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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-16
A Model MiDister-Hear Him.
TNaw York Herald

IT'S not often that we find a minister de-
scribing himself and his style and pulpit
ability as this one did recently to church
in Indiana that needed pastor and was
looking around for the right man. He hailed
from New York, and thus described him.
self: ST am Princeton Presby terrain of the
sainted DR.. Hodge type, little past middle
life, with constitution and health OF the
very best; not married; have been preaching
over Is years; am of Scotch stock, with
tinge of Scotch Irish and Plymouth Rock
Puritaps. The former needs watching
against fire, the latter against the gulf stream
of heresy. Am about six feet two inches
tall, neither stout nor lean, as'1S0 pounds
avoirdupois testifes; side whiekers of fair
size, of genial turn, with keen eye for
the humorous and ridiculous, and am sure
of three classes of friends-children, darkles
and dogs-the first because love them, the
others because treat them kindly. As read
ing is not preaching. preach. My style is
simple, direct, with the argumentative I'M
derlyipg it. / am to give each nearer han
die by which to hold the sermon and keep
1t; hence I can not repeat it. Most of my
sermons write On two pages OF note paper,
in a bold hand, with blue and black pencils,
using five or six languages, most of the
mathematical signs and many arbitrary
characters, q language Of my own making.
l write the thoughts, not the words. None
can read them but myself. Then, If the
mind trips have the certain help before me
to recover myself by the glance OF the eye,
and also TO keep my sermons 1.-THE thoughts)
| TO reproduce them at will While / have
perfect freedom IN speaking, try to strike
80 minutes but to do so have to watch my
/ watch. I seldom see much sleeping in
sermon tune, and when exchanging with
brother Methodists in their churches often
hear from the ''amen" corner. As to salary
fix it the most you can give and pay it Oh
the day promised"
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SEN 7 TN EL..
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During the coming sessions OF the State Leg.
islature and ConEress we viii give full and
concise report Of each days proceedin 9, and
as it is expected a long and heated session win
be held, THE DAILY SENTINEL win b
more than ordinarily interesting.
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Thousands are Dying

In early life with consumption, who can look
back a few years-perhaps only months-when
It wasonly Catarrh. Neglected when q cure is
possible, very soon 1t Will transform the fea-
lures of health and youth into the dark, pallid
appearance, while the hacking cough, the ex-
cess of blood gushing from the lungs, or night
sweats, all significantly proclaim It is too late;
and thus neglected Catarrh ends in the con.
sumptive's grave.
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Has been published with great success, without
suspension, for SIX YEARS. Its columns are
filled with the latest news, including the As.
ISOLATED Press Dispatches. Special attention
is given TO Literature, Science and Art, and to
Educational and Religious matters. 1t is q
welcome visitor at the nreside Of thousands-
SO firmly established that 1t can not be sup.
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''Billy, didn't have bully Fourth O.
July. thought
Billy-"Kill anybody?''
Tommy-"Yes; shot a man dead from the
garret window. Hush. Keep 1t dark!'
Billy-"I shot girl in the arm, too. Keep
1t dark Let 1t 60 no further!"
Tommy-"Less go buy sum more ball car
tridges."
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Rev. T. P. CHILD6,
Troy, Ohio.

n0Please state that you. saw this advertis
ment In the Sentinel. ---,-sfs
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ST hear whisper" said the minister. He
was soaring little in his sermon, imagining
an angel to be hoverire near and speaking.
The deacon was just 81 1wsy enough to be
startled by the remark and to reply, hastily,
81 guess it's the boys In the gallery"
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
cox THE MURDERER.

Probably . large number Of ingepious
theories were cOnstructed WED retogenC0
to Mr.. Chastine Coxs recent. exploits
than about and similar affair within 70
cent memory. But 1t was reserved f0r
that gent leman himself, to sufpasse eyen
the morbid inventiveness Of the police
and bestow npon. an sstonished world
the most extraordinary theory Of al. He
Is nos guilty of murder, and hAs never
felt be was, be can smi!e therefore aud
be at bis case, because Mrs. Hull was
alive when he left her and he Ia con-
scious of his innocence. He does admit
the burglary, but placidily remarks that
he thinks siGod has fOrgi ven that crime"
He expects to be hanged, but thinks u
would be . "cruep thing to do. He 10
no buOyed up by his goodness that when
he was brought back TO his cell Afte! MS
conviction he felt "hke shougheng
praise to God" aud be adds-this moss
"sho uted il he had not thonght the War
"dep would be displeased."
From the heights Of his piety Cox
pities the District Attorneys situasion
which Mr.. Phelps will probably reeard
a. somewhat novel. He had the. baffer
"feeling of en- adversary In his heast,
and Cox is "sorry" for him. The nxst
superficial inference from these ptfer-
ances and others like them, which .ere
reported elsewhere, would be thas Vox
was insane, blt there are NO faco 70
support such q theory. Neither V ~ N.o-
seems to make himself out Probably
the preacher of Cox's own race who dA.~
csursed upon the case the other ptght De
scribed him when he spoke OF him - an
illustration of the entire separation OF re-
ligien and mOrtality.-N. Y. Tribune.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
REHoBOTH CITY, Ju'y 0, 1879.
To r. IL Denney, Pres. State Ayr. So

hEHOBOTH CITf, Ju u, lo(S.
To r. IL Denney, Pres. State Ayr. So
cfety.
DEAR SIR:-I promised you an &C.
count of the yield Of the "Golddust"
wheat which you saw growing in my
garden last week. ! had three gills Of
the above variety of wheat presented to
me at the close of you Exhibition last
Fall. The grain was so beautiful in color
and plumpness, that l resolved to see
what could be obtained fir romsits careful
cultivation. Accordingly l caused a
piece of ground to be thoroughly pre-
pared and laid of in rows fifteen inches
apart. The wheat was then planted by
hand, my direction being to drop the
grains about two inches from each other.
This was done on the 18th of October.
1t was hoed five times last Spring, and
cut the Both of June. 1t might have
been reaped sooner, but allowed 1t to
stand until then. 1t was certainly the
handsOmest stand of wheat ever saw
and occupied just 81 by 70 feet Of ground,
TAO square feet. 1t was beaten out very
well, with small stick, and measured
% quarts, or two less than three pecks,
and weighed upon Stevenson Il Slaugh-
ter's scales 4Oa fbs., one-eleventh less
than 50 TBS. to the bushei.
The three gills planted yielded 1877
gills-or at the rate of 80 bushels, gal
Ions and quart from one sowing. TAX
ing the legal bushel of 81 fbs., this little
crop produced at the rate OF ], ,456 TBS. to
the acre, or 81 bushels and 36fbs. from
one sowing. This is an enormous yield
When you consider that 30 for one is q
very fine crop of wheat-much more
than is usually grown Oh our best farms
The plant Of seed was at the rate of
pecks, less, IL pints, per acre-abou
half the usual quantity; and the yield
was at the rate of Al bushels, 3 peck:
and 8 quarts per acre. hope my ex
pertinent may be Of service to the cause
Of agriculture. l propose this Fall t.
try the same wheat for another crop
but l shall lessen the space between thu
rows by five inches. II the wheat shoult
not, like so many other kinds of splen
did promise have done, fail to keep nj
its apparent excellent yield, l shall hop
to produce at the rate Of sixty bushels Il
the acre. Very truly yours,
| j. p. COCHRAN.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
NORDINANCE AyTMonIzIna =

ORDINANCE AUThOBAXA00 \
"A TEMPORARY LOAN OF six thou
ing machinery In the Water Department.
WHEREAS. In Section SO OF the charter
OF the city of Wilmington. It is provided
tnat II Mnryrsh eaismsy or casIaiiy fhs hs
destroyed or injured beyond the available
means or ability of The City Treasury At
the time To repair or replace, the Mayor
and Council or Wilmington, under au-
thority OF An ordinance Of the City Coun.
oil, To be passed with the concurrence Of
two thirds of all the members, shall have
power to borrow on temporary loan, q sum
TO be specified In such ordinance for re.
Injured. or making q suitable Substitute
therefore, which sum shall be applied TO
That purpose and no other, and shall be
payable In SUCH time. times or manner as
WHEREAS, The wheel for driving the
old pu umps At the Water Works NJ the City
Mil, has been broken and upon An exa MI
nation made by the City Council, 1t is
found that the pumps are not worth re-
pairing aud must be replace and by this
casually The supply Of water 10 the CIV
will be inBu flicient, unless the same 81 al
be replaced or repaired ~ soon ~ ! %
WHEREAS. The injury so caused to the
W.ter Works is beyond the available
means or ability OF bhe City Treasury al
this time TO repair or replace, therefore
BE IL ordained bv the City Council OF
Wilmington, two thirds Of all the men,
b ~ thereof concurrfng.
section 1. The Finance Commit OF
the City Cou 'cil is hereby authOrlx ID and
directed TO cause TO be iss ued In the name
OF the Mayor and Council OF Wilmington,
certificates OF Indebtedness TO the aygre-
gate amount OF SIX thousand dollars. and
the taith and credit Of the city are hereby
pledge for the payment OF the same.
8. ctlon2. The said certificates shall be
issu Id sums OF fifty dollars or In mul-
tipies Of IF y; they shall bear interest at q
rate not exceeding five per centum per an
mum and shall be pay able on or before the
hrst day Of A ugust, A. D., one Thousand
| eight hundred aud eighty.
| Section y. All money which shall b<
borrowed under this ordinance, In hereby
appropriated and shall be applied and ex
pended for the repairing or replacing o
the wheel and pumping machinery NOV
Injured and unserviceable at the Wate
Works Rt the City Mil, and for no othe
| purpose or pul poses Whatsoever. The sur
plus, ifany, snail be applied 70 the pay
nent Of the interest or principal OF th
pr. sent bonded debt OF the city.
section I. The Finance COmmitte
hereby authorized at Its option. 10 dispos
OF said certificates by subscription or I
sell the same al public auction 10 the high
est bidder; proUided that no part thereS
shall be Issued or sold for less Than the pa
value.
Passed at the City Hall, July II. A. d
1879. M. l.. LICHTENSTEfN,
| President OF Council.
Attest :-E. B. Frazer. Clerk OF Cosnci
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Rricf Locnls.

The Mayor held sewell starkey for
Court without bail. Ia su 80
Salt oy sters q Fulimer's. ~
Go and spend Sunday NJ Ocean City.
The people Of chester stiil remain
scared over the yellow fever at the La
zarettO.
frigerator, No. 4et King street.
DR.. Flagg's Liver Pad men create quite
q sensation on the streets.
Ifthe weather 10 cool to- morrc W 20 TO
church. f.Aa
Best eeviled crabs In the city, at Wood
wards 4O7 King street.
The largest glass of beer In the city at
Freye's, No. IL d. Second street.
Turtle soup at Fullmer's. 49,
There have been twenty nj ne deaths In
this city during the week.
The markets were well attended this
morning.
Deviled crabs at Fulimer's,
An excursion from Norwood to Reho-
both passed through this city this morn
ing.
The specifications for the new Court
House may he seen at the Water De-
partment office on Monday.
Two cases of drunkenness cousti tuted
the police hearings this morning.
Blackberries are now at their height.
DTender loin steak at Fullmer's.
The water In the Brandy wine was
exceedingly low yesterday afternoon.
Deviled crabs at Fuilmer's.
Peaches will be shipped by the car load
next week.
Larse dining room for ladies up stairs al
WoOdward's Al X ing street.
The Odd Fellows will give grand ex-
cursion and reunion at kehOboth Beach
| Fri day, July 25, 1879 Train le ives $50 a
M, sharp. Tickets. adults 81 so, children
| &iaU 1t
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
THE YELLOW FEVER.

Physicians In Memphis advise all per-
sons who can leave that city to do 30 I;
and this in the face Of many doubts ~ to
the spread Of the disease, and even de-
claratiOns that all the present excite
ment Is mere "scare" and that there is
really no fever In the place. Crowds Of
the the people appreciate the wisdom
Of the advice and are acting upon 1t, and
flight Is the uppermost thought of the
hour. River boats are overburdened
with passengers and the trains run heav-
lily loaded. COIL and we'll considered
departure, ,ra'her than hasty, panic-strick-
en- flight, is what is now on foot.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
FIFTH EDITION.
A PHANTOM's FREAKS.
A SPECTRE ON SIXTH STREET NEAR
SPRUCE.

A SPECTRE ON SIXTH STREET NEAR
SPRUCE.
A genuine ghost that goes wandering
about In the night without noticing the
curious people who usually gather to see
1t, Is something unusual in Wilmington.
but just now there seems to be that kind
Of spook that has taken up its quarters
in populace part of the city. 1t fire.
quents the neighborhood on Sixth street
between Pine and Spruce streets, If all
reports be true, and that neighborhood is
now in state of excitement over what
certain people state they have seen and
heard. Out of justice to cooler headed
and soberer minded people, be it said,
that some disbelieve and scout the story,
and venture the opinion that nothing
ghastly has been seen.
But be this as it may, something has
occurred to rIffie in great measure the
serence content of the locality alluded
to, and if many people tell the truth
the talk is not altogether groundless.
His ghostship first appeared to the eyes
Of mortal, several weeks ago when, one
night about IL o'clock, Mr.. William Bib
Der, residing at No. 900 East Sixth street
noticed man in white in his yard.
There wasn't anything unusual In per-
son being in mans yard at that hour,
except to suggest the idea that he might
be petty midnight marauder. But
when Mr.. Bibber approached the man
he disappeared as though he had been
transformed into space. Not much was
thought of this at the time, but when tie
aforesaid ghost went through other
equally surprising antics in the neighbor-
hood, 1t sat people to talking by day, land
watching at night, eager too see the un-
earthly apparition. Numerous stories
are told about it by people of an excit-
able nature, and last night several hun
dred people crowded through the streets
fully expecting to see the ghost in all
his terror.
Every little bit last night it would bt
rumored that he was coming down an al
ley and instead of going 10 see it, the
crowd would, with Que accord, rusl
away in fear.
1t is quite probable that the whole af-
fair has been caused by this idle gossip
One man hassaid that hehal tried to catcl
the spectre in his arms night or tw'
ago, and that it melted away into air
but good many people there believe h
was drunk and that the phantom on tina
occasion existed in his befuddled imagl
nation. But they are far from satisfies
for all that.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19

Bayard Taylor whilst travelling south.
ward in Germany one day last summer
observed, on stepping Off the train Sthe
Princess Bismarck. She beckoned ito
him, and after few polite remarksi In
formed him that her husband was ON tho
train and was at that moment readinG 4
novel entitled ''Joseph and his Friends. .
She had no doubt that he would be
pleased to receive q visit from tho au-
thor. Mr.. Taylor entered the chancel-
lor's car, and after cordial greetihE q cat
down beside the Prince. st wasl just
reading your novel for the second time, {"
more and more. But there is one seriOus
mistake in it. You let your williams e.
cape far too easily. That 10 not po8tic
justice, nor any kind Of justice ID my
opinion" Mr.. Taylor oouldn;t Heln
thinking, he said, that this criticism WAS
profoundly characteristic, Of ,Bismarok !,
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
INCORRECT.

The reports published in certain pa
pers in regard to the departure of Mrs
General Sherman and party from the
Douglass House, RehOboth, last week
have tendency to injure the reputation
of that house where the facts of the case
are not known. Mrs. Sherman and
friends did not leave the Douglass be-
cause the accommodations were poor, as
has been stated, but because they wished
to go to some more fashionable watering
place where there was some more gayety
and mail and telegraphic facilities were
better.-ChrOnicle
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
RellOlDO(h.

rand excursion and reunion of the
TO- F., at Rehoboth Beach, OH FRI
! July 18th, 1879. The train leaves
b. W. &B. X. r., depot at $3.50 AN.
tickets, adults,Sl 80; children, 81 90,
/ had at James Il Webb's, 224 Mar
street b. Downs, Odd Fellows
J. ?. Doughten's, 4l0 Market
b; Z. James Belts, Sixth and Mar
streets =. ii. Woods, Tenth and
ket streets John j. Gallagher x
I, 1903 and 1000 Market street and
Y secretaries Of the different Lodges
Encampments. 17-7t.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
6RTH EDITION
Footed Troiters.

,,,os HORSE owNEHs EN-
vILs,SSsv,yEs-AN ExctTINa schSH
rrlics.nsrwAY LAST NIGHT. .
rAi ..U,na .. the long, level piece Of Of
very evsa evmayE.t street bridge, TOWARD
over MI Snown ~ the "cause way,
Cs'ls' S Sill horses and buggies'
rowdea, 10, M ,',"iupt mans who are for
- \, ~ |: the ownership Of nor'ss nor ~nose lsos
= n Y If M foot is above tns ave,.f". H.
~ ~ meet a and participate 10 me
they u,iwe .n of showing the merits
|nug ps.f pss for time and "wind" and
psr b, hof,e. of.;sndIy M trials Of speed. Many
~ .s a. arv these contests, ano o. j. suon ,'n,
S'o,s s,s many of them that IL os ID nos
aic a,ualsr MAR horse that always comes
paLL',SSssIa ,Ss Iaursls. Now IL is Que horse
'l!l .. ."s and then another. Indeed
vlls snI ,hoss contests ha, been to
l'su'' ,ss there are quite q numoer o. o,
'in in town whose speed 10 q"l1e III
t,;nu =. ~ and many of them being young
sunS w.. promise Of something ez-
,iSsIy H. 9 ,od In the future.
|llpsm there was an unusual
~, cf horses on the canseway, anu y.
W., a,s", NJ brtween The different Myers
cou'eOs ,%iDss exceedingly lively. Among
'u whe really had good nass OUT
William Cl,vey, with his large
,d.ome. sorrsl L,ng Islani Chief
!: Richard Greenfield, Win n.s
sloms viz year old hambletonian;
,O,u ~" lester with his 2 ~ bay mare; L.
,,,Issm With his well-known "lron-
G "aI,. George Clea.and, who drove Q
,ud S% .nirit.d colt, which Interested
s.WiIIism Nv Quinn, with his bay COLT
X nromises TO be very speedy AMI
anI Frank Stidham, with his brown
I Of Long Island Chief stocx, which
n n b. one OF the prettiest horses in
Estate. .,. ,. 18th .
f handsome horses, whose speed
.ood and e. Il. Rudolph WAS driving
ss~tIIuI new iron-grey horse, which
4 n be the handsomest horse III
hnt was net racing. MIR. RudOlph't
c.me from Chester. Besides those
l,ioued there were many other horse
~ road that did well and showed of
pnncpal contest last evening wa
sru William Clavey and Richard
rS,li Thee heats were trotted
,hs result was that MIR. Greenfield
b ibs tirst and lat, while Mr.. Clavey
tcoud.
q irving continued for about al
and half, at the en- OF which
tbs gentlemen drove In town agaiI I
y,ry tood humor and much pleased
Long land Chief horses attractet
n attention during the evening
n are few of them IN New Ca-tl,
b.y, or IN ths state for that matter
Nj are good troiters.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
Attempted Bribery In Georgia.
New York Times Special. ~ i-i1hlf

ATLANTA, July 17.-Considerable ex-
element has been caused here BY the.
discovery of q bold effort to bfi6e the
legislative committe appointed TO inves-
tigate the Wild-land Office. 1t appears
that Controller General Goldsmith at-
tempted to induce the COMMITTEES to sign
paper exonerating him from all con-
nection with the wild-land frauds, which
have been great. Two OF the committee
signed the paper, understanding that the
other three were going to do so. Two of
them refused. Hinton Wright, . friend
of Goldsmith, off-red one legislator $3.50
to sign this paper and another 500 and
a suit of clothes. Goldsmith denies all
knowledge OF the offer to bribe. Both
these offers were refused and the mem-
bers so approached told the chairman Of
the investigating committee, who at once
began an examination Of the charges.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
That Legacy to JeGsrson 9svls
ANOTHER WILL CASE IN PROSPECT.

ANOTHER WILL CASE IN PRosPECT.
Mr.. s. Percy Ellis, the brother OF Mrs.
Sarah a. Dorsey, who bequeathed BY
will all her property t0 Jefferson Davis,
is a resident Of, 1858 Lafayette avenue,
Brooklyn. Mr.. Ellis says Mrs. Sarah A.
Dorsey was born at Woodlawn, Feb. II,
1929, and n ot in Natchez, the city resi-
dence Of her parents. She was the eid-
are alve--Mr. q. Percy and his sister
Iuez. Their brother, Thomas La Roche,
died soldier in the Confederate service.
Gen. Chas. G. Dahlgren, ofthe Copfede-
rate service, brother of the Union 3D.
miral of the same name, married their
mother some years after the death OF
their father, and managed their exten.
sive estates and plantations. In 1851
Miss Sarah Ellis married SON Of Jns.
tine Dorsey, Of Maryland; This: gen0e.
up her residence at Beauvoig, on the
gulf, few miles from Mississippi CITY
For two years the ex-Presidsnt Of the
Confederacy had been a guest at this
place. -E H -'' 'f'1-'i"~''
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
Intended 10 Poison the Dog.

The Ne,oark Ledger says Mr.. Dean
poisoned bis own dog with intent, be-
cause he was young and chased sheep,
and did not do so by accident, as stated
in this paper, while trying to kill other
dogs. The boyish nature of the editor
of the Ledger also seems as much hurt
as though the report states that he also
was pup who took Mr.. Deans "bait.'
The article was not copied from the
Ledger, as the young editor in his ex-
element states, the simple fact that Mr..
Dean "was making dogs scarce around
Newark" being used.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
DELAWARE PEACHES TO Rave
A RIVAL.
H.. si. Ny " T..L.,u, ~ ,Jn,,


The report made elsewhere Of the pros
poets of the Hudson fruit crop announ-
ces in all probability that New York is
to have . peach region Of its own, rival
ling in time that OF Delaware and New
Jersey. ~he success obtained in grow
Ing many varieties Of peaches in the
Ulster district has brought about what
our correspondent says ga mania" upon
the subject. 1t is believed that more
than 3,OOO,00O trees have been set out
during the past two years, and there is
to be even more planting next Spring
than before. Meanwhile this years
crop is very abundant, and promising in
all respects, and will also have the ad-
vantage, wing to the short distance II
needs to travel to market, OF remaining
ungathered until it is fully ripe.
The daily gazette., 1879-07-19
A LONG JOURNEY.

h n of freSes, ,S Thursday afternoon, one or
., s,o. .ne parties who went down on
|rtsS sea'ner '" Sylrester the day before,
M ! S,,, atIoss to Cape May, in one of
! r.. nr,a nuokers wrecking schooners, for
@ip0Se ci,sp Oh taking the Republic for
he & ON. oh account of calms and di-
n han, currents, the voyage across the bay
|treen hours '-occupled all OF