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has a right to defend hinself. &c.

has right 10 defend hiinselI, &c
20. When the question Of benefits is
cne of mere fac; as TO physical dlsahii-
i;y, the Judgment Of :he subordinate
lodge is final
4 number Of cases have been carried
into the courts of law IL the various
tAtes, bat the decision of the higher
our,s has always been that a person IN
iguing the constitution and bylaws OF an
ASSOCIATION binds himself or herself To sup
port and abide by these particular laws,
AID cannot come into court and secure
any interference with them.
, 1883-01-13

ClvIIzED.-The Fort Smeoe Indians on
Christmas day at the agency, had tree,
Ike their psls-face brethren. tairiy loa ied
down With presents The ceremonies e'ie-
Ilea as much interest a. sspilsr occasions do
among the whites The day eueed with
Tasting and nerrinent and huge old tiz.e
was bad.
, 1883-01-13

WHAI D0Es II HEss.-We understand
that the manager Of the proposed Ner.h
Pacific Express Co. has left Portland Tor the
east and that the nga orer the cfice at
Portland has teen taken down.
, 1883-01-13

Nu, thousand people hive been stnek-
.u with SMALLPOX At Capet""n. and =
..H .i .Lg aau1.r have died
, 1883-01-13

TWELFTH DAY.-This day oeelrs GU the
twelfth ,;sy after Christmas, and is IN fact
cli Christmas day. In olden times, IN Us
character as a popular festival, the d@y s. Cd
only inferior to Christmas. In England,
even noU IN remote districts the Anniversary
Is k,pt up; large cake Is made, with
Lea, Inserted and this Is called the f,rclfh
crte; all fri, nds and the family beii g pres
ent. when the cake IS divided, TO whoever
falls the piece containing the bean was
accepted as king for the day, and called
King Of the Bean" The cd time customs
IN 4 manner have reached the new world
and Twelfth Night parties are becoming
more customary every year among the Amer
icln people,
, 1883-01-13
" NASHTUCKNA-

THE kESHEbY BLuCK.-Tbere Is quite
demand for rcous in the BIrsett ana S;e-
pheas tuii,ling aij0iainG the Kennedy block
The rooms arr taken Just as soon as finished,
aal the demand Is greater than the supply
d. Bingham VIII occupy three rooms over
the post Office. and Drs Adams aud Morn
s.n have rentel a suit Ct rooms, ami Pr
sloan occupies another suite over Blrrett's
shoe store. The gra:HIug and vanishing Is
uoE being done preparatory Tor occupancy,
and the whole VIII he occupied as soon as
completed. The X nnedy block, We lea'n,
ia al, rented and nearly all occupied. THIS
,ick row Is fast becoming business center:
The uu.io,mlty Of height and architecture 81
the row gives i, ga,te an imposing front
, 1883-01-13

Id,so Territory has So.ooe lying IDLE in il
treasury
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Rich and Rare Jewels

A display Of diamonds and other pre-
cious stones is now on exhibition at
Bailey, Banks & Biddle's, at the south
east corner of Twelfth and Chestnut
streets. The collection, which is valued
at over half a million of dollars, is said
to be one of the finest that has ever
been seen in any single exhibit in this
city, The showcase containing the
gems is near the Chestnut street en-
trance, on the left-hand side of the
store. The central piece of the collec-
tion is a set Of diamonds, including
necklace, lace-pins, rings and earrings,
so finely set that nothing is visible but
the stones, two hundred and ten in
number and from one to twelve karats
in fineness, valued in all at S45, ,000
There are also ten pairs of matched, un-
mounted diamonds, valued at $50, ,000
A dazzling star pendant, worth 1000,
is comprised Of three stars, set one
above the other. There is diamond
collar worth $1,000; bracelet, with a
centre ornament Of three large emeralds
set in a mass of diamonds, and numer-
Gus other ornaments of great value.
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and pearls,
of all colors and sizes, are grouped
together and form a beautiful and daZ-
Zling sight. t.-PhiladelpbiG Times.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

Dover by earlier north-bound train
than that which leaves Middletown at
11.07, nor by later south-bound train
than that which leaves Middletown at
2.10. The interests of every business
man between Dover and Wilmington
would suffer. Mail communication by
these points would be practically length
ened twenty-four hours, for, taking
Middletown as an example, one could
not hope to get an answer the same
day to letter sent to as near points as
Mount Pleasant and Kirkwood. Mr..
Swiggett's scheme, if carried out,
would give the lower Peninsula two
mails each way daily, but it would rob
the upper Peninsula Of facilities Of
communication that our people have
long enjoyed and will not suffer to be
taken away without the most emphatic
nrotnst
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

IT is WELL that all business men
between Dover and Wilmington who
are interested in the mail service of the
Delaware railroad should be made fully
acquainted with the proposed changes
in the service that Postmaster SWiggett
has been urging for some time. Mr..
SWigget greatly desires to get a mail
ON the train that leaves Wilmington at
LOS in the afternoon, but the Depart
ment being unwilling to put another
route agent on the road, he has Matched
out plan to benefit the lower Penin-
sula at the expense Of the people north
of Dover. His scheme is, simply
stated, to take the route agent off the
train that leaves Wilmington at
6.35 in the evening, and necessarily
also off the first train going north in
the morning, ,and instead to put ANAL on
the south-bound train that leaves Will
mington at Los in the afternoon and
the afternoon north-bound train that
reaches Wilmington at 6:05. Lock
pouches, such as are now carried on
the afternoon train going north, would
be substituted for the regular service
on the two trains from which it is pro-
posed to remove the route agents, but
these could only carry through mail.
This proposed new arrangement would
greatly cripple our local service, as
under it there could be no mail COM
munication between points north Of
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THIS is not good year for Ohio
statesmen. The President has ap-
pointed Judge Walter Q. Gresham, Of
Indiana, to be Postmaster General, and
he will enter upon the duties of the
Office next week. Mr.. Gresham is a
man of high character and those who
know him best say he is in every way,
by business capacity and knowledge,
fitted for the place to which he has been
called. The President evidently in
tends to select his own cabinet timber,
and the country will like him all the
better for his independence of Ohio
statesmen.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

PETER COOPER, the philanthropist,
died on Wednesday at his home in New
York city at the ripe old age Of 92.
He was born in the city in which he
died and the early period Of his life was
one of anxiety and hard labor. He
attended. school one half of each day
for a single year, and beyond the
knowledge thus gained his acquisitions
were entirely his own. He served an
apprenticeship at the trade of coach
making, and was afterwards engaged
in the manufacture Of cabinet ware !;
then in the grocery business then in
the manufacture Of glue and isinglass,
which he carried on for fifty years. He
also engaged in the manufacture of
iron in Baltimore in 1880, and in 1845
built at Trenton, New Jersey, the largest
rolling mill then in the United States.
While in Baltimore he built after his
own designs the first locomotive engine
constructed on this continent. It was
used successfully on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. The great object Of
Peter Cooper's life was to educate and
elevate the industrial classes. He early
became warmly interested in the public
schools, but feeling that no common
school system could supply technolog
ical education, he determined to estab-
lish in his native city an institution in
which the working classes could secure
that instruction for which he, when
young and ambitious, sought in vain.
In furtherance of this object the
Cooper Institute was erected in New
York at a cost of over $650,000,
to which Mr.. Cooper afterwards added
an endowment of S15O,OOO in cash.
The Institute is devoted to the instruc-
ton and elevation Of the working
classes of the city of New York. The
plan includes regular courses of in
struction at night, free to all who
choose to attend. Peter Cooper " lived
to do good,'' and his Institute is
grand and lasting memorial to his
philanthropy.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THE Governor of Nebraska has by
proclamation set apart the 18th day Of
April as a day for planting trees.
Every good citizen is expected to con.
tribute at least one tree to the prosper
ity of the State. This is a happy
thought and the Governors of some
other comparatively treeless Western
States and Territories might do well to
adopt it. Sometimes lynching party
out there has to drive as far as twenty
miles to find a tree big enough to be
useful.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

PHILADELPHIA GRAIN MARKET. ~
Wheat is dull and lower. Sales of red,
in car lots, at S1.16 @ S1.22t. At the
open board Sill was bid for April,
S1.194 for May, S1.209 for June and
SLY for July. Corn is inactive and
lower. Sales of 5000 bushels, in car
lots, at 61 "a 63 cents.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THE EFFORTS of some Washington
newspaper correspondents to get up a
war between this country and England
have failed. The sauey looking Lion
shows no disposition to tramp on our
coat tails and Mr.. Lowell says the
friendship between the two countries
will be lasting.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
gpetiaI Aotites.

SHEET Music! SHEET Music 4! At less than
usual price. All the latest music kept in
stock or furnished at short notice. c.
GRIFFENBERG, JR., Stuart's Shoe Store.
A FULL STOCK of the celebrated Wilcox &
White Organs on hand Pianofortes of any
make furnished at as low price as can be OBJ
tanned at the factory. GIVE me a call. C. F.
GRIFFENBERe, JR., Stuart's Shoe Store.
WISE MEN say nothing in dangerous times
Wise men use nothing in dangerous diseases
but the best and most approved remedies
Thus Kidney-Wort is employed universally
in cases of diseased liver, Eidndey and bow
els. 1t will cost you but trifie to try it, and
the result will be most delightful.
ORGANS Cleaned and Repaired New Reeds
inserted in any Organ when needed. Orders
taken for Piano Tuning, and a practical
tuner from Philadelphia employed. Leave
orders at Stuart's shoe store e. f. GRIFPEN-
BERG, JR.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THE Rhode Island Republicans, after
a season of extreme nervousness, got
out of the woods on Wednesday, saving
Bourn by about 1900 majority. The
ring in Rhode Island is hard to smash,
and Sprague, as ring smasher, was a
mighty poor selection.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THE PRESIDENT, having filed the
place of the dead Mr.. Howe, has gone
off upon his long contemplated fishing
excursion to Florida, and will have a
right jolly picnic, no doubt.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

THIRTY CLERKS are busy counting
Uncle Sans money in the Treasury at
Washington, preparatory to its transfer
to the new Treasurer, and they will not
finish the job in less time than two
weeks.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

SPRING CONE AGAIN.-The weather here is
now at last Spring-like, butaway down South
the Crescent City journalists are complain
ing of excessive heat, and the buzz of the
mosquito compels them to admit that Sum-
mer is at hand. The leading affair discussed
there is who was The winner in the last, and
who will be the fortunate man in the next
Monthly (the l55th) Grand Drawing of The
Louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans. on
April 10th, when $265, 800 will be scattered
among the holders OF the 100000 tickets cost
ing Five Dollars each, of which all informa-
tion may be had on application to NJ. A. Dau-
phin, New Orleans, La. The sole supervision
is under Gen'ls G. t. Beauregard, of La. and
Jubal A. Early, Of Va. In June the First
Capital Prize will be $l5O,600, which should
satisfy the avarice of any moderate person.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

A MOST important Fenian nitro-gly-
cerine factory has been discovered near
Birmingham in full operation. Four
men have been arrested in London and
one in Birmingham in connection with
the affair.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

A DYNAMITE MINE has been dis
covered under the Kremlin, where the
Gar was to be crowned. The Nihilists
evidently intended to make the corona
ton the event of the season.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

To CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Com on
topics of local interest are always welcome,
but to insure insertion they must be briefand
to the point We do not hold ourselves re-
sponsible for the views of correspondents.
Anonymous articles will receivenO attention.
Address all communications to the Proprfe-
for
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Terms Of SArvina !.

He will serve not over twenty mares at s25
each to insure. Parties parting with mares
before it is ascertained they are with foaI will
be held responsible for the service money
TERMS OF PAYMENT.-Note at 6 months
from Time mare is known to be with foal
payable at the Citizens National Bank OF
Middletown.
GEO. KENNEDY, Agt.,
mch.23-lm Head of Sassafras Nd
CHAs. S. CAFFREY, Oaoper,
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

NOTICE,--I, ALEXANDER MAXWELL,
In owner of the within mentioned premises,
in compliance with an Act of Assembly. in
such case made and provided, do hereby give
notice that shall apply in writing to the
Honorable, the Judges of the Court of Gene
raj Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery of
the State of Delaware, in and for New Castle
county, on Monday, the 7th day of May next,
A. D.. 1888, being the first day of said court,
for a license to keep an inn or tavern at the
corner OF Main street and Railroad avenue
in the town of Middletown, School Districts
Nos. so and "a, West st. Georges hundred. New
Castle county Del, and to sell Intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart to be
drunk on the premises. and the following re-
spectacle citizens. residents of said district
recommend the said application, to wit:
X. T. Lockwood, w. A. Comegys,
Q. A. Lum, Isaac Jones, Jr.,
]. r. Long, H. R. Walker,
Jacob HeintZ, G. Ellis.
Lewis Miller, John Morrison
George Echenhofer, George w. Wilson,
Jam9s L. Willis, j. #. Eliason,
r. E. Smith, W. Scott Way,
Josh. Clayton of Thos. John Vasey.
ALEX. MAXWELL.
apr. est
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

Two children, locked in their cabin
by their mother, were burned, with
the building, in Tennessee.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Remember !!


The "Glass Front" when in
town. First, for the quantity
Of goods kept second, for the
quality of the goods third,
for the reasonable prices;-
fourth, for the rapid growth Of
its trade ; fifth, for its popular
ity, and finally for the desire Of
its proprietors and statesmen to
show what we keep in stock
to all who favor us with a call.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Town Lots for Sale.

T NOW OFFER AT PRIVATE 1zA
i Sale number of desirable and 945aszfA
nicely situated Town Lots on West lisssKlsw
Green Street, AIiddletown, Del, tIIRI
also q very few choice lots on -
South Broad Street. These lots are nearer
than any other good lots in the market, and
will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
Apply to E. r. COCHRAN,
jani-t Middletown.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

"BUCHUPAIBA. .''-Quick, complete
cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and
Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
To Painters and Others.

ALEXANDER MoNRo, Practical Grainer
from New York. Any one wishing a good
JoD OF granting should address him at
noYl7-5m BLAcKBIRD. DEL.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

NOTICE., JACOB RICHARDSON. owner
~ of the house situated at the corner of
Water and Delaware streets, known as the
Jefferson House, in School District No. As. CITY
of New Castle, county of New Castle. and
State of Delaware, in compliance with the re-
quirements of the acts of the General Assem-
bly, in such case made and provided, do here
by give notice that / shall apply in writing to
the Court of General Sessions OF the Peace
and Jail Delivery of the State of Delaware,
in and for New Castle county, on Monday.
7th day of May, A, d. 1888 being the next
term OF said court, for a license for said house
as an inn OF tavern for the sale therein of in
toxicating liquors in less quantities than one
quart. to be drunk on the premises, and the
following respectable citizens of said CITY
recommend the said applicant, viz =
William Herbert, Richard Cooper,
A. z. Gray, James II. Booth
y Boulden, Stephen Greiner,
l. IL. Fols, j. T. Eliason
John j.. Black, James Gegan,
William J. Black, F. LeckIeT.
Apr6-3t JACOB RICHARDSON.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
FOR RENT,

THE Store-house on Lockwood EA
i corner, Main and Broad sts. - EfM
Possession given March p. 1888. HEEl
Also q new three-story Dwell III
ing and Store on south Broad S4.sseasS
street, adjoining store occupied by Wm III
johnson. Possession March 25 TT
These properties are in the heart and CEN
ter of the business portion of the town.
MARTHA E. CLAYTON,
janl2-tf Middletown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
speeialties at Low Rates.

WE OFFER FOR SPRING OF 1888, 100000
Usage Orange, one and two years DID,
strong g,well-grown plants; 5000 Grape Vines,
of Concord, Hartford, Martha Perkins and
other varieties lOOO O0OS Straw berry, in variety ;
$4,000 Raspberry, Queen of the Market, Shaft
ers, Colossal, Souhegan, Hansel and other
new and old varieties 10000 Conover's Col
Iossal Asparagus Roots, 2 years old, strong
plants also general assortment of Fruit,
Ornamental and Shade Trees, hard shrpb-
berry, etc.
CoRREsPoNDENCE SOLICITED!
R8- SEND FOR PRICE LIST!
POLK & HYATT,
mch. .3O-2m Odessa, Del,
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APR. 6, 1888.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
THE MARKETS.

MIDDLETowN PRODUCE MARKET. q.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. NJ REYNOLDS CO.
Eggs, % doz. 00@16c Chickens,
Butter, q h 25@3Oc RB I30l4
New Lard, " l2@13c Turkeys, 17@lS
Potatoes, baS O0@55 II
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
The Young Trotting Stallion

"LoNG ISLAND DICTATOR" is a dark
steel grey Stallion, black points, the black
extending to the knees and hooks, I5l< hands
high, full name and tail. He is very hand
some horse, countenance full of intelligence,
and is unexceptionally mild in disposition.
While in motion shows great freedom of
stride, and promises high speed.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
;m.Esht !mgtanstttpt !mgt
50 ooA YEAR, IN ADVANCE.

W. SCOTT WAY, Editor & Proprietor.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
NOTICE.
Farmers Fire Insurance Agency

INSURE your Live Stock, Grain, Provender
L and Farm Buildings i'll the GIrnrd Fire
Insurance Company of Philadelphia, the
Agricultural Fire Insurance Company of
Watertown, N. Y, and other reliable Com
panies. W. N. WILSON,
Real Estate and Insurance,
Feb.9-n MIDDLEToWN, DEL.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
1or Sale or TO gent.
FOR SALE

A FULL-BLOODED JERSEY cow. Gives
Il four gallons of milk per day when fresh.
Will soon be in profit. Four years old. The
Calf of imported registered stock. A very
fine animal. Address
WILMER o. DAVIS,
Apr6-3t fredericksburg, Md,
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06
Country Produce Wanted,

TGGS, BUTTER, POULTRY, LIVE STOCK
II and Country Produce generally wanted
for Cash, for which the HIGHEST MARKET
PRICE will be paid.
ID. b. C. MITCHELL,
East Main St., two doors from Lock
woods Corner,
mch. .23-3m MIDDLETowN, DELAWARE.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

The Public is requested carefully to notice
the nelC and enlarged Scheme to be dTdlOTl
Monthly.
Middletown transcript., 1883-04-06

R8 CAPITAL PRIZE, 75,OOOTa
Tickets only S.. Shares in proportion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-30
Chicago Proouoe Market,

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.--FIour dull and IN
changed; common to choice spring wheat
3.50@5 GO; Minnesota S.5094.25; patent 6. so
@7.00; winter wheat -four, southern and Mis-
souri, z.7595.75; Michigan 4.0G@5. so. Wheat,
active but lower;iopened 1sg1lc lower, declined
A@$zc additional, and closed 5sc under yester-
day; sales ranged: December si5s@96c, closed
at 95@95kc; January 94X@96c, closed at
1895 nc; February 96N997c, closed at 9615c;
May ,Ol1S@1.0SX; No. Chicago spring
94X994kc, closed at S45lc; No. 8 Chicago
spring 7714@8lc; No. red winter 97@99c.
Corn. active, DuI lower and weaker; opened Ma
&c lower, rallied trife, declined 1a9l NC,
and closed 1A9i4c under yesterday; cash
57%@58c, closed at 575lc; December 57M9
59c, closed at 57%95Sc; January 57$lgosc,
closed at 5sc; February 56A@5735c, closed
at 5611c; May 5S%@6Qc, closed at 59c.
Oats dull and cas- er; cash s2@325sc; L;ecem-
Der 32H@33c; January S21ze SO &c, CT sed at
$3.50; February 33g3S75c, closed az 33554e;
May 57@S7slc. closed at 3715937Ac. hye
dull at 59c. Barley dull and lower at Csc.
mand but at lower rates, declined 10g20c;
cash 1S.25@i3,75; December 1890; January
10 75@l4.00, closed at l3.821a@13. IS; Feb
ruary 13954l4. III, closed at IA 021S6
Il Us; March l4.209l4 321I; May IA. 47H9
l4.7215, closed at l4.521z@14. 55. Lard irreg-
ular and fairly active; declined 10Gl21xc; cash
8 .60S8. 6714; January 8.6s@8.7s, closed at
s.625798 IS; February 8.721s9s.85, closed at
8. 759S. 7711; March s.95a8.871z; May 9.lO
99.2215, closed at 9.l2k99.l5. Bulk meats
in fair demand; shoulders 8 10; short ribs 7.l5
short clear 7.45. Butter quiet and unchanged
creamery 24@3ic; dairy 20G27c. Eggs steady
st 269aSc. Whisky steady and unchanged
at LIS.
Receipts, 2l,0O0 barrels of -four; 100, 0GG
bushels OF wheat; 227 900 busbete of corn
50 900 bushels Of oats; 1900 bushels OF rye
rs, 600 bushels OF barley. Shipments, z3,00C
barrels of -four; 5000 busfe.s of wheat
$1,000 bushels of corn: 1900 bushels OF
oats; l,9J0 bushels Of rye; 1900 bushels 81
barley.
No call till Jan 2.