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The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
CharleStOWn Items.

Among our Democratic friends politics
seems to be at fever heat. V. b. Algard. of
this town, is ont for the nomination for
Sheriff, and promises to make it warm for
some of the other aspirants. Much interest
centres in the primaries to-day.
Percy Morrison and Carroll Wies, of Will
mington, were the guests of w. r. Rich.
ardson, of this town, on Sunday last.
Mr.. Edward Rose and wife are visiting
c. G. Graham.
Mr. Armstrong, surveyor on the B. & o.,
spent Sunday last with friends here
Rev. George Il. Kramer, of Brooklyn, is
visiting friends in this neighborhood. On
Sunday morning last at the Household of
Faith Church he preached to large and
attentive congregation from Revelations
Goth chapter and 4th verse Next Sunday
(to-morrow) he breaches at the Metropoi-
tan Church, Washington. ID. G.
Children's Day was observed here The
church was handsomely adorned with
choice flowers and paLtS; bouquets were
tastefully arranged around the altar, organ,
and singing by members of the school, and
addresses We're made by the pastor, Rev.
Samuel Logan, Mr.. William Pennell and
b. Cooling. LOCUST.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
North East Items.

Prof. Robinson, of Baltimore city, was in
town on Thursday of last week
Mrs. Rose and son, of Bay View, were
the guests of Mrs J. S. Ferguson on Sun
day last.
Miss Mary Manly, of Baltimore, who has
been visiting at the residence of Mr.. T. S.
McCracken the past week, left for her homo
on Monday last.
DIR. Whitaker, of Cherry Hill, was in
town on Thursday of last week.
Miss Mary Wright, of Baltimore, who has
for the past week been visiting at the
Ford homestead, near this town, left for her
home on Saturday last.
Mr.. j. S. Simcoe and wife, of North East
have gone to Still Pond, Kent county,
Md, to visit friends. They expect to be
absent for some time.
Mr.. Whitaker, of Philadelphia, was in
this town on Tuesday last.
Mayor Nandiver, of Havre de Grace was
the guest of Mr.. John Moke, Mr.. r. L.
Thomas, Jr., and Mr.. Samuel Sturgeon on
Sunday last Mayor Vandiver returned to
Havre de Grace in the evening accompanied
by the three gentlemen above named. They
drove in a barouche to Perryville. May
Nandiver has many friends in North East
Mr.. VIM. Kerr, of Wrightsville, York
county, Pa, was in this town on Thursday
week. Mr.. Kerr ownes several extensive
lime quarries at Wrightsvllle and else
| where.
Prof. |. w. Coslett, of this town, has con-
cluded to devote his entire time in the
future to music teaching. He is an excel
| lent instructor on number of instruments.
Our postotfice opens at 6 o'clock in the
morning and closes at Z o'clock in the even
ing, and our p. NJ. is an excellent official.
Report says that Mr.. William Pyle, of
Chester, Pa, is locking for site on Jethro
street, the "new edition" to erect cotton
mill.
Mr.. b. f. Thomas, a prominent citizen OF
this town, will soon have built a handsome
cottege of modern style on his lot in Perk
insville' He will make it his permanent
residence.
Mr.. VIM. j. Wilson, of Elk Neck, has
teams hauling rails and posts to the p. w
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

Mr.. EDIToR:-I find in the editorial
columns of the New York Herald, of the
18th inst, the following article:
''Mr. Roach and the Peri-Mr. Roach
after as many trials to get his Dolphin
into the Navy as Tom Moore's Peri, made
to get into Eden, has like her, succeeded
at last. His task is done, and the gates
are open and passed. The Dolphin
made her sea trip yesterday, without
breaking her machinery or running into
any other vessel. Mr.. Roach like Tom
Moore is an h'isAman, and he ought to
put his Dolphin experience into verse
and published as supplement to Lalla
Rookh." This lets the cat out of the
bag, and ought to satisfy every fair
minded American, and every Irishman
throughout the country, why the pro-
prietor and editor of the Herald has done
and wrote SO much to injure Mr.. Roach
and induce the secretary of the Navy to
reject vessel that surpasses, not only
what his contract called for, but has
surprised the expectation of her most
sanguine friends She was designed and
built by an Irishman, and that was
enough to condemn her in the eyes Of
the Herald, even of her equal had never
been known.
Any person who has had any expert
ence on sea going steamers with heavy
horse power, knows that heated journals
and defective iron and steel is bound to
exhibit themselves on the first trial.
Why are weeks spent in running the en-
gines, while the vessel is thoroughly se-
cured to some pier or wharf, but to work
her journals smooth and test the guam
tty of material used in engines, &c.
Your correspondent has crossed the At
lantic time after time, and always more
or less had to contend with heated jour
nails; yet no allowance was made for the
Dolphin, simply because she was built
by an Iishmdn.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

& b. railroad to be shipped to a party in
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Chas. j. Bayard, a well-to-lo farmer
near this town, has teams busy daily, haul.
ing wood to the Mccullough iron company )
carbon works, AMI hauling charcoal from
| the carbon works to the rolling milr
1t is rumOrcd that our popular livery
man, Mr.. John Moke contcmplates buying
the Simcoe homestead. Mr.. Moke is Il very
enterprising man, and is talked of here as a
candidate for sheriff on the Republican
ticket. Mr. NJ. would make good ran in
Cecil He would sweep the old Fifth dis
trict like a political cyclone.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst, .,r Fox, of
Port Deposit. and Miss Kirk, of Rising Sun,
were married by Rev. Enoch X. Miller,
rector of ST. Mary's parish, North East.
Prof. McNey, of the classical ins,itdte, of
this town, gave an entertainment to his
scholars on Friday of last week. The young
folks had good time
temperance meeting was held in the
lecture room of the NJ. L. church here on
ihuioei'ty eNcillHS VI l'tSL "tth. lIr iiteJ-
ing was called to order by Rev. Mr.. Viii
liams; Mr. Isaiah Biddle was chosen as
chairman, and Mr.. |. n. Benjamin secre-
tary. Addresses were delivered by Pr f.
McVey, Rev. Mr. Williams. Mr.. Benjamin
and others. The audience was small but
made up Of our best people.
Last Sunday was observed as Chldren's
day in the NJ. +. church here. The teach
ers, officers and scholars proceeded to the
auditory of the church in a body, each class
audience room of the church was hand
somely adorned with flowers The vocal
and instrumental music was rich.
In the center of each chaulelar were
beautiful bird cages with canary birds in
each. Rev. Mr.. Williams delivered an ap
pr0priate sermon.
Mr.. John Bryson lost valuable Aderny
COW on Tuesday last.
Strohps Ringing Rock concert company
gave an entertainment in Wingate Post
hall on Tuesday evening last, to a large and
audience.
Madam Rumor has been talking again,
and this time she says we are to have Il
brilliant wedding before the month of Au
gust.
A merchant of this town, an expert |
recently shot at rat In a wal |
nut tree in our hardware dealers yard, and |
behold when it came tumbling down it |
was found to be pet squirrel.
Report says that the B. Il Q. railroad |
company proposes to macadamiZe the road |
from the company's station to Mr.. John
Moke's livery office. There will be 4 line
If busses driving to-and-fro.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
CHILDREN'S DAY
At the Nj. f. Church-HandSO
Floral Display-Sweet Music

Last Sunday was gala dag at the M
f. church, of this town, it being the day
named and set apart by the general con-
ference of the church ten years or more
ago, as Children's day, a day devoted to
the children, and the callection of money
for educational purposes the preparation
of Young men for the ministry. AS usual
upon this day the main audience
room Of the church was handsomely
decorated with flowers and evergreens,
and growing plants in vases and pots
were tastcfully distributed about the
altar and chancel; their fragrance per-
meating the entire building. The morn
ing service consisted of sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion by the pastor,
Rev. j. p. Otis, the members of the
Sabbath ST hool of the church, together
with those of the several mission schools
under its care, furnishing some very nice
music. The evening exercises have
heretofore always been the most attrac-
tive Of the day, and those of last Sunday
S'Sti''-:3 'Si' nv NhSN pbioi w tiii' h"iS.
Some time before the hour fixed for the
services to begin, every seat IN the house
was taken, and the aiSles were filled with
extra benches and chairs, and notwith-
the people. the doorways and vestibules
We're packed by persons standing, and
large number of persons reckoned at
about hundred, coming late, failed to get
in at ALL and were compelled to return
home. While the audience was being
seated and as the school filed into the
church, the organist, Mr.. Edward Hinch
life, relieved the tedium of the occasion
by voluntary upon that instrument.
The exercises of the evening were as
follows: Singing by the school, "Song
of Greeting'; singing by the school,
"Glorous Victory; prayer by F. A.
Ellis, Esq; singing, "Comc to the Foun-
tain" by the school; responsive reading
by pastor and school; Vocal Quartette,
"Nearer My God to Thee" by Misses
Merritt and Scott, Messrs. Davis and
Brown; address by Rev. r. w. Beers,
pastor of the EIkton Presbyterian church;
Duet, Lucy Litzenberg and Lille Alrich;
Solo, Frank Harvey; singing by school,
care You Drifting; address, Rev.
Chas. A. Hill. pastor of Cherry Hill M.
E. church, solo and semi chorus by
Jennie Gilmour and others; collection,
during which Misses Bessie Terrell and
Carrie Ricketts, sang duett; "Our Fes-
tive Day 80 Bright; Quartette, "Ruth'
by Misses Mary and Hattie Terrell and
Messrs. Davis and Brown; singing by |
school, God Be With You Till We |
Meet Again; Doxology; Benediction by
Rev. r. w. Beers.
A new feature in the shape of an ac-
compartment upon the cornet by Mr..
John Dunbar, of this town, was intro
duced upon this occasion, making very
decided improvement in the music, both
in quality and volume.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
CURIOSITY SATISFIED.

The late Captain J. S. Thornton, L. s.
N, who was the executive officer of the
United States steamship Kearsage in the
fight with the Confederate cruiser Ala
bama, related the following circum-
stance:
GA few weeks after the fight the Kear-
sage was lying at anchor in the harbor
of Plymouth, England, one of her boats
was in at the landing place waiting to
bring off some of the officers. The COKE
vain Gan old salD was walking up and
down deck, when a couple of English
cockneys came towards him, and point.
ing to the kearsage, said: I say, my
man, is that the Yankee vessel that sunk
the Alabama Eyes, sir, said Jack,
touching his cap (Which, by the way, he
was particular to do at each answer).'
"Ah, she is larger than the Alabama
was, isn't she ?''
mo, sir; the Alabama was few tons
larger"
"Ah, we'll you had more guns, didn't
you?"
"No, sir; we had one gun less than the
Alabama.
"But you were faster, weren't you?"
'No, sir; the Alabama was the fastest
vessel under steam"
"Well, how about the number ol
menu
"About the same number of men il
each vessel, believe, SIR
"Well, then. toll us how do you ac
count for it-that the Alabama being
the largest vessel and having more guns
should have been sunk by tho Kear
sage?"
"Well, sir, me and my shipmates
have been trying to make that out our
selves, and we have come to the conclu
sion that it must have been on account
of that id English cren she had."
"No further questions were asked"
1t has been denied that any of the
Alabama men had been trained on boarc
the English gunnery ship Excellent, bu
Captain Thornton went among the pris
oners saved from the sinking Alabam;
and asked the question, when a number
of them admitted they had been under
instructions on that vessel-ths Excel
lent. l..
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
RELIGIOUS Notices.

Jos. f. Maule, a minister in the Society
of Friends, from Philadelphia, intends hold
ing meeting for Divine worship, in the
Methodist meeting house, in Port Deposit,
on first day Sunday, 21st inst, at 10:3O
A. NJ. All classes are affectionately invited
to attend.
Rev. Lewis Wake, of North Sassafras
parish, will hold services in ST. Augustine
Church, Bohemia Manor, tomorrow (Sun-
day. af ernoon at o'clock.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

ment, via. Pennsylvania RaiIroad.
The National Soldiers Reunion and Encamp-
ment will be held in Fairmount Park Phiadel
phia, from June 2Sth to July 9th, 1885. The event
will embrace an encampment of representative
organizations of the citizens sodiery of the Union
and detachments of troops from the various arms
OF the United States service. The command will
be in charge of a military committee composed OF
the most eminent soldiers of the land and mum.
bers of prominent leaders OF the late war will be
present as guests. The programme embraces all
the features OF actual camp service the most I'M
portant of which is Il series of competitive drills
in which the crack military organizations OF the
several states will contend for valuable prizes
There will also be paradeS reviews and other in
tereStng military manTuyres. The Fourth o.
July will be a particularly interesting day. and
the ceremonies are expected to be witnessed by
the President and Cabinet, and other diStng
uished people The beauty OF the camp ground
and its accessibility adds no little to the genera
interest in the affair.
For the benefit of those desiring to attend the
Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion ticket,
from June 26th to July 9th, good to return until
July 7th, from all stations on its system to Phla
dephia, at greatly reduced rates.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

on the side of the Executive; that hav
ing continuous and uninterrupted ex
! istence, it was always on the alert, read J
to defend the power it had and promp,
in acquiring more, and that the expert
ence of history demonstrated it; that il
was the encroaching and usurping de
partment. They therefore rallied around
the people and the legislature.
What are the positions of the two
great parties of the present day? Mod
ern Democracy has reduced the Federal
theory of strong and energetic Execu-
tive to practical operation. 1t has turned
from the people the natural ally of gen
nlne Democracy to the Exc cutive; and
instead of vigilance, jealousy and DIS
trust has given to that department all its
confidence ard made to it virtual sur
rendered Of all the powers of govern
ment.
The Wings of 1910 stand where the Re-
puolicans of 1898 stood, and where the
Wings of the Revolution were battling
for liberty for the people for free institu-
tions against power, against corruption,
against executive eencroachments against
monarchy. We are reproached with
struggling for offices and their emolu-
ments. If we acted on the avowed and
acknowledged principle of our oppo-
nents-''that the spois belong to the vic
tors''-we should indeed be unworthy of
the support of the people. No fellow
citizens higher, nober, more patriotic
motives actuate the Wbig party. Their
object is the restoration of the Constitu-
tion, the preservation of liberty and
rescue of the country. X
Our opponents are powerful in numbers,
and in organization active insiduous and
possessed of ample mean, and wholly
INSCRIPTIONS in the use them. They
count upon success by the use of two
words-Democracy and Federalism; De-
mocracy, which. in violation of all truth,
they appropriate to themselves and Fed
eralism which, in violation of all justice,
they apply to use.
In 1S41 or ~ THE CECIL WING pub
lished a list of Jackson Democrats of
Cecil county who had been old Federal
lists, and there is not the least doubt that
such was the case in every county in the
State or i'll the United States; and Yer
mont, which was the only New England |
State that wcs Republican and supported |
Madison's Administration and the war
of 1912, became one of the strongest |
Wing States in the Union; and New |
Hampshire, which was Federal and op |
posed to the war, became one of the |
strongest Democratic States as late as
1862.
When THE CECIL WING was first pub
lished in 1S41 the Cecil Gazette said "the
first number of THE CECIL WHIG, new
Federal paper, made its appearance in
our town last Saturday
THE CECIL WING, in reply, said:
Federal, eh. to go for old Billy Knight,
John Owens and Tlllitson fanny. The
Locofocos nominate three Federalists
and one Democrat for the Legislature,
and call it Democratic ticket" B. F.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
Patents.

The following United States patents were
issued to Mary landers this week throu Ii
the agency of Shipley Brasbears, No. 637
street northwest, Washington, ID. G F.:
A Caldwell, Baltimore, combined pill tile
and cutter; f. Dorsey, Hargerstown, ma
chine for packing brand; f. j. Gray, Balti-
Baltimore, can-filling machine; John Neil,
Baltimore, fire kinder; S. 7. Richardson,
Baltimore. machine for washing ore; II. f.
Uric, Chestertown, corn harvesting ma
chine; G. White, Baltimore, embroidery
cutting
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
MARRIED..

Observation-Disclosures the 1lth inst
at the NJ. f. parsonage, Bethel (Pivor
Bridge, Md, by Rev. f. G. Atkins, Joe
II. kiucaid and Ida IIalmon; both OF
Chesapeake City, Md.
ON-BYRN.-June 10th, 1885, in
the NJ. f. parsonage, in Cecilton, by Rev.
j. L. Burkalow, Mr.. Alfred T. Mannon,
of Cecil county, Md, and Miss Gertie
Byrn, of Dorchester county, Md,
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
Cheer Up. Help is at Hand.

"l'm afraid shall have to he taken 10 a
hospital or the poorhouse. I've been sick su
long that my husband, good and patient as
he is, can't stand the worry and expense
much longer" No, you won't dear wife
and mother. See what ParkerS Tonic will
ito for you. Plenty of women as bad oil as
you are, have been rescued almost from the
grave by it. 1t will build you up, curing
all ailments of the stomach, liver aud kid
neys, and is simple, pleasant and safe.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
CRAZY MUSICIANS.
A Brass Band Composed of Lunatics at
the Norristown Asylum.

A Brass Band Composed of Lunatics at
the Norristown Asylum.
The following from the Philadelphia
Times contains very doubtful COM
pliment to the average country band:
A brass band composed of insane
inmates of the Norristown Asylum pa
raded the other day about the grounds,
wearing uniforms for the first time.
They were very proud of their regalia
and when they passed in review of the
Trustees and Physician-in- chief, Chase
the lunatic who played the big bass
horn blew harder and the fat cymbal
player who imagines he owns the State
of Pennsylvania clapped the cymbals
together with all his might, while the
man who beat the bass drum thumped
away as if he were.trying to knock the
drumhead in. The uniforms are SINH
lar to those worn by United States
troops. When the bend stopped play
ing for want Of breath the lunatics all
looked at their uniforms and smiled
proudly.
In front Of the main building, where
the review took place, there is circu-
lar carriage drive, about fifty yards in
circumference. The musicians tramp
ed around this drive for three quarters
of an hour, playing "a Boys Best
Friend Is His Mother" and "Go to
Sleep, My Baby" They played con-
tinuously, switching off from one tune
to the other. When DR.. Chase showed
his approval the insane musicians look
ed prouder than ever and when they
finally went away to the rear of the
buildings they marched with a pom
pous step, still playing "A Boys Best
Friend is His Mother" Their playing
was above the average of the ordinary
country band and they played with
great zest. 1t was only when their in
strupents were taken from them that
they became unhappy and irritable.
DIR. Chase said that the treatment was
very beneficial and that two of the band
who had been violent patients had been
restored to pacific state of mind
through the influence of the music
they played.
The band, which numbers twelve
crazy men, was organized last Sep
tember. They practice two hours each
day, and if they were allowed they
would blow their horns and beat Their
drums all day and take them to bed
at night. On the Fourth of July the
band will head parade through the
streets of Norristown, in charge of five
keepers from the asylum.
1t is the only brass band composed
of lunatics in Pennsylvania, and DIR
Chase says the only organized band OF
crazy musicians in the country.
| We have just received from Taylor x
Carr, our manufacturers ofgentlemen's fin,
shoes, lot of hand made "Porpoise" shoes
| They are made of the same material as the
porpoise laces. Every one that have use,
the porpoise leather in the way of laces
Know that it has no equal for wear, aud il
perfectly water proof. WARD & DAVIS.
The French man-of-war "Isere", will
the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty on board
arrived in New York harbor on Tuesda,
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
FOurth II of july Excursions.

For the benefit of those who would
enjoy the great national holiday in visit
ing friends or making short excursions
to attractive points, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets, at greatly reduced rates, OH the
Sd and 4th of July, good to return until
the 9th, between all stations on it's lines,
comprising the Pennsylvania Railroad,
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more, Baltimore and Potomac, Alexan-
dria and Fredericksburg, Nothcrn Cen
tral, West Jersey, and Camden and At
lantic railroads.
Willis Boyd Allen told Boston au-
dience ola saloon keeper who sprinkled
liquor on the sidewalk in front of his
dram shop for the purpose of tempting
the appetite, through the sense of smell,
of some poor victim. Many accepted
the statement as mere establishment
of a fictitious tale, but city missionary
who was present corroborated it. An
other active temperance worker related
how carefully it is necessary to guard
tanks in which ice water is kept, il
places for reformed men, lest whiskey bt
poured in surreptitiously.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
Bartholdi,s Great Statue.

The great statue of Liberty Enlightcning
the World, presented to the people of the
United States, by the citizens OF the Re-
public of France, has arrived III the harbor
of New York. When put in place it will
be the largest statue in the world.
The London Daily Ne,cs, in speaking of
it, says: ut is out and away the largest
statue of modern times. The Colossus of
Rhodes was nothing to it. 1t could carry
the 'Bravaria or the Hermann in it's arms.
1t towers to the skies from the yard of the
Rue de Chazelles where it has been eight
years in construction, and the view from
its coronet sweeps clear of the six-story
houses and beyond the walls of Paris"
France presented this wonderful piece of
work to the American people, and it fell to
their lot to provide suitable pedestal for
it to rest upon. For time it appeared
that the necessary funds would not be
forthcoming, until the New York World
took hold of the natter, and gave it start
towards success. The plan adopted was to
solicit subscriptions from the people, of any
amount, from one cent up, and hearty re-
sponse has been made to the appeal
The name and amount given by each
contributor is published in the World and
every person giving one dollar Or more, is
| presented with miniture of the statue in
nickle. The record of contributors will be
preserved, and coming generations will read
the names of the contributors to this patri-
otic and gigantic enterprise. a subscrip-
tion list is open at the WHIG office and the
name of every citizen of Cecil county should
be upon it. The widows mite is as much
appreciated as the millionaires large gift
| The Worlds list shows over sixty thousand
persons who contributed fifty thousand dol
lars. If every child in the land would con-
tribute five cents the amount necessary to
erect the pedestal for the statue would
quickly be realized The list of contributors
here will first be published in the WHIG
and afterwards in the New York World
We trust our people will display patriotic
| interest in this matter.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

The best quality of Building Limeby the
buShel barrel or car load, at lowest prices.
ID. SCOTT * BRO
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20
DIED.

HADLEY-On june II, 1885, near Rising
Sun, this county, Mrs. Rachel Hadley,
aged 75 years.
WOODROW-On June l3, 1850, at Pleas
ant Hill, this county, Jacob Woodrow.
aged so years.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

Philadelphia Grain Market, June 10, 1885.
Wheat, 81 .0l Sl.02 Corn, 53 a 5l15c.
Oats, 40 i11ac.