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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17

The patsa a,asrsa Sia'es of In me Superior Court
O.. aware. In and for
Anthony Reybold. New Castle Cuunty
In pursuance OF an order of the Honorable Rd-
wara W. Gilpin, Esquire, chief Justice of ihe STAT,
oi nelaware, and as such the tresid ng Judge of
hereby given that an application has been made nv
Anthony higgins, ksquire, attorney ana dnly authOr
izeh age OF the United States of nerica that rhe
the SAID United States are desrous of purchaslno =
tna erection OF Lipht Louse, r. nge L pht and
Light Keepers Dwelling certain tract of iand the
property OF Anthony yhDld, within the limits OF
salI @ state, situated 10 ted Lion Hundred In New
shste county. which nom Il disagreement IN pr,ce
he refuses to convey TO the United states BonndeJ
an,t described. a follows to-wit:
:, bteinhlng at stake on the southefly side of a
aLe OF iarin road at point IRON which the son n
ehst CO.. her OF br'ck tenant dwelling house on the
farm OF said Anthony Key hold, bears north seventy
tnree degrees and forty two minutes west distant
IRON said corner OF said house, four hundred ami
eighty-tWO ieet and fifteen hundreiths O foot
l4sL lo-lOOl, thence from said beginning sis ke snuth
MY MINUTES east -FOUR hundred feet to stake in the
nelu, thence north eghty-ive degrees tnd ufry
MINUTES west, two hundred and eighteen feet ana
elgnt-tenths OF foot to another stake in the cd
a point from winch the said southeast corner OF the
aforesaid DIlck house, bears oIth twenty.slx de
grees ana six minutes wes', thence from the last
mentioned stake no. III nifty minutes west fonr
hundred feet to stake by the post and rail fence on
the sOutherly side OF the aforesaid lane or farm
road, rom whl h stake the south asst corner OF the
Aforesaid brick building. bears north sixty three
degree and hfty-eight minutes west and is distant
Two hunnred aud seyenty-twO feet and one-tenth of
loot thence from the last mention ed stake by the
s0ni hery side of SAID lane or farm road snnin
elghty-nye degree and hf minutes east, two HI n
ured ana eighteen feet and eight-tenths OF n foot
to the place OF beginning. Containing two acres of
land; and also the right of way % the same over
the above mentioned lane or farm road, aso The
property OF the SAID futhony Reybod, and within
the limits OF the said state, situated In the above
mentioned County and bundred, said lane or farn,
road Leading from the above described lot OF land.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17
4psfixI 8utites.


w. e. Williams,
DRUGGIST,
NINTH AND MARKET STREETS.
Keeps full line Of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Pure, fresh. and carefully selected for
DISPENSING PRESCRIPTIONS AND FILLING
ORDERS FOR FAMILY USE.
FIRsr-THE BEST QUALITY oBTAINApLE.
Never sacrificing quality for chespness.
sxooND-REs SOM BILE PRICES
specla, attention paid to compromising
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY AND ACCr-
RATELY.
W. &. v ILLIAMS Prescription Store.
Corner Ninth and Market Sts.
decls-ly Whining on, Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17
DENN ROOFING co.

To the II st purchaser in ea, h town, weuil shtp
1860 feet OF uur heavy felt ROOFlN a, wnh every
thing necess rY 10 put II on for thirty dollars
send for Samples and Circu ars.
PENN RC 0FING COMPANY
1OI South Second street
mars iw Phlladrl hia
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17
Eank Statemfnts.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
IN THE NATIONAL BANK OF NE vARK, at
Newark in the state Of Delaware, az the close OF
business, March ist 1916.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17

V'AGS FOR HARDWARE DEALERS
L manufacture and others, printed al astonish'
ing low prices, al the COMMERCIAL olilce.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17
HAVE YOU TRIED
JU RU EBA
WEAK, NERVOUS, OR DEBILiTATRpY

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more OF an effort than you feel capable OF making
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IL is no alcoholic appetizer, which stimulates for
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directly on The liver and spleen.
1t regulates the bowels, qulets the nerves, and
gives such healthy tone TO the whole system as to
soon make the invalid feel like new person.
Its operation Ia not violent but is characterized by
great gentlencHs the patient experiences sudden
change, no marked results, hat gradually his tTou-
blps
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17
"Fold their tents Ike the Arabs,
And silently steal nMar.n

HOW TO ACQUIRE GOOD HEALTH.
- valuable book containing 25 engravngs ex-
planning he Cause and Cure OF all Diseases. by Dir
HlEAS,'N, }OI Arch Street Philadelphia, pa the
well-known author nnd popular lecturer. sent to
any address, for 10 cents. feb22-4w
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-17

ID EPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF 1.-THE y. =
III TIONAL BANK OF DELAWARE, AT VIII
MlNGTON," at Wilmington in the State Of Della
ware, at the close vi business on the list day Of
MarcD. 1873.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
FIG COFFEE.

a coffee substitute of roasted figs has
been in the market in Austria for ten
years, and is also prepared at present in
Berlin. Recent tests of it irdicate that
it possessesa more agreeable flavor than
the chiccory substitute and has thus far
been brought into the market free from
injurious authorizations, often present in
chiccory coffee. Samples from Berlin,
in the form of coarse brown powder,
including yellowish particles, formed
an adhering, slightly gummy mass on
being lightly pressed between the
fingers, and possessed swedish, bit
ter taste, like caramel, and correspond
ing odor. Austrian samples, although
mainly similar to the preceding, were
slightly more pulvelurent, and of a
sourish taste, which fact, together with
the chemical analysis, render it prob
able that cheaper, inferior, perhaps
spoiled figs, had been used in Its prepa-
ration. Atits first introduction, wonder
ful medicinal properties were claimed
for it in Austria, especially in affections
of the lungs, etc., and it was recon-
mended for nervous persons. Although
it may be serviceable in such cases, it
can hardly be considered medicinal, and
the Berlin manufacturer claims that it
is more wholesome than pure coffee, be-
cause it is less stimulating. In all cases
it is recommended to employ an equal
quantity of pure coffee with the substi-
tute, and the color of the product is
said to be exceedingly fine, as well ss
the flavor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
Evil is wrought by want of thought
As well as by want of heart.
DIABOLISM.

The township of Albany, Berks coun-
ty, Pa, has an inhabitant named Jesse
Miller, Jr. The other inhabitants are
appalled, at the temper of said Jesse,
and are considering what ought to be
done with him. He is frightfully emo
tional, and under the impulse of anger
does the most ferocious acts. When he
becomes enraged at horse or COW, he
flies at the animal like beast of prey,
and he has been known to kill several
head of stock in these fits of madness.
So long as it was his own stock and
dumb brutes, his neighbors let him do
as he liked, but he did thing the other
day which aroused them against him
almost in an attitude of vengeance.
Jesse Miller, Jr., was sitting close by
the stove in his kitchen. One of his
little girls, in pouring some boiling
water from the tea kettle, accidentally
spilled few drops upon her fathers
hand. This made the man Jump, and
he flew into one of his fits of anger. He
got large-sized dipper, filed it with
water from the stea'ning kettle, and
dashed it in his daughters face. Then
he sat down by the stove again and
rubbed his hands in glee. The girl was
frigbtfully scalded and screamed with
pain. And that father would not allow
doctor to be called, or anything done
for the child, and be exercised such q
terror over the rest of his family that
they did not dare to speak. The screams
of the suffering child finally brought
the neighbors to the house, and they
took the matter into their own hands
and dared the monster to interfere. A
doctor was brought, but the little girl
was in total darkness her eyes
gone out, and her pretty, innocent face
SCARED for life. The sight was heart
rending, and the act is sickening to
contemplate. And those aroused neigh
bors of Jesse Miller, Jr., are consider
ing whether such q wild animal as he
has any business to run at liberty in
Berks county. 1t ought not to take
them long to come to a conclusion.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
AN OLD LETTER.

thought that had burned it years ago;
And yet tonight find it lying here.
The ink looks faded in the lamp-light's glow
And yet to me each written word shines clear.
thought that had burned it years ago.
mind me of the night 1t came to me-
ny happy heart was beating, beating so =
The letter lay unheeded on my knee.
For what cared for letters on that eve?
Itwirled it idly in my hands again.
let letters come or go, shall not grieve-
But comes my lovers football, up the lane!
1 thought tn at had burned it-but that while
sat and listened for his tread, space,
Till some one stood beside me with a smile,
And said "You never read your letters, Grace p
thought that had burned it years ago;
But now mind me, when the light words came
1 started, bending in the freight glow,
And read-my lovers hand had writ my name.
His handl The letter came to me instead
OF hurrying footsteps up the moonlit lane
And came, and told me neyermore that tread
Would turn my way, in ali the years, again.
l thought that had burned 1t years ago,
And that the false, false love had forgot.
But gee! trace the dim words in the glow,
And, Hugh, you see my tears are falling hot.
Urge me more, Gear Hugh You see, the past,
When it is dead, wan ghost wanders on
These cruel words have faded dim at last
But I-you see, loved him, years agoneI
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
sELF-APP oINTED PEAOEMAKER.

A SELF-APP OINTED PEA CEMAKER
While an old gentleman was standing
near the fire built by the skaters on the
bank of the Mississippi, boy named
Patsy Lally accosted him by poking
him in the ribs with his fist, and saying
in ioyial tone I" How are you, old
gal ?" The old man didn't like Patsy's
greeting very we'll, but said nothing,
and Patsy thought it was all right.
But big Dutchman, who is employed
in hauling ice, thought that this was
an insult to the old man, for which
Patsy should be chastised, and seeing
that no one was going to take the mat
ter in hand he determined to do it him
self. Accordingly Germany made a
break for Erin, caught and gave him
several hard blows with q heavy black
snake wagon whip, and then went back
to his work as if nothing out of his or
binary line of business had transpired.
The GOODNESS OF the Dutchman aroused
the anger of colored gentleman named
Joe johnson, who said that "dat old
beer guzzler amt got no license to do
me dat way, l tell you" whereupon the
Dutchman, who had heard Joe's remark,
went for the gentleman and gave him
dose of the same medicine that he had
given Patsy. The thing was beginning
to grow serious, and no one knew whose
turn would come next, until young
man by the name of Warren, who had
seen the whole transaction. said to one
of his friends who was standing near !:
81 would like to know what right that
big Dutchman has to take up for any
one else ?" The Dutchman was Just
close enough to Warren to catch the
meaning of his words, which he did not
like. He had commenced the thing and
he intended to carry it through. He
advanced on Warren, and after giving
him warming, again resumed his
work and did not have occasion to
leave his post again during the after.
noon.-Cdiro Bulletin.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
THE TRAP-DOOR SPIDER.

A Boston boy, who has in his cab
met of curiosities the nest of one of the
queer spiders that have their home in
India, gives this interesting account of
it, and its builder "The trap door
spider is native of India and Austria
liza. 1t is about an inch in length. 1t
digs a hole in the earth or clay of the
country, and lines it with silk-almost
the same as the silk with which our
common spider spins its webs. In the
top of her little house she forms little
trap door-from which she derives her
name-of silk, and stiffens it with gum,
and on the outside it is plastered over
with clay, 30 that when it is shut it can
not be distinguished from the ground
around it. 1t is hung on little hinge
of silk. The spider sits with the door
open enjoying the fresh air and sun,
and if she sees or hears any one, che
closes and holds down the door. There
is another kind which collects ten or
twenty thorns, from an inch to an inch
and half long, and gums them to
gether in circle with the sharp points
down. Then it spins its nest or cocoon
in it, and closes it up when it mas laid
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28

is still harder for him who is innocent.
The one, when the first shock is over,
acquiesces in ais doom, and gives him.
self to repentance ; the heart of the
other, filled with rebellion against
mans injustice, can scarce bring itself
to ask pardon of God. had gradually
overcome this feeling, in spite of the
good clergyman's irritating efforts,
which were mainly directed toward ex-
tracing confession, without which,
he assured me, he had no hope to offer.
"On the morning of the day fixed for
my execution, / felt measursbly re-
signed. had so long stood face to
face with death, had so accustomed
myself to look upon it as merely a
momentary pang, that / no longer felt
solicitous save that my memory should
one day be indicated. She for whom
1 had gone to prepare home, had al
ready found one in heaven. The tidings
of my calamity had broken her heart.
She alone, of all the world, believed
me innocent; and she had died with a
prayer upon her lips that the truth
might yet be brought to light. ALI this
had heard, and it had soothed as with
sweet incense my troubled spirit.
Death, however unwelcome the shape,
was now portal, beyond which could
see one angel waiting to receive me.
heard the sound of approaching foot
steps, and nerved myself to meet the
expected summons. The door of my
cell opened, and the Sheriff and his at
tendants eutered. He held in his hand
paper. 1t was doubtless my death
warrant. He began to read it. My
thoughts were busted elsewhere. The
words full and free pardon, were the
first to strike my preoccupied senses.
They affected the bystanders more
than myself. Yet SO it was I aoaS
pardoned for an ofense L had neUer
committed /!
The real culprit. none other, it is
needless to say, than he who sought
and abused my hospitality, had been
MORALLY wounded in recent ARRAY in a
distant city, but had lived long enough
to make disclosure, which had been
laid before the Governor barely in time
to save me from shameful eeath, and
condemn me to a cherries and burden
some life. This is my experience. My
judgment, as yours, In the case before
us, leads to but one conclusion, that of
the prisoners guilt; but no less con-
fdent and apparently unerring was
the judgment that falsely pronounced
my own"
We no longer importuned our fellow
juror, but patiently awaited our dis
charge, on the ground OF inability to
agree, which came at last.
The prisoner was tried and convicted
at a subsequent term, and at the last
moment COME ssed his crime on the
scaffOld.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
DON'T KISS THE BABY

The promiscuous kissing of children
is, says the Scientific american, a pes
tilent practice. We use the word ad-
visedly, and it is mild for the occasion.
Murderous would be the proper word,
did the kissers know the mischief they
do. Yes, madam, murderous; and we
are speaking to you. Do you remem-
Der calling on your dear friend Mrs.
Brown the other day, with a strip of
flannel round your neck? And when
little Flora came dancing into the room,
didn't you pounce upon her demonstra-
lively, call her precious little pet, and
kiss her? Then you serenely proceeded
to describe the sore throat that kept
you from prayer-meeting the night be-
fore. You had no designs ON the dear
child's life, we know; nevertheless you
killed her ! Killed her as surely as if
you had fed her with strychnine or
arsenic. Your caresses were fatal. Two
or three days after the little pet began
to complain of sore throat too. The
symptoms grew rapidly alarming, and
when the doctor came the simple word
diphtheria suficed to explain them ALL
To-day little mound in Greenwood is
the sole memento of your visit. OF
course the mother does not suspect,
and would not dare to suspect you of
any instrumentality in her bereave-
ment. She charges it to mysterious
Providence. The doctor says nothing
to disturb the allusion; that would be
impolitic, if not cruel but to an out
slider he is free to say that the child's
death was due directly to your internal
stupidity. Those are precisely his
words more forcible than elegant, it is
true; but who shall say, under the cir.
cumstances, that they are not justifia-
BILE? Remember
Evil is wrought by want of thought
As well as by want Of heart.
1t would be hard to tell how much o.
the prevalent sickness and mortality
from diphtheria is Cue to such want OF
thought. AS a rule, adults have the
disease in so mild form that they mis-.
take it for simple cold, and as a cold
is not contagious they think nothing OF
exposing others to their breath, or to
the greater danger of labial contact.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
THRILLING ENGLISH COURT

SCENE.
Just before Christmas there was
truly dramatic scene in an English
Court at Chester, which will be mem
orable among the incidents of the bench
and bar. The usual solemnities of such
tribunals, especially in England,
were laid aside, and the Judge became
the savior of a prisoner, and the
thronged audience in the courtroom
burst out in enthusiasm.
Mary Lancaster was married to a
brute" Her husband lived off her
earnings, and she worked her fingers to
the bone to support him. He was in
the habit of beating her severely, too,
to cement their unhappy union. One
day he came home half drunk, and
commenced his domestic amusements
by kicking joint of meat which was
roasting before the fire into the cinders.
He then seized his wife by the hair and
dragged her around the room, and beat
her between whites.
In desperation the woman picked up
steel and threw it at her husband
The point entered his skull, inficting
injuries from which he died. Mary
Lancaster was arrested, and it was
found that her body was covered with
bruises-some of them of long stand
ing. It was evident she was habitually
brutally abused by the man she had
killed. She was tried at the Chester
assizes, and the jury found her guilty
of manslaughter. 1t only remained for
the Judge to assess her punishment
and condemn her as convict. The
courtroom was crowded, and every man
and woman there was the prisoner
friend.
The Judge commenced by asserting
that there were facts and dispositions
even worse than those named at the
trial. Then addressing the woman, he
said:
"All the real right in this case is on
your side, all the real wrong on your
husbands, and God forbid that ]
should punish you. 1 will be no party
to it. will not even make this judg-
ment complete. l will not even allow
it to be said by anybody that you are a
convicted felon, for conviction is not
complete until a sentence is passed,
and mean to pass no sentence at all. +"
Then there was a loud applause in
the courtroom which the court-crier
forgot to quelI. 1t was an out-burst OF
sympathy above the rules of court
decorum. The prisoner was then dis
charged on her own recognizance, to
come up for judgment when called for,
but the Judge said in conclusion:
"Nobody in the world will ever call
upon you. God forbid they ever
should.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28

A VERY pleasant custom has for some
time been in vogue in London, which
originated, we believe, in Florence,
of putting memorial tablets on houses
where celebrities have lived. Thus
there is one on Dryden's house In Soho |;
on that of Sir Joshus Reynolds, In
Leicester Square; of Napoleon Ill, In
King street, st. James, and in HOLES
street, where Byron was born; but not
half the houses deserving to be thus
marked are commemorated. A writer
ON the subject observes {: Nothing
could be more fertile in interest than
to make cur houses their own biogra-
pliers, and it would be instructive, as
well as interesting and graceful. !"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28
VARIETIES.
A WATCH word-Tick

q WATCH WOrQ-Ilck.
New name for fog-Air apparent.
COMPLIMENTS in court dress.
THE fool seeketh to pick a fly from a
mules hind leg. The wise man letteth
out the job to the lowest bidder.
"D1D you break that Window
"To be sure | did" replied Pat; "and
didn't We see me runnin' home after the
money to pay for it,"
Gam not a little pale }" inquired
lady who was short and corpulent, of a
crusty old bachelor. "You look more
like a big tub, was the blunt reply.
DETROIT boys do not say "A stitch
in time saves nine," but yell out:
Here, mann, if We don't yank this old
rent together pretty soon the hole will
be all over my clothes"
A RICH but parsimonious old gentle
man, on being taken to task for his TN
charitableness, said, "True, 1 don't
give much, but if you only knew how
it hurts when 1 give anything, you
wouldn't wonder"
A LoDGING-HoUsE fend tells the story
that in recent thunder storm the war
ring of the elements was so awe-inspir-
ing that the hair in dish of butter in
the pantry turned completely white
during the night.
A TERRE HAUTE paper says "The
same wise Providence which scourged
Egypt with toads and Kansas with
grasshoppers, kindly permits the Terre
Haute Gas Company to furnish the
meanest gas in the United States"
"WHATs your business? ?" said the
magistrate of police court, the other
morning, to prisoner. "Im an OBJ
servationist, your worship" can OBJ
servationist! What is that?" Zone
who looks around in the daytime to see
what he can steal at night, if it pleases
your worship"
THE Warden of the Ohio Penitentiary
has discharged the prison doctor and
detailed one of the convicts, who is an
educated physician, to perform the du-
ties. The Warden claims that thereby
he saves 81, 500 year to the State, and
besides is sure that the physician will
4" Railways be within reach when needed
THE widower's grief has been pro-
hounced by competent authority to be
lovely while it lasts, but it is not con-
structed to endure the rude assaults of
time. A Connecticut man, who only
last spring threw himself upon the cold
turf that wrapped his beloved's clay,
and wept till his eyelashes fell out, has
since had three women following him
around for alimony.
"DEAR George. how sweet and wavy
that wheat is I" exclaimed fair young
lady, looking languidly from a car
window. "Yes, love, how beautiful |"
says dear George, more intent on in
sinuating his arm around twenty four
bone corset, show like a-a-how like
a dweami" "How like oats /" retorted
a Disguised Granger, "them's oats,
young man
THE kind of whisky they have in
Frisco: "After that the cloth was
took off, and the liquors war bro't in
And wot liquors they WIZ, too The
whisky wuz none O. this yer kind that
makes man feel like sayin' 1 kin
lick any son of gun in the house, and
makes him smash things ginerally.
No, sir. It war the kind that jist
makes man lift his glass up gintly,
and say Joe, old pard, I'm lookin'
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-28

its eggs ia it. There is a curious water
spider which lives in the water. It's
house is built of silk something the
size and shape of thimble or little
bell, with the open side down. But
spiders need air as much as we do; so
this spider goes to the surface of the
water and dives down again witha bnb-
BILE of air and puts it into the house; this
is repeated several times until her house
is full of air, and she can live there,
way down in the water, as we'll as we
can up above