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Smyrna times., 1876-02-16


Could NOT STAND THE PREssURE.-We |
have been particularly interested in the |
efforts of the New York Tribune against |
Mr.. or DR.. Jas. P. Hamilton, to unseat him
from the clerkship of the Committee of
Ways and Means at Washington, to
which Office he was appointed by the
Democrats of the House, when Congress
convened.
Shortly after the murder of President
Lincoln Hamilton had child born to him,
which he named John Wilkes Booth
Hamilton. After Hamilton's elevation to
this clerkship the Tribune found out that
he had thus insulted public decency, and
demanded his removal. Hamilton positively
denied that he had named child for Mr..
Lincoln's murderer, and defied the Tribune
to produce its proofs of the fact. There
upon the Tribune published the death
notice of the child, as it was printed in the
Washington papers in 1872, for it seems
that Providence, in mercy to the innocent
boy, took him to the better world, rather
than permit him, through no fault of his,
to bear the stigma of murderer's name, be-
cause his foolish father wished to honor
that murderer. Hamilton denied that the
child had Booth in his name, but stated
noted Englishman. The reproduction of
the death notice, however, as written by
Hamilton himself, was too much for him to
shirk out of, and he had to admit it, and
also admit that he lied about it. The only
encouraging feature for him in the whole
transaction is that he showed that he had
lived long enough to be ashamed of his
ghastly folly and would gladly have hid il
out of sight if he could. Such a pressure
was brought upon the Democratic member:
that the Chairman of the Committee was
forced to ask him to resign, which he has
done. So much for trying to honor ar
assassin, simply because said assassin. mur
dered man whom the homage-payer dis
liked.
The appointment would never have beer
made and repented of so soon, but for th'
OeHOcEdIlC SrSeu IOr Olnce. 1ue party
was entrusted with power upon its pledge
that it would reform our civil service, bu
the moment power came into its hand
sweeping removals of efficient officers, Unior
soldiers, and honest, capable men, for NJ
other offence than their politics, wer,
inaugurated, and lot of scurvy politicians
of which Hamilton is specimen, were pu
in their places.
1t is not presumed that the appointment
of Hamilton was an accident. He has beel
blatant kind of man and his record wa
known TO the men who appointed him
They knew it, but they thought the countr
did not. 1t was well for some of the South
ern members to insist, as they did, upo
his removal He halls from Georgia, an
lest bis course should be construed as re,
resenting the temper of the South they il
sisted upon his resignation. The INTEL
gent portion of the South never endorse
the murder of Mr.. Lincoln, and least of a
would they do anything to honor the nam
of his murderer.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

A DELAWARE Cry WOMAN SHOOTS PHIL
ADELPHIAN.-In Philadelphia, last Friday
morning, Joshua Kames, of No. 2029 North
Eleventh street, was shot and wounded by
Mrs. Kate Irwin, formerly of Delaware City,
this State. When arrested Mrs. Irwin ad-
mitted having discharged the pistol, and
declared that she was afaaid of her own life
when she did so. Her story was that Mr..
Kames had been living with her for about
seven years, she having been divorced from
her husband through his intervention; that
on Thursday evening he entered the house
and began to quarrel with her, which she
attributed to his jealousy he became ex-
cited, and, accompanying her up stairs acted
violently in the chamber; her pistol was
lying on the mantel, and he supposing 1t
was in one of the bureau drawers, ran to
the bureau to get it; she succeeded in get
ting it from the mantel and as he ap-
preached she discharged the weapon,
scarcely knowing what she was doing.
She further says that Mr.. Kames had often
threatened to shoot her; and that was the
reason she kept loaded pistol about her.
Mr.. Kames is a married man and his wife
and children reside at Downingtown.
When resident of Philadelphia he was
an active politician and had seat in Coun'
ellis; was also in the Legislature and was q
| member of the Board of Guardians of the
Poor. Mrs. Irwin is apparently forty years
old, has an agreeble face and good figure
and when before Alderman Carpenter for 6
hearing showed remarkable nerve. She
had been living in Delaware City up tC
about Christmas when she returned t.
Philadelphia: and took possession of the
house, which she says is owned by Mr.
| Kames.
On the hearing it was stated that thu
wounds are not considered dangerous. Sh'
is greatly worried over her doings. II
telling of her past life, she says she married
to a poor but excellent husband, and sh
became divorced from him to take up witt
Kames, who always seemed to have plent
of money. She says her life, with all he
aff1uence has not been happy one.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

WEDDING PARTY on STREET PARADE.-At
Baltimore, on Monday afternoon, the novel
spectacle of a street parade by a wedding
party was presented. The party, which
was composed of young bride and groom,
with bridesmaid and groomsman, walked a
half mile to church, where the ceremony
was performed. The bride wore blue
dress and the bridesmaid one of tan color
and each had lonE white wells reaching
from the back of the head to the ground
They also wore handsome head wreaths ot
flowers. The groom and groomsman were
kid gloves.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

An Engineering Feat of stupendous pro.
portions is under consideration, being no
less than the drainage Of the Zuyder Zee,
making that inland gulf, in extent two
hundred and odd miles by about sixty, once
indeed what, says the London Iron, il will
probably again be, fruitful plain dotted
with smiling villages. The HARLEM Lake,
the bed of which was overwhelmed by an
eruption Of the sea in the sixteenth century,
was drained not many years ago by a com.
pany of English engineers. The Zuyder
Zee dates from about the time when Earl
Godwin's lands became a treacherous sand.
bank, an epoch remarkable for extensive
inroads of the sea along the whole southern
coasts OF the German ocean. The addition
which the drainage of the Zuyder Zee
would make to Holland would be equal Ia
nearly six per cent. of the whole present
area of that country.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

How FAT PEOPLE CAN GET LEAN.-Dr
NJ. NJ. Griffith has written the Baltimore
American from Wyoming, Kent county,
Del, of the medicinal properties which he
has discovered in a sea-weed which is
picked up on the Delaware coast. Its
peculiar property is its power to diminish
the excessive accumulation of adipose tissue
in the human system, and has never failed
in the numerous instances in which the DIR.
has applied it. In one case of which he
speaks the reduction of fatty tissue was
from twelve to fifteen pound in two months.
In its operation the weed acts by the
absorption of the adipose tissue, and modi.
fies or lessons the secretions from the oily
suderiferous glands. The weed, the Or.
says, is one of the many which are waited
from the ocean upon our coast, and that
great care must be exercised in its selec
tion.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

New CoLoRED CHUEcH.-A new church
edifice is about to be erected for the colored
people of the Methodist Episcopal demon.
ination of this place. A lot 90x40 feet,
situated at the northwest corner of North
and East streets, has been purchased of
Miss Patterson. The lumber is already on
the ground, in part, and work is to begin
next week or very soon thereafter.
The church is to be 42x32 feet, costing
about $1,000, of which $500 have been
already secured, 500 having been granted
by the Church Extension Society of the
NJ. E. Church. The building is expected
to be ready for dedication by June lst.
The society now comprises SO members.
Its Sabbath school contains 40 scholars.
The society also maintains day school, in
which there are Al scholars enrolled and
an average attendance of 3S. The church
edifice TO be erected is made necessity by
the crowded state Of the services. Rev
John NJ. Brown is pastor.
The following are the names of the
Building Committee: Charles Potts, Emory
Lumb, Wesley Baynard, Joshua Gibbs
Caleb Jones.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

DOES PARIS GREEN PRoDUcE Hoe CHOLERA? ?
Paris green is a deadly poison to bug or
beast. When used upon potato crop to
kill the bugs it is left in the land a perma.
nent poison. When hogs root they eat a
considerable quantity of dirt. If that dirt
is largely impregnated with Paris green it
must be poisonous material for hogs.
Farmers think of this, and if your hogs
have been dying after roofing in such land
let us hear from you; send the results OF
your experience and observation to the
Weekly Sun. j. G. III.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

THE TIMES" " is published every Wednesday after
noon bv JOSEPH H. HoFFEcKER, Editor and Proprie-
tor, ct Smyrna Delaware.
rERMs-sr rBscRIPTIoN--O year 500 in advance, or
$3.50 II not paid till the end of the year. No paper
discontinued until all arrears paid-only at the
option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate oil
Seven Cents line for the first insertions subsequent
insertions Three-and ahalfcents. Aliberal discount
made to quarterly semi-annual and yearly adyerti'
sorS
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

On Sunday night two men attempted to
drown colored woman by throwing her
off the bridge at st. Louis, and then ran
away. The woman, who was rescued, said
the men were named Wilson and Holland ;
that they attempted TO rob the United
States Express car in st. Louis six weeks
ago; that she accidentally discovered the
fact two days ago, and that they sought to
cover their crime by putting her out OF the
way. Holland was formerly a railroad
unknown.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

The SUNDAY SCHOOL JUBILEE AT ODESSA.
The annual jubilee of st. Paul's NJ. L.
Church, of Odessa, was held last Wednes-
day evening before large audience, under
the musical supervision OF Mr.. j. @. Brown
and Others. Among the prominent and
favorite vocalists were Misses Lidie and
Lou Baker, Mollie Walker, Annie Mccoy,
Vellie Moore, Mollie Rose, and Messrs.
John ). and Will Stephens, J. g. Brown
and Elias Moore. Miss Belle Appleton and
Will Stephens were organists for the even.
ing. Wen have TO mortgage the farm,
a popular humorous song, was rendered in
character by j. g. Brown and Miss Annie
Mccoy, and brought down the house. Mr.
Brown was presented with a handsome
Bible, by Rev. Mr.. Bryan, on behalf of ths
School, as mark Of appreciation of hi
services. The net proceeds amounted L
about sl25. 1t was a splendid entertain
ment.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

CARBON FOR HoGs.-The ISrf, Field and
Farm says: "No observant farmer has
failed to notice the avidity with which
hogs, whether in confinement or at large,
will devour quantities of rotten wood. This
decayed wood is but a form of carbon,
being antiseptic; the instincts of the ami.
NAL lead them to eat il as the instincts of
dogs urge them at times TO eat grass be-
cause of its sanitary effect. On one occasion
the writer had pig, weighing about forty
pounds, put into q pen and carefully
attended every way. The allowance oi
food was, with sthe chance offal from q
small kitchen, sixteen ears Of large South.
ern corn per diem, given twice day
| Having a kiln of charcoal in the woods
close by, determined TO try how much oi
this charcoal could be converted, by aid Of
the digestive organs of the pig, into fat
which Is but another form Of carbon. BY
degrees the supply Of corn was diminished
and carbon substituted for it, until finally
the corn was reduced 10 eight ears. At the
end of nine months the pig was butchered
and weighed, net, two hundred and fvs
pounds, aud the lard and meat was o.
exceptionally fine quality"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM.-The recent
failure of the House to pass, for the want OF
a two-thirds vote in its favor, the resolution
for constitutional amendment con.ining
Presidents of the United States to one
term, is not likely to be the finale of that
question. Three joint resolutions have
been introduced to the House the present
session on the presidential term question.
The first of these was offered by Mr.. Ran
dall and proposed that on and after the
next election the President shall hold his
Office during the term of six years, and
shall not thereafter be eligible for re-elec-
tion. Another proposal, by Mr.. New, was
that the length of the term shall remain as
at present, but that no President shall be
eligible for election third time. The reso-
luton of Mr.. Knott, which was the one re-
ported from the judiciary committee, was
in these words: "No person who has held
or may hereafter hold the Office of Presi-
dent shall ever again be eligible to said
| office" On behalf of the minority of that
committee Mr.. Frye submitted an amend
ment providing that on and after March 4,
| 1885, the presidential term shall be six
years, and making any one who has held
| the Office for the full term, or for part
of the term of the length of two years, in
eligible for reelection" Failing to get rid
| of the subject by recommittal to the com
mittee, the House first voted down ar
amendment making the term, beginning
with 1881, six years, without eligibility fol
reelection, then rejected Mr.. Frye's amend
ment beginning the six years. experimen
in 1885, and finally threw out Mr.. Knott
resolution by l49 yeas to LOG nays, the aftir
native vote lacking 46 of the requisite two
thirds. 1t will be observed that Mr.. Knott
amendment, although defeated for want o
two-thirds vote, was accepted by major
ty of the House, which is large vote for
beginning. 1t is an encouraging fact that
majority of the House have voted in favo
of a principle which has had the sanction {
so many American statesmen and Pres
: dents, and which seems so essential to pre-
vent presidential influence from being use
for personal and party aggrandizemen
} The vote on Mr.. Knott's amendment ma
f be expected to grow to the necessary nun
) Der in future Congresses, after the peop
have had time to consider it well. Thel
, ought to be no party discussions on tn
e subject. So far as a single six years teri
is concerned, the American Grocer says thi
2 it has no doubt that more than two-thirC
f of the people of the United States would
/ in favor of the proposition, and that Il
/ commercial classes would be unanimOu
The disarrangement of business every fo1
;. years by the excitement and hustle Of Il
II presidential election is palpable nuisan
S which every business man appreciate
e The proposition to extend the term to S
o years may come up again later in the st
). son, and those who would prefer to ha
the presidential election come less Fl
p quently should drop line to their mel
q bers of Congress to that effect.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

TIE REVIVAL in this town, now in its
seventh week, is still continued, though
with some abatement in interest. On
Sunday twenty-nine converts presented
themselves for membership into the Church,
making l56 taken in SO far. The conver.
sions for the six weeks up to Sunday were
about 230, including about so Sunday
School children, who have not yet been
formally received into church relations.
They are under the advisement of the
pastor. Children's meetings are held each
Tuesday and Thursday evening, in the
lecture room. The MONDAY meetings, with
the pastors talks on those occasions, still
hold popular place in the public mind
Much of the success of the great revival is
attributed to them. At the night meeting
last night ten penitents were at the ALTA
and about ten others stood up for thu
prayers of the Church.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16
Conference will commence March 18TH,
at Union M. E. Church, Wilmington.

Conference will commence March 18th,
at Union M. E. Church, Wilmington.
One of the most elaborate social enter
tainments given in this town for long
time was conferred upon his many friends
by Master A. Lee Cummins, last evening,
at the spacious residence of his mother,
Mrs. M. A. Cummins. The invitations
were almost sent broadcast, and with rich
music, an unsurpassed refreshment board
and hearty cheer all round, it is not hard
to imagine the pleasant character of the
evening.
Milford had big scare on Sunday week.
In the afternoon about 3, one of the steam
whistles in the basket factory at the depot
commenced blowing and the citizens
thought a fire had broken out. On reach
ing the factory the frightened crowd found
that the fireman had broken his leg in a
fall, and being unable to get assistance to
himself in any other way, crawled to the
whistle and turned on steam. About five
hundred frightened people were soon by
his side.
The thunder storm of Monday morning
shocked the ticket office at the depot in
this town pretty badly. The lightning
struck the telegraph wire about halt
mile from town and ran along it into the
depota and damaged the window considerably
the window over which the wire passes
into the building. Engineer McConaughy
was on his engine at the time and thought
a gun had been discharged in the depot
1t occurred about 6 in the morning. Eight
telegraph poles between Smyrna and Clay
ton were shattered.
]. Prescott Eldridge, the American
recitationist, humorest, &C., is expected t.
give one of his entertainments here on tn
evenings of the goth of February and Marcl
lst. He is endorsed by such men as Johl
B. Cough, President Wolsey, of Yale Col
lege, and many other distinguished cit
zens. He comes for the benefit of Smyrn
Library, the Association feeling that tn
entertainment will be one worthy of fuI
patronage. The Burlesque Psychologist
Seance which he gives at the close is sal
to be one of the funniest things ever pu
before an audience.
The fire companies of Wilmington ar
making a noble effort to collect none
9 enough to put up Centennial building ft
Delaware, on the Centennial grounds.
;, is earnestly hoped that all will contribute
1t is proposed that the building be built
y the native woods of Delaware, and that
e shall be fitted for the convenience an
/, comfort of our citizens while on the ground
The funds so raised will be turned over
the State Centennial Commission, to be a.
!, piled for the purpose for which they al
: collected. Address George Mccall, l:
: Market ST., Wilmington, Del.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

Positively THE BEsT.-Dr. Morris Syrup
OF Tar, Wild Cherry and HOrehound is the
very best compound ever prepared, adver'
tised or sold by any person or under any
name whatever-for the immediate relief
and permanent cure Of Coughs, Colds,
Whooping Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and
all diseases of Consumptive type. 1t will
thoroughly eradicate these alarming symp-
toms in one-half the time required TO do so
by any other medicine. II is purely vege'
table and contains not particle of opium
or other dangerous drug. Physicians all
over the country endorse it as the most
ethcacious antidote known for all disorders
OF the throat and lungs. 1t never fails.
Every bottle guaranteed to perform exactly
as represented. Be sure to obtain DR..
Morris Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and
horehound. Trial size, 10 cents. For sale
by ]. w. Denney.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

PUBLIC SALES near this vicinity will take
place as follows: To-day, 10th, Edw. Blais,
near the Hoffecker Mills; Thursday, 18th,
Asa $. Clifton, near town; Friday, 18th,
Chas. g. Ross, on the Hazell farm-changed
from the 14th; Monday, 2lst, Thomas E.
Bailey, near Kenton Tuesday, Odd, Mrs
Rees, in the Alley; Wednesday, 23d, John
r. Wilson, (for Russell Coe) in the Alley
and B. F. Lattomus, down the Neck
Thursday, oath, the Delaware House furni
ture and livery, in this town; Saturday
26th, Geo. Whitlock, at Clayton; Tuesday
Goth, George Collyer, near Prices Corner
Saturday, 10Th, David Jones, in the ALE,
postponed sale.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

A NOVEL REVENUE BILL.-As means Of
raising the State revenues, Mr.. Williams, a
prominent Richmond lawyer, and mem
Der OF the Virginia House Of Delegates, has
introduced bill in that body proposing to
tax persons who drink, chew, smoke or
take snuff two dollars per year, and those
who indulge in profane language five dol.
lars per year. 1t is proposed to make each
male inhabitant take oath whether he in
dulges in any of these things. If he swears
yea he is to be taxed. If he swears nay he
Is to be exempt. Ladies, not being men.
toned, are presumed to be exempt also
Such law vigorously enforced would
probably result in the raising OF mean,
with which not only to pay the current ex
penses Of the State government, but enable
the Old Dominion 70 pay off her public
dept.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

A BRACE OF BAcKsLIDERs.-Rev. Mr.. Ham
mond, the revivalist, has been most un.
fortunate in a pair of his Harrisburg
converts-Wm. Dunlap, a converted barber,
and Harry Tons, a converted actor. Mr..
Dunlap forged an order for clothing, and
then made addresses in the ill-gotten
raiment. Mr.. Tons forged the name of
Rev. Mr.. Hammond himself to a check,
and thus feloniously obtained $3.50 from a
bank. Great things were expected of Mr..
Tons, who was accustomed to tell a long
and varied experience, and to represent
that after so much bad conduct, to say
nothing of bad acting, his experience of
religion was little short of the specially
miraculous. Both gentlemen are like Paul
and Silas in one respect-they are both i'll
Jail. We are far from regarding this
dreadful downfall as at all discreditable to
Rev. Mr.. Hammond. The country is full
of recent "converts." The "revivals" of
the Winter have been numerous; the re-
| ligious feeling everywhere has been re-
markable; thousands have made profes-
sion of repentance, and only time can show
how many were in earnest, or had good
reason for believing themselves to be re.
generated. This is a convenient world for
breaking down in, nor is desperate failure
confined to the churches. A man in Wall
street, for instance, may have tirst-rate
reputation for commercial honesty; his
word better if anything than his bond; his
name may be synonymous with solvency
and gild the edges of any paper upon the
back of which it is written; orphans trust
him and widows lean upon him, and
reporters "interview" him when there is a
smell of ga crisis" in the air. Awful dis
closures ensue; the heap of his debts is
like Pelion on Ossa, of his assets like an
anthill the howls of his creditors are loud
and painful; he has gone to Nova Zembla
he has gone to Timbuctoo, he has gone a
any rate away from New York. Do We
cease to believe that commercial integrity
is possible2 Buying, selling, discounting
bartering trading, still go on. Honesty
remains the rule. Otherwise business woulC
be impossible.-N y. Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

And now come the tidings that there Is
probability OF an exhaustion of the petro.
leum territory Of Western PENNSYLVANIA.
and as consequences, the large stock of
oil on hand has suddenly began to be in
demand at largely increased prices. The
rates within two or three months have
tendency. "s""'"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

Nor MORE Truth THAN PoETRY.-The
papers are laughing at our Secretary of
State, Mr.. Grubb, Of Wilmington, for his
high-fung rhetoric about our Centennial
building. Talking to the Wilmington
firemen last week about the building, he
said
al would have it founded upon the blue
Brandywine granite of New Castle; built Of
the staunchest and toughest timbers of old
Kent; and cemented with the sand and
limestone of Sussex"
The funny part is about that Sussex lime
stone. There amt any in the county. Still
the sentence reads very pretty and he was
not willing to spoil it for the sake of thu
real facts in the case. That there is NJ
limestone there, he says, is no fault of his
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Times, disgusted with the
prolixity of the Centennial debate in the
Senate declares that constitutional amend.
ment Is needed, making man ineligible
Tor the Senate until he shall have served
two years on the editorial staff of a paper
zzxze, and acquired the art of getting all
the news within that space.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-16

REPUBLICAN GROWTH IN NEW YoRK.-In
St. Lawrence county, New York, the town
meetings on Tuesday resulted in the unani.
nous election of the Republican ticket
which has not occurred there for many
years. Seven OF the thirty.fou Supervisors
elected were Greedy Republicans in 1872.