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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-27

u. OREGON. NovEMBER Is. 1853. Sealed
proposals, in friplicate, viii be received al
this office until IL o'clock (noon) standard
time, December 10. 1883, for furnishing and
delivering 10000 tons. more or less, OF rock
on board barges, for jerty az mouth of Co.
lumeia River. Attention Is invited to acts
OF Congress approved February 90, 1885, and
February % 1851, Vol. %, page 332, and Vol,
"A. page 4i4, Statutes at Large. For all in
formation. apply TO Thos. H. Handbury.
Major, Corps of Engineers, u. s. A.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-27

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CT Mercury, leaving the blcod pure and
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FLAMING FIRE IN THE VEINS.

We hold positive proof that Acker's
English Blood Elixir cures all blood
poisons where cheap sarsaparillas and
sOtalIed purifiers fail. Knowing this,
we will sell it to all who call at our
store on positive guarantee
4. W. Conn, Druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-27

A daily consumption of needles
in this country is said to be 4,20O,-
600. Most of them come from
Redditch, England.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-27
MIDDLE-AGED MEN

There are many at the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations Of
the bladder. often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensa' ion and a weaken
ing of the system in manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary
deposits, ropy sediment will often be found,
and sometimes small particles of albumen
Will appear. or the color Will be OF a thin;
appearance. There are many men who die Of
this difficulty, ignorant of the cause, which Is
the second stage of seminal weakness DIR.
SPlNNEY will Guarantee u Perfect
Cure in such cases, and q healthy restora-
ton Of the gsnito-urinary organs.
NJ, only.
= Consultation free Examination, $500,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
Our Public Roads.

Through much effort and tribulation
every advance is made and every re
form is achieved. 'Line upon line,
precept upon precept, here little there
little" is the lessen which has mark
ed every achievement for lettering the
condition of the human race.
Old habits and customs, like old
sores, yield slowly and with great suf-
fering to the patient These truths are
abundan,ly verified in the road agita-
ton which is going on in many pla, es
in this and other states.
In the last issue of the MIDLAND
JOURNAL we published the letter of
Mfr. Goldsmith of newark, N. j., Civ
ing the details Of the road law of Essex
County in that State, whose previous
article had attracted the attention of
some of our most in,elligentand public
spirited readers. The two points in Mr..
Goldsmith's letter which revealed the
essence of the New Jersey law were
first the macadamizing of the main
reads from Newark across the county.
This work was placed under the super
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
s4o.ooo,ooo.

Forty million dollars was the sum ex-
pended for beer alone in the city of
Chicago last year. This is what the
consumers paid, the retail cost of beer
alone. Distilled spirits and wines con
sumed are not include in the above
sum. These figures are derived from a
careful compilation of the number Of
barrels sold, and the retail price of a
barrel.
This vast sum represents an entire
waste, and worse, for scientific and
careful experiments prove that beer is
1he most dangerous of all intoxicating
liquors. IT coarsens men physically
and morally to a greater degree than
distilled spirits. The most revolving
cold biooded crimes are perpetrated by
beer drinkers. Beer drinking is the
most prolific cause OF liver and kidney
diseases.
The brewery is the main source OF
the foreign saloon, which is boldly
threatening to dominate and complete
~ control the politics of the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
The Farmers INSTITUTE:

Oxford is TO be favored with the
Farmers Institute on the 18th, and
10th, of February. under the manage
ment of the Pennsylvania State
Board Of Agriculture. The program
is an interesting one consisting OF
essays, addresses and discussions.
The following are some of the sub
jec's named in the program. "The
Citizen Farmer s'Agriculture and
its advantages" "Li>e Stock in its
relation to Fertility Farming as a
Profession" Commercial Fertilizers
and their Economic Use," "The Near
Future of Interests" "What Educa-
ton should Farmers give their Sons
and Daughters" "Fruit Culture
There will be interesting lectures.
by able lecturers, agriculture in
China by Rev. James Calder, of
Harrisburg. An Illustrated lecture
will be given by Prof. j. 7. Rothroc1
of the University of Penna. on the
Geographical Distribution of Amer
lean Trees"
The ladies too will haye ''say''
On the subject Of home. Mrs. JOS.
ephine Jackson will enlighten the
meeting on Choosing Companion, =
and Miss Letitia I. GOOD will ven-
tilate "Home Protection"
Our Bee friend, DIR Morrison of
Oxford is down for a paper or dis
course on Bee Culture Tell them
how difficult it is doctor and don't
haye theInstitute all trying TO estab.
lish Apiaries
The ahove are part only Of the
interesting subjects which will en-
gage the Institute, interspersed by
questions and answers. The meet
inss are all free and every body is
invited to attend The discussions
and lectures will be by learned and
competent men and cannot fail to
be both highly interesting and in
structive. We hope to have such
institutes in Maryland in the near
future. All who possibly can do so
should attend some Of the meetings.
There will be two sessions each
day opening at 80 o'clock a. m
and 80 p. IN.
The State Legislature has placed
at the disposal of the State Board of
Agriculture fund for the actual and
necessary expenses of conducting To-
cal Farmers Institutes, it is there
fore desired that the citizens of
Chester and adjoining counties will
manifest an interest by attending
them.
The ladies are especially invited /
Admission free. at all the sessions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
Friday. Feb. 8, lsss.
The Courts OF Bacchus bel ar be-
cause the Times is h(A)ard.

The latest concerning "trusts" comes
from London, where it is rumored that Jaw
Gould, together with the Rothschilds, the
Duke of Deyonshire and the Duke OF West
minister, is going to form a gigantic trust
to control the food supply of London. The
promoters propose to erect granarieS, ware
houses, pork curing establishments, &c, on
sites convenient to the several great rail-
roads leading to Chicago. The products are
thence to be carried to New York over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and from
there TO Loudon-Phiia. Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03


The first ard best movement for
Congress to make in its efforts to Gu /
down the surplus should be the repeal
of the Internal Reyenue tax on wills
key and tobacco. The monopoly
which has been built up in the whisk-
ey business by the tax is opposed to
its repeal; and the controlling powers
in the whiskey interest are strongly
opposed to the repeal of the tax. To
tax an article by the Federal govern
ment gives it certain standing in the
commercial world which the leading
men of that business desire it to have.
The high license policy has the
same effect, and they are strongly in
favor of that also.
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Oxford Agricultural Society Elec


The annual meeting and election
Of the Oxford Agricultural Society
was held on Saturday last, when the
following officers and board of man
ayers were elected for the present
year:
President, Isaac Acker.
Vice Presidents-R. S. Patterson,
J. 7. Reynolds and H. H. Duyckinck
Recording Secretaries Fl. S. Worth
and Milton Walker.
Corresponding Secretary, d. E;
Brinton.
Treasurer, John X. McKissick.
Manaeers-F. T. Garrett, A. B.
Worth, j. c. Brosius. D. II. Branson
Jonathan Pickering, c. N. Bernard,
Joseph II. Miller, II. j. Grier, S.
Whitson, L.R Mearns, ". II. Hogg
Howard Preston.
The new board, except the two
last named and the recording secre-
taries, who declined IRE election, is
the same as formerly.
The society decided to pay the
premiums awarded at last falls fair,
amounting to $l050. whioa were not
premptly met owing to deficit in
the funds on account of unfavorable
weather. The following resolution
was adopted by the meeting:
Resolved that the new board OF
managers be instructed and author
lied to borrow money on the credit
of the Society to pay the premiums
of the last fair and execute all nee
essary papers for securing the pay
ment of the same.
The retiring secretary, Theodore
K Stubhs, made report Of which
the following is the financial part:
The new buildings and improve
ments on track, with repairs in 1886.
cost $2540.6S, and $3.50 was borrow
ed to pay the balance needed in ex
cess of profits on the two successful
fairs of the same year.
The receipts of the late fall far.
which was a failure on account of
the whole week being stormy, were
1889 26. while the repairs expenses
and speed premiums paid amount to
Sl795.94. and the general premiums
awarded Sl0a0. stir remain unpaid.
The society owns 20 acres of land
assessed at $1,000 and valued at $ll,
600; the buildings are insured for
$500; the 81 shares of stock are
owned by $40 stockholders; the
banded debt is $4,000; floating debt,
$4,000, all borrowed from banks,
making q total Of $5S75 90. not in
Guiding the $3.50 90 premiums;
there is SlS.22 cash in the treasury.
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an d the care of the roads was left ia
their charge: and second, the county
was divied into small districts, which
we're placed entirely under local man
agement; the taxes raised from the
property for road purposes in those sub
divided districts being appropriated
back to them to be expended on their
roads.
1t will be remembered that this is
the plan that we have advocated for
Cecil County, as nearly as the altered
conditions of the two counties would
admit of. We urged that the county
should be divided into small road dis
tric;s placed under local management,
and that main roads, leading to the
centres of trade be put under the inn
mediate control of the county commits
sioners, and such parts of those
main thoroughfares as required piking
and draining to be so treated, and those
portions where such thorough work
was not required, be kept in the best
condition.
Newark, N. J., is the point in Essex
county (being qnite large city, to
which the great bulk oftrade and trav-
ell tends, hence the main roads from all
sections leading to it were put in COM
plete order made substantial and dur
able-after which the cost for keeping
them in repair is comparatively trifling.
The main points of travel and trade
in our county are the railroad depots.
With thoroughly constructed short
pieces of road to each of these public
points, onto which the neighborhood
roads would debouch, would be the
grand decideratum for system of
county roads that would at all seasons
insure economical and comfortable
teaming and travel.
Our roads now- cost In round numb
ers twenty thousand dollars year,
which vast sum of money is as COM
pleely lost as the house which has
been used as a dwelling last year and
was burned at the beginning of this. A
system which produces such results is
radically wrong and immensely ex-
pensive portion of this money
should go to constructing piece of
permanent road every year at least,
and the balance used in temporary re
pairs. If the temporary repair was
placed under local, district manage
ment, and the sections designated for
permanent construction, placed under
the care of the county commissioners
empowered to employ such skilled la
Dor as is required for such work, we
would then be on the way to final sue
cess, permanent roads, with dimin-
ishing road tax and an advance in real
estate and business throughout the
county There is no question but that
a system of thoroughly good roads
would draw business from outside into
the county and enhance the value of
real estate and every other species of
liked property.
1t is numerous population that in
creases the value of real estate. aud no
element SO great to promote activity
in business as the facilities for cheap
ening the transaction of business. and
for this what other factor is there in
rural districts will begin to compare
with first class roads?
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NOTE SEVERAL THINGS.
Sketches of the Counties.

ne balClmOre Snn mas puOuSuel
sketch of the counties of the state
and ST. Mary's County, at present
the poorest county in the state is
placed first in point of natural ad
vantages and beauty Of location
The possibilities ofthat county are
doubtless very great. The county is
almost surrounded by broad salt wa
tiers, and must possess an admirable
fruit climate. 1t would seem t be
the very home of the peach and grape
as well as the melon and sweet pc
tato. The following sketch of Cecil
county is excepted from the Sun:
Cecil county, the northermost of
the Eastern Shore counties, is bound.
ed on the north by Pennsylvania, on
the east by Delaware, ON the south
by Kent comfy. and on the west by
the Chesapeake bay and Susquehanna
river, which separate it from Hartford
county. Cecil county rs eighth in or.
der of population and sixteenth in
area of the counties of Maryland
The population in 1880 was u l03,
and is now doubtless over 10000 II
contains 400 square miles, and the
property of all kinds is assessed at
$14,168. 655. The county tax rate is
80 cents ON the $500 The soil of
the county includes almost every va
riety The First district, Sassaflas
Neck. is chiefly a sandy loan, capa-
BILE of the highest state of
productlveness. Many if not all the
farms are now in fine condition,
producing large crops of wheat, corn
oats and clover. 1t has not been
found well adapted to timothy, or at
least but little attention is paid to
timothy hay in that district. Some
of the lands, composed largely of
clay grow we'll the natural grasses
and are excellent pasture fields. This
is the great peach growing district of
the county. The second district is
much like the other. 1t includes the
historic Bohemia Manor. which is
called by some the garden spot Of
county. The capabilities of much OF
the acreage OF these districts have
never been tested. They could
he made to grow everything that can
be grown in this latitude. A we'll
informed gentleman of Cecil county
saw he does not hesitate to say that
finer lands are not to be found in the
Middle States The Third or EiktOn
district embraces a greater variety of
soil than does any other district
named. 1t runs from rich loan to
an most worth ess clay or gravel.
Grain, clover and timothy are raised
and many cattle fattened on its fine
pasture lands. The Fourth, Sixth.
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth districts
are perhaps in far higher state of
improvement than the lower districts
The farms are smaller and the farm
ers practical men OF superior intelli.
gence as farmers. From these dis
tricts the Baltimore market is sup,
piled with its we'll known "Cecil
county hay" There are fine dwell
ings in both the upper and lower end
of the county, and fine large barns es,
pccially in the former Churches
and schools afford every facility/for
religious anu secular Improvement,
The Fifth or North East district, the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
Petitions are being circulated throughou,

Petitions are being circulated throughout
the State Of Mary land under the State AL
lance management fo- signers asking the
Legi Stature TO make provision for popular
vote to be taken 10 add an article to the
State Constitution prohibiting the mann
factule and sale of alcoholic liquors in the
state for use as beverages. Baltimore City
would snow under the proposition is the
general belief and it would appear like a
waste OF AMMUNITION, if there is almost GER
tainty OF failing. Better fight the battle cf
prohibition. county by county, allowing
prohibition senti to crystalize in the
mind, aud risk no backset. After the mex :
Pres election prohibition will be prepared tc
take an advanced position and hold it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03
Notice Served.

A communication from w. G T.
o., through the Nems this week, to the
manager of the Cecil County Agricul-
tural Society closes with the following
ominous words: eff the Society does
not heed it then the course of the w.
e. T. U. is marked ont for it by hand
that it dare not disobey."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03

largest district in acreage, IS infer.
Tor as an agricultural country, con.
tanning large acreage of barrens.
Many of its farms along the North
East and Elkriyers are fine grain
and truck land.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03

"a crown will. not cure the headache
nor golden slipper the govt, but if
the Headache comes from catarrh,
Warmers Leg Cabin Rose Cream will
give immediate and lasting relief. 1t
is the best remedy.
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er, who pever pay for anything if they can
help il, and simply start in business for a
few months with the view of beating every
one they can, and of course, naturally snch
a class would not want this law. cannot
see how any one who has anything at stake
can help but favor High License and en-
forcing the law strictly.
s. 1 would be in favor of High License
ment of the law under Prohibition. If You
undertake to do yoar business without pro-
lection you are blackmailed by one-horse
attorneys, which in the end amounts to
many times the cost OF license every year,
even if the license be very high. We have
had great deal of business in The State Of
Iowa, both before it was Prohibition and
since, and we can say positively that there
is very little satisfastion in doing business
in that State now. Ever SO often the goods
are seized, and it causes a great deal of
trouble and delay to get them released; and
then there is fear of not getting money
for the goods, and all the forms we haye to
go through make it very annoying business.
It is like running railroad under ground.
You don't know where you are going or
what is ahead. In all my experience, of
ten years in Ohio before the temperance
movement and twenty years experience
here previous to High License and since,
believe that High License is one of the
grandest laws for the liquor traffic, and for
men interested as we'll as people at large
therein. Tie only onjec ton we have here
in that the regulations are not more strictly
enforced than they are. do not belieye
we would have any Prohibition people in
orr State if our High License law was
more rigidly enforced.
l enclose you herewith copy of our
State law regulating the liquor business,
which will give you an idea of the kind o!
law We have. Anything | can do for you
at any time please command me,
Yours Truly,
PETER E. ILER, (Prest.)
NOTE SEVERAL THINGS.
After seven years OF trial OF the highest
kind OF High License, the chief dlstilef in
Nebraska assures privately the trade i'll New
York that High License does not lessen the
consumption of liquor.
Note the enthusiasm of Pres. Tier: 81
believe that High License is one of the
grandest laws for the liquor traffic"
The above letter is published from
The Toice. The leading Prohibition
paper in the United States. Those
who have been dreaming of reg
ulating' the rum trade by High
License, should ponder this letter
we'll.
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Order Nisi.

IN RE: THE MORTGAGED REAL ESTATE OF
DAVID NJ PIERCE AND WIFE.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County Md
No, AGO Equity. I,
ORDERED, This 18th day of January 1889
that the sale made and reported by Han.
son II. Haines. assignee of the mortgage. on.
the real estate mel toned in the proceedings i'm
the above entitled cause be ratified and confirmed
unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on
or bef'lre the 18th day OF March next: provided
copy of this order be inserted in some newspaper
published in Cecil Count Md. once q week for
one month before the 14th day of February next
, The report states the mount of sale to be $500.
JAMES A. DAVIS clerk,
True cepy-Test: JAMES A, DAVIS.
Jan l3-lm Clerk
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Gentlemen: Your le,te of the 3lst ult.,
in regard to Prohibition, is at hand and
carefully noted. would answer your
questions as you put them rs follows:
/. High license has not hurt our bust
ness, but, on the contrary, has been great
benefit to it as we'll as the people generally.
2. l believe somewhat, as you say the
Cincinnati Voiksblaa says, that High License
acts as bar against Prohibition. 1t is es-
pecially SO in this State. as the tax from the
license goes towards supporting the schools
thereby relieving the citizens and farmers
of just so much tax that they would other
wise have to pay, and therefore especially
beneficial to the poor and labsring classes.
1t also gives the business more of tone
and legal standing, and places it in hands Of
better class of people.
8. i do not think that Righ License
lessons the quantity of liquor used, but
places it in fewer and better hands with bet.
Ter regularity.
A. AS TO the trade repeating the High
License law, if the question was left to it, l
do not think, SO far as my acquaintance is
concerned, that it would do so. have an
exteasiv acquaintance through this State,
and ! believe if it were put to vote of the
liquor dealers and saloon men whether it
should be High License, no license, or low
license, they would almost unanimously be
for High License. Those oIjectlng would
be class without responsibility or charact-
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Notice.

One wishing farm to crop. or six
teen acres Of land to rent. wherein f..
raise tomatoes with house, within O
short distance of Lii ,erty Grove cana
ming factory. or any one wishing t.
buy from forty-six to eighty-four and
a half acres of land situated betweeyj
Rowlandville, Vinegar Hill I'd Libertm
Grove, will please call on
f. A. and VI. l.. MORRISON,
one mile east of Rowlandville, Nd.
j20 st.