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The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Russia Purchases u Torpedo
NEW AND POWERFUL EXPLosIvE-Ho,
THE MACHINE WORKS.

NEW AND POWERFUL EXPLosIvE-How
THE MACHINE WORKS.
NEW YORK, May 26.-The Russian off,
GERS, have, since their arrivalin this city,
been investigating the plans proposed by
ingenious American Inventors for the
destruction of war vessels at sea, or for
the blowing up of lntrenchfnents. One
result of their labors has been the pur-
chase from Mr.. James Gresham, of this
city, of the right to use torpedo inven-
ted by him, and also a compound which
has proved to their satisfaction to be one
of the most effective agents of destruc-
ton ever invented. The compound and
the torpedo-boat are in the main the
same-the boat being made of the prin-
cipal component Of the explosive This
ingredient is simply asphaltum, treated
by process which is exclusively the Sc
cret of the inventor. The other compo-
nents of the explosive are sulphuric acid
and platna. and the three are made to
explode by intense heat generated by the
action of electricity upon the platina.
Without electricity the compound is said
to be non-eXplosive.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Death of JefhrO j. Mccullough

Jethro j. Mccullough, Esq, the well
known iron manufacturer, died on Sat
urday afternoon, shortly after three
o'clock, at the residence of,
Mrs. George Smith, No. 1918
North Twelfth street, Philadelphia, in
the 69th year of his age. On Friday, the
18th inst, Mr.. Mccullough was attacked
by stroke of apopleXy, while walking
along the street, in Philadelphia, and
was conveyed to the residence of Mrs.
Smith. Here he remained until his
death, his condition varying from day to
day, and becoming so favorable on Fri
day, that his recovery was confidently
expected, and his removal home con
templated. The next day however, he
grew worse and died on Saturday after
noon. His body was brought to Will
mington this morning, and taken to his
residence, in Christiana Hundred, on the
Newport Pike, just beyond the city linn
it's The funeral will take place from
there on Wednesday next, at II O'Clock,
10 proceed TO North East, Cecil county,
Md, on the 1884 p. H. train.
Mr.. Mccullough was born in Cecil
County, Nd, in 1909. His first venture
in the iron business was at the
Newport rolling mills, and after.
wards he established mills at Row.
laudsville and North East in Cecil coun.
ty, Md, the Diamond State and McCul
Tough Iron Works in this city, and the
Galvanized Iron Works, of Philadel
phia.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
FIFTH EDITION.
A Fathers Awful Crime.
WHEELING, W. Va. May 26, 1878


An unparalleled case OF outrage upon
a well known young lady by her father
has turned up at Clarksburg. in this
State. James q. Taylor. well known
farmer anda prominent member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, has a
daughter, ag, d seveeteen, who is famous
for her beauty, and wins has always
borne All excellent character. For near
ly year Taylor has been making i'm
proper advances 10 her, telling her thai
daughter belonged to her father, soul
and body. She would not listen to
him, and last week he dragged her to a
stable, gagged and bound her, and then
outraged her.
The horrible crime was repeated sew
eral times but as he threatened to muir
der his wife and the girl il they betrayed
him they said nothing about it until
Wednesday, when they told the wife of
a neighbor. She told her husband, who
organized party who arrested Taylor
and turned him over the authorities.
AT All examination before a magistrate
Mrs. Taylor and her daughter swore to
the truth of the above story, and Taylor
is now in jail.
THREATS OF LYNCHING.
A heavy guard is placed around the
jail to protect the prisoner, rs the peo-
pie threaten a repetition of the Wallace
lynching If they lay their hands on him.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
PerSOnaI'

Hon. Andrew ii. Dill, the democratic
nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania,
received as immense ovation from his fel-
low-citizens, irrespective of party, on his
return 10 his home. Lewisburg, Union
county. Among the speakers who enten-
ded congratulations was Rev. ID. s. Mon.
roe, pastor of the NJ. L. Church, Lewis
burg and formerly of Baltimore.
Furman Sheppard, Jr., youngest son OF
Philadelpha's Well-known district at
torney, and leading candidate for SUI
preme judge at the late democratic con-
vention, died in that city on Friday last
He was twenty-five years old and was
greatly esteemed.
IN the Divorce Court of Manchester
England, May II, the Righi Hon. Earl o.
Desart obtained divorce from his wife
the Countess of Desart on the ground OF
infidelity. Mr.; Charles Sudgen, a promi
nent English actor, figured in the affair
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
o. u. A. Nj. Anniversary.

The sixth anniversary of Jefferson
Council, No. 10, O. U. A. NJ, took nIacr
on Saturday evening, in the Odd Fellows
Hall. The hall was crowded. even
standing room was at a premium. The
exercises opened with an address by Mr.
j. Roberts, followed with opening ode
and prayer by Rev. w. l.. White. Dur
ing the evening addresses were made by
MeSsrs. ). Q. Pierce, j. Server, of Phila
delphia, 7. M. Coleman, City Editor OF
Philadelphia Ledger, and Rev. j. A. b
Wilson. Several songs We're sung, ant
p: G. Daley, delivered dutch Grafton
The affair was very pleasant one ant
was thoroughly enjoyed by those present
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
EX- Judge Bishops Fall.

INDICTED AND COMMITTED TO PRISON
TO ANSWER A CHARGE OF FORGERY.
From the Baltimore Bulletin.
Ex-Judge George w. Bishop, late the
Orhhans' Court of this city, who was ar
rested yesterday on the charge of forging
the endorsement of bond issued to Fred
erick Ketchum, Jr., was brought before
Justice Johns this morning, and his cast
was sent before the Grand Jury. The ex.
Judge was then remanded to his cell.
Judge Bishop was Judge of the Or
phans' Court of this city from 1871 tC
1873. He was at one time a member
Of the City Council
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
THIRD EDITION.
Jacob Todd mt Grace Church.

Rev. Jacob Todd, of Philadelphia,
preached at Grace church, yesterday, two
eloquent sermons to large congregations.
In the morning his text was, "All things
are lawful but all things are not expe-
dient,-but will not be brought into
bondage to any, A ship sailing out to sea
ont for it. There Is no specific direction
given, it may 60 this way or that as none
other has ever gone. There is given it a
chart and it has to sail between two paral-
lei latitudes, but between these latitudes
there was large scope over which it
might pass; there was chart by which it
was to steer. So with the christian; his
was not mere profession, but life-con-
science magnetized and alive by the
spirit of God was to be true as the needle
to the pole.
Thus it was with Paul; he had law
and liberty beautifully illustrated by
lawfulness, and eXpediency. 1t was lawful
for him to eat meat but not eXpedient. He
nobly said, ''If eating meat cause my
brother to offend will eat no meat as
long as the world standeth."
The speaker applied the principle to
many things that there were no law:
against and were lawful yet We're MOI
eXpedient and were occasions of offence
Dancing, card playing, theatres, horse
racing, &C., were causes, of sin. He die
not prescribe for Others but for himself
he would say with the apostle 81 will
not be brought into bondage to any,"
1t is impossible to give synopsis Of SC
luminous and useful sermon. AT night
his sermon was on Peters fall and was
equally eloquent and impressive.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27

Judge Hilton says the "Women's
Hotel" enterprise is to be abandoned as a
failure, because its expenses have been
81 300 per day above its receipts. Only
fifty women have cared to accept it as a
home, Notwithstanding all its comforts
and luxuries, and at least five hundred
would have been necessary to meet its
running expenses outside the payment
of the interest upon the cost of its erec-
ton and furnishing.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Accident.

Shortly before IL o'clock this morning
Benjamin Duff, met with an accident al
Seventh and Market streets. He was
engaged in painting the outside of the
Askew building, and at the time was
standing upon swinging ladder. By
some means the ladder swung out from
the wall, and precipitated Mr.. Duff &c
the pavement, distance of about eighl
feet. Iu falling he fell upon his head
and was picked up in an inseDsible con
dition, and carried into Raw kins' cigal
store. He revived in about fifteen min
utes, and left for his home.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Ii. w. II. and w.

.iAttention is again called to the fact
that Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and
Vests tamouse minstrel troupe will per-
form at the Opera ouse, on next We'd
nesday evening. This company is well
known here, and has alwaSs gwen entire
satisfaction, and al the present time the
troupe contains the finest artists in the
minstrel business. Since they were here
last, Mr. Eddie Fox has joined them
Prices OF admission Will be 90 aud 25
cents,
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Is England Going TO War?

ADMIRAL SIR ASHLEY COOPER KEY
SUMMONED TO ENGLAND TO TAKE
COMMAND OF A BALTIC FLEET.
HALIFAX, n. S., May 26, 1878.
Admiral Sir Ashley Cooper Key left
on the train las evening to take the Eng
lish mail steamer at Rimouski, he having
been summoned with all haste to take
command, it is said, of a fleet.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
UnfOunded REPORTS.

The reports that has been floating
around the city for the past few days
thaI vessel launched on Saturday at one
OF the ship yards was inteHded for a
Russian prlvateer are unfounded. The
vessel is built for party of Mexicans
and one of her owners who is now in the
city says she is intended tor towing
purposes in Mexican waters,
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27

FIFTY TY-TwoTRoTTERs UKDBR THH lam
MER. The sal-Htbis morning at the. Cedar
Park stock farm, Germantown, Philadel-
phia, of Mr.. Robert Steel's large sta bls
or stallion trotters, rOadsteTs, brood mares
and young STOCK, will result in the dis
banding OF one of the largest trotting
stables in the country. Happy NJ Modium.
The sire of nearly hundred well known
trotters heads the schedule. He cost his
present owner S25 900 seven years ago.
Drawing zoo pounds he has been driven
quarters IN Thirty five seconds. Imperial
Medium. is his get, seven years ago, and
sold for 81, 900 in his three-year.old form
Fifty-two horses will be sold altogeth.
er
The New York Socialists held another
public meeting last Saturday evening.
Orator Dourney said the first political
force is the ballot. "We propose to carry
our point by means of all sensible meth
ods, but the st. Louis parade was well
| drilled to carry their point" Isaac Ben.
nett, another speaker, said the party in.
tended to have men at the boxes wht
| would defend the the ballot with bul
let. II any man should attempt to tea
down the workingmen's party shoot hin
on the spot. They did not want war
but the party had clear heads and cain
consciences.
A curious bathing far was held a
Ajudhia, in Dude, last February. Whel
peculiar conjunction of the planet
lakes place, and which only occurs ono
IN eighty years, the natives rush il
crowds to the river, as they believe tina
II they manage to bathe and 90 througl
certain ceremonies in four minutes an,
half, they will obtain remission of thei
own sins and those of millions of thei
ancestors. On this occasion the rush t
the river was so great that numbers wer
trodden under foot, and sixty-five peI
; sons lost their lives.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
A DRUNKEN FATHERS DREAD
Full CRIME.

PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-This morn
ing James Smuller, living with his son
William, who is married, went home in
toxicated. An alteration ensued be-
tween the father and son, when the for
mer drew penknife and stabbed his son
in the abdomen, intiIcting a wound
which will result fatally The father gave
himself into the custody of the police
authorities.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
SENATOR WALLACE SAYS lie
DIDN'T,

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Wal
lace returned from Pennsylvania to-day.
He authorizes denial of the statement
telegaphed hence that he will interfere in
Speaker Randall's denomination. lie has
no such intention and has never said so,
that subject being exclusively with the
Democrats of Mr.. Randall's district.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
SOciable this Evening.

This evening the closing soclable of the
season will be given at Saenger Hall,
fhe affair will be under the management
of Conrad MANI, the proprietor, and will
he for his benefit. Those who have at.
tended like affai.s at that place will mo
doubt attend.this the closing one. A
good time may be expected
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
PREACHERS UNION.

The Wilmington Preachers Union
was " III session this morning at Centra
Presbyterian Church. 1he union EN-.
braces all the ministers of the Protes.
liant Evangelical! churches in this city,
aud the surrounding county.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Love Eeusf

An old-fashioned loye-feast was held
at the City Mission, on West Second
street, near Washington, Yesterday
afternoon: The spiritual enjoyment Of
the participants was thorough and nro.
found. pi'
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Father Bradford nj 81, P.,o..

kev. George Bradford, son of Mr..
James Bradford, of this city. otiicia,ei
az ot. refers Catholic Church Yesterday
morhlhg'ln the absence of Father Lyons
and preached an acceptable sermon
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
CONCERT AND FAIR

The Rokeby ,Cornet Band, Will rive
concerts on to morrow and Saturda y y
ehHenhlngs, EYE hlg, at the fair now being held in
RING RIM ISeneut sSenne od oi 81 lanes Church, Love
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
WORK FOR ALL

n InelT own I0callJles, canvassing Tor the
FIhEsIDE VISITOR, (enlarged5 weekly
ana monthly. LARGEST PAPER INTHR
WORLD, with Mammoth Chromos Free -
Big Commissions to Agents. Terms and
Outhtfree: Address p. o. VICKERY. Au-
gusIa, Maine.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
Attending Church.

BY previous arrangements, Franklin
Council, Brotherhood of the Union at.
tended Scott NJ. +. church, yesterday
morning in body. There were about
sixty in line, and they presented good
appearance, clothed in full regalia.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27

Il 'homme qui rit."-The man who
laughs is happy man, and no man can
be happy with his blood loaded with i'm
puritics. The remedy which all can de-
pend upon for every vitiated condition
OF the blood is Dr. Bulls blood mixture,
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27
A SOUTHERN MILITARY DISPLAY.
EXCHANGE OF SOLDIERLY GREETINGS
BETWEEN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAR
OLINk.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May 25.-The
visit of Governor Colquitt and the Gate
City Guards, of Georgia, and Governor
Hampton to this city to-day, has been the
occasion of grand military parade of the
Fourth Brigade of South Carolina volun-
teer troops, including all the citizen sol
diery of Charleston. The brigade line
was reviewed by the two Governors, at
tended by their respective staff officers,
and the entire city turned out to do them
honor.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27

Babies are the institution and should
be guarded from attacks of collie, fiatu.
ience, etc, by DIR. Bulls baby syrup
Price % cents bottle.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-27

'pLl~CW oECOND SIREEI.)
Having completed our arrangements by
the Introduction of Raney's Patent Reel
oven, wifh capacity of turning out TWEEN.
~ parrels OF honr per day into Crackers.
blscuits ana Cakes, and through the aid OF
elSht thoasand dollars worth of the latest
~ improved pollshei machinery to supply
u H@lnmo h oven, where neither gnlo loke
aust nor gas enters baking cham bers while
DaKing' IL being drawn off by mechanical
appliances, we consider oursel YES com me-
tent 70 compete with any other Similar
estaollshme IL in this country to furnish IN
stores, Hotels. Pic-nics Parties Of every
klnu anu snip stores at as low a rate as
they can be gotten up for, considering the
quality OF the goods. We herewith enn1
merate "a few OF the articles which are of
the best quality: W u
Ntc-nac crackers by the barrel, me.
80 -, ,,,., -. to &c.
Assorted cakes, 1Oto 100
Ginger nuts, ioc
6i. N''no9 laise lou iOr 81 10
'iH Saiiuy ~ quduIlIy per 10. lac.
Our salesman and wagons will visit ali
the stores in the City and State, and ali
stores in the adjacent States of PennsvI-
wanna. Maryland and New Jersey, and so.
] cit the patronage of all persons in good
standing who Will be pleased to patronize
our establishments. ID. LEMON & co.
inaVZo-Smeod. III Market street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11
Pacific Coast News.
OBrten's Will 10 be Contested-A
Widow 10 the Fore.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10th. The
Examiner prints the following
prominently this afternoon: Since
the death Of Mr.. VIM. s. O,Brien,
the Bonanza Prince, various ru.
mors have been in circulation In
regard to the contest of his will
and estate. 1t has become a matter
of surprise of late years II any es-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11

forms to be raised by Austria will
be employed in anti-Russian prep
arations, is of opinion that the
money will be put by to serve as a
private mobilization fund. Similar
opinions are general in Berlin
where the anti-Russian articles
cropping out in the Austrian press
are regarded as 80 many attempts
to allay the Hungarian feeling and
make Europe believe in an indie
pendent policy which has long
ceased to exist.
Declining Grain Market.
LIVERPOOL, May ia leading
grain circular says that during the
past week wheat exhibited a daily
increasing depression, the more
hopeful view Of the political situa-
ton inducing buyers to suspend
operations. The provincial mark
cts held since Tuesday are general
ly quoted at n decline Of a pence
to shilling per quarter, with an
extremely limited demand. On
the spot, during the same interval,
business moved very slowly,
transactions being merely re-
tail at barely Tuesday's cur
rencies. Maize in moderate en-
quiry, but prices rather favor
buyers. There was only a small
attendance to-day. Wheat dull at
two pence per GENITAL decline for
both red and white. Flour six
pence per barrel and a shilling per
sack cheaper. Maize being in
larger supply on the quays there
was some pressure to sell and prices
further reduced six pence.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11

WE have always entertained ex-
travagant expectations of the flu.
ture OF San Francisco. We think
that, though entered at late day
in the race, it stands an even
chance with any other city of being
the money centre of the world fifty
years hence. 1t is admirably
placed to dominate the trade of con.
tinents. The commerce of the
Orient and of the Occident will
impartially seek the Golden Gate.
But we confess that We have al
ways looked upon San Francisco as
city which rather indicated arch
itectural slovenliness and lack of
finish than the reverse. Not so
thinks the Rev. George w. Pepper,
of Mount Vernon, Ohio, who re.
Gently visited this coast. On his
return home lie eventuated in the
following extraordinary rhap-
sody:
San Francisco has no rival in the
United States. We may contrast
but not compare it with Eastern or
even European cities. London is
grand, but not beautiful. Paris is
beautiful but not grand. Constan-
tlnople is picturesque but has little
architectural splendor. But San
Francisco has all these attributes.
1t has been compared to Cleveland,
city of beautiful avenues. Cleve-
land is charming; San Francisco is
stupendous, romantic. Cleveland
10 lovely; San Francisco is grand.
Cleveland is American; San Fran
cisco is cosmopolitan. Cleveland
is a garden made by man; San
Francisco looks as If 1t were built
by the Gods.
San Francisco may in time b.
come all that Rev. Pepper pictures
as facts accomplished; but, to leave
the realm of romance and hyper
pole and get down to hard truths,
there is probably not single city
of its size in the United States that
is not better built than San Fra :
CISCO, and much better built at that.
This is to be expected, considering
the fact that San Francisco is the
youngest of our large cities. But
we are informed that Melbourne, a
younger city even than San Fran
cisco, and founded, like our own
metropolis, on mining develop
ments, is far more elegantly and
substantially built, has more i'm
posing edifices and infinitely better
thoroughfares, the latter being
wider, longer and better paved,
than those of CALIFORNIA; "boss -
town If the San Francisco
millionaires are not scared out oil
building, however, by Kearney's
threats of the torch, ten years will
in all probability, see the Western
metropolis a very handsome as II
is now q very wealthy city.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11
Better Times Ahead.

One of the most amusing things
In the world is the chronic an
nouncement of business revival in
the East, which is followed by the
supplemental assurance that times
were never so dull. The New York
Herald, at regular intervals, du-
ring the past five years, has told US
that-the panic of 1873 had at length
spent its force and that the indus
trial interests Of the country were
displaying unusual vigor. That
Journal has pointed to the crowded
state of its advertising columns in
confirmation of its assertions, yet
no index ever proved more falla-
cious. The truth probably is, how
ever, that We have at last reached
the transition chapter of volume
OF misfortune unprecedented in our
history. Last year was q notably
dull one. The dull times Of the
Summer and Fall of the year be-
fore were ascribed to the impend.
ing Presidential election, and the
fiatness of the Winter and Spring
following to the uncertainties at
tending the electoral controversy.
Yet, notwithstanding all these
theories, the volume of the ex-
changes at the East during the
past month OF April has exceeded
every thing in the line of dimin-
ished business reported since the
panic year. San Francisco, of all
the large cities. is the only one
which has held her own. Not
withdrawing this doleful exhibit,
No believe that we have reached
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11

the end of the long lane. and that
the turn Is just at hand. The rea-
son for our belief may be briefly
stated, throwing out an European
war, which would, of course, assure
specially favorable markets for our
crops. During the past two or
three years greenbacks have been
steadily enhancing in value. The
capitalists have only had to hold
on to their greenbacks, employing
them simply in usury, to reap a
handsome profit. They have not
found it expedlent to engage in
business ventures involving pos
sibly high return when, by getting
six to eight per cent. interest. and
three to five per cent. enhancement
in the greenbacks, they would ac-
complish the same result. The
greenback has now appreciated
very nearly to par, and the capital
list no longer has any object in
keeping his money out of active
enterprises. There is no probable
ity of the purchasing power of the
greenback's being increased any
more. On the contrary, five are
to believe the Vaccinations of the
opponents of the silver bill, the
value of the national currency is
liable to be diminished. If this
should prove to be the case, it
would be an additional ar
gument in support of our
theory that money will be
invested, not boarded, hereafter,
and that business enterprises which
have lain dormant for years will
have the breath of life breathed
into them. Real estate will again
become a popular medium Of in
vestment. 1t is never likely to be
cheaper than now, and for this
reason it will soon come into de-
mand. Manufactures have reached
o stage of development which ad
mits of our competing with Eng
land in many staples in all thu
markets Of the world, and even il
the British Isles themselves. They
will attract capital. Hoarded cast
will be lured from it's cache by {
thousand attractive projects which
had no charms as long as its own
ers could not only command higl
rate of interest for their money bu
a large percentage from the con
tracing discount on the gAeen
backs. 1t will probably take thu
whole of the current year to WORK
out the salutary change which W.
believe to be imminent, but thu
improvement will he noticeable
from month to month. We firmly
believe the panic to have run its
course.