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Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

Thursday ;}6 ; 90 10 i IS
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.- The
market during the past week has been
wholly without any distinctive feature.
Owing to the holidays New York and
foreign advices have had little signif-
canoe, and during the entire week
prices have ruled very quiet and steady
at at So cents, and closes to-day un-
changed. The receipts are gradually
decreasing, and for the week were
], 1,2S6 casks against 1897 for last week.
The exports, however, owing to the
scarcity of freight room, have been
very light, and the stock is without any
important change. The following table
contains the sales for the week
Friday -. 100 casks ut 55 p cts. gal.
Saturday - 1873 IS s' So. - "
Monday % so " So s. ="
Tuesday. $50 6 '' 55 SO " "
Wednesday No business transacted.
Thursday . IS SO 's 55 " ss 's
ROSIN.-In rosin transactions this
week has been limited in extent, but
the market though quiet in tone has
been firm throughout. Strained is the
only quality which has figured of any
consequence, and even of this grade
the transactions have hardly been of
sufficient size to make market. In
the early part of the week there were
sales of 800 bbls strained at a decline
of 10 cents, but on Monday the market
showed an improved tone, and buyers
purchased all Offering at an advance
corresponding to the decline. Since
Monday the market has been in an en-
tire nominal state, and to-day closes
without transactions. The sales fo1
the week were as follows
Friday, Dec. 27.-Sales of 800 bbls
strained at So per Dbl.
Monday, Dec. 3O.-Sales of 972 bbls
strained at 50 10.
TAR.-The situation of this article il
just the same as when we left it las
week. Nothing whatever has trans
pired to interrupt its general Guietnes
or change our quotations. The de
manIs existing have been very fail
and with large receipts the wants o
exporters have been supplied with n
material inconvenience to buyers O
sellers. The receipts for the week.
,bls. against ,252 hbls for last week
. are an increase of --- bbI,. The ey
: ports were upward of 1900 bbls. an
: the stock II market wears slight re
duction. The market closes to-da
quiet and steady at 50 5o p Dbl. Tn
t following table contains the receipt
and sales for the week
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
wilmington North Carolina Li1e'
WILMINGTON, n. c. :

wilmington North Carolina L'ie'
The Wilmington North Carolina Life
Insurance Company have declared a
dividend of 6 per cent per annum on
the cash payments for the capital stock
of the Company, from the date OF such
paynents to the 1st inst. Payment to
he made on the 18th inst.
This looks like business, and eVl-
dences that the Wilmington Life Is III
good hands. Its friends will all he
clad to note such material evidences OF
its prosperity.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
those personally acquainted with the
fair miliner. The incident is headed
A STR ANcE nrr,rrNc, p s

those personally acquainted with the
fair miliner. The incident is headed
"A STRANGE MEETING,
and the journal referred to relates how,
on an evening or two previous, good
looking man, laborer about thirty
years of age, took the cars at Centre
street depot for New York. There was
but one vacant seat in the car that he
entered, and that was by the side of a
handsome and elegantly dressed LADY.
The man sat down, and after his fair
companion had removed her veil. he
was surprised to recognize in her his
wife, whom he had not seen for more
than twelve years. The lady threw her
arms around his neck and kissed him
tenderly, and mutual explanations fol-
lowed. =
1t seems that they had been married
Just before the breaking out of the war,
at the home of the lady in Missouri. Il
Her father was the owner of large
tract of land, but had only little mon
ey. He joined the rebel cause, and the
daughter also warmly adhered to the
| opinions of her father Her husband.
however, was decided Union man.
She abused him violently on ac-
count of his principles, and told him
if he sided with the bloody Yam
kee," he might leave the place,
and she never wished to see his face
again. He took her at her word, and
the same night left her and joined Ere
mont's army as private. he was sew
eral times taken prisoner, and as often
escaped to our lines. He pressed on
with Sherman toward the sea, and at
the conclusion of his term of enlist
ment joined New York regiment, and
by this means, at the end of the war
found his way to Newark where he has
since worked quietly in factory.
His wife's father waskilled at Vicks-
burg, and she was left sole possessor
of his uncultivated farm. She supported
tabllshment in st. Louis, till after the
close OF the war. Her land rose in
value, and she sold it for good price,
and realizes about $4,000. With ....s
sum she started millinery of her own
She is reputed worth $40, 600 or $5G
600. She was on her way to New York
to buy some goods when she met the
man whom she had supposed long ago
dead. Reno rseful for driving of him
away, she had refused all offers mar
riage. The joyous meeting caused the
husband to forgive his wife's erro, +
and present of new suit of cloths, a
diamond ring and splendid gold
watch, when they arrived at New York,
served materially to increase his re-
spect and affection for his long lost
wife. They are now stopping at a
fashionable hotel, joyous over the acci-
dent that reunited them.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

Shocking Acts by Medical Students.
A Montreal correspondent of the
Toronto Globe says !: The medical
students at Victoria College, Montreal,
are becoming the disgrace OF the city,
and are reported to be completely be
yond the control of the Professors A
few days ago, a party of them stole a
body from their own dissecting-room,
took it to McGee Medical College, re-
ceived their price, and had drunken
spree on the proceeds. Since then,
they have been accused of stealing in
broad daylight, corpse from the
Hotel Dieu, their own hospital, only
dead a few hours and unb,iried; of tax
ing it to college and selling it, and
spending the money in a similar way
The theatres of New York city have
been inspected by the fire marshal and
found to be pretty generally i'll SAT,
condition.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

during the latter part of the week to
give full prices for such selections az
were offered. The receipts are rapidly
declining, but owing to the extreme
scarcity of tonnage the stock still bears
slight increase.
The cotton movement for this week
as compared with last week shows q
decrease in receipts and an increase in
exports. The receipts at all the ports
for the week we're 1O3, AS bales against
125, ,357 bales last week, 125, ,564 bales
the previous week, and 133, ,973 bales
three weeks since The total receipts
since September 1, 1872, are ], ,63O, ,587
bales, against 1876, I'll for the CORES
ponding period of the previous year,
showing an increase since September
LIST this year of 254, 876 bales. The ex-
ports from all the ports for the week
were 80, 757 bales, against 48, 598 bales
the same date last year. The total ex-
ports for the expired portion of the
cotton year are $50, IT'S bales, against
696, ,252 bales for the same time last
year. The stock at all the ports is
498, ,32O bales, against 481, 314 bales for
same date last year. The stocks at the
interior towns are SO, ,629 bales, against
IS ,567 bales last year. The stock OF
cotton in Liverpool is 336, 600 bales,
against 567, 900 bales last year. The
amount of American cotton af1oat for
Great Britain is 141, 900 bales, against
187, 900 bales last year. The amount
of Indian cotton afioat for Europe is
$1,000 bales, against $4,000 bales last
year.
The sales reported for the week were
only 20 bales on Tuesday at 10 cents,
and II bales to-day at 49, cents. We
n,,ofo fo11ou,c.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

Mr.. Wheeler, of New York, it is said,
Speaker of the House i'll favor of Mr..
Blaine.
And next come the bill posters, who
assemble in convention at Cincinnati
in the Spring.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

Suspicion OF Foul PI.AY.-We Under
stand that Mr. Robert :. Hughes, ili,, scle-
graph operator whO was found dead near
the ". e.. \ A. j. H., about tN q miles this
side OF Mas Biutf, on last Thursday TnorrI-
ing. alt account of which has been publish
cd III the JotENAI, is supposed ~ have
met with foul play. Those who arr best
posted III regard to the matter tEink il
hardly probable that he was Killed il. jump
ing from the train. 1t is Known that lie
had difficulty with a other party a shoit
time previous to the event, aud i; i, said
that stick of wood was found near IL c
body, the end Of which fitted exactly to a
confusion on the head.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
store Robbed.

Some time on Monday night the
store of Capt. w. NJ. Stevenson, IN the
Evans block, opposite this office, was
broken into by some one unknown.
An entrance was effected by forcing
open the rear door The money drawer
was visited and all that was left in
there, fortunately but 80 cents, was
taken off. Nothing else has yet been
missed.
On the same night a like attempt was
made on the store of Messrs. Evans &
VonGlahn, next west of the above, but
tie rear door, which was assailed, was
too strongly guarded and the robbers
were thus foiled in their attempt
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
EXPORTS.
COASTWISE.

COASTWISE.
PH1LADELPHIA-Schr S A Hoffman,
145, 900 feet lumber, 1914 juniper
shingles.
New YoRK-Schr Sunny South,
1, ,9S1 bbls rosin, 251 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 28O bales cotton.
New YORK E V Glover,
1857 bbls rOsin.
FOREIGN.
ANTWERP Spanish Barlue Luisitia,
$500 bbls rosin.
PONCE, p R.-Schr S T Baker,
183, 1859 feet lumber, 10000 shingles.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

CRUDE TURPENTINE.-I this
article there has been comparatively
nothing whatever doing. Like all
other articles of produce, it has fallen
into the drowsical state of which has
characterized our market for the past
month, and has, during the week,
shown no animation whatever. The
receipts are extremely small, and many
of our city distilleries have ceased ope-
rations for want of crude material. To-
day the market closes quiet and steady
at SO for hard, and So Is for yellow
dip and virgin. The following table
cont ,ins the receipts and sales for the
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

A petition is being circulated in this
city and Brunswick county, praying
Farmers Turnout, on the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, about
13 miles from the city, south through
Brunswick to Shippers, Evans, Tay-
lor's, Mckeithans, &C., to Supply p.
O., where it will connect with the mail
route from Smithville to Little river.
There is probably no county in the
State with fewer mail facilities, be-
yond the line of railroad, than Bruins
wick possesses, and we earnestly hope
that the petition may be granted.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

Many years ago, i'll Buffalo township,
Union county, Pa. there lived couple
of old fellows, of the name OF Bob
Mackey and Simon Pickle Not being
strictly pious. they crossed Buffalo
Mountain one bright Sunday morning
to White Deer Greek to fish for trout.
Tradition saith not what their luck
was: but few weeks afterward an
itinerant Methodist preacher held
services at the Union SchOol-housa, as
there were no churches in that neigh
borhood III those days, and church
services were few and far between.
The school-house was crowded, and
among them were present Bob MackeHy
and his companion Simon Pickle.
After the preliminary exercises the
preacher announced his text, Simon
Peter went fishing he repeated 1t,
Simon Peter went a fishing. The
old man Pickle was sitting i'll front,
near the desk After the second an
nouncement of the text, he jumped up,
went stumbling out, stamping his cane
down, and just rs he got to the door,
he turned round, and III a loud voice
exclaimed:
:" Yes, and Bob Mackey went along
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
Heavy Loss!

Two cOlored women came here from
Wilmington, n. G., last week, and
took lodgings at a boarding house in
Chalmers street kept by IA colored
woman named Anderson. Not expect
ing to remain there long, they did not
carry their trunk up stairs During
their absence, John Anderson, u1ius
Washington, got the trunk, said to be
worth $aO0 took it to Elliott street,
ransarhed ii. and stole what he want
ed, including II gold watch valued at
$50. Saturday the trunk was recov-
cred, and some of the articles it con-
tanned, but not the watch Anderson
was arrested and committed for trial.
Charleston Courier.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
LOTTERY.

Quarters, 81 so.
e. Our lotteries chartered by the State,
Nre always drawn at the time named, and all
irawings are under the supervision of sworn
commissioners.
q The official drawing will be published in
the St Louis papers. and copy of Drawing
sent to pure hasers of tickets.
~ We will draw similar scheme the last
iav OF every month during the year 1872
~ Remit at our risk by POST OFFICE
MONEY ORDERS, REGISTERED LET
TER, DRAFT or EXPRESS. Send for a cir
.ular Address,
MURRAY, MILLER s. CO.,
Post Office Fox 446. ST. LOUIS, d
april 10 i66-d8w-eod -Tues.I hursSat.
Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03
From the San Francisco Buliet n, Dec 81.
Too Much for His Neryes-An Inc l.
dent I'm a Moonlight Ride.

dent I'm a MCOnllS ht EsIHe.
Several nights ago, a young gentle
man of this city invited lady to ac-
company him on a moonlight ride. At
the appointed time the wagon was at
the door, and together they started for
the Cliff House. During the ride the
conversation turned on things super
natural, and the Donovan ghost was
discussed at length. The gentleman
professed to be free altogether from
that dread of the mysterious unknown
which deters some people from enter
ing graveyards after ,nightfall, or SIT
ting alone with the dead. He declared
that he would even be willing to have
a tctr-o-tefe interview with any ghostIy
visitant who might choose to make hlm
call in the still hours OF night.
After q couple of hours spent pleas
antly at the Cliff, the horses heads
were turned homeward. The road was
deserted, the pleasure seekers had al
returned, and as they bowled along
the smooth road, still they conversed
on the curernatr RAJ. When shor1
distance beyond the toll gate, the
horses stopped suddenly and began t.
tremble and snort violently. The drl
Yer stood up III the wagon to find tn
cause. and 10 Il coffin lay at the sld'
of the. road. The moonlight shone ol
the silver plate, and the courageon
young man immediately let go III
reins and dropped into the bottom a, q
the wagon as if he had been shot. In
lady fortunately caught the lines an
thus prevented runaway and pr"l'a
ble disaster.
AS She was endaavoring to restoI
The, presence of mind which had He
from her crouching companion, an IN
dertaker's cart drove up, ana Ia Ia
driver dismorntimg, lifted the com
into it. Get up said the lady. -
that horrid thing gomez? groaned I'll
gentleman, and ventured to peep OF
from the buggy robe in which he ha ma
wrapped his pallid face. 1t aPpeal'
thai the undertaken was conveylns 9 u
coffin to q house on Geary stree
when his wagon broke down ana
was compelled to leave it on the foa
eide while he returned for repair
Tie gentleman drove meekly nom
and has hot since been heard to a q
clare his indifference to ghostiy Visi'
tiong.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
"A Strange Story from Rome:

The New York Graphic publishes an
extract from a private letter, dated
Rome, May Is, which tells a rumor,
prevalent in that city, that Plus TX.
died some days previous, and that his
place is filed by an old and astute priest
name Abbate Minati. His story goes
that when the news of the Pope's fatal
illness was published, cardinals has
tened to the Vatican to take counsel to-
gether upon the condition of affairs.
They found the situation an exceedingly
critical one for the Church. 1t seemed
to them that nothing could have been
more inopportune than the death of the
Pope, and the election of his successor
at this moment They determinedu upon
q stroke of the most daring and aston
ishing character. There was priest of
the order of Benedictines, Abbate Mi
natl, who bore a striking resemblance to
Plus TX. Accordingly, they determined
that Father Minati, in the event of the
Pope's death, should enact the part of
Peters successor. The Pope died, but
instead of their announcing this fact to
the people by bulletins from the Vati-
can, they began to inform the outside
world that the Holy Father was getting
better, and finally that he was quite well
again, the fact being that the remains
L
the secret recesses of the Vatican eel
lars, and that Abbate Minati quietly
stepped into his place. To-day the
Head of the Church is, in plain terms,
dummy, wearing the form and keep
ing up the traditions of Plus TX, even
to the extent of taking a pinch of snuff
during mass, which the amiable old
man, now dead, always did. OF course
great care will be taken that this pro-
pontiff exercises none of the functions of
real infalibility. He will receive depu-
tations, smile affably, utter compliments
in Latin, take a walk now and then in
the Vatican gardens, and perform such
of the sacred ceremonies as are indis-
pensable, but anything beyond that he
will not do. We shall not have any
more bulls, fulminations, definitions,
enclyclcals, or syllabuses, for the pres
ant
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
Texas Bender--FOur Men Killed
While ASleeD.

On Friday last a most fendish muir
der occurred on Elm fork of Trinity
river, near the village of Head of Elm,
in Cook county. One of the numerous
herds of cattle being driven over the
Kansas trail had been corralled for the
night, and after supper those that were
not on duty as guards, soon rolled them
selves in their blankets, to get what lit
tie rest "cow boy" can have.
About 10 o'clock Mexican, who was
one of the hands employed, and who was
acting as cook, stealthily procured an
ak and commenced in cold blood to MUIR
der the unconscious sleepers. He sue
ceeded in killing four, when, just as he
was in the act of dispatching the fifth
one, the sleeper suddenly awoke, and,
discovering his danger, gave the alarm
and he with the remaining ones es-
capped.
One of the murdered men had his
head completely severed from his body,
while the others were mangled in the
most ghastly and almost unrecognizable
manner. The Mexican was not looked
upon as being dangerous, and no cause
was given for this fearful deed. The
only object was to secure the money and
stock belonging to the party, which the
fend was only prevented from doing by
the alarm which was given, during the
excitement of which he precipitately
.ded.-DaIlas( (IecGs) Herald.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1877;


would gladly receive us. But 1 do not
believe it, for our mother always said
that he is hard-hearted man, who does
not care for his relations"
"Your mother was quite right when
she said so," said the farmer. "But
what will you do if this hard-hearted
man does not receive you ?"
"Then we shall have to starve," an
swered Lizzie.
"No, no % exclaimed the man quickly.
" It shall never come to that-never
Dry your tears. The merciful God has
had pity on your helplessness, and has
made use of fierce brute to soften the
never forsake you-never."
ter bewilderment they did not under
behavior were alike strange to them.
This he soon perceived, for he added :
You are going to Kilburn to Patrick
Sullivan /; you are already there L am
your uncle, and now that I know you
are the children of my brother Martin,
I make you welcome"
The chiIdren's tears quickly changed
into smiles, and the meal which Biddy
Just then put on the table for them made
them forget their grief. Patrick Suli-
van had taken his farm about a year be-
fore. A kind Providence had directed
the children's steps to him but if the
dog had not taught him lesson of kind
ness who knows what might after all
have become of the poor orphans. But
He who is the Father of the fatherless
would surely not have forsaken them.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
The Autumn of Life.

It is the solemn thought connected
with middle life, that ife's last business
is begun in earnest and it is then, mid
way between the cradle and the grave,
that man begins to marvel that he let
the days of youth go by so half enjoyed.
It is the pensive autumn feeling, it is the
sensation of half sadness that we ex-
perience when the longest day of the
year is passed, and every day that fol-
lows is shorter, and the light fainter,
and the feebler shadows tell that Nature
is fastening with gigantic footsteps to
her winter grave. So does man look
back upon his youth. When the first
gray hairs become visible, when the un-
welcome truth fastens itself upon the
mind that man is no longer going up
hill, but down, and that the sun is always
westering, he looks back on things be-
hind. When we were children we thought
as children. But now there lies before
us manhood, with its earnest work, and
then old age, and then the grave, and
home. There is a second youth for man,
better and ho1ier than his first, if he will
look on, and not look back.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
Paddle Your Own Canoe.

Judge s. gave his son a thousand dol
lars, telling him to go to college and
graduate. The son returned at the end
of the Freshman year without a dollar
and with several ugly habits. About
the close of the vacation the Judge said
to his son:
"Well, William, are you going to col
lege this year?''
''Have no money, father"
s'But gave you a thousand dollars
to graduate on !"
"That's all gone, father
Very well, my son it was all 1
could give you; you can't stay here /;
you must now pay your own way in the
A new light broke in upon the vision
of the astonished young man.. He ac-
commodated himself to the situation he
left home, made his way through college,
and graduated at the head of his class
studied law, became Governor of the
State of New York, entered the Cabinet
of the President of the Uuited States,
and has made record for himself that
will not soon die, being none other than
William H. Seward.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-26
The COnQueror of the Apaches
thing of His History.

Mai. Gen. George Crook was born
near Dayton, Ohio, graduated at West
Point in the class with Sheridan, Lieut..
Derby ("John Phoenix y and other nota-
bles. Crook was sent direct from West
Point to the Pitt River and Modoc In
dian country in 1851. Instead of idling
away his time on dress-parade tactics,
he set about learning the haunts and
habits of the savages, and fighting them
on every occasion, frequently whipping
them by the hundreds with his half COM
pany, armed with old fashioned weapons.
He would do his own scouting on foot,
and often alone.
He is one of the best shots with rifle
in the world is very fond of hunting,
fishing, and all outdoor exercise; is per-
sonally as brave as any man can be, yet
cool under excitement. In his battles
with Indians he will take as full hand
almost invariably as any soldier he may
direct, and has made many an Indian
bite the dust. He fought in the differ
ent Indian wars of the Northwest, until
the rebellion, when, through more than
o hundred battles, he worked his way up
to a Maior-G -Generalship. After the
great war he was singled out by Grant
of Southern Idaho and Oregon and
Northern Nevada ond California. He
concluded peace round that great cir
Gle after the manner of his late arrange
ment in Arizona.
Crook will capture "hostile," and,
with the offer of good food, clothes,
guns, horses, etc., in addition to au-
thority, will buy him into turning
against his own household. His heart
is in the right place-a man disposed by
nature to do, exact justice, regardless OF
race or condition. He is tender-hearted
as child, as fond of fun, and in every
way the life of the camp. He likes to
have young, lively, witty men around
him, and generally arranges his staff
accordingly.
Physically he is as tough as mule,
and can wear out half the young men OF
twenty-five. Crook is scarcely forty-five
years of age; married, but has no chill
dren. His wife keeps on his trail pretty
closely. In complexion, Crook is light
haired-almost white nose and mouth
indicating strength of character, pur
pose, etc.-De7aUer NeaOs.