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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

Mr.. DANA, of the New York Sun,
expresses the opinion that the free
trade agitation knocks out every
Presidential aspirant Of free trade pro-
clivities and leaves a chance for those
who will be regarded by business men
and laboring men as entirely sound
and conservative in regard to this sub
iect." But in the same published con-
versation Mr.. Dana declares that the
ultra free traders, like Carlisle and
Morrison, are giving up the fight and
joining the protectionists. He depre-
Gates this instability and plain show
of insincerity in those men who have
just alarmed the country by free-trade
triumph in the House organization.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

That was level headed Democrat
who declared on the floor of the
United States Senate-that true Civil
Service Reform consists in putting hon
est Ieffersonian Democrats in office
and KEEPING them there. MIR. Payne,
the newly elected Senator from Ohio,
who is already looming up as possible
Democratic presidential candidate, has
also just formulated brief, but no less
taking platform. "Give the offices to
the Democrats and let the tariff alone"
'Rah for Payne
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

THE Baltimore Morniag Uero}d. in its
new dress of type, looks bright, clear
and attractive, and is now as handsome
a daily as Baltimore produces. Some
thing even better than this can be said
of the Herald. 1t Is a tirst-class news
paper, giving all the daily news, in con-
else form. without being numbered with
verbage. Its editorial columns contain
no dry, dead matter, but every word is
live, spirited, pithy and to the point. In
consideration of these facts, and the low
price Cone cent? at which the Uerald is
sold, it is no wonder that it is one of the
most popular of Baltimore morning
papers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

Ir is becoming more and more evil
dent every day that the policy Of the
Democratic majority of the House in
respect to appropriating money to carry
on the Government is to be one al
most identical with that pursued dur
ing the Forty-sixth Congress, when
the same party controlled the House.
Then, as now, the cry of economy"
was raised and sought to be made the
living issue, and the demagogues who
were foremost in demanding reduc-
tons in the expenses Of the Govern
men+ succeeded in materially Grip
ping the Civil Service, necessitating
the passage of large deficiency appro-
priation bills at the next session of
Congress. In the end the Democrats
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

II is understood in Washington that
an effort will be made to prevent an
appropriation for the Civil Service
Commission, on the ground that the
law creating it is unconstitutional, being
an encroachment Of the Legislative
upon the Executive Department. A
test case will probably be made and
sent to the Supreme Court of the
United States for a decision.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

The opening year is a memorable
one in the Methodist church, as it re-
cords the centennial of the foundation
of that church in this country. The
first Methodist society was organized
earlier, but the conference organiza-
ton of the church dates from 1884.
The Methodists now claim five million
church members in this country, and
the influence of their organization is
powerful throughout the nation. The
denomination may truly congratulate
itself, therefore, on its rapid spread and
progress,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

SENATOR GoRMAN says he is in favor
of so much Of the eight-hour law, the
merits of which are now under discus
sion in Baltimore, as relates to the en-
ployment of women and children. He
thinks the Legislature should take up
the subject and act upon it promptly.
Speaking of the hundreds of women
who are employed in the various fac
tories and packing houses in Baltimore,
he says many Of them, after working
nine and ten hours daily for a few
years, become permanently disabled
physically. Eight hours, he thinks, is
long enough for women and children
to be confined to a routine of manual
labor. Men are better able to endure
longer hours.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

HENRY &. PAYNE, the Democratic
Senator who is to succeed Mr.. Pendle-
ton, is not a free trader. He is re-
ported as saying that Gree trade is
impracticable and impossible" He
will probably not be very popular with
the dominant faction of the Democracy
at Washington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

The Staunton Wa.) VINDICAToR
(Bourbon) says the question to be
settled in the next Presidential election
is whether we are to have national
Government or a sectional Govern
ment. The bourbons think they are
national because Republicans get
killed at the south, while Democrats
are not killed at the north. Demo-
Gratis are protected everywhere-Re-
publicans only at the north. Hence
ReDubliCanism is sectional.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

As WAS generally expected, James
Mutt has been acquitted by a Pittsburg
Jury. If ever there was a Gaze in
which the plea of emotional insanity
was justihable one, this is the case.
Yet as contemporary pertinently OBJ
serves, it is to be feared that the ten
dency of such verdicts is to weaken
popular confidence in the jury as an
instrument for ascertaining culpable in
fractions of the law.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
4 Crisfieltl Man shot,

Captain John NJ Nelson. f"rm-,
resident ri Cri>telt, Md. wa> shut aud
dangerously wounded a, Cone, N"r,hum
berand county. Va. on the L.! Il inst.
Nelson. wh" deserted his wife, has been
in the OYSTER business At that place iol
some months. and II is ol,ined formed
improper relationship with young
woman Of the place. The kI. sl.dge oi
this coming to her brothers ears. he
avenged his sister wrong and shot Mel
son The victim will probably die
The assailant is yet at large. One of
Nelson SONS left to attend his father
upon hearing Of the affair.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
her true course

SENATOR SHERMAN is expected to be
able to prevent the nomination of a
Presidential candidate who is objec-
tionable to him by standing up in the
Chicago convention and saying that
the doomed man ''cannot carry Ohio, y
which is now the only October State,
and more important than ever as a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
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pointer.

WHEAT and corn have fallen in price
until they are now cheaper than has
been the case in January of any year
since 1879. This decline has been, of
course, rather rough on spectators,
but to the poor it is an unmiNed bless
ing. Cheap bread serves to tighten
the burdens Of the toilers wonder
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
CATTLE MARK EFT.

Beef cattle were IN fair demand, but
prices were unchanged. $500 head arrived
and sold at 5l!@7l!c. per pound. the latter
rates for extra.
Sheep were rather dull. 1900 head sold
at the different yards at 3@6l &c. and lamb
at 415@715c. per pound AS to condition.
Hogs were in fair demand. 1880 head
sold at the different yards at S(d9r. per
pound, as to quality.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
MARRIED..

Jones JOHNSON January IL, 1884, at
the Residence of Mrs. Lizzie Orr. in Port
Deposit. lay Rev. Il. &. Jones. John f.
Jones, of the firm of Bingham & Jones,
Baltimore City, and Miss Laura V. John
son, of Port Deposit.
STRoUT-FOX. "a, 1884, at the
NJ. f. Parsonage, Port Deposit, by Rev. Il
&. Jones, John L. +. Strout and Mary Ella
Fox, both Of Port Deposit.
MISUNDERSTANDING y, 1884,
in Elkton, at the residence OF WIN. Watson
brother of the bride. by Rev. Z. +. Shep-
pard, Norman M. Seminar to Mary Emma
Watson, both of Principle, this county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
He Mares White Wife Miss Helen NJ
p tts


The marriage of Frederick Douglass and
Miss Helen NJ Pitts, white woman, took
place in Washington on Thursday night
There were but four persons present. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev DIR.
Grimke, cnlored, the pastor of the Fifteenth
Street PRESBYTERIAN Church, at his private
residence. The bride, who is about 81 years
of age, is from Avon, New York. For sev-
eral years past she has been IA cnpySr in the
office of recorder "f deeds, which office Mr..
Douglass has held since his removal from
the position of Marshal of the District by
President Garfield. Mr.. Douglass is about
% years old. Miss Pitts is fine lookir .
lady. her special beauty being in a wealth
of black hair. Sh. has written ii great
deal on the subject of woman suffrage and
was for :; time an assistant editor Of the
ALPHA, wJman's reform paper published
in Washington
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
qI's (tti| Nphie.
ELKTON, JANUARY 26, 1884.

The Eastern Shore now has Sena-
tor and one Congressman, tax COM
missioner, an insurance commissioner,
a commissioner of the land office, a
Secretary of State and two judges of
the Court of Appeals.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

THE terrible disaster by which the
steamer City of Columbus was sunk,
on Saturday off Martha's Vineyard and
over hundred lives lost was due to
criminal neglect, by which the vessel
was suffered to go several miles out Of
bar tr,,a rNrrce
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

WHILE the Democratic Free Trade
journals are making their specious APP
peals to the agricultural producing
classes, it will be well for farmers in
Cecil county, as well as elsewhere, to
remember that the American farmer
has an interest in the prosperity OF the
whole. community. His profits hinge
in the long run on the ability of the
manufacturing operatives to consume,
and their ability in turn hinges on en-
ployment for all their faculties to the
best advantages. This employment
will never more be furnished as of yore
by building brigs and sailing ships any
more than it will be by driving stage
coaches and wagons over country turn
pixies and muddy roads. The attempt
to go back to the lost conditions is ut
terly chimerical. We must hold that
we have, and if we get any more it
must be by the same means that thus
far have proved SO effective. Stand
then by the doctrine Of protection to
American industry.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.

In the United States Senate on Tues
day Mr.. Anthony's resolution was
adopted looking towards retaliatory
legislation against those governments
which restrain the importation of Ameri-
can meats. The bill to provide civil
government for Alaska was discussed,
but not disposed of. In the House a
number of bills were reported from the
judiciary committee for the forfeiture of
land grants, and referred to the com
mittee on public lands. A bill for the
relief of the Greedy expedition was
passed.
In the Senate on "Wednesday Mr.. Sher-
man offered resolution for the investi
CATION of alleged outrages on colored
citizens in Danvile, Va, and Copiah
county. Mississippi.
The Senate passed on Thursday, with
slight amendment, House bill for the
relief of the Greedy expedition. Mr.. Nor
gan reported adversely from the COM
mittee on foreign relations the joint reso-
luton abrogating the Hawaiian treaty.
The bill allowing a clerk to each Senator
who is not chairman of a committee was
passed, after being amended by fixing
the compensation at Sc day. The bill
for the government of Alaska was fur
Their discussed.
In the House on Wednesday resou-
ton Of thanks to the officers and men of
the revenue steamer Dexter for their
efforts in rescuing the survivors from the
wrecked City of Columbus was adopted.
Mr.. Hoblitzell, of Maryland, made an ar
gument in favor of the construction of
the Maryland and Delaware ship canal.
In the House on Thursday bill was
reported from the pension committee al
lowing pensions to the survivors of the
Mexican war. The bill appropriating
So, $50, 900 for the payment of rebate on
tobacco passed the House.
Irving Among. the Americans at Last.
This is what Chicagoeans think of
themselves.
Mr.. Henry Irving may now be said to
have begun his American tour. lie is
in an American city, in which the people
are Americans and nothing else. He
will find here no tlattery, no weak imita-
tions of British forms and customs, no
pretenses to a culture other than Ameri-
can culture. He will be Judged in
Chicago by American standards, criti-
cised by men and woman who arc not
willing to admit that English ideas, are
necessarily superior to American ideas
and received generally with cordially
az free from afiectation as it Is from pre-
JUDGE and cant. Having reached the
country where the Americans live. it is
to be hoped that Mr.. Irving will now
free his mind from any unfavorable i'm
pressions gained in the effete East and
prepare to study the greatest people on
earth as candidly as they will study
him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
DIED.

WICks.-.January 90, 1884, at Pueblo
Colo Mrs. Marion w. Weeks, in the 2SEh
year of her age. Funeral at Hupewell NJ
f. Church, near Woodlawn, on Monday
next the 2Sih inst at TO- 30
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
General Sherman on the Presidency.

General Sherman on the Presidency.
Gen. Sherman eft Washington for
St. Louis on Monday night. While at
the Capitol he saw most of hi. intimate
friends and couversed freely as to him
self and his plans for the future. To a
personal friend, who saw him just be-
fore his departure, he said, in the most
positive manner. that he could only reit-
crate what he had previously uttered as
to the mention OF his name for the Presi
dency. lie said if he was nominated by
reclamation in the convention and re-
ceived the electoral vote of every State
in the Union he would still decline. He
looked forward for the remnant of his
days to life of comfort and ease and an
entire freedom from care or worry of any
kind. lie thought it would be the su-
premest kind of folly for himto be tempted
by the baube of the Presidency to enter
the White House and have four years of
strife, contention. irritation and criticism
to encounter. To accept the Presidency
would neceSsitate his retiring from the
army, and at the end Of four years he
would be remanded to private life. The
office of President, he said, was sur
rounded with SO much that was difficult,
so much that was unpleasant. so much
that was unsatisfying, that people may
believe it or not, just as they please but
there is and can be no possible c0ntin-
gency which would induce me to think
for one moment OF taking the office.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

suffered for raising this issue, the
people realizing that it was simple po-
litical clap trap, and not productive of
good to the country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

manufacturing establishments The
fourth legalizes trades unions, provides
for their formation. and defines the
powers of such organizations. The
fifth defines the meaning of the word
conspiracy" in connection with trades
unions. The sixth provides for the
establishment of State bureau of labor
statistics.
Whatever action the Legislature may
take upon those bills, the most impor-
tant one of which fixes DAYS labor at
eight hours instead of ten, a fact that a
very formidable opposition is being
shown to the passage of this bill partic-
ularlv, and which has been formulated
by the resolutions passed on Monday
by the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Baltimore Cecil county.
like all other sections of the State,
which are the seats of important manu-
features, has a deep interest in every
question that effects the interests of
working men as well as employers. We
assume incontrovertably, that the in
terests of the too classes are mutual
and the Legislation which effects the
one injuriously can but similarly effect
the other. Gov. MCLane proposes in
the interest Of the working classes to
limit by law 4 days labor to eight
hours instead of ten. The inquiry is
simple one, will the proposed reduc-
ton Of time effect the object desired
and will the laboring classes be really
benefited by the passage of such bill.
The importance of the question should
secure for it, calm. deliberate. and
careful discussion. The whole subject
is complicated one. and it remains
to be seen, whether our Legislature
will deal wisely with questions which SO
intimately effect SO many important in
terests of the State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
THE FOREIGN MAILS.

Ina published interview with Mr.. Ores
well by the Washington correspondent
of the Baltimore SIN, the former is re-
ported as saying that twelve years ago,
when he was Postmaster-G General, the
Cunard and other lines objected to car
rying the United States mails because of
the reduction of compensation prescribed
by Congress. lie then made contract
with the Williams & Guion line, with the
understanding that they would put on
fast vessels. Shortly Afterwards the
other lines were very anxious to cone to
terms, and he then inaugurated tina
system of dispatching the mails under
monthly contract by the fastest steamers
without regard to the line or the flag
under which they smiled, and this ex-
ample set by him twelve years ago the
British Government has now determined
to follow, as announced IN the SIN.
Commencing with the Inauguration Of
this system by Mr.. Creswell, the office
of foreign mails in our Postotlice Depart
ment has regularly about two weeks in
advance prepared schedule of steamers
appointed to convey the United States
mails to foreign countries during the sue
ceedirg month. The schedule for Feb
ruary, which has just been issued in
cludes two of the American Steamship
Company vessels from Philadelphia and
two of the North German Lioyds from
Baltimore. Mr.. Creswell said that at
the time he left the Postoffice Depart
ment the railway fast mail system was
in its infancy and the claims of Compel
ing cities had not then been considered.
He thought that Baltimore was fairly
and Justly entitled at this time to equal
consideration with other cities, and its
claims, if properly and efficiently pre-
scented could not be disregarded. He
spoke very highly of Postmaster-General
Gresham as man of character and abil-
ity, and was sure he would do whatever
he could for Baltimore. Mr.. Creswell
said he had read the letter of Messrs. A.
S. Abel & Co., addressed to the Post
master General and would talk with him
on the subject.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, January 81, l8'

Corrected Weekly By ". II. Mchnel Il .Sonx
cram dnd Produce Commission Me-
chants, 81 HcEl'erry's Wharf.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26
sSYHE+WHIGs.

aE-EMlhEhTLY VALUABLE FOR ITS LOCAL AS WELL AS
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS COMMUNICATIONS Ar
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
ITS REGULAR CORPS OF ooRRE sPoNoENTs.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO
ATTENTION. THE NAME OF THE WRITER BEING REQUIRED
AL CASES As A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED oRATui.
rousLY. OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL NATTER
Local matt Ten cents line for single inser
non.
7ransientr6:e. Eight cents q line for one and
Four cents a line for every additional insertion.
One inch Of space counted as Tpelre lines. One
to.umn, FIVE Dollars per inch, year.
sar changes ailo,ced to yearly advertisers pithort
additional charge.
me circulation Of The Wing being among the
most intelliSent classes Of Cecil county and the
sdjotning counties Of Maryland, Pesns ylrdnia and
6eAa,care, its proprietor confidently recommends it
to Business Men q most desirable medium for
rsmsHerafirs advertising.
To mailtain its high standard as family journal
10 offensive Objectionable Advertisements ciH be
admitted into its columns at any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

Mrs. Litzenberg will sell without regard
to cost To make room for Spring stock
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-01-26

Philadelphia Grai1 Market Jan. ~ 1884.
Wheat, dull and unsettled-Sl .02l &c
l.Gal!.
Corn, easier -5a(G50c.
tats, trmer-Illl@iI.
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THE uHRKEFS.
Eikton Markets.

REPORTED BY u. SCOTT \ BRO.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1884-01-04

farmers daughter now grown to lovely woman.
hood, and if she is we'll follow her. to th. hotel
and forget that we are getting old and that dim
vistas of cleaning scalp can here and there be
seen peeping through the frequent intermissions
in our hair, and we'll have chat about olden
days that will bring Us just about q near heaven
q we care to get.
But it can't be her. Miss Kinzie 80 the
papers say, is young and fresh as mountain
daisy, kissed by the refreshing dews of SUM
mer morn, while our farmers daughter must by
this time be wearing the tell-tale wrinkles Of
time upon her once blooming cheeks. We
expect to get almost fighting mad at Miss
Oherie, for, if We understand the play she will
appear as dazzling, beautiful adventures,
whose every effort is bent to the task Of back
oapping the country girl and getting her into
trouble. We don't like to create disturbance
in public hall, but If that blooming rural
maiden looks anything like the one We used to
fire taffy at, and Miss Oherie dresn't conduct
herself toward her kindly and gently, Frank
had better keep us with him back at the door,
where he can choke Us down if we get excited.
word to the wise is sufficient.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1884-01-04
Sent in from Sims.

SINS, Morton County, d. T., Jan. 8, 1884,
Your many readers looking for news from places
of special Importance must desire to know how
We are prospering at Sims this winter. The
mines are sending forth coal in abundance, and
by the aid of an extensive heating apparatus
brick and terra Gotta ware are still manufactured
at the brick yards. Our three story brick hotel
is rapidly approaching completion. 1t will be
called the Oakes hotel. It is named after the
vice president Of the North Pacific railroad. The
hotel is built by Mr.. Jerry Smith, OF Minneap-
oils, aud will be opened to the travelling public
on the 7th inst.
Christmas Eve the citizens of Sims crowded
the large dining and other rooms of the hotel.
Christmas tree which had been generously
purchased At Minneapolis by Theodore Skenck-
enberg was heavily loaded with presents for
each boy and girl in Sims. Many who never
will be boys and girls again were handsomely
remembered. .. - .
The singing and recitations by the children
gave special interest to the occasion.
The Sims string band gave an entertainment
at the hotel New Years Eve.
The Sims Social club was organized recently.
It proposes to meet as often as once in two
weeks, and by singing, literary exercises and
amusements of one kind and another help to
make the winter pass pleasantly away. .S
There is preaching IN the dining room of the
hotel each Sunday evening.
Sims, which grew 50 rapidly last summer, will
by it's growth the coming summer give evidence
of the vigorous life it possesses, .SCRIBo.