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FIRST DISPATCH:

out.
FIRST DISPATCH:
Pooh HOUSE, Tuesday, ) =. M.--Rcd hot fun,
Mitch got a frog. Weather damp-so are We
outside. Times man chawcd up by buffalo
robe Sich is life Let him went
He was only leaf from the tree Of life,
grain Of sand from the shore
A poy-wog sailing mid stream Of life,
For the harbOr Of ncvcrmOrc.
Lot of gamc-in Peyus Wish some one could
express MS some dried hcrring-frcsh fish don't
taste good; at least we don't think they do.
Haven't tied any though, except the smell Of
Mitch's frogs leg. "Watcr is the same thin
stuff everywhere isn'tit," says George Damthe
hzc-andmosqu too
SECOND DISPATCH:
STARVED Rock, Wednesday, 4 p. M.-Mitch got
another frog Sid got his eye on another Didn't
get him.
In Ilicd pools, alert and calm,
Great bass through lucent circles swan.
It's awful nice to watch them but you bet
your last old boots YOU have to get up early in
the morning to catch them. Been examining the
country through blue glass, Alas! when we think
Of those blue tumbcrs we used 10 see in Ottawa
it makes us weep for the days gone dry. Old sol
dcr5 say sleeping in the sand is the finest amusc-
mcnt in the world. Perhaps it is-aftcr plenty
Of practice. Practice makes perfect. That's the
reason the sand bugs in these parts can take II
man in the soitcst spot every time But It's sub
lime, anyhow-slccping in the sand 4 fellow
has such fine chance 20 study astronomy. We
| lay awake all night watching the stars rcyolyc-
and lighting bugs. Penny royal Is wrctchcd
fraud anyhow. 5.
THIRD DISPATCH:
PEpvNK BELOW PERU, Thursday, 3 =. NJ
George got Il frog Sid killed II dear this morn
Ing before breakfast-up in Peru. Mitch shot
(9Si5j2 black bird, at one shot in Il corn field.
Weighed anchor Cl7 ibs.J and sailed for lower
frontier Damtpj moist rains; took observations
and found sun in NEE-cft hand corner. Sid
got frog. Saw flock Of prairie chickens hi,
morning. Didn't hurt any Of them. What's the
use Of shooting at the poor little innocent things,
L they never harmed anybody. Country this way
very barrcn-faTmcrs can't raise anything but
corn and wheat and oats Haven't seen a water
milyun or mu-h-mllion since we've been out.
Don't see how people can live in such II "bloody,
| blasted kintry"-what burden life must be any.
how. OF course, We know we amt after game
We want the fun-thc gentle brcczcs of heaven,
! to hear
The solt-tongucd water murmur low,
Swinging the ilag leaves to and fro,
And all that sort o thing, you know.
We're having it, sure. Tro-lu
We hope the log will be continued in our next
for we left them just at the point where the in
|
ttcrcsting portion Of the journey begins. So the
story /, TO be contiuucd)
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They were sitting together and he was ardu
ously thinking what 10 say when he finally
grew confident in his manner and broke out
thus: I'm this land Of noble achievement and
undying glory, why is it that women do not
come more to the front and climb the ladder
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On Thursday evening little daughter of Mr..
John Delbrdgc jr., resident Of South Ottawa
township, while riding, fell from her horse and
broke an arm at the elbow and below il.
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DIR. II. OLIN,

IL. II.
OF Chicago tformeriy of this place. will visit Ottawa,
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all diseases of the Eye and Ear surscally otherwise
Operations for cataract artificial pupil inverted lids closure
OF duct eye >traSshyona and the removal Of
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ton Granular eyelids the most frequent disease in the
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ottawa Wholesale Market.

OTTAWA, Aug -, -.
Flour remains the same.
Prices on grain shade lower.
Corn yesterday brought Soc; oats, l9c.
We quote below:
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., WEDDING,
~ RINGS, or any other kind of Rings,
always full supply, at lowest prices.
CHAS.H D. FOX.
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OUR INDIAN WAR.

Gen. Howard reports that he is
stial in a fair way Of trapping the wi
ly chief Joseph, which will be good
news when it comes. 1t is reported
that sitting bull has come back from
Canada and raised thousand war
riors with view of uniting with
Chief Joseph. To oppose them our
government has at hand about four
regiments, and it is no wonder there
fore that as revolt of all the tribes
is threatened that anxiety is felt for
the settlers in Wyoming, Montana
and Idaho. President Hayes it is
said will recommend the increase Of
our army to fifty thousand men.
The barricks at Carlisle, Pa, which
for so many years were occupied by
United States troops, but which for a
long time past have not been used for
that purpose, are being put in order
for the accommodation of a large
number of Uncle Sam regulars, four
companies Of whom have arrived
thera
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The Baltimore Gazette of the 3Oth

The Baltimore Gazette of the Both
ult says: AT four o'clock yesterday
afternoon an officer Of the middle dis
trict observed young man about
twenty years Of age acting in a strange
manner at the corner of German and
Hanover streets. lie stated that his
name was Benjamin +. Bowers, his
residence Hagerstown, and that ne
came to this city on an excursion OF
the Knights Of Pythias yesterday.
He confessed that he had taken an
ounce of Iaadanum and produced the
empty phisl. The officer conveyed
him to the inston-university
hospital, and when reaching there
he was thoroughly under the deadly
influence Of the drug. Emetica were
administered, and he was kept con-
tinually walking through the night.
He stated that he attempted his life
on account OF family troubles. A half
emptied bottle Of whiskey wa5 found
in his pocket.
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WHEREAS. Matthias p. Zacharias,
w James 4. Whitmore and Others, res
dents of Frederick county, have peti,ioned
the County Commissioners for Frederick
county, to locate and open y county ron,l
starting ri Stony Branch SChmhouse, ~
nterscct the Ridge road said road to pass
through the lands of Matthias y. Zacharie.
on the bed Of the present rosd; thence on
the dividing lines of VIM. Shndedeckcr.
G. r. Zaclmrias and Elias WraA:, to inter
sect the Ridge road road leading from
Mottcl's Station to Rocky Ridge. sid road
not to be less than thirty 'cct wide in
compliance with the Act Of Assembly OF
Maryland in such case made and provided.
Notice is hereby given to all pcrnons and
parties concerned and to the public, that
we the undersigned Examiners will meet
at the Stony Branch schoolhousr, the place.
Of beginning, ON
Saturday, tic 29M dny Of September, 1871,
Gf fair, if not on the next fair day. ai 3
o'clock n m, and will proceed to examine
and determine whether or not the public
convenience requires that the said road
should be- located and opened; and ifupon
examination we should be of opinion, and
40 determine in our jll smcnt that the pub
lie convenience requires that said road
should be located and opened, we will pro
coed to open the same agreeable to said
commission and the code Of Public General
Laws in such case made and provided f;
and will continue in the execution Of said
commission from day to day, if necessary,
until the same shall have been fully COM
plctcd.
NILES NJ. WILLHIDE,
ELIJAH CLOSE,
JAMES Z MARTIN,
Examiners.
Aug30-tf
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RAILWAY CASUALTIES.

Railway strikes being over railway
accidents are now again in order and
last week was only too terribly pro-
life in that line. On the Chicago and
Rock Island road there was a washout
of the track near Des Moines, Iowa,
plunging train into the river, by
which some twenty passengers were
killed and twice as many injured. A
fireman and engineer were killed by
an engine jumping the track near
Pittsburg. An engineer was killed
on the New Haven, Conn, railway
and a fireman killed on the N. Y.
Central.
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OR
FALLING. SsCEA ESS.

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to our Knowledge thousand, have been
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expended All sufferers should give these
Powders an early trial, and be convinced
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Price, tor large box. $500, or 4 boxes
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United States or Canada on receipt OF
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Executors Notice.

Office is hereby given, that the sub.
~ scriocr has obtained from the Or.
phan's Court OF Frederick County, letters
Testamcntary upon the estate Of
ELIAS STOUFFER,
late of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same with the vouchers thereof legally au.
thenticated to the subscriber, on or before
the 30th day of February next; they me- y
otherwise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted arc
requested to make immediate payment.
JACOB STOUFrER,
aug30-4t Executor.
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The Goldsboro' IN. c. } Messenger
states that Mr.. John Pool, in John
ston county, on the 18th instant, took
from his fsh-trap, near SmithfelI,
four monster surgeons, the aggregate
weight being 900 pounds. tn, larg-
est weighed 2l2 pounds.
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HARD TIMES OVER THERE.

While bankruptcy is so rife in our
country and we are suffering from IT,
naaeial embarrassment. business stag
nation, scarcity Of employment and
low wages, glance across the occs u
shows that hard times" are felt quite
as severely in several countries OF
Europe as they are here. The situa'
ton in England is very like ours. The
atagnation of business hangs over the
Kingdom like pail. The great iron,
wooden and Gotten industries, through
which England supplied half the
world, have no demand for goods any
thing like equal to their manufactur-
ing capacity, Many furnaces and
mills have stopped and thrown thou
sands out of employment. Business
failures are frequent and there seems
to be the same reaction from flush and
extravagant times that we are expe-
riencing From Germany and other
quarters Of Europe comes like re-
port. A sanguinary and cruel war
not only entails distress and suffering
upon Russia and Turkey, but carries
even greater devastation and waste to
Bulgaria, Servia and adjoining prov
inces. Other countries are in great
apprehension Of being sooner or later
embroiled in the bloody conflict, the
end and terrific proportions Of which
none can foretell. Such is hasty but
dark view of human suffering among
the nations Of Europe.
But for hideous scene Of appalling
human misery, enough to curdle the
blood and make the world turn pale,
look at India. There it is famine and
starvation on a scale Of fearful mag
nitude. The last report, under date
of August l, says the population OF
Southern India, now suffering more or
less from famine, numbers twenty -four
millions One sixth Of these at least
must die. The famine is unmeasur-
ably greater than was that in Bengal.
In Madras no camp of 5000 rises
morning after morning without leav-
ing 80 corpes. In tho interior the dis
tress is most fearful. One gentleman
passing down valley in the Wyraad
district counted % dead bodies on the
road. A coffee planter seeking shell
ter from the rain in a 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 foun-
ding portion Of the poor house Is full
of infants found by the police on the
roads deserted by their parents. Since
the famine commenced 100000 people
have died of want and distress.
Gases of canabalism are being re-
ported from some Of the afflicted dis
tricts and more are expected. In
Madras one per cent. of the popula-
ton is buried daily. No adequate
relief can be furnished. A deep cry
of distress comes also from the 1srae-
elites of the Holy Land. They say
that famine and suffering prevail in
Jerusalem, Hebron, Safet, and Tiber-
las, caused by the drought and the
Turkish war. All industries are pros
trated, and the Withdrawal Of the
regular troops Las exposed the de-
ienceless populace to the inroads Of
Arabian robbers. The contributions
they formerly received from their
coreligionists in Russia are now cut
off by the war. Contrasting our stu
alton with that Of many nations we
have more reason for gratitude than
complaint.
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DR. II. G. RADCLIFFE, N2A>.

Has located ut Mcchanics,owr, Md. and
vii! be found at the residence Of Miss Mary
Long, Church St. near railroad. Will in
cludt Emmitsburg among his appoint
ncnts and can be found 1t the Emmi.t
House on SECOND TUESDAY OF
each month. if rainy the next tair day. All
operations pertaining to the profession per
formed in Il satisfactory manner and At low
prices. viii always hc found in Office 1t
Mcchanicston on Saturdays. Persons
waited on vt their residence if desired
without regard to distance.
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to Quality and Price with steam power
manufacturing also amateurs supplies,
saw blades, fancy woods and designs Say
where you read this and send for catalogue
and prices.
w. F. & JOHN BARNES.
Rockford, Winnebago Co., III.
july26-1y
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
AMtNlla1eN1 N1At0.

The Hutchinsons will give concert at
Grace Church this evening. They are cele-
brated a. singers. Their performance Is tor
the benefit Of the poor of the city. This
family were in their glory about thirty
years ago when they visited Wilmington:
They consisted then, we are informed, OF
three brothers and one sister. Their con-
cert was then given in the City Hall, ~
the other public halls were not then built,
and 1t was the only place for public per-
formances. The present family must con-
sist of some of the old folks and their
children.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
WATER DEPARTMENT, }
w No. 1000 Market Street,
Wilmington, Del.
NOTICE TO WATER RENTERS.

The bills for 1877 are how ready, and pay
able 1T the Registrars ONCE, 1000 Mark OF
street. The law requires that all bills paid
on Or before the 3lst day of January lS77,
the face Of the bill; those paid during the
month OF February, five per cent. addition:
81; and those paid during the month Of
March, ten per cent. additional, and all
bills remaining unpaid on the first day Of
April. lS77, the Registrar is required to
stituted for the recovery Of the amount due
and tho water will not be let into such
premises until such arrears with assess
Men1 and two dollars, for drawing ferrules
A0-Ofice hours from A. M. to P. M.
WILLIAM 8. HAYES,
dAB-tomarl Registrar.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07

Of the electoral count, can be obviated by
change In the rules ~ suggested by Speaker
Randall yesterday, and that therefore an
amendment Of the Electoral act will not be
necessary. Mr.. Knott subsequently pres
sented the report, but Immediately withdrew
Il up6n Q private suggestion that It would
be better to await . report, which will prob
ably be made from the Committee on Rules
to-day in accordance with ito c6nclusions.
GOVERNOR WELLS REFUSAL TO ANSWER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Wells having pos
itjyely refused to answer any question out
side Of the Maddox and Vernon subjects un-
til he ID relieved from his present incarcera-
ton, the committee has decided to again
bring him before the House for contempt
for refusing to answer before the election
committee. Professor Seelye and other Re-
publican members informed him
that he had no right to decline to answer
the questions of this committee on the
ground that he is in contempt and they ad-
vised him to answer.
LEGIsLATIvE BUSINESS.
The Speaker having ruled that under tho
Electoral bill no legislative business could
be transacted pending the consideration Of
Presidential questions, the Judiciaey Com
mittee this morning decided to report in
favor of amending the rules that during
the count of the Electoral vote after IL
o'clock. they can proceed to legislative bus
iness. This will doubtless be adopted BY
both houses, and that no further impedi-
ment may be placed In the way of consider
alton of the measures that now await &C.
tion.
T1B MEETING THIS MoRNING-sPEcULA'
TIoNs As TO THE RESULT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The Electoral
Tribunal met at 10 o'clock. It was sugges-
ted at . meeting last evening, that inasmuch
as the authorities and references presented
by the counsellors on both sides, In the ar
guments on tho question before them, were
not in convenient form they should adjourn
until to-day, the further understanding BE-
ing that each member would then be ready
to present his views either orally or In writ
ing, and the President Of Tribunal. Ther|
are various runors and good deal Of spec
ulation as to tho resnlt of the deliberations
but a. yet nothing definite is known on tn
subject. Both parties are sanguine that tn
decision will be rendered in accordance Will
their views, and 1t is admitted by nevrly 81
that If the tribunal decides to 60 behind tn
certificates the result will be favorable tt
Tilden, if they do not 90 decide there is n
question that Hayes will have decided az
vantage.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
Election Of ONceTss

At the election of the Riverview Gene
terry Co., the following officers were elected:
President, John G.. Baker Vice President
Edwin 8. Moore Secretary and Treasurer,
D. T. Hawkins !; Superintendent, D. q.
Penrose.
The following were realized tho past year
by the company. x
From sale OF lots, $7l3,20
of Burial permits, 3S5.75
y" Hay, SoO0
Number of lots in cemetary $3.50; num-
ber sold, 696 number vacated 4O5.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
RSljgj0sss Noscs,

The Rev. Mr.. Barrett delivered sermon
on "The Lord cometh to seek and save that
which 10 lost" He spoke about half an
hour before large audience at Scott church
last evening.
In the lecture room of Asbury Church,
last evening, the Rev. Mr.. Tompkinson
preached before large assemblage; having
for his tsxt 29th chapter, 1st verse Of Pro-
verbs.
4 revival meeting was held last evening,
ct Delaware Avenue Baptist Church.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
An .Eyst Ss'tai ai1sssassst.

A dramatic entertainment will be given
bv the Amateur Dramatic Association OF
New Castle, for the benefit OF St: Peters
church, of that place, sn Friday and satur-
day evenings Of this week. The following
plays will be presented: my Husbands
Secret" "'For Better or Worse" and 1.-TWO
Shsrps and Flat"
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
Trial ofHosO.

Yesterday the Washington Fire Co., tried
q new hose, known % the Stone hose at srd
and French street. The highest pressure 1t
could bear was 120 pounds. During the
trial five sections burSted. The hose was
pronounced by all present a. Of little account.
The Washington boys are afraid to give 1t
q trial, as 1t wouldn't do for fYe sections to
break at each dre.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
Arrivals at the Clayton House.

The following are the arrivals at the Clay
ton House up to midnight:
Jas. B. Rife, Phila.
Chas. Ribban., Newark, NJ.
8. n. Chapman, Connecticut.
L. Whitehead, New York.
J. Mc1ntire, Elkton, Md.
W. Wilson, Cambridge, Md.
w. d. Miller, San Francisco.
Walter K. Mills, Bridgeport, Conn.
A. M. Chase, Jr., New York.
A. Studwell, Brooklyn.
L. e. Drake, g. wife, Phila.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
The Rise i'm the susqushanns.

COLUMBIA, Feb. 6.-The condition Of the
suseueha ma at this point still remains
about the same. The channel IL still open
and is running full OF broken Ice. There Is
a large body of ice still here north Of the
bridge water is not rising. No damage as
yet reported.
The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
NOTICE-VAI4DOsTA INSTITUTE FOR
IN SALE

This valuable property, situated in .
line ofthe railroad from Savannah to Flori-
ia, is offered at bargain, either for sale or
the Middle States.
The lot contains three acres, upon which
are the Institute Building 70 by "a feet, two
tion, and music rooms, dining rooms, wide
halls. chambers and kitchen, servants,
house. stable. barn and all necessary out
building, and q vegetable garden.
The Institute 10 furnished, and the school
Is now IN operation with about sixty schol-
RS in attendance
4, This property 10 offered for sale. because
me health Of the lady who owns 1t has
Ff5 %K' KR.atiSpl:.s aMnRTa aRgly gX1te te u.1wu,,
aeaU-tf New Castle. Delaware.