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Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24
Mutual Loan AusoeiatIon.

The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Mutual
Loan Association Of Middletown was held in
the Office Of Messrs. J. NJ. Cox & Bros car
riage works. on Tuesday evening. A goodly
number Of the members were present. All the
officers y. H. Scowdrick, President; Il. A..
Nowland, Vice President and A. G. Cox, Sec
retary and Treasurer-whose terms hal ex-
pired were reelected. Also the Directors
J. NJ Cox, j. R. HoHecker and 7 H. Gilpin-
whose term expired at this meeting. The re-
port of the Secretary for the past year, and
also general statement for the past four
years, were presented as follows:
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FALsE ImPREssIOE.

1t is generally supposed by certain class
of citizens, who are not practical or expert
enced, that Dyspepsia can not invariably be
cured. but we are pleased to say that GREEE'S
AUGUST Flower has never, to our knowledge,
failed TO cure Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
in all its forms, such as Sour Stomach, Cos
tiveness, Sick Headache, palpilation of the
Heart, low spirits, &c, &c. Out Of 10000
dozen bottles sold last year, not a single fail
ure was reported, but thousands of compll-
mentary letters received from Druggists of
wonderful cures. Three doses will relieve
any case. Try it. Sample Bottles 10 cents.
Regular size rs cts For sale by your drug
Baker, Odessa.
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GTlistellaneoas.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, March 9Th, 1876.
Upon the application of JOHN A. REYNOLDS,
Administrator of WILLIAM REYNOLDS, late of
Wilmington Hundred, in said County, decd,
it is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Administrator aforesaid, give notice of the
granting of Letters standardization Of upon the
Estate Of the deceased, with the date of grant
ing thereof, by causing advertisements to be
posted within forty days from the date of such
Letters, in six of the most public places in the
County Of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate to present
the same or abide an Act of Assembly in such
case made and provided and also cause the
same to be inserted within the same period in
the MIDDLETowH TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of Office of
49,, the Register aforesaid, at New Castle,
LIS. in New Castle CouRty aforesaid, the
l--1 day and year above written.
S. G. BIGGS, Register.
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over Little Duck creek from draw to per
manent bridge; to incorporate the JamisOn
Branch Ditch Company.
The joint resolution as amended by the
Senate authorizing the employment Of coun-
sci to protect citizens Of the State now under
indictment in the District Court of the United
States at Wilmington, was read and concur
red in. The bill to supplement the charter of
the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associa-
ton was lost. The report of the conference
committee upon the disagreement Of the two
Houses on the bill in relation to the collectors
of Appoquinimink and Blackbird Hundreds,
was read and adopted. The vote by which
the bill TO incorporate the town of Lewis,
was lost, was reconsidered and the bill
passed.
Thursday, March 22d.
Ssnate-Morning Session.-Bills passed =
House bill in relation to insurance companies,
with amendments; authorizing the owners
of st. Augustine marsh to drain it; a further
supplement to the charter Of the Junction q
Breakwater R. R. Co.. the bill to reduce tax
alton was taken up and referred to the Com
.mittee on Finance The House joint resolu-
ton in regard to printing the journal was
concurred in. The House bill to establish
State Board of Health was lost.
House Morning Session Mr.. Holcomb,
from a special committee, reported an act
authorizing the State Treasurer 10 issue
$500, 900 of Del. State bonds bearing per
cent. interest, to redeem the bonds of 1865,
due 1885. Passed.
Bills passed To divorce S. s. Hearn from
bis wife; to amend chap. 42l, vol. 10 (mak-
ing the time for killing game in Kent and
Sussex from the 18th Of November to the 18th
of January to amend the Mechanics Lien
law; Senate act exempting certain property
from execution process (giving to the widows
Of insolvent deceased persons the benefit Of
the exemption law; bill to prevent the kill
ing of birds and rabbits in New Castle county
during the present year.
Mr.. Holcomb presented joint resolution
directing the clerks TO have their journals |
printed in as compact fo=m as possible
Adopted Mr.. Bartholomew offered joint
appointing -- Pusey, Samuel
B. Cooper and E. L. Martin commissioners to
carry into effect the provisions Of the sugar
beet bill.
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Nervoua DeblIItY.

Vital weakness or depression weak ex-
hausted feeling, no energy or courage; the
result Of mental over work, indescretions or
excesses, or some drain upon the system, is
always cured by Humphreys Homeopathic
Specific No. %. 1t tones up and invieorates
the system, dispels the gloom and despon-
dency, imparts strength and energy, stops
the drain and rejuvenates the entire man.
Been used twenty years with perfect success
by thousands. Sold by dealers. Price ST.
per single vial, or S5 per package Of FIVE vials
and 50 vial of powder. Sent BY mail on re-
ceipt of price. Address Humphreys Homee-
pathic Medicine Co., 562 Broadway, N. Y.
See large advertisement.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

AMONG THE ADMIRABLE properties of Glenn's
Sulphur Soap is that of cleansing the head of
dandruff and preventing its subsequent accu-
mutation, by opening the pores Of the scalp
ano thus keeping it BEAUTIFULLY moist. Depot
Crittenfons No Sixth Avenue, Y. Hills
Hair & Whisker Dye, black or brown, so cts.
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A Alengthy address was then presented show
ing the advantages and benefits to be derived
from investments in Loan Associations; after
which the books of the Fifth Series were open
ed and over two hundred shares taken. Sew
eral important amendments to the bylaws
were adopted. At the close of the meeting
the funds in the treasury were sold 10 the
highest bidder at l.27 per share premium.
This Association is conducted on what is
called the "new plan"
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

PALATABLE MEDIoBEs.-Ayer' Cherry Pee
toral is honeyed drop Of relief; his Cathar
TIC Pills glide sugar-shod over the palate; and
his Sarsaparilla is a nectar that imparts vigor
to life, restores the health and expels disease
= Waterford PAL Adpertiser. tapl
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Business Locals and Special Notices % cents
a line for each insertion. Obituaries charged
for at the rate Of cents per line Of eight
words. Marriages and deaths inserted free.
TERMS: Cash in advance, invariably.
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sT. ANNE,s SCHOOL.
MDDLFTOWN DEL.

WADOLI4V . W4Ft DIL
A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
for Girls and Young Ladies. Rev. WILLIAM
@. BUTLER, Rector.
This School is offered to the parents of this
peninsula as a Home, under their own eye
and within their reach, where their daughters
may receive faithful training in all things that
conduce to physical, mental and spiritual
growth as members Of the family, of society
and, above all, of the Church of God.
The Department Of music, instrumental and
vocal viii be in charge of a Graduate and an
experienced and successful Teacher in that
speciality.
Boys, under ten years Of age, received.
Address the Rector for circulars. The Fall
term begins September 10th, 1876. iul29y
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NOTICE.

All persons having claims against the Es-
tate of the deceased mnst present the same,
duly attested, to the Administrator, on or
before March 6th 1873, or abide an Act of
Assembly in such case made and provided.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Admir-.
Address-Middletown, Del mario
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

IT lll1yi 1l17 u l01'1'
lSenate.-No business Of any Importance was
done.
Houss.-The following bills were passed ::
An act to encourage the culture of sugar beets
and appropriating $1,000 for the purpose /;
stock law for District 90, N. Q. CO.. to renew
and amend the charter of the Farmers Nut.
Fire Ins. Co. of St. Georges and Appoquini-
mink Hds. Senate bill to amend chap. 353,
WI II
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Independent in eveTythingi Neutral IN NothiRgI
OPPOSED TO ALL GoRRUPT RNGs
In MUNICIPAL, STATE AND NATIONAL AFFAIRs
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3. N. HANSON.
Ayers SarSapariIIa,
FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

This compound Of
the vegetable altera-
tives, sarsaparilla,
Dock, stillingia, and
Mandrake with the
:Iodides OfPotash and
Iron, makes a most
effectual cure of a SO
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

Total.....sl6, $50 "a Total......Sl6, 800 Il
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

Ladies in need of nice Silk Dress, call at
5. N. REYNOLDS and look at those Guinet
Black Silks at SLIGO, $l.25, 81. so and 81 75
per yard, just received direct from the i'm
porters.
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

Statement for The year ending FdBruary 20, 1871
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

space. wk. mo. 3 mos. 6 mos. / year.
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The report Of the committee was adopted,
Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24

Jdit commissioners
David Boulder, Gardiner L. Jemison, Giles
Lambson.
William W. Pritchett is also constable,
with the came powers as a county constable
but, be holds his Office by special act Of the
Legislature, for four years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
Mental OYerMork.

To hit off the happy medium between
over and underworld is no easy task even
to those who have the necessary knowl-
edge on the one hand, and the liberty to
arrange their own scheme of occupation
on the other. But, for one person who
is injured by doing too much, I quite
believe with DR.. Wilkes that many may
be found who are sustaining serious
damage from not having enough mental
stimulus. The istless vacuity In which
so many of the well-to-do classes spend
their lives, the want of any incentive to
exertion, and the absence of any attempt
at real thought, which the widespread
prevalence OF ready made opinions in our
periodical literature directly encourages,
must cause more or less degeneration of
intellectual power. Under these con-
ditions the brain gradually loses it's
healthy tone, and, although quite equal
to the daily calls of a routine and I'M
eventful existence, it is unable to with
stand the strain of special sudden emer-
gency, and, when a heavy load of work
is unexpectedly thrown upon it in its
unprepared state, then we see all the
worst consequences of what may be
called overwork develop themselves.
1t is no uncommon experience to meet
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
A Hunters Terrible Fate.

John Dunning lived with his family
in hut in the wilderness in Madison
county, N. X. Recently he saw a bear
passing his house, and set out in pursuit
with rifle and hunting knife and with
his dog. Night came on and he did not
return. The following day passed and
yet he did not return. His wife, becom-
ing alarmed at his absence, went to a
neighboring settlement, and enlisted
the assistance of couple of men, who
plunged into the wilderness to discover
the missing man. After Almost fatiguing
search, lasting several hours, they came
upon the mangled remains of Dunning
and his dog, while near him lay three
dead panthers. Two of them bore marks
of having been shot, while the mother
met her death fighting Dunning, who
had plunged his hunting-knife into her
body.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11

with cases in which damage has been
done to the bodily constitution by in
dulging too recklessly in athletic exer-
cises and active physical exertion when
The muscles have become fabby and
feeble from disuse. A man accustomed
to sedentary pursuits takes suddenly to
boating or running, or the horizontal
bar, and, If he escapes straining his
heart, he is certain to make himself stiff
and uncomfortable. Or he has been
told that there is nothing like Switzer-
land for reviving the faded Londoner,
SO, without the slightest attempt at pre-
paration, he devotes himself enthusiastic
cally to climbing ice peaks and traversing
snow-passes and, when his brief holiday
is over, he comes back, worn and jaded,
aud astonished to find that the glacial
air, which has proved SO beneficial to
many, has done nothing for him.-Dr.
ForQuhGrson, IN Popular Science
Monthly for january.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
MetamOrphOses of Madness.

A wel-known visitor of mad houses
has come across an incident almost un.
paralleled in its iacomprehensibility.
He went to private lunatic asylum
which he had previously visited, and,
seeing there distinguished looking
man sitting moodily alone, went up to
him and said to him, elbow do you do
| think I have seen you before. May
ask your name9" "My name |" replied
the man, fercely, "I am Alexander the
Great T. "Why," said the visitor, who
suddenly remembered having already
had a discussion with the man, " the
last time was here you were ST. PAUL.
" Yes, of course, the man replied,
quickly. "but that was by the first
wife,"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
ImnOrfant DecisiNnS.

A suit of considerable interest to the
business community has just been de-
cided in the Cincinnati Court of Com
mon Pleas, by Judge Force. Action
was brought by W. and j. B. Gibson
against the mercantile agency of r. G..
Dun & Go. to recover 5000, upon the
ground that the mercantile agency of the
defendants had been guilty OF negligence
in reporting the amount and number of
mortgages upon the property of q
party about whom plaintiffs in.
quired. Judge Force held that
under the contract of defend
ants they are not liable unless the in.
quiry is especially made and agreed tc
between both parties, and gave verdict
for the defendants.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
Kept Alive ON Alligator Meat.

Capt. Tyler, of the schooner Ann E.
CARL, which was wrecked off Sayo Kew,
south coast Of Cuba, has arrived at his
home, Northport, L. T., and tells an in
teresting story of his misfortunes and
adventures. The schooner was making
q very quick passage when a hurricane
struck her. She was driven at it's mercy
for four days, and On the fifth, after
beating over two coral-reefs, she was
forced back aground on the key-a small,
desolate island, the only inhabitants be-
ing a number of alligators, which
swarmed around during the first night
and came near devouring the crew. In
fact, they were only kept off by fire
which the sailors succeeded in kindling.
The key is about sixty miles from the
mainland, and out of the usual track of
vessels, but soon after the CARL had thus
been wrecked her crew were the means
of saving Spanish and an English
crew, whose vessels had gone to pieces,
and Capt. Tyler, finding that he had to
divide his scapty. store of provisions
there being now thirty-ive persons on
the island-and that starvation would
soon be staring them in the face, sent
his mate and one seaman in boat to
Cienfuegos, about 100 miles distant,
with Instructions to ask assistance from
the United States Consul at Havana.
On hearing the facts, the Spanish Gov
eminent sent gunboat with provisions
for the relief of the shipwrecked crew,
who were found in an almost fanaishing
condition, Capt. Tyler having meantime
shot with his rifle three alligators, which
were cooked and eaten.-NesO York
World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
Bankrupt Nations.

It is not little remarkable that of all
European nations those which at this
moment stand in greatest danger of war
are also on economical grounds most in
need OF peace. Turkey is bankrupt
Russia is financially in such state that
great conflict would, to say the least,
bring her to the very brink of ruin.
The condition of Austria is very little
better. Englishmen of this generation
cannot easily realize the depressing in
fuence of the fiscal burdens which have
to be borne by countries whose govern
ments are continually threatened with
pecuniary embarrassment. For many
years past we have been reducing our
national debt, and at the same time les
sening the pressure If taxation. Ex-
cepting Holland, we are the only nation
in Europe which has been in this happy
condition. Other countries, and es-
pecially the three we have named, have
within the same period been rapidly In
creasing their Indebtedness, while main
tanning their taxation at point verging
sometimes almost upon oppression. In
all three cases the wealth stored in their
metallic currency has long since disap-
peared in payment of foreign claims,
and the best of them-so low stands
their credit-would find it next to i'm
possible to contract a large loan abroad.
OF the three, Austria is perhaps, from
a financial point of view, the most
favorably circumstanced and, as we
have lately been told by Prince Bis
marck that she is much more powerful
than is commonly supposed, it is GER
tainly worth while inquiring how far in
an economical sense the estimate of the
German Chancellor is borne out by the
facts of the ase.-Moaachester (ESag. J
Guardian.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
A NEW POLAR EXPEDITION.
The Colonization Project of Capt. How
gate Favored.
lFrom the new York Tribune.l


1Frorn the New York Tribune1
The plan of reaching the North pole
suggested by Capt. Fl. W. Howgate
seems to excite much interest, as he is
in daily receipt of letters urging him TO
have an expedition started in the spring.
He believes that the open Polar sea SO
stoutly insisted upon by Capt. Hayes
and so effectually barred against the en-
trance Of Capt. Mares is open or closed
alternately according to the severity of
the winter season. His plan is to found
temporary colony at Discovery harbor,
in Lady Franklin bay, and to make this
the base of operations from which ex-
ploring parties may be sent toward the
pole whenever the weather and other
conditions prove most favorable. The
experience of Capts. Hall and Mares
shows that this harbor can be reached
rapidly and with little danger to vessels
as well equipped as the Polaris, the
Alert or Discovery. Capt. Howgate
suggests that the colony should consist
of energetic, capable men, experienced
in Arctic navigation, and physically
sound, in order that they might the
better withstand the rigors of the eli
mate. To these should be added a
number of Esquimaux to serve as hunt
ers, guides, etc., and who can be taken
over with their families from Green
land. He says q suitable building or
buildings to shelter the men, and proper
supplies for their maintenance, could be
carried on the vessel selected for the
expedition and an annual visit could
and should be made to them to pro-
vide fresh supplies and afford such en-
couragement and relief as the c1rcum-
stances might render necessary. Capt.
.Howgate says that volunteers of the
right stamp offer themselves in album
dance, and the principal difficulty will
be to limit the number to be taken. It
is proposed to obtain authority from
Congress to use one of the small naval
vessels now unemployed, and also q
small appropriation for the outfit and
maintenance of the expedition. He
says kindly words of encouragement for
the enterprise pour in from all sides,
and it is believed that, if proper direc-
ton is given the popular feeling, an ex-
petition will be organized and sent off,
and the Polar colony founded during
the year which has now begun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-01-11
The British Arctic Expedition.

The report of Capt. Mares, of the
latest British Arctic exploring expedi-
ton, has been published. It's main
points have already been printed. Capt.
Mares seems to disprove the existence OF
DR.. Hayes open Polar sea, and of the
northerly land reported by the Polaris.
On the first point he says:
"In Robson channel proper, except
where the cliffs rise precipitously from
the sea, the shore line is fronted at a
few PAGES distance by nearly continu-
GUS ragged topped ice wall from Is to
35 feet high. But on leaving Robson
channel the coast line loses it's steep
character, and the heavy ice is stranded
at distance of 100 to 200 yards from
the shore, forming fringe of detached
masses of ice from 20 feet to upward of
60 feet in height above water. The
average measurement of the ice in thick
ness as it foated is 80 feet. The coast
continued to the northwest for about
thirty miles, forming Large bay bound
ed by the United States range of noun
tains. No land was to be seen to the
northward, and | wasreluctantly forced to
admit that none existed within reason
able distance, and that we had arrived
on the shore of the Arctic ocean, finding
it exactly the opposite to an open Polar
Sea-"
Concerning thereported northerly land
reported by the Polaris he says:
"After constant watch and carefully
noting the movement of the darkened
patches, was now with much reluctance
forced to admit that no land existed to
the northward for very considerable
distance. AS seen through the light
haze, the dark reflection of the sky above
the detached pools of water in the ofing,
in strong contrast by the side of the
light reflected from the close ice, which,
in great measure, is similar to the
bright glare reflected from large sand
flat, creates very decided appearance
of land when there is mirage; indeed,
sufficiently so as to deceive many of us
when so anxiously expecting and hoping
to see it. We, therefore, cease to won
der at the casual lookout men from the
Polaris being mistaken; but the more
experienced on board should not have
allowed themselves to be so readily mis-
led"
The highest point reached was in lati-
tude 80 48 north. Capt. Mares says:
''Lieut. P. Aldrich returned on board
on the 5th Of October, after an absence
of thirteen days, having, accompa-
MED by Adam Ayles, on the 9th of Sep
TENDER from the summit of mountain
1000 feet high, situated in latitude 49, 48
north, somewhat farther north than the
most northern latitude attained by our
gallant predecessor, Sir Edward Parry,
in his celebrated boat journey toward
the North pole, discovered land extend
ing to the northwestward for distance
of sixty miles, to latitude 83 deg. 7 min.,
with lofty mountains in the interior to
the southwark. No land was sighted to
the northward."