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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1876-09-12

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Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

A New School AMENDMENT To THE Coz.
sTITUTION.-In Congress, on Monday, Mr..
OBrien, of the House, presented consti-
tutional amendment which he said he
would offer as an amendment to Mr..
Blaine's. 1t provides that no State shall
make any law respecting the establishment
or prohibiting the free exercise of religion,
nor impose any religious test as a qualifca-
tiOn for office; that no minister or preacher
shall hold any public Office; that no State
funds or lands raised or held for school
purposes shall be placed under control of
any religious sect; and that no minister of
any religious denomination shall hold
any office in connection with the public
schools, or be eligible to any position of
trust or emolument in connection with anv
Institution, supported in whole or in part
from any public fund. The bill was laid
aside for further consideration.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

The soil of the Peninsula is probably well
adapted to the beet culture. 1t needs a
rich, sandy loan, free from saline substan-
ees. Almost any climate, within the TEN.
perate Zone, will serve. Old lands long
under cultivation, seem to answer better
than new.
Mr.. Puseys present plan is to secure seed
OF the best variety from Europe, to distrib-
ute 1t in small parcels all over the PENN
sula, and in New Jersey, to persons who
may apply for it, and who will undertake
to plant it carefully, and send some of the
beets, next fall, to Phila. with report of
the circumstances of their culture. the
character Of the soil, etc. The beets can
be tested here, in order to ascertain their
saceharine per centage. HUM jenkins. of
Philadelphia, is one of those who have al
really shown deep interest in the subject
and will have experiments made on his
farms near Camden and Mr.. Pusev has
received many letters from other parties on
the subject.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

BEET SUGAR CULTURE SUGGESTED FOR THE
PENINsULA.-At the meeting of the Viii
mingtOn Board of Trade, last week, Lea
Pusey read an interesting paper on the cul-
tivation of the sugar beet, and its probable
adaptability to culture on the soil of the
Delaware Peninsula. In opening, he re-
marked our immense importation of sugar,
and its steady increase in volume, within
the last fifteen years. The revulsion of
1873 slightly checked it, but it has main
tained, notwithstanding, an increase of s
per cent. per annum, while the increase in
population is but 3 per cent. Thus our i'm
portation and home production are shown
as follows:
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

Hon. JAS. WILLIAMS, our Representative
from this State. will refuse to vote for the
Centennial appropriation because he thinks
it unconstitutional. SO the New York
Herald says. We do not know how true
this may be, but we should suppose he
could well afford to follow Mr.. Bayard on
this point The Representative is not
llwyer, while the Senator is, and one of
admitted good qualities. He sustains its
eonstitutionality to the fullest.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

The REvIyALs.-Thc revival in this TOWN
is now in its third week. and is nrogross;,,
with almost Unprecedented interest," I,
| can hardly be remembered when mon;fae.
| tatlon OF the kind so thoroughly tool nm
the attention Of ourwhOle community. will
out regard to crecds or personal surround.
lngs, as this one is doing Business. in tho
mann, closes at in the evening, the streets
become as quiet as on Sunday nights. and
the multitude pack the NJ +. Church at
every meeting Even the noon dav meet.
lhgs, now IN their second week. draw
together remarkably large assemblagcs. II
seems only necessary to appoint meeting.
at any time, and the audience is ossurod
And however Methodistic the condnct Of
the meetings may be- the audiences ara
anything but sectarian. Up to the present
the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Stubbs. has carriod o,,
his meetings unaidcd, except bv his congra.
cation, who rally around him with unnnaIi.
ned love and admiration. This is mar.
tlcularly marked feature of thereviyal. lat
sunday, when an invitation was given 10
the converts to identify themselves with
the Church, thirty walked to the cbancnI
rall and gave in their names. These.
with the twelve of the Sunday nre'
Vious, makes iorty-two who have made
profession for the two first weeks. So far.
about one hundred written petitions fnr
prayer have been sent in to the pastor. and
this prayer roll" as it is called. is aug.
mented each day by five or six additional
letters. They are read, or given i'm sIb.
stance, each evening, after winch the whole
packed congregation rises to its feet while
silent prayer is being offered. Every indi.
cation points to an increased interest. If an
increase be possible.
The meeting at Bethel ChurchrSmvrna
Circuit, is also one of marked results. II i
stlil IN progress. Last week thirtv.seven
converts were recorded up to SUNDAY
night, and were taken into fellowship by
hev. Mr. Davis, the pastor-nearly all Of
them on Friday night last.
Dover.-The meeting at Dover seems To
be even more absorbing than the one here
writes correspondent: "Forty-one were
taken IN on probation on Sunday mornino /
In the evening the crowd was so oreat that |
the audience room would not hold them |
and service was also held in the lecture |
room, which was addressed by the pastor
OF the Baptist Church, Rev. j. r.. Reader
The Baptists closed their church and
attended the Methodist. More than On
were at the altar Sunday evening. In botb
rooms. Monday evening the crowd was
still great, and over 40 were at the altar
Service was held in both rooms again last
night and the audience room was addressed
by Rev. Mr.. Reader and the lecture room
by Rev. w. r. Cahoon.''
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

The National Republican Committee rnpt
ON Thursday, in Washington to designate
the time and place for holding the National
convention this year. Eighteen of the oric.
maj members were present and thirteen
proxies. One member of each deIegation
rom the contesting cities were heard
General Garfield advocated Cleveland. . 90.
vernon Noyes, Cincinnati; Mr.. Sackctt l..
ratoga Springs; General Bingham. Phila.
dslPhia Judge Carey, Washington Mr.
Medill, Chicago; Ex-Governor Ciaain p.
ION; Mr.. Van Horn, st. Louis; Mr.. Gar.
nam; San Francisco; and Gov. Mor.a,
New York. Three formal ballots were
taken, the third resulting: Cincinnati. On.
Phlladelphia, 16; Chicago, I. Necessary
TO choice; %. A recess was taken unt;I
evening, when balloting was resumed. and
on the ninth ballot Cincinnati was cboso,,
as the place, 1t receiving % votes to IS for
CnIcago and for Philadelphia. Onmotion
o. hr. Seammon, of Chicago, the selection
was made unanimous. The 18th of June
was then selected as the day, so that the
National Republican Convention 10 non,;.
nate candidates for President and Vice
fresldent of the United States will moot 4,
cincinnati on the l4th of June next Tho
can ior the Convention invites the s1nnort
VI All who are " in favor of SUSTAINING in
every way the national faith and financial
honoE, and who hold that the con,,,n,,
II,,ool i;h"s9l system Is the nursery of American
inoef1y, and should be maintained abso.
-'''Sis iree rom sectarian control"
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

BANK DREcToRs.-Thc National Rani..
OF this State elected directors the 1st nI
January. The following were re.cIcrteJ
for the Banks named: N''''e''
:, D9fct Bank.-Isaac Jump, w. /. Cannon
n. B. Smithers, J. w. Cullen. ! r Ini'nl'
T. / b; b: Clark, I. W. Wilson, NJ. HAYES. :
B. Richardson. DR.. Jump was re.clc,toi ni
rrG,ssident, and NJ. Hayes, Secretary. = ''''
- Ma.d,ftlc'o~n.-llenry a., Clayton. b. r. Biccs
d. ui3os, John \. Reynolds, James Culbert,
Son son! +, 7; Fenimocre, NJ. E, Walker. J. B.
w"a'er ,va. ,.r anu anu Joseph Biggs Henry Clayton
Otessa.-Charles Tatman. Uo,r,. D.,,;.
John Appleton, II. N. Willis San'noi ' =,
remington, William Polk, s. F. Sbaliomo"a I,,''ei
John {. Corbit and Columbus WINS Watl;,ss'
Inc latter being in the place Of Charles
P3easton' = Esq, resigned. Charles Totman
Esq, was reelected President "'"'""'
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19
MARYLAND ITEMS

Inc I..d"scrrlpt, published at Chestertow,
y advertised Tor sale. The Ctiscn, recently
suspended at Centreville, is to be revived
caroline county is happy --or the Den,o
cratic portion at least Daniel M ySllio, ~ il,,
mas been elected Speaker of the State se,' se,u
ate, at Annapolis. '' '''"'e sen
Mr. Isaac Hyner, gentleman from tho
north, contemplates erecting wooIen fa" n
TORY III iaioot. Tie prospectedn y for n ,T IL,
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

JUDGE WALES, of Wilmington, has inst
decided very important case. in which
lather wished to take from the custody
OF their grandfather three children. If
appears that John F. Lynch, of Whining
toh, having failed to provide for the sun.
port OF his wife and family, being man of
incorporate habits, the grandfather. James
bratton, III 1889, took the mother and her
young children to his home, where he has
since ; supported and protected them. In
1913, Mrs. Lynch obtained divorce. and tho
sole care, charge and custody of the child.
rem was granted by the Legislature to her.
put In August of the same wear she died
Mr: Lynch i'll 1874, married again. and now
resides in Philadelphia. Having reformed
ms habits and improved his circumstances
lie recently, by awrit of kaJeQs corpus, sought
10 OBTAIN the care and control of the child.
rem. The Judge closed his opinion thus:
In view OF these principles and the cvi-
uehce submitted at the hearing ii is difficult
70 understand on what ground or pretcnSe
'iC lathef can demand the possession Of his
Tiil"reh' except upon the theory that there
HAS grown up IN hls heart new and sin
ccre love for his offspring, consequent upon
his reformation and his reDentancn for tbo
past, and that he desires from the rurest
and best motives that can actrate human
conduct, to have their custody, that he may
ENJOY the comfort and pleasure of their So
clety. But all this, while it may excite
sympathy and move to pity, does not rc.
store his forfeited rights, which are as far
as concerns this proceeding as if they had
never existed. There is no element of min.
ciple OF OF TACT TO reason upon in his favor
ne law and the evidence combine to pro
nounce against his claim. Noreported ease
can be found in which there is less show of
right. Admitting that the death of Mrs.
Lynch repealed the act of divorce. and that
the guardianship Of the children was not
asslgnable by her, it does not follow that
the father is entitled to have them. After
the granting of the divorce and during the
ilie OF the mother, he certainly could moi
nave claimed their custody. On her death.
they found new home and formed new re-.
lationS. Where could they have gone if
the grandfather had not o|enel his heart
ana house to receive them? The fatber
had no home to shelter or means to .urnort
them. Save for the grandfather ihcy
might have been cast upon the charity OF
the public. But the act Of the Legislature
Is stlil in force and is conclusive. It obro.
gated the right Of Lynch to the care and
control OF his children, and only by thrir
consent can that right be retrieved.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19
CBs Smprna Gimes,
Smyrna, DeI.,

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noon by JOSEPH H. HOFFECKER, Editor and Propre-
tor, at Smyrna Delaware.
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sers
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

INITIATION was set back again in Congress,
on Monday. In the House Mr.. Holman, of
Indiana, moved to suspend the rules and
pass resolution declaring that the Specie
Resumption act ought to be repealed, and
instructing the Committee on Banking and
Currency to report bill for that purpose.
The motion was lost-yeas ll2, nays l5S.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

~ = rather singular that Governor Tilden.
H. wno represents party which believes IN a
oeate sucking to its rights, and In affairs of
mere nome rule should have devoted half
=. ms Message to national topics. Doesn't tha
state TOOL with the nation little more than
all?-N. z. Herald. e '''a'e' ai'er
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

es;,3pn sA;,aplaln Josiah Briggs, his wife and two
river i,ss',Sns chs were drowned in the Hudson
dav sar n;ah Soxsackie, N. Y, on Wednes.
church bsnl, M They Were returning from
and eh,,an anu Briggs was pushing his wife
when All l.dsn a;aa across the ice in hand-sled.
sA ''' disappeared In an air hole. ''
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

SAD DROWNING CASE IL MIpyLErov.v
Two Two boys named Curtis Layton and Frank
Wilson, each about l. wear, Of are u.nnn
drowned near MiddIetown on Saturday last
Whi!c skating on Drummond's mill rond
lh'lr bodies We're afteiwarG recovered
ihey skated to Il place where they knew
the ice was thin, on "dare." and Wilson
h9d almost reached the opposite shore
When he went through. Layton started ~
MS rescue, and also fell throurh I'M
managed to get out and crawl over tbirty
yards to where Wilson was still irvine 10
save himself. Layton, in his carernrSs 70
rescue ms TREND, reached him his hand
winch the latter took and tried to r,,ii
himself from the water but the ice would
not bear both Of them, and they fell in
together, when it is supposed the dcoth
grasp of Wilson sunk both Of tIo,n e..
'hey never arose to the surface alive.
young man named Leslie Schritz hroyoIv
attempted to reach the drowninc bovs fro,,,
me shore, by swimming and breaking tho
zee before him, but when he had Sottnn
about ~ yards from the shore he bcconn
nearly exhausted and frozen and wos co,,,.
Pelled 10 return again, reaching il foo
late to see the last struggles of tbe dro,v,
~ ing Doys; Wilson was the drummer bow in
the Middletown band. Layton was the
son OF widow lady. The citizens of tLc
town, out OF respect to the stricken mothar
Mrs. Layton) and the memory of the Lov
raised the funds to dcfray the funeral
expenses. az
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

4 Thief GETS INTO THE WRoyG Urx.
HorSE.-ln Wilmington, on SATURDAY.. VIM
johnson, colored, was captured after hard
hight with policemen, and upon a hearin@ .
was held to await the result of Injuries in.
hIcted on James Stroup, farmer living in
Brandywlne lld., near that city, last Thurs.
day night. On that evening Stroup heard
a noise iii his hen-house, and going out
found there was a man inside. wherrnnon
he fastened the man in. got his gun. and
with ms daughter returned to The hon.
mouse His daughter uniastcned the door
wiiie Stroup stood ready to shoot. but
Johnson ,, burst out, and with brick.bat
Il: IGiieH lne iarmer to the ground, iracturing
ms skull, and then ran. Miss Stroup sc;znd
the gun and fired, but he escancd nn,ii
Saturday. Stroup has lain unconscious
since, and his injuries are dangerous if mo-, not
fatal '''''' Il 'io'
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

=, Having Just received a full cargo Of
7 iorlda o' Pine Flooring Of superior quality.
am prepared to offer great inducements
~, ~ hoofing as we'll as other lumber. ! r
Worden, Smyrna, Del. - T.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19
iotal..................$4S6. .2S7 .3G
urnlnS Sfnrthn,.,,,.

& o'ai''.. .$4S6.2 .2S1.26
surplus Tor ortheyear, over expenses.
ulVldends and interest. So. .S0G q;
ms surplus has been disposed of; three.
IourIhs to lessen past losses to le,sers on1
ohe-iourth to leSseeS as heretofore.
AiluSion Is made to the peach and berrv
crops as the greatest ever grown. 4 COM.
piiation from the official statement of tLo
company shows that the total numbcr Of
baskets OF peaches shipped over thc DoIa'
ware H. Il. IN 1875 is 4,536,76 or 9.072 car
loIIs' oein@ something above the estimate
puollShed IN newspapers, a connie of
months ago. The whole number of car.
i'I9 Ioa9S oi berries shipped was 9O5. As Tho
""iN OF the peaches were grown in tbo
uTiI'rF part ol the State, the haul ON tho
peiaWare X. II. was short. and its norton Of
e,ie earnings, the report says. was consc.
quently small '7 ''''Se-
nm ne road is in its usual good or,ar
i'iS Tue year about eleven miles of tr,clr
,'' "'eI' iald with now iron, in which
,.,,',;' u'ce' c o@ Ooo@ tons OF new rails. I'm the
~ t'V'o new cross ties have been used
- S'I't extent OF the peach business re.
iS I'iiVr iarge additional facilities i'm the vov
i,',;I' I'iitneT' ABOUT three miles, which were
oulIt by the lessecS with the assent Of 49,,
lpngR
Wlii' when finally adjusted, 90 to incrcase
thG construction account. A new road
scale has been put in at NIiddletown An
engine house, turntahle, and water station
Ut wyoming, and an engine house NJ H.
rington. "'o 1T mar
Ihe present value of the sinking fnnd is
Iulnclent to pay off the debt falling due
11ondiy lSt, 1876, and leave a balance of $40.
po0, 81 The two classes of bonds, amountino
20 SoOo'00O, falling due July |, 1875. have MI
neen paid of, excepting s., 800, the bonJs
81 p winch have not been presented. somn oF
them having been lost. The money ~
meet all outstanding claims has ieoU
placed with the Fidelity Insurance, Trvst
'nI q, Safe Deposit Company. ''"'''
:, ne election for Directors resulted !, ,bo
'noice I;., OF the following: S. NJ. FELTON,. Issac
IilncElGy' Inin,5 Andrew c. Gray, Charles Warner
Joseph Bringhurst, Edward Bringhnrst IT,
~ Isaac Jump, Henry Fiddemon' Man'
. owe Hayes, Alexander johnson. W;lI;"m,
!. hoss, Albert Curry, j. Turpin Moore A.
meeting of the new Board. subseono,tiMn M
'aia9ei NJ. FELTON, was reelected Prrs;5ont'
nj Manlove Hayes Secretary. >''''''
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

=. SMYRNA LIBRARY TREAsURER's Rrpopr
VIM. A. Cummins, Treasurer of Smvr,o
Library, submitted the following renoyt 40 90
the annual meeting; AZ
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

llIE MIDDLEToWN AGRICULTURAL Society.
or TO speak more correctly, the Peninsula
Agricultural and PomolOgical Association.
held ITS annual meeting in Middletown last
saturday. The Treasurer's report showed
net profit of 50, l43 made out of the two
exhibitions that have been held. This
showing was accepted very favorablv. al.
though some were anxious to see a dividend
declared. The Secretary stated that thn
Board had increased its stock to s.. 900. and
that % shares yet remained to be taken.
Prof. Porter, of Delaware College. tried to
draw the Grange movement into the man.
agement OF the Association, but Sam. Town
send thought he smelt political mouse in
that move and the project failed.
The Professor moved that the Board of
Managers be authorized to offer premium
OF $l0O to the grange on the Peninsula that
Shouid have the largest number OF articles
ana gram next year. This was received
WIN a 1eeilng of dissatisfaction among the
majority OF stockholders, and lively dis
cusSlon between Mcssrs Porter. Townsend.
Goy. Cochran, and McSsrs r. II. Cummins
ana y: /. Budd, was carried on while the
PRESIDENT called for vote two or three
'lneS, which he finally succeeded in getting,
and the motion was lost.
The election for officers then commenced.
and the following gentlemen were chosen
for the ensuing year:
Prce'@cat-Wm. r. Cochran
Sccrc'oat-J. b. ClarkSon.
.Ra"q9rT&-E. W. Lockwood, J. II. Walk
Gr Thos. J. Craven, d. W. Corbit, William
Folk, +. {. Fenimore, L. p Mcdowell. NJ,
+. Walker. and r. \. Cochran, Jr.
his makes hut one change in the Ro,r,l
,-,, NJ. {. Fenmorc in place of ChaS. Rca,ton,
Ihe Secretary is a new officer. He sue.
ceeds j. T. Budd.
Smyrna times., 1876-01-19

FIRE NEAR ODEsSA.-Saturdav. a layac fro
occurred on the farm of Sarach F. Shall.
cross, Esq. about two miles from Nid,IIr.
town. and Il mile above Odessa. All cr lis
outbuildIngs except his .ranaYy were do.
tfoyed, consisting OF two barns. one 90 Lv
% feet ami the other lis by 81 feet. Be.
sides the buildings there were GO ton, Of
nay, 80 tons OF straw, an immense ouautitv
oi fodder, fodder racks. stock sheds. two
sheep one lamb and one calf burned Tho
buildings and stock sheds covered am acrc
OF ground, and We're considered very fno
ones. The loss is estimated at s.. 900. in
Suranc" 81 800 in the Odessa Go. The fro
occurred about noon, and was caused bv the
son, Scrach ShallcroSS. ,jr.. who picked mn
gun and shot AT pigeon flying near. The
gun "ad irH uion some straw laving ont
SIDE tn" barn door which inlmc,!iatoIy il.
hlted. and tins communicated to the ,traw
on the inside.
Mr.. ShallcrosS is one of the most cxten.
siFe Farmers on the Peninsula, and his
peach orchards exceed in extent tLoxn Cf
any other grower. His barns and outh,;Id.
Ings were probably as extensive and yaluo.
pie as any i'll the State. He was in Philn.
delphia when TIE fire occurred.