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The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
FOURTH EDITION
SELECT SoCIABLE.


4 Brilliant SOCIAL Gathering w Brand,
Uine HID.
Last night a select sociable wa,
held at the residence of State Senator
Harry Sharpley, in BrandYwine Hun
dred, on the Concord road, three miles
from this city.
Tue assembled company comprised
persons from Wilmington ana other
parts of the county, and numbered
over one hundred and fifty. They
were gay and social ssemblage and
spent the flying hours III dancing.
games, social converse and other
amuscmsnts. Refreshments of all
kinds were liberally served from time
10 time, and IL was not until an early
hour this morning that the invited
guests could bear the idea of separat-
ing themselves from the pleasures
they had enjoyed throughout the
night. IL was the most successful So
cial event of the season in Brandy
wine Hundred.
Among the many fair ladies present
were the following: Miss Ella Brady,
the Misses Bowe,the Misses Mccullough
Miss Ida Springer: Miss McWhorter, of
ct. Georges, Miss Clara Taylor, the
Misses Perkins, aud the Misses Elliott.
Among the gallant gentlemen were
John G. Farra, d. Taylor Bradford, Jas.
Megarey, James F. Kelley, Henry &c.
Turner, John Bradford, Fl. r. Penning-
ton, Cal Mccullough, Frank Msody and
Frank Ball of Wilmington, Clayton
Dreder and Alphonzo Schaaf, of Phila-
delphla; Thomas Husbands, VIM. and
Thomas Wilson, of BrandYwine Hun
dred.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
INDIFFERENCE THAT COST
LIFE.
TAKING THREE HOURS TO INFORM
THE LIFE SAVING CREWS OF
THE HURON WRECK.

/
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Lieut.
Walter Walton, Assistant Inspector of
the life saving service on the North
Carolina coast, investigated the cir.
cumstances OF the wreck oflhe Huron.
The Huron's position ia the breakers
WAS first discovered on shore by
Evan O'Neill, fisherman, of Nag &
Head, who had quit his home, three
quarters Of mile distant, at five mint
utes past in the morning, 10 shoo-
wild fowl. Within thirty minutes af-
terward, he arrived ON the beach and
saw the vessels lights. He drove
along the beach TO keep abreast OF the
vessel a. she drifLed aud pounded
along the outer edge of the bar. she
ut length struck. Then were heard
shouts and screams on board the
stranded vessel. O'Neill said he
thought there were women aboard.
He then Saw three rockets 60 w, fol-
lowed by Coston signals, which illu-
minated the vessel from end To end
30 that even the light rigging rs well
as the men could be plainly seen.
Saw boat full of men. The vessel
was broadside to the waves. The sea
WAS running high. Heard noise
resembling the swapping of timbers.
The foremasL then went over the
weather side, and the boat with the
men in il was lost to sight.l The
shouting and screaming were then
louder than before. 1t was nearly an
hour from the time TIE ship struck
until the foremast fell, fifteen minutes
after which the signalling ceased and
all was darkness. Notwithstanding
that be thought nene would be saved
alive, it was not Till this moment that
O'Nelll proceeded TO inform others of
the disaster. lie first went home,
about mile distant, in an OK cart,
and disposed of his decoy geese, after
which he proceeded to his brothers.
On his way there be called Caleb
Booker, and afterwards his brother
Pharoah O'Neill, TO whom he dispos>
ed of his team, Bnd then walked back
home, ate his breakfast, and did not
return TO wreck until after sunrise.
O'Neill knew where the keeper OF
Life Saving Station No. : lived, be-
lieved him to be at home only ~
miles distant, had a good boat, free
wind to go and return inside OF Roam
oke island, would have reached Keep
er Meekens in twenty minutes, and
yet remained Indifferent tor three
hours
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29

Bal BoyS.-Mr. Joseph Lixens, Of
South Wilmington gave some boys and
girls permission TO enter his truck patch
and take some cabbage and turnips. The
little wIetches. however abused this kind
privilege and dug up quantity of horse
radlsh entirely running several dollars
worth. Two of the boys were taken
before Esquire Hagany this morning and
required To pay costs for their bad be-
hayiuur.
Walking advertisements: ev ery man
woman aud child who has once tried
Or. Bulls Cough Syrup cannot say
enough praise, and this is the reason
why its sale is constantly increasing.
THE AUCTION SAKE OF on PAINT
ING> will Commence this evening at
Merrick & brakes room under the
Opera House. This is splendid oppor
tunity to procure works of art at your
own price.
GO0d H'ork.-At the NJ, f Church in this
town. on Sunday last, was witnessed a
most impressive service TWENTY-FIVE
persons. additional fruits Of the revival .
were received into the ChurCh on probation
This makes the total mum Der received on
probation by Rev. Mr. Ridgway since the
beginning OF his conference year with us,
75.-Elkt0n Democrat
A Small Record.-Pollce business has
been very dull, during the past twenty four
hours, and this mornings record cempris-
ed only two ordinary drunks with no
money TO pay the fine and costs.
Temperance. Kings Good Samaritan
cough syrup.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29

rasshoppers, beetles, &c. It is the
assassin of the small birds, whom il
often destroys in pure wantonness,
or merely to sup on their brains, as
the Gaueho slaughters wild COW or
bull for its tongue. 1t is a wolf in
sleeps clothing. Apparently its
victims are unacquainted with its
true character, and allow it to ap-
proach them, when the fatal blow is
given.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

This morning, about IL O'Clock man
named Alexander Morton, machinist
in the employ of the Lobdsll Car Wheel
Company, met with painful accident
while at work. He was engaged in ope>
rating one of the machines when his
right hand was caught in the machinery,
and before he could extricate it the sec
ond and third fingers were torn entirely
from their sockets, while the little finger
was broken off at the middle joint.
He was taken to his home. on Spruce
street, above Sixth where his injuries
were properly attended to.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
l,FIFTH EDITION.
TREASURY DISBURSEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, December 2S.-Since
the passage of the army bill the United
State Treasury has paid out over $780,
000, 1000 in currency, the greater portion
of which was paid as compensation to
the officers and men Of the army. The
Treasurer is now paying out over $685.
100000 in gold on account Of interest on
the public debt, due the first of January
next, making in all over $50, 100000
disbursed within the past SIX weeks.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
The Best quality of MEDICINES

The Best quality of MEDICINES
AT WILLIAMS
The MOST RELIABLE Proprietary
MEDICINES,
AT Ninth and Market.
Choice PERFUMERY COLOGNES, &c.
AT WILLIAMS
A fine assortment of HAIR, TOOTH. and
NAIL BRUSHES,
At Ninth and Market.
A Glass of ICE COLD ARCTIC SODA
WATER,
AT WILLIAMS
Choice FLAVORING EXTRA CTS, Strong
and Pure,
At Ninth and Market.
A Good KEY WEST or DOMESTIC
CIGAR,
AT WILLIAMS
Fine AMERICAN & IMPORTED SOAPS,
At Ninth and Market.
"Get the best" WILLIAMS SAPONA-
CEOUS DENTIFRICE.
AT WILLIAMS
Choice Goods, Accuracy in dispensing, dnC
Reasonable Prices.
WILLIAMS PRESCRIPTION STORE
Corner Ninth and Market.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29

The cry for more troop. seems to
have been raised just once 200 often
in Texas. When the troops got to San
Ellzario instead of really contributing
TO the reestablishment of peace and
order they appear simply to have Civ
en- the rangers an opportunity to re-
venge themselves on the gr easers by
lynehing their prisoners. OF course
the greasers will now have to wipe
out this insult.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
POPE Plus AND THE CARDINALS.

ROME, December 2s.-The Pope held a
consistory at the Vatican to-day. Monsig-
more Maretti and Pel.egri nj were nomina-
ted as cardinals and some bishops were
appointed. The Pope read a short al locu-
tiOn thanking the cardinals for their solicit
tude concerning his health, and asking
them to pray to God to keep the Church
and preserve unimpaired the mind OF its
head whose body was alling.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
THE LATEST TEMPERANCE
MOVE

The temperance workers are still main.
tanning an active campaign, and have
adopted new mode of of warfare. Last
night at the foundry tent meeting, the
general jubilee over the granting of a
hcenee TO John Fehrenbach was discuss
ed, and the opinion was expressed that it
was a shame for leading citizens to show
sympathy for the friends OF intemperance
Then it was suggested that the names OF
those persons who were present at Mr..
Fehrenbach's opening be announced at
the meeting, and number of names
were immediately mentioned. 1t was
afterwards resolved to carry this plan
still further, and to notice all persons
entering liquor saloons, and announce
their names at the tent meetings from
night to night.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29

And now prominent Republicans, who
took leading part in the Presidential
campaign and the Electoral Conspiracy,
begin to shrek "Fraud!' Ne shall not
be surprised to hear the cry swell to tones
so loud rs 10 make Hayes's stolen home
IN the White House very uncomfort-
able place to stay in.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
sHlPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE
NUMBER OF VESSELS LAUNCHED.

LONDON, Dec. 28.-The Glasgow Herald
gives the following as the number and
tonnage of vessels launched on the Clyde
during the last i've years: Two hundred
and nineteen vessels in 1871 OF 169,7 10 tons;
in 1876, 229 vessels OF 18S ,323 tons; in 1875,
252 vessels OF 22S ,0S3 tons, in 1874 1876 vessels
OF 2s2,309 tons. and In 1873; 143 vessels Of
221 1872 tons,u
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
EDUCAIIONAL.

TNHE HOME an STITUTE,
i A SELECT DAY AND BOARDING G
SCR0OL for YOUNG LADIES and CHILL
DREN, will reopen on MONDAY, ,Septem-
Der 10th. Our aim is to oombiue Homie cul-
ture with moral and mental discipline,
while we insist upon th0rou0lmeSs in every
branch. English, Latin, Music, Modern
Languages, Drawing and Oil Painting.
Object lessons throughout the course. Mum
Der Of boarding pupils limited. PRICES
SUITED TO THE TIMES.
Ci7enlars may be obtained at the book
stores or by calling upon or addressing the
Principals.
M1ssxsl A. NJ. HOUSTON,
B. l.. HOUSTON, A, b
No. 800 Delaware Avenue,
aG&N Wilmington, Del.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
A Fact to be Remembered.

Republican conventions about to adopt
platforms, Democratic candidates for Gov
ernor about to write letters Of acceptance,
politicians of both parties, honest and dis
honest voters, and the rest of the Amer
lean people, including Rutherford B. Hayes
and j. Madison Wells, will do well to bear
in mind this fact:
The Joe Bradley Commission did not
decide that Hayes's title to the Presidency
was essentially good; it only decided, by q
vote of eight to seven, not to investigate
that title to see whether it was good or not
If the record of the so-called Electora
Commission and its eight to seven decis
ions is constantly kept in sight, the countr!
will be spared much nonsense.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

The first house in the. village was built by
John Russell in IS43, and IN 1874 the Will
age had but three families resident III its
limits. N
"A bushel of corn is now carried from
Chicago to Buffalo by lake for II cents,
and from Buffalo to New York by cana
and river for At cents; total for ,40C
miles of navigation, 81 cents. This il
cheap transportation such as was never be.
fore heard Of in this or any other country,
and never ought to be again.-E1.
"A young man named Fred Trefts, Q
clerk in d. E. Robinson's butcher shop, il
Davenport. was caught on Saturday in the
act of robbing the money drawer of the
shop. He had been suspicioned for some
time. He had stolen about $4,000 in the
past two years. He paid part of the
money back, aud gave security for the
balance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

1t is an extraordinary struggle that has
been carried on for now ten days, between
the Russians and the Turks, in the Shipka
Pass of the Balkan mountains. Both
sides have received heavy reinforcements
during the progress Of the long struggle;
and both have fought with the greatest
pertinacity and audacity. The position il
Of extreme Importance to both armies. II
the Russians lose it, their armies in Bul
garia will be driven back 10 tho Danube, il
not across the Danube. If the Turks fai
to take it, they must carry on their cam
paigu in Bulgaria, whether it be defensive
or offensive. under disadvantages that vii
be hard to overcome.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

Now you can eat oysters with i'm
punity. Some prefer salt and pepper.
But you can eat them as you please. This
month has an IT" in it.
During the year just closed the United
States sold l05,000.000 yards Of cotton
goods abroad, ten times more than was ex-
ported the year before.
The goods imported into the island Of
Puerto Rico annually amount to about 3d.
329, 1854; those which come from the Unit
ed States amounting to abOat $3,000,000.
The loss of husband falls very light
ly upon each wife when it is divided among
nineteen. Hence Brigham's widows bear
his death individually with considerable
resignation,
"A woman named Mira. Davis, of
Springfield, has brought criminal accusa-
ton against Hon. Virgil HickOx, president
OF the savings bank in that city, charging
him with assault to commit rape.
A model piece of road grading has
just been completed in Edgington town.
ship, near Prairie Union school house,
which reflects much credit on Highway
Commissioner Haze Hazelett, who super
intended the job.
OF total of 1876, 800 tons of rails ex
ported from England during the last six
months, l06.253 tons were steels rails
whereas of l59,047 tons exported durine
the first six months of last year, only AZ :.
637 were steel rails.
"A woman will insist that the fash
ionable dress does not retard locomotior
until she steps on garter snake, and cher
she utters brief but fervent petition fol
the untrammeled freedom of the centre
pole in a circus-tent.
If Brigham Young managed to lily,
until be was rs with nineteen wives, hov
long would he have lived if he had but on
wite2 The calculation is too bewilderinl
TO make, but probably he would have giyeI
Mothuselah close call.
The life Of Brigham Young contain
an example which the rising youth of thi
country would do well to initiate. He wa
a poor young man aud started with onI
one wife. But as the result of frugal, in
dustrious, and economical habits he leave
/ at his death no less than nineteen.
:. Last weeks Prairie Chief gives dia
gram Of the original plat of the village o
Cambridge together with considerable O
the early history Of the country town
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay fol-
what you get Everything is first class
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel
your baggage will be delivered in YOU
rooms, fitteens minutes after the arriva
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you TO give the Grand Union trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
STARVING INDIA
The Mortality * the South Stories Of
Cannibalism from Mysore.


The editor Of the Madras Times, who is
a member of the relief committee. writes
under date Of August / as follows: THE
population in southern India more or less
afflicted by famine numbers 24.000.000.
In the most favorable circumstances at
least One-slxth of the people will de-. The
famine is UNNECESSARILY greater than was
that in Bengal Twenty-tbree people in
all died of starvation 10 Bengal. In Ma
dras, no camp of 5000 rises morning after
morning without leaving thirty corpses. In
the interior the distress is most fearful.
One gentleman passing down q valley in
the Wynaad district counted twenty nine
dead bodies in the road. A coffee planter,
seeking shelter from the rain in hut.
found six decomposing corpses in it. On
any day, and every day. mothers may be
seen in the streets of Madras Offering their
children for sale, while the founding por-
ton OF the poor-house is full of infants
found by the police on the roads, deserted
by their parents. Since the famine began
100000 people have died of want and dis
tress. The first big tragedy may be ex
pected in Mysore. In that province, In
deed, information has reached me iron
Bangalore of two cases of cannibalisu
already" " ITTT-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
REDUCING SALARIES.
The De Facto Administration Forced
TO Adopt the Democratic Policy.

TO Adopt the Democratic Policy.
The commission to investigate the BOs-
ton custOm-house recommends that the pay
of female coppyists be reduced $500 per
annum, aud that messengers may be cut
down to 1920 a year. When the last
democratic house was laboring 10 effect a
reduction of our excessive expenditures,
the republicans strenuously resisted an
attempt to reduce salaries of all officials
above first class clerks ten per cent.
Speech after speech was made on the re-
publican side, some denounciDg and others
ridiculing this picayune policy Of Mr..
Randall who was then chairman of the
appropriation committee. Had Mr.. Ran.
dali proposed to reduce the pay of female
clerks aud copyists the entire republican
press would have howled that this was an
attempt of the ex.Confederate house to
punish the widows and daughters of Union
soldiers Mr.. Randall made a strenuous
effort to effect a reduction in the customs
expenditures, but oil custom house officials
were paid from what is known as a per-
manent appropriation, and the democratic
house could not touch this fund without
new legislation, and this the senate would
not consent to. The wisdom of the reduc-
tions in expenditures effected by the last
democratic house was shown by the fact
that the revenue of the government fell of
so largely during the fiscal year lS76-77
that had not these savings been made
there would have been a large deficit
Now the present de facto administration il
testifyiDg to the wisdom of the policy in
augurated by the democrats by following
IN the path marked out for them by San
Randall
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

THE ARGUS JOB PRINTING ROOMS
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and all other
kinds of Printing, in the highest style Of
the art, and on the most reasonable terms
And The ARGUS Book BINDERY is doine
all kinds of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap. The friends OF the paper anc
the public generally are invited to give oul
work trial. dWtt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

A new daily Republican newspaper will
be born at Washington on September 10,
and will be chrlstened The National Union.
Elk. Congressman Lynch of Maine is the
bold man who is aDxions to enrich the
graveyard Of journalism with another
tombstone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

Sitting Bull is ike Catalina, as inter
preted by Artemus Ward, He was gone,
but maybe he has come again. Or like
Ms.an,ora, for he may say: ''You were
going to send for mel am here. IF you
don't want me, will not 90 back again. )"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

The Ohio republican leaders are on the
defensive. Nearly all their speeches contain
an explanation Of why the same vote in
Louisiana and Florida elected republican
presidential electors oDd democratic state
officers. Republicans generally seem to
think there is something in that business
that needs TO be defended.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

South Carolina is proceeding steadily
against the infamous ring that plundered
her for so many years. Indictments have
been found against a large number OF
officials aud ex. officials, one of them being
United States Senator Patterson. The
accusations include every crime, from petit
larceny to forgery, stopping short only at
murder
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
Excursions to the Rocky Mountain

Excursions to the Rocky Mountains
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road has arranged with the various rail-
road lines in the country for special round
trip rates to the Rocky Mountains. and
has secured the following rates to Denver,
Colorado Springs, Canon City, Pueblo and
return: from Kansas City and Atchison,
$45: st, Louis, $50; Chicago, sos; Quincy,
$50; Cincinnati, sos; Buffalo, $75, and
CORRESPONDENCE low rates from all points
east, north and south These tickets are
good for 80 days. and to stop at all stations
west Of the Missouri river Tickets are or
sale at all principal stations Throughout
the country. This is the new route Il
Denver through the garden Of Kansas and
! Colorado. Send for maps, circulars. time
tables, ETC., to T. j. ANDERSON,
Gen. Pass. Agent,
Topeka, Kan.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
Tuesday. September 4. 1877.

General Howard will thank the War
Department for its determination 70 keep
Sitting Ball away from Joseph. If they
ever get together he viii have to make
quicker time than he has yet made.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

True bills have been found against half
a dozen of South Cardinals late plunder-
ers. This is what the carpet-baggers
would call an ignominious surrender OF the
principles for which we fought and bled.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

Printing, Binding and Blank-Book work
specialities at The ARGUS OFFICE. No
pains will be spared to please customers.
Satisfaction guaranteed. tt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

DR.. Sabine's Indian Vegetable Cough
syrup, is the infalible remedy for coughs.
colds, hoarseness, and all diseases of the
bronchial organs. Try a bottle. For
sale by druggists generally. 6-4dly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04

The Colonnade Hotel. Philadelphia, Is
model establishment. 1t is superb in both
style and appointment and its table and
service cannot be excelled.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-04
MIsFIT CARPETS.
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