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parture he secured number of blank
checks, TO which he affixed the name
OF his father aud used them with dis
astrous effect TO the latter, So numer-
ous and glarlng were young SliOwcrS
forgerics thnt the police of several
cities were notified 10 he on the look
out for him. After yictmlzing sWdy
persons in New York, he came out
Wes, While In piitsburg two or three
months ago, he called upon friend Of
his fathers and produced Il leicrof IN
PRODUCTION, IN which Il was requested
that aoy money required 10y him wonld
he promptly paid ny his lathet The
result was thai the day after ts prcson-
tation the gentleman was again visited
by young Showers, who presented n
forged check and departed with $500,
and was never heard Of again until The
young scapemace's father notified him
Of the forgery. From Plt,sbmg he
went to hicGgo, and ran an equally
success. al course there.
He next turned up in Cincinnati,
and While ! the Queen City he Vie
timiZed five or six merchants and rail-
road men TO the luoo of several thous-
and dollas, aud consequently Is very
lady wanted thcle Upon one occa-
sion, while talking TO n iii nd Of his
hrhcr'a lac was recognized by n Pitts
burg merchant whom ne had swindled,
and while the later was searching for
an officer lie jumped down flight Of
stairs leading 10 the street, and made
good his escape, Having no secure
resiing place. he sought his old home,
and was arrested at IA obscure hotel
where hchad been stopping under an
assumed name. lie was fully commit
ted for trial, his father having de-
termiped TO leave him to his fate,n
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GENERAL NEWS.
RAvAGEs OF THE CHOLERA
Railroad Accident Oh The Baltimore and Ohio Road

GETTYSBURG, July 2S. - Professor
Schumacher II famous Lutheran the0lo
gian, Is dead.
Sr. LOUIS, July 2s. Thirty nine chol.
era deaths here for the week ending
NEW York, July 9S.-The jury in the
case Of Chief of Police Williams. and
Detective Doyle, for conspiring with
burglars to rob the First National
Bank of Jersey City, rendered YER
diet Of not gully.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2S.-N woman,
while cleaning u water spout In IN at
tie, dropped Il childs Flagstaff aud
struck child on the steps, killing it
instantly.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 2S.--Three chol-
err deaths to-day.
LoUIsvILLE, July 2S.-Tobacco crop
reports from Eastern and Central Ken
lucky are favorable. The Western crop
Is damaged by the drouth. Hemp
looks bad, and fruit was greatly dam
aged by the late frosts.
Cholera has reappeared at LAGRANGE,
two having died Saturday and three
NuUuay, Meulcui anu ms bSVH sclll
for
BANGOR, Maine, July 2S.--Two spans
Of the bridge between Old Town and
Milford was blown away by tornado.
An engine and-tender, with five men,
fell through. The engineer was killed.
MEMPHIS, July 2S.--Frank Moore, n
well known citizen, was killed about B
o'clock this morning, in his room, in
the presence Of his wife, it is supposed,
10y Il burglar.
ST.. LOUIS, July 49,. A storm at Ma
con de stroyed the Masonic Temple and
other buildings. Three were killed,
and Judge Henry was severely injured.
CUMBERLAND, Md, July %; Early
this morning, engineer Conway, on the
Baltimore and Ohio, lost control of his
engine Oh down grade, Two miles east
Of AltQm0nte, and forty-hve miles west
of here, running over forty miles an
hour, and struck the rear Of II freight
train, demolishing twenty cars, loaded
with freight, and scattering the con-
tents all over the track. Engineer
Conway and two men, Martin and
Elliott, drovers from West Virginia,
were killed. II. Burke, conductor, and
Il. Connery, brakeman, and dr0ver
named Reynolds, Were badly injured.
1t is probably the most terrible wreck
that ever occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio road. Trains run as usual.
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Some TcrrlhIo "NnelIs. i"

Speaking Of Philadelphia lawyers,
the distributing clerk IN charge Of The
foreign letters which cone through
the Chicago postoiiice was evidently
cut out for one; If MOI, his experience
has been such rs to amply fit him for
the profession Of declpherirg unintelli-
giblc signs and hieroglyphicS. Macy
of the representations which come
through his hands ele among the most
mysterious of ciphers- 6tclligiblc
from the writer's not knowing what
he wanted to write, rather than illegi-
BILE through carelessness in writing.
When II countryman Of GuslaVus
Vasa, for instance, SID alternating
upon his native hills, seeds letter TO
his brother in this country and writing
from memory and Il memory not
much trained in letters at that, super
scribCs il "SCderabst lencO ia, he has
succeeded in mystiiying the aNslaGe
human mind considerably regarding
the intended destination Of his missive.
Not at all the postoilice clerk, who ut
once sees that Cedar Rapids, Linn
county, Iowa. is meant. So, too,
when from the Bremen bag greasy
packet fluttprs out, addressed to "Haite
Lac Go Ill., it Is no doubt difficult to
discern, after the Letters Of the legend
have been evolved from the chaos in
which stiff fist aud u vilainous pen
have left them, that the packet is in-
tended for some one in Olaf Day,
Lake county, Illinois, and thither
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Iron Mountain springs.

One of the most delightful spots we
have seen in Texas, is The place where
the above springs are located, and
which are situated six and half miles
from the courthouse upon the Gilmcr
road. The elevated position of the
land,it being seven hundred feet higher
that that in our own city, and the
highest point cast OF the Trinity river,
renders the air pure and bracing, so
much so, that the visitor notices it at
once. Nature has been lavish in furn-
ishing Il number OF beautiful views
| from the top of the mountain.
At u point near the hotel of Mr..
Hynson, upon clear day, the smoke
| from the houses Mt ,Icllr. can he
plainly discerned. From the rear of
the house the visitor looks across u
deep valley to the high hills beyont;
or, wandering along Che pleasant paths,
enjoys the glorious liberty of q walk
in natures groves and forest, that are
wholly free ft0ul mosquitoes and other
Objectionable sects. Indeed, no one
can visit til. l0t without becoming
convinced that icre is an opportunity
TO rear one of the most delightful
places for summer resort that the
South affords.
Especially is this noted, when the
immense amount of iron ore contained
in the hill is considered. a late letter
in the st. Louis Republican says, "it is
an immense hill of ore, containing
eighty per cent OF IRON" In proof OF
this, there are already discovered u
number of mineral springs, some of
them so strongly impregnated with
iron, as to render them almost unpala-
table. One has the taste OF the muri-
ate tincture of iron; there are also
springs of iron and sulphur, iron and
magnesia, and other substances, and
one has cured several eases Of dropsy.
MIR. Hyns0n has now discovered some
fourteen in all.
At one point, where the water il
abundant, he is making arrangements
for mineral baths. Between the brac-
ing atmosphere, and the tonic proper
ties of the waters, visitors who spend
the hot summer days and nights upon
Iron Mountain, enjoy q rugged heath,
and if invalids, gain rapidly. When
ever the proprietor sees proper to attach
the Improvements which mark places
of less natural merit, but greater pre-
tensions, Harrison county will then
have within her borders the most
delightful place for summer resort in
the country. Age.
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FOREIGN.
THE SPANISH REBELLION


MADRID, July 27.--Tbe Cortes de
clared i'm favor of the abolition of CAPT
tai punishment.
The Carlist force Which threatened
Bilboa has retired.
Don Carlos is reported to be at ARGOS
in the province of Largron.
The railway from Madrid to Valencia
is cut in several places.
The government troops attacked
Valencia yesterday, and after desper-
ate fight Of several hours, the struggle
was suspended, and the insurgents
offered TO capitulate, but the terms
were refused, the governmental demand
ing an unconditional surrender. Heavy
reinforcement have been sent. The
attack will be renewed and the town
b0mbarded tomorrow, ifthe insurgents
don't yield. Seville also has proposed
to return to its loyalty, to the national
government, on certain terms, but as
in the case of Valencia, the govern
ment will accept nothing less than an
unconditional surrender Its believed
the insurgents will soon give up the
city unless relieved.
San Fernando WINS attacked Friday
by insurgents from CadiS The loyal
garrison made brave aud successful
defense, and in the evening the insur-
gents withdrew.
Hone KONG, July 2l.--A destruct-
i've typhoon visited Annoy on July 2lst,
doing great damage to foreign property
and shipping in the harbor,
The telegraph cable between Annoy
and Shanghai is broken.
LONDON, July 81 The Bishop of
Peterborough is ser iously i'll ofcho!era.
1t appeared at IIoDsenberg, South Swe-
den, opposite Elsenore.
PARIS, July 27.-Portugese mails are
interrupted in consequence of the
troubles in Spain.
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NEW YORK.
YnE KIDyAppERS oY LORD GORDON REFUSED BAH
Carl VOight Denies Numbering DEFIANCE

NEW York, July pa woman with
an illegitimate child drowned herself,
it is believed because the father refused
to support them. :. :,
A party going to prize fight, which
the police prevented, had fight in a
sailboat, which capsized, drowning two
of them
Carl Weight who was saved from sur
render to the Prussian government by
the decision of Attorney General
Williams, emphatically denies having
murdered the Chevalier Defiance, and
explains his possessing the bank notes,
etc, which the Chevalier's relatives
claim, by saying that he received them
from woman known here as Mrs.
Weight, who bought them in London
from q German woman now earning a
livelihood by scrubbing law offices in
in this city, while the lawyers are
fighting over a hundred thousand dol
lars worth of securities which she hand
ed over to them after Noight's refusal
to pay the expenses Of his defense.
A dispatch from Manitoba says the
COurtrefused bail to Lord Gord0n's kid
nappers.
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killing OF Deputy sheriff Blankenshil
on Friday night last:
WACO, july %, 1873,
Another foul murder was committed
last night within q few miles OF this
city, by the lehuacana outlaws OF
Mcl4ennnn county. IN the early part
of Yesterday these ruflans appeared
within some three miles of the city,
and the DepGty Sheriff with posse
started Immediately to arrest them,
dividing his forces into squads Of three
TO five men.
Immediately after dark one of Them
encountered some men lying IN am
bush. Burt BlankCnship, n good citi-
zen, who has for solnc time been act
ing as Deputy Sheriff, and who has
hitherto taken very Active part in the
effort to bring these outlaws 10 justice
was at the head Of the squad. He
halted and demanded, "Whoarc you?"
The mcu in ambush made no reply.
Blankenshipthou said; "lfyou don'tan-
swcr me III fire. The response was n
vollcy, one shot hitting Deputy sheriff
Blankeuship In Tho breast and NOR
tally woumdiGg him, lie died in halt
an hour after being MT. irlor to his
death he recognized his murderer one
Bob Chrystal, who has been terror to
the people OF Waco and the surround
ing neighh0rhood.
This thrystal Is the same mail VINO
headed the gang that released the
prisoners from the Jail u few weeks
ago, and is suspected OF being Involved
IN the recent lynchiug Of Matt Wallace,
lie is n noted stock thieL and he ana
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Hogs-Receipls light and market
firm ut 81 S5(G4 10.
MrrCHENER, GREENE & co.
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Kansas cay Live Stock marlc,.
KANSAS CITY, July 20.

NN''N' Wv y "Nif ""'
Catlle-rcceipts 1872 shipments 800,
The bulk Of receipts to-day have been
poor Texans direct from Texas, which
has had a material effect upon trans
actions. Good shipping grades and
fair butchers stock have met with
good sale at yesterdays prices. Sales
.wore-ll2 green Texan cows, av G22
ib' at 81 80; % green Texan hclfcrs, NV
B3i ID, at 81 60; lswlntered Texan cows,
nv $40 lbs, at 81 SO; % wlntcrcd COWS,
av $50 lbs, Mt ~ l2!; % wintercd Texan
steers, av S9i lbs, at 81 l9li 10 wintered
Texan steers nv / ,004 lbs, MT SO %.
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FREDERICK A. SHOWERS, JR., re-
Gently arrested i'm Philadelphia for for
gerry, has had one of the most remark
able careers of crime we haveever read
of. He has consummated forgeries
aggregating $4,000, and new opera
tions are being daily brought to light.
The Pittsburg Commercial thus
sketches his career: "He is but
twenty-three years of age, and his
father is a wealthy contractor, and
has for many years been identified
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. He began his career, about n
year ago, by breaking marriage en-
gagement with the daugter of a
wealthy Philadelphia iron merchant,
and ran away with notorious courte-
san, with whom lie squandered large
sums. He returned home, prof ssed
penitence, and was received again into
his fathers favor,
1t was not long until he again fell
into evil ways, and previous to his de-
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FOR SALE.

The beautiful Franc dwelling of Colonel
Owens, situated on Cottage lane, between
llnrwood and Pearl streets; six rooms in the
pump 0ud ility feet of ho,u; fine younW OF
cbnrd Of choice fruit; good stable; house
huttt under the owners supervision, and of
the beat materials; y acres Of land. Also,
tne business lot on MN street east 0f Con-
tral Railroad. II desired, the furniture
NEARLY new win be sold with tho house.
Parties can sec Colonel Owens at the house,
or the undersigned a, hisoilice, on Elm street
one doorwOSt OF Episcopal church.
lEdu GEO. W, BAYLOR.
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Fh. waco Murder.

a special 10 the Houston Mercury
gives the following poticulorsof the
killing Of Deputy sheriff Blankenship
on Friday niqht last
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WASHINGTON.
kr ELrX PRISONERS REeoHHEsDED FOR PARDON

WASHINGTON, July 27.--The follow
ing Ku-Klux prisoners have been rec
commended for pardon: Felix Davey,
Stephen Spurn, Evans Murphy, and
w. NJ. Scruggs. They were convicted
in North and South Carolina.
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In Georgia two persons have just
been indicted, the one for sending and
the other for carrying challenge, and
o third has been tried on q charge OF
Gliding end ahetting In . duel,
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new ADVERTISEMENTS.
To THE DALLAS PIssLfC.

We, with other livery men of Dallas, pub
iiShed "a code of rules aud rates Tor the rtgu-
lation Of our business.
For reasons satisfactory to ourselves, we
withdraw our names from said Code OF Rules
and Regulations.
Our stock Of Horses aud Buggias Is good,
and We will mike Our terms 10 suit the
times, the people and ourselves.
We will be found ready to do amy kind of
livery work, and viii feed as cheap as the
chea pest, at the well known corner of CASTOR
& Work. j. \. WORK ~ Sons,
lIM3m
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-09
Perils Of BaIieenInE.

A large balloon was started some days ago
from q pleasure garden in San Francisco an
acrobat named Buislay performing various
feats on 3 trapezs suspended where the car
usually hangs. As the balloon rose and was
passing away frem the garden q gust OF wind
drove 1t on q tall pole, the sharp point OF which
tore out a large strip OF the silk, masking an
opening three feet across. The rest is thusdes-
cribed by the local papers: Notwithstanding
this huge opening the balloon continued TO as
cend, and must have remained up at least ten
minutes. The aeronaut nothing draunted BY the
disaster, went through all his pecilous perfor-
mances Oh the light trapeze. The balloon now
began to drift rapidly toward the bay. slowly
falling as it was driven on by the wind. Buis'
lays position then became perilous in the ex-
treme The wind was pretty strong, and the
large inflated mass was wholly upcnntrollAble
swaying in every direction and swinging the
gymnast about in . manner that was fearful TO
witness. Ever falling lower the balloon rapidly
approached the extremity OF Long Bridge
Here the situation of the man became fear
| fully desperate-ths balloon would evidently
dash the trapeze and its human freight against
| the high poles or the telegraph wires THAT wete
strung to them. There was but one chance Of
escape. Taking one glance at his position, Buts,
| lay 6ung himself from the short bar OF the trap
| eze into the waters of the bay, distance bu
little less than forty feet. Accoutred as he was
/ in his gymnastc dress, his movements were un
| impeded, and after short struggle he reached
/ the mndhats, and at last succeeded in reaching
| the shore, through In an exhausted condition
| The balloon meanwhile had struck tearing
/ down several poles and twisting up the tele
/ graph wires generally. 1t finally caught OF
i seme loose piles short distance on and anchor
ed on the mud FLATS"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-09
The Oldest Horse in the World.

writer in Our Dumb animals says; Twenty
nine years ago last spring horse was brought
from Vermont TO Boston for sale, being then
eleven or twelve years old. Strange as it may ap-
pear, that horse is still living, and is now forty
or forty-one years OF age. He was purchased at
the time by the late Cyrus Reed, of Lexington,
and is now owned by his son. John Reed, one
mile from the Lexington depot. Notwithstand-
ing HE great age, he has been most wonderfully
preserved, and is able to perform work, and ID
often seen on the road working as faithfully al
he did quarter OF a century ago. He was for.
tunate to have been born in an age when speed
was not the only requisite for good horse, 9th.
erwise his bones might have long since been
minging with the dust but he bids fair to live
several years longer. To stand before this ven,
cradle horse and to ponder upon the events he
has passed through, and to realize that he is the
only survivor Of all the horses born in 1892
makes us feel like paying respect to his age, ant
like calling upon the society with long name &c
SECURE hlR against all labor in the future,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-09
Throwing BTouey Awav,

1t is time all business men should understand
that, with here and there special exception,
the newspaper is par excellence the only medium
for advertising that is worth their serious Atten-
ton. The newspaper is a thing of life, visible
fact, sure Of its circulation, certain to be read
1t constantly renews its youth; daily or weekly II
appears afresh, containing many old faces max
ing themselves constantly more and more famil-
lar but holding also fresh facts the latest news,
the last wonder even in its gossip, it gives the
matter of it's time and tells ua what is alive and
moving, up to the very date 1t bears, while its
advertising columns show what is being done in
commercial circles and lay before its readers q
concise summary of those new ideas through
which money is made by their fellows. As com-
pared with all other advertising methods its
charges are reasonable and its promises are
modest, and while the business man ls support
ing it, he is, moreover, gaining from 1t in more
ways than he may see at first sight.
How is it on the other hand with the Hotel
Albums" strangers Guides" and such like
volumes introduced to the merchant by the sup
pie young solicitor, as the greatest mejum Of
the age" or ''the grandest advertising scheme
ever projected" 1t is true that the merchant
is promised "a circulation Of from five to ten
thousand and q copy gratis to every hotel" But
is the promise kept are one Thousand copies
printed five hundred zone hundred? The
advertiser has no means OF knowing. 1t is too
often the case that such schemes are advertising
traps WHICH tno lneTcuhnl outeIh Duuuly. Dut
supposing the volumes referred to are to be
found in all the hotel who reads them? You
see hundreds of people in hotel parlors with
their newspaper, but how many look over the
old, dilapidated, margn-scribbled Guide
to Strangers ?" the moment such a
work is published it becomes old. The
matter and the pictures are already obso.
lete before the last advertiser pays in. Have
these the influence OF the family newspaper
chefest of household gods? Probably not
The "Hotel Album, if its publishers promises
are kept, is sent to divers hotels. Suppose for
moment that strangers read them, of what ad
vantage is it as compared with tho paper which
strikes the very heart-center of those from whom
the merchant expects his trade. And last Of al
the Album" gives him but one insertion. On,
insertion for perhaps a hundred dollars. The
same amount would make the merchants nam
a household word in the community from whict
he draws his best custom-custom that he cal
look after among people he knows something
about
The question then arises. "Why do merchant
waste money in this kind of advertsingsn Per
haps the merchants could best tell US, if the
would.-AH,ericdn Newspaper Reporter.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-09
THR PEasAs0LA.
surLl oOUNFr.


The PAiq hss entered the campaign With vigoF
Mr.. ouiglsy is TIE nsw principal Of tbs Pub
Jno A. Thompson, express agent ct Port
was robbed Of s25 or $50 worth Of cigars and
tobacco last week. He also lie tobaconist.
The Cecil Paper Mii built on tns ste OF tns
old Forge property, on Ootorsro, miles from
Rising Sun, turns out about IL ions ef Papsr per
week.
The lazy fats and idle leans about Elkton. got
up game Of base ball, on "Wednesday SITTER
neon last, and the fats Jared no better than fna-
roah'a fat cows which were eaten up by the
leans, or, to dispense with the hsarative, were
beaten in the game. .-,,,s,,. -,
The Wing SAYS that work on the canal is still
pro0ressing. Sunday is no resting day with the
isborers, but the bosses rest and attend church.
Several men have been discharged for refusing
to work on the Sabbath day.
i A coiored woman, Elizabeth Hawkins, OF
Chesapeake City wss arrested on Wednesday last
and taken to Elkton jail, on the charge OF kill
80 TALBOT COUNTY.
They cool gin toddies in Easton with susque-
sea turtle weighing 800 ms. was caught BY
Charles johnson, last week. near Bnns - islAna. "a
Capt. Tharps canning works employs oO nAhos
| and is succeeding well
Shooting With india rubbar slipgs, has been
prohibited in EAston. g. - o.
a Local Option meeting was held in EAston.
4 IAHE WEEK WHICH Wh1 buuA AcnoSh " AA AsS0SS--'
i editor of the Star, and others. SS names were
enrolled.
OF oysters the st. Michaels Comet says
i The oyster season has fairly opened, and the
tongmen are busily engaged loading pungies Tor
Il the Baltimore and other markets The season
promises to be very prohtsbe 70 thls class OF
| oystermen The oysters are getting in hne con-
dition, and as cool weather approaches, the na-
yer is much improved. ..3
------ DoRcHEsTKR COUNTY. g
A committee hss been appointed TO prepare .
charter for proposed bank in Cambridge, Dor
chester county, and present the same to the
Lagislature foP its action ~
Mrs. Willis, wife OF Thos. A Willis, OF Cam
bridge Dorchester county, fell dead in her room
on Mondsy last She had walked out In the
peach orchard with somechildren and on return
ing said she never felt 90 warm and instanti,
fell dead.
The peach shipments from Cambridge increase
| As the season approaches close.
The new Republican State Central COMMITTEES
for Dorchester consists Of Henry w. Straughn
| VIM. NJ. Price, John 7. Lowe aud James W. Der
wIcoMICo COUNTY.
Five prisoners from Wicomico county, in tn
Princess Anne Jail, made their escape on Thurs
day night last.
Contracts have been awarded for the buildinl
Of five school houses in Wicomico county.
The public schools open on the 18th.
| The Eastern ShoreRdn tells it's readers tina
| Wilmington held . city election, last week, bu
fails to say that the Republicans achieved
7 sweeping victory But then the Shore'ndn
a DEMOCRATIC.