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The New York herald., 1879-02-05

Nine. Anderson is at present walking in the Colos-
scum Pittsburg and will complete her task of 1850
quarter miles in 1850 quarter hours Monday next
Her next appearance will be at the Exposition Build
ing. in Chicago where she is to open March and
continue for two weeks walking quarter mile at
the beginning of every ten minutes. Mime. Anderson
has issued the following challenge
]. Nine. Anderson, female pedestrian having
ceived many challenges purportng to emanate from
lady pedestrians, hereby state that l will walk
against any lady ladies the following terms
TO walk one quarter of mile at the commencement
of every ten minutes all to start at the time,
the last party to leave the track at finish of said task
to receive all the proceeds arising from the above
contest. each to pay share and share alike of all
expenses, and the same to be deposited two weeks
prior to the contest taking place.
The New York herald., 1879-02-05
THE HoBoKEN PEDESTRIAN.

At halfpast ten last night John P. Colston. the
"Big Swede," had completed the 141st mile Of his
1.Ol0 mile tramp in Duhrkoop's Eagle Hall. First
street, Hoboken. DR.. Mast attended him during the
day, and pronounced him none the worst for his
three days hardship except about the feet they
were badly blstered.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
From the N. Y. Herald, to-day.
THE GLOVER REPORT.

When Secretary Sherman made his
second speech in Maine the other day he
was surprised to find a number OF
troublesome questions put to him by per-
sons IN the audience, and these and other
questions repeayed in the Journals Of the
State are said to have given him a good
deal of trouble. The story goes that
some one who had seen the Glover re-
port had used the material there furnish
ed to formulate inquiries directed to the
Secretary, and it is possible that he may
meet elsewhere during the campaign
similar queries.
Mr.. Glover complains, it will be seen,
that he prosecuted his official inquiry
against many obstacles, as the Treasury
rules forbid clerks TO give information
outside of the department, and no clerk
is willing to risk discharge by being over
communicative. His report ard the
evidence ought to have been printed be-
fore now, and would have been, had rot
the republicans constantly and witt
great determination used the rules of the
House to prevent a vote on a propositio1
to print.
We shall not attempt to give any ac-
count of Mr.. Glover's charges and dis
coveries. Republican politicians have
constantly asserted that he has discover
ed nothing but mares nests and i,
quite possible that be has not beenable tt
get to the bottom of all that he looked
into. 1t is to the interest of party thai
has long held power TO prevent all dis
closures Of wrong doing; and those sean
dals of the last administration. like thu
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
--latest CABLE NEWS.
LONDON, August I, 1S1


The ex-Khedive of Egypt, who since
his abdication has been staying At Naples,
will leave that city next week for
Rhodes, where he will in future reside.
The French Minister Of War announc-
ed in the Senate yesterday that on &C.
count of the state of the crops 10000
men would be furloughed at the end OF
August.
1t is said that Osman Pacha has been
appointed commander in-chief Of the
army of observation on the Greek from
tier, which will number 1000 men.
The Times despatch from Vienna an
nounces that the Sultan has offered
khaireddin Pacha, the ex-Vizier. the
Ambassadorship to Paris, which the lat
ter has refused.
Gerhard Rohis, who is In charge OF the
expedition sent out by the German AT
rican Exploring Society, has reconsider
ed his determination 10 resign the CON-
mand Of the enterprise.
The Odessa Chamber Of Commerce Is
said to manifest much concern at the ex-
ira facilities afforded to the United
States for exporting wheat by the deepen
ing Of the mouth of the Mississippi.
Weston and Rowell will sign articles
on Saturday for the next competition Of
the sirJohn Ashley Long Distance Cham.
pion Belt. The contest will take place
at Gilmore's Garden, beginning Oh the
LIST Of September.
The match between Mr.. Ten Broeck's
Lincolnshire, 4 years, and Lord Dup
plin's Royal, 3 years, for $500 side
with f10O forfeit, has been declared OF
by mutual consent.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

Mr.. McGLINcHEy's proposed resoili-
ton in reference to improvements on the
Delaware opposite this city is in the
right direction. There is no reason why
Wilmington should not receive attention
from Congress. The time when they
could treat us with contempt because we
were south Of Mason's and Dlxon's line
and we're called rebel sympathizers, mas
we hope, passed away. The past several
Congresses did everything for the
North and nothing scarcely Tor the
South, but cheat and villify the people
Of that suffering section. Wilmington
may have some hope in the future II
our claims are properly set forth, ana
she BE- not charged with the scandalous
Radical waste of 5000 upon the barn
like post office at Dover But all the
towns of the State are charged with that
structure.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

THE NEW COURT HoUsE.-Our peo-
pie were very much surprised at the high
figures of the contractors who put in
proposals for the erection OF the new
court house and county buildings. The
highest bid being S97, AS, and the low
est $79,504. The difference between
these bids being SlI,9i4. But the low
est bid is $9,504 above the amount speci-
fed in the law within which the entire
expenditure should be kept. The com
mittee of the Levy Court having the
m after in charge, concluded to take some
time for consideration in the premises,
and after advising with the architect adj
journed their meeting until Monday.
The original idea was a substantial brick
building with perhaps trimmings about
the corners, somewhat like the Clayton
House. This idea however, was never
formally adopted by the Levy Court, but
the proposals asked were for building of
green stone with Ohio stone trimmings.
This of course must very greatly exceed
in cost such building as our people ex-
pected to have erected. AS to the beauty
and elegance of such a structure it is
somewhat a matter OF taste. 1t always
requires elaborate workmanship to make
stone beautiful; while the interior walls
of brick must be erected just as sub
stantially as though the building had ;
finished brick on the outside instead o
stone finish. Just how much the differ
ence between the outside flush of greer
stone and row of pressed brick will
Ohio stone trimmings is we do not know
But that it is much more than the low
est bid is above the amount allowed b
law to be expended on the work W
have no doubt.
1t is now proposed to reduce The expeI
sive work on the interior of the built
ing; and with this work the architect
charged. just what this is we do n,
know but We hear that there are son
elaborate marble stairways and column
to support arches, ETC., that it is pr
posed to dispense with. These interi
alterations it is supposed, will reduce Il
cost and bring it within the limit of Il
act of Assembly. When this is accol
plished new plans and specifications W
be issued and new proposals advertis
for. The committee is proceeding We
carefully and with commendable pl
dence. They have plenty of time beft
them, and the people desire that til
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
THE FEVER'S PROGRESS.

NINE NEW CASES AND FOUR DEATHS At
MEMPHIs-THE SITUATION AT NEW
ORLEANS.
MEMPHIS, July 3l.-Five new cases of
yellow fever were reported to the Board
of Health this morning and four more
this afternoon-James Hester, Jerry
Creeder, Rachel Taylor and Mary Tay-
lor. -Four deaths have occurred-Mich.
ael Athy, brother Of Chief of Police Athy;
Brooks Wilson, telegraph operator; q.
8. Forbes and ii. Dupratt. The last two
resided beyond the corporation line.
The wife of Chief of Police Athy was
stii :keu with the fever last night at
Raleigh, Tenn, and his daughter Eudora
| is in a dying condition. At meeting
Of the Howard Association this after
noon four physicia ANS were placed on duty
| to attend the INDECENT sick. About one
hundred poor people went to Camp
Marks to-day.
A large meeting of colored people was
held at noon to-day at Cochran's Hall
Resolutions were adopted opposing The
removal of the blacks to camp, and ex-
| pressing their determination to appeal
to the absent merchants for assistance
The sentiment ofthe meeting was strong
ly opposed to the camp scheme.
This afternoon message was received
from Chief of Police Athy, who is a
Raleigh, Tenn, TO have casket ready
as his daughter Eudora was dying.
NEW ORLEANS, July 81 The Board o
Health tonight adopted declaration
declaring that at present it sees no rea
, son for the least alarm on account of tn
casual case or few cases of yellow feve
t sporadically exhibited in this city, an
. exnressing the hope that the citizen
will continue their self-possession an
8 that soon the places that have throug
= great prudence put up their quarantin
bars against New Orleans will feel it i
e low the business of the country to pre-
q coed where it can do SO without any rel
danger. The resolution Is accompanie
l. nv an official tatement of cases to dat
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

An IMPROVED OIL STOVE is one oil
the most convenient things of modern
introduction to the kitchen. 1t is cheap
and safe, and may be operated with less
trouble and less care and expense than
apy other cook stove. The utensils OF
any ordinary cook stove will answer for
the oil stove. To be run cheaply, how
ever, the oil should be bought by the
barrel, and here is the trouble. 1t is
worth a life almost to have barrel of
oil near dwelling. In our city this is
a great bar to the introduction to COM
mon use of oil stoves. 1t is not so in
Philadelphia. The oil stove reservoir in
that city is supplied with oil every day
or every week just in proportion as the
owner burns his stove. II he burns a
quart a day or gallon a week, it is
supplied by vender of oil who visits his
customers as regularly as the milk man
serves families with milk and the maid
or matron in the kitchen may not see {
drop of oil in a month. The cost il
about fifteen to twenty cents q week fol-
ordinary stoves used for preparing break
fast and supper.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
A company has been formed to carry

A company has been formed to carry
ont M. de Lesseps' project of cutting a
canal across the Isthmus of Panama, of
Which the protector himself is the presi
dent. The capital stock is 400 200, 900
francs 1886, 900, OOO) An office has been
opened at No. 100 Broadway, New York;
and subscriptions TO shares are solicited.
The company submits schedule of an
ticlpated receipts after the completion
of the canal upon which promise OF
eleven per cent. dividends to the share
holderlis based.
Sea bathing is never INDUCED in by
several Russian ladies, now at Allan IL
City on account of the jealousy felt by che
the.nobility against permitting an y ia
miliarity with the serf.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. 1879.

There are seven hundred Republican
negro voters in the city, and yet the pa
pers of that party have failed to suggest
one negro name for the City Council
win the Republican look to this matter
in time. Don't leave your friends out
in the cold too long.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

JOHNSON c. WHITAKER, Of South
Carolina, Is the only colored cadet at
the West Point military academy. 1t Is
stated he has a room to himself, and is
'thrown entirely Oh his own resources
for fellowship and amusement" But
this cannot be reasonably classed as
another Southern outrage" as large
majority of the students are from the
North and West.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

IT WAS decided in Cabinet council on
Wednesday not to withhold any of the
appropriations made at the extra ses-
sion of Congress for rivers and harbors,
and the full amount-nearly $9,OOO,0OO
will be expended during the year.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

"WILL you give me your hand p
sternly said a country school master TO
girl who had refused to hold out her
hand to be feruled. As she answered
not, he said ado you refuse to give
me your hand?' 81 must" she sobbed,
''unless pa consents" She was pretty,
and the old man had a hundred and
sixty acres, all paid for and well stocked
and so there was no difficulty in adjust
ing matters.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
A Reasonable Person Of Eight
Years

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The extreme
Republican newspapers are very much
troubled over the appointment of Leigh
ton Finley as second lieutenant in the
army. 1t is alleged that he is nephew
of Senator NJ. G. Butler, Of South Caro-
lima, and therefore a rebel. Young Fin
ley was eight years old when the war
broke out and must have been very in
eflectual rebel, il he knew what rebel
was. 1t is understood that the Secretary
of War is to soemnly sit on the case and
probe to the bottom the charge that the
young man was reasonable in his in
fancy.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

GOLD "a carats fine is worth 4 cents a
grain, or 90 cents pennyweight. An
American gold dollar contains % 22OO
grains of "a carat gold. Therefore the
commercial value of gold dollar to-day
is 92 SO 100.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

THE coinage executed at the U. S.
Mint in Philadelphia during July ag-
gregated 1911, 900 pieces, of the total
value of $sOs,11O. OF this amount
100000 were silver dollars and $S110
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
THE OHIO CANVASS.
COLUMBUS, July 81, 1S7

The Republican State Executive Com
mittee have received a challenge from
the Greenback Committee, asking that
Charles Foster engage in series of joint
debates with either Ex-Governor Charles
Anderson, w. NJ. Cory or Don Piatt.
The challenge has been accepted, and
meetings will hereafter be arranged at
prominent points.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
SHERIFF'S SALES

- lIERIFf-S SALE.
- BY virtue OF IA writ of Plus Venditioni
Exponas to me directed, will be exposed
to Public Sale, at the
HOTEL OF WILLIAM B. CURREN DER
In the village OF Chris lana, in White Clay
Creek Hd., New Castle County, Del, on
MONDAY, The 18th Day of August,
A. D., 1879, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
the following described Real Estate, viz I:
All that dwelling house and land thereuntO
belonging, situated in Christiana village
in Waite Clay Creek Hundred, New cast e
County and State OF Delaware, and bound
ed by the public road leading from said
village 10 Elkton. and by land of Walther
+. Southgate deceased, and Thomas Lay
nam, and the creek, containing three acres
of land more or less with a frame barn
| and other outbuildIngs thereon erected.
All that other lot OF land situated In the
Hundred, County and state .resaid and
bounded on the south by lands OF Isaac
and Andrew Kirby, on the west by lands
| of Charles and the said James X. G. Old
| ham, on the north by lands OF Sullivan
| and lands of Daniel Walthers, and or
| the east by lands of the heirs Of I. Jack
son, deceased, and the lands Of W. F.
Southgate, deceased, containing 10 acres o
| land, more or less.
Seized and taken in execution as tn,
property or James X. g, Oldham, and to b.
sold by JOHN PYLE. Sheriff.
snerlf's Office, New Castle, July %. 1871
| jy23-3tawts
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

SENATOR BRUCE (colored) Of Missis-
sippi, told Cleveland reporter that the
Freedman's bank is to be thoroughly in
vestigated during the recess Of Congress;
that "millions Of dollars had been
squandered, no one can tell how" and
that he proposes to elicit all the facts.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

THERE are 1000 engines driven by
gas in use in England and Germany.
They run from one horse power to TWEEN
ty horse power; and for many purposes
are much cheaper than steam engines,
while they who use them are entirely
free from the fear Of explosions,
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01

THE Government of Colombia, South
America, intends to come to this coun-
try and negotiate loan for $500, 600,
mart of which Is to be expended here for
munitions of war.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
COLLlNS - Il ~ "A Oh,
$3.50
Pavilion, Hotel and Restaurant,
NOW READY


A Deli, htiul Resort on Delaware Bay
for transient and permanent visitors. Boat
IN. balhlng, fishiug, games and smuse-
,nents for all ages. Music every day In
the Pavilion. and on Sundays a special
entertainment. AT the HOTEL get beds
IA good table and com forta bic rooms, SS to
siZ per week. AT the PAVILION supe-
rior restaurant with Fish, Oysters, Fruit
and Vegetables IN season, AT or below city
prices. NO charge for grounds to societies
or schools. Excursion steamers furnished
at fair prices by the undersigned.
Il. b. TAGGART,
Jy2-waflkm it4 North Wharves, PIN
1lVHE " ENGLEsIDE," AT BEACH
/ HAVEN, ON LONG BEACH, N. j.,
Now OPEN. Superior Bathing, Sailing
Fishing, and Cunning. Persons will ind
II 70 their ad vantage to address the Pro-
prietors of this fine large Hotel for their
terms and circular before making arrange
menis for the sum mer.
X. b. q y. T. ENGLE, Proprietors.
je7-2m#
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
An Insane woman's Suicide.

SCRANTON, July 81 Mrs. Howard,
wife of Rev. Mr.. Howard, minister of
the Episcopal Church Of Dundaff, COM
mitted suicide 20 day by drowning her.
self in the Lackawanna river. Insanity
was the cause.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
SUMNER RESORTS.
jy1l-d2D1

A TI.ANIlC % OrEI.,
"A Ocean city. Maryland
Now Open for the SEASON Of 1870.
The Increasing popularity Of this favorite
seaside resort has Induced the pro- ~
prietOr 10 make numerous I'M as
proveIne nts this season The hO- w
tel is only one hundred yarss from ~
he breakers, and the view from the ex
tensive port co is grand ana Inspiring. he
surf Is ts fine as any on the coast and the
b lthing goo and sa fe Table unsur passed.
b 'ard per day. a2.5D week $40 TO Sl26O.
Write Tor circular, TO
JOAN TRACY, Prop'r.
Also, OF the Peninsula House, salisbury,
Maryland. Jvh-tm
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-01
To the Public.

would respectfully inform my friends
and the public In general that have AIKEN
the hotel lately occupied by John Elliott,
and known as the "Old Allan Corner" In
the village of Christiana. i will keep my
bar stocked with the choicest wines aud
liquors. First class accommodations for
travellers. VIM X. NICK ERSON.
p1l-daw.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

Bg- In wild part of Scotland dealer
in fish used to drive his cart a consider
able way inland. On one occasion,
when passing a wild moor, where,
although there did reside schoolmas-
ter, the knowledge of the inhabitants of
affairs in general was not very exten-
sive, he dropped a lobster. Some
children picked it up, and wondering
what the strange looking creature could
be, took it to the schoolmaster. The
dominic put on his "spectacles," and
turning it over and over examined it
carefully. "Weel," at length said the
oracle, 81 ken maist o. the wonderful
animals o. creation, except twa, and
those twa never saw. They are an
elephant and turtle dove; and so this
must be one o. the twa."
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10
A Marriage Ceremony interrupted.

The Waynesboro (Ga.) "Herald" says;
At colored wedding ceremony in this
place on Thursday night last an anus
ing sensation was created. Just after
the minister asked if any one had any
''objection why these parties should not
be Joined in the holy bonds of matri-
mony" an old man, a former lover of
the bride expectant, sprang up nervous
ly and said:
"Yes, object, for de cause dat man
can't give dat woman bread huff to eat,
and for dat cause object"
The old man was promptly elected
and the ceremony concluded, but he
cried, it is said, all the next day for his
''lost BRIDE"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

gzg- Tommy is just old enough to un-
destand literally what he hears in
church, place he breads to go to, for
Sunday is day of misery to him. The
other morning he came home in a
gloomy state of mind, and confidentially
informed his mother that he didn't want
to go to heaven. Upon being asked
why, he said there was too much Sun
day there, for he heard the minister
read out of a book that it was place
"where congregations never break up,
and Sabbaths never end," and he
thought one Sunday week was all he
could stand.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

E9g'A friar once met some medical stu
dents, who asked him. "Do you know
the difference between friar and a
jackass Give it up? eyes, I give it
up" "Well, said they, zone wears a
cross on his breast and the other on his
back" "Now," said the friar, edo you
know the difference between a medical
student and a jackass p? Give it up?"
"Yes, we give it up; we don't know
the difference" "Neither do l." said
the friar.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

ca Mrs. Whitefour had company.
Now, if there is one thing more than
another on which Mrs. Whitefour
prided herself, it was her cooking.
"Will you try some of my sponge cake,
Mrs. Tattletongue ?" said she; cit isn't
very good, to be sure. / never had such
poor luck in my life as did in making
it." "Why ma," cried Johnny, in
amazement, ''you said yesterday that
was the best sponge cake you ever
madei" p"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

eg- Bright little girl-"The robbers
can't steal my mammals diamond ear
rings, cause papa's hid them" Visit
or-"Wbere has he hid them Z" Little
girl-"Why, 1 heard him tell mamma
he had put them up the spout, and he
guessed they would stay there"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

ey' /" L will and bequeath," said Pat,
"to my beloved wife, Bridget, all my
property, without reserve; to my eldest
son, Patrick, one-half the remainder;
and to Dennis, my youngest son, all the
rest. If anything is left, it may go to
Terrence O'Carty in sweet ould Ire
land"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

gg A four-year-old saw his parents
preparing for church, and asked them
to take him along with them. He was
told he was too little, and must wait till
he should grow bigger. "Well," re-
turned he, ''you'd better take me now,
for when get bigger L may not want
to CO." The parents saw the point; he
was taken.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

Hag- In tavern, in small town, sat
farmer, who was plagued and bantered
by dozen of guests who were present.
"Well," said the farmer at last, "I've
got the best Of all of you" "How sop"
asked all. In me you've only got one
fool, while in you I've got above a
Dozen"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-06-10

Ey A son of the Siamese twins is
achieving high honors in an Eastern
college, which leads a funny man to
ask; "Why should he not rise In the
worldp His father was well con-
nected."