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ing Geysers, Chinese Quirters, Calitsrnia
s'asing. etc
An illustrated Lecture,
Atthc Opera House, undcr the auspices OF
the ID. M. Arte.
Thursday Evening, Deo. 10th.
By Prof. j. n. Taylor,
Who accompanied the n. Y. Editorial Ex
cursion to California, etc, the past Aummer.
Many OF the views were taken expressly fol
this Lecture; they will be Illuminated by the
OXY-HYDROGEN LIGHT,
And developed by ono OF the fnest double
STERkOPIlCONS IN use.
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Tickets for sale at Boughman, Thomas 4
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WATEk DEPARTMENT. !,
cbTEB BEGlEBHR's opsIoE
No. 1900 Market strea.

"IIHIN"IoN' R'eI Deo- 9th. IN.
NOTICE TO WATER RENTEB,
IN Ofilce City Water Departns,.
The bills for 1875. are now ready and -
able Mt the Registrars office, lO0i Hayt
The law requires that all bills paid on Nv w y =
fore January Sist. 1919, the face Of the e' ts N
those pail during the month OF Feh,, 'of
five per ct. additional, those paid dnrjra
month OF March ten per cent. additionaiss N NsH
where amounts remain unpaid aitcr ~ an
lat 1873, the Registrar Is required to bava ps p
Ferrules Withdrawn and suit inst,tnio.SS y.
the recovery OF tho amount due, Ths =, 70
will not again bc let into such prcmisos ste .se
drawing Ferrules arc paid. "a
Ohlce hours o q. m to An IN.
,o.,o., EOW. McINT1gA
"eo'o'' Regisss.
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NOTlCE.-Att the last stated meeting
~ the managers OF the Wilmington 4
ings Fund Society, it was on motion rcsolVl
ia pay to the Deposltors ~ per cent per 4
mum, calculated monthly. no interest be1
allowed on fractions OF u month, to commeq
at the beginning Of the next fiscal year y
thai the Treasurer give notice OF the iueiea
OF the rate OF interest at least three monl
before the end of this year.
ALBERT VI. SMITH, Treas
W. S. r. S0Oie
Wilmington. Sent. 90. 1slj. Nlt
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NOTICE--Notice is hereby given ii, i
~ co.partnersbip heretofore eyistr,
tween the undersigned imdor th lrm 5,
of Bickta & Co., is this day dissolved h M
tual consent, the interest OF James ~.
kdward McManus anu James ma, MS,Sl
having been purchased by Jo,enh stoe Y =
ana Francis itickta who alone are autb". :
to use the firm name in liquidation. ed
JAMES CLARK
y J McMANU,.
JAMES MURPHY
FRANCIS BICKTh
JOSEPH sTOECE t.
WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. lsl, ls;5.
NOTICE. joscph stoeckle and Iy.,
Bickta, having purcha ed tho iuteres-
James Clark Edward j. McManlls and : ann
Murphy, in the late frm OF Bickta a q,
WI continue the business of the b, ever,
the northwest corner of Fifth and Az
treets, in the city of Wilmington, unde- 4
iirm name of BIckta h Company
FRANCIS BICKTA
JOSEPH STOECAL.. 4.
December lst, lS75-s.lm
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27
Incendiary Fires.

While the papers are almost daily giving
accounts of incendiary fires by tramps, the
experience of our insurance companies ex-
hibits a still more alarming state of affairs,
and may well lead to the serious inquiry as
to where the growing aud terrible evil may
end. The country is filled with lazy and
clamorous mendicants, or still more reck-
less highwaymen and plunderers, who are
prepared for any degree of crime, from the
frightening of women and children, TO the
most wanton and reckless incenaiarism.
We hear of one of the foremost citizens of
neighborlng town who, having missed
some meal from his barn. found, on ex-
animation, that the thief must have effected
an entrance through the stable door, and
from that point no less than seven burnt
matches were found, which the thief had
lighted and thrown down during his explor-
atoms and robbery. And yet, strange to
cay, his barns and produce were not de-
stroyed. 1t seems q little strange to a peo-
pie who have always lain dowd and slept
in safety, secure from all danger in this
regard, to be compelled to watch and bolt
and bar against such stealthy and danger
GUS foes but we see no other resource but
eternal vigilance and no quarter, until
some public remedy is provided or the
plague passes MONTPELIER Journal.
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Old Virginian Hospitality.

remember case in which neighbor
of my own, a very wealthy gentleman
whose house was always open and always
full of guests, dying, left each of his chill
dren plantation. To the eldest son,
however, he gave the home estate, worth
three or four times as much as of the
other plantations, and with it he gave the
young man also large sum of money.
But he charged him with the duty Of keep
ing open house there at all times, and d.
rected that the household affairs should be
conducted always precisely as they had
been during his own lifetime and the
charge wellnigh outweighed the inheri-
lance. The new master of the place lived
in Richmond, where he was engaged in
manufacturing, and after the death Of the
father the old house stood tenantless,
but open as before. Its troops of softly
shod servants swept and busted and
polished as of old. Breakfast, dinner
and supper were laid out every
day at the accustomed hours under the old
buffers supervision, and as the viands
grew cold his silent subordinates waited,
trays In hand, at the back of the empty
chairs, during the full time appointed for
each meal. have stopped there for din
ner, tea, or to spend the night, many q
time, in company with one of the younger
sons who lived elsewhere. or with some re-
lation of the family, or alone, as the case
might be, and have sometimes met others
there. But our coming or not was mat
ter of indifference. Guests knew them.
selves always welcome, but whether guests
came or not the household affairs suffered
no change. The destruction of the house
by fire finally lifted this burden from lite
owners shoulders, as the will did not re-
quire him to rebuild. But while 1t stood
It's masters large Inheritance was of very
small worth to him. -Atlantic i've
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27
Balloon Ascension at New Haven.

David S. Thomas, well-known through
out the country as press agent for Barnum's
hippodrome, having accompanied Donald
son on a number of balloon voyages and
twice encountered the peris of the air
alone, made another ascension last Satur-
day at New Haven, Conn. He used, on
the occasion, the balloon known as the
"Barnum No. d." one of those formerly
used by Donaldson. The ascension was a
very fine one and was witnessed by a large
crowd of people. After attaining hight
of 6, roo feet as indicated by the barometer,
Mr.. Thomas heard a cracking above his
head and discovered that small hole upon
the side of the balloon which had been no.
tced in the initiation, but too late to make
the necessary repairs, enlarged into rent
of some two yards, Its further enlargement
icing checked by q patch upon the cloth.
| The balloon descended rapidly but IN
safety. and landing was effected in Mon
towese. Finding the balloon sound above
the equator line and that the gas did moi
escape to any great extent from the rent
Mr.. Thomas assembled second time anc
journeyed as far as Walingford Leaving
his anchor and grapnel he again assembled
aad after.another sail of an hour or more
came down in East Meriden He detached
the basket and tried to make a fourth voy
age seated in the ropes, but the gas had b,
this time escaped to an extent. that rendered
this impossible ~-
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Daniel Webster's Friend.

He wasn't such an old man, but his face
was very sad, his hair was long, and he
WAS bent over. He entered store on JET
ferson avenue Saturday, and after warm
ing his hands at the stoye he inquired of
the proprietor s8
twill you give me'a little advice?"
81 guess so what is 1t ?" was the cheer
full reply.
The stranger backed up to the stove,
wiped his nose on his hand, and after mo-
ment continued" .gs}
"If you wanted to die would you jump
into the river or take pizen ?" -. sI..
swell, don't know about that guess
I'd rather live on than do either one. Why,
do you feel like dying
~ do, mister I" said the man in deep
toned voice. Eyes, I've stayed around
long enough" 81 W., "a.
whats the MATERNITY do you want
TO der questioned the MERCHANT.
"What's there to live for?" demanded
the sad man. 'sThere hain't no such times
as there used to be--no such men as there
once was.
"Well, the times are little hard, but
there's lot Of good men left, guess =
n "Purty good, maybe" said the old man
as he felt of the stovepipe, "but can't
'sociate with EN-! After man has knocked
around with Daniel Webster and Henry
Clay, he can't come down on level with
these everyday plugs and feel good" "
ibid you associate with those men ?" b.
'Did l? I've shaken hands with Clay,
Calhoun and Patrick Henry more times
than you've got hairs on your head.
q" "You have, eh ?" it f.Hl sia % 80
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1t is reported, in Washington, that as a
result of Chambers going into the cabinet
there is strong probability that both
Jewell and Brstow will retire. There is
no doubt that they are greatly disguised
with his appointment, and it is said that
they are hesitating only as to the question
whether they can do the country the most
service by retiring at once and thus giving
emphasis to the general republican senti-
ment relative to the last act of the presi-
dent, or by remaining and endeavoring to
counterfeit whatever malign influence he
may be disposed TO exert.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27
Stealing Cows.

Friday morning Wendell Preston of
Cohoes, N. Y, drove his cows out to their
pasture in Wntervliet. and remained there
for some time tending them, and finally
went TO sleep. He remained IN this state
for about an hour, when he awoke and
missed one of his cows He hired horse
In West Troy aud drove in the direction of
Albany, and when nearing the fair ground,
saw the object of his search ahead of him
on the road, with man driving her along
as fast as he could. He caught up with
the robber, stopped the horse, and took
hold of him, but was promptly knocked
down by the william, who jumped into a
carriage and drove off. Preston drove the
cow into nelghboring field and pursued
the thief on foot until he disappeared. He
drove the horse and COW home, but saw
nothing further Of the rogue. Several far
mers and dairymen in that vicinity have
lost cattle recently.
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In Brief.

Holland and Ven. zuela are disagreeing.
China is buying rails in England and can
non in Vienna.
A ton of good coal is the bon ton of
kitchen society.
Seven thousand more Spanish troops are
to be sent to Cuba. Z. = - ~
The republic of San Domingo is in a
bankrupt condition.
The Lake George steamers have been
discontinued for the season.
Complaint is being made about the small
ness of the chestnut yield this season.
Governor CASTOR made his first speech in
tie present campaign at Lowell, Monday
evening.
The report that there was to be fire.
mems tournament in st. Johns, p. O., is
incorrect. U...- ass!
A skiff-load of colored people was
drowned in the, Mississippi river Sunday
afternoon. IL
A leading business firm at Boston have
lost 105 letters containing money in the
| last three months. o. r.l...r Tx.
In Swanton, Garnet county, Va, a boy
of II years was hit in the stomach by an
old ram, and killed. ~.
The Ames pillow company, Easton, Mass.
which in good times employs $50 men, has
| now only six at work.
| twas dubious old man who said she
couldn't drink water because it tastes so oil
sinners since the flood"
AT Jacksonville, Florida, recently, five
sharks were seen swimming after a boat in
which man had cut his FOOT :
The Newfoundland papers report thai
the people of the Outposts are anticipating
much distress the coming winter
An indianapolis dog has the fever ant
ague-the chills promptly at 10 a. m.-and
several M. DIS are watching the case.
| A sweet potato plantation of 700 acrei
near Atlanta, Ca, is expected to yield thil
year 40, 900 bushels of that vegetable
Gov. Dingley is constantly receiving let
/ tiers from Maine farmers who have gont
west and want help to get back again.
/ The river Trent, England, overlooked it,
banks Sunday night, doing much damage
to railways and drowning nineteen persons
The regular mail steamer from Cuba hs
arrived at Santander, Spain. Sharkey, til,
murderer, who was a passenger, wen
ashore. -
At the Meriden, Conn, fair, last week
it was discovered that the barley which
took the premium had been swollen I'm
naturally by soaking it,
The latest rumor is, that the Park stree
church at Boston Qate Rev. Murrays) ha
given Stephen II. Tying (Episcopalan) o
New York a call. and that a committee ha
gone to personally urge its acceptance. s.
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Money.

Il
BlackwOod for October has an excellent
article on I" Money" In speaking of the
loss of the precious metals which yearly
occurs, it quotes an authority for the state
ment that between 1852 and1S57 fl00, O0o,-
900 We're buried in Hindostan and China
alone. The richest metallic deposits on
earth are sprinkled over eastern Asia in
forgotten hiding places. The whole amount
of gold and silver possessed by the christian
countries of the world is some co, O0O. OO0,-
600, of which 1850, 100000 is in coin,
$1,000, 900, 900 in plate and ornaments, and
sa50, 100000 are left to represent the
hoardings of humanity. Respecting paper
money, Blackacood says it is sham-an
excessively meritorious sham, but none the
less sham. af ....lsgt
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Vicinity Items.
MECHANIOsyILLE,


Marshall Tarbell returned from the Adj
rohdacks last week, bringing with him, as
trophy of his proves, a good sized buck.
B. ]. Powell has returned from Boston,
where he has been to purchase goods for
the winter trade. ~
Darius Tarbcll set In operation, the past
week, his newly completed cider mill.
A. S. Stillwell lie grading up about his
new houseand hopes to remove there at an
early date..@s a..R
Col. W. G. Veazey, register in bank
ruptcy, held a meeting of the creditors of
Henry J. Jaquith on Saturday last. P.
- CHESTER. A.5 .''
DR.. A. Sowle. a long time practicing
physician of this town, commencing in
1918, met with an accident on Friday last,
by falling short distance from a ladder,
resulting in the breaking of his leg above
the ankle joint. Some fears are now enter.
tanned for his recovery. The Doctor has
been in failing health for some years past.
He is at the house'of his son-in-law, Geo.
Fl. Hilton DIR. s. is father of the wife of
Hon. Joseph II. Barrett, late commissioner
of pensions, and also. of DR.. A. l.. Sowle,
who was connected with the surgeon gen.
erals office, at Washington, during the late
War. 4aT
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The Dodge Case.

The trial of Mrs. Dodge of Middlessex
in the Washington county court, resulted
in her acquittal by the jury, after coming
into court twice for Instructions, and
standing at the outset, four for acquittal
to eight for conviction. We think that
the public generally were somewhat sur
prlsed at the verdict. To most men, going
into a house, getting loaded pistol, carry
ing it concealed into a garden, provoking
an attack, and then, without the slightest
effort to escape the danger, shooting man,
even if he did approach her with an up
lifted hoe, doesn't look like self-defence.
If Mrs. Dodge had stayed in the house
there would have been no fuss; and il
these men insulted her-stole her potatoes
as she claims-she could have prosecuted
them to the full extent of the law. The
use of deadly weapons ought to be rebuked
in this community, and while having every
sympathy with Mrs. Dodge, her acquitta
is, 10 be deplored on public grounds
MontDelier Watclman.
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General Notes.

The states that hold elections next week
Tuesday are Massachusetts, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kan
sas, Maryland, Mississippi, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, and Texas.
The Springfield Republican of Monday
says as things ".look to-day, Mr.. Rice will
probably be elected bya small majority.
All things considered, this IS perhaps the
most desirable, or rather the least undesira-
BILE result" '
A Boston paper says fifteen thousand
majority for Mr.. Rice will leave nothing to
be explained 1t will explain itself, and
destroy all questioning in other parts of
the union as to the political complexion of
that common wealth, which should now
place itself at the head of the republican
column of states.
The president, accompanied by Secreta-
ries Belknap and Robson, Postmaster
General Jewell, Judge Harvey Jewell OF
the court Of commissioners of the Alabama
claims, spent Saturday with John w. Gar
rett, the great railroad man, at Baltimore.
And now what is up asks the Springfield
Repvblcan
The election which took place in Oregon,
Monday, was of minor importance, simply
to elect congressman in place of George
L. La Dow, democrat, deceased. The con
| taof trio n,r,,1or 1otxp 1 a
fayette Lane, democrat, Henry Warren
republican, and George NJ. Whitney, indie
pendent. --.----.--- ...-...
The leading article of the issue of thu
Golden Rule, of Oct. Goth, contains care
fully prepared statement of the "Oper
Communion question now agitating thu
Baptist denomination, from the pen o
Rev. George F.. Pentecest, pastor OF tn
Warren avenue church, Boston. To tn
ministry of all denominations, and to al
interested in the great religious movement
of the age, this paper will be of specia
value. Ff lltI-
Some days ago we published what pun
ported to be the reply OF Thomas Carlyl
to an offer of an honorary degree fror
Harvard college. The reply was couche
in very sarcastic and ungentlemanly lar
guage. 1t now turns out that the lette
, was hoax perpetrated'by the Chicago EUe,
, ing journal. 1t is pleasing TO know thu
the great English philosopher was nc
: guilty of the incivilty attributed to hin
and that he has expressed his intention c
! accepting the degree from Harvard.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27
THE TIDAL WAVE"

The democratic "tidal wave," which took
its rise year ago, seems to have reached
high water mark in California, to have
there ebbed and commenced to be refluent.
To be sure, the high water mark was not
very high, If its hight is to be measured by
the fact that democratic governor was
elected by minority of the popular vote,
but as it, also, secured some democratic
congressmen-th last new members to be
elected to the next congress, which was al
ready overwhelmingly democratic-it will
do very well for the eliminating point as
it finished out last years republican de-
feats. The next congress having thus been
provided for, the tide turned and with it
came republican success again. First came
Ohio, and California, in second election
where only two parties were in the field,
followed soon after. Even Name which,
at first, looked rather discOuraging, was
NOT as bad as it might have been, there
being no falling off, but rather an increase,
of the republican vote-the only trouble
ho;ru that tho darnonrotfn .'o'a increased
more than the republican. 1t wouldn't dc
very well to have this happen too often, but
as it is, we can stand it and have the con-
ISOLATION that 1876 will be good year to
base gains on next year.
Monday, in the most important election
ever held there, Colorado receded from the
democratic camp and seems to have given
decided republican majority. Last year,
the territory elected democratic delegate
to congress by majority of twenty-one
hundred and sixty out of total vote of
seventeen thousand, the largest vote ever
polled, while only five out of twenty-six
counties gave republican majorities. Tele-
grams from Denver state that the indica-
lions are that the republicans have carried
the territory, securing majority of the
members of the constitutional convention,
and that all points heard from report re.
publican majorities. The fact that Denver
itself has been carried by the republicans,
as this dispatch indicates, is enough tc
show how the tide is running throughout
the territory, as, last year, it gave nearly
four hundred majority against the republi
cans so we may assume, without await
ing further returns, that Colorado is repub
lican. The tide has Enthusiastically turned
unless all indications are deceitful-nov
for Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Yorl
and Wisconsin.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27
JOHN KELLY's PREDICTION.

John Kelly, the head and front of Tam
many, who Is endorsed by the World, not
only as the best political authority for New
York city, but, from being member of
the democratic state committee and from
his acquaintance with leading politicians,
for the state also, has " figured out the re-
suit " of the New York state election in
advance, and given it as his opinion that
the democracy, so-called, will succeed
by a larger majority than last year.
He remembers that the republicans did
not poll their full vote last year and
thinks that they will not this year,
while the democratic vote will be about the
same. He says the issue, this year, is
4" canal REFORM and that the democrats
are making new converts every day,
" chiefly from the substantial business
d" classes-men who do not care so much
" which party is in power so long as it
gives them substantial reform and prom
" ises to re-establish the state and city gOo-
" e,'nnaents on an honest and inco,7ruptible
/" basis. These men know that they can
"never be prosperous till that is fully
" accomplished"
John Kelly may be good political author
ity and all that he may be as good au-
thority as he is INSCRIPTIONS as a politi-
clan, and that ia ranking him us the very
best political prophet in the state, but I'M
less his prediction is more reliable than the
grounds Oh which he bases it, 1t is not en-
titled to any very great weight and If
that is all the hope that "Tilden's party
as the democratic press delight to call 1t,
fearing, perhaps, the natural distrust which
would be caused by calling 1t the demo
cratic party-have Of carrying the Gtate,
then their hope rests on very slight foun-
dation and their fond delusion may be dis
PEELED by the evening of Tuesday next
His acquaintance and information comes
as he says, only from democratic politi-
clans, and from such information, al
though converts are being made every day.
lie thinks bis party will only hold their
own. lie does not profess to give any
reason why the reverse republican vote
will not be brought out. While II 10 doubt:
less true that the democracy cannot more