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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

It ia stated by the Texas papers that recent
raibs will make full crop OF cotton IN the nolth
ern part OF that State.
break occurred yesterday mernng in the
Erie canal, at Eagle Harbor, which will take two
or three days to repair
The number of the lost by the Wd1odset disas,
ter is now placed at ~, and it may be lncreaseu
by further discoveries OF dead bodles'
w. H. Crabb, aged 25, a hagman on the Erie
Railroad was run over and killed near howeis
station. yesterday afternoon. He leaves WIG
and two children.
Thomas Woodson, who killed William Barlow,
near Percival. Iowa, few days since, has oeeh
discharged from custody on the ground that ne
acted in self-defenoe.
In Boston, yesterday numerous liquor dealers
were ''raided on" by the State Coz stables anu
their stocks OF liquor were seized. Several whole
sale dealers were among the number.
Melvin Duff married the daughter OF Mr.. MIL
ler without the latter's consent, in St. Louis
abont two weeks ago. After the marriage, the
father and son-in-law had several quatieis, anu anu
the former was killed in one OF them on Sunday
night.
Edward Oosgrove was found dead in the
street at Shenandoah, Pa, yesterday morning
| A coroners Jury found that he came to his deati
| from pistol wound inflicted by George Majors
| and the latter was arrested and taken 10 INT
POttsville jail.
samuel 8. sampleson living at Hyde Park
near Boston, attempted to murder his wife ant
mother-in-law on Monday night, with razor
| They escaped to neighbors house, when Sam
| pleson drew the razor across his own throat, IN
flicting severe wound. He was sent to the In
sane asylum.
At McKees Rocks, below Pittsburg, on Mon
day evening, seven men, who had been tighten
ing fiat boat got into small skin to ROY
ashore. They had rowed about ten yards whe
the skiff capszed, and three OF the men wer
I trr- II, Nl,aa
the shore could give no assistance, as there wer
no boats available.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
The CLAYTON House
ARRIVALS UP TO l.sO P. M, ro-DA

ARRIVALS UP TO 1.30 P. NJ, TO-DAY.
Sebastian Brown and wife. Baltimore.
Mrs. y. A. Mills and child,
Mrs. E. A. Maull,
Mrs j Shane,
Mips Emma Taylor, Burlington.
Miss Ellie Taylor, Pbila.
Miss II. Hughes, Chester county
Miss Il. Savery,
r. II. Marks, Baltimore.
W. Y. Warner, City.
VIM. Candy, Cape May City.
John A. Newman, Kent county, Md.
A. W. Robinson, City.
VIM Pattan, Columbia, Pa.
+. Taylor and Friend, Baltimore.
s "A, Hyers, Philadelphia
James Todd,
Frank Clark, Lynn, Mass,
j. s. Leavitt, Boston.
Horatio Nelson. New York.
s. Watson and servant, Nashville, Tenn'
Mrs W. s. Whitihorne,
Mics Watson,
s. Watson, Jr.,
Thomas Clarke Baltimore.
w S. Auchincloss, City.
T. b Leslie, Phila.
G. 4. Collins, Denver City.
]. A Blackburn, Harrisburg.
w. ". Murry, Phila.
Nv NJ. Shoemaker, Phila.
u n. Durell, New Orleans.
L. O. Billing,
q. W. UanOver, New York.
Samuel Thompson, Baltimore.
O. A. carroll. wife, nurse, andc ill, Bal o.
James Carroll, Baltimore.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
PbIIadeIphia Topics.
Pbiladelphia b. b. Club stock.

-PhiladelphiA B. d. Club stock. =.
Charles Bosler, one Of the Oldest and mos
esteemed members Of the Commercial Exchange
Is dead. He was q miller, and carried on bns-
ness at Shoemakertown, Montgomery Co', q teF
miles out of town.
Tho Episcopal Hospital is-to be extended at
a cost OF $4,000.
-Girard avenue bridge is rapidly approach
ing completion.
One of the handsomest buildings in course
Of erection on Chestnut street il that OF the
Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit aud Insurance
Company. above Fourth.
Isaac Bates. a Philadelphian, in attempting
to get on an excursion train at Cape May, hau
his left foot cut OIL and his recovery ID uouO'-
full.
The Press believes that Philadelphia has
now fairly entered upon new era. an era IN
which the capabilities of the city as aiproducine
and distributing centre will be fully developed
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Francis JOseph's OpInIon OF the American
Display.

After making careful examination of the ar
ticles exhibited by the United states,i the Wen
ma Exposition, the Emperor of Austria is reported
to have sahd in conversation with Mr. Jay and Mr.
Garretson -" For improvements and new m
yentions and progressin machinery since the last
exhibition, it does not seem that America IS sur
passed by any country represented IN the D1llu-
ing" When our representatives expressed their
regret and that OF all Americans that the exposi-
tion was 10 much less than the country could do,
and did the nation 80 much injustice, the EmpeT-
or through Baron Schwarz-SAnborn, answered
than in any previous foreign exposition. Beyond
this. what is evident from all we see, is that the
workmen in America are thinking men that
your labor,seems to be inspired by aconstant'
high and active intelligence"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
SECOND EDITION.
Railroad Accident

A TRAIN OFF THE TRAoK-DAMAGE BY ME RAIN.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.
The 7 80 A. NJ. Long Branch train from Phila-
delphia, this morning. met with An accident Just
beyond the Burlington County II. r. Junction,
caused by the heavy rain washing away theirack.
The engine and baggage car were thrown on the
track. The engineer and fireman only we're
sliRhtly injured.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
THE PENINSULA.
soMERsET COUNTY.

eOMERbEr COUNTY
The peach crop in this county has far exceed,
ed the expectations of most of the growers, and
the fruit has been bringing good prices;
The Deals Island camp begins on Friday.
A heavy wind accompanied by hail passed
over portions OF Princess Anne and Hungary
Neck districts doing much damage to the corn
fields and peach orchards in its course. on Sat
urday evening last. The wind blew a barn down
belonging to Capt. Anerew Bradshaw, on the
Manokin and demolished the orchard OF Mics
Fannie White.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Marine Disaster.

THE ALABAMA RUSs DOWN THE ALTOONA.
LONDON, Aug. IS.
1t is reported that the clipper ship AIbeona'
from Montreal to Glasgow, was run down. on
the Irish coast, by the steamer Alabama, and
that the wreckage seen was portions Of the Ale
ona instead Of the Alabama, as first reported.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
land slide on the Penpa. R! "A.

THE TRACK BURIED TEN FEEr-IsTEHnpPrroN OF
TRAvEL.
MTFLrN Pa, Aug. 19.
Alaud slide occurred on the Penusylvania
railroad, four miles west OF here which covered
the track ten feet deep. Trains were delayed
several hours, but are now psssing, the track
being cleared.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Al great reduction, at the

Is AT great reduction, at the
NEW BREAD, CAKE AND PIE BAKERY,
cor Second and Tatna streets, bread full welghtat
4 CENTS PER LOAF,
at the Retail Store and Dealers supplied at usual
reduction. wagon will commence running on
FRIDAY or Saturday of this week. All orders left a.
the above store either from families or stores VIII
he attended TO promptly. W. =. SrHmfLt:
L, PHILLIPS, Agent aug's I'm
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

srorrN AND ABAHpoNED horse was stolen
from the premises Of Milton steele,in Mill Greek
Hundred, on the night of the 9th inst, and after
being ridden to lhe place desired 1t was aoSn,
doned. The horse was found loose In the ROAD
at the lime quarries, the next day.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

OOAL SCREENS furnished at Philadelphia
4 , pr Gees a good assortment OF foundry sleeves
on hand, brass galvanized and iron. All Kinds,
from the heaviest to the Dnest OF woven wire, OF
brass, galvanized iron and painted for ny and mos
quito bars Rustic stands and hanging DaskeA'
i'''N '-N A, 4 ALLDERDICES,
No. Ill Shipley 81,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
THIRD EDITION.
Escaped frsm Cayenne.

THREE ccNyIcrs AT BALrIMoRE-150 OUT AT SAME
TINE.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.
Three Algerian convicts escaped from the
French penal colony Of Cayenne, South America,
have arrived here. and ars in confinement await
ing the action of the French Consul General at
New York. They state that one hundred ard
fifty conyicts escaped at the same time.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

Platter ABOUT TO DIE. - John r. Platter, con-
fined in the Maryland penitentary for causing the
death of his wife in Talbot county, is extremely
III. and his condition was such on Wednesday
afternoon that members OF HE family were sent
for and visited him. His disease ~ I..
W IN which he was very i'll at different times dur
ing his trial, and before his confinement In the
nanitanIiarY.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
1eath$.

LYNCH IN this city, on the 10th inst. Mrs. Emma
i. Lynch, In the s4th year OF her age.
The rela Ives aud friends of the family are re-
spectfuly invited TO attend her funeral uIon sns
Tes,dence of her father, James Bra Lan lOh Market
street, on Wednesday morning. to leave the house
al II O'clock,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
CHALLENGE
70 THE WARRINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE

TO THE WASHINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE
AND HOOK AND LADDER CO, NOT.
nv eballen0e Won 10 a friendly squi Of your Hook
and Ladder Truck, against the sprinkler OF tile
Delaware steam Fire Engine Co, No. -
For a Purse of $4,000 and the
Championship.
II this challenge is accepted by you. you will
please to appoint a Committee Of Three % T. meet
Saloon of Conrad Keliar at 4th and Shipey sts, on
SATURDAY evening, Aug. 18th. at O'Clock, P, M
Wnen ali the details OF the squirt will be arranged.
Tnis ia not done TO injure any Company. but ia
done with the full consent and by the authority
Of Inc COMMITTEE.
I augls-lt'
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Weather Record.

REPORT OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE
wAsuISaroN Aug. H.
Probabilities For the Middle States North
easterly and southeasterly winds, low tenpera-
tnre. local storms and clearing weather this af-
,ornoon. .... ylGpg
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

About twelve days seems to be the PennsylUd-
MAS time for the voyage between Philadelphia
aud Liverpool. This is nearly as good as eleven
days TO New York.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
ID-uu,ty From the Chicago Fire.

Since the great fire in Chicago between 2.O
and 300 persons have been adjudged insane in
the Courts OF Cook county, Illinois. Comment
ing upon one class of patients, the Chicago Ira, r.
btne says: 1.-THE great fire is responsible Tor the
dethroned reason Of eleven persons. In one in
stance it was downrightlfright, and consequent
exhaustion, mental aud physical, in another y y
was exposure to cold and damp in another 1t
was loss Of property and inevitable destltution
in another il was loss Of relatives ; and so on.
Yet the number ia net 80 great as one would sup
pose who on the morning of the great cslainlly
watched those helpless women and children
upon the dismal praires, in the lake, in the
graveyards, hiding behind the friendly, tomb.
Stones, awaiting for the bread the world sent
them to place in the eager mouths OF the starv-
ing little ones. Not 30 great one would sup
pose, who watched for an entire week after me
conAagration the wild faces of men with great,
robnst frames. afraid to meet the eyes OF their
wives and children because they had no homes
to which to bring them Not 30 great; lhaeeu,
when wealth gave place to poverty and luxury
| TO utter want when palaces were turned INTO q
nook in a row OF barracks-a spot, for the matter
| OF that, beneath an indulgent sidewalk or
| suite Of rooms in a stray flour barrel
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

In New York street car on Monday evening.
a lady was robbed OF her pocket book and struck
several times by the robber, who got away with
out interference by conductor, passengers or
nolica
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
a ATKINSON

ts-Persons leaving the city for the SIMMER, and
utanlng to have tho DAILY COMMERCIAL sent to
them. will please send US their address. Where the
n,ner ia desired for less than one month"; the postage
had best be prepaid at this ofice. By prepayment
Of postage by stamps, regularity Of delivery will be
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
The Pennsylvania.

sHE ARRIVES AT THE BREAKwATER,
PHII.ADELpHrA, Aug. 13.
The steamer Pennsylvania, from Liverpool,
passed in at Lewes, at five a. M, to-day. She
left Liverpool on the list instant.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Commercial Report%
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.

PHILADELPHIA, August ID.
Cotton dull at 191@2Oc. Flour very dull
superfine s3 5O@S4 extras S4,26@6 60 State
Indiana and Ohio extra family S725qeo oV rys
flour firm o. 62l%04 rs wheat quiet red Sl.46
rSI 10. white $i. .550l 65 rye UNCHANGED corn
active, yellow $50 mixed western 47@b9c oats
dull white 45@i713c; mixed 3s@4lc porK
steady S17. .500l7 rs lard dull at S9s@9ci Whis-
kew steady 96Og6M. 1
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
CARRATT'S ELECTRIC DISKS

Are self-acting, clean, comfortable and durable.
They are worn with relief in rheumatism, Negral-
gia, Local Pains, Weakness, Lameness, &C. Iney
snnply gentle ow OF constant electricity and have
a wider range OF use and help in the above named
class OF troubles than the ordinary battery SOLD Dy
L. BRINGHURST d co..
Corner Sixth and Market streeta.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

DED BUG BANE, ,o,, =,
- wALTeN's DRUG STORE,
auu11 ct 936 M .rket Street,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
pam SEAROH Es.

THE GREATEST PAIN AND CRAMP REMEDY
KNOWN,
Used inwardly and applied outwardly. 1t immedi-
ately cures cramps and Pains In the stom-
ragia. &C.
Good in Diarrhea. Splendid for travellers and q
great remedy ia Aches and Pains OF every cnagac-
Ter Elegant for Toothache. Depot,
aupb Ct wilmington, Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
SUccUs BELLAOoM, coNII.

Hyosciami Of English manufacture, Nitrite y
Amyl, Aetnyllden Chord of ChloraethyL Phlorld:
Sin Chloracetic Acid, Scherngs Xylol, Globnles oi
Apiai, drops each, French Capsules OF sandal
Wood 10 drops each Capsules (Scherings 81 OF Ayoi
and many other comparatively rare cnemca anu
k BRINGHURST d CO.'S
Corner sixth and Market Streets
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
no PHYSICIANS.

Lebreich's Croton Choral Hydrat a new hypnotic
which, unlike the ordinary chora acts on me cers-
bral nerves and net on the heart. For sale by
K BRINGHUhST & CO.,
Apothecares,
Corner Sixth and Market streeta
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
MEDICATED WAX NIPPLE Shields

For the relief OF mothers suffering from sore or
cracked nipples Worn on the nipples these
shields are found soothing and healing. They Keep
the nipples soft and moist and prevent the clothing
from cha1ng the lnnamed surface. prepared anu
sold wholesale and retail by
S0'N e. BRINGHURST CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Corner 81 xth and Market streets.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
Nerj advertisements.

TNYTRA QUALITY Of small and strong brass
HI padiocEs, suitable for clothes and provision
hampers 10 watering Places and very fair assort-
AS' " TkUMAN a SHAW,
No. sss eight Thirty-nVel Market st below Ninth,
CIBTCHING BoOT-JACKs which adjust them
D. peIyes TO either large small heels and seve-
raj patterns Of iron and wooden boet JACKS soin Dy
's TRUMAN 4 SHAW,
No. COS eight Thirty-1ve Market st. below Nintn,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

BANKING HOUSE
of
JAY COOKE co.
nThs Northern Pacific Railroad Company having
determined to close its 7sO First Mortgage old Loan
at an aggrt sas, not exceeding thirty million dollars
and thereafter TO pay no higher rate of interest than
per cent on further issue of its bonds, the limited
remainder Of the s-lOloan Is now being disposed
of through the usual agencies.
As the bonds of this issue are made receivable in
payment for the Compsny's lands at LILO, they are
in constant and increasing demand for this pur-
pose and will continue to be after the loan is closed
"a fact which much enhances their value and
attracnveness as an investment.
The Company has more than 500 miles of its road
built and in operation, has earned title to nearly
ten million acres of Its land grant and sales of lands
have thus far averaged s. S6 per acre.
All marketable securities are received in exchange
for Northern Pacific at current rates.
John Mole ar 81 Son.
BANKERS,
No. Goa Market street: ann
JUSF OFHN'
Cold Sparkling Soda WdteT
Ready for the Season, with Cheice Fruit syrups
FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
! my1a Front and West SITS.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13

TERRIBLE STORM, YEsTERDAY-THE DAMAGE IN THE
rowE, on THE P. & D., AND THE P. W., q D.
RAILRoAps-FIRE BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., dc
tcorrespondence Of the Commereal.l
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06
How Do They Find the Way7

Two weeks ago an account was given OF
dog that had been carried seven hundred miles
somewhere at the West, but not liking the
place, alone, guided by faculty quite unknown
to man, he footed his way to his old, loved
home without making inquiries, consulting
gulde-b board, or travelling out OF the way, at
the rate of nearly one hundred miles each day.
An old horse purchased of farmer in Yer
mont many years since, was shipped at Sea
brook, Connecticut, with others, to the West
lndles for grinding cane A storm occurring
in Long Island Sound, the deck horses were
washed overheard aud supposed to have been
lost. The old NermOnter, however, reached
land in the darkness of stormy night, and
finally was found standing at the barndoo of
his old home The horse had never been far
from the town till sold, therefore could not
have been familiar with the way.
Carrier-pigeOns perform feats as swift mes
sengers through the air because they are in a
hurry to reach home. However far they may
be carried confined in baskets, they invari-
ably speed their way, without ever resting on
the voyage, till they reach the place dear to
their affections. In 1919, with a view to as
certain their speed, pigeon was carried from
Antwerp to London aud their liberated. The
bird was ut its cote, having flown one hundred
and eighty miles in stra ight line, in just six
hours
Horses mules, dogs, CATS and all the mi
grating birds, find their way as unerringly as
the carrier pigeon does; but how they do it is
beyond our ken. Some imagine birds see tel
escopically one or two hundred miles when
high in the air, and over the tops of noun
tans. But the theory throws no light upon
the movements of a mule that found his home
in Brazil, hundreds Of miles over a region
where man could hardly move, having neither
a path to follow nor a companion to lead the
way. Science, therefore, has something more
to do to clear up the mistery.
A writer in the Quarterly Reriew advances
the theory that they have certain sense of
the magnetic current, suHicing to afford them
sort of internal mariners compass marking
the direction in which they travel We know
that the magnetic currents affect the needle,
and the hypothesis that they may also effect
living frames with special organizations seems
in no way incredible while the fact that a
dog, who can find his own way for hundred
miles in an open country, may lose it in five hun
dred yards in town, seems to point to the null
titude of streets running at right angles as the
cause of confusion to a sense which simply in-
dicates a straight direction.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06

How MONEY ACCUMULATEs. Some one
has been calculating the wealth of rich men of
New York. William b. Astor is said TO be
worth one hundred millions now. This, at
seven per cent, will amount in ten years and
one month to 100000, 900, in twenty years
and two months to $400,00O,OOO in thirty
years and three months to $500, 900, 900, in
forty years and four months to 81 600 900 900,
in fifty years and five months TO SO, zoo, ,000,
600, in sixty years and six months to Sc, 400,-
000, 600, in seventy years and seven months to
$l2,S00,0 100000, and if we carry it ten years
farther it will amount to $25, 600, 900, 900, or
four billion six hundred millions more than
the whole assessed value of the property of the
United States at the present time. No per-
son will doubt that we have in the United
States one hundred men who are worth $20,-
600, 900 each, and no one will doubt that their
incomes will average seven per cent. above
their expenses $2,000,000, 900 at seven per
cent, paid semi-annually and reloaned, land
no money lies idle, it is always rcloaned as
soon as got, and goes to gathering up interest,
so there is really no such thing as simple in
terest, will double itself in ten years and one
month, $4,000 ,000 in twenty years and
two months $4,000, 100000; in thirty years
and three months $l6,000,000, 900; in forty
years and four months $32 000,0 100000. or
eleven billions more than the whole assessed
value Of the United States, and more than the
whole nation will be worth at that time. Fifty
years will make the amount of the wealth OF
these one hundred men $64,000, 100000, more
than three times the value of the whole prop
| erty Of the United States at the present time.
Comment on these figures is unnecessary.
Smyrna times., 1873-08-06
WHOLE NO. 953
Grammar Lesson,

Some school boys in a Western town are
said to have written out the following answers
Tor grammar lesson, just to worry the new
teacher:
Man is common noun OF the feminine
gender-cOmmOn cause he can be bought
cheap and feminine gender, cause he always
got woman on the brain, Sth person, cause his
wife and six children come frst-is in the
objective case, and governed by woman.
Woman Is female noun Of the masculine
gender-'cause she wears the brcecherloons
and Is determined to vote she's a compound
OF cotton, whaebOne, starch, smiles, sunshine.
hrst person, cause she's always the person
speaking; plural number cause she makes
more noise than half a-dozen parrOts-is in the
objective case and governed by fashion
Boy Is an uncommon noun of the gosln
gender and female persuasion-uncommon
cause he hard to find nowadays; cause he
soon enters the threshold of gOoshOod ;..female
persuasion cause he's always got the heart
sick about some female first person, big Ike;
singular number, cause there's nobody but
himself, i'll the objective case and governed by
an embryo mou>tache, pale brandy, and the
length OF his daddy purse.
Girl Is an angelic noun cause she paints her
cheeks and eats ingurns: she's compouDded of
cosmetics, flowers, fuss and feathers; is of
masculine tendencies, cause she wears shirt
bosom, paper collars, and always has her head
tull OF boys; singular number, cause the
boys are afraid of them, and matrimony is
played out; third person, cause she's much
spoken of; in the objective case and governed
by gypsy bonnet.
Fashion Is "a tyrannical noun, because it
must be obeyed, aud laughs at a poor mans
purse; common gender, cause all people must
bow to it; it is compounded of hounces,
tilmsles, ruffles, scrubbles, bubbles, troubles,
rufs, cuffs, snuffs snigges, curls, furls, hairs,
snares, Grecian bend, fuss and feathers. 1t
was once In the objective case and governed by
Eugene, but is now in the nOminative case,
independent.
Baby is musical noun cause it sings soft
tune between midnight and day, specially of
cold nightS-it is neuter gender, cause it's
neither male nor female till it is big enough to
wear breeches. 1t weighs according to size,
and measures according to proportions COM
pounded of milk and lungs, and grows at a
rapid rate. 1t is of the spoilt gender, cause it
Is allowed to put its foot in the gravy when
ever it pleases is in the objective case and
governed by candy and sugar plums.
/ Matrimony is of the defunct gender, cause
| it's played out Girls are as plentiful as
blackberres, but they'v got nothing. Matri-
mony is compounded of the words mate and
money, but when there's match now DAYS
it is nothing without the money Third
person, cause its spoke of much by the girls.
In the objective case aud governed by the
spondulics OF the girls daddy.