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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13
Citu Business directory.

City business directory.
Aucrioueers
!. W Stidham a Son. III Fast ith street
Bankers and Brokers'
H. X, Robinson A Co, 40 Market street.
Bell Ringers mud Bill Posters,
Geo ". jackson. . West 5th ST.
Root and shoe Makers and Dealers.
J. G, Alexander. iu2 Market st
Bahceck Bro 3l3 Market street
" 4 iaraer c., Zig Marie, St
Carpenters and builders.
J 6 Haddock shop Thorne bel Front Res loIs wast'n
j. K. u Seeds, shop W 9TH. near West.
Cigars and Tobacco.
Brisbane 4 DeMainyiile, II r. Fourth street
Geu. A. Davis, ~ Shipley St
Clocks. Watches. and.Jewelers.
& | Bn-h, - Market street
j. c MASSEY, iuI King street
Coach and Carriage Material.
VIVA Grren 4 Co, : eorner % and SIMPLIFY sts
Druggists.
II X Bugehurst, III Market ST
Florists.
Tatnal 4 Co. Delaware Avenue and Jetiorsoust 81
General Insurance Agents,
daomAs rlnmmer. j2 MaTketst
N1-i~y 4 an Trump, 5lt Market
Gents Furnishing Goods
James n Watson 4 S9n. i2i Mafkei 81
John p DouShtrn 40 Market st
Hats. Cnps. &c
ea ,iea 4 WslrAyepi %S t23 Market street
/ t4a- r.. Dubell, : last ID
Hardware
j -mes Bro, 81 Market st
Iron ana steel
wm Green 3 Co, $. I. corirs Ii 4ni shirla5 ste
iiyers stables
Pstriek Holland, W corner Front AID Orange
Looking tsIas~es npd Fraines
ElN! ID Daane. 10 west sth
NQnagle, 81 ami King
Merchant Tailurs
tieo Gyueti l3 Z, ith
JuAa i. MuhlhAa-en, 4i5 King 81
S4uar! Miller, lr lsi Market It
Paper IanginE.. shades. Ar
JuNn X Holt - Market street
Real Estate Agents
Eyeu- Pennington. Aim nds Bag iii aui Market
u ". thild 4 60. west stt 81
! j II. Frazer 81 and SIMPLIFY
! Mm. leynoi- 4 Co, si! Market st.
Wn MctauIley i 60, - Market st.
Restaurant and Billiard Room
I Joseph fnl!mer. 81 and I'D Marketst
| sewing Machines
Z Grover BAker Sewing Machine Co, 81, kins 81
I Ne~ American Sewing Machine. 1ls Market 81
ndertnser-
! Thomas !. Giles, ri Shlpley II.
/ X, ; Young, ill West Tenth street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13
Mrs Fosters Tonic Bitters.

Tonic, lnyigoratng. Appetizer. Cures dyspepsia
headache, nervousness, debility, fever and ague
etc. Putt in quart bottles. Price, sl.00 each.
Mrs Fosters Rose Worm-I IozenXes.
An infalllhle remedy for worms. Safe, pleasant
and reliable. Price 70 cents per box.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13
NOTICE

NOTICE,
We w0uI ca.l eSperiai attention 10 our new style
pictures OF GER, AN FINISH" which we 10 NOT
thins are surpassed In this or any other country
many Thousands Of which are in his city and for
their quality We give general reference.
NJ. 4 W. GARRETT
lAnl,iy .20 Market street
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13

JOrdan's rome Ale
ls Just what you want 10 s;rength then tae system,
under the eneryating influences OF Spring sold BY
j. \ {. SHOEMAKER,
PHARA lCIsfs,
nov3-tf SiS Market street
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13
&pefixI Anttfes.
Oriensal Pile Ind Rurn salve.

0RNSswN 6yW~W~Es
Oriensal Pile and Burn SAlve.
Prepared b. Nm DR.. Foster. An infslllble rem
ely for piles internal and externsD and burns
Read the testimonials on circulars accompanying
each box. Price 25 cents each.
mrs. Fosters letter Salve.
For letter, rinewoIms, ernptions. To be used IN
connection with the Blood Purifier. Price Us cents
per box.
Cholera and Diarrh1a Mixture.
Cures aiarrhpa, dysentery, cholera morbus.
cramp, pain. etc Price Is cents per bottle.
All the above remedies prepared and sold whole
FOSTERS DRUG STORE.
Front and West sts
Mrs DIR. Fosters Hood Purifier
This well known AMI thoroughly tried preparation
maintains It's reputation rs q remedy unsir led
for the cure of blood and skin diseases, VIZ Tetter
ripgworms, Scrofua, blstches, pimples bt lis, i'm
pufities OF the blood, Ell. Put up IN quart hotties
Price 81 90 each.
Testimony.
] cneerfully give this testimony the public this,
Mrs Fosters Blood Puriner and letter Ointment
cured me-
/ was afiicted for many years with dsordered
blood, troublesome and Obstinate letter of the
skin and swelling of the glands of the neck, which
was the occasion OF prolonged suffering and ex-
pense.
consulted eight Of the most prominent physi-
clans In the city and used their medicine long time
without receiving any permanent relief; on the
contrary getting worse, till finally almost despair
ing OF hope, l was induced to try Mrs. Fosters
Blood Purifier, which waa recommended 10 me
being certain cure for my disease. IL was the
turning point In my case after using two bottles
of the Blood Purifier In connection with the Tetter
Ointment, the swelling ceased, the eruptions isap
peared and now am entirely and effectually cured
II further Information Is desired concerning my
case, cal al my residence.
THos. SCOTT,
1880 Haymont Street, over llth Street Bridge
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13

Prepared b Nm DIR. Foster An infslllbe rem
ely for piles tnternai and exterlaD and burns
Read the testimonials on circulars accompanying
each box. Price 25 cents each.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13

Mrs. Fosters letter Salve.
For tetter, ringworms, eruptions To be used 10
connection with the Blood Purifier. Price Us cents
per box.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-13
DELAWARE SPRING WORKS

the Manufacture OF Carriage and Wagon Sprlngs
would respectfully solicit the patronage OF tie trade
AL work warranted equal in nnisR and temper 10
any In the market.
oFFCE and WORK, EIGHTH sT. and P. W. 4
D. X K declSly
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

TUESDAY, Jan. 12.--Sendte. Morrill,, of YER
mont, reported joint resolution authorizing
Thos. W. Fitch, an engineer in the navy, to
accept wedding present sent to his wife.
Minnie Sherman Fitch, by tho Khedive OF
Egypt. The bill abolishing the Western
District OF Arkansas was passed Howe re-
piled to the speech OF Schurz of the previous
day on the Louisiana question, after which
the Senate went into executive session.
House-The Postoffice Committee was
directed to report what changes can be made
in the postal laws for the purpose of reducing
expenses. The Senate bill 70 remove the
limitation restricting the circu alton of gold
banks to 81, 600, 900 was passe6 -136 to 80. 80.
The Senate amendments of tn Naval Appro-
priation bill were concurred in they only in
creased the House appropriations 800, 0G0--
an unprecedented circumstance. =. Towns
end, Chairman OF the Committee on Public
Lands, reported bill granting to railroa |
companies right of way through the public
lands, which was passed. The bill gives the
right Of way to the extent of 100 feet on each
ride OF the central line OF tho road and the
right to take from adjacentpubic lands earth,
stone timber, ETC., necessary for construction
of the road also ground for stations, net to
exceed twenty acres for each station, to the
extent of one station for every ten miles of
road.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13.-Senate-The consid-
GRAFTON of Schurz's resolution in regard to
Louisiana, being unfinished business, was re-
sumed, and Logan made speech in defense Of
the Republican party, Grant {" d Sheridan. e..
Morton introduced bill for the relief of the
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Com
pany.. Pratt called up the bill cedng to the
several States within whose limits they re-
spectively lie, the beds of unsurveyed lakes
and other bodies of water, and addressed the
Senate on the report OF the committee in the
case. Tho m ssage of the President on
Louisiana affairs was then read, and the Sem
ate soon afterward adjourned.
HouSe-Cannon introduced bill to pro-
mote commerce among the States and to
cheaper transportation OF person and prop
erty between the Atlantic seaboard and the
western States. The House then went into
committee of the whole, with Poland in the
chair, on the Indian Appropriation bill which
appropriates - 1856 507. After a long discus
sion and without making much Or gress on
the bill tho committee rose, ana the House
adjourned az o'clock.
THURSDAY, Jan. 14.-Sendte-The time
was mostly occupied in debate on Louisiana
affairs. Logan finished hip speech, which was
begun the day previous, and occupied five
hours. At the conclusion OF Logan speech
llpton obtained the floor. but at the reonest
OF Conkling he gave way to allow the reading
OF message from the President on finanoe
intending to resume tomorrow The mo-,
sage was then read, aud the Senate, after ex-
ecutive session, adjourned.
House-Discussion OF the Indian Appro-
priation bill occupied nearly the entire day $500.
Tne Secretary Of War recommends the CON-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22

The movement In tho grain markets has III
creased somewhat during the past week. but
still there was no special activity shown, and
the amount of business transacted was rela-
lively light. This inactivity on the part Of
the speculative interest is accounted for by
the unfavorable circumstances surrounding
the trade and affecting the movements OF
spectators. The reports received from Llv-
erpool and New York were Of a Encouraging
tenor, quoting declining tendency in values
and a general weakness. The local speculative
movement here during the fall Was such that
prices for all grains we're forced to higher
range than to allow any shipping movement,
and the result has been a steady and quite
rapid accumulation of the stock III store. The
:" bears have had the entire control of the
trade and forced general and steady decline
III prices. At the present writing and during
the week under review, the condition Of
affairs has been improving. The low prices are
beginning to attract the attention OF parties
having money to invest, aud there is also a
better demand from shorts who are
covering their contracts at the profit
offered by the liberal reduction in values.
Eastern adyices were again unfavorable, but
the receipts are decreasing, and spectators
seem to have more confidence in the future.
Farmers are holding back grain and the cur
rent prices especially of wheat, are certainly
very low. Sprine wheat ruled fairly active,
anu corn was also selling more readily. Oats
were regular and firm. Rye scarce and firm.
Barley strong under light receipts. The
markets closed steady and firm, with
a more favorable outlook for the future.
The following were the current quotations
at the opening and at the close:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
Profit of Rats,

If bright eyes aud smooth fur are
the points of animal beauty, a cat
should not be an object of disgust and
aversion but when the rat appears
in his thousands" he certainly in
spires the greatest possible loathing in
the human breast. The notion of
swarms of rats running over each
other, to reach some hapless victim,
and forming a seething mass, instinct
with hunger and thirst, is one ever
present to sufferers from nightmare, or
students of historical novels. These
unfortunate persons avoid Paris, for, if
we believe some statistics, lately pub
lished, of the number of rats in that
metropolis" the Joyous city" is a
complete rats pest. Thirty thousand
were killed last year in the Central
Halles, 100, 900 in the Market Halles,
100000 IN the slaughter houses, 40, 900
in the butchers shops, 800, 000in thegro-
GERS shops, 900, 000in the tanners yards,
ITO, 600 in the canals-a total of ], $780,
600, to which sum must be added about
about 100000 rodents which eluded
capture, so that Paris boasts of a
standing army of something like
5000, 900 rats. Some idea may be
formed of the magnitude of this loath-
some host from the fact, that if a pro-
cession of Partisan rats, running ten
abreast, we're to start from Paris to
Berlin, the vanguard would reach the
German capital, while the rearguard
was issuing from the gates of the
French metropolis. But then. there is
profit for all in them. OF the /, 100, 600
killed, perhaps nearly all went to the
glovers, where their skins are tn rned
into "prime kid"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
LIVE STOCK

LIVE STOCK.
The cattle market was steady and firm and
quite an active business was transacted. The
receipts were liberal, but the quality WAS
good. Shippers bought freely at S4.75 to
$500 for fair, 1926 to 1910 for good, and
SO rs to Sc % for choice. Extra, Sc so to
800. Stock cattle steady and firm at 81 IS
TO $500. Butchers stock, $3.50 to S475.
Hogs Gull and SOC to 40c lower under the
heavy receipts closing at sc 90 to SO so for
poor to good light ard sc 50 to $40 for
common to very choice heavy; prospects moro
favorable. Sheep firm and higher closing at
SO. 80 to 1913 for common to choice grades.
DRESSED HOGS.
Opened firm, but soon ruled weak and re-
NAMED dull aud easy until the extreme close,
when tirmer feeling was developed, aud un-
der an increased ana urgent competition be-
tween buyers, the market ruled active and
closed firm with a considerable portion of the
decline recovered closing at 1925 TO 81 35 for
pigs, $7.45 to $3.50 fortnight weights-Detween
100 and 200 lbs-and SO for heavy weights.
PROVISIONS.
A moderate speculative business was trans
acted in this market, but an unsettled
feeling prevailed and prices fuctuated
quite frequently. Mess pork was zoe
to SOC per brl lower and lard was
active, higher at the opening, but closed
easier. Meats were ic to &c lover. Mess pork
closed at SlS.25 cash, $3.50 seller March, and
seller March, Sl3 .65 to Sl3 67..
HIGHwiNEs AND SEEDS.
Highwines continue to rule steady and firm,
there being good demand and ready sale at
94c. Seeds were quiet and firm, with mod
crate speculative inquiry. Timothy quotable
ut 2.40 to 50 GO. Glover, $500 to 1896.
Flax, $500. Millet, zoe 10 SOC. Hungarian
quiet at SOC to Soc.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Butter remains very dull and prices easy
closing at zoe to 30, for roll, and zoe to CSC for
far to choice shipping lots. Retailing in
small crooks at 30c to 35c. Bagging steady on
the basis of $3.50 for Stark AS. Beans in
fair local demand at $l,85 to 1926. Broom
corn firm and in demand. Bees wax steady at
&c to 28c for choice yellow. Cooperage closed
at Sl.25 for pork barrels, and $1.45 to
81. 80 for lard tierces. Eggs were in
good demand and firm at 24c to 25c for fresh
and 1870 to zoe for picked. Hops firm and
in better demand at Ace to SOC for best. Pota-
toes we're steady and firmly held at soc to soc
for peachblows. Hay was in better demand
and prices advancing. Hides were steady at
19c for kip, 12c for veal kip, &c to &c for part
cured, Sic for green heavy, and 15c for green
calf Cheese firm at 14c to 15c for Western
factory, and &c to 13c for common.
Apples dull at $500 to $500
Cider was steady and firm at $3.50 to 81.
Honey firm at csc for comb and lie for
strained. Feathers firm at Acc to soc for live
geese and &c to &c for chicken. Poultry was
frmer and steady at 10c TO lie for turkeys;
SC to l0c for chickens, and Sc to lie for ducks.
Geese quotable at &c to &c. Vegetables were
quiet and unchanged. Wool remains steady
and firm, but quiet. Stocks light.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
A CHASTITY Execution.

One OF the most bungling and revolving
executions on record WAS that of the hanging
OF the two negroes, Jarvis and Jackson, at
Hampstead near New York city, on friday Of
last week. The account of the sickoning
affair. as reported by telegraph, relates that
at 1926 the weight was released and both
bodies sprang up into the air, but only for an
instant was one suspended, and in the next
moment was witnessed an inexpressibly hor-
rible sight. The body of Jackson was drawn
up quickly. and his struggles Of agony be-
gan, but Jarvis body had risen perhaps a
foot when the rope broke. and he struck
the platform squarely on his feet, COM
pletey paralyzed by terror, and undoubtedly
terribly hurt by the jerk of the moose on his
neck. There was pause OF shuddering si-
lence all over the yard, and the half-lifeless
form swayed forward and would have fallen
but for the intervention OF the Sheriff'e arm.
For three minutes, while the rope was being
repaired, Jarvis hung limp and motioness
upon the arms Of the officers. Sheriff Sammis
says that he did not utter q word, but others
say that he begged in a broken voice. For
Gods sake, don't murder me- The knot was
loosened around. his neck, but the black cap
was not drawn mp lest he should be conyulsed
by the sight of his companion, who was
struggling with his legs drawn up and his
hands clenched by his side. Then young
man on ladder ran the cord
down, and it was about to be refastened when
il slipped and with grating, rasping noise
slipped over the joists. Another minute OF
frightful suspense interviewed. during which
officers and citizens we're muttering horri-
BILE Horrible !" and the rope was again slid
down through the beam. This time 1t was
fastened, pulled taut against tho wretchs
neck, who was still able to keep his feet aud
then he was slowly pulled mp, hand over
hand, the requisite distance, and allowed to
-trapge tn death. His second hanging oc-
Cured at 1880, and his pulse ceased to beat
At 11:42. after writings sickening to behold,
the body swinging round aud round, aud
hivering aud trembling as IL touched by q
yalvanic battery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
THE SUMS DISTANCE.
Startling Results Obtained by the Re-
cent Transit ObservatiOns-In Less
than ,44O Years the Earth VIII Fall
Plump into the sun.

The New York World publishes cable dis
patch from London, saying:
:" The first tentative computations made at
Greenwich of data obtained from observations
of the recent transit of Venus have Welded
pected. -Four calculations made independ-
emily give the suns paralax as being re-
spectively 600 seconds, 945 seconds, 925
seconds, and 900 seconds, the mean being 924
seconds. The computations were made by
Prof. o. Heinrich, PHI. D.. Of the University
College Mr.. Frederick Guthrie, of the Royal
School Of Mines and Arts, and Meesrs. Dun
kin and Ellis, assistants at theiRoyal Observ-
atory, Greenwich. No calculations have yet
been made completed at Kew Observatory.
The computations a. given were made only upon
the basis OF moments Of external aud internal
contact as reported from different points of
observation, and may be considerably modi-
fed when Photographic and micrometic meas
urements are taken into account"
Based on this dispatch, the World remarks,
on the authority of an American astronomer,
as follows
"To Say that the suns parallax has been
ascertained to be 924 seconds, is to say that
the sun is distant from us about % 1913 semi
d,ameters of the earth, or 49, 443, 1926 miles.
This is 6, 926, 274 miles less than the distance
made out by Encke from observations OF the
last transit and 5000, 900 or 4,O0s, 900 less
than the results obtained by more recent
measurements If this ratio were constant,
we should require l., 440 years to overcome
the entire distance and fall into the sun. But,
as it is certain that our centripetal motion
would be vastly accelerated continually III we
got closer within the sphere of the suns at
traction unless his forces should be proper
tionally decreased or his volume reduced, it
il also probable that we should consume very
much less time than is above given in making
the tremendous journey"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review OF the Chicago Market.
FINANCE.

FINANCE.
There was better demand for loans, and
the money market ruled steady and rates
were firm at 10 per cent. Grain and pro-
vision men are the principal applicants for
favors; while there was a good supply Of
loanaple funds. Bonds quite firm and trifie
higher, closing at ll43 to l14t for U. s. 5-2o's
of '62, 115s to 1i6 Of "a, and 1l4I to 1851 for
1O-4O's. Currency 6's, 1l7s to l17s. Latest
gold quotations hicigo, iii to 1l2l; New
York, 112a.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
BREADsTUFFs.

The visible supply of grain, comprising the
stocks in granary. at the principal points OF
accumulation, at lake and seaboard ports,
and in transit by rail Jan. 0, 1875, and the
comparative stocks at the other undermen-
toned periods, were as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
The Commerce of Chicago.

The following is an approximation to
the value of our trade in 1874. 1t in
cludes only the first selling price, Sec
ond sales not being counted, though
made by jobbers
produce trade $240, 100000
Mhoiesae. 26S,OOO,OOO
Total.......... ...................s6s $685., 100000
Deduct from this for manufactures in
cluded IN wholesale. 43,3OC 900
lotai business. S63o, 100000
DO IN 1910 0sO,OOO,OOO
These figures give an increase of 49,
per cent. in produce, an increase of 10
per cent. in wholesale trade, and de-
crease of 81 per cent. in manufactures.
The increase of the whole over 1873 is
II per cent.
The above figures would be mate
rally increased if we included the
sales of produce to shippers after it
has once been sold in open market
and no uncomfortable addition would
be made if we should note the street
trade of the city, as ice, milk, vegeta-
bles, dressed hogs, oats, ETC., which go
to the consumer directly from wagon,
without being placed in store. The
sales of real estate are also omitted /;
they do not belong to the wholesale
trade of the city.
The following we're TIE totals for
previous years, estimated on the same
basis
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22

Total bu 81 539,3l5 81 27e2is 1871, 1888 2O9s2 652
The following were the receipts and ship
ments for the week, as compared with the
anna time laht wear.
The New York herald., 1875-07-18
spirit of the Religious Press.

The Golden Age, having last week, rs was
supposed, sufficiently disposed of Mr. Beecher
and Plymouth church, under the aspect Of
the latter regilding their idol by increasing
his salary, returns to the charge anew this
week. The man whom il has put down so
often persists in coming to the front again
and again. This time he has given the Age
great offence by his rampant, impious talk to
his Peekskill friends the other day. AT
Plymouth church he was defiant This the
Age could stand well enough But on his
farm be was exultant and broke into bragga-
docio. But he lifts the mask from himself
and everything he does, says the Golde7,
Age, shows what no mask can conceal
Judged by any worthy standard of
morals he is an unconvicted crime--a liv-
ing lie. The only answer that Mr.. Beecher's
ChTistidn Union makes to all that has been
said against him is to state briefly the action
of Plymouth church, repubish the coneratui-
latory dispatches from England and Prussia,
and give, with kind Of geeful chuckle, Dis
trict Attorney Brittons reply to Moulton's
demand for trial for libel The BAPTIST
Weekly, having heretofore expressed its
confidence in Mr.. Beccher's integrity and
purity, advises Mr.. Bowen that his connec-
tion with the scandal has placed him in such
an ignominious position that his editorial
opinions in the matter. as expressed in the
Independent are not of the smallest value, and
that the best thing he can do now is to keep
his mouth shut, and that Plymouth church will
deserve the full measure of adverse criticism
that has been heaped upon il by portion OF
the press if it any longer delays TO compel
Mr. Bowen 10 explain his treatment OF his