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WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE Three
new instruments have been ordered from
the bradbury mandatory fOi the IVES
leyan College, at Wilmington, Del. Pres.
ident Williams is pushing the improve.
ments vigorously towards completion. He
says the outlook for the coming yea. is
fine.
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Unto SEVENTY TINES SEvEH-The col.
ored people had religious iamboree at
Darlington, last Sunday, and seventy seven
of them left Elkton early in the morning
and spent the day there.
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OR DER NISs.

THE MUTUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION OF CEc
cot MY
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A NEW ENTERPRISE.

Auction '.-ni-l, a' Rae. d, ,o-.,.sk.
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phine, and she aud Hannah got into a fight
and the Baiiir, as was his duty, iuterfercd
i'll order Ia preserve the pence. and Hannah
struck him with telling ellrc, upon the back
Of the bead with her fist. lie turned round
To face the nccuSed fury aud she grabbed
him by the throat, and was choki ing him
rather more than was wholesome, when he
bethought himself of his pistol, which he
drew forth from the rcccsSes 90 his hip
pocket and presented at lIanuah's head.
This had 4 magic effect and she instantly
released her grip upon his throat, when he
marched the colorcd females To Justice
Fuard's Office, who sent them to jail to
await the action Of the grand Jiury.
Can't some philanthropic person devise
some plan Ia stop the continual wraug.ing
of she colorcd citizens in Water street
lie would be public beucfactur. who would
accomplish desirable reformation.
They SoUGHr. EUT DID Nor FIND
John r. Howell owned two year old colt,
which he exchanged with VIM. Crookham
for horse, a few weeks ago, which ms
wife started to drive to Woodlawn camp
meeting, last sunday, and which, uufortu-
nately. sickencd and died before the camp
was reached. On .louday, Mrs. Howell he.
paired to Elkton and represented to the
Sheriff that the colt aforesaid belonged to
her, and that she was anxious to obtain
possession of it. The Sheriff advised her
TO obtain a writ nf rcplevin, which she did.
and she and Deputy Sheriff .anncy started
to reclaim the colt. They soon arrived at
Mr.. Crookham's who lives near the old
rolling mill, in the Fourth district, and in-
formed that gentleman of the purpose Of
their visit. lie replied 1t was all right and
that he would send his boy to the field and
bring the colt in. The officer waited
patiently for a considerable while and both
the boy and the colt failing To put IN an
appearance, lie suggested that Mr.. {.
should accompany him in search of them.
SO the twain repaired to the field and were
unable tn find either of the objects of their
search, for the boy had became enamorcd
of the clean limbs aud majestic bearing of
the juvenile horse aud with the instinct Of
wild Arab had caught and mounted il,
and departed for new fields and pastures
green, where deputy sher'tt> and limbs of
the law are unknown. The Deputy Sheriff
and Mr. c. returned 10 the house of the
latter, when Mrs. II. showed a disposition
to engage in 4 pugilisiIc exercise with Mr.
C., whom, she alleged, had in>ticatcd the
boy To ride the colt away. Indeed, we
have been told that she stated in very en-
phatic term: shat her sex was all that pre-
vented her from pitching in vigorously.
However, the writ returned cioiEsd,
and the matter will be fully investigated
to day before his Honor, Justice FUard.
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Notice 10 Creditors.

At hkAsUNABLE FhIV =.
Al-.,. At TuLCnESTEs Huu>E" hy y 4 skim,
Al. .I-1w the STEAMBOAT 60
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INQUIRY NO. ,.

We saw in a late issue of the Wig, an
inquiry from Chesapeake City, in reference
To Cousin sue" but we cannot say. as
did our friend from the above place. that
we are in single bie>scdncss but can assure
her that few lines from her pen would he
hailed or received with delight. Nn;with-
standing, Cousin. are You still this side
the sea? II 50, let us hear from you.
QUARTERLY NETTING.
The quarterly meeting Of the Friends will
Toe held at this place, on Friday the 3Oth
inst. These meetings are always largely
attended. and Gods word preached without
money, and without price All are invited.
The church is now being cleaned and rem
ovated aud all things made ready for
profitable day at the BRICK.
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Z WILLIAM II. ALEXANDER aal CATHERINE l.. l.
ALEXANDER. hts wife
l.. Mn. li-ru.t C...t L. r-rI. cIufN- u FIuIiN
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Mr.. Joseph Coslett, of Perkinsvile, lost
his little son, aged about one year, Of sum
mer complaint, on Monday last.
OBSERVER
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Woodall, of Georgetown, Kent county,
and is to be finished by September, and is
destined to ply between the head Of Sassa-
fras and Baltimore.
In the darkness and consequent con.
fusion incident to the landing of the pas
sengers from the chester, on Wednesday
evening last, a buggy collided with the
carriage Of James McIntire, of Delaware,
and injured it so badly that lie was obliged
to procure another vehicle from DR..
Mackall, at the Landing, in which he
reached hons safely.
The first number of Tie Protestant
Ifator, monthly paper edited and pub
lished at Elkton, Md, by Jas II. Marley.
has appeared. II is ably edited and devoted
to the interest of the Methodist Protestant
Church, both white and colored, the latter
of which Mr.. Manley is rising young
minister. We commend this enterprise OF
the colored people to the favorable consid
Grafton of our readers as one that deserves
to be encouraged and sustained.
Eliza Hammond, a married coIored
woman, who lives in Back street. became
jealous of Martha Garrett. another colored
woman, and being under the influence OF
the green-eyed monster, pitched into her
and gave her severe drubbing, whercupou
Martha obtained a warrant, which sine put
in the hands of BaiIiT ShockIey. who ar.
rested the aforesaid Eliza and took her be
fore Justice Foard, who fined her 81 o.
and costs, and held her in s2j to keep til,
peace.
John b. Graham, Esq, of Charles
town, in this county, raised ten bushels o
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iu'i" be Third district fronts on ia. ..,utI,rly
.Ii~ 81 Ia" public rad it"m EIk Mill FORMERLY
i"'f t"ii"" Nhi-i g. Cherry Till. a tw hundred
Nrr!- ir.rl til. spinning Mil ii th- E,k Mil. en-
VtiIy- Tai IT.. contains
, 1878-02-02

Charles H. Smith, a telegraph
operator of Munster, ILL.,, was re-
turning on New Years night
from a party, walking along the
railroad track, when suddenly,
on the middle of q trestlc bridge
twenty-five feet high, he was
stopped by an armed tramp, who
forced him to throw up his hands
and surrender his revolver, $50
in cash, a valuable gold watch
and some jewelry. "Well, old
boy" said the highwayman, IN
delight, "you are pretty well
heeled," and he ordered his vic.
tim to hand over his ulster, dress
coat and vest. As Smith took
off his vest he watched anoppor-
tunity, and with a desperate
push hurled the robber from the
trestle work upon the ice twenty
five feet below. Hurrying back
for assistance, on his return he
found the hlghwayman lying
senseless, seriously if not fatally
wounded, on the ice with all his
plunder, and the man was soon
in Jail.
, 1878-02-02
Two Old ons.a,r. C..eht.

Persons residing near Smiths
Cove have recently been missing
COWS, and in one instance have
found the entrails Of an animal un.
der circumstances that led to the
belief that some persons had been
butchering COWS. Following this q
watch was set, and two men were
seen to carry some beef to boat
and row away in the direction OF
Milton. Information was brought
to this city, and this morning Con-
stable Lyts went to Milton for the
purpose of arresting Dan Sullivan
and Pat Quinn, the men who were
seen with the beef. Sullivan was
found and brought to this city.
Constable Lyts returned to Milton
soon after and went to a house on
the bay a short distance above the
town to search for Quinn, but failed
to find him. He started back again
and after returning short distance
he saw Quinn crawl out of the wa
ter from under q building, and
start to lun. Lvts followed, and
ordered Quinn to stop. This he re-
fused to do, when Lyts fired, miss
ing him. Quinn then jumped over
log into the bay, and Lyts
came up and ordered him to
surrender. This he refused to
do. until informed that he must
choose whether to be taken alive or
otherwise. He then came out of
the water, poured the water out of
his boots, and started reluctantly for
Milton. There he was put into a
boat. After pushing out from, shore
Quinn slipped off his boots unob-
served, and jamping into the water,
swan under the wharf. Lyts fol-
lowed with the boat and jumped
upon some floating slabs, when he
ordered Quinn to get into the boat.
This he refused to do, and prepared
to resist. Lyts then hit Quinn over
the head with that little walking
stick of his. and tied him, when he
came to this city without further
trouble. The two prisoners were
examined before Justice Scott, and
held in the sum of 81 900 each to
appear tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. They are about as desper-
ate characters as our city can boast
, 1878-02-02
BnRGLARY.-This morning when

BURGLARY. This morning when
O. McCallister went to his store he
found the back window up and the
blind open. An Investigation show
ed that box containing 4 pounds
of chewing tobacco, worth about
$50, was missing. The empty box
was found in the rear of the store.
Some person or persons had pried
the staple out of the blind and after
cutting the putty from on corner of
window had broken the glass and
reaching in, had drawn the window
catch. Nothing but the tobacco
was missed. About one ~dollar in
charge was left in the money drawer
last night, and although the drawer
bad been opened. the money had
not been disturbed.
D1ED.--We are panied to learn that
the wife of Judge Haskell. of Snohom-
ish. died yesterday, of typhoid fever.
after an illness of ten days. She was
an estimable lady. aud will be sadly
missed by her family and the entire
community.
, 1878-02-02

We are glad to know that we, the
people, have social rights which the
White House is, bound to respect;
that we are no longer to be frozen
out of those exalted precincts by icy
formality, ceremony, etiquette, and
hauteur as under the late imperial
regime we we're. What a work it
was then, to be sure, to gain admit
tance into that most select and re-
cherche circle! What q scramble
fer tickets-which had to be bought,
the proceeds going TO the Grant ci-
gar fund-and what an expense for
court costumes and carriages, as
none but kerridge people" could
gain entrance within the gates!-
What an awesome time we had in
getting into the blue room, through
a double line of liveried lackeys, and
hearing our names miscalled by the
grand ushers of the black and white
rods, and what another time in back
ing out of the presence! And how
hard on the cabinet officers having
to be on hand betimes in the presi-
dental dressing room, to assist at
the grand toilet of the president,
their wives little later taking their
turns in bearing the train of the
presidentess, while senator's and
their wives we're expected to do
Dent-duty and perform Sharp-ser-
vlce!-Grdce Greenwood.
, 1878-02-02

The first four named belonged to
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and
are vessels making trips to the
Sound. The other nine are the
property of the O. S. S. and P. G..
S. S. Co. s, and are running to Port
land.
The MEETINGS. One who was
present reports the two meetings of
yesterday at the Congregational
church as being full of interest and
instruction. The day meeting at 8
o'clock way better attended and very
profitable. Chaplain Stubbs is do
ing valuable service in which he is
cheerfully sustained by all the pas
tors. The discourse last night by
Rev. Mr.. Macfie on Paul's determin-
alton to ''press toward the mark for
the prize" was replete with inspir-
ing throught, being delivered with
pathos and earnestness. DR.. Lane
followed with appropriate exhorta-
tion, after which the meeting was
thrown open for general exercises.
Rev. A. G. Fairchild, j. F. Ellis, D.
Bagley, and Messrs. Anderson, Hill.
Alverson. and others participated in
the exercises. The usual services
tonight again commencing at z
o'clock.
THE P. G. s. S. Co.'s splendid
side wheel steamer Ancon will leave
Portland for San Francisco, Sunday,
February Sd, at 6 o'clock P. M.
Passenger accommodations unsur-
passed. Fare from Seattle, cabin,
$14.5O. Steerage, So. W. H.
Pumphrey. agent.
, 1878-02-02

SECRET OF SwEDENBoRG. = Col.
Larrabeefs lecture in Yesler's Hall
last evening was attended by o fair
audience considering the inelemency
of the weather and the large num-
bers attending the union meetings.
The lecture was delivered in free
and agreeable style. The subject is
one of deep interest, and is well un-
derstood by the lecturer. Below we
give . few of the speakers leading
thoughts: He said, in speaking of
Immortality, there could be no i'm
mortal sons without o Divine Fath>
er. Great men suited to tie occas-
ion always arose when necessity de-
manded them; such a one was Swed-
enborg. His system was accepted
by the learned of all nations, yet his
followers as a distinct sect were
scarcely perceptible. It was said
by Swedenborg there could be no
philosophy without religion. The
speaker here gave a biographical
sketch of the subject of the lecture,
and named a long list of his works
on philosophy, science and religion.
It was discovered that human nature
furnished the key to the Divine ma
ture. Religion must be directed by
wisdom. or be misguided. Inevery-
day life it is to select the good and
shun evil. God does not punish
evil, man Furnishes himself. He
who wills and loves evil in this life
will will and love evil in the life to
come. and he who loves the good
here will love ths good there. In
the other life man grows up from
youth, or down from age, to perfect
manhood. The deeds of this life
are of value to us only as they fit US
for the life hereafter. The spiritual
is the real life; there are govern
ments, nations, societies, mountains,
plains, rivers, fountains, reading.
writing. discussions, labor and rest,
feasting, songs, in the spiritual as in
this life, only as far above this as
heaven is above earth. Death is
only a step in life; man does not
die, but is separated from the corpo-
real body; it is q resurrection; soon
after the heart ceases to beat man is
resuscitated, and the spirit leaves
the body. The lecturer stated that
Swedenborg had been in constant
intercourse with the inhabitants of
the other world for % years. The
Secret of Swedenborg was the taking
OF man out of accidental creation
into true manhood. The lowest
demon can reform if the faintest de-
sire for good remains. God was a
week day being, not holiday being.
CoMET.-More repairs were found
necessary on the Comet than were
at first intended, and she did not go
up the river until this morning.
She was put in thorough repair BY
Messrs. Bigelow & Tie1ney, ship
wrights. Mr.. Bigelow has had con-
siderable experience in ship and
steamboat building, having finished
the Katie Flickinger, and having
been interested in the construction
of the Quickstep and the steamer
Yakima.
A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE. W. G.
Jameson has. by means of reflect
or. so arranged his electric clock
that Dersons can tell the correct
time at any hour of the night.
THE West Shore comes to us with
a finely engraved new heading. The
illustrations are also better work
than those in former numbers,
, 1878-02-02
MURDERED BY HIS WIRE.

/
Walla Walla Watehman says: "Mr
Leonard and his wife kept house a
SCOTS station, on John Days river
the first station out from the Dalles
| OF late they were not happy. talked
divorce, and sometimes locked
horns. The wife, in one of thes,
engagements, told her husband tha
''some day she wonld fix him, so ht
wouldn't need a DIVORCE" etc. Sat
urday morning Leonard was discov
cred lying in bed unconscious. with
a bullet hole through the right tenn.
pie, and dying. His wife was al
once arrested. Judge Gates, attor-
ney for Leonard, is on the track oi
the guilty party, and the examina
ton will no doubt unfold tale
sickening and horrid in oil its de.
tails"
A NEW GAME.-The proprietors
of the newly opened Chinese store
on Second street, near Washington,
have invented new amusement for
their customers. A piece of fresh
pork weighing from three to five
pounds is hung on hook and q
strip of about half an ounce weight
is cut until it only hangs to the
larger piece by very small portion
of the skin. The crowd then pay
the price of the pork, and each in
turn "hefts" the little piece and
guesses its weight. The one COM
ing nearest the actual weight wins
the large piece.
A YOUNG man, as lean as splinter,
arrived on the down train from Rem
ton last night without q red cent in
his trousers. Hungry and hapless,
he wandered about until s O'Clock,
when happening to pass the Centen-
NAL he snuffed the savory odor OF
boiling clans. To see that young
man go for them CLAIMS was sight
never to be forgotten. He went
back full and happy youth.
DISTRICT CoURT.-An indictment
has been found against John Moss
for shooting with intent to kill. He
was arraigned this afternoon. The
Judge asked him if he had secured
counsel, and Moss answered in the
negative. I. M. Hall was then APP
pointed counsel for prisoner. The
morning session was occupied in
arguing motions.
JOHN D. DAILY, travelling agent
for the Port Townsend Press. in
passing through the timber in JEFF
ferson county last week, became
lost and laid out all night. He was
found next day with his ankle badly
sprained, and was taken into Port
Townsend, where he is now lying
at Delgardno's Hotel.
IT is noticeable that when heavy
fogs hang over the bay and the
lower portion of the city, the sur
is shining warm and bright on the
hills in the upper portion of town.
A WAGON broke down in turning
the corner in front of Mr.. Uhlfeld
er's store with a stick Of timber fol
the railroad.
The specimens Of ore from tht
copper mine on Guemes' Island art
said to be of very superior quality
, 1878-02-02
Notice /!
OFFICE CRY TREASURER.

OFFICE CRY TREASURER,
SEATTLE. ". T., Nov 1, 1877.
The tax list Of the city of Seattle for the wear
1877 is now in my hands and due, All taxes
not paid on or before February 1st, 1878. viii
be returned DELINQUENT. and percentage added
Once At Maddock's Drug Store. nnstd
, 1878-02-02
From the Daily of Thursday.

FfOm tn6 Daily OF ThurSday.
VALUE OF STEAMERS. - OF the
steamers engaged in San Francisco,
Puget Sound and Columbia river
commerce during the past year, their
cash value, as found by the assessor
of San Francisco as follows:
, 1878-02-02

In 1872 Thomas Comfy, a Phila-
delphia sail maker, married girl of
good birth and with wealthy rela-
tives, who were. however, opposed
to the match. He proved shiftless
body, and she, after bearing him two
sons. faded and died, and was buried
with her relatives. Both infants
had heads of remarkable breadth,
and mal-formations of the chest that
made them interesting from q sur
geon's point of view. One was
placed in charge of a kind neighbor;
the other in the almshouse, where
it died almost immediately. The
neighbor went to get its remains
and bury them with these of its
mother, and found that only the
shell of the body was left, the head
having been cut off and the organs
removed from the chest. Then
Comfy took the four-year-old boy
away and left him with some friends
in Wilmington. These tired of him,
and taking him to Philadelphia. left
him at the door of the charitable
neighbor and ran away. II want
my mamma" he said; met my man.
ma in the box, but my other NAM
ma" and Mrs. Seymour, though q
widow compelled to support a Grip
pied daughter, took him in again.
He was clothed in rags, cold, cut
and bruised; the people at Whining
ton had made him sleep in the sta
BILE among the horses Mrs. Sey-
mour took the child to one of its
mothers rich relatives. The woman
would not receive it, bnt sent her to
another rich relative. He would
have nothing to do with it. Then
the crippled girl took it to third
relative on Christmas Eve. 81
thought" she said, they would
surely take Willie on such a night.
I read stories in the papers. and it
seemed that this was a real one."-
These relatives kept it one day and
sent it back in a carriage. The SER
want dropped it at the widows door
and drove away, pursued by Kisses
from the indignant neighbors. So
the poor widow had to take the waif
to the almshouse.
, 1878-02-02

Passengers from Portland and up-Sound port
will take Puget Sound Mail steamer AID max
connection with "City of Panama" at Victoria.
Steamer "Dakota" goes through to Olympia
These steamers leave Victoria at noon on the
day advertised Tickets are good only on the
steamer for which they are purchased and a
not transferable. For freight or passage app1
on board. II. L. TIBBAES,
General agent for Puget Sound,
Port Townsend
, 1878-02-02

Coal and other Ninera' Lands, and mines
surveyed. examined and reported upon. Pla 4
and estimates for mining improvements. furn.
nisned. Special attentlongiven to land survey
sad TO the location Of City Lots and Blocks.
Msps and mechanical Drawing executed.
November 2. 1877.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Mrs. Stowe has only made 100000
cut Of "UncIe Toms Cabin
The Philadelphia Press styles the
income tax the work Of the tramp in
Congress.
A Houston paper prints a column
Of oTexas Grimes" every day, and it
does'n pretend to cover the field, either.
The Charleston Is. CD Ne,os says
that the South will not have Mr.. Tilden
as the democratic candidate in 1880.
a Missouri paper is credited with
saying that Mr.. Tildens political ca
reer IS at ali end now that his wife has
confessed.
Beecher's audiences grow every time
the scandal is broached. Three thon-
sand people listened to him at Hart
ford On Tuesday.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
REGISTERS ORDER,
REGISTERS OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, April 25, 1873
Upon III application ofHoraho n Wilets,
Executor Of THOMAS S. MERRITT, late
Of ST. Georges hundred in said County,
decd, it is ordered and directed BY the Regis
ter that the Executor aforesaid, give notice
Of granting Of Letters Testamentary upon the
Estate Of the deceased, with the date Of grant
ing thereof, BY causing advertisements to be
posted within forty days from the date Of such
Letters, in six Of the most public places 10 the
County Of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate, to present
the same or abide By an Act Of Assembly in
such case made and provided; and also cause
The same to be inserted within the same period
il The MlDDLErowN TRANSCRIPT a newspaper
published in Middetown, and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under tile hand and Seal of Office OF
1~, the Register aforesaid, at New Castle,
LIS in New Castle County, aforesaid, the
49, day and year above written.
S. G BIGGS, Register.