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The New York herald., 1873-04-01

AGRICULTURAL PARK, March %, 1873.-Tr0tting'
race for purse and stake OF $500; mile heats, three
in five In harness.
Mr.. Mackey's b. e. Billy. ........................
Mr.. Clarks b. r. Speed dis.
Mr.. Dunphy'sb. z. Swift. t.......................ds
SANE DAY.-Match, 800; halfmie heats, thres
in FIVE.
Colonel G. w. Dickey's b. c. Chief In
v
G. A. Hickock's &. m. Lady Grant, to
road wagon. n............,............1 q
Time, :24-1 :22A-l :23h-l :23A.
SAME DAY.-Match. 800; mile heats, to wagons
owners Nelly BLY,.
Time, 3:19H-3:15.
A race OF 600 yards, for $500, came OF at Battle
Mountain, on the 15th between Bess and the
Oregon mare Amanda, the latter giving Bess thirty
feet. The bets ran HIGH but the Umpqua Valley
came out eighty feet ahead, winning the race
by nfty feet. A large amount changed hands
The New York herald., 1873-04-01
FRIGHTFUL BUILDING ACCIDENT AT
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, H.. March 81, 1873
terrible accident occurred at halfpsst eleven
O'Clock this morning In . new building being
erected for Field Letter Co., at the corner OF
washington and state streets. The platform upon
which number OF men were at work, putting into
place iron grders for the dome OF the building gave
way beneath the weights placed upon It, and pre-
cipitated Mr.. Brass and Philip Menson, two OF the
workmen, distance OF 100 eet, to the door of the
first story both receiving fatal injuries.
Il. @. Cole, OF Montreal, an agent for Ramsey
Co.. OF that city, was standing on the lower no0r
and was struck by some falling boards. He appears
to have sustained some internal injuries, but win
recover. boy was also struck By falling tinbers
aud somewhat injured,
The New York herald., 1873-04-01
NOT MUCH HURT.
NEW YORK, March 81, 1873

NEW YORK, March 81, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Knowing the reliability for correctness OF your
shipping reports we believe you will readily corr
rect that in your issne OF yesterday relative to the
ship Therese getting adrift at Pier No. 50, East
River. The facts are simply that the vessel did
not part any fasts, put owing to insufhciency IN
strength Of the spiles to which she was made fass
several OF them drew out. her stern swlnsinng ingS
around in the slip. No vessel was SUNK, ana tng
damage resulting the ship and other vessels Ma
very slight not exceeding $50 in oil. Respecsruny
Agents Of Ship Thereses &.
The New York herald., 1873-04-01
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN wEsTcHEsTER.

At about six O'Clock yesterday morning q pas
senger tram on the New Haven Railroad was
thrown from the track at williamsbridge. owing
to q misplaced switch The locomotive, after leav-
ing the rails, proceeded for seme distance, plough
ing Its way into the yielding earth, and ultimately
careened on striking bank. The baggage car and
first passenger car also left the track, but ior-
tunately, did not turn over. That not q soul was
injured Is almost miraculous, as there were about
two hundred persons on board the train. The
question OF cupability for what might have proved
an appalling accident Is one involving the veracty
OF TWO Of the Harlem Railroad Company 8 empl0yes.
The New York herald., 1873-04-01
THE WASHINGTON TRAGEDY.

Inere being no other witnesses present the CON-
m1tree adjourned untiFSen O'Clock this morning.
The New York herald., 1873-04-01

Messrs. skaggs, Conlon, Harry Bernard, II. s.
Beals and other sacramentans are getting up
coursing match, to be run near Sacramento on
the last OF this the FIRST Of next month, between
Sacramento and San Francisco dogs They propose
to raise about five hundred dollars, and this city
agrees to add thereto dollar for dollar. The total
will be divided into probably four prizes for which,
as many different matches will be run.
The New York herald., 1873-04-01
BROOKLYN BURaLARIES.

The tailor store OF James Porter No. 2o4 Montague
street. was entered by forcing side door in the
hallway, on Sunday night The burglars carried on
1900 worth OF fine cloth goods.
st. Paus Episcopal church, corner OF Marcy ave.
nue. and Penn street, was visited by burglar on
Sunday evening, and violin and silver cup and
plate belonging to the communion service were
stolen,
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30
WHOLE NO. 952

The MARRIAGE PCZZLE.-How shall the
right man and woman find each other? One
judge tells me he grants sixty divorces a
mouth. A divorce may be as sacred as q
wedding. A man appears to a woman like a
god-and turns out to be a devil Blame her
not, she must file her letters, and so files her
bill of divorce. The woman appears to a man
like the light of the world, and becomes to him
lifelong despair; he might as we'll have
married bOa-cOnstrictOr! Such cases. to be
sure, are rare exceptions. Young people make
the mistake Of supposing that love at first
sight should be Immediately followed by tho
parson. Why, if had married my first love
L should have been dreadiully taken in | was
called on once to marry blue-eyed girl to
man with a mouth like tiger. l did not like
the job, but could not help it, but when I
asked the mother months afterward, how her
daughter was getting along, learned that he
already had wife in Michigan, and her
daughters heart was broken. When in Eng
land an old peasant told me he would like to
have gone to America, but he had made two
dreadful blunders in life. He was handsome
when youth, and when he was twenty he
married an old woman of sixty because she had
the brass" and farm. He thought she
wouldn't live long, but she lived on to be
ninety! Then when he was sixty he married
a young woman of twenty, and now the farm
and the brass were gone, and he had a
family of young children to provide for. 1t
was bad job, and so sel6shness, as we'll as
haste, lead to misery in matrimony-Lynch-
| burg Republican.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

ONLY ONE LEFT-When James T. Brady,
the celebrated lawyer of New York, first
opened lawyers office, he took basement
room which had been previously occupied by
a cobbler. He was somewhat annoyed by the
previous occupants callers, and irritated by
the fact that he had few Of his own. One day
an lrishman entered.
''The cobbler's gone, see, he said.
81 should think he had," tartly responded
Brady.
And what do you sell ?" he inquired, look.
ing at the solitary table and few law books.
''Blockheads," responded Bardy.
"Begorra," said the IriSman, ''ye must be
doing mighty fine business-ye hain't gOt
but one left"
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

There's no ead to the unpleasantness
friendly and ceremonious calls The etiquette
of calls involves more white lies than anything
else in the world, and now it has been getting
in the way of woman in Hartford who want
ed to hang herself Three several times did
she make ready for that agreeable perform
ance. and as often did people come ringing at
the door, visiting and interfering with all her
arrangements, and discouraging her generally.
She says, sadly, that it's imspossible to hang
ones self comfortably in Hartford without ne
gleetng some of ones friends. Observe the
heartlessness of modern society!
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

This sad and serious obituary comes from q
Philadelphia paper, where we cannot suffer it
to bloom unnoticed: Samuel was lovely
And when he breathed the vital air, He often
soothed his parents care" These qualities
distinguish little Samuel-who was l3 months
old-as one of the most astonishing phenomena
of the age. Everybody knows how rufanly
ond overbearing children of that age usually
are what a pleasure to consider Samuel's
mild aspect! Then his talents for frequently
breathing the air and soothing his parents
strange child
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

Inc worst shockea man we nave seen ror
covery the other day that the neighbor from
whom he had borrowed a paper for the last
four years had not paid tor it. He learned the
facts from the agent of the publisher, and he
was grieved. He was also indignant He
said to us: 'To think that should have been
so imposed upon at my time of life. tell you
a man don't know who to trust in these times.
The world is full of corruption, deceit and
deviltry."
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30
GENERAL NATURE-N }. 1901
TWENEhAL NAIUhE-E' D IVU'I
AN ACT to authorize certain poslmasters to
pOsit public money in national banks.

AN All to authorize certain postmasters 10 de.
POsit public money in national banks
Be enacted by Senate House Representatives
OF the United States OF America in Congress assembled That
i:Om and after the passage of this act it shall be
lawful for any postmaster having public money be-
longing to the government, where there are no
designated depositaries, treasurers of mints, or
treasurer assistant treasurers Of the United States
within the count, to depust the same, at his own
risk and in his official capacity in an national bank
in the town, city, or county where the said post
master resides; but authority CT permission is or
shall be given for the demand receipt by the
postmaster, or any other person. Of interest, directly
or indirectly, on any deposit made herein des-
cr;bed; and it shall be the duty Of all pOsImasteTs
who have made any sIch deposit TO report quarterly
TO the Postmaster General the name Of the bank
where such deposits nave been nIade and also state
the amount which may stand at the time to theiI
credit.
Approved, March g. 1879,
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Approved, March 3, 1873.
GGExEEAL SATURE-No. iO2.I

IGENERAL NATURE-NO. IOzI
AN ACT TO amend an act entitled "An act TO
enable honorably discharged soldiers and sailors,
their widows and orphan children, to acquire
homesteads on the public lands Of the United
States," and the amendments thereto.
Be enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of the United states Of America in Congress assembled That
section two of the not entitled "An act to amend
act relating to soldiers and sailors homesLeads,
approved June eighth. eighteen hundred and
seventy 1.-TWO, be amended SO to read follows
That any person entitled under the provisions o!
the foregoing sections TO enter a homestead, who
may have heretofore entered under the homestead
laws a quantity Of land less than one hundred and
sixty acres, shall be permitted to enter much land
as, when added TO the quantity previously entered
shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres.
Approved, March 3, 1873.
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IGENERAL xA-unE-NO. esl

IGENERAL SA7URE-NO. COL
AN ADT TO amend an act entitled IAN act to
establish the Department of Justice, and for
other purposes"
the United states of America in Congress assembled That
the twelfth section Of the act entitled SAN act to
establish the Department of Justice and for other
purposes" approved June twenty. second, eighteen
hundred and seventy, is hereby amended a to
read follows: THAT it shall be the duty of the
Attorney General to make to Congress, at the COM
mencement of each regular session Of Congress, a
report OF the business of the said department for the
last preceding fiscal year, and of any other matters
appertalnlng thereto, that he may deem proper, in
cluding a statement Of the several appropriations
now, or which may hereafter be, placed under its
control the amount appropriated, and a detailed
| statement OF the amounts used for defraying the
expenses of the United States courts in each Judi
cia district; also the statistice of crime Inder the
laws Of the United States, and a statement of the
number of causes, civil and criminal, pending dur.
ing the preceding year in each OF the several courts
| of the United States
SIC 2. That the Secretary Of the Interior be,
aud he is hereby, authorized and required TO furnish
to the head Of the Department of Justice, from time
| TO time, as they may be published, sufficient num-
Der Of the statutes Of the United States and the
ports of the Supreme Court OF the United States to
be by him distributed to such officers Of the courts
| of the United States as are now or may hereafter
be by law entitled to receive them; and all laws or
parts OF laws authorizing the distribution of suci
statues and reports Of the Supreme Court to the
officers Of the courts Of the United States by tht
head of any other Executive Department OF the
government be. and the same are hereby, repealed
SEC. 3. That register Of such book shal. b,
kept under the authority Of the head Of the Depart
ment Of Justice, showing the quantity of each kInC
| received by hun in pursuance of this act and
shall be his duty to cause to be entered in sucl
register, and at the proper time, when, where, AM
to whom the same, or any part of them, have beeI
distributed and delivered, and to report the
Congress in his annual report.
Approved, March 3, 1873.
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The Utica Herald says that men will never
know what effect it would have had on Job il
eleven little girls had called on him, one after
another, and tried to sell him Sunday school
picnic tickets.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

A Portland man was caught fishing for trout
on another mans land the other day; the
owner demonstrated, but retired in silence
before the majestic answer: "Who wants to
catch your trout2 I'm only trying to drowR
this wOrm?"
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

THE GRAVE OF HIGHLAND MARY. -
Rev. J. w. Todd, writing of his travels in
Scotland, says: 1.-The body of Highland Mary
the early lingering light of Burns heart,
moulders in the corner of Greenock church
yard and whatever shadows gather around
his memory and stain his fair name, here is
without spot, aud the delicious joys which she
enkindled in his soul seem 10 have been of the
purest and lofticst order-Gngering there like
the reflection of glorious sunset when the
darkness closed in and shut him around about.
For it was far off in the days of his life that
he turned his Tyre and sang:
Wi many a vow and locked embrace,
Our parting was iu' tender;
And pledgng aft 10 meet again,
We tore ourselves asundeT.
But, o, fell deaths untmely frost
That nipt my flower so earl L.d
And green's the sod s6s' 'Lrodden INTO haTu-
That w[aBf pilgrims from all lanas
The me slab which covers her narrow pea
], ;nscr;hed the unadorned name OF MARY
with these lines from the poets pen:
WV "oh, Mary. dear. departed shade, ,nn
Where Is thy place Of bllssful rest
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lGESERAL EATURE-No. 1861
AN ACT for the protection Of owners Of saw.mills
on the Mississippi river.

OI
on the Mississippi river.
enacted by the Senate and House Of Representative Of
the United Of America IN Congress ASSEMBLED, That
the owners Of saw.mills on the Mississippi river be-
and they hereby are, authorized and empowered un-
der the direction Of the Secretary Of War, 10 con.
struct or build piers cribs in front Of their mill
property on the banks of said river, for the Protec
lion of their mills and RATS against damage by
floods and ice: Provided however, That the piers or
cribs so constructed shall not interfere with or OBJ
struct the navigation Of said river: Provided
further That in case BY reason os the shifting oI
the channel Of the said river, or from any other
cause the piers or cribs, the construction Of which
are authorized by this act shall be found TO obsruc'
the Davigation o said river at any time. the govern
mem expressly reserves the right to remove or direct
the removal of any such piers or cribs at the cost
and expense of the owners thereof.
ApRtoved,. March 3 1873. -.--.... e. .,..-.-..
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

A Pittsburgh girl, ,l3 years old, made her
father drunk, stole $3.50 from him and ran
away with sailor and tried to commit suicide
when overtaken.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

Blind Tom, the negro pianist, owns farm
near Warrenton, Va. He will spend the sum-
mer there.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

Stockings with red spots are to be worn with
low shoes this summer, so that mosquito bites
won't show.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

A Minister walked six miles to marry q
couple lately. He said he felt sort OF fee-bill
like. The groom saw it,
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

THE HABIT OF READING. Il have no time
to read, is the common complaint, and espe-
cIally OF women, whose occupations are such
as tC prevent continuous book perusal They
seem to think, because they cannot devote as
much attention to books as they are compelled
to devote to their avOcatOns, that they cannot
read anything But this is great mistake
1t ism t the books we finished at sitting which
always do us the most good. Those we devour
in the odd moments, half dozen pages, at a
time, often gives us more satisfaction, and are
more thoroughly digested than those we make
particular effort to read. The men who
have made their mark in the world have gene
! rally been the men who have in boyhOod
formed the habit of reading at every available
moment, whether for five minutes or five
hours
1t is the habit of reading rather than the
time at our command that helps us on the road
to learning. Many of the most cultivated per-
sons, whose names have been famous as stu
dents, have given only two or three hours a
day to their books If we make use of spare
minutes in the midst of our work, and read a
little, it but page or a paragraph, we shall
| find our brains quickened and our toll lightened
by just so much increased satisfaction as the
book gives us. Nothing helps along the
mOnOtOnous daily round 50 much as fresh and
striking thoughts, to be considered while our
hands are busy. A new idea from a new
volume is ike oil which reduce the friction OF
the machinery, of life. What we remember
from brief glimses into books often serves as a
stimulus TO action, and becomes one of the
most precious deposits in the treasury of oul
recollection. All knowledge is made up OF
small parts, which would seem insignificant in
themselves, but which, taken together, are
valuable weapons for the mind and substantial
armOr for the soul. Read anything con-
tinuously," says DIR. johnson, "and you will
be learned" The odd minutes which We are
inclined to waste, if carefully avaied OF for in
struction, will, in she long run, make golden
thankful for Home and Society,"" Serb
ner's TOR august.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

The Sdratogidn says that not aaHes of a
in fifteen who comes to G-.ro spsaASS - "a
sprlAL watero snnging thirty yards Oh S'Ot'
Ines behind her.
Smyrna times., 1873-07-30

The following advertisements appeared in a
Waverly (lowa) paper, one over the other,
just as they are printed below:
"All persons are hereby notified not to trust
any person, my wife included, on my account,
as | shall pay no debts of others contracting.
JOHN BOYER.
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-TI4E
lADY'S FRIEND
Washing M achine!

. :. lid hv MANY ladies that have them in use, ,
nj they are very truly named. Any person that has
u.sI eOoly Machine can use ihIs one without any
I;sc,Itv: the process OF washing is much the same,
went thqt il washes much faster IL will wash about
Subie the qusnIItl Oi goods al time. 1t Will wash
them quicker and cleaher 1t only works hall asihafd
&C me Duly or aHy other machine that takes in as
rra,ta hulk of goods at time. The family size have
Inc cauacIy OF washing SIX sheets IN three minutes
b,ye washed, with The Hotel size. eight sheets and
aght r,loW cases three minutes, IN public by the
.ss,cb nil made of toIerably heavy goods What |
saw of am prepared 10 prove by practical Demon
,IrauOn whenever required 10 do so.
u,s believed hy many that clothing washed IN this
Machine will last ABOUT twice as Iohe as ii Washeo
on the washbOsrd.
.rhe Prlre of this Machine is Reduced to suit the
times from SIS TO $I3 at factory, and freight
added if freighIed All orders by mail promptly at
tended to- Satisfaction is guaranteed IN all cases
Anv persun not satisfied after using the Machien siI
months and giving it a fair trial. and have no oheI
SEASON save that does work satisfactorily, suci
a one return 1t, and The money Will be refunded
CERTiFICATES:
consider the Lady's Friend Washing Machine Sc
far superior the DOy that my DoIV Machine IS laiC
aside and is fsI sae at half price REV. DANIEL SILL
Certifeates from Persons Living in Smyrna, Del.
1 would not take one hundred dollars for my Lady
Friend Washing Machine. could not get an9tner Inc on
OF the same kind. l. u hAMlL LlON'
cannot now conceive how should be able TO ge
along without my Lady's Friend
Mrs DR. WIN. T. COLLINS.
would not part with my Ladys Friend hardly a
any price could NOT gel another of the same kind
have never seen any other kind oi a Washing Ma
chine that would have. WM H. BAGGS.
NV wife would dispose Of any piece of furniture il
our house sooner than with her Iadys Friend Wash
0g Naehinex DAVID T. SMITHERS,
Before got the Lady's Friend it took four wOme
early all day do the washing OF my hotel, but nov
a boy twelve years old can DO the same amount o
washing by eleven o'clock, and we do the IRON
ing the same day. CHAS. +. FOAWELL.
seplsly
For further information apply to
ASA E. WORDEN, Manufacturer,
Agents Wanted Smyrna. Del
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The New Haven police are not allowed 70
,olt nV On the the street nor to "smile, elsewhere
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o r H ICIAL l..
Laws and Resolutions of the United states Pas
sed the Third Session of the Forty
Second Congress.
!GENEnAL NArURE-NO. 81.

!GENERAL NATURE-NO. ST.
AN ACT relating to the circuit and district courts
Of the United States ior the middle and northern
districts OF Alabama.
Be enacted BY the Senate House Representatives
OF United States OF America in Congress assembled That
so much of an act or acts Of Congress as vests IN
the district OF Alabama, and the district court Of
the United States for the northern district of Ala
bama, the power and jurisdiction OF circuit court,
be, and the is hereby, repealed.
SEC 2. That all civil causes, actions, SUITS execu-
tons, pleas, process, and other proceedings
pending in said district courts of the United States
iOr the middle and northern districts of Alabama,
which might have been brought and would have
been originally cOgnlzable in circuit court are
hereby declared to be transferred to the circuit
court of the district of Alabama and the clerks of
said district courts shall transmit atl the original
papers in such causes, and transmit all the original
papers III such causes, and complete transcript of
all the doekets, minutes, orders, judgments, and de.
crees in such causes, the same appear of record
in said district courts to said circuit court of the
United States at Mobile, Alabama.
SEC. 3. That nothing in this act contained shall
apply to any indictment found by grand jury and
now pending in either of said district courts not
shall anything contained in this act effect the urIs.
dIctiOn power of the Supreme Court Of the United
States to hear and determine any cause or proceed
ing pending IN said Supreme Court OF writ oi
appeal from either OF said district courts for
the middle and northern districts of Alabama.
SEC. 4. That hereafter the circuit court of the
United States for the district Of Alabama shall
else appellate and revisory jurisdiction the de-
crees and judgments OF said district courts of the
| United States for the middle district Of Alabama
| and the northern district of Alabama, under the
laws of the United States comforting and regulating
the jurisdiction powers, and practice of the circuI
cOur,s in cases removed in said courts by appeal
writ of error.
Approved, March }, 1879.
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D.rtmouth's new freshman class of one hun
Ia Ill include colored boy from Virginia
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All persons are hereby notified not to trust
my husband, John Boyer, on my account, as
| shall pay no debts of his contracting The
said John Boyer left my bed and board because
| refused to give him deed of my property.
| shall try to get along without using his
credit After he has wasted his subsistence in
riotous living, we may sing:
'We'll all drink stone blind,
When Johnny comes marching home"
SARAH BOYER.
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True to the last--The shoemaker
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CERTiFICATES :

consider the Lady's Friend Washing Machine SO
far superior to the DOIy that my DOIV Machine is laid
asde and is fsr sae half prCe Rev. DANIEL SILL.