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The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

France will be scrupulously neutral
Glowing crop reports come from
the West.
Congress will be called in extra ses-
sion for June 4.
Blaine will not antagonize the Presi-
dent yet awhile.
Attorney General Fairchild has no
confession of Tweed's.
Governor Hartrarft has named the
hanging day for. four Mollies.
The national debt is $2,O70, ,35s, ,617.
net; reduction April, $4,315, ,509,43.
The winners at Galveston yester-
day were George Quinine, Ella Row
EFT and Jack Hardy.
Watterson will deliver the Decora-
ton Day address at the National Gene
terry, at Nashville.
Fifteen innings without a run, at St.
Louis yesterday by the Stars and the
st. Louis mines.
There were seventy five bids for the
eight million Pennsylvania State loan,
at premiums of over three per cent.
The Cabinet is speculating on the
best wayto pay pensions at cost of
less than half million for doing
it,
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
COLLAPSE OF THE NEW YORK
P0STOFFICE EROOF-SEVERAL
MEN KILLED.

NEW YORK, May 1.-While a gang Of
about fifteen men were at work strength
ening the mansard roof on the north
east corner of the new post Office by put
ting in new wire girder that whole
portion of the roof covering the room
known as the old agents room. on the
fifth floor, suddenly gave way burying
beneath it a number of men. Two men
were killed and four injured, one it is
thought fatally. Thomas A. Oakshot,
supervising inspector in charge of the
building, on. being asked the cause of
the accident, said he thought upon ex.-
animation it would be found that there
was flaw in the iron truss. Mr.. Ed
ward H. Dougherty, general foreman,
said he came there after the work which
had given way was completed. The
mansard roof has about eight inches Of
concrete on it. The room in which the
men were at work was 81 feet square.
The truss was built under the wall, in
order to replace the cracked wall which
had been removed. He is also of the
opinion that there was a flaw in the
truss. In the United States Circuit
Court room underneath the ceiling was
very badly cracked, and it is thought
that the greater part of it will lave to
be taken down.
Dennis Fleming, who was injured by
the postOfice ACCIDENT, died tonight.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

A citizen of North Ware, New Hamp-
shire, leaves his insane wife at home in
charge of his ten-year-old son. He res
turns to find that the maniac has MUIR
dered the lad with an AK and hung hers
self in an clubhouse. 1t is anawful story
but not at all remarkable. Tragedies
nearly as shocking are recorded every
day of the week and they will continue
just so long as the present lax treatment
of lunatics prevails. Upon this subject
the sense of the public is painfully
'ohtuse,
Ohio may crow with good reason over
its sister states since it is represented in
the federal government by the President,
Chief Justice, Secretary of the Treasury,
general of the army, acknowledgement
of the army, minister to Japan, minister
to France, and about a thousand depart
ment, army and navy officers and clerks.
Doubtless there are more to come.
Mr.. S. III. Goliath, brother of the late
Vice-President Henry Wilson, who has
for many years been one of the door
keepers of the Senate galleries, has been
discharged, and person who can com
mand more present influence nuz-sa,ks'
place. ..ntown
Brig. Gen. Frederick -d' lphia, ia.
was formerly attached
mansion, now COR
OF troops at st. A
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

-AN4IAANS SAVINGS BANK.
@ MARKET STREET,
'AroRArED JANUARY 23D, 1861.
isT1teceive M Ipeive deposits daily from o A
svsn,nM' er, NJ, and on Tuesday and Sat-
sr'a reulngs irom to 8 o'clock.
'LNLANNUAL DIVIDEND,
u EstSienI,, sien has been regularly paid on
4 /, tbn a,nce The organization of the Bank,
I'M s,s,o e expectation of the Managers.
tndirttd1l dividends will be CONTINUED,
ImSn,d91 ,tl91ehds are not withdrawn, thew
! ID ,eu coyu ~ as deposits. Thus perm anent
lar, rOupound their interest twice in
|stp @ MANAGERS.
|W HoSwn1iyth, George w. Bush,
inIR ROpplahd, pdahd, George s. Capelle,
|tF Dpree pprelson, NJ. l.. Lichenstein,
Stonsenber, Edward Darlington,
faa W''Igerg, N FieeTrg, Job II. Jackson,
~ lIeId, VIM. H. swim,
anthony Higgins.
rs scAG5EEQQ. W. BUSH, President.
ply + FILE, y Vice President.
- a. l. TAYLOR. Treasurer.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
The Khedive of Egvpt has made publi,

The Khedive of Egypt has made public
his readiness to support the Sultan by
sending him a military contingent to
operate against the invading Russians.
The Gear of Russia has threatened to
punish the Khedive for this by blockad-
Ing, if not bombarding, Alexandria.
see the Khedive, while aiding the Sultan
thus menaced by the Gear. The Khedive
looks to the Queen for assistance in case
of danger; but the Queen has issued a
proclamation of neutrality between the
belligerents. The Khedive is IN a state
of embarrassment, though he knows
that the Queen will not permit the Gear
to destroy him. In the mean time, Egyp-
tian troops are on the Danube, and
British men-of- war are not far from Alex
andria .. -.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

RICHARD TEN BROCK, the noted
Kentucky turfman, has just been married,
although he is over 60, to wealthy
widow aged "a. The marriage took
place at the residence of Mrs. New
combs father, in Louisville, who stayed
away because he did not want to see the
ceremony; the brides mother was also
absent. Mary Newcomb was the wife of
HI. D. Newcomb, who died in 1874, and
whose estate was worth over a million.
Iu order to marry her at his old age he
procured an act of the Legislature diyorc-
ing him from his insane wife. The con-
test of his will, which is fresh in the
minds of the people as one of the most
celebrated on record, resulted in the de-
claration that this second marriage was
never been judicially declared insane
was entitled to dover. Twice, thus, has
this second wife married wealthy old
men.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

When Secretary Thompson revoked
all of Chief Constructor Hanscom's naval
contracts made since the 1st of March.
Mr.. Hanscom had it announced by the
Associated Press that he was in entire
accord with the Secretary; and now,
when the Secretary has dismissed him
from his place, Hanscom has had it an
nounced that it does not affect his rank
as Constructor, and that he will be re-
tired on the I'd of June. Both statements
convey false impressions. The dismissal
of Hanscom by the Secretary of the Navy
when within five weeks of the period for
his retirement proves that Hanscom's
abuse of his trust was so fagrant that it
could not be excused; and the effect OF
the dismissal is to degrade him in rank
on his retireme
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

HylyCY CARDS, no alike, any name
|lecs c. SMITH. Green Brook, Col,
|LL
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02

Price, 7tcenty- Nve Cents.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
Drunkard Run Over.

READING, April 3O.-A young man by
the name of Patrick McGhncRy, while
under the influence of liquor attempted
to board freight train at Seventh and
Franklin street this evening. He was
thown under the cars and had one leg
cut OH and the other one badly lacerated
and is not expected to recover. II is
only few days since McGlinchy got out
ofJail. Heis about twenty-five years of
age.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
Fashionable Furniture !
]. & J. N. HARTMAN,
No 40 King Sfreet,I
WILMINGTON, DEL.

WILMINGTUN, DEL.
Hsrunu We respectfully inform the citi.
SNW zens of Wilmington, and the sur.
rounding country that we continue
Ito manufacture and keep on hand
at our large and long established ware
rooms, Furniture of every variety and
style, consisting of Mahogany, Rosewood
and Walnut Furniture suitable for parlor,
and chamber uses.
Our assortment of Furniture is larger and
more varied than can be found in Delaware,
and all articles sold at our establishment
are warranted as represented.
Venitfan Blinds Of the most fashionable
designs made to order and kept constantly
on hand. We also manufacture and con-
stantly keep large assortment of Spring
Hair, Moss and Husk Mattresses.
j. & j. N. HARMAN,
410 King street, Wilmington.
The daily gazette., 1877-05-02
'aI MISS HoUsToMs'
| Du and Boarding School,
al 'oo DELAWARE AVENUE,
&EpTEMREpu,s-A

DELAWARE AVENUE,
.sEpTEMBER-ls7s.
|sso't s,i'' fefSs,di fe,ii Lar are thorough educators
|GGI We are sn, Sind, in mind, manners
ISss 1 70 ali pun;II Surs the Greatest justice
/ GSSSsalg SSs mind, g snd 70 think. to draw
sasay@ @lpnd IND into apotbpsOru 10 pour ,.iI Instruction
Bi, i !. useful ,ss and dsshthRsGll s,d thRGlliiits i
IaSSsse Young 10 sSe ~; method and charae.
|at.SY be sncouraau uauies. Their prospects
aIsS,ia NV and 6iliSrpa g,l as their number
tAS' re Of their ;n, ;Sp; Those who wish
ne location nhisIbraGtion y = 1n should ap-
e B.ssss sss street ssn rSua. sus cOnTs, TS.
attrssGu atss IN other Hsp step in aud get ont At
~sad healthvw Weather the walk is in.
auRl6-tf
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21
when wheat il Green.

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When wheat Ia green In fnrroved Rells,
And forest lanes are lined with leaves.
And passion unts pleading yislde, f,el, II
And every matelsss maiden gricves
For lack Of love; at such q time 4oiyniai.
My pleasure With In its prime. s-as
The clouds that keep away the sun.
And cover up The moon q night, -.
Before The strong spring winds vim run,
And leave the kesvens blue and bright,
The sun win shine upon the sea--.s-
The moon win light the wood Tor me.
And then, ah, then | Oh, dearest rsysl
Laburnum branches thick with bloom,
Win throw their gold laden ways, tsi
And kiss the windows Of my foem;
And then the dayl How will II be
To live In such Felicity?
NY brow with blossoms win be b<und,
And from my fears shall be freei
Oh, tardy time, bring quickly round
The merriest month Of all for me L.
That may hear the church-boys Sing,
And on my Anger sec the ring! 49,,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

The English countryman cannot
vote for member of Parliament unless
his rent is taxed at E12 q year, which
practically means that he must occupy
house worth GIG Q year, or $50 rent.
This disfranchies not only laborers, but
small tradesmen, the clrate or clergy
man, the school-teacher, the dissenting
minister, and almost everybody but
owners of farms and the weather. pro-
fessional class, who altogether consti-
tute . very small part Of the English
rural population. The movement to
extend the suffrage, or enlarge the
county franchise, as the English ex-
preesft, is constantly gaining force, and
probably will come 10 ito result within
this generation. A large meeting was
recently held at London OF delegates
sent up nom these country districts by
the 1disfranchised. classes,-an UMPIRE
cedentsd assembly Of laborers, dele
gAtes, $500 In number, convened at the
expense and on the motion Of their own
John Bright address.
ed them, and score Of eminent men,
ben Of Parliament sat on the platform.
Mr.. Bright,s speech was Of course un.
Answerable in favor 81 the extension OF
the suffrage to the 10 or 20 millions OF
people now disfranchised, which In
cludes not merely .rnral districts, but
many townsof from 10, 900 20 70, 900 In
habi(ants. This question 10 intimately
related to that OF local government re-
form, which must be guided by popular
suffrage when the suffrage once be-
comes popular. aigt fFa' YsAgn0p
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

General w. @. Lee, eldest son Of the
late RObert T.. Lee, Abe Confederate
Geperal.in-chie6 bias brought suit In
the cbuits Of Alex Hpdria county, Vir-
glnia3 now N Seeslori AtAlexandfiA, to
qjects no Gov6rnment OF the United
St8tes nom the pQeseeeiQn OF, the AR
sb6ats month ago. ? The Warrington
6ter says: grrWfWHf lrS1aDs =
GepsreI 0eprge Washington, by his
Will, bequeathed Arlington to George
Warrington ,Parke Custis ana hls
hein forever s<Custis' was the adopted
son Of General arlington. He died
In 1855 and by his will left the proper
ty to his daughter and only child,
Mary Randolph Lee, who became the
wits of Robert e. Lee, and In addition,
the, use and, benefit of the Arlington
House and estate, containing about
eleven hundred acres; his horses and
,carriaGes, furniture pictures, ss and
/, plate, during the term Of her natural
life. After her death he provided that
all the property should 60 TO her eldest
son, George Washington 1Custis Lee,
and to, his heirs forever. O He further
enjOined that the said eldest grandson
should take his name and arms. Mrs.
Lee, his daughter. WA 10 be Allowed.
the priyilege of. diyidips her fafber's
plate smonr her other children Int
Custis direcfed that the Mount Vernon
plafe. and every article he possessed
which formerly BELONGED To Genera
.Washin9ton. and ali that came from
Mount Vernon should 90 to George
Washington Custis Lee and descend
from him entire 10 his lsteet posteritv.
In this will he slso directed the eman.
cipation of all his slaves at the end of
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21
"A SECOND Peter the Hermit.

Peter. the hermit who preached the
first crusade at the end of the eleventh
century was az brave as he was elo-
quent. He led the armed cross-wear-
ers from Italy and France across Ger
many to the walls of Constantinople,
where lie Joined his companion i'm
arms, Walter the ~Pennilees. The
Archbishop of KischeneR has not
Joined the Grand Dukes staff at the
seat Of war on the Danube, but he
breaches a modern crusade with an
eloquence and vehemence Of the Picard
monk. A st. Petersburg paper. pub
fishes q report OF q sermon which the
fiery Archbishop preached at Kisch-
eneff, on May IL, when the Russian
oOmmander was setting out for Bucha-
rest. The aid of the God Of Battles,
who had released the Israelites from
bondage, broken the strength Of the
Cananites, and demolished the walls
of Jericho, was invoked in, behalf of
the leaders Of the Russian army. MAY
He assist you and your SOL
diers," exclaimed thepreacher, ito con-
quor without heavy losses or sacrifices;
may He enable you to cross our own
dear Danube, and overcome or destroy
all obstacles placed In your way; burn
ing the eneniy's ships with fire, sink
ing them In the waves, breaking them
Into small pieces-into dust, and scat
tering them on the face of the waters
las has already happened to ono.
May He reduce the enemy's strong
places which close to the liberatorsthe
road to the oppressed. May He turn
the mountains of the Balkan into
smooth and easy paths! May He
arise everywhere to your help, and
may the enemy be routed in the name
of Christ, and fly from Gods face and
yours As smoke vanishes SO shall
the foe disappear, and his fortresses
with him. Then shall the suffering
people and all Christendom with them
rejoice, for they will become the free
possessors of their lands and will sing
songs of triumph in honor Of you who
will have liberated them from the
Turkish yoke, more heavy and more
intolerable than was the yoke Of the
Egyptians. The power of Christ's
cross which brought the Israelites
across the Red Sea, and which CON-
founded the Amalekites in the plain,
may IL assist you, now and forever.
With this cross you shall conquer"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

A keen observer OF human nature,
In expressing his opinion ON old maids,
says he 10 inclined to believe that many
Of the satirical aspersions cast upon old
mazda tell more to their credit than Is
generally imagined. IL q woman re-
markab1y neat I'm her person "she
will certainly die an old maid" Is
she frugal In her expenses and exact in
her domestic concerns? "she Is cut
out for an old maid" If she Is kind
and humane to the animals about her,
nothing can save her from the appella-
ton of an "oId maid" In short, II
seems an though neatness, modesty
economy and humanity were the new.
er-failing characteristics Of an "old
maid.n N'sf W..
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

DR.. Robert - Collyer, Of Chicago,
spoke al the Unitarian festival In Bos-
ton, and told some stories. Speaking
of the good orthodox fellows" In
Chicago, he said:g ',is't,', 'el.eI =.
".There u man out there I like to
meet who generally has . good story
to tell, and when I can see his eye
twinkle half O block away I know
there IL something. good coming.
Meeting me some time ago he said, Col
lyer, we had Q good thing at our church
the other night'---he was an Orthodox
minister. We have at our church an
Englishman for sexton who Isn't very
sure Of his h's. The chusch Do getting
full and we are having very good
times, and last night Il was parti ocular
ly full. We could mot find room
enough for, the folks, and after meet
ing he. came TO me and said: tell
you what it IL, sir, this church. 10 get
ting too small and we shall have to
build a hell on Il or else we will never
make IL 60 any further.'N >No9s" :
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21
sCiENTIFi0 NOTES.

Ole0margarine, when sold as butter
or employed 10 adulterate It, can easily
be detes,ted BY the following simple
methods suggested by Prof. G.. Lechar-
tier: Examine the, butter, under the
microscope, and n it appears to be COM
posed Of ovoid granules without any
crystals, IL IL both fresh and genuine,
and 1t has never been melted to be
mixed with grease. Melt the butter,
and II " turns at once to clear oil, 1t IL
pure; but Oleomargarine, or butter
containing It. will melt slowly ut the
same temperature and first into q
whltish sort Of sauce.
A new line Of botanical research has
been entered upon by DIR. Peterman, of
the Belgian Academy. He has en-
deavored to ascertain why It IL that
seeds obtained In some climates are
better than those brought from other
climates, and he has discovered thus
far that the superior fertility of the
seeds Of cl0vsr, fir, and pine taken from
Sweden, between the parallels Of 55
and 60 deg, are due to their high ger
minative power, their great purity, and
their high, absolute weight. His SUBJ
ject Is one which could, with great ad-
vantage, be investigated In this coun-
try. ~ ch
A patent has been granted to Loring
Pickings, Ofthe Evening Bulletin, San
Francisco, for q method for the rapid
telegraphing Of fac SMILES Of stereo-
typed plates. 1t Is claimed that an en-
tire page Of newspaper can be tele-
grHphed In from fifteen to twenty
minutes, delivering q copy 30 that Il
can be handed to the printer. The
stereotype plate requires no prepare
ton other than the filling of all de-
pressions with q non-conductor, the
faces Of the type being left clean. A
plate Is placed upon o cylinder and
made to revolve rapidly to present
each successive letter to fingers attach
ed to travelling frame. AS the cy lin
der bearing the plate revolves, the
frame gradually advances. Thus each
line is excessively presented TO the
fingers, or magnetic points. Neces-
sarily circuit Is open when the points
are passing over the non-conducting
surface. but as the metal type presents
itself the circuit is closed and cores
ponding magnetic points at the receiv-
Ing station make q record In the same
letter as the original, delineated In
series of fine lines, either upon chemi-
cally prepared or ordinary paper fixed
upon corresponding cylinder at the
receiving station. fFl.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

over the opera house, and the cathe-
dral, and the city hall and boulevsrds
Of Mount Carmel, and set him care
fully down before his own door. And
the little boy walked into the. house
and fohud his mother making ginger
shaps, and she said my son, where
ON sirth did you come from ?o And
he replied, ~ came from school, q cy-
clone fetched me through the air, and
/ met the Methodist steeple on the
way, And she said he was q good
little boy, and gave him snap. Ifhe
hadn't been . good little boy, we should
suspect that lie lied. like a special cor
respondent. isNtDfN eV'isg
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

, The history Of the world does not
afford another instance Of vast multi
tudes OF vanQuished subjects 20 grew
ousIy Oppressed for centuries In their
ow n native land by . mere handful Of
conquerors. It has beeh aprinciple OF
Otioman government TO allow no ON.
cial survey or census but II 10 belieyed
that the total population Of the EN- Ire
does not exceed thirty-two millions,
and of these about thirteen millions
are In Euf6pe. OF the latter only
three millions are Moslems; the reet
belong to the subject races and re-
uelcuA rfpk2Vfls mot really q Mo.
hammedan country. The faith OF
Christ has existed In Constantinople Q
thousand years longer than the creed
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

It isn't often that q Governors veto
blasts u young mans prospects, but
the nay of Gov. Kemper, of Virginia,
is responsible for such blight. It was
the case of q man without name.
Cast upon the world in infancy, his
parents name was never learned, and
the ,waif grew up dubbed Tromp
Payne. He was a mason by trade,
and had become quite successful in
business. He had already experienced
some modification and some legal
difficulties by reason Of the uncertain
ty of his name, but he had managed
to get ON until last year, when he fell
In love with beautiful girl of Fau-
Quier and sought her for his wife.
Then he found his nameless condition
an insuperable objection to the lady.
She could never consent to part with
her own name until assured that she
would legally receive another in Its
stead. "'fromp' applied to the courts
for relief, but they held that, while
they had power to change name,
they had no power to give name to
q person who had none. In his tribu-
lation "Tromp" applied to ex-Gov.
Smith, who introduced in the General
Assembly the bill declaring the name
Of Charles Van Mason "--in which
'Tromp' had combined the name of
his chief benefactor with that of the
trade whereby he had got on in life.
But it was not until the last days of the
session that the bill was got through
both houses and was sent to the Gov
ernor. He had not heard of the facts
ofthe case, and supposed 1t to be one
In which the courts could do every
thing required. He vetoed it--return-
ed it disapproved just as the General
Assembly was adjourning sine ale, and
Late information from. Fauquier tells
that the lady has finally refused to en-
terrain "Tromp's" proposal any long
er, and has taken another sutton, whose
name Ia inherited and incontestable.
..Tromp" In despair, has gone to
Texas.