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Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07
Legislative Nominations.

Legfslatfve NOmfnatiOns.
The Republican Legislative ticket, as far as re-
ported, in this county, is as follows
Wilmington, Joshua Maris.
Mill Creek s. Minot Curtis.
White Clay Creek, Joel Thompson, Jr.
New Castle, Reuben P. Janvier.
Pencader, Jas. A. Benson,
lied Lion, Theodore F. Clark.
st. Georges VIM. Lore.
Appoquinimink Geo. L. Townsend.
U. s. CoURT.-The U. s. Court convenes to-
morrow morning There is no business of i'm
portance before the court except the late SNUG
Cling cases at Lewes, (which will be tried du.
ring the session, but not rpobably for day Oh
two.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07
FOURTH EDITION.
spain.

REPORT THAT THE CARLIsTs ARE BIooKADINa PAMT-
ELUNA.
BAYoNNE, Sept.
1t is reported that the Carlists are blockading
pampeluna
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07

ARREST OF MARIO THE SINGER FOR VIOLATING THE
PRESS LAWS.
LONDON, Sept. z.
Mario the famous tenor singer. has been ar
rested at Venice for violation of the press laws.
His residence was searched and he was held for
examination.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07
SECOND EDITION.


PRICE OF GOLD TO-DAY.
New YoRK, Sep. Z.
Gold to-day, s1.099l.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07
FIFTH EDITION.


DONALDSON CROSSING OVER DoYLEsTowN.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. z.
Donaldson passed over Doylestown in the
Barnum balloon, at half past twelve o'clock, to-
day, on his way to Philadelphia.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07

cHRIsTIANA.
North South
Assessor Geo. W Ely, 46
VIM. M. Braoken, 16
Road Coms.-Wm. b. Harvev, 62
Jos. Petitdemange AZ
f. =. Finn, %
For Inspector Southern District, Jas NJ
Baackin had GA votes. with no opposition. There
was no member of the Legislature or Levy
Court to be nominated in Christiana.
MILL CREEK.
Representative s. M. Curtis, 139 John G..
Jackson, 63
Leuy Court: David Eastburn, 19l Jacob
Chandler, "a Isaac d. Phillips, 7.
Assessor Samuel Worrall, 1923 Robert Da-
Wis, 66 ~. Banks, Z.
Road Commissioners Joseph Pool, I'LL ; Ja-
cob Rubencame, 107 Joel McCannon. So Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons, AZ Samuel Sharpless, 19 b.
T. Duncan. IL Lewis Hanna, 8.
Inspector William +. Little, 19S
There were 210 votes polled.
WHITE CLAY CREEK.
The following are the nominations
Senator, Joel Thompson, Jr.
Levy Court, James Wright
Road Commissioners, Aaron Baker, s. g. Fin
ley.
Assessor, Abraham Rothwen,
Inspector, (West District, John Pilling.
The vote cast at Newark WAS unanimous, and
the election very quiet, though there was gen.
eral interest in it.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07

REPORT OF THE SIGNAL sERvIoE.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 7.
Probabilities For the Middle States, Westerly
winds, stationary barometer and temperature,
with generally clear weather.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07
alew advertisements.

EXTRA SIZE WILKFSBARRE NUT,
extra large size Wllkesbarre Nut Coal, clear of
s'ate aud dirt Our patent wagons deliver directly
into the cellar
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-07

CANDIDATES NOMINATED ON SATURDAY FOR LIE,
I,ATIJRF AND LEVY COURT

CANDIDATES NOMINATED ON SATURDAY FOR IEaIs-
LATURE AND LEVY COURT.
The Republicans of this county held their
nominations on Saturday for members Of the
Legislature and Levy Court and for Hundred
officers, the selection being made in each Hun
dred by general vote. There was a general in
terest manifested in the matter, and the vote in
some Hundreds was very large. We give the
following returns:
WILMINGTON.
In this city, there was no contest, whatever,
and in some Of the Wards the polls were not
opened. The vote WAS unanimous for Joshua
Maris for Representative, and Cornelius Fipps
for Assessor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

Nus. JoSEs always believed her
Frederick when he told her that tho
.'club" wa, for social Intercourse and
discussion OF professional topics. until
the other night. whea he came into tho
hall with n rush aud evinced q desire
to sleep oil the front stairs. "Mary,"
said he, his voice broken with emotion.
"Mary. you have been partaking oi
thu intoxicating pledge; you have
broken the cup. ltsh no ush dnying
IL. Mary. 1 shee 1t la your breath and
shmelI It In your eye. oh, Mary ~
With some difficulty he was put to
bed. but since that night ho has not
visited the club.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

Tnr very name of the Kingdom Of
Poland having just been changed into
that OF the province Of Warsaw, a por-
tlon OF the eastarn districts will be
shortly embodied with the adjoining
provinces OF Russia Proper. by TIL.
change the Inhabitants Of tho annexed
districts will lose the right OF using tho
Polish language In their intercourse
with subordinate au,horities-tho only
privilege still reminding them Of their
former Independence.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

Ir IL no uncommon thing to see
young horse. driven In the city with
out shoes. Doctors aie OF the oplnIsn
that leaving horses unshod until they
are five or six years old gives the
hoofs n chance to expand and take
good form. Unshod horses do not
Slip on tho payements.-Nec York
ITOrid,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

A LITTLE girl asked minister. DO
you think my father will go to hea-
ven?' why yes, my child. Why do
you ask!' well. because II he don't
have his own way there he won't stay
long, | was thinking
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

GENERAL BEAuRKaARD lets politics
alone, neither drinks. smokes, nor
chews, aud attends strictly to count
ing the money turned In by conduct
ors OF his street cars.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16
A PARABLE FROM LIEBiG.
ny CHARLES KISasLEY.

singing
On the stump of a rotten old tree:
"Oh, faith, II grows cold, and the creeds they
grow old.
And the world I. nigh ready for me-"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-16

The bells went on ringing. spirit came 'lng-
Ing,
And smiled a- he erumbled ths tree;
"Yon wood does but perish new secdinss TO
cherish
And the world \. too live yet for thee"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
Marriage Rite of the Russian Greek
Church.

The marriage rite as arranged in the
Russian Greek church is attended will
many ceremonials. The bride and
bride groom kneel before the altar with
lighted tapers in their hands, and the
priest asks GA B, hast thou a good
and unrestrained will and firm intention
to take to wife this woman, Y Z?" The
bridegroom replies, "I have, most rev.
erend SIR" The priest again asks,
Hast thou not promised any
other woman?" the answer be-
ing, 81 have not promised another. u
These questions are also put to the
bride, and then the benediction is given.
Prayers are then offered after which
two crowns are brought, and the priest
takes one, and making the sign of the
cross with it over the head of the bride
groom, says, "The servant of God, A
B, is crowned for the handmade of God ,
Y q, in the name of the Father, of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost" It is
kissed by the bridegroom, and is then
placed on his head, or is held over him
during the ceremony. The same takes
place with the bride and the other crown.
These crowns have no relation to the
rank of the couple, but are used at the
prince. Selections from tie Scrip
lures are then read, and anthems sung.
Wine is then brought in the "common
cup" from which the bride and groom
both drink three times. Up to this point
in the ceremony the marriage might still
be broken of, should either os the par
ties change his or her mind at the last
moment but what follows makes the
marriage indissoluble. The priest cov-
ers his right hand with his vestment,
and on it the bride and bridegroom
place their right hands, and they are
led slowly around the al al three times.
This practice of circumambulating is a
very ancient rite, and is explained to
mean that the man and wife are to walk
together through life with ihe Divine
Providence along with them to guide
and protect, the mystical three
times being symbolical of the holy
trim ty. The ceremony is concluded by
the priest removing the crowns from
the heads of the bride and bridegroom,
and pronouncing blessing on them.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
NEARING TIE SHORE.


An old man sat in worn arm chair,
White as snow js his thin, soft hair,
Furrowed his cheek by time aud care,
And back and forth it sways;
There's a far-away form to his dim, dim eye,
Which tells of thoughts Of the long gone by,
Forshe sits once more meath cloudless sky,
And in childhood merrily plays.
He rests his cheek on the head of his cane,
And happily smiling, dreams over again
OF that time, the brook, the meadow, the lane,
Dreams all with vision clear;
Then childhood yields unto manhoods place,
And he looks once more in his bright, brigt
face,
And down in the starry eyes he can trace
love remembered and dear.
Then he wakens and sighs, 90 1t seems but a drear
That comes to me now like golden CLEAN,
Or the gIimmel ing glow Of the suns last beam,
But tits pleasant to think it DER;
That youth was so sweet, but now It's past,
Those days of love were too precious to last,
But over yonder their pleasures are cast,
And 1 am nearing that other Shore"
He is gliding on in his little boat;
Ger the calm, still waters they peacefully hoat,
But echo full oft brings well known note,
From the land he has left behind.
But time viii row back for him no more,
And he gazes away to that ether shore,
And krows when the voyage Of life will be DER
That his dream beyond he will find.
The seeds of youth which in youth we SOW,
Adown thro' the isles of the future will glow,
And shed on age a beautiful glow,
As they come in memorys CLEANS.
Loved faces will come to dimming sight;
Sweet words will echo in day-dreams bright,
And circle old age with their halOs of light
As they mingle in beautiful dreams.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
The Deacon's Grief.

Old father Brayne, OF Syracuse, was a
very popular camp-meeting leader. He
used to tell in meeting the followiT z
story While conducting a camp-mett-
ing in western New York, n messenger
arrived at the camp 10 inform him that
the wife of the chief deacon had died
that morning. Father Brayne dele ga
ted his powers TO another, and started
home to comfort the bereaved widower.
After twenty miles ride he reached the
farm house where the deacon lived
about four in the afternoon. On enter
ing he shook the widower by the hand
and sat down in silence. By-and-by no
began TO condole with the bereaved man,
and offered him all the consolation in
his power. "It's a very heavy grief
you hfve TO bear" said the minister,
"but you must bear up like man"
Yes" the deacon responded, tits
kind o. rough. Let's take a walk
around" Father Brayne. thinking that
the widower felt i'll and depressed, and
that the fresh air would do him good,
readily assented. The deacon led him
To his barns and stables aud showed
him over his farm. The parson APP
neared 10 take n great interest in every
thing. and rejoiced TO think that he was
helping TO divert the deacon's mind
from his terrible sorrow. After they
had gone round the whole farm the dea-
con said "Now, minister, We see
everything in fine order. What would
We advise me to do-bring my daughter
and her husband here TO manage the
place, or go buobing about among the
girls again for another wife =
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
Mining Coal by Machinery.

At a late meeting of the British asso-
citation, Mr.. William Firth gave sketch
of the progress made in England in the
matter of coal-cutting machinery. The
first attempt in this line of which we
have eny record was a coal-cutting ma
chine patented in 1761 by Michael Men
zies, of Newcastle. Menzies proposed
to give motion to a heavy iron pick,
made to reciprocate by means of spars
and chains, carried down the pit and
with wheels aud horizontal spars on
rollers extended to the working place,
and there to "shear the coal exactly as
now. In the same patent Menzies inclu
ded "saw" to cut the coal and though
nothing came of his labors, he deserved
success by the mechanical knowledge he
displayed. During the hundred years
that followed, over hundred other
coal-cutting machines were patented,
but none of them came nearer tosuccess
than that of Menzies.
In compressed air, however, in so far
as the moving power was concerned, ev-
cry requirement was found, and certain
experiments made with this agent at
West Ardsley in 1862 undoubtedly set
tied the question. The elastic property
of air under compression had long been
known, but until these experiments had
been completed, its value was but i'm
perfectly understood. The engine for
compressing the air was generally placed
on the surface near the top of the shaft,
areceiver being fixed in close proximity
to it, and the air was taken from the
compressor to the receiver, thirty feet
in length and four feet in diameter. The
density was generally of about three at
mospheres. Iron pipes then conveyed
the compressed air in every needed di-
rection through the roads and passages
of the mine. An india rubber hose con-
nected the cutting machines with the air
pipes.
With we'll constructed machinery,
forty. five to fifty per cent. OF the steam
power exerted would be available in the
shape of condensed air at a density of
three atmospheres. The cost of work
ing is stated to be as follows: Taking
a forty-horse power to consume ten
pounds of coal per hour per horse pow
er, the cost would be sixteen shillings
per day. That boiler would drive an
engine of sufficient power to drive four
coaI. cutting machines and each machine
would cut more coal in a given time in
an ordinarysseam than twelve men. In
cidentally the use of compressed air
tends to reduce the temperature of the
mine, and the air-pipes can readily be
turned into water-pipes, for the purpose
of flooding the mine in case Of fire.
Compressed air is also coming ex-
tensively to use for hauling purposes.
Small engines could be set mp wherever
convenience or necessity might require
they are portable and removable at a
trifing expense, and available where no
other mechanical power. for fractional
purposes could be obtained. It is also
valuable for pumping water and drilling
the holes where the coal has to be
blasted or broken down by tn hydraulic
press. March GALAXY.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
Glass Spinning,

The spinning of glass threads is thus
described by visitor to the Vienna ex,
hibition: ga small boy turned the
wheel, which had a broad rim of non,
while girl sat with few small glass
rods before a jet of intense flame.
Taking up one of the rods by one end,
and melting the other in the flame,
with the other hand she thrust a point
into it, and threw a thread of glass
over the wheel, much as the thread OF
a cocoon is started upon reel. This
was not always accomplished al the
first trial, but when once started, the
thread would spin off infinitely, as
long as the glass rod was held in the
fame. The silk upon the iron reel had
the same appearance as that Of CO.
coon, though it was not so strong. The
process after this to cloth weaving is
simple enough, and with proper ma
chinery it may be made in any quanti-
ty. In the hall for glass manufactures
was exhibited a case filed with silky
looking articles, such as feathers, cuffs,
collars, etc, all made of this glass silk. u
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

NEW RUSSIAN MILITARY LAw:-Alex-
ander of Russia has issued a ukase de-
olaring every male liable to conscrip-
tion in the army, and repeating the an
cient privilege of providing a substi.
tute. The whole male population Of
Russia and Poland, on attaining the
Goth year of age, will be required to
draw lots, the result of the drawing
settling, once for all, who is to be enlis-
ted for active service and whojs not.
Those drafted into the army will be
liable to fifteen years, service, but may
be allowed TO go home on furlough af-
ter six years, to be called out again
when needed. Young men who have
attended school will be allowed a re-
duction of their term of active service
proportionate to what they have learn
ed. This is the most leveling military
law in the world. Russia is evidently a
good place for soldiers.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

sioners to be appointed in each judicial
district of the United States by the
court of claims. These commissioners
are empowered to summon witnesses,
to take testimony, employ stenogra-
pliers, and fully prepare each claim for
presentation to the said court, and the
United States are to be represented by
the respective attorneys, and the orders
of the commissioner are to be enforced
by respective United States marshals
The docket in each case is to be open
to the inspection of the public when
compile ed. Tie other provisions re
gard the rights of the United States
and the c aimants, by prohibiting un-
necessary delay, after the commence
ment of a suit, and by enforcing severe
penalties for the conduct of commits
sioners. The cost and expenses in
each case are all to be borne by the sue
cessfuI litigaut.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
Drinking Warm Blood.

Mention was made recently of gen.
tleman in a very feeble state of health,
who had been for some time at the
butchers abattoir in Brighton for med
ical treatment, simply drinking q hal
tumb' 'erfal of warm blood twice day.
This course the gentle an, Mr.. @. FL.
Stickney, who is willing that his name
shall appear, has followed until week
ago, having been there ten weeks, and
during that time gained ten pounds IN
weight, and, to use his own words,
=" Ny appetite is good sleep well,
and feel like a new man, and am soon
to commence business again in Boston. y
He also saws there are ten or twelve
others there, drinking the blood, all OF
whom are gaining under this treatment.
One gentleman from Boston, a con-
sumptiye, so feeble that it was with
difficulty he could get-to this abattoir,
is now able to handle an ak skillfully
enough to "knock down o bullock" A
lady from the city who has been sick
six years, stricken with paralysis, is
improving wonderfully by this "blcod
cure" A gratifying feature of this cure
is that Is is without money and with.
out Price. ."-Bosto1l Journal.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

Mr.. Garfield likens the United
States army to ga half developed frog,
all head and no tail. The staff is mon
strously disproportioned. When the
Prussian army numbered 400, 600 men,
it's taft was composed of only 100 Off
GERS. The staff of the Russian army
of SOC, 900 men numbers 800 officers.
Bnt there is fastened on to our little
army of now 25, 900 men staff of 633
officers, many of them having the rank
OF brigadier general.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

One of the young ladies at a watch
factory, it is said, is at work upon a
patent watch which will have hands so
made and adjusted as to seize the wear
er by the coat collar every evening
about ten o'clock and walk him off
home. Ten gross have been ordered
for use in Peoria, and ten gross of long
waiting wives and maidens, whose
"beauty sleep" is too often postponed
until the witching hour, are praying for
their coming.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
Tom Marshall's Parole.

During the war Capt. Marshall was
arrested by some over-zealous friends
of the government and taken to Lexing-
ton on a cha ge of disloyalty. When
brought before Major Moore, the pro-
vost marshal for the district, that gen
tleman, who soon saw there was nothing
in the case and did not care to put him
in prison, told Mr.. NJ rshall that he
would parole him to the limits of the
city, but would require him to report at
the provost marshal's Office at least once
day. This was in the afternoon. The
next morning, before sun-up, the major,
who slept in the room above his office,
was awakened by somebody quarreling
furiously with the sentry at the door.
He looked out of th9 window and saw
that it was his prisoner, who demanded
to see him in order that he might re-
port, according to orders. The major
ordered the guard to show the gentle
man (Tho proved to be Mr.. MarshaID
up stairs where he sat, and they talked
until the breakfast hour came. Of
course he was invited to go over to the
hotel and break his fast with the major,
and promptly accepted. AS they were
entering the dining-room he turned to
his entertainer, and in his inimitable
style inquired: "Maior Moore, is this
the way you treat your prisoners, sir
DO you force men to load their stomachs
with dry food and furnish nothing to
wash it down with, or to help the diges-
tive organs to dispose of it when lodged |
there? 1 could not Eelieve such things |
of you, if L had not felt the cruelty |
myself" OF course, the bar-room had |
to he found. After breakfast the pris-
Oner went his way, but just before din
uer be reported again. The same pune |
tuality was shown at every meal for sew
eral days, when the provost marshal,
having become convinced that the |
charges were unfounded. and that his
prisoner had been badly treated, dis
missed him to his home.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

There is one act of politeness
which, IN some of the E lropean eoun-
tries, the poorest peasant never forgets.
1t IS the salutatlon of the dead. A fun
eral passing through the streets of az
American city or London is treate,.
with no more consideration than a
street car, but in Italy every hat would
be raised in reverent salutation as the
corpse went by. There may, perhaps,
be very little sincerity in the feeling
which prompts the salutation, but it is
one of those graceful little actions by
which we express sympathy for the be-
reaved and acknowledge, in the pres
ence of death, that touch of nature
which makes us kin.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

Mr.. Mayall, of Boston, has in
vented press capable, he says, OF
printing both sides of a newspaper at
once at the rate of &c, 900 impressions
per hour. Which may all be SO, and
then again it mayn't. - =. ...-.---.-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

-" RespeGtablepe people" are singu-
lar set in .Porbfands Maine. Within a
week one respeetable citizen was caught
stealing ieweIry, another with kid
gloves stc1e q. ham, and third was ar
rested for stealing spoons.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13
By HORSLEY BROS. & FIGUERS.

even asserted that he has recently. been
seen in New York city.
The rewards for the killing of Steve
Lowery amount in all TO Sc, 200, and
this amount will be paid over to the
three young men who killed him. The
dead outlaw is said to have been recently
but the ghost of his former self. He
was formerly stout and robust, but had
become pale and thin of late. Since
the killing of Tom Lowery he has kept
pretty close to the swamps; but the
music of tobacco and whisky caravan
sary was more than he could resist. To
his love of the ardent may be directly
traced his death. He was older than
Henry Berry Lowewy, who was, in fact,
the youngest of the brothers in the
OaDU
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-13

Russia is about to adopt general
conscription law, which, it is thought
will bring the strength of the army up
to 2 OOO, 900 within fifteen years.