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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03
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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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paa 9aarosn Sapitao / Srumsr /
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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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ca paalibelise asiurance ~Scmpasnier:
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selpbia, rrsantieret 1925, 1886, 900
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at @ilmaufse, @is. $4,000
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act. Saul Sire s @arine"
at ct. Saul, Minn. $4,000
"St. Sciepb", Ct .Spiepb, Wc. $4,000
"@atertppn" Watertrwn ,W.Y. 10000
%5cme", Columbus, Sbir, $4,000
Brewers, Wilpautee, @is. $4,000
"Gluitable1 al Naihpiie Sem. 276,000
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urrtstlise Soma for "@atertcpn
Sranb Assurance Setitab.
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Decorah-posten., 1874-10-03

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Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
THE MARKETS.
MAEkIsEAGEItS.
Oct. 9lst.-ly

MAGUIRE-BCDD.-At Asbury NJ f. Parsonage, Smyrna bV
Rev. Dr.. Phebus Dec 21i, Mr. John Mcguire and Susan
Buid, both . this county.
PLEASONTON-DAVIp.-On the day. by tho same Mr.
Stephen e. PeasoutOn ami Annie David also OF this county
ANTHONY -LOwE.-At the Delaware House, smyrna samo
day, bv Mr.. Joshua NJ Anthony Miss Ella Lowe
both Of Caroline co, Nd.
RICE-GRIFFIE-On the 2lth, Al p SMYRNA, the
residence Of the brides bro.herinag, Elw Streets, Esq
by Rev r. A. Brown. Mr. Harrison Price IllSboro Nd
and Miss Laura S. Griffin OF smyrna.
WHEATLEY CAHOON.-Ou the 9ith. Dover, by Rev.
Geo D. Watson, MIR Greenberry Wheat aud Miss Rebecea
c. Cahoon daughter of WIN. L. CahOon. Esq.
RIGGS-HAW WkINS-At Smyrna Circuit Parsonage, on Dec.
qlth by Rev. W. B Gregg Mr. NAlhanie Rggs Of Kent
and Miss Emma Hawkins OF Salisbury, Md.
SYLBA-FARROW-On the evening OF the 24h at the house
of the brides parents, Raymends Neck by Rev. j. A.
wilson Mr. benjamin SYlba Miss Emma FArrcw daugh.eI
ol Jacob FarrOW.
DURHAM -OARHEY,On the gath OF Dec, smyrna. b,
Rev. q. W Kennedy, Mr. Daniel Durham TO Miss Carone
Carney, both Of Kent county, Del.
SPPLE srERNERAt tina residence o. the brides brsther
inaw, ". b. Lahr Milton Montour county, Pa, th
10Th inst. Sly Rev J. b. RurRner, WAiimAn Sippie
Amanda Sterner. both Vt Lebanon, Del.
THOMAS-THOMASA the residence Of the brides brother
Persons Corner. sunday 2Otu inst by Rev !,
Elerlicr, Mr.. jonathan x. Thomas and Miss Rebecea
! Thomas both Of Kent county.
BARA-VANGESEL On the goth OF October, by Rev. R. W
Todd. Mr.. Elisha BNra. Formerly OF Pennsy 10 Miss
AnniA Nangos"l uorm3rly OF Snyrua Of HirIugtoH Del.
COOPER-ROE.On the 18Th at December. bv tho Mr.
Samuel Cooper 10 Miss Annie Roe, all Of Vernon Del.
ROE-COVEY.-On the dav :, same. Mr. Edward
Roe 10 Miss Dliio Covey. all OF Vernon. Del.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

DOVER ITEMS DOver, Dec. 29.-Christmas
passed off very quitely here. Services were
held in the churchs and the day seemed to be
a quiet, yet very pleasant one. There was
no great amount of intOxcation.
The Knights of Pythias, No. 10, of this
place, and known as Central Lodge, are making
arrangements to celebrate their sixth ami
versary and give frst-class entertainment on
the 9th of January next.
| Mrs Mullen, who has for number of years
past kept boarding house on Loocksrman
street, has removed to the Green, and the
house formerly occupied by her has been
opened by Daniel w. Robbins, late of Hights
town, N. j., as a Refractory and Ice Cream
Saloon.
The Delaware Legislature meets in the new
State House, on the 5th of January. There
are q great many candidates for all the office
and some will have their political aspiration
realized, but a great many will have their
blasted. Gov. Cochran will be inaugurated Of
the 10th Of January.
Quite an important operation was performe
at the Kent County AlmshouSe on Christina
morning by DR.. +. w. Cooper, the Almshous
surgeon, assisted by +. +. j. Cooper, of Cam
den, and "a student of the University Q
Pennsylvania. The operation consisted in tn
removal of the second and third fingers, tn
extradiersd flesh from the centre Of the han
in the shape Of the letter V, and placing tn
fourth finger in place of the third one. TIL
person upon whose hand the operation we
performed is named Jump, and had his han
severely hurt sometime ago by corn shellC
in Pennington.
The Methodists here talk of building
mission chapel in the outskirts of the the towI
SCRIBE
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
MARYLAND ITEMS.

In view of local option, the Crisheld liquor
men threaten to sell frozen whisky III the shape
Of stick candy.
Some of the houses in Crisfeld rock so on
windy nights that they make the people in
them sea-sl:k So says the Leader.
Mr.. Charles Bennett killed nine black ducks
out of flock OF fifteen at one shot, one day
last week, on Oldfeld Point, Cecil county.
iShot-Two tramps hailed a carriage on the
road between Cherry Hill and Elkton, last
Wednesday night, in order to ascertain the
location of the almshOuse, when the driver a
young colored man, fired a revolver, the ball
taking effect ia the breast of one of the tTamps
producing a very serious wound. There was
no attention paid to what was done, but the
carriage was driven off as rapidly as possible.
! The companion of tho wounded man then
walked to Elkton and procured assistance after
which he was removed to the Jail. The cOlored
man was arrested and committed to prison.
General 7ench 7Hghman, prominent and
we'll known citizen of ElstOn, died suddenly in
Baltimore on Tuesday morning, the 22d inst.
aged nearly 65 years. Gen. Tilghman was
grandson Of Col. Tench TilRhman, who served
as an aid de.camp to Gen. Washington during
ths Revolution, and was born in OXFORD
Neck, in 1910. Gen. TlghnaR was educated
at West Point, was appointed Lieutenant il
the U. S. Army, and served with distinction
in the Seminole War. in Florida, and in tn,
Black Hawk Indian War. Though taking
warm interest in political matters, he neve
entered into politics as a means of advance
Q ment, aud We believe never held any poltica
/ position. Gen. Tghman was President of th
Maryland and Delaware Railroad COmpan
n for several years, and worked energetcally fror
Y the first formation of the company to secur
. its completion, and overcome the many Obsta
0 cles caused by want of means to push iorwar
J, the work. He was energetic, Onterprising an
4 psrscvering, but failed to accumulate the wealt
!, these characteristics usually bring in the
Il train. Latterly his attention has been devote
/ to commercial enterprises, and developing in
4 provements in manufactures.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

A SHORT SEssION.-As usual, the cry comes
UP for a short session of the Legislature.
This demand is generally made, but not so
generally needed. The last General Assembly
consumed about fifteen weeks, while its prede-
cessor delberated over three months. Before
the war a two months session was considered
a long one, and frequently the business could
be done up in five or six weeks.
The people, we think, are more responsible
for these long sessions than the Legislature
itself. Business generally drags at first and
the members End it difficult to keep employed
1t usually takes a motion to adjourn sine die
to cause business to rush in and fill the pigeon
holes to overhowing with bills to vacate certain
marsh lands; to open public road somewhere ;
to grant charter for soma matter Of moon
shine; to prevent swine from running at large
in some school district; to enable somebody
TO copy certain indicss, or to divorce some
unfortunate couple. Halt the time of the
Legislature is consumed in these trivial mat
ters that ought really to be settled by oul
courts or be fixed up in some manner outside
of the halls of legislation.
The next Legislature should go promptly tc
work aud rid itself or its successor of much o.
this matter of minor importance. 1t should
Provide for a constitutional Convention, Il
enable US to make our State Constitution tall.
with the National Constitution, to allow US t,
provide for more equal representation, etc
1t should give US a general incorporation act
it should wipe out the double tax on mortgage
real estate; it should repeal the law tina
virtually says that only real estate holder ca
be believed on his oath it should give us
better school system, or at least give us
Superintendent to look after the system W
already have and provide the entire Stat
with uniform set of school books it ahoul
tighten our taxes and not require our depr
ciated real estate ard slackened business to pa
such heavy revenues to the State; it shou
see if our usury law can be improved upon, ct
And it is more important to do these, and
them well, than to seek an early adjournmen
Let the session bo hort if possible, but let
bo long cuoucu 20 accomplish tho meade
reforms, if it take all summer.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

THE FARMERS VS.. THE BUTCHERS OF WILL
MINGTON-Mr. VIM. Homewood writes thus
to the Wilmington Republican,: am farmer
residing at Newark, Del. My farm contains
277 acres, $50 acres | feed with cattle and
sheep. | raise about $50 lambs of year; sell
all the bucks to the butchers if they give me
$5 each; if not, kill them and send my son
to market to sell them; the same with the old
sheep and cattle; when the butcher will give
me within $40 for bullock and $l.5O for a
sheep, as | can make by killing it myself, let
him have it. Twenty five per cent. should be
profit enough, especially when they sell the
meat and get the money before they pay for it.
The farmers case is very different. He has to
raise and keep the beast at least three years,
laying out OF his capital the whole time, fol
which he receives IS cents on a dollar; the
butcher gets 25 cents in three days; pays the
farmer when ho has sold the meat and got the
money | know this statement to be correct
[ have proved it over and over again. When
ever | can sell my meat ct cents per pound
[ make 25 per cent. over the butchers offer
The way we are treated is scandalously unjust
As soon as the farmer begins to sell his meat
the clerk of the market is sent to him, request
ing him to find some one to swear that he raiset
a the meat he is selling. My son has left hi
f, meat three different times for this purpose
o and on Wednesday last he was brought up be
o fore Esq. Publ, and, alter two as respectabl
t men as any in the State, proved to the sal
s Squire s satisfaction that raised my own stock
e he fined me IS and costs, and gave his reaso
II for doing so, because | kept too much OF M
farm in grass, which made me a butcher
It What is this oppression for but to protect 4
}. or SO butchers at the expense of 500 larmer
:, and add to the hardships of some Thousands
y poor working people. Let any man place hin
IN self in laborer's position, aud he will not wal
Of to pay more for his meat than is necessary.
is strongly advise the farmers to form clubs an
ID meet together to pass such resolutions to
N presented at the State Legislature as vi
it protect their interests, equal to any other traC
Ior profession.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
CHERIFFrS SALE

~ BY virtue Levari Pacla TO me directed vil
be exposed Public Sale at the Front Door 0 Counl
Building. the OF Dover Dover Hundred Kent C,,n
and Delaware. tt Is DAY the I2h az Japu.
1878 "a P NJ, the following Real Estate to wit:
All that certain tHD al land situated in MnFlerk
Hundred, Kent County and state Oi DaNas. adjoining S
iiiIam NTde. lands Of the DauIcl Lauiiin ID,
aud other andS. ana said contain OSE HUNDRED Am
THIRTY-SENEE ACRES, TiiKEE kUUDs AND THIRTY
FIN L PEkCHES be- the his
tract Oi land which has this been :hs
Jnhn Flsher by the said Isaac g. Holland by e
Indenturs bearing even date herewith aud being
OF land which 10
Holland ipsrge ArdS by hIs bearing date ha m
March d. lsGG and rccore IN thr
deeds for Kent County Book r. Yo 4
Folio li2 tn" said farm being CONVEYED ortgsss
the said lSaac &. Holland said enc
thousand dollars with interest thereon lang u ne
consideration therefor. together all
! the buildings. improvements {
S4iz"d and taken in eYerron the property OF JOHN
FISHER M MARGARET, his wife. 90! loT
| cash.
( CHARLES WILLIAMSON, late shorF
| SHRRRIEF's OFFICE. DuyFn, DEL.
I.cDu lqFl
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE SHIP
CANAL Swami on Tuesday
Offered the following resolution in regard to
the proposed ship canal between the Chssa-
peake and the Delaware. The resolution was
referred to the Committee on Commerce, and
will probably be reported to the House i'm
mediately after the holiday recess. The
following is the full text:
ResoLved, That the Secretary of War be
directed to report to this House the mos
feasible route for a ship canal over the narrow
peninsula which separates the Chesapeake anC
Delaware Bays, and also proximate estimate
Of the cost of the same per mle together will
the probable distance saved by said cana
between Baltimore and New York, the ports o
New England and ell European ports, and tn
advantage likely to accrue from the construction
Of said work to the commerce of the Unite
States in the development of our trade and re
sources, and the probably saving of tine, etc.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

CAN CONGRESS MAKE TINES EASY ?-Able
fnanciers are every day telling the country
that the hard times cannot be improved by
legislation that no law or financial bill that
Congress can pass will make money more
abundent or the people any richer. 1t is as
independent Of the civil law as is the small pox
or yellow fever, and Congress might as wei
pass an enactment to enable "Old PrObabili
ties" to control the weather as to pass one thai
will prevent financial panics.
There used to be law in this State to i'm
prison man for debt. After long time it wa'
found to &c very absurd statute and was re
pealed. 1t was found that putting man il
jail did not pay his debts, but rather prevented
him from doing so. Neither did it benefit The
creditor nor prevent him from trusting al
who wanted to Ego in debt" The matter wa
question of business, entirely outside of law
hence fines and penalties could not reach it
So with the hard times and the depression i
trade. 1t is ons Of those Gibbs and flows i
business, which, ike the tides, is governed b
laws superior to any Congress can enact T
strengthen what we say we publish the follow
ing extract from the Philadelphia Ledger 9
Monday
''History is forever repeating itself, and e.
pecially that department of financial histor
concerning the many futile attempts to max
money plenty by legislation. The accounts
such Of these as have been tried, only to ia
and bring disaster upon hapless communitie
fill many volumes and these, together wit
the sage expedents that have been propose
to the same end would occupy large spaC
in library. Our Congress, in the face of a
past experience, has been trying its 'prs
tice hand at the work for several years, at
is still at it, the latest production bsing Seust
Sherman's bill But still the fact remains tn
governmental action cannot create wealth, az
that money canHot be made plenty by Il
decree of Governor, by order in Council,
by act OF Congress.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
.UERIFFS SALE

SHERIFF'S SALE.
~ BY virtue Of VeuitiOni Exponas 10 me a,,,
will bs sxpssed to Public SAe, at the Hotel Of Cbar
Foxwe in the tGwn OF Snyrna Kent County and s,s' 4
Delaware, on THURSDAY 7th DAY Of iJanuary lS75 Al b
past O'Clock. p. M the following real estate 10 vii
No. Ali that certain farm, paTce Of and
in Duck Creek Hundred Kent County STATE OF
adjoining lands late OF James L. BsWsy, Nathaniel y W
and No. hereinafter described and bour dti on tbt r
Duck Greek, and said ts contain SIX HUNDRED s>n
EIGHTY $3.50 ACRE" OF LAND AND SALT MARSH M
OF less the improvements upon which tWnaory b.S
dwelling D0nst stables cribs and other out buildings A
story frame dwelling house thereon pr,ctsd ~
No ALL that certain piece parcel and land tp,,
in Duck Creek Hundred Kent COsuy Vi Deavs,
aforesaid ad"inIng lands OF Nathaniel lids lands as n
James h. Bewsy, Ephrsm sutton Jeremiah Rob us.n an
Ne above described and said TO contain TWO HUNDRFT
AND TWENTY EIGHT ,22sl ACRES OF LAND AND SSTi
MARSH, more or less No IMPROVEMENTS.
Seized and taken in execution the property Of ABE
REES, and will be ssd fOr IN.
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, late sbers
SHBEIFE OFFICE DOVER. DEL.
Dpcember l9th, Ia.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
CHERIEEnS SALE

~ BY virtue o: writ Of Levar Facias 10 mo ,.
will be exposed TO Public Sale, at tho hotel OF = rtf
in the town OF smyrna, Duck Creek Hundred Krn, a"
and State OF Delaware, on THURSDAY, the 9ist ,,uhI
January A. D. 1879 at ~ o'clock, the following & y
Real Estate, to wit: -''eost
All that certain lot, piee3 parcel Of land puata1
south side 81 Commerce Street, in the Fmyn s
county and State Of Delaware bounded folnxs hent
Beginning at stake the southeast side OF Comm VII;
aforesaid for the lands Of said
south forty degrees aud thirty minutes eh
five feet and inches to stake the norhgs.t aud
Mulberry Street and corner for said WOrden thence
Mulberry street south iortynine degrees and
minutes west hy feet to stake ave
with said Hunters lot forty dsgTess s lot
minutes west hundred and and Two thrtI
stake the EOntheas! side OF said Commerce 70
said Hunters lot thence with said Commerce Stsst er
htty degrees hfty feet to the place Of beginning north
Ten Thousand Three Hundred and sixteen Si hs
Rect mere Or less; It being the same lot Of
said WUrden by said Allen by lndeBture ben 70
this indsnturs, Together with ali and s hs ths
! buildings improvements, &c su'aI We
Seized and taken in execution the
WURDEN and ALIC H.. his wife and will e snlb AN
CHARLES WILLIAMSON. late s,Sa; az
! SHRKITP'S OFFICE. DOVER. DELrl NV "hSfu
Dacambar 2s 1874.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30
CIiERIEF"S SALE

~ BY virtue Of two wrts Of Levari Faoss 10 directed
will be exposed to Public Auction NsHdus H0ts Ui
T. Foxws in the town OF Smyrna Duck Creek Hundred Kent
and state OF Delaware. THURSDAY The 3lEI
December, ls74 al o'clock r. the following real
o
those pieces and parcels OF land parts
large OF Rud and know hs Tghmap
suated Kenon Hundred ormrrly part Duck Creek
Hundred Kent O Delaware solo Joseph
T. Comegys EN trustee appointed by the Orphans COsr 10
Kent Aforesaid tor that The hfi-eUh
day " April, A b. 1872 .he aid Frank GraIh and
SRnated plot Rccomp th- aiore-
by the u
follows to Wit: letter hundre and thirteen
and Psrchss Of land and letter n
aud twenty p@rchps DE the
less lands C Susan AtllN and marked Sae
plot letters f. H. L. and lands the Edward
AttX, and the parties hereto certainty ~ Gep
thr plot aforesaid Whe' iuh the
and distances 81 the several parcels which hU Nhoe pr
sol! by n" trustee. together N.h al and snRuA
the buildings. improvements. Fixture. &c.
Spl7a taken the property Of FRANK
| LIN ". GRIFfi / Il. and " q he S"ii cash
CHARLES WILLIAMSON late Sheriff.
SHBRIFFs OFFICE. DnVER. DEL..
December 7th. 1874.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

RoBBING A VEssEL-The Seaford Citizen
tells of daring robbery perpctrated on the
Nanticoke river, below that town. 1t states
that one night recently three masked men
acre, lying in the Nanticoke bound him hand
and foot, latter first bucting and gagging a
negro hand on the boat and then tied him to
plank and threw him overheard, after which
they robbed the boat of $50 in money, a
watch, gun and a suit of clothes, and left for
parts unknown. After floating around several
hours the captain was picked up by passing
vessel and restored to his own. He thinks he
knows who the perpetrators Of this outrage
!
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

LAMP WICKs.-The unsatisfactory light
frequently given by kerosene lamps is often
due to the wick. The fltering of several quarts
of oil through wick, which stops every par
obstruct the pores of the wick Consequently,
although wick may be long enough to last
some time, its conducting power may be SO
impaired that good light cannot be obtained.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

MARYLAND AND DELAWARE SHIP CANAL.
The Middletown Transcript says: We learn
that General Brown accompanied by the Vice
President of the Company, and Chiet Engineer
Hsrem, u. 5. Engineers, are now examining
the route. Wednesday was occupied in
examining the Sassafras River, and Thursday
in examining the route across the Peninsula
and Blackbird Creek 1t is reported that the
Company have completed the organization and
arranged their finances so that the Ship Cana
may be hoped fol.
Smyrna times., 1874-12-30

WHY THEY WERE NOT MARRIED. D.-The
Wilmington Republican of Saturday tells the
following story about couple in that city who
went to Philadelphia to got married last week.
Says the Republican:
Tho minister was required either by the law
of his State or the regulations of his chursh
we failed to ascertain which, to keep a correct,
and complete record of the names of all par
ties he married, also their age, their nativity,
the full names and age and nativity of their
parents. The ceremonies commenced in due
time the intended bridegroom answered all
questions promptly. To the question how old
are you? he replied 25 years. The intended
bride answered all questions until she was
asked her age. This question she point blank
refused TO answer, whersupOn she was politely
informed by the officiating preacher shat he
could not and would not proceed further unless
she would give a correct answer to the ques-
ton. Finally she responded II am 81 years
of age. THIS unexpected announcement
seemed to surprise the intended bridegroom
and apparently with great fsoing he declared
that her mother positively declared that she
was 26, and as he was 25, he considered this
an attempt to deceive him, and after further
discussing and considering the situation ht
finally decided not to marry any woman who
was so much older than himself, and who haC
tried TO deceive him. An angry quarrel fol
lowed and the next day tho lady could have
been seen coming down alone on the morning
train. If they had patrOnized a preache
residing in this State no such question Woult
have been asked.