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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-07-21
Death of Miss Alice Constable
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower OF all the field

Death lies on her, like an untimey frost
Upon the sweetest flower OF all the field
Miss Alice Constable, eldest daughter
and child of Albert Constable, Esq, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Groome Constable, died
on Monday morning last about five o'clock
of typhoid fever at the residence of her
parents in this town. She had nearly
completed her twenty first year. Her
illness covered about ten days but did be.
come of an alarming form until Wednes-
day of last week. From that time it was
a hard battle with death in which the
dread monster was successful. She re
ceived the best medical attention, DR..
Bromwell, of Washington, d c., who
had attended her during former illness,
assisting DR.. H H. Mitchell of this place.
DR.. John J. Black, of New Castle, Del,
her uncle, was also IN attendance during
the last few days of her illness. DR..
Pepper. the celebrated Philadelphia ply
sician was also telegraphed for but was
absent from the city on vacation.
rare beauty and grace. All who were
favored with her acquaintance admired
her greatly for many good qualities of
heart ard mind. She was frank genial
and vivacious. In the bright morning of
womanhood, the pride and JOY of loving
parents, admired by devoted friends, in the
flush of youth and the enjoyment of
health,
go, what hadst thou to do with cruel death
Who vast so full of life, or death with thee
Miss Alice after attending the Elkton
Academy went to Washington, D. c., to
complete her education. She developed
exceptional musical gifts, and as a voca-
list was most charming. Her converse
tioual and musical ability with her beauty
and grace made her the favorite of all
social circles that she entered She was
a communicate of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church, having united with the
church while attending school in Wash
iugtou. She was well known IN Balti-
more where she visited her uncles, Ex-
Governor James Black Groome and De-
putty Collector VIM. M. Knight, and on
the Peninsula.
Her funeral was held on Wednesday
evening at six O'Clock from the residence
of Mr.. Constable The services were con-
Quoted at the house, Rev. VIM. Schouler
officiating. Rev. E K. Miller, assisted in
the service at the grave. A select choir
sang very sweetly abide With Me. )"
The pail bearers were DR.. Ii. FL. Nit
chell, Alexander Evans, Jr, Hester
Hess, William Knight, c. H. B. Massey,
Jr., and Henry M. Mccullough. The
funeral was largely attended by relatives
and friends of the family. Among those
present from distance were: Col. Her.
man Stump, Henry W. Archer and James
Archer of the Hartford bar; Anthony
Higgins, Esq, of the Wilmington bar;
DR.. Black and Richard Cooper cashier
of the New Castle Bank, of New Castle;
Ex-Governor James B. Groome and Prof
I. l.. Graham. The interment was at
the Presbyterian cemetery. The floral
decorations we're numerous and beautiful.
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The Peoples Column.


RISING SUN, Md, July 18th, 1888.
Editor Wing: Having heard it asserted in these
parts that the principles of the two contending
political parties, on the subject of protection,
tariff, or free trade, is not worth contending for
and advocating the introduction of third party
the subject OF prohibition, this has been shown
to me to be scheme to draw the temperance
people away from the protect ton of labor that they
may establish tree trade, and reduce the wages
of labor This would be fine times Tor the man OF
wealth, similar to the days OF slavery. If the
people were blind enough to be led by such
sopbistry they might accomplish their intention.
In foreign governments estates are entailed and
the officers and wealthy control the people. This
government makes no distinction between the
rich and the poor laborer. But free trade without
regard to fair trade, is calculated to benefit the
rich and burden the laborer also hear much
about legislating for the benefit of the farmer. If
farm laborers are meant why not include all use
iul laborers. Our blessings come by seeking for
them, not by idly wishing for them. We may in
herit organizations but the development of iacul-
ties or talents is brought forth by effort. The
Creator is the author OF all our blessings, freely
given to those who ask. The poor and frugal
laborer is a,blesshg to society when he labors for
that which is good and our protective tariff is to
protect him against injury from oppressive laws
OF foreign governments where the poor OPP
pressed by the government of the wealthy. In
this government efforts have been made to buy
up the votes of the poor voters and by such frauds
on the ignorant, the people might be brought
into or under oppression here. The price OF
liberty is eternal vigilance" While there is in
telligence in the body of the people, l trust the
present effort to draw them into divisions by 3
third Darty to de feat the people and establish
market here for the products OF foreign pauper
labor will be defeated. There may be some honest
minded persons led to vote for the third party
bat with the knowledge now before us l trust
they will be very few. The fact being known that
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Port Deposit Items,

McClenahan * Bros. granite quarres are
rushed with worb. They are still furnishing the
stone for the steel works below Baltimore and
have received the contract to furnish the cut stone
for the first building of the large sugar refinery
to be erected in Philadelphia by Claus Spreckels
the sugar king.
M. ]. Oliver is building baroer shop on the
lot between L. f. Williams and W. Grossman
l.. ID. Pussy is doing the carpenter work.
Miss Mary HOwser of Cadiz, o. is the guest OF
Mrs. Jacob Tome. Miss Minnie J. Davis is visit
ing Miss BERTHE Sheppard at Delaware City
Rev. j. p. Otis and family are Il visit to hi;
father in Virginia. They will be gone two OIL
three weeks.
Rev. Fred. E. McKinsey will preach in the
Tome Memorial NJ. f. Church next Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour, 1890 o'clock. The Sunday
evening service has been suspended till Septem
ber2.
Rev, las. Conway and wife have returned IRON
trip to the seashore.
The Tunis Lumber Company expect to start
their flooring mill in few days. They have been
shut down for about two weeks on account of put
ting in new machinery. T.
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The Moons Eclipse.

Next Sunday evening the moon will
rise with all her usual splendor if the
night is clear, and her glory will be un-
dimmed until five minutes to ten, when
she will cutter what 10 called the penum-
bra, or shade caused by portion of the
sunlight being shut off by the earth S
surface. At five minutes to eleven a
black crescentic line will appear, giving
the moon gibbeous or distorted look at
first. This steadily grows, and more and
more OF the moons surface will disap-
pear, and then family and almost imper-
ceptibly the darkened portion again be-
comes visible. When little before
twelve the last silvery CLEAN disappears,
the moon will be plainly visible, but how
different from her usual appearance.
Dull, CHASTITY red, her beauty and maias
tic appearance wholly gone, one can
readily realize how in older days eclipses
were considered harbingers of dreadful
events to come.
About half past one a silvery light will
break over the eastern edge of the moon
Steadily the line of light will grow, until
at the expiration of an hour, the full
moon in all her splendor will shine Sc
renely in the southern sky. In this por-
uion of the eclipse the observer will see
all the phases of the moon reproduced,
from the faint crescent of the new moon
to the first quarter, and finally the full
moon, and it is glorious sight to see the
ragged crags and peaks of the mountains
of the moon catch. one after another, the
CLEAN of the sunlight as the shadow
passes away.
All these sights are beautiful when
viewed with the naked eye, but their
glory with the aided vision of the tele-
scope is such that language fails to ex-
press it. Always superb telescope OBJ
jject. the moon seems to shine with more
than ordinary splendor when released
from an eclipse. Probably no earthly
sight can compare with what the happy
owner of a telescope may observe next
Sunday night, and in the wee sma' hours
on Monday morning if the night is clear
and he or she can stay awake to see it.
Such sights are elevatihg to the mind
They impress one with the sense of the
enormous scale and regularity of the pro-
cesses of Nature and the comparative i'll
significance of man and his works. The
countless fanciful legends which every
race and time has connected with eclipses
become tame and prosaic when compared
with the sober facts of space, size and
distance which an eclipse impresses on
the mind.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-07-21
Our Local Health omcers Suggestions


Editor Cecil Whig-Dear Sir: The suggestions
of the Health Officer for Cecil county are most
timely and excellent, but is it not the very
auntessence OF irony for the Health Officer to say
in his recommendations with regard to children,
Fresh air is absolutely essential and no baby
can thrive without it, = Children should be
kept out ii doors when the weather is warm,
ETC., when he and any other citizen OF Elkton
knows that no child can pass over a rod of any
street in Elkton without being assailed with the
hlthy fumes OF seething, fostering ess-pOols and
in some places of pig-pens and slaughter houses.
Just what the duties OF the Health Officer is do
not know, but with the Town Commissioners ap-
parently paying no attention to these things
with one prominent physician of the town a part
owner OF a sinking bone mill, another the whole
owner OF combination OF horse stable, COW stable,
pig pen and the filthiest kind of filthy privies,
ther. would seem to be necessity for some officer
| 10 take some steps to clean the town. The State
Board Of Health shave the general care of the
sanitary interest of the people OF the State' Is
there nothing he can do? As he is making sug-
gestiOns he might at least recommend the people
to keep their pools covered from the rays OF
the sun aud supplied with kind of disinfect-
ant. and consequently keep them from emitting
their sckening odors into tho lungs and yitals OF
| every inhabtant OF the town. He might recon-
mend the Town Commissioners to make tour OF
the town and where the sources Of these often
| sive and notwithstanding smells are located.
believe this is the first publication have seen
| from the Local Health Officer, and am much
obliged to DIR. Frazer for showing this much inter-
est in the health OF the town, but can't he go a
step further and do something practical and set
| in motion some machinery, some board, or health
| commissioner, which will root out the nuisances
which destroy the comfort and undoubtedly
seriously effect the health OF the people.
Elkton, July 10th, 1888. A SUFFERER.
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Personals.

Rev. James Conway, of Port Deposit is
at Cape May.
Miss Tide Squier and Mr. VIM Squier, of
Port Deposit, are at Atlantic City.
Miss Clara Vale, of near Delaware City,
Is visiting Miss Emily Smith, of Flkton.
Mrs Clinton Roe and family of Whining
ton are visiting her father Mr.. VIM. 7. Giles.
The Misses Lewis, of Singerly, have been
visiting DIR I. j. Dunott at Harrisburg Pa.
l.. M. Haines, Esq, and family are spend
ing the summer at their cottage at Rehobeth.
Miss Sallie Wooley, of Wilmington, was
the guest of Mrs. VIM. j. Smith on We'd
nesday.
San has been visiting the family of DR.. j.
H. lamar.
Miss Sallie Carpenter, of Wilmington, is
visiting Miss Dollie Freeman of the Sec md
district.
Mr. and Mrs. John Boone of Philadelphia
this week visited friends in Elkton and
Charlestown.
Mr.. Harry Titus and wife, of Philadelphia
have been visiting Mrs. Edward Smith on
North street.
Misses Helen and Ada Hopper. of Chesa
peake CITY, are guests of Mrs. Jas. Hopper,
Havre de Grace.
Mrs VIM. Kidd, and two children of Port
Deposit, are the guests of Mrs. c. Vannr
man, Havre de Grace.
Benz. Ricketts,, of Philadelphia is spending
vacation with his father Mr.. George
Ricketts, near EIkton.
Miss Fannie Snes, and Miss Emma Nc
Farland of Philadelphia, are the guests of
Mrs. VIM. 7. Warburton.
Miss Ella Boyd and Miss Lizzie Hedge,
of Rowlsndville, have been visiting Miss
Mary Dillon of Hopewell.
Miss Sophia Reynolds, of Rising SUM-
has been the guest of Mrs. b. C. Reynolds.
of Oxford, Pennsylvania.
Mr. H. f. Jackson, of Philadelphia, is
spending the summer at the boarding house
of Mrs. VIM. Jetferies, Elk landing.
Mr.. Frank r. Witworth, will leave next
Wednesday for Allegheny City, Pa, where
he will visit friends for several weeks.
Mrs. K. E. Langdon, Mrs. j. G. Richards
and two sons, of near Rising Sun, visited
Mr.. r. Langdon of Oxford, Pa, last week.
Miss Mary HollingSworth, Miss Helen
Broughton, and Mrs. Jennie McCabe are at
Mrs. Cameron's boarding cottage, Ocean
Grove.
Mr.. Jacob Collins, Jr., of Washington,
d. G., who holds responsible position as
manager of telegraph office at that place
is visiting his father Mr.. Jacob Collins near
Elkton.
Mrs. WIN. d. II ,ddock, of Zion, was the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Jos. Hinchliffe, in
Elkton, on Wednesday, and is now visiting
her father. Presiding Elder John France, at
Smyrna, Del.
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The State Teachers Association

The joint meeting of the Maryland
State Teachers Association and the West
Virginia Educational Association began
on Tuesday at Mountain Lake Park, Md
A large number of teachers and others
prominently identified with educational
matters were present. Among others
Rev. John Squier of this county. The
meeting was called to order by Lewis
Ford, first vice president of the Maryland
Association, who introduced Hon. H. w.
Hoffman, of Cumberland, who delivered
the address of welcome. Prof. W. P.
Wiley of the West Virginia University
responded. A paper entitled "The place
of Manual Training in a System of Public
Schools" was read by Prof. N. c. Bracket
of Slower College. Prof. r. Armstrong,
principal of West Liberty Normal School,
West Virginia read paper upon the
the same subject, in which he took strong
ground IN favor of manual training in the
public schools. The question was also
discussed by several others in the affirm
alive.
The same question also occupied the
attention of tue convention nearly all of
Wednesday morning. The discussion
developed the fact that West Virginia
has no training school, and the eaperi-
ment of manual training has not been
tried, whilst in Maryland there is the
Baltimore Manual Training School, the
Maryland Agricultural College, the House
of Refuge and the House of Correction,
the latter of which are refornatory in
their character.
Rev. John Squier, of Cecil county, and
Prof w. H. Anderson took the ground
that manual training in the public
schools is impractical, impossible, if not
absolutely absurd, because it would be
impossible to turn out finished me-
| chanics.
1t was argued by other we'll known
educators that manual training schools
were necessary in the large cities and
towns, but could not be successfully es-
tabIished in the counties. Neither is it
practicable to have manual training
I schools an annex to every public school,
but it is practicable and necessary to
have manual training in the schools.
Prof. NJ. A. Newall argued in favor of
/ free text books.
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What Can be Seen Through an
Opera Glass.

Very many delightful essays have been
written upon the pleasures of the imagi.
nation. Indeed it is wonderful faculty
in most persons, and it would be an
amusing if not profitable study to trace
the history of the mistakes made by
those who give it too full play. Indeed
the imagination becomes SO powerful
faculty by little exercise of it, that even
the physical senses are deceived, and
many persons unconsciously use their
minds eye instead of that physical Que
which Nature has so wisely provided as
the medium of SO many pleasures in life.
BuS unfortunately for correct vision, the
imagination too frequently overpowers
the eye, and under the idea that seeing is
believing, even the shrewdest of us are
deceived. This is very well illustrated
by little incident which occurred in
Elkton on Thursday evening.
Charlie Rudolph and Harry Mullikin,
two well known young gentlemen of this
town, about seven o'clock on The evening
named, conceived the happy idea of apply
ing practical test to a given number OF
persons, with view of discovering what
proportion of them owned healthy imagi-
nations warranted to work we'll. They
accordingly took an ordinary opera glass
and placing small oblong speck of ink
upon the outer or field glass of 1t, stationed
themselves on the street immediately
opposite court house square. The eclipse
of the moon not being expected until
Sunday night next they determined to
locate in the Heavens Immediately oyer
Elkton an imaginary balloon. They did
50 promptly. Eevating his glass Charlie
Immediately saw it, and Harry going him
one better thought he could see two
(too). They had enjoyed their sky gaz
ing but moment, when the crowd be.
gan to gather. Down the street came
Ben Campbell the popular merchant, up
the street came DR.. Cut Wells, Judge
Lewis and other we'll known citizens.
Each in his turn gazed upon the strange
heavenly visitor. They all saw it sure
There it hung, faint speck in the
Heavens. 1t doubtless was a balloon.
One visionist whose imagination was
abnOrmally active, could distinctly see
the outline of 2 man just below the blg
black bag. AS he lingeringly gazed he
thought he saw bright speck on the
mans coat lapel. 1t evidently was
glistening Cleveland and Thurman badge
Another not so partizan Democrat nat
urally believing that Cleveland and Thur
man would go up in balloon could
plainly see a waving bandana, Haunting
high in the Heavens. We havn't space
to tell how many, healthy eyes were de.
ceived by healthier imaginatiors and the
laugh only came i'll when Charlie and
Harry wiped the black speck off the
opera glass, al the wondering sky -gazers
could only wonder the more how their
imaginations had So strangely deceived
them. Thus it is often in life. with more
serious results.
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FIVE HOURS TO GET OUT.
A Bankrupt SaIe'- of Clothing Comes to a
Sudden End.

sudden End.
The Wilmington Egery Eoeninq of
Tuesday last contained the following :.
The bankrupt sale" of clothing that has
been going on for a week at No. 416
Market street Wilmington, came to
sudden end this morning to the great re-
lief of the reputable clothing dealers Of
the city. The first premonition came
yesterday afternoon when l. H. Good.
man, clerk, sued the proprietor, Jacob
Snowman OF Baltimore, for the amount of
his car fare between Baltimore and this
city. He brought the suit because Slow
man had discharged him without Just
reason yesterday, after hiring him to
come and help him throughout the sale.
The crushing blow upon the "bank-
rupt sale'' came this morning. The con-
Germ is nota bankrupt sale, by any means,
but simply scheme for working off
worthless clothes at apparently cheap
but in reality exorbitant prices. Last
night young man named r. F Craw-
ford went to the store to buy pair of
trousers and was offered pair for 81 Al.
lie inquired if they were all wool, and
the answer was That they were only wool
faced. A pair of "all wool'' was next of.
fered for So, but he said he did not want
to pay more than go. The clothing
was instantly wrapped up and given to
him at that price.
1t was not long before he discovered
that he had paid big price for pair of
cotton trousers, and ON the advice OF
friends he sued Snowman, the proprietor,
for obtaining money under false pre-
fences. The hearing came off this morn
ing before Esquire Monaghan, and Will
liam 81. Quinn, John H. Moore and the
superintendent Of the Boston Clothing
House, who were summoned as experts,
testified that the trousers were worth
about 81 per dozen. Esquire Monaghan
had meanwhile consulted with Attorney
general Blggs, and in accordance with
the advice received he gave Snowman the
option of closing his establishment and
leaving the city inside of five hours or
giving bail for appearance at the Sep
TENDER term of court. Snowman decided
to leave the city and at once began pre-.
parations for his departure.
After the hearing salesman of the
firm called on City Solicitor Ball and
asked if he could take out license and
continue the business in the store. The
solicitor told him that be could if he took
in the flaming bankrupt sale" posters,
stopped decelving the people, took out
the required license and conducted a
legitimate business. The salesman said
he would do all these things and then
departed.
The store was closed Immediately after
the hearing of the case before Esquire
Monaghan.
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"A lady suffering from inflammatory
rheumatism who had been visiting friends
several miles from here was taken to her
home on Tuesday. She was carried on a
couch W hich was placed In the baggage car
of the S.2S train. The lady was accompanied
by her husband, conductor on the New
York division of the Pennsylvania railroad
The deed for some land in Cecil county
near the Pennsylvania line was not recorded
in this county until June 25th last The
deed was recorded in Chester county on
March 9th, 1869. The paper shows signs
of age, but the handwriting which was very
good was iegible. The deed was given by
T. Henry Reynolds and his wife Mary, to
his son Jacob Reynolds. The land conveyed
only consists of about an acre, and "three
pounds" lawful currency of Pennsylvania
was the amount paid.
There were two accidents at Singerly's
pulp works on Thursday Of this week.
Henry Burke had his arm caught between
two rolls and badly bruised He had a
narrow escape from having it broken.
Christopher Sewell, colored employee,
while working on the night turn Thursday
evening in the clipper room was struck on
the head by small piece of the machinery
that had become loose. His head was cut
and the side of his face badly swollen. DIR.
II. II. Mitchell dressed the wound.
Mr.. George Balderston, of Colora, chair
man of the State Central Committee of the
Prohibition Party announces a mass tenn
perance convention to be held in Ekton on
Saturday, July 2Sth, at 10 A. NJ. to choose
eight delegates to represent Cecil county in
the Congressional convention for this dis
trict which meets at Glyndon Park, near
Baltimore, on August and, to nominate a
candidate for Congress for the Second dis
trict OF Maryland. These delegates will also
be representatives of the State convention
which meets at same place on same day to
name electors for Maryland on the National
Prohibition ticket. 1t is also designed at
this meeting to effect county organization
of the Prohibi Party.
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The Fair Catalogue for 1898.

We devote four columns of our first
page Today to the publication of the spe.
cial premium list of the Cecil county
Fair. They are also given in the fan
catalogue for 1888 which was issued this
week from THE VINO steam press. The
catalogue is considerably larger than last
year and contains so pages. The special
premium list it will be noticed is much
larger than ever before. The premiums
are worthy the best efforts Of competitors
and the entries especially for the more
valuable articles will doubtless be large.
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TWO HOUSES FOR SALE.

r offer for sale upon terms TO suit the purchasers
i the TWO DWELLING HOUSES on Ncrth
Street extended, in the town OF Elkton. The
Houses are three stories. bran new, handsomely
finished papered throughout, built OF seasoned
lumber and of good workmanship. Each house
contains seven rooms with excellent pumps OF
water, with front, side and back porches. These
are above the average of houses built for sale.
Each lot has a frontage OF twenty feet with
depth OF $50 feet. Apply to -
June9tf. JOHN WILKINSON.