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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Read What Mr.. Clayton Says
About If,

CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD July 2G, 1856.
ID. SCOTT & BRO:
Gentlemen:-I have bought Sure
Growth Super Phosphate for three years
from your agent James A. Boulder. 1t
has been my custom to use on wheat two
or three of the best known Pnosphates
on the market. Last year, along with
Sure Growth, | used two other grades of
goods of like character both popular in
this section-one costing the same, and
the other more money than Sure-Growth.
My wheat from seventy-tive acres yielded
all through over twenty five bushels of
red per acre, and about thirty bushels of
FultZ per acre. If there was any differ
ence in the crop from the three fertilizers
it was in favor of Sure Growth. | shall
use it again this Fall,
Yours respectfully,
WESLEY CLAYTON.
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Surc-GrOWth on Bohemia Manor.

Surc-GrOWth on Bohemia Manor.
ST. AUGUSTINE, MD, July 26, 1856.
d. SCOTT & BRO:
Dear .Sirs:-We use about eight tons
of Phosphate in the Fall on our wheat.
and for several years past have divided
our order between Sure-Growth and
another fertilizer, popular in this section
and of the same cost. After a faithful
trial am satisfied that Sure-Growth is
equal to the best goods on the market.
We have had elegant results from it on
wheat, and the grass from it is heavier
than from anything else.
Yours respectfully,
ROBERT BAKER.
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\ Solid Endorsement.

CECILToN, Nd, July -, 1856.
MEssRs. ID. SCOTT Il Bro
Gentlemen:-I have been using your
Sure Growth Superb on wheat
for the past eight years, and l presume
the testimonial can give is, that | still
continue to use it.
Yours truly,
DAVID p. DAVIS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Has no Superior in the Market.

Has no Superior in the Market.
ELKToN, MD, July II, 1856.
MEssRs. d. SCOTT & BRO:
Dear Sirs:-We used twenty-one tons
of your Sure Growth Super Phosphate
last year on wheat, on our farms in Sas-
safras and Bohemia Manor. We have
used it for some years with good results,
and expect to increase our order this
Fall. 1t is as good if not better, than any
Phosphate we have ever nsed, and for its
price has not its superior in this market.
Yours very truly,
JOHN s, WRIT,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Heavy Straw and Heads Wen
Filled
iELKToN, MD, July %, 1856.

iELkToN, MD, July %, 1856.
MEssRS. ID. SCoTT a. Bro:
Dear SirS:-I am farming for Mr.. Il.
F. Chamb ers, and last Fall we drilled in
twelve tons of Sure Growth Super Phos-
phate with our wheat. While we have
not vet threshed, We are entirely satisfied
with the results. The straw was very
heavy and the heads well filled. Good
judges estimate the yield at fully twenty
five bushels per acre. | consider Sure
Growth the best fertilizer | can buy.
Yours very truly,
ELY WRIGHT.
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High Grade,
Full Strength,
Absolute F7lritv
PERFECT MECHANICAL CONDITION

Consider Sure Growth the Rest
Elk NECK, MD, July 10, 1856.
MEssRs. ID. SCurT 4 Bro.
Strs:-We have been using your Sure
Growth Super-Phosphate for wheat some
four or five years, and we consider it the
best fertilizer we ever used. We have
used almost all kinds that are on the
market, but yours acts the best with us.
Respectfully yours.
ANTHONY GEORGE,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
4 LEGAL SENSATION.

Some Indignation and quite furry of
gosslping has been gong on 70: some
time over IA little legal controversy that
occurred not long ago. The points we
gather are about as follows \ certain
farmer hired stout boy, who sustains
the reputation of being the best worker
in the neighborhood, STIMULATING to give
HIM nine dollars month. The boy went
to work and served faithfully for some
time, when he took sick and went home,
leaving one months wages due. This the
farmer refused to pay upon the ground
that the boy had not served out the full
nine months which the farmer claimed
WAS the contract, and upon his refusal
to pay up the boy 5 father sued for IA set
Element before au Elktou justice whose
supreme judgment ruled that the far
mer didn't owe the boy anything-hence
the Indignation. Now the farmer is
strict church brother and he knows that
he owes the boy for his honest toll and
it would be well for him to reflect lest
the wages of the hirliug should rise up
to condemn him in the day of Judgment.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28

DR.. Pierce's "Pelets' original Cit
tie Liver Pills" (sugar-Coted) cure sick
and bilious headache, sour stomach, and
bilious attacks. By druggists,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
ABOUT TIE WOMEN.

Mrs. Sarah Steele, an eStimablc chris
tian lady, is away on mission OF beney
olence in the upper part of the county.
The rumur set ai1oat that one of our
Young men had linked his future destiny
'lor better or worse with "a certain
widow lady we are authorized to say is
false and libelous. More unlikely things
have TRANSFERRED and We will no. prophecy
what the mistS of the future may reveal.
One night last week We Went to the
old peoples hop down below the valley
and found large gathering of wives and
husbands and quite number from the
region of the "Barreus." One Old fat fell
low from Sandy Hill danced with all the
girls there. The music was excellent,
and the cider-well, we didn't taste it,
but suppose it was good by the way the
ladies' partook thereof.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
The Wings Premium for 1887.

Note: The "Whig" for County Ne,cs, and
the Philadelphia Weekly "PreSs" for General
Ne,cs. The latter an Eight Page newspaper
and one Of the leading papers Of the country.
Note: The price, for BOTH for one gear, -.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Egg Hill Items.
EGG HILL, Aug. IS, 1856.
THE CROPS.

H. Edior-The farmers have about
finished threshing the seasons grain
crop, which is about equal to former
years. Mr.. w. a. Miller takes the cake
Tor the biggest yield OF wheat-45
bushels per acre. If anybody can beat
Egg Hill growing wheat We would like
to hear from them.
The potato crop will be partial fail
ure owing to the rot, which Is quite pre-
va!ent III this section. If the dry weather
continues it will reduce the corn crop
materially, mucn of the corn being
planted late. Now is the time 1t needs
rain to insure a full crop.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28

MIR. HENRY w. ID. JOHNSON, whose
postoffice is Isay View, Cecil County, Md,
is the authorized Agent of THE WING. to
receive and receipt for subscriptions and
bills due this office.
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PISTOLS AND COFFEE.

There are grave rumors atioat of a dnel
between our genial young Postmaster
and young man from Kansas, at small
village short distance north of this
place. AS is usually the case there is
lady who is the cause of the trouble.
Judging by the dark and frownlng looks
of the once smiling faced p. NJ, and also
by his superior muscle, it bodies no good
to the man from Kansas and may end
i'll his speedy aunihilation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Read What MIR. Wilson Thinks

Read What MIR. Wilson Thinks
About it.
Elk NECK, MD, July, 10 1856.
MESsRs. d. SCoTT 4 Bro:
Dear Sirs::-I have been using your
Sure Growth Superb for sew
eral years. and it has always given entire
satisfaction. Last year | used 1t along
side of a fertilizer that paid SIS per
ton Tor, and found the results as good,
if not better, from Sure Growth" than
the higher priced article. do not intend
to use anything but Sure Growth this
year. Respectfully yonrs.
WIN. J. WILSON.
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Mr.. Arbiic<ic has the Same En-
Dpripncp

CHERRY HILL, Nip, July -. 1856.
MEsSRS. ID. SC0TT & Bro:
Dear .Sirs:-Sure-G Growth Super Phus-
plate has always done well for me On
wheat. corn and grass. | have used it
for number of years, and always with
entire satisfaction. 1t has grown me an
excellent crop of wheat this year, and
got good set of grass, and | cordially
recommend it as being, in my Judgment.
a very reliable fertilizer for wheat. cora
and grass, and to improve land
Very truly YOURS.
DANIEL ARBUCKLE.
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RELIGIOUS.

The Sunday evening services in our
church are a great benefit to all. ItopenS
a place where the young men aud others
may come and get instruction and chris
tIan advice, whereas If it were not So
they might IT. qnent places that have an
immoral tendency. The subject on last
Sunday evening was tine temptations
common to man 1t was explained in
such way as to be understood by every
one. +.
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Bay View Items.
PERSONA Is.

Mrs Geo. Burns, returned home from
Atlantic City on Tuesday evening.
The Misses Mason, of Wilmington.
Del, are the guests of Miss Jennie Burns.
Mr.. +. VI. Terry, with number Of
friends, left for Ocean Grove, on Tuesday
last, to visit his sister who resides at that
place.
Mr.. Frank Janney, leaves on Saturday
for two weeks sojourn with his brother,
in the Catskill Mountains. He will also
take in Glen Island, Long Branch ana
Ocean Grove.
Patrick Cuudff and wife, departed for
Savannah, Ga, last week. They will be
absent for two months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28

Peaches are very plentiful. Thousands OF
baskets are brought here from Bohemia
Manor and shipped to the large cities.
Prices are good 50 far, bus there is promise
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
Uses it with Entire Satisfaction

Uses it with Entire Satisfaction,
FAIR HILL, MD, July S, 1SS6.
MEssRS ID. SCOTT IL Bro:
Dear .Sirs:-I have used your Sure
Growth Super-Phosphate on wheat and
corn with entire satisfaction. | don't
think it can be surpassed for coru.
Yours truly, HENRY HESS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28

The last picnic for the season will be
held at the pavilion in II. G. Johnson S
Grove on Wednesday evening Sept. Sth-
This is one of the finest places of the
kind in the county, and the management
will spare no pains to make it enjoyable
to all who may attend and will make use
of every means in their power to repress
any ungentlemanly conduct. We trust
that everything may pass off quietly, as
the Boys mean well and only wish to have
a little harmless amusement and not to
conflict with the christian church in any
way as is eroneously supposed by some.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-08-28
A CLERGYMAS'S RETURN.

Rev. |. l.. Cation having returned from
his vacation tour to Northern New York
state filled his pulpit very acceptahly last
Sunday. His many friends were delighted
to take his hand after his absence from them
and pleased TO find him looking SO we'll.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
A Cas- shat Understood Ensiish,


once had a cat named Dick, which
| had brought up from babyhood.
Dick was bright, but as he grew older
be showed preference for soft cush-
ions and easy chairs. In fact, the re-
suit Of all my petting had been to
make my cat decidedly lazy. This was
great annoyance to my father, who
detested rythipg in the shape Of Ia.
illness. Coming in one day, he found
Dick, as usual, doing away in the best
chair. Unceremoniously ousting him,
father said "This cat is too lazy to
live; | won't have him around any
longer. He must be killed." Iplesded
for my favoiiie, but my father insisted
that he could no longer endure so lazy
a cat. He then took up a newspaper
and began to read, and l went out to
play. AS l was running through the
garden Dick came up to me, me wing
piteously and rubbing himself against
me. stroked him and said " Dear
old Dick, it's a shame to call you lazy"
Dick mewed more sorrowfully than
before, and walked sadly away. |
never saw my cat again. Evidently
be had understood my fsther's words,
and preferred to shift for himself rather
than TO remain and run the risk of
being killed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
August X. CUTTING.
subieet or q Serious International
Ussuuts Be,weep Us and Mexico.

subleet or q serious International
Dispute Between Us and Mexico.
August X. Cutting" Editor" Cut
ting as the papers call him--is now the
most notorious person on the American
continent. His fame is due to causes
which are not regarded as creditable to
him. lie was a resident of Paso del
Norte, Mexico, where he Published q
paragraph attacking one Emigdio
Medina. This led to his arrest
and q retraction OF what no had
said in his own paper. On June 18th
last he crossed over to FL Paso, Texas,
where he published notice again at
lacking the subject OF his former Of
fence. Returning to Paso del Norte, he
was rearrested by the Mexican authori-
ties, but reports differ as to the reason
of this action, one account saying it was
because be published the offensive para
graph in Texas, and another bee suse
be circulated on Mexican soil an article
published in q Texas paper. He was
offered his release on bail, Blu: refused
it, and was tried for contempt of curt
on August Sd. Two days after he was
sentenced to . years Imprisonment aud
to pay fine of six hundred doll,rs.
The case was appealed.
Secretary Bayard has demanded OF
the Mexican Government the unconii-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

On Trains 50 and s. sleeping .cars are rnn
between Richmond and Greensboro. rbass
cars are oLen a. y T. VI. iOr Passengers,
See ping-cars are also run on 81 aui 80 be-
tween l6nvlue aud Montgomery. Greens.
boro and Raleigh: on trains ~. - aud ,.
sleepiug-cars are run between Duuvi.le ana
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13

including I'll the Baptist churches 10
Accomsck and Northampton, will be-
ain liz annual ssssion to-day ct the
Lower church, about nine miles south
Of this place.
Eastville, the county.seat OF North
smpton, from which point this Is writ
ten, enjoys the distinction Of being one
of the Oldest towns on the Eastern
Shore. The court records are among
the Oldest in the State, extending
back in unbroken succession to 1882
II is believed by some that
Governor Berkeley had his headquarters
here in 1876, when, in the troublous
times of Bacon's Rebellion, he fed to
Accomack, as the whole Eastern Shore
was then commonly called, but neither
the records Of Accomack nor Of North
smpton throw any light on this subject.
The early records Of both these coun-
ties ought to be copied and presented TO
the Virginia Historical Society.
KALLIAs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13

tional release Of Cutting, which has been
refused. 1t is claimed by the Secreta-
~ Of State that in holding Cutting,
Mexico claims the right to try and to
punish an American citizen for crime
committed against Mexican within the
United State. Against this it is urged
that, seeing Cutting, an American living
in Mexico, crossed the border into the
United States, there printed libel and
returned with it to Mexico, where he
put it into circulation, his offence was
committed in that country, the circula.
ton constituting the libel. There is, Of
course, more or less irritation conse-
quent upon the difference Of opinion
held in the diplomacy of the countries
concerned, but cool-headed folks fail to
see good reason for the war talk which
is in vogue in Texas and elsewhere.
Cuttings chequered career is inter-
estirg apart from his present proml-
renee. lie was born at Hudson, \.
y, in 1889. There he attended school
ard subsequently learned printing. He
worked in several newspaper Offices
East, including the Albany Eoening
Journal. In 1853 he was employed on
the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, from
whence he roved South. He was work
ing at Nashville when that city was
threatened by the Federal forces, and
joined local company formed for its
defence. After its capture he re-
turned North. lie had engagements
in Cincinnati. Detroit, and elsewhere.
At Toledo he married person
from whom he was divorced not
great while after. Directing his
way to the West, he then located at
Kansas City, where he resided several
wears, and where he married his pres
ent wife, who has faithfully shared his
VARYING fortunes. He had an interes.
in the publication of a daily paper
while in Kansas City, and had accumu-
lated considerable prope "ty, when a fire
consumed it all. Cutting then went to
Trinidad, Colorado, where he started q
paper. lie was next heard of at Las
Vegas, Mexico, and was living there
three years ago. His two brothers,
who live at Clinton, Mich, have had no
communication with him since that
time, but are in correspondence with the
! FL Paso authorities in regard to their
much wandering relative.
Cutting is said to be able, and as
fearless as he is capable; vigorous as a
writer, and, in short, the kind of man
likelyto be the subject Of an interna-
tional complication.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
NORFOLK.
1nsP xxws-A BRITISH srIAHsHrr
pnApLFD.
{ ,Yrvpossd Car shops suppossd to Have
xsen Insane--The pclphin-Ina
Critical Condition.
cuoepc. Of sas Richmond Dispatch,

sourrsspcndenos Of the Richmond Dispatch
NORFOLK, August IL, 1886.
The British steamship Connaught,
Captain Thomas, from Marbello, in the
Mediterranean, was towed in the Capss
this morning by tugs in disabled con.
dision. Her machinery is supposed to
Be disabled. She is bound to Balti-
more, and will doubtless not como
hers, but be towed up the bay.
The British steamship York City
fibhled repairs and the replacing Of
her cargo to-day, aud will resume her
yo,sge TO New Orleans on Saturday.
Ore hundred feet of wharf front and
three acres Of land have been secured
on the Southern branch, adjoining the
navy :, ard, for the proposed car-works
In Portsmouth, the company is organ
lied here.
The venerable Mrs. Virginia Wyatt,
Who hanged herself with strap to her
bed.post at her residence, on Wsverly
street, yesterday afternoon, is believed
to have been insane. The deceased
came from Petersburg, and the remains
were taken to that city to-day for in-
teTment.
Mr.. Henry Ballentine, an old aud
well.known citizen Of this city, was
paraly zed last night.
The United States steamer Dolphin
(RoAch's) came out Of the dry.dock at
the psvy-ysrd last evening, having hid
her bottom overhauled and repaired,
holds cemented, machinery repaired,
ward-room and cabins reprinted, and
the magazine and sbell-room lined. /
Der new battery will now be placed on
board. A visitor at the yard few
days ago asked If the Dolphin was being
built here. lie was told that she was
being rebuilt here. There are no or
ders yet for the Dolphin, and she has
no captain or executive officer on board,
her navigator being in command.
All The store laborers-men who do
clerical labor in the stores at $3.50 per
day--xere discharged from the navy
yard last night, as there is no provision
In the civil establishment for special
laborers and the law says they shall
not DO paid out of the general appro-
priation.
During the month Of July there were
seventy -nine deaths in Norfolk. The
most fatal disease was dysentery.
The white woman burned by kero-
sene explosion in Brambleton yester-
day Was Mrs. Ann Segar.. Her hus-
band and child were also badly burned
by the explosion. Mrs. Segar is in
very critical condition to-day. The
negro woman Cary, burned at the same
time on Liberty street, is supposed to-
day to be dying.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
THE EASTERN SHORE.
General Satisfaction - ID Q aths-rf


General Battsfaeft0n ID a s-The
Normal Institute.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
NASHVILLE, August IL, 1886.
News Of the denomination Of Hon.
Thomas Croxton for Congress by the
Tappahannock Convention reached the
Eastern Shore last night and gave very
general satisfaction. There are few
Democrats who are not satisfied, but
before election.time comes around all
breaches will probably be healed, and
the party will preseDtan unbroken and
aggressive front to the enemy.
Thus far there have been three deaths
at Accomack Courthouse from bilious
dysentery. and several have died in
other parts of that county from tho same
disease. Messrs. Gillet and Mock,
whose illness has been reported, are
said to be getting better.
Rev. DR.. j. Lansing Burrows, Of
Norfolk, lectwed a. Accomsck Court
house Last night on "The Fall Of Rich.
mond and here tonight on 1t Is a
Boy" Both lectures were Of the high
est merit, and were listened TO by APP
preciative audiences.
The Normal Institute at 0nancock
closed yesterday, after a session of four
weeks. The teachers who attended
deserve great credit for the sacrifices
they made to avail themselves Of the
advantages Of the Institute, which was
supported entirely by their voluntary
contributions. 1t is hoped that the
State Board OF Education will hereafter
devote some of the funds at their dis
posal to the support Of the Institute
for tho Eastern Shore. as is done in
other sections Of the State.
The Accona:k B,p:!s. Association,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-13
PETERSBURG.
Reported Recovery OF Bodfes-Tbe Re
cent Accident Personal and
O,iier Matters.

cent -PcrsOnnf anu
O,i,er Masters.
Correspondence ofthe Richmond Dis patch
AUGUST IL, 1886.
1t is stated that the bodies Of An
derson Harrell and Charles Jones, the
colored fireman and brakeman who
were killed by the wrecking OF the
freight train at 0tter-Dam creek, in
Greensville county, night before last,
were recovered yesterday afternoon.
Collins were sent out from this city
last night in which to place them. The
company is working with diligence to
repair the damages and restore the
track, but it is hardly probable that
these repairs can be completed before
tomorrow. The damage TO bridges, it
is said, was not all the injury sustained
by the road. The overflow OF the riv-
ers is reported TO have caused a good
deal Of washing of the track, which will
nscessitate reiillipg. The Atlantic aud
Danyille railroad was also badly washed
at several points, and travel and traffic
have been seriously interrupted. The
water extended far beyond the banks Of
the Stony creek. Nottoway river, and
other streams, crossing fields and at
. some points threatening the safety of
houses.
Information from Philadelphia il to
the effect that the James Burcher re-
Gently reported as drowned there was
not James d. Burcher, formerly of Pc.
tersbuTg, who is alive and well. His
friends here are, Of course, much re-
lieyed.
A telegram from fredericksburg an
nounced the illness Of Mrs. William II.
Camp, Of this city, who is visiting rela-
tives there. Mr.. Camp, who was at
Buffalo Springs, was Immediately CON-
municated with, and has gone to Frede-
ricksbuIg.
Hon. Matt. W. Ransom, United
States senator from North Carolina,
arrived in the city yesterday, and left
for home this afternoon by way Of the
Norfolk and Western and Seaboard rail-
roads. ROBIN ADAIR.