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The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
PROHIBITION IN CECIL.

Reports from different sections OF
Cecil county indicate reasonable con-
fidence upon the part of the friends OF
prohibition, and that no serious inroads
upon their voting strength have been
made by the specious arguments of the
advocates of the license system.
A prominent citizen OF the First dis
trict in Elkton on Tuesday stated that
the majority of the colored people OF
that district will again support prohlbi-
ton by their votes. He acknowledged
that there would be a falling off from
the large majority given prohibition in
that district in 1880, but thought it
would go against license this fall by a
decided majority. The First district
vote in 1880 was 447 against license,
and 10 for license. In this connec-
ton we give the vote of the entire
county in 1880, which should be Of
present interest to the friends of prohi-
bition in the county and should lncite
them to every endeavor to secure il
possible as equally favorable result as
formerlv.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

Mr.. Powderly General Master Work
man of the Knights of Labor, has is
sued under date of May sd another
secret circular to his order, in which,
among much wholesome counsel, he
gives his fellow knights the following
sensible advice:
To our drinking members | extend
the hand of kindness. | hate the uses
to which rum has been put, but it is
my duty to reach down and lift up the
man who has fallen a victim to the use
of liquor. If there is such a man
within the sound of the secretary's
voice when this is read, ask him to
stand erect on the floor of his assembly,
raise his hand to Heaven and repeat
with me these words: 81 am Knight
of Labor l believe that every man
should be free from the curse of slav-
cry, whether the slavery appears in the
shape OF monopoly, usury or intem-
perance. The finest link i'll tn, cham
of oppression is the one forge when |
drown manhood and reason to drink
No man Can rob me of the brain my
God has given me unless l am party
to the theft If drink to drown grief
| bring grief to wife, child and sorrow
ing friends. l add not one iota to the
sum of human happiness when l invite
oblivion over the rim of a glass. If
one moments forgetfuIness or inatten-
ton to duty while drunk brings defeat
to the least of labor's plans, lifetime
of attention to duty alone can repair
the loss. | promise never again to
put myself in such position"
If every member of the Knights of
Labor would only pass resolution to
boycott strong drink so far as he is
concerned for five years, and would
pledge his word to study the labor
question from its different standpoints,
we would then have an invlncible host
arrayed on the side of justice.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

four of whom shall be clerical end three
lay delegates, who shall meet like
committee from the Northern Methodist
church in 1883, looking to areunion OF
the two churches.
The resolution further sets forth that
it is sin and folly for two Methodist
churches to occupy the same territory.
DR.. Chapman, in his earnest advocacy
of this resolution, said that IN his state
the sin and folly Of the matter had been
observed that he has seen in small
town of four or five hundred inhabit-
ants two Methodist churches raising
altar against altar, waste of men and
money and waste of the forces of our
Christianity.
DR.. Whitehead, of Virginia, was ill
favor of referring the matter to the
committee of fraternal correspondence.
The question was discussed at some
length and finally it was referred to a
special committee, to be composed OF
one from each annual conference.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

II was at Montgomery, Alabama,
where Jefferson Davis has been recent
ly renewing the folly of his earlier life,
that he made one OF his notorlously
boastful speeches just before the rebel
lion was precipitated. "Fellow Citizens
If there is to be war, let it come. We
can be ready in ten days. In another
ten days we will take Washington. Phil
adelphia will be ours ten days later
In ten days more New York will fall
into our hands," Physically Jefferson
Davis may be ghost of his former SELF
but he is just the liveliest rebel corpse
that has recently delighted the eyes Of
Southern Bourbons.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
METHODIST UNITY.

What grand organization the Meth
odist church in this country would be
if, instead of being DIVIDED into the
Methodist church North and the M. +.
church South, it were one solid, united
and harmonious organization. 1t split
on the slavery question, and now that
source Of sore trouble both to church
and state is forever removed why should
Methodists longer perpetuate the folly
of separatlon2 In the General Confer
ence of the Southern Church, assemb-
ling at Richmond, on Monday last DIR.
NJ. B. Chapman, of Missouri, introduc-
ed a preamble and resolution in rela-
ton to the confederation of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South and the
Methodist Episcopal Church North.
The preamble sets forth, in substance,
that the two churches have common
history and preach the same truths !;
that the Cape May Mission has been
wholly disregarded therefore, be it
Resolaed, That this General Confer
ence shall elect committee of seven,
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
DAVIS AND THE SOUTH.
An Honest Expression of Suuthei II Senti
ment on Davis Appeal to the Past.

An Honest Expression of Southel Senti
ment on Davis Appeal to the Past.
From the GdipcsfOn SerS.
Since Jefferson Davis ceased to be a
leader Of Southern opinion railroads and
telegraph lines have gridironed the
States of the South, numberless school
houses, colleges and universities have
sprung up, factories have been estab-
lished, mines have been opened, cities
have been founded, new generation has
grown up. During all this time, while
all these vast changes were in operation,
Jefferson Davis has been hermit. He
Is now Rip Van Winkle, who has been
dormant since 1865. He has not forgot.
ten anything nor learned anything in
twenty years He does not belong to
this age; he has no sympathy with mod
ern ideas, modern progress, modern
thought. He is not even a connecting
link between the past and the present,
because he is all of the past. No sensible
man North or South can believe that JEFF
ferson Davis is st and proper person to
voice the sentiments of the men of the
South of today.
1t was natural that Mr.. Davis should
be greeted warmly during his travels
through Alabama and Georgia. He IS
"reminiscences and "reminiscences are in
variably treated pleasantly. Mr. Davis
at one time represented great Cause, he
had great opportunity, bu: with the
magnitude of both his genius was not
commensurate. The cause he repre-
sented is dead-absolutely dead. Nj.
Davis would be a grander character to
day if he accepted the situation fully.
Robert E. Lee did not hesitate to ask for
a pardon anu restoration to citizenship.
Does any person believe that Lee did not
represent the feelings and sentiments of
the South as fully as Davis? Let us all
admit that Mr.. Davis pride is stubborn.
But is it a grand exhibition of pride and
manliness to go around whining for some
thr that has irrevocably vanished
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

vania avenue at Fairmou1t avenue;
thence by open cut along Pennsylvania
avenue to Thirteenth street, where it
will connect with the tracks Gfthe Read
ing Railroad on Pennsylvania avenue for
all points reached by that line and its
connecting roads-tke Bound Brook.
North Penn and New Jersey Central
Railroads.
The graduation, masonry, and bridge
work on this line have been especially
heavy. Occupying higher grade line
than the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, and through a cross
country, bisected by streams at intervals
of every few miles, this was inevitable.
The structures on this line command
favorable criticism compared with any
other yet built. The grades and align
ments will admit of the fastest time be-
ing made over the road. The track is
being ballasted with broken stone in the
most thorough manner.
Located as this road is, north of the
line of The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, it is expected by the
Baltimore and Ohio Company that con-
siderable part of the business of the
country through which it passes will
come to this line, as the larger portion of
the local traffic of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad is drawn
from the country north of that road. 1t
is also confidently hoped and expected
that it will aid materially in the develop
ment of the country in the States of
Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania
through which it paSse
In the construction of the line special
care has been taken to cross, where prac-
ticable, all public highways either under
or over grade, so as to avoid the dangers
of grade crossings. AT the Big Gun
powder the line crosses within few
hundred feet of the old time famous Pat
terson nail mills.
The line is direct and with easy grades,
and the engineers say will be about four
miles shorter between Baltimore ard
Philadelphia than its competitor-the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad. In the construction of the
piers for the Susquehanna and Schuyl-
kill river bridges, depths varying from
60 to 81 feet were found necessary to
reach the rock upon which every pier
rests. The pneumatic process was used
to accomplish this result, and the work
was completed without serious acci-
dent Tue work has been conducted
under the general direction of Vice
Presidents Spencer and King, the presi-
dent, Mr.. Robert Garrett, taking espe-
cial interest in it. The corps of engi-
neers, under Chief Engineer II. T. Doug
las, have labored with an untiring zeal
in the performance of the great task be-
fore them, and are now about to realize
the completion of their labors, and the
great trunk-line system of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad will ooon be opened
for traffic to the cities of Philadelphia,
New York ami all eastern points.-.San.
A train of cara with President Garrett
and other officials on board, passed oyer
the road on Tuesday.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
Tax

| In consequence of loss by fire OF Theodore Tw
| ing' ums, and Ruhert n. Hindman'S barn. ant
| other mailer fires, the Managers U the Farmer
and Mechanics Mutual Insurance Association q
Cecil CuInty have levied tax of /! cents on The
| Sl0o, on all property insured In said Association
| at per cent. and higher rates in proportion. NJ
to April llth 1886 AMI have ordered the TreaSur
er To collect the same. For the convenience OF tn,
| members. the Treasurer will expect to meet then
to receive said tax, providence pcimittna) n:
follows
On Monday. l7th next. at Fair Hill, from s t,
| I0 \. NJ at Blue Ball. irom II 4. NJ. to =. NJ: al
Lombard. from +, (" 81. L. NJ, and at Calvert
from to
TN Tuesday. May Is at Farminpton, from t,
IL y :: at Rising sun. from II \. NJ To = ~ =. NJ
lc:ivin" the bank at ) l.. NJ and at Color.t from
To : T.. NJ, sharp.
Wednesday, May 19. at Porter's Bridge from
to 10 A. Nj: at Rock Springs from II A. NJ. to 2.5u
NJ: and at O'kwood from 80 to Sr. NJ.
Thursday. May 20, at Conowingo, from 80 to
IL A. NJ: at R"wlandvilc. from II A. NJ. to T., M,
at Liberty Grove. from = to4 T. NJ and at Port
Deposit CALLERS Hotell, from . to sp.M
On Friday, May 2l. at William TaylorS store,
(abOve Pcrryvit) from to IL 30 A. VI: at Wood
lawn, from to =. NJ and at Principle, from
4:iu to T. NJ.
On saturday, May ~, at College Green, from
$ to 10 NJ, and 1T Zion from IL \. NJ. to =.
On Monday, May ~, at Bell Hill, from : to 93o
\. .:at Elkton (lIoward HouScl. from IL 4. NJ.
to l.. NJ; 1T North East, ut DR.. HouSekeeper's
store. from 80 to 40 p. NJ. thence to b. r.
Thomas house from ; to r.. NJ.
Un Tuesday, May 18th, at CharleStown, from S
to 100 \. :at Bay View. from to ! +. NJ, and
ut Mechanics Valley from to S T..
On Wednesday. May 10th, at New Leeds, from
$ :" II A NJ at Cherry Hill from to Or VI.
On Friday, May 2Sth, at st. Augustine (Store)
nom II \ NJ. to ~. Nj at Warwick (GileSpies) 81
from to Sr VI.
On Saturday, May 18th. at Cecilton Beast MS
store), from To 10 y. at Chesapeake City.
Hoppcr'S Storc) from l. VI. To = r. NJ, and at Cew
antown from j 10 4. VI.
On and alter Monday May 81. all members
east OF the Big Elk, and others unpaid, please
uf tl. Irt.I >urrr'S Otllc A Applrtpu
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
FREE-TRADE and Bourbonism were

FREE-TRADE and Bourbonism were
both repudiated by the Young Mems
Democratic Association in Philadelphia
last week. The former in the shape Of
Morrison's proposed tariff bill, and the
latter in the shape of Jefferson Davis
recent senile utterances. If these young
gentlemen vote as they talk, about
election time they would be considered
very fair Republicans.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
A FOUL BY THE sAMERICAN'

Our "big" contemporary and brother,
the Baltimore -4meylran, makes in Its
issue of Wednesday, we think, an un-
generous use Of a portion of an editor
ial taken from last Saturdays WHIG.
We INDUCED friendly and legitimate
spirit of criticism of the SIN for what
any candid reader of that "Paper of
the People" will admit i; too frequent
indulgence upon the part of SO we'll
established and SO respectable jour
nal, of spirit of self-laudation. This
criticism was not inspired by even the
suggestion of untriendliness to the SIN,
voiced no whisper of hostility to it, and
was altogether candid.
Like all other editorial bantlings it
took the chances of its Matching, and
if in the wide world upon which it was
cast, with no stain of illegitimacy upon
its birth, it came like Cesar's dust to
base uses at the hands of the .4me11-
can, we as its parents should not share
with that paper the reproach of its
perversion.
To cut out the datory por
tons of that article, and publish only
its structures of the SIN, conspicuously
displayed at the head of its business
columns, was, we think, a perversion
of the matter, and an unwarranted vio-
lation Of the courtesies and amenities OF
professional journalism.
The .Amc11ran had right to use
this matter legitimately, by using all OF
it. Not by garbling it, and then BRAN
dishng it as a business club at the
head of its prosperous rival over the
WaV
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
A TILT IN THE HOUSE.
General Wheeler Refers to Stanton AS An
Arch-ConspiratOr.

General Wheeler Refers to Stanton AS an
Arch-Conspirator.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-There was a
lively scene in the House this afternoon.
The members who had not gone to the
circus or the races were pegging along
with the army appropriation bill. No
particular interest was manifested until
the clause relating to the Judge Advo-
Gates of the army was reached, when the
House suddenly became involved in a
wrangle. \ general attack had been
made upon the Judge Advocate branch
by Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, when Cen
eral Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and Gen
eral Bragg took hand. Both of these
gentlemen sharply arraigned the manage
ment of Judge Advocate General Holt
and declared that his policy, dictated by
Stanton, was to blacken and disgrace
| Mcclellan, Porter and others opposed
to them politically. Mr.. Hepburn retorted
in a savage manner upon Wheeler.
He said that the gentleman from Ala
bama had taken upon himself the role of
the slanderer when he made the charge
that he did against Abraham Lincoln,
General Holt had not been appointed to
office for any purpose that was inimical
to justice and right dealing. There had
been no purpose of assaulting General
Mcclellan or anv other general. 1t i'll
became the gentleman from Alabama, it
| ill became any man situated as that gen.
| tleman mad been, to assume the role of
the slanderer of Abraham LiRcoln. Ap-
plause on the Republican side.
Then Mr.. Wheeler got the floor to Ie-
ply. He said that no word ever uttered
| by him had been uttered against Ara
BRAN Lincoln. 1t had become his duty
in this House to defend Abraham Lin
coin against the assaults made by Re-
publicans in their efforts to crush and de-
stroy the bravest man that had ever led
their armies to victory. 1t had become
his duty to defend the great General L.
S Grant from gross charges bought
against him on this tioor-charges i'm,
pughing his motives, his integrity and
and his ability. He had made no charge
| against AOranaln Lincoln. l ne charges
had been against the arch -conspirator
Mr.. Stanton (hisseS on the Republican
side), who had sought and attempted to
break down officers of the army who had
not sustained the line of policy he had
sought to inaugurLte.
Mr. Hepburn said that this "arch con-
spiratol' had been at the head of the
Federal army. He was the man who
had directed the manUuvres of that
army. He was the man who had brought
the Confederate banner to the dust and
who had destroyed the "Lost Cause"
He was the man who had whipped the
Southern States back into allegiance to
the government and who had made it
possible for the gentleman from Alabama
to be here to be his slanderer and malig-
ner.
"IIe is dead now," continued Mr.. Hep
burn, land you try to blacken his mem
ory, though you live today because that
man was willing, among others, that you
might live and not have the halter that
you had won around your neck" lap
plause on the Republican side.
All this time the excitement was in
tense.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
The Galveston Me5rs calls Jefferson

The Galveston Ne7rs calls Jefferson
Davis "reminiscence," and qualities
the title by saying that "reminiscences
are invariably treated pleasantly. This
isn't so. "reminiscences are not neces-
sarily agreeable, and if they are not
agreeable, they are not treated pleas
antly." Jefferson Davis is not sue
cess either as a destroyer of this coun-
try, or as reminiscence. Either as a
traitor or a reminiscence, to the loyal
people of this nation he is equally dis
agreeable
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

Netice Is hereby given that petition will be
made to the County Commissioners oiCecil cOun
ty, ut their first regular meeting in July next,
for opening new road In Elk Neck beginning
ut the intersection OF the road leading from Elk.
ton to Old Field Point, with the private road
leading from J. 7. McCullOugh's farm to Elk
river, and following said private road in a north
westerly direction, between or through the lands
OF Foster Rutter, and through the lands of sa id
Mccullough to the public road from Elkton to
Turkey Point Mt some point near the intersection
OF the North East road with said Elkton road
NAV l5-bt
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
SWEPT BY A DELUGE.
The Great Storm in Ohio-Life ana Prop /
erty Destroyed.

The Great Storm in ohio-Life and Prop
erty Destroyed.
The series of terrible storms which On
Tuesday and Wednesday devastated por-
lions of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana,
reached the climax III Ohio Wednesday
night The storm III the Ohio section
was deluge, instead of the tornado that
swept the other sections. Four and a.
half inches of rain fell at Dayton in three
hours. In Nenia, o., small stream
that flows through the town and was
damned up, rose to great height, then
burst its banks and swept all before it.
Twenty-Five dead bodies have been re-
covered. and eleven persons are still miss
ing. Many houses were swept away,
with the occupants in them. Several
persons were killed by lightning. The
damage to crops and property is enor-
nous. WashoutS on railroads caused
two accidents in Indiana, by which sev-
eral lives were lost.
AT Lebanon, Ohio, the Methodist Epis
copal Church, the Lebanon House, grist
mill, warehouse and several residences
were unroofed; shade trees were nearly
all uprooted, and nearly every railroad
across the state was crippled; some will
require several days for repair.
From Dayton, o.. comes the report
that railroad travel is stopped. The ter
rible rainfall caused the small streams
to become rushing torrents and MAMA
river mighty food, rising nine feet in
three hours, inundating fifty acres OF
houses in the Fourth ward, drowning
horses and COWS. Merchandise in cellars
was ruined, bridges in all directions
swept away, farm buildings and dwell
ings demolished. All kinds of crops
were totally ruined. The greatest de-
struction is in track east from the Big
Miami to Little Miami Zionville brick
Reform church, four miles south of Day
ton, was razed. Fairmouut is a total
wreck. The church at Beavertown,
where prayer meeting was in progress,
was demolished, but none of the panic
stricken worshipers were seriously hurt.
AT Shaker village, three miles east, many
buildings were unroofed, barns blown
down and cattle injured.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
ELKTON. MAY 10, 1886.

WHAT a nemesis overlook that hand
full of bloody Anarchists who, sacking
a Chicago drug store in their passionate
fury, mistook wine of colchicum for
sherry wine, and were poisoned to
death. What pity it is that similar
fate could not await all such foreign
malcontents who curse American soil.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
A New WAY to Pay Old DahtA.

Shakespeare tells how this can be accom-
plished in one of his immortal plays; but
debts to nature must be paid on demand
unless days of grace he obtained through
the use of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery" 1t is not "cure-al!" but in
valuable for sorethroat, bronchitis, asthma
catarrh, consumption, and all diseases of
the pulmonary and other organs, caused by
scrofula or Dad blood" Scrofulous ulcers,
swellings and tumors are cured by its won
derful Alternative action. BY druggists
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
ssEHE+WHIGSs

Preeminently rdiuatie for its Local as ceH as GEN
eral Intelligence NetrS Communications are respect
July solicited from all sections Of the County, in
addition TO the ireeky contributions Of its regular
-orps Of correspondents. Anonymous cOmmunica
tionS tciA receive no attention, the name Of III,
rriter being required in all cases as guarantee o.
good faith.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
A Terrible Fire.

What thrill of terror passes over us
when we read the record of some fearful de-
vastation by fire, and yet it is a fact that
thousands are daily being consumed by the
inward fire of fever, caused by consumption
of the lungs, which could be subdued by
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15

DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription'' is "A
most powerful restorative tonic, and com
bines the most valuable uervine properties;
especially adapted to the wants of debii-
tated ladies suffering from weak back, in
ward fever, congestion, inflammation, or
liberation, or from nervousness or neural gic
pains. By druggists.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
ADVERTISING RATES:

Local matter Ten Cents line for single Insertion.
Muriage aud Death Notices inserted gratuitousiy.
Obituaries lcM be charged halt the usual rate Of
transient local matter.
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Obituaries lcM be charged halt the usual rate Of
transient local matter.
Transient raieS-Eigh cents a line for one, and
-Four cents line for every additional insertion.
one inch Of space counted as Trelre lines. One
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changes aHOred TO yearly advertisers wHhom dddi-
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The circulation Of The Wing being among the most
intelligent classes Of Cecil county and the adjoining
counties Of Maryland, Pennsylvania and DeIaware,
At proprietor confidently recommends it TO Business
Men most desirable medium for remunefdfipe
family Journal no oIensice or Objectionable adrer-
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lhe object Of It's proprietor being TO make
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At ELkTON, MD

Is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
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EXCELLENT ADVICE.

Majority against license, 1914.
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Transient ratss-Eiq cents a line for one, an
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ROAD NOTICE.

Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets
and City hall square