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Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26
A Sad Story:

A YOUNG GIRL Is RUINED AND DEPRIVED OF
HER WAGES.
Yesterday morning suit came off before
Esquire Frazer, of very peculiar and distress
ing circumstances. A young girl named Mary
Kyle appeared before the Esquire, and charg
ed Mrs. Deborah Biddle. of Christiana Hun
dred, with owing her SIS for services, which
she refused to pay. Some time ago, the same
girl appeared berore the Esquire and made a
statement in reference to other wrongs she
had suffered at Mrs. Biddle's house. She said
she went there to live when she was Is years
of age, and did all the general housework for
which she was to receive 81 per week, but
was never paid cent, Shs also stated that
she was required to sleep in the same room
with Mrs. Biddle's son. The natural conse-
quence soon followed. About eighteen
months after she went to Mrs. Biddle's that
mother. brought her to Wilmington, and
left her in the basement of the house at the
S. ". Corner Of Front and Shipley Streets,
where the child was born and where she re-
manned for over year. When she appeared
before Esquire Frazer, and told him this story
the support Of her child and obtained judg-
Iaent against him, his mother becoming his
surety. In the suit against Mrs. Biddle, judg-
ment was also given in favor OF the plaintiff,
for $1S the amount due her.
The girl is about Is years old, nneducat-
pretty and genteel looking She is now liv-
ing respectable and virtuOus life, in the SER
vice of a private family, in this city. The
child is also being well cared for, and will be
adopted by some charitable people.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAM
The West Chester Jetersonian thus chr0ni-
cles another attempt of the Railroad demons
to wreck a train on the Pennsylvania Rail.
road
"On Saturday night last another attempt
was made to throw passenger train from the
Pennsylvania Railroad. This time the trap
tonyille The preparations consisted of an
iron rail-, twenty-five feet long being placed
on one end, firmly imbedded under the sleep.
ers, while the other projected several feet
above the line of the track, and pointing in a
direct position for the coming train. The
westward bound Pacific Express, leaving
Philadelphia at 1140, p. m, was the one des-
tined to meet the obstruction. The locomo-
tive struck the rail- with such force as to shat.
ter It into three pieces, and although the
shock was felt throughout the train, still no
damage was affected beyond the demolshing
OF some of the ornamental work upon the
engine, and the demolition of an adjacent
switch post which was struck by one of the
pieces of the shattered rail. NOdelay to the
train resulted. About 3 O'Clock Oh the follow
ing Sunday morning, some Of the railroad
employees discovered another obstruction in
what is known as Sullivan's cut near Elm
Station, about six miles west of Philadelphia
This one was composed of a number of Rail-
road ties, placed one upon the other, forming
considerable of pile These were remov.
ea, and thus another attempt at wholesale
slaughter was frustrated.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

In pursuance Of an order Of tho Chancellor. will
be exposed AT Public Sale. on
WEDN NESDAY. October aOth, 1872.
at II o'clock .. M.
- At the auction room of ORle 4 Miller. COS
E:Ef Aarket street. Wilmington. DsleWA5s. the
HiaEl following described real estate. formerly Of
Chri.tiana Hundred. New Castle county Delaware.
'oe%1 No. 4 10, Of marsh land situated n.., Nav.
port. Del. adjoining lands of John Tatem and 9TH
ers. containing five acres and twenty-five perches.
No. 2. All those two tracts Of land composing
chat is known e. the nsek farm :itaa.s n
Turnpike. near the city OF Wilmington. adjoining
Tue two parcels being divided by the road. to-
gether contain fftyf0u and three quarter acres,
more or less.
The improvements consist OF alar9e stone man
sion housc.-stone barn with the house; barn. out.
houses and orchard all being on the north side Of
the kennett turnpike.
No; 8, An that valuable farp in christiaua
deceased. adjoining No. 9. and bounded also
Sy M land lands = Of Peter Gregg, Baadny simmons.
nett nrnSFe S,tfn and hs ,a'
ilrOad and county road. containing thirty nine
and half acres more or less.
lhe improvements consist OF q atone house stone
The properties above described as Nos. 2 and 5.
the limits Of the city Of Wiimins. on. and finely 10.
Gated. There il a station Ct the Wilminston
ncnlthk 1t tue premises. 40u t0o VIII
mington City Horse Railroad runs within one
mile.
CoNDIrIoSs.-For No. l. twenty per cent. Of the
purchase money on the day OF SALE and the balance
in note With approved endorser. at three months.
For Nos. and 3. ten per cent. Of the purchase
money on the day OF sale. and the balance of one.
ha on or before the fourteenth day Of February,
A. d. 1873. and the remaining ons-hslft to be paid
IN two years from the confrnatioA Of the sale. with
cured by the judsment bond Of the purchaser. and
n mortgage of the premises.
GEORGE II. Bates
octS-ddt Trustee and Attorney.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

NEARLY RAILROAD AccIDENT.-OnT Tuesday
morning last as the passenger train leaving West
Chester at 10 O'Clock, was on its way to PhlAdel-
phia, the engine struck plank that had been
placed across the track midway between
Greenwood Station and Media There was no
serious result as the wheels Of the engine pushed
the obstacle out OF its way and off the track. 1t
is not supposed the plank was put on with any
malicious intention, but was laid there by some
repairsmen and forgotten to be taken off.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

PARADE.-The grand Republican torchlight
parade is to come Of ff'to-nght. AT the suggestion
Of the Chief Of Police, Mr.. Mills, we throw
out the warning for people who 60 out to witness
the parade to fasten their houses securely before
going, as doubtless band of thieves and pick
pockets will follow the Philadelphia clubs, for
the purpose Of plying their vocation
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

GodD RrpISG.-Mr. Francis Duggan of Il
Georges. rode three times on the old track used
for the late ST. Geooges Tournament, the first
and last rings we're II inches in diameter. the
middle ring vas his finger ring. He took the
first aud las. every time, and the middle one
twice in tbe three tilts.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

REAL EsrATR.-The property Of John L.
Gouley. was sold by Sheriff Armstrong on Fri
day. Charles 3. Lore, Esq. bought one house
at $4,000 and another at $2Go5. Mr.. Brick
bought one at S232G.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26
New BOOG Msa0 SAOr Store.
n GEO. s, HAGANY,

No. WEST SECOND STREET -
betwsen Market and ehiplsZ has Just opened
9 fes and varied assortment cf Boots and Shoes
s he proposes TO sell st prices to suit the
rflSeat times, and respectfully asks the public
II ~ axamine q his stoek. mar .ly
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

George ". Ingram. has sold the farm of Dr.
Meckle & Jamar Of Elkton, TO Geo. Reynolds
for $4,000. The farm lies near CeciIton. and
contains PA acres
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

Rev. d. w. Moore, late of the Draudywine Pres
byterian Church will start on Tuesday next upoi
brief tour west. He will probably make his fu
ture home in Illinois or Minnesota
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

CHEsTNUTs.-One hundred and fifteen
bushels of chestuts were shipped from Not
tingham station, over the =. 4 b. Z. II. X. Il
Philadelphia, one day this week.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

SALE OF MoNEY.--At the regular meeting o.
Home Loan Association, last evening. $500 SOLD
at 24}a per cent. premium; $1,000 at 23l. &l1Ot
at 90
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

The OLD Folks CONCERT, Mt the Masonic
Temple on Tuesday evening, should be we'll
attended. 1t will be their last appearance in
Wilmington. Such as desire to spend a
pleasant evening should not miss this concert
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

RuBENsTElN, THE PIANO KING is 10 favor us
with grand concert at the Opera House, on
Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th. WlENIAwsKI
the celebrated violinist will also appear.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

Coon LucK.--The Chester Republican says
three Of our citizens, who went chestnut hunting
few days ago, gathered between three and four
bushels in three hours, in the woods near Paoli,
Chester county.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

God pardons. Beecher says, like mother
who kisses the offe.se into everlasting forget
fulness
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

W. II. kENNARp d, Co. announce large stock
OF Fancy Cassimeres and su,ting for young mems
wear.
The exhibition Of the Babcock Fire Extinguish-
er will take place this afternoon at halt past four
O'Clock. f T7@'fsF e
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

BEFORE MAYOR siMMs.
John Foster, for drunkenness, vas fined 80
cents and costs
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26
New Advertisements.
GUARANTEED BONDS

Payable in New York City. for sale at prices II q
will pay over L per cent. on the investmsut. MI
NICiPAI. RONpS Of the highest grade always OF
hand. THOS. p. ELLIS / CO.. Bankers. II Pins
Street. New York
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

Business Notices.
Cheap Coot.-Stoye <575, Nut si.75 per 2240
pounds for cash only, at yard South of Market
street Bridge. feb21-tf WIN. j. BROWN
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26
F'nblif Salts.
TRuSTEE'S SALE.
REAL ESTATE.

In pursuance Of an order OF tho Chancellor, vii
be exposed AT Public Sale. op
WEDNESDAY. October aOth. 1872.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-26

A YOUNG GIRL Is RUINED AND DEPRIVED OF
HER WAGES
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
Bret Harte i'm German.

Ferdinand Freiligrath, the; German
poet, is making translation of Bret
Harte's dialect poems into the language
of INLAND and Heine. The undertaking
may seem hardly feasible, and one may
wonder at first how the talk of Truthful
James and the Californian slang of
BOWS Flat can find any possible ex-
preston in German. But Freiligrath
has a happy art of reproducing in his
own language the eccentricities of an
other, and Of course he puts Bret Harte's
dialect into dialect of German which
may be called its counterpart. Any
how, the effect is surprisingly good one
can have scarcely any idea beforehand
of the success with which this singular
transformation is accomplished. Among
the earliest copies of Bret Harte which
found their way across the ocean, one
came into the hands of Freiligrath s
daughter, married lady living in Lon
don. To her Bret Harte was previously
quite unknown. but the poems inn
pressed her at once and made her en-.
thusiastic about them. She sent copy
instantly to her father in Germany; he
too was filed with admiration, and the
result is the bold attempt to put them
id to German.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
A Floral Ornament fori the Drawing
Room.

Last August lady friend of mine
gathered handful of the world-re-
nowned flowers of forget me not, Myo-
sotis palustrus, and to preserve them as
long a period as possible, they were put
in a large oup-plate filed with rain
water. The flowers were placed near
the window, so as to enjoy the advan-
tages resulting from an abundance of
light and air, and the water was replen-
ished when needful. In surprisingly
short space of time-three weeks, 1 be-
lieve-white thread-like roots were
emitted from the portion of the flower
stalks in the water, and they ultimately
formed a thick network over the plate.
The flowers remained quite fresh, ex-
cepting a few of the most advanced
when gathered, and as soon as the roots
began to run in the water, the buds be-
gan to expand, to take the place of
those which faded, and until the middle
of November the bouquet-if it may be
so called-was dense mass of flowers,
and a more beautiful or chaste orna-
ment for the indoor apartment cannot
be imagined.-T w. TRUSTEE, tn Garden
er's Magazine.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
Cucumber Salad.

A lady correspondent of Hearth and
Home says: We have just prepared our
winters supply of cucumber salad, and
this is how we made it: There were
about dozen ripe "White Spine" Gu
cumbers lying on their vines, and these
we picked, washed, pared. cut into
strips, taking out the seeds, and then to
each dozen cucumbers-which we cut
up into pieces like small dice-we put
twelve large white onions, chopped. six
large green peppers, also chopped, one
Quarter pound each of black and white
mustard seed, and gill of celery seed.
These were all mixed together, a tea
cup of salt added, and they were then
hung up in a cotton bag to drain for
twenty-four hours. Then the salad
with enough clear cold vinegar added
to cover it, was put into stone jars and
fastened nearly air-tight. In six weeks
it will be fit for use. 1t looks as well as
it tastes, SO white and crisp, and makes
an excellent salad for joint of colo
meat
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
A Clever Escape.

At one of the Partisan concert sa-
looms is Chinese waiter, who dresses
in the European fashion, wearing his
pigtail coiled round his head. He
speaks French tolerably well, and ex-
cites much curiosity on account of his
strange history. He was formerly in
the service of the Empress of China,
who had confded to him the charge of
a certain fan, representing the imperial
dragon, worked in green upon yellow
field. The fan was sacred affair, and
descended from the late Emperor, and
the Empress intended to deliver it to
her son upon the day of his marriage.
Unhappily, Tsang one day broke the
fan, and was condemned in consequence
to decapitation. Being person of in
genuity, however, Tsang managed to
extricate himself from his dilemma by
Selling the throat of his intended exc
cutioner before that functioner had
drawn his sword, and thus strangled
him. AS there was no witness to this
affair, he dressed himself in the extinct
executioner's attire, escaped without
suspicion, and embarked upon q
French steamer which was about leav.
ing port.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
The Press in Russia.

In Russia the newspaper is not what
it is in America. For seven years the
press of the two great cities, Moscow
and St. Petersburg, has been compare
lively free. All censorship and admin
istrative interference was at that time
abolished, and any attack upon the
Government has been punishable only
through the courts. The Government
has latterly found that the common
law is a very inadequate means of keep
ing the press in order, as it has been re-,
peatedly non-suited in charges against
opposition papers, thereby stimulating
the latter to greater vigor and energy
in their attacks instead of Furnishing
them. The law courts are entitled to
condemn only the open avowal of
reasonable or otherwise punishable
principles, whereas attacks by implica-
ton and insinuation at present pass un-
censured. As might have been expect
ed, the Government grew tired of being
forever defeated, and took the only
possible means of preventing the repe-
tition of such result. Whether muz-
cling will be found in the end more
polite method than allowing free speech
is doubtful matter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
Scientific and Practical,

The British Museum now possesses
920 specimens of serpents, represented
by $500 examples.
THE chisels used for breaking the
chains of rock in the rapids near
Davenport, Iowa, weigh each from
1000 to 5000 pounds, are about fifteen
feet long, and one foot in diameter.
A FEATURE of one of the mountains of
Georgia is the vernal belt, about half
way up the east side, which is never in
iured by frost, even when every thing at
the foot and top of the mountain is
killed by the nipping cold.
IN his experiments on the freezing of
water, Boussingault, the French chem
list, has proved that water cannot be
frozen SO long as it is confined within
steel cylinders which render expansion
impossible.
IT may not be generally known that
snake poison is used for medicinal pur-
poses in these days, and that, under the
name of " Crotalus Horridus," the poi
son of the rattlesnake is utilized in
homeopathic pharmacy.
A PLAN has been submitted to the
French Academy for storing wheat in
portable sheet-iron granaries, in which
vacuum is maintained equal to at least
from three to four inches of mercury,
this being found sufficient to destroy all
insect life and to insure the evaporation
of any moisture in the grain.
A CALIFORNIA man has patented a de-
vice for the purpose of effecting on the
stages of theaters the rising, sinking,
rolling and pitching motions of vessels
at sea. So perfect is the imitation that,
in connection with sheetiron thunder,
saltpeter lightning and bellows wind,
| the actors are made seasick.
A PIECE of bituminous coal lying on
some dry pine boards, against the side
of building in Millport, n. Y, spon-
taneously burst into flames on one OF
the recent hot days. 1t had been ex.
posed to the rays of the sun nearly all
day, the thermometer ranging from l0C
to los degrees in the shade.
A GENTLEMAN, addicted to scientific
inquiry, has discovered that thirty three
days complete the cycle of the potato
bug generation that seven hundred Of
the critters are the average product o.
one female, from which the family grow,
in the second generation to 245, 200, anc
in the third to S5,700,000.
The use of mineral oils has never beer
tested in this country, as such oils have
been considered unsafe. The French
Bureau of Lighthouses claim to have
overcome objections, and are now sue
cessfully using coal oil, at very grea
saving to the Government.
One of the uses of storms, accordin,
to DR.. Angus Smith, seems to be to sup
ply the world with salt, derived from tn,
waters of the ocean. "A friend o
mine," he says, "tells me that tn,
amin ais on the high Alps are peculiarl,
attracted by salt, as if the height pre-
vented the usual supply in the rains"
, Two CASES have occurred in GERMANY
one at Frankfort and one at Jena, wher
persons using green glazed paper shade
: were attackedwith symptoms of arsenica
: poisoning, which only ceased when til
, use of the shades was discontinued
/ The heat volatilizes the small amount G
f arsenic present, rendering its effec
, most dangerous.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
How to Use Post Hole Augers.

A post-hole auger is valuable labor
saving device, except where small stones
are imbedded in the substratum of the
soil. The true way to dig holes with a
post-hole auger is to sink hole with
good spade one foot or more, then use
the auger, as the first foot in depth can
be dug with spade much sooner than
with the augur. If the auger has
large point, let hole be made with
crowbar for the point to turn in, as it
will require the superintendent pres
sure of heavy man to force the auger
into the ground when it has large
point, unless hole is first made with
crowbar. The best and cheapest post
hole augers are now made without any
points at all. The cutting edges and
the sides are made of plate steel, SO that
they will lift mellow dirt from a deep
hole with far greater facility than the
cast-iron augers of the usual style.
When boring in earth that is compact
and dry that it must be loosened with
crowbar or dirtspud before the auger
will lift it from the holes, one should
employ small hammer 20 pack the dry
earth slightly above the auger, after
boring four to six inch IS in. depth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
The Spinner.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF voss.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF VOSS.
sat and spun before my door,
"A youth along the road came straylng;
his hazel eyes deep smile wore.
AID bushes on his cheek were playing.
MY glance was from the distaf won;
sat abashed, AID spun and spun.
In friendly tones. Good day I" he smoke.
With timid grace approaching higher.
Startled was |. the thread it broke
My foolish heart leapt hig er and higher.
The thread once more fastened on,
And sat abashed. and spun and spun.
He clasped with tender touch my band,
:, And vowed none could with it compare
The very loveliest in the land
So swan-like, plump. and dainty fair.
AS with his praise my heart be won,
| sat abashed, and spun and spun.
Upon my chair he laid his arm.
And praised the fnely-wroughten thread,
So near his mouth. so red and warm.
How gently sweetest maid" it said
The while he gazed my face upon.
1 sat abashed, and spun and spun.
His handsome face toward my own
Meantime he bent, with glances winning;
1t touched, by some odd chance unknown.
Ny head that nodded in the spinning;
He kissed me, this audacious one!
| sat abashed, and spun and spun.
turned. reproof in earnest tone
Upon his forwardness bestowing:
h clasped me close, and holder grown,
He kissed my face with bushes glowing.
y, tell me, sisters-every one
ls't strange that now no more / spunI
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-12
Varieties.

ALL fish caught in seines are net
profits.
The happy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be-
tween two ladies.
A LADY's last glass before going to bed
The looking-glass.
WHEN is a man 'scapegrace? When
he is late at dinner.
MIsscoNsTRUcTIoN-W halebone, wad-
ding, powder, and paint.
THE Western wits now call bigamy
U -lizing the female sex.
AN old hat is said to be like an iron
kettle because it represents hard wear.
EVERY man may be said to be ina
tight place." when he enters bar
room.
A BIG dose of 'lasses and water-One
hundred and thirty five blooming dam
sells all bathing in the surf at one time.
Why are washerwomen the silliest of
people? Because they put out their
tubs to catch soft water when it rains
hard.
| a YUM NOhldIl OLlNC l4AdiIAOo a A4Ae1h
by the name of Dust, against the wish
of her parents. After short time they
began to quarrel, and she attempts to
return to her fathers house, but he
refused to receive her, saying: "Dust
thou art, and unto Dust thou shalt
return" And she got up and I" dust
ed.'
"WHEN was Rome built ?" asked a
, school committeeman of the first class
in ancient history. " In the night"
answered a bright little girl. In the
night p exclaimed the astonished ex-
aminer. How do you make that
out " "Why, l thought everybody
knew that Rome wasn't built in a
day"
CoRPULEsr old lady-"I should like
a ticket for the train" Booking clerk
) (who thinks he will make .joke)-
| "Yes'm; will you 60 in the passenger
train, or in the cattle train" Lady
'Well, if you are specimen of what
shall experience in the passenger train
give me ticket for the cattle train by
, all means"
"WHY does the operation Of hanging
/ | XIII g man !! asked meulCdl pIOlooooi
f of his class. Because" replied one o.
: the students, "inspiration is checked
t circulation is stopped, and the blood
S suffuses and congests the brain
Fudge" said another, 1T is simply
f because the rope isn't long enough t
i. let his feet touch the ground"
IN a recent debate a member of th'
4 California Legislature exclaimed: 9Th
honorable gentleman from Calavera
county is undoubtedly a person of grea
t abilities man of talent-a natura
: BORN genius; but there is one thing
e defy him to do; and that is, to bite til
! bottom out eta FIRING pan acithOm sn'uttin.
n his nose"
A YOUNG lady at an evening party
e some time ago, found it apropos to US
a the expression, d" Jordan is a hard roa'
a to travel" but thinking that too vulgar
" substituted the following: "Perambu
Z lating progression in pedestrian excul
IL sion along the far-famed thoroughfar
n of fortune cast up by the banks of tn
sparkling river of Palestine is, indeed
p attended with heterogeneous con
e glomeration of unforeseen diff culties.