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The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
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ABOUT THE PORT DEPOSIT FIRE.
PORT DEPOSIT, July IA, 1886.

PoRr DEPOSIT, July IA, 1856.
.Wr Edtor-In your paper of July 3rd
you published All account of the Rey-
nolds Bros fire that needs little cor
recting. Your report gives the impress
sion that the fire company failed to do its
duty. The building that was burned is
about three stories high; on the first
floor was Reynolds Bros. hardware store,
on the second their tin can manufactory
and on the third floor was the place for
storing cans when finished. You know
how the fire originated; SO | will not take
up your space rehearsing it. Some men,
ber or members of the firm have said it
was an hour before the engine was pre-
pared to throw water on the flames. 1t
was exactly II minutes after the first
alarm was given that the engine was at
work, throwing two streams of water on
the building, by the watch of one OF our
prominent citizens. The delay after that
was caused by the rubber hose, some of
the tiremen being obliged to stop battling
with the flames to procure new sections
for it, which were adjusted with as little
delay as possible. In less than an hour
the building was down and the fire under
control. The men worked faithfully
and well, and they deserve the commeu-
dation of all citizens of our town. 1t is
simply volunteer company, and We
think instead of being found fault with
should be provided with all the necessary
things that go TO make up well-iitted
fire department. Yours, ETC.,
WATER WITCH.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
A Dispute.

A matter over which there has been
much dispute of late by state senators.
and which has been carried into the pa
pers is whether there was or not pro-
vision passed by the senate in the new
marriage law, making it compulsory for
the clerks of the circuit courts to use
the Campbells patent system of iudeXing
The law as printed shows that it was,
but several senators have stated that it
was not, and it has been intimated that
it is job put up for the benefit of
Campbell who charges each county sew
eral hundred dollars for his patent index.
Senator Mccullough, o! Cecil, says that
he has no recollection of the matter, and
thinks he was absent owing to illness at
the time the bill was passed. VIM. G..
Purnell, secretary of the senate, who re-
sides in Elkton says that the only
amendment that he can recollect was the
amendment of Senator Lane making the
license fee correspond with Senator Jack
sons bill, but the .Senute JOurn0l would
show if any further amendments were
made The fault, if there is any, lies
with the journal clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

has Carroll and Hartford counties to start
with, aud Cecil county is dehatahle terri
tory, while Mr.. Talbot probably has Balti-
more county at his back. Maryland poll
ticians generally agree that Talbot is max
ing strong fight, but still they think he
will not succeed in getting the nomination
away from Shaw.
There are certain legal papers one copy
of which is required by law to be placed on
the front door of the Court House for Ger
tain number of days. The old doors are
fairly peppered with tacks and it is very
seldom that there are not Il number of no
tces ON it. AT present there are several.
During the remodeliug of the Court House
much of the time it will be minus Il front
door and the question that asitnes the
minds of the magistrates and others Is how
are the notices to be legally posted. 1t has
been suggested that the old doors be placed
against the nearest tree where the notices
will te rs prominent rs ever.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Local Items at Mt. Zoar and vi
cinity.

There was quarterly meeting at the A.
VI. E. church here last Sunday, which
was largely attended. The morning SER
vice was conducted by Revs. Morris and
.Johuson, and Presiding Elder Miller de-
lvered an able sermon in the afternoon
Rev. Mr.. Murphy offered a soul-stirring
prayer. The collection amounted to
$40 s5, which will go toward building a
new fence around the church.
All the farmers in this section have
finished their hay and wheat harvest,
and some will cut their oats Saturday.
Mr.. benjamin G. L. Brown is improv-
ing the external appearance of his new
domicile by giving it liberal coat of
paint, and they say that Ben is going to
get nice little wife as an additional I'm.
provement TO its internal appearance.
The Octoraro Cornet Band will hold a
grand festival in the grove between Mr..
Charles B )uyors and George JoneS's on
the 18th and 11.h. The proceeds will be
used to buy new Instruments.
M,CnErru
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Personals.

of Philadelphia are summering in Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Morrison, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. &. Frombrower, of Philadelphia,
and w. l.. Miller, of Doylestown, Pa, Wis
tied Mrs. George y. Lee this week.
Mrs. Rebecca Young and Mrs. Currier
are stopping at the Hygeria at Old Point
Comfort Va.
Miss Helen Ash left Elkton this week for
Willamette, Maine, where she will visit her
cousin Mrs. Doble nee Miss Lily Howard.
Miss Lessie Bowers left town Oh Thurs
day for Pittsburg, where she will remain
for several weeks
Miss Lizzie Merritt is visiting Miss Kate
Jones OF Baltimore
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
John a. Wilson's New Carriages.

In these days of quick work and small
often get into the market. To quote from
Pinafore ''skim-milk masquerades for
cream" and limitations and counterfeits
are abundant. In the matter of car
riages and wagons in their effort to lower
the prices, too often manufacturers are
prone to make for show rather than for
service. Some vehicles thrown on the
market are made of poor material as the
unfortunate persons who purchase them
too soon find. There are, however, good
carriages still manufactured and sold,
and there are some firms that will not
sell any article that they are not well
enough acquainted with to recommend.
Among these dealers, and foremost
among them i'll this section, is John A.
Wilson of Front and Market and Front
and Tatnall streets, Wilmington, Del.
He sells wagons of all kinds, and has
great bargains in buggies, phHtons and
platform spring wagons. These wagons
are built at one of the largest and best
factories in the world, on his special
order, and he therefore knows just what
they are made of aud knowing tEis, war
rants them in every particular. They
are the best in style, finish and wear.
See his advertisement on the first page
of todayS issue.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

/ destroyed by intempcrance should stand
upon the walls III horrid sculpture, who
would rear such a building? What if at
eyentide and at midnight the airy forms
of men destroyed by intemperauce were
dimly seen haunting the distillerics and
stores where they received banr, follow
ing the track of the ship engaged i'll the
comrAerce-walking upon the waves
fitting athwart the deck, sitting upon
the rgging-and sending up from the
hold within aud from the waves without,
groans and loud la,nents, Who would
attend such stores? Who would labor
i'll such distileres? Who would navi-
gate such ships? Oh. were the sky over
our heads one great whispering gallery,
bringing down about us all the lamenta-
tion and woe which intemperance ere
ates, aud the firm earth one sonorous
medium Of sound, bringing up around us
from beneath the wailngs of the damned
whom the commerce in ardent spirits
had sent thither, these tremendous reali-
ties, assailing our sense, would invigorate
our conscience, and give decision to our
purpose of reformation.
But these evils are as real as if the
stone did cry out Of the wall, and the
beam answered it. AS real as if by day
and by night wailings were heard in
every part of the dwelling. and blood and
skeletons were seen upon every wall. AS
real as if the ghostly forms of departed
victims fitted about the ship as she
passed over the pillows, and showed
themselves nightly about distilleries and
stores, and with unearthly voices scream
ed in our ears their loud lament They
are as real as if the sky over our heads |
collected and brought down about us all
the notes of sorrow in the land, and the |
firm earth should open passage for the
wailings of despair to come up from be
ueath.''
Highly imaginative as may be the Ian
guage of his picture, it nevertheless pain
fully portrays the evils he would paint |
The colors of the painting may be f1orid,
but the subject is nevertheless terribly
real. Yours, G.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Faulty Mail Facilities.

The mail facilities accorded to the citi-
zens of Elk Neckfare of Il most faulty char
acter, and we desire to call the attention OF
the postal authorities to the fact Mail is
now carried TO and from that place but
three times week. The mail days are
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. If Il let
ter is mailed few minutes after the time
of the closing of the mail on Saturday it re-
mains in the Elk Neck Office until Tuesday.
AS matter OF course it is the same in re-
gard to mail coming the other way. This
kind of a service is an insult to so populous
and intelligent a community as that of Elk
Neck
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Old Court Documents.

At the sale of the old furniture of the
Court House on Saturday last Mr.. Calvin
Merritt bought desk. Upon examina-
tion of it he found parcel of old
court documents over a hundred years.
One of the papers was u hundred and
thirty years old One of the documents
which was shown us was issued on the
FIRST of July 1863. 1t was warrant is
sued by Francis Key, clerk of the court,
to Richard Thomas, sheriff of the county.
Part of it read as follows: Cecil county
to wit; Frederick, Absolute, Lord and
Proprietary of the Province of Maryland
and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore
etc. T. the sheriff of our county of
Cecil, greeting. We command you take
into your custody, Thomas b 10Th, late
of Cecil county, planter, if he shall be
found in your baiiwick and that him so
taken you safe keep, SO that you have
his body before the Justices of our county
court to be held for our county on the
second Tuesday in August next ensuing"
1t was witnessed by Nicholas Haylande,
gentleman and presiding justice of our
said court on the fourteenth day of June
in the fifteenth year of our Dominion
over our said provinces.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
JOHN 5. RoSSELL. CLERK.
Quarterly accounts We're examined and
= l L l....E Ell

The following Boards of Trustees re-
ported as having organized: First dis
trict-No. 3, Dir. n. A. 4urney, preSi-
dent, J. J. Hall secretary; No. ., a.
Johns president, II. b. V. Crawford sec
retary; No. 6, y. Wilson president, J. A.
Jamison secretary. Second district-No.
j, +. B. Brooks president, T. B. Hopper
secretary. Third district-No. /, Geo,
w. Denny president, J. T. Ward sccre-
tary; No. t, Jas. McCauley president, j.
5. Settle secretary; No. 10. Daniel Har-
vev president, S. II. Miller secretary.
Fifth district-No. IS }. \. Black presi-
dent, Charles Ullarry secretary; No >,
Johnson Shippers president, Geo. o. Gary
secretary. Sixth district-No. s, J. S.
Addison president, James Evans sec:e-
tary. Eighth dstrict-Np. John
Richie president, J. 7. Armstrong sccre-
t.rv: No 1, J. T. nt;.fh president, NJ n
Gillespie secretary.
The Board heard with deep regret of
the death of DR.. :. L. Wills, IA trustee OF
school No =. FIRST district, and one OF
the best trustees and most worthy ci;I-
zeu Of the county"
The resignation of Miss Hattie Lort,
one of the teachers Of the El!;uon school
was received AID accepted. The Board
expressed its regret at her resignation
considering her one of its best teachers
The resignation OF Mr.. b. K. Hanna
teacher of school No Sixth district, was
accepted and Mr.. NJ. Hanna was con
trmed as teacher of the same school
The designations OF Miss Edith r. Stubbs
teacher of No. II, Sixth district, anC
Miss NJ. A. Nlculs, assistant teacher o
No. 3, Fourth district, were accepted
The following teachera were appoiute,
and confirmed: Eva Nnsinger, No. !
Fourth district; Ella II. Nah"ncy, NJ.
Fuurth district; llalric; l. johnson, No
| /, Ninth district Annie N. 7, son, No. &
Ninth district; Lern White, No 5, NIntl
district; Mary V. Miller, assist ,nt No. 3
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
A Model Store House.

North f E.st, We believe, now has the
largest hardware store on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and probably i'll the
State, outside of Baltimore. The new
building of the firm of Messrs. NJ. f. Il
G. +. Kirk is cf large dimensions, being
90 feet deep and - ieet front There is
ais" an addition to the side 40 feet deep,
to be used alone ior heavy iron. The
building was constructed 10y john w.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
School commissioners.

The B,ard met on Tuesday last, in ac
cordance with bylaws. Present-all the
members.
The following letters were received and
read from the County Commissioners and
the Clerk of that Board, in which it will
be seen that the Commissioners granted
the appropriation for new school houses
with the exception of Perryville and the
colored school at North East:
ELKToN, MD, July Eth, 1856.
Sch0ol Commissioners Cecil C0ahty:
Gentlemen-Aiter full consideration of
the request of the citizens OF Chesapeake
City for an appropriation OF $1,000 to con
struct new school house i'll that town,
we have agreed to include that item in
the levy for 1885, and hereby notify you,
so that you may proceed with the work
without further delay.
Yours very truly,
G. GRIFFITU
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

Shippers. The new firm has laid i'll
large and varied stock of general hard
ware. They propose to keep everything
in their line, and sell goods at low prices.
The members of the firm are both Cecil
county men, and are industrious and
capable. We wish them success in their
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
MARRIED..

WHITLOCK-CHAMBERS..-OnJu July 9th
at the NJ. L. parsonage, Chesapeake City,
by the Rev. Y. A. II. O'Brien, James ii.
Whitlock and Susie &. Chambers, both
of Cecil county, Md.
OWEN -MCMULLEN.-At st. Mary's
rectory, North East Thursday, July 10,
by Rev. f. X. Miller, Emore Owens and
Mary +. McMullen.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

High-Arm Davis Sewing Machine, with its
Vertical Feed, is surprising all other Mach
ines in popularity and number of sales,
wherever its merits are known. This is not
surprising to those who are acquainted with
its excellent qualities and decided advan-
ttgeS. The strong point with which the
Davis has fought aud won, so many bat
ties is the Vertical Feed improve
ment used on no other Sewing Machine.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
OrpII;ins' iourT.

The Orphans Court of Cecil county
WAS i'll session on Tuesday and "Wednesday
of this week.
Presentation. James McCauley, chief
Judge; Hon. James NJ Evans and lion.
David p. Davis, associate judges.
Sundry claims against deceased per-
sons were duly examined and passed.
BONDS APPROVED.
Bond Of John NJ. Thomas, executor of
Mary s. Bayard; bond oi Ann f. Shan
non, executrix Of John II. Shannon; bond
of W. S. Evans, administrator C. t. a. of
Martha Maddox; bond of Martha A.
Taylor aud William 5. Evans, admins
traitors Of Jesse T. Ward.
ACCOUNTS PASSED.
First and final account of Margaret
Moore, administrative C. t. a. of Mary
Ann Moore; first and final account of
John w. Clifford, administrator of Anna
NJ. Martin, and distribution struck on
same; seventh account Of Alexander
Richie, guaruiau OF Margaret G.. SIMON:
first and final preferred account of lIumy
Gorrcll, administrator C. t. a. of George
Gorrell; sixth account of Levi o. Came
ron, guardian of Victoria Cameron ct al. !;
first account of Thomas Waring, admin
istrator d. b. II. C. t. a. of Edmund Ply
sick, as to the fund bequeathed to Theo-
dore Physick and children; second ac-
count of Thomas Waring, guardian of
Elmer f. Preston ct al: first and final
account of Hannah Gilmore. administra-
trx of Leander r. Gilmore, and distri
button struck on same; first account of
J. Tome, guardian of William +. Rey-
nods and Arthur Reynolds.
Court adjourned to meet in special ses-
sion, July 30, at 10 o'clock a. NJ.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
RIDGE

This popular summer resort will be open to the
public on and after Iune 2lst, 1856. Splendid surf
bathing. Finest fishing on the coast Elegant
accommodation. The Marine Band largest and
best in the country plays every day and evening.
Restaurant pavilion seating 1000 people open ali
the time. Gravity railroad 1000 IT. long. Sail
boats on bay lake and river, large and small row
and fishing boats To hire for nominal price, always
ready. over five miles Ui water front. Hotel and
all buildings fifty teet above high water. Opera
house open afternoon and evening. Electric lights
all the grounds. Flying horses. riding horses
pony and goat carriages. swings. bowling alley,
rife gallery aud thousands disbursements for the
children. Highest observatory in the state, lar
gcSt collection of animals in the South, covered
pier 900 It. out in the bay. Special excursion
rates for churches, Sunday schools and societies.
either by rail or on the new and elegant steamer
Bay Ridge For dates and charter. apply i'm
mcdiately to the BAY RIDGE CO,
l23 West Baltimore St, Baltimore,
May 2g-l3t or Annapolis, Md.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Fourth district; NJ. 5. McNamee, No.

Fourth district; NJ. 5. McNanee, No. .,
Eighth district.
The bill of j. Ii. Meaairy y Co.,
amounting to Sl,55S.9l, was examined
and referred to the President and Ex.
aminer for settlement.
Mr. w. II. Soper was heard in favor of
IA book on physiology by w. J. c, Du-
laney X Co., urging its adoption i'll the
schools Of the county. .
The Board adjprrned to meet in spe-
cial session on the 9TH instant.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
County Commissioners Cecil County
EIKTON, Mp, July 5th, 1886

EIKroN, Mp, July 9th, 1886.
+. s. Ererist, Esq, PreSjdcnt School Conn,
mis$ioacJS. Port DCposH:
Ny Dear .Su'-Replyiug to yours OF the
Bird, the Commissioners levied $40 900
speciaIly to cover all the school houses
named III your estimate, except the one
at Perryville, and, in addition, the usual
$22, 000 making the total school levy,
$34, 600 This was done after full discus
sion and with the understanding that
next year a sufficient amount should be
added te the 81, 600 to enable you to
keep the schools open full ten months.
Yours very truly,
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Fined for Violating the Local
Option Law.

Bailiff King on Tuesday morning ar
rested Frank Boyles who keeps a saloon
on Collins's avenue in the colored quarter
of Elkton. Frank was charged with vo-
lation of the local option law, and was
tried on Tuesday evening before Magis-
trate Scott. The Justices office was
had gathered to hear the case. Ella
Boyles, wife of the prisoner, swore that
she had seen her husband sell whisky
more than once. She had tasted whisky,
an1 knew that which he sold was the
article. George Hammond, colored
brother in-law of the accused, testified
that he bought half pint of whiskey
of him in May. Had bought liquor of
him two or three times. On cross-ex-
animation he admitted that he and
Boyles had had quarrel last Sunday
concerning his sister, and the reason he
gave the information was because Bpyles
had ill-treated his sister. Two young
white men of ElktOn also testified that
they had bought liquor of the accused.
The magistrate found Boyles guilty and
imposed fine of $50 and costs. Boyles
went to Jail and will serve out the usual
60 days for non-payment of the fine. II.
c. Thackery, Esq, appeared for the
prisoner
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Baltimore Markets.
.LTlMoRE, July IL, 1886.

Corrected Weekly By W. II. Michael & Son.
Grain and Produce Commission Ier-
chants, 81 Nc Elderry'S Wharf.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Wood Lawn Camp.

Wood Lawn Camp Meeting commences Aug.
10th. The rent OF tents this year will be as fol
lows:
Canvas Tents. 12xl6. with floor. r........$9
l4X2O - - ........ IL
Stockholders not intending to occupy their Lots
will please let me know soon.
G.. ABRAHAMS. Secretary.
June 5-2m Wood Lawn, Md.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
Rock CruSher For Sale.

A CRUSHER capable of reducing Il
"A to ~ tons OF Stone per day, for sale cTeap.
The machine is one oi great power and strength
and is in perfect order.
Marriott ID. SCOTT y BRO. Elkton. Nd.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
The New

Very pretty dark satteens this week at
Mrs. NJ. j. Browns.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
- Apple Orchards,
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

THE School Commissioners of Cecil
Il county will meet at their Ottice, in Elkton,
for the transaction of current School business, on
the SECOND TUESDAY of each and every
Month. JOHN SQU1ER,
sa' IA WAC Sanrstary.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
EHE UHRKEFS.
Elkton Markets.

REPORTED BY d. SCOTT & BRO.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOCAL HEALTH BOARD.

ELKToN, July II. 1856.
In accordance with an Act of the Legislature,
passed at its last session, constituting the Board
OF Commissioners in each of the counties Il Local
Board OF Health, said Board ior Cecil county
met and organized on the l4th day OF July by the
election OF Irwin G. Griffith president and John
II. lamar secretary and Health Office.
In order that the citizens Of the county may be
informed of the object Of the organization OF said
Board, the Secretary requested to publish
such sections of the Act of Assembly as may be
deemed necessary, creating it an official body,
and defining the duties and powers of the same,
follows:
The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17
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ELKToN, Saturday June &c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-12-02
JEALOUSY AND ENVY.

Human nature is prone to jealousy
and envy. There is no person living
devoid of either. In limited guam
tity neither quality becomes unbear-
able, but in some people these char
acteristics are so abnormally devel-
oped as to render them obnoxious to
all classes of society. Some people
have so much envy anG jealousy in
their composition that it cannot be
smothered, but is shown in every act
and spoken sentence. 1t dwarfs their
good qualities and renders them
cross, peevish, irritable and uncom-
panionable. They are constantly de-
riding their contemporaries, some
times even falsifying and wilfully
disappearing, thinking to wreak
their pretty vengeance in this man
ner. They can say no manner of
good about party engaged in like
pursuits, but seek every opportunity
to say something calculated to injure
them before discriminating public.
All, weak and foolish persons, who
cannot see beyond and above their
own personal schemes of avarice.
They cut their own throats in the
vain endeavor to overthrow their
neighbor. People can discerna good
motive from an evil one, and are al
ways ready to give justice in all cas-
es. The surest way to make friends
for man is to abuse and misrepre
sent him. The man who will seek to
pull down his fellow man to accom-
plish his own personal aggrandize-
ment under the cloak of doing the
community good is as mean as a per-
son can get to be. His relations in
life will always be miserable. He is
only planting the seeds of discomfort,
and in the future he will reap
bountiful harvest of merited enmity. |
L Exchange.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1886-12-02

A FATAL FIGHT.

| Mr. Charles NJ. Osborn, formerly
of Cobb county, but now a resident
of saltwater Store, Mississippi, was
dangerously wounded Saturday even
ing 10th of November, while engag-
ed in fight. A fiat boat from the
Ohio river landing brought in three
men who went to Mr.. E. Richardson's
store, which Mr.. Osborn has charge
of, and endeavored to sell him some
potatoes. Mr.. Osborn told the men
he would not buy anything from a
yankee. Hot words ensued, when
one OF the men drew his pistol and
shot Mr.. Osborn in the right breast
inflicting a painful and dangerous
wound. Mr.. Osborn then drew his
pistol and began firing. The first
shot proved a fatal one, going
through the heart of the man who
had shot him. He continued to shoot
and wounded both the other men,
one of them dangerously. A private
letter states that Mr.. Osborn acted
entirely in self defense, and that he
will not be hurt.
Charley Osborn is we'll known in
Marietta and is a half brother to Mr..
W. X. Montgomery. His father and
mother live at Upshaw in this coun-
tY.