Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-29
SEWING MACHINE

At Washington, on Friday, E. A. Williams
and James X. Moore had a bearing on the
charge of robbing the Internal Revenue Blu
reau of $4,000 in drafts, on the It'll inst. They
were committed in dsiaut of $4,000 bail.
Trustees of Tie Poor.--A stated mt etlng OF
the Board Of Trustees Of the Poot for this c un-
ty, was hell at the Aims House yesterday
they found 252 inmates, well and well
clad. TIE number this year has Increased on
account of employ nent in genera being scarce.
The institution is well conducted under the
overseer, NJ. Barlow. The fam has not been
sold as has been stated.
Markefs-Butter sold on Wednesday, from
45a5Oc. per Il :; honey 35 do. eggs % per doz-
en-, chickens t0aS1.50 Il pair, ducks 9Oa$l.50
do. turkeys 81. 52at2 so each, geese 81 23a$l 90
do, potatoes 20h25 half peck. sweet do. 2Oa3n
do, turnips sai0 do, tomatoes l2alo do. wal
nuts u do, apples lSs30 do, carrots 18a20 do,
beets 6aS bunch, celery 5a1U do, cabbage ia
10 per head, soup beans Ia per quart cliestnlits
2Oa25 do, lima beans l8a20 do..oats y a bushel,
corn Is do, beet 10 to 20 per pound, mutton
lOal6 do, veal 12a20 do, sausage lOal2 do,
Strap lie Gas do, Ia ID IL to IL.
To cure d cough, 10 r,liove all irrtations of
the throat, TO restore perfect soundness and
hea It'll to the mos delicate organizations If
the human frane-the lungs-use DR.. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild cherry, which is still prepared
with the same care in the selections aud com
pounding of its various ingredients as when it
was introduced to the public by Dr. Wistar,
ever forty years hence.
ictinized.-Wiiam FL. Ftz.immons OF
West Chester. and George G. Way of New
Garden, Pa, visited some lady friends in Phila-
depha, last Saturday evening week, when theiI
overcoats were stolen from he entry by two
young men who boarded in the house. Mr.
Way also lost 500 In money which he had left
| la his pocket. The young men were arrested
and held in $1,000 to answer for the offence.
The House Appropriation Comm ttee on
| Tuesday perfected bill stopping payment OF
unexpen ded balances fIr purchases of sites for
| or erection of publ. buildings, where the con
| domination of the site has moi been completed
OF the erection ofthe buildings begun or con.
tracted for. The Secretary of the Treas Jury il
| authorized to suspend work on buildings al
ready commenced, when. In his judgment, /
can be done consistently with the public in
| teies's. All the sums made unavailable by
| this act are covered into the Treasury. II is
stated that the bill, even If passed, will not APP
ply to the Philadelphia Post-office. p wy
The lower portions OF the Oswego Valley
In New York, are suffering from the seysres
| dood known for twenty years IL is catst by
| Ii iph water in the Oswego river and the dam
| ming up cfthe stream by acc mutations OF ic,
| along its banks. About half mile of the lowe
portion Of the town of Fulton, aud all that por
ton west Of the canal, are inundated, the wat
| rr being from two to seven feet deep. On Sun
day night thirty families were driven t. ON thei
homes, and on Tuesday morning many moi,
were taken from The secoad stories Of their
houses. where they had taken refuge. The ga;
| ks are drowned out, and several -four III II
| have been stopped.