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Middletown transcript., 1874-03-21
40 Registers Order.

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~ New Castle County, February I'd, 1874. 2
T Tpon the application of G. f. Hukill, Admin
~ istrator c. t. a. of Samuel Dale, late Of ST.
Georges Hundred in said County, deceased, it Is
ordered and directed by the Registerihat the Ad-
ninistrator aforesaid, give notice Of the granting
of Letters of Administration upon the Estate of
the deceased, with the date of granting thereof,
by causing advertisements to be posted within
forty days from the date of such letters in six Of
the most public places of the County Of New Cas-
tie, requiring all persons having demands against
the Estntc to present the same, or abide by an
Act Of Assembly in such case made and provid-
ed. And also cause the same to be inserted with
in the same period in the MIDDLErowN TRANS
CRIpT, a newspaper published in Mddletown, and
TO be continued tlerentwo months.
Given under the hand and Seal of OF
!, /. fee of the Register aforesaid, at New
Castle, In New Castle County aforesaid,
the day and year above written.
Fgs ~ B. GIBBS Register.
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Registers Order.
REGISTERS OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
F 7 Y gN<wECsstle County, Februa1y 24th, 1874.
TTpeni tic application of Mary'H. Jones, Ad-
~ ministratrix Of Zachariah Jones, late Of St.
Georges Hundred in said County, deceased,
il is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Administrative aforesaid, give notice of the
granting Of Letters Of Administration upon the
Estate Of the deceased, with the date Of granting
thereof, by causing advertisements to be posted,
within forty days from the date Of such Letters,
in six Of the most public places Of the County OF
New Castle requiring all persons having demands
against the Estate, to present the same, or abide
by an Act Of Assembly in such case made and
provided. i And also cause the same to be insert
ed within the same period in the MlDDLErowN
TRASscRIPT newspaper published in Middletown
and to be continued therein two months. ~
20 Given under the hand and Seal of Office
Sof the Register aforesaid, at New Castle
in New Castle County aforesaid, the day and
year above written. B. GIBBS, Register.
NOTICE.-All persons having claims against
the Estate Of the deceased must present the same
duly attested to the Administrators on or before
February "a, 1875, or abide an Acs Of Assembly
in such case made and provided.
ssi-p '4faaf MARY II. JONES, Admrx. n
ADDREss-Middletown, Del. Feb. 24-2m
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Business 9otals.

Labels for books, packages, boxes &C., print
ed on inc gunimed paper, can be had at the Office
of the TRAYscRlPT.
Highest cash price paid forall kinds of grain,
by. t-'.A'3F 'FOARD COMEOYS.
Judgment Bonds, Notes and other Legal Blanks
can be had on application at the TRANscRIPT o.
flee.
Business Cards, Letter and Bill Heads are
printed at the TRANscRIPr Office as neatly and
cheaply rs can he done elsewhere. -, -,a.
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QHTT nrDQSend for Catalogue of New Books
UUluUAllO on Carpehtsfing and Bliidihx..s
A. J. BICKNELL h CO,
mar a-4t ~ Warren Street. NY.
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cAsvAssING BOOKS SENT FREE FOR sh
PROF. FOWLER'S GREAT WORK
On Manhood, Womanhood,aud their Mutual In
ter.Rclations, Love, Is Laws Power, etc. A
gents are selling from Is to 25 copies of this work
days and we send 'canvsssing book free 10
any book agent Address, stating experience, &C.,
NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
Feb 2l-4t. Philadelphia, Pa.
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NOTICE.

e-a NOTICE. d s5 &H
All persons having claims against the Estate Of
the deceased must present the same duly attested
to the administrators on or before February "a,
1875, or abide the Act Of Assembly in such case
made and provided. jf g. E. HUKILL,
ADDREss--Middle Del Admr. c.. r. A.
Feb7-2m. zht5
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Tht @iddlttoun Granstript
3 PuslnasD rvsas sArraDAr ny

EdWor0 kGxm014ss w I
TERMS-$s.oo year, ppzyahts 70 adJxnce..
No paper discontinued untll 10 ordered, except at
the option Of the Publisher.
RATES OF ADVERTISING .--Advertiseye
Of 10 lines or less will einserted twice for 81 90,
and Is, ceiiS for each additional insertion. .Bus'
iness cards, $40 per year. One-quarter Of COL
ANN, 8 months, $e; months, $l5; one year,
$25. One-half Of column, months, SIS;
snonths, $50; one year, $50. One column, one
year, 500. Business Locals, 10 cents O. line for
each inssrtion. Marriages and Deaths inserted
fsss- 0biseasies chpkged fofIat regular adver-
tising rates.
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NO EXCUSE FOR BEING SICK.

No person can use Boschce's GERMAN Syrup
without getting immediate relief and cure We
have the FIRST case Of CoughssCo or Cousump-
tion, or any disease of the Throat and Lungs.
yet 10 hear from that has not been cnred. We
have distributed every year for three wears over
A250000 sample bottles ''free Of charge by drug
gists in all parts Of the United States. No other
manufacturer of Medicine ever gave their prepar-
atoms such test as this. Go to your Druggist,
DR.. Chamberlaine, and get bottle for IS cents
aud try 1.-TWO doses will relieve you. Dec
Few people iunacquainted with physiological
chemistry ate aware of the quantity Of iron in
the blood, hut all should know the Importance
Of Keeping up the supply, for debility, disease and
death are sore to follow whep. the squantity be-
comes too much reduced. The Peruvian Syrup
IA protoxide Of irony supplies this vital element
and has cured rhany chronic diseases.
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For Three Scent stamps

We will send The AURORA IA paper size ofN. Y.
Ledger, for 3monsi,s, and ass premium any one
Of the following articles: / fine Chrome, fue
Photograph, fine Bosom Pin, fine set Sleeve
Buttons, fine Collar Button. Send at once TO
The AURORA PUBLISHING Co, Springfield, Mass.
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6 0DSYCHOMAECY, or SOUL CHARMING" !"
II How either sex may fascinnio and gain The
love and affections ofany person they choose in
stantly. This simple mental requirement all can
possess, free by mai, for $50. together with mar
riaqe guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams. Hints to
Ladies' Wedding-NigLt Shirt, kc. A queer book
Address 7. WILLIAM Co., Pubs, Phila. m2l-A
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Annlver..ry Or Oda Fellow.alp

N, W, Grand Master Z. +. James, Of Della,
ware, has, in accordance W ith the recommends.
iion ofc. A, Logan, A.. W. Grand Sire Of the
r. ~. Grand Lodge. set apart the 5sth Of April
(ths 5Stb, anniversary Of Odd Fellowship) as a
day ofthanksgsipg Of aud prayer, 4, So zgl
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-10

this style being provided with drop leaf
drawers, and box top, with various degrees
of elegant establishment. Among the re-
cent improvements are several material
ones in the mode Of construction, adapting
it still better to Family Use, and increasing
its reputation for being the most lightly run
ming Of all Sewing Machines.
Its Versatile and Lasting Qualities.
Every one Of the Howe Machines is made
Of the best materials, and with more exact
ness and precision, and is possessed of great
err durability, than is generally deemed
necessary; but it is essential that IA Machine
should be ,cell made if expected to be per-
manently OF good service. Ladies, who wish
to Introduce the Sewing Machine into their
families, vii! save themselves much time,
expense and perplexity, by purchasing the
best and most staunch, at the outset. The
same qualities that commend The Howe as
the best adapted for Family Use, also rem
der it superior to others for DresS-makers
and for Light Manufactur ny purposes; and
it is Indispensable for Vest makers, being
the only one which gives complete satisfac-
ton on Marseilles Duck, and Linen goods.
Various Poorly Built Machines,
represented as first-clasS, are being made
and forced upon the market, on terms SEEM
ingly more favorable thIn those on which
the Howe Machine is off red; but, on ac-
count Of constantly needed repairs, time
lost when they will not work, or of gar
ments ruined when they do work, they
clise purchasers finally to realize that it
would have been more ldicious to pur
chase a genuine Howe Machine. even on
cash terms. This COMPANY do not pretend
to construct "cheap" machines. Their i'll
variable practice is to have
Every Machine Perfect,
and the sterling Howe Machines are now
offered on terms liberal enough to bring
them within the reach of ali classes.
Thorough and gratuitons instruction in its
use, respectful attention, aud all required
information are given to every purcha-
ser. All the machines are fully war
ranted and in every case Satisfaction
is guaranteed Each Family Machine
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The Pretty Pets Still at It.
More Burglaries.
TCONTINUED.1

This morning, when the family Of w. II.
Brooks, who resides at No. 3O7 Annunciation
street, awoke, they at once realized that the
house had been entered. The clothing and
furniture were so dissrranged that it was
evident some of the pets had paid visit
Immediate inspection was made, and it was
found that large amount of clothing, jew
elry and silverware, and a clock were miss
ing. None Of the family were aroused ex-
cept an elderly lady, who remembers having
heard the clock strike out in the street. late
in the night. The entrance was effected
through the kitchen window, and the thieves
went through the whole house, taking every
thing within reach. 1t seems singular that
these depredations should be confined to the
Fourth District, and many refer to the or
ganization of Vigilance Committee in the
Third as its cause.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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duced in tine without the maglcally swift
work Of the Sewing Machine. And it has
been cited as a memorable instance that
within twenty four hours after a telegram
order for $4,000 sandbags, to be used for
field works, had reached New York from
Washington, the bags were made, packed
and shipped from this city.
Its Speed Contracted with Hand Sewing
The total value Of the labor done by the
sewing machine in 1863 (war time), was
$342 600, 900; and an expert, under oath.
testified, by careful estimate, that as far
back as 1862 sewing machines had saved in
labor at least $4,000, 900 a year. An intelli-
gent woman can learn to Sew with Howe
| Machine in one hour; and an average seam
stress becomes proficient in the use of it in
month. Let us now examine and realize its
relatire speed A good hand-sewer averages
IS stitches in minute: while the fastest
machines, on some kinds of work perform
5000 stitches in the same time. 10 stitch
mans hat by hand takes fifteen minutes );
by machine, only minute; and l girl can
sew as many boys caps by machine as 10
men can by hand. A first-class overcoat
requires days steady sewing, by hand, and
only da s. by machine. In the general
work Of tailor, the machine saves a Jour-
neyman hours in IL. In carriage trim
ming, machine and 3 hands do as much as
II hands. In the truss and bandage bust
ness, l machine equals 10 men. In the
manufacture of bags for flour, salt, and
meal, machine is equal to 9 girls. hem
! ming machine does the work of so girls:
and so on, through all the countless branches
of sewing.
The Best Family Machine.
As it is the main ambition of the principal
makers to meet the almost universal demand
for "the best I" Family Machine, buy ers
and users will do well to remember that the
following claims of the Howe Sewing Ma
chine have long since been triumphantly
established, as specially characteristic of it,
and enabling it to fulfill every requirement
of perfect, comprehensive and durable
sewing machine for use in families: l.
Beauty and excellence of stitch, alike on
both sides of the fabric sewed. 2. Strength,
beauty and durability Of seam, that will
neither rip nor ravel. 3. Complete control
over the threads. a. An entirely new rotary
tension for the upper thread, greatly in
creasing the beauty and uniformity of stitch
for which the Howe Machine is celebrated.
5. A perfectly uniform tension in the shut
tie, which does not vary from a full to an
empty bobbin-variatiOn being a common
objection to other machines. 6. An auto
matte self-regulating take-up, which pre-
vents missing of stitches in crossing heavy
seams. T. Short, straight, and strong nee
dies, not liable to break in passing over
heavy seams, as do the curved needles of
other machines. 8. Finer needles, for the
same thread, than any other machine. 9.
Sewing equally well with any kind of
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About the City.

ASA ulted at His Hpme.-As Mr. George O.
Beares was quietly sitting on his step on Where,
nea Canal street. a colored ruffan by the name Of
Vallary smith, who considerably intoxicated,
crossed from The opposite sle o. the street. advanced
upon Mr.. Beares. and using the most insulting lam
mage drew pistol up that gentleman and threat
ened to kill him. Mr. Beares. fearing some personal
damage, and being unarmed went into hrs door, when
b 8 wife furnished him with q weapon Of any
further demonstration on the part of the negro.
MIR. B. then resumed his the sey when Va
larry returned and would have, perhaps, put his for
mer threat executi n hal it not been for the
timel appeara OF two officers whom Mr..
called upon to arrest the fellow. They took him in
charge AMI when ON lsqlet street, Vatlary stepped
one side and threw hi. weapon into the street. .
search was mad tor it but without SUCCESS. He was
then taken t. the First Station where he also
charged til eing dangerous and suspicious char
acter He will be heard from by Judge Macarthur
Monday.
Ne DIS Repa irs.-The fire. plug on Felicity street,
between Mag zine and Camp Is broken, causing 3
great was g of water As We efforts have been
mad. to repair the plug Tue attention Of the proper
authorities is call d to the fat.
teavv Larce"y.-Mr. Leon Gadethe. residing
on Toulouse Daunin rect robbed last
night of $7on Agathe Wilson servant tue house,
being suspected by Mr.. Gadehe, arrestei and
lodged in Jail to await flu Their investigation Of the
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The Great Flood.

But few of our readers, excepting, of
course, those who spent the last year of the
Confederacy in what was then known as the
Trans Mississippi Department, can form an
accurate idea of the suffering amongst the
inhabitants of this section of our State.
The Teche,
From its head to where it meets the At
chafalaya, has overlooked its banks, and the,
people of St. Martin, ST. Mary, Iberia, and
large portion of Vermilion, are under
water and suffering terribly.
The Town of Brashear
is fully two feet under water, with no imme
date prospect of relief.
The Ouachita River
and its tributaries are inundated, and in
Tensas Caldwell, Concordia and Catalonia,
over 10000 persons have been driven from
their homes and compelled to seek shelter
amongst the back hills The loss of house,
hold goods and stock in these parishes has
been immense, and it will take years to place
this once prosperous valley in the same con-
dition it was before the present flood.
Red River.
The residents along the bottom lands of
this stream have Jared far better than any
other people in the State. No serious over
flow having occurred from Shreveport down
to Alexandria, but above, what was form
erly known as the Raft, great many plan
tations have been Under water However,
as late advices from that section report the
river falling steadily, Il chance is left for all
to make good crop this year, as it is not
yet toe late to replant.
The Mississippi
at this point is about on a stand, falling at
Vicksburg, stationary at Memphis, and at
st. Louis and above falling slowly.
The Ohio
at last accounts was falling at Pittsburg,
Cincinnati Evansville and Cairo.
The Sufferers
throughout our State, the people in the
overlooked sections are in a most deplorable
condition. Many are without means, and
even those who are happily in possession of
ready money cannot hire labor to assist in
moving their families to the high lands, as
the ~egroes, almost to man, refuse to work,
to the parish committee to feed
them ont of the supplies daily forwarded
from our city; and yet with all this distress
we hear, and from good authority, that the
usurper's tax-collectors are in many in
stances endeavoring to collect taxes from
these unfortun ates.
Our SteambOa tmen
are, as usual with them, in the front rank of
the many who are anxious to assist the
and although they cannot be ex-
pected to perform the service gratuitously,
are carrying all supplies at less than half OF
usual rates. The Ouachita Belle for Cam
den and Gov. Allen for Vicksburg left last
evening, and more than half Of their freight
was shipped by the relief committee.
The Crevasses.
Bonnet Care is still drawing off an i'm
mense volumn of water and daily increasing
in width, and the same may be said of the
Hickey and Morganza breaks. Daily the
levees on either end of these crevasses are
away, and yet no steps are being
taken by the Levee Company to check them.
What few weeks ago would have been, on
the falling of the rivers, but the work of
days. WILL when it is ever undertaken, tie
that of months and perhaps years.
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MACHINE.

| about thirty years to the invention and de-
velopment of the Sewing Machine, the per
severing genius of Elias Howe, .Jr., was at
last compensated, and this was at about the
rate of SIS 900 year. But it cost him vast
sums of money to defend his rights.
Sewing Machine Statistics.
During the period from 1856 to the end of
1866, the number of sewing machines made
in the United States was about $50, 900. But
during only the three months, ending
December 10, 1866, the number made by
licensed Companies was 52,2l9, or, at the
rate of 200, 900 year, at All average price of
$50 each. OF the three leading Companies.
in 1870, the lar.es' number was made by
The Howe Machine Company, they prodnc-
ing in that year IS, 1856. The number sold
10y the Howe Machine Company i'll 1873
reached the enormous total OF
1924 Howe Sewing Machines,
Gone hundred and fifty three thousand, two
hundred and forty fnur,) in one year; and
they now manufacture them at the rate of
of about 800 per day.
1t is only npon great scale that Sewing
Machines can now be made wei or probably.
About one-fitth of all made in the United
States are sent to foreign countries. Some
single establishments in New England EN-
ploy 800 machines, and the shirt-lnakers in
Troy, N. T., run over 5000 of them.
What the Howe sewing Machine Per-
forms.
The Howe Sewing Machine now accom-
pliShcs nearly every variety of work that
the needle ever did and it is the opi.Ion of
Il di>Iutcrestrd expert that Of all sewing
machines it peri rms, and in the best man
ner, the ipgest range Of TOrk. IL seams,
hens, tnckS, binds, stitches. quilts, gathers,
fells, hra1ds, embroi, trS aud makes button
holes. 1t is used in the manufacture of
every garment worn by man, woman or
child; and among the sinsularly wide va
rirty OF articles made bv its aid are sole
lea Ia, trunks mems and ladies' boots. shoes
caps, horse collars, carriage curtains and
Innings. buffalo robes. horse blankets, pow
der TASKS. whips, saddles, sails, awnings,
maiibaSs, valises, haas, caps, corsets. peck
et-books, kid gloves, suSpenderS, lrn>s's,
parasolS, straw hats, bonnets, shirts. and
even the most telca.e and tasteful items of
female apparel, etc. ETC., from The strongest
ana hea Jiest Ia the furst and richest tab
rics. Some of the finest stitches cannot be
clearly seen W thont a magnifying glass.
-. Value 4. Public Eme'ge.cIes.
1t has been justly sai.i that it was largely
due to this Inversion Of Elias Howe. Jr.,
that he United States were able to put and
Keep 1,OUU, GOO soldiers in The field. daring
the late war. Tn. innnmerable articles Of
clothing and the pr"iiaiuus supplies Of TENS,
ravcisacks, harnesses, cartridge boxes,
shoes, sails, ETC., could never have been pro-
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THE First

The above machine may stall be seen al
600 Broadway. 1t embraces all the princi-
Pies of sewing by machinery embodied in
all the sewing machines now in use and
oven in the above crude form, makes perfect
srork, at the rate of 800 stitches a minute
1t occupies only space of cubic foot and
. half. Every contrivance in it has since
been improved. and new ones have been
added; but all the successful machines now
in Use contain some of the devices of this
The First Sewing Machine.
salts At Decentralization OF the Howe
Patent.
At this period, much to his surprise, he
discovered that his machine had brco,re
famous, while he seemed forgotten. Others
had been infringing upon his patent. One
machine was exhibited in Western New
York, as y great curiosity-"Ihe Yankee Seq
ing Machine, l24 cents d ticket" He Was re-
ceiving only weekly wages az "A jpurneyman
machinst but he resolved to prosecute the
mfringers of his patent The legal contest
was lOI <, but he was finally Victorious
and thus a leading branch OF our national
industry became tributary to him, the
founder of it.
Decision OF Jujgc Sprsgue in 1854.
In 1850, Elias Howe, Jr., produced IA Sew
ing Machines, III u small shop in G Id street
III this city aud III loJl they were all in
successful operation in New York and Wurces-
ter, sewing gaiters, pantalnons, buotlegS. etc,
so that he demonstrated hat besides inrentiHg
the Sewing Machine, and making the first
Sewing Machlue with his own hands he was
entitled 10 tile credit OF haviHg brouqht his
iaceaton into successful nse in manufacturing.
In 1850 Isaac Nj. Singer invented three ii-
provemen;s but Mr.. Howe reminded him
that he was infringing npon the We've Pat
ent OflS46. Ia 1854, after long trial judge.
Spragne, of Massachusetts, decided thus A:
"1ke patent Of ELIAS HowE, JR., he plaintiff.
Is rdiid. and the dJtndaats machine is an H.
friagcmcEt. There is tsidepce in This case that
ledrcs no ahddom IF doubt that. for all the btpe
fit conferred upon the public By he introduction
Of a >r'ri"g Machine, the public are Indebted 10
MIR. HowE.'
Friendly Compromise
In 1856. the priucipal manufacturers of
Sewing Machines were about 10 have their
several claims tested at law; bui tinalN
they came 10 AN anirabe agreement and
compromise, the results of which are thai
every honestly made sewing machine paws
the Howe Sewing Machine Company one
dollar; While every sewing machine, which
includes any device patented by any other
member of the c"nbinai ion, pays seven dol
lars to the Combination. Thus the Howe
Machine Company rctivrs one of the seven
dollars, and The other six 20 into the Craze
ral Fund for defending the patents against
dishonest aud nnlaw full infringeIs.
Mr. H.w = kcwMr...
Thus we see that after having devoted