Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-21

WINE WoRTH $4,000 A DRoP.-The city of
Bremen possesses twelve hogsheads of what,
according to certain calculations undertaken by
the Neue Ffeie Presse, must be The most expen-
sive beverage in the world. The town purchased
In 1924 twelve hogsheads of Rudesheimer at
800 gold thalers each. These were placed in the
municipal cellars, where they still remain. At
the end of next year these hogsheads will be $50
years old and will reckoning the interest on the
gnal price at five per cent, have cost 600 $50
Prussian thalers. The waste OF wine from erapo-
ration Is always estimated at 8 per cent per an
mum; there remain, consequently, only 465 bottles
Of the original supply. This annual loss has been
made up by means of old wine found In the eel
lars. Calculating the price of bottle of wine
At one thaler only, the 100000 bottles which
will have been thus added by the end OF 1874
will DO worth 3,427 ,020, 900 thalers granting the
same rate Of interest five per cent. At the end of
next year the twelve hogsheads thus repenished
will have cost APIS, 100000 thalers, giving IN
average of 244,032 thalers per bottle. The
hogsheads are moi, however all ofthe same value
They are filled up on system by which the wine
added must in course tiines pass through all the
devon hogsheads before reaching the last which
| contains the oldest and most precious liquid,
each drop Of which, bottle at $1,000 adrop, is
| now worth $4,000 thalers.
. THE FoRcE OF EXAMPLE.-The Baltimore
American relates the following incident, in H.
l
we witnessed an incident from our window
few days ago which helped to confirm us in
| h. opinion that executions ought not TO be
public. Three children, little girl ofleu sum
! ners and two boys about the same age, or pos
sibly Something younger, were playing on a
second story back porch, over which there was
| a dlapidaleb grape-arbOr, some of the rafters
and laths still remaining They had rope tied
to one of the raiiers, with a running moose ut
The end of it, which came within about four #.
of the floor The little sinners were actually
,personating Nicholson and Hollohan, and were
Initiating the jail-yard tragedy nearly as they
could with the very imperfect appliances at
their command.
The smart little girl would lead the two vol
untary c0nyicts from an imaginary Jail at the
end of the porch, and place them under the
rope. they all the time looking as demure ant
penitent as if they were actually about to take
leap into eternity. Then she would lift ont
of them up, and, staggering snder his weight
would hold him until he had with his owl
hands adjusted the moose under his arms, ant
| when everything was ready, she would let hin
drop. After the youthful convict had bcea sus
pended for reasonable time, he was lif,ed up
and pulling the moose over his head, he releas
ed himself, and in turn became the principa
. spectator at the execution of his companion
who was put through the same process. Their
!, was some controversy as to who should be han
! | geu HTst. IL tuIouSu any IHlstthc Ut acSIuch
!, these little boys had got the rope around thei
necks instead Of their chests, the mimic TRACED
' might have become real"
DREADFUL LYNcHfNG AFFAIRS IN TIL
: West Pedro Negras, pawnbroker, and hi
wife were murdered at Tucson, Arizona, on tn
9th inst. Six men were arrested on suspicion
| and one of them, named Cordova, made contt'
: sion duplicating two others. The arrested me
9 were compelled to tell where they conceale
. their plumber, and four Of them, Willis, Cordov
y Lole., and Laynarissa, were then hanged by
|. mob on seaffold near the Jail.
Q Peter Kessler and his son August were al
% rested in Jefferson City, NO.. oil the 18th
"a July, for horse stealing in Galloway county,an
D taken to that county for trial few days att
Is they were taken back To the Jefferson City ia
g to prevent them being lynched. Last Thur
9 day they were taken 10 Fulton, the capital
ID Galloway county tor trial. On the way Augu
y escaped from the train, but the old man WI
taken to Fulton, where he confessed his erin
m and was sentenced 10 six years in the penite
As tiary. After the sentence, Colonel Low, q
70 Sheriff, with posse of four, started with Il
Ut prisoner for the depot in hack, when it WI
P, surrounded by n mob and the surrender OF ke
sler demanded. This being refused, I
n, Sheriff and his guards, John Y. Prevines, Jol
r. Watson, and two others named Dearborn al
es Cohen, were fire upon and MORALLY wounde
y, Kessler was then taken by the mob and han
Id ed outside tho town. A large number OF ly
- cheers are searching for young Ressler.