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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-09-16
COMING FAIR.
County Ball Promises o be Grand
Social Event. Much Enterprise Shown
by the New Management.

The committee in charge Of the County
Ball to he held on the evening of the GOTH
announce that al OF the arrangements for the
ball have been completed, and the following
ladies of the county will not as patronesses =
Mrs G. VI. Ellis, Mrs. II. II. Haines, Mrs
Alexander Evans, Mrs. r. c. Hopkins, Mrs
George b. Kerfoot, Mrs S. G. Rowland, Mrs
John s. Writ, Mrs. James S. Matlt, Mrs.
Manly Drcunen, Mrs. Bennett Steele Mrs. H.
Porter Lusby, Mrs. Richard Reese.
Mitchell Hall has been cleaned and put in
thorough order. The floor has been waxed
and is in excellent condition. The best music
possible has been secured in Seimonn's
orchestra Of eighteen pieces of Baltimore
City. Refreshments will be served by Jones,
Of Wilmington.
Tickets for the ball are ! 90 .Or each per-
son, and the charge for supper will be 80
cents. Tickets are for sale Mt all OF the drug
stores in Elkton, and the committee request
that persons intending to he present at the
bail vii! purchase their tickets before Monday
evening 50 that the committee may have some
idea of the number that will attend.
The following gentlemen will act as the
Reception Committee :-Messrs Richard
Reese. nr. stanley Steele, Albert Constable,
Jr., Frank Ii. scott, Fred T. Haines, Charles
Il. Foard, Ricketts, Nelson, Manly Drennen.
Charles y. Tuh and Victor NJ Torbert.
1t is hup"t hat the citizens Of Cecil and
adjoining rouAties will generally attend the
ball. No effort has been spared in making
th" prepara.lon-, and it only needs large
attendance % make thu affair signal success.
FAIR NOTES.
Ten entries have already been received for
tie Grand Tournament on Friday, which
promises 10 he Il big success.
The attention Of exhibitors IS called to The
fact that there is no entrance fee in any de.
plrtm"At, except the payment Of II 30 for Il
male exhibitor and SlO0 for female cxhib-
days ana 10 rhtar a many articles or animals
as desired, rs this applies to live stock as
well IS to all other departments. To stock
holders there is no charge whnteverto exhibit.
Manager Wilson l.. Coulon is completing
arrangements for the athletic contests, viii III
should surpa.s in interest any ever held in
the county, The entries ara very gratifying.
novel feature in connection with tie sports
will be Il fencing exhibition by skilled swords
men. There will also be Il wrestling match
by two skilled competitors. All entries to the
local contests should DO addressed to Wilson
L. Coudou, Perryville, I'D.
The work of mailing the catalogues has
been completed. Any person who is inter-
ested and who has failed to receive one bv
mail, can obtain Il copy after Monday by in
quiring at Blacks drug store, Ceciton: Alex
ander's drug store Chesapeake City; Sent
mans store, Fair Hill Moorc's drug store,
North East Kinks drug store, Rising Sun I:
Cameron's drug store, Port Deposit; Carhart
Co.'S, store, Zion; or BY addressing w. d.
Bratton, Secretary Elkton Md.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Natural 0ss.


+ For many years Edgeley has boosted
one of the finest flowing wells in the
state. The water. comes gushing out
with high pressure in a stream as large
Is . mans arm. The well is 1870 feet
deep, and the water is too saline for
domestic use. A beautiful lake has
been made at = small cost, which in
the winter time furnishes o splendid
skating rink for the young people.
The water has been placed under con-
troll, and is plped through the streets,
aHording q complete system of water
works, the most cheaply Of any town
in the country.
For many years it has been known
that the water was mixed with gas,
but NO effort had been made to separ-
ate the two until this fall. G. j. Stur.
geon. a druggist, has at last succeeded
in accomplishing this after many ex-
periments, and now secures gas for
lighting and heating purposes in his
store and residence. The separation
OF gas is to be accomplished on larger
scale and the streets and residences
are to be lighted and the business
houses all heated at minimum cost,
from the same source that furnishes
the town a free waterworks system.
The well is>on the experimental farm,
under control of the State Agricultural
college. -
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
VIII MakeaMove.

# the 500 road fails to extend its
Braddock branch to Bismarck next
fall, as is at present promised, over
lures will probably be made to General
w. D. Washburn by residents of the
Missouri slope for the extension of his
northern road from Bismarck to Wash
burn over the grade surveyed to Aber-
deem from Bismarck, and there maxi
ing connection with the Milwaukee
road to the Twin Cities.
This would give the western part Of
Dakota q competitive road to Mime
|npolis and St. Paul, and it would fur
nish an outlet for the coal supply. of
North Dakota in the cities and towns
of South Dakota, It Is understood
that General Washburn would consider
the matter as good business propo-
sition.
The 500 road is now built to Brad
dock, thirty miles from Bismarck, and
to which place it operates several
mixed trains week. ~
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
He Feared to Pre.un..

The American tourist is SO firmly
convinced that he is being cheated on
all hands during his European travels
that he occasionally oversteps the
bounds of prudence. "What is the price
of this pin?'' asked a young man in a
Paris shop, handling small silver
brooch of exquisite workmanship.
Twenty francs, monsieur" said the
clerk. s'That's altogether too much, s.
said the young American. "It's for a
present to my sister; I'll give you five
francs for it." ''Zen it would be Eat
gave re present to your sister," said
the Frenchman, with deprecatory
shrug, ''and do not know re young
mademoiselle! ~ outh's Companion.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
OCCULT mroRMArloN.
sAe Tola HIN what He wa.tea "a
Know ana He Coulan't Make
O Sneak.

frances had been, visited BY the idle young
person with an inquiring mind.
don't want to know anything about
family affairs nor how to beat the stock mar
ket," he said, cheeringly., Il am great
thing about the Chinese emperor for long
time thought I'd call around and see how
he's getting along. I've been waiting food
while for some news from Picking or Hong
Kong. or .thereibouts, and thought you
might, help me out; Asia's biz distance
away" he added, doubtfully. Maybe you
don't make such long jumps as Asia"
hand over her brow, she shut her eyes and
proceeded. Il see q young man with slant
ing eyes and q cue. Something tells me that
it ID the Chinese emperor. A man is run.
ming away from him so fast that papers are
dropping out, Of his pockets and falling in all
surance agent. A lady appears. She also
has slanting eyes. It is the empress dow
aget. She catches the young man in the act
Of taking drink out of large bottle. She
notes that thera are bottles Of every size and
shape scattered about the apartment. SO.
she exclaims, Indignantly, this is the way
You! pass your time- drinking and carous-
do me wrong. It is true that drink. But
there is no carousal fluid in any of these bot
tles.s sNonaense!' she exclaims, why, then,
have them about Because, he answered,
I need them in my profession Of emperor.
Those bottles are full Of antidotes.' The EN-.
That explains >ity Then she turns and
leaves the palace without another word"
That's first rate" said the young man,
o. he reached for his hat aud arose to go.
She opened her eyes Immediately and
said: Gone dollar, please. "-Washington
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
A shrewd NEGRO.

"A traveller came along to the gate Of a
humble cabin in town in Alabama Just as
son, who was about ten years of age, and
said: Nov, Julius, yo' gwan down to de
grocery an git quart O. treacle in one oh
dem jugs, an hurry back" When the boy
had gone the traveller said to the father:
you didn't tell him to get anything in
the other jug; is he going to leave it at the
grocery"
:, NO, sah-gwan to bring it right back
home," he replied.
But why send two jugs to get quart of
treacle?" 1---
OTIS jes' dis way, sab. If he has jug in
each hand he can't go dipping his finger in
the treaele and eating it as he comes along -
Detroit Free Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
WIN Not Appoint Asscssors.

It is stated that Census Supervise,
Laughlin will not appoint any town.
ship assessors enumerators. of the cen.
sus. The facts wanted by the census
officials could not be secured at all, OF
certainly not correctly, if the average
citizen imagined the facts would be
used. against him later for taxation
purposes. It would place the public
in a bad position to tell census enum.
orator of the prosperity and wealth,
and then be forced to relate a different
tale of woe later to the same man.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, =.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
y Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1885. 80. A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
free. F. j: CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo. q. >
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
He Was Easy.

Jack Tovey, a White Lake livery
man, let team to q, stranger for four
days, and when the time was up the
team failed to put in an appearance.
As Mr.. Tovey had loaned the stranger
some money, he was exceedingly anx-
ious. At Redfeld, he found both man
and team, the horses with their names
cropped and tails trimmed, while the
driver had dispensed with his mus
tache. Mr.. Tovey, with his exceeding
good nature, brought the entire outfit
back without having a warrant issued,
and now has the would-be thief work.
ing for him to get even for the Dor
rowed money. sd .
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Militia Encampment.

No encampment of the state militia
has been held since 1894 because OF
lack of funds for the purpose, and it il
hoped by militia men and the officers
who have charge of the matter that il
will be possible to hold an encamp
ment next yeas. Under law passed
at the last session of the state legisla.
ture, the encampment grounds of the
state militia in the future will be al
the state camp grounds at Rock Island
on the shores of Devils Lake.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Winter Tours,

Should you desire information regarding
California, Arizona, Texas or Mexico, and
the long limit, low rate, round trip tickets
sold to principal points, the various routes
vi via which wd 18th: the tickets can be purchased,
class rates, through sleeping car lines, First
Class and Tourist, call upon or address w,
G. Neimyer, GenI Western Agent. South.
ern Pacific Co., 238 Clark St., Chicago; w.
II. Conner, Com'l Agent, Chamber Com.
merce Bldg, Cincinnati, o., or w. J.. Berg,
Tray Pass. Agt., 22O Ellicott So, Buffalo,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
sTsse osD YELLOW PUMPKIN.

s1Row dear i "a tha' heer4 q &ha ala veilaw
- p ,rsn - -' : W ''1 ss''s~
4 When orchnrds are barren Of stuflne for
pies: ~ = =
when apples ana peacheS have both been
4 a Ana herries ~ M r,rd nov. rr..t.a the
Il even. ~ 4.
81 Y1nv 5fnndlv - turn IA tha frni& ~ fhe
g. " c as,,feg 'A = s1's = va - s'''
srhe. fr,,if Thar o,,, c,,,,a,.r v.r. .u.ht "a
"a d esis A1' ou' 'n''a1 90 we're asA' =
ma MA veiiov nur,r,r,r 4he ,,,ud.rovere,
X - Dnmn SIM pu'al A'n' 'As A1s,'-soss'ss
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
A Small Boys sarca.m.

Aunt Jane wanted to study, but little
Willie wanted to ask questions. After an
swering few, auntie told Willie not to talk
or make noise. There was dead silence
on Wlllie's part for a moment, then in q
plaintive voice he said:
II s'pose you don't mind me thinking?
You can't hear the thinking machine %.
ing, can you?"-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Not So Drastic.

The recent decision Of the supreme
court in the Graham divorce case, while
important as passing upon the ques,
ton of residence for the purpose OF
gaining divorce, is exaggerated in its
significance when it is stated that il
will affect all divorces granted unde,
the old law. The law of the state pro.
vides that any judgment not appealed
to the supreme court within year be.
comes absolute. The decision could
not, therefore, affect any case in which
the decree was granted more than a
year ago.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Thirty minutes 10 all the time required 20
dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
Sold by al druggists.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Sometimes marriage ought to be defined
as the art by which two people manage to
live together and yet apart.-Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

I am entirely cured Of hemorrhage o.
lungs BY Piso's Cure for Consumption
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
P aGnsS peps Gre aad u
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

It depends on your point of view whether
you consider him the best man or the worst
man who wins in a prize fight Chicago
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Two men once started out to achieve fame;
one of them succeeded. The other man
lived.-Puck,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Some folks say this worl' is not dey home.
OATS why dey moves Whenever house rent
come due.-Atlanta Constitution.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Exiaeaee.

Ftiend-1 guess your father knows a
much about raisin' cattle 40 anybody?
Farmers Son-I guess he does. Why, one
Of our cows has just had two-headed calf
Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Il is a smart father who knows how his
daughters spell their first names.-Atchison
Globe,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
Murder and Attempted Suicide.

Hans Thorpe, of Minot, shot his wife
three times in the head, killing her in.
stantly, and then attempted to com.
init suicide. Thorpe is not seriously
injured and is now in Jail The de-
ceased was sister of A. s. johnson.
and had been married one year
Thorpe had been drinking for several
days. The day before he attempted
his wife's life, but she escaped him.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-12-14
News In Brief.


Diphtheria is becoming epidemic ir
one or two towns in the state. A
Wimbledon the situation is serious
The schools and churches have bee,
closed, and the stores had just as vel
be, as farmers fear to go there to trad
for fear of contagion. Three childre,
have died in one family and more ar,
i'll. Strict quarantine regulations ar,
being enforced.
Harry Young, of Hamilton, formerly
of Company c, Grafton, and who wa
in the Philippines with the North Da.
kota volunteers. enlisted with thu
Forty-ffth Highlanders at Winnipeg
several weeks ago, and is now on hi.
way to South Africa, where he will aid
the English in their fight with the
Beers.
This year the boats piled up ant
down the Missouri river until Dec. 1.
the longest season of open water in
the history Of the business on the up
per Missouri.
A. B. Hillyard has been appointed
postmaster at Reynolds. vice B. s. La,
valley, removed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
THE SNAKE UNDER COVER.

"If the constitutional amendment
is an honest measure that the white
people of the state can support why
was "A dishonest election law enacted
TO help it throughfr-Asheville
Gazette.
The Gazette seems TO think that
the amendment is the chief devil
ment upon which Simmons and his
machine are bent. In this, we think
the Gazette is wrong. II the people
will submit to the present election
law and the stealing that Simmons
and his gang of ballot box suffers
will perpetrate under it, what do
they care for the amendment? They
think they can steal enough votes a,
each election TO keep them in power
indefinitely. The snake behind this
whole business is the election law
Simmons and his heelers know tina,
large majority Of the people whit,
people-are opposed to stealing and
ballot-box stuffing. They know thai
n this WAS the square issue before tn,
people in the next campaign that 1,
majority OF the white voters woult
DO against them. SO they have pu
up the amendment as an issue ant
tried to force it in the foreground
in order to call attention from tn,
Infamy of their election law.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
Direct Legislation.
Middleland journal (Maryland)

The subject of direct legislation
is being more and more discussed
and organizations are being. formed
to agitate the question in q syste-
matte manner. Mr.. W. M. salfuer
of Baltimore, in a letter on direct
legislation, published in the Amer
can, puts some of the salient points
of the subject in a very forcible
manner in the following paragra oh ::
"There would be no politicians as
we understand the term now. The
masses of the people would have
the whole law-making power in
their own hands. The people as a
whole sympathize with reforms of
the character advocated, and would
soon alter the law in the direction
OF securing the just demands of the
workers il they had the power. At
present the masses are practically
powerless. They have to go as
suppliants to the legislature. which
in theory is their servant, but real
ly their master. Under direct Leg
islation the legislature would be
forced to submit to the popular
vote m assures desired by percen-
tage of the voting population, and
If a majority of the vote was cast
in favor of the measure it would
become law"
The Union Reform party which
is arranging to put a State ticket
up this fall has taken for it's plat
form Direct Legislation.-Ex.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
ANOTHER CASE OF CRUELTY.

In vigorous language the Whining
ton Messenger denounced the cruel
and brutal treatment of the convicts
on the Halifax Penitentiary farm,
and while such maltreatment as the
convicts received deserves the sever
est condemnation yet it comes with
bad grace from a paper like the
Messenger that defended or acquiesc-
ed in the killing of the innocent in
offensive negroes in Wilmington dur
ing the last election. If that paper
had shown its indignation then it
might be becoming in it now to de-
nounce the brutal treatment of these
convicts. Nobody can endorse the
cruel punishment that these convicts
received. The guilty parties them
selves deserve to have proper punish.
ment for their offense, but the Mes
senger is not the proper paper to
call for such punishment in as much
as it endorsed such methods as were
adopted in that city last fall The
negroes who were killed there were
shot in the back, showing clearly
that they were not the aggressors.
The Messengers indignation like
charity, should began at home.
Ii the unmereiful flogging of the
convicts is 81 crime, will the Messed
ger define the killing of the negroes
in that city last Fall'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
Pnpulists Primaries Growing.

Populist principles are founded
upon truth and justice and let all of
US who believe in truth and Justice
have the independence to strive mere
zAalously for the propagation of these
principles. Our principles have
grown in popular favor and are still
growing and, being right they mnst
finally succeed. See how we have
brought to the front free silver and
opposition to trusts, and government
ownership of transportation Is grow
ing SO fast that one can hardly real
izs how it has been accomplishe d
with so much bit pre- JUDGE against
US. Capital is daily growing more
and more aggressive in its avaricious
grasping. Farmers and laborers
should keep themselves Informed
and be on the alert or ere they realiz :
it they and their children will be
fastened in an industrial slavery
from which nothing short of a revo-
luton can free them. L,t US watch
and act to avert such calamity
Chatham Citizen.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
For II Fuller Investigation.

That Investigating committee is
at work on the State farm. The
News & Observer is full of horror at
the brutal treatment some of the
prisoners have received. When the
committee is through and makes lis
report as it should do, we propose
to publish it. And If they fad that
uncalled for brutality has been used,
then We shall join them in saying
punish the brute or brutes; and we
will then ask them to examine some
such work Under Mr.. Leazar. Facts
that were published all over the state
last year and were never denied by
any one. 1t seems the Legislature
should have appointed a committee
to wipe off this black spot on the fair
name of our Christian state. Times
Mercury.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
BLi NDFiR'ND,Y

Another blunder committed by
the last Legislature of wise incom-
petents was in fixing the date for
labor day in this State. The legis.
lature passed an act making labor
day II legal holiday, and intended
OF course to make the State day
the same as the National labor day,
but here its laundering proclivities
got the better Of it and instead of
the act reading "nrst Monday in
September il reads "firSt Thurs
day." The result is we now have
two labor days in North Carolina.
Smaller errors than this used to
put the Democratic papers in a
perfect fever of indignant protest
against such incOmpentency; bu,
although "a greater number and
more serious blunders were com.
mitted by the last Legislature than
were ever known Of any previous
Legislature, these same papers have
nothing to say.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07
To STRANGLE POPULAR REMON
STRANGE.

History will repeat itself. The
west will vote for the amendment in
order to make white supremacy per-
manent just as they voted in 1898 to
restore white supremacy.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
In this case history will emulate
Shakespeare instead of 1898, and
won't repeat. Last fall the people
did not know that the variety of
white supremacy" they were called
on to support was capable of enact.
ing the bull pen election law to
strangle the possibility of popular
remonstrance to the disfranchise-
ment OF ers.-Asheville Gazette.
The Asheville Gazette, like thous-
ands of democratic voters, was fooled
by the "white supremacy" cry in
1898. 1t now realizes that the pur.
pose of the Simmons machine is not
to settle remove or the race issue from
politics, but that it was simply used
rs blind with the help of an enor.
nous corporation campaign fund) to
fasten upon the state bull pen
election law to sTRANGLE THE POSI-.
BILITY OF POPULAR REMONsTRANoF
to the domination of a tyrsnnical
and theiving politlcsl machine.
No, like Shakespeare it will not re
peat in Aug. 1900.