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The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Return of q Com I'm nissiOn.

Messrs. Jacob P. Herdman, Myles
Burke, e. X. Crawford, John V. Christy
appointed to assess damages for the
opening of Conrad street, between Van
Buren, and Harrison, have made their re-
turn, which Is signed by all the Commits
sioners excepting Mr.. Burke, who prob
ably dissents. The awards of damages
are as follows: New Castle County (the
proposed opening will touch the Aims
house property six cents Philip Plum
kett, we dollars. The total cost of the
improvements is estimated at 500. The
return will be presented to Council at
the next meeting.
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Brief Locals.
fonday will be st. Patrick's Day.

rlOuudy Will Do pt dtilCh y Lay.
1t takes $1,000 locomotives to supply
all the railroads ofthe country.
The average price of milch cows In
this country Is S26 Al.
A special train, with wedding party
on board, ran from Philadelphia to West
Chester-2 miles-in forty-eight minut-
es, and West Chester people think this
was awful fast time.
The renovating black woolens sponge
with ammonia, water and iron while
damp.
Do not wait. but go a, once and buy
the baby new carnage, at Adams u
Bros. BOG Market street. dl2-l52tw.
DIR. Gallagher, the dentist, Is located
at No. 1856 Market street.
The walking mania bids fair to have
its run In Wilmington, AZ well az in 9TH
er cities.
Chester, Pa. now wears boiled shirts
from genuine French laundry.
About this time look ont for Spring
poetry-newspaper conjecture.
Go and see that new line of carpets
and oil cloths at Adams & Bros. at bot
tom prices.
The Legislature will pro 5ably adjourn
week otter next.
There was a good-sized street market
this morning.
Read Licbtensteins new half column
advertisement in to-day's paper.
The "first shad of the season" sold for
SO 90 apiece in Philadelphia, the other
day.
If you are in need of boots and shoes
call at Adams 81 Bros. They are selling
cheap.
Congressman VIM. Ward, of Chester,
Pa, succeeded in doing great deal of
good for his district during his first term
In Congress.
A new postoffice has been established
at Dugdale, Chester Co., Pa.
Good business announcements can al
ways be found in the columns of the GA
| ZETTE.
This day and evening Chadwick's
Delaware museum can be seen once more,
and those visiting 1t will receive pres
ent as usual
The Hdrvest Home Range when com.
pared with any otberis far ahead point
of size and durability. 1t will pay to ex-
anime it At H. r. Pickels's, Nos. and o
Il. Fourth street. sb2l-f
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Still Walking.

Henry Thompson, the midget boot
black, Is still walking at the National
Hotel, where he started on Thursday
evening at o'clock, for the purpose OF
walking fifty hours without rest
Last night large number of persons
called to see him, at times the room being
filled. He does not seem to be tired, but
keeps up steady gait all the time. He
will end his task this evening at IL o'cpk,
and in order to make the affair interest
ing there will be music, and a sleight of
hand performance. Go and see him.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
General News.

Only two men of 17th English Lam
GERS remain of those who survived the
memorable Balaklava charge in the
Crimea.
For the first time in many years the
Florida LEGISLATURE, on recently adjour-
ming sine die, was paid off in current
funds from the Treasury.
The excavations at the supposed site
of the hanging gardens at Babylon are
said to have terminated. They have
yielded mauv tablets for the time of
Nadonidus to the Parthian era.
Our regular terms for spring poetry
are 75 cents per line. Apply at counting
room for contract rate.-Boston 1rav-
elter
A contempary heads a column of
personals "Men and Thugs" which is
certainly not very gallant way Of refer
ring 20 the other sex.
A large mushroom is said to have for
ced It's way through twelve inches of
concrete, covered with thick layer of
asphalt, in the floor of the savings bank
department of the general Post Office in
London.
The caucus of Democratic members of
the House Of Representatives to select a
candidate for Speaker will meet in Wash
ington on Monday night.
The semi-annual convention Of the
General Ticket and Passenger Agents
Association met in New York yesterday,
to fix rates to and from all points in the
United States and Canada, and discuss
the ticket calping business and other
matters Of Importance. The convention
will be in session for two or three days.
Ida Lewis, now Ida Lewis Wilson
has been appointed keeper of Lime Rock
Station, at an annual salary OF $3.50, an
fore paid, made ''in consideration of the
the saving Of lives"
The late Elihu Burritt was called on
some years ago to dscipher blindly-
written Danish will from the West In
dies, after it had heen the round of
several leading colleges. He accomplished
the task in two weeks, however, and
charged only what he would have charged
in the same time at his forge.
The banana plants, which were badly
bitten by the frost at Sacramento, Cal,
were not killed, and are now sending
forth new leaves, much to the gratifica
ton of the gentlemen who are expert
menting to see whether banana culture
may not be included among Sacramento's
advantages.
In the New York House of Represent
atives yesterday resolution requesting
Insurance Superintendent Smyth to re-
sign was indefinitely postponed without
division.
In the Dominion House Of Commons
on Thursday, The motion c.nsuring
Lieutenant Governor Letellier for dis
missing the Deboucheville Ministry was
carried by IS majority.
Full returns of Tuesdays election in
Bergen county, N. j., show Republican
losses as we'll as gains, and leave the
Democrats majority of the Board of
Freeholders.
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pennsylvania lteu,..

.I, s.oae manufacturers of Western
,sai'la' Eastern Ohio and West
sl,lla 5 met in Pi'tsburg on We'd
an anu !. hxed prices for one year,
a'' slightly in advance of old
\ su'illnlslrators a,n hai of. Edgar Thomp-
INA. a.e ,.y uehy ever having received
lous land case exposed at the PENN e
n railroad meeting. iA
b began at Washington, Pa. on
,or VI -, seVehty-eight coal miners in.
IilTn,' IN no, and conspiracy in driving
ME- Weya;,,,o u work for lower wages Out
pnth. a' greenfield
now ',"sy ovSa1 yald property at Phila.
\, is to I@''eu Nv @ by the Pennsylvania
bn,,rno, ~ W ; ne Improved this year by
''"''ioii OF a large STEAMSHIP
4 Ti,on. ,loel eal suit against the Phila.
|req"e,, ,ss III mas again been postponed
es w ~" until September.
\ ~ y ", Il. Latimer has accen,ea -,
llion. Y,a,s,lee Ya,al Of the Dime SAVING.
'0rh' Pa recently suspect, saspes 3.
caster se assessed sons,' J value of bank stoc,
'' county is s2,aes, 800. '''''
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At his Old Tricks.

John g. Hey German who has an un-
governable temper figured again last
plalnant was his wife, who charged him
with being drunk and disorderly, and
abusing her. He came home drunk aud
because she would not attend the market
for him, he turned her out of tho house,
and she had to seek shelter in the hsuse
of neighbor. The Mayor required HIM
to pay S5 and costs and give 800 bail to
keep the peace. He will probably be
sent over to New Castle, as no one will
go his bail.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
lgn Telegraphic Summary

d. Broglie and Rochebouet min
Intend to protest against the vote
|ure by the French Chamber Of
|es-M Renard, communist re
now professor in Louisiana, has
warded the grand prize OF the
Academy for poetry-Prepara-
pr another insurrection in Mace
|s III progress-An obnoxious de-
/ Sir Garnet Wolseley regulating
ery affairs has caused a suspension
|ness in Limasol, in the Island of
IA fearful storm is still raging in
lry. Other towns are threatened
pundalion. Thousands of refugees
Pzegedin are reported starving.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
PERSONAL.

Secretary Thompson will run out to
his Terre Haute home, onthe roaring
Wabash IN a few days.
Charles r. Mosey, a prominent lawyer
of Lynchburg, Va, died in that city on
Thursday night aged 72years.
Professor E. D. Cope, the geologist, of
Philadelphia, has received the Bigsby
gold medal Of the Geological Society Of
London.
Chief Justice Comegys came up on the
Delaware train this morning, and is now
spending the day in this city.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15

New York World, according to
\ report, is shortly to be turned in
Eo-cent paper of the size of the
FoFk San, Mr.. George Washington
4 Poi Philadelphia, having CONTROL.
Fefest IN the new venture. The
P'u ia'eS says: SIT is underst BOD
oren for several weeks in New
|o"Fhailstic circles, that the World
''s new ownership, will in two OF
noh'hs come out for Grant"
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
KENT COUNTY SALES.

J. F. Mancha, Real Estate Agent, sold
for J. b. Raughley 81 acres south of Five
Poin S, to William J. May, of N. Y, for
$1700; also farm belonging to William
Boyer, containing 1872 acres, half a mile
east of Brenford, to Henry Lower, of
Ohio, Tor $1,000; also 93 acres of Peter
Stover's, miles west of Dover, to WIN.
Brothers, of Canada, for $4,000 also
farm OF his own. ON Jones' Creek, con-
tanning 80 acres, to J. s. Given, of Pa,
for $4,000.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Building Iunproveme e n Is.

Mr.. II. P. Herdman will ON April 1st
the work of tearing down the
Naff building on Fourth street between
Market and King. He will erect in it,
place u row of handsome stores, over
which there will be large hall for socie-
ties.
Joshua Maris, Esq, will IN few days
commence improvements on the store
lately occupied by John s. Rowbotham.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
WEAVERS ON A STRIKE.

About sixty weavers employed at the
Arlington cotton mills, Ninth Ward,
struck on Thursday afternoon, on ac-
count of a reduction in wages. They
were informed, when their books for the
last month were settled, that the price
for weaving would be reduced from 80 to
q cents per cut, when they refused to
submit to the reduction, and struck. The
strikers were still holding out this morn
ing. These sixty strikers cause about two
hundred looms to lay idle.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
On the CITY Line.

The engineers of the Surveying De-
partment found up III Surveying tn e
lines for the new building about to be-
erected by e. F. Rudolph corner of
Fourth and Market streets, that the
building just torn down, stood Il inches
on Malket,and a inches on Fourth street
over the line. The building will be
erected to conform to the lines.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Important TO Mothers.

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup is the
only thing that mothers can rely upon for
their children. 1t corrects acidity of the
sto mach. cures wind collie, regulates the
bowels and gives rest, health and conn fort,
to mother and child. During the process
of teething lis value Is tncalculable. 1t
softens the gums. reduces Inflammation
and allays all pain, thereby giving rest TO
the CHI lid and comfort TO the MOTHER
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. marl5-1yeod
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
SALEOF REAL ESTATE.

NIL Lichtenstein will sell for the Union
Loan ASSOCIATION, this afternoon, the
store property No. w. Fourth street, a
three story brick house on West Front
west of Clayton, two brick houses on
Delaware Avenue, near Union street. a
lot of ground on Gilpin Avenue, Rodney
and Clayton streets. The sale will take
place at the auction rooms of d. H.
COyle & Co,
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
THE FISH MARKET

The fish market was well stocked again
this morning with all kinds of fish, the
"Yellow Ned" variety predominaung.
Sbad and herring are still scarce, and as
vet there has been no Delaware river
shad offered for sale. About one thou
sand Delaware herring were offered for
sal e, and were eagerly sought for by the
Lovers of the tinnv tribe.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
A PREACHER TRANSFERRED.

Rev. George X. Bristor, of the NJ. Z.
Church, at New Castle, has received a
telegram from Bishop Andrews inform
ing him that he may consider himself
transferred to Ames' Church, New Or
leans. 1t seems strange that out of over
eighty conferences The Wilmington Con-
ference should be drawn ON so often.-
Just ten years ago DR.. Matlack, of this
conference, was transferred to the same
church.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
THE wAsHY's PROGRAMME.

The extra ladies' programmes ordered
by the Washington Fire Company. to
supply the ladies who did not receive
] one on the grand march at their recent
hall. have been received by the company
and are being delivered to the ladies who
are entitled to them. Those who have
not yet received them must not be
alarmed, as either to-day or Monday they
will be delivered to them.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15

" STREET YEsTERDAY-The stock
was dull and quiet. Govern
ends were firm, States lower, and
Grregular. Money on call was
eilye at 81 a A per cent, advanced
closed at per cent.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Noah.s Ark and Worlds Deluge

The account as given IN Genesis Q, 7,
8 and o chapters of "Noah's Ark, Deluge
of the World and the Covenant" will be
the subjects Of discussion Tomorrow,
morning at 1890 O'Clock, at the room OF
the Liberal League, King street below
Third.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15

ELECTRIC LIGHT.-Prof. Tyndall says
that no fresh scientific discoveries are
now needed to make electric light of
general application to large places. 1t
remains now for mechanical skill to
carry out the work.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Organized.

An organization was formed Tuesday
evening, March 11tb, to be known here
after as the McCabe Senate, No. 4 West
3rd street, with the following officers:
President-Wm. O'Connor.
Vice President-Wm. G. Gilchrist.
Treasurer-John u. McCabe.
Secretary-Lew. Cadwallader.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
MARRIED.

ARR-WITBREAD-O On Thursday, Mar .
10, 1870, by kev. W. Y. Brown. MIR. Bar
ney Carr and Miss Louie Wltbread, both
of Delaware county, Pa.
RY-RUSSELL-At the NJ.
L. Parsona se, in Elktou, by Rev. d. c.
Ridgway, on the 10th inst, John Mont
gomery and Maggie Russell, both of
New Castle county, Del.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
AN OFFICE DECLINED.

Mr.. William II. Robinson, of Newark
his declined the appointment, by the
Levy Court, as constable for White
c ay Creek Hundred.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
ruE MEXICAN RAILROAD.

The new railroad that is proposed to
ann from Vera Cruz to Alvaraio, Mexi-
CO, will probably be built. The gentle-
men of this city, who have contracted to
build tho railroad, hava decided to push
it through if possible.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Postponed.

The election to ill the vacant Office Of
Recording Secretary which was to have
taken place at a meeting of the Dupont
Guards, last evening, was postponed un-
iii next meeting.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Wilmington Markets.
iDlCATIONS FOR TODAY.

" Middle and South Atldntie States,
|nd clear or partly cloudy ,oedthsr
|raerly to westsrlv minds and rising
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
Star EQnm0.

The person who lost brass star, with
the letters I'D. p" on The face, can OBJ
tain the same by calling at the police
sta ion.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15

Who would throw away hard earned
money for every new cough syrup ad-
vertised; when you can procure that
cough syrup. Price % cents per battle.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15
.,.I aud'Coun m ercial.

saros, Del. March 10. 1879.
FILhlssS quotations furnlshed by
fl SOY" a,p CLAYTON House Building
~ 'nsl.. al l2 M. to-day.
ss'rncK QUOTATIONS.
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|RsT EDITION.
FEALD & CO.,
- BROKERS',
.xnDEALRRs IN

AND DEALERS IN
,oNna LOANS. MORT
ES, bTM CON MERCIAL PAPER.
(a., uoIrsE, WILMINGTON, DEL.
cannon. and General Collec.
Fe,t, Coupio a's io aud drafts on dreA'
dlcn,Ih lpa o.her parts Of the world.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-15

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
sight Seeing IN America.

Niagara Falls is the grandest cata
ract 10 the world. Half of it belong.
to the United States, yet it is not pos
sible for an American citizen ever to
look at the falls unless he pays al
least twenty-five centsl Watkins
Glen, New York, is a wonderful
chasm, wild and picturesque, but the
free American citizen must pay so
cents to enter it. 1t is hard to fierce
in Mount Washington, and it has not
yet been accomplished, but as .he
fares are much higher than the
mountain the free American citizen
may think he can ave money by
walking to the top. He is mistaken.
He will have to pay so cents toll to
walk up. The Au Sauble chasm is
gloomy and grand, bat it costs the
free American citizen so cents to see
it. The Flume at the Franconia
Notch is worth seeing-75 cents
worth. The whirlpool at Niagara is
sad and somber, at least it makes the
free American citizen feel so when
be goes there with a party of ladies
so cents each. The Falls of Mont
morency are romantic, historical and
beautiful-25 cents admission and so
cents toll. And thus it goes. If
american SPECTATORS could only
erect a wall along the e coast so
that no one could see the with
out paying a dollar, it is quite likely
the free American citizen would 60
to see it without o murmur, and take
bis children if they were allowed to
go for half price.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
Washing Blankets.

Take half a cake of soap, cut into
small pieces, and dissolve it thor
oughly in hot water. Pour this into
enough of cold water to cover the
blankets and 2 ounces of borax (pul.
verified dissolves most readily,) and
put your blankets 10 to soak all night.
In the morning take them out and
squeeze most of the water out OIL
them and rinse thoroughly in cold
water, in which a little borax has
been dissolved put them through a
second rinsing water, then through
the bluing water. Do not wiring or
squeezs them this time, but hand them
up to drain and dry. The easiest
way is to take them, while in the last
water, under the %clothes-line, as it is
not convenient to carry them when
full of water.
1t is the best not to double them
over the line, but hang by z end or
side.
Of curse you want q nice sunny
day for drying them nicely, and if
you put them to soak at night, and
the next day is stormy, it will not
hurt them to soak longer. If the
wool is very greasy, use more soap
and borax. Fine lannels and baby's
crocheted skirts and sacques are nice
when washed in this way, aud if you
use cold water they will not shrink.
Vary the proportions of soap and bor-
ak to suit the quantity of water. l
would no. advise you to wash color
ed goods in this way, as they might
fade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
The Physique of Americans.

1t used to be a common remark
that Americans we're lacking in ply
sique, and as a nation they were call
ed lank, lean and of too tenn
permanent. But time, with increased
comfort, prosperity, better food and
clothing, and other concomitants of
civilization, has worked wonders for
our people. Dickens, who was an
unusually keen observer, remarked q
yasti Improvement on his second visit
to this country in the looks of the
people, especially the m Other
evidence might be cited to the same
effect.
But let each judge for himself.
Walk along Broadway or any other
thoroughfare when the crowd is den-
sest stand on q packed ferry-boat, or
in front of our large churches or the
aires when the audience is leaving.
Are not the mass of people who pass
robust, well-fed and substantial.look-
ing? Do you see many c~adaverous,
slab-sided persons? Do not they
look, on the average, as well as peo-
pie of any other race? The fact is,
and the statistics of the examining
surgeons Of our enormous army dur
ing the wal prove it, that the Ameri-
can is taller and larger round the
chest than his Saxon, Celtic or Teu-
tonic cousin. Dwellers in cities are
usually puny. The Londoner, the
Partisan and the New Yorker are all
small men; but the Maine lnmbermen,
the farmers from the far West, aDd
the men from the border States,
are huge, and powerfully built fell
lows.
Take the United States Senate or
the House Of Representatives, aud
how many fine pbysiques will be
found among their members? In
the last three Cabinets there was an
unusual proportion of large vigorous
men. Chase, Seward, Stanton and
Blair were not pigmies, nor are Hayes
supporters lacking 10 bone and mus
Gle, excepting Evarts and Schurz.
Thus it may be accepted that
Americans have size and strength
sufficient for their needs, and it is q
mistake to suppose other wise.-San.
itory Engineer and Plumber.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

There is q beautiful pellucid lake in
a certain county in Tennessee, which
is noted as much for leeches as for
the beauty of its clesr water and sur
rounding scenery. 1t was an i'm
promptu bathing pool for Ell the boys
10 the neighborbood. except on Sun
days. when they ~rss -te sarch lying
about on the grass aau selling stories,
which were occasionally interrupted
by tie loud tones of the preacher.
On the second warm Sunday this
spring, four pretty romping girls, who
were staying together IT q farm house
near the lake, when everybody start
ed to church, allowed that they would
stay at home and go bathing 10 the
lake which they did to their entire
satisfaction. They swan and gig
gled and splashed like mermaids and
nymphs, and then sat on the bank
like frogs, and then they splashed
and giggled some more, and cslculat-
ing their time-so as to get to the
house before church goers returned
they crawled out of the water to dress.
But try and imagine their cons:erna-
tion upon the discovery that some
dozen or so ugly long black things
had attached themselvesto the snowy
form of each one of the nymphs!
They yelled with forty girl power
and tried to pull the teaches of, but
the varmints had too good taste, in
more sense than one, to be pulled of.
They stuck on all the faster the more
the girls pulled and screamed. Their
fright got the better Of maideDly
modesty, and the four damsels cut for
home just as they were. in Tennessee
bathing dresses, which means nothing
at all.
1t happened. however, that Broth
er Ebenezer Crawford was sick that
day, and the services were short, SO
that the four Eves-like fngitives
came out on the main road and met
two-thirds Of the congregation
their relatives did not recognize them
in that slight attire of leeches, and,
naturally thinking it was a female
lunatic asylum broken loose, took al
ter them pell-mell. Away they went
over bush and briar, wood and BRAN
bic, the whole congregation, headed
by the ~deacons, after the four girls.
Az last they ran into some baystacks,
and it was only then that the dilemma
was discovered. The chasers re-
turned, and four old ladies went out
and brought the girls in,-Memphis
Avalanche.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23

A correspondent of the London
Lancet, who owns q water-power
mill, says:
l am frequently compelled during
this season of the yesr, to have men
working 10 the water, even in frosty
weather. i find the following allow
ances give great satisfaction to the
men, and we never have a case of
cold or injury TO them in any way.
Kettle of coffee made with half sweet
milk, half water, three or four eggs,
whipped, pour into bot toasted bread,
when Off the boil, with plenty of but
ter of the finest quality. Serve up
this every two and q half hours. The
expense is much less than the usual
quantity OF whisky, and the men work
far better, and if care is taken to have
the milk (eream is better) bread and
butter of the finest quality, the men
are delighted with it. am persuad.
ed it would be worth while to try
this allowance instead of grog. Fur
Dishing the men with grog gives them
a notion that it is good for them and
perpetuates the belief in stimulants
among workingmeD.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-23
tee In the SHADE.

ST. Louis, July lO.-This has
been the warmest day Of the season,
the Signal Service thermometer
marking even 100 at 2 p. N. This is
two degrees higher than the mercury
reached during the heated term last
summer when there were so many
cases of sunstroke. To-day there
have been only Eve eases Of prostra.
ton, one fatal, Rudolph Flengenber-
ger, lately from Milwaukee, where
his family resides.