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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19
THE BIG JUMBO KILLED.
Struck by an Engine in Ontario.

Special dispatches reached the city papers
on Thursday last from st. Thomas, Ont,
to the effect that Jumbo, Barnum's famous
elephant had been struck and fatally in
iured by a freight train near that place the
previous evening. The large animal was
not instantly killed, hut lived for fifteen
minutes after being struck, expiring while
efforts We're being made to take him from
under the train. The engine was badly
damaged and will have to be sent to the
shop and be rebuilt. After the accident,
when the noise and confusion had some
what ceased so that an examination could
be made of Jumbo, it was apparent that
death was upon him. There were deer
gashcS in his flank, his feet we're torn and
the blood ran out of his mouth. He gave
one eroan after being struck, then he suf.
fered in silence while the sands of his life
ran out. Long after life was extinct his
keeper, who brought him from the Zoologi-
cal Gardens in London, lay on his body
and went
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Mechanics Valley Items.

The chilling breezes warn us that the
season is wearing into the scar and yell
low leaf.
The threshing men are about done for
tie season, all except the Veteran"
and he has contracts that will keep him
busy for months to come.
The farmers are beginning to SOW their
wheat. Corn is looking fine. The crop
will be large if jack frost keeps away a
little while longer.
Buckwheat looks very fine. During a
visit upon the borders of the hill coun-
try we noticed a number of fine patches,
two of which were on the farm of our
old colored friend George Lee, all swarm
ing with honey bees, which brought to
our mind visions of buckwheat cakes
and honey.
Mr. Lee has made considerable num-
Der of improvements since we last visited
him. He has enclosed his yard with a
novel fence, the pattern of which he OBJ
tanned at Lincoln Institute, Pa.
Business is rather dull about the Val
ley at this time. Some of our more en-
terprising friends are about recognizing
our debating society as means to awak-
en- an interest and promote the welfare
of our people both financially and intel
lectually. One of our merchants has
kindly granted his store room as an aud
itorium, thus uniting business with mer.
tai improvement.
There is much sickness in the neigh
borhood. Mr.. J. W. Mahoney has been
confined to his room for nearly two
months with typhoid fever; at one time
but little hope was entertained of his re-
covery, but we are happy to state there
is change for the better. VIM. Weaver,
his hired man, has gone home with the
same complaint. DR.. Housekeeper is at.
tending both cases.
Our schools are in full operation. Oak
Grove is presided over by Miss Fannie
Mahoney, and Warburton's by Miss Mag
gle McNey; and now girls, We brisk
wielders of the birch and rule, welcome
the little youths and maidens with a kline
greeting. The dominion of your author
ity is all the world to them. Remember
the little faults that you may deem be
meath your notice weigh as heavily upol
their little hearts as your own SORROWS
or the sorrows of the greatest men. TIL,
field before you is boundless in its posi-
bilities for noble and lasting influences
Your position in moldng these gems o
purest ray serene" is second only to
mothers hallowed sphere.
Dot, the fat correspondent of an Elk
ton mid-wcek journal, was around las
week with his prolific pencil. III closin
his article he said A certain young far
mer has been making frequent visits t
the Goddess of Fancy Work, and hope
soon to see him dressed in rickrac< trous
ers ornamented with feather edge. Thi
young man informs us he knew a ma
about fifteen years ago start out arraye
in fine linen and gay attire; but ther
came crisis and a crash, and that ma
wears garments like other men to tai
day, and from this he learns a useful les
son. Dot states lie attended the meet
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Death of Right Rev. Henry &. Lay.

Right Rev. Henry c. Lay, the first
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal do
cese of Easton, died at the Church Home
and Infrmary, on North Broadway, Bal
timore Thursdayafternoon at .. Is o'ctock
Bishop Lay had been suffering from heart
disease and dropsical troubles for long
time, and his death was not unexpected
1t was not thought, however, that his
demise would result so soon. A severe
operation for dropsical affection was per-
formed on the bishop at Easton several
months ago, from which his weakened
constitution never wholly recovered. He
came to the intirmary in that city in the
early part of the summer and remained
under treatment there month. Suisse
quently he visited Block Island and later
on Massanetta Spring, Virginia, spending
month at each place without material
benefit to his health. On the 9TH instant
he came back to the intirmary, where he
remained up to the time of his death.
His wife, who accampaied him in all his
travels, was the only relative at his bed
side when he died.
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Port Deposit Rocks.

Messrs. Reynolds Bros. are shipping
large quantities of tin cans to the cam
ners of Hartford county.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
are carrying many peaches to the West
via Port Deposit and Columbia.
4 slide Of rock and earth occurred on
the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
Tuesday night north of Safe ITarbor, Pa.
All traffic was suspended for several
hours while the debris was being cleared
away.
Rock Run Presbyterian Church hav-
ing undergone a thorough renovation
and improvement in the way of carpet
ing, painting, frescoing, &C., will be re-
opened next Sunday by sermon by the
Rev. A. A. Hodge. The church is now
considered one of the handsomest on the
peninsula.
Last winter James Duffy, an aged
blacksmith, fell on the pavement while
going to work and received injuries to
the hip and ankle which have disabled
him ever since. On Tuesday Mr.. Duffy
presented a bill to the town council for
500 for loss of time, &C., alleging that
his disability was altogether owing to
the failure to enforce an ordinance re-
quiring citizens to clean the ice and
snow (Which he claims caused his falD
from their sidewalks. Mr.. Duffy init
mated that unless his claim was allowed
he would take it to court. The town
council hold the matter under consid.
Grafton.
Messrs. 3. C. Bibb Il Sons, stove
manufacturers, whose extensive shops
are situated in the suburbs of Port De-
post, have recently enlarged their es-
tablishment, put in new and improved
machinery, and ale now employing more
men than ever before. Notwithstand-
ing this they have been compelled by
their largely increased business to sub
let various contracts to outside parties,
and they look forward to a very success
full fall business. This firm have of their
own volition, and without any solicita-
ton on the part of the men, determined
to advance the pay of all their employees
10 per cent, commencing ON the 18th
instant.
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a Romantic SDot,

Time yields a ruthless sceptre over
the old memorable features of the land
scape Of CECIL county as well as the
domes and tower of arcientsRome. As
a WHTG reporter stood within the tall,
bare, and somewhat ghostly walls of the
old mill at New Ieeds, several Sundays
ago, he soliloquised as above, and more
and more did he become impressed with
ruler as one by enc the stones that once
composed the noble old structure fell
from their places into the soft ooze that
occupied a place once held by a sturdy
oaken floor, such as those mastery archi-
tects OF 1890, alone knew how to build.
This old mill has been one of the princi-
pal objects of interest to the visitor to
New Leeds for many years, and its his
torical associations would fill volumes if
an attempt was made at their relation.
Aside from the fact of its many histori-
cal relationships the spot in which it is
situated contains features innumerable to
charm and attract. For thirty years the
blackened and messy walls have reared
their tops up into the air through the
rows of trees and shrubbery surrounding
them, and at night when the moonlight
glistcns through and about them, and
the waters of the Little Elk bicker among
the rocks at its feet, one is liable to be
held spell bound in the momentarv ex-
pectation of seeing the strange little
people of the earth, told of in the books
Of Fairie, pop their diminutive heads up
through the weeds ard flowers OF trip
away over the grassy plane before the
m. Ii in the peculiar dances of their peo-
pie. y calm dreamy hraZe was draped
about the scene upon the day the WING
reporter viewed it, and the mind wan
dering back to the days of a century past
could easily summon up the faces and
forms of the swarthy miller folks whose
CHEEKY faces once glanced forth from the
doors and windows, but who have long
slept forgotten beneath the narrow
mounds on the surrounding hills. What
dramas, what tragedies may have hap
pened during the days of the thrifty
little settlement lie hidden forever with L
the tongueless stones, and only in in
aginaton can we trace the unwritten
histories Of that fair past. Some day
the last stone of the last wall will fall
away into dust, but it is beautiful to
think that the hills at whose feet flows
the musical little stream will remain
forever as green, perpetual monuments
to the memory of an industry that has
formed an important ingredient in the
combination of Cecil counties virtues.
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analysis Of Sure Growth.

SrArfi LABORATORY, DEL. CoLLEGE,t
NtwAEK, DEL, August >, 1885.
Eesl III OF analysis of a sample Of Sure
Growth super Phosphate, manufactured
by ID Scott * Bro, Ell1ton, Nd. Selected
ut MIDI ietown, Del:
Percent. Pounds. Value
Ammjni ......... 30 500 $1,000
Avail Pile ph"S. Acid 1905 20l0 1899
Insolublc Phos. Acid. LOO BIS O.GJ
POTASH ............. , 20 40 2.2O
Heldive commercial value per ton (2OOO
lbs } l'O.9l, using the following figures:
Ammonia, 20 cents per pound Available
lh"sp l"riG Acid, 9 cents per pound luso-
lnbla .hosphoric Acid, , cents per pound;
Phos? 3oric Acid in Ground Bone, ! cruts
I"'r y" ind, and Potash ) cents per pound.
DI; r. X. WOLF,
State Chemist.
1t W be seen by the above official analy-
sis Of Eure Growth just made by the State
Chcmitt of Delaware that our Excellent
Wheat Fertilizer is fully up to the high
standa!d we have always maintained, all
of the Fertilizer ingredients being somewhat
above The guaranteed standard. The SAM
pie fro n which this analysis was MADE was
drawn by the chemist in person from goods
in thd railroad cOmpany's warehouse at
Middldtow Del. The new Fertilizer law
of Dell ware, which was passed by the last
L"giSli turc-composed largely of farmers
and 1nd-owncrs-puts much lower val
uation ION the Ingredients than the law in
operation last year, and is believed TO fairly
the commercial value of the
goods. d. SCUrr 81 Bro
Cottdn Flannel selling at cts. yard at
Manly iDrennen'S.
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Registration of Votes,

The officers of registration finished their
on Tuesday last. The result shows that in
the FIRST district, Cecilton, 33 new names
were added and 10 stricken Off the list in
the Second, Chesapeake City, - were added
and IS stricken off; in the Third, Elkton,
50 were added and - stricken off; five of
these were names OF colored votersi in the
Fourth, Fair Hill, Il We're added and Is
stricken OIL i'll the Filth, North East, 80
were added and Is stricken off; in the Sixth,
Rising Sun, 81 were added and % stricken
off; in the Seventh, Port Deposit, II We're
added aud u stricken of; in the Eighth,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19

ing Of the latter day saints AMI advises
the Sabbath school scholars of Union
church to embrace the Mormon religion
at once, as it would improve their de.
pertinent. II Dot was the husband of at
least two wives we would suspest him of
M"rmoniStic pocivities. We propose
to give our opinion of tho Mormon faith
IN future letter, aud risk the danger of
Dot racing us around with a sharp stick
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19

Any man or woman making less than $40 week
~ should try our easy muncy-making business.
We want agents for celebrated NJ ADAM DEAN
SPINAL SUrroErING CORSErS also. our SrINAL
SUPPORTER. SHOULDER BRACE. AND ABDOMINAL
PROTECTOR CONFINED (lor Men and Boys. No
experience required -Four orders per day give
the Agent $3.50 monthly. Our Agents report four
to twenty sales daily. IS outnt free. Send ut
ScHlEI.E \ co, $40 broadway, New York
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,. w. 4 B. Branch Penna. Railroad.
,,Nsrr,yr rIKroN STATION
FOCAL n EIWS,

From this date TIE Cecil Wn1G S"tU he
serped to ,reeh1y subscribers in f"1t Depos"
By RorEEr L. SXEETSs. Ro5ct is a"
Industrious and eHterprjSiag boy, and trtH
merit tie good rW IF has customers hy has
prompt SerCjce and "b'igiHg diSPoStto"'
PatrJHizc linn.
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THE CUP WILL REMAIN.

The Puritan Beats the Genesta-A Very
Close and Exciting Contest.
The yacht race in New York on We'd
nesday last decided that the America S
cup shall remain in America. 1t was a
grand contest, and Is cannot be said that
the result proves that the Yankee sloop
is far superior to the English cutter.
The Puritan won by so small lead tn at
the slightest start in favor of her oppo-
nent would have turned the tables. The
Puritan was the better boat by only one
minute and 80 seconds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19

Acute rheumatism is an inflammation of
the joints, marked by pain, heat, redness,
and tendency to suddenly shift from one
joint to another. With these symptoms
apply Salvation Oil, the great pain cure, to
the affected parts without delay. Price %
cents bottle,
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Mt. Pleasant, IL were added and 30 stricken
OH; i'll the Ninth, Calvert, % were added
and - stricken off. The aggregate shows
d. stricken off and 29S added, revealir an
inrrt;tSe OF &C oyer last year
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The ladies are delighted with the styles OF Hats
Mrs. Litzenberg selected while in New York.
They assert that there is peculiar JauntinesS
about this falls styles The birds and plumes
for decorating the hats of bright natural tints
Just received vcvctS and vevctcens for Misses
dresses, etc, at very low prices New styles col
lars, cuffs. hosiery, kid gloves, childrcns caps,
lewelry and dolls. Dress silk speciality. Stamp
in% neatly done. Lessons given in Arracine and
ribbon embroidery. Come and favor the ladies'
store with your patronage. Prices the lowest.
All trimming will receive Mrs. Ltzenberg's per
sonal attention. She intends to continue to sup
ply every want OF her lady customers. Especial
attention given to orders. Will match any goods
not in her own stock through a person employed
hy her in New York. Butterick's patterns in
stock.
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Mems heavy Boots selling at s. rair,
cash, at Manly prenuens.
Drenupu'S
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Fall Fair,

Free Passes TO the Grand Central Store at
their opening Of New Fall Goods, at
Stl93t MANLY DRESNEN'S
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ElktOn Markets.
For Sale.
A Moscow Stallion,

Warranted sound and can trot close To three
minutes. Apply to
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Reports that have come in since the above
was written-lead to the superstition that
the cause of the fire could not possibly have
been spontaneous combustion. That part
of the case may be said, therefore, to be in
VOWED in mystery, for the unravelling of
which an indefinite time will be required.
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EHE UHRk FITS.

Cottdn Flannel selling at cts. yard at
Manly iDrennen's.
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be enough to cover the expense attendant
upon their preparation, and they are the
last things from which the Society should
look to reap Il profit
We were pleased to have our attention
called this week to n practice being some
what generally INDUCED in 10y several of
the young members of Elkton society of
horseback riding. Equestrian exercises are
the most be lutiful and enjoyable that can
be prlctsed and the benefits to be derived
from such, when care and caution are OBJ
served, are incstimable. The cool, bracing
mornings of this and the two fall months
that follow are the best times for such
| sport Then to the cheeks is brought the
crimson glow of hca It'll and vigor, and to
! the heart feeling of wonderful strength
and buoyancy. There is probably no place
| in the land better adopted to the uses of the
equestrian than the country roads about
| Elktou. What with the noble old hills to
the east and the long level stretches of YER
durc that sweep down the valley of the
| Elk-the man or woman who mounts his OF
her horse when the suSbegns to rise from
his slumbers,Or at the other end of the day,
when he sinks to rest over the hills, and
gallops away down the undulating roads
! that lead past farm house and orchard,
| brooks and meadows, feels an cXuberanCe
of spirits and a blithness throughout their
! whole nature rarely and seldom created by
any other sport or pastime. The custom of
misunderstanding, especially with the fem,
ales, dates back in the very dim ages when
the chivalric hearts of q ucen Bessie's En-
gland, and Louis the Elevcnth's France
were pulSnG with life and love. Upward
from those days the practice has become
one universally admired AMI we are glad
to see the young people of Eikton embrac
ing it within their ctrai"gl". 1t will place
them, we hope, III ! deeper rapport with
! nature and all of the beautiful in life.
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NoTIog.
REEDSVILLE.
POLLY SEIDRR

Rev, hr. hester is holding pro,racted
effort at Mount Saryer There has been a
great interest manifested, and q great re.
vival is expected.
Miss Annie BERKSHIRE, of Fsrmont.
who HIS been visiting friends here, Ie-
turned to her home last week.
DIR, N. A. z,nn xpects to start his saw.
mill this week.
Miss ella Gusemln spent the holidays
At home.
Paddle" Summerheld, the prodiqaI son
returned home from Charleston last week
with broad smile on his face.
Quite = number Of persons from here
contemplate going to Washington the
fourth of March next to witness the inau-
guraliOn of the peoples choice, Grover
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph J. Mckinney re-
turned last week from their extended visit
out west. Mr.. Mckinney says there were
excellent crops in Indiana this past
summer. Some farmers had Yield Of
forty bushels OF wheat per acre.
A gloom has been cast over our entire
community by the death Of our highly re
spected friend, Mrs Emslne Martin. She
had been confined TO her room for three
months With q cancer. Wednesday, Dec.
81, just az the God Of day vas shout to
emerge from darkness, she passed over the
River Of Death to penetrate the mysteries
Of toe vast unknown. AT her death che
was sixty eight years Of sge.
Our merchants did a lively business
during holidays
Mr.. Shsrps IL erecting himself a shop
on the corner Of J ID. Wslson's lot.
Daoiel Watson bss improved the sp-
peafeDce Of bis house by EiYiug il coat
Of paint.
Farmers are busy preparing for spring
crops.
What has become Of Tag g. Plugo Of
THE AReUs7 Have they gone where The
wOodbine twineth7
Rev. A. j, Gfee1Walt delivered an ex.
oellent sermon At Mt. Vernon Chapel
bundsY. suDoN
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DOODLEDUM.

$3.50.
Does our Republican friends relize'that
Windy Wilson.g1t there BY: o. 600 msj5ri
typ
The cold blizzard that struck: this place
on Saturday last is attributed to the: cleo
ton of Cleveland.
If l had hold of the ''V eriest typo" who
mutilated my last communication l would
Introduce HIM to my No. 12 brogan,
wrote the ''Veriest tyro," not 'typo."
Our teams.ers and farmers are receiy
ing baled hay and corn:fr0m theI,west by
the car loan.
would say to my friend "Polly Sni -
der" that the Republicans Uf his locality
don't worry me in the least, was plac
I'd in this world to torment wicked Re
pub'icans and to teach pious Republicans
the error of their. way. When hava
tormented Thorn sufficiently will send their
a dog button to relieve them of their
agony.
am at a lost TO know why Editor
White should dub my mucLly esteemed
friend Gus j, Cressp, "ihe goddess of re-
triduiive justice" 1 dou't think Gus is
that kind OF an alligator. II the Journal
must go back TO the Greek or Roman
mythology so 10 speak, for name for
Gus, why not.can him the Daft odil,or the
Pansy of DemccracyS
opine there will be crest msny of the
Republicans seeking retributve justice
after the All of March. Simply ibis and
nothing more"
would suggest to.tbe Legislature, now
in session to inquire into.the exp,iieucy
OF repeaterism. In the late campaign in
this county it provedEa succese. l have
no desire myself eng-gingsin the business
bu' l have sn idea. that .such-a law would
help our friends, the enemy to elect a
Governor or President. four years hence.
You struck the key note Mr. Editor
when you SAID the people along the line
of the b, s. o. we're sgitating the removal
OF he County Seat. II is being agitated
with determination that bodies no good
for the aDsssnt town of Kingwood. Pad
ding through the mud TO the Seat of JUS
tice is played out. 1t is evident that
Kingwood lie not sleeping but dead, as for
as railroad. Not that we love King
wood less. but we love a railroad more, il
the reason we believe the County seat
should be removed from your town It
was with the understanding that rail-
road would be built that we ceased our
agitation of the County Seat removal. We
have more than fulfilled our part of the
contract, but you gentlemen failed com
pleiely to comply with yours. In the
language OF the Cockeyed msn who failed
TO knock the persimmons In the late Pres
identisl rscs, elf man fools me once II
lie bis fault: II he fools me the second time
It is my fault, and l don't propose to be
fooled the second time" so say we. Won
fooled us once, but we don't intend to LET
you fool US again until we give you
tussle for the prize. Numerous petitions
are IN circulation and we baye heard of
no man who has refused to sign them.
We are marching On the County Sea,
1000 voters strong. Get out Of the way
PATsY DoODdR.
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sent his lady-lov one 10. of candy
and two bushels oil turnips for a
Christians gift. We are rather in
clined to believe that he delivered
the candy personally, for he has since
remarked that there wss some
mighty sweet kissiu' done" while
the candy wes being devoured.
Daniel Titobenell is building a
new dwelling house near james Tayl
lor's residence.
There has been good deal Of sick.
meas in our nsighbor- hood this win
ter. Several deaths have occurred
and others are yet on the sink list.
Will UnbSrson, the Singer Sew
ing machine man, Of Oakland, was
in our neighbOrhocd last week sell
ing machines.
Elias Gooding is candidate for
matrimony. Perhaps he will "gst
there Ell
z. L. Cramer is erecting a new
dwelling house.
Bsultus Dewitt will aoou have bis
new dwelling house ready to occupy
Ed. Wolf is preparing to burn q
large kiln OF lime in the spring.
Every young msu IN this CON-
muuity has provided himeelf with
sleigh for his best girl to ride In
and still it don't snow. What q
world Of disappointment this is.
DAN TUCKER.