Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-07-31

September, inclusive, the tull amount must w
paid, and after that date FIVE per cent. will be
added to the bill.
BRUTAL MURDAR AT WILILAMsPoRr
PENN'A.-CoIfessio Of the Murderer. Isabella
Mcbride, aged seventy, living with her husband
OH a farm about seven miles from Williamsport
Pa, was brutally murdered ON Tuesday nigh.
last, by being shot through the head. Her hus.
band John Mcbride, was knocked down with
aclub, and received seven severe cuts In the
4 head When found, in the afternoon, lie was
lying on the floor. welterng In his blood, but
living. The old people lived alone, and were
supposed TO have large sum of money At the
coroner's inquest, nearly So 900 was found In
tue house.
On Wednesday night last man named Nell
son K. Wade was arrested and lodged in
4 Williamsport Jail, charged with the murder
and he has since made the following confess
sion;
III am American born, and have relatives living
near here; was born out on the Blooming
Grove road, beyond the Poor House the after
noon committed the murder, walked up the
tow path from the city; went TO McBrde's
house, and calculated that 1t was about time
hey had done their milking; Mrs. CLOSER told
me Of the trunk up stairs; and, while was
there last winter, made 1t my business ty find
out how much money these old folks had. On
reaching the house on Tuesday afternoon, was
met in the yard by one of the dogs, which bark
ed at me- ! soon made up with him and walk
ed into the house, when Mcbride wanted to
know what wanted there; / told him wan
ted drink of milk, when he told me To 60 10
the cellar where the old lady was she asked me
i'll had money to pay for the milk; from the
cellar returned 10 ask the old man for some
bread, but found lie had DO ted the door; when
he unbolted 1t showed my foot In and the old
man struck at me; then knocked him down
With my first: the dog then made at me and
knocked him down.
81 then struck the old man with the stick
three times when he cried MURDER then hit
him another rap with the club; then went to
the cellar and struck the old woman but as
have told you several times, 1 did not shoot her
as ! had no pistol, but bought one at Trouts
4 yesterday.
when carue out of the cellar, after killing
the old woman, tho old man was up, and the
Y dog was licking the blood off his hands; then
hit him again then procured an axe, went up
stairs and broke open chest, and found the
trunk had heard Mrs. CLOSER talk about; 1t
was too heavy, and l made two trips that night
carrying away the money.
"Ihe club fused was cut In the woods near
by with small jack knife. If they will look
i'll the corniiell they will find where the grass
istrampleti down, that Is where l looked over
the money. Igot between sixty and seventy
thousand dollars. | will not tell where it Is
When come to die, will tell some poor man
where 1t Is: bat no rich man shall have IL. There
are two bags buried in the clty-.wo above and
two below.
81 have hal fifty names In my lifetime, but
Nelson +. Wade is my right name. Were | to
do this again | would exchange all the
silver for paper money that's what bothered me
II was so heavy"
'.When a child dreaded the word murder
but after going through the rebellion, and oil
the frontier with Kit Carson and others, shrink
not al any crime; they may take me ont and
han mn I N m | Ia Nv nj IN
have killed several women before this Que: in
regard to the money got, | exchanged one hun.
dred and eighty dollars in twenty dollar gold
pieces at one of tho banks in the city, and got
fifteen rer cont. for IL. They asked me where
got it. | told them | was a cattle Spectator
from Canada"
CsF FORTUNATE AFFRAy.--On Saturday AT
ternoon last, an unfortunate quarrel occurred
Oh the farm Of Mr. Frank Darlington, neal
Wr5ttown School, about three miles east of
West Chester Mr. John NJ. B ,aver farms Mr..
Darlinglon's place on Shares Mr.. d. furnished
all the stock utensils, &c. On Saturday, Mr.
Darlington wished one of the horses for the
purpose of visiting West Chester, but was for.
bid from taking ii by Mr. Beaver and his SOL
George, Mr.. Darling on then went into the
barn to take the horse, when young Beaver
came toward him with evident hostile inten
lions, and was struck by Mr.. ID. and knocked
back, but immediately recovered himself, and
seized pitchfork with which he approached
Mr. Darlington, who In the meantime drew
his pocket kuife and holding 1t up warned him
20 keep of. The elder Mr. Beaver at the same
time caught Mr.. Darlington by the arms and
pulled him back. 1t was during this part o.
the struggle that the worst feature of the affair
happened. MIR. Darlington was struck severa
severe blows OH the head and shoulders will
the handle of the fork and stabbed In the thigh
with one of the prongs. The elder Mr.. Beaver
exclaimed that he was stabbed, when a cesJa
ton of h )jtilites took place, and 1t was found
that he had received quite severe slashing Gu
IN the side, which partly severed one of thu
ribs. Both OF the injured parties are confined
10 their beds, though their wounds are no
considered dangerous.-Am Republican
II AQuAKnn MEErIN0.-A correspondent o
the ST. Louis Globe communicates to that pape
the following sketch ola Quaker Meeting:
"ponce de Leon sought long and vainly 70
the fountain Of youth, and died without TIN
sight. How could he expect to hnd the foun
tain Of youth in Florida, where the hot pulse o
tropical life beats away so fast, and death Turk
in the everglades? II his geographical fAitl
had led him up the coast till he found the peace
full valleys OF the middle Atlantic slope, Ii
might have met with better success.
! What the eager Spanard missed so utterly
the placid Quaker came much nearer finding
II the fountain Of youth exists anywhere In thi
weary world of ours 1t must be Quaker NEE
ng-house. How Is it that year after ear til
serene faces Of tie women who sit In the silenc
Of the meetlng-houses do not gather new line
j Of care and shadows of age?
They grow old; they do not grow Older
'Irime softens the brown Of their hair to silver
The outlines OF youth fall away little; 1t
what they lose in contour and color Is made u
40 thepp il expression That, after all, is I'll
highest beauty that grows higher and hight
tilt coffin lid, closing down over Its last an
sweetest smile makes it ga thing Of beauty an
a Joy forever" They keep the red In the
cheeks and the blue In their eyes long aft
The "world's people" Qeminlnel have begun
Fonge. Weary women of the world worl
themselves into their grayes, while these clea
proved Quaker women come up, week aft
week to "meetng" with something in the
faces that makes you think of the ''peace tn
a passeth understanding"
a sPAIN-BAYoNNE, July est Is report'
that severe engagement has taken place ne
Y Tampeiuna between the Republicans and O.
n lists, in which the latter were successful. TS
n guns and three hundred prisoners are said
have been captured by the Royalists
~ MEXICO MATAMoBos, July 26.-The Pub
III Voice, Spanish newspaper Of this city, stat
M that a revolution is imminent In the State
Nueva Leon. There are three aspirants
~ Governor in that State, consequently the ele
tion will deyolve on the Legislature, which "
meet in Monterey In September next. So inte
IS Is party hatred, originating in the revolut
Ir contest, that an outbreak is regarded inayitat
Private advices state that prom inent reside
oi Monterey are already preparing to leave Il
~ CITY to avoid being complicated in the threat
W ed trouble.