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The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
A LARGE oKor or WHEAT.
A Conclusive Proof of the Value of will
mington's Celebrated Fertilizer.

Mr.. Henry Clayton, president OF the
Citizens National Bank Of Mtddletown, has
just finished threshing a 25-acre field Of
stalk ground wheat, which turned out $40
bushels, over 3715 bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Clayton used on this field $50 pounds
to the acre of Walton, Whann & Co IS
Diamond Soluble Bone, drilled with the
seeds, and says the large yield is due to this
fertilizer No other manure was used.
This is very large yield, a remarkable
yield for stalk ground, and speaks well for
the fertilizer indeed.
Upon inquiry it is learned that this fertil-
izer is sold for the low price of S25 per ton,
and the GAZETTE is told that it produces
larger wheat crops than any fertilizer in the
market.
This crop affords an excellent opportunity
to determine whether fertilizers pay.
Mr. Clayton thinks the land would not
have produced, at the most, over 5 bushels
per acre without the fertilizer. A caleula-
ton ON this basis shows, therefore the ad-
ditional gain in wheat per acre, by the use
of the fertilizer, is say:
221& bushels at, say $1.80 $50 %
$50 lbs Diamond Soluble Bone at S25 per
ton. Observation-Disclosures '4.lo
Profit per acre upon an expenditure Of
S4l3 for Diamond Soluble Bone .$25. IL
Whatever may be said of other fertilizers, S,
to say that tire fertilizer used in this ease
pays enormously, is very safe assertion.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
----$~-~s-B-~~
NOT BLhCKBIRD FOREST.
A Peaceful NeighborhOOd Wrongly AC
cused of Being the Scene of Man
Crimes.

A Peaceful NeighbOrhood Wrongly Ac-
cused of Being the Scene of Many
Grimes.
To THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE II
wish to make, through the columns of your
excellent pa per, one or two corrections i'll
your description of the location of the muir
der of Mrs. Turner, on Thursday last. Your
correspondent says the crime was com
mitted near Morris station, in Blackbird
Forest" Now sir, the section of country
known as Blackbird Forest commences at Ii
neat little village on the old State road be-
tween Odessa and Smyrna, called Black
bird, and 1t extends in a southwestern direc-
tion about three miles, but during the past
25 years, the woodman's axe has made
mighty changes, and what was once a
densely wooded country is now interspersed
with fine farms owned by a God-fearing and
honest people Morris station, near the
scene of the above mentioned murder, is in
the State of Maryland, near Massey's Cross
roads, in u thickly wooded section of eoun-
try, commonly called the Maryland or Mas
seys Forest, and entirely remote
from what was once Blaekbird
forest. Morris Station and the immediate
vicinity, during the past ten years, has been
the scene of several shooting and cutting
affrays, and newspaper correspondents have
been in the habit of describing these acts OF
violence as occurring in "Blackbird forest, y
and althoughin bed and very feeble from re
cent painful operation | feel it my duty to
correct such glaring Misrepresentation.
Especially when they come in the shape OF
foul murders) In Justice TO the many warm
friends have in Blaekbird and vicinity,
ask you to make this correction, feeling fully
assured that you would not knowingly in
| suit your fellow-citiZens residing in portion
of Blackbird and Appoquinimin1 hundreds
by laying the dark deed of Thursday last a
| their doors.
will only notice, in conclusion, on,
more mistake Your correspondent, ii
speaking of the Cosden, murder, many year
ago, says it occurred at the 'sCold Well
| There is no such place now as the Coli
Well. The murder of the Gosden famil.
occurred on farm between Sassafras ant
Galena, Maryland. Therefore please eredi
MARYLAND hereafter with her own crimes.
Yours very truly,
RICHARD TOWNSEND.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
THE MORNING SUMMARY.


Secretary Folger was slightly unwell yes
terday and unable to attend to his official
duties.
The Secretary of the Navy has consented
that the Marine Band shall go to Cape May
for one week during August, to give con-
eerts.
The feature yesterday of the Grand Army
Encampment at Gettysburg was the dediea-
tion by the 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers
of a memorial tablet.
It is now announced that General r. P.
Kennedy will be candidate for the Con-
gressional nomination in the Eighth District
of Ohio against Speaker Keifer.
Two children, named Yole and Buss, aged
respectively and years, were fatally In
jured yesterday morning near Freemans-
burg by being struck by a Lehfgh Valley
train.
The liabilities of C. A. Willard, the sus-
pended banker of Jonesboro, H., are re-
ported at S150,O00, and the assets at S5s, 900.
The failure is ascribed to "cotton and other
speeulations.'
The Central Branch Land League of Bos-
ton, and the Irish Land League of Augusta,
Georgia, held meetings last night and passed
resolutions expressing sorrow at the death
of Miss Fanny Parnell.
IL is dhnOuhttu 1ol eiiC Vi
those concerned that "telegrams to Egypt
must be written in plain language, in Eng
lish, French, Turkish or Italian. Secret
language will not be accepted"
The Independent Republicans of Maine
were again in conference yesterday at Port
land. The proceedings were secret, but 1t is
stated that a call for new convention was
adopted, which will be published in few
| days.
A number of people have oeen poisoned
in Moncton, New Brunswick, from the use
of .sprepared corn beef" and many of the
victims have narrowly escaped death. A
number of persons who had eaten the beef
were suddenly taken sick in one of the
churches on Sunday.
Rufus G. Walden, ex-Selectman, Chief of
the Fire Department, Deputy Sheriff and
Town Collector, of North Adams, ,Massachu-
| setts. and Treasurer of the Hoosac Valley
| Agricultural Society, was yesterday SEN
fenced to four years imprisonment in the
penitentiary for incendiarism. He had
pleaded guilty,
Yesterday morning, the mangled bodies of
six eolored men were found on the Mobile
| and Ohio Railroad track near De Soto, Mis-
sissippi, they having been run over by a
train. It is supposed they were robbed and
murdered, and colored man has been ar
huntedon suspicion, while. another is being
rested for.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
Omr mrTnsieniiicant Earth.

tits only when we regard our globe as
member of the planetary system, and that
system in turn as unit among the systems,
that we realize how infnitesimal are its con-
cerns and how relatively insignificant 1t is.
We may for practical purposes treat the or
bit of Neptune as the circumference of our
planetary system, and state the diameter of
it therefore as about 5 ,4s6, 900, 900 miles. But
if we could suppose all this vast plane con-
yerted into solid disk, instead Of being, as
now, for the uIost part empty space, and ii
to it were then given, by some means or
other, slightly luminous surface, it would
appear to an observer uron the very nearest
star no more portentious than new shilling
glittering in the sunshine would appear to
an observer at distance of somewhat over
hundred yards. In other words, it would
want fairly good eyes to discern it at all. We
may safely say then that the annual thermal
loss of our own little sphere, though sutfl-
cient to melt III cubic miles of ice, would,
even though multiplied by centuries OF cen
turies, no more affect the temperature of
space than the striking of match would
avail to moderate the climate of Siberia.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
SCHOOL MATTERS.
Work of the Board of Education Last
Night.

Last evening the Board of Education
held their regular meeting and considerable
miscellaneous business was transacted, in
cluding many orders for repairs to school
buildings After the minutes of the last
meeting had been read and approved the
Committee on Teachers asked for and re-
ceived permission to advertise ia the Phila-
delphia Ledger for principal for school
No. 1.
The Committee on Fuel reported that
George w. Bush Il Sons had been awarded
the contract for coal and the jackson Coal
and Lime Company the contract for
wood.
An order for $40 was drawn for repairs TO
blackboards in school No. 3. The com
mittee of school No. q were instructed to
make repairs TO the amount of $3.50. School
No. IL needed repairs to blackboards to the
amount of SIS.
school No. II and whitewashing ordered the
expense not to exceed S12 A bill was pre-
sented for 81 ,031.12 for furniture received
at school No. 20, from the Keystone School
and Church Furniture Company. and an
order granted. An award OF 500 was made
the committee, with which to complete fur
nishing the school. An order for 81 ,6l9
was granted to pay for heating apparatus
placed in school No. ~.
The special committee on No. school
reported work progressing rapidly on the
rebuilding, and that 81 900 would be due on
the first installment before the next meeting
of the board. An order was granted for the
amount. The committee was authorized
to procure the necessary furniture for the
school. An order for $50 was granted to
defray the expense of cleaning school No.
16. On motion 500 was ordered paid
Frank X. Carswell on account of plans pre-
pared for school No. 4.
Ezekiel johnson was elected ianitor of
school No. 20 at salary Of $500 per year,
James Bradford was awarded the contract
for glazing for the coming year.
A bill from Car1well u Wall for s.. 30 was
presented and ordered paid.
A motion was adopted instructing the
Committee on Contested Seats to report at
the next meeting and direcred Secretary
Morrow to notify Mr.. Hofecker, the chair
man of the committe, of the action of the
board. The superintendent's report, con-
tanning suggestions in regard to various
studies, was received and accepted.
Colonel Heisler moved that the officers of
the board draw upon the City Treasurer for
S10, 900 of the balance due of the $50, 900
appropriated 10 the board by the City Coun-
ell was amended by MIR. Morrow to make 1t
| include the whole balance Of 100000 still
due. The motion was adopted as amended.
The following estimates Of coal needed al
the different schools was read No. /, Go
tons; No 3, 80 tons; No. 8, "a tons No. 4
30 tons; No. 3, 3s15 tons No. q, 3l24 tons
No. z, 3215 tons; No, 8, 30 tons No. o, 3s
tons No 10, 80 tons; No. IL, IS tons No
12, "a tons No. II, 30 tons No. Is, 4l19
tons No. IL, 29Is tons; No. II, 8 tons
No. Is, 80 tons; No. 10, 40 tons; No. 20
40 tons making total Of G30l9 tons needed
for the coming year.
The bond OF j. r, ID. Seeds, for building
completed some time since, was ordered can
celled and returned, and the Board ad
| iourued
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
tro-day,s nerald RnlletIn. ]

The area of high barometer now overAes
the Atlantic coast district south ofCape Cod,
while the depression that was organizing on
the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains on
Saturday has reached the British possessions
of showers in Indian Territory, Texas
and along the South Atlantic coast,
no rainfall is reported east of the
Rocky Mountains. Fair or hszy weathe,
prevailed. The temperature rose in all the
districts and is likely to continue to do so
in the eastern sections of the country during
the next 4S hours Fresh winds blew in the
upper lake regions. Elsewhere they were
generally light. The weather in New York
and its vicinity to-day will be warmer and
fair. Tomorrow promises to be warm and
hazy, with possibly thunder shower in the
evening.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
INCOMPETENT KEIFRR.
In Hot Water for Whole Day by
Reason of His Foolish Rulings.

In Hot Water for Whole Day by
Reason of His Foolish Rulings.
Washington dispatch to Philadelphia Times.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-speaker Keifer
was continually in hot water to day, owing
to his rulings in the House proceedings, and
one appeal was taken from his decision
which was barely sustained by his Republi-
can associates. The first question he had
before him was the proper course to pursue
with minority report from the judiciary
committee declaring n forfeiture of all
lands granted the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company which had not been patented by
the date prescribed in the original act
Proctor Knott of Kentucky wanted the re-
port placed on the calendar, but the Speaker
ruled that it had no status and should fol-
low the majority report, which had been
laid on the table. Cox appealed from this
decision, and it was only by a vigorous
search and drumming up of absentees that
the Speaker held his own. Was. .de
The breeze had scarcely died away when
another row broke out in relation to the un-
finished business of Saturday, to allow
drawback on foreign material used in con-
nection with domestic in constructing steam
| and sailing vessels for foreign account. Rep
resentative Kelley wanted the matter re-
| ferred to the Ways and Means Committee,
but Randolph Tucker of Virginia, who had
tackled on an amendment to the bill extend
ing its provisions to domestic ships, main
tained that vote having been ordered it was
not in order to move to recommit. During
the roll call which followed an attempt was
made to suspend the call and have the bill
recommitted. The Speaker had decided to
| entertain this motion, although formidable
| opposition was manifested by both sides II
such ruling. War was about to be de
clared, when the morning hour expired an(
the bill was laid aside till tomorrow, whel
the fight will be renewed.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
POLICE CASES.
Interesting Hearings this Morning and
Last Evening.

Last evening the Mayor fued Isaac J.
Jetieries, eolored, s. and costs for selling
cigars on Sunday. It was claimed that the
prosecutor, James A. Jones, also colored,
was prompted through malice to make the
charge. Henry G. Turner, ESQ, who repre-
sented the defendant, admitted, however,
that the Mayor had no other alternative but
to impose the fine.
Jonathan Graves, of No. 100 Bird street,
complained that two boys, John Col
Inns and William Phillips, raised a disturb
ance with others at his house on Sunday
night between II and 12 O'Clock, throwing
bricks In the windows and making threats.
The prisoners were each fined 50 and costs.
Benjamin West and Andrew Mulrein,
boys, were fined 81 and costs each for
making playground of the Old Swedes'
graveyard, playing quoits and cards there
on Sunday and throwing bricks and stones.
Michael Conley,, for being drunk and dis
orderly at his boarding-house, was dismissed
with 81 and costs
The first prisoner this morning, a man
about 45, came limping into the dock and
saluted a woman dressed in deep black, sit
ting outside the railing, with "GOod morn
ing. If you won't say anything, Pll go
right back to the Home" On hearing, the
woman in black, she said her name was
Adelia Hensel, and that the prisoner, Samuel
added done anything for her support for
some time. Yesterday he came from some
Home near PhiadelpE ia and going to where
his wife lived began to abuse her I" shame
fully" The old soldier was fined 81
and costs and advised to return to Phila-
delphia.
A fight occurred in the neigh3orhood of
Second and French streets about one o'clock
this morning, and in response to calls for
Police p' officers Vickers and Cannon re-
sponded. There they found three men, who
ran when the officers appeared. Vickers
| captured one, another was followed to Fifth
and Poplar bv Cannon, but managed to
escape In house, while the third made
good his departure. Vickers' man was tried
| for drunkenness and disorderly conduct
this morning, and although he explained he
had been assaulted by two strangers, who
dragged him from his boarding house as he
was about to enter, he was fined 81 and
costs all the same. His name was John G.
| Adams.
| Ella Jones and Sallie Evans, two half
grown girls, were charged with having
abused Mrs. Farley, an aged Irish woman
who said the girls belonged to a 'elub, y
and were leading her boy astray. Ella
asked the old woman some sharp questions
and sat down with a flirt when getting the
wrong answers The pair, who are evidently
| in need of stern guardian, were fined 81
and costs. As the girls left the dock Ella
Jones exclaimed spitefully, "I'll sock her
for it "
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
AN EXPLOSION.
Burned While Lighting Fire With Coal
oil,

Oil.
About O'Clock last evening loud report
was heard in the kitchen of the house occu
pied by Michael Finan, ON Pleasant street
near jackson, and flames were seen to issue
from the window OF the room. Richard Smith,
a neighbor, ran into the yard OF the house
just as Mrs. Finan left the kitchen enveloped
in flames Smith quickly siezed piece of
rag carpet and smothered the fire, which was
burning the woman badly.
Mrs. Finan was carried up stairs and at
tended to. 1t was found that her arm and
right side were seriously burned, and for
awhile 1t was thought the wounds would re-
suit fatally. This morning, however, she
is much easier and pronounced out OF
danger.
The cause of the explosion, which blew
out several panes of glass, demolished an oil
can and set the room on fire, is unknown,
although 1t is asserted that without doubt
the woman attempted to hurry the fire in
the stove by pouring oil upon some kindling.
The explosion collected quite crowd,
and an enthusiastic policeman struck an
alarm of fire, bringing out the entire depart
ment on another smonkey run.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
THREE LONE REPUBLICANS.
How They Met in Blackbird Hundred
and Elected Delegates to the Republican
state Convention.

How They Met in Blackbird Hundred
and Elected Delegates to the Republican
state Convention.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette
BLACKBIRD, July A.-Tbere were only
three white Republicans in Blaekbird, on
Saturday, and two colored representatives
sitting on goods box, blissfully ignorant
that it was collegiate nomination day" and
talking about stacking wheat.o Il. A.
Davis, ssIde" Staats and I. Fennimore,
were the only three in the hundred who
thought it worth while to nominate a candi-
date for Goyernor-to have him defeated.
few minutes after g o'clo TX the above
named gentlemen went out in the garden, in
the rear of Mr.. Davis store, and looking
alternately at some gooseberry bushes and
cabbages, and picking splinters off the side
of the store began talking politics. 1t was
evident, in few minutes that these three
representatives of .tforlorn eause," did not
work well together. Mr.. Davis suddenly
popped in the store and going to a drawer
and getting big bulging envelope went
out again. In fifteen or twenty minutes all
three came filing in with faces sgraye."
Mr. Staats, when asked by your cores
pondent, if they had agreed as to delegates,
answered, "Ah, um-that is-hardly."
Mr.. Davis, when asked, said that, there not
being enough voters to ballot, delegates
would have to be appointed, and he, Stats
aud j, A. Parker would possibly be the men
| (neaning certainly)
have never seen SO much secrecy before,
in public nomination, and if It hadn't
been for the exLieme kindness of Mr.. Davis
even this much would not be known.
How their party members will accept
their nominations remains to be seen
Would it not look singular--three men
holding secret meeting, instead of &
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25

A HITTER.
One Black Woman Demoralizes Three
Friends.


About 6 o'clock last evening Mary
Elizabeth Sanders, ,..of MeDowellyile, black
woman weighing at least 200 pounds, made
her appearance at the City Hall, supported
by two light weight females each weighing
about half as much Mary Elizabeth was
covered with blood around her head and
shoulders and presented horrible sight,
her clothing being partly saturated. Two
wounds ON her head-one in front and one
back-bled freely She told story of how
she had gotten in fight, and that her
opponent attacked her with stove lids. She
said she sswould have been all right II de
other woman would have fought with her
fists.
A warrant was procured for Georgiana
Goodwin. and in the police court it tran
splred that Mary Elizabeth and two cronies
had paid a friendly visit to Georgiana, in
Hedgeyllle, and their call had ended in a
general fraoas. Georgiana was fined ~
and costs. After the hearing, Josephine
Watson, who interfered to help Mary Eliza
beth, received slap In the face with stove
plate, had a warrant issued for the arrest OF
! the fiery Georgiana, who had successfully
driven off her three female visitors.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
Alex. stephens generosity.

Mr.. Stephens is well known as friend Of
the Young and his name is associated with
the education of many a boy struggling for
a start in the'world But the extent OF his
GOOD work i'm this direction is perhaps known
fo few. There are now no less than four
teen Young men and women dependent on
his big heart for their education. For some
of these he pays merely the tuition and tor
others all expenses. To each goes a check
every month, signed by the nervous hand in
the rolling chair. Since he re-entered Goa
eress he has kept at school about this num-
Der of pupils, besides bestowing with too
liberal hand his means ON various other OBJ
iects suppose Mr.. stephens spends more
than his salary, and he has only a modest
fortune.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
A sad Accident.
rnenion. Md anaiInral.l

Miss Anpic, daughter Of Colonel X. G.
Carter, who fell from the portieo to the
ground, sustained serious and 1t is feared
fatal injuries. She now is as helpless as a
baby, the use Of her limbs being impaired
by the terrible shock which injured the
spinal column. The accident occurred
nearly four weeks since, but there has not
been report of improvement to last longer
than day or two. She has grown con
stantly weaker, and now lahguishes in
inertia-in striking and distressing contrast
to her former sprightly movement. The
young lady and her family have the sym
pathy alike of all our people; for the dis
tress Of father, mother and brother over their
loved ones sad condition is as anguslcd
as the pain OF the sufferer is severe.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
Serinns Fa1l.

About II O'Clock this morning Benjamin
l.. spence, salesman at the cloth counter of
w. Sharp's establishment, Fourth and
Market streets, met with painful and
serious accident He was engaged in hoist
ing goods into the third story on the Market
street side by means of a rope and pulley
In attempting to either go up or come down
on the rope, he lost his hold and fell to the
pavement, a distance of about 20 feet, break
ing one of his ankles and brnising his body
hadlY.
The daily gazette., 1882-07-25
A MODEL ANSWER.
How Controller Pattison Accepted the
Democratic Nomination for Governor
of Pennsylvania.

How Controller Pattison Accepted the
Democratic Nomination for Governor
of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25. : Controller
Pattison has replied to the committees
letter notifying him Of his nomination for
Governor. The committee. under date of
Allentown, July 81, says:
DEAR Sir As the authorized representa-
tiyes of the Democratic State Convention
we have the honor to notify you of your
unanimous nomination by that body at
Harrisburg on the 2Sth ult., as the candi-
date of the Democratic party of the State of
Pennsylvania for the office of Governor,
The unfeigned satisfaction and very general
approval with which the nomination OF
Yourself and all the candidates upon the
ticket with you has been received by the
people are certainly cause for congratula-
ton. Requesting that you will at an early
day signify your acceptance of this nomina-
tion we remain, etc.
Following is Mr.. Pattison's reply:
DEPARTMENT CITY CONTROLLER, PHILA-
pELpHIA, July Gentlemen / have
lust received your letter of July 21 advising
me of the action of the Democratic State
Convention | accept the nomination fol
Governor and if chosen for the office by the
people | will strive to perform its duties to
their satisfaction. Respectfully yours.
RoBT. L. PATTIsoN.
To Messrs Wm. II. Snowden, Malcolm
Hay, and others.