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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

The DEL. RAILROADS NEW OFFICES. The new
offices Of the Delaware Railroad, at French st.
and Railroad Avenue, in this city have been
completed, and were occupied on Saturday. The
new arrangement is line Improvement, and
adds much to the comfort and convenience of
the officers clerks, and other employees The
first floor is occupied as an office and private
room for General Agent Mills, the telegraph Of
fee and storeroom. Road master John Maho.
ney's Office is on the second floor, together with
a store room, and room for the train men
The third floor and the rear portion of the
building on the first floor will be occupied by the
ianitor and his family, who will have the care oi
the several offices and rooms
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

EW- DOOley's Yeabt Powder is convenient, eco
nomical and always reliable. No waste of food pre-
pared with it. as IL is always Of the best quality.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
mERELY MENTIONED.

1t d summer now.
Fish, Fish, Fiah at Eighth strest Market =.
Lawn mower depot is at ROI shipley street.
The cOSsERCIAL suits the Intelligent classes.
Real nobby-those neoktiss that Morgan sella
The Directory VIII be out the present mOnth.
Mrs. rownaends boarding house is very popu
lar now.
DEVON has some nice linen suits very cool fsl
warm Weathsr. rf
-Baynen assortmsnt Of hot weather goods for
suits is very choice. Drop in and examine.
The agent OF the Singer Machine, in this city, b
fair, sqaAre dealer; it il pleasure TO do business
with htnA
James b. Price Co, have reduced their celel ra-
ted nOur, nifty cena per barrel and Will also deliver
less quahtes TO suit purchaserss st the aane rates
-Insects have now attacked tomato plants. This
II something unusual.
-Twenty-one styles Of Misses Gaitera, at Bah.
cock Bro.s, 2O6 and 20s Market street.
-You gan get nice ladies' lasting Button Gaiters
ct Babcock Bros, for $2o0, call and rec them.
An the styles and grades OF low cut walking
Shoes at Babcock a Bros, SOS andaOS Market st.
The Princess Eueenie walking shoe, double sole
for ladies. al babcock Bro s. 2Os and aOs Market
street
The Excelsior and Evans American Cater, tC
he had only at Babcock Bros 2O6 aud 2Os Marke
street. ..,..
-Thirty-eight tss) styles Lsaies CATERS. from
Sl2o 70 Sl.0O At BaDc0ck Bros, 2O6 and z08 Mar
keL street.
-Fifty-three (DD styles Of gents CATERS, from
$lIb " 5000, At babcock Bros 2Ud and 2DS Mar
ket street.
An endless variety OF children's and Infants
Shoes, alIstyss and coors, at baDcock Bros w
aud sOs Market street.
The new style Portland gaiter, designed fol
gents wh0 wear wide bottom pa1ls, at BaDcock !
Bro, q, xO6 and 20s Market street.
Latest thing ont 10 the mixed colorcd shoes fol
children, ali the rage in New York city 10 be had q
babcock \ ,Bro,'s 2oe and 2OS Market street.
All our goods are warranted and are twenty pei
lower than elsewhere invite you 70 call ane
examine: no trNuble TO show goods at Babc0ck 4
Bros, 2O6 and POS Market street
Hayes manufactures nne cigars only, arrange
ments have been made to import my own tobacco
Dtslsrs and consumers esn rely on obtaining goOc
article at fair prices, at Second and French streets
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
Nol'iCs

40 the Editor Of the Commercial:
Having seen in your paper OF the nth inst, mo-
tlce OF PuBey Rice, OF one of their drivers having
been hired by Walton Il James, take this method
OF informing my old customers the cause OF my
leaving them. In the first place Pusey Rice hired
a man from Phadeiphia and paid MIN more wages
than they were willing TO pay and having served
on Tatnal, West, Washington and Jefferson streets,
for nve years and built up the route Tor ihem did
not think II was doing me Justice TO put me of my
old route and put Philadelphia driver on at an In
crease OF wages over and above me. In the second
place did not hire with Walton James until after
had left Pusey a Rice. GEO. =. HALL,
my19-tf with Walton Il James.
ri oTICE-A GOOD INvEoTM sNr The Me-
IN chdnics Loan association is now issuing a Sd
series OF stock. The Association offers a premium
Of 10 per cent per annnm for the 1st series which
Will no doubt induce the holders TO withdraw this,
giving additional advantage to the I'd and Sd series
subscriptions received by the Secretary,
myls-tf L. T. TAYLOR, 5j2 Market st.
NJ IoTICE : TAGGRRT'S EXPRESS. The only
~ Line delivering goods twice day, from Phil
adelphia. Prompt and rellablel Special attention
given TO private baggage, aud forwarded to all
depots and hotels. A special messenger TO and
from Philadelphia daily. ONCE No. East 4th st.
wilmington, or Chestnut Street Wharf, Philadel-
phla. Goods received In Phllad'a till O'Clock
mRy5-lm JOSHUA TA0GERT.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
Until Thursday. June 9Th. 1878,

Bids to be opened and read in Council and the
award or awards OF the contract or contracts made
To the lowest bidder or bidders, with adequate ae
curltY. The 0rdinance divides the city into foui
garbage districts AZ follOws "Al OF that part Of a.
city West OF Market street. and south of ixth
shall be The Flrst District; all east If MArket and
south OF sixth street, shall be the second District
all vest Of Market and north OF Sixth street, sh iii
be the Third District and all that part of sal city
east OI Market street, and north OF Sixth street,
shall be the Fo lrth District.
IL req lires the Removal of all offal not less than
three times week, on alternate days from the
nrst day OF November until the nrs. day of May
and daily Sunday excepted) from the nrst day Of
May until the nrst day OF November.
Bios WIN be received for single districts only; M
party VIII be allowed to take more than one, and
each par will name the district for which ne bids
ilte right to reject any or all bids is reserved
NO bid Will be accepted unless 1t be from a resp0n.
sible party.
Successful bidders 10 have the option OF the ex.
tension OF ther contracts for three years.
WILLIAM CANDY,
mySl-st Chairman of the Street COmmlttee.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

Proposals.

DROP0sALs
FOR ..a.
COAL FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
Proposals will be received at the store OF VIM.
Pierce, 40. 8, W. Fourth street, by the Committee
on Fuel until June 5in, 1873 at O'Clock, p. M for
furnishing I'm the cellars OF the different Schools
Qb0) tons OF wei screened stove aud Rgg Coal, Oy
The ton, for Lehgn LO ust Mountain and 81 huyIkil
Coal. TO be furnsht d ny sept. LIST, 1873.
The Committee reserve the right to reject all bids
II too high. WIN II. PIERCE,
JAS. q. MORROW,
PAThIUK HASSON,
my3l-tje5 Committee.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

Saw GHosT.-Last night, week, we know Of
two knightly youths, at Landenberg who "went
a counting two ladies' fair" but they haven't
done it any more. After spending better part
OF the evening in the company of their lady
friends, one of the young men, when about to
take his departure, looked out the door, when
o, holy horrors!-he saw ghost. The sight of
the aparation, for a moment riveted him,
| speechless to the spot At last. he mustered up
courage sufficient to speak, and told his 'com-
rade in arms" what he saw, and wanted him to
| ''come, look" No. 2. declined, as he Thought
ii might affect his nerves. fit of boldness took
possession OF the young ladies, and in close con.
cert with young man No. l,ventured to peep out
the windows. The ghost was there, " swinging
on the gate" 1t is described As looking like a
giraffe, with very white head. 1t finally de-
parted, and marched up the road to the grave
yard when it vanished from sight. The young
men, it is said, we're scared out of about years
growth and have not been courting about that
house since.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
NEW FIRM

The undersigned have entered into co-partnership
under ths hrm name OF M. v. a q. Pyle, for the
purpose OF carrying the coal business at the S.
W. corner OF Front and Tatnall streets.
MARIS v. PYLE,
aprl9-3m Isaac q. Pyle,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
THOMAS t. TAsKER, JR. srEPHEN P. M. TAskrl
MORRIS, TASKER q co.

PASIIAL IKUN WORKS, Phlladelphla.
TASKER IRON WORKS, New Castle Del
ONCE, FIFTH AND TAsKER Sta, Philadelphia
Omce and Warehouse, 10 Gold Street, New York
Manufacturers Of
WROUGHT IRON W. LDRn TUBES, plain and
galvanized, for Gas, Steam and Water
: LAP-WELDED CHARCOAL IRON BOILEH
TUBES.
OIL WELL TUBING AND CASING. ..
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS.
BRASS VALVES AND COCKS.
GAS AND STkAM FITTERS' TOOLS
CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE
STREEk LAMP POSTS AND LANTERNS.
IMPROVED ooAL-eAs APPARATUS, etc.
mar22-ly
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

Journal says: There has been OF late, in this
country an unusually large number Of deaths
among horses, insomuch 90 az to awaken fear
lest we are going to have an epidemic equal to
the epizootic. Mr. Wood lost two valuable driY-
ing horses last week, John Hickman, Esq lost
two valuable animals and we have heard Of sey-
eral others who have been az unfortunate 1t
is hard to determine from the imperfect state.
ments made whether the symptoms are alike or
at all similar in all cases, but we rather think
they are very similar. The disesse seems to af-
feet the head. In the case Of MIR. Hickman's
horses the tongue seemed swollen and paralized
and with the others but the similarity of symp-
toms was not 80 marked as to make it certain
| that they all died of the same disease.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

State of Delaware County OF New Castle, s g.
I, John Peoples Cashier OF THE Union National
Bank of Wilmington" do solemnly swear thai the
above statement is true to the best of my knOwl-
edge and belief JOHN PEOPLES, Cashier
sworn to, and subscribed before me- this 916t
day,of May 1873 JOHN AKIN, JE,, ,.-
.-.u... Notary Publi,.
Correct Attest, 1a
j. DERRIoKsOs mysl
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
The two best composition roOnnga now in .

-. PLASTIC SLATE, AND ASBESTOS.
ROBERT ATKINSON,
ONCE in Good & Hannas. Hardware Store,
mar19-3m 42s Market street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

NyNEs AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICAL AND
wv other PURPOSES at moderate prices, at
BOWMANS, 2nd and King.
MI ARICABO, Lagura and Rios, OF low prices
INA at the Tea Store, IL E Fourth street
]. L HOUSTON, in.
YENO KEEP COOL, go TO II Z. Fourth street, and
] buy q Japanese fan, remember the No. II kast
Fourth Street. j. L. HOUSTON, in.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
gas8aa.

n .osT. M "a efr
meaiy Caaary Bird, with dark SPOT on back Of
ita head. raward Of 80 will be pal l0a any one re-
turning it to si0 W. ThI u STREET.
mays0,5ts
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
To CONTRACTORS.

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE REMOVAL ol
CABBAGE AND KITCHEN oFFAL.
Sealed PROPOSALS for the removal of garbage an,
Kitchen Offal. iu accordance with and az r. quire
by the Ordinance passed by City Council June 9th
1872, indorsed "Proposals for Removing darbagA,
will be received at the Office Of the Street COMMITS
sioner Of the city of Wilmington, over the Fourtl
Street Market House,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02
8auk StAtemfRts!

HBEPORT OF THE CONDITION or TIE
kk, UNION NATIONAL BANK OF WiLAiN9-'
TON" state Of Delhware. ~ the c.oss of bnsfness,
on the 25th day OF April, 1878.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

II AVN MOVING MACHINBs-WE Ca
4 sire TO call the attention Of the public 6s4k.
20 our very complete assortment Of Lawn &ssSsN
Moving Machines, OF different sizes, OF ths -
best makes. Excelsior Hills and PhiladelphiA NJ
sale on the most liberal TERMS wholesale or RETAIL
DAVID LANDRETH Il SON
Nos. 81 and % s. SIXTH ST.
my81-1m Bet Market and Chestnut Phiia.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-02

- EPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF "THk
ID FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WHINING
TON" at Wilmington, in the State OF Delaware. at
the close Of business ON the 18th day Of april 1878
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20

Iron was not in common use till long
after the introduction of copper 1t is
far more difficult to procure, because it is
not met with in the native state, and the
fusing point is very high. The metallur-
gy of iron is more complex than that of
copper, and when obtained, it is more
difficult metal to work. According to
Xenophon, the melting of iron ore was
first practiced by the Chalubes, a nation
dwelling near the Black Sea, hence the
name chaLupS, used for steel, and hence
our word chalybeate, applied to a miner
al water containing iron. Steel was
known to the ancients, but we do not
know by what means it was prepared; it
was tempered by heating to redness and
plunging in cold water. According to
some, kudnoS mentioned by Homer, was
steel but Mr.. Gladstone prefers to con-
clude that it was bronze. Iron was
known at least 1887 B. c. 1t was coined
into money by the Laced@monians, and
in the time of Lukourgos was in common
use. 1t was used in the time of Homer
for certain cutting instruments, such as
woodmen's axes, and for plowshares. Its
value is shown by the fact that Achilles
proposed ball of iron as prize for the
games in honor of Patroklos. Neither
iron money nor iron implements of great
antiquity have been found, because, un-
like the other metals of which we have
spoken above, iron rusts rapidly, and
comparatively soon disappears. Ne re-
mains of it have been found in Egypt, yet
Herodotus tells us that iron instruments
were used in building the pyramids;
moreover steel must have been employ
ed to engrave the granite and other hard
rocks, massive pillars of which are often
found engraved most delicately from top
to bottom with hieroglyphics. Again,
the beautifully engraved Babylonian cyl.
inders and Egyptian gems, frequently of
cornelian and oynx, must have required
steel tools of the finest temper. We have
no record of the furnaces in which iron
ore was smelted, but we know that bel
lows were in use in the fifteenth century
B. c., in Egypt. and some cruoioles OF
the same period are preserved in the
Berlin Museum. They closely resemble
tho oruoibles in use in the present day
Scientific 44mtrican.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20
Finding Reasons for Murder.

A Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal preach
er took occasion, day or two ago, to say
that he thought the death of Charles
Pfeifer, who was recently shot down in
Catham Square by Nixon, was designed
by Providence to be a means of awaken
ing public sentiment in respect to enfor-
cling the laws against gross crimes. If the
preacher is right, Nixon was only the
agent of Providence, and, therefore, no
more responsible for what he did than
Aaron's rod when it was made the in
strument of tormenting the Egyptians.
This is pushing the theory of an "over-
ruling Providence" to its extreme limits
and might be made servieeable in the
case Of almost every prisoner in the
Tombs. If men shoot their neighbors in
obedience to a divine impulse, as this
kind of talk seems to imply, clearly if
they are punished for doing what Provi-
dence intended them to do, and human
justice, as expressed in law, and divine
justice are opposed to each other.
Moreover, this theory imputes to Prov
idence the possibility of failure. AS
matter of fact no popular excitement was
caused by this murder. The killing of
O'Neil by King, of Duryea by Simmons,
not to speak of Fisk by Stokes, surpassed
it in notoriety, which is what the phrase
popular excitement generally means
Providence, then, if the preacher is right,
has failed in its purpose.
All this shows the folly of Juggling in
supernatural reasons to account for what
can be fully explained by purely natural
causes. So long as we know that Nixon
was a member of a coarse-fibred class,
rude in mind, uncultivated in habit with
no idea of the true objects of life or of
controlling themselves in short, a set of
uncouth savages, mentally and morally
whose passing caprice is the only COVER
nor of their actions, what is the use of
going into comparatively unknown re-
gion for reasons, which, when given, are
more likely than not to throw contempt
upon the whole system of religion? There
is always great deal of egotistical au-
dacity in these ready-made interpreta-
tions of the objects of Providence, and
this latest exhibition is not different
from its class.-N 7 Eueni,aq Posi-.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20
Gentle Words for Horses.

If horses were next thing to deaf, there
would be an excuse for the shoutings
and yelling so generally INDUCED in, but
they are not, and therefore need not be
spoken to so loudly and harshly. The
ear of a horse is very sensitive, and, save
in exceptional cases, it is possible to
control his motions by. a command given
in moderate tone of voice.
A horse is a teachable animal, and is
always affected by kind treatment. The
fact of the matter is that, if kind words
and gentle treatment throughout were
given to these noble animals instead of
oaths, curses, and blows, we should find
their docility greatly increased. Just
imagine, if you will, geel or whoa
uttered in tone sufficiently loud to be
heard half mile distant, and this COM
mand given to an animal within FIVE or
ten feet of the party giving it. Wherein
consists the necessity for it? Why not
resort to more rational and certainly
more pleasing means? Why not speak
in moderate tone? This is all that is
required. The horse. if not deaf, can
hear it, and will as readily obey as if
given in laundering tones.
One of the best managed teams ever
seen was controlled by the driver with
out the indulgence of this unmusical
yelling. The driver rarely ever spoke
above his ordinary tone of voice, and yet
his horses laid into their work with as
much willingness and apparently greater
earnestness than if they had been driven
to it by fearful shoutings and blows. The
horse is an intelligent animal None of
the brute creation more readily appreci-
ate kind words and kind treatment
Such facts should be considered always
by those who have the care of these ami
mals.-Scient!fc american.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20
How Far we See,

Herschel was of the opinion that, with
the telescope he used in those researches
in the heavens which immortalised his
name in the annals of Science. he could
penetrate 497 times farther than Sirius,
assumed to be at least so far distant that
the sun is near at hand in comparison.
While exploring with that Instrument,
10000 stars fitted by the object glass
in one quarter of an hour. and that sub
tended an angle of only l5' So all the
worlds are moving rapidly in space.
Reckoning from the limited zone thus
inspected, the whole celestial region
could be examined by giving time enough
to the enterprise; and judging from 8
few sections only within the scope of as
sisted vision, more than five billions of
fixed stars might be reasonably supposed
to be recognizable, and could be seen
with modern improved instruments. But
moro are beyond, vastly beyond, and we
are hoping and expecting that when Mr..
Clark, the self-made astronomer of Cam
bridge, Mass, and the most progressive
telescope manufacturer now known to
scientists, has completed his great work.
far more amazing discoveries will be
made in the hrmament Surely, the me-
chanism of the heavens demonstrates the
existence of an Intelligent First Cause,
since such magnificent displays of un-
numbered worlds, regulated by laws
which secure order in the universe, could
not have originated themselves. God
surely reigns and directs.-iScie1t!fe Amer
team.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20
The Great Cause of Crime.

The cases ofhomicide and suicide which
so often shock the community, are large
ly due to one cause-drinking Foster,
who is to be hung for killing Mr. Putnam
with car-hook, committed the deed un-
der the influence of liquor. The testi-
mony of Lockwood, who is expected to
die from wounds inflicted by an enraged
companion, shows that he had been
drinking at a party on Saturday night
and kept it up till Sunday morning. As
q result he insulted the man who re-
venged himself by inflicting the probably
fatal wound. Mrs. Prince who cut her
throat with razor last week, was, as the
papers say, Suffering from an attack Of
delirium tremens."
The Catham Square murderer Nixon,
was pursued by the police, and found in
his congenial haunt, "a low grog shop"
1t is unnecessary to enlarge this record
of crime. Almost every case is more or
less traceable to liquor. We believe that
we should not go far wrong in asserting
that three-fourths of all the crime which
takes place in our large cities has its
root in the habits of intemperance which
prevail among the people.
There is no nation in the world that
practices Intoxicating liquor-drinking like
the Americans Other people drink, and
perhaps more generally, and in larger
quantity; but they do not march up to
bars" at all times of day and evening
and call for strong drink, and pour it
down without food or social chat to miti-
gate its fierceness Hence the spirit which
is always stimulating, becomes doubly
exciting, and infames the passions to
madness, and murder and bloody quar-
rels are the result
Laws seem powerless to reach the evil,
public opinion is not robust enough to
frown it down, and meanwhile killing"
grows common, and inebriate asylums
flourish, and are full of the victims of
appetitc.-N T. O6scrucr