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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
weather Ekcc0rds

REPORT OF THE SIGNAL sFRvroE.
associated Fress Special Telegram.
WASHINGTON, Dec 80.
Probabilities For the Middle States, falling
barometer, North east winds, fog and light rain,
followed on Thursday night by South east to
Sonth west winds. rising barometer, cloudy and
clearing weather, and higher followed by lower
tpppnrntlIre
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

NEWSPAPER NoTEs.--It Is stated that negotia-
tions are on foot, and have progressed to u deti-
mite agreement, for the sale OF the Gazette news
paper, including its daily and weekly issues, to
the Messrs 0'Byrne. Parties who are likely to
know consider it certain that the sale will be
made. The intention of the purchasers is to
consolidate the Gazette with the Herald making
morning penny paper The five dailies now
issued in this city make a larger number than
can be protitably sustained, and consolidation is
prudent step
The weekly issue of Eue,y Eceainy, tho Dela-
tndre State JoHndl will be discontinued, we are
informed, with the close of the present year the
issue for this week being the last.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
nan ,;or,, ", the Centennial.

Among the receipts at the Centennial rooms
Yesterday morning, was the sum OF S8ooo, re,
ceived for the concession of the privilege to sell
.,popcorn" in the Centennial grounds.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

A MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND CHILD AND THEN AT
TfMi1s SUICIDE.
Associated Press Special Telegram,
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 80.
About half past soven o'clock, this morning,
an officer attached to the 22d precinct, had his
attention called to house No. 356. West 5srd St,
and OH entering found man named Myers and
his wife aud chill. in bed.
The two former were in a state Of insensibility
and suffering from pistol shot wounds, While the
child was already dead, having been shot i'll tile
corner of the right eye.
Myers had wound on the right side Of his
head. His wife had been shot over tho left eye,
and in the right side of the head The wounds
are of fatal nature.
The theory of the police is that Myers shot
his wife and child. and then shot himself.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
Masonic Svindle

B9sloNIAN POCKETS ALL THE FEEs OF A "M MA
sOslG LODGE WHICH HE HAD INSTITUTED
Asaociated Fress spfetat Telegram.
BosTos, Dee 30.
Charles A. Delargardiere, well known here,
was arrested, yesterday, by the State police, for
swndling about fifty persons whom he had in-
duced to Join bogus Masonic Lodge. lie had
pocketed all the fees
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
THIRD EDITION.
Financial.

PRICE OF GOLD TO-DAY
associated Press Special Telegram.
New York, Dec 80.
Gold opened, this morning, at sl.13l5.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

PAY Your INSURANCE The insurance Offices.
as well as banks, will be closed on New Years
Day. In the New Castle County Company,
many policies run out on January 2nd, which is
Sudnay, and will therefore have to be paid up
tn morrow
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
More micniganders than Geese.

The population OF NIicbigan, according to tho
census Just taken, is 1854, ,031. In the year $500
it was 551. The male population is more than
SO. 600 in excess of female, and the dspropor-
tiou is said to be increasing.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

didates for Coroner, we gave the name of James
keegan OF this city. The correct name is James
Gegan.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

AN INTRUDER FRIaHTENED oFf.-About Z 80,
last evening, some one climbed upon shed
connected with the dwelling of Charles Smith,
S32 French street, with the supposed intent of
robbery. He was about to make an entrance
through window which opens upon the she'd
but slipping upon the roof the presence of the
intruder was discovered and he was compelled
to beat hasty retreat.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

EDUoATroNAL.--Prof. darkness gives notice
in our educational column of his re-openipg OIL
Monday, January 3rd. His institution has been
one of the most successful and popular in our
city or State. Important advantages afford
ed his students in having talented and educated
teachers of long experience, applying their Of
forts with zeal, to impart thorough, practical
and advanced education.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

The regular monthly meeting of the Aims
house Trustees was held yesterday nearly all
the members being present. No business of
Importance was transacted.
Isaac L. Crouch says he distinctly felt the
earthquake shock which shook ND Richmond
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30

How Low MUsLINs ARE THE price of mus
Inns seems wonderfully reduced. BY our adver-
tising columns we observe that John Vain
wright, No. 3t2 Market street, has started For
restdale muslin at 10 cents u yard Fruit of the
Loom at II cents Williamsville at u cents
Wamsutta at I2l3cents, which upon comparison
we find below the prices of Is years ago This
il likely to cause u rush to his store.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
FOURTH EDITION.
A Philadelphia Tragedy.

MAN SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND CHILD AND THEN AT
TfMiTs SUICIDE.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
alew advertisements.

TE1ABLE AND DESERT KNIVES AND
\ forks, ebony and rosewood, with line steel
forks. For sale by 49,.
Old Market St Wilmington,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
FIRST EDITION.
Washington calls ana callers.

THE WAYS OF SOCIETY AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
now YIsIriNd CARDS ARE UsiepLANu nav ,,ltr,.
sDMeIIMEs MrsriFY THE FARwgAT sIgMBsRs
Ll.r... :.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-12-30
Heiv Advertisements.

NORTH FRANKLIN RED ASH COAL
IN FOR OPEN CRATES MAKING A QUICK
FIRE, WITHOUT DuSroR SMOKE. PRlCES70t
CASH. ALSO, PRIME HICKORY WOOD.
GEO. w. BUSH n SON, Frencn st. wharf.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29
Pacific SIopers.

Ed Porter, Of Marion county, has
been adjudged a ct subject for the insane
asylum.
The building of the Ashland Iron
Works is about completed and ready
for the machinery.
Isaac Constant was quite badly crush
ed by driving his wagon, in which he
was seated, under some low joists in
his barn, at Grave creek, last week.
As Jacksonville last week, youth Of
abont 10 years of age, named p. W
Stow, was examined before Judge Wat
son by d. Calender and declared in
sane. ssss sta
The fourth annual fair of the Jackon
County Agricultural Society commenced
on the 21st. Owing to the unfavorable
condition of the weather the attendance
was not large.
The rabbits have been troubling the
grapevines of southern Oregon this year,
by nibbling the young sprouts, while
the squirrels haye been helping them
selves to the fruit.
L. +. Lewis. ono day last week. kill
ed large gray eagle on Rogue river,
which measured 8 feet from tip to tip
and weighed from 25 to 80 ponds.
The widest spread OF bis claws was
about 9 inches. This was an unusually
large bird of this variety.
Mr.. Geary informed tho Jacksonville
Sentinel that they had, while diggi q
well in the ueighborhood of their graz
vel diggings on Galice creek, come up
on what they supposed 70 be contin-
uation OF the famous blue lead Of Cali
tornia. Il was about twenty feet in
width at that poiLt, and prospects very
well at the top. They are sanguine it
will prove much better at the bedrock.
Samuel Sims, Z young man Is years Of
age, has mYsteriousIy disappeared from
Silver City, and at first it was thought
he had been fonlly dealt with, but as
his horse and baggage are missing. and
as be owed q nhndber of bills. Il is now
believed he has taken French IeaYe.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

HARD UP TSDEED.-Duprez Dodge was
;tR old sport, WHO was known far afiu near
as a sssquarc man. who excepted the re-
suits OF games of change coolly, and ever
fo md a friend at hand to give him stake
to renew the battle with the tiger and the
lesser animals of the menageries. Scruptr-
lousy nice in meeting all his own obliga-
tions, lie was himself the most lenient of
creditors. 1t is related of Duprfz that upon
one OCCASION, being particularly hard up,
and not disposed TO make known the cOmh-
tion of his finances, he started out OH col
ieeting TOUR the result of which is best rela-
ted in his oTn words: ss4
This fellow lived seven miles in the
country and owed ne q poker debt Of ten
dollars. Ten dollars amt much money
when YOU re fixed, but it il heap when
you amt; so tramped out into the country
seven miles through the mud, for it was in
the spring OF the year. and the mire was
over shoe top a good deal Of the way,
found the fellow out in the field piantin g.
At first took him for u last years scIrc-
crow,
Ibid yon get anyiling?'' anxiuusly in
terruptetl a lourger, fastening the relation
TO an ending.
..Get anytling.' exclaimed Duprez,
s>Get anything, Nu; took look at him
and walked back to town without saying a
word. He hadn.t clothes enough to wati Il
gun, and his boots were dealing from the
bottom.'
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29
Eugene City library has increased

Eugene City library has increased
its capital stock to $1,000.
Mr.. Powell, book agent, picked up,
down about Dixie, shell, abont as
large as mans fist, which seems to
have perriiied full of stone coal.
\ man was fined $50 and costs last
week at the Dalles, for throwing pepper
on ballroom floor just before the dane
ing was to have commenced.
A letter from Kerbyville, written by
MIR. Ell. Woodcock, states that his son,
aged IA, and daughter aged 16, have
killed two large panthers recently.
J. w. Watson of Hood river on the
14th inst, took from swarm of bees
"a pounds of clean honey. The bees
swarmed in June and were hiyed IN a
sugar barrel.
Since the completion OF the Albany
aud Santiam canal, all or nearly all the
factories, mills, foundry and warehouses
IN Albany use water as power for pro-
pelling their machinery. That place
boast of more water-wheels than any
other city in the State.
1AU 4NO6cOuTSs- It kl30 CAtCulb COuIG last
week, one of the jurors, in case which
was being tried, took sick and was ex-
cused, when one of the bY-standers
stepped up to the sheriff and requested
that he be put in his place, "for," says
he, 81 have heard every bit of the evil
denee and know / can give true and
impartial decision in the case. Won't
you get me the place."
The Walla Walla Statesman says:
"During the progress of the fire on 4Ion-
daynight, an incident of thrilling interest
occurred. A young lady, the daughter
of Mr.. Hull, was OF the building, and
unable to retreat by way of the stairs.
She appeared on the balcony and threw
herselfe off. Fortunately the brave
young lady was caught in the arms of a
stalwart man, and thus escaped injury.
Miss Hull may fairly be regarded as the
heroine of the fire."
O. Fl. Purdy, secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Idaho Territory has
received communication from the sec
rotary of keystone Lodge No. $50,
A. +. & A. NJ, Chicago, stating that
Edmond Rornyne, a past master of the
iSsAeSlR AOdSOs 40 AA0NCttAts33 SuIpASA GuC
country delivering lectures aud working
in public on three symbolic degrees OF
Masonry. The miscreant was expelled
from all the rights and privileges of the
order for unrlasonic conduct, and takes
this execrable mothod to sgct even. -
On the Umatilia reservation there is
Indian by the name of lie Louskin, and
lie is very wealthy, owning horses and
cattle valued at about SIS, 900, besides
other personal property. About four
weeks ago he went into the mountains
OH hunt, leaving in his 'og cabin 5000
in $50 pieces, $50 in small gold and ten
blankets valued at $50, besides other
fixings. On his return everything was
gone. No trace of the robbers has been
found, but three men who were living
near him, aud who suddenly decamped,
were suspected of having stolen the
property.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29
J ERtaIcs for Spelling.

The following rules should be carefully
committed to memory, as tine knowledge
of them will prevent that hesitation about
the spelling of common words which is
frequently experienced even by the we'll
edueatet1:
single vowel before it, have double at the
All mon,osyiiabies ending in i. with a
double vowel before it, have one at the
close; wall, sail.
). Monosyllables ending iazlsawlleal COM
skill . ee =
All words OF more than one syllable end
ing in have one only at the close, as
faithful, delightful except recall, betall,
unwell. etc.
All tlerivations from words ending in l
have ono only: as equality from equal; ex.
ceEt they end in er or II; as mill, miller;
full, fuller. rssts ~
All participles iil ing from verbs ending
in e, lose the ffnal; as have, having; a.ntise,
amusing; except they come from verbs end
| ing In double e, and then they retain both;
as see, seeing; agree, agreeing.
All verbs in ly, and nouns i'm ment, re-
tain the final of their prinitives; as brave,
bravery; refine, refinement; except judg-
ment, acknowledgment.
All derivatives from words ending in err
retain the ebefore the r; as refer; reference;
except hindrance from hinder; relnembr-
ance from remember; disastrous from
disaster, monstrous, from monster wond-
ltrous from wonder; cuInbrots fIom cumber.
etc.
All compound words. il both end not in
!, retain their primitive parts entire; as
mill stones, clargeabie., gfacefuli; except
always, also, deplorible, although, almost,
admirable, etc.
All nonosy yllables ending in coilsonant
with d single coIlsonailt before it, double
that consoiant in derivatives; rs sin, sin.
ner; ship, shipping; big, bigger; gladder.
Monosyilabies ending I'm coIlsonant,
with a double vowel before it. do not dou-
Bile the consonant i'm derivatives, as sleep,
sleeping; troop, trooper.
All words OF more than one syllable,
ending in a single consopant, preceded. by
Single vowel, and accented on the last
syllable, double that consonant iii deriva-l
tiTes, as commit, committees; compel, COM
pelled; appal, appalling !; distil, diStiller.
Nouns of one syllable, ending. in y,
change y into les in the plural, and verbs
ending in y preceded by a cons0nant,
change y into les in the third person singrs-
lar of the present tense. aud les in the past
and past participle; as fly, flies; I apply,s
he applied, / reply, or have replied or he
replied. Ifthe y be preceded by vowel.
| this rule is not applicable; rs key, keys; L
] pay, he pays; we have enjoyed ourselves.
Compound words whose primitives end
In y, change into i; as beautiful; lovely,
| loveliness. a-.5 T.ss,sfzs.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

ssNo ballots no babies'' still threaten
the suffrage seekers. But then fellow
can't be brought to believe that they
really mean it, yon know.
Ce.luloid is the new explosive. 1t
promises to be as useful an adjunct to
Journalism as kerosene, shot-guns, buzz
saws and Kn-klux.
Governor TTartranft, of Pennsylvania,
has brushed away world wide custom.
He will no longer observe Friday as
hangman's day.
Fools with bookish knowledge are
children with edged weapons.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29
Latest Lightning.


Messrs. Vyse g Co., New York, ale
kankrupts. The unsecured Indebtedness
of the firm is nearly 81, 500. 600. Four
other failures are mentioned on the 26th
and 9th, with liabilities aggregating
$500, SIG.
Early Saturday morning, VIM. A.
Soaring, watchman of the Oxford, u :,
Iron Co., on going up stairs discovered
four masked men at work on the sale.
He Immediately fired, shooting one OF
the burglars through the heart. The
others escaped.
VIM Stewart, liquor dealer of Au
Sable, Michigan, was murdered and rob-
bed in the street of that village on the
night Of the 25th. The skull had been
broken in with an AK. A warning to
temperance men.
Z. A. Relan, head clerk in Boston
and Bangor postal car, has been arrested
charged with robbing the mail,
A party of New England families,
emigrants, started from Lowell, Mass,
OH the 9th, for California. They have
a car to themselves through TO San
Francisco. This is rather more COM
Portable way of Crossing the plains
than the 49er enjoyed.
If any Lane Democrat asks you about
the late election in Webfoot, tell him,
in the eminent vocabulary Of the late
Horace Greeley, that he's a liar and
horse tlief-unless he weighs more and
can get madden than you.
The new Chilean and Austrian Min
listers were presented TO the President at
Washington on the Goth. Oregon pol
itics were not reverted to.
The phools are not all dead yet by
about a thousand, as Mondays election
returns begin to indicate.
The Morning Standard says the Serv-
ian SkuptcIina passed. by vote of 81
to ID, a motion for war with Turkey.
Bully for Skupt. And now let the
.thingumbob sound, and hot, rcd b-lUd
how hke-well, like "catechisms," as
the old Romans used to say. However,
come to think of it, the blood-letting
may as well be postponed until the
s'night before christmas" when we hope
to assist in the onslaught upon Turkey
III our own proper person. (This may
taken as fowl .joke.)
lie British admiral IN the Aeditelra-
ncan has been ordered to go for the
Spanish pirates who recently attacked
English merchantmen on the high seas,
and seize and place them where they
wont pirute any more.
If any Lane man with a spot in his
other optic and a suspicious grin OF his
mug, enquireth of thee concerning the
lection news, don't fiout at his too evil
dent ignorance and stupidity, but give
him soft answer. catholic answer
tell HIM he was bought with British
gold, aud the Pope's his gral.cmother
! The insnrTection in~Khokokand has
been renewed, and tile new Khan had
fled to Khadjend. Khan this be so an!
Oregon have a Lane in the House
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

Tie formal Inauguration OF the stat
S ue OF Storewall Jackosn, presented by
English gcntlemen to y irgiiia, occurred
al Isichmord on the 18th. $4,000 peo-
PIE were present. Gov. Kemper made
the address, and Rev. Dr. Hays deliver
ed tic Grafton.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

This from Denver, Oct. 9th: Three
of the participants IN the murder of four
Italians in this city recently, have been
arrested. One.ot them, an Italian, con-
fesses TO having played his harp whilst
five others cut the throats of their vic
Tins. Three of the murderers, Galotti
and Frank YoIindere, Italians, and a
Mexican, are still at large, but it is
tIionght they will be oyeTtaken in q few
hours Indignation is intense. It is
beHeyed that tie culprits viii be dealt
with according to law.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

The explorations of Mr. Henry NJ Stan
ley in the interior Of Africa give promise of
more satisfactory results than amy geeg-
rsiplilcaI expeditions undertaken for Il long
time. lie is making thorough work OF it.
Having taken with him boat, which he
set up after reaching the lakes, he is survey
ibg the coast line OF those great inland bod
les OF water and making an accurate map
OF theIn. He Inns already found that much
of what passes current as geographical
knowledge respecting those lakes is pure
fiction.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

The three wonders of the world at
present are: How fluff aecuHnulates in.
vest pockets, where the pins go to, and
why when man comes. out Of a saloon
be looks one way and goes the other.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

And now, here comes the Rev. Mr..
Talmage, getting out book on 6 Every
Day Religion!n Just as though it wasn't
as much as We poor fellows can do TO
put mp with it one day in the week.
Washington Chronicle.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

4 man rushed breathlessly into Il lawyer S
office in St. Paul, and approaching the legal
luminary. cxcitcdIy remarked: "a man
las tied il hoop to my horses tail. Can
do anytlins2'' Yes, : replied the attor-
sney, ..go and unite it," This was good
advic, and only cost the man So.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

Ohio Republicans had an enemy to
dislodge. The Democrats had every
state Office. To carry the stronghold, /,
called for energy and hard work. Both
were given with will. The majority
is not large, but, under the circumstances
it will do. It is much better than the
fifty thousand promised for Allen. It
gives us the State, and that was what
we wanted.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

late rctur.s from the Colorado elec
ton show large gaius for tie Repub.i-
cans, who will lave at least twe-tl,irds
of tire Constitutional Convention.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

In New York on the 9th, John and
Thomas Dowsen, father and son, quar-
relied willie drunk, when the father
fatally shot the son.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

The Grand Lodge I.o.o.F.of Ken
tucl<y, commenced its aanual session in
Louisville on tie 26th.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

A large number Of klamath Indians
were in Ashland tie other day, getting
: tleirsapplies.s Tkey toxored the citizous1
with several war tlancess g - {
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

BOILED RIcE.-Most readers thiEk
this is something easily prepared. So it
is, perhaps, but few nurses have an idea
Of the necessity Of having it properly
donc-tlIat is, cooking it. until every
grain become perfectly soy tened. IF the
grains are not reduced tothis soft state,
rice is almost certain, wben'swallowedi.
to irTitate the digestive organs, and
i,stead of sootlliiig the parts and sus-
tanning strenghf, will actually producea a
diarrbna, etc. This has been frequently
noticed in hospitals. When properly
boiled until each particle becomes SO
softened that the grain can not be de-
tected when eaten, but not cooked So
much that the shape Of the grain is de-
stroyed, and. the mass redacedtof the
appearance ofpaste, there are few articles
of diet for the sick which can be made
more acceptable to the taste OF inv Aids
than boiled rice. egs-<-- glsF{ 5Ssasa ssls -t5l
Eco DuarrIING. Make q batter of .
pint Of milk, two well beaten eggs, a
Eteaspoonful of salt, and -four enough to
make d batter as thick as for pound cake.
Have ready saucepan of boiling water.
Let the water boil fast: drop in the latter
by the tablespoonful, flour orfiSe min
utes will boil them, take them with a
skinner Oh a. dish, put Q bit of butter
and pepper over, and serve with bold
or cold meat. For little dessert put
butter and grated nutmeg, with syrup
or sugar over ii'sss @''A
Il little girl Of four cr five years asked
her mother one day If she had not seen
Col. Porter. ts N d, my child, was the
reply; she died before you were born"
ssWell, but, ,mamina,', she insisted, elf he
went up beforel came down, we must
have met M
All that is lacking to insure woman
suffrage in Massachusetts is thirty-two
more votes III the Legislature. This fact
is thrown out that all the eloquent old
girls may emigrate to. Massachusetts at
once, and get in their work where it
will tell.
Occasionally the Detroit FREQ Press
makes absolutely incredible statements,
Witness this ssTirnes have so degener.
ated that Frankfort, KY, has but one
hundred and twenty -eigh ghtmen wEo ans.
wer to the call OF Colonel. r
The women of Wyoming, it is said
vote for men for office, as general thing
where they vote at all. And does moi
this show that Woman Suffrage is right
Crude petroleum is an excellent mate
rial for painting fence posts. It needs ns
mixture, il may be put ION with q broad
whitewashing brush very quickly, ane
gives an agreeable broWnish color to tht
wood.
a fire at River. Falls, Wis, yesterday
destroyed property to the value Of $50
/ 900.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

sT'I'sge greater portion of Austin, sIissis-
sipPi, was destroyed by fire ON the 26th.
Loss, upwards Of $4,000.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-29

After tie full vote Of the State has
been canvassed, We venture the asser-
ton that it will be found that the
Democracy cast nearly its entire strength,
while about ouc-tAird OF tie RepnbIi-
cans of tile State never went near the
polls. Whether tlicy acted wisely or
uawisely III SO ding. the future will
disclose.