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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
PENINSULA NEWS.
THE CECIL COUNTY BOOK SWIM
DLER OPERATING in
GEORGETOWN.
Numerous Recent Burglaries Cause People
to PUnder-New Creamery for
MiddletOwn Vaughan
Boyer Wedding.

Evidently the same book swindler who
recently worked his "Encyclopdia" game
in Cecil county, but to no great extent,
is operating around Georgetown Delaware,
judging by the plans adopted by the crook
reported there. A report stated that the
people of Georgetown are looking for SWIM
dler who got money from number OF
people in the vicinity. He claimed TO be
representing Philadelphia publishing
house and was selling an encyclopedia
dictionary. He sold number Of copies of the
work, collected portion Of the suhscri ption
in advance and then failed to deliver the
books. The publishing house was written
to and the officials OF the company replied
that they bad never heard of the man.
MANY BURGLARIEs
SO many recent burgares in various
Peninsula towns have caused the people to
wonder il there is an organized gang Of
thieves operating. number of burglaries
of more or less serious nature have occurred
at Harrington recently and at one time
there appeared to be general sentiment in
favor Of adding another policeman for duty
at night The number of burglaries has
now decreased, and il is hardly likely that
the addition to toe police force will now
be made. About the same time as the
burglaries oocurr 4 there number Of stores
in Dover were robbed, and the protective
association there has offered reward for
the capture Of the thieves, without success.
There have also been burglaries in the
country near Dover. After the Dover rob.
berries reports were received of a number Of
burglaries in Smyrna. In some places they
appeared to be successful, while in other
cases they were not, but the attempts were
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
NEW ENTERPRISE.
The Post Deposit and Havre de Grace
Steamboat Company Incorporated.

With capital stock Of $50, 900 the Port
Deposit and Havre de Grace Steamboat
Company Of Baltimore has been incorpor-
ated, and steps will now be taken to secure
steamer to ply between those two towns
on the Susquehanna and Baltimore. The
incorporators are Washington W. Hopkins,
Of Port Deposit; James Hopper, Of Havre
de Grace; Hope H. Barroll, of Chestertown
Edward Walter Giles, VIM. F. Porter,
Wesley M. Oler, James D. Ferguson and
William c. Eliason, Of Baltimore city.
Captain William c. Elason will manage
the Baltimore end OF the line, and those in
the project are confident OF its success.
The main Office Of the company will be al
224 St Paul street, Baltimore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30

fruit-gTowers Of the Blue Mountain belt do
not realize what frightful pest the scale is
is when once it establishes ITSELF The
scale has also gained foothold in the
lower part Of the county at sharpshurg and
in the vicinity Of Brownsville. Charles G..
Biggs' extensive orchards are infested, but
he has succeeded in keeping it in check. J.
P. Blessing introduced the pest from New
Jersey nursery stock, and has been fighting
it for some years past" Assistant Pomo-
logist w. A. Taylor, Of the United States
Department. Of Agriculture, will be presen,
at the fruit growers meeting in Hagers-
town on Saturday, October 10.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
Crntinued on Page Z.
HEARD I'm OUR TOWN.

The race track people are with us once
more, and, if anything, they are harder
and tougher and more disreputable lot than
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
What DO the Children Drink +?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called Grain-O? Ii
place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give
the children the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O is made of
pure grains. and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee but
costs about y as much. All grocers Sc! il
loo. and 25c.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
Letters Advertised.

Elkton Postoffice, Week of Oct. 25.
Mr.. Alrah Avery, Miss Kate +. Brown,
Mr.. Willie Bean, Mr.. John X. May, DIR.
VIM. III. Baltzell, Mr.. LOTHIAN Workman,
Capt. J. w. Stanford, Mrs Sarah Sewal,
Mr.. George Vance, Mr.. Hugo Blum, Mr..
James Frisby, 7. NJ Dobson, Chas. Ingram,
Mrs Hazel Marcus, Miss Eva Mauffort.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
DIED FROM EXCITEMENT,
Micheal Mccormick, of Phila elphia, EX-
nireu at Iron Hill Track.

Micheal Mccormick, of Phila elphia, EX-
rireu at Iron Hill Track.
While the horse on which he had placed
his money was coming down the home
stretch at Iron Hill on Saturday, Micheal
Mccormick. of Philadelphia, droppt dead.
Reform was the horse on which Mccormick
was betting, and excitement caused by see
ing him passed by another horse caused the
attack of heart disease which brought on
his death. The horse finally won.
He was about Is years of age, and was a
member of George Chandler Council, No.
931, Royal Arcanum, OF Philadelphia.
Coroner Dean took charge of the body and
brought it to Elkton, but deemed an in
quest unnect ssary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
ElktOn Local Briefs.

Parker Brothers are repainting the
residences of Miss Jane Torbert and Mrs.
NJ. A. I. Ellis ON East Main street.
The residence of Joseph HinchlifTe at
Bow and High streets, is being reprinted
by Draper Brothers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
GREATER OAK HALL
GREATER OAK HALL
Tailor Made WOmen's Suits.

We are getting along splendidly. Our taors know
now 1t isn't the CLOTH isn't the of trimming that
makes ta1or-made suit fright satisfaction.
It's the tailor work; talors are trained: thew are
artists who puts shears thread to your suit
Greater Oak Hall is artist Once you know tailor
work you'll want it and have it, We can wait
Our Imported Capes-
There only many; no SpeciaI Wonderful ctv for
fancy prices them Choee good shoes: maxi
with other clothes; sell low ~ nq this shoe store won.
VIII you see them derul for what you pay for them.
T Coarettes SITS to So Ladies' 81 hand sewed for S2o
Velour Capes S. to S35. Ladies' Wei kid for 81 o5
Kersey Jackets 81 to $50 Men's-calf and russell $685.
Just Price List of Mems.
IS, $3.50, $40, SI2, SIS, $40 for Overcoats Short,
stylish Covert Coats for S18 the other longer Over
coats tor S. to s2o all through silk lined for s12
Mems Suts-S5 to $780, that is, Everyday Suit,
made in the good Oak Hall way for S to $40 Dress
Suits, $40 to S27.5o
You know our clothing; we'd rather lose your money
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30

The race track people are with us once
more, and, if anything, they are harder
and tougher and more disreputable lot than
their predecessors. There
are but few of the faces seen a
!. !. !. !. !: !
in former years at the local ~
outlaw tracks, and it is evil fh|
dent that they have met the LfsN w
fate that generally falls to 81
the lot of all who follow ~ ~
the horses-they have gone u
broke Of those who own N
ed stables or made books at ~
the first meeting two years u"
ago hardly dozen may be
seen this year, and in their
places have come fresh CANCELS" who fool.
lshly fancy they can beat the old stagers at
their own game. Sometimes it REQUIRES
only few weeks to convince them of their
error and some day they are missed 'along
the line"
They are happy -go-lucky set, these fol-
lowers OF the bang tails. Each season they
turn up-such of them as survive-with
clothes OF the latest fashion and choice
collection of up-to-date slang. "They toll
not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these There is less Of that class known
as "touts' in town, however, than in
former years, and it is barely possible that
the hard times may have driven them to
the fearful alternative..of working or starv-
ing.
There is possibility that we may have
another bicycle parade in the near future.
1t is safe to venture the assertion that
certain Chesapeake City wheelman will not
be in the push. On the occasion of the
last parade he decorated his bicycle in gay
attire and came to town intent on getting
in the front rank. He imagined his wheel
and himself were things Of beauty and Joys
forever, and when he saw the marshal he
insisted upon being placed in the front
As it was rather late and the front rank
had already started, it was impossible to
crafty the youths desires, and he was
assigned to the second division. This plan
he Indignantly refused to accept, and took
himself and his wheel away. vowing he
would never spend another six hours fixing
up his wheel for an unappreciative Elkton
| crowd.
A trip through the adjoining country at
this season Of the year is we'll worth the
time. The beautiful autumn leaves con-
trast strikingly with the bright green tiar
still fingers on many of the trees, and
nature apparently decks herself in her mos
gaudy colors before the bare season of
winter comes on. By all means tax
jaunt into the country these hracing autumn
days, il only for a few miles.
THE CINCHER
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
Accidental Happenings.

William Moore, while standing near
his home at Ironton, Wis, dropped
dead. He was % years old.
e. A. Arnold, an attorney of West
Superior. was thrown from a buggy
and received painful injuries internal
ly and about the groin.
George Blakeley, proprietor of a job
printing house and secretary of the
school board at Bradford, Pa, is dead
and Miss Lillian Spatz, waitress in
the Williamson restaurant is in a pre-
carious condition, the result of laud-
anum, supposedly taken with suicidal
intent.
Letters received in New Bedford,
Mass, from Herschel Island, bring the
intelligence that three of the staunch-
est steamers of the San Francisco
whaling fleet are caught in the ice off
the mouth of the Mackenzie river.
They are in danger during June, when
the ice breaks up. The lives of 12O to
$50 men will also be in danger.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

Dire, has elected its cure, Nj. Hugenot,
"a queer name for a Catholic as may
or 1t is stated that seven other French
priest for mayor this year.
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
the London Post says the NOvoe
Vremya protests vigorously against
the action of the United States as to
Hawaii which, it adds, may soon be
followed by an attempt to annex Cuba.
The American Society of Civil En-
gineers has opened its convention at
Quebec. 1t vas welcomed by Pro
Mayor Norris, Lieut.. Gov. Chaperau of
Quebec and Hon. Marchand, premier
of the province. The annual address
was read by Maj. Harrod, president OF
the society.
An arctic expedition led by Fl. j.
Pearson and two other English gentle
men has started for the Barents sea. 1t
will explore Nova Zembla and the ISL
and of Waigats, as well as the great
Tendra of the Samoyeds, from the Ural
mountains to the Plethora river.
Jean de Reszke's victory in the War
saw Derby this year with Claude Frolio
is his second. His horse Wrogard Won
the imperial prize last year. In twelve
months the tenor has won S3O,NO IN
stakes. His stud farm at BOrOVno IS IN
charge of his younger brother. Victor,
who is said to have a finer voice thar
Jean, but will not cultivate it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
Dnrrnnt,s AnneaI.

Washington, July 3.-The papers in
the appeal of w. H. T. Durrant, under
sentence of death in San Francisco for
the murder of Blanche Lamont have
been received by the clerk of the Unit
ed States supreme court. The appeal
is from the decision of the circuit court
of the United States for the Ninth cir
cult in refusing to grant Durrants mo-
ton for writ of habeas corpus. In
his petition Durrant alleges the irregu-
larity and illegality of the proceedings
against him in the California state
courts.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
People Talked About.

Walter III. LanSit, one Of the most
promising cattle painters of this coun-
try, died at his residence in Dorches-
ter, Mass, aged fOrty-two.
Rev. DR.. Frank NJ Ellis, pastor of
church, Brooklyn, died suddenly Of
apopleXy, at the Brooklyn Tabernacle
Baptist church.
Rev. George Rockwell, one of the
best known ministers in the Reformed
church in the State of New York, died
at his home in TarrytOwn, aged rs
years.
Very Rev. Augustine r. Hewitt, DID,,
superior of the New York community
Of the Paulist Fathers, is dying in his
apartments in the monastery in New
York. Father Hewitt has been in very
feeble health for several years.
Emile d. Nustadt, senior member of
Nustadt q Co. of New York, formerly
one of the most important flour COM
mission houses on the produce eX-
change, died suddenly, aged fifty
years.
Devolson Wood, professor of me-
chanical engineering and technology
at Stevens institute Hoboken, n. j.,
died in that city, aged siXtytive years
He was connected with the institute
for twenty-five years.
NJ. D. Preble, proprietor of the Sedg-
wick hotel, at HaWarden, Owa, died
of acute peritOnitis. He was formerly
proprietor of the Sanborn house at
Mitchell, S. D. He was a prominent
Odd Fellow and a M. w. A., by whom
the funeral obsequies will be per
formed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
rhe Gnvernor Win Investigate.

Washington, July 3.-The secretary
of state has written a letter to the gov
ernor of California asking him to
cause an investigation of the circum-
stances under which two Japanese
subjects were driven away from the
new town of Johannesburg, in that
state This action is taken because
the Japanese minister here has made
complaint that the men, who were en-
pIoyed as cooks and came in conflict
with a local labor movement by being
prevented from following their bust
ness, were deprived of privileges guar
anteed by treaty between the United
States and Japan.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

The young Khedive is described in a
letter from Cairo as not in the least
distinguished-lookin He has baby
complexion of pink and white, a good
natured, shy, sleepy expression, and
walks with a sailor roll. "His double
chin and hanging cheeks and the
plumpness of his soft, white hands re-
mind one of Dickens fat boy" The
Khedive's only legal wife is former
slave girl of his mother-the girls bus
mess having been to stand at the door
and remove the wraps of ladies on re-
ception day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

The Mark Lane Express, In its week
lv review of the British crop situation,
SAYS: We are unable to share the view
that the wheat is making seasonable
progress. 1t is not thick, and the
growth since Easter has been extreme
lv slow. but last summers warmth is
still in the ground, and the autumn
store of moisture beneath the soil
should protect us from absolute dis
aster. Thus the outlook is for a
mediocre yield of ~ to % bu. A hot,
dry June may improve the plant. but
we do OF believe a full average can
now be obtained, even under the most
favorable circumstances. In the course
of the survey Of the wheat situation OF
continental Europe the Mark Lane Ex-
press says: In France the weather has
not been favorable. Even the minister
of agriculture's good report Of the
wheat only argues for yield of ST.
600 900 qrs. leaving 100000 qrs. to be
imported. The Prussian and Polish
wheat Is promising, but cold rains in
Austria have reduced fine prospects.
Russian reports are mostly encourag-
ing. The popularity of American flour
increases
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
SURPLUS FOR JUNE.
The Government Statement Shows 7.
to Be &13,60O.O14.

to Be $13,6oO,O14.
Washington, July 3. = The monthly
comparative statement of the govern.
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that during the month of June the 70.
ceipts from all sources amounted to
1854, 70S, and the expenditures $50.
934 ,694, leaving surplus for the month
of $13, 650,014.
The surplus during June, 1896, was
S2,349, 43O. The statement shows that
the deficit for the fiscal year just now
closed was $1S,623, 108, a reduction of
S31 .S21 ,9S5 since March 1 of the pres
ent year.
The receipts from customs during
last June aggregated $21, 560,152, as
compared with $11,351, 1903 for June,
1896. The receipts from internal reve,
nue. sources during the last month
were SO, SS7.0S5, a loss as compared
with June, 1885, of about 100000.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

No detective story emanating from
the brain of an accomplished novelist
has been more curious or interesting
than the tracing of the identity of a
woman suicide in New York the other
day, merely by the torn corner OF
the telegram slip, on which the num-
Der of the telegram and the check
letters of the operators alone remain
ed. Neither date, locality nor address
were left-only. the number SO and the
letters. But in twenty-four hours the
identity of the woman was establish
ed beyond a doubt This is one of the
cases in which truth is almost as re-
markabIe as fiction.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
Crimes and Criminals.

James Pollard, colored, was hanged
in the Jail yard in st. Joseph, Mo-, for
the murder of Joseph rvin, also col
ored
Annie Gordon. an inmate of a house
of i'll fame at Fond du Lac, Wis, has
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid. She had been in the city for
three years.
James Smith, a colored lad of four
teen, is in Jail at Annapolis, charged
with an attempt to wreck the Bay
Ridge excursion train from Washing
ton. Smith was seen to place a rail-
road tie on the track about mile and
a half from Annapolis, Md.
The state department has granted a
warrant for the surrender to the Next
can authorities of Pedro Ramos, who
is held under arrest at Ell PasO, Tex,
for assault and attempted murder
committed in the attack on the custom
house at Polomas last fall.
Joseph Smith, a carpenter, was ar
rested at Rapid River, Mich. on the
charge of attempting to murder Geo.
Demitt. saloonkeeper. Smith fired
at Demitt with a revolver, but by
stander struck his arm and the bullet
just grazed Demitts cheek.
Charles Breitspcecker, who was ar
rested at Toronto, Ont, a few days
ago OF the charge of forging check
for $4,000 in Chicago, and let go as
the authorities there did not want him,
has again been arrested on receipt OF a
telegram from the Chicago police.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

A foreign exchange says: Australia
at present is solely tried by drought,
and that the trouble is serious may be
inferred from the great activity of the
church in making propitiatory appeals
and the proclaiming of days of prayer
for rain by the governments. In
Western Australia the greatest suffer-
ing is experienced. Within ninety
miles of the coast all the timber, with
the exception Of river gums, has en-
tirely dried out. From Ashburton to
Gascoyne, should the drought continue
much longer, all the stock, 1t is ex-
pected, will perish. The last summer
rain that fell there was in February,
1892. and, with the exception of fair
fall of six inches in the winter of 1894,
only enough rain has fallen in that
district to keep the stock alive, al
though inland stations had no reason
to complain"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

Stephen Girard, the infidel million
aire of Philadelphia, to whom statue
was dedicated last week, one Saturday
ordered all his clerks to come on the
morrow to his wharf and help unload
a newly arrived ship. One young man
replied quietly: "Mr. Girard, | can't
work on Sunday" ''You know our
rules?" Eyes, I know. l have a
mother to support, but 1 can't work on
Sundays" well, step up to the
desk and the cashier will settle with
you" For three weeks the young
man could find no work, but one day
a banker came to Girard to ask if he
could recommend man for cashier
in new bank. This discharged
youngman was at once named as suit
able person. But said the banker,
you dismissed him." Yes, because
he would not work on Sundays. A
man who would lose his place for
conscience's sake would make a trust
worthy cashier" And he was ap-
pointed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
BISHOP FALLOW WRECKED.
story of the Smashup ut Akron, Col,
Inst NfMlIt.

Akron, Colo, July 3.-The Christian
Endeavor train on the Burlington,
which was wrecked here, was in charge
of Engineer Wagner, and was going at
a high rate of speed when it crashed
into the fast freight ordered to switch
at this point The passenger struck
the freight in the middle, crushing
three cattle cars. The passenger ell
CINE was a total wreck, and the bag
gage car was also demolished The
passengers in the first coach were bad
ly shaken up, many making their es-
cape by the windows. The passengers
Immediately went to the rescue of the
horses and cattle, Bishop FallOws of
Chicago being one of the first on hand
with lantern.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
MRS. LINCoLN,s GRAVE.
An Association Being Formed to
Give 1t PrOner Attention.

Give It Proper Attention.
Indianapolis, Ind, July 3. - Repre-
sentatives of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the Sons of Veterans, the
Order of Lincoln, the Loyal Legion and
the Woman's Relief Corps met the
governor to consider means for re-
claiming the site of the last resting
place of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the
mother of the martyred president. Aft
er consultation it was decided to form
a memorial association, and the draft
of the articles of association was made
and these will be filed with the secre-
tarY of state.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06

w. J. Calhoun has decided to decline
the position of controller of the treas
ury.
Senator Davis has reported from the
committee on foreign relations an
an amendment to the general defic-
iency bill to pay $4,000 to the families
of the three Italians lynched at New
Orleans.
The senate has confirmed the nomin-
atoms of j. f. Convey of Washington
to be consul general at Yokohama
Japan, and Col. Henry e. G. Merriam,
Seventh infantry, to be brigadier gen
eral.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
Foreign Gossip.

DR.. Jameson has sailed from London
for Cape Town, en- rout for Buluwayo.
Japan has ordered four thirty-one-
knot torpedo boat-destroyers from the
YarroWS.
Russia will establish a permanent
diplomatic legation in Abyssinia next
fall
William Philips Molinyneu, fourth
earl of Seton, is dead. He was a
Knight of the Garter.
Brion, in the Department Of the In
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-07-06
GREATLY EXAGGERATED.
The BannocE Indian Trouble Not as
Bad as Reported.

Washington, July 3. = The Bannock
Indian trouble in Idaho appears to
have been greatly exaggerated by the
settlers. Dispatches received indicate
that the number of Indians off the res
ervaton is much less than was stated;
that there was little basis for general
alarm throughout that country, and
the object of the Indians who did
leave the reservation was solely to Sc
cure food luxury in the form of camas-
sa roots, a blue-flowered bulb whose
sweet taste is much coveted by the In
dians. Lieut.. Irwin, the agent at the
Fort Hall reservation, wired that the
situation was not as serious as repre-
scented.