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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Z Sample OF the Democratic Outrages
In South Carolina.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1s.

WARRINGTON. Oct. IS.
The following is contained substantially
in the official report of the South Carolina
White Line massacre, which has been
submitted to the President in connection
with Gov. Chamberlain's application for
troops. The Capt. Butler mentioned is
known as one armed Butler,' and is a
brother of the Gen. Butler of the HAM
burg massacre. Coker was colored
member of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture
On Sept 10. Rifle Club, commanded
by Capt A. p. Butler, went to Ellenton
and took wood train, with which they
proceeded to station called Robbins.
Here they found Coker quietly seated on
his valise waiting for a train. Some of
them exclaimed, There's that Radical
niger Cocker" Capt. Butler went up to
him and said, Cocker, I'm the niger
ruler, and you have got to go with me-"
Then the unfortunate man was surrounded
by Buffers command, and dragged into
one of the cars of the wood train, which
then returned to Ellenton. Arriving
there, Coker was taken into field, and
Butler said to him:
"Coker, what's your businesS?"
~ am Representative from Barnwell
County to the South Carolina Legisla
ture"
"All the better" said Butler. "Repre-
sentative or no Representative, you are a
Radical niger, and have got to de-
For Gods sake, give me time to pray"
cried the unhappy negro.
Certain" answered Capt. Butler,
"pray away; but pray quick"
Coker then knelt down and began to
pray. While he was in this position,
Butler slipped back six or eight feet, and
shot at him twice. He fell forward on his
face, bleeding and dying. Butler then
made a sign to his men, and six of them
fired into the wounded man. He died.
The men who killed him took his watch,
money and his gold shirt-buttons, and
then, leaving the body to rot, returned to
Robbins.
These facts are sworn to by three eye
witnesses, who state that Coker's only
crime was his Republicanism.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

mand IL on the side of good order and
justice; that they are not there in the in
terest Of any political party except SO far Is
either may be benefited by the enforcement
Of the laws in protecting the unotfending
and restraining violence and disorder, and
instruct the officers that their actions and
promises will be expected to correspond.
In localities where disturbances OF poll
teal nature are to he apprehended, undue
or excessive intimacy with leaders OF either
party would almost inevitably lead to the
destruction Of an officers influence for the
good of the community, aud is therefore TO
be avoided.
People from South Carolina report that
Governor Chamberlain's proclamation
disbanding the rifle clubs has had very
good effect in disorganzing the Demo-
Gratis, but that murder and intimidation
is still carried on by individuals where it
was carried on by clubs before. Senator
Patterson says South Carolina will give a
Republican majority OF 10000 if a fair
election is permitted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

Investigations made by M. Gerar-
din have led him to conclude, in re-
gard to the water of artesian wells,
that water obtained from subterranean
depths does not contain oxygen If kept
from contact with the atmospheric
precauton which is essential, for, in
contact with the air, it disSOlves sew
eral cubic centimeters of oxygen. M.
Gerardin states that he has often
found, in the interior OF the ascension
tubes of the artesian wells at Grenelle,
long white Opaline Elementary algR !;
and these present the curious proper
ty, too, of remaining white in solar
light as long as the water is deprived
of oxygen, but they become green the
instant the water is the least aerated.
M. Bechstein reports that it was
required TO turn, with the greatest
precision, piece of work twenty-nine
centimeters in diameter composed of a
very hard alloy of seven parts of cop
per, four parts of zinc, and one part of
tin. Every ordinary method was re-
sorted to without success, in order to
accomplish the purpose satisfactorily.
Finally, the idea suggested itself to NJ.
Bechstein of trying the effect of
petroleum constantly applied to the
cutting tools, and the alloy was by this
means turned with about the same
ease as steel tempered to straw color !;
the latter, says NJ. Bechstein, turns
with the greatest ease when the cutters
are kept moistened with mixture of
NOT p,l ann, an1 tnrnanti,,a
According to the London Engineer,
the experiments on the Northwestern
Railway. as regards steel fire-boXes,
have not been, on the whole, 50 salts
factory as those with steel boiler
shells; but the knowledge gained has
not been thrown away, the inventor,
Mr.. Webb. being credited, in fact,
with having fairly made success of
steel ire-boXeS as well as steel boilers.
1t is said that the fce-box plates used
at Crewe are. after being rolled,
dipped while hot into cold water, and
are then reheated and again dipped,
this treatment being repeated four
times. This mode of treating fire-boX
plates has remarkable.etfect in tough
ening the plates, while it also weeds
out any which are unsuitable. 1t is
desirable to protect the riveted joints
of steel fre-boXes as much as possible
from the action Of fire, and this. it is
claimed, is best accomplished by avoid
| ing corner joints and Hanging the tuh
plates outward toward the barrel.
A revolving polariscope is one of
the recent most interesting additions
to philosophical apparatus. a lumin-
Gus beam passes from a small circular
hole in diaphragm through polar
iscope, the analyzer of which is a
double-image prism, the size of the
hole being so arranged that the two
luminous discs shall be clear Of eael
other. If the prism be made to re.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
4 Fair Election.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Is.

WASHINGTON, Ocl. ID.
The absurd theories which are constant
" advanced by Democratic newspapers,
to the effect that the recent orders of At
torney-General Taft and Secretary
Cameron in regard to the troops IN the
south, were intended to intimidate I"
white voters and prevent fair election
finds no better refutation than the recent
circular issued to post commanders by
Gen. Anger, commanding the Department
Of the South. The circular is explicit,
and is sent, as all other orders are sent,
for the instruction and direction of subor-
cinate commandments.
Gen. Anger transmits to the command
Ing officer of every post in his department
numbers Of the circular, with Instructions
TO have them distributed so that each
officer of their commands may have one.
The circular then read a. follows
II Is thought these orders are so full and
explicit as 10 furnish all the instruction
Leees Sary for their guidance in any case
which may arise when action on their part
l. necessary, and then the commanding
General expects of them prompt and firm
execution oftheir duties tempered, however,
with sound discretion and perfect courtesy
to all.
Whenever bodies Of troops are stationed
m or sent for duty temporarily 10, localities
where disturbances are apprehended, they
may and should exercise a strong influence
IN the interest Of peace and good order-no'
IS extensively or unduly meddling in local
or political affairs, but by Courteous, up
right and discreet conduct, inspiring all par
ties with confidence in their impartial sense
Of justice and their desire 10 protect tbs
lives and property and, so far as they car
legally, the rights of all unoifending person.
. TN.a. aH h. 9. =
unable TO protect Impress il upon III,
mind OF your men when sent on detached
service TO let il be distinctly understood tina
their influence and that Of their whole com
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

Then, too, as his lungs are like those
of a land animal, the atmosphere of
the aquarium must be attended to-.
Prof. Butler has already captured two
whales which died of pulmonary con-
sumption. Therefore ventilation must
not be neglected. And, finally, as the
animal is too epicurean in his tastes to
like dead fish, each particular eel in
his diurnal bushel and a half must be
alive and squirmins. N. Y. .Erening
Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

THE use of powerful explosives has
beer taken advantage Of in this coun-
try far more than in the old countries.
There is one way in which it is used
in Scotland, which we have not learned
yet. That is in clearing land of stumps
and powders. Large tracts Of land
near Edinburgh have been successful
ly and completely cleared by this
means.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

MANY words to a short story is as
water added 10 soup.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
SEYMOUR FOn GOVERNOR.

The November Democratic tidal
wave received another lift 10 the nom
ination of Horatio Seymour by accla
nation, for Governor of New York, at
Albany yesterday. The scene was
one of the widest that can be imagin ,
ed and the JOY a: the complete union
of the two wings of the great party of
that great State can only be imagined.
Under such circumstances New
York is good for 10000 majority for
Tilden.
Now we claim Ohio and Indiana in
October, and if they then give the
Democrats each 10000, why look out
for round hundred thousand MAORI
ty for Tilden in New York in Novem
Der. Where will be such trimmers as
John Cochrane when that wave sub
sides.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

SHERIFF'S SALE.
~ BY virtue Of a writ of Levari Faoa;s %
me directed, will be exposed 70 Pubi;, so,a %
LAFAYETTE HOTEL. sH sHIPLEy ST
kept ny George W. 0rtlip. in the citv of viii.
minston' New Castle county. Delaware. ON
SATURDAY,
THE 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1879
At2 O'Clock, p. m,
Inc following described Real.Fstate n;.
"a enal pieee or parcel OF land situate Ivinr
ana being IN Chrisliana uundred. New rH.,e r,ytpe
Souny and state of Delaware afoross;h
beglnnlng at the south westerly s;d az 1esald
street at twenty-hine feet broad at ~ ~ Loshn
lance OF elghty-four feet from tba s,.,s US
cas,erly side of the turnpike road e thnn tShoatn-
souinWesterfy parallel with said ,nrnise ,ueuce
road sixty eight feet to stake Ibenoaafnpike PIKE
saste th Win logan street sixt en- feet to q
s,sAe; thence ortheasterly parallel With 10 30
.arnplke road sxty-e eht feet TO The Sa'd sac a
OF Logan street thence Herewith nosthue sue
eay sixteen feet to the place Of hes;nr;st
con .aining len Hundred and eigbtya;npg
Set OF iand more or less, eisn'
neiIeu and taken in execution as,ha ,.o
perry OF Ohm IL. Heritage and Sarab pr.
VII r. Ina " be so BY A''
snerifs Once. New Castle. oherih.
Aug. 70. 1915.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

INsURANcE-Ther rate of insurance on
city property in Wilmington is enorm-
ously high. Our companies are grow
ing very rich. There is not bit of use
in our people paying so much money in
to their companies it is used by men
who delight to handle money, and it
might as well be left in the pockets Of
the owners. The rates of several COM
panies are double what they ought to be-
with our splendid fire Department. bet
ter than that of any other city in the
union-there is little risk. less than
there was when insurance was not near
so high and when the risk was so per
cent greater. Let the insurance rate be
decreased.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
sH ERIFF,s SALE.

Bi ';nI5 S;,I,ae OF writ of Levari Facias mech
d, lien 70 me directed, will be e~oosnn. Nniecn.
Etio EiHiio eale, at the hotel of VIM Rosd TO
woGS County, ps. pennader hun ired New % Ca,t1s as
THURSDAY.
IhE l4th DAY eFsEPrEMREB ,c-e
AT ! o'clock. IN,
me following described Real E.,.,o -.
f'n, fGnus,, about forty { ct front beA bS hdwelii
ded Stfp tb with itchen tached mott ;ncIv
MANSIONS house, nsi sitn. s,sns and is the farm or
B.. .SwSTss' STs's ha1d'ed New Castle Co"nt9 S"a n
one, Vau ,a u adlng iiem II yiliiage of Mns on
taieins between ssse esided fn Mount Jones, and n
tho the larIn or tact land being boneac acres.
ani othersepSi M creek, lands o. James Janviey
nnon ouesia % being the same arm or rsct oa;G"gh u;
Se;zed ~d'en sald lhos j. Foard now res;dan iLuu
Perry ihomr rssn Fo.s T. execution as the pro-
sbs,;g,s oa WIN, II. JAMESON Il Sberi&y 81 a. P&y
-e-s. -. 1876 aug2s. Ia
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
Various IsnDropen,ent

The spouting around the steeple of
st. PauPs Catholic Church is being
painted.
Cutters are now being laid on the
east side of Adams street, from Third
to Fifth.
The lot at the n. W. corner of Front
and Adams streets has been filled mn
to grade.
The lot between Front Second Mad
lson and Monroe streets, belonging to
the Montgomery estate, has been filled
up, In the northeast corner, to the lev
ell of the street.
Messrs. Quinby and Co. are about
10 erect small saw mill on Madison
street, between Front and Christiana
opposite their lumber yard, which
they will use in connection with their
lumber yard.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
state Democratic Conpent,.,,

BY order of the Democratic Executive
Committee Of Delaware. State Democrats
oonVe'tion. composed of sixty delee ,tes
mDI1n IRON escn county. will be held in Dover,
THURSDAY. September 7th. 1876 at o.
olocA, afternoon for the purpose of nomina
ting electors for President and Vice Presi.
dent Of the United States; and also for tb,
purpose of nominating candidate for Re-.
rresentauves In Congress ior the State o,
Delaware. ~
ROBERTJ. REYNOLDS, Chairman
Dover, August S, 1876.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
SHERIFE'S SALES.

HERIRF'S 5 tLE.-By virtue OF a writ of
y Leyari Fncias to ne directed, will be ex
posed TO Public sale at the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, sIl SHIPLEY ST
kept by G4orge W 0rtlip in the city of Will
mingtrn. New Castle county. Delaware. on
SATURDAY,
THf 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1876.
At > O'Clock, pm,
The following described Re Al kstate. viz.
Alithose certain lofs pieces or parcels of
land with several frame hoe Sc thereon cree
ted situate IN the city of .wiim' ng,"n afore-
said. bounded and described as follows to
wit: Btglnntng at t1e insecten of the nor
iherly side of Front street with the westerly
side of French street. thence with the sad
side of Front street. westerly fifty eight feet
more or less to an alley, thence opg sail
alley side northerly parallel with French
street, forty one or forty two seet mole or less
10 a line now or late Of Hugh Lynch, thence
along said line westerly parallel with Front
street twenty three feet more or le to the
line oil a lot now or late of J OBJ Pogue.thence
along said line northerly parallel with French
street forty six feet more or less to line OF
land now of late of Thomas Mendenhali.
thence Herewith easteriy parallel with Front
street eighty one feet more or less to the sad
side or French street and thence Herewith
southerly eighty eight feet TO the place of be-
ginning, be the contents more or less. A
portion OF the above described Real Estate
gage a. follows: Beginning on the westerly
side OF French street between Front aud Sc
cond streets ut the so1thetly side of a - feet
wide alley about htty-thIee feet from the
northerly side of Frynt street westerly psral-
lei TO Front street. along said ley eighty
one feet. more or less; thence n rtherly par
allel to Fr nch sire ct and Herewith southerly
thrty-Gve feet more or less to land OF Gao.
". bush: thence easterly eighty. one ieet;
tn nee southerly thirty five feet. Also is re-
leased another portion of tue before men
TONED lot of land as follows: Beginning on
the northerly side of Front street between
French and king street, al the distance of
thirty nine feet six inches from the westerly
side of French street at the corner of the new
bu lGing recently erected by the said Leon
ard eiss: thence along said side of Front
street westerly anout twenty -one feet two
inches to an alley; thence along said alley
northerly parallel with FIeUch street fifty
seven feet ten inches: thence easterly twenty.
one feet two il nches to aforesaid house of said
Weiss; thence south ,ry fifty seven feet ten
inches TO Front street. the said other portion
hereby rel, a.ed &c.
Sc zed and taken in execution as the pro-
perty Of Leonard Weiss, surviving mortga-
g0r. and t. t.. and u be sold by
WM. II JAMESON, Sheriff.
ShsriFs Office. New Castle,
August %. 1876 aug29.ts
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

The Cincinnati Leader declares that
Tilden has sent "a barrel of money" to
Ohio to buy the State in October. 1t is
barely possible that he will send bar.
rel to SUSSEX county; and that the ru.
NOR there has caused great trouble.
The Sussex negroes are at tip-toe excite
ment they have waited long and anx-
iously for those forty acres and a mule,
Or their equivalent; and now propose to
compromise over Uncle Sans barrel"
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
Ne Republican Ticket An s,,...

we learn from an article in yesterday 9
Commercial which says that the Lewes
Light announces rumor that at is bro
posed to run no Republican ticket in
Sussex county this fall"
The Commercial now attempts to show
why the Repul licans in Sussex should
take heart and not abandon the party
ina paper was in great part the cause
on putting the poor white Republicans
OK sussex under control of the nepro
voters In Sussex and making them sub
Ject 70 the New Castle County Ring. of
which IT was the lead, and its nresent
instruction is given with rather a bod
grace. Why Sussex white kenublicon
has not as much influence in tho nor,,
as a New Castle County negro and ws
think they would act wisely TO abandon
the miserable party and let it 90 10
the dogs. In the language of John II
bswley, Esq, in the Democratic Conyen.
tion OF 1872, after the Kent and Suisse,
white people had been so shamefpn,
Inundated by the union of white ond
negro Radicals, we are compelled to sny
we pity the poor people of SUSSEX who
belong to the Republican party" thew
nave been so completely used by the
once-holders, as to be utterly honeless
OF any good from the foul party. Let
tnem come out of 1t and join the fri.
umphant Democrats and share in tho
work OF making the government bet,er
and the taxes lighter. Why Delaware
has been paying more tax than almost
any other rural DISTRICT the same
lumber OF inhabitants. If Tilden and
hendricks are elected she will not ha
'eauired TO pay anything ike 80 much
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
An Expected Prize Fighf.

Weeden and Walker, Philadelphia
tugiiisls, accompanied by several hun
ured sports. steamed down the Della.
ware, last evening, for Pennsville, N.
o., where, at daybreak this morning.
1ney expected to have prize fight
me Philadelphia police telegraphed
70 tne New Jersey authorities: yester.
gay, that the PARTY were coming, and
!. is probable that the fight will was
stopped as no reports of it were re.
cciyed inthis city.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

IN the last five or six years the sue
cesses of the Democrats at the city elec-
tions have resulted in a great saving to
the city. In the defeat of the Paid
Fire Department, in the laying of the
jefferson street water main by contract ;
in the defeat of tie purchase of the
Park, and in the size of the new reser-
voir; taken altogether the defeat of the
Republican party has caused a saving
debt to the city Of 100000 or 100000.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
And still they are not happy.

1t ID not known that a single penny of
tnat immense sum has been contributed
TO aid the party ; or to helr any mea-
sure et charity, reform or progress. If
any OF II has gone to support the PENN.
s@tdT Neios it has been a positiye datr;.
ment both to the party and State.
1t is hardly fair that Delavareans
should be deprived of a small portion of
the enormous amount of taxes ground
out OF them by the Grant administra.
tion, in order that P-ettyman should be
got out Of office. There are Republicans
quite as deserving, and the consolidation
process was an error. 1t would have
been quite as well to have divided tbs
salary between two officers, But then
the policy of the party had to be ken,
ap and the Creswell family relations ere
to be provided for-Mr. Creswell asked il
as favor. Mr.. James McIntire. is a
pleasant old gentleman whom We highly
sssesmi quite an improvement on old
DR.. Prettyman but it seems hardly fai,
that the government should put him on
Delaware simply to please Creswell who
sold himself to the Radicals and 90,
more than he was worth, long ago.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
Democratic County Convention.

Inc Democratic coun y Convention will be
neld a. New Castle on Saturday. September ..
100 a. one one O'Clock p. NJ. for the pur-
pose OF dominating candidates for the Lesis-
is'u,e and Levy Court. Delegates selected By
lne dinerent Hundreds to said Convention
are requested to promptly attend. A County
MASS MEETING
Of 'he Democratic citizens of New Castle
County will be he'd at the close of the Con-
vention to ratify the ticket nominated on that
day. A cordial invitation is extended ,o Tho
Democratic and Conserv alive citizens of na,'
aware to meet with US. sel ators B4yard and
Salisbury. G ngressm"n Williams. Governor
Cochran and Mayor Whitley are expect ed 10
Dc present. WM. REYNOLDS.
Chairman of County Meetings.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

SHERIFF'S SALE-By virtue OF a writ of
- Lavari Facias to me directed, will beex-
posed TO Public Sale at the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, Sil SHIrLEY ST,
kept by Geo. W. 0rtiip. In the City of viii
mington, New Castle county. Delaware, on
SATURDAY, tt'Itfy
THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1876,
Az O'Clock. p. M.
The following described Real Estate. viz
All that certain lot or \ iece of land with n
Brick Messuage thereon erected, situated in
the city OF w min 4ton aI9resa d, and bound
ed and described as follows to wit: feRipnine
a. corner of a lot former ly OF Hyland n
Pennington now or late of the Mtchanics
Bank, on the easterly side OF Market street nj
tne d stance Of twenty feet from the SOU bern
side oil Fourth street; thence by line of that
lot soulh tiitJ eight degrees east passing
through the middle of the brick Partition
wall eighty.four feet to q stake: thence
south thiity-two degrees west sixteen feet
one inch to corner Of land form erly of vii
liam Bassett. now or lat ely of James Gu,b-
re; thence by line of land nor fifty -eieht
degrees west eighty -four feet TO the afore aid
side OF Market street; and thence thereby
no III thirty-two degrees eakt sixteen feet one
inch to the place Of beginning, oontainio9
within said bounds thirteen hundred and fif-
ty one feet of land, be the .ame more or less.
seized and tab en- IN execution as the pro
peIty of Bernard Row and Sophia his vile.
and I. l.. and to be sold by
WIN; Il. LAMBSoN. Sheriff.
Sherif's Office New Castle. /
August ~. 1915. S Hugs9-ts
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31
THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1874

lhE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1876.
At . O'Clock, p. m.,
Inc following described Real Estate. wiz.
"A that certain lot piece or parcel oi land
n stone dwelling bouse thereon sitnate
IN me clty ,tHllnlngton AZORES aid bounded
ana described as follows to wit: BepinninS
at the intersection formed by the line ot ihe
s9otherly side OF Seventh street with the line
OF the easterly side of etfetson street tbence
soutne " bS the sail side OF Jefferson street
eeighteen feet to corner OF now or late Wes,ey
hirons land, thence easterIy rassiny
through .he party division wall between ih;ss
and the house adjoining on the sonth aiab,n Jnin
one leet 10 corr er in line OF now or LATE n,
James Belts Ian e thence northeriy with
saia Belts land eighteen feet to the aforssaid
sad side Of seventh street and thence tberehv vv
Westerly westerly eighty one feet to the place of be-,
s'nainH, oe the contents what they may
eeized and taken in exc ution as the nro-
perry q Michael Kane ami Mary his wi eand ana
d " Mco'fmGS WI + Il Il fnd t. esS9 Be ,9ld BY
Sherif's Office. New Castle. / 8nsr'h'
August p. is76. aue2s I,
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

If the Democratic Party carry the
city on Tuesday and secure majority
of the Council we are sure the next year
will prove that it is the most economical
party to manage city affairs. Most of
the extravagant work this year had been
begun BY the Republicans.
The daily gazette., 1876-08-31

GET YoUK TIcKErs,-There is no can
didates running through tho oitv this
year and 1t is probable that each
Ward will have to get its own tickets.
1t Is time candidates, or committees
were attending to this matter.