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Middletown transcript., 1869-03-27
TESTIMONIALS.
Hon. Geo. w. Woodward,

ChiGf Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Pa. writes
Philadelphia, March l6, 1867.
81 find Hollands German Bitters is a good
tonic, useful in the diseases of the digestive Or
gans, and of great benefit in cases of debility and
want of nervous action in the system
Yours, truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD" !"
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The WILMINGTON CONFERENCE. This
body adjourned on Tuesday. The next
Conference is to be held at Port Deposit.
The following are the appointments for the
current year -
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Hon. james Thompson,
From Rev. j. H. Kennard, D. D.

Pastor Of the Tenth Baptsst Church, Philadelphia.
DR.. Jackson,-Dear Sir: ! have been fire.
quently requested to connect my name with re-
concentrations of different kinds of medicines,
but regarding the practice as out of my appro-
pirate sphere, have in all cases declined but
with clear proof in various instances, and par
ticularly in my own family, of the use of DR..
Hollands German Bitters, ! depart for once
from my usual course, to express my full con-
vcton that, for general debility Of The system, and
especially for Ltver Complaint, il is a safe and
cdluabie preparation. In some cases it may fail !;
but usually, doubt not, 1t will be very benei-
cial to those who suffer from the above causes.
Yours, very respectfully,
/ IL kENN ARR
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THREE VALUABLE FARMS
FOR SALE.
Situate near the Chapel on the Public road
from Easton to Hillsboro', Md.


Situate near the Chapel on the Public road
from Easton to Hillsboro', Md.
TTNHE subscriber offers at Private Sale, Three
l. Farms situate in Chapel District of Talbot
county, as follows;
No. / CONTAINS ABOUT $50 ACRES
OF land more or less, improved by good Two
Story DWELLING, nearly new; Out Buildings
in good repair, sufficient for all purposes. Good
Peach and Apple orchards on the farm. Abund-
ance of Wood and Timber.
No. 2,
Situate directly on the public road from Easton
TO Chapel, containing 10 ACRES, more or less.
One Building on the land. Wood and Timter
land sold with it if desired. Land red clay
soil, in good condition, and susceptible of high
state of cultivation.
No. 8,
Situate on the Public road from Chapel to Hills
borough, containing about 80 ACRES of land,
more or less. One-story DWELLING in ordna-
ry repair. Abundance of Wood and Timber !;
soil fair and easily improved.
For particulars apply to the undersigned, or 10
j. ]. S. Nicholson, at the Chapel.
March 20-4t SARAH A. SCOTT
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EoR SALE CHEAP,
L A York Carriare and Harness.
Apply to ]. j. WATERFORD,
March 20--lm. Middletown, Del.
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LOST.

EoR RENT,
l. The Rooms now occupied by J. ]. Var-
ierford Possession given 25th of Mareh
Apply to MARTIN E. WALKER,
March 2o-tf Middletown, Del.
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Millions q Year.

AS the supply Of these Bonds viii soon
cease. parties who desire to invest in them
will find it to their interest to do so at
once: The price at present is par and ac-
c.ued interest from Jan. l, in currency.
A new Pamphlet and Map was issued
October. LIST, containing report Of the
progress Of the work to that date, and q
more complete statement in relation TO the
value Of the bonds than can be given in an
advertisement. which win be sent free on
application.
Middletown transcript., 1869-03-27

old NEWSPAPERS, a cheap and convenient
" Wrapping Paper, fer sale at this ofiies
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FIVE MILLIONS DOLLARS.
The details of which are as follows,
Total. .................$5, ,O66 .651 81

This large amount is only an indication
of the immense traffic that must 60 over
the through line in few months. when
the great tide of Pacific coast travel and
trade will begin, It is estimated that thia
business must make the earnings of the
road
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have seen "rownsend's Cultvator' in ope-
ration, and concur fully in what is said for it.
W. ]. GIBSON.
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On the Railroad, above the National Hotel.
January 25-f
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17

ton, his heart filled with sorrow which
only a. bereayed parent, can feel, and,
leaving his weeping wife and child; he
hastened before the foot-lights, and COM
menced his part. ~ Did any of the large
audience assembled know of the fearful
struggle in that fathers heart that night ?
What mockery of woe was here presented,
and how stranger than fiction are some
times the realities of life. How he man.
aged to perform his part that evening he
did not know. He succeeded in finishing
his performance, when he learned the sad
particulars of his bereavement, and how
he received the mournful tidings in such
anunexpected manner. His wife was on
the eve'of departing to join her husband,
when the little girl was taken suddenly
and alarmingly i'll, and died in a few days.
Remote from line of telegraph, and not
knowing exactly where to direct to her
husband, the short illness and sudden
death of the child al, took place within SO
few days,-that the sorroWing mother and
wife hastened to carry the sad tidings to
the husband and father in person, with the
above result-& Paul Pioneer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
A Live Mans Estate Administered Upon.

= ONE of the New York papers gives the
following account Of an administration
upon mans estate before his decease:
Twenty years ago man living in this
city made deposit of money in a savings
ybank'here. He then went away. For fif-
teen years lhesNas not heard from. About
five years ago another man applied to the
surrogate for letters Of administration upon
the estate Of the man who had deposited
the money in the bank He represented
that the depositor was dead, and he was ap-
pointed administrator upon the depositor's
H'estate. He then went to the bank and
demanded the money. Although he did
NOT present the bank book which is fur
S1fished to depositors,s the officers were
satisfied that all was right, and paid over
themoney to him. The absent depositor
recently returned to New York. He went
to the bank, showed his bank book to
the officers, and asked for his money
The compound interest had made the
amount about twenty-six hundred dol
lars 7a,r.f .,...,sa, r., .,ee.n
y The eofficersrecognized the, man as the
one who had placed the money in their
keeping, and admitted the authenticity of
his handbook, and that, if it had not been
for the administration ON his property he
would be, entitled to his money. They
informed him that they paid it to his ad-
ministrator, and referred him to that per-
son, whose name he had never before even
heard, for the missing sum. The teller
wrote upon his handbook, awe refer
you to your own administrator" The
depositor has thus far been unable to
find the man who took his money. 1t
is understood that he has commenced
proceedings against the bank. The case
will raise some novel and very interest
ing questions of law. 1t would seem
that there is little difficulty in New York
in taking out letters of administration
upon the estates of living persons, judg-
ing from the facts of this case.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
. Sad Episode in an AActOr,s Life.

e. ss%i y, WHEN the company came to St.. Paul a
~ few weeks ago, the wife and children of
b9@A Mr. Sheldon remained behind to pay
visit to some friends, expecting to meet
1.-The husband and father in a short time, In
-.49 this State. d The time had elapsed and Mfr.
Sheldon was anxiously looking for their
= arrival every day, longing once more to
/ clasp his darling to his heart. Day, after
day passed and they did not ceme On
TrE Thursday evening last, just as the curtain
ia was about to rise for the play of "Under
the Gaslight," at the Opera House in
Minneapolis, in which, it will be remem-
jbered, Mr.. Sheldon takes Appointment and
comcal character, one of the ushers of the
evening came to the green room and stated
that lady was at the door requesting to-
see Mr. Sheldon Repairing to the door,
- a'us.what was his delight to meet his expected
wife and his little boy. Carried away by
his joy at their arrival, he did not at first
notice the sad and mournful appearance of
Il = his wife, nor atunce remark that his pet
and; fayorite child was not with her. The
first greeting over, he noticed her absence
y and at once inquired where she was. Ehe
~, , answer was one calculated to wiring every
s.sts fibre of his loving, fatherlys heart She
sc ,lsphad been dead and buried a week, and this
was his first intimation that she had been
sick Staggering back as from the effects
ofan overwhelming blow, he heard the bel
= akring fof the curtain tofise and listened like
ID asomel in dream to the call for his
appearance upon the stage to act
thefp part of "a happy go-lucky character sc
saaaaffreauently met with in the streets OF New
Ah' York city, Stunned by his. heavy affiic
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
Horrible Discovery.

- IL =
,ABoUTfve O'Clock ON Thursday eve
CampbeH and Edward Scnliek,awere en-
gagged in hauling wood, and while crossing
the creek, which 'empties into the river at
/ q point near. the stone quarry, they. .disepv-
7 cred, in the bed of the creek, some fifteen
or twenty yards from the, river bank, a
box partially imbedded in the mud, the
creek being almost dry. The sight of the
article, fully aroused their curiosity, and
they Immediately set tolwork to digitdut,
task soon accomplished.
Y The. box was. pine, about thirteen inches
deep, fourteen inches wide and three and
half feet longi and bound at eachlend with
iron hoops. One Of the top boards being
partially misplaced, they found no trouble
in ascertaining the contents, which, to
their horror, proved to be the remains of
I "a man, literally chopped to- pieces The
head was severed from the body and
packed in one. cornera of the ebox;, both
legs had been chopped from the body, and
afterward hacked off the knee and ankle
! joints ;, the arms had been taken oHat the
| the body, while the other disseyered
members had been nplaced in posi-
ton with helhsh Ingenuity that
makes, the 4 blood chill to- think
upon. :, The head had also been sawed and
| chopped across the front portion of the
skull and from the forehead toward the
back part of the head the top Of which
had been lifted off. :, On the chest was
/ placed a fine linen shirt supposed to be- OF
German manufacture. z The flesh of the
face was, entirely ,decomposed,i thus, pre-
venting recognition of the features. The
lid of the box was directed in plain black
letters to I'D. B. Sargent, OMAHA Neb."
Nothing else was, found, which would in
any way throw light upon the mystery.
The box is supposed to have been.elther
bought or stolen from the store of Mr. Sar-
gent on Thirteenth street, for the purpose
for which it was used.
The Coroner's jury yesterday rendered
a verdict that the man came to his death at
the hands of some person or persons yln-
known.
|" THE body is supposed to be that of a
man aged about twenty four years, and
had probably been dead t,ln1eY three % Of four
months.
q There are many conjectures rife con
cerning the terrible affair, butfnone OF suf-
fcient probability to deserve belief. ,;
In the hope that it will not be long be-
fore murder will out, we give the sick
ening details, and leave the ac9pje ecturing
| to others omaha Re0abtican. ,,,o,,,r
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
Pneumatic Propulsion.


ALBERT ,BRIsBANE claims to have made
2 discovery in the matter Of pneumatic
propulsion, whereby Substances enclosed
insair tight globes,) exactly, fitting aerial
cylinders, will be transmitted at the mimi
mum rate Of 200 miles an hour. The gem
tleman processes by. his glehular device to
have secured an almost, total, reduction OF
friction. The distance between Newark
and Jersey City is to be the first pneulnat-
ically connected in /. this, manner, Ii it
should succeed, of course the multiplica-
tion Of the method would indefinitely en-
sue, and the city would be the entrepot for
freight, whether mails, grain, or other
sealed, articles, from, a, region extending
hundreds Of miles in any direction Pack
ares reaching the metropolis or going
from it, at the rate OF say 200 miles an
hour. would revolutionize the existing
laws and modes Of Interstate commerce.
The due effect Of the principle; +oe, would
bring Canton and London, Paris and Cal
cutta, Constantinople and CapefoWn with
In sfabulously short-trading distance, time
being the measure.sn Unless individuals
could be passed by the same'powera4 4not
few Scientific men prophesg they will be,
and believe they can and should, and at
the same0rate, then, the, success OF this
scheme will cause passenger travel to- be
.ridieulolslyn slow alongside pneumatic
| freight. Mr.. Brisbane need only demon
straGe his principle-in in praeticeto secure It's
universal adoption, and alpwhl watch the
progress of his experiment with great IN
terest - Ere7eange. s'-l e.a5faI.s .4. h5g
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
VOL. VII.
Selected Miscellany.
THE OTHER DAY.


& = The shadows of some hundred years
Falls on mansion quaint and gray
Where l, with mingled hopes and fears,
Whispered sweet secrets in the ears
or one whom now see through tears,
GrstgG Only the other day.
Oh, Margaret my Margaretr
AS oftin rhyme used to say,
esi Girl with the eyes of violeti b-'tA t
How in the pine-wood walks we met, 445
When early flowers with dew were wet,
,HI All il%l " Twas but the other day.
When sunset skies we're amethyst,
,fy-S, We to the woodlands found our way;
- At eve our elders played at whist, r
-: And we, of course, were never missed
s.,a1 When we stole out, and talked and kissed,
Only the other day. .sai
tyla a 4 tstsaf * fa !g4h al 70 s5Ef d.5asi ~
,st.> went across the salt sea foam .ef ~
risW ,ngWe corresponded while away: rosie --s.
.41ad Paris saw, Vienna, Rome, 5lt.
The Bridge of Signs, st, Peters dome.
And then, with hungry heart, came home
UqIAa slaaftf By steam the other day.
Ny Madge was married to an Earl -- y.
gouty one I'm glad to sayl s&
Her tresses have the self-same curl
Through rosebud lips see the pearl;
q But ohi she's not The little girl Il
,EksE ~ &f %t Iwooed the other day
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
The Theft of a Diamond Ring.

A VALUABLE diamond ring had e been
stolen from aijewelers in Quincy, Illinois,
whittier it had been sent fOrssome work to
be done upon it, The jeweler was in
great distress-could hear nothing of the
ring-was scarcely able to pay for twas
miserable. Ransack his mind, as he did,
over and over again, he could fix the theft
but upon one person, married lady who
was his neighbor, his wife's friend, spotless
in reputatiOn-a Christian. He said moth
ing, however, and, after several months
had passed away, the lady's husband
moved to Kansas City, bringing with him
his.wife and two Children. He followed
in week, sought out D, gave him a
full description of the ring, and departed
as suddenly as he had come.
Lying constantly on guard behind the
impenetrable mask of his observation,
D. kept watch and ward over the
doomed woman, waiting for the magnificent
diamond to flash out before his eyes its
light of unmistakable recognition. One
day he saw it on her right hand, and
knew it in moment That evening, sat-
isfying himself that her husband was
absent, D. called upon the lady and
found her alone The ring was nowhere
to be seen. Instinctively feeling the APP
proach of danger, she had again disposed
of it,
81 came Madam said D., very
politely, "to speak to you upon little
matter of business"
"Ah sir" she replied, "then, perhaps
you will call again when my husband is at
home" 1 --'----- -A-+
Unfortunately, madam, my reasons for
seeing you were of such nature that
had rather your husband would not be at
home. What have you done with the ring
you wore this morning at church ?"
Not muscle moved in the woman's
matchless face-matchless for its wonder
full calmness and repOse.
" A ring!" she replied in the most nom
chalant voice in the world, "what ring,
and what do you mean, sir?"
80" I mean diamond ring, madam-a
ring lost by Mr.. -, of Quincy, Illinois
ring which saw in your possession this
morning; a ring, to recover which | now
have a warrant for your arrest" ii.i
The word arrest paralyzed her. A few
broken vows of repentance, a few stormy
tears of grief, and shame, and agony, and
the lady produced the ring, imploring
D., with all woman's pleading, that
he would spare her for her children's sake.
He promised full compliance, and to this
day has kept his word, utterly refusing to
give even the initials of the woman's
name. The family not long ago moved to
Southern Kansas, and to this fact alone
we are indebted for even the outline of
this true and romantic story.-Kansas
Gitu Ti7npS
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
Weekly News Summary
FOREIGN.

Mr.. Burlingame has received dispatch
from Prince Kung, expressing the entire
satisfaction of the Chinese Government
with the treaty between that country and
the United States, and announcing its
early ratification. Il e.
Advices received in Havana from Port
aau Prince to the Doth ult. state that an en-
gagement before Aux Cages took place on
the 22d, when Salnave was defeated and
dangerously wounded. The news further
states that Salnave had issued proclama-
ton declaring his abandonment of the
cause for which he has SO long struggled.
The rebels were meeting with success ev-
erywhere. .---
The French Senate on the 9th adopted
the Senatus Consultum, by vote of 1874
to 3.gnaari l.si Il ri I,as .e9''ar t7sa. saaQ
Madrid dispatches on the 7th state that
the last Carlist band known to be on Span
ish soil had been defeated by the national
troops, near Corona. eaa ~ .-,
, THE Paris Journal O6icia Of the 9Th
says thcsEmperof Napoleon>attended to
public affairs daily, and at no time had his
condition been such as to cause the least
anxiety. = n n 81 4 +
The cotton crop in the interior Of Egypt
is reported as excellent in quality and
quantity. Toi zjH9nh 9gL
The Boston Peace Jubilee is to be re-
produced at the Crystal Palace, London.
The Emperor Napoleon arrived in Paris
on+the evening Of tile 10th, and afterward
returned to st. Cloud. He was in i'm
proved health.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17

sible, and up to s7:15 p. m. sixty had beer
raised. ( Relief subscriptions were re
ceived as follows: $4,000 from New York
Board of Brokers, $4,000 from Ass
Packer, and $500 from Governor Geary
The Cincinnati Old School Presbytery
at the meeting which closed on the 8th
ratified unanimously the plan of the
General Assembly on the subject of re
union.
No public business of any kind was
transacted in Washington on the 9th
The news of the death of Senator Fes
senden added to the gloom occasioned by
that of Secretary Rawlins.
A Helena telegram reports that the
coach which started on the 4th for Co
rinne was stopped about midnight, on the
evening of the 9Th fifty miles northeo
Corinne, by robbers, who quietly secured
the driver and obtained possession -oi
about thirty thousand dollars worth OF
gold bars They afterwards caused the
passengers to give up their arms and
about two thousand dollars in currency.
The coach was then allowed to proceed.
The twenty eighth annual session of the
Iowa Universalist Convention assembled
in Des Moines on the 9Th. .iIIi
In the Mississippi Valley Commercial
Convention on the 9th the resolutions in
favor of the removal of the National Cap
ital were taken up and passed.
One hundred and eight dead bodies had
been taken out of the Avondale. mine on
the 9th, and it was thought this comprised
all who had perished in the disaster.
A terrific storm visited the New Eng
land coast, from Providence to Portland,
on the afternoon and night of the Sth,
doing immense damage to property
and causing = large loss of life.
Everywhere church steeples and
elevated structures were blown down
or otherwise injured, = and the loss of
crafts at sea is known to have been gen
eral and severe. The Boston Coliseum
was partially destroyed. The damage to
shrubbery, fruit trees and crops is immense
in all directions.
Receipts of customs for week ending
September 4, $4,242, ,763.
. A locomotive on the Erie Railroad, near
Port Jarvis, exploded its boiler on the
evening of the 9th, killing the engineer,
fireman, f1agman, and brakeman. The en-
CINE was blown to pieces. it5f
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
next conveyance a lady left the Springs,
wearing avery thick veil

next conveyance a lady left the Springs,
wearing avery thick veil.
AMONG the vessels lost in the cyclone
that swept over the Bay of Bengal in 1867,
were the steamer Thunder and the ship
Morayshire. Search was made for them,
but no trace was discovered, and it was
taken for granted that both had gone down
at sea. <Thesother day a party of fisher
men, driven for shelter into an out t-of-the-
way creek some four miles inland, stumbled
upon thehulf of a ship, which proved to
be the Morayshire, and further in found a
larger steamer with masts and tunnels still
standing, which answered to the descrip-
ton of the Thunder. The steamer had
<e165 900 on board, which is doubtless yet
in her bullion hold. Painful speculations
are,of course, called up as to Tthe fate of
her crew and passengers. What that fate
was, may never undiscovered. 1t is con-
jectured that, they could not have lived
long, even If they had survivedSthe cyclone,
as the place is malarious in the extreme,
and infested with tigers. What is, per-
,haps, the strangest, is, that these cVessels
have been lying two years within a few
miles of the mouth Of the HoOgly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
A Conductor Fatally Burned. /

A VERY painful accident recently ocE
Cured on the Boston g. Albany Railroad
at Newton, near Boston, The victim was
a conductor on freight train. Itappears
that in the freight train that left Boston at
7 o'clock in the evening were some COM
promise" cars, upon which were two
tanks, each used for the transportation oOf
petroleum in bulk The tanks had been
empited at East Boston, and were on their
way, to Erie tt. be replenished. They are
large and cylindrical in FORM In the CEN
tire of each of them is an orifice, which is
bridged by plank, upon which conduc-
tors and brakemen can pass from one car
to another. 1t seems that Mr.. Samuel
Preston, when near Newton Centre, about
Seven miles from Boston, had occasion to
pass over one of the oil cars. He had his
lantern in his, hand. and as soon as he
reached the first tank the fire SOf his Ian
tern ignited the gases which We're; gene
rated by the residue of the petroleum, and
an explosion Immediately took place.
5TheTOp of the tanks,swas blown off and
the interior at once Became lfvid sheet
of fire. Into this the unfortunate man in
stantly fell, and although hef made the
most strenuous exertiohs to eXtricate him
self, lin which he was finally successful, it
was not until. he had, been fearfuliy burned.
In his agony he ran into field close by.
One of the employees about the depot saw
him and hastily got a ablanket, and by
wrapping it around him succeeded in put
ting out the flame which his burning cloth
ing caused. He was frightfully burned,
but did not lose his consciousness, except
for "a few moments. In removing his
clothing the skin from his abdomen and
legs came off in shreds. His arms and
hands were badly blistered, and he was
considerably burned on the. body as well.
In spite of his suferings lie did not lose
consciousness but, was able in some degree
to relate how Tthe accident occurred.
After intense Suffering, death came to his
relief the. next mornihg.oq