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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16
"Father, You Have shot Me. y


About week ago the store of Messrs.
Jones & Wildung was entered by burglars
and number of articles stolen, but the af-
fair was not given publicity at the time for
obvious reasons Since that time two of the
force have remained in the store, prepared
for the second arrival Of the thieves, If they
Jones and his son Albert remained in the
store, occupying a bed improvised for the
occasion upon the floor, at the end of a
clothing counter standing in the middle of
the floor. About 3 o'clock this morning
they were awakened by noise, which ap-
peared like the attempt of some one to re-
move pane of glass. This caused both Of
them to rise up. Mr.. Jones asked his
son If it would not be well to FIRE his
revolver, and thus alarm them if any one
was trying to enter; the son replied that the
better way would be to keep quiet, at the
same time left his position by his fathers
side, crept cautiously along the counter
spoken of above, and when at a distance of
about IA feet from him, suddenly came in
between his father and the front windows
where his shadowy outline could be distIn-
guished. The father, never thinking for
moment that his son had left his side, but
supposing the object before ham to be q
burglar, discharged his revolver, when the
son fell, exclaiming, Father, you have shot;
me-"
A physician was at once called, and upon
examination it was found that the ball haSi
entered the lower part OF the body, IN the
upper part of the sacral region, on the lef {
side of the spinal column, producing q seri-
Gus but by no means dangerous wound
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16

ments, drove straight to the corn barn, and
after careful survey began to dismount.
Perhaps the door on the other side is
open" suggested Clark, senior, whose quick
eye had detected two wreaths OF smoke curl
ing family around the corner of the build
ing II guess they're only tramps. They
take ii pretty cool anyhow
A hearty, rollicking laugh rolling out fror,
behind the closed door caused uncle Price to
stop and stare blankly around, then to jump
TO the ground and throw open the barn door
pEecipitately, in spite Of a warning from
Miss Abigail, who had approached from the
house. There were the two causes of the
barrel, the other in the midst of hearty
laugh.
"Je-ru-sslem" cried Uncle Price, dashing
his hat to the ground in the extremity of his
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Henryl"
Explanations ensued. The new comers
were two seafarlug nephews of Uncle Price,
who had come down between times" TO see
how the farm stood it, and had taken up
quarters in the corn barn, meaning to sur
prise the family on their return.
Took US for burglars" calculated David
Henry, going OFF into another laugh, which
communicated itself first to Uncle Price,
then to Aunt Price, then to the Clarks in
succession, Aun. Abigail alone remaining
sober.
You've forgotten Bridget" she remarked
briefly, when she could make herself heard
Uncle Prices good natured face heightened
considerably, and he started for the Kitchen,
preceded, however, by the impulsive David
Henry, who rushed into the open kitchen
door like a whirlwind and unconscious of
snags ahead, pitched headlong over the
clothesline, which was stretched across the
ROOM
Hello, therer' said Uncle Price alarmed
at the clatter which his nepheys boots made
among the milk pans on the dresser. "Are
you hurtr'
David Henry picked himself up, mutter,
ing something which had an oath in it about
"catlines and rigging" but deIgned no fur
ther answer. ALI parties being now upon the
scene, Uncle Peter cut the clothesline and
essayed to open the cellar door, but this was
easier said than done, Bridget's fright was
as great as ever.
1t required the combined strength of the
two Clarks to force the door; which being
done, they discovered Bridget on the lower
stair, with not particle of color in her Irish
face, and her tongue cleaving to the roof OF
her mouth with terror.
If any artist had depicted the various atti.
tudes OF the various persons gathered around
the cellar door the picture would have made
his fortune. Clark senior was the first to
perceive the comedy of the affair, and a broad
grin gradually spread itself over his face,
which was mirrored on the countenance oi
| was ringing with universal and prolonged
burst of laughter.
One fact remains to be stated; that is, that
| Bridget left the farm the next day. Miss
Abigail says little concerning burglars, and
| less concerning fire arms Whenever she
| does Uncle Price merely alludes to "that
Sunday mornings experience"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16

The nightengale sings the hawthorn tree
Inc nightingale is singing in the wood;
But In the hurried beating Of my blood
sweeter voice is singing nnto me,
glad, triumphant music, never to be
Silent henceforth. Was it last night stood,
Death in my soul, and searched the sky to see
one friendly star to cheer my solitude?
Who dreams how near Is heaven to hell? /
stand
Tonight in blaze of stars. my heart aflaue.
sung to by sounds strayinG from unseen
And ali for a little thing-a won,an,s hand.
A woman's voice that called me by my name,
woman who kissed me, smili,sg through her
tears.
Oh! the rare grace Of Gods good world when
With eyes kissed into life by loves The grace
pnutterable, which thou hast bid sae trace
Where the buds paler pink bushes bstween!
Sweet, thou art, natures priestess, and thy
place
Is where she reigns for passi onless and se-
Thou showest me thy Goc in a blade of grass;
A drop of dew; a woody tuft on the soray;
A movers death, when the wind rings out its
gaze in thy clear eyes as In glass;
but, though listen, thy speech seems far
Like the sea murmuring in a hollow shell.
look upon thee and i comprehend
With fuller knowledge all Gods mysteries,
The weird charm of the rocking moon lit seas;
The sorrowful choir of singing winds that
blend,
Sad voices in the dead of night the end
OF Love. Whate'er our wrathful destinies
That we part not, o sister, and lover, and
friend,
God, who has given thee to Inc, must surely
please;
Thou art my second self from whom hide
Nothing; the eyes by which judge and see;
The heart and brain wherewith my own di-
vine.
Like two fair rivers moving side by side,
Distinct, not mixed, yet in harmony
Most perfect, so thy life glides on with mine
Temple Bar.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16
WHO DID IT?

Who tracked the mud across the door
And through the hall and up the stairs?
And left it clinging TO the chair
Whose finger prints deface the ooorT
Whose crumbs beneath the table lie?
Who smeared the butter on the cloth?
Who spilled the gravy, stopped the broth,
And dropped pickle In the pleT
Who pulled the curtain with "A jerk,
And left 1t hanging all askew,
And.broke the cord?-'twas nearly new;
i wonder If twas mothers work?
Whose kuife is this, with handle stained.
And oPenedd Pned pae his w1n p9s5 IN ~ fbe vafd
Upon the grass-last night 1t rained.
Just now slipped and nearly fell
A marble rolled a rod or more,
And then crushed an apple core
Who was it7 Mother can you tell?
Face downward on a slab, a book
Lies open, leaves dog cared and thumbed;
Aud near, a handkerchief, be.gummed
And stiff with tafy-only look!
Upon door knob hangs a hat
fTis passing strange 1T hangs at all;
And in the corner is a ball,
And on the sofa rests a bat.
missed the hammer yesterday;
The hatchet vanished long ago;
All winter underneath the snow,
Behind the house, the shovel lay.
Are things bewitched7 Do genii hide
Mltil1Q my Closets anu my uIdWcEs,
And skulk behind the chamber doors,
And through the darkened attics glide?
often 90 from room to room,
And sweep the floating cobwebs down,
And wonder when the spiders brown
Departed with their dainty loom.
But then-who knows9-those films so fine
May once have lain upon my shelf
Beneath the little bowl of delfi
Twas there used to keep my twlne.
The tiny tacks lost last spring
A paperfuI with polished heads
As black as Jet and round as beads,
But deader than a mummied king
What do you think they did to-day?
My sugar buckets sides they stormed,
And the sugar fairly swarmed-
Who turned the tacks into ants, tell me, pray
The elves are In the house, It's clear;
I'd like to catch that one who took
The clothes brush down from OF the hOOE
And left il on the etagere.
Who was il, little Johnny Bell?
Why do you stand so shame-faced there,
And blush from chin to forehead fair?
think you know the culprit well.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16
A New PeOple.

1t is claimed that new people has been
discovered In a district of India. The,y are
surmised TO be descendants Of the JeSf. sent
into that land by Solomon 10 capture ele-
declare that they nave auiograpbl prayer
books written by the Patriarchs, aO also a
written Bible, although Hebrew his become
almost dead language to them They
observe the Sabbath, but know nothing Ct
the passover and day of atonernent They
tell number Of extraordinary stories which
would be interesting, il true; but the great
probability Is that they are ID erely boasting,
and entertain no respect for the ninth COM
mandment. 1t would be pretty hard, In
the skeptical age, to establish a belief that
relies for Its acceptance on King Solomon,
whom many persons regsrd ss mere myth.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
Laughable Comm unisnn.

A meeting of the adherents of COM
munisin. or the "soclalistic labor party"
as it is now more adroitly termed, (and
from which the reporters were expelled J
was held in New York on Monday night,
the chief parsonage in which seems to
have been citizen Justus Schwab, n Eu-
ropean refugee, who is proprietor of
beer saloon in New York, and Is conse-
quently intensely interested in the sub
ject of the rights of workingmen. An
address was adopted to the people of the
United States, in which it is asked what
are the causes of the hard times from
which the laboring classes suffer so
much? The address solemnly declares
that "the fault does not lie with nature,
but with man, and the evil lies in the
system by which mankind manages its
affairs" There is no doubt some truth
in this statement, though in different
sense from that intended in the address,
If citizen Schwaub will take off his coat
and go and commune with nature
through the agencies of spade or u
plow, she will offer him more "com-
Portable and enjoyable existence" to use
their own words, than he can obtain by
talking theoretical politics and keeping
beer saloon, especially where beer
saloons are over numerous. In other
words, if men would enjoy the fruits of
| nature they must work for them. The
address states that "the most pernicious
evil of the now prevalent economical
system is that it allows property, which
is social in its nature and use, to become
personal in ITS ownership" Do the
| communists imagine they can ever in
doctrinate common-sense Americans
with that noIion? Is there working
man in New York or any other city or
in the rural districts who is going to
| work day or an hour on the principle
that lie is not to have the "personal" use
| of his wages, but is to divide them with
| citizen Schwab and other gentlemen
who do not work for their own living?
The commune is an exotic which will not
| flourish on American soil. There Is too
much common sense and conservatism
in America for it to root here. Honest
workmen want to personally own honest
wages when they have worked for them,
and those are the wisest who permit the
citizen Schwabs to get the least part
tnereof.-BaH. Sun.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
The Markets.

The pleasant weather this morning had
the effect of causing large market, the
supply of produce and the attendance of
buyers being very extensive. The only
particular change noticed was in the
price Strawberries, which commenced
yesterday afternoon at 15 cents per box,
but fell this morning to 7 and cents per
box for really good article, choiceberries
selling for 10 and II cents. General
prices were as follows:
Beef steak, 16a18c; sirloin, 18a20e +,
roast, 14a2Oc; corned, 8a12c; Clipped;
25a3Oc; pork, 1Oc; ham sliced, 16a18e
wholesale, 12c; shoulders, 10a12c fitch,
11a12c; sausage, 10c ; scrapple, 7a8c pud-
ding, 16c; hog's-head cheese, 12c; lard,
10c; mutton, 10a12c; chops, 16a1Sc veal,
10a16e; outlets, 18a20c; chickens, 12a14c
butter, fresh, 17a25c. eggs, 1Sc; po'
tatoes, 1Oa12c.per half peck sweet potatoes
12a15conions 1Sc;walnuts, 12cshellbarks Sc
per quart; cranberries 12c; lima beans
12c; soup beans, Sc; honey, 25c pei
pound cabbage, 4a12c per head; tur.
nips, SO per half peck celery good, 15e
per stalk; parsnips, base per bunch
beets. 15c DER half neck. asparagus, IL
cts, per bunch; peas, 12a15cts., per hall
peck, cabbage, balls Per head
radishes, 2a5 cents per bunch
tomatoes, 25a3O, per ut; new potatoes,
25a4Oc. per half peck, trawberries, 7a12C
per qt; new beets, Sc per bunch; cherries
1Sc per qt; string beans, 30c per half
neck
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
Hip Van Wrinkle.

On Friday evening next Mr.. Robert
McWade the well-known actor, will
appear at the Grand Opera House in his
celebrated version of "Trip Van Wrinkle,
or the sleep of Twenty Years" MIR. Nc
Wade's version of "Trip Van Wrinkle is
different entirely from that given by jeff
erson or Joe Keane, and is said by those
who have witnessed it to be far superior
to the others. 1t has been hailed with
delight by large audiences in all the lead
ing cities ofthe country. Even the carp
ing and exacting critic of the Philadelphia
Item feels impelled to speak well Of MIR.
McWade, and says: Mr.. Robert Nc.
Wade's performance of Grip Van Win
kle" at the Museum, was a dramatic
event of special interest. Differing from
Jeilerson's version in many essentials, it
is safe to say that in many situations it is
not whit less impressive, and such was
manifestly the verdict of the delighted
audience
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
Sugar Beet Culture.
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THB SUGAR
BEET COMMISSION FOR THB Sue
CESSFUL CULTIVATION OF BEETS.

Prof Ed. ID. Porter-DEAR SIR: Your
letter of inquiry in regard to some of
the regulations adopted by the Sugar
Beet Commission in the cultivation of
the sugar beet this year for competition
for the premium offered, of $50, $50 and
SO for the three best results, seems to
invite public reply, as many other par
ties are interested to know the reasons.
The object In view is to determine by
this trial the largest quantity of sugar a
given area will produce by which to de-
termine the production per acre of our
soil and climate.
In Europe, where the sugar beet cul-
tdre has arrived at high state of perfec-
ton, the average production is about one
ton OF sugar per acre; the largest re-
ported to be two and half-tons of sugar
per acre. To do this they plant or drill
the seed IN rows, some farmers making
them IL Inches, some 20 inches, some %
inches, and the extreme is "a inches from
one row to another. The difficulty of
working with the rows so near il over
come by using small footed animals,
horses or donkeys, working one, two or
| three rows at a time.
This close planting is indispensable to
a profitable result. The commission, in
view of the fact of such tools and ami
mails not being in use here, selected the
widest distance as most easily adapted to
our circumstances. They require uni
formity in this only; it being important
to enable them to determine who of the
competitors are entitled to the pre-
miums.
| The kind of soil, the method of pre-
pairing it, the kind of manure, if any
the time of planting, the distance from
one beet to another in the rows, the
method of cultivaing are all left to each
| one to determine for themselves.
| Please accept thanks for the interest
you have taken, and the list of names
you have sent. l havestill plenty of seed
left. New Castle county is behind Kent
and Sussex, and is entitled to few more
compositions. Any time before the mid
die of June will do to plant.
Respectfully, LEA PUsBY.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
Brief Locals.

Strawberries are getting cheaper.
The streets sprinklers now 60 on their
daily rounds.
Strawberries are low but sugar and
cream still keepes high.
Butter is now lower than eggs and
Ginder's hams cheaper than either.
Call on Sutterly 3O2 Market street for
hns photographs. may2tf.
Il yoar teeth need repairing call on
DR.. Gall tgher, No S35 Market streets.
Birch, Wambod q Bachus' Califor-
MIA Minislrels will be here OH the Both.
The Democratic County Meeting will
be h-ld, at New Castle, ON Saturday
afternoon.
Something interesting in regard to
Delaware Methodism will be found in
to-day's GAZETTE.
The Democratic Nomination Election
will take place on June SLh, two weeks
from next Satu day.
Don't fail to see Robert McWade as
Grip Van Winkle," at the Grand Opera
House, on Friday night next.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
Delaware NIethOdisIn.
ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS AND PRESENT
EXTENT,

ITS ORIGIN, PROGRESS AND PRESENT
EXTENT.
[ From Bishop Simpsons encyclopaedia Of
MethOdim."1
NIethodism was introduced into Della
ware by Captain Webb, Bishop Asbury
dedicated the first church in Wilmington
in 1883. The first preaching place in
New Castle was in the house of Mr.. Rob-
ert Furnace, the court house being closed
against the DIethodists. The first Meth
odist Society in the State was formed in
New Castle, in 177l. In 1771 Mr.. Her.
sey, who lived west of Christiana, opened
his house for Methodist preaching, and a
church called "Salem" was built there.
This State was the scene of many of the
trials and triumphs of the first Methodist
preachers. In it Asbury, in 1918, when
prosecuted and forbidden to preach, found
shelter at Judge Whites, until the storm
| OF war had passed. 1t was at Barrett's
Chapel (kent County, that DIR. Coke and
Bishop Asblry first met, and at that time
| the incipient measures were taken for
the organization of the Methodist EpiscO-
pal church. A large part OF the pOplla-
ton had been trained in the English
| church, and their clergymen having fled
during the revolutionary war, many of
the leading inhabitants early united with
the Methodist societies.
In no State in the Union has Metho-
dism a larger membership in proportion
to the population. The first reports of
| numbers made by States in the published
minutes We're in 1796,when 222Smembers
were reported. After the formation ofthe
Methodist Protestant church, few so
ceties of that denomination were organ
| lied, which are included in the Maryland
Conference. After the organization ofthe
NJ. L. church South, few societies were
organized by that church in the southern
portion ofthe State. These are embraced
in the Baltimore Conference of the M. e.
church South. The colored Methodists
are divided between the NJ. L. church, the
members of which belong to the Della
| ware Conference, and the African M. L.
| church, the members of which are EN-
braced by the Philadelphia Conference,
| 1t is somewhat alitiicult to estimate the
exact Methodist membership, as neither
| the Conference lines nor the district lines
| coincide with the boundaries of The State
| The Wilmington Conference of the M. E.
| church includes the entire Peninsula, as
well as the State of Delaware. The
Delaware Colored Conference embraces
the entire Peninsula and part of New
Jersey. An approximate estimate is
Members of the Wilmington Conference
14,773; Delaware Conference, 2637; AT
rican NJ. E. church, 1868; showing tota
membership of 1888. There is an ex
cellent seminary for young ladies in vii
mington, under the suvision of Rev. join
Wilson, d. D., and also Conference
Academy at Dover.
The following table, prepared from th'
United States census Of 1870, gives TIN
irelative statistics of the various denomi
nations.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
feIgn TeIegraphic Summary

he Russian movements around Con-
Rtinople have shaken faith in tue paci-
iews Of last week-Baker Pasha threat
I to fire the other day on the Russians
4 had moved suspiciously near his
fks-Stlll peace is freely and hopefully
Fas'ed-A number of persons were
|fd and wounded in the riot in Con-
pimople-NIany Russians, believed to
feaman, and pretending to be emf
pts. are passing through Germany for
lerIca-Pat Of the cargo of the bark
Pence, from Baltimore for Antwerp,
+ way at Queenstown, depositing two
oi oil in her hold-The British ship
D. Lewis has been burned at sea.
Sg ,ayed-Coming French and En-
u races are the talk of the sporting
fll III Paris and London.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
The Czar and the Treaty.
ENGLISH DIsTRUsT OF RUSSIA.
KARs MUST BE RETAINED-BULGARIA TO
BE FIT TO THE CONGRESS.
LONDON, May %.

The correspondent OF the Herald at st.
Petersburg telegraphed as follows:
at has transpired that the Gar insists
on the possession of Kars and Ardahan,
but is willing to renounce Batoum. This
is the utmost limit Of the concessions he
is prepared to make in Asia.
"With regard to the limits of Bulgaria
he is perfectly satisfied to leave the deci-
sion to the Congress. Prince Gortscha-
koff regards the meeting of the latter body
as ascertain to take place about the mid
die of June"
The Standard announces that it is now
more than probable that the Congress
will meet during the first fortnight of
June. Also, that, owing to the unsettled
state of public affairs in Constantinople.
the English fleet will probably move to
the Princes Islands.
ALMOST A COLLISION.
The Russian line at one time was push
ed so near the Turkish works that the lat
ter were manned and ammunition was
served out, and General Valentine Baker
sent an aide-de-camp 30 notify the Rus
sian commander that he would fire on
him if he did not withdraw.
SECURING THE TURKISH POSITIONS.
The effect has been to direct the at
tention of the Turks to the comparatively
weak state of that portion of their line
which covers the Black Sea entrance to
the Bosphorus, which the Russians natu-
rally desire to secure in case of hostilities
The Turks are, therefore, taking precau-
tions in this direction.
PACIFIC NEWS.
Pacihc news commences this morning
from ST. Petersburg Berlin and Paris.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-22
TRST EDITION.
Local Time Table.

,vsr LEAVE WILMINGTON.
IphsA'IaIelnhia: IhA,Il 2O9, 6.55, $40, IVY,
: n;, ;"no a M; 1881, 1910, 2.30, 4:3O,
Eiie' .i6 i6 o. m. On sundays 2'os. III d.
q; w. york; 2o9, 8 "A, a m, IL 81, IL ~,
Ne" ,Sr m. on Sundays: 2 % m:
4 20 !, !, m n" are and Washington: l2li, l 10,
|san sai'' m; 1851, l2 6s, 8 90. pm. Sundays
|pa,t 81, Deposit: b 456 p m; no Sunday
Esw Castle: 5, 8 20, 80 a mi l oo' o 30 p
4 no Sunday train. IN
R,laware X. r.: 5 0s, 50 IN; oo, oo
H. 10 sunday train. eoxa
& Northern X. NJ. 20 d
N goo 100 . III; no sunday tram. NO.
aware law Western X. R.: 10 20 a m; b ~
m' nm sundays; 10 80 a m
Inh'fys ARRIVE AT wILMINGToN' an
[ Na,-t ap,,,ladeIpnla: II 56, 8 -, 9 "a m IL
~ Il. l26, S55, AL, 3 "A. . %,
Il. i. II 10 pm; on sundays: IL %,
Kan, 80, o 81, IL 10 p IN.
ysr "a <: l2 56, 8 "a Il m; IL n, IL oo
N, 81 p m, IN Sundays; IL 81 a m )
o. fillmore: nj :2io, Al, m; 127, ~ 3s,
a. Sc IN; on Sundays: 2 IL a 10 v ~
N. 50, 1917 1919
/ a. aisp m; on Sundays: 2 IL a m; 8 46
pm. ooo M aunda "
ralns. 10 M ~,
N SO, / 05 D m; no Sunday trains.
4, nelaWare K. r.: $50 m; 4 20, 6 40 p
a; no Sunday trains. ono
H sonm:S 10 p IN; no sunday trains.
n delaware Western X. r.: Z % Il IN
1 10 y m; on SUNDAYS: 6 % n IN.
NJ ron WILMINGTON LEAVE PHIL
4 ADELPHIA.
n Broad street and Washington ave
bre i 80. 500, 10 30, 45 "a mi 2 80, 80
|M, S 10, 45, 945, Il 80 pm; on sun
6ays 80 a IN; o., 40, Il 80, p m.
n thirty Second and Market streets
fs. ii Is m, II is, 3 55, 3 80, II IS p m
bp sundays. 50. II i5 y m.