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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
a TOWN DESTROYED.
Fire and Powder work sad Destruc-
tIon-SeveraI Inhabitants Injured.

DENVER, Col. Nov. IA special to the
Republican, from Garfield, Col, says: A
fire broke ont here early yesterday morn
ing which was soon beyond the control
of the fire department. The flames ex-
tended to Sperry Bro e store, which con-
tanned 800 pounds of gispt powder. This
exploded, hurting blazing timbers and
fragments of buildings in every direction.
The post office, the hotels, and in Tact,
the entire business portion of the town,
was destroyed. The loss ia over $50, 600;
insurance one third OF that amount. A
number of people were knocked down
ami badly stunned Only one person was
fatally injured. The people are in a sad
plight, the majority of them being home
less and without food or clothing for the
winter.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
DID IT EVER

Occur to you that the tailor
who allows his customers to
take clothing that does not
tit does himself more harm
than the customer? 1t has
always appeared us to us, land
we are probably often the
more anxious of the two to
see our customers perfectly
satisfied. Another great
point with us is that of
working out our orders ON
prompt time, and by keep
ing such a large force as we
have, we are enabled to
make suits almost any time
within a week.
Have you ever taken a
look at our stock of piece
goods :? You should do so.
even if you do not order, as
we are DESTROYS that people
should know exactly the
style of goods we keep and
the kind of clothing we
make.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
A pRELUDE.

A hun bred buds into blossoms grew
The blight killed some ere the night-wind
blew
Some fingered and gained but an ill.repute-
One only grew to the perfect fruit.
A 1ndred seeds from the branches fell;
How many were lost cannot tell.
some rooted and throve for a while-ah me
Only one grew to the perfect tree.
/ send thee a hundred songs of mine
And little l care for the ninety and nine.
y friend of my youth {: | bless my art
For the one that will flourish within thy heart
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
EIPT RIEsCE.
Horatio Nelson Powers.

1 hear the sigh of seeds that yearn
10 deck with pomp their burialurp,
Ecstatic rhapsodies that run
Along the bark that feels the sun,
The laugh with which the buds unfold,
The passion In the pollen's gold,
l hear the faint, delicious beat
In hearts of roses, converse sweet
In airs that toy, at twiligbt's hour,
With apple-bloom and orange flower,
The anxious whispers of the grass
As sky lsrks brood and tre-tiies pass,
The dews desire, and griefs that make
The thunder fiery heart.strings break.
To me are told the dreams that lie
Deep in the lily's languid eye,
Legends that ferns and curals store
In books of rock and Ocean floor,
The prayers that out of pastures cry
When seorched beneath a hrazen SKY,
Strange syllables that from the ground
Speak like the naked soul of sound,
and all the birds in love relate
OF happy flight and tender mate,
And what the tribes of insects tell
OF their incessant miracle.
Sca.song, and joy of human speech,
And awful lore the star-depths teach
And touching thus the inner Mind,
go enraptured, awed, resigned
The Critic.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Mrs. 0liphsnt writes, in the November
Century: "There was story current at
the time, that at state ball, very near
the period of their bethrothal, the young
lady gave her princely sutton rose,
which he, without button hole in his
Close-titting uniform, slit the breast of
his coat to find place for, and that this
was token to all the court of the final
determination of the great event,-Rer
Majesty, as it ia pleasant to hear, having
shown herself little coy and disposed to
put off the explanation, as happy girls
are wont to do. No more perfect marriage
has ever been recorded; the Queen her.
self attributes the formation Of her
character to it, and all that is most ex-
cellent in her lite.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
The october Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The debt state
ment issued to-day shows the reduction
of the public debt during the month of
October to be $40, 300. 1888 SO decrease of
debt since June Both, 1888, s39, 584, 40 49,;
cash il The treasury, 1864, 347, Sol SO /;
gold certificates outstanding, $50, 1928, $40;
silver certificates outstanding, 500, $40, al;
certificates of deposit outstanding, $l2,-
100000 refunding certificates outstand-
ing, 1926, $50; legal tenders outstanding,
s346, 6sl, 016 fractional currency out
standing, $500, 1903 81.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
AN OyERCOAT

AT this season demands
your attention more, proba-
bly,, than any other garment,
and every indication points
to this as being an unusually
active time for their sale.
The demand Of late years
has been for something as
warm, but yet dressier, and
not so bulky as the old style
heavy beaver cloths We
have i'll stock more over
coats this season than ever
before, and our sales already
show chat we have sold a
greater number than we
ever did so early. Ready
made clothing has been i'm
proved so much of late that
you can find among a first
class stock suits made of
material which a few years
ago it would have been
considered a venturous
undertaking to make up.
The makeup and trimming
of all clothing has also been
greatly improved and for a
very moderate sum u person
can now procure an outfit
that will answer every pur-
pose that is needed of it.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
r---------- 49, -----
SHERIDAN TAKES COMMAND.
The Transfer Made Quietly and
without Ceremony.

WAsnINaToN, Nov. 1.-THE formal
transfer of the army from Gen. W. T.
Sherman to Lieut.. Gen. 2 II. Sheridan
took place at noon to day at the head
quarters Of the army, in the War Depart
ment building. Gen. Sheridan spent
the forenoon in making himself ac-
qusinted with the business Of the office
Gen. Sherman and the members of staff
rendered him every assistance.
Shortly before II o'clock the highest
officers of the army called on the Score
tary Of War; General Sherman to take
official leave, and General Sheridan to
report for duty The transfer was accom-
plished quietly, and without any cere-
mony whatever beyond the issuance of a
general order notifying the army of the
change OF commanders.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
THE PARTING OF SUMMER.
Charles l.. HiIdrefh.

Like one who fingers yet upon the sands,
Gazing his last upon the fading sail
That bears his friends afar to other lands,
watch the bleak November daylight fail,
And, weltering in the pale and watery skies,
The dim htars falter forth, the cold moon rise.
| feel the silence on the hill and plain,
Like that chill hush which haunts an empty
room
when, late deserted by n joyous train,
The lights die slowly down and all Is gloom
The crics ct shrilling in the darkling wood
Adds but drearier sense OF solitude.
The last ffail blossom of the year is dead,
Seamless and sere, beside the frozen rill;
The last of summers melodists are fed,
Their nests are tenantless, their songs are
still,
And, like the echo of q faint farewell,
hear the shuddering night-wind sink and
swell.
-Lippfrcotps;
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Baroness Burdett- Coutts, it is said, has
given 80 smacks to needy men of Var
mouth. Where is her young husband
all this time Philadelphia Call.
Mrs. Lydia Thompson is coming over
again. Well, the old lady was good
oaricaturist in her day, she used to take
off almost everything and every body
Milton Ne,os.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
A New Vehicle.

Boston Herald, october 24th.
Passers on unfrequented streets in
Quincy, on recent evenings, have been
startled by the appearance Of man NOV
ing swiftly along upon some odd looking
wheeled contrivanoe. 1t appears that an
ingenious resident of the town has per
feeted an invention which is for the
present being kept in the background,
pending the issuing OF patent. A Herald
reporter learns that the new-fangled
machine has four wheels, and it is driven
by spring. Its chief point OF excellence
is said to lie in the improved method Of
coiling the spring. 1t is claimed that a
child can run one of the mysterious motors
iOr long distance. Gentlemen to whom
the inventor has shown the machine are
enthusiastic in its praise, and predict
that it will supersede all other modes Of
mech anical travelling. The inventor is
now at work upon model, which he will
forward to Washington, together with an
application for patent. Two of the
wheels of the machine are feet in
dianetef and two 2. 'eet across. The
81 ng IL 40 teet long and 3 inches wide,
ssd IN cooled will, it is said, lit q
veg ~ Ul coo pounds.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
ANOTHER MALpRAcTIcE CASE.
Mrs. FurI0ng Makes a Statement 10
the Court.

New YORK, Nov. Mira. Charlotte
B. Fulong, convicted of causing the L ga III
of Charity Lewis by malpractice, in answer
to the clerks questions, said that
she was a widow, 56 years old,
and, addressing Judge Moore, asserted
that, though she had performed an
operation on the woman, she did not
believe it caused her death. She ex-
pressed an utter Indifference as tos,the
sentence to be imposed. ~
His Honor then sentenced her to the
penitentiary for ak years and ak months,
stating that her advanced age alone saved
her from receiving the full penalty OF 20
Yeara.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

This may not be true as regards states-in-
deed we know is is not: but it is absolutely
human lungs. When they are disorganized
and partly consumed, they cannot be restored
to a healthy condition. But bear in mind that
this misfortune can never happen if Hale's
as a remedy for the cough which always pre-
cedes pulmonary consumption. Sold by drug
eists everywhere at 80 cents and 81. Great
saving to get the large size. Pixies Toothache
Drops cure in one minnie
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
THE GIRL OF ALBUoUERoUE.
william Y. Buttes, the Cowboy Poet

lillian Y. Buttes, the Cowboy Poet.
-
Skin OF silk ..--
Neck of milk
Live-coals sparkling in her head,
Flashing as in ember-bed,
That burning lustre she'd
This the Girl OF Albuquerque.
Teeth of pearl .--=.
Amber curl
Hands that in yours softly steal
And ike warm young marmots feel,
Making soul and body reel
This the Girl OF Albuquerque.
Tiny feet!
Chances sweet
Heart that throO with love and Joy,
AS with h waist you idly toy
And she Gala you her dear hoy
This the Girl OF Albuquerque.
Soul of SNOW!
Cheeks that glow
When you lead her TO the priest
One little kiss you'll have at least
ere dancing at the wedding-feat
With the Bride of Albuquerque
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
Pennsylvania Railroad Dividend.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-The board of
directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company held meeting this afternoon,
and took action in regard to the semi
annual dividend. The rate agreed upon
was AZ per cent cash, payable on and
after November Both, Of which stock
holders shall have the privilege Of taking
per cent. in stock at par.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
A Tranp's Last sleep.

PHILApELPHIA, Nov 1.-The barn of Will
liam Hunt at Nicetown, on the outskirts
of this city, was destroyed by fire
last night. Upon searching the ruins
this morning the body of an unknown
man, Supposed to be that of tramp who
had been asleep in the building, was
found. The body was taken to the
morgue for identification.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
OCTO BER.


She leaned against the messy garden wall;
The woodbine dyed in autumn's red
Was mingling in tor hair ; a stray sunbeam
Lurked golden ON her nut-brown head.
Her gray eyes glo sed with deeper hue, and
then
''Ah, friend, it cannot be ~ she said
It's many years since then, yet still see
The sunbeam's play, the woodbines red.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

A How Found Murdered.

PRINCETON, WIS Nov. 3.-The body OF
ll-year-old son OF Fayette Whittimore
missing for 10 days, was found in the
river to-day with the throat cut from ear
to ear. Murder is the theory.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

anger f-Hark That is not the voice of
your boy. That is the call. boy, Monsieur
Grattin, the stage waits Ready I"
And with this word Monsieur Grattin
answered his Last Call.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Hundreds of letters from those using Ayers
Hair Nigor attest its value as a restorer of
gray hair to its natural color. As stimulant
and tonic, preventing and often curing bald
ness, and cleansing and soothing the scalp, its
use cannot be too strongly recOmmended-
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

If the blood be impoverished, as manifested
by pimples, eruptions, ulcers, or running
sores, scrofulous tumors, swelling or general
debility, take Dr. h V. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery" Sold by druggists.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
The Hungarlnns Locked I'm.

READING, Nov. 3.-The 81 Hungarian
RAILROAD laborers, who were arrested at
Gibraltar yesterday for rioting, intimi-
dating other workmen and destroying
property, we're sent to Jail to-day without
a hearing, for trial at court.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

WASHINGTON, Nov. Rear Admiral A.
G. Rhind was placed on the retired list OF
the navy yesterday and Commodore
Patterson was to-day promoted to the
rank OF rear admiral.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Lady Beautifiers.-Ladies you cannot make
fair skin, rosy cheeks, and sparkling eyes with
all the cosmetics of France or beautiters of
the world, while in poor health and nothing
will give you such rich blood, good health,
strength and beauty AZ Hop Bltters. A trial il
certain proof.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

ELeIN, hrs, Nov. 3.-The dwelling
and barns of Fred. Wettening, near this
atty, were burned yesterday, together
with IS COWS and four horses.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

LoeANsPoRT, IND, Nov. 3.-The livery
stable of James O'Donnell and IL horses
were destroyed yesterday by fire.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
The Beauties OF Politics

Mshene's Richmond whig.
Scared buEzards are said to spew at
their disturbers as they fly. Just 80.
The very air reeks with the stencil Of
Funder vomit
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Young or middle aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, premature
old age, as the result of bad habits, should
send three stamps for Part VII of Dime Series
pamphlets. Address Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Samaritan Nervine, the great nerve con
querer, is Invaluable in nervous prostration.
MAY Gud bless you," said Rev. W. L..
Marin, of Mechanicstown, Md. "Samaritan
Neryine cured my fits" S15O at Druggists.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Trial proves that honesty is the best policy
in medicine as well as in other things. Ayers
Sarsaparila is genuine preparation an I'M
equalled blood purifier, decidedly superior to
all Others
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

DIR. &. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.-Dear Cir
have advised many laoies to try your
"Favorite Prescription and never see it fail
to do more than you advertise.
Yours truly, MRS. A. M RANKIN,
Ill Bates Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic re-establishes
digestion; also admirably adapted for females
in delicate health who require tonic stimu-
liant. ASK for. Coiden's, take no other, of
druggists generally.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

If you are bilious, take DR.. Pierces HPieas.
ant Pnrgatiye Pellets" the original Little
LIVER Pills" OF all drugYists,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

There is a means of Graduating local disease
of the skin that can be relied on, VIZ: Glenn's
Sulphur Soap.
brown EOp - 80
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
work of the Dentists.

New Orleans Times Democrat
There are about H. 900 dentists in the
United States, and they pack into the
teeth OF American people, says the Cleve.
land Hetatd, ton of pure gold every
year, About five times that weight OF less
precious metal, such as silver, PLATINUM
and tin, 60 the same way. 1t ia estimated
that this amount OF metal ia worth
IL ,O0o, 600, and that If the present dental
methods are kept up all the coin in the
United States will have been buried in
the grave yards by the time the twenty
first century rolls around. 1t Ia said that
the demand for gold in dentistry is rapidly
growing every year. This ia accounted
| for in part by the fact that many people
with false teeth insist upon having them
| filed SO that they may seem all the more
natural. There are about A 000, 900 false
teeth manufactured in this country every
year. The business of dentistry is not
what it used to be, however, and prices
have come down wonderfully since the
days when the leading operators could
afford to retire after practice of eight or
nine years. Still there seems plenty Of
work to be done in the future, seeing
that the decay of teeth is increasing. Two
hundred years ago one person in five had
sound teeth. hundred years ago bu
one person in % had perfect teeth anG
in this nineteenth century age of reform
our very latest statistics show that bu
one person in so has perfectly soanG
teeth.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08
On shakspere's CIiT.

John Burroughs gossips delightfully."- in
the November Century of mature in
England" and Alfred Parsons pictures
keep him good company. OF the cliffs
about Dover, he says: "From Canter-
bury | went to Dover, and spent part OF
day walking along the cliffs to Folke-
stone. There is good foot path that
skirts the edge OF the cliff, and it is much
frequented. 1t is characteristic of the
compactness and neatness of this little
island that there is not an inch Of waste
land along this sea margin the fertile
rolling landscape, waving with wheat
and barley, and with grass just
ready for the scythe, ia cut squarely
off by the sea; the pillow and the reaper
come to the very brink of the chalky
cliffs. As you sit down ON shskspere's
Cliff, with your feet dangling in the air
at height of $50 feet, you can reach
back and pluck the grain heads and the
scarlet peoples. Never have seen such
quiet pastoral beauty take such q sudden
leap into space. Yet the scene is tame,
in one sense: there is no hint OF the wild
and the savage; the rock is soft and
friable, a kind of ohalky bread,
which the sea devours readily
the hills are like freshly cut loaves
slice after slice has been eaten away
by the hungry elements Sitting here,
saw no crows and choughs' wingine
the midway air. but species OF hawk
'haggards of the rocks we disturbed il
the inches beneath me, and flew alonf
from point to point.
m'-The murmuring surge,
/ That the mnnumharih idle npNhIaa Oh a 70
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08

br.ak DOWN at the Cfemona last night.
~ know there was, and | was the
cause Of H." said Walford sadly. "But
who can b anne me Lo k at this. Where
is NY boy p +....55.
II dou't mean you, Walford. but
drsttin He tell on the stage in a faint
lug fit, and the opera had to be stopped.
| They ~ hes seriously ILL In fact, the
doctors thilk he can't recover. The
paper say acre is something wrong with
the hear. "
81 az very sorry to hear it," said
W ali5sd "poo. Grattin the sight OF
my hons. in flames, and the knowledge
that my little one had perished, and
then having to dress and 90 on il q
uami9 part was TOO much for him"
| Nhil- the two u-1 wsrs spesking, a
tHri 81 came up and ssil THE pulic4
| ~ NE ~ Sou yr Wat5fd. |
HAYS a nute Tor Mr.. Walford.'
| When the owner of the burned house
mad read it, liz turned to his companion
| aud ssii ." II is from poor Grattin. lie
| asks me to come to him at once for God e
| sake, or he may never see me again. He
lives quite close. will not be half an
hunr. Wait for me-"
Waltord found Grattin exhausted, but
able to speak dusntly "The doctors
tell me | may 60 any moment. will
not waste q word, l have been uuoon.
scious until just now. want you tc
forgive me II you can, if you will. was
jealous OF you. l made my mind up tc
destroy you if could. The whole plot
was mine got woman to decoy youi
servant away | sat fire to ynur house
"And the boy-the boy 2" whispered
the father, pale ss death,
| SIS sleeping there" He pointed to {
door leading off the room in which he
lay. 81 used ohlOroform on handker
chief with him, and then brought hin
here. He is safe. Open the door and
look shall never sing the part. haG
better voice than you, but | wasn't al
good man. Forgive me, and let me di,
in peace with all on earth, since there Il
no hope Of my gaining peace hereafter.
have earned dsmnstion, but | did no
kill the boy. Mercy mercy, Jsme
Walford Hsrk There is your boy
voice. Is it not sweet enough to you
ears this morning to take away you
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-07-20
IN NNEORTHNAT TIE MOVE.

Perhaps there is no living statesman whose
name has been more admired and cherished
on both sides of the sea than that of the
Quaker Commoner of England, John Bright,
of Birmingham. He has been the friend OF
the people and the advocate of human lib
erty His voice has ever been raised in be-
half of the oppressed and against the OPP
pressor-always until now.
In moment Of partisan temper or actu-
ated by an overweening desire to regain his
Ministerial position in the Gladstone Cab
met, he has flung away his traditional rep
utaton and blasted in their bloom all the
hard earned honors of his life.
The man of peace turns into coercive
oppressor, The gentle tongue distills the
poison of the partisan-the humble Com
moner strides at one bound into the AFRO
gancc Of the aristocrat. In his late speech
at birmingham he exhibited all the changes
and the contrasts of this remarkable con-
version, and more recently in the House OF
Commons he puts the finishing touches to
this public apostasy. The epithet of "Irish
rebels" slipped as trippingy from his tongue
as Lansdowne himself could have pro-
nounced ii. The revilement he made OF
men as honorable and pure as he had ever
been was in sad and humiiating contrast 70
the eulogies he had previously pronounced
upon the Irish members who, in the face OF
the Jail and the scaffold, dare to defend the
honor and maintain the rights of their native
country.
Who has not read, what heart has not
thrilled at the eloquent and touching pic
lures drawn by Mr. Bright in the famine
years of '46 and AT? Who does not re-
member how the world gave tribute of its
admiration to the genius and heroism of the
Quaker statesman for his burning and in
dgnant arraignment of English policy in
Ireland? How bravely he contended then
for what the Irish members ask now-the
right Of local selfgovernment and for
which he denounces them as rebels Then
his eloquence glowed with horror at the
famine and fever deaths of an oppressed and
injured people; then he denounced the iron
hand and the mailed sceptre which wrought
for Ireland long catalogue of unspeakable
miseries. But all is changed, and the dis
tinguished Commoner sees now the feon
where he then saw the victim He now
pirates of dsloyalty where then he demand
ed justice. The patriot is disrobed and the
demagogue rises in his place.