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The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
The II. A. Ii. society.

The st. Mary's Total Abstinence Ben
eficial Society held its eighth annual
meeting, last evening, In the basement
of st. Mary's Catholic church and elect
ed the following officers:
President-John b. Meaney.
Vice President-William Stuart.
Secretary-James Campbell.
Treasurer-James McDonough.
Marshal-Michael Cannon.
Messenger-PatrlckK Kelly.
The Treasurer reported that there was
balance of $2,6S1. 40 in the Treasury.
During the year the association paid out
$500 for benefits.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
BRIEF LOcdLs.

Mary'sT, A. h. Society held It's eig hth
pa meeting last evening.
y Council was not In session an hour
evening.
pcure a copy of this weeks della
II GAzsTrE and send It to your alb
friend.
.fre Is over twenty-seven thousand
" In bank TO the credit of the city.
fe.s Evangeline party will be here on
hesday evening next.
not fail TO see Mary Anderson on
@fday evening.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

pc,,p,suop PURCELL is said 10 be
bnc rap dly under the weight OF his
kscore wears, and of the great calami-
Rat has come upon his diocese. lie
Withdrawn entirely from the admin
A,ion of affairs and is in retirement at
=conyent in Brown county. Accord
10 recent reports he has grown SC
liz that he has TO be helped from one
HI TO another. No special disease is
Lcting him, but there has recently
N a very perceptible loss OF strength
crave fears are entertained that he
! not be able to recover 1t.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
PERSONAL.

Officer Robert Thomas of the six
teenth police District of Philadelphia
was in this city yesterday, visiting a
number of his friends. He is a good fell
low and makes friends wherever he goes.
lie has been on the police force in Phil
adelphia for the past six years, which
fact speaks for itself. - -, ts
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
In IA Nut shell.

b. DELAWARE GAZETTE. issued to day,
|ains all the news OF the past week, In
hit shell. Its editorials treat OF the
&ing questions OF the day. while the
scellancous matter Ia selected with
h care. The local department con.
) concise reports OF all the doings In
|City aud state. The paper is acknowl'
ed to be the leading one ON the Penin-
|, which is fully attested by Its large
bcrip,ion list. Copies ready for mall
can he obtained at the publication of
|fnr a cents
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Killed on the W. ee N,

The first train south on the W. & N.
Railroad, Wednesday morning. ran over
and killed at Sypherd's crossing three
miles south of Reading, John Killion
about 65 years of age. Mr.. Killion was
deaf and could not hear the approach
of the train and neglected to look before
attempting to cross the track.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Importa I'M, so Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow'B Soothing Syrup is the
only thing that nlothers can rely upon fol
their children. IL c0rrects acidity of the
stomach. cures wind collie, regulates the
bowels and gives rest, health and com fort,
10 mother and child. During the process
Of teething It's value is incalculable. IL
softens the gums, reduces infiam m alton
and allays all pain, thereby giving rest 10
The child and comfort 10 the MOTHER
CWentY-five centR Q bottle. marlb-Iyeod
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
ID. W. IL. IL. Co.'s FreiOht
DeDOt.

pfkinen are now engaged in tearing
the freight house of the Delaware
efh hallroad Company, OH South
e' slleet, and are moving the tim
70 The newly acquired possessions of
o'hpahy at the foot of h.pley street,
lhe work OF erecting a new freight
IS about commencing. The new
lhS VIII be smaller than the other
'hu Will be finished by February
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
PAY YOUR WATER TAX

But few more days remain in which
people can pay their water tax for 1880
without having an extra tax imposed.
After the 31st inst. five per cent. will be
added TO the face of all unpaid bills, SC
people will find it to their advantage to
nav at once.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Wy OMAN'S IDOL,
PROPOSALS.
WATER DEPARTMENT., !
CHIEF ENGINERR's OFFroE, I
WILMINGToN, Del. jam. 20. I8aO

WILMINGTON, DEL, Jan. 20, 1880.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
City Council Chamber, until Thursday
evening, February 5th, at 7.30 O'Clock, for
furnishing and erecting complete and In
working order q steam pump to be used
for raising water from Cool Spring reser-
voir into Rodney street reservoir. d
AS the capacity of the pump to be erect
ed has not heen fully decided upon pro-
posals will be received for pump which
shall be capable of raising one million
five hundred Thousand u. s. standard gall
Ions OF water into Rodney street reservoir
in each "A hours also for a pump which
shall be capable of raising one million u.
>. standard gallons in each "a hours, into
same reservoir,
II the pump should be accepted by the
Water Committee, payments Will be made
In cash during the month OF August.
1880.
Further Information will be given upou
application to the Chief Engineer.
Proposals sent by mail should be secure
ly sealed and plainly marked s.Proposal
for pump" when they will be deposited
in the box unopened.
No bid will be received unless ACCOM-
panied with q bond, with freehold security
In the sum of one hundred dollars.
The right to accept any pump which
may be approved by the Water Commit
tee, also the right to reject any or all bids
is reserved by the city.
Ii. b, MCINTYRE.
jan20-St. Chief Engineer.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Ehs 9aily Sassttf.

rnr water Department during 1870
land m into the City Treasury the sum
aeo o2o,1s. During the same time
/ CITY Auditor collected siS,o'o.4o, .
,ao,ing 1s, the state Of the times and
'''r ooai,ion of business, Auditor Un-
..'ood,s collections have exceeded
ga of his predecessors.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

A CLERGYMAN's OPINloN.-Having
had an opportunity to test the excellent
qualities of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, L
hesitate not to say, 1t Is the best RENE 4 y
have ever used in my family.-Rev.
VIM. Chapman, Pastor M. E. Church,
Georgetown, ID. o.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Making On -gaas at DeInaar.

1t is not generally known yet II is
fact that an Organ Company is in full
blast at Delmar, on the line of the
Delaware railroad. These instruments
are said to be unrivalled in tone, ele-
CANT in style and of superior workman
ship.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

kRGA1Ns-BARGAINs -BARGAINs 10 pe
b. in every department OF Russell q
beer, immense stock OF Dry Goods and
Iii wares, AZ we inventory Feb. ID, all
snants and ends To be closed out re-
=less of cost q.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

hrp,xe the year just pissed there
[vod at the port of philadelphia
Ess Immigrants from foreign coun.
/. Of whom s,24e were males, and
g smales. This is a good showing,
4 with greater facilities In steamship
Il het ween Philadelphia and foreign
the number of immigrants would
kery much increased.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Trial Trim.

The new steamer, not ''fruit" boat,
this time, being built by the P. Il ]. Co.,
for Southern gentleman, will go out
ON trial trip tomorrow, in order to
loosen up the joints of the engine. When
finished the boat will 60 10 Florida, and
ply on the st. Johns river.
WI Preach This EUeniag.
Elder f. A. Chick will preach at the
Old Baptist Meeting House, on King
street above Tenth, this evening, at 7.SO
o'clock. The seats are free, and the
public are cordially invited to attend.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

AvE MoSEY and buy your Table Linen,
sels and Napkins OF Russell d spencer
tre inventory, Feb. ID. zt'
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

In southern louisiana the orange,
peach and plum trees are budding, and
the straw berries are in bloom.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
The Lords Fork.

Pe extra meetings at Chester station,
church, are still In progress.
lar Owe eighty have professed re.
Potl, and the number is still increas-
oh Sunday lass, the pastor, Rev.
4 ureeg, baptized twenty-five adults
ouI children. The church is night
ma,u Il, Notwithstanding the inclem-
faited To Come Off.
\ glass bali shooting match fthat
nave taken place YESTERDAY, al
Tavern, between twelve exnerts
ms city and like number fsom
8 NJ "aa' uid not come off, owing
aan,-appearance of the Philadel.
sentlemen. The match was for an
n NesU Dram.
'laI MI tlle drain is being laid from
u,iI'hg OF X. X. Robinson IL Co
m 10 ~ across Fourth street, where Il
q so,,h WIN the large common drain
south side of said street.
"e" or american Union.
~ Se% York Legislature" of the
y, american Union, met i'm thai
D',T;n1n,!esday afternoon, in a room il
"l'1lhg occupied by Washington
1p, 1a ". A. U. Washington Chapter
%cal council of the famous Unior
'Siiy organized in 1867 to dIsfran
,tan nolhan Catholics and used in 1877:
,iae .,aer the thlrd term movement. il
sa@s ,Ses a national organization callet
/" ,ens,e," OF which Edward Cowle,
cleveland Leader is president
raa aer organizations known as "Lee
u.s.. es The officers for the yea
ew ,ee'ed T and the policy Of the orde
ew York in regard to the Presi
was discussed, Gen. Grant il IN
I,Io olce and Blaine second. Josepl
ipa, igoFe, a former City Treasurer q
fder. "''onai oeputy G
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23

See to 1t that your child meets with ne
neglect; whom sick, use for the diseases
of babyhood DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup;-lt
never disappoints. 25 cents.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
jan2O3t

cash FOR MORTGAGES. - WE
~ HAVE ALWAYS AT COMMAND
THE MONEY FOR GOOD MORTGAGES,
LARGE AND SMALL.
janl6,A.2 .24,2s.sl, HEALD q col
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Second AnniUersGrN.

On Wednesday evening next, Wind
sor Lodge, No. 32, Sons of St. George,
Of this city, will hold their second anni-
versary. Besides the literary exercises,
which are of an interesting nature,
there will be a banquet at the United
States Hotel. A limited number of
tickets have been issued for the benefit
of those who may desire to attend, and
are not members of the lodge, "a
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
Meetings Tonight

NJ. s. R. A.
Co. G, DUPONT Guards.
The Excelsior Democratic Club.
Excelsior Lodge, No. /, K. Of 2.
Rescue Council. No. 3, o. u. A. M.
Columbia Lodge, No, %. 1. o. o. F.
Washington Council, No. 4, o. U, A. N
Delaware Tribe. No. l. Imp. o. r. M.
The daily gazette., 1880-01-23
NEW ADvERrlsEMENTs.

EOR SALE.-e79 BUILDING LOTS IN
T. ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY
MANY OF THEM VERY CHEAP. WITH
DECIDED TENDEN CIES TO ADVANCE
IN VALUE. 1T. HEALD,
jan22.A, q ,29,31.
A. OR SALE AND WANTED.-WE
e HAVE l5 FARMS FOR SALE AND
HAVE AN INQUIRY FOR SMALL
FARMS WANTED IN THE VICINITY
janz2-23.26. .S 80. I.t,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
unnoelInr Postage stamps BY Fire.

The postoffice authorities of New
York city think they have arrived at a
practical and thorough plan OF prevent
ing the second use of postage stamps,
which Is a fraud that has been practiced
by washing off the ink with acids after
the stamping of the first USE Persons
engaged in this cheating OF the govern
meut ha e. been very ingenious in de-
vising modes of doing the. unlawtu,
washing. A new process of cahcella-
ton has been invented, and is in use in
the New York postoffice. 1t is to
scorch the stamps. Specimens of the
new process show very effective work
against the fraud of second use of the
stamps, the cancellation mark being alb
solutely indellible. The imprint made
is lust the same as that made by the
ink stamp, except that it is slightly
burned and scerched in instead of being
an ink impression. The new stamp is
heated by gas. the metal being thin, to
allow of both quick heating and
rapid cooling, 1t is used the same as
an k.stamp, but with a saving OF time
that will enable the person using it to
do at least twice the work that the ink
stamp would. In using the latter ii
travels between the mixer and the letters
being stamped. With the new STAMP
the operation will be continuous ris
ing and falling of few inches. 1t car
be used in all offices where gas is burned
An experienced hand with an ink stamp
cancels about one hundred and twenty
five stamps per minute
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
A Locomotive in the Dumps,

He's been in the dumps because his
locomotive has been of for three or
four days." said "a railroad mall to a
companion the other day, as he pointed
to IN engineer.
"How otfp"
go and ask him"
1t took quarter of an hour and a
cigar to clear the cloud from the engi-
neer's face, ,and then in reply to the query
he said:
1T is queer thing. There's NV en-
gine, one of the best on the road, in per
feet order, only twelve Years old, and
able to run or pull with the best of them.
A month ago | hadn't the least bit of
trouble in making time, no matter hcw
the track was or the weight of the train
She was ready at the word, held her
steam beautifully, and she seemed to
understand every word | said. To-day
she is down in the roundhouse, growl-
ing and sputtering and acting as if she
wanted to pick a fuss with a gravel
pit"
Anything out of gear?"
" Not thing. She's been looked over
twice, and we can't find the least excuse
or her conduct. She'll get over it in a
lay or two, perhaps. If she don't we'll
JunlSn ner."
How"
9 Put her before a freight or stock
train. I've seen it tried dozen times.
and it most always worked well Here
she is now, bright as a new dollar and as
handsome as a pic ure, and I'll bet $50
that there isn't the least thing out of or
der; She's simply sulking, the same as
n child or woman, and ! know what
started it. Three weeks ago, while on
my run in with the night express, she
just wanted to light out for all she was
worth. She took the bit like running
horse, and if hadn't choked her of
she'd have beaten schedule time by
twenty minutes. She acted mad right
away, and in running twenty miles she
gave me more trouble than l ever had
with her in a run of three hundred
She lost steam, tried to foam over,
choked her pipes, and when l wanted
more steam she'd slide on her drivers
She went right back on me that night
and has been sulking ever since"
"Do ali engines do thisP'
/" Not all, but many Of them. Some
folks laugh at US and call it supersti.
tion, but they never lived in an engine
cab"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
A CHASTITY Story.

The wife of skilled artisan named
Schmid, OF Samara, Russia, gave birth
to child while her husband, who had
spent all his wages for many previous
weeks in liquor, was away from his
home upon drunken frolic. Two days
after her confinement Schmid staggered
in, and began to shout, with horrible
threats and curses, for his dinner.
There having been neither food nor
money in the house since he had last
left it, the unfortunate woman had had
no nourishment for herself or her babe
since its birth, and the latter had died
of exhaustion but few minutes before
its father made his appearance. To
Schmid's brutal menaces his miser-
able wife made no answer. She rose
from her pallet, wan and emaciated,
crept across the room to the dresser,
took thence large dish, which she car
ried back to the bed, and, placing the
ba5y's corpse upon the dish, set it
down on the table before her husband,
with the simple but awful words:
There is nothing else to eat in the
house!" Schmid sat gazing with a
CLASSY stare at his dead child for some
time. Presently a neighbor came in
and spoke to him, but he uttered no
word and made no sign. Upon closer
examination he was found to have en-
tirely lost his reason, and he was con-
veyed to madhouse, where he still re-
mains hopeless lunatic.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
A Wildcat that Whipped Twenty-Five
nORs

The Americus (Ga } Rer ublican says: /:
Recently Mr.. John Renew killed large
wildcat near his place. 1t was jumped by
his dogs while he was blowing in his
field, and sending for his gun, he fol-
lowed the hounds on foot. He Lad
three hours chase, when the
cat took to large pine tree
from which he shot it. 1t weighed
about forty-five or fifty pounds. Renew
Not long since they killed a grown
sheep for Mr.. William Charabless,
dragged the carcass forty or fifty
yards, and covered it up in the corner
fof the fence. There is large, fierce
wildcat out there, which, he says,
whipped twenty five dogs at one time,
and ran half a dozen men from the
swamp: He thinks it can whip any dog
in the State.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
The Poets Laureate of England.

The succession of the poets laureate
of England, from the time of the
"father of English poetry" has been
as follows, with the date of their acces-
sion to office: Godfrey Chaucer. A.
d. 1873; Henry Scogan, l400; John
Kay, l46l; Andrew Barnard, 1855;
John Shelton, 1910; Edmund Spencer,
1880; Samuel Daniel, 1899; Ben on
son. 1915; Sir W. Dasenant, Kt., 1898 /;
John Dryden, 1870; Thomas Shadnell,
1880; Nahum Tate, 1898; Nicholas
Roue, l7l4; Lawrence Eusden; l7l9;
Colley Cibber, 1880; William White
head, 1858; Thomas Wharton, i785,
Henry j. Pry, 1890; Robert Southeey,
1913; w illiam Wordsworth, 1898; Al
fred Tennyson. 1850.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
Perseverance, and Health.

A man who inherits wealth may begin
and worry through threescore and ten
years without any definite object. In
driving, in foreign travel, in hunting
and fishing, in club houses and society,
he may manage to pass away his time !;
but he will hardly be happy. 1t seems
to be necessary to health that the powers
of man may be trained upon some sub
ject and steadily held there day after
day, year after year, while vitali y lasts.
There may come time in old age when
the fund of vitality will have sunk so
low that he can follow no consecutive
labor without such draft upon his
forces that sleep cannot restore them.
Then, and not before, he should stop
work. But so long as man has vitality
to spare upon work it must be used, or
it will become a source of grievous,
not know what to do with himself; and
when he has reached such a point as
that, he is unconsciously digging grave
for himself, and fashioning his own
coffin.
Life needs steady channel to run in
regular habits of work and of sleep.
1t needs a steady, stimulating alma
tend toward something. An aim
less life can never be happy, or, for a
long period, healthy Said rich lady
to gentleman still laboring beyond his
needs: "Don't stop; keep at it." The
words that were in her heart were: "If
my husband had not stopped, he would
be alive to-day" And what she thought
was doubtless true. A greater shock
can hardly befall man who has been
active than that which he experiences
when, having relinquished his pursuits,
he finds unused time and unused vitality
hanging upon his idle hands and mind. T.
The current of his life is thus thrown
into eddies, or settled into a sluggish
pool, and he begins to die.-Sanitaris4na.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08

A ton Of gold or silver contains 30, 1867
&c ounces. A ton Of gold is worth $6U2,-
975. A ton of silver, at the present rate
per ounce, is worth about $32, 600. A
cubic foot of gold weighs 200 pounds,
and is worth nearly 100000. A cubic
foot of silver weighs 600 pounds. and is
worth about $4,000. The value of gold
coin, bars and bullion in circulation in
the world Is estimated at 81, 500, 900, 900.
This would make In one mass twenty
five foot cube. The amount of silver in
circulation in the world is believed to
be equal in value to the gold supply.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
The People of Havana and Their
EUSf0mS.

A correspondent of the Troy Times,
writing from Havana, says: The peo-
pie here appear listless; they move
slowly. lazily may say. There is mani
fest little of the vim and push seen in
our northern cities The natives are
small of stature, SHARP eyed and volubie
in speech; in communicating IA simple
statement, as for instance directing the
coachman where TO drive you, they will
talk, tax, and there seems no end to the
iabber. Walking Spanish means very
slow; talking Spanish, fast and long.
The Victoria carriages, French style.
are the popular vehicles in Havana;
the streets are full of them. A course
drive. which may be extended three or
four miles, costs only eighteen cents;
or sixty-five cents the first hour, and
lorty-fve cents each subsequent hour;
two persons may be comfortably seated
in Victoria, and three light bodies can
squeeze in. So it will be seen that
driving out is very cheap luxury here,
and it is largely availed of by almost
everybody except the laboring people.
The horses are small, generally IN
poor condition, but tough as knot;
their endurance under the broillng sun
of this climate is remarkable; they
trot off at a fair gait and never seem
to tire. The cruelty practiced upon
dumb beastsis shoe King; the horses are
most numerically whipped at their
work, and oxen, which are almost ex-
clusively used in drawing service
moving immense loads with clumsy,
heavy carts - are cruelty goaded
with pole steel-tipped to sharp point.
The oxen are so harnessed that they
draw from their heads, and rope reins
are attached to rings in their noses to
direct their course. Dumb beasts are
overworked. poorly fed and tortured to
death. Possessed as they are of Won
derful endurance, they break down and
are used up in three or four years at
longest under such cruel usage.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
I'm Powder Form,

vegetine put up in this form comes within
the reach OF all. By making the medicine
yourself you can, from SOC. package con-
tanning the barks, roots and herbs, make two
bottles of the liquid Vegetine Thousands
will gladly avail themselves OF this oppor-
tunity, who have the conveniepces to make
the medicine. Full directions in every pack
age.
druggists and general stores. If you cannot
buy it OF them, enclose fifty cents in postage
stamps for one package, or one dollar for two
packages, and l will send it by return mail.
II, II, Stevens Boston Mass
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
Sheep Killed by Grass Seed.

The, penalty of getting hay seed in
ones halr must be serious in some parts
o1 Australia. There are districts in that
country where the sheep are much dis.
tressed and often actually destroyed by
the seeds of certain grasses called File
chilla," which. having once fallen upon
or been caught by the wool, quickly work
their way through the skins of the ami
mails into their flesh. The ripe seeds of
these grasses are armed with recurved
barbules whose points, being sharp us
needles, easily penetrate the skin. every
movement of the animal tending to drive
the seed deeper and deeper into the flesh
The mutton exposed for sale in the
butchers shops is sometimes so full of
these grass seeds that it excites the at
tention OF strangers. One newly arrived
emigrant describes fore quarter of NUT
ton as resembling a ham just taken from
the bag of chaff in which it had been
brought from England. On close exam
ination it appeared that many of the
seeds had still their long, thin tails
drawn through the flesh, like threads
interlacing each other in every direc
tion. He goes on to say that, on ques-
tloning the butcher. he was told that
they rarely killed a sheep that was not
more or less punctured in this way. 1t
stands to reason that butchers meat,
such as this, must need to be thoroughly
cooked before eating From other &C.
counts it appears that the seeds are not
infrequently found actually piercing the
heart, liver and kidneys of sheep that
have died from the effects of their move
ments. One writer says that he has
found 4" the internal organs so crowded
with the seeds that they felt like a bag
of needles, if squeezed in the hand. On
some runs" where these grasses are
specially abundant, the annual loss OF
sheep is very serious matter. 1t has
even been asserted that the northern
part of Queensland is unfit for sheep be-
cause OF the great abundance of the
noxious grasses.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-08
HOW to Get Sick.

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take
all the vile nostrums advertised; and
then you will want to know
How to Get Well,
Which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters! See other column
Cypress.