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States, counting Maryland, got 70, and
the great West, IL. The states cleft
entirely without nomination are Maine,
New Hampshire, South Carolina, Ala
bama, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Iowa, Kansas, Dakota, Colorado, Cali
fornia, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana,
New Mexico, Arizona, Washington and
Indian Territories.
The favored one so far is New York,
and, strange as it may seem, Maryland
comes very near it. Counting the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Higgins, it has four
already, and with another, the solicitor
of internal revenue, conceded it, max
ing five, and the impression given at
the White House recently was that
Maryland would get the marshal of the
District-either Woodbury. Blair or Ed
Johnson, both Notwithstanding it
even with New York. At present Penn
sylvania, Georgia, Virginia, Illinois and
Mississippi received three each Della
ware, Kentucky, Connecticut, Tennes
see, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri and
Texas two each. The following states
have only one so far: Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey,
West Virginia. Arkansas, Michigan, Ne
vada, North Carolina and Indiana. The
salaries received by TIE four Maryland
appointments (minister to France, sec
ond assistant postmaster general, consul
general to Berlin and appointment clerk
of the treasury amount to S2S,2oo-
This Is fourth highest. New York comes
first and carries off $4,000; Georgia
next with $4,000; then Virginia gets
$40, 200 Ohio follows with S2I,1oo;
Vermont, SI7,5oo Pennsylvania, sI6,-
900 Kentucky, $4,000 Texas, SI4,-
500 Wisconsin, ST 5000; Connecticut,
Illinois, Mississippi and North Carolina,
S12, 900 each; Missouri, $4,000; Ten
nessee, $500; Arkansas, Delaware
and Massachusetts,, $4,000 each; Indi-
ana, $500; Rhode Island and Neva-
da, $500 each ; West Virginia, SO 900
New Jersey, $1,000, and Michigan
ends the list with $1,000 for commits
sioner of patents.
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NET DEMOCRATIC RESULT.

Since the adjournment of the Senate
the Democratic politicians are very
busy summoning up net results in the
distribution of patronage by the Presi-
dent, with which it is no exaggeration
of the truth to say that they are not in
the happiest frame of mind. They
make a show of acquiescence, of course,
in what some of them term "the cold
molasses" rapidity with which the Pres
ident "turns the rascals out" but there
is no copcealin5 their real chagrin and
disappointment at President Cleveland's
frmness and independence in the dis
trbution of public spoils.
There were in all ia nominations
sent by the President to the Senate ;
153 were confirmed, rejected and 3
were chung up" OF these I25 were
civil offices, the rest army and navy
OF the first total, were cabinet offices.
Only Is changes were made out of 81
diplomatic positions I consuls were
changed cut of 1872. There were S as
sistant secretaries appointed, besides
one vacancy caused by death, and six
heads of bureaus. Only 3 or 4 changes
out of 60 United States marshals and
!, 60 United States district attorneys, and
out of the 2,347 postmasters to be nom
mated by the President there were only
s. named, and one of these rejected.
The next question is: Out of the APP
sentiments, what part of the country
i1yed the best? New England only
1ev York, 6; Middle States, in
delaware, New Jersey and
81 S the Southern
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where 1t was raised, and /, 57I,Ioo were
shipped out Of those counties. OF the
entire corn crop ofthe state, 1S,7rS,5oo
bushels proved to be merchantable and
represented value of S14o5, IS2, or
81 cents per bushel. The I,52S7oo
bushels of understandable corn in the
crop of the state represented value of
>44I,S75, being at the rate of p cents
per bushel. 1t is estimated that 6oo,
$50 bushels Of the Maryland crop was
left unharvested in the field for print
tive stock feeding.
The wheat crop in Maryland in 1884
aggregated 100000 bushels, of which
2,47S,ooo bushels remained on hand on
March 1st, 1855. OF the amount con-
sumed, 2,I47, 900 bushels were retain
ed for county consumption, and 1928,
900 bushels were distributed beyond
county lines. Maryland wheat is put
down as weighing 50 pounds per bush
ell the average weight of the entire crop
of the country is 5S.5. The report of
the state agent Of Maryland speaks of
the crops as follows "In Maryland
but little of the corn crop is sold to go
outside of the state. The crop in 1884
was remarkably sound, and not over 5
or 10 per cent. was understandable.
1t has all been garnered and in good
time, none at present remaining IN the
fields. There has been no injury to
cattle reported from feeding moldy or
decayed corn. The wheat crop of S94
was an average one, and in quality above
the average. Some few crops weighed
less, but many weighed 81 pounds per
bushel. Notwithstanding the wonder
fully low prices. nearly all the wheat
grown in the state has passed from the
hands of the farmers, and very little has
been retained by spectators. On the
subject of the winter wheat crop the
state agent reports: at is rather early
to express anything like decided opin
ion as to the present condition of the
wheat crop. Much depends upon the
future state of the weather. 1t may be
said, as a general outlook, that the
wheat crop over the whole state is prom
ising better than conld be expected af-
ter such a severe winter and It's late
seeding on badly prepared ground.
The ground was so dry last fall that
farmers could not prepare it properly
for seeding. There are complaints from
some counties of wheat being badly
winter killed. 1t has been nearly all
the time covered with snow and ice.
The latter did it much injury at one
time because it laid directly over the
wheat plants, and was covered with a
deep snow, thus shutting off air and
light and freezing the tender plants at
the same time. Yet we have reason to
believe that the wheat crop will be a
fair one for the area sown, which was
One-fOurth less than usual. But little
'fallow wheat was sown in Southern
Maryland, and on that account the gen.
eral aggregate must be much reduced"
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WHAT THE REPUBLICANS THINK or IT.
They Regard the Administration With APP
proyaI. Mixed with Satisfaction.

They Regard the Administration With APP
proyaI. Mixed with Satisfa ction.
A correspondent of New York paper
writes from Washington Of the political
situation as follows:
The Republicans are taking nearly as
deep an interest III Mr.. Cleveland as the
Democrats. Though the larger body OF
them are interested in the course of the
head, because the continuance of its pres
ent course, as they think, will improve
the prospects of the Republican party,
yet it is q fact that there are Republicans
who supported Blaine who now affirm
that if Mr.. Cleveland goes on as he is
going, they will support him. The Re-
publican Senators at the extra session
gave important moral support to the
President in making appointments, and
it is understood that he felt encouraged
to go ahead as he began. How far this
moral support was based on the belief
that the Presidents course would
strengthen the Republican party, and
that it was the best way to build it up,
is question about which there may or
may not be dou BITS. It is fair to assume
that the Republicans mainly will work
for their own party, and that whenever
an opportunity presents itself they will
favor what will tend to divide the Demo-
Gratis. This may have been the animuS
OF the moral support of the Republican
Senators.
\ popularity of the present political
situation is the support Mr.. Blaine is
giving to the President, whether it be
considered moral and sincere or not. Mr..
Blaine SPEAKS we'll of Mr.. Cleveland and
his Administrations, which he did not do
of Mr.. Arthur and his Administration.
lie appIaudS the President civil service
IDEAS as he puts them in practice, though
it is a settled belief that Cleveland is
| making fewer removals. and is slower at
| cleaning out the stables than Blaine
would have been.
So. while some Republicans are APP
parentiy giving sincere support Co the
President, others Of that party are APP
plauding him because they think that
what ht is doing will help their party.
Others are in excellent humor because
they are still in Office, with the prospect
of holding on a good while, and, as a
whole, the Republicans are pretty happy
all round
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WORKING OF HIGH LICENSE

The WIG has been a consistent adj
vocate of restrictive legislation upon
the liquor traffic, and earnestly urged
the adoption of local option in Cecil
county, in the interest of public econ
omy and public morals. 1t is fact
that the success of the system locally is
not as assured as it might have been,
simply because the enforcement of the
law has unfortunately been in large
measure committed to the hands of
those who are opposed to it. tits true
that few of the most fragrant violators
of the law have been punished, but the
fact still remains that the number of
those who Systematically violate it, by
the surreptitious sale of liquor through
out the county, is out of all proportion
to the number of those convicted of its
violation. If this state of things in the
county continues, and our local author
tiles still show such indifference to the
enforcement of the law, one inevitable
result must follow, viz, that the intelli-
gent sentiment of the county will not
long sustain system which does not
bind evenly upon all. The keepers of
public houses in the county, who hon
estly regard the law, justly complain
that they are punished for their hon
esty-that men who defy the law 90
scott free, or at least generally escape
punishment. We believe, notwithstand-
ing the weak enforcement of Local
Option, that it has been public bene-
fit, and we shall oppose the repeal of
the law, until it is clearly shown that
some other restriction system is better
adapted to accomplish the end desired.
The number of the advocates of high
license system, however, is evidently
on the increase, and if communities
throughout the county are to be cursed
with the continued illegal and unpun-
ished traffic in bad whiskey, we are not
prepared to say how long it will be be
fore majority of our people would not
change their minds on the subject of
Local Option, and advocate a high
license system. They would argue with
reason that if liquor is to be sold at all
legally or iliegally-it were better to
place the responsibility of its sale in the
best hands. They would cite the ben
efcial result of high license system in
a large and populous state like Illinois.
That law, known as the Harper law,
was passed in 1883. Ii fixes the min
imum license for dram shops at $500,
and for malt liquors at $3.50 only in
cities, towns and villages, and author
ICES county boards to grant licenses
upon petition of the legal voters of a
town or district.
The Chicago Tribune reports the
result of the working of the law in a
majority of the counties of the state.
In Cook county, in which Chicago is
situated, the liquor men are most able
to prevent the execution of the law,
and yet even there the number of sa-
looms has been diminished by from 500
to I, 900, and the city revenue has been
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GENERAL GRANT BETTER.
Resting: Easy and Sleeping WelI-A Mes
sage From Queen Victoria

General Grant became so well yester.
day that all OF the doctors withdrew from
the hous for time and left him for the
first time III many days in the sole care
of his family lie fell asleep soon aite1
eleven o'clock on Thursday. and slept
steadily. with two slight fits of coughing
until seven o clock yesterday morning.
Then he rose for the day. with his mind
clear and his body refreshed BY his long
rest. lie ate heartily and with appetite
and felt SO well that he walked about
the room for exercise. The purse Henry,
was the only one who had remained with
hun daring the night. DR.. Shrady aud
the family went to bed, confident they
could do SO with safety.
The bracing weather in the morning
had a good effect on the General. He
was mere active, more cheerful and more
inclined to talk. The postman called
with the morning bundle of letters,
which seems to grow larger each day.
\ cable message from Queen Victoria
was received. 1t ran as follows:
AK LES BANS, April 8 1885.
To Mrs. General Grant, New York:
The Queen, who feels deeply for you
in your anA ieties, commands me to in
uume after General Grant.
DowAGER MARCHIoNEss OF ELY.
Colonel Fred Grant sent this answer:
New YORK, April 8, 1885.
To Warehouses OF ELY:
Mrs. Grant thanks the Queen for her
sympathy and directs me to say General
Grant is no better.
FRED ID. GRANT.
The ninth of April was the anniversary
of the surrender of General Lee to Gen
eral Grant at Appomattox, twenty years
ago.
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lie "mugwump" journals alre.

The "mugwump" journals already
echo the demand for ''new party"
The chief advocates of the new party
are the E1ening Post, the New York
Times, the Springfield Republican and
Ha,bey's Weekly. 1t is to be COM
posed of the better and more thought
full elements of the two parties into
which the country is now divided.
Democrats at present are not clamor-
ing for it, and Republicans of good
standing in their party can afford to
await the Developments Of the imme-
date future.
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The glad Easter anthem "On earth
peace, good will to men," seems as
strange in this year of grace 1855, as it
was eighteen hundred years ago. The
tramp of hostile armies is echoing in
the Old World. All Europe IS in a
ferment. England and France have
expensive armies engaged in unjustifi-
able wars, and Russia promises to take
a hand, while on this Western Hemis-
phere, Canada has an Instruction, and
Central American states seek to destroy
each other.
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The local Crosses" in Baltimore are
recognizing the inevitable and making
their peace with Senator German.
"What is the use Of fighting this year"
said one of the heretofore anti German
leaders a few days ago. No use, say we.
The Senator has the whip hand of you,
and you ought to have sense enough
to know it.
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MARYLAND CROPS.

The March report of the Department
of Agriculture shows that out of 1921,
600 bushels of corn raised in the state
of Maryland in 1884, there were remain
ing on hand on the first of last month
6,247I7o bushels, or Al per cent. OF
the amount consumed ro,655,9 600 bush
els were consumed in the counties
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Tbi. I;tea of Geing West

to Colorado or New Mexico, for pure air to
relieve Consumption, is all II mistake. Any
reasonable man would use DIR. Bosanko' S
Cough and Lung Syrup for consumption in
all It's first stages. 1t never fails To give re-
lief in all cases of Coughs Colds, Bronchitis.
Pains in the Chest and all affections pri-
mary to COuSumption. Price % cents and
81. 90. Sold by Or. II. IL. Mitchell. 4.
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tratiOn

The result of the elections in the
West gives fresh courage to the Re-
publicans. If, as some Democrats
assert, the Republican party is dead,
it is lively corpse in Ohio and Ill
inois. The defeat of last fall has
taught Republicans a useful lesson.
The future OF Republicanism is as
bright as at any period of its history.
1t can easily retrieve in the next four
years all the losses it sustained in
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The following resolutions were offered
by WIN. Preston Johnston, son OF Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston, at a reunion on
Monday evening Of Confederate veterans
of the Louisiana Division of the Army of
the Tennessee at New Orleans and were
unanimously adopted;
"Rcs0l0ed, That the Association of the
Army OF the Tennessee hear with deep
regret of the pain and peril now endured
by Gen. L. s. Grant. Twenty-three
years ago today our soldiers met HIM on
the field of battle and found him then,
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To You.
From Oak Hall.
The Samson of the Period.

Imperial power
rests with the Farmer.
The great freight cor
porations seek him
that they may take
toll upon his ample
stores. We traders
seek him to take 0zr
stuff. His staples are
down, his face long
but why? No reason,
while his dollar will
buy so much. The
Oak Hall stock
proves this. Our
story for this spring
is a tale of cheapness.
Note these examples
in Mems Suits
Blue Flannel Suits,
Sc 50, $1,000, $1,000,
$500. They are all,
except the lowest,
all-wool and all full
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The Baltimore Democracy promise
to be a "happy family" once more, and
the american is authority for the as
sertion that there will be very little OPP
position to Senator German in the pri-
maries. All the leading city bosses are
for him, and he will have the benefit OF
the united Rasin and Morrison ma
chimes, besides his own state commit
tee. 1t is also intimated that he will
have the aid of the national admins
tratiOn.
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as ever, a soldier without fear aud with
out maIignity. In his own suffering and
the sorrow of his family we tender him
and them our heartfelt sympathy, and
ask for them the comfort and peace
which cometh from Him who is not only
Lord of Hosts, but Father of us ALL
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indigo color. Atwood Black CheVlot SUITS, $3.50
,d $1,000 Black Corkscrew and Diagonal Worsted
its $780, $500, $780, $4,000, S22.5o $500,
$500, $1,000. Brown Wine, Blue and Dahia
Worsted Suits, $780, $4,000, s22. So $500. $500.
Just through all the STOCK the three great E rs,
Elegance Excellence Economy. prevail.
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IUanamakrr's.
PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 1855.

PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 1885.
Have dress-cloths fallen?
No; but three wonderful
things have happened here.
Cloths haven't fallen, we say,
because there's no fall out
side. Nowhere else are
dollar ladies' cloths sold for
. IS cents; but we are selling
tons of Internationally tons
of them! Fifty different
colors and mixtures ; best
dollar cloths. They haven't
ceased to be dollar cloths;
for they bring a dollar every
where else, wherever they
are. $3.50 for six yards.
Plaids of a similar cloth,
dollar plaids for IS cents;
fifteen color varieties, as
pretty as any; not quite SO
wide, 5o-inch. As uneXpect-
ed as the ladies' cloths.
Still another. Plaids and
stripes and clouds and mix
lures all in one; all these
withoutpattern, law or order;
twenty varieties, more per-
haps; SI.25 for 81.
What makes these three
events here peculia rly
strange is that they happen
only here. They are very
big events. By far the big
gest is the dollar ladies'
cloth for IS cents.
Southeast from the center
The coming black silk
FOR a year or two the SroS-
grain weave has been losing
favor. Cachemire on one
side has clearly won the lead.
Faille Francaiseis coming op
the other.
Faille FRANCHISE isn't new.
1t has been edging its way
into use for two or three
years. 1t isn't as a novelty
it's coming. 1t is going to
take the place in a manner
of gros-grain in the higher
grades of silk.
Cachemire is the common
weave of silk of lighter cord
so light that one hardly
thinks of cord at all.
Faille FRANCHISE has twice
as heavy cord as gros-grain;
and it has a distinguishing
advantage over all the other
weaves it comes in COMPETE
ton with, viz it is tight, does
not slip, can't be drawn or
pushed apart on the warp.
We have at present five
grades of Faille Francaise:
$3.50, SI.75, s., $3.50 and
s.. Even the lowest grade
deserves the best we say
of it.
Southwest from the center.
A novelty in jerseys is a
heece-lined stockinet with a
silk finish, trimmed with
beads, good for both look
and warmth. OF another sort
are those that are nothing
but beads and bangles.
There are cashmere jer-
seys with white vests, the
vests deliberately ornament
ed with applique work. 9th
ers with embroidered polka
dots. Prim-looking jerseye
with standing collar and vest
piece literally covered with
narrow braid put on edge
wise in various designs, also
trimmed with Hercules braid.
jack e is trimmed
With straps of velvet and tin
sci braid, pink, blue, black.
jerseys, woven in one
olece, cream, white, blue,
black. Atwood jerseys as
ow as SIPS.
5O3 Chestnut.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
hestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets,
aud Civ hall suuare.
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Dandrutf is dirty and disagreeable in
every way. IL soils the clothing continually
and is accompanied by a hardly less annoy
ing sensation of itching. The scalp is dis
eased. There is nothing in the world so
thoroughly adapted TO this trouble Park
er's Hair b llsam. 1t cleanses and heals the
scalp, stops the falling hair and restores its
original sottneSs, gloss and color. Is not
oily, highly pertumed, an elegant dressing.
Very economical as onlya small occasional
application keeps the hair in perfect condi-
ton.
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Oh. Grill n)|'ie.
ELKTON, APRIL II, 1885.

OUR Erred" is still out in the cold.
But keep your weather eye on him, he
will turn up trumps yet.
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1t was wise one that said: every man
is occasionally what he ought to be perpet-
ually." That must he when he is honest
enough to acknowledge the merits of DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup, the only sue cure for
coughs and colds.
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Wednesday "Robert Macaire" and ga
Regular Fix"
Thursday evening "Robert Macaire'' and
GA Widows NicIim.''
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Ward Il Davis have the largest stock of
shoes in Cecil county, and their prices are
PROFESSIONALLY low.
A large line of gents walking canes just
received D 10, 20, and DC.
WARD Il DAVIS.
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ssVHE*WHIGsSs:

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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS COMMUNICATIONS ARE
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS
ITS REGULAR CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO
ATTENTION. THE NAME OF THE WRITER BEING REQUIRED
ALL CASES AS A GUARANTEE OF GOOD FAITH.
MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES INSERTED eRATUI-
rouSLY OBITUARIES WILL BE CHARGED HALF THE
USUAL RATE OF TRANSIENT LOCAL MATTER.
Local mat Ten cents line for single inSer
ton.
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four cents line ror every additional insertion.
One inch Of space counted as Treble lines. one
o Hmn, Fiue poliors per inch, one year.
osr changes aAoUed to yearly advertisers ui:hoGt
additional charge.
The circulation Of The Hhig being among the
most intelligent classes of Cecil county and the
adjoining counties of Mcyyidnd, Pennsylvania and
Dela,care, ITS proprietor confidently recommends ii
10 Business Men as most desirable medium, for
TemunerGtire advertising
To maintain its high standard fGRlig Journal
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admitted INTO its columns at any price
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Drew's Yeast Powder is sold by all gro
GERS, tea dealers, and country merchants
everywhere.