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nenlh OF John q. rnll,nn,

From the 81. ClairSvilIc ChroniClC.l
As the CrOnicle readers know, the pro-
tracted, extreme illness Of Mr.. Tallmau
has been regularly recorded for some
time in its columns. lie died at IA. NJ
on last Monday. His case has been one
Of unusual interest. About three months
ago, he was taken i'll OF something like
typhoid fever, which ran the usual slug.
gish course, but from which, till one
month ago, he was rapidly, apparently,
recovering At that time he was seized
with q violent pain in his side, which,
from It's severity and location, called at.
tentior to a tumor low down in his body,
hitherto undiscovered. From this hour
he kept his bed, never changing his posi-
tion, steadily sinking, until he died. A
pos. norton revealed, what had been pre-
dicted, an immense tumor OF cancerons
character, extending from the upper back
part Of the liver, the mesentery and the
right lilac region, thence athwart the
body, all firmly adherent TO, and utterly
destroying the normal structures Il
touched, embracing all in one mass Of
malignant ruin. The rest Of the organ
ism was healthy. He was buried in tho
Hill Cemetery, on Wednesday, at 10
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CRoPs AND FLooDs.-In no classes are
the benefits OF the telegraph more
thoroughly appreciated than in CONNER
cial circles. Three days are now gained in
the transmission OF news relative to the
European cotton, provision and grain
markets. Formerly all We knew about it
was tclegraphic summary of views ex-
pressed by the special organs OF London
comprised in their weekly issue. This
was cablcd over on Tuesday morning.
Now We have every Saturday morning, n
report which is so much the more well
come, because We can compare 1t with the
opinion OF the Marx Lane Express, and
thus better control the accuracy ofthc in.
formation. Aided by these two sources
Conformation, the New York Commercial
Advertiser sums up the tones of the differ
ent leading markets rs follows:
In England the grain trade remained
inactive, inasmuch rs there was no cause,
political or meteorological, sufficient to
affect the market. But every indication
pointed to the fact that England will have
10 draw largely on other countries, and
especially on America, for her supply OF
grain. Samples offered on the market
were in poor condition, and deliveries
OF home grown wheat during February
had been about twenty per cent under
the average for the past ten years. that
deficiency will be partly made up by the
100000 quarters Of wheat which now
are on the way to Great l5ritian. In
France the Overlooking Of the Seine,
which, rs We explained recently, would
cause damages especially to the wheat
crop, the staple princi pally cultivated
along the lower bank OF the river, has al
ready produced its effect upon prices.
The Paris market during the week has
been firm for wheat and flour; it will be.
come still iirmer rs soon as exact infor.
nation shall have been received about
the losses caused by the overlooking o I
the Danube and the Vistula, in the cele-
brated wheat countries Of Hungary and
Russian Poland.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1876.
Republican State Convention.

A Conscnton Of the Union Republican Party o.
West Virginia will DO held at ClarkSburg, W. Va
on THURSDAY, MAY II, 1876, for tho purpose Of
appointing ten delegates TO the Union Republican
National Convention which Is TO assemble at Gin.
cinnati on the lith day Of juno, 1876 and to nom.
mate ayc Presidential Electors
The committee Is Of opinion that II will bc I'm.
practicable to avoid holding two Conventions, and
that The purposes Of this Convention arc not oil
sufficient Importance to Justify calling for large
county delegations, and therefore suggests that each
county will send five dClegates-tlIese delegates TO
10 appointed by the County Executive Committee,
or BY County Convention, rs such committee may
deem Rxpedlcnt. II Is proposed 10 call another
Convention during the summer, nj which the COM
mt,eo hoPesio meet all, without regard to past lo-
litlca Differences, or previous party affiliations
who arc In favor Of making such changes In our
lava rs time and experience have shown necessary;
who arc In iavOr0f the continued prosecution and
punishment Of Official corruption, and VINO arc In
favor Of rCtrenehmeht md economy In the admin
istratIon Of our State affairs.
By order Of the State Republican Executive Com
mittee. joins W. Mason, Chairman
GrAFroH, ". Va, Feb. IS, 1876
[RepublIean papers OF the state please puhlIsh,l
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SElII.WEEKLY.


BY mali, IN Gdtanoe, postage Ertpad.
One yelr............,SS OOISIx mOnthS...,.."sl q
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DIED..

BEAM.-on Tuesday, March 7th, 1876, at ~
O'Clock r. NJ, MARY T., wife Of james W. Beam
and daughter Of Stephen and NarcIsa Clark. aged
Is years,
Funeral from the residence Of her parents, 2G27
Chapllnc street, tomorrow friday afternoon at
o'clock. Interment at PenInsullr Cemetery. The
friends Of the family are invited to attend.
SCIINETDER.-On Wednesday March sth, 1876,
at 6:l5 p. NJ, Mrs. CATHERINE MARY SCHNEIDER,
In the 77th year Of her age.
The funeral will take place tomorrow friday
afternoon at O'Clock, from the residence Of her
son, John Schneider, No. 2l2? Main street. Friends
Of the family invited tOattcnd.
J0NEs.-At her residence on Chapline street,
on Thursday morning, March 9, 1876, Mn. ELLA
c. JONES, daughter Of tho late Dr.. J. NJ. Clemens.
Funeral notice tomorrow. a.Y,r
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hostile and hateful TO him from his birth,
may give way 10 the belief that he
is the latest terrestrial manifestation Of
an ever upward.gtriving movement Of
divine power2 II there lives q man who
does mot want to disbelieye the popular
notions about thecondition and destiny Of
the bulk Of his race, l should like to have
him look me in the face and tell me 3d.
And he adds: ave have taken the disease
Of thinking in the natural way. It is an
epidemic in these times, and those who
are afraid Of il must shut themselves up
close or they will catch itP
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news In all departments, from all quarters o.
the world, as well rs . complete record oil local
events.
THE WEEKLY Is printed on Thursday, and can
be had nt the counter, In paid envelopes, ready
for mailing 80 Sind copy 10 absent yrteTdI
and reiafitsI trith HspI from home!
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DAILY INrKLLIGESCER left regularly at their
rrEidcncos In the city and suburbs, can b
served by leaving their address ut Counting
Room, or by drOp4etter through the post Office.
TO COETRIBUTOlS.-Eoa attention will 10 paid
to anonymous communications; every article
must be accompanied by the writCrsreal name
and address.
Business Letters Tor Us should DO addressed
FFew d Campbell" and should In no case DO I'D.
dressed 10 either Individual member Of the firm BY
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DEPARTURE OF TRAM

Stenbenyille Accommodation arriyes s:26 a. m.
departs 500 pm. This train during the day paSSei
backward and forward between Martins Ferry and
Bcllaire, stopping when required nj Sherman House
Rtnayiilc, West Wheeling and Gravel Hill
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY.

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Annual Report OF the Pennsyl-
yaniN Railroad.

PHILADELPHIA, March S.-The annual
report of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which will be presented at the
meeting to be held on the 14th inst, gives
the earnings and expenses MS follows for
the lines owned and leased by the Com.
pany east of Pittsburgh and Eric: Gross
earnings, s34 ,4G4, 104, Of which So, S07,'
ego is credited to general freight, and S.
S57,Gl9 to passengers. The work.
ing expenses were SCI ,004, 46l. From
this amount the rentals paid to
companies whose roads are leased
and the interest charged on their
equipment must be deducted, leav-
ing the net earnings Sl1 1926, 1876. The
net earnings in 1874 were Sl2,319, S62.
OF the total earnings the main line from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, with the local
branches, Is credited with $2O,493, PSI,
and with net earnings OF Ss,l47,SSs. AZ
ter paying all rentals, interest, debt Of
100000 to the State Of Pennsylvania,
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to the stockholders, the Company have a
surplus OF s., $50, 594, from which the dis
count on mor,gage.bonds OF the amount
of 100000 sold in Europe and Sc, 000,-
900 Of currency-bonds sold here is 10 be
deducted. The balance, Sl,050l95, goes
to the account Of profit and loss. The
sum standing TO the credit Of that ac-
count is now S10,077, $3.50. This amount
with 100000 Of contingent fund Is held
to cover any depreciation in value OF Sc
curities held by the Company. The pro-
cecds Of the Sl0,000,0O0 loan was applied,
half to the payment OF matured bonds and
half to the construction and equipment
account. The $5,000,000 loan was made
for the purpose Of raising money for these
accounts, and for paying of other liabili.
ties OF the Company, which is now for the
first time in It's twenty:nine years. his
tory without any floating debt, and
has on deposit S4,924, 20S. The amount
received from the Company's Investments
more than pays the interest on its bonds,
which is $3,0l2,453 per annum. The
tonnage OF the main line was 1889, 176, an
increase Of GBS,000 tons over 1874. The
receipts from freight were not us large as
those of the preceding year, for the reason
that there was during great part Of the
year
A COMPETITION WITH RIVAL ROADS.
The average earnings from this source
was u fraction over | per cent per ton
per mile. 1t is estimated that during
the next year S3500,OO0 will be required
for construction and equipment accounts.
The President reports the affairs Of the
Northern Central Railroad Company TO
be in a prosperous condition, and that
the net earnings had justified the pay
mCnt OF n dividend OF 3 per cent. The
business OF the Baltimore n Potomac
Railroad has also-r#teadily increased.
The total earnings Of the leased roads
west Of Pittsburgh, which are operated by
M organization known ns the Pennsyi-
vania Company, were $23,G32, 76l, and
the net earnings $S,l53,0sl. After de-
Quoting rentals, interest, &C., the profit
remaining is 1910 ,29l, which Is applied
to fund for meeting possible losses upon
leased lines.
THE REPORT OF THE TREASURER,
which accompanies President Scott's re-.
port, places the present capital stock Of
the company at Sos, $40, 200. The bonded
Indebtedness is $54,2l9,7G0, and the total
liabilities, including the above, are Sl54,-
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THERE Is great deal Of burglary, rob-
berry and small thieving going on in the
CITY,
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which accompanies President Scotia re.
port, places the present capital stock oil
the company at SOS SIC, 200. The bonded
Indebtedness is $54,2l0,7O0, and the total
liabilities, including the above, are Sl54,-
C5O OAR
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SpeCiaIties for Families.

Coxe's and Nelson's Refined GelAtines,
Choice Sherry and Madeira Wines,
Corn Starch, superior grade,
Tapl0ca, very fine and white,
Pearl Sage, for puddings,
COlgatcs Cashmere B0quet Soap,
COlgAte's Honey and Rose Soaps,
Bazlne's barber and Bath Soaps,
Tallman's Fine Perfumes,
Frina's ColCgnes,
English Nall and Tooth Brushes,
Buffalo Hair Brushes,
Rubber Dresdng Combs,
French Hair Oils aud POmades,
Handkerchief Extracts,
And all other Druggists sundrics,at
LAUaHLIS BROTHERS a cos.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

is KENT COUNTY BANKRUPT ?-The Dover
Se''tlneH, in speaking of the action of our
Levy Court in refusing to obey the law re-
9uirng the appropriation for the Duck
Creek bridge says
But we do not believe that the reasons
above assigned the expenses are the true
ones. Political necessity has reouired or
seemed to require, the suppression of the
lacts In regard to the present financial con.
dition of the County. The C6unty finances
are an deplOrable condition. We state what we
know to be the fact when we assert that
hent County as today a debtor in Dover for ua-
~GraS @ THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, upon
winch we are paying an interest of six per
cent.-that many Of the Collectors are deAinqote,t.
Gggregating, in the sum tOtaL nearIy or ante TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS, upon which the county
gets no interest. By this financial onera.
tion we lose 5000 annually. Add to this
the facts that last year the delinuuent list
as allowed was over seven hundred, MANY of
,whom, were the opportunity offered, would
nave PAID their taxes, and others were the
owners OF personal property-that upon
next Tuesday yesterday list nearly or
quite as large, will be returned, while there
are In the County at least five hundred as
sessables not on the Levy list. Do not
these facts furnish solution for the problem
why the County is running behind? Kent
county as nearly Bankrupt, and vet the Lcvv
Court runs itself, or permits itself to he RIM
more for the purpose of determining the
right TO vote than for the Collection of In.
ternal Revenue.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

g a., DAD RECORD FOR MoNDAY.-Tbe notes
y. Roston Inaries NJ. North Co.. pork packers, of
frn' fROs'on, o went to protest on Saturday. The U
thew thew TrS w; sdla nCob to have large surplus, and
N NJ Oliver q Co., provision dealers. and r r
y. hapgood d Co, wool dealers, of Boston ~
are reported to have failed. u DoS'on'
Wv werner, Dresel 4 Co., tobacco and shin.
plng merchants of Baltimore, suspended on
Monday Part of their Liabilities vmGTo aro ; Fl on
rope, rope, but The amount is not known - M Nv
Dresei has been the German Consul a. PnT MT
timore for many years. ''' 'o'''ui at BAL
soIactrnSy,e c myaeF, e9 chairman of the Board of
0enNi neiectmen Of Dunbarton, n. IT,, has dison' W.
peared, after selling his pronertv rHS %istP q at
Ir,Iee' inamee 1t is said that he owes S60OO and
leaves the town finances in an nnsot;sfao US! Snu
tory condition." ." u'iSa'ls'ac-
J' u. Pitts, collector of Hickory conrtu
MO-, has disappeared with sbo,t COO sSloS' noS'
Priva1e fn and public money. He has also
forged notes for large amounts. ' "''o
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08
A CHARAorERrsrIc OF WASHINGTON LIFE

A CHARACTERISTIC OF WASHINGTON LIFE
The New York Tribune saws:
demoralizing haste to be rich, a vulgar
consuming passion for display, have thus
come to be the strongest characteristics of
Washington life. The court favorites are
the men who give the most cotlv balls. live
IN the most costly houses, drive the most
costly equipages. The Boss Plumber. who
has built palace for himself bv drivino
the District Government to the verge of
bankruptcy; the public officer who snends
twice his income and gets rich on the de.
ficlency; the mining speculator who dis
graces his country in Lombard the "proc-
tical politician who has made fortune bv
by managing elections these are-we do
not say eqactly the leaders of fashion. but
the most prominent and most envied of
Washington characters. Not man in the
White House circle has distinguished him
sell by his intellectual ability, his accom-
pllShments, his wit, his learning, his virtue.
by any service to the country, by anv grace
Oh manner by anything in short eXcept
wealth, quickly made and ostentatiousiv
spent The consequences are obvious and
lnevtaole: Get rich, get rich," is the
"ItlGe t whispered to every pushing family
"hlcn mas Itself within the influence of the
SreeIloacK arlstocracy. Get rich, and YOU
may dine with the President and dance
with all the diplomatic corps. Get rich,
and your name shall be in the newspapers,
and description of your brand-new house
with its blazing carpets and gildcd furni.
ture, and the list of titled guests at your
card receptions, be printed in the Hooor
"o"IhaI And to the politician in Congress
perhaps the Tempter comes in still more
subtle, form, when he hints that it is the
rlch men at the PRESIDENTS car who Get the
largest share of patronage.
Is IL any wonder then that WASHINGTON
'hould be such hOt-bed of Rinps and
secret speculations, or that half the men
you meet there in society should be suspec.
-ed OF completely in real estate pools. and
paving swlndles, and street-improyement
raudS, and score of other scandalous ad.
ventures? Is it any wonder that abuses
however tlagrant, should be so difficult to
'eform, when the politicians of both parties
n this reckless rivalry for display. bave
leen driven to turn penny by them |
1eh. belknap apparently was a man of |
many good qualities and with some of tLa |
Elements OF a noble character; but morally |
le was weak and sluggish; the contaoions
'asslon Tor extravagant display seized nnon
nm; and probably before he realized bis |
egradatlon he was plundcring soldiers and
migrants to get money for the qualification
a lOwbrcd vanity.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

The SentineL we suppose, speaks by the
book when it says that this county is in
debt over $4,000 and that there is q
delinquency in the payment of taxes to
the amount of over $4,000. That paper is
right under the nose of the Levy Court,
which manages the county finances, and it
therefore has every opportunity for knowing
the facts in the case. AT all events the
article in another column, copied from its
last issue, is explicit and to the point. Is
it any wonder our taxes are so high?
Seven hundred persons who were assessed
in the county last year paid no taxes,
while five hundred more were not assessed
at all, making twelve hundred men in the
county who paid no tax whatever, accord
ing to the Sentinei's statement. What
makes the matter worse is the fact that
many ofthese 1900 taxables were ready to
pay their taxifthey had had the opportunity,
but the Levy Court, acting in the interests
OF Its party manipulators, kept them out of
that opportunity. Can we wonder that
body that will lend itself to such partisan
scheme will violate the laws under which it |
acts.
The county expenses must be met, and |
those taxables who do pay their taxes
have to shoulder the portion of taxation !
that these 300 men fail to pay. Is it
strange that people grumble about paving
their taxes, when they know that through
the maninulatiO,,S of s,,ob = 49,. O..
we have they have to pay so much tax for
other people? Instead of trying to make
every man, white or black, bear his lust
proportion of the county expenses, this body
OF political wire pullers seek to shun the
laws that call for just and necessary inan-
clal expenditure. Recently, when the chair
man OF the Levy Court instructed the asses
sors not to assess the dog tax, he was ACTING
under the advise of the Democratic party
leaders ofthe county. But being foiled in this
effort to shirk the law for the promotion of
sheep raising, they now come out for the
repeal of that law. What is sheen RAISING
or any other public industry. if it stand in
IN the way OF their securing all the offices.
Inc repeal OF the dog law is demanded not
because the law is not a good one, but
because they fear that if it is carried out so
many Democrats will become dissatisfied
that the party strength will be weakened /
ma they will not stand as good a chance c
or the loaves and fishes as they now do. C
These men seek to keep the Democrats in
authority merely to get the offices in their
glft. They hang like barnacles upon the !,
party for the sake of the reward. Can we =
'xpeet men with such selfish motives to be .
ne law-abiding, industry-promoting set l.
hey ought to be?
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

| ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE OF A SMYRNA WOMAN.
I'm Thursday morning last, Edward Fran.
chs, white barber of Wilmington. had a
hearing before Mayor Whitley, CHARGED
with committing an assault upon Mrs.
oearles, with an intent to outrage her
person. The Wilmington papers state that
MRS. D Is resident of Smyrna, and visited
wilmington on Wednesday afternoon, when
the outrage was attempted The accused
was held in $1,000 bail for his appearance
at Court. fP O''' ''''i'o
Ihe following is substantially the state.
ment made by the lady: She was coming
along Front ST., in Wilmington, and found
IL necessary to enter Francis, or some
other slde-way. She said that man came
out OF house, opening into the allev, and
maze indecent proposals to her, whom she
oeaG on with her own strength, and sue
ceeded in escaping from him.
Inc barber makes the following state
nnehI; I'm the afternoon of the day
alluded to, think it was about 4 o'clock. T
had occasion to 90 out into INV ward and
enter the privy. l had not occupied II
very long before the door was opened. and
female made her appearance. whom
without supposing l would be intruded
upon in such place by any one else. I at
once took for my wife; and said to her
: Llzzie.' Of course my mistake was soon
made evident, and l made an attempt TO
offer an apology; but feeling so ashamed
could hardly speak, though when the lads
turned to go, caught her dress in INV
fingers; but did in no way attempt further
to detain her, or think of putting nv arms
around her waist, which, so help me God, |
never did,"
With reference to the lady being from
smyrna we will state that last year her
husband lived on farm near Blackiston's
Ifoss Roads, six miles from this town.
Lhey moved back to Wilmington the dav
u the alleged assault. They were not
much known here.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

IRE EvANsEs OF LEwEs.-It will perbops
surprise most of our readers to learn that n
portion OF the men connected with the
beiknap Disgrace, are natives of Delaware
s;I ana that the heads of the family are still re-
ho"aI 's OF TINS State. 1t will be remem-
oered that A. j. S. Evans, of Fort sill was
Tn the agent who paid the fees to Marsh. and
through him the money went to Mr.. BeIk-
nap. This trader is the son of Rev. w.
Evans, of Lewes, at the present time JUS.
!Ice OF the Peace in that town. The father
Is an old Methodist exhorter and has
another son, Mr.. G. w. Evans, who resides
IN West Philadelphia, and is also a minis.
ter. The Evans who resides in Philadel.
phia is gentleman well thought of and
respected. His brother, the trader, is
younger, and learned business from him.
The two sons have frequently visited Lewes
and always have been dutiful and affac.
Tomato children, seeing that their parents
wanted for nothing Wilmington Herald.
Smyrna times., 1876-03-08

SUICIDE OF a GERMAN BARox.-Bruno Won
faldern was found in Washington Sonara
New York, early Saturday morning. uncon,
SelG1s, s;14 and with large confusion q on his
found that his skull was fractnred IT.
died in the afternoon. Letters Were found
IN his pocket in which he expressed his
despair from lack of money and his detnr.
mlnation to kill himself Won Faldern was
a and baron, non decended from wealthy family.
anu "nu served throughout the Franco Prussian
war with honor. Soon after tbe clOso of
the ,0Te war he came to this country. and early
IN IN 1873 married, but his.wedded life was .
snort si one his wife dying within the wear
since then his reason has been somewhat
nneGes1 This, with pecuniary losses, was
PROBABLY the cause of his suicide. He had
lent 500 to a friend on a note which a ,"o1
due and protested last Wednesday. His
El% means We're then entirely gone. 4 small
ou'iet was found imbedded in his brain.