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pubic sALE'
The subscriber having sold his farla, situat.
creek Church, will sell At Public Sale, with
out re0erve, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2lst. 1876,
at 10 o'clock, m. sharr.
All his stock and farming implements, dairy
fixtures, household and Kitchen furniture, TO
wit:
One good family horse. Dick. 8
years old, sound. gentle and fear Tlo>
less OF locomotives; Colt, Goldie, AAYQ \
coming years old, Moscow stock, -AA
broken ia double harness; 6 superior milch
cows, coming in profit; shoats. a lot of
chickens, 2 large Newfoundland dogs. Ceasar
years old, Prince months old.
One two horse wagon, one light dearborn,
sleigh and bells, moving machine, steel-tooth
horse rake, excelsior grain fan. corn. she'll Ter,
grind-stone, Wiley plOw, barrow and cnti
Vator. set OF double harness. dearborn lar
ness. plow harness, saddles, bridlee, collars,
| axes, a aul and wedges, barrels, tubs, now
ing scythes. brier sc5 thes, grain cradle, single
and double trees, lot OF grain and potato
bags, saddlers horse, buffalo robe, horse
blanket hay and fodder, corn and potatoes,
iot OF lead pipe, force pump, hedge shears,
! large churn, butter tubs, butter cooler,
pans, buckets, &c. bedsteads, bed and bed
uing, stoves, tables chairs, carpets looking
glasses, lot of pot flowers. and many other
| articles too numerous to mention.
iERhs.-All sums of $50 and under cash;
az over That amount a credit of eight months
by purchaser giving a bankabe note with
approved endorser interest from date.
WILLIAM NEGENDANK.
| l.. W. SrIDHAM SON. Auctioneers.
| febl0-w2t
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During the year 1875 the boot and
shoe factories of San Francisco pro-
duced goods valued at $2. 500, 900, and
the tanneries produced leather valued
at 81 ,000. 900.
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WE1 JHER hEPORY.

WASHINGTON, Feb. -, A, Nj
PROBABILITIES.
In the South Atlantic and Middle
States and Lower Lake region the
winds will shift to westerly and north.
erly, with rising barometer, colder and
clearing weather.
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THE a3d DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876.


THE nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876.
At2 O'Clock, p. m..
The following described Real Estate, viz:
All that certain lot or piece of land with a
two story frame house thereon erected. stu :
ated in the city of Wilmington afore ,aid,
bounded and described as follows. to wit: Be
Ginning at point on the northerly side OF b
street at the distance of eighty feet westerly
from the westerly side of buttonwood 8 rect;
thence northerly and parallel with Button
wood street one hundred feet to a stake;
thence westerly and parallel with B street
Ceventy-iour ie ct to stake; thence southerly
ana parallel with Button wood strest and
passing through the middle Of the partition
wall between the house on this lot and the
house on the lot adjoining on the west, one
hundred feet to thu aforesaid side Of street;
and thence thereby easterly twenty -four feet
to the place of beginning. be the contents
thereof whit theymsy.
Seized and taken in execution as the pro-
perty of George r. Townsend and Mary Z.
M. Townsend his life. and {. t.; ami to be sold
| by WIN. ii. LANBS0N, sheriff,
Sh eriff's Office, New Castle.
February 2. 1874. feb4-ts
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Sarah Jane Hauser SO, Ma,ro.
Benton Mauser. Ais snmnopr. !"
New Cast g County. ss
The State Of Do.
SEAL. sherifl of New Ca. iIc DIceIaSat
lI~N ing: Whereas, sarshc hc9uniy M
- ny her petition In Joane
superior Court. llIed In the oo,n. Judges ii
thonotary OF said Court in and n1re y, 0, A.k
OF New Castle. for the cause 'ot =, 'heGa
therein alleged. has made ann a,,nlio, o, cOrls
SAID Judges thata decree may mavyhbSauon ho tn W
dlssoiving the marriage exis,II NJ Iplor'a,
tne petitioner and her usband o.tss
Hsuser, ' one Ee
We, therefore, command you,
heretofore Been commanded, that s@h
mon I'enton Hauser 30 that he be ~! !Se
before the said Judges OF our 90 saaaaa daa w
Court, at the next term thereof S 10 u sups
New Castle. In and for the Cou.oe ~ oe b.
Castle. on Monday, the twenty'aayNS N
OF may next, 70 answer the alleaatinntl
said petition, and also to show
any ne mas, why a decree OF tho s,I1Sa ~
snouiu not Dc made dissolying thu m..J
existing between him and the saia Tli pit
or according to the act OF assemble e.
case maze ana provided, and atoioa. ~
receive Wnat tue said Court SHAH NV.
there consider concer .iing him "i III "a. 'nea
as to the Court shall tcem mee, "s n,9
sistent with The provisions Of the Vs .a% dla
Assembly. '' sAa Il
And have you then and thers this u.
Witness tho Hon. Edward w. iI Gi1n'n W.;
at New Castle, tho Seventh day n, Ipu Ipa.It n
A. ID. Eighteen Hundred and Ssyen,, ~
Attest; CHAS. EEASiFs
Issued Feb,v nh ,s-e Pro,honoa5
do hereby certify that the ,to,.
true copy OF The original writ NJ Az Al. q
mon. &c. WIN H. LAMRsnMysa SMs =
Sheri1f's Office. New Caste, '-''1
February 10. 1876. fehI..-,s
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SHERIFF'S SfLES.

CuERIFF'S SALE.
y by virtue OF writ of ri Fa., to me
directed. will bc exposed TO Public Sale. on
t,e premises, nepr State Road Station, New
Castle Hd.. in New Castle county. Della
ware, on
FRIDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1876.
At II o'clock. a. m.
the following described Personal Property.
viz:
About 600 bushels of Corn, IIorce and j
interest in % acres Of Wheat in ground
~ Seized and taken in execution as the pro-
derty OF Samuel II. Jenkins. and to be sold by
VIM. ii. JAMESON, Sheriff.
Shcrlfr's Office, New Castle,
February 8. A: D.. 1876 }Feb set.
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SHERlFF'5 SALE.
- BY virtue of writ of Levari Facias to
me directed, will be exposed to Public Sale,
at the
WASHINGTON HOUSE 2O5lMARKET ST,
kept by Hugh HorLer. in the city Of Will
mington. New Castle county, Delaware. ON
WEDNESDAY,
THE .3l DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1876.
At2 o'clock, p. NJ,
The following described Real Estate. viz:
all that certain lot or piece of land with
two two story frame houses thereon situate
| in the city OF Wilmington afnI Iesaid boundt
| and described as follows. to wit: Beginning
| at point on the easterly side of Locust
| ST. eet at the distance of one hundred and
| ninety-fve feet eight inches southerly from
| the sOutherly side of street: thence easterly
and parallel with B stree. me hundred fe II
10 stake: thence southerly and par tlei with
| Locust street seventy seven feet six inches.
m' re o. less to a stake in line of LAM #
Hugh Quinn; thence along said Quinn's line
in w,eteriy direction one hundred and one
feet eight inches. more or less. TO the nfore-
| said easterly side Of Locust str eet and thence
hereby nor herly alb ,ut forty-hve feet SIX
inches to the place Of eginning, be the o d +.
tents thereof what they may
Seized and taken in execution as the pro.
perty OF George h, Townsend and Mary K
townsend his wife, and I: T.. and 90 b,
sold by VIM II LAMB:0N Sheriff.
Sherifs Office. New Castle.
February 2. ls16. s feb4-e
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nIvIDEND
- OFFICE OF THE wILnIscro, IN,
GAS COMPANY.
wilmington, February |, l,z
The Directors OF the Wilmington Co,, 4
Company, have this day declared dIrds
of three dollars q share for the ls.t i,
months, payable on demand.
Il. j. LAWSON, TRBAsuRu
tepi-fW 800 ShlpleyS
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~ In the matter OF thc) In Chanur
petition of Charles Allen. fseptembeIi
and otherp, for partition. A. d., II:
Notice is hereby given to I'll persons NJ
ing any lien or liens upon the utensils 0: >
tate of Charles Allen. Lewis l.. Allen, Chra
Allen and Lewis l.. a ller, Trustees Of Az
Mary Wilson; Charles Allen and LeVAL
Allen, Trustees of Amanda Oliver, Cen
d Alen and Clara Allen or either Of lhA
In the premises to which the said causn
lates, TO file a petition setting forth the nac
and amount OF the same, in the Office OIL
Register IN ChanceTy, for New Castle cOl-
ten days be. ore the third Monday in fe't
AIRY nsxt, end to appear and prove the u
lien OF liens, al the ensuing term Of the Coz
OF Chancery, before the rising OF the CoHE'
the third day OF the Term.
VICTOR DUPONT
janlo-eodtFeb. 10 TrustH
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
- BY virtue of a writ of Levari Facias TO
to me directed. will bo exposed to Public
Sale at the
WASHINGTON HOUSE. eos MARKET ST.,
kert by Hugh Horner. in the city Of Will
mington. New Castle county. Delaware, on
WEDNESDAY.
TIE I'D FAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876,
At o'clock. p. IN.
The following described Real Estate. viz:
All that ce,tain lot or piece of land with
a two story brick house thereon erected. sit
uated in tue city of Wilmington aforesaid.
sounded and described as follows, to wiz Be
ginning ut a point on the cas- erly side of
Head street at the distance of eighty six
feet soatherly from the intersection of said
side o. Head street and the sou .herly side of
A street; thence easterly and parallel with
A street one hundred feet to stake; thence
southerly and parallel with Heald stree.
twenty feet to a stake, thence westerly and
parallel with A street one hundred feet to
the said easterly q. de of Head street; and
thence thereby northerly twenty feet to the
place of beginning, be the contents thereof
what they may.
Seizei and taken in execution as the rrn
perty of George X. Townsend and Mary +.
M, Townsend his wife. and I t.. md to be sold
by VIM II. LAMDSUN. Sheriff.
sheriff's Office. New Castle.
February. >. 1870. febi-ts
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ID UBLIC SALE OF
Personal PROPERTY,

will be sold Mt Public Sale at the late resi-
denee Of Joseph Woodward, deceased in
ChTistiana Hun ired, New Castle county. Del.
on the new road leading from Wilmington TO
Brandy wine Springs, on
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"FOR,yHUFFERING LADIES.

pLACK CASHMEREs.-Di Direct rom the
- importer, fun line of Black Cashmeres
at 10 S73 $l.00. $Ll2%, $l.2o. $l.37X, $3.50
These desirable fabrics are at lower prices
tnan we have offered for years. and we re.
commend them for color nd durability.
WIN. Is. SHARP,
jani9 Fourth and Market streets
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II NICK EkBUUk EkS.-We have now IN
IN stock complete assortment OF theS
fashionable goods. comprising all the new esi
colorings and styl,s in main, plaids and
stripes, W B. SHARP.
oct26 Fourth and MarGet streets
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PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTICE.

Intending to discontinue the Photosrsy
Business. those having negatives In my y
session they wish to preserve, will ps
notify me soon.
effer fer sale my Photographic Inst,
ments at a low price. j + T0RBEgT
janlS-2taw4w Delaware Avenx
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- HFRIFFS SALE.
= BY virtue OF n writ of Levsri Facias to
me directed. will be exposed to Public Sale
at the
WASHINGTON HOUSE. ao5 MARKET ST.
kept by Hugh Horner in the city of Will
mington. New Castle County, Del on
WEDNRSDAY
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DLAcK CAsHMERE,.-ppiress;ts s;soK llOGG Cash
as,ei ID ,RpG5'f5 a, e. s4 sfS6 f1 dnH s z. sss
$i.50. These desirable labr,cs are area ~ M d W
prices than we have offered tor yeaars,'iIiiy.
recommend them for color anI daSIuARP.
c.9s Fsu 'th and Msrsct sre''
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
y BY virtue of n writ of Levari Faciaa to
Inc directed, will be exposed to Public ale
at the
WASHINGTON HOUSE. 2o5 MARKET ST
kept by Hugh Horncr. in the city Of vii.
mington, New Castle county, Delaware. on
WEDNESDAY,.
THE I'D DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1876,
at2 ocleCk, 7. NJ,
The following described Real Estate, viz:
. All that certain lot or piece of lard with
six two story frame houses thereon erected
situate in the city OF Wilmirg gton. bounded
and described as follows. TO wit: Beginning
at point on the easterlv side OF IL forty feet
wide street now called Queen street, laid out
one hondred and thirty-iv feet from and
parallel with Claymont street. running from
A street to the Old Ferry road at the distan
of forty three feet six inches from the south
erly side of A street; thence easterly and pa
raLel with A street along the southerly side
Of an alley three and half feet " de fifty
seven feet to the ives erly side Of three feet
wide alley connecting with said three and a
half feet wide alley; thence southerly alon z
said side of said three feet wide allev paral-
lei with Queen street eventy-four feet to a
stake in other land of said George X. Towns
end; hence westerly and parallel with A
street ffty-seven feet to the aforesaid side Of
Queen street; and thence thereby northerly
seventy four feet to the place of beginning
he the contents thereof what they may. with
the free use and privilege OF said two alleys
in common ith others EMIT, ed thereto for
ever.
Seized and taken in execution as the 70
perty of deorge X. townsend and Mary Il
NJ. Townsend his wife. and terre to lants. ant
SheIif,'s Office. New Castle.
February 2, 1876. : febl-ts
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LACK SlI.KS.-iiaving placed our Or,
der with the manufacturer at LYONS
France, OF the celebrated Cachemere, Alex
andra Black Silks, We are enabled to offer
goods W, b. SHARP,
oct2B ourth and Market streets.
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ENOR sALE-fhree building sth gsnS ioi' 7th. t Figs
building lots on Fifth street near van md ot
Two on Front street near jackson, a ar liar
Al feet front on Delaware Avenue hvnariu
rison. Apply at this office.
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PUBLIC SALE.

o. The subscriber having
SrTN sold his farm, will sell at 6<3k{&H
N% Public Sale, at his resi- WGN
NJ dence, adjoining the vil--A0
age Of Christiana. Delaware. on
TUESDAY,
, 1876-01-15
The ORIGIN Of Robinson Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe was published in
1719, with the following title: "The
Life and strange, surprising Adventures
of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner,
who lived eight and twenty years ali
alone on an uninhabited island on the
coast of America, near the mouth of the
great river Orinoco." The publisher, who
purchased the manuscript after all Others
had refused it, is said to have cleared one
thousand pounds by it. Defoe was &C.
cused by his enemies, who were numerous
and bitter, of having stolen the idea and
even the materials Of "Robinson Crusoe, =
from the narrative of Alexander. Selkirk
but the charge was wholly without
foundation. Selkirk was not wrecked at
all, but voluntarily went ashore on Juan
Fernandez, which at that time was as we'll
known, and more frequented by ships.
than now. Crusoe's Island, as the title
Of his narrative states, was in the northern
hemisphere, in the Caribbean Sea, near
the mouth of the 0rinoco; and the most
probable prototype of Defoe's hero was
Peter Serrano, who in the sixteenth
century was shipwrecked, and lived alone
for several years on an island in the
Caribbean Sea, near the mouth of the
Orinoco. His story is told at full length
in Garcilaso's "History of Peru trans
lation Of which was published in London
twenty years before "Robinson Crusoen
was written, and could hardly bAye es-
capped Defoe's notice, as the book attracted
great attention, and Serrano's story is in
the first chapter.-Appletons' Oyclopodia,
reuised edition.
, 1876-01-15
" Come Boys"

There is a wonderful difference as a
motive power between the command ''Go
Bows" and the appeal "Come Boys
The one as naturally incites to resistance
as the other does to imitation. The leader
of a forlorn hope would have few fol-
lowers, who should himself lag behind,
no matter how violently he might vocifer-
ate go Boys" He might gesticulate
wildly, and brandish his sword valiantly,
but if he himself did not go" they
would be sure to stay likewise. But if,
without single flourish, and with daunt-
less spirit, he first threw himself into the
breach, they would emulate his zeal and
courage, and he would scarcely need to
bid them come" This is human nature.
And it is as operative in things spiritual
as in things secular. The Christian who
expatiates eloquently on the importance
of PRAYER, but himself neglects to besiege
the Throne of Grace, will hardly incite
his children or dependents to "wrestle
with God" in fervent supplication. The
parent or teacher who urges temperance
or godliness in some particular form, but
is himself addicted to intemperance or
ungodliness in some other kind, will find
the command "Go boys, far less effective
than his own example of right doing and
thinking coupled with hearty, sympa-
thetic, though unspoken "Come boys"
The London Times, recently, in an obit-
uary notice of the late Dean Hook, re-
lates an incident of that eminent preacher
and writer, which pleasantly illustrates
the power that resides in the simple ap-
peal Come" 1t seems that quite late
N life, the Dean, with view to aid the
wide and general movement for the moral
improvement of the masses, became a
teetotaler. He used to tell the story of
his change in this direction, in the follow
ing pleasant way 81 had in my parish
at Leeds a man who earned eighteen
shillings a week; out of this he used to
give seven shillings to his wife, and spend
the rest in drink; but for all that he was
good sort of man; l went to him and
said Now suppose you abstain altogether
for six months We'll, if do, will you,
sirf was the reply. Yes l said, 4 will
'What, said he, from beer, from spirits,
and from winef Yes 'And how shall
| know if you keep your promisep ? why,
you ask my 'Missis" and I'll ask yours.
1t was agreed between us for six months
at first, and afterwards we renewed the
promise. He never resumed the bad
habit that he had left of, and is now a
prosperous and happy man of business
at st. Petersburg, and 1 am Dean of
Chichester"
, 1876-01-15
Altogether too Clever at Drawing
Wills.

A London correspondent of the New
York Times writes: The evidence that
has come out in the law case about Lord
St. Leonards will read like farce. 1t
seems that his Lordship-the "old Sug-
den of Thomas Moore-was extremely
proud of his cleverness in understanding
the law of property and drawing wills.
He was peIpetually Dragging about his
will as a model of artistic perfection IN
that way, even to the women servants IN
his house, and scarcely ever talked of any
thing else. His daughter Charlotte said
he used to read all his legal works to her
in manuscript, observing that, if she
could understand, that would show that
the general public could. When he
made his will he said, "There, have done
the last earthly thing | wish, and he
talked about it to everybody. To the
| footman who signed it as one Of the wit
nesses, he said, "Charles, according to law,
no person can touch this property with
out your signature to the will, and he
was always firing off little lectures on the
law of real property, on the sllghtest
provocation. Indeed, be had a tavorlte
song about an old woman who hid her
will in secret drawer, but the house
maid who heard him-singing it could not
recollect the end of the story. The end
of the story, however, in Lord St. Leon
ards own case was that after his death the
cOdicils were found, but no will. 1t Is
said that he used to keep the precious
document in the pocket of his dressing
gown, in which he desired to be buried,
and that by accident the will was inferred
with him. Another theory is that the
will was stolen by some one in the inter
est of his grandson, the heir to the peer
age, with whom he was offended at one
time on account of a marriage engage
ment that did not come of, and in order
TO punish him he altered his will, reduc-
ing the lands going to the peerage. A
third theory is that the old Lord, either
from weakness of mind or because he had
forgiven the young heir, but was afraid
to excite the anger of his second son and
daughter by making a new will in his
grandson's favor, himself destroyed that
which he made, and left the law to take
| its course.
, 1876-01-15
Penalties of Ballet Dancing.

The decline of the ballet is an unques-
tionable fact, the cause of which we can
not pretend to fathom. Judging, how
ever, from some revelations made by DR..
Schulz, an Austrian physician, we should
be inclined to attribute it to the circum.
stance that the greater the attainments of
the danseuse the more irksOme becomes
acertain liability attending the profession.
This drawback consists of a peculiar
cramp to which all other cramps are
Jokes. 1t begins in the soles of both feet,
increasing in intensity till the whole body
is implicated in the contraction, and pal
pitation of the heart is produced, ending
in insensibility. DR.. Schulz, having dis
covered this malady-or, at any rate, the
extreme form of it-occurred only in the
case of the best dancers, those intrusted
with the performance of the pas suel,
hunted it Though all the most compli-
Gated movements known to the profes-
sion, and at last found a sufficient cause
for its appearance in that beautiful step
now 80 rarely seen, to execute which the
dancer poises herself on the extreme point
of her chdussure. This step, says DR.
Schulz, telling tales out of school, can
not, indeed, be produced without th'
help of shoes made expressly for the pur
pose, strengthened at the tip and fur
nished with a support running up the in,
ner side of the toe, on which the whole
weight of the body rests. The doctor
adds that he was able, by Unemployment
of electricity, to overcome the more seri-
Gus results Of the dancers cramp," but
could devise no means of removing the
muscular pains which render what looks
like fairy pastime some of the hardest
and most harassing work to which the
human frame is subjected.
, 1876-01-15

A ROMANTIC PRNcEss.-There re-
Gently occurred at Zurich the death Of
the Princess Schwarzburg-Son
lady remarkable for her charitable ac-
tons. She leaves an enormous fortune to
her only child, whose history would easily
furnish materials for romance. Twelve
years agoshe was passing through Thonne,
and while visiting the military college of
that town fell violently in love with the
riding master. This young man, who re-
joiced in the euphonious name of Jud,
had originally been a shoemaker, but
having martial tastes he abandoned the
last for the sword. The princess finally
married the ex-shoemaker, who aftefward
became the "Baron de Jud," and could
be seen daily taking his afternoon drive
with the Baroness in a gorgeous coach
and four, the envy and admiration Of his
fellow-townsmen. The Baron did not,
however, live long to enjoy his wealth
Consumption carried him to an early
grave, and all that now remains of this
little romance is a magnificent mauso-
leum erected to his memory BY his dis
consulate widow.