both par
ties will go before the grand jury at the
September term of court. Lynch is
man of about % years Of age. Gable is
probably about twenty-five or three.
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Put Under Bond.

On Tuesday last James II. Lynch. Il
middle,aged single man, in the employ
of MI. w. X. Stackhouse, of Elk Neck.
was arraigned before Squire Andrew ].
Scott, of this town, charged with assault
upon Rachel Ann Mckinney, daughter
of Thomas b. Mckinney, also Iesid, Mt
Of the neck, on the North + ,St side.
Miss Mckinney appelred and made
charge upon oath of the assault aud lie
was required to give bond to keep the
peace. 1t appears from the statement of
the young lady that Lynch wanted to be
beau of hers, but his company WAS dis
tasteful to her anu she had rejected his
attentions. He had proposed marriage
to her and was incenSed because of her
refusal. Recently she had been rcceivin"
the attention of, or rather had been as
sociating in friendly way with Charles
Gable Il much younger man than INnch.
ana the latter became very angry ana
jealous in consequence, and made threats
that she should not marry anybody if
she would not marry him.
On Sunday evening, May 18th, as Miss
Mckinney accompanied by Gable was
returning from church, at Il lonely spot
in the woods, Gable sprang out of a
thicket with large knife in his hand
and rushed upon the young woman. who
was in advance of Gable, as though he
meant to plunge the weapon into her.
Gable sprang between them to defend
the girl, and Lynch then turned upon
him, he made two lungcs at him. the
second one cutting him slightly ON the
breast. Gable was totally unarmcd, but
he managed to get in a blow with his fist
upon Lynchs head, knocking him down.
II Gable lad improved this opportunity
to arm himself with Il club, plenty of
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FIRE ALARM.
The liand-Squirt Brigade Quells
an Incipient COnfagratiOn.

An alarm Of fire that was sounded on
Tuesday afternoon last created quite a
stir i'll the central portion of town.
Smoke was seen pouring out Of the sec
ond story window of the dwelling house
of Marks Lieberman. on Main street. Just
below the Howard House. Charley Per-
kinS and George Gordon, who CHANGED to
be on the street watering the dusty pave
MEETS with hand pumps, gathered up
their apparatus and FASTENED to the
threatened premises. The room where
the fire was located was on the second
story trout. and was filled with dense
smoke SO that it was impossible to re-
main III it for any length of time. The fire
was among a lot OF linen clothing in a
wash stand, and had been started by a
child throwing burning matches among
them. Mrs. l.ieberman was the first to
get into the room, and she succeeded in
gathering up the whole thing in bunch
and throwing them out the window
upon Il porch roof, where the hand pumps
played upon them and soon extinguished
the flames.
The only damage done Was to the
clothing, which will not amount to more
than So if that much.
This fire should be warning to pa
rents about allowing children to have
matches i'll their possession Had it
gained any considerable Roadway before
being discovered there is no telling the
amount of damage that would have re-
suited, as this is a thiekiy-buiIt up por-
ton of town.
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Held for Trial.

William II. Bingham, the young man
who was recently arrested near this town
by L. S. Special Officer VIM. Is. Smith
ON the charge of breaking into and rob
bling the postotlice at Laurelton, Union
county, Pa, was given another hearing
before L. S. Commissioner J. r. McCul-
Tough on Monday last and committed for
the United States Court, Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg. In
spector Smith testified that tie accused
confessed to him that he did break int
the office (Which is also astoreJ and took
thereirom lot of lead pencils, paper,
perfumery, cigars and postal cards. lie
is young man of only about nineteen
wears old
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The Way it Happened.

On Friday, the 18th inst, an individ
ual unknown to us, came to The Wine
Office, and requested us to insert in our
issue of that week the following notice:
MAHEIED.--Aug. H. 1883, in Oxford. Pa,
James ii. Lynch TO Rachel Ann Mckrn-
ney, daughter of Thomas Il. McNenne all
of Elk Neck.
We inquired why the notice was pub
lished at SO late a day and he replied that
the marriage had been kept private, but
now that it had leaked out, the parents Of
the lady desired it published. We also III
quned the name of the officiating minis
ter, but our visitor averred that they,
meaning the principals, had failed to tell
him the minister's name. Everything
looked fair enough aud VIC published the
notice.
On the following Monday we were
called upon by Mr.. Mckeuney, father of
ment false, stating that his daughter was
not married, that Lynch had made ad-
vances to her and had proposed marriage
but she disliked him aud would have
nothing to do with him. Mr.. McKenuey
was anxious, if possible, TO discover tie
author of the notice, and We dcscribud
the man who brought it to the Office.
Before we had gone half through With
the description, he recognized the man
and declared that from the description it
was undoubtedly James II. Lynch.
We would recognize the man if We net
him on crowded street. lie bears a
mark, in the size and prominence of Lis
eyes that cannot fail to identify him.
We of course cannot say positive Iy
that it was James ii. Lynch who plo-
cured the publication of a fraudulent
notice of his own marriage, but from the
description given of him by those who
know him, it looks very much as if it
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Keep the Streets Clean.

The Town Commissioners request us
to call the attention of househo,lerS and
especially OF store and shop keepers to
the ordinance prohibiting the throwing Of
dirt into the streets. 1t is the habit of
many persons to sweep all the dirt which
accumulates about their stores and
houses into the streets. giving to the
whole town an unsighuly and dirty look
Every citizen ought to feel IA pride in
giving the town neat and clean appear
ance the Commissioners prefer to appeal
to this feeling of town pride rather than
to force.
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MARRIED..

MISUNDERSTANDING ), 1884, in Will
ming, Del, by Rev. f. l.. Hubbard, Oscar
H. Mount and Lou j. Pass
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II, 1884.
at the residence of the brides father, by
Rev. John ID. Kemp, Mr.. VIM. ID. Lowden,
ct New York City, New York, and Miss
Kate H. Richardson, of Charlestown, Md
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES June 1S, 1881
at Fair Hill, in this county, by Rev. 4. Il.
Mcdowell, DR.. George =. Rishell, of Bell
f"nt", Pa, to Miss NJ. Louise Armstrong,
daughter OF Walter Armstrong, Esq.
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For sale, ohe1p-~two second hand counter
Show Cases, each about four feet In length;
also one Wall Case Apply to
JOSEPH HISCHLIFFE.
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SLIPPEEs-We call specia! attention to
our line OF fine Curcoa Kid Slippers in opera
and Newport ties, which we are Offering
bargains in We also have cheaper grade
OF slippers at rock bottom prices Nothing
but solid goods. Also full liue of Gents
Low Shoes. WARD * DAVIS
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ORDER NISI,

tDHNATHAN REYNOLDS ". WM: 2. Mt.
kEENER AND MARGARET Nc.
kEENER HIS WIFE.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county, in Equity.
ORDERED, this 9TH day of June, A D.,
" 1854. that the sale made and reported by
Reuben lIancs. trustee for the sale of the real
estate mentioned and described in the above cnti-
tied cause, be ratified and confirmed unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the
10th day OF August next; provided Z; copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper published in
Cecil county aforesaid once a week for one month
before the sth day of July. next.
The report states the amount Of sale to he $3.50
JAMES A. DAVIS
True Copy-Test: Clerk.
june 7-lm JAMES \. DAVIS Clerk
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White straw hats at half their original
cost at Mrs. Litzenberg's. Feathers reduced.
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For the Benefit of the Fund of the
BarthoIdi Statue of Liberty En-
lightning the World.

This colossal statue was given by the people of
the French Republic to the people of the United
States as Il monument OF Ancient friendship and
as an expression Of the sympathy of France in the
Centennial Anniversary of American Independ-
ence.
1t is $50 feet in height cost $3.50 900 to which cos,
more than 100000 Frenchmen subscribed and il
is SO far finished that it will be ready to be shin
ped to this country IN the course OF the coming
summer.
There has been voluntarily contributed about
800, 900 towards the pedestal for the statue which
is to be placed on Bedloes Island at the entrance
of New York harbor, and about $3.50 900 is still re-
quired.
The foregoing is from the report of the Eyecu-
tive Committee to the General Committee of the
Fund of which the Hon. VIM. NJ Evarts is chair
man.
With view of aiding the object another com
mittce: under the supervision OF the Hon. Rufus
+. Andrews. has arranged for new issue of art
subjects. to be offered the public generally who
will thus be able to secure magnificent standard
steel engraving. and at the same time have the
satisfaction OF contributing to the Pedestal Fund
The following subjects have been selected viz
Washington Irving and his Friends 2Sy36
Shakespeare and his Friends 2sx36
Falstaff Mastering his Recruits. 2Sy36
Landing OF the 2SY36
Depar ture of the Pilgrims. 2sx36
Farmers Saturday Nght...................26 y34
Preaching OF John Knox before the Lords
OF the Congregation in st. Andrews 2Sx36
These cngravings will be from the original
plates. and will he as line as the first proofs which
were sold at 500 each. They will be forwarded
by mail. and their receipt guaranteed The nrice
for each will be IS, which must be sent with the
order. Persons wishing to subscribe are respect.
fully requested to do as soon as possible
All orders, drafts, &c, must be directed and
made payable to the Secretary.
WIN. WHELPLEY,
T.. o. Box 2.9I9. New York City
Sim
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Baltimore Markets.

Corrected Weekly by W. H. Michael d Sons
Grain and Produce Commission Mer-
chants, 81 McElderry's Wharf.
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-25
A WARM RECEPTION.
Anticipated Bliss Turned 10 Gall and
Bitterness.
A Festive Bartender who Would .
WO0ing GO-An Unlocked
for impeachment.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Jan. "a. "A matrimo.
NAL venture was unceremoniousIy inter-
fered with on Tuesday evening. A widow,
who keeps a saloon and boarding house in
the northern portion Of the city, was wooed
and won by her bar tsnder. The marriage
all the arrangements we're arranged
therefor. The BAR tender pur-
chased a suit Of the fne.t broadoloth, had
himself duly arranged by n barber, and
then about I o'clock that evening repaired
to q livery stable and engaged the hest team
and finest carriage 10 the concern. Then
hs was driven to the home Of the widow
whom be expected to soon become mis-
wife, and aightsd with all the dignity that
q bar tender can assume on such an occa-
sion. He was to 20 into the mousse and lead
out his bride to be driven to the church,
where they were 10 be united for life and
whsre he was 10 be changed
from bar. tender to Q
saloon proprietor. But the widow
had an able.bodied son who looked with
great disfavor upon the marriage aud had
determined to prevent 1t II possible. As
the bartender opened the door to 90 into
the house he was confronted by the son,
who hsl In one hand shotgun and In the
other butoher's oleavsr. The boy as
sumed belligerent attitude and In a
stent0rian tone ordered the bar. tender to
face about, get into his carriage and be.
gone, The bar-tender rather -hesitated
upon such action just upon the threshold Of
his happiness. But the moving Of the
shotgun and cleaver In the hands OF the boy
, had the effect to make the bartender seek
the carriage In hurry and
ordered the driver to drive
of, which WAS done. The boy
folio we'd after OFT distance, continually
ordering the driver TO move his rig along
faster, which the latter did, putting his
horses to their best speed a. he feared the
boy might discharge bis gun after them.
But the boy refrained from this. The out
fit was brought back to the stable, there
was no marriage that night, the boarding.
house keeper ID yet widow, the fsrocious
boy has no stepfathsr, the bar. tender IL no,
yet transformed into saloon proprietor,
and all on account OF bad boy, backed by
shotgun and oieaver. What the next
step will be, remains TO be Developed.
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THE wHITrEMORE MURDER
Mrs. Long Granted . Postponemsnt
Her Trial.

RIPoN, Wis, Jan. A.-Amsng the, osssi
lately called In the Green Lake Circuit
Court was that of Mrs. Long for the muir.
der of young Harvey Whittemore. The
counsel for the defense succeeded In get.
ting the same put over for the term. In Q
recent conversation she iatimatsd that,
having told her part OF the story, she
wished the other parties would come for.
ward and tHH heirs. It 10 thought bal
will be fixed for her, but the probabilities
are that 1t cannot be obtained.
Nov. ~ last Mrs. Long made the follow
ing confession: Harvey Whittemore, the
u-year. son Of L. r. Whittsmors,
camesto bis death at my hands the 24th day
olIOctober last In the cellar Of tho house
where resided. No one else knew any.
thing about it. took bis body from my
house to the river and put 1t where It was
found. will not say how got the body
TO the river. Harvey's throat was not ont
with the big carving.kni found q my
house. refuse to tell what was used.
will not tell my reasons for the deed.
bought about 10 cents worth OF chloro.
form. l placed the body At the plaza 4,
was found, expecting it would be found
there. make this plea OF guilty to OK.
onerate others who are suspected Of being
implicated In the affair. had not pre-.
medtated killing him at all; did not
strike him In the head before cutting bis
throat.' The belief Is strong since the
partial confession BY Mrs. Long that an.
other party WAS implicated in the crime.]
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A Cool Murderer.

BATAVIA, N. Y, Jan. A.-Great crowds
continue to throng the court mouse IN the
Rowell case. The prisoner was promptly
oD hand and looking well. None Of the
ladies' Of the family are here. They are
probably kept away by the storm. The
first witness sworn was DR.. Tozisr, the
coroner who held the inquest on Lynch's
body. he was at the house the night Of
the tragedy, and examined Lynch. Mrs.
howell gave him the address Of his friends
In Utica. Rowell tried to sooth and pacify
bis wife, but she would not let him touch
her. She kept crying out, "How could
you do suchs cruel thing" The doctor
showed the pistol with four cartridges dis
charged and one loaded. Rowsll showed
his counsel how to take the cartridges out
Of the revolver - uneoncerned as II he
were ouly spectator. DR.. Tosisr showed
the Jury the slung.shet made Ola stocking
with > stone In the toe.