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The daily gazette., 1882-12-20
OUR MAILA
Thoir Arrival and Departure, Taking
Erect July 1st, l0Se.

Erect July LIST, 1859.
The Post ofnce in this city will be opon daily.
except Sunday, nom $50 .. m. 70 p. m.
sundays open from s.30 10 e.sO q. N. Private
boxes accessible ffom ito 8 p. m. The whole
sale stamp window will close at ESQ p. N. The
money order efice viii close at e.cep. m.
nAILs oLosE As FoLJows:
NORTH.
Wilmington q Northern Railroad 70 Reading
Pa, and points on the Baltimore Central south
Of Ghadd's Ford, T.40 .. m.
Philadelphia closed pouch, $50 q. m.
Philadelphia and waymail, 300 q. IN.
New York, Pennsylvania and points east and
Delaware western Railroad t6fandenDsrg,
Philadelphia, New York city, Pennsylvanis
and New Jersey, so q. m.
Philadelphia, New York and all points east
PhIladsiphia, New York and all points east
and west, 1t0 p. m.
PhIladslPhia and New York cities, closed
pouches, e.3S p. m.
Pennsyivanla west OF Lancaster, and all
points west and southwest s.sb p. m.
All points moth, east, west and southwest
All Louisiana Is sent west except New Orleans
which is Gent south on through mails.
SOUTH.
Altimore and way mail, T.40 q. NJ.
Washington and all points south, T.t0 a. W.
All points on the Peninsula, $50 a. In.
Supplementary mail for tho Peninsula, 300
Baltimore, Washington aud all peints south,
1890 D. m.
Newport, Stanton, Newark, Elkton and
Hayre de Grace. 1880 p. III.
Points on baltimore Central. between Por1 de
Posit. Northeast and Chadd's Ford, II 20 p. IN.
Baltimore and Hay Iine steamers, 40 p. m.
Peninsula north OF Harrington, including
Delaware City and ST. Georges, $50 .. IN.
Baltimore, closed pouch, $50 p. IN.
Baltimore, Washington and all points south
n.00 p. m.
NAILS ARRIVE AND READY roR DELIVERY.
From Wilmington h Northern Railroad
From New York. Philadelphia, Washington
| and all other points, $50 p. m.
From Philadelphia, New York and point'
| north, east and west. $50 n. m.
| From way mail from Philadelphia, $50 q. IN
Erom Peninsula and all north OF Harrington
| o.1b a. IN.
From Baltimore aud way mail, $50 q. IN.
| From Baltimore, 1880 y. m.
From Peninsula mail, 12.3O y. IN.
From Philadelphia, New York and point
nort@Rnd east. lU T.. m.
Fr0HssBaltimore, Washington and point
| south, 40 p. IN.
From Delaware Western Railroad, 40 p. IN
From Philadelphia, New York and point
| north and east, b.aO p. m.
From Baltimore, Washington and point
| south and southwest, b.40 p. u.
Carriers deliveries as follows $50 a. m, gen
eral; 1000 a. m, partial; 30 p. m, general 40
p. m, partial.
COLLECTIONS from street boxes are made by th'
carriers at o 30 and 10 90 a. m. 80 and 400 D. n
An additional collection will be made at 7.3
p. m. from all boxes between Jefferson an'
Lombard and Water and Thirteenth street
inclusive. On Sunday a full collection will b'
made at 500 p. IN. Local letters for carriers
delivery should be deposited In the Post Otfict
ten minutes before the hour OF delivery.
W. Y. SWIGGETT. Postmaster.
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a strangers suicide.

NEw YORK, Dec. ia stranger
Davis, from London registered al " 1"V :,
national Hotel this morning, anu II :;
after being assigned a room ne lulnPe' ~
the sixth story window into the cti.tN ..,.n
of the hotel, splitting his skuil ID '"V'
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STAR ROUTE TRIAL.

Bliss Nearing the End Of His Opening
Address.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dee. l9.-At the
opening OF the Star Route case this morning,
Colonel Bliss resumed his argument, re-
marking that he hoped to conclude in a few
hours. He read from his notes and data as
to the expeditions on routes, the evidence OF
speed and the orders made In connection
herewith.
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HENRY l.. RAYMOND & CO.,
STOCK BROKERS,

NOS. 4 AND PINE STREET, N. :,
Buy and sell for investment, and carry on
moderate margin all securities dealt In on
the New York Stock Exchange. First
class privileges at favorable rates. Parties
distantly located from Wall street
wishing to invest sums ranging
from $50 TO 81 900, are invited to
write for us for particulars. Complete
Financial Report mailed free. Small orders
executed at current rates. Refer TO Bankers
Members of N. Y. Stock Exchange, Officials
of New York Central Railroad Co., and
prominent Manufacturing and Mercantile
Business Houses. References and terms
mailed on application.
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DEATHS.

HADDOCK. Suddenly. In Wilmington, Dec,
II, OF malignant ty phOld, James, son OF Robert
aud Kate v. HaddOck, aged 3y ars.
Funeral private.
MEsSICK.-On sunday, the l-th inst, at 0
O'Clock a. m, Christian Messick, aged 50 years.
The funeral Will take place from his late resi-
denre, No. 222 East sixth street. on Thursday
morning, at O'Clock. High Mass nt ~. Mary
Church. Relatives and friends OF the family are
respccifully lnXlted.
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rhE Crrx ma XXX Ers.

Local Quotations Corrected Daily In the
Street Market.
FLOUR Rrc.
OonRRcrED DAILY BY THE WILLIAM LEA B.
SeNs COMPANY, BRANDYwInR MILLa-
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A GIFT -
EVERY SUBSCRIBER.
THIS offer is made by the
New York Observer.

the oldest and best of the relirioGs weeklies.
For sixty years, this undpnnminational. un-
sectarian and evangelical newspaper has
been circulating in the U ,tct States and In
almost every foreign country. Its sub
scribers are counted by tens of thousands.
Each year It's proprietors have added to its
value, engaging fresh editors and correspond
ehts at home and abroad, enlarging and
multiplying its departments, and endeavor
ing to realize their high ideal of the Best
Religious and Secular Family Newspaper.
They offer, this year, to every subscriber,
new or old, whose subscription Is paid Tor
1883, the new book of Rev. S. Irenaus
Prime, ID, eHtitled "Prayer and Its
Answer" handsome volume of nearly 200
pages, bound in cloth, the retail rrice of
which is one dollar. Specimen copies of
the paper sent free. Address
NEW YORK OBSERVER,
"ecE-1 NEW YORK.
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The Poor Trust Loan
LOCAL LACONICs

The last Of the $50, 600 loan of the Trus
tees of the Poor was placed on Saturday.
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CITY ITEMS
ChristfleId a. Best
THE kaLi.tstIADs,

Chs'. II. Vary, Phlla. Messenger, 500 Market.
Sutteriey N Co.. Photographers. s02 Market 1t
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STEAhsnIP LINES.

A NCHOR LINE. rT-
n .xfs4SE
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS
Sail Weekly to and from
NEW YORK and GLASGOW, Via LONDON
DERRY,
Cabin Passage $50 to $50. Returns $40 to tx
Second Cabin, 80. Return Tickets, 1TA
Cabin passengers booked at low rates
Passenger accomm odattons are unexc,llei Al
StaterOoms on Main Deck. Passengers booke,
AZ lowest rates to or from Germany, Italy
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, &c.
For books OF 'Srours In Scotland, ''rates plans
&c, apply 70 HENDERSON BROTHERS., New
Wilmington F''
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certify that have delivered copy of
the HolidGy Visitor in every house in
Newark, Delaware. THOMAS MILLER.
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FLN.A.NELAL.
X. X. ROBINSON & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
Fourth and Market Streets.

rI'HE ARTIZANs SAVING BANK.
NO. Sr2 MARKET STREET,
INCORPORATED JANUARY 2iTH, 1881.
Open to receive deposits from a. until p. III.
and on Tuesday and Saturday evenings
from to 3 O'clork.
SEMI-AHNUAL DIVIDEND,
Regularly made in April aud October. When
dividends not withdrawn they accounted
as deposits. Thus permanent deposits com pound
their Interest twice in each year.
MANAGERS:
Charles W. Rowland, Georse g. CapsII;e.
Nathaniel X. Benson, VI. j.. Lichtenstein,
Henry 3. Dure, Edward Darlington,
w. Hastings, Job Ii. jackson,
Edward Pnsey, William IL. Swim,
Anthony Higgins.
GEoRGEW. BUSH, President,
y. =, CAPELLf, Vice President,
j. NJ. MATlIER, Auditor.
EIRsT NATIONAL BANK
OF WILMINGTON.
REPOSITORY OF THE PUBLIC MONEY
AND
FINANCIAL AGENTS
THE UNITED STATES
EDWARD BErTs, President
GRO. ID ARMSTRONG, Cashier.
PAID UP CAPITAL, 900, ,OoO.
Philadelphia, New York and Boston Exchange
furnished to Te gular Deposltors without charge.
Discount days, MONDAYS and THURSDAYS
ls 10 a. N.
DIRECTORS;
Edward Bette, John II, Adams,
Clement V. Smyth, James g. McCoinp.
George W. Bush. William TatnAli,
Daniel Ilnes Ell Garrett.
Samuel bancroft. 3r. nl-iv
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~The black figures denote the Limited
AzprOss trains.
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Doinss To-day In the So,
oaa" representative HOwlIpr sn and houl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
The Small Tun of Heidelberg.

The big tun of Heidelberg is not the
biggest tun in the world. According to
the iSudbian Mercat7y, not only the
largest, but the handsomest receptacle
of the sort is to be found in the environs
of Stuttgart, at Ludwigsburg, the Yer
sailles of Wurtemberg, where it is shown
to favored visitors of the palace. The
Ludwigsburg tun was made in 1719 of
oak and pear-tree wood, by order of
Duke Eberhard Ill, and is ornamented
with carvings superior in beauty to those
of. its Badenese rival, constructed thirty
two years latter. Its capacity is 800
Wurtemberg fuders, a liquid measure
equal to 3Ss. Is gallons, while that of
the Heidelberg tHn is set at 245. This
would give the Heidelberg tun a capacity
of something over $4,000 gallons, where
as Murray states its capacity at 800 hogs
heads, or merely 1920. Its size is So
feet by "a (height). The original big
tun of Heidelberg was constructed by
Michael Warner 1589-91. of beams 81
feet long, and having diameter of Is
feet, with 81 tons of iron hopping, and
its capacity was set at 1872 fuders, the
fuder being called sfour English hogs
heads,'' though in reality the Baden
fuder is $50. II gallons, or more than six.
1t is this tun which Thomas Coryat saw
in 1908 and is described in his ''Crudi-
flies -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
Two Sneeches.

A practical jokeris justly served when
his victim pays him in his own coin.
Among the humors of the stump is
told a capital instance of this sort of ret
ribution. The characters in the story
were the late Senator Morton and Gen.
George a. Sheridan of Louisiana.
Some years ago, when Mr.. Morton
made famous campaign in Indiana, he
was accompanied by Gen. Sheridan.
The Senator health was at that time
very poor, and whenever he did not feel
equal to making his speech Mr.. Sheridan
took his place.
Upon one occasion, both orators were
to deliver speeches, and Mr.. Morton,
who had n remarkable memory. by way
of a joke, delivered Sheridan's speech.
The ground being thus taken from under
the Generals feet, he was for moment
nonplussed. But as soon as the applause
had died away he arose and began to
deliver Mr.. Morton's speech.
In this speech Morton discussed the
subject of hard and soft money. and had
ii dramatic way of producing silver
dollar and q greenback. Sheridan had
so often heard the speech that he was
able 20 initiate it exactly. 1hrUsting
his hand into one pocket he produced a
dollar note, and holding it up to the
audience, exclaimed
What is this9 Is this money! No,
my fellow-citizens, this is not money.
Let ne read it to you: The United States
promises TO pay bearer one dollar That
is not money. That is merely promise
to pay money
When Mr.. Morton was making this
speech, aud arrived at this point, he
would return the note to his pocket and
produce a silver dollar. Sheridan was
about to do the same thing, but found
to his diSnay that he had no silver dol
lar with him. The audience began TO
litter at this, when Sheridan, turning TO
Morton, who was listening to his own
speech, said,-
Senator, lend me that silver dollar
which you use when you deliver this
speech!''
1t is needless to say that this was as
good as play to the audience. -Neao
YOTE, Sam
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
Fortune-TelIin~.

Nobody could guess, says New ork
correspondent, what is the newest fash
ionable freak of metropolitan girls. 1t
is to patronize spiritual mediums and for
tune-te!iers. There is diversion at a
seance, possibly, where the circle sits in
n dim lioht. clasping one another's
hands, with a skip-and-go-one arrange
ment as to how the sexes are seated. in
order to secure. rs i heard a medium
phrase it, "a polarity of electric force. =
But having fortunes told by weird old
hays, away upstairs in dirty tenement
houses. is hardly conceivable as an
amusement. The factsis that wave of
superstition has risen, and is now siop-
ping on us. Negro women are the IA
vorite witches, and about every second
house in West Twerty-fifth street, the
successor of Thompson street for negro
residence, holds sorcerer. Never be-
fore have so many silk skirts been lifted
over the moral and physical mud of that
tiaoroughfare. Most OK the priestesses
of youdoo are quite commonplace slluf-
flers of greasy cards and peepers into tea
cups. but several are mere pretentious..
One naulatto of great size and consider
able beauty we:;rs . robe covered with
queer iissn-ps, after the manner of eonz
yertipi,ss .stseIoaers. and sits In a quaint-
k-p,nt eI t;..:.ed room IN the midst of
stuffed birds. snaAts and allieaterT She
IS IN high rapufe with Murray iii girls,
and size gives ti,am TIE incest possible
Information about present lovers and
future joys. You pay her astolfar- Then
she puts on a cockle-s:iaped cap, waves
q wand, closes her eyes, and lies 70 you
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
The New Snring Bonnet,

The bulk of the importations of spring
millinery consists of very large bonnets
and larger round hats than any worn
last summer, yet there are also pokes of
medium sizes, cabriolet gypsies, and
very small capotes. The large pokes
have square fiat crowns with very far
ing fronts, and many have the middle
of the brim rolled back toward the
crown, or else they are rolled all along
the edge to give n coronet effect. The
wide front of these bonnets is furtheren-
Iaroed BY their strings being set so far
back that the crown is tied fiat against
the head, and the brim thrown forward
and outward. Fine straw is the mate
rial for such. bonnets in preference to
chip, which is only found in black bon
nets and hats. Very few pure white
straws are seen, the preference being
given to ec1u and Manila tints that are
almost as dark as tan-color. These are
shown in the genuine Manila braids,
Tuscans Milan straws that are made in
England. and the fine English split
straws that are as light in weight as
chips. Dark straws OF the strong Milan
braitls will be chosen to match costumes,
and are shown IN ali the shapes in dark
green. garnet, olive, brown, etc. The
small canotes with coronet front, or
with the brim rolled upward ali around,
will be the first spring bunEcts worn in
city streets, especially IN dark colors
corresponding with the dress, but the
great pokes and picturesque round hats
will be chosen for midsummer at the
waterinu-p1aces and country resorts.
The rough straws for travelling and gen.
eral wear are made of porcupine braid
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
An Eel Story With Whisky Bait,

ssEels is l;itin' very good this winter, :"
observed Newtown man to the cashier,
as he fished around in his vest pocket
for marriage notice and paid the ex-
penSe of insertion.
Catch manyP'' asked the cashier,
checking the notice.
"Doin' pretty well, pretty WELL" re-
piled the old man. Il ketched one the
other day which was considerable eel.
Ye see / went to the crick in the mornin'
and cut hole in the ice and dropped
the hook. In about a minute I knowed
| had bite and / went for him. When
I'd got about ten yards of him out
began-'
ssGot whatP'' demanded the cashier.
Ten yards of him. Ye see, I couldn't
tell how big he was ooin' to be, so just
pulled his head over my shoulder and
streaked for home, only a mile. Then
followed along back to the hole and he
WASH nh out vetr'
.sHow bic was he?'' asked the cashier,
with round eyes and standing hair.
Hold on till / tell We. Then / takes
another grip on to him and reaches for
home again, but that didn't seem to fetch
the whole of him Well, sir, 7 travelled
between the house and the hole all day
long. and when got him al cut he made
a coil on my farm quarter of a mile in
diameter and 100 Yards high! Fact, sir!
| tel YOU he was considerable eelr'
What kind of bait do YOU generally
use for that size Of eeI?'' asked the cash
icr sarcasticaily.
~ his!1y, replied the Newtown man.
Il used three pints whisky on that eel.
Drank it the night before you known
The result Of which was that his mar
riage notice went into the death column
ana the cashier sat around and chewed
his nails all day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
Oeugiderate.

A California bear seems to have been
so much of a gentleman as to quietly
depart from q house when lady told
him that his room was better than his
company. The Wood River Times tells
the story, as follows:
About ten o'clock in the evening q
lady living in Wood River, California,
was followed home by what she took to
be large Newfoundland dog. Arriving
home, she paused at the door to open it,
but it was some time before she succeed
ed. During this delay the animal got
quite close to her, and as he seemed
harmless. the lady called him in.
Her surprise may be imagined when,
on striking light, she saw a huge bald
faced bear looking at her, showing his
teeth as if grinning at her mistake. More
dead than alive, the lady opened the
door, and gathering her skirts as women
sometimes do, began ..shooingi the bear.
Bruin, as if approaching the gravity
of the situation, hurried out, whereupon
the frightened lady fell into chair, and
did not recover her presence of mind for
at least fifteen minutes, when she ran to
neighbors and told of her adventure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
The Dirtiest City in the World.

Naples is the largest city in Italy
nearly twice as large as any other
within fifty thousand miles of Chicago;
and this dense multitude live and move
and have their being in huddled hives.
from which they swarm like bees. This
is believed to be their only resemblance
to bees. They are as lazy as they are
dirty. A Neapolitan's idea of heaven
is to sit on the drivers seat and crack
the whip over the head of Gothic
horse. He seldom strikes the. horse, but
cracking the whip is a special accom-
plishment in Naples, as mosaics are of
Florence. In only two things have
ever seen Neapolitan display any Wig
or-cracking his whip and scratching
his back.
Dirty the Neapolitan is the dirtiest
living creature. Nine-tenths of the peo-
pie on the street look as If they had
worn their clothes for years, and expect
ed to wear them without washing till
they drop off They are generally of
some hempen stuff, or tow cloth, once
white. One garment seems to be con-
sidered enough, and two superfiuay.
Many of the workingmen are con-
stantly seen going about their shops and
even in the streets with nothing on but
pair of trousers, and / saw one stop
in crowded. street and deliberately
take off his trousers to look for a flea.
Boys from eight to twelve, entirely
naked, may be seen walking leisurely
through the streets for blocks to the
bath-house. never saw so many chill
dren without a scrap of clothing on
them in my life as within week; and
it is real shock to the moral sense of
the members of a vacation party, late
from a land where modesty is regarded
aS a yirtUp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27

of smoother qualify than that intr6dnead
last year, and with lusfer ike satin;
these viii be most used in dark colons.
especially red, blue or green. For gar
den hats are Les-siorn flats, with piesstesi
brims edged with straw pleating that is
embroidered in eoloFs. Manila hats
have coiolpd facings of Belgian straw
inside the hTinl, thus bringing becom-
ing color next to the face, and doing
away with the necessity for lining.
Other hats of very large Gainsborough
shape have straw rache on the edge of
the brin. OF all the large shapes the
poke with rolled front meets with most
favor from dealers; when trimmed with
a great cluster of feathers directly on
top, it recalls precisely the bonnets of
100 years ago, after which it is modelled.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27
A DELEGATES DERILEcrroN

For the past two days the Illinois
Woman's Suffrage association has been
holding convention in Moline, and among
the men delegates present was one whose
record, if told truthfully, is certainly a
woman man. An ARGUS reporter in con
versation with gentleman whose word is
good, elected the following: 1t seems
said convention is man whose acquaint-
ance with women of certain class is
decidedly good, if what is said about him
on the streets is true. Not long ago Coles
circus showed in a city of Illinois that is
net very far from Moline, on the c., B. s.
Q. road. Among the circus attaches was
the leader of the band, and his wife, who,
according to rumor, was very pretty and
prepossessing woman. The above men
toned delegate, whose name is not men
toned on account of his con-
nections, became enamored of the
yoang lady, and after the circus
was over, he in company with the damsel
proceeded to Chicago Arriving at the
OaEucu SIty, tnt utiSSdsc ECSlSb6Icd dl
the fremont House as man and wife.
The delegate and his supposed wife re-
manned at the hotel for three days, seeing
the city, and cooling and talking love. At
the expiration of that time. the delegate re-
turned home, and his supposed wife re-
manned in Chicago. The facts above
came from reliable source, and can be
vouched for, should the case demand it.
What the outcome was, is not stated, but
the aforesaid frisky delegate is man
with family and a prominent delegate to
the Woman Suffrage Convention, which
has been in session for the past three day S
in this city, and has been received with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27

like an expert She has considerable
tact in drawing out facts from her I'M
whiting callers, and is thereby able to
startle them with the very points they
have giFen her. OF course. a good pro-
portion of those who are indalging in
this freakish sort of thing merely do it
because others do, but many are really
credulous, and it IS astounding now firm
q Judgment superstition has in feminine
heads. right alongside their cultivated
brains. Ridiculous stories tell how some
of the fortune-teliers are abusing their
opportunities by bringing theirinnoeent
patrons into acquaintance with awfuily
naughty men, and so on. Boshi The
upper-ten girls of New York are just as
knowing as they are innocent, and they
don't take introductions to strange men
through fortune-tellers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-27


counseling all the delegates to read the
constitution and by laws, in order that
they might clearly understand the work
ings and objects which they were to ac-
complish.
Mrs, NJ e. Holmes, of Galva, addressed
the delegates and audience upon the inter
est and Importance of the work before
them This closed the afternoon session.
The evening session began at half past
seven.
An original poem was read by Mrs.
Julia NJ Dunn, and the Rev. j. G. Evans
delivered lecture upon Woman Eman-
eipaion.p After this the delegates pro-
ceeded to the residence of Mrs. Fl w.
Candee, where a reception was rendered
them. The place of holding the next con-
vention was not decided upon.