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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-19

Women that have been pronounced ircurable
by the best physicians III the country, have been
completely cured of female weakness by the
use of Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound. Send to Mrs. LYDIA E. Pinkham, 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Woodlawn camp meeting will open
August 9Th and continue 10 days.
Dr. Alexander llardcastle says there
are no peaches in Caroline county.
The Smith Brothers are to build new
flint and spar mill at their works near
Conowingo.
The Chest~tonn Transcript enters its
twentieth year this week.
The new cannery OF Richardson &
Robbins at Dover will soon he finished.
Paryis, the Queen Anne county forgcr,
has gone to the penitentiary for five years.
The New Bethe A. NJ. Il. Church at
Cambridge, Dorchester county, was dedi-
Gated TN Sunday last.
A young woman visiting Cambridge
woke the other morning to find her CATERS
eaten hy rats down to the very scIes.
Burglars last week robbed Landlord 5
store at Princess Anne of 200 cigars and
ruinmaged through the clerk office for
| plumber.
1t is said that Attorney -tieneral
MacVeagh will shortly visit his friend
Thomas Howard of Revell's Nerk,
Somerset county.
ba'tie swamp ii"'el, situated Oh,
Nottingham, Cecil county, is to be put in
order as Il summer resort.
A lad named Lord living near Denton,
Caroline county, last week shot his sister
with one of those 'empty rrvolvers."
The girl was not dangerously hurt.
It is said that there was n mnrriap. in
the Dorchester county almshouse the
other day, the bride being n woman of i'll
rcpute and the groom blind man.
Ey si.riW wuio,, u,.,.1 -, No.,
,1,ast.,r mt n,a'' hill ns S,En s',n
,Ia,,5 si,,',.. ,',1,,,1 ~ go . ~"
49, i'n, a., So'o "v,, , g M"s u,
n.r ''' Wv ''''"' "''a NV "N'' "Po'
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

The Band of Dcsperadocs Under
Arrest,

CmcAGo, May 23.-A special to the
lIor"iHg NerS, from Sioux City, says ::
Three men have been arrested at Pierre
who turn out to Ice the party pursued by
Lieutenant Cherry at the time he was ne
ported TO have been murdered. They
give their names as John llalstead,
Thomas Jackson and John Roberts alias
Dick Burr. Roberts is badly wounded
two fingers of his right hand and the
greater part Of the palm being shot away.
lie also has four buck,hot wounds iii his
right side.
After the men had been rrrested u
conrier arrived from Fort Niubrara bring
ing the intelligence that they were rob
hers, who in all attempt to rob u saloon
near Niobrara, had killed a half breed
named Biadeau and wounded another
named White. One of their own number
had also been killed. They then appro-
priated some government horses and He'd,
Lieutenant Cherry with with an attach
lnent Of men pursued them and in TIA.
running tight which ensucd Cherry was
killed and one man wounded.
llalstead > real nanu is said To- he
| Richards and he is the sllue man VIII,
| shot Il Mexican by the name of llupeh in
| Clays train about a year ago. ~ mites
from Pierre. The Iitt al ltub"rla' RIM,
was about half shot away and his tire,
large Colts revolver5 were covered with
| blood.
This clears mp the mystery Of the kill
ing OF Lieutenant Cherry, who was re-
ported by sergeant who rui away from
the fight To have been shot y one Of Iii,
| own men,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
Apertimcmi NmcrtInn.

In the legislature Of ohio some years
ago there was q warm dispute whether
4 certain proposed railroad should com
mence at certain point down or Ger
tain other up the river. "Who ever
heard said 4 down thc-river advocate.
''of beginning anything at the top !
Who ever heard Of building Il chimney
from tn" top downwardg WHO ever
heard III Il house began at the top p Tn
jumped a Dutch member from an uu-
the-rivrr county. "Meestrr Br"sidnnt,
lie ientlemaus gay dat dccs teesnrss rs.
all Won h0omb""rs, because we wants tn
pegeen railroat init de tob Of dc eltate,
and he make some scrly comparisons
apout de houzr md de chimney. weed
also ask de iemtlemans Won questions.
Fen heos bart Nv de Shtate ven De- pr.
gins to built won veil, do day prgins met
1t" bottom Nv de we'll, or 10 d+y pegin.
nit de topuy de veil ! Vpcl de icntlr
mans bleese answer dat lcrtle won uurs
tinn l''
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
A GREAT SCHEME.I
Chicago Seeking 10 Retain Her POSI-
tiOu an q Grain Port.

Yesterday representatives of ten impor-
tant Western grain growing States met at
Davenport, Iowa, to discuss the best plan
of improving the water communications
with the Atlantic coast. The route to
Europe by the way of the Mississippi has
alarmed Chicago, and the great lake city
begins to feel her supremacy rs grain
shipping port endangered by st. Louis.
Under these circumstances the possibility
of connecting the Mississippi with Chicago
by II canal is now agitated, and this morn
ing's New York U,auM goes Mt great
length into the scheme, illustrating the
subject with map.
10 accomplish the object it is proposed
to cut n canal from Davenport, on the
Mississippi, to the town of llennepn ON
the Illinois river. glance at the map
will show the nature Of the project. The
Mississippi river makes bend at Rock
Island, sweeping 50 tar tothe eastward AS
to leave comparatively short stretch OF
country between it and Chicago. Mean
while, to favor the canal project the
Illinois river, which flows southwestward
across the State of Illinois and empties
into the Mississippi near the city
OF Alton, takes course almost in
direct line from within short
distance of the suburbs of Chicago to
liennepin, in the northern central part of
the State. This town of Helnepin is only
about 30 miles distant from Rock river, a
good sized stream flowing westward into
the Mississippi at Rock Island. In other
words. canal 6O miles long will link the
great wheat region of the Northwest with
Chicago and the existing transportation
routes to the Atlantic. The eastern end
of this canal would open into the Illinois
river at the town of llennepin. Its west
ern end would tap either the Missssippi
itself, should the projectors desire to dc
so, or Rock river, accordingly as should
be preferable, and with it all thu
tributaries of the Upper Mississipp
and the great granaries west and north.
west of st. Louis The question of cost
has been already discussed, but the esti
mates vary widely. 1t has been stated
| that the canal could he constructed for al
| little as $1,000, 900, but other estimate,
range as high as $l4,0oo,ooo. a fgur,
| in the neighborhood Of $4,000, 900 w0ulC
probably lie not far from correct.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
TBE NOM on DESPERJD OES.
1--WE County Officers Killed In
wayne County. Missouri.

81. L"tls, April GA dispatch To the
H,pHtiirdN from Poplar Bluff, Mo-, says
hat n gentleman from Williams, mill
brings news ui the killing yesterday
morning of john Y. Davis, the sheriff,
md wounhing OF james +. llatton, col
lrctor OF Wayne county, by the three
iesperadoeS who killed young latarge
aud committed other desperate deeds in
New Madrid county last week, an account
Of which was telcgraphed at the time.
Sheriff Davis suspecting that one or
more of these desprrllous were in the
vicinity, took Mr.. llattun with him and
rode about mile from town to the house
of man named Lee. Here they found
the men they We're looking for taking
breakfast, and stepping inside the house
Davis commanded them to rise from the
table and surrender.
They rose as directed but with drawn
revolvers, which they used so ellertualy
that Davis was shot down mortally
wounded and llattou received ball il
the head which drove him crazy.
The men Immediately fled and although
one of them was subsequently arrested
he escaped from his captOrs.
Davis was taken to his home and die,
last evening and llatton is still crazy
The people of Wayne county are terribly
excited over the event and 500 OF then
are said to he securing the woods in al
directions for the nurdercrs. A rewar,
OF $1,000 was offered for the men SOM
days ago and now -, coo more have heel
added. ..... ~
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
HLOHN no stTOlfS.


81 j"sEpu, May 24.-An explosion of
IL barrels Of Daniorth's tuid stored in Il
cellar ON Edmund street, this city,
occurred at 8 o'clock last night. The
iluor over the cellar was occupied as a
sIloon and billiard room, kept by a
colored man. number OF negroes We're
in the saloon at the time, all of whom
lost their lives. The exact number can
not be ascertained yet, but it is variously
estimated at from 10 to Al. Five bodies
have been recovered up to this time all
burned beyond recognition.
1t is said that white woman was in
the place at the time of the casualty. The
building was instantly and completely
demolished. The inmates We're all buried
IN the d'jris which was completely en-
veloped by the hot flames of the burning
fluid. The efforts of the fire department
to subdue the flames Were of no avail.
Several thousand excited people now
surround the scene of the disaster among
them many women and children scream
ing and bewaiing the loss of husbands
and fathers or friends. The conclusion
| shocked buildings several blocks around.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
BEYOND THE USOUEH1yyI.
The fishing season III Maryland waters i,
practically over.

The fishing season in Maryland waters is
practically over.
George Hooper was killed and William
Morris perhaps fatally injured last week by
the explosion of blast at the stone dnarrie.
near Delta, Hartford county.
=, In the case Of Miller Lodge, I. o. o. f., Of
Easton, Talbot county, w. the Cecil ColInty
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, verdict
was returned in the Hartford county courts ON
Tuesday for s3,405 in favor of the plnintiT,
Dr.. John Tredck, a well-known physician
OF Perrymansville, died on Tuesday after
noon, after very short illness Of cranlp
cholic. He WAS seized suddenly while driyini,
and took refuge at Il colored mans h0usn'
where he finally died. '''
MIR. Corse, a member Of the Baltimore 4
ONO engineer corps, now operating in This
M Vicinity, was set upon by, a lot Of roughs on
Wednesday night and knocked down and
severely cut on the left arm above the elbow
Tile Hdure Republican, O''"'
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
a Young Girl's suIc,d,

On sunday evening thu. body of Miss
Mamie Boyer, of Paschalyille, was found
IN the waters of Cobbs creek near where
1t crosses the Darby road. Miss Bower
was about 20 years old, and had been
boarding for several years at the Blue
Bell hotel in Paschalville, of which her
uncle, George VanDyke, is proprietor.
She was engaged to bemariied TO Young
man living Il few miles distant in Della
ware county, but lie broke the engage
ment about three months ago. This and
the arrangement of her mother, who is at
present an inmate of Kirkbride's asylum,
so preyed upon her mind as to drive her
to suicide. She left behind her a scrap
oil paper saying that "she died for love-"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
A Significant Fable.

TTVVNTUTITt WUTTIIIB SIHH'
A little fly, that had long kept its place
on heavy loaded wagon by close atten'
ton to a sugar cask which it contained,
being frightened away from the cask ~
the owner thereof, Immediately flew 10
the ear of the horse and said: "That sugar
isn't very good and don't know but tha'
the man got it dishonesty; and my sen.
respect will not permit me to live on II
any longer hence am going TO relieve
you of my weight. hope you will NOT
go to the devil in consequence, but ! lear
you will" The horse, however, who was
the powerful "Reformer," out of "Repub-
lican" and "Whig," replied: your
weight is as little hindrance as your
wings are help shan't notice you hoS
miss you, one way or the other"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
A POsImnsfer's KnscaIIfX.

Linton j. Croft, postmaster of Lisbon,
Ohio, is under arrest for passing forged
money orders. He printed counterfeit
money orders and letters Of advice pur-
porting to come from various parts of the
United States, and in this way collected
5000 from the post offices of neighboring
cities and towns. Croft failed to apply
the money to make up deficiency in his
postal account, but took it to pay other
debts. The printing was done by Croft
personally at his printing office, in Wells
vile, Ohio, and he says that he alone
has any guilty knowledge of the bust
ness. He is under 5000 bail.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

The battle is not always to the strong
and the Bible revisers might have added
"nor to the well armed" as was abund
antly proved in Albany, Georgia, OF
Thursday, when Mrs. Elsie Hill, who
attacked with an axe Mrs. Henrietti
Cato, to whom Mr.. Hill had been paying
undue attention, was slain by hel
rival though Mrs. Cato carried only I
pocket knife.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

The biggest shad of the season weighed
st pounds.
Salem's new reservoir is to have dam
$50 feet long.
Captain Cleaver took command of the
Major ReyJoid week since.
}. V. Craven of Salem is having a new
tug built, 80 feet long and Is feet beam.
Jacob Fox of Cumberland county was
burned to death on Thursday last while
trying to put out fire in his barnyard,
started by sparks from passing loeomo-
tive.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

For Mr.. Conkling now, therefore, to say
that he has noquarrel the President,
or to permit his satellites to say it for
him, is an acknowledgement of weakness
and decentralization. 1t amounts to a
confession that he resigned his seat in
the Senate and broke up the Republican
majority in that body because the Secre-
tary of State had more influence with the
Administration than he possessed.-Neg
York Tribune.
If President Garfield imagines that the
mass of the people regard without disap-
proval his temporary withdrawal of the
New York nominations, other than that
OF Judge Robertson, let him go through
another performance of the same kind
Ne,o York Sun.
Lancaster had Republican primary
election Saturday. 1t has the heaviest
fights at its Republican primaries of any
town in Eastern Pennsylvania,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
Nothing New nj Albany.

Strictly speaking there is really moth
ing new from Albany. The situation
viewed from the outside is precisely what
it was last week. The Conkling men are
still confident that they can control a
caucus if one is held and the half-breeds
evidently concede this as their only hope
of defeating Conkling lies in securing the
pledge of twenty-six or more Republi-
cans not to go into caucus. Meanwhile
the Conkling chairman of the House eau
Gus and the anti-Conkling chairman of
the Senate caucus are fencing about a call
for a joint caucus, the latter evidently
seeking delay till programme can be
agreed upon. The Conkling men are
united, ready and eager and the Garfield
men are not yet organized but sure of at
least enough votes to prevent the return
of Conkling and Plat. This is really
all there is to tell, but all the New York
papers print columns and columns of tele-
grams to tell it.
This is natural, and the people who
| denounce newspapers for this sort oi
padding would not stand for minute
the failure of any one newspaper to mani
fest just such enterprise" Just think
of the disgust with which any one would
| have thrown down a New York newspa
per which had appeared this morning
with no other news from Albany than tn,
simple statement that Vice President
| Arthur and ex-Senators Conkling and
Plat had arrived; that they had been
| received with cheers that the chairmeI
of the two eaucuses had not yet agreed
on a call for joint caucuses, and that
there was really nothing else new. W.
do not wonder that they demand some
thing from scene of public interest, hui
we do complain at the silly hwnhuggerS
of their denunciation of newspapers fol
giving them what they want and will
have.
There are several matters ofinterest how
ever among the incidents telegraphed. l
is remarkable thing that the Vice Presi
dent of the United States should he a
Albany working to secure a Reputation
of the President with whom he wa
elected. 1t is significant that the Gran
Club which is the largest political organ
ization in Albany should declare its adht
sion to Conkling and denounce tn
administration but just inaugurated
1t is interesting to know tina
, besides cheers for Conkling ther
were cheers for the 1906" who stood h
| tirant at Chicago, and cheers for tn
/ "Republican party represented alone b
3 "the 3o6.n These are all points valui
able in assisting any careful observer
5 Judgment as to the final and inevitab
| outcome Of all this. These people hay
a nothing in common but the desire f
a power and office, and they have at la
5 quarrelled over the distribution of the
q among themselves. The necessary resu
is disintegration.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

The Paris Intransigeant has dispatch
from st. Petersburg saying that Hessy
Helfmann was hanged in prison four days
after the birth of her child. It is further
said that she was daily subjected to
dreadful torturss and that death was
finally to some extent accidental. The
prison officers having strung the I'M
fortunate woman up day after day TO ex
tort a confession, and the last experiment
Of the kind being kept up too long, death
resulted from strangulation.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

A Colorado judge recently cleared a des:
perado who had committed foul murder,
but the crowd hanged tine rascal FROM the
court house window and told the Judge
that the next time he let murderer 20
they would hang him. Thereupon his
honor promptly sentenced three other
murderers to be hanged.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Roach's Brazilian line of steamers has
died for want of subsidies. We do
not feel called on to lament 1t. The
only way in which American shipping
can be revived is to make it profitable
of itself and then men will rush into it
for the very reason that they now stay
out of il.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Anything more absurdly impudent
than legislation at Harrisburg, Pa, about
matters at the Delaware Breakwater it
would be hard to imagine. No pilot
acting by the authority of the State Of
Pennsylvania should be allowed to exer-
else his calling south of the Pennsylvania
boundary, Let this issue be met and
settled. The authority of the Federal
Government over the matter is conceded
but the pretence to any rights by Penn
sylvania down this way is gross i'm
pertinence.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

a Vacancy,

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
1t is reported that Prince Leopold, of
England, the Queens youngest son. is
soon to he created Duke of Albany.
Fortunately the place seems to have been
vacated by the resignation of Hon. Roscoe
Conkling.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Nothing more aptly shows the narrow
and strictly technical sense in which the
word Temperance" is used by some
reformers than the story brought by tele-
graph from Lampoc, Santa Barbara
county, California, where the temperance
people on Saturday night last blew up
the only saloon in the town. This is in
deed zeal that outruns discretion.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

We are saved from one shame at least.
The nomination of William f. Chandler
the constituencies politician who was de-
nounced in the Republican convention OF
his own State as "a political tramp" was
rejected and he will not be Solicitor
General. Attorney-General MacVeagh is
as much to be congratulated as is the
country on the result. 1t was shame.
full appointment.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

By somebody's blunder negro was
tried for larceny in the Baltimore
criminal court Monday, and the case
given to the jury without the prisoner s
being formally arraigned. The mistake
was discovered before verdict was
rendered, and now the case must be tried
again at considerable expense to the city.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Two Creoles-J. +. Poche, brother of
an associate justice Of the Louisiana SUI
preme Court, and A. B. Roman, son OF
Ex-Governor Roman, and editor of a small
paper-fought duel in st. James parish,
Louisiana, on Thursday last, the result
being slight flesh wound for one and
Acknowledgements from each that tbs
other was gentleman. A less harmless
duel was fought on Sunday, in the neigh
boring State of Arkansas, where tw'
young men, named Austin and Brannon
settled their respective claims to tn
affections of young woman with pistol
at six PAGES. Brannon fell MORTAL
wounded and Austin fled,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

STANFORD, Conn, May 23.-John Daily,
an empioye of the Stamford wooden mills,
while oiling some shafting this morning,
had his clothing caught and was instantly
killed.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

The New York Herald after fairly
shouting its applause of the resignation
OF Conkling and Plat deliberately turns
around this morning and lectures them
for the folly of their action.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
CURRENT LITER1TURE.

LIPpINCoTT for June has an attractive
account OF the salon established at the
PalO2zo Maldura, Rome, by our country
woman, Miss Brewster. There every Wednes-
day evening she receives cultivated and
genial circle of all nationalties
Felix Oswald describes the ways OF
monkeys. A sketch of embarrassing in Texas
follows.
Dorman b. Eaton has valuable article
upon ''lenure of Office which, however.
leaves in vagueness the perplexing point OF
just how long. Mr.. Conner has u study OF re-
formers Ill general.
Monthly Gossip does not reyei in over
esteem Of Lord Beaconsfield. In compensa-
ton, it is deferential to women composers
and properly appreciative of the beautiful
needle paintings Of Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26

Our exports of tallow and dairy pro-
ducts during the IL months ended April
Both amounted to $23, 49,, Isl, as com
pared with SIG, 607 1850 for the correspond
ing IL months of last year.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
II Might.

New l Ofk world.
Mr.. Seth Green has published brief
essay on GLOW to Care for Young Fish,"
1t might interest General Grant.