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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24
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DrBIIS, Va. March 10, 1909.
MR p n srARKx, Richmond, Va.
Dfar Sir Alter several days trial, pronounce
the Dixie complete succeRs. II Is by far The
u .htost draft Plow 10 turn the lrffh and depth 4
docs that ever saw. ! shall certainly give the
Dixie" fair trial ipiuming clover the coming
left hsnd Lexington at hair cost T. take " Dixie"
Ncly respectfully, In II. HAIR.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24

Write to 81. II. w Hughcs, at Abingdon, Va, fof
full paticu ars Of the stafko Pillow. lie u one oi
the most scientific and cnterprlsing farmers In the
country, aud recommends II above any other floW
he mas ever known.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24

ioTr, Kise lillian o., ct ], is6s.
Mn. 7. n. SrARK-S0 After giving your new
Plow very severe trial. ain compelled 20 say "
comes up fully 10 your rcconmcndstion. Upon pea
fallow Il surpzsscs any pillow have ever seen used
In no Instance have seen 1t choke except where
Their, was close clay soil, which was not In proper
order for blowing. ~ who have seen Il WORK are
pleased am, very truly, yours,
lFh. v. CKoNroN.
RE- Call at Fowler s Gibbcney's and see sAmpl
Of these Glows. alr.zl
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24

This company has one of the largest and
most successful manufactures in the Uni
ted States. Every branch OF the business
being under the immediate supervision Of
the COMPANY, whose experience as pincti
cal Piano makers enables 'hcm to produce
an instrument which foI power, fulness Of
tone, elasticity Of tonch and elegance Of fin
ish are equal if no superior to any in the
country.
Every Instrument is warranted for FIVE
years.
Old Pianos taken in exchange, repaired,
and all orders and tunings promptly attend
ed to.
Professors. clergymen aud institutions
supplied Mt lihel al discount.
GAEBL'S PIANO COMPANY.
nov Is ly. Baltimore. Md
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24

sfor the present the instruction In English il
divided among the Professors u Moral Philosophy
Modern Languages, and History with the aid Of gu
Assistant Professor
tThe duties OF this Chair arr discharged by the
Professors Of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-24

GAEHLE'S PIANO MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, of Baltimore, Md. Warerooms:
n. L. corner Of Eutaw aud Fayctle streets,
and Is, II and 10 n. EntaW st.
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nv E WATT PLow

n CaII ht Fowler q UlDDoneJ
Of these plows.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

The TWO DEMOCRATIC TIoKETs are now
fairly in the field in Queen Anne's County.
The independent nominations were made
on the l4th inst, and it is stated, are well
received. They are claimed to be better
selection than those put into the field by
what is claimed to be the Irregular" Conyen-
tion. One of the latter ticket, d Mr.. Price,
who is now County Commissioner, is re-
nominated, to thus officially represent the
Countys subscription of $G5, 1000, in the
Kent and Queen Anne's Railroad, although
he is now the Treasurer of that Company.
This close alliance of the peoples represen-
tative with the Railroad corporation, is
looked upon with great distrust and one of
the county papers asserts that the 'location
''of the route of the road was the work of a
combination of speculators, for their own
"aggrandizement, and not for the public
"intcrest, and who have purchased but a
livery small amount of stock to aid in con-
''structing the road. From the commence
''ment of this work there has been great
slack of energy, for which the directors
"and county commissioners must be held
responsible
In Queen Anne's, the -coatest seems to be
the same as everywhere throughout Mary
land-the ''Ring" against the People. The
latter, we believe, will put their independent
ticket into office, and assert their control
over their own affairs.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23
A sad Case.

WEALTHY FAMILY DRUNK AND INSANE.
The Viaeland Weekly give the following details
of n sad story:
Sometime last spring the guardian Of an ntcm-
perate man in Philadelphia, thinking it might be
better for his ward to remove him to place
where the temptations to drink were less than in
that city, came to Vineland and purchased u COM
Portable home, where the family soon removed.
But change of place did moi assuage the nppe-
lite for liquor. BY some means he procured the
coveted beverage, and kept in state of incbricly
for some weeks. After awhile, however, he
seemed to reform, and for month or two back
his habits have been regular, until about ten days
ago, when he relapsed into his old habits and was
as bad as ever. The latter part OF last week he
was missed, and he has not been heard from
since. He left his wife alone. II now appears
that she has been subject to insanity, and had
been at one time an inmate Of luuatic asylum.
Nothing was discovered unusual in the house,
until Sunday afternoon, when unnatural noises
were heard, and other indications were noticed,
which led to suspicious that all was not right
within. Several persons living near by forced an
entrance into the house, and found the wife
rsviug maniac, with scarcely vestige of clothing
on her body.
The glass, crockeIy, and other articles of fur
niture were a complete wreck. A French clock,
worth one hundred dollars was broken into
fragments. and everything appeared In the ut
most disorder. She said that she had eaten
nothing in Two days, which was doubtless correct.
Suitable food was brought IN by the neighbors,
of which she partook. After being properly
cared for she was induced to retire, aud physi-
clan was sent for, who administered opiates,
which soon brought on quiet sumber Consta-
BILE Cortls was sent for, whose service In such
cases are Indispensable, and took charge OF the
house, and sent messenger to Philadelphia to
inform her friends. On Monday she was removed
to that city, from whence 1t is supposed she will
be sent to lunatic asylum. Both the woman
and her husband have Incomes sufficient TO sup
port them respectfully she receiving u, 500 per
year, and the husband 81 200, .4Y
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

WE HAVE ALREADY REFERRED to the dis
closures made by some of the Talbot Coun-
ty Democratic newspapers concerning the
great extravaganza of their party, during
their administration of affairs, for the past
two or three years. The Star, which is de-
voting itself to these exposures, says that if
the same party continue to rule, and the
people submit to their pretentions, white
" wash all the doings of the last two Yeas,
land thus permit them to go on from bad
" to worse, we believe in the next five years
they would swamp Talbot county" This
is bad state of affairs, but it only gives
fair indication of what has been the unfor
tunate condition of Maryland local politics
since 1866.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

THE EVENING PosT, the only Republican
paper in Memphis, was announced some
days ago, to have suspended, on account of
the withdrawal of State patronage by Gov
ernor Senter. We learn from its last issue
that the daily edition only is suspended. and
that the weekly will be continued. The
Post was one of the most earnest and at
the same time most prudent and conciliatory
papers of its class in the South. 1t was al
ways courteous and argumentative-neve
abusive. 1t was thoroughly identified with
the interests of Tennessee. 1t was q good
newspaper, and gave great attention to local
affairs. In the recent scandalous division of
the party in Tennessee, it continued to
warmly represent Republican principles, ,but
did not hoist either ticket for Governor.
But Senator Brownlow's model Union
ist, Horace Greeley's admirable peace-ma-
ker, Governor Senter, has withdrawn the
State patronage, and given tito whom do
you suppose-to the avalanche, which
was ever, till very lately, a violent uncom-
promising rebel paper, of the most ultra
Southern School. The Post has always been
ostracised and prescribed by the disloyal
elements Of Memphis, hence Governor SEN
ter's action withdraws its means of exist
ence, and the only Republican daily in Mem
phis suspcnds publication. a, y.
Let the New York Tribune rejoice.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

THEKE ARE RvIDENoEs that one of the
greatest revolutions in opinion, of all mod
ern times, is in progress. This is nothing
more nor less than conversion of English
theory from Free Trade to Protection. The
hard experiences Of the last few years, when
the artisans of England have found them
selves crowded out of the market by the
cheaper labor, Of Belgium, France, and
Germany, have had their effect, and the first
suspicion that this was due to the free trade
laws has grown to conviction in the minds
OF many English people, and is certain to
go forward till 1t at lasts is entertained by all
the mechanical and most of the agricultural
population.
At Manchester, last week, there was a
large meeting of cotton merchants, ,spinners,
and manufacturers. for the purpose of CON
sidering the condition of trade in Lanca-
shire. Speeches were made, and resolutions
adopted. One of the latter asserted that it
was expedient to form an association TO urge
Parliament to grant an inquiry into the
causes of the depressed stale of capital and
labor. 1t was also resolved to hold series
OF public meetings in the principal towns of
England.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

The CENTREvlILE OBSERVER, organ of the
Queen Anne's County Democracy, warmly
eulogizes the Irregular" ticket, nominated
by one wing of the party, and appeals for
harmony between the two divisions. Itadds
however that it has "not word to say
against the gentlemen who support tile Sec
'ond ticket, or the candidates they will bring
"out, from which we infer that the indepen-
dent movement is formidable enough to in
spirc general respect. We trust that there
may be n lively contest, and some political
interest be awakened. These one-sided
fights have become somewhat "monoto
nous, as Mark Twain would say, on the
Eastern Shore.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

The DELAwAREAN DEvoTEs long article
to the view that the numerous crimes, now
being reported throughout the country, are
the result OF the late civil war" Then the
of the DelaWarean's friends,
who plunged the country into that war, for
the base purpose of destroying the Republic,
is even greater than has yet been supposed.
Not only the blood and suffering of the war,
but the injury ofsociety, after it was over. =
Fill up the fearful account
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

VIRGINIA RAILROADS AND THEIR STATE IN
DEBrEDNEss.-The Richmond Dispatch
states that the following, which is from
reliable source, shows the Indebtedness of
the Virginia RAILROADS to that State
The Richmond and Danyille railroad on
yesterday paid into the State treasury one
half OF the interest due the State on its loan.
and the remainder is to be paid December
10Th, under instructions from General Candy.
The Orange aud Alexandria railroad is vet
behind the annual interests due from that
corporation, about $l8, 600, while the South
ern railroad shows the large sum of $685.
600. The Virginia and Tennessee railroad
owes about 1920, 600 interest to the State, and
neither of the two last mentioned roads ap-
pears in condition to meet these liabilities
at present. The Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road is negotiating loan with which it ex-
poets to liquidate its entire indebtedness 10
1850 OO0"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

Tie EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS look with
great Jealousy upon the probable indcpen-
dence of Cuba, or its annexation to the
" nlted States. The Madrid papers assert
that the Government recently sent circular
letter to the great Powers, respecting the
note from General Sickels. and that England,
france, and Austria reply, sustaining Spain.
or course; but what odds whether th oy do
or not? When tue proper time arrives,
Cuba dissolves her chains, and the United
States will see that nobody re-cnslaves her.
European Powers" are at discount on this
hemisphere since that little affair in Mexico.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23
WEEDS.
[pAyID NEWPORT, OF pENNA., IN THE HEARTH
AND HOME.

DAVID NEWPORT, OF PENNA., IN THE HEARTI
AND HOME.
What toll and trouble they occasion! Bu
by the thrifty farmer all this toll and trouble
will be willingly taken if he can exterminatc
these troublesome and intrusive pests that SC
pertinaciously thrust themselves in field, gar
den, and meadow, where they are neither
asked nor wanted for any useful or orna-
mental purpose. And would it not CRAFTY
the curiosity of some to learn that the mosl
obnoxious OF these are foreign to our soil,
and were not known to the aborigines, being
introduced by Europeans? The most obiec-
tionable, the Canada thistle, is of European
origins The ox-eyed daisy is from the same
source, and is often in Pennsylvania called
the park-wecd and was first sown by Gov.
Keith, more than a hundred years ago in
his park.
From over the ocean also came the dock,
the mullen, the common thistle, chess, but
tercup, wild parsnip and carrot, garlic, st.
Johns wort, dandelion, plantain, burdock,
and teazel.
Not many American plants have we given
in exchange for these to the Old World, and
whether our Indian corn and :he pot,to have
neutralized the evil caused by the introduce
ton OF tobacco by Sir Walter Raleigh, may
be questioned. l cannot now think Of il
single native noxious weed that is trouble
some to the farmer they are all exotic 10
our soil. Our common medicinal herbs also
came from over the waters with our fathers
tansy, comfrey, mint, sage, thyme, balm,
elecampane, horehound, and catnip were,
doubt, brought as household treasures.
Seldom in China is a weed to be seen !;
there every foot of soil being carefully econ
mized and filled to overilowing with hun
cry population, all kinds of noxious weeds
are carefully and timely cxtcrminacd. And
if John Chinamn will bring his economic
virtues in this respect to our land, he will
not be an unwclcoma guest, for weeds are
here spreading slowly but surely. III
where we will-north, south, east, or west
the thistle, the ox-cye, the dock, and thai
vile native of Asia, the jimson-weed are
gaining ground.
1t seems impossible for the farmer in the
busy season to find the time to destroy all
kind of weeds before the seeds mature the
proper way Of disposing of them then is to
put in heaps, and when dry to burn them,
instead, as the practice of some is, of throw
ing them into the roads for the next rain
to wash back again on the neighboring
fields, thus spreading instead of destroying
the frail thing.
sand Linueus, the father of botany, said
of it in his Flora Lapponica +" ptti,m
agrorum apUd nos 2oranadriuna est III is
the greatest pest of our fields).
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23
QUE MARRIAGE La W,S.

We are requested to publish the following
extract Sin justice to the people of this State
p" and as proper reply to the slander of the
Chester Republican" contained in an
article recently copied from that paper into
COMMERCIAL. We cheerfully do SOFAS it is a
correction, as to the object of tho law, but
suggest that the effect is the same as stated
by, the Republican, I. e., man who can
not get another to become his surety for
Two Hundred dollars cannot be legally mar
ried in our State. Itwould be well to con-
slider If such q law is not calculated to en-
courage and almost necestate the looseness
in the marriage relation so PREVALENT amongst
the poorer classes of cur colored popula-
tiop. 45Hs5 a55
Extract from Delaware Laws, Revised
Code, page 20. sn-.
''The clerk or justice dispensing marriage
license, shall take from the party applying
for 1t, bond to the State with good security,
in the penal sum of two hundred dollars,
with condition that ii - and
-- may lawfully unite themselves
in marriage, and If there be no legal objec-
tion to celebrating the rites of marriage be-
tween them, then the said obligation shall
be void, otherwise in force" &c.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

IMPORTANT ARRIvAL.-The Boston i'd
Uertiser of the 9Th says; On Saturday af-
ternoon the barque Zingerella, Captain Shaw,
arrived at this port from Bissau, ON the west
coast of Africa. The bulk of her cargo con-
sisted of hides aud peanuts, but by way of
variety she also brought five boa constructors
and four large dog-faced monkeys. The
largest Of the serpents is 2s feet long, is of
immense girth, and weighs nine hundred
and odd pounds. On its arrival it had not
eaten for six weeks. Its meal at that time
consisted of twelve small cats and good
sized dog, which 1t disposed of in the course
of night. On Saturday night, showing
signs of hunger, a live cat was given to it,
which it speedily crushed and swallowed.
A second live cat still remains in the cage.
The wretched animal evinces extreme terror
at the presence of its deadly foe. This is
the largest serpent ever brought to this
country. 1t is immensely powerful, as the
effects of climate have hardly yet lessened
its natural vigor. The other serpents range
from 23 to Is feet in length.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

The Virginia State Agricultural Fair
commences on the I'd of November, and
CONT urs four days.
THE London Spectator sums up Louis
Napolcnns clemency by saying that he has
paidoncd everybody who had done nothing
Five thousand six hundred and fifiy-one
stud MS have been educated at the Jefferson
Medical College in Philadelphia since its
commencement in 1926.
Edwin Booth will devote himself and
his thcater in New York this winter mainly
to reproductions of Hamlet and "a Win
ier's Tale.
-Aladame Parepa-Rosas' English opera
season in New York began on the fourth
anniversary OF the lady's first appearance
before the American public
MIR. Gnstlve Dore spent three weeks in
London, and made over five hundred sketch
es OF life in the English capital mainly
among the humber classes.
advertising by hill posting is valuable.
The space on the fence around the New
York Post-oflice is let at the rate of 81 per
day for ten linear feet.
Private ,heatTlcals have b.en tue rage
at many of the watering places and will be
very popular in New York society the COM
ing winter.
Archbishop Purcell, OF Ohio, who is
now 10 years of age, is ilir oldest Roman
Catholic pieaie in the United States, having
been consccrated in 1882.
An exchange says the whole season Of
opera just closed in London may be summed
up in two wortls-Nilsspn and Patti Every
thing and everybody have been subservicnt
to them.
One who went from New York to
Shanghai in 1851 consuming two hundred
and forty days in the journey. has Just re
turned N thirty ono days and twelve hours
running time.
One Of the Georgia editors who lost his
hat at iie lale editorial convention. and was
ioked about II, explains that his companions
would have lost liieir hats also if they had
not been weighted with iil5ks.
The President, in visiting the American
Insi,utc Fair in New Yuik, was :aken 10
see wooden image Of himself, life size, in
tended as the sign for tobacco store. He
pronounced it pretty well DONE"
kentucky families are emigrating to
Indiana. This is movement that takes
place every year. After the election in In
diana they f" emigrate' to Illinois, and tow
ards the close of November, return home
for the winter. The arrangement is very
profitable one for the Democrats.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

AN OoToGENARIAN.-An old patriarch,
aged 81 years, named Josiah Reynolds, Of
Little Britain township, Lancaster county,
Pa, was in Lancaster city on Monday, and
he tells us he was never so far from home
before. He has lived all his lite within two
rods of where he was born. He helped 10
grub the first acre of ground titled in Little
Britain township. There were no plows
then, and he was well up in years before he
saw wagon. When thirty one years old he
married, and his wife is still living. He was
a great fox hunter in his time, and says he
would to-day rather hear the yelping of a
pack Of hounds than any other music. He
has worked at farming all his life, but con-
cluded last harvest to quit hard work and
employ himself by tending the cattle. Was
never near a train of cars until to-day, and
wondered what it was that pulled them, and
why the locomotive puffed so.-Lancastey
INTEL
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

NEBRASKA SENDS REPORT of Republican
success at the State election, on Tuesday.
In Maine, it is stated, the Legislature will
have, in the Senate, 81 Republicans and 8
Democrats; in the House, 1876 Republicans
and 20 Democrats. AT Denver, Colorado,
on Wednesday, the Republicans elected a
majority of the county officers. The peo-
pies ticket elected the Treasurer and Pro-
bate Judge. The Democrats had no ticket.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

IRON WoRKs IN THE LEHIoH Valley
The Bethlehem Daily Times says that it is
Tnmored in bethlehem that number of
European capitalists are negotiating for the
purchase Of lands in the Lehigh Valley, on
which to erect the most extensive works in
this country. The works will be built near
that place, and will add greatly to the popu-
lation and material interests Of the town.
The new works of the Bethlehem Iron
Company, which are now very nearly COM
pleted, when put III operation, will give en-
ployment to between three and four hundred
men, addition to the large number already
employed by this company.
We learn from the Allentown News that
large force of workmen are busiy engaged
IN rebuilding the Allentown Furnace which
was destroyed by fire short time since. All
are busy as bees and already temporary
roofs have been erected over some of The
cast houses. The rubbish which was I'M
mense, is all cleared away and it is expected
October first -
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

WHAT Ex-Governor SEWARD HAS sREN.--
What one man may live to see is admirably
illustrated in Mr.. Stewards Alaska speech,
as follows:-
Within the period of my own recollec-
tion have seen twenty new States added
to the eighteen which before that time con
stituted the American Union, and now sec
beside Alaska ten Territories in forward
condition of preparation for entering into
the same great political family. l have seen
in my own time not only the first electric
telegraph, but even the first railroad and
the first steamboat invented by man. And
even on this present voyage of mine have
which 35 years ago lighted her fires on the
Pacific ocean. These, citizens of Sitka, are
the guarantees not only that Alaska has
future, but that that future has already be-
run