Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-29
NEWS SUMMARY.
Tho Fire Fiend-MOre HanEIng-
Repeal Of the Scott Law Demand.

Tho Fire Fiend-MOre Hanging
Repeal Of the SeOts Law Demand
ed, Etc.
The report that the preferred stock ol
the Norfolk and Western Railroad
company has been discarded from the
list of the New York Stock Exchange
on account Of irregularity in the recent
issue Of the scrip dividend it officially
denied. The same authoity denies that
the East Tennessee Company intends
its freight contract with
the Norfolk and Western.
A FIRE at Orangeburg, 8. c., yester.
day morning destroyed six stores and
several other buildings. The losers are
Frank Risher, H. r. Alden, ID. Lewis,
7. w. Albergotti, d. e. Sinoak, DR.. j.
g. Wannamaker, 8. Link, j.. p. Hardy
w. 7. Lightfoot, G. T. Cartjohn, +. H.
w. Briggmann, D. Epstein, p. s. Rem
necker, Mrs McNamara, 8. Dibble and
J. 8. Vose. The total loss 10 $4,000.
The trial Of George W. Levi, ex-C Chief
Of the Louisville (Ky.) Fire Depart.
ment, charged with defrauding the city
Of its revenue while In the Tax Depart
nent, has terminated In his conviction
and Q sentence 70 three years in the
penitentiary.
Libel suits for $40, GOO DAMAGES have
been instituted against the Fall River
Mass.) Herald, by Alderman Hurley
and Patrick Gillian, for statements
made by that paper In connection with
the graveyard insurance cases.
Higgins & Fowler, ,soap a,auufactur.
Brs, at No. 234 Cherry street, New York,
made an assignment yesterday to
Alfred W. Lewis, with preference am
to 81, 800.
Patrick Smith, 65 years old, q truck.
man, residing in East Thirty eight
street, New York, committed suicide
yesterday morning in his stables by
shooting hirnsalf.
The loss by the burning of the Eagle
Mill, Of Heery & Co., at Vest
Mass, on Thursday, will
amount to 100000.
The Ohio liquor dealers, In State Con-
vention yesterday at Columbus, adopt
I'd resolutions demanding from the Leg
islature the repeal Of the !" Scott law.
Counterfeit S5 bills of the Bank Of
British North America, of the issue of
July l, 1877, are in circulation at
Toronto.
The liabilities OF Charles Perry, cloth
Ter, who is reported to have failed at
Me are about $4,000 AS.
vets are not known.
A.G. Van Egmond's woolen mills, at
Ont, were burned yesterday.
The loss Is 5000
William Fox was hanged yesterday
1t Nevada, Mo, for the murder Of Tom
Howard in May last.
Philosophical Lectures.
DR.. James f. Garretson, . native Of
our city, delivered lecture, q few
evenings ago, before large audience
in the lecture room OF the Hospital of
Oral Surgery, at Tenth and Orange
streets, Philadelphia. on the subject Of
The object Of the lect-
urer appears to have been to show that
there was = sixth sense that existed in
Of the body, and may CON-
.inue tn exist In the ''Great Hereafter.
Among the experiments designed to
exhibit that individuality IL not tho
same ~ the cOrporeal body the Doctor
offered In illustration pigeon, from
ns skull of which had been removed
that substance Of the brain which in
previous lectures had been demonstrate
.d to be the special instrument and ras.
dence of individuality. 1.-THE result
here," ~ the lecturer explained, "is Of
The most interesting character. The
bird lives, seems indeed about as vital
as ever, but, outside Of the performance
IF the functions Of ordinary bodily
life, 1t shows not the slightest conscious
ness. Placed In any certain position 1t
remains without moving for an indef-
mite time. 1t seeks neither food nor
rink, but II particles are placed far
enough back in the throat to come
within grasp Of the functional muscles
zach particles are swallowed. Thrown
N the air and forward the wings tlutter
but the bird will 90 into fire or again
he wall, as one of the other Of these
might happen to be in the way. In
'hOrt, it Is plainly evident that an in
,slligsnt directing agent Is wanting.
II seems undeniabIe that there Is
'piritual body and that there is mate
'ial body. What have shown" con-
inued the lecturer, "is only what atevery
me may find out for himself by ana
yzing the meaning of dreams. Dreams
IRE typical and explanatory Of the res
,rrectiOn. Tho bird is illustrative Of
he separability Of what we are wrong
n esteemiDg oneness. Here We have
me part of . pigeon, simply, however,a
,art composed of matter. The other
,art, better expressed the true pigeon,
8 at this moment possessed of that ex.
vet meaning which is possessed by the
of man when he finds
resh naturalization by means Of
lream, or when that body Of him
snown by acquaintances is put into a
,rave and covered over to rot To put
! man into hole in the ground Is not
o bury him whit more than If 1t had
,een suit of his discarded clothes that
lad been thrown in"
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Musical lnsdruments.
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