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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-09

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rood six-oared LAP-STREAk GIG, and q
four-oarcd SHELL, with sliding seats
w. II. GLIB ,ON,
u S. Treasurers Office,
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V!ICHY WATER
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je5 WARFlELD q BALLS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-09

The great trot between Goldsmith Maid and
Judge Fullerton took place yesterday at the
Prospect Park Fair Grounds, New York. The
betting at the start was 500 to S25 Cd the
Maid. Fullerton won the first heat IN :. ~.
The Maid was still the favorlte, 800 to $40.
Goldsmith Maid won the second heat 10 =; Isl.
The betting was now 500 to $50 on the Maid.
She won the third heat 10 Us. There was no
he,ting thereafter. The Maid won the fourth
l IA -,o, ia . Oh
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-09

AMI LINENS, FOX
y BOYS WEAR, just opened.
les y. f. WILMER co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-09

1nn BAMBY BAY ISLAM ID and HA L.
1OO FAX GiBBED HERR!NG tr
.oI. hv [in4l r. NJ WSUN.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

Said an eminent person, whose gift
of moneymaking seemed to his neigh
bors to quite outstrip his gifts Of money,
"rrue, ! don't give much, but if you only
knew how it hurt when give any, you
would not wonder"
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

SAVED FROM DROWNING BY A Cow.
Saturday evening, just after the heavy
rain storm, boy named Croft, residing
in Manor township, was saved from
watery grave by a cow which lie was
driving home. The circumstances are as
follows:
"a number of cows were pasturing on
the farm of Tobias Seachrist, in Manor
township, and had crossed a small run
which passed through the premises. The
boy, who is very young, was sent fpr the
cows and he had crossed the mn .Rhich
was much swollen by the rain onA small
foot bridge. Two of the cows proceeded
along quietly and passed through the run
but the third would hot cross II. IiotWith-
standing the little boy urged her on de-
terminedly. Seeing that she refused to
60 across, the boy thought he would leave
her where she was and drive The other
cows 10 The barn. He stepped upon the
frail bridge and just as he was near tl,e
middla,the structure snapped asUnder and
precipitated him into the swiftly flowing
waters below. The COW seemed to COM
prehend that the boy was in danger Of
being drowned, for she instantly plunged
into the stream below tie bridge, and as
the little chap foated up TO her she al-
peared to wait for him, an advantage
that he was not slow to take. He clasp
ed her around the neck and legs and was
drawn hastily TO shore, terribly frighten-
ed, but not much the worse off bodily by
his experience.-Lancaster Examiner Of
last ,ceek.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

SUICIDE AND LIFE INsURANCE.-An
important life insurance case, in wich sui
eide was pleaded in bar Of payment, was
decided last week in the United States
Circuit Court at Canandaigua, New York.
The ifepolicy provided that, if the person
insured should die by his own hand, the
company sOuld not be held responsible.
The insured committed suicide, and the
Judge in charging the jury instructed them
that, if the deceased at the time of killing
himself was so far mentally unsound that
he could not appreciate the moral chalac-
ter the act of fselt-destmctiOn if not so
far mentally unsound as this-if, at the
time of taking his life, she was acting I'M
der an insane impulse" which urged him
to self-destruction and coerced his judg-
ment to such an extent that he could not
resist, although he realized both the mo-
raj and physical character of the act; if
either of these conditions were found to
exist, then it was not in law a death by
his own hand within the meaning of
the policy-and his heirs could recover
the insurance. Under this charge the jury
found verdict against the company for
the full amount of the policy.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
Diamond Spectacles !

"MINUTE CRYSTAL PEBDLss" melted togeth-
or, and are called Dl DlNulOnd on account Of
their hardness and brillisncy. Having been
tested with ths spolariscOpe, the diamond
lenses have been found to admit fifteen per
cent less heated rays than any other pebble.
They are ground with great scientific accura--
cy, are tree from chromatic alteration, and
produce a brightness and distinctness Of VI
sion not before attained in spectacles. Manu-
facturei by the Spencer Optical Manufac-
turing Co., n. Y. For sale by responsible
agents in every city i'll the Union. BENZ.
s. CLARK, Jeweler and Optician, Is sole
Agent for Delaware. From whom they can
only be obtained. No peddlers smployed.-
DO not buy pair unless you seq the IT, ade
mark oct Silly
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

showed the tallacy of the arguments that
the present supply of water was sufficient.
If the gentlemen wished to kill the ord-
nance they could do so, it would not in
jure him. "a ...
Mr.. Pickels moved to strike ont $40,
900 and insert $26, 1000, and called for the
yeas and nays.
Yeas.-Baker, Febiger, File, johnson,
Murray, Phillips, Pickles, Underwood
8. ....
Nays.-Adams, Bickta, Burke, W. CaI :
bv, W. M. Candy, Hayes, Lynch, McID-
tire, Richardson, Taylor, Maris.-ll.
Mr.. Hayes made quite lengthy 81 Q 'ch
In reply, opposing the beginning OF the
work until money shall he raised to meet
Mr.. Febiger stated that the city was
now consuming over 5000, 900 gallons Of
water per day. The consumption Of the
city doubled every ten years, and with
prosperity it would continue to do sO.-
We had four pumps but the Wolthington
and Cornish pumps could not work at
the same time. We had however one of
the best forcing pumps in the world. A
short time ago some person screwed down
the aperture Of the main at the basin
leaving It only six inches wide. Had the
Cornish pump been used at the time it
would have been broken to flinders
The person who did the deed was no
known.
Mr.. Pickels reiterated the statement
that tn haI n
commence the work until the bonds had
been sold for the purpose. There wete
$1,000 OF school bonds yet unsold and
some 81 days must necessarily elapse be-
fore they could be disposed tf and $25,
900 he realized, and yet men go about
begg ling for work.
The amendm eEt providing for SAC, 900
was finally passed by unanimous vote,
when the resolution as amended was
adopted.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Candy moved that tile
ordinance be postponed until the second
meeting Of Council in September. He
then called the previous question, which
after some explanation was ordered by
II ayes to 9 nays. The vote recurring on
the original question it was carried by
similar vote, and the work was ordered
to lay Ovor to September.
On motion OF Mr.. Pickles the ordinance
for issuing the bonds was read, and after
some discussion Was lost-not receiving
a two-third vote of all the members Of
Council.
A petition Was received from Vim. NJ.
Pyle, and others asking, that market wag-
ons should be prohibited from standing
IN front OF the post office on King street.
Read and referred after which Council
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
R0WBOTHAA d. FRAIx
A u c t 4 O. n G G


Auction sales every evening, at tl eauction
hous.. Ont door sales Wednesdays and Sat
days at auction Louise. -
Conslgnments received daily. Allkinds Of
goods. wares, ard merchandise sold On COM
mission. Persons declining house keepipp
can have their goods sold at priyate resi-
dence or at the auction house as mar be de-
sired III goods sold 0nlcOmmlsslOn tromptIv
paid for within three days from tie day of
sale. Country sales, and sales of real estate
promptly attended to. We will aIso Keep 4
FIRST class variety store. which will be open
daily Sunday excepted for the sale OF house
furnishing goods, such as china, glassware,
queensware, crockery, tinware, wood en- ware,
carpets, oil cloths. window shades, brushes,
baskets, &c. Also gentlemen furnishing
goods, such as shirts, drawers, susnsnders'
scarfs, hose, &c, ut wholesale and retail, at
prices thai DEFY competition. Call and see us
and be convinced. Public patronage is re-
spectiuly solicited. 49,,
ROWBOTHAM d. FRAIM, Auctiopeers.
No. Il. Fourth street, wilmington, Bel.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
AT 3O2 MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE,

viii be found the largest and best assort.
ment OF the above goods In the State. Band
China Dinner Sets, Band Chinx Yea Sets,
White China Tea Sets, White, China Dinner
Sets, Edwards White Iron Stone Toilet Sets,
Edwards Ware Iron Stone Tea Sets, Fancy
Toilet Sets, great variety, Comma Goods Of
every description Fancy articles th endl ess
variety; Hard Rubber Handle knies; Plated
Forks, Spoons, Castors SC. PlatedTea Sets
OF best quality; Cnt Glassware, OF Every de-
scrlption Pressed Glassware. OF livery de-
sene Oil, Lamp Chimneys, &c. Tie atten-
tiOn Of those in want Of the above gods Is in-
vited to my stock Of goods in this la,e. The
quality Of the goods Is the hest ofthe kind
that can be found and the prices d low az
good goods can be sold.
jan l-tf THOS. Y. DENORMANDIE.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
COAL. WOOD, LINE, Etc.
N e W G o 4 l. Y A II d :.
JOSEPH EOUT.

Having opened coal yard at the wharf of
y. Morton Poole & Co. will be pleased to
serve all who may favor him with their pat
rohage: All our coal is under cover, and
clear or dirt. Sold at low rates and delivered
PROMPTLY. Office al Atkins building, Orange
ana water streets, and at the wharf. mar3i
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

PERSONAL AND CORPORATE RIGHTs.-
Two farmers in New York State have
raised an interesting question as to the
right of a railway company not only to
take portions of their land, but to rend r
communication between isolated parts of
their farms dangerous. The New York
Central Railway Company wants land
for two extra tracks, near Port Byron,
New York, but the farmers referred to
refuse to surrender the land without the
company will accommodate them in return
by building bridge over the tracks, so
that the divided farms may have safe com
municatiOn the one with the other. The
company attempted to forcibly seize the
land and lay tracks, but the neighbors
turned out in force, built breastworks near
the disputed territory, and entered upon
an armed resistance. The farmers express
their willingness to yield if the courts
decide against them, and application has
been made by the railway company to the
Supreme Court for writ of assistance.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
FURNITURE, CARPETS, DC.
FURNITURE GIVEN AWAY!

IL. $. YOU n G.,
Cabinet Maker, Undertaken, and uplo.ster.
No. o03 MARKET STREET,
Ientlan blinds repaired, carpets, oil cloths
and mating made and fitted. 9-Open day
and nigLt.-Su mar 1918
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
HORSES! HORSES!! HORSES!!
Furniture Cars and Draws.

The subscriber begs leave to notify his old
friends and the people Of Wilmington and VIE
cinity, that he still continues to Keep his old
stand, corner Of FRONT and FRENCH Streets.
Furniture Cars, Drays and excellent horses
to hire at all hours. Furniture and other ar
ticles will be removed from the Steamboat
landing and other places in the city, with
great care, by skilltul drivers. All who de-
sire draying can be accommodated with
promptness, at the lowest possible rates.
aprc MORRIS WELDIE.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
JEWELERS., AND WATCH MAKERS.
GEORGE JACK,
No. 3O5 MARKET STREET,

4NV' Vo" ~ H'shA !"
WATCHES, JEwELRY, &C., sPEcTACLEs
AND EYE GLASSES, GOLDsILvER
AND RUBBER FRAMES.
We claim from experience to suit every pc
culiarty OF impaired vision, and In every case
guarar tee satisfaction. Our facilities are
such that we can exchange glasses in any
shape frame to suit the Customer In few
minutes. .l.g.lGgus yA5
B-First iewelry store above Third st.
Repairing In all its branches,
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27
l. Il A II III e IL .

Win continue the manufacture Of all kinds
Of Leather for Shoemakers. Saddiers. and
Manufactures. Also will keep or hand and
make to order Leather hose Of all kinds, and
patent stretched whole hide and side leather
betting, single and double thickness, plain or
water proof cenlented, and warranted su-
perior article. All orders will be filed to the
entire satisfaction Of the purchaser at the
lowest market prices, at the old stand, 8. W.
Corner Of Third and Orange Streets, Will
mtngtO /, Delaware. H. s. MCCOMBS.
Daily Republican., 1874-07-27

did not like the idea of not doing the
work by contract. He did not wish to
see the work commenced until there was
money OH hand for the purpose.
Mr.. Febiger replied with some acerbity
and questioned the motives to some
extent Of the opposition. He said the
basin on Eighth street was built by COLI
tract, and member of the Water Com
mittee was paid $4OO for experimenting
the work, yet the basin proved good for
nothing, and $1,000 had to be expended
10 make It secure. He gave the dimen.
sions of the new basin, showing that the
walls must be from five to 4S feet high.
He was for making the basin so secure
that it will stand forever. He was IN fa-
vor of doing all the work as far as posi-
BILE by contract. There were hundreds
of men who wished employment at this
time, and they were begging for work.
Ifthe whole basin was given out by con-
tract in one job, it would most likely be
awarded to some contractor from New
York or Boston. His object would lie to
make money,and he would most probably
hire labOrers from abroad. This how
ever may not effect members of Council,
az they did not suffer for want of work.
He gave description of the present pipes,
aud stated the proposed plan for furnish
ing South Wilmington and the Ninth
Ward. The whole cost would reach
S5OO000. As only 100000 had been
appropriated the basin could only be built
1t present. The work had not been
commenced sooner for the simple reason
thai the bonds could nos be sold. He
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
Twain's Interview with n Book
PeddIer.

A book peddler visited Mark Twain
at home to get his subscription for a
new work, of which he carried copy.
he found the genial Mark hoeing in
MS garden He was kindly received
and asked to take a seat He took
seat The seat was on the top of a
fence, the uppermOst rail of which was
sharp. He was not happy when he
sat down, and he got no happier as he
remained. He remained there, too, a
very long while, and Mr.. Twain was
very kind. He talked to him about
the book and its author, whom he
knew; about the pictures, and the let
ter-pless, and then he branched off in
to other and very deep literary sub
jects, of which the agent knew moth
ing. After an hour or so Twain hos.
pitably asked the agent into the house
and then he talked to him some more.
The agent was getting very tired and
very hungry. Twain excused himself
for moment, and stayed away an
hour, during which time the agent sus
poets he took his dinner. He came
back and was still very kind and talked
again. It was now nearly D. m =,
and the agent had come about IL a.
m. He had nothing to eat. and not a
word had been said about subscrip-
ton. He grew desperate, and asked
Twain if he would subscribe. Il think
I WILL" drawled Twain, 'sbut not to-
day-come tomorrow, and we will
talk about it, The agent decamped,
and he now swears-though he had a
nice time, and Twain is a good talker
that he will never go back again no
never
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
InterestingLegal Decision.

A St. Louis court, says The Trade
Bureau, recently made the following
decision as to how far an employer is
answerable for injuries received by an
employee in his service. The Court
said: While an employer is insurer of
the safety of his employee, as far as
apparatus and machinery are concern
ed, and for injuries received when the
employee is unconscious of the defect
in the apparatus, yet if the employee
knows of the defects, and continues
to work and incur the risk, he must
take the consequences of his own neg
ligence. This view is sustained by re-
cent decisions of the Supreme Court,
and by the General Term of the Cir
cult Court. In case where the labor
er was injured by the breaking of a
worn out rope, it was decided that he
could not recover, as he knew the con-
dition of the rope, and continued to
use it at his peril.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
WASHINGTON c. H. O., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1874.
THE DOORSTEP.

The conference meeting through at last,
We boys around the Vestry waited
To see the girls come tripping past,
Like snow birds willing to be mated
Not braver he that leaps the wall,
By level musket flashes itten
Than I, who stepped before them all
Who longed to see me get the mltten.
But no, she blushed and took my arm;
We let the old folks have the highway
And started toward the Maple farm,
Along kind of lovers by-way.
can't remember what we SAID,
Twas nothing worth song or story;
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in a glory.
The snow was crisp beneath cur feet,
The moon was full, the fields were cleaning;
By hood and tippet sheltered sweet,
Her face with youth and health was beaming.
The little hand outside her muff-
o, sculptor, ifyou could but mold it
So lightly touched by jacket cuff,
To keep it warm l had to hold it.
To have her with me there alone
Twas love and fear and triumph blended,
At last we reached the foot-worn stone,
Where that delicious journey ended.
The old folks, too, were almost home;
Her dimpled hand the latches fingered,
We heard the voices nearer come,
Yet on the doorstep still we fingered.
She shook her ringlets from her hood,
And with 'fThank you Ned" dissembled,
But yet knew she understood
With what daring wish I trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
the moon was slightly peeping through it.,
Yet hid its face, as if it said
"Come, now or never, do it, do it,
My lips till then had only known
The kiss of mother and of sister;
But somehow upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth 4 kissed her.
Perhaps twas boyish love, vet STILL
o, listless woman, weary lover,
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill,
I'd give-but who can live youth over.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25

jeff Davis did not spend his
strength for naught while in Europe.
He appeared before the legal advisors
of foreign bondholders in London, and
made speech in Justification of his
action in the reputation of the Mis-
sissippi bonds, a generation or so in
the past. He is said to have impressed
his limited but enlightened audience
with the determination "to have as
little as possible to do with the securi
ties of. that portion of the United
States" The reservation as to 'sthat
portion" is well made, and it is to be
considered as creditable to English
men that Davis was properly appre-
mated He was able to taint the rep
utation of Mississippi, because his
name is connected with the act of re-
pudiation which has made it a stencil
in the nostrils of honest men every
where. But his London audience
might have been relieved of any anx-
iety for the exhibition of good faith
on the part of Mississippi in any of
her future promises by the considera-
ton that jeff Davis no longer possess
es either power or influence within her
borders Dayton Journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
The ST Iouis RenubIican tells

- The st. Louis Republican tells
story of 4nis-mated pair who lived in
Boston. The wife journeyed to Chi
cago and commenced suit for a di'
norce. The husband followed and in
duced her to abandon the suit and re-
tnrn home. In less than a year they
grounded again, and the wife returned
to Chicago and her divorce suit. The
husband not being quick enough, the
decree was granted, and the wife re-
turned to Boston free woman, where
she resided for five years. Meanwhile
the husband came West. In an evil
hour the woman answered a matrimo-
nial advertisement, and after a long
correspondence, came West TO marry
her affinity. When they met she dis
covered in him her discarded husband
Each had lied so consistently and pos
itively to the other that the fraud had
never been suspected.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
business I'm fha Weat.

The New York Evening Post says mem
Der of one of the oldest banking firms in that
city, who has just returned from an extensive
tour through the West, reports business in the
Western cities generally dull, but not near.
and customers have, as a rule, been very eau
tious in their purchases, and the country is
bare of goods. The country trade is growing
very active, however, and the largest iobbing
house in Chicago is doing heavier business
than ever before. Its members say that their
collections in the country ere never SO good,
and that their trade this year will probably
amount to 100000
A large firm of pork packers and grain com
mission merchants, having houses in both Hi
nois and Indiana, expressed similar views say
ing that in twenty years experience they'hRd
never known such favorable prospects for the
crops throughout the West.
The prospects for the railroads and for bust
ness generally are said to be eorrespondingly
favorable. With empty market for goods
from the East and an immense harvest to be
moved from the West, it is argued that railroad
transportation and trade as whole cannot fail
to become very active. An increase in railroad
business, especially in the passenger traffic, is
said to be already plainly perceptible. =
The depression in iron manufactures is spo-
ken of as another circumstance now faVorble
to the railroads of the West, which have form
erly been economical in the purchase of rolling
stock. One company, which three years ago
bought heavy freight locomotives for from
$4,000 to S24 900 each, has just purchased
twenty of the same kind for but $9400 piece.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
Acoustics in Public Buildings.

A, W. c. states the inability to hear
distinctly in our public buildings is
due to the architects, and that those
gentlemen should remember that an
ounce of prevention is worth more
than a tun of cure. ''Please advise
any of your friends who contemplate
building, to observe the following rule
and they will find the principle there
of to be true:
"Let the whole structure be held in
entire subserviency to the auditorium,
regardless of needless ornameutation,
and let the clear inside lines thereof be
as follows: Make or take the whole
length as one sum in feet, make the
whole width one half that sum, and
the whole height, to the center of the
ceiling, one half of the latter sum-"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
About eleven O'Clock one night s

About eleven O'Clock one night a
policeman met negro carrying a
trunk along the street, and thinking
he had discovered an item, he collared
the negro and told him to drop that
trunk and explain. II kin do it sab, :"
replied the stranger as he put down the
trunk. "De family what was boarding
me has been akin for money, and as
dey was gwine out tonight thought
l would get into some family whar dey
respected de panic" He was allowed
to go on.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-25
V VALUABLE FARM
FoR SALE.

7 WILL offer for sale the farm known as the
4 ''Crumrine farm situated in Fayette county,
Ohio, on the waters OF Rattlesnake, containing
clear and 40 acres well timbered. It has upon it
bearing orchard OF different kinds of fruit trees
frame dwelling house containing rooms, a large
frame barn, besides other buildings. All the
buildings are in good repair. The title is good
The terms will be made to suit purchasers. En-
Gy Ohio JACOR CRIJMRINE
Nov G. 1878 5l*tf