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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-05

A COUNTRY COUPLE COME TO WASHINGTON
TO GET SPLICED-Dr. Sunderland Does the Bnsi-
ness for Them.-The appear snce of a country
wedding party in the neighborhood of the City
Hall attracted considerable attention to-day.
The party arrived at the steamboat wharf ali
the way from Fairfax county, Va, and walked
to the City Hall, where some one had told them
IT would be necessary to apply for license
The groom was about six feet tall and slightly
bald headed, and the bride old enough to be his
mother. They were accompanied by q grooms-
man and bridesmaid, another old lady
Johnny Fitz, president Of the newsboys' home,
suspecting what the matter was, escorted them
TO the clerks Office, where the names were
given as follows: Wa. Thomas Sullivan and
Frances windsor. After getting the document
the principal Drew out dollar ereenback
which he enclosed in the license, and both him.
sell and groomsman srrayed themselves
in enormous white cotton gloves. and
Fitz then led the way to DR.. Sunder-
lands, where the envelope Containing tha
license was handed to the doctor, who Ioolad
rather blank, when he found but one soIitarv
tpcosed He made short work OF the ioh IN
presence OF several who had followed the nartv
TO witness the ceremony. The party then toof
leave and stopped at the woodblue Honss
where the bride and maid waited outside. wbifss
the groom and bis aid went In and took smils'
The party then took stroll down to the sysnns
and up towards tia Presidents house m &c ts
sight previous to taking the bost on their retnr0
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-05

No. 45I Pennsylvania avenue, near Az street.
No WONDER the people have confidence,
when the best physicians are prescribing DR.
BulPs Cough Syrup in all cases of Cough,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-05

To BIB CURED of Rupture wear the Elastic
Truss, 255 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-05

TO HAVE elegant light Biscuits, Rolls, Buck-
wheat Cakes, Fruit Dumplings, SC, Won sbonId
use Dooley's Yeast Powder. Ask your grocer
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
A 4. srewari's Box at Nibio'.

The New \ oIk correspondent of the Boston
Transcript furnishes that paper the following
description of the manner in which A. T
Stewart, the merchant millionaire, en- 10Y the
atlical entertainments: Let me describe the
interior @: a. Il. Stewart private box at Nib.
los Garden, which he has had recently reGt
ted and which the writer occupied the nipll
it was completed No royal box in Eur0pe
equals It for size magniicence or convenience
1t is the lower left hand box as one faces the
stage and consists of 4 suite of four rooms-a
large parlor, (Which is the first entered from
the lobby,) a dressing room cloak roOm and
the box. The parlor IS richly frescoed as are
all the rooms; is carpeted with delicate mo.
uuette carpet and hung with the richest Grim
son satin, heavily frinsed. Two immense
mirrors have been placed opposite each other.
extending from the floor to the ceiling. The
sofas, easy chairs, etc, are all upholstered IN
crimson satin. From the ceutre of the ceiling
there hangs 4 large and beautiful cut glass
chandelier, one OF the finest in New York
| The dressing room contains hot and cold water
mirrors, toilet stands. etc. The cloak room
opens from the box. Large crimson
satin chairs of n Turkish pattern ill the box
| 1t is very delightful to attend a theatre under
such comfortable circumstances. Between the
acts impromptu dances can be indulged in
| especially If the orchestra is playing a walt
| or polka or 4 supper can be served liom the
Metropolitan liotel, just .acrossthe court Al
ter all ii some people in New York are very
poor, others are very rich
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
pENINsULAR NEWS.

flkton brags good butter at 40 and 40 cents
per pound. Happy Elkton.
BY the performance of "Ten Nights in
Bar Room" will the Temperance people OF
ElktOn be delighted on the night of April
7th.
Wild ducks last week, were plenty in the
marshes near Elkton.
With the FIRST crabs of the season." Elkton
last week was regaled.
AT Havre de Grace, last Sunday A fired u.
Allen. d printer, and graduate of tho cecil
tlemocrdt office, died of consumption in the
Goth year of his age.
A new building Is being erected in Enton
and the country people when they come to
town and see the work going on. are fairly
astonished at such an evidence of improve
ment
Rising Sun trapper killed and sh inned 967
pole cats, during the recent season, besides
numerous other "varmints."
Mr.. Jesse Williams, Of the Philadelphia
| POULTRY Association, who has a Eennery near
kls.ng sun, Is preparing for publication a
work on poultry and its diseases.
The steamer Cyrus Z. Smith has commenced
| regular trips between North East and Balt-
more.
The ladies of North East, last week, present
ed Independent Council No. T. o. L, A. NJ,
with beautiful flag.
| Business at North East is said to be bli.king
up.
| Arrangements are in progress for the es-
taslishment OF foundry at Rising Sun.
rural gentleman while eating raw oysters
in an Elkton restaurant the otner evening
swallowed the cork and Quill of the pepper
sauce bottle and Then declared he had gulped
down an oyster with bone in il.
Fresh herring, tax collectors and the mumps
1 at
Messrs John McCracken John Haley
George Moore, b. T. Thomas and 4. W. Now
land are the recently elected Town Commis
sioners of Nsrth East.
Messrs. Steele, of Chesapeake City, and
Sh0ckley, of ElktOn INDUCED in pigeon
shooting match one day last week, Elktou
was victorious by score of IA to Il.
David Douty has baen elected BaI,ff OF
} Port Deposit.
On Wednesday evening the Port Deposi
Band tenderes complimentary serenad,
TO Inc new NJ. Z. Minister, Rev. Charles Hill
bishop Becker of Wilmington officiated il
, st. Theresa's Church Port Deposit last sun
day
On Wednesday, several lodges of Baltimor
J kniRhtS OF ofPythias visited and paraded aroun
Fort Deposit.
A pound is to be erected in Port Depos
for the accommodation of stray hogs.
Under the new law, the ba rber shops {
Salisbury were closed last SUNDAY.
The erection of an Alden fruit driving @
|, tabllshment at Salisbury Is talked OF.
The play of base ball Oh the streets of Sali
bury is now prohibited.
bill for the protection of birds in " ICON
co county has been passed by the House
Delegates.
!, Horatio J. Sheppard has been appoint,
Notary Public at Rising sun, Cecil County.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
III TNc TX NOUIt VI is. HINTS
Women Fighting Wild Cats.

Oht cav last week the residence OF Mi
Powell, near head Of navigation on sun
flower RIVER, waa attacked hy . gan, ,f
wild eats. Mis-. Powell and the colorcd soI
want only being at home. The door Ltiul
closed, one ot the eats Jumped through the
wind, ", when Mrs. Powell threw llau-
kct over II and threw II ont at the back
door. This ono WAS soon followed ~
another, which sho killed with an axe. By
this time the cOlored cook was attacked a
short distance from the house and she alarm.
| oil n white neighbor, who WAS at work near
the place. who came TO her assistance anu
iled the cat with tho hatchet. but not uua
I'll the cook had been pretty well "chawtd"
by the kitten. TIC gentleman thou went
| To the relief OF Mrs. Powell at tho house
when two OF the cats attacked him and in
jured him quite severely before he succeed
| I'D in despatching them. Four OF Tho pack
were killed and several wounded before
| they could Ice scared OIL. The hides of the
| four eats that We're slain were brought Ia
| this city on the steamer Lizzie Yesterday.
| A day or Two after this attack the carcass o +
| a dear WAS found buried near this place, W ith
| evidence Of its being tho work OF this same
| pack OF cats. This account comes To US
| through a reliable source. and we can vouch
| tor tho veracity OF it, The natives attribute
| tho attack to hunger.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
&c TIONS
w Wiisningt9H aMN caieTn u, X.
TIME YABIE.

FALL AN LARkANaEMENTS.s
Commencing OCT. It.. 1874 trains i'll
S1kkpT.sfEsS run as follows:
Leave WILMINGTON TO - a. III. and ; - A.. N
Leave landenoerg t.. a. III. and 80 r. m
AuiSc at W NllmingtOn 80 a IN. and ; 20 q III
Arrive 1t LlndeuDerg ~ so Il In and - 10 IN
CON n EtflONS-Iralh5 luiving W ilmiu ton Il
10 BOA IN with train leaving Philadelphia at ) 81
III.
Train leaving Wilmington at 3j u lii, Connect.
With lriin leaving PhliadelPha at % p ~.
ltain arriving at Wilmington At - A IN with
tram Tor fhiidei phia al : lualn
tram arriving at WilmlnGtu II , - with train
inr'PhlladelphIa at y III.
sunday tthins Will be lthdrawu after Oct l:t
sep ~
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23

NITRO GLYcERINE A four. horse wagon load
ed with nitro-glycerine, arrived at Elites Ed
dy," near Port Deposit. Cecil county, Md, last
week, safe and sound. The explosive material
was hauled all the way from Middletown, Conn,
passiog through the States of New York, New
Jersey, and part of Pennsylvania. While pass
ing through New Jersey, the wagon became in-
bsdded in the mud, aud the team was not sutll-
cient to haul It Out; after many fruitess attempts
the driver asked the assistance OF a farmer lly-
ing near by, who refused; but on learning the
lief, and soon had the wagon sent out of sight
The nitro-glycsrine was for keaveuy & Buck
10 be used on the Columbia aud Port Deposit
Railroad. ior blasting purposes
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
Clues of Gravel.
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad,
DECEMBER p. 1s11.

DkCkMBkR =, IsNI.
Trains will leave Wilmington as follows for
Philadelphia and intermediate Stations, Z, 8 10,
80. l0 % u. m; 2. 4 A., 7 l., ~ "a y. m.
Philadelphia and New ork, 20 II. m IL %. 8 AZ
y.
Baltimore and Intcrmoiiltc Stations u 81, 10 O2.
n, m 20 u. IN.
Baltimore and Washington. l. y. 10 a. m.; l 23.
10 p.
Trains for Delaware Division. leave for
New Castle y So IL ~ IA, NJ; - 30 ) 30 o. m.
Seatord and Intermediate stations. ll55, 10 lU n
III Il - y, IN.
Delmnr and intermediate Stations. l. 80. ~ Il
n. m.
SUNDAY TRAISs.
Philadelphia and intermediate Stations 4 a. G 80
1924 p.
Philadelphia and Now York. | % a: IN,
Baltimore aud Washington. IL g., = is q. III.
For further Information passengers are referred
to the time tables posted at the depot.
IL. j. KENNEY,
marll -lyd&w Superintendent.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
Fro al the Reading Eagle. March q.
A ModeI Depot.
TuE NEW READING DEPOT NOT EQUALLEp RY
ANY OTHER IN THIS COUNTRY.

TaE NEW READING DEPOT NOT EQUALLEp RY
ANY OTHER IN THIS COUNTRY.
The long talked of and often promised Read
ing Depot is nearing completion, and when lin
shed, will reflect credit not only on TIE Read
ing railroad company but upon the city Of Read
i1g.
There are iour platforms, one 500 feet long
two 500 feet long and two l75 feet long PAS
senger trains from New York ard the east, from
Philadelphia and the south, lrem Pottsyilieand
the north, from Harrisburg and the woa and
from Columbia aud the " hole surrounding coun
try, pass under either Of these wings, aud pas
sengers can pass TO and from the ears withou
getting wet
The centre building il built Of the best l'hila-
delphia pressed brick cornered with Ohio sand
stone. The three outside doors to the main hall
are of walnut and will have nine windows.
There is in the main building on either side of
the hall, ladies and gentlemen's WAITING rooms
finished in Ssluul, oak and maple, with large
chandeliers y line dining room aud also q large
kitchen with mammoth ranges, rooms " it'll large
sa ses. one OF which was made by the American
Steam Safe Company OF New York. There will
be clock in the steeple.
The mantes are Of slate, very highly POLISH
ed, and the fire places are of the most modern
and unique stylss. The ticket office and con
dlctors rooms will be in the west cad. There
are baggage iooms and all emigrant room IN the
SOUTH and nine rooms the second floor for
the officers of the road There are between 60
and 20 heaters in the building. The building
| il lighted from above by the skylighls. aud
there are beautiful gas reectors in all the halls.
| The staircase is made of Sold walnut, and is a
fine piece OF workmanship. The cellar is also
very large aud the yery best, and the other con-
| veniences OF the building are In every respect
i tirst class After it is completed It will repay
the citizens of Reading to visit and inspect the
building.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
gtw advertisements.
NEW YORK DAY BOOK

DEMOCRtTfC WEEKLY. Established, 1850. 1T
supports White Shprenacy. political and social.
Specimen copies free. Address. DAY BOOK. New
York City
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23

Electric, Captain Stockley, with a corps of COM
petent engineers, has been, tor some time past,
surveying the Delaware Bay for the purpose OF
fixing sites sor the erection of Light Houses and
other improvements Congress, al its last ses-
sion, Appropriated $l5SOOO for the purpose OF
improying the Delaware River and Bay, and q
portion Of which only has been expended. In a
week or two the officers oil the Electric will com
nence work on the Delaware, when the necessary
surveys preparatory to the contemplated improve
ments will be made.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23

FROSTED FEET.-Twenty five years ago was
terribly afflicted with chilblains aud had bet n
for 10 Years, being laid up some winters for
weeks, and after trying many remedies. stun
blel on the following; Soak the feet in ho,
water ior at least half an hour, occasionally ad-
ding hot water 10 keep up the heat all that can
be endured. After wiping the feet, hold thea
by hot stove just as hot as can be endureu
another half hour, occasionally bathing them
with some healing linlmeDt. Repeat this fol
three or four nights l have never suffered al
hour since this trial was made.
! Rochester, n, Y, P,B.s.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-23
RiNA'

NUTRiNA,
Prepared from Wheat and admirably adapted as
die to those of sedentary habits and for all per-
sons suffering from impaired digestion. Constipa-
ton of the bowels often the eaass of much i'll
health and suffering is reliev ed by the reaue Mt use
of this food. rne same may be said of gelnine
scotch Pin Head Irish } and Rethlehem Dat Meal
which of finest quality are Supplied by
E.NBRiNGHURSr i. i CO.,
Apothecaeiss,
Corner Sixth and Market street
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
Slaughter of Back.Pay Grabbers.

Out of one hundred and two Repre-
sentatiyes in the forty-second Congress
who voted for the salary-grab, twenty
four only secured denomination to
Congress, while seventy-eight were
either beaten for denomination or other
wise withdrawn from public view. The
names of these seventy-eight are as fol-
lows: Adams, Averill, Bigby, Bing-
ham, Blair, Boreman, Boles, Buckley,
Burdett, Caldwell, Carroll, Coughlin,
Conner, Critcher, Grassland, Dickey,
Duboise, Duell. Eldridge, Elliott, H.
D. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Giddings,
Golladay, Griffith, Hanks, Harper,
George E. Harris, t. W. Hazleton,
Herndon, Houghton, Kendall, King,
Lamison. Lamport, Lansing, Leach,
Lowe, Maynard, McHenry. McJunken,
Meyers, Morphis, s. L. Niblack, Pack.
ard, Peck, Perce, Price, Prindle, J. NJ.
Rice, Robinson, J. Rogers, s. II. Rog-
ers, Sargent, Shanks, Sherwood, Snapp,
Snyder, Storm, Stoughton, ST. John,
Sutherland, Taffe, D. Townsend, Tur-
ner, Tuthill, Twitchell, Voorhees,,
Whiteley. Williams, J. NJ Wilson, Win
chester, and Young.
Out of the twenty-four who voted for
the salary grab in March, 1873, who
were nominated for Congress in 1874,
bW0AF0 were Q0IodIou at Gu0 polls, as
follows Benjamin F. Butler, of Mass
sachusetts; Roderick r. Butler, of Ten
nessee; Clinton l.. Cobb, of North
Carolina A. G. Rarmer, Leonard Mey-
ers, and James S. Negley, of Pennsyl-
vania, Isaac G. Parker, of Missouri Eli
Perry, of New York J. FL. Platt, of
Virginia; J. Fl. Rainey, of South Caro-
lima J. H. Sypher, of Louisiana, and
J. II. Sloss, of Alabama.
Out of the whole number of one
hundred and two members voting for
the salary grab, only nine have been
elected to Congress. The names of
4911ese spared monuments are as follows
N 81. Stowell, of Virginia /; John
G4a aanco97 o. of Texas A. S. Wallace, of
9ouIn 11 Gaa ina, Samuel J. Randall, of
zen dennSyiV1Mia'T nI g. B. Darrall, of Louisi-
ma Charles Hays, II Alabama: J. A.
Garfield, of Ohio, and n. p Banks of Of
Massachusetts,. No all of these nine ne
even took the money General GARFIELD
for example, refused t. toucb the i nvtrs eVtr,
salary of $1,000, although yotine for
the bill containing it on other gfoSnds Do
li-Cincin1aat5 Commercial
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
VICTORIA GRAY.

4 giddy young girl was Victoria Gray,
One proud and determined to have her own wav
And rather than bend.
She would lose her best friend
She was one upon whom you could never depend.
That she thought herself charming was plain to be-
seen,
By her confident manner and satisfied nien;
She was one of that kind
That one often will find,
With small, selfish head and diminutive mind.
Victoria Gray had a lassion for dress,
Though good taste and good Judgment she did not
possess;
On the streets she would dirt,
, And sweep through the dirt,
Win en'rty-slx yards of light silk in her skirt.
she 81 made many lovers it may be score
Que hso promised to marry a dozen more;
And felt happy and gay
At the confident way
They were treated and loved by Victoria Grav
Augustus Van Quirk was her fortunate fame;
weak little fellow.
Whose whiskers were yellow
with little white hands and a voice rather mellow.
He took her to operas, dances and plays:
He courted and wooed her in various ways
She whispered store
OF affectionate lore
That blghted the hopes of a dozen more.
They were married at last; twas a most famous
affair,
Made brilliant by presents of real plated ware;
Twas transient display,
The talk of the day.
And this was the end of Victoria Gray.
Five years have passed by, and Augustus. Van
Quirk
Has never been guilty of going to work;
just over the way
Is small sign to-day:
f' Boarding-by Mrs. Van Quirkn (nee Victoria
Gray.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
The Sanitary Condition of Water.

There IS no more prolific source of
disease than bad water; but to DIS
tinguisil whether the fluid is unfit for
consumption or not is somewhat diff
cult. Water from a certain river. spring
or well may be repulsive to the senses,
and yet harmless to the stomach, in
comparison with other water which has
a more attractive appearance. Perhaps
the best mode of determining the ques-
ton is to examine the condition of the
organisms dwelling in the proposed
source to be utilized. If, for example,
an industrial establishment or collec-
tion of dwellings empties refuse into
the stream, and as a result fish disap-
pear or are found dead upon the sur
face, it is certain that the water is
strongly and injuriously affected. The
gradual infection may be noted by the fish
first rising to the top, apparently i'll at
ease, and subsequently dying. In
vitiated water also mollusks perish. and
their bodies decompose rapidly. In
the air they merely seem to dry up and
retain life, though torpid for some time.
Crosses cannot live in corrupt water,
and their existence is sign of purity
in the fluid, while alg@ deprived of
their green color indicate absolute cor
ruption. NJ. Gerardin, in referring to
this subject in a recent note to the
French Assembly, states that the best
method of measuring the degree of
purity or of infection in the water is by
determining the amount of oxygen in q
given quantity. Water containing a
large percentage of gas is pure and
good; but when little of the latter is
present the water is decidedly deleteri-
GUS to health. Scientific American.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
Double-Track Railway Between Cln>..
go and New York.

IF there is any truth in the statement,
for which the New York Graphic is au-
thority, that Vanderbilt and his people
propose to build double track freight
railway from New York to Chicago, the
farmers of the West certainly have
cause for devout Thanksgiving. The
plap unfolded by the Graphic is sim
pie and reasonable. The New York
Central Company viii soon have COM
pleted two additional tracks between
Albany and Buffalo and the possession
of the Harlem and Hudson River rail-
roads by the same corporation gives it
practically four tracks between New
York and Buffalo. 1t only remains for
the company to lay double track be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo in order to
complete freight railway between the
West and the East With this advantage
the New York Central Company would
be able to cut under, not only the Bal
timere and Ohio rates, but any schedule
that could be framed by a company
having smaller facilities. G ain could
be carried on such a freight railway at
rates scarcely exceeding canal tolls.
The promise is glorious one but it is
only promise. Chicago Tribune.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
How the Judge Cleaned HIS Chimney

The Lancaster pa. E.r01si71e1. saws
"Judge Pitman's chimney had been
foul for some time, and when he men
toned the fact at the drug stere. Mr..
Squills said he could easily chan. It ont
by exploding little powder il the fire.
place. The idea seemed to Eitman tn
be a good one, and he bought almost
ten pounds of powder in order 60 do the
work thoroughly at the first blast Some
men were busily graveling his roof that
day. and just as the Judge was about to
touch off the charge workman named
Snyder leaned over the top of the CHM
ney to call to the man below to send up
some more tar. Then the Judge lit the
slow match. The view which met the
eye of M. Snyder was fine one. en-
bracing, as it did, Cape May. and Oma-
ha, and Constantinople, and Baltimore,
and the Sandwich Islands and when he
got enough of drinking in the scenery,
he care down into the river, apparently
with Che intention of exploring the bot
tom. When he was fished out, he was
glad to learn that not only was the
judges chimney thoroughly cleaned,
but that it would need about four cart
loads of bricks to repair damages After
this the Judge will clean his fues with
a/brush tied to clothes-prop.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-25
Where to Get Divorces.

Hereafter will Oregon, instead of In
diana, be the Mecca of all matrimonial
" discontented wives and husbands.
The Legislature of that State has de-
creed that within that commonwealth
the voluntary separation of man and
wife shall work the legal effect OF di-
vorce. This is powerful thrust at the
vitals of the Hoosier State, and will
draw off a large percentage of its float
ing population. It is probably the best
Immigration dodge of the day. 1t will
do more to populate Oregon than all
the Immigrant commissions ever sent
abroad more than all the millions of
boastful pamphlets in hundred differ
ent languages with which States have
deluged the compactly settled provinces
of Europe more than any Legislation
under the sun could do for far-of Ore
COn