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Middletown transcript., 1876-08-26
General News Summary.

Preliminary work on the Paris inter
national Exhibition has already begun
The price Of silver in England il
rising on account Of the extreme firm.
ness Of the price Of silk.
The schooner G.. K. Hatch has ar
rived in Boston, from Havana, with
yellow fever on board.
A new stamp has been issued for
Wholesale liquor establishments, anG
gaugcrs are to be dismissed.
Attorney General Taft has evidently
triumphed, and Mckee and his like are
to be dismissed.
Ben Wilson has been renominated
for Congress from the 6rst district Of
West Virginia by the democrats.
J. G. S. Blackburn has been nomi-
mated for Congress by the democrats Of
Lexington, Ky, district.
The republicans of the third New
Jersey district have nominated Prof
G. W. Atherton Of Rutgers College.
for Congress
The Porte has made detailed ex-
planation of the steps leading to the
Servian war to this government,
TIN ough Aristarchi Bay.
There was general run on the bank
Of Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, and
the doors Of the besieged institutions
were closed.
The Scotch rifle team, to compete in
the Centennial shooting matches in this
country, sailed from Liverpool to this
side on Saturday.
The Sioux clause in the Indian ap-
preparation bill refuses all payment till
hostilities cease, and then requires them
to become self-supporting.
H. H. Lands, a Philadelphia mer-
camille broker, has been arrested charged
with forgeries amounting to about
800, 900.
A circular from the Treasury an
nounces that appraisers of merchandise
are to retain samples Of goods appraised
after the 1st Of September.
Charles Burke was gagged, robbed
and thrown overheard at Hellgate on
Monday night, but after being in the
water an hour was picked up.
Hon Josiah Quincy, of Boston, has
failed. His liabilities are $50, 900;
assets, $120, 900, but not easily realized
upon.
The amount of fractional currency
outstanding at the time the act provid-
ing for its redemption in silver took
effect was forty million dollars.
The United States Treasury Depart
ment has paid all the awards under the
Alabama claims made since January,
1876. amounting to $2,352, ,164 81
Russia is assisting Servia with officers
md money Confidence is strengthens
ng and the news of success at Alexinatz
Ind the recapturc of Gurgusovatz are
confirmed
On Friday two men entered the
State Savings Bank in Dallas, Texas,
Knocked the president Of the institution
enseless, helped themselves to two
hundred dollars in cash, and made
rood their escape.
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sive use, has proven that it stops the falling
of the hair Immediately often renews the
growth; and always surely restores its color,
when faded or gray. 1t stimulates the nutri-
tive organs to healthy activity, and preserves
both the hair and its beauty. Thus brashy,
weak or sickly hair becomes glossy, pliable
and strengthened lost hair regrows with
lively expression falling hair is checked and
established; thin hair thickens; and faded or
gray hairs resume their original color. Its
operation is sure and harmless. 1t cures
dandruf, heals all humors, and keeps the
scalp cool, clean and soft-under which con-
ditions, diseases of the scalp are impossible.
As dressing for ladies' hair, the VIeoR is
praised for its grateful and agreeable perfume,
and valued for the soft lustre and richness of
tone it imparts.
PREPARED BY Hss
Or. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
Sold by all druggists and dealers in medicine.
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Political Notes.

Hon. James A. Garfield has been
renominatcd for Congress
The Republicans of the Seventh
Michigan district have renominated
Omar D. Conger for Congress.
Every ward in Lowell. Mass, has
elected Butler delegates for the Repub.
licap Congressional convention.
Hon. James Boyd has been nominal
cd by the Democrats of the seventh
Pennsylvania district for Congress
Hon. Jno. Hancock has been defeated
for denomination for Congress in Texas
his successful rival being Hon. D. G.
Giddings
The Titusville Courier. since Don
Cameron's order, has given up leaning
toward Hayes and has Strengthened
back to Tilden.
An assessment of two per cent of
their salaries has been made upon clerks
of certain executive department in
Washington for political purposes.
Contrary to all precedent for the past
fifteen years, Congress adjourned with
out the passage Of any jobbery acts.
Colonel Con Mcguire promises when
bis six months in prison are up to show
that some would-be Republican leaders
ought to be wearing the striped suits. :
The Raleigh News, Democrat, says
1--WE have it in our power to elect our
ticket by from $4,000 to 5000 ma
jority, but the only way to such VIC
tory is hard work.
Recent democratic primary meetings
in Saint Mary's county (Md. } elected
delegates favorable to the denomination
of DR.. Eli j. Henkle for Congress.
A circular is to be sent to New York
and the South during the week giving
the United States election laws and au-
thorizing the assistance Of deputy mar
shals and the military when necessary.
What nonsense for Mr.. Grant to keep
an army out fighting the Indians
They can't vote, nor is Sitting Bull
likely to receive even keg of Tilden's
pile. Bullets, not ballots, is the old
chiefs line Of business.
The Charleston News says: "There
is no drawing of the 'color-lines' in this
canvass. The object is to obliterate it.
to bring the whites and the colored
people together and keep them there.'
We hope it is.
About one hundred and forty en-
ployees in the United States Interior
Department at Washington will be dis
charged on October 10. Thirty clerks
in the Postal Department at Washing
ton will be dismissed at the same time.
Ex-Secretary Gideon Welles is Til
den man. He thinks the Governors
letter .'is the product of an able mind
"a statesman and politician who will
give us an energetic and capable admin
istration" He sees little doubt Of Til
den's election, thinks Boutwell's recon-
mendations about Mississippi !. mon
strous," but trusts I'VE shall be able to
overrun Boutwell,, the devil and all their
works"
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The FALL or PH1LADELpH1A REAL
rArE.-The sheriff sales in June are
reported BY real estate men to have
exceeded, in the number Of houses dis
posed Of. those Of any month since the
consolidation Of the city. In the sum-
mer Of 1878. when complaints of dull
times were loud and deep. the sheriff
executed 572 writs upon property.
But that figure has been increased
this summer to 687 vrits in June
alone. Is many as 800 houses being
put under the hammer. There were
between 200 and 300 tavsrus near the
centennial grounds in May; many Of
these have been closed. PHILADELPHIA
Press.
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Democratic County Convention.

The Democratic County Convention will be
held at New Castle on SATURDAY, Septem-
ber I'd, 1876, at one O'Clock, P. NJ, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the Leg
islature and Levy Court. Delegates selected
by the different Hundreds to said Convention
are requested to promptly attend. A County
MASS MEETING
of the Democratic citizens of New Castle
County will be held at the close Of the Con-
vention to ratify the ticket nominated on that
day A cordial invitation is extended 10 the
Democratic and Conservative citizens Of Del
aware to meet with us. Senators Bayard and
Salisbury, Congressman Williams, Governor
Cochran and Mayor Whiteley are expected to
be present. VIM REYNOLDS,
~GS a Chairman of County Meetings.
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MAMMOTH RYE.

From Nevada. Ia new variety, where it was
found growing in wild state, from a few
grains found four years since. It has been
successfully grown wherever it has been tried
and is now offered for sale for the first time.
1t yields Is bushels to the Acre, and makes
superior -four, and the Bread made from it is
unequaled by the best Wheat l have it in
sacks of 80 lbs. which can sell at Is cts. per
10, or in 10. packages at so cts., 81 lbs. for
81, 10 lbs. for So. One hushel has been har-
vested this year from one pound of Rye sown,
equal in quality to what offer, in Harding
County, Ohio: All orders, with P. o. Money
Order enclosed, will receive immediate atten-
tion. Sample sent by mail on receipt of a 8
cent stamp. Address C. B. ROGERS.
l33 Market ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Orders by Mail cts. per lb. added to the
above prices. ~8f -.
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How. M. G. KERR, speaker Of the
national House Of Representatives, died
at Rockbridge, Alum Springs. Va, on
Saturday last. He had been suffering
for several months past from acute con-
sumption and his death was not unex-
pected. He Was City years old. Mr..
Kerr was native Of Pennsylvania. -
His parents we're poor and like hosts Of
others Of Americas best statesmen his
early educational opportunities were
few, but BY industry and perseverance
he overcame oil difficulties and gradu-
ally arose to the high position be &C.
cupied 1t the time of his death. Though
probably not one Of the greatest, in the
usual accsptation Of that term, he was
sssuredly ons Of the best public men Of
the age, and political friends and op-
ponenta alike hasten to =scord to him
the reputation Of having been one Of the
very best. most inoorruptible and mo-
blest Statesmen Of the country. He
died in the full assurance Of the esteem
Of his fellow countrymen.
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A series Of pomologisal and agricul-
tural displays will be made at the GEN.
tsnnial exhibition. commencing August
~ and continuing through the fall.
The commission have also agreed to
reduce the price Of admission to Is cents
on the last two Saturdays Of each
month. beginning With August 10.
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ST. ANNE'S SCHOOL.
MIDDLETON WN, DEL. -
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL

A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
for Girls and Young Ladies. Rev. WILLIAM
G.. Butler, Rector
This School is offered to the parents Of this
peninsula as Home, under their own eye
and within their reach, where their daughters
may receive faithful training in all things that
eonduce to physical, mental and spiritual
growth; as members Of the family, of society
and, above all, of the Church of God.
Boys, under ten years Of age, received.
Address the Rector for circulars. The Fall
term begins September Goth, 1876. Juicy
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DEMOCRATIC VOTERS should not forget
or neglect the delegate elections to-day
Good men for all positions is the de-
mand Of the times We want good
men-in our Legislature, our Levy
Court and al other representative posi-
tions, and we must send good men to
our nominating conventions or4we need
not expect to have the kind Of men we
want put upon our tickets. Every good
Democrats citizen should, therefore,
make it his business to go to the polls
to-day and aid in the selection Of such
men as be wishes to have represent him
in the county and State Conventions.
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General B. r Butler says be is mo
maiden !" that be knows what be wants
aud that he wants to 60 to Congress
again; that it is time somebody vas
there who knows how to spesk: of South
ern outragea Complimentary to Nor
ton.
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Wew advertisements.
BRICKS BRICKS!

The undersigned has on hand lot of we'll
made BRICKS which he will sell at his yard
at Armstrong; Station, Del. R. R., CHEAP
for CASH. Those in want of BRICKS are
invited to give him call.
Aug 26-lm BENZ. ARMSTRONG.
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MARRIED..

EyANs-TlTUs.-On Aug. 2lst, 1876, at the
parsonage of Forest Presbyterian Church,
Middletown, by Rev. DR.. Patton, Mr.. John
M. Evans and Miss Rachel Rothwell Titus,
both of Odessa, Del. IT, "a.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE.

The next collegiate year will commence on
Wednesday evening, September 9Th. There
are three courses of study I. The Classical !;
II. The Scientific and Agricultural; III
Literary. A selection of studies. however,
may be made, but q regular course is strongly
recommended.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES.
Board for the collegiate year of thirty y-eight
weeks at So per week. $ll4 90
lultlon....... 60 90
Room rent and incidental expenses. 20 90
To,o, EA sia ae CO.. =
........................ylJ4 w
Students are required to provide their own
books, and fuel for their private rooms will
be furnished at cost. Students who receive
scholarship appointments are relieved from
the charge for tuition, and the above estimate
is thereby reduced from $194 to $l34.-
Scholarships may be obtained by applying to
members of the Delaware Legislature. Both
sexes admitted to the class rooms. The time
table of the P. W. h B. Railroad and its con-
nections is now such that students residing
within convenient distance may attend the
daily sessions of the College, and return home
at night. Daily car fare from Wilmington,
81. .06 per week. Catalogues and further in
formation may be had BY addressing the Pre-
sident. WIN. H. PURNELL, LII. D.
NEWARK, DEL, Aug. 10, 1876. AsH
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AYERS HAIR VIGOR.
FOR RESTORING GRAY HAIR
70 IT'S NATURAL VITALITY AND COLO

Advancing years,
sickness, care, dis
appointment, and
hereditary predispo-
sition, all turn the
hair gray, and either
of them incline it 10
shed prematurely.
; AYERS Hair vigor
b.
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7ss-tl ~fti t
A LETTER addressed BY Gen. Kirk
patrick, Of Indiana, to Gov. r. B.
Hayes, the Republican candidate for
President, giving an account Of the
prospects q that party in Indiana for
the coming election. has been going the
rounds Of the Democratic press for some
days past. This was : private letter
and il said to have been stolen from the
room Of the writer at hotel at which
be was stopping. If this be true. the
publication Of the letter under such cir-
cumstaDcss was altogether wrong and
cannot be justified BY any theory or
reasoning. The letter Was private pro-
perty and q such its contents should
have been allowed to remain 10 the
secrecy for which. they we're intended.
The private correspondence Of indiyid-
uals, no matter what the subject to
which It relates, should be held sacred
from the inspection Of the public. There
is one portion Of this letter. however,
which since it has been made public
may require some explanation and ex-
cuses from the supporters Of Gov. Hayes,
and that 10 the deslaration of General
Kirkpatrick that it viii require = plen-
tiful use Of the "bloody shirt" and
money to obtain success. By this we
are to understand that the prejudices Of
the people Of Indiana against the pso-
pie Of the South are to be kept alive by
false representations Of outrages COM
mitted upon. and tyrsnnies exercised
over, the negroes BY the Southern
whites. This has been the electioneer-
ing practise Of the Republicans ever
since the Confederate armies laid down
their arms and disbanded. To retain
the reins Of government in their hands
they do not hesitate, previous to every
campaign. state or national. to manu-
facture BY wholesale the most outrage
Gus and slandersus stories of bloody
outrages committed BY Southern whites
upon. negroes. This is done for the
double purpose Of exciting the passions
and prejudices Of the people Of the
Northern States and Of furnishing ex-
cuses to the administration for sending
U. s. troops into the Southern doubt
full States. nominally to protect the
negroes, but really to control the eIec-
tions. By raising the old howl Of out
rage and murder Of negroes the stump
speakers Of the Republican party hope
to be able to create much bitter feeling
among ignorant people in the Western
States which. aided BY the free use Of
money in the purchase Of votes. will i'm
crease the vote for their party candi-
dates. And this is the method of keep.
ing their promises for reform Of the
party Of moral ideas. aj
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Having concluded that large sales and quick
returns will not only pay better than having
the goods lay on the shelves, but enable us to
constantly show a greater variety, we have
marked all our
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13
The Rose Gardens of France

The rose gardens of France are cele-
brated. Acres and acres of roses bloom
in them for the perfumer. Heliotrope,
mignonett and other floral plants are
also found side by side with them in
dense masses. The air is heavy with al
most sickening fragrance, and for miles
around the breezes bear the sweet It'd
ings that they "have flown Ger the gar
dens of Gull in their bloom But who
has heard of an English lavender-feld?
Few, certainly, in this country. Within
thirty miles of London these lavender
fields have become as extensive and rec
ognized industry. There is annually
produced in England alone sufficient Gil
kom the plant to manufacture thirty
thousand gallons of spirits of lavender,
BESIDES large quantity, to be used in
The production of other perfumes with
more pretentious names. This plant is
IL the best when between three years of
age and seven. The harvest time is the
first week in August. The flowers are
then cut and taken to the distillery, fol-
lowed by an innumerable number OF
bees, which insects are especially fond of
them. Here the asreotial oil is pressed
cut and is ready to be mixed with the
proper Ingredients to make lavender
water.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13
Milk as a Medicine.

The American Journal OF Medi-
cine, st. Louis, says: "This arti-
Gle, once looked upon with dis
trust, has now become valuable
agent in the treatment Of disease,
and is, on all hands, recommended
by practitioners of medicine as be-
ing a safe and reliable article in
the list of curables. Given warm,
it is declared to be almost spe-
cific for diarrhRa, stomachache, in
cipient cholera and dysentery. 1t
is also pronounced invaluable in
typhoid fever, promotes sleep,
wards off delirum, soothes the in
testines, and, in fine. IS the sine
qua none in typhoid fever This
gentleman further says I'm
scarlet fever give all the patient
will take, even during the period
of greatest fever /; it keeps up the
strength of the patient, acts well
upon the stomach. and is in every
way blessed thing in sickness
The authorities in these cases say
that the milk should never be
boiled, as that units 1t for use.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13

1t is indisputable that all the
cedars, which were freely used in
the erection of the Temple, were
brought from Mount Lebanon,
some one hundred miles north of
Jerusalem. 1t was the very re-
moteness of this noble tree, COM
bined with its majestic height and
sweeping branches, that made it,
one may almost say, an object of
religious reverence. To the Jews
the Cedar of Lebanon was a POI
tent, a grand and awful work of
God. The epithets they applied
to it were 1.-THE tree of the Lord,
the cedars which he had planted !;
whose light is like the cedar, with
fair branches with shadoWing
shroud of an high nature his
top among the thick boughs his
height exal ed above all trees Of
the field his boughs multiplied !;
his branches long /; fair in his
greatness; in the length of his
Branches etc., etc. 1t is said
that the clergy of the Greek
Church still offer lip mass under
the cedar tree, and that the Arabs
call it the Tree Of God.
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"The Lost Herr,

A woman came out of a door on Di-
vision street yesterday afternoon, says
the Burlington HaaOkeye, and started
after the retreating form of small child
remarking emphatically as she did so,
',Of you don'd come pretty quick back
home agin lick you like doDder. .
But the young culprit kept on running
until he ran off the sidewalk out along
Ninth street and fell down among some
rocks, cutting an ngly cash in his youth
full head A passer-by cra@led down
and picked up the wounded and bleed
ing boy, while the mother sat UP a
wall that curdled the blood in the vains
of the residents in that neighborhood
and she shrieked, "My poy is killet! my
pey is kaletl" And the friend assured
her that her darling wasn't hurt much,
and would be all right in short time.
And as she took her precious boy in
motherly arms and pushed back the
the matted masses of his tangled hair
from his bloody forehead she saw that
the wound was only flesh wound. She
stopped screaming, and setting the
child on the walk fetched it clip over
the jaw and told it to ''got home yoost
krick like nothing" And he got.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13

The correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph at Paris
writes: "The crown jewels of
France have returned to us. AT
the turn of the war they were Sc
cretly despatched to England, and
only last week wgs it Judged safe
to recall them. In number, ac-
cording to the inventory made for
Louis XVIII, they were already
64,S12, weighing 1871 carats, of
G837 900 value. Since that time
precious stones have risen enor-
mously in price, and the late En-
peror added to his treasures. The
crown of France, in which is set
the "Regent' diamond and $500
ether jewels, was valued at s3lO,-
600 half a century ago. The other
famous diamond, the "Saucy,' is
set in the first Emperor's sword, a
knick knack priced at near ELL
600. A plaque in brilliants of the
Order of the Holy Ghost is calcu-
Jared at E16,000.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-05-13

The zeal OF the late A T. Stewart for
the Union was un9uestionably sincere,
but had some remarkable clements Of
calculation in it. He scorned to desert
the country where in peace he had made
his great fortune, but he nevertheless
expected to make greater enc by the
war, and he did. The New York COR
respondent ofthe Springfield Republi-
can relates the following interesting
story concerning one of his main strokes:
On the day that the war began, clerk
who first got the news, frightened out of
his usual awe Of his emploaer, came
rushing into the in err shrine OF Stewart
pale and painting. "Mr. Stewart, they
are firing on Fort Sumpter-the wars
commenced" Mr.. Stewart sent him to
call the heads of his business together.
'sHow much blue cloth We we got in
ths store?" They told him. go and
buy all there is in the market and order
all you can hear of in the factories. /"
The men stared. "How many shirts
and stockings have we got?" So many
swell, buy up the whole stock 10 the
country that you can 6nd" His peo-
pie all thought he had gone crazy, but
he went on to give the same or Ter about
other supplies tor an army, and then,
when week afterward every Northern
State was in the market buying blue
cloth and army shirts and blankets, it
was found that Stewart had 'cornered'
that whole class of goods. OF course he
mado fortune out of it; but such
strokes show the nature Of the man and
explain why wealth came rolling in
lipon him.
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A Death Grapple i'm the
Waves Of the Thames.

Yesterday afternoon George
Leale, Walter Pipe, Frank Red
stone, and another young man en-
gagged a boat at the Watetlo bridge
and rowed off opposite Jamaica
wharf, near Blackfriars bridge,
where an alteration took place
between Pipe and Redstone as to
who should pull the stroke oar.
Both stood up in the boat,and i'm
mediately afterward they pitched
headfeemost into the Thames,
locked in one others arms. The
strong flood tide drifted the boat
from the spot, and as the young
men recovered from the shock,
they saw their companions rise
once about ten yards from their
boat. A number of persons in
other boats rowed to rescue, but
the young men weae drowned
London Daily News, April 10.