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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12

II Gls not reas onaDIe to expect of
course that the Alabama Claims Com
mission would escape the partizan cen
sure Of the restored Democracy. The
FIRST comptroller has stopped Mr.. Cres-
wells salary, as counsel of the com
mission, but he is not in the least dis.
turbcd by the act. The Baltimore
SINS Washington correspondent re-
ports that in Mr.. Creswells opinion
the arguments in favor Of the action of
the court are unanswerable that the
position taken by Mr.. Durham is I'M
tcnable and must be receded FROM
Mr.. Creswcli referred to the recent
comments on this subject, and said
they were based on misrepresentation
OF the facts. He SAID three depart
ments of the government-the State,
the Treasury and the Department of
IustiCc-arc all on record in support
Of what has been done by the court.
: The statement of Judge Harlan, pre-
siding justice Of the Court of Commits
sioners Of Alabama Claims, with re-
gard to the alleged illegal expenditures
ofthe court, was received at the State
apartment today. Secretary Bayard
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12
Revival of tho Iron Industries.

In review of tho business situation,
General Manager Swauk, of the Ameri-
can hon and Steel Association, says:
''On July at the beginning of the sec
ond half of the present year, we were
compelled to say that the depression in
business in the country then showed no
signs of disappearing. Two months have
passed and now, at the beginning of
September, we are gratified in being
able to say that the tide has at last
turned and that general business is
surely improving from day to day. There
is more hopeful feeling prevailing in
business circles in all large mauulactur-
ing and business centres. The demand
for manufactured products has precep-
tibly quickencd and in some lines prices
have slightly advanced. The feeling of
confidence that did not exist two months
ago, and which is now everywhere visit
BILE, can he directly traced to the in
ere lsed business which the two months
have brought. If we attempt to discover
the influences which have crpatei the in
creased demand for manufactured pro-
ducts we will all probably agree that a
leading influence is the better feeling
that exists in railroad circles. In our
iron and steel industries, canlor compcls
us to say that the revival has not cqu-
ally affected all branches. There is an
increased de mani for best grades OF
foundry and forge pig iron, and de
cded hardening in prices, but common
grades remain as they were. Bar iron is
firm at former quotations AM in in
creased demand; plate iron is firm and
advancing, sheet iron is moro active and
prices are shade better. Structural
iron, especially for bridges, is in greater
demand, and bridge builders are in re
ceipt of many new orders. Prices are
unchanged but firm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12

other Birds, even to tho ITumming Bird.
This continued unit Sage had his Curl
oSity Aroused. and he called upon the
Foul Bird and Inquired:
"Why is il that ynu AhnS" all the Bird
Creation outside Of your o"m SPECIES?
Have any of them Injured you?'
why no, replied 'he "Wner of the
Smut Macliinc. The fact that none of
them will st"np to notice me is what
Punctues my Cuticlc.'
A NulLurc never Forgives the World
that he wasn't born an Elglr.-I Dctriot
free Press.
Many strange freaks of lightning have
been reported this summer, but this is
the first time the following has appeared
in print: During a storm i'll Lincolnville
a few days ago, Discriminating thunder
bolt broke into house, assembled two
flights of stairs, kicked open u door, en-
tered a room, smashed an accordion in
the hands of a young man who was play
ing the "Sce Saw Waltz" raralyzcd the
players right arm, and then dashed out
of a window, crossed street, entered a
residence and rendered unconscious a
young lady who was kissing her pug dog.
A young man residing in the town, who
contemplated writing a funny article on
the mother ia-law, has abandoned the
idea, for fear the thunderbolt may re
turn N0rFistJ'ra UeraH.
G. G. lake, who has been predicting
the weather for several years with more
or less success, has started a paper i'll
Richland, X N, called The Future. Each
number will predict the weather for the
next thirty days, but he says that if the
public will support his paper be will
| blt OK out the weather for year CT two
| il advai c.. "indccd,' he adds "if
| there should be sufficient demand, | will
undertake to Calculate the general nature
| of the weather for the North American
| Continent for the next ten or twenty
years. as | can calculate twenty years in
| advance as easily as | can twenty Yeas
in the past, ard have repeatedly calcu
| lated back wards for much more than
twenty Yeas. In these long time calcu
lations do not attempt to give the small
details, and thcy arc quite nnnec 'essry
for the distant future"
| 1t is related that once when Nine. Patti
returned from her d..ily drive sha was
exceedingly thirsty, and asked VI Nico
lini to request some one their long re
tinue to bring her a glass Of water.
"What. siir;e!led Nicnlini. in high Il
fiat, ''Ma mignonne. you know that you
are going to sing tomb:ro night, and
that water will chill your blood. Oh, no;
| forbid any water Then give me a
taste Of wine,' pleaded thirsty Patti.
"Winc?" roared Nicnini in his highest
G. MA mignonne, ynu are going to
sing tomorrow night, and yon know that
wine will heat your blood. No, | cannot
permit wine please, can't | have
something wet..' begged Patti, as her
palate clicked drvly in her throat. Nj
colini pnndered long and deeply; and at
length, with his own hands, carefully
prepared for the great singer a soothing
draught Of dissolved magu2'ia. So much
for being prim9 donna.
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quantity taken from warehouse for con-
sumption in 1885 was only III gal
Ions for each inhabitant This indi
Gates decrease of nearly quarter of
a gallon yearly in the quantity of whis-
key taken for consumption. But the
quantity of beer consumed during the
fiscal year 1884 was OSI gallons for
every inhabitant, and in the fiscal year
which has just closed it was 1913 gal
Ions for every inhabitant, which shows
an increase of half gallon of beer, by
way of partly compensating for de
crease Of less than quarter of gallon
Of whiskey.
Other curious evidence of the inhu-
ence of commercial and industrial de-
preston upon the habits of the people
appears in revenue from taxes on to-
bacco. The revenue from cigars de-
| creased about 2 per cent. That IS to
say, instead of smoking about 5,455,
6Io,ooo cigars in year the people ap-
pear to have smoked about S,55S,447,-
900 during the last year. In 1884 the
consumption was about 81 cigars for
each person, and IN 1885 about IS
cigars. But cigarettes beng cheaper,
the consumption of these increased
about II per cent, or 10000, 900 In
number, so that, instead of smoking
about 16 cigarettes in 1884 for every
inhabitant, it appears that the people
smoked about IS for every person In
1885. There was also an increase Of
about 100000 pounds in the guam
tity of chewing and smoking tobacco
consumed. Thus it appears that the
people who smoked fewer cigars, or
account of the hard times, satisfied
themselves to a considerable extent al
least with the unwholesome cigarette
or with the Democratic pipe.-M Y
| Tribune
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THE NEW ELKTON POSTMASTER.

A citizen of this town stepped Oft
the 4.41p. NJ. train from Baltimore
on Wednesday. There was nothing
unusual in his manner, and yet a
nameless something in his eye indi-
Gated that he had news to tell. Step
ping up to a prominent Democrat,
he remarked, ca1elessly:
81 suppose you know new Post
master has just been appointed at
Elkton?"
"The duce you say p was the
startled answer. "Who is it? Gil
pin, Partridge, Reese, Lewis, Smith,
Frazer, or who-or who-or who
who-who-who -
"No, Weathers. E. w. Wealth
ers," was the calm reply.
"Wcathers !" exclaimed the as
tonished listener, "Who in the thun-
der is Weathers? l know every
Democrat in Cecil county, and I'll
take my oath there's not one by that
name in the county. You mean
Wetherell; the Judge we call him;
a very clever fellow, who lives just
on the edge of town. Bless my soul,
who ever dreamed he wanted the
postoffice? Well, l have no doubt
there are a number who wanted the
postoffice who never said SC"
mo, SIR said the other, "you are
mistaken. The name of the new
postmaster at Elkton is not Wether-
ell, it is Weathers- W-e-a-t-h-e-r-s,
Weathers."
The incredulous Democrat was not
satisfied at all.
Parting company at the corner
near the depot the news rapidly
spread. 1t reached the postoffice in
just two minutes. An employee OF
the office hurried to that Of the news
monger, and asked excitedly whether
it was fact that a new postmaster
had been appointed at Elkton, Mary
land.
"No," said the other, smilingly,
"Not at Elkton, Maryland; at Elk
ton, Kentucky"
The list of appointments for We'd
nesday showed the appointment
named.
1t was simply harmless joke.
But it was sufficient to show how
sensitive communities are at this
time about postofices; or, indeed,
about offices generally.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12
PROTECTION THE TRUE IDEA-HOME
MARKET FOR FARM PRODUCTS,

| PROTECTION THE TRUE IDEA-HOME
MARKET FOR FARM PRODUCTS.
If an intelligent capitalist were asked
how he could best benefit the farmers
of any neighborhood in Cecil county,
his reply would be-by planting big
manufacturing establishment in their
midst.
And it would not be necessary for
him to 60 on and explain why. Any
man of ordinary intelligence would see
at glance that home market would
be created for their farm products that
the hundreds of operatives in this
mandatory would largely depend upon
the farmers of the neighborhood for
what they ate; that in finding market
at their doors, these farmers would save
the expense of hauling their products
to distant markets, and their net earn
ings thereby be increased. They would
see further that, a home demand being
created for every fam product, the
farmer would realize better prices for
what he sold, outside of the saving of
the expense of marketing his produce.
He would see, that in addition to the
advantage ne derived by the proximity
OF a certain market for his products,
that every man of whom he in turn
bought necessary articles for his house
hold would be correspondingly bene-
fitted by an increased demard for 1.-THE
commodities he sold or dealt in.
The recent history of the town of
Elkton illustrates even more forcibly
the point we desire to make: For
years past the property-owners and
business men of the town have been
longing and praying that the advan-
taeeous location of the town would at
tract the attention of some capitalist,
and that an impetus would be given to
its growth by the erection of some
"big" mandatory, which would in
crease its population, add to its circu-
lating capital and revive business gen.
orally. The chronic prayers of Elk
tons we'll wishers seemed destined to
be unanswered for long years. Other
Maryland towns felt the rcviving in
fuence of industrial prosperity. but
Elkton still languished in her olden
quiet and repose. She got to be the
''butt" of every scribbling newspaper
reporter "as a finished town." as
fenced in - and the growth of her
neighboring rival, North East, the seat
of large manufacturing interest. was
daily thrown in her face. "Why, North
East grows much faster than Elkton,"
was the current expression heard on
every railroad train that passed the two
villages, and which the stir and hustle
at the railroad depot Of the former as
a train approached seemed to empha
size.
But the period of Elkton's deca-
dence had at last reached its limit.
The very moment it was announced
that a well known Philadelphia capital
ist was about to make the town the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12
SHERMAN REPLIES TO HOADLY.
He Asserts That There is No Pretence of
Fair Elections In the South.

He Asserts That There is No Pretence of
Fair Elections In the South.
Senator John Sherman delivered
speech at Lebanon, Ohio, last Tuesday
night, devoted mainly to replying to the
address of Gov. Hoadly. He said that
the Governor had not fairly stated his
position, and that he had evaded and
avoided the important issues growing out
of the condition of affairs in the South.
He reiterated that the war was over, and
he only demanded now what was fairly
won by the soldiers in the war. Six
millions of people were emancipated and
enfranchised by the war, and amend
ments were made with the personal APP
proval of Gov. IIoadly, as the result of
which they were entitled to vote and
were granted representation in Congress
and in the Electoral College. Mr.. Sher-
man continued:
The effect of the crimes | have men,
toned is to confer upon the white peO-
pie of the South not only a number of
votes to which they are entitled fer the
white population, but also the thirty
eight votes based upon the colored pop
ulation, and in this way, in some of the
Southern States, every white voter DOS
sesses the political power of two white
voters in the Northern States. The col
ored people have practically no voice in
Congress, and no voice in the Electoral
College. Mr.. Cleveland is now President
of the United States instead of James q.
Blaine by reason of these grimes. | claim
that this should be corrected. An in
justice SO gross and palpabe will not be
submitted to by the colored people of the
South nor by fair-minded white men in
tho South who hate wrong and injustice,
nor by the reat body of Northern peo-
pie by whose sacrifices in the Union cause
the war was brought to successful ter
mination. If the policy of the past is to
be pursued, and there is no redress for
the colored people of the South for these
offences, committed under color of State
law, then, under the fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution, we may fairly
appeal to all Northern States to stand
ogether to reduce tire representation
based upon the colored vote, and on this
question Gov. Hoadly ought to be where
he was during the war.
Senator Sherman finally said that Gov.
Hoadly did not seem to understand the
distinction between man who favors
the Mississippi policy and such men as
Key and Akerman, who did all they could
to nut down the Ku-Klux,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12
BUSINESS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
A Better Outlook In tho Oil Interest-De-
preston I'm the Lumber Region.

A Better Outlook In tho Oil Interest-De-
preston In the Lumber Hesion.
The correspondents of the Philadelphia
Press in various parts of the State re-
port, in relation to business affairs, that
the greatest prosperity is shown iii the
oil regions, where confidence seems per-
fectly restored in spite of a belief a few
weeks since that the advance in Oil was
speculative. Reports of the iron trade
are somewhat conflicting, but many Eas
tern mills show marked prosperity, The
bituminous coal trade has been some
what injured by the extended use of
natural gas, and in the anthracite region
there is lack of confidence and an appa.
rent fear to base sanguino calculations on
the present improvement.
Among the most diseouraging reports
are those from the Susquehanna lumber
region, though Williamsport seems pros
porous in spite of an overstocked market.
Reports from the purely agricultural
counties indicate conditions varying with
the quality of crops. Perry county sends
the gloomiest message, and generally the
region west of the Susquehanna seems
less active than the eastern counties.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12

At last MIR. Kelley is home. With
turgid cloquence the Richmond State
voices the sentiments of Virginia on
this international episode. "Alr. Kei-
ley's thousands of friends" it says,
''bid him welcome to his native
Shores" Then it tells him that "the
indignant warfare" wagcd against him
''has only served to bind more closely
to him those who know his real worth !"
Moreover, it seems that to-day he
towers above his enemies" superior
alike "to the petty potentates and
dancing courtcrs of crumbling monar-
chics, and to the treacherous adven-
turcrs and INSCRIPTIONS timescrvers
that blot the public life of his own
country" Austria needn't be surprised
if the state of Virginia declares war
against its petty potentate" for its
treatment of Kelley.
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POPULAR DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT

Civil Service Reform is fraud. l
am one of the seventeen Democrats
who voted against it, and have never
seen the day l would not vote for its
repeal. The only Civil Service Reform
| want is to hunt out every bad Repub-
lican office holder, and remove him
because he is bad. Then want to
remove every good Republican because
he is a Republican and there is as
capable a Democrat for the place, who
is better because he is a Democrat
Senator Blackburn.
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fgik of tie Day,

A new bank has been organized in
Philadelphia to encourage the habit of
saving in children. 1t receives deposits
as small as one penny. Incidently it
might be remarked that this business
will encourage a saving i'll cashiers. A
good load of coppers does not foot up
many dollars.
Senator Logan recently rch, arked that
when the Senate met it would not be long
before the action of Secretary Whitney
in reference to the contracts with John
Roach for the construction Of the naval
CRUISERS will come under review, and the
secretary would get such Il raking as lie
would be apt to remember for )me time
to come.
Collector Cadwallaier, of Philadelphia,
has peremptori!y discharged one of en-
ployes under him for giving for publica-
ton the substance of an interview with
him. lie says the discharge was simply
the result of determination to maintain
due discipline in the department.
The political campaign i'm Ohio is now
being actively prosecuted. Gov, Hoadly
and Judge Foraker, opposing candidates
for Governor, are on the stump daily,
and have lists of appointments running
up to the eve Of elect,on. The strongest
speakers on each sidr are always actively
at work. though there is conceded to be
a scarcity Of campaign funds with both
parties.
ri, Gp,nf MI ,nhinn
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12

Cor. LAMONT is authority for the
statement that the President would not
make any appointments for the pres
ent. He will first straighten up all
matters which have accumulated dur
ing his absence, and will then proceed
to make all necessary appointments in
4 systematic manner.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12

DR.. WELLS has beaten Bannon in
Anne Arundel, and the battle-scarred
veteran, with blood in his eye has
taken the war-path. The primary con-
test just closed there was bloody one.
One "Reformcr" with the suggestive
name of Glove" was shot by a loving
brother "Reformer," and bad blood
generally displayed. Bannon predicts
Democratic defeat in that county.
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GREAT LAND STEAL IN TEXAS.


Tho school Fund Dcfrauded of 1a,159 500
Acres, Valued at&25, 900, 900.
GALVESTON, Sept. THE Daily Nc~s
some weeks ago charged that nearly 81,
600, 900 had been lost to the people and
the school fund of Texas by the msman-
agement of State land affairs or some
thing worse. In it's issue this morning
the Nens editorial says on tho same sub
ject:
''To show to what extent the school
fund has been robbed in the last ten
years some official figures are submitted.
In 1915 the new Constitution gave one.
half of the public domain to public
schools, besides the alternate sections To-
Gated by virtue of railway scrip.
AT that time there were already 10
Gated for the school fund 1885, 600
acres, and there were g.. $50, 129 acres of
vacant unappropriatcd public domain,
which latter has been exhausted during
the past ten years. The school fund, I'M
der the constitutional provision donating
half the public domain to that fund,
ought to have received 80. 100, 06l acres,
being half the land disposed OF in that
time, which, added to the acerag,
owned by the school fund in 1873, woul
make u grand total of A., l76 66i acres Of
schoo! lands, less the s, O3i, S04 acres that
have been sold.
Thus the school fluid ought now to
have unsod located lands amounting to
81, 337, $50 acres, but has, in fact, only
81, G75, 291 acres" THIS fund, J." then
says the Ncrs, ''has been defrauded of
Il, i29, 1913 acres, worth SIS, 900, 900
Some time there will be a sure enough
investigation of land matters in this
State. Twelve million acres may be a
small matter, but it's worth hunting up.
1t is about thirty res for every pupil i'll
the public schools" GLOW would it do?'
says the Necs, "for the Grass Cammis
sioners to be put on the trail of these
lost landsa"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-12
TWO BIG LABOR PARADES.
Fifteen Thousand Men in Line in New York
and Eight Thousand In Chicago

Fife Thousand Men in Line in New York
and Eight Thousand In Chicago
New YORK, Sep.7.-The annual parad"
of the labor organizations of this city
and vicinity took place today. 1t was
estimated that fully 15,0 men were in
tho ranks. These represented every
trade that could be named. In the line
were brass bands and drum corps, and
men bearing flags, banners and transpar
encies with notices of different kinds
There were also wagons, coaches and
stages filled with girls from the silk fac
tories. The procession attracted Il great
deal of attention. Tho best appearing
body of men wero the bakers but the
Typographical Union turned ont the
largest number. The procession marched
down Broadway to the Battery and was
reviewed at Union Square by prominent
labor rcformers. Alter disbanding the
paraders went to a park where the rest
of the day were spent i'll games and ies
tivities.
CHICAGO, H.. Sept. THE labor de-
monstration here today was an at
fair of considerable magnitude. The day
was perfect one for the parade, and
fully 5000 men were in line, representing
the various trades assemblies and unions
of the city The parade is the outgrowth
of an effort to have an annual holiday for
the working classes of the country and
was conducted under the auspices OF the
various trades assemblies In arranging
for the demonstration it was decided to
not allow the red flag of the Socialist to
be carried, and this provoked a counter
movement on the part of the Anarchists,
who paraded yesterday. In the column
today the American colors only were dis
played, together with the banners of the
various societies and impromtu banners
emblazoned with notices to the effect
that eight hours should constitute a
working day and denouncing convict
labor. In the column were a number OF
decorated wagons, on which the process
Of printing paper, making horseshoes
and cutting stone was illustrated. The
column proceeded to Osden's Grove,
where the day was devoted to hearing
speeches and general enjoyment.
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Gen. SHERMAN positively declined tt

Gen. SHERMAN positively declined to
be president of the St. Louis Monu-
ment Association, or to have anything
10 DO with it. Grant" he said, ex-
planning, ''was worthy of every monu-
ment that can be raised to his memory,
but | think that the one over his grave
should be finished before others are
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ORDER NTSI

William Fitzgibbon vs. Thomas Fitz,ibbon.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county, No. l2g
Equity.
nRDERED, this 23i day of July. 1885,
" that the sale of the houses and lots in Port
Deposit, in Cecil county, aforesaid, belonging to
the estate OF Thomas Fitzgibhon, a person of I'M
sound mind, made and reported by John f. Jack
son. committee OF the person and estate of said
Thomas titzgihbon. he ratified and conf rmed
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on
or before the 26th day of September next: prOvid-
cd copy oi this order he inserted in some news
paper, printed and published in Cecil county,
August next
The report states the amount of sale to be 81 $50
JAMES A. DAVIES.
True Copy: Clerk.
July 25-lm Test-JAs. A. DAVIS, Clerk.