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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

A HANDSOME COUNTRY RESIDENCE,
near Texas, N. Cl II. r., ~ miles from Baltic
by r. r., same distance by pike house 4Oxz2,
two stories and back building, containing 10
rooms, cellar, &c. The lot contains about acre.
Plenty OF fruit and ornamental shrubbery.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

A FARM OF So ACRES, "a miles from Balti p
more, on Old York Road AZ miles from railroad.
Improvements good.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

20 ACRES, with good frame dwelling, two
stories, with back building and necessary out
buildings; an excellent location for physi-
clan near 0wings' Mills, W. N. R. r.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

HANDSOME AND HIGHLY IMPROVED
FARM OF $50 ACRES, near Towsontown.-
Will be sold entire or in tracts, to suit purchas-
ers. First class residence, with modern i'm
provements Barn, Carriage House, Ice House,
&C., &C., number of Springs of good water and
fruit of all kinds.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

Also, 800 ACRES, on Dover road, IL miles
from Baltimore; good frame dwelling with
rooms; good outbuildings; 50 acres in fine
timber choice fruits in abundance.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-05-08

ASMALL OF 10 ACRES, near fifteenth
mile stone on the Philadelphia Turnpike, two
story house, with seven rooms, good cellar and
all necessary outbuildings; Apples and Peaches
OF the best quality, choice Pears, Cherries,
Plums, Ounces, DaIsons and Grab Apples,
best variety Blackberry, Raspberry, Strawber-
ry, Currants, &C.
, 1875-06-09

humble family in London. A young cou-
pie named Chalban, who had an infant
child of some four months, had few weeks
since occasion to go out together, and left
the babe sleeping in its cradle. The
parents had not been gone more than half
an hour, when they returned to sight
which nearly broke their loving hearts.
They had left in the room Wien they went
out, two blue and scarlet parrots, pet birds,
which they had purchased on the day of
their marriage, and whose gay colors and
loquacious Intelligence had been a great
source of amusement to them. What was
their horror on their retura to behold the
parrots perched on the side of the cradle,
and engaged in tearing the face Of the help
less baby with their powerful beaks. The
father in the excess of his fury killed the
two birds instantly, but he was too late
to save the child, who died few hours
attorward from the wounds which thad
received. Perhaps it was "a fortunate cir
cumstance that the child did not survive
its injuries, as its eye-sight had been totally
destroyed. Jealousy was undoubtedly the
motive that impelIed the parrots to this an
usual act of f%erocity, as before the child
had been born they had been constantly
petted and caressed, but since that tim
they had been comparatively neglected
, 1875-06-09
LITERARY A~FFECTATION,
(Cjm7jcn.)

At a time when men 0~tletterS are among tie
most highly houtdied members Of society, il is
useful, if not pleasant, to iook back Tor a
moment upon the dark days which preceded tho
present glorious era. Grub.street has been
utterly forgotten. and it's very npne has disap-
peared from the City. Authors no longer hide
in attjcs, to escape the SheriifS' officers, and
30 longer drudge for booksellers at the wages Of
a day labou7er. We read Of he difficulties of
the great men who struggled for bread during
the first half of the last century, and their lives
are like romances. There is johnson eating
his dinner behind the screen in Caves p%arlour,
because his clothes were too shabby fOy decent
society. Savage sleeps on 4 Z" bulk" because
he cannot afford a lodging, or walks round st.
James's Squoro III night, and Al last actually
dies OF starvation. The poor wits Of the time
were in truth just such pariahS Of society as
Mr.. Mayhem describes in his London Labour
and London Poor" Genius was curse, aud
poet was a synonym for "beggar." LeG
any one turn over an cid book, and think Of
the degradation which a sensitive mind must
have felt while writing the fulsome and indis-
pensable dedication. The few guineas which
were to be obtained in return for this wrerched
fattery of the great were often the only pecu-
niary reward an author received for his work.
Johnson himself, in one of lis finest S%atireS,
speaks Of the patron or the jail" as the only
prospect before the man of letters. Fools have
patronised some of the noblest efforts Of human
thought, and the most contemplate names in
history have been saved from oblivion by the
pens of men who were compelled by necessity
to confer upon them an ill-deserVed iIhmor-
tally.
But how entirely all this is now changed
The writer appeals in these days to tens of
thousands OF readers he Is not compelled to
hang about in the ante-rooms of a great man,
seeking for contemptuous aid, but if be has
merit he finds a vast and Intelligent public
waiting to read his burning thoughts. Hun
dreds and even Thousands of pounds have been
paid for the copyright of a work of fiction, and
it is no thing for an eminent man of
letters to make a p%rincely bargain for a pro-
jected work before a complete chapter OF it is
written. Who knows what Mr.. Disraeli receiv-
ed for "Lothair," or what income Lord LyttOn
derives from bis novels? OF course it must
not be forgotten that these men are among the
princes of the literary world, and that the rank
and file who fill the magazines and the news
papers are quite content with smaller gains.
But che man who can write, and has anything
to say, is always sure of an honorable living.
Possibly the difficulty of adjusting the supply
to the actual demand may cause us to be over
stocked with some of the lighter kinds of litera-
ture, but there is still room for men of ability,
and it is to be hoped that the professors of Ii
, 1875-06-09
NOTICED.

@H9HE undersigned intends
ID to leave for Eugope
early next month, and requests
all his friends and customers to
oblige him with a speedy set
Element of their accounts.
st. Croix, 1st June, 1875.
Fl. CONRAD.
, 1875-06-09


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, 1875-06-09
Total S 451,222 81

Balance Of deposits S5I,569 IS
9 new deposit accounts viz !:
Various.
10 Withdrawals amounting to $s1 Sd
Receivers for Saturday, 18th June 1875,
In C~HRIsTIANsTED
J. c. Fr0rup, Esq, Trustee,
Lawyer P. Lemming Member.
In F-REDERIKsrED.
Counsellor, L. Fabsr Trustee,
P. Stevenson Esq, Member.
JOH. F. GOLDBERG.
President.
St. Croix, 9Th June 1875.
, 1875-06-09

1t appears that even parrots are amena-
BILE to this passion, q fact proven by Q sad
experience just related as occurring in an
, 1875-06-09
J E ALO S Y.

From the N. Y. Weekly
, 1875-06-09
The "AVIs"

Is PUBLISHED
z WEDNESDAY \ SATURDAY.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09

The New Orle ans Fire nOht.

lTs LAUNCH ny THE II. & II. CO., THIS MORNING
aoMr POINTS IN ITS CONSTRUCTION.
On the high tide, about . o'clock, this morn
Ing, the Harlan x Hollingsworth Co. launched
the fire boat which they are now building for the
New Harbor Protection Company of New Or
leans. The design is an entirely new one, and
in it's application OF the Babeock prinople to
its other ample protective qualities is stop in
advance of anything ever before attempted in
this line.
The new vessel is 1872 feet long, 20 feet in
beam and 12 feet in depth of hold. The hull,
deck joiners' work, and intact the entire steam
or is built OF iron. 1t is designed to approa ch
shipping, and being thus protected it cannot
but render very efficient service. Tho machinery
will consist OF one rect-acling, high-pressure,
propeller engine with cylinder 20 inches in di-
ameter and % inches stroke. The crank and
shaft are Of wrought iron.
The fire extinguishing apparatus will consist
Of heavy Blake pumps, and q large tank built in
tue forward part OF the vessel in
which to generate gaseous spray, on the Bab-
cock principle. The design in this part of the
apparatus Ii to save the flooding of cargoes to
any greater extent than necessary.
and it is belived that this means will
be very eifecta to this end But in case it be.
comes necessary to employ more water. the
Blake pumps may be set in motion and almost
any desired quantity Of water thrown upon the
names. The two methods are separate and
distinct from each other and either,tor both, /,
may be used at will
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
SaIfsb

SIGHT WORN oLD-ooIIAPsE OF THE FAIR PROS
rEoT-TEAcHERs INsTITUTE, &c.
Correspondence of the Commercial.
SALISBURY, Nd, Nov. 8.
The good people OF Salisbury have become ac-
customed to seeing vessels at our wharves !, 30
one no longer sees solemn PROFESSIONS vending
their way to the bridge to gaze at the strangers.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Association
met, last Saturday, and mournfnlly relinquished
the hope Of an exhibition, this year, as when the
committee reported the condition and progress
Of the work there seemed no fair prospect. But
let all wait until the Centennial IL they want to
see what Salisbury can do in the way Of fairs.
Tie Teachers of Wicomico and Somerset
counties held an Institute here, last week-meet-
Ing on Wednesday, Thursdsy and Friday. Prof.
NJ. A. Newell, State Superintendent, was present
and the proceedings were interesting. The
teachers showed much progress since last year
in method and manner OF teaching. Quite a
lively interest was taken by them in all the
topics discussed, which showed them to be alive
to the Importance OF their work. The public
schools Of Maryland are credit to the State and
are fast becoming the pride OF the people.
Our markets. are well supplied with fish,
oysters, beef, poultry and vegetables. Business
is rather dull as the farmers have not yet begun
to move the bulk Of their crops to market.
Pom
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
4 eeding the Sick.

Sad mistakes are made by hundreds of we'll
meaning folks in their method OF administer
ing nourishment to invalids 1t is the custom
to keep the deicacies intended to tempt their
appetites constantly within their reach. The
result is, that instead of feeling any desire for
the jellies, brotha, ETC.. thus obtruded upon
their notice, the sight OF them creates loathing
and disgust Sick people should never be
haunted with food in this way. Even persons
in health would lose their relish, II condemned
to live in larder, surrounded night and day
with all the daiBtiea OF the season. Ii you have
anything rare and delicious for your patient
surprise him with it. pleasant surprise is
good tonic, and you may excite his palate by
sprnging refreshing rarity upon him unex E
pectedly. Never hand sick man pile OF eat
ables, telling him that you expect him to de-
your the whole of it. Feed him on the iniin-
tesinial plan, with fairy morsels and as soon al
he las taken what he requires, re-
move the remainder. IN visiting sick rooms
how often one finds bowls Of arrowroot and
sago, dabs of jelly, cups of beef tea. fragments
of dry toast slices OF oranges. and the like,
mixed in among black draughts, boxes OF pills,
plaaters, leecles, and other abominations OF th Q
''healing art" No wonder the pale and lam
guild inmates have no appetite.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
THIRD EDITION.
A steam ship FOund ndered.

ONLY ONE Survivor OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. g, 1876.
Information has just been received here Of
the total loss, on the 4th OF November, Of the
steam. ship Pacific, running between this city
and Portland Oregon.
Every person on board the vessel went down
with her beneath the waters, with the exception
OF enc passenger, who has survived to tell the
sad story. He chung to some floating object
after the ship sunk and, luckily, WAS rescued by
the steamship Messenger, and brought to
Port Townsend, where he landed, to-day.
His story OF the disaster is one OF the most
thrilling ever related OF ocean dangers and
tragedies. The disaster occurred forty miles
south OF Cape Flattery, between Vancouver
Island and this port He says that as the great
hulk Of the Pacific dived down into the deep
TO rise no more, as il pulled into the dark en-
brace Of some watery monster, the most rierc-
ing cries arose from her cabins, and did not
cease to laiass his ears until minute or two
after the waves had rushed together over her
highest masthead.
1he only survivor, found himself struggling
in the water ; how long he remained there he
does not know, and he s now in too PROSTATE a
condition to impart much accurate information
in regard to what has occurred.
The steamship Pacific was a wooden vessel and
the property Of uoodal, Nelson, Perkins 4 Co. .
propnetors Of steamship line plying along the
coast. She WAS valued at 800, 900, but was in
sured for only S4O,0OU The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company recently sold her to her owners
at the time of the disaster. She had been great
ly improved and reiitted elegantly before being
placed on her new route. She was bnilt by one
of the most celebrated New York shipbuilders,
Mr.. William Fl. Brown, at the time when the
country was ablaze with the California fever"
All the shipyards OF New York were then full Of
vessels in process Of construction, intended to
carry emgrants to the new land of gold. She
was launched September 80, 1850. Her regis
tered burden is 874 tons her length, 223 feet !;
width OF beam, 81 feet and depth Of hold II
AZ
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Preachers MEETING. Wilmington M,
L. Preachers Association met, yesterday MORN
ing, and after the usual opening exercises, an
interesting address was delivered by Rev. Mr..
Wynn OF Savannah. Mr.. Wynn is representing
the interests Of his church, and is asking con-
tributions to complete its erection. 1t s built al
a memorial to Wesley, who labored in that sec
ton, during his visit to America. 1t will cost
$50, 900. and one room Is to be set apart for
The reception and preservation OF relics and
histories OF Methodism. The church is under
the Jurisdiction of the Southern Methodist
Church but the Board Of Bishops Of the church
North haye endorsed the movement and are aid
ing the enterprise 1t has also been favorably
entertained by the Canadian, aud Wesleyan
Methodists of England. The church is under
way. and is expected to be finished next Spring
The place for holding the union Thanksgiving
service was changed from Asbury to st. Paufs
in order that Asbury might have the next sim
liar service during the Centennial year.
:" Is not the use of churches for other than
strictly religiouspurposes, inconsistent with their
dedication 7" was the question chosen for next
discussion.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
Delaware THANKSGIVING Prociama-

The following proclamation, following the
suggestion OF President Grant, has been issued
by Governor Cochran
With the approaching close OF another year
the appropriate season has again arrived for the
customary designation, by State and National
authority of day for general thanksgiving and
public acknowledgement OF our manifold obliga-
tons to the Supreme Bong
Therefore, /, John z. Cochran, Governor of
the State of Delaware, in accordance with estab
hnhed usage in this State, and in conformity to
the Proclamation of the President OF the United
States. do hereby recommend TO the people of
this State that on Thursday, the twenty -1fth day
OF November next, they do abstain from their
secular pursuits and appropriately observe said
day in rendering thanks to Almighty God for
the benefits received, the security enjoyed, and
the nuniberless blessings experienced by them,
as community and as individuals, during the
past year and in extending substantial aid and
sympathy to the poor and suffering III our
Iui1sf ="
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
Kobbing a nor OF Ills New boots.

A lady writing from New York tells this
Adoting mother the other day dressed her little
boy of five years in his be st and sent him to play
upon the sidewalk. He had on a new pair Of
boots Presently woman met him and coayed
him to go with her to confectionery, where she
bought him stick of candy. Having thus won
his child'o heart, she persuaded him that his
beautiful new boots were tight. He allowed her
to take them of to change them from one foot
to the other, when she suddenly disappeared.
The boy found his way home in his stocking feet,
but has been much troubled since with severe
cold in the head. Other Cases Of stripping well
dressed children and leaving them to get home
as best they can have been reported. We are to
have an epidemic of this sort Of theft, suppose
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
severe shock of earthquake wss felt at Man
hattan, Kansas, yesterday morning.

severe shock Of earthquake WAS felt at Man
'attaii, Kansas, yesterday morning.
FL Secretary Delano yesterday called on Sec
telAry Chandler aud signed the papers requisite
,of the formal transfer of the various Indian
FUNDS to his successor.
haght Hoyt L Co. manufacturers of cap and
nat trimmings, in New York, failed yesterday.
IL u said their assets will more than cover their
Aapilities, whichSre +750,00O.
Inc President, Mrs Grant and General Bah
'o'L lett Washington yesterday for New York.
While workmen were blasting rock for new
sewer s'm at Boston yesterday, one Of them was
i, ,,'ieu aud two others were severely injured by
'"e permature explosion OF, blast.
me number of plays on the subject of the
a, nnslican revolution submitted TO Nj. Michaelis,
a. rafis for his examination, is sixty eight.
1in'uoilg them are several Of remarkable merit.
nso no Prize however, will not be awarded before
o., me London Datly Ne,es publishes special
no. om Berlin saying that the Central Govern
a'a nt Tor Alsace-Lorraine will be established at
arna ne'n and probably special Ministry will be
e'oa'eu FOR these provinces.
, nn accident occurred at the Ludgate Hill ter
sahu ,nus OF the London, Chatham and Dover
s'anioaa s"n IN London, last evening. Thirty per.
S'"a were more or less injured.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09


INDICTED oFFENDRBs PLEADING GUILTY TO THR
CHARGES. '-
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov, 9.
In the United States District Court, yesterday,
Petit Jury WAS sworn in. after which J.
r. Jouett, against whom two indict-
ments were pending for conspiring against the
Government, and defrauding the Government,
withdrew the plea of "not guilty with intent
charged" and entered plea Of guilty to both
indictments. .a.. ..,- -... ....t tI.-.u
The grand Jury made partial report, return
ing indictments against two parties already in
dioted for whiskey frauds, but their names have
not yet TRANSFERRED. A capias has been issued for
A. M. Everest, a Government guager, who ab-
seconded after being indicted last Spring, but who.
it is understood, will return and plead guilty.
THE EXTENT OF FRAUDS IN CHICAGO. 60,
CHICAGO, Nov o..
Nearly all the whiskey distillers have been
bailed for the action of the Grand Jury. Alrea-
dy seventy-Rve indictments have been found,
and the Grand Jury is still working. The list
upon whom the blow falls comprises distillers,
rectifers, gaugers and storekeepers.
The extent of the frauds which have been
carried on are amazing. The officers who have
been engaged in the case believe they have ev-
idence sufficient to convict tho guilty parties.
OFFICIAL CONTRADICTION OF THE GRANT T-BABoocK
s...5 STORY. ~ -.....
WASHINGTON, Nov. g.
Official dispatches have been received here
denying the report that the st. Louis Grand
Jury had found indictments against Gen. Bah
cock and Orville Grant fi-.a
Altogether there have been thirty.one pleas
Of guilty entered, and o. 800, 900 worth of prop
erty has been secured by the Government. This
ia said to be about half the amount which WAS
illegally withheld Officers of the Treasury
Department claim that they have irrefutable
evidence against Mckee, of the Globe Democrat.
soME OF THE INDICTED. .r
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
Chicago despatch, alluding to the indiet-
ments against the whskey distillers there, says
that koelle Junker & 90. are charged with de-
frsuding the Government out Of the taxes on
nearly two and a half millions gallons OF spirits
during last January and May.
Golsem & Eastman are charged with having
placed large amounts OF spirits on the market
irhuuulebtiy' rorui OhNof Sohhoi ~ q
charged with removing twenty thousand
gallons and upward from their distillery. Joseph
Rudolph, storekeeper at Cochran's distillery,
is charged with permitting the removal,
and conspiring in the sale OF five thousand
gallons. Roele, Junker Co. are also char
ged with removing stamps from 6l0 casks.
George Miller, Henry c. Fredericks, and Cor
nelius G. Fredericks, distillers, art indicted on
the charge OF defrauding the Government out of
ten Thousand proof gallons of spirits
during last april. E. g. Leach
and H. q. Fredercks, d.stiilers, are i,'ieted for
defrauding the Government on twenty tho..a Ii
gallons in May. Five indictments are also re
turned duplicating many of the leading whiskey
men of this city. The extent OF the frauds
which have been carried on are amazing.
The officers who have been engaged in the
caese believe they have evidence sufficient to
convict the guilty parties.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
FAR real Estate 0uotatIon..

We note some further good quotations of
farm sales in Eastern Pennsylvania. Four farms
near Horsham, Montgomery Co., sold respect
acres for Sl5l per acre, 20 acres for SG,350, 40
acres for $7,2G2 80. 10 acres in Upper Dublin
brought s3,300. A farm near Gwynedd Station,
IN the same county, was sold at forced sale to
close an estate, at about S64 per acre, being
several dollars per acre higher than it last sold
At, few years ago. These quotations show no
decline in real estate
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
New AdvertIsements, To-day.

Notlce-Artisans' Savings Bank
Fnrnace scoOpB-Billany
Butcher scaes-Biany
Picturesque Europe-D Appleton Co
Wanted-glrl about IL years old
Trustees sale-Chss Lore
Notice-Deaware Fire Insurance Co
Dress 9oods-W M KennaIJ
Webb's brevity
Dubell's brevity
Fullmer's breyity
Gordons Food-brevity.
Wanted-good white girl
Registers notice-John Ferris
uolts brevlty
BowmanB brevltles
Alnscow's brevity
Wheeler Wilson's brevity
Fennessey's brevity
Buxbaum's breyity
Gouert's brevity
Donahoe's brevlty
Reynolds brevty
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
Tho Full Returns.

Ortcial returns from all the counties in Penn
sylyania, except Sullivan, which ia estimated,
give Hartrapft@ majority of ALSO, f,f .tst
Complete returns. Of the vote OF Massactu
setts give Rice, IS, ,523 CASTOR, rs, ,246 Baker,
1866 Adams, 1,774, and Phillips, sol. : -
Full returns Of the election in Kansas, show
chat of the ~ organized counties 60 were car
ried by the Republicans and 3 by the opposi
ton. Last year the opposition carried l6 coun-
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-09
A Foot Hail Game.

correspondent at Lawrenceville, N. j.,
writes the COMMERCIAL that a match game Of
foot ball was played there on Saturday between
picked twenty from the High school of that
place, and corresponding twenty from the
Freshman class Of Princeton College. The
game after being closely contested, was won by
the formor by score of to 3. The vctors
(though much the smaller and more lightly
built proved too much for their heavy oppo-