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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-15
THE OHIO ELECTIONS.
THE RESULT NOT YET KNOWN.

IN, state Committees % Both Parties Claim
,,s the I.si.ia,ars- The 0aseis, Csant In
usmsIsen Ccasv Needed 90 Decide 'hc Ne
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-15

Earned runs-Chicagos. 8. Home-run-
Pfeffer. TwO-base hit-Welch. Passed
halls-Flint, /; Bushong, /. Wild pitches
None. First base on balls-Chicagos 2
First base on errors-Chicagos, q: st. Lonis,
@. Struck out-By GARRISON. 10; by Ca
ruthes, 9: Double plsys-Flint and VIII
hanson. Umpire-Sullivan.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
DEATH OF A CLEVER SWINDIER,
His Name WAS John Norton and He Nearly
BuncGed Charles Francis Adams,

His Name WAS John Norton and He Nearly
BuncGed Charles Francis Adams
The police are informed that john Nor
ton, one of the best known bunsn men in
this country, died in New York few
days ago OF pneumonia. He and Fltz-
gerald, alias 1.-THE kiG," were the men
who nearly succeeded in getting ST., 900
from Charles Francis Adams about two
years ago by their iavorte game. The
Kid was arres ed "a few days after the
affair, and he is now serving a five years
sentence ill Charlestown State prison tor
the part he took in the work. Norton
escaped and was never captured.
He was born in New York about thir
ty-eight or forty years ago. About eight
Or nine years ago he started out as "A bun
co swindler, aed has been very success
full. when i'll Philadelphia. several years
ago, he beat one of the prominent NOR
chants on Broad street out of So 900.
When 1t became known the merchant =
associates made all manner of fun of the
victim. Norton returned to Til city a
shart time after, believing that. on ac-
count of his victim being near sighted,
he could not recognize him. Az he was
standing i'll d doc ny one day the mar
chant saw him. aud. going over to where
he WAS shook hands with him. Norton
plead ii III vain that he WAS mistaken,
Fne merchant finally told Norton that il
he would S~ Inule a certain merchant who
had been continually making FUN of him
because he had been taken in, lie would
never trouble him.
Norton agreed, ard the next day he
swindlrd the man by tbs same game.
When he showed the money to hIs first
victim, the latter t" get square with No.
|. had the facts published in one Of the
newspapers. Norton mad number of
similar amusing experiences during his
crooked career,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
,znt 1leop|t:s &o'n"'"

| A., r. 1T desire to rectify a mis-
i''' your otherwise very correct and
Hcilent sketch of the life of Hon.
Hiram Mccullough, in last weeks WING.
GU say: This district was Wing by an
overwhelming majority when the con-
test between Mr.. Evans and MIR. McCul-
longh took place in 1881 IL is true
that Mr.. Evans had been twice elected
to Congress in this district before 1851,
but not because the district was Wing
by an overwhelming majority. The dis
trct was in fact Democratic, Kent being.
as | remember, the only certain Wing
county in it. Mr.. Evans's Immediate
Predecessor was Albert Constable, a
Democrat, aud DIR. Preston, who pre-
ce,ted Mr.. Constable, although a Wing
was only elected by about fifteen ina
jority in the Wing tlia wave election OF
February, 1881, Kent Island having
from some unexplained cause given all
unusual Wing vote. Mr.. Evans had
! made the district IL Wing district, or. rs
the veteran editor OF the WING. Mr..
Ricketts,, phrases it,, Evans district
Cecil. which had for many years been
Democratic, was carried by Mr. Evans in
lS4l auG again i'll 1919 and only going
back to her old position in 1851. That
! was :. ia,r fight between men who were
tue lavorites Of their respective parties
with this disadvantage to Mr.. Evans,
that he had been already four years i'll
Congress and mad to bear the jealousies
and secret an!mn,itieS which these sue
cesseS had aroused.
Please excuse me i; have wasted too
much at your space on matter Of 81
httlc interest +" the yourg men of this
generation. We are apt to become
Gar:ul"u> when We get TO talking of the
things which happened when we were
bows I
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
THE MORNING HERALD.

We know of no daily newspaper that
has so noticeably grown in public favor
as the Baltimore Morning Herald.
And it is successful, because it deserves
success. Its editorials are penned in
sharp, terse English, aggressive but not
abusive, pointed but not personal. Its
news columns are bright, clean and
fully abreast the times, both in gener-
atty OF information and in news details.
All that it needed to constitute it in
every sense leading city daily it has
now acquired-the Associated Press
franchise, recently owned by the Ga
zette publishing company. Among our
city exchanges we know of no penny
paper whose prospects outshine the
HcyuM'S, and we congratulate its owner
upon its we'll earned popularity and
prosperity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
MANUFACTURED HONEY.

MIR. EDITOR:-In the WING Of March
It'll you reprint one of the sensational
articles of the time which the. dailies of
the metropolis are now indulging in,
under the above caption. Prof. Riley
started the lie, and when cornered by the
Amelican Bee JourAal tried to creep out
Of it by calling the yarn Scientific
PieaSantry' ca. The spurious kind
is usually put up in square boxes and
sells from 20 to 30 cents pound. IL
looks like honey, and it is said it takes
an excellent Judge tn tell it is fraud on
the bee. The comb is manufactured v it'll
such skill that few can tell it from the
genuine article. 1t is made from paraf-
fine. or beeswa1, and tho honey btorn
into it by machinery." The above quo
tation is part of the article. Editors
have no excuse for publishing such silly
hoaxes at this day of enlightened Zee
culture There are some half do zsn or
more bee lournaiS publish. iii this coun-
try. which are devoted entirely to apicui
ture, any OF which would exchange with
papers whose editors might make the re-
quest. \ little familiarity with any OF
these journals would enable publishers
to avoid being Eumbugsed by such
stories manufactured from tho whole
cloth The most prominent among these
bee papers are the Amertcan Bee Journdt,
published weekly al Chicago. I. q. New
man edition; GlcdniHgs in Bee culture,
published semi monthly at Medina. Ohio,
by A Root; the Bee Keepers .Hngazine,
pinwall. The latter is moathly maya
zine "No mere man since the fall' r,>
been able to manufacture honeycomb, or
fill and cap i: over if manufactured to his
hand by the bees. That put up in little
square boxes" is genuine section honey
as is termed in the trade, built in those
little square loxes" by the bees, fiji ed
and capped by them, and there is no
doubt that the National Bee X eepers
Association wouid PAY hundred dollars
tor one pound of tins nv thical honey and
comb, manu- actured out OF paratfine and
tiled by machinery.
The extracted honey, thrown from the
combs by IA revolving machine is often
adulterated by inscriptions dealers in
the cities after they purchase it from the
apiarist. The small glass laIs which are
seen with piece OF comb honey floating
tempting light syrup is one of the
procerymen Thurber's, of New
pounds. The comb contains honey
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

EVERY true friend of temperance will
regret that the Baltimore Methodist
conference did not, on Tuesday last,
unanimously adopt the resolution pend
ing before it, declaring it unexpedien1
to form any connection either with the
Maryland State Alliance or the National
Prohibition party. When the managers
of those organizations descended to the
level of political partizans, and used
their influence to defeat Mr.. Blaine and
the Republican party, they forfeited al
Jain to moral support at the hands o.
Ithe true friends of temperance, and who
believe that the cause of true temper
ance reform can only be advanced by
Its absolute divorce from politics.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
THE WHEAT PROSPECT.

The Baltimore Morning Herald, in
its issue of Monday last, published re
ports from reliable and accurate cores
pondents in twelve of the whea. grow
ing counties of Maryland They all
substantially verify the statement of that
paper, that the exceedingly severe win
ter, which has been a succession of al
ternating freezing and melting weather,
has killed the roots of the wheat, and
the absence of any considerable fall OF
snow has left it without protection and
completed the great and unusual dam
age inflicted upon it. 1t does not ap-
pear possible, at this time, that the
Maryland wheat supply this year will
reach so per cent. of an average crop.
The farmers are generally discouraged
at the outlook, and in some places
along the Eastern Shore the question
Of abandoning wheat culture for cattle
raising is being seriously agitated.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
New York Fruit Growers Dismayed

Dispatches from the interior of New York
stale that the reports from the fruit-gr0w
ing districts of rhe state confirm the prev
iouS accounts of tho failure of the peach
crop, and, it may I've, of one or two othe
varieties of small fruits. Peach-growers
say they have examined the orchards lhor-
oughly and hardly "A live bud is to be found
They have been living in hopes since Janu-
arv that the damage hv severe cold weather
following wet, III list spell might not he
as bad as they had reported, hut now they
say their worst fears will b. reIliZ I'll. HID
son river peach-grow-r- u>u ally examine
their orchards Nj lrch l, ant Al accounts
rece vel stat. lat rhe falu i. the w ,rSt
on record This will kill the peach business
fore years TO come, and the prospective loss
for the season of 1855 alone amounrS TO
thousands of dollars. Crap. growers say
that III "A umh-r OF localities the vines have
htsn nipp-d, til. Temperature in January
having be-n the lowest III % years. RiSp-
berries ard straw berries are said 10 he in
jur.d 10 some extent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

the House, finally separated the would
be combatants, despite the fact that inc
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate wante'
Watson to remain where he was. ana
announced a determination to STAND pl
him to the bitter end. The Stats IL
one of the doors leading to tn oler'
desk were wrenched out and C"-'Se''e>
into clubs, and the mer-''s =, :.
respective parties s'-'Seo eacn o 'm III; !"
language anv+lAg but polite All this
.;,o \ lever, Mr.. kimbrough va
90, ounded by couple of de-"
heavyweight Democrats, who gil 49,
propose to see him distr- Nu'F~'o
possession of the ID to l''''"' "
Republicans :, but tn Democrats
Speake-.m back.
~ pleasant plac- that Legislature for
/ man whose life is not insured.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
WHO HID THE DIAMGND5?
A Young Man Finds Some Genuine GEM
in the Handle of his Sha wing Brush.

A Young Man Finds Some Genuine Gems
in the Handle of his Shaving Brush.
Three or four years ago story APP,
peared III the newspap + to the effect that
some diamonds had heen smuggled.. into
New York concealed in the handles of
shaving brushes. Among those who read
the story was Il young man named VIM.
p. Williams, who at that time resided in
Buffalo, and who is now in business in
Chicago. One Sunday morning recently
when Williams was engaged shavirg he
heard something rattle inside the handle
OF the brush. lie drew the attention of
hls room mate, Mr. n. f. Rutter, and re-
lated the story oi the smuggle'l diamonds
On last Sunday morning MIR. f. N Tracy
il mutual friend of the young men, was
in Mr.. WilliamSs room when the latter
was MIXING lather, and Williams told
Tracy the diamond story. Williams offer
Ell to sell the brush Tor 50. Tracy did
not feel like investing SO much money in
ii shaving brush lottery, but asked per
mission to break TIL, handle and see what
was in it, "All right said Williams,
smash it up and y,u can have half OF
all the diamonds you find
Tracy SIN tshed the handle of the brush
under his heel. Glittering among the
fragments shono two good-sized dia-
monds. 1t was decided to have them
submitted to an expert and have their
value determined 1t was learned that
they were genuine diamonds The young
men have agreed to have their jewels set
in sc 'rf pins. All the shaw - brushes
in that ulsuIct are being smashed up
but no fur her finds have bfen rep ed
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
AMERICA wastes enough

AMERICA wastes enough yearly to
feed the thousands who are now said
to be out of employment. The time
may yet come whenit shall Deacon
.',s-:-!cTeu- practical somewhere in this
course of the education which a State
gives to the people to teach girls how
to extract the greatest amount of nu-
triment from the common materials OF
food, and careful statistician Justly
remarks that whoever can teach the
masses of the people how to get five
cents worth day more comfort Oh
force out of the food which each one
consumes, will add to their productive
power what would be equal to one
thousand million dollars a year ir
Ilue.'- Professor Newman Smyth.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
oune is authority for

|
r,,n NJ, that the present prospects
'e encouraging for the PepuDl-
I'd ans in that State. In the spring cleo
tons just held throughout the State
Republican gains are very noticeable
In his thoughtful address at the Union
League recerlon, Senator Evarts re-
mar.ed: 4 believe that we enter upon
the e,ntest for the conduct of the
government with a perfect assurance
that as sure as election day shall come
round we shall reinstate in the posses
sion of that power the Republican
party" In making this assertion the
Senator gave expression to the general
feeling among Republicans. Here IN
New York the party is thoroughly
united. Factionalism has disappeared,
and in its place we have the unbroken
front and the courage and energy born
of great COMMON purpose victory
in 1888. The charter elections which
have just been held attest the strength
of this purpose. The Republicans
have made a great advance. Forty-sH
counties show a net gain OF no less
than forty three supervisors. Our Al
bany correspondent writes that lead
ing Republican estimates that the party
vote, as exhibited in these elections, IS
some 10000 larger than it was last tall.
Such "straws" cannot be explained
away. They demonstrate that the Re
publican party in New York IS IN
thoroughly healthy condition. The
defeat of last November, instead OF
demoralizing or disheartening it, has
simply served to unity and stimulate it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
The Wilmington Confer ence.

The Wilmington Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church m ct in eth
annual session in Whatcoat Methodist
Episcopal Church, Snow Hill. at o clock
Thursday morning. In the absence OF
Bishop Merrill the conference was OPEN
ed by Rsv. j. d. Rigg, the secretary OF
the last session. About 200 ministers
and laymen were present, and the churcI!
was filled.
An election by ballot for cha rman pro
tempore was had and DR.. J. f. Caldwell,
presiding elder of Easton district, was
chosen. J. D. Rigg was reelected secre-
tary, and E IL. Nelson and E c. Mae
Nichol were elected assistant secretaries.
Rev. J. ID. G. Hanna was sci. c:ed to fill
chose for his clerks {. A Hill. DIN 5.
Walton, u. w. Wilcox. Z. A. GriSe and
X. X. Stephenson. Rev. Valentine Gray
conducted the devotional exercises.
Rev. DR.. Hnnt, representing the Meth
odlst Book Concern. WAS introduced to
the audience. aud spoke Tor half an hour
IL.
ed that it had published aud sold during
the past fiscal year $1,000, 000 worth OF
books and papers. on which there WAS a
profit to the concern OF $91 600 He said
that they had paid off S14, 000 of their
DO ded debt last year, which in six years
they had reduced from $500 600 to $l3O,-
600. In two years, he predicted, the
concern would he out of debt.
Rev. w. E. Tonpkinson, who is to be
tried for false representations. was calf
ed up III tor IL statistical report. and stat
ed to the confer fence that he was unable
tn furnish the same on account OF the
church record having been taken flon:
his house during his absence by Pr sid
ing Elder j. A. b. Wilson.
The afternoon session of the conference
was devoted to the anniversary OF the
Sunday school Union, and the speakers
were Revs. r c. Jones aud b. G. War
rem. The evening session was in the in-
terests of the Freedman's Aid Society,
the speakers being Rev. W. s. Robinson
and w. M. Frysinger
Rev. f. =. Aldred, who was reported
to haze gone West to avoid an iuvestlga-
ton OF criminal charges was present lie
stated that he had never dreamed of try
ing 80 shun an investigation. aud that he
was prepared to face the music and eS-
tablish his innocence. Bishop Merrill ar
rived Thursday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-,

The sessions of the L. S. Senate during
the PAST week have been devoted mainly
to the consideration of appointments sent
in by the President. On Tuesday reso
luton offered by Mr.. Hmr on Monday,
that Henry w. Blair lie s"nrn IN as Sen
ator from New Himp: hire % fill va
cancy, was taken up. After long de
bate, Mr.. Vest leading the opposition to
the resolution. it was carried by il vote
of 36 to 20. MIR Jones. of Florida. voted
with the Republicans III the affirmative
Mr.. Blair was thea sworn in by the Vice
President aud the Senate adjourned.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
GEN. GRANT BETTER AGAIN.
An AstrOloyer Calls with Horoscope that
is Slightly Defective.

An Astroleger Calls with Horoscope tina,
is Slightly Defective.
Gen Grant is III much better condi
ton than he was few days ago DR..
Douglas said on Thursday evening. "Tn
look at his face you would not suppose
that there was anything the matter with
him at all. He wanted to come down to
dinner on Thursday. but his family would
not let him. They thought it would
fatigue him too much.'
Queer people ofreu cali at Gen. Giant S
house, 3 East Sixty sixth street, with
suggestions for his cure. One evening
an astrologer called and succeeded in see
ing Col. Fred Grant. He said he had
cast Gen. Grants horoscope, aud had
fixed on six days when Gen. Grant would
be very low and in great danger. He
thought that the General would die on
March 18th, but he was not sure. as the
horoscope was slightly defective, because
he had not been able to learn the exact
hour of Gen Grants birth. With most
astrologers this would be a good deal
more than a slight defect, but this as
trologer didn't mind d little thing like
that too much.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

The Lancet says that appetite is a
most misleading sensation, only re-
motely related to the actual demands
of the organism. five only ate more
deliberately we should find half oul
accustomed quantity of food sufficient
to satisfy the most eager cravings Of
hunger, and hence save ourselves from
the evils of dyspepsia, or, on the other
hand, a tendency to over increase in
weight
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

a New York newspaper foolishly at
tributes to Mr.. Blaine an adverse crit
iclsm on President CleuAlc- -aolnet.
If, as the n...oCfats say, Mr.. Blaine is
buriedn hopeless oblivion, why don't
10y let him alone? The fact is they
are afraid of him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
THE ILLINOIS DEADLOCK.

The scenes being enacted in the Ill
inois legislature pending the election of
an U. S. Senator, are certainly worthy
the prize ring. The Chicago Tribune
gives the following report of fight be-
tween two Illinois statesmen, which oc-
cured \on Tuesday of last week:
"Suddenly Campbell gave Baker
slap with his open hand. Baker came
back with clipper under Campbell's
ear. The latter, who is strong and
powerful man, countered with terrific
blow which missed Bakers head, at
which it was aimed, but took him in
the shoulder. Baker staggered, but re-
gained his balance, and was making
again for Campbell when Massey got
between the combatapts and received
their blows. Gray, of Christian, leaped
over two desks and commanded peace
IN the name OF the Democratic party.
Fullivan, of Cook, mounted desk and
nwled for some one to come on. The
Zee grew warm and threatened to
ONE general"
rushed wildly over chairs
10 see the fight, and seemed
&c hand in it. Campbell,
nan, was frowned upon
among whom were
5, who had not yet
slleries were
ned over the
Az. Finally
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

ALL the illustrated newspapers con-
tain pictures of the new cabinet. 1t is
doubtful whether any one member of
the new administration would recognize
his own picture, Every portrait, how
ever, is labeled. In this way curious
public is kept straight.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

Secretary of State Bayard and At
torney-General Garland have notlfled
the employees Of their respective de-
partments that no removals will DC
made except for cause.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

but the balance of the contents of the
jar is glucose, pure and simple, and there
is scarcely a barrel of syrup to be found
in any grocery that is not so to 20 per
cent glucose. This glucose adulteratiOn
is the curse and swindle of the sugar,
mOlasses and candy manufacture of the
present day. Large factories a;e employ
ed manufacturing this fraudulent stuff
which consume hundreds of thousands
of bushels of corn in its production. The
starch Is taken from the grain. The corn
starch is treated with sulphuric acid, and
at a certain period Of the chemical change
which takes place, lime is added to ueu-
tralize the acid, and the product thus
obtained is glucose and grape sugar: the
latter being the substance in crystaliZ-
ed form. This sweet, which contains
about two-hfths the quantity of Sacharine
matter that cane sugar does, can be pro-
duced for two or three cents "A pound. 1t
| is an insipid sweet, colorless as water,
thick as honey and will take readily the
fiavor of any other sweet substance mix
ed with it. This constitutes the princi-
| pal part of nearly, if not qnite. all the
fancy syrups that are sold as golden
drip ''honey drip, corn syrup &c, &c.
by the wholesale process which is used
in the manufacture of glucose, sufficient
traces of the lime aud suphuric acid re-
main in the goods to make its cnnsump-
tion as food very dang erous, and physi
clans trace to this adulterating poison
many of the new and complicated forms
| of disease which are constantly making
their appearance to torture poor afflicted
humanity. Honey. when pure, is the
most wholesome sweet known to man,
pure when gathered from flowers. | have
pot space to point out all the ridiculous
assertions which the article referred to
contains, but will notice one or two more
"A delicious honey is also taken from
| the orange groves OF California; All
fudge. Thousands o. tons were gathered
by the bees of southern California in 1884,
but not one gallon in ten thousand was
orange blossom honey. The honey ST.
| famed of that state is gathered from the
mountain sage principally, and about one
| year in five they lave great honey flow
| there. The white clover ana bass wood
honey produced in the northern states.
| for fine flavor ranks aheai of the Cali
fornia article. And III the hillv and
mountainous p, ions OF this state and
Pennsylvania. ere white clover aud
locust are abundant. as fine honey is pro
duced as the world can boast of. Alsike
clover also yields IA large quantity of
honey which ranks with the white clover
and Eastwood honey. E.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14
aToN newspapers report the

w,cu. aToN newspapers report the
p.o..cnt as having id society. If
means the Office seeking element of
it, which now infests the Capital, his
"swear" was pardonable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-03-14

? In point of ability we have always
placed Allen G.. Thurman head and
shoulders above any other living Dem
VT. 1t is reported at Washington
us to be- 3ale'c2ipted minister to