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Daily Republican., 1883-12-26
Peolnsala Po1nls


Jpo. 4. Lewis, of Newark. roceptly
sold his Ane pair Of black horses fol
$500. -. ..lfe =.
Benton II. johnson, Of Milton, ba.
sold his farm for "a, 200. :t(EL
The Del. Md, e. Va. Railroads are i'm.
proving things along their line. New
stations arc being built At Houston and
Redden. -f
The shipments Of grain over tho Della
ware Railroad are very heavy. It is re.
ported that hundreds OF carloads an
being shipped each weak.
6oaford shows up the largest hog oi
the season--one that weighed 76C
pounds. What . chance for lard.
Rev. W. 8. Robinson, the efficient
pastor OF Bridgeville has been Invited
BY tho faculty to deliver tho annusl
sermon before d ckinson College on the
day Of "Prayer for Colleges.
The cases which have been under Z
course Of erection In the room o. the
Clerk Of tho House Of Representatives,
at Dover, are now completed, and the
bills, etc., Hre being distributed into
their proper places. sr@ ta
The actual construction Of the Sussex
Midland Railroad was commenced last
week by . small army Of men with
shovets, spades and picks, and are en-
gagged In grading the road bed. The
contractor hopes to have 1t graded - far
A tract OF land containin9 100 scrss.
bslon Ripp to 8, X. Eaton. and located
near Odessa has been sold TO j. T.
Shallcrnss for q. 900. ~ ? ~ . F
A farm OF 100 acres in Kent County.
owned by Nathaniel Williaras. of Mid.
dleto wn. has been sold 10 jacob Mover.
of Penusylvania. for 81. 600.
The Young men Of Mjddletovu will
give a grand hall In the Town Hall on
Friday evening next. It Ia said that II
will be = fne affair. "
Joshua L. Boyd. of Moortop. has pur.
chased Of j p. Eyre. a farm OF 21O
acres. near MORTON for "a. GOO cash.
The repairs to Taylor's bridge. Tho.
roupbfare Neck. are nearly finished and
the bridge Ia opeu to travel.
william Woods has sold farm near
SlauRbter's Station. containing 76 acres,
to M. K. Trumbore. of Pennsylvania
for a. 600. -. -
Il II estimated that the proposed
branch railroad between Odessa and
Middletown would cost. BY the Appo.
ouipjmtnk route. between S75. 900 and
500. 600.
----.- .s
LoKoNL Ark, October %, 18S3.-For
Daily Republican., 1883-12-26

i Janney, 301 aud 3C3 King street, is
headduArters for oranges and lemons.
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A Handsome Set Of PaI|a

or Chamber Furniture,
Marble-top Side-board,
Marble-top Centre Table,
Secretary, Bookcase, a
Silver Ice Pitcher, a Card
Receiver, or a Warrant
ed) Cook officiating Stove.
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NEWS SUMMARY.


A Are occurred at st. Louis, between
a Ard o'elock vastSrtlay morning.
Which dsstro ysd tho fnrpituye establish
nent Of b. L. Naidrinshous, on the
corner Of Tenth strpSf md Frsnklin ave-
.pus. Tho k,ss o. The stoCk 10 20, 900.
The housefpyniahing st1go OF Charles
NstdFinghouA IN ne sAne building.
vas also burned, causing : lo@s OF about
$4,000. The loss on mo bni!diug - w.
600. William Wasrsn ana john ooogan,
Areman, We're naes'y sanocased IN tne
s..nsn a "a, ~. .,s.S"w - .sxs ,hs". @
I, > Seconu s'o's ~A"1o" ~ ''' 'A
saves a.s5s5 .ss...4a
The annonncewent - msde ~ Cin-
etnnAta tnat heansn n. opnnEer' n
noaa Iot nss g.in ro..".!Pp y suo Puo.' a.. h, ~
ooqu.stae. y ~ S s,i.s.ss, .s ~ n.u -
. w ~ 'suS s".iiSS M, n. Sss 49,. ~
Mu ,T.u'' :. WIT I. - 49, ..sx ~ 49,. | hs ~. [ .iv.
~ % nd. .ooo mors n ~ Collsae ~ Music
n, 4 nsv hnildfrs.
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- .".". 1"so 80. ~ S,s,rnnS s.-.,tro.
~ Nh Nsl,is And 4 oheck for also fcr
~ Allan Arthnr. All White House
smnioxeea were aI.o remem bered by
Sim =
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rHE ouEsrron OF RErAI1A71oa.

Our Minister at Berlin, Mr.. Sargent,
very properly reported TO the State De-
partnent at Washington the facts relative
TO the exclusion Of American hog products
from German markets. He stated in that
report his belief that the restriction was
without just foundation, and was brought
about by German pork dealers in further
ance of selfish ends. Now comes promi-
nent German paper at Berlin and assails
Mr.. Sargent, claiming that he has advised
this Government to retaliate by excluding
from the United States German products
equal in value to the pork we have hereto
fore exported. Il goes beyond this, even.
and charges that our Government has
taken, or is about to take, such retaliatery
steps as will force American pork upon
Germany, something after the manner in
which England opened the opium trade
with China. 1t adds that-Mr Sargent has
written for the American press in advocacy
of a system of retaliation. The telegraphic
dispatches add that it is a current political
report that Germany will ask for the recall
OF Mr.. Sargent. The Minister denies hav-
ing written anything, or having given any
information about the matter, except in his
official report. The German press is I'M
duly excited Il created the furore about
diseased American pork without just cause.
It attained its ends and procured to be
Issued decree excluding the article from
importation. It's concern about retaliation
is also baseless. But retaliation would be
justified, and the American people viii sus.
tain that method, if it is applied, but which
is not at all likely to be done. Il is not
after the manner of this Government to
take such steps. As to the recall of Mr..
Sargent, that is undoubtedly mere ru-
NOR, without the slightest warrant. The
German Government is not conducted by
idiots, and we can conceive of nothing it
could do so foolish as to act as the runor
suggests,
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many palm huts were thrown down, and the
rivers rose and fell with alarming rapiJity.
The volcano Ometre, on Lake Nicaragua, was
in eruption, for the first time in its history.
The large island at the mouth OF the Afro,
surveyed By the United States steamer Fire
brand in 1862. is reported to have entirely
disappeared.
A yellow fsvsr scare prevails at Lima and
Callao. The Chileans are adopting every
the disease, including sprinkling the streets
with chloride Of lime and water strongly
charged with carbolic acid.
The revolution is not yet over in Ecuador.
Veintemilla sent bis terms for general sur
render to the revolutionary party, represented
by Generals Ssrastis and Babhoijos, but the
latter refused to agree to them.
TAe Attack on the Canadian Premier.
OTTAWA (Ont.) J, April 26sh.-The reported
arrest OF Sir John A. Macdonald at Toronto
Monday appears to have been considerably
exaggerated. There was no warrant issued,
consequently no arrest was made. A cum
mons was cent to Sir John in an envelope. in
the case of the man Hawson, who Processes to
have certain claims sgainst the Dominion
Government for services rendered. The
step taken by Hawson is generally con-
dernned by both parties. The ex-Minister of
Customs, Liberal. says the attack on the
Premier is most diseracsful and cowardly.
The ex-Minister of Militis, Liberal. says it
is a most 6espicabls attack. All join in con.
demnipg Hawson's action as q cowardly at
tempt at blackmail.
Decapitated by Circular Saw.
TRENTON (Ont.) J, April 26th.-During FIRE
in Heaton's sawmili, Stewart Heston, son Of
the proprietor, entered to ascertain the cause.
lie fell across circular saw, and his head
was severed from his body.
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zee aBULLgEIa,s eLUapER.

The San Francisco Bulletin made an IN.
pardenable blunder in declaring that our
choice of Presidential electors in 1884
may be involved, because of doubts as to
the constitutionality of the legislative ap.
portionment bill. The RECORD UNION ex-
pressed its surprise at this mixing OF irreI-
evant factors. The Bulletin of yesterday
replies in effect that what it meant was
that there is doubt as to the constitution
atty of the congressional apportionment
bill passed by the late Legislature, and
regrets that the RECORD. UNION cannot be
supplied with brains to comprehend it.
We are thankful for this COMMUNICATION,
but we perfectly understand the Bulletin.
It has made one objectionable blunder,
aud wishes to avoid the consequences. It
did not, in its first article, refer to any
supposed unconstitutionality of the con.
gressional apportionment bill. On the
contrary it referred in about every sen.
tence to the Flynn bill and the Filcher
amendments. That the Congressional APP
portionment bill is involved in doubt as
to its proper passage is new matter, and
presented by the Bulletin in dogmatic
way, TO help itself out of the entangling
difficulty in which its first article involved
it. All the doubt relative to three full
readings being had of bill in the last Leg.
islature relates to the Legislative and not
the Congressional superintendent bill. The
Bulletin Feeds to explain its explanation.
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A COMMON SENSE DECISION.

The Supreme Court of the United States
last week decided that Court may strike
the name of an attorney at law from its
rolls without waiting for his trial and con-
viction for crime of sufficient cause to
Justify motion to disbar him. It was
commended that until by jury the attor-
ney has been convicted Court could not
conshtutionally exclude him from his right
at the bar. The answer of the Court to
this was tina. mere flaw in the indictment,
or the absence Of a witness, or grossly
untrue verdict might work the discharge
of the defendant, and yet the moral GER
tainsy of his guilt remain. OF this the
Court will take notice, will judge of the
fitness of its own officers. The common
sense view Of the matter is in accord with
the ruling of the Court. Infamous Grim.
inals escape conviction and punishment,
but the question as to their character and
fitness for place at the bar should not
thereby be changed.
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TEE pENYER GILBERT DUEL.
Story of Early California Life Told by
an Eyewitness.

- 6tVsJ VI A-aAAy %aAhUAAAa AAlC AOAA "
an Eyewitness.
Especial to the RECORD SIoN.I
NEW York, April 26th.-The following
remarkable communication appears in the
Herald this morning, signed W. A. Cornwall,
60 Montgomery street, San Francisco:
The San Francisco Bulletin republished an
article from the Herald, in which General
James W. Denver is mentioned ss an eligible
candidate for the Presidency In it reference
is made to the fact that at the time Denver
was Secretary of State of California, he en-
gagged in duel with Edward Gilbert, who
was then editor of the Alta California. The
article is prejudicial, because it does not de-
tail the circumstances connected with that
fact and the deplorable duel. The incident
of which it was the result was an article pub.
lished in the Alta California respecting q
family named Bonner, which persisted en-
route in its attempt to emigrAte overland
to California in 1850. Tbs State, learning of
the distress of the enigrants, provided means
for their relief, and the duty of dispensing it
was delegated to the Secretary of State.
This was prompt and humane, but it was
bitterly criticised and sharply asssiled by
Gilbert. Denver is clesr-hssded, sound
man, sensitive and brave. lie retorted, and
his retort was terrible. Gilbert, who was 8
member of Colonel Stevenson's New York
regiment, challenged Denver, and the parties
went upon the field. The weapons were
rifles, as short range, and assert, as a wit
ness, that no man In tbs tide of
sll tee centuries ever displayed
mora dSuntless temper than Denver. He
knew that Gilbert was brave soldier, and
that he was reckoned to be deadly shot.
Nevertheless, Denver reserved his FIRE, and
purposely threw away his own. Happily.
Denver escaped untouched. Every effort
wss then made by the seconds aud by mutual
friends for peace. Gilbert was informed that
his antagonist wished to clasp hands, but
Gilbert refused the request in terms which
showed his friends that be had determined to
kill Denver. The principals returned TO their
positions. "Now, said Denver, in g tone l
shall never forget. :" l must defend myself )"
and at the word Gilbsrt fell, pierced through
the heart. | assert that no man more than
Denver disdails this deadly mode of arbitra-
ton, but Washington himself would have de-
Tended his own life. He offered it, like Den.
yer, to bis country. He would have defended
it as trust aad legacy from the Creator
He was an impersonation of the great
thought, Dulce ct decoruns est pro patria mori.
Cornwall then adds: Here in California
Denvet's name and memory are honored and
cherished. II the nation desires to unity Ct e
Pacific States; if it wishes to make rs pyac-
tically, IS we are to-day nominally, members
of the great political Union, let it give US
Denver for President. and we will iadorse
nj with arcjamatiou
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A GHOST AT TEHAcHApI.
The Modesto Farmers Journal tells th'
followino story

The Modesto Farmers Journal tells the
following story:
Railroad engineers are queer fellows, and
are as full of superstition as an egg is of
meat. Last week, while the big ninety-ten
engine was filling her tank at the depot, a
Granddaughter and engineer Drifting, who
has taken seven of those monsters down to
Tehachapi, had the following conversation :
"Did you ever take train up the Te-
hachapi grade at night mean since the
horrible accident asked the reporter.
Yes; l made trip over that part of
the road the last time was down." replied
the engineer, and so help me God never
want to see another sight like the one
witnessed that night F."
"What did you see, if l may AJAX ?"
"Well, | don't like to talk about such
things, for I'm different from most of my
brethren, and don't believe that spirits
visit this earth, but what I saw that
night almost convinced me that they do
on some occasions. | had had very
hard days work, and the night was one
of the most fearful that [ ever saw on
the mountain, and I've been over the
road more than thousand times. Well,
just as we we're passing where the cars
jumped the track, my fireman-the young
man in the cab now-called my attention
to man lying on the track only short
distance ahead 1t was only moments
work to stop the engine-we didn't have a
train. The cow-catcher was within about
three feet of the body when we stopped.
l thought it was some poor tramp who had
fallen down and frozen to death. I could
see the body just as plain as see you now,
but when got down and went to the front
of the engine l couldn't see the sign of
man, nor where any one had been. This
was stioker, for there were several inches
of snow on the ground, and had anyone
been there could have seen the print in
the snow. / was so much astonished that
1 could not speak for few minutes. At
last my companion asked me if he was
dead. I told him there was no one there,
and he replied, What's the matter with
you? see him right at your feet This
caused me to take the second look, but not
the sign of man could find. got back
into the cab, and, strange to say, I
could see that body just as plain as day.
sent my fireman down and watched him.
He walked all over the body, and came
! back in a moment with the whitest face l
ever saw on human being. Neither of
us could speak q word. It was terrible
go l started up the grade, determined to
get rid of the horrible thing. When we
passed over the spot where the body seemed
to be, / never heard such yells in my life.
They came from both sides of the road"
They both stick to the story, and say
others have seen it.
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Ms. soaas RgsIess.

The readers of the RECORD UNION have
been fully advised of eli the facts and
difficulties regarding the appointment of
w. NJ. Boggs as Inspector of Fruit Pests,
and OF the involved condition of affairs in
the State Board of Horticulture conse-
quent upon that appointment. They will
now be grati6ed to learn that Mr.. Boggs
has resigned as Inspector, and that gen
tleman believed to be entirely competent
has been elected to I'll the vacancy. Mr..
Boggs became convinced that his incum-
bency was rspuguant to the horticulturists
of the State, and that the agitation con-
corning MS competency for the Office would
cripple any efforts he might be able to
make 60 advance horticultural interests.
In thus taking himself altogether out of
the way Mr.. Boggs has ahown himself TO
be actuated by degree of good sense that
his ambition 10 fill The office did not there.
tcfore indicate he possessed. His com.
plant that he has been hbeled, as we'll as
that Of the Examiner that garbIed reports
concerning his election have been pub
hshed, may be pardoned under the circum-
stances, but 90 far as this Journal is con-
cerned Mr.. Boggs has not, in any particu
Lar, been misrepresented. His character
and standing as a citizen have not been
assailed, but as Inspector he has not been
spared. II the Governor had not recon-
snended Mr.. BOggg if he had adhered to
bis original appointments if Mr.. Boggs
had not forced himself en- his Board Kinder
protest of experienced members, horticult-
ural interest would not have suffered the
less OF months attention, so seri-
Gus at this season, and the press of
the State would not have been
called upon to discharge an unpleasant
duty. DIR. Chaplin, the new Inspector,
is gentleman of liberal education is a
practical ard long-experienced horticult-
urist, and said to be the owner of "the
model orchard in Santa Clara. He has
made, we believe, thorough study of the
fruit insect pests, and has the reputation of
being an intelligent, well informed and en-
ergetic man. We know of no reason why
he should not, as Inspector, be acceptable
to the herticulturists Of the State, and we
believe he viii prove equal to the discharge
of the important trusts reposed in him.
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Mr.. WHrrKLAw REID certainly had the doctors
sson the hip" at the Holmes medical banquet in
New York the other night 1t was very late when
the Chairman called on the editors to speak, saying
that at last the opportunity had arrived for getting
the editors from behind the professional screen and
unmasking them. AT this the two hundred and
twenty-five "eminent physicians present ap-
pauded loudly The journalist retaliated, as he arose
in The smoke-clouded atmosphere, saying If the ed.
itors were unmarked, what should be said OF the
doctors To his knowledge, the whole number of
them had been giving the people advice such as
his: Avoid late dinners. avoid crowded rooms,
keep your diningroom COOL eat simply, drink spar
ingy, avoid drafts remsin only in pure, fresh air,
never sit over an hour at the table. For this ad-
vice." said he, you have taken from us heavy fees
on this line have you accumulated wealth and here
is the result and practical exemplifcation OF all
your teachings the united skill Of two hundred
doctors concentrated upon single problem Of by
eiene, how to produce for themselves the best and
most wholesome way OF dining, has resulted in
this" Tie doctors smiled grinly and appIauded
softly.
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TIE STORY OF WHISKY RECALLED


Some weeks ago we explained how the
surplus whisky of the country was to be
handled, in order to avoid the loss that
must ensue upon taking it out of bond,
paying the tax aRd putting it on the mar
ket. The system adopted, and to which
she revenue department could raise no OBJ
lection, was 70 ship il by a bonded road"
60 seaport, and thence to foreign soil.
IL was then to BE- returned and a payment
of duty equal TO ten per cent of the tax
nsde, when it became az import, entitled
60 be again entered in bond for one year.
The system has now been in operation for
some six weeks very successfully. The
attempt was made TO ship it into Canada,
but the Dominion regulations will not per.
NIT packages of lsss than 100 gallons to
pass over the border. Honduras ports,
and Bermuda, then became the favorite
shipping points. Bermuda is the nearest
port to which American liquors can be ex.
ported and taken away again without pay
ment of duty. The vessels of the Quebec
Steamship Company have now for some
TINE been engaged almost exclusively in
chs business of marching whisky up the
hill and down again. One of the ships
takes out cargo of the liquor on which
"ree bondage has nearly expired. and
lands it. 1t is rolled to warehouse, en-
tered regularly. and then billed for export,
ali within the hour. A certificate of the
American Consul is secured that it has
been landed, and Immediately the barrels
are rolled to the steamer, and on her re-
turn trip she brings them to New York,
where the whisky is again plsced in boad,
because a change has come over its
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spirit, as it enters now as foreign
liquor. If, at the expiration of the new
bonded period, the owners find the Ameri-
can market overstocked, so that it viii be
Improbable to pay the Government tax Of
ninety cents, it can be again sent to Bsr-
muda, and, on returning, enter on another
new lease of bonded probation. On the
expiration of the second period it may be
sent out once more, and once more be
returned. This is the process by which
surplus whisky is kept off the market,
whisky owners kept out Of bankruptcy,
and the price of whisky kept on an even
keel. It is true, it calls for some immedi.
ate outlay, such as payment of transporta.
tion fees, handling costs, storage, and the
ten per cent; but it gains in value by the
sea voyage, and the owners have the use Of
the money that would go into the Govern
ment Golfers if the tax had to be paid at
once and the whisky sold on full market.
There is q scheme on foot now to avoid the
necessity of q second expectation and that
is to operate upon Congress next winter TO
secure repeal of the tax. The dissillers
and owners rest their hopes upon the DEM
ocratic party mainly in this matter, and
thus whisky will be an early and potent
lobbyist at Washington, and we may rest
assured that the effort to set aside the rev.
enue fees will be made with vigor and
great persistency, and it is not at all IN.
likely that it will succeed. The Rspubli-
can leaders vino have been consulted are
understood to be firm against relaxing the
tax, Wholesome of other political views stand
with them on that ground; but it is not
certain that these will number sufficient TO
overcome the pressure whisky can bring to
bear and the promises of political support
it will be able to make.
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EXPOSURE AND EXPOSURE. The Bodie
Free Press perpetrates this:
Mrs. McFadden-It's you, is it, Mrs.
O'Brien? How can you come to me house
and how can you look me in the face?
Mrs. O'Brien-Och, murther, Mrs. Nc
Fadden, what have done?
Mrs. McFadden-What have ye done !!
Sure an didn't We go talkin' it about that
my poor little Jamesey died of exposure
Now didn't We say he died of exposure?
Mrs. O'Brien-I behave did, ma'am,
but not of undacent exposure. / said he
died of exposure to the maisles, ma'am.
Mrs. McFadden-Thata lthers the case.
I'm glad ye're able to explain. Mrs.
O'Brien. It's not all kinds of exposures
that I'll hear of wild patience. Come in,
dear, and have dhrop of cowld tay.
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ANuSRMENT2.
ROLLER SKATING,

FEyHE SACRAMENTO ROLLER SKATING AS
ISOLATION Is now in active operation at tie
Pavilion, corner Sixth and II streets Open every
morning from 20 to II afternoons from to 4:30 (;
respectable portion oil the community sre invited to
membership. Members permitted to bring their
visiting friends from abroad.
A BRASS BAND win be in attendance Saturday
evenings; skating to continue one hour longer until
1880 Saturday evening. A Masquerade Skating
Carnival will be given THURSDAY EVENING,
April 10, 1888. s. R. S. A
J. L. WALTON. Manager. a17-istf