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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
Base Ball-The New Mines for
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The Mutual Base Ball Club, of New
York city, has engaged first-tlass pro-
fessional nine for 1873. The niue Will be
composed of the folio wing players Robert
Matthewe, late OF the Baltimore Club,
pitcher; Hicks, of last years Mutuals,
catcher; Start, first base Hatfield, second
base Nelson, late of the Eckfords, third
base Holdsworth, also from the Eckfords,
short stop Gedney, left field Eggler,
centre field, and Higbam, late of the Bal
timore Club, right field. The Atlantcs
will play nearly the same nine as last year,
with the addition of Pierce, the veteran
short stop. The Eekfords will also have
some of their old players, but very little
is expected from this organization. Phil
adelphia will be represented by two mines.
the old Athletics and their new rivals, the
Philadelphia niue. The Baltimore nine
will be much stronger, probably, than last
year, and the Bostons will have the same
players with the exception of Gould AND
Rogers. In Chicago, Troy, and Cleve
land, efforts have been made to re-estab
lish the base ball clubs formerly existing
in those cities, but, so far as heard from
| without success.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

A writer in telling How to Put Chill
dren Bed" says, "seal their eyelids with
a kiss and a blessing" This, it must be
admitted, is much pleasanter process
than the old plan, but it is not altogether
new. Parents in putting their offspring to
bed, often seal their eyes with kisses, but
they won't stay sealed aud then they get
cross-the parents do-and seal the little
ones with whacks-Dut not on that part
OF the body where the eyes are located
And whacks, they say, often prove more
eiTeciual than kisses but we don't recon
mend them. -NorrisfOiCn Herald.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

place there, and that should be In time.
Looking out of the window of the carriage
as the trains were passing each other
at Petersborough, / saw Clara With her
mother. l did not see you. was mad,
they had both started, could not get out
There was Clara going from me, and /
going from her as fast as express trains
could take us. What could | dot / knew
no.hlug Of where she was going, aud yet
my information was positive that she was
going to be married tomorrow, solely be-
cause she would keep her promise.
"Can you wonder at my doing as did1
The tTaiu did not stop till 1t reached Lon
don, and / founi that by the time had
hunted up the address to which YOU had
gone from the servants at home, should
have lost the last train, aud not been able
to get here TIL long past midnight. What
to do could not think.
''ln the carriage in which l sat some
body had been talking about the murderer
Tawell, and the telegraph, the police on
the door step, and so on. 1t all flashed
on my mind in an instant.
81 went to the telegraph Office, and
looking in, there was only a a young lad
there.
81 went 10 and called him"
"Can you telegraph TO York for me 2"
Certainly, sir"
81 wrote the telegram ysu saw"
"Ysu must sign this, sir"
"No l must not, young man." and
drew him toward me by the shoulder.
'My names Field, Inspector Field, yoi
understand 2"
"Oh certainly, cir. Did you eatcl
that man the other day3 ! heard of !
| from one Of our clerks.o
ooh yes caught him safe and sound
he's IN Newgate now."
"Indeed sir, said the lad.
"Yon'll send that at once, the train
due in less than an hour. I'll see you d.
it,"
"He did send it. and as I heard tn
click, click, click, IL was like the throb u
a new heart circulating fiery blood iu m,
arteries, for knew ii would enable nie Il
see you, Clara, dear, and then l cam
down as you see, by this train, and fee
disposed now to embrace all the TELEGRAPH
clerks in the kingdom"
"Well, young man, it's a dangerou
game, suppose you're aware it's an OF
fense not lightly punished to pretend 20
are an officer OF police ~ said Mr.. Blake
"My dear Mr.. Blake, If 1t was death o
the instant Of discovery, and | was in th
same stral', shoulu 40 the saihe thlh
over again"
"You must find prosecutor Mr.. Blake,
said Clara, "aud as l, the principal perso
concerned, am not going 10 prosecute th
officer, think he will escape"
"But why," said |, "did you not tel
graph to Clara direct 20
because feared Mrs. Webster migl
possibly have prevented our meeting"
Mr.. Blake left us with his eyes twinl
ling, and muttered something to inc abol
sefvitude for life"
A month after this had the pleasure {
' giving away my neice to Herbert, and
I two months more had the pleasure
reading In the Times the announcemel
: of Mrs. Webster to Francis Tredgar, Esq
Q Of Tredgar Hall, 10 which ceremony,
r need scarcely say, was not invited.
Clara and Herbert and live togethe
and to this day he ls spoken of, amor
his intimates, us Herbert Langley, 9Th
active and intelligent officer. ."-LOck'
National Hoathly.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

$11.57 In the treasury of Milford.
Cod fish are again plentiful at Lewes.
The ice houses of Lewes are now filled.
Sussex county Levy Court met last
week.
The peach buds about milford are as yet
all right.
Milford is called the Chicago of lower
Delaware.
Mlddletown has been bothered with
chicken thieves.
"Shippiug news are scarce" at Lewes,
so the Light says.
Three brides attended the Smyrna VI. E.
Church on the I'd.
The Georgetown Academy is again
without a teacher.
The Improvement Ticket was sue
cessful at Smyrna.
William Stockley has been elected
Alderman of Milford
The Episcopalan festival recently held
at seafoid, netted only S25.
Edward B. Davis. formerly of Sussex
county, died in this city recently.
The Glendale (Sussex Coz NJ. E.
Pastor was surprised" last week.
The industries of Seaford give employ
ment to over three hundred hands.
James B. Hall, Justice of the Peace al
Blackbird, died suddenly on the I'd.
The Methodists of Milford contributed
STA for missionary purposes last year.
Over 1870 persons have been converted
at the Methodist revival in Milford, and
the interest is unabated.
A very pleasant exhibition was given by
the scholars of school district No. "a, 81
Middletown recently.
Two children of James Day, nea
/ Georgetown, died within "a hours o
each other laet week, of pneumonia.
: Lewes is dull at present, but its loca
Z paper says the future of the town is "bril
. liant in the strongest sense of the term.
! ! During the recent cold snap the bay a
Lewes was frozen over, and parties ol
skates made the circuit of the harbor.
4 A large Goldfish was caught last wee
: near Lewes, in the entrails of which wa
e found gold ring, with the initials ''M
= r. s." marked upon 1t.
e Warren Kinder, Esq, recently eleote
. Treasurer of Sussex County, gave a
g oyster supper to the Levy Court at George
:. town on the evening of the 9Th.
e James c. Wilson, of To Ensend, ha
|. been appointed justice Of the peace an
10 notary public for the upper district ,
Apfoquinimink hundred, gice James
le Hall, deceased.
= Clement Clendaniel, formerly of Lewe
Il died IN Philadelphia recently. Villa
- 20 Brock, an old sea-captain, und for mar
y, " years resident OF Lewes, died few da
~ ~ since in the same city.
ne The dwelling house on the farm Of T.
ly Merritt, in Appoquinimink hundred, W
rd destroyed by tre last woek. A stack
ne oats, containing $50 bushels, was al
Ia destroyed. Loss about $1,000.
r The Milford Ners adv.rlises that 1t W
e. take in pay, at the highest market rate
II for subscriptions, poultry, ashes, woo
sc, yearling cattle, bees, brooms, corn, cid
nd fresh fish, onions, oysters, joists, pos
etc., etc.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The feminine neck is to be ruffied.
oliver Optic has shed another story.
-Barnum will rise from his ashes March
81.
-Newburyport, Mass, has a sleigh of
l5O winters.
Ether will remove cod-liver oil stains
from dress.
Congress beats all competitors in grow
ing "salary."
Thousands of Texas cattle have been
winter killed.
Joe. Miller is at a new poem " By the
Sun.down Seas"
silk culture Is being tried at Beaufort,
South Carolina.
Astronomers have an acquaintance
with 1870 asteroids.
A Texas meat company is going to
copdeuse bulloGks.
-Bismarek's doctors pronounce his
nerves out of kelter.
The game most plentiful out West Is
said TO be draw poker.
"A lady sculptor will shortly open n
studio in Philadelphia.
How would 1t do to let Stokes of with
a vote of censure, too Z
"A North Carolina lawyer received a
pound of butter as fee.
"A Batavia, ILL.,, man has shipped two
wind mill pumps TO Australia.
80 leading singers now on the italian
stage are not alians by birth.
"A patent medicine to cure the opiuu
habit, has been found to be morphine.
Plymouth, Mass, distends Its eyes al
a clam weighing one pound six ounces.
Georgia conviets are building an ali
line railroad. Perhaps they will test it.
"A Kentucky man offers to wager $40
that he can ut'sleep any other man in th
State.
An Austrian musician has compose
airs to a medley of newspaper advertise
ments.
-Deunison, Texas, place of three o
four months growth, has ninety busines
: houses.
Theatrical parties terminating with
lunch and dance are popular diversion
in Gotham.
|, Brigham Young recently Issued inv
!, tations 20 the one hundred and seyenteent
: christening in his family.
The small farms in the bluegrass r.
, giou of Kentucky are being gradual
e absorbed by wealthy land owners.
# The lovers Of pork In New Zealand a
o happy in the knowledge that there a
about 1000 more pigs than human beini
II on that island.
$, The Boston Sunday CoNrisr says son
a, members of the City Council refuse to
r, vaceinated at the city's expense, as tn
5, are opposed to taking anything out of 4
public pus.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
PRISTINE PROVERBS PREPARED FOR
PREC0CI0Us PUPILS.

DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL BoARD.)
Observe yon plumed biped fine
To effect his captivation,
Deposit particles saline
Upon his termination.
Cryptogamous concretion never grows
On mineral fragments that decline repose.
Whilst self.inspection II negleets,
Nor its own foul condition sees,
The kettle TO the pot objects
Its sordid superficies.
Decortications of the golden grain
Are set to allure the aged fowl In vain.
Teach not parents mother to extract
The embryo juices of an egg by suction;
That good old ladv can the feat enact
Quite irrespective ofyour kind instruction.
Pecuniary agencies have force
To stimulate to speed the female horse.
The earliest winged songster soonest sees,
And first appropriates. the annelides.
with soap, and brush, and flannel. you tickle
In vain, the Ethiopic cuticle.
Bear not to yon famed city upon Tyne
The carbonaceous product of the mine.
The mendisant once from his indigence freed
And mounted aloft on the generous steed,
Down the precipiee soon will infallibly go,
And conclude his career In the regions below
1t is permitted to the feline race
To contemplate even regal tace.
London Punch,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The Rev. MIR. Mosher laid plot to
bring an Omaha gambler to knowledge
of the wickedness of his vocation. # was
to go to the gamblers den, and after win.
ming all his money, to shame the gambler
by returning his money to him, and then
preach a little discourse on his iniquilies
The full carrying out Of the plot was IN.
terfered with by the gambler winning
all the money, and the delivery Of the dis
course was interrupted by the gambler
who pitched the Rev. Mr.. Mosher out o
doors before he had fully announced BIZ
tavf
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The Philadelphia Telegraph, in alludlng
to Col. McComb's speech at the Clayton
House banquet says: Mr.. McComb Is as
handsome and distinguished looking a
man as one could meet in days walk.
He Is about forty-Gye years of age, over
six feet high, grey-haired, blue eyed, norld,
clean shayen, aud of comfortable portli-
ness. He strikiDgly resembles Chlef-Ju us
tice Chase, as he looked during tho war,
and as he may still be seen on the old
greenbacks, but as he now alas no longer
appears.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
CAPTAIN JACKS oAsuIsTRY.

I'm Captain Jack, Of the Medoc tribe;
It's government whiskey that I imbibe,
And like sometimes, by way of gibe,
A quiet assassination.
But l make treaty whenever | can
For I'm Captain Jack, and know my plan
I'm Credit Mobilier Ingln man,
And open for speculation.
WetAlk of the reservation, hoth
of course, to that am nothing 10th.
And l take my little Ingin oath
To close the stipulation.
Yes, reservation" each party says;
It's as fixed as a pair of balances,
And chuckle now when think Of my res
My mental reservation.
-Nsw York Graphic.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Brignoi has be5n cruelty received in
Italy. The latest admonition came from
small theater in Nice. He was TO sing
In "Lucia," but after the first few phrases
he was assailed by storm of Kisses and
the curtain was dropped. The story,
which comes by way of Paris, adds that
the tickets had been sold at high prices,
aud the Russian Princess Maria was just
entering her box when the demonstration
took place, but, supposing 1t TO be intended
for her, she Withdrew.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
Ovation to coIfax.

Schuyler Ca fax arrived at South Bend,
Ind, on Saturday. He proceeded in a
carriage TO the Court House, followed by
an escort consisting of carriages and
wagons as far as the eye could reach"
After an address of welcome by Mayor
Miller, Mr.. Colfax made lengthy speech
in answer TO the charges against him in
connection with the Credit Mobilier busi-
ness. At the conclusion of his speech,
Colonel Humphreys presented him with a
letter having 1900 signatures attached, ex-
pressing the signers' confidence in the cx
Vice President. A resolution to the same
effect was also unanimously adopted by
Ihnse uresant.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Senator Anthony having declined re-
election as President pro lempore of the
United States Senate, Senator Carpenter
will be elected TO that position.
Notwithstanding the announcement that
few changes in office are likely to be
made, hundreds of letters are received in
Washington asking for places. On Satnr'
day the mail brought over 100 of thesI
letters to Secretary Fish alone.
General Mcmillan and Ex Governor
Pinchbecl, of Louisiana, Senators elect o
their respective parties in that State, arr
still 10 Washington. The Senate Is no
expected to take any action in their cas'
| during the present extra session.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

A man whom DR.. Chalmers engaged 20
manage a disorderly Sunday school kept
his eyes wide open during praying, and
when one hoy thrust pin into another he
marched up the aisle, still praying, and
cuffcd that boys ears, and went back
again, praying all the way. After that he
was master Of the situation. for the boys
thought that a man who could watch and
pray like that could not be put down.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Railroad conductors in Illinois seem to
be flcetous set of beings. A party of
school girls lately set out from the village
of Ludlow on an excursion, and the tre-
mendously funny man who had charge
of the train on which they rode, locked
fifteen of them into a car and switched oil
on a side track and left it there. This fell
lows exquisite humor would have been
appropriately rewarded by trial tor false
imprisonment and few months residence
In the penitentiary.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Papas are not romantic, it must be con
fessed. One of them in Davenport, Iowa,
with three marriageable daughters, has
posted the following notice over the bell
pull: "Wood, So cord coal, 80 cents
bushel; gas, dear end bad. Parties
staying after O'Clock will please settle
quarterly. y. B.-A reduction made after
engagements, and the full amount added
To the marriage portion"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

"Pray, sir, OF what profession are youl "
asked an eminent Q. c., on circuit, of a
witness who had come prepared to prove a
fact, and who was deemed not very re-
spectacle. ''Sir, l am a shoemaker and
wine merchant" "a what, sir :" said
the learned counsel. ga wine merchant
and shoemaker" ''Then," said the coun-
SCI, 81 may describe you as a sherry cob
bler -
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
HE HONEYMOON.

An American found himself brought face
to face at Rome, last month, with an old
school-fellow whom he had not seen for
years. "You here 20 "Yes, my dear fel-
low, / have just been married, and am
come to pass the honeymoon in Italy. "
''ALd your wife 70 "My wife Oh, left
her In New York"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
Mvsterious Murder,

The body of a man has just been found
in the river at 1berVille, La, with pistol
ball In the skull. 1t is supposed TO be the
remains of Daniel d. Goree, u wealthy
planter of Arkansas, who was last seen
with two rough-looking persons in Decem
ber, and has been missing since. lie had
large sum of money in his possession
and was probably murdered and thrown
into the river.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The Hon. james A. Bayard, Of Della
ware, is the only man who comes with
frightened honor out Of the Credit Mobl'
lier Investigation. The Poland Committee
cite his letter, respecting Credit Mobilier
stock, as the model that all ought to have
followed. General Hawley, in debate,
said " He saluted the Cheyalier Bayard.'
-a1e
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The prospect of Wilmington, Del, be-
coming great manufacturing city seems
very favorable, to Judge from the annual
report of its Board of Trade, which shows
that il is doing large business in iron
and leather manufactures. as well as In
the making of cars and ship building
Nep York Tribune.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Pure country nilkmeu in Massachusetts,
account for the occasional discovery OF
mnnows in milk. pitchers by explaining
that the cows must swallow them when
drinking from the purling brooks which
intersect their pastures.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

South Carolina has vaccination festl-
walls.
Real gold is in favor now for jewelry.
That is sensible.
The Providence Star calls Morrissey
great ex-pounder.
100000 Cuban slaves long for an
Abraham Lincoln.
The Countess of Derwentwater is i'll
in jail in England.
Iowa has a town named Shoe Fly
with gold mine in it.
-starbird is the suggestive name Of a
Hartford prima donns.
A Portland terrier of Chinese taste
lunched of of 90 rats.
"A Maine judge has decided that egg
nog is not a beverage.
Reading or writing by a hickerlnl
light irritates the brain.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

Among other things that Wells & Far
go's firm is not responsible for as carriers
ls one couched In the following language
FIN their regulations "Not for any loss
or damage by tre, the acts of God, or of
Indians, or any other public enemies of
| the government
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

The man who Fat up all night weighing
a ton of coal with pair of steelyards, by
the pailful, thought he was ahead few
pounds, until he remembered that be had
not deducted the weight of the pail
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

"A horse.inquest in Marion, Iowa, re-
yealed "a tenpenny nails.
When the eagle wants her young to
hy she smashes their nest.
The Michigan State prison holds sixty
murderers under life sentences.
"A Texas poet has written an epic
called The Railroad to Heaven"
-''Shqll the government jolu the
church ~ asks a Buffalo paper.
Milwaukee claims to brew more beer
than any other city IL the country.
A Louisville paper has felt called upon
I to correct an error Of the types. 1t SAYS ::
For one Of the worst men, read one OF
! the wisest.'
In Montgomery, Ala, the other day,
+" four young men did get upon a spree ;
one took ont his little jack knife, aud now
there amt bu. three" says sprightly
reporter.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15
TWO Eemala Nlisera.

If there Is such thing as "gilded
poverty" an exemplifcation of it was
strikingly manifested in Camden during
the past week. From infancy to the rine
old age of so years, two twin sisters,
named Grace and Charity Kaighn, have
resided IN that city. They owned in their
own right property said to be worth at
least 100000 in eligible locations. Yet
these two females (they never married)
lived together in almost perfect seclusion,
in the most eccentric manner Their house
in Kaghn's avenue was always Fept closed
and no one admitted except such as came
to aid them in their business transactions,
and they were very few. Their apart
ments were kept almost as gloomy as
prison dungeons, and day after day, week
after week, month after month, and year
after year, they groped about in the dark
ness of their own created prison, denying
themselves even the comforts and necessa-
| ries of life. For many wears this was
their way of living, and those who knew
them best believed that at any time thev
might be found dead in their houses from
seli-denisl and neglect. Some time last
summer they purch sed fine new dwell
ing house on Market street above Fourth,
aud moved into il early in the fall. What
articles of furniture they had were set in.
the parlor, but were never put in their
proper places. From that time up to
: Thursday week they lived In their old way,
without comforts or anything that would
contribute TO comfort.
From the Thursday alluded 10, nothing
had been seen Of them, and no noise was
made In the house to indicate that they
were alive. This created a suspicion that
something was wrong, and officer Hofiin-
ger was instructed to force an entrance.
10 araff aa TrsIar l..
to his horror, the most sickening sight ne
,, ever met with. This room was bare OF
, furniture, dark and dirty; no FIRE had
been in the stove in three days, and there
on a settee, With nothing over her but an
old ragged and dry quilt, lay Grace
4 Kaighn, cold and stiff 10 death. Her sis
! ter, Charity, was found in a corner of thS
room, almost doubled up, and in a perish
, ing condition. She was Immediately
taken care of, and, under direction of DR.
4 Armstrong, Coroner, she is doing well
She did not know that Grace was dead
. On a table near by was a loaf OF breaC
. and some butter, which had net beei
= touched. The Coroner took charge of tn
the body, and had 1t appropriately dispose
.. of. He found some SlS on the person o
II the deceased, and took possession of sucl
papers and valuables as were found unit
n rightful parties to them appear. Anon
a the papers are several tax bills for res
estate, one of which calls for $500, whic
at the rate of taxation, $3.50 on the SO
! would be for an assessed property {
/ S26, 700. This was for one square {
: ground, facing Broadway, between Lin
!, and Pine streets. They owned larn
= amounts of real estate in other parts
u' Camden. Notwithstanding all this, the
a. were in the most ahject state Of exposu
- and destitution.-C Correspondence Or Gs
:, - nlaatoicn Telegraph.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-03-15

LENGTHY sEssIoN-REsIoNATIoN OF
COUNCILMAN BEGGs MIR. ]. r. PAILLIPs
SUCCEEDS HIM-FoURTH STREET AGAIN.