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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17
The Quaker's Eggs.

A Quaker grocer in country village
became notorious for selling eggs. The
village gossips were ready to testify that
he bought large and fine looking eggs,
and where he could find SO many small
sized eggs as he daily sent out to his Gus
toners was a mystery they could not
fathom. There were two mysterious
holes in his counter about the size of an
egg, and curiosity was excited to the
highest pitch to ascertain what use they
were put to. The only answer any one
could get from the old man, when ques-
toned concerning the use of these holes,
was:
"My friend, if I tell the truth, it
would not benefit me nor thee, and I
don't wish to tell falsehood. It is a
pity that lying is sin, for it comes SO
easy in trade"
At last it was resolved by some of the
spinsters to watch his actions through
the cracks of his shutters, after he had
closed his shop for the night, and thus
endeavor to find out their use. This
resolution was put into execution, and
the ladies caught the grocer passing eggs
through the holes by the light of a penny
dip. All those that passed through the
smaller hole he placed in one basket, and
those that passed through the larger one
he placed in another; and all that would
not pass through either he placed in a
tin, and took them to his own house.
On his way thither he heard the rustling
of the women's dresses, and he saw he
was caught: 50 he called them to him,
and in the blandest manner said: "Sis-
tiers, We have given yourselves much
trouble to appease thy curiosity, and l
will therefore explain all to ye. Ye see,
I sort my eggs into three sizes by means
of these holes. The largest 1 use in my
own family; the next size ! sell half
penny cheaper on dozen than any of
my neighbors, for cash; the smallest l
send to those who will buy no other way
than on credit"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 12-3.00P. M.-Flour-
Steady; choice spring extras at $4.2501i.75;
and depressed; No. cash at S412c; No.
l hard at $1O2; No. regular al Sic; No 3
at 67@67 &c; No. at SIC; rejected at SOC !;
No. seller November at S234c: December
at S4A@S43sc. Corn-Slow at 3401341 SC
for No. ?. Oats-Quiet at lsH@1S2sc for
for No. 2. Rye-Nominal at ABE for No. l..
Barley--ln good demand; No. $1.cO; No..
3 at 56Ec. Butter--In good demand at IL
Ollie for good to choice. EggS-15@l6c
- doz
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CHICAGO,

CHICAGO, October 1880 P. M.-Wheat
Lower; SOC bid October; SlA@Sl2 sc
November; S3c bid December. Corn
Easier; Sac for October; 3413c for Novem-
Der; 33Tc for December. Oats-Shade
lower; 1899 bid for October; lS' sc bid for
November; zoe bid for December. Rye
At 43c cash; 44c bid for November. Barley
-$l.04l3@l.o cash 81 .07@l.0S for Novenl-
Der. Pork-Lower $775 for November
$7.S2H for December; $40 for the year.
Lard-$6.20 for November; $6.221&@6.25 Tor
December; $7.l7k@7.20 for the year.
Whisky-$1.0S. Hogs-Receipts fairly ar-
, tive, firm and higher; light at $3.45G3.55;
heavy to packers at $3.S5@3.75: heavy ship
ping at $S.5o@S.eo. Catsle-Quiet. Receipts
5000
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New York.

NEW YORK, October 12-3 100 p. NJ Cot.
ton-Quiet. Flour-Dull; receipts $4,000
bbls; sales $4,000 bbls. Wheat-Heavy
E@lc lower; receipts 10000 bus; sales
81 900 bus; No. 2 winter red cash at $l.o31..
Rye-Heavy. Corn Dull; receipts $4,000
bus; sales 10000 bus at i51sW4Sc fo1
western mixed. Barley-Quiet. Oats
About steady; receipts $4,000 bus; sales So,
600 bus at 27@3Sc for mixed western; ESQ
Soc for white do. Pork-Heavy at $3.50
Lard-About steady at $6.65. Whisky-A1
$l.lS@l.l4. Petroleum Unchanged. Goa
quiet. Leather aud Wool-Not quoted
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17

LONDON, October 12.-12 80 P. M.-Liver-
pool wheat market opens quiet. Floating
cargoes easier. On passage rather easier.
Good cargoes mixed American corn off
coast at OBS. Fair average quality No.
Chicago spring wheat for shi pmeut, ETC., at
36s@36s I'd; good cargoes red winter wheat
off coast at Ais cd good cargoes No. 2spring
wheat off coast at 4Os
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17

MIS-. MAcKAY, wife of the Big Bon
ANA gentleman, recently gave dinner
party in Paris that cost $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17

MOUNTAIN fires in Oregon have cor
PEELED large herds of deer and ma, y
cougars and bears to descend into the
foot hills.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17
AProclamation by the President.
WARRINGTON, October 8.-The tol-
lowing was issued to-day by the president
Of the United Statea If Amer;ca.

of the United States of America:
WHEREAS. 1t is provided in the laws of
the United States that whenever, by reason
of unlawful obstruction, combinations or
assemhlages of persons or rebellion against
the authority OF the government OF the
United States, it shall become imrracticab1e
in the judgment of the president to enforce
by ordinary course of judicial proceedings
the laws Of the United States within any
state or territory shall be lawia! for the
the states, and employ such parts of the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-17
Of the new phase of greenbackism,
called the "Ohi0 idea," Mr.. Schurz SAYS !:

'' If understand correctly, the newest
phase of the" Ohio idea," as put forth by
the Democratic convention of this state and
several other conventions in other parts of
the country, is as follows:
The resumption act is to be repealed. All
reduction OF the paper currency is to cease.
Greenbacks are to be legal tender for
duties on imports. All restrictions to the
unlimited coinage of silver are to be re-
moved. The National bank notes are to be
withdrawn and greenbacks issued in their
stead. The sale of bonds for the purchase
of coin for resumption purposes is to be
stopped. The volume of the greenback cur.
,rency is to be determined upon by legisla.
ton Or constitutional amendment, $50 as
to insure the stability of their value as we'll
as volume" think have stated it fairly.
That man thoroughly welded to the ir
redeemable paper mania should make such
a platform his own, l can understand. But
how q man who thinks the resumption of
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should not be found possible to change 1t
until the assent of twenty-eight State Leg
islaturcs be again obtained for the change,
That idea is SO chillishly prepostercus that
we must wonder how serious men could
ever have entertained it.
The other proposition that congress-, by
legislation, is to..be the permanent authorit Y
to regulate the volume of the currency. ard
consequently the value, is scarcely less as.
tonisLing, coming as it does from Demo-
Gratis, who pretend to be SO faithful to their
time .honored principles. Have you consid'
cred, nv Democratic friends, what an awful
power you thus proposeto perpetuate in the
congress OF the United States? You your.
selves admit that the value of your ire.
deemable paper currency will depend upon
its volume. Congress is to fix that volume,
and, by increasing or diminishing it, con-
gress is therefore to determine what every
dollar in the land shall be worth The value
Of every piece Of property, o.. every article
Of merchandise, of every private fortune, of
every chance the contractor has in his con.
tract, of every dollar the laboring man fa'.
in the savings: bank, or the merchant on de-
", q will be AZ the mercy of the congress
OF the United States. No man can make an
investments; no merchant can sell or buy q
lot of goods on time; no manufacturer can
accept an order; no contractor can make a
contract for railroad ora building, with
out congress having it in itspower to de-
termine their profit or their loss by regu-
latiug the volume, and consequently the
value, of the currency up or down.. Can
congress, can any body of legislators. be de-
pended upon to exercise so tremendous a
power with wisdom? Why, gentlemen, no
assemblage OF human beings, even if you
get to together the shrewdest fiananciers in
the world, has ever been found wise enough
to determine how much money the business
of great country needs in its multifarious
fluctuations. But if SO awful power
should fall into the hands of such financiers
as made the Ohio platform, then let US de-
voutly pray that the Lord preserve US!
But ii is not the only question, whe ther
such power ia likely to be exercised or
not. The question is, whether auy Govern
ment should be intrusted with SO tremen.
dous, SO far.reaching, SO tyrannical an
authority at all. Oh, my Democratic
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
HERIFF's SALE,

by virtue of q writ of Levarl Facias, 10
me directed, Will be exposed TO public sale,
at the Otel, of John Elliott. In the village
Of Christiana, in White Clay Creek Hun
dred, New Castle county. DEL, on aHJ nc
TUESDAY. the Sd day of September, A. D.,
1878, at 2 O'Clock, p. m.
The following described real estate. viz:
All that certain lot of land, situate in the
village of Christiana, White Clay Creek
Hundred, in the County and State afore-
said bounded and described as follows, to
wit: Beg ginning at point on the easterly
side OF the public road leading :. ON Chris.
tiapa to Stanton, and in line of land now
OF Mre; Phebe Ruth. thence by the said
side of the said road in southerly direc-
ton sixty seven feet, thence by straight
line in an easterly direction one hundred
and ffty feet to q point in the line Of laud
OF Benz. Pete g thirty-seven feet distant In
a, a,southerly direction from the line of land
OF the said of Phebe Ruth, thence by the
line of that land In northeriy dt ection
thirty-seven feet to the line Of land OF the
said Phebe Ruth, thence by the line Of her
land In northwesterly direction one hum
dred ana tweHty-six feet 10 the said side OF
the said public road and and place Of be-
aiming, be- the contents more or less, on
which Is erected afrane house and frame
seized and taken in execution az the pro-
pertys Of John Wayne and Mary A., his
wife, and I, t., and to be sold by
ISAAC GRUBB, Sheriff,
sheriff's Office, New Castle, August l4th,
1878. aug15-ts
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
rHERIFFs SALE.

BY virtue Of awrit ofAis, venditioni Expo
mas to me directed will be exposed to Public
Sale, At the Hotel Of John p. Paulin. in
dred, New Castle County. DEL. on "
MONDAY, the End day of September, 1878,
at O'Clock, P. NJ,
The following described Real Estate, viz:
No. A lot of land bounded on the east
and south by two certain streets, in said
village, on the west by road leading from
said village TO st. Georges, and on the north
by lands late Of James / ogers,, deceased.
supposed to oeontain about three acres with
two small tensnt houses thereon er7nted,
excepting thereout the two small tenant
houses, and the land thereto.attached.h here
tofore sold and conveyed by said John N.
Woods, to Geo. M Bayard and Geo Riddeni
No. Situated in said village, bounded
by the said road leading from Odessa to St.
Georges. by the Road leading nom the said
last mentioned Road to the Su mmit Bridge
A. Lord, land OF late Of James Rogers. de-
ceased, ard by Mos hereafter described.
containing five acres more or less, with five
frame dwelling houses and one frame store
and dwelling house, and other buildings
thereon erected, excepting thereout the
frame store and dwelling house, with the
land thereto attach ed, heretofore sold and
con veyed by said John M. Wood to James
j. Callahan. George Holman. William p,
Rhin, and Jacob, ,Greninger.
Seized and TAX en- in execution as the pro-
perty of John M.Wo0ds, and to be sold by
ISAAC GRUBB, Sheriff.
sheriffs Office, New Castle, August IA,
A-D., 1878. gF4U4n9 g',f augl6-B
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
WOODLAND CAMP.

Correspondence of the HERALD.
WooDLAwN, Nd, August 1e.-The camp
meeting opened at this place on the 18th,
under the most auspicious circumstances.
The first religious services were held In the
evening, when Rev. w.. L. 8. Murray,
Of North East, preached from Luke. 9th cap
ter, 10th verse. The ministers present are
d. G. Ridgewsy, D. W. Layfeld, j. W.
O'Neal, J. O. Sypherd, John D. Kemp, J.
D. Rigg, T. E. Martindale, J. N. Davis and
others. Among the Wilmlngtonians present
are Miss Fannie McCallister and D. 8. Nc
Cullough. Dna 'AaJ "a ,..# ,aa2N ID
/ There are SO families tenting on the
ground. The grounds are well fitted up,
the water good and plenty and the accom-
modations unexcelled.. Sunday viii be q
great day and thousands will visit the
camp from far and near. Has7
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
s"I CAN'T TELL YoU." ii
IA FATAL FALL.

Mrs. Hannah B,ickle, wife Of William
Blickle, residing al, No. sl7 Walnut street.
accidentally fell down stairs, at her home
On Thursday night, about 9 o'clock, ana
received injuries from which she died yes
terday morning 1t . o'clock. Daring this
time the unfortunate woman lay ddncons
conscious. DR.. Wales was osummoped but
was unable to do anything. Bishop Becker,
administered the last rites Of the church to
the dying woman Coroner Rose hAld an
inquest over the, remains yesterday n9rnr
ing and verdict of death from concussion
of the brsin was rendered. Mrs. Blickle was
S8 years of age, and leaves six children.i
She, will be buried to-morrow. afternoon. M 1on
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
CITY POLITICS.

The Democrats of tho Sixth Ward met
last night, at Seventh and Walnut streets,
but adjourned without doing any business,
Ito meet next Friday evening, when Mr.. Jobn
P. Almond is expected to be present and
address the meeting ma agdW 100000
At q meeting of the Republican voters of
the Third Ward, last nights at the NV
corner of Fourth and,i Madison1streets Mr.
Caleb T. Windle was srenominated for,
Council by SO majority. Mr.. Windle res
ceived 131 votes, Mr. Thomas Worrflow 69.
votes. On an invitation of Mr.. e Windle, !
all present proceeded to ,Chandler's Ice
Cream Saloon No. 81 Market street, 70
partake of some fee cream. @7R @39i!fE eHl
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
THE MODEL INSTITUTE.

As'MsDEL" AEpA a CHORAL" soHooL. .-MR
% lI1JAMEs Il. oRABB, PRINCIPAL 5 .oT
This select institution will reopen on
Monday, September, 2nd.. 1878. The open
ing, we are informed, will be very large,
there are already over Is new applications
made for seats. This school gives thor
ough, common sense education at the very
lowest rates. Vocal music, Elocution, Pen
manship, Latin and Greek are taught with
out extra charge. Send your little ones
here, for the most tender care will be given
them. Mr.. Crabb will leave our city for q
few days recreation, and will return about
Thursdsy morning. Call and see him, and
be certain Of good school to send your chill.
dren to. He receives pupils from 5 to 20
years. See advertisement in another COL
umn.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
TIE JEFFERsOH DEMOCRATIC
CLUB. L''@

The excursion of the Democratic Club to
Cape May upon the 2d WIN be the event Of
the season. The club embraces in it's mem
bership the great majority of the leading
young Democrats of the city-men of gen.
tie manners and good breeding. Thi> fact
WIN naturally induce families to embrace
the occupation Of their, going to Cape May,
TO 60 along with the Jefferson boys,
and be sure of that respectable attention
certain to BE- given to them. Next Thurs
day viii be the day., . .si45I..tarEa 1nfr
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
Etr kElRNEY s1IDE.

l A-> AA~~AsAS AsA O1AOSs
II There seems tobea lulli 40 Kearney's bias
|phemy and vu1garity. For the credit Of
his race and people We wish hs vas back "a
|CaliforhiAl The course Of Kearney deserves
the most severe csnsurrs,. Red his speech
through and you, fsil to discovers single
idea ; he Ii like 4 brute animal; he can
tear down and destroy but ID utterly unable
TO construct Combinations to affect labor
are, as a.rule, injurious. The true interest
|of the workingmsn Is to obtain legislation
by their political power-in . quiet way 70
protect their labor and promote their inter
ests. When Kesrney came this way there
was some feeling that perhaps he might be-
. dangerous man-s born leader who could
do an immense deal Of mischief. His OWE
speeches have destroyed that Impression.
because they have made It evident that he
Els not thoughtful or . clever man. He
can gabSle, and can swear loud and long :.
and that is all. It is hard to believe that
he even feels the distresses of the working,
men; and 1t is certain that he offers no
remedy for them. Any audacious rufisn,
gathered up from the slums, or selected
from jail birds, could make a Kearnsy of
himself. 1t is very little trouble. to cuss
and rant, and the work requires no especial
qualifications of honesty or intelligence or
conviction. All that Is wanted is furnished
by a loud mouth, impudence, and q mod
crate. acquaintance with vie language.
Successful and dangerous agitators have
Invariably been men of brains and resources.
Des Moulins, Danton. Murat, Robespierre,
Lasalle, Carl Marx, John Wilkes, Butler
and others, hold places in history as the
owners Of mental ability. n they hsd aII
been simply vulgar blackg1ards Of the
Kearney strife, they would have shone for
the moment like stale msckerel In the
dark; then passed away and been remem,-
bered no more. Such win be Kearney's
fate. There is no danger In him, except
that he ia put forward to do the bidding Of
more adroit demagogues. But If he Is to
be even effective in that line, his hackers
should see that he is provided with 9 new
speech. It Is getting terribly monotonous
to hear every day from him'that bondhold-
ers are lecherous and newspapers slimy.
Dennis, oehons 90 home and blaze away
at the almond-eyed Chinese, but give Us
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
FRENCH FINANCES.

About seventy years ago the French
finances were established upon an entirely
different system from that which they pre~
viously had. There Is receiver general of
revenues in every department. These off,
cials receive the revenues and remit them to
the treasury by means of checks and bill Of
exchange; the central receivers informs his
subordinate receivers as to whether he
wants more or less money in Bordeaux or
in any other city, than he has there, and
what funds he wishes sent to Paris, and
transfers are made accordingly. The result
Of this national financial system is, that Of
the revenues but from thirty to forty mil
Hons of francs per annam are transferred
from all the departments of France to Paris
in money, all else by bills of exchange and
checks. The payment of the war fine to
Germany was made in exact accordance
with this system.
In this country, however, where We have
isolated the treasury from the people, we
employ express companies to cart money all
over the country, taking it away from the
people and out of circulation, and the fric-
tion between the government, the Treasury
and the people is destructive to all business.
The money is for weeks and even months
withdrawn from the place in which 1t is
collected, being carried principally to New
York there to be distributed by the same
barbsrous system.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
NOT WELL AT ALL.

A gentleman who visited Harley Brown,
,in New Castle JAN yesterday morning IN
forms us that his confinement is telling
upon him very badly. He is not well, and
his Illness Is partly owing to worriment.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
BETWEEN THE BAYS.

Benz. E. Lodore. of Elkton, viii soon re-
move to Florida.
Jos. g. Corridsn, of Elkton, has sold his
fast trottipg colt. Nora Day, to Capt. Lay
man, of Chesapeake City, for $500.
The authorities of Middletown are trying
to suppress the tramps, and have given
notice that they will be arrested If found
within their jurisdiction. - ~. 2 III .r'as
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
LITERATURE!

A discussion of the question, -"What I'd
Inspirationp is to appear in the September
and October number Of the North Amer
lea Review. The writer's will be Rev. DR..
F. H. Hedge (Unitarian,) Rev. Dr.. 8. "A.
Washburn, (Episeopalian, Rev. .Chancery
Giles (Swedenborgisn, Rev. DR.. ]. P. New
man Methodist } Most Rev. Dr.. James
Gibbons, Archbishop Of Baltimore (Roman
Catholic, )and John Fiske (Independent.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17

What is the use of twenty-three citizens
to sit on a Coroner's jury 2 In Massachu-
setts tho office of Coroner has been abol,
ished. In other States the Coroner's jury
is limited to six. There ought to be gen.
eral charge along the whole line in favor o.
economy and reform.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17
SHERIFF SALES.
yHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of 9 writ Of Levari Focias, to
nae directed, Will be exposed to public sale.
ct the GipiIi House, kept by George Whit
field, In the city Of New Castle, New Castle
hundred, and county Of New Castle DEL,
MONDAY, the 10Th day or august, A. D.;
1878, at 2 O'Clock, p. M,
q The following described Real Estate viz:
{ All the following described tractof land
ty Of New Castle, in the state Of Delaware,
bounded as follows. to wit. Beginning, at
stone, cOrneI Of land late Of the heirs of
Andrew Miller, deceased. thence by the
said land late OF the said heirs south de-
grees east 152 6-19 perches to stone, and
thence by land Of II. Cavender south 10 IA
degrees east 69.1-10 perches to stone,
thence by land of James Reso and the
heirs OF Benz. Reso, deceased. north rs de-
grees east 70 $40 perches to stone, and
stone On the soltherly side Of FrsnchtoWn
Road thence along the same north rs de-
grees east 72 perches to stone, thence
north "a degrees east perches to q stone
on the northe erly side OF said road thence
by the aforesaid allotment north S8 degrees
west Il 5-l0 perches 70 2 stone. south 90 lila
degrees west s 8-l0perches 20 q cerner tree,
north 80 l-l2 degrees west H $40 perctes to
q stone, north 60 degrees east 10 perches to
o stone, and north 10 3-4 quarter degrees
west H4 2.l0 perches 20 stone. thence by
lands of Francis Il Cooch sonth "a liz de-
grees west SO perches to the be beginning, con-
Laintng one hundred and twenty acres, be
the same more or less, with frame house
thereon erected. ... ,-.,rt- .,... f., = -.... Pc
Seized and taken in execution as the pro-
perty OF samuel H. Jenkins and Emma B.
his wife, and Benjamin. Downey and Jose
phine Downsy and q. It. Rust, and E. Rust
I. t.'s, and to be sold by n+t
ISAAC GRUBB. Sheriff,
Sheriff's ONCE, New Castle, August lst,
A, d, 1878, ..-'.
au1>ta
The Morning herald., 1878-08-17

John P. Almond is good business man,
Of unspctted character, familiar with the
workings Of our municipal system hence
would make good mayor. Elect him.