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Daily Republican., 1883-04-30

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-Dr. j. G..
Riddler says: Persons who use
Browns Iron Bitters always speak well
of it. 1t is a good medicine"
Daily Republican., 1883-04-30

For tremulousness, wakefnness, diz-
ziuess, and lack Of energy, u most
valuable remedy IL Browns Iron Bit
terB.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-30

Take your old pictures TO Holland
and have them copied. 307 Market st.
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sSale Of the Thermometer.

at the REPUBLICAN Office in the shade.
o'clock 10 o'clock y O'CLOCK
i4C ZOO 600
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List OfUncIaimed Letters

Remaining in the Wilmington tDr'.) post
office, Saturday, April Is, 1855
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GESrLEN Ems LIST.

RD.To obtain any Of these letters the ap.
plicunt mus ask 10" Advertised Letters, and
give the date Of this ii|t-4a
W. \. SWIGGET, +. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
Sunday.

The clerk of the weather has mani
tested spitefulness since the beginning
of the year in the Sunday arrangement,
not according us one good day in the
consecutive six. Sunday last put the
climax on the whole lot. The snow
that had fallen ON the early part of the
night before and succeeded by rain,
found the streets in the morning Il mass
of slush from one to two inches deep
with a constant trickle from the low
overhanging clouds that continued un-
til darkness closed in on the scene.
The Episcopal and Methodist
churches had especial interest in the
day,-the first from a meeting in the
interest of the Odd Fellows, and the
last from the interest incident to the
Revival. The Odd Fellows were
plucky in plOwing through the slush,
twenty-eight of the number being on
hand, Rev. VIM. B. Gorden preaching
them a discourse that interested them
very much, and caused a regret that
the weather was such that all the
members of the Lodge could not be
present to hear it. His text was
BEAR We one another's burdens and so
fulfil the law of Christ" He opened
the discourse by giving a description oi
what Odd Fellowship is, its object and
aim, and bore very pointedly on the
motive of bearing one another burdens
which he said was fulfilling the law
as taught in Christ's ministry among
men. The church was intended tC
meet all the demands and needs o.
humanity, but had failed to come uI
to this, and as a consequence, there was
a necessity for human organizations
The spirit of Odd Fellowship he sale
had its inspiration in the bible, and il
all its precepts was in harmony with it
The degrees of Odd Fellowship were al
based on some bible incident, anC
there was nothing connected with thu
institution but what the most conscien
tous christian can subscribe to. 1t wa
not intended, however, to take th'
place of the church, but was help
mate to it, as an agency for elevatin.
men and ameliOrating their condition
in Society. Such institutions, tha
teach the bearing of one another
burdens and helping each other hav
never existed only where christianit,
has been established.
At the NJ. +. church about 130 o
140 persons assembled and after
practical discourse directed to the at
tention mainly of the young christian:
twelve persons, mainly adults, wer
admitted to membership on probation
There would have been probabl
double this number had the day bee
good. The Sunday schools in tn
afternoon were attended by about on
third the usual number except til
Jerman Mission School which was ou
in full force to enjoy the melody {
their new organ. The night service 8
the NJ. L. church was doubled in nun
Der that of the morning but the efet
, of the weather was very visible on til
meeting.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

THE bill now before the Legislature
in relation to Drugs and Druggists is in
the interest of public life and health,
but will be hard ON the druggists.
Since the matter has been introduced
the leading druggists of Wilmington
want the act even more stringent than
the bill as it now reads, that is, thor
.ough examination of the men and boys
who are already in the business, by a
Board Of Pharmacy, and further that
no one shall engage in dispensing drugs
who is not a graduate of Pharmacy
from a reputable school, or has not had
eight years experience in the business.
But while they are legislating in be-
half Of the public health and life, why
not include that larger part who have
much more to do with it than the
druggists. There are physicians who
write prescriptions that cannot be com
pounded-incompatibles-who need as
much or more to go before the Boarc
of Pharmacy for examination as th'
druggists. It will be difficult to ruI
drug stores in our small country town
with such stringent law as this, anC
those communities that now give
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

A GENTLEMAN prominent in public
matters remarked a day or two ago
that he had thought it would be good
thing to have lawyers in the Legisla-
ture, but he had changed his mind.
The special business of those in the
Legislature seems to be to change the
existing statutes, if it only may be by
one word. "Do you see that Revised
Code laying there? Well, 1 paid three
dollars for it, and by the time the Leg
islature adjourns it WON'T be worth
anything; nearly every law will be
changed. They are so changing the
laws" said he, that only the lawyers
can keep up with them and, per force,
will have to be feed when information
is wanted. When the Constitution is
changed, hope it will limit the ses-
siOns of the Legislature to once in ten
years" Is this the sentiment of only
one man, or many?
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

THE storm of snow and rain that set
in on Saturday has proved destructive.
The Allegheny, Susquehanna, and
Monongahela rivers, which had just
before been partly relieved, again be-
came more swollen, while the rise in
the Ohio is enormous. Whatever the
fate of the weather prophets in general,
those of them that predicted February
floods can point with melancholy pride
to the millions of dollars worth of
damage already done by inundation.
The Ohio has slowly swelled from a
fair river and useful servant to a vel
low sea, that has sent its waves into
the marts of Cincinnati and put a stop
to business. Thousands of people have
been sent adrift without shelter and
without food, and damages inflicted
may directly and indirectly, amount tC
millions Of dollars. Within a space O
twenty five miles tributary to the city
probably as many more people are
houseless and without food. If they
stay in their houses they are isolated
and must depend on chance for succor
). ihey leave, a host of river pirate
will despoil the deserted dwellings,
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

THE bill of Mr.. Bates to enact a
General Incorporation Law is one of
the most important of the many bills
introduced, and we presume will pass
without opposition. Provision is made
in it for persons so desiring to get
Incorporated at any time without going
before the Legislature. This will re-
lieve the latter of more than one-half
the work before them and besides
giving them more time to deliberate
ON important bills, and makes an early
adjournment possible.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

Is it because certain members of the
Legislature want to get their names on
the record and in the public prints that
we are having such a flood of Leg
islative bills at this time? Not one in
ten of the bills introduced at all con-
Germ the public, and are so juiceless
that even the Middletown Transcript
can't find enough in them to moisten
the tip end of witticism, and so passes
the whole weeks proceedings off with
about dozen lines, evidently intend
ed for the chaff of the issue.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

SENATOR A. B. COoPER's bill now be-
fore the Legislature under the specious
heading of "An Act to Secure the
Freedom of Elections" makes any en-
ployer liable to prosecution for the
slightest possible exhibition of anger OF
disapprobation with the political be-
havior of any one of his employees; and
if the indictment should be proved true
the employer so offending would be de-
prived of his charter privileges, and be
punished besides by fines and impris
Onment. Senator Cooper must be an
admirer Of the old Blue Laws of Con
necticut.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

GEORGE H. BATES, ESQ.,, Speaker of
the House and general floor manager,
in his effort to do surprising thing in
securing Wilmington nine Representa-
tives has possibly defeated the whole
scheme of increase of representation
and besides, put in an entering wedge
for the division of New Castle county.
The letter "B" in his name is hardly
so large as at the beginning of the ses-
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
LegisIatiYe Notes.

The following petitions were presen.
ted Thursday morning in the House /:
BY Mr.. Sutton, from citizens of Red
Lion hundred, protesting against the
payment of road taxes to both the hun
dred and town of st. Georges by Mr..
Lowe, for law to prevent the taking
OF terrapins from Kent county water
courses between May and October / ;
by Mr.. Frasher, remonstrance against
the same; by Mr.. Rawlins for a ferry
across the Nanticoke river at old Can
mons ferry; by Mr.. Williams, for the
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
SEND TO sTRAWBRTDGE oLOTHTER.

had never been told her." Christ she
said stood in the same relation to those
who would seek him and commune
with him as she did; they would go
away with greater wisdom, better gifts
and a satisfaction that nothing else
could give. Mrs. Baldwin also made a
brief and pertinent address to the con-
gregation after a number had present
ed themselves at the altar of prayer.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
Zone of the most reliable and pleas

Zone of the most reliable and pleas
ant advertising agencies that we have
ever had any dealings with is the firm
of Geo. P. Rowell & Co, No. 10 Spruce
Street, New York. We have never
had any trouble in closing contracts
with these gentlemen, and we have yet
to ask them the second time for money.
Those of our readers who would like to
advertise through an agent can find no
more responsible firm than Geo. p,
Rowell & Co. This is no paid for
notice, but is gratuitous, unasked-for
expression of our opinion, because we
think they deserve it."-The Lshmaelite
and Times and Planter, Sparta, Ca,
Jan. 8, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
Jbe Smprna Gintes
Smyrna, Del.,
Wednesday Afternoon. Feb. IA. lSSS'

THE "TIMEs" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBr. D. HoFFECKER, Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna, Del.
S-SUBscRIPTIoN-On year 300 IN advance
or $3.50 if not paid till the end of the year No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of seven Cents line for the first insertion; sub
seouent insertions Threeand-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
per line
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

THE Board of Trade of Wilmington
at a meeting on Friday night pro-
nounced the bill to secure the Freedom
of Elections an infamous" measure
and declare that should the bill be-
come a law it would eventually "kill
off the corporations of the State"
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
HOUSEHOLD GOODS, SC.

Bedsteads. 2good Geese Feather Beds. Chicken
Feather heds. bureau Wash Stand, Lounge. Win.
dow Curtains, House Tables. , sets of Chairs
Rocking Chairs, Carpet by the Yard, . Cook
stoves, NOS, and 9; Large Coal Stove for Sitting
Room, Kitchen Tables Benches Stools. Dishes
Dairy Fixtures. such as Churn Pans. Buekets
Jars, &c About 1900 pounds Of Pork. sueh a,
Hams, shoulders and Sides (: . Barrels of Picked
Pork, aud many other articles
TERMS.-Sums of $50 and under Cash over ,ba,
amount credit of 10 months will be given. bI
the purchaser giving u bankable note with
approved indorser. per cent discount NC
property to be removed before the terms art
complied with. '''9 NV
EMILY WARREN
ABRAM HAYDEN JR
Administrators of George ". Warren deceased
ENOS & HAYDEN, 4uetiOnoers.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

1t is announced that the coinage of
the new five cent pieces will be stop
ped, the omission of the word "centsn
making the coin a dangerous one in
the hands of counterfeiters.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
MARRIAGES.

ERGUSOE-PERKINS.-Fe eth. st Peters
p. Z. Church, Pine Street, Philadelphia by Rev.
Mr.. Hitchings, b. b. Ferguson, of Delaware. and
Miss Alice Eleanor Perkins. of London, England.
HARRISON--VINCENT- In Christ Church. Dover.
February 9Th. by Rev l.. W. Gibson, Clayton 7.
Harrison. of Wilmington, and Miss Lucy T.
Vincent, of Dover
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
Farming Implements, &c.

Peach Wagons - baskets each; Small Sprlnp
Wagon. good 100 Peach Baskets . Farm Wagons,
Ok Carts, Family Carriage. York Carriage good
as new; Buggy. in good order; Drill Randall
Harrows three-hOrSe CultivatOrs three-horse
oliver Plow. three. horse Chilled Plow, 2 Ward
Flows. No. 1; 10 other kinds of Plows 5 Twin
Plows. Z Cultiyators, Steel Tooth Rake, Cider
Press. Sleigh, Double and Single Trees, Forks.
Hoes, Shovels Spades. GrindStOne Grain Fan
Corn Shelter, Scythes and Cradles OK Chains /
OK Iokes, lot of Peach Ladders Roller 9 sets of
Plow Harness, sets of Wagon Harness. Peach
Cutler lot of Grain Bags. lot of Barrels Carriage
Poles, Work Bench. Chest and Tools about 300
Bundles of Blade Fodder &c, &c.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
DEATHS.

SHAIN.--In Wilmington, February lst. Mary
Shain, widow of the late James ShRin, formerly
of this town. in the I'D year Of her age.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
NOTICE

All persons indebted to me are hereby notified
to come forward and pay the same, on or before
the nth inst All bills unsettled at that time will
be put in the hands of Z. J. Colt for collection.
feb l4-lw NJ d. SIPPLE.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
FOR SALE.
Notice to Creditors.

This is TO give notice that the subscriber, of
Kent county, hath obtained from the Register of
Wills of Kent county. Delaware, letters of admin
istraton on the estate of JAMES J. TURNER late
of Duck Creek hundred, deceased. All persons
having claims against the said deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated. to the subscriber on
or before the ssst day of January, 1881, or abide
by law in this behalf
MARY f. X. TURNER,
feb 14-3w Administrative.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
GRAIN, &C.
puuADE1puIA MARvErs

Charles Thorne, Jr., the actor, is
dead.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
WANTED.

a hyStolass Cook at the Hotel, none other need
feb T-n THE SMYRNA House.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

City residents are in tie store every day and l..
what is going This is to give some of the same it
nation to those who are not in town every ,]a,.
aTG No. I. Reductions are made since sock kakin.,:
Linens
Ladies Dresses and Coats
Ladies' and Ccntlcmcn's Underwear
Ladies' and Gcntlcmen's Hosiery
Little Boys Clothing.
Il No. p SO pieces of the same Black Silks that
few weeks ago were good at SI.55 open this month
One Dollar per yard
GTd No. g. Muslins have been lowered in prce-amo,.
all the makes.
se No. 4. The Dress Goods part of our business com.
pels in addition to the Eleven counters tro r.;r.
of 14o feet This Springs Stock will b. t.~ les,
have ever shown.
gTg No. S. We are charging the Store Ly aaaa.n,
another the Chestnut Street front
g No. 6. In to many inquiries as - tie size
of the Store Its floors and galleries now occu,.s
cover Nine acres; the highest number of people
employed is 3,292.
1t is the largest Store in the United States
We do send Samples and Goods by Mail
Address,,
ohm Wanamaker,
Phil21 II a.
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
Los ST.

On the road from Smyrna to Leipslc, or in Ieips,c
LEFT at the TINES Office ian Sitf
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14
25 Head of Cattle.

IL head of good Mich Cows. will be in s5e->
profit early in the Spring; Heifer. 4SSss4tM "a
years old Bull. good stock 3 years old MN
in the Spring. perfectly quiet Bull ~ESsH-Eez=
years old Steer, years old Steers, years old
Yoke Of good Work Oxen Pair of Fat Oxen, Pair
OF Fat Steers, years old,
Smyrna times., 1883-02-14

Administrators Sale
OF
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS. &c.
The subscribers. Administrators of George W
Warren. deceased. will sell AT Public sale at
his late residence on the Listen farm
Blackbird Hundred New Castle
County. Delaware,
On Thursday, February Is, 1888,
At 10 o'clock A NJ. Sharp. the following Personal
Property, TO wit:
HORSES and MULES,

"a No: 1.-Joe, years old, excellent
0xEA family horse
w No. 2-DiXey, year Old, excellent
ASOS~NO worker and driver
No. 3.-Lin, II years old. good worker, driver
No. 4.-Plunder. will work anywhere.
No. 5.-Kate, will work anywhere
Nos. and Pair of good Mules
No. S.-Odd Mule years old can't be beat,
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22

suggested, one must come, too,
with no small amount OF funds.
Everything that l have "struck"
yet cost money, and that, too,
double the price that is paid in
the smaller towns of Georgia. So
far as the business outlook OF this
state is concerned, / must be per-
mitted to say that I am not very
favorably impressed. For agri-
cultural pursuits, the lands of
Florida are quite inferior to the
lands of S. w. Ga, but for tropi-
cal fruits it has no superior. Or
anges here, like cotton in Geor-
gia, is the all-absorbing thought
of those most interested; and or
anges here, like cotton in Georgia,
after all the expenses are paid, is
not such a bonanza as it has been
represented to be.
u. T.. WESTON.
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22

The State Agricuitui al Society
: While there seems to exist a good
deal of prejudice against the State
Agricultural Society there is no sort
of doubt but what this body of mell
have been of inestimahle benefit to
the people of Georgia. This society
has developed more enterprise and
progress Ia the state than all other
sources combined, aud the man who
affects to think that this body is
composed of shiftless class looking
solely to political freferment, is sadly
mistaken While it is true that
many who attend the meetings are
not practical farmers at home, it is
the no less true, in the main, that
the deliberations of the body are
controlled by the best farming talent
in the state. No, Impartial person
can attepd one of the sessions of the
State Agricultural Society AMI pay
close attention to the proceedings of
that body without being convinced
that it is,a most valuable vehicle for
the dissemination of progress and
Development. Tie opposition which
the society has encountered has been
the result either of ignorance or
prejudice, and could the character of
Its work be fully understood by the
numerous, little newspaper men who
fling" at it, the opposition would
vanish and melt ike snow. 1t may
not be generally known that this
society is self sustaining institu-
tlon--that it doesn't cost the state
one single nickls, and if the railroads
throughout the state in their mag
nanimity of soul see fiji to tender the
members of this bo'ly ''free rides"
then, it is nobody's business but
their own. Be it said, however, to
the credit of the farmers, this OPP
position emanates not from them,
but, in the main from class of dis
gruntled newspaper men-men who
would like to attend these meetings,
but for some reason or other are
disqualified.
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22


On last Friday, the artesian well
in Thomasviu had reached adepth of
l6Oo feet and still no water. Ac-
cerdlng to the philosophy that for eve
~ fifty feet down iuto the earth the
temperature increases one degree.
we should hardly think that the water
would be tit for use when it is oh
tanned. But then you know the
novelty of having an artesian well
fully eompeneaates the cost whether
tae water is Gt for use or not.
Townsville. we imagine, don't care
SO much for artesian water a. she
does that,Albany has got so far ahead
OF her. we put our Thomasylle
friends upon notice that Dawson is
peggIng away at the same business
and When the water begins to flow
~eshaii..expect to have such a. 4healtb
resort az has not been heard of IN
this country since Thomasyille was q
city: But. then, we wish oul
i'aends snceess all the same.
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22

"There are thousands OF acres of
land In Stewart county not in cul-
tivationiand it looks reasonable to
think that if farmer would sell off
his surplus land and improve tba
which he can cultivate, his success in
ife.would be more certain"
The above sensible paragra,I,
which we get from the Lumokin
Independent applies with equal en-
phaSis to the farmers of Terrell
The time is coming when one hund-
redacres of land in South Wes, Geor.
gIa will be considered sufficiently
large for any farmer in this section
Aafai1ner can'make more clear money
on one hundred acres by adoptinu
the intensive system than he car
makeson one thousand by FOLLOWING
the old extensive system of ou,
fathers. isaa Fe3 at r.s .,
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22

II is said that the ror,hern demand
foriGeorgia watermelons, Of the rat
tie snake or scalybark varieties, can
not be supplied, so that there is little
doubt but that remunerative prices
can be obtained. There will be buy
ers here next summer, andI those ia +
mers who do not care to ship their
melons will find ready sale for them
at home. Melon farming is creating
considerable attention all over Geor-
gia, and those who have engaged in
the business lduring the past few
years have found it quite profitable,
and we hope to see the matter more
thoroughly tested this year. Try a
few res.-Mirror.
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22

A farmer told us a few days ago
that he had not sown any oats, aud
the reason he gave was that he had
oats and corn enough, now, to last
him until Christmas. But the ques-
ton we would like to have answered
is, what will that farmer and others
like him do after Christmas
The Dawson journal., 1883-02-22
Executors Sale.

RY virtue of an order granted by the
~ Court of Ordinary of Ebert County
Georgia, will be sold on the first Tuesday
in March next within the legal hours Of
sale before the door of the Court house in
Elbert County four Lots of Land Numbers
40, III, 172, and 1888, al being in the
third district of Terrell County Georgia.
Sold as the property of the estate of Joseph
Rlcker late of Ebert County Georgia
deceased. E. NJ. RUCKER Executor Of
JOSEPH RUCKER decd.
Jan'v 3fst 1883.