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The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
Fighting Firemen.

The Phoenix engine and carriage ar.
rived late at the fire last night, and the
boys desired to make connection with
one of the inlets of the plug in front OF
the Fame House house. To this pro.
ceeding, however, the Fame members
seriously objected, and after some hot
words fight resulted, which waged
fiercely for n few minutes. President
Christy, of the Fame, was instrumental
in restoring peace, but a young man
named Frank Sprague and one named
Moody had their heads severely cut be.
fore the fracas ended. Mr.. Robert Og-
den, of the Phoenix, challenged any
member of the Fame to a single combat,
"peace reigned in Warsaw"
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
Entertainment

The Young Peoples Association, con
nected with the West Presbyterian
Church gave another one of their en-
ioyable entertainments, in the Sunday
school of the church last evening. The
exercises were opened with prayer, which
was followed by the following pro
gramme. Quartette by the Ingleside
Club; select reading, by Mr., w. A. Ba,
con; organ and violin duelt by Mr.: and
Mrs. Herring; select reading GLOW
Jennie come home" by Miss Ida Perkins,
comic selection, by Harry Sharpleyi
duett, Misses. Clara Mendenhall, and
Salhe Jones; select reading by Mr.
Charles Reynolds. The entertainment
closed with singing by the Quartette
Club Mr. L. b. Morrow, presided.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
SECOND EDITION
IncendiarisIn and Theft.
A FIRE IN A FURNITURE WAREHOUSE
FURNITURE DAMAGED AND MATTRKs
aka sTOIEN

FIRE IN A FURNITURE wAREHoUsR-
FURNITURE DAMAGED AND MArTRKs-
sEs STOLEN.
A fire broke out last night, about II 80
O'Clock, in the old carriage factory build
ing No. 112 Shipley street, which has
been occupied as q furniture warehouse
by l.. +. Adair, since March 25th. The
fire originated on the first floor, where a
quantity of feathers and about thirty
bales Of corn husks were stored. These
at first, made a great light, but the
flames were quickly suppressed after the
arrival Of the engines and the applica-
tion Of several vigorous streams of water.
The damage by the fire was really
slight, nothing being burned beyond a
portion of the husks and the walls and
floor of the lower room but the loss oc-
asioned by the water and smoke is
considerable. All the husks and feathers
that were not burned were ruined by
water while in the second and third
stories the smoke and water played sad
havor among large quantity of finished
and unfinished furniture that was stored
there. On the finished work the color
ing was completely ruined by the smoke,
while the water which fell upon the un-
finished work caused the stuff to blister
and swell so as TO render it almost en-
tirely unfit for anything else than fire
wood. Several pearl-colored chamber
suits, which had been finished, ready for
delivery, were reduced 10 dull, smoke,
color, while over hundred finished
chairs were damaged more or less by
the water and smoke.
The fire, it is strongly suspected, was
the work OF an incendiary, as on the
first floor, where it originated, no fire is
used during the day, and only a small
one is used in the second story for bthe
purpose of melting glue. The suspicion
isIfurther strengthened by the entire
disappearance of some eight or ten mat
tresses which were stored in the lower
room, where the fire existed. Had they
been burned some trace of them would
have remained butt as not tho slightest
vestige could be found, tho supposition
that they had been stolen by tho incen-
diaries bacame generally entertained.
The loss TO the building will not exceed
800 or $50, which Is fully covered by
insurance. The building is owned by
Mr.. Cyrus Stern, of No. ITO Market street.
The loss on Mr.. Adair's stock cannot be
a,certained until an inventory is taken
and all the damaged material carefully
examined to learn the cost of repairs. 1t
is supposed. however, that it will closely
approximate $500, and may exceed that
amount. There is an insurance on the
stock Of $500, in the Royal Insurance
Company, OF England, Woolley s. Van
Trumps, agents.
The building was formerly occupied
by John w. Reeve, whose carriage fac
| tory on Orange street was recently fred
by incendiariss and as Mr.. Reeves
| name still remains over the door the In
eendiaries may have supposed they were
extending their favors TO him instead OF
| to Mr.. Adair.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
The Paris Exposition.

The attention of all who contemplate
visiting the Exposition to be opened il
Paris about the middle of May, is request
ed to the facilities offered by the Anchor
Line of Steamships, sailing direct to Lon
don or Glasgow, making close connection
with all routes for the continent. The
ships are new, of the most improved
model, and contain all the latest devices
for the safety and comfort of passengers,
and are officered by the most skillful and
experienced navigators. The Passenger
accommodations are unsurpassed, being
tirst-class in every particular, and the
cuisine is conducted on the most scientific
and liberal scale.
An advertisement in another column
gives particulars as to rates of passage,
&c.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
I'm TeIegrapllc SummarY

Ptiatons between England, Austria
h,,ia are progressing. The situa-
Regarded by the British govern
! an anxious one, but the an
tment was made in Parliament
Jay that nothing has occurred TO
N the hope Unsatisfactory arrange
THE British Parliament has ad-
for the Easter recess.-England
70 be negotiating with Sweden for
stationin the Baltic.-The Dan
bow open its entire course.-Swit-
accepts the proposal of the Uni
fes for an International coinage
-A strike which will affect 3d.
Fon operatives in England is re-
as certain.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
FRST EDITION.
IocaI Time Table.

LEAVE WILMINGTON.
hsAa,iaIde,nhia: 200, 6.55, $40, 9.W,
h,larei u oo Z M; i5.d, 1910, 2.3o, 40,
q ia "a n Il m. On sundays; 200. 10 q.
{5W, 8 80, Q 46, p m. ,oy 90 An
sg W York: 2 %, 5H, q m, i 81 IL W.
CIV ~ m; on Sundays; % q m; ga
tt,more and Washington; Els, ! 10,
m; i25i, II 69, O9. p M Sunoay'
N, i6 a m. no crndav
gort Deposit; 40e p m; no SUNDAY
Sw Castle: s, 8 20, 9 80 a m; l 80, 8 80 p
,nSsre NO sSnRaRf R. T.: % s. oS, . 80 a m; 80 p m
SSm,naion suing, 4 Northern r. R.: 9 20 a
~ scO D IN; no Sunday train.
aware % Western r. R.: 10 20 a IN; s 20
on sundays; 10 80 a m.
{.tSs ARRIVE AT WILMINGTON. 80
fphiladelpnia 12 66, 8 "a. 8 ~ a IN Il
WH, i2d, S6, 45l, D IA. ~
al, II 10 p m on sundays: IL So
an. I 80, 8 81, II 10 p m.
Sswyok: 70 56, = "a a M, II "A, IL %
sIpm, IN Sundays: IL 66 a m
Baltimore :2io, ALI m; 1877, - 3s,
IS IN; on Sundays; 10 a m . 50
Ryasbington: 2IS a m i2N, Il 3s,
sNpm; Oh Sundays: IL a m; 9 ID
Fort Deposit: 800 a m; no Sunday
Kew Castle: 7 IS, 8 30 a m II 90 m;
6lO, ! O5 p m; no Sunday trains.
elaware 4. R.; 8 80 a mi 42O, q 40 p
DO sunday trains.
Wilmington q Northern X. r.: 0s,
am: Top m; no sunday trains.
| Delaware Western X. r.: % a m I;
m, on sundays: 60Op IN.
FOR WILMINGT LEAVE PHIL
ADELPHIA.
R-oad street and Washington ave-
iJO, 90, 10 80, 45 a m; 2 80. 80,
5i5, Gas, 8 IS, II 30 pm; on sun
, 80 Il m; 6 Ol,9 45, II 80, pm
thirty second and Market streets:
n5am, L l5, 3 So, s 80, IL As p m;
kundays: s 50. II 45 . IN.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
u. 8. Court.

In the US. District Court this morning,
Judge Bradford presiding, argument was
commenced in the case Of Capt LubkeI
Us. the schooner Il. II. Quinby. The suit
is brought by Captain Lubker, for servi-
ces rendered the schooner, when wrecked
off the Breakwater. K. G. Bradford, Jr.,
Esq, represents the hbsllant, and G. G.,
Rumford, Esq, the defendants. The ar
gument will occupy two or three days.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
The strausburg Clock,

This great mechanical invention will
be exhibited in Institute Hall for few
evenings next week, commencing, on
Monday evening. This clock (which
has been previously described in the GA
zKrTE) is one of tho greatest mechani-
cal wonders Of the age, and will be In
texssting alike to old and young.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17

nl'''Sh revenues for the fiscal
li'l closed March 3lst were $685.
al Increase of S5,991 ,3l5 over the
Is year The chief sources of tie
ig'elllle were about 1877 millions
'''e uuueS, 100 millions from Gus
nilnohs from stamps, 20 mil.
OI Tue Income tax, 13 millions
Ia. @,i'' TAX 20 millions postoffice
4''' nearly . millions telegraph
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
Brief Locals

h Ir'yLIllen ,L = did a good wor,,
ra,'' ,.e 'lre last night. III sup
|adons, ,nI mean a9d ,Sie SGiermania No, 2 Loan
Ea's, rs "Efast +. ssteas teas visit lis. Rigney &
great show on pIyaue Mondo OF !
b Dr. GaS1shaac GlaoST1shache guaranteed bv q
N"'iasher, No. S35 M MARX * =
|rand opesal eslnStrels Tls will appear at
Pc. p''" House on Saturdas as :
Ess,' Rasnsssal,,s ,s ssl,sd It. to the sale of horse,
p o'Slo%eIe'f Thursday, = .fssG. ase.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17

NJ OTICE.-A meeting Of the Trustees of
IN the Poor of New Castle County, will
be held at the Aims House, on W ednesday,
tne zetn DAY OF april lHe, at 10 O'CLOCK, a.
the Aims House with supplies OF BREAD
and MEAT in such quantities as may be
required for the ensuing quarter. Ali pro-
posals to be handed TO the Committee on
Supplies on or before Saturday, A. pril Nth.
DANIEL FARRA,
apl7tm Secretary protein.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17

pope that Mr.. Conkling will make
breast of the Electoral count, and
people know all about the rascali-
pe Presidential theft. He has made
beginning.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
I STREET YEsrRpnAY-

I STREET YEsrERDAY.-The stock
was very strong and active.
'pehed at 1904 and closed at / low
lVOt Government bonds were
Ea'eS steady and railroads firm.
0n call was easy at 6 a per cent,
az the former quotation.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
hdicatiOns for To-Day.

Ee Middle States and Ne1C Eng
Etionry pressure, sl,ghtiy thigher
btue increasing cloudiness on the
bsJ'y (,Aowed by rain, and falling
w., uod northeast reering to south
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17

nj OTICE LIQUOR DEAI,ERS.-A
In meeting Of the Liquor Dealers Union,
will be held tomorrow the 18th OF April at
2 80, p; M, at Q. Mauz's S@ngerhall, No.
s04 L. Fourth ST.
By order of President.
aplT-it* The Secretary.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
ANCHOR LINE.

UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS,
Sail from New York for
GLASGOW, every SATURDAY.;
LONDON, every WEDN ESDAY;
Passenger accommod odations unsurpassed
for elegance and comfort. All State
rooms on main deck, and saloon
emldsh1ps.
SALOON CABINS, s65 to $50, Currency.
SECOND CABIN, including all requisites $40
Excursion Tickets for First Passage,
New York to Paris and return, S135 to
S195, according to stateroom and
route chosen.
For Books OF Information, Plans, &c.
Apply to HEND ERSON BROS,
Bowling Green, New York.
Or to 8. II. BELTS, ADAMS EXPRESS,
apH -3ms Wilmington.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17

1t is the only medicine would give to
my baby, a mother said, speaking Of DR..
Bulls baby syrup. At all drug stores, Is
cents.
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
DIED.

MORTIMER.-On On Monday, 18th inst.
Geo. W. Mortimer, aged 76 years.
MlLNER.-On the 18th inst. + lizabeth j E,
wife OF Thos. Miner.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend the funeral. from the residence of her
husband, Az East Sd street, Thursday next
the 18TH inst, at O'Clock, p. NJ, Service
In st. Pauls M. K. church. Interment at
kivervieW Cemetery I'm
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

DOR SALE.-Qood Mortgage S3OOO-and
Il wanted Mortgages $1,000, 1880 and $4,000.
1T. HEALD.
Real Estate d Mortgage Exchange.
ap17 20
The daily gazette., 1878-04-17
DUBLIC SALE
26 HEAD OF LANCASTER co. COWS

The subscriber will sell at Pub r~~
lie Sale, 25 head OF flrst- class ~ NSM
milch COWS, on SATURDAY N
AFTERNOON, APRIL a0th,
1878, at O'Clock, at o. H. Perry's Hotel
Brandywine Hd.; 20 will have calves by
their sides, the balance springing, one
Young Bull. Also one moving machine,
80 bushels early rose potatoes, suitable for
seed. l York Wagon, carriage, hay by the
ton, 200 bushels corn.
A credit OF 90 days will be given without
interest. No postpsnement on account of
weather. JOSEPH COOLEY.
L. w. Stidham Son, AuctIoneers.
ap17-2t1tw
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
ACOMET AND A. PANIC.

In the year 17l2 William Winston, a
learned divine who became noted for his
eccentricities (and who had enjoyed the
friendship of the great philosopher Sir
Isaac Newton), predicted that comet
would appear ON Wednesday, 14th October,
at five minutes after five in the morning,
and that the world would.be destroyed by
fire on the Friday following. His reputa'
tion was high, and the comet appeared,
and then number silly things We're done
by credulous and superstitious people, Of
which the following are specimens:-A
number of persons got into boats and
barges ON the Thames, thinking the water
the safest place in such q crisis! South
Sea and India stock fell, though why it
should do SO is not told-for whether the
world had been destroyed by fire Or not it
could not have made any difference in the
value! A captain of Dutch ship threw
all his powder into the river that the ship
might not be endangered! At noon after
til comet had appeared, upwards of one
hundred clergymen were ferried over to
Lambeth Palace to request the Archbishop
that proper prayers might be prepared
there being none in The church service.
People believed that the day of judgment
was at hand, and some acted on that belief.
There was prodigious run on the Bank of
England, and Sir Gilbert Heathcote, at
that time the head director, issued orders
to all the fire Offices in London requiring
them to keep good lookout, and have
particular eye on the Bank of England.
The comet appeared and disappeared but
of course no catastrophy occurred.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
sTAa. MERING IN FRANCE.

The Paris Debats has produced some
curious statistics of the amount of stam-
mering among the French people, as
proved by The reflections for the Army ON
that plea. There are now about 1000 re-
jections per annum for stammering, and it
is calculated that 125 persons in every
l3o, 600 of the population stammer. Stam-
mering is more common in the South than
in the North, rising nearly as high as 10 in
every LOCO in the Basses Alpes and Bouches
du Rhone, while in the Department of the
Haut Rhin the proportion is only .63 per
LOCO. The difference is attributed to the
fact that education is more widespread,
and pronunciation more carefully studied,
in the North than in the South of France;
but is it not more likely that it is owing to
q greater excitability of the nervous sys-
temp Stammering is not, like lisping-
which, by the way, seems to be commoner
among the higher orders than among the
icnorant-a mere defect of mechanical ut
terance; it is immensely heightened by
anything which excites the nervous system,
and Qlke aphasia) is apt to disappear alto
gether in all involuntary ejaculatious.
Among the English middle class, at least,
we should say that the slow stammering
which comes of want of nervous force is
decidedly less common than the more
serious kind of stammering which comes
of a certain affluence and even superabund-
ance of nervous force-such a stammering
as Charles Lambs.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
PEAT MEN AND WOMEN IN SHIT.
LAND.

The lives of these peat men ana women
are simple and unevent!ul enough. The
chain is very short one and the links are
not scattered. They 60 forth to their daily
rest, and have no thoughts or ambitions
beyond Their aspect, have said, is pic
turrsque. They are of all ages, some
young, others bending under the weight of
years. There they go, one after another,
with their baskets, or kishies, as they are
called, fastened upon the back by means Of
a strap over each shoulder, rising above
their heads, and piled up with squares of
black peat. This naturally gives them all
stopping position, suggestive of hard
work and feminine weakness, that quickly
appeals to the sympathies. Many of them
wear shoes made of cowhide, strong and
cheap, perhaps, but without form, and
with small pretensions to neatness and
cleanliness. And these they often ''save"
by carrying them in their hands. Many
too, ara without stockings, and they trudge
along bare-footed and bare-legged, and
only look in consequence the more poverty
stricken. Their petticoats are short, and
generally of some dark, coarse material,
with the color of which the peat-getting
sufficiently harmonizes. Upon their heads
they wear the inevitable kerchief of thick
Shetland wool, generally gray, but some-
times red. Their faces are sunburned and
weather beaten. Those of the old women
are often strangely and wonderfully wrink-
led, which with their bent attitude, gives
them look of extreme age, and almost
decrepitude. The younger women are
many of them handsome; I saw few
really beautiful faces. AS they go along
the road nearly all are knitting stockings or
some other articles of wear. They appear
to knit by instinct-an hereditary gift.
Their heavy loads and somewhat difficult
progress in no way seem to interfere with
the flying needless. These never arrest
their motion as their owners for moment
raise their head us you pass and Wish you
good.day or, it may be, turn round to
look after the stranger or the gun-no
doubt the gun.-T'he 41rgosy.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
TWO HUMBLE HEROES.

France reckons two braves moro. A
fireman at Tarbes rusLed among the burn
ing ruins of house to save his captain and
clergyman, who were buried beneath the
floor in endeavoring to rescue the inmates.
The fireman remained trying to extricate
the captain, but without avail, till the flesh
peeled off his hands and face. He has
died from his wounds, has been buried at
the nations expense, and for month his
name will be read out first on the roll-call
of every regiment in the army. Jean
Planter is pointsman, and a few months
ago, in endeavoring to close the gates of a
crossing, he was struck down by goods
train and his arm amputated. Not soul
was within reach, and, aware that an ex-
press train was due, he tied up the bleed.
stump and remained at his post till q
station-master, informed 10y the engine
driver that some accident had occurred,
picked up the arm from the rail and sue
cered the hero.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
RUSSIAN CIHAtACTEIEEST

The whole government of Russia has
been toned down from the Russia OF TWEEN
ty years ago. Witnessed in st. Peters
burg the reception of the emperor upon
his return from this war After leaving
his carriage to go to his palace the people
crowded around him and pushed him
about, as Americans would a politician.
The reception was the most enthusiastic l
ever saw, and he seemed to enjoy it thor
oughly. 1t is true that some of the poorer
classes of Russians are very ignorant, and
and the nation itself is not so far advanced
in civilization as other European nations
are, but it must be considered what a vast
area of population there is to reach and
civilize. Tie resources of the country are
infinite. In the neighborhood of the
Caspian Sea there are rivers of petroleum
running away, and the mineral wealth OF
the country is enormous. But the Rus
SLAMS have not the energy which Americans
possess, hence the great bulk of this wealth
lies undeveloped. They import petroleum
from this country. The people are more
conservative aud careful in taking risks
than Americans are, although many rise
from the 10 vest conditions to positions of
afluence, and some make their fortunes
rapidly. A shrewd, ignorant fellow will
crop out there and become rich, just as
they do in America. They have not the
great inventive faculty of Americans and
other peoples, and they are not very quick
to adapt the improvements of other ma
tions to their own use. For example, in
their immense grain trade they do not use
elevators, but handle this product alto
gether with shovels. They lose time in
this way, and when their grain does gel
into the market it is generally dirty and
sells for less than it would otherwise bring
beside, it usually goes to market in bags
while in England and America they shiI
it in bulk, which makes it less liable tt
spoil.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
ITEMS AT LARGE.
Early pears are mostly tasteless.
Cherry currants are ripe in Oregon.

Early pears are mostly tasteless
Cherry cuJrants are ripe in Oregon.
Always put vinegar in your iced tea.
Sugar beetg are valuable for feeding
stock.
The black cherry tree grows wild in
Florida.
White blackberries are tasty Illinois
paradox.
Bucks County blackberries ripen very
leisurely.
Lycoming County buckwheat begins to
look fine.
A Georgetown Mass. farmer raises yams
at profit
Alpena, Mich, is doing heavy trade in
fish packing.
An ice-making company has formed at
Athens, Ga.
The potato disease is overspreading the
South of Ireland.
A bushel of corn yields about four gal
Ions Of proof spirits.
The golden arbor-vit@ is new evergreen,
originated in Illinois.
A Champaign, ILL.,, gent owns one-horse
power hedge trimmer
Apples, peaches and pears are failure
around Orange, N. j.
A Welsh colony will plant itself in Sioux
County, Ia, in the fall.
The peppermint crop in Lyons County,
n. Y, will be only fair.
The wild black cherry is most valuable
tree for forest planting.
The Connecticut tobacco is rpening too
rapidly for lis own good.
A new beverage at Eldora, Iowa, is cider
and mineral water mixed.
The pockets of Vineland farmers are
bulgy with blackberry money.
The Colorado conifers, new variety of
evergreens, are much praised
Silk culture is hit in the Huntsville,
Ala, industrial colored school.
Troy, Alabama, ships about six thousand
pounds of beeswax each year.
In dressing salad mind this law With two
hard yolks use one that's raw.
A Wes' port (Mass.) Miss of eighty-four
still climbs ladder to pick cherries.
A Salem IN. j. man has made twenty
hOgsheads of ice cream in two weeks.
Silver spruce trees glitter on the Rocky
Mountains fifteen thousand feet high. 80,
Clay County (Texas) Journal; Three years
ago only few settlers were in our midst
the grand productive praires were but the
feasting ground for the buffalo and the
home Of the hunter. To-day the visitor be-
holds upon all sides the cheerful homes of
the husbandman; lands in cultivation; we'll
garnered cribs, and only the scene of con-
tentment to meet the eye.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-01
AN IMPRESSIVE RELIC.

Visitors to the Tower of London are
shown the block and axe formerly used for
beheading persons convicted of treason.
The block is rough, heavy mass of wood,
about two feet high, two feet thick, and
three feet long, with an excavation in the
upper part to receive the breast of the
sufferer, and corresponding excavation
on the other side for the chin. The
marks of the axe are stin plainly visible on
the block, some of them showing by their
depth the needless force of the execu-
toner's stroke. The axe is an ancient
awkward instrument, which seemed to me,
when I handled it, to be very ill adapted
to it's purpose. There used to be shown,
also, an awful looking black mask, which
the executioner wore when he performed
his Office, SO that he should not be after
ward recognized by the spectators.