Wilmington journal., 1874-07-24
Es.,rgI.-v and cnIoroforn,.

A little after O'clock yesterday
morning, q burglar effected an en-
trance into the residence of Mrs. G.
G. McDougald, corner of Chestnut
and Ninth streets, bv passing through
window, which lad been left I'M
secured. The house is of one story
only and the only occupants at the
time we're Mrs. McDougald, her
mother-in-law and two children. Mr..
McDouga!d was absent at the time at
Rosindale, at which place he is en-
gagged IN the distiIling business.
1t seems that the burglar first en-
tered It room occupied by Mrs. Nc
Dougaid, when he a6ninisted cLloro-
form to that lady, Supplying her to
such a degree shat he was enabled to
overhaul trunks and drawers, in the
searc; for pluader, with perfect i'm
punity lie also broke open the pan
try, probably III the search for silver
ware. lie then proceeded to the
room Of the younger lady with
the evident int ntion Of chlOroforning
Lor also, III which attempt he failed.
Mrs. McDouga!d heard some one stir
ring in the room and at just about the
same second Of time, hand was laid
on her knee, the man evidently feeling,
in the dark, for her head. AS soon as
she could become aware OF the situa -
ton of affairs, the lady sprang from
tie bed and seized the burglar, whom
she is certain wa black man, and ut
tempted to hold him, while she called
loudly for help, but the man broke
from her and ran TO window,
through which he disappeared. Tie
cries of EIrs. McDougald brought of
,I,,y ~
the neighbors TO the scene, but the
the house evidenced that nothing was
missing, although the rooms of both
ladies had been ransacked. Forum
ate!y, Mrs. McDougalds valuables
were locked ND in a drawer which the
burglar failed to open.
The elder Mrs. AIeDougald was yes
ter;iay quite i'll from the effects of the
chl0roform which was administered to
her, having been attacked with several
violent spasms during the day. Up to
this writing there is no clue that will
lead to the detection of tie burglar.
There are over IA 800, coo children
Of the school age i'll this country. We
spend annually for schools over $s90,-
uDp, 900, which is equal to one-thlrd OF
one per cent Of the property, real and
personal, Of the whole country, as re-
turned by the last census, aud we en-
lioy 22l 900 teachers. The national
government has already set aside for
educational purposes 14O, OGO, 900 acres
OF the public lands
Eighteen thousand women attached
their signatures to the memorial for
woman suffrage presented to Mr.. Dis
raelI. The list was headed by Flor
eence Nightingale followed by Harriet
-dartlneau, Mary Carpenter, Lady
Anna Gore Langton, Miss Frances
Power Cobbe, Miss Thackery and Miss
Anna Swanwlck. The premier, in his
reply, expressed himself as much hon
"red by such an Offering.
The trees all along the Thames en-
''aA1mtnt are beginning to grow
hH'dsomeIy. Five years from now the
T"i'" way will be one of the finest in all
Europe.
A happy people las been found by q
DltlSh man-Of-war on one of the is
lands OF the New Hanover Group in
tA7 south Pacific Ocean. They live
~ a:d "nr first parents i'll the Garden
L'teli' ana sGcii thing as an article
cljthIng was not found on the island.
hnowing the evils that follow in the
wake i civilization, it seemed great
pity that this people must soon be sac
riced.
The fact that Patagonia abounds in
Iich gold mining districts has been
hh"wn for years; but it has been too
hazardous an undertaking for miners
% go and get it. Information has
been received from the party sent Out
hy the Argentine government to ex-
Piore Patagonia. They went up the
o'linas river about fifteen miles and
then followed up the Santa Cruz three
hundred miles TO its source lake
twenty seven miles long and one hun.
ored IN circumference. The river is
haVlgabie its entire length, and at low
water has not less than nine feet il
depth. The lake has another Quite
that empties into the Pacific Ocean
which IS but thirty-two miles distant
They brought back with them ricl
samples of gold dust and coal, and a
last accounts had started off to explor
the Gallegos river.