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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
MAINE SANDERS DEATH.
The Hartford County Girl Who Died on
the Roadside.

The people of Hartford county are deeply
interested in the death Of Miss Mamie San
ders, whose body was found on the road
side near Clermont Mills last week. Mary
persons suspected that tho girl had died
from the effects of poison, and as matter
of precaution the stomach was sent to Balli-
more and is now being examined by Il
chemist. The police incline to the theory
that the examination will reveal no evil
dence of crime. 1t is understood that the
young lady was given to tight lacing, which
may have produced conditions that affected
her heart.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
Samuel r. jackson,

Samuel Il. Jackson former citizen of this
town, died at his home on East Baltimor,
street Baltimore on Sunday last in his forty
sixth year widow and one son survive
him. Mr. Jackson was for many years eL.
gased in the life insurance business, and has
recently conducted stationery and scgal
store in that city. He was IA member e the
Francis Scott Key Council. Junior Ofaci
United American Mechanics, us well as q
member of several other orders. His lunera
TOOK place at the Caroline Street NJ. E.
Church on Wednesday,.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02

From the Sc ballots that were at first dis
puted and arterward counted by agreement.
Evans received go votes. Mccullough 81 j..
Drrnnen Al. Christie "A Steele 80, Clark IS.
Lee 36 and Williams So These are included
in the total given above.
The tabulated recount with the tally sheets
and disputed ballots were returned to the
court on Monday afternoon with the follow
ing report:
I'VE hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
true and correct statement of the recount of
the ballots cast at the election on November
5th, 1895, in Cecil county, for States Attorney
Treasurer Commissioner for Long Term and
Commissioner for Short Term, and also the
number of ballots subsequently by agreement
filed, and also the number of ballots dis
puted and to be submitted to the Court for
its decision. Also the tally sheets for each
district arG annexed hereto and returned
herewith (Signed.)
SAMUEL II. KING,
AUSTIN L. CRorHERs,
p. NJ. GROVES,
RICKETTS, NELSON.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
School Commissioners,

The Board ofSchool Commissioners met on
Monday. Present Messrs. Everst Ash and
White. Minutes read and approved.
The quarterly accounts were examined and
ordered to be paid as follows:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
HOLMES MUST HANG.
Governor Hastinys Refuses to Save His
Life.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 30 Governor
Hastings today refused to grant respite in
the case of II. II. Holmes, who is to be
hanged in Philadelphia on May 7 for the
murder of Benjamin +. Ptezel
In behalf of Homes a petition was sent to
the governor, setting out various reasons
why he should not be hanged on that date.
The petition declares that he has $1,000
most of which he is being cheated of, and
that he wants time to recover it so that he
may bequeath it to his heirs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02

tation is extended to everybody and an er.
ioyable and profitable evening assured.
Rev. A. S. Mowbray will preach at wilma
tomorrow Sunday afternoon at 2.3C
o'clock.
The Rector OF tho church of the Good
shepherd, Chesapeake City, having resumed
his parochiil duties, after II temporary alb.
senre, services will be held in that church on
Sunday next and thereafter us usual.
Beginning with tomorrow. Trinity Church
congregation will hold its Sunday evening
service at eight o'clock instead of half past
seven as heretofore.
The Rev. J. McElmoyle will preach a,
Persons Grove, tomorrow, Sunday, at 3.3r
p N.
Beginning with Tomorrow, Sunday. ever
ing. service will begin at p. m. instead OF
7.3O p. M. us heretofore, at the ElEton Pres.
byterian Church.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
CHURCH NEWS.
Interesting Items Concerning The vari-
Gus Churches.

Miss Stewart, a prominent
worker and talented speaker
Of the w. c. 7. o., will be
in Elkton next Friday, May
sth, and deliver u popular
address in the NJ. E. Church
at 8 p. m. A cordial invi-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
ELECTION CONTEST.
The RecOunted Ballots Returned by the
Commission.

When the WING went to press last Friday,
the recount OF tha ballots in the election con-
test was about completed. showing ore hum
drrd and lfty~live ballots in dispute On
Monday afternoon the work of rccounting
was finally completed before Joshua P.
McCay, tn" commissioner appointed by the
court TO take testimony. BY agreement be-
tween counsel, the disputed ballots were
finally reduced to flf'y-nine and upon which
the court will pass. they being among the
number that were found to be stamped crron-
eously, and hearing the Y stamp opposite
individual names IL well rs opposite the
party emblem on the ticket
The vote rs returned to the court by the
commissioner, and that east at the November
alapti0n in fol
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
Base Ball.

-
and Villa Nova base bali
clubs played a game at
Newark on Saturday in
which the Collegians won
by the score of 1S to Is.
The Appleton and Nc
Clellandsville base ball
clubs played the first
game of the season at
Appleton on Saturd a y
last, which resulted in a
victory for Appleton by a
score of 9to3. Batteries
Erptbnrc nnJ r,r Co.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-02
Hamilton DiSStOn.

oiootOhs
Intelligence reached Elkton on Thursday
morning of the death of Mr.. Hamilton
Dlsston which excited many expressions OF
profound regret in this community where Mr.
Disston was so generally known, his con-
nection for SO many years with the Seneca
Point Club House near Challestown in this
county. having brought him in personal
contact with so many of our citizens. Mr..
Disston was found dead in his bed at an early
hour on Thursday morning.
He attended a meeting of the National Saw
Company in Newark, N. j.. on Wednesday
and returned home apparently in his usual
health. With his wife he attended the theatre
and aftecward took supper at the Hotel
bellevue with Mayor Warwick and Mrs. War
wick. The next morning, when his private
secretary. according to his usual custom,
went to Mr.. Disstons room, he found his
employer dead. Mr.. Dsston had been under
treatment for heart disease, and that malady
was undoubtedly the cause of his death.
Hamilton Disston was born in PHILADELPHIA
August %, 1874, and when young man en-
gagged in the saw manufacturing business
with his father under the firm name of Henry
Disston & Sons. When the father died the
management OF the big manufactory deye-
oped upon Hamilton and his three brothers,
Mr.. Disston's followers in Tacony, where the
immense saw works are located. are legion
and probably no employer ever lived who
was better thought of by his employees He
established asaving fund for his workmen and
a coal instalment plan. whereby the poor of
the town could purchase coal at wholesale
price by playing dollar down and dollar
n month.
In 1877, while on pleasure tour to Florida
Mr.. Disston vas impressed with the natural
advantages OF that State for raising the
staples of commerce, and u few years after
ward WIS induced to engage in an enterprise
that has made hin the largest land owner in
Tie United States. Having organized the
Florida Land and Improvement Company he
purchased from the State in June. 1881, four
million acres of land, selected from the
twelve million acres belonging to the State
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The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07

ana me and him went down On tbs
creek land loollin over the crops, he
up and told me all about a quaint and
peeurious game he got into with his
coed wife, wherein he played losin
hand.
'In my young days, Rufe-for some
years after me and Tidy Ann first got
married. use TO sorter divide my
time between the Methodist church
and drinkin whisky" says he. "Me
and the old lady had come to a gen
eral family understandin and we
pulled together smooth and lovely
as you please for Song time.
We took my nose for our guide post or
thermometer as it were. If my nose
got too ALFRED red the old lady she
would come and tell me how l must let
up little on sperits and run more
deeper in church matters. Likewise
also, if my nose showed up rather pale
/ would then check up ON the prayer
meetins and Sunday schools and lovs
feasts and the like of that, and go it
more heavier ON licller.
$50 things rocked along smooth and
right till one summer when | had been
off down the country on a fshin trip
with the boys. When | returned Lack
home late that evenin the old lady
come and says to me, says she:
"'Josiah, you are unnin too deep on
your sperits now. You must slack up
n little and give more time to tue
church.
81 told her there must be a mistake
somewheres. | knowed l hadn't been
drinlSin as free as common, Rufe, and
by JACKS, / was so dry right then till
was spittin dust But Tildy Ann told
me jest to go to the looltin glass and
gaze OH that nose. l went and looked
and the guide post was dead
,quare agin me. She was rel,
Rufe - red ar a woodpecker's
bill in polkebcrry time, BY gum,
she was out in roses and yermillion
and turkey red. couldn't take in my
sign, so there | was. Whereas, had to
stand to the rack, let up on Ticker anl
run more deeper on the church busi-
ness.
"And do you know, Rufe, I lost three
days and nights from my reglar bust
ness all on account of that bloomln old
nose? Consound the luck, Rufe, the
blame thing was sunburntl'
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
A Good Time to Marry.

Now, in regards to news-the main
est thing that has come to pass in the
Rocky Greek settlement durin last
week took place over at the Widder Cas-
tleberry's on Sunday evenin.
The Castleberrys are mighty good
people for common, but the old lady
nevr was smart enough to run for con-
gress, and here of late the Crazy Sloan
has been right seriously threatened
with her gentle presence.
Miss Suley and Miss Nan are now
the onlyest children left to Misses Cas-
tleberry, and you mought put both of
them on your old maid string But
they still have a right smart company
over at the Castleberry place-par-
ticlar on Sundays-and there was big
crowd of young men there to see the
girls last Sunday evenin.
The young people had took their
seats and set down in the company
room-courtin and carryin on and hav-
in good time-when bless goodness
the old lady switched in, dressed to kill
and primped clean out of sight 1t is
one of Misses Castleberry's crazy no
tions, you understand, that she must
fix up and go out into the company
room every time young men call to see
the girls. And whilst the girls have
done their level blamdest to learn her
better, she is old and heady and dead
sot in her ways.
At any rates, she switched out
amongst the young people that Sunday
cyenin, and then presently they had
the gonebyest most terriblest confu-
sionment and scatteration goin on
around there you ever heard tell of
perhaps.
81 was jest tellin Sul1ey and Nan this
mornin," broke in the old lady all of a
sudden, that now was a mighty good
time for them to pitch in and git mar
ried, as we have jest killed hogs and
got new barrel of -four"
From what the boys tell me, the old
lady busted the meetin wide open right
then and there. Miss Nan she run
screamin out of the room, whilst Miss
Sukey she tainted and fell over in it.
After that the onlyest thing left for the
Youngsters to do was to hunt the horse
rack and return back home. So they
rid off and left the widder and the girls
alone in their troubles.
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
PlTH= AND POINT.


The New Girl johanna, don't for.
get to dust the brie-a-brac." mo
ma'am. Where do you keep the dust2"
Detroit Free Press
--ae significantly - am my far
theirs only child,youl1now, Miss Blood"
6he-"Well. you can't blame hIm, Mr.,
sappy."-Brooklyn Life.
II wonder," SAID the younger one,
"if I shall lose my looks, 100, when I
get to your age?' You would be lucky
if you did" replied the elder one.-Tit.
Bits.
--Whyso-"This physiogaomist says
that aggressive, impulsiye people gem
orally have black eyes" Knowso-"It
not at first, they get them later
Truth.
-"Dear me, Adelbert," said the po-
cts wife, "tnis stuff don't make sense"
81 know that as well as you do" said
the poet "lt isn't intended to make
sense. 1t is TO make dollars ltwas or
dered by a magazine" = Washington
Star.
-"That was very fine speech you
made the other night" said one Pitts
burgher to another. 81 didn't make ID
the other night" replied the latter Il
delivered 1t The other night, but it took
me month to make it. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
-Bostonian3"It IS fortunate thing
for the English language that these
distressing accidents on the trolley
roads occur IN Brooklyn and Fhiladelr
phia, where the reporters have ample
time to write, instead of in your city"
New Yorker = "Why?" BQstonian-
because your reporters would refer to
the victims as having been trolley
cuted dn-Harper's Bazar.
When the lecturer inquired dra-
matieally: "Uan anyone in t1e room tell
me of perfect manP' there was dead
silence. elias anyone" h. continued,
"heard of a perfect womanp Then
patient-lool1lng little woman in black
dress rose up in the back of the audi
torium and answered: "There was
one. I've often heard of her. but she's
dead now. She was my husbands first
wife Massachusetts Ploughman.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07

the breath of life into n better man
than Simon Peter Ransom, but you
never could tell for certain when he
would break out in a fresh place.
recollect, as bright and clear as if il
had come to pass yesterday, how he
startled the natives one Sunday morn
in. Dog fennel had put up in this
country that year, and it was GROWN
rank and promiscus everywhere.
"Finaliy brethren" says old man
Simon Peter, 81 do verify believe that
the Yankees, the free niggers and the
dog fenHel will bodaciously take this
country"
But if that good old man could but
only wake up to-day and come forth
oncst more in the flesh and browse
around for a few days in the Rocky
Greek settlement, he would see wherein
he missed the bull's-eye. From all the
general appearments in this pleasant
skirt of woods, he would come over and
shake hands with me and say: Store
bought manure, free niggers and mules
and cotton will bodaciously take this
country"
If things run on at the present lick
cotton will be down to four and five
cents pound when the large and lovely
autumn comes again.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
A UNIQUE ovERCoAT.
1t Is Made of the Skins of Unborn Musk
Oxen.

=
Oxen.
S. N. Malterner, of Spokane, wears
an overcoat that is bound to attract at
tention, no matter where it Is seen.
The coat is made out of fur of the un-
born musk OK, and, while not only very
rare, is exceedingly pretty. The coat
Is light in weight and were it not for the
weight of the lining would seem as
though made of the softest down. The
color is light silver gray when the
light is upon it from one direction ana
MS soon as the light is shifted it turns
to clear gray. When seen under
light not very bright it has the appear
ance of Jet black. Mr.. Malterner says
that it has attracted so much atten-
ton in the eastern cities that he had
to lay it aside to keep from being both
cred answering questions as to what it
was and where he got it.
THE fur of the unborn musk OK"
said he. sis very rare. In fact, it cannot
be had for money. The way / got tho
fur to make this one was peculiar. Two
years ago | made a trip to the Great
Slave lake, and in fitting out at Atha-
basca Landing | bought canoe, pay
ing $100 for it. 1t was along toward
fall when L got back to the landing,
and there | met an old trapper, who
had been hunting and trapping along
the lakes and rivers for a number OF
years. He seemed to take quite fancy
to my canoe, although he did not say
anything, but was looking it over care
fully and noting its good points, as
horse fancier would a blooded horse.
Finally he stepped up to me and said:
Say, mister, what are you going to do
with that boatP
"At that time 1 had no expectations
of ever going up in that part of the coun'
try again and as the boat could be of
| little value to me, answered; Just to
show you that the Yankees are all right
I'll give you that boat He was greatly
pleased and, after looking it over again,
he said: We'll, I'll just show you that
ths old trapper is all right, too and,
taking me over to his warehouse, he
got a number of these furs and gave
them TO me. Ata cash value they would
be worth many times the canoe, and
they were his accumulation for num-
Der of years.
"After making the coat, L found that
I only lacked two of having enough To
make jacket for my sister, and when
I went on myArip down the Mackenzie
this year I met the trapper again an
told him that l should like to get three
more. He loaned me the canoe that
had given him the year before, and
when | returned to the landing in the
fall he had three furs for me. ."-Spokane
Spokesman.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07

pa-his system will be complete. The
Tampa people and his Tampa hotel
guests will be only too happy to come
to Clear Water for health and rest and
sport.
While writing of what kinds of food
prevails among different people, l am
reminded of something that Gen. Phil
lips told me about north Georgia,
where he lives, that he enioined me not
to tell. but will. II seems that he and
Mr.. Egan, of Boston. started out on a
tour to locate the North Georgia rail-
road from Marietta. They made about
40 miles the first day and found hum
BILE farmhouse, where they asked to
stay over night. The good woman
looked alarmed, but said yes. Mr..
Egan, being d Boston Yankee, brought
some Boston tea with him, and just be-
for supper brought it out and asked
the good woman to make him some
tea. She looked at it curiously, BIT
asked no questions. When the hum "
supper was ready and they were help
ing themselves to fried meat and soda
biscuit she brought in little plate OF
blue batter cakes and set it down by
MIR. Egan and said: you dident say
how much you wanted the tea cooked
and I never seed any of it before, and
so | billed it and billed it, but it dident
seem to get done and so I made bat
ter and fried it,"
Egan turned red and the general bit
his lips and after supper they had to
walk a quarter of mile away to laugh
rs loud as they wanted to. Now, if
anybody doubts this story they had
better keep 1t to themselves, for Gen.
Phillips fought all through the war
and is not a man to be trifled with, but
he told me that if | ever put it in print
and it got circulated up in that good
woman's country he would deny 1t
and say that it was one of Bill Apps
lies. Let him do it if he wants to. |
never promised not to tell it. Since the
road has been built knowledge has in
creased all along the line, and the
good women have quit frying tea.-Bill
Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
In the Woods in Winter Time.

AS we wound along the little wood
land stream that slipped so softly by
we could scarcely hear it, we saw what
had become of hosts and hosts of leaves
of all varieties The little stream had
drowned them without a murmur; and
now they lay, brown, red and amber.
on the shallowy bed looking brighter
thal when they fluttered, dry and rust
ling, along the ground. There were
great leaves of the sycamore (Which
must be a thirsty tree, since it is so
often found by running water), leaves
broad as a giants hand, brown as
leather, and with the smell of wet
leather. There were, also, large grape
vine leaves, wi curious pattern
wrought upon them by some insect
soallops and scrollworil and fantastic
zigzag lines. There were dark-red oak
leaves many Of which mad round little
balls growing upon them; and in every
ball was the egg of an insect called the
gall-hy. Then we recalled how the
stately wands OF the golden rod which
we had noticed in the lane would often
have a round, very hard woody growth
in the middle OF the stem. This, too,
was winter home-the cradle OF "A
grub that would become IA time a
gauzy-winged hy.-Edith NJ Thomas,
in st. Nicholas.
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
COSTLY IDENTIFICATION.
Story of Broker Jealous Wife and
Strange Veil.

"It always pays in the long run to
tell the truth" remarked a young
broker, eand should l ever be tempted
to do otherwise | am going to think
of all the trouble / just got myself
into by telling lie.
"I happened to meet my sister in
the street the other afternoon, and, as
my wife had gone away for the day
and taken the servant with her, it
seemed a good opportunity to talk
over some family matters, so persuad-
ed her to come around to the house with
me.
''It was late in the evening when my
wife returned home. I was smoking
a cigar in the library, and she went on
into the drawing-room. In a few min
Gtes she came hurrying back, and be-
fore / knew what had happened she be-
gaa upbraiding me in the most violent
manner. She had picked up a strange
veil on the floor, and had Immediately
put the worst construction on it. AS
soon as l saw what had happened |
grew red in the face, which made her
only the more convinced that her sus-
picions were correct. OF course, the
veil belonged to my sister, but. there is
just where the trouble lay. My wife is
of an insanely jealous disposition, and
her pet idea is that my sister is en-
gagged in an attempt to make dissension
between us.
81 was afraid to admit that my siste
had been in the house during her alb
sence and made up my mind to lie j
out. 1t is hard enough to reason with
woman at any time, but even Phila-
delphia lawyer couldn't do it when
she happens to be in a jealous rage.
IT was the first real quarrel of our mar
ried life, and if she didn't raise the old
Harry it's a caution. She first stamped
and cried, then said she'd go back to
her mother, and wound up by threaten
! ing to sue for divorce. There was no
use in assuring her that | knew abso-
lutely nothing about the confounded
veil. She was convinced she was right
and refused to listen to my explana-
| tion.
"Whens ned down she wouldn't
speak to md l was in despair.
/ lust when / reached that stage that my
mind conjured up visions of the hor-
rors of the divorce court l suddenly re-
membered that the washerwoman had
called in the course of the day. AT
first my wife secuted the idea that a
woman in her circumstances could have
lost such a costly veil, but at last |
prevailed on her to find out if such
wasn't the case.
"The first thing in the morning
hurried around to the washerwoman's
and explained the whole matter.
told her to claim the veil and slipped g
dollar into her hand. The woman be
gan to laugh at me in a knowing way
/ 1t was plain to see that she shared my
wife's suspicious. was getting deeper
and deeper into the trouble, and the
only way out was to increase the bribe
at last she agreed to take S25."-N. Y
! NNaalslV
The Van Buren press., 1896-03-07
FRESH FROM THE PEOPLE.
Stories of Backwoods Life by the
Sage OF Rocky Creek.
Danger in store-Bought Manure and Cot
ton "A Pointer for the Politicians-A
Sunburnt se-"Confusionment"
at the CastIeberry Place.
ICOpYRIGHT. 1896.

Hit was somewheres late along in
the sixties, right tolerable soon after