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The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
1883 1884.

Let us drink to the year that is dying fast
Though his days were weary and long;
Let us sing for the year that has come at
last,
Let Us welcome him in with a songl
Let us speed with a o the sad old year,
With the trouble he brought in his train;
Let US greet with q toast the one that is
near
We had hoped: Let us hope againl
The nov that glistens on briar and thorn
Like a sheet o'ez the landscape lies,
Like swaddling clothes for the year that is
born,
Or q shroud for the year that dies;
n b night winds wall through the leaf
less tree,
And the blazing yule-logs' roar
Sounds the funeral anthem of Eighty-three,
And a prelude for E~ighty-four.
Familiar faces make way for the strange.
And the old gives place to the new,
But faith in the future is firm through change
As dreams of the past are true,
Then a toast for the year that is coming
fast,
May his days be merry and longl
And a dirge for the year that is gone at
last
We will speed him home with a song.
IF. Hetho1n Watson.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
Earthquake Weather.

Anybody who has ever lived for any
length of time ct a stretch in a region
where earthquakes are common OBJ
jects of the country and the seaside
knows perfectly we'll what earthquake
weather in the colloqnial sense is really
like. You are sitting in the piazza,
about afternoon tea-time let us say, and
talking about nothing in particular with
the usual sickly tropical languor, when
gradually q sort of faintness comes over
the air, the sky begins TO assume a lurid
look, the street dogs leave off bowling
hideonslv in concert for half a minute,
and even The grim vultures. perched
upon the the housetops for
get their %obtrusive personal,
differences in a common sense OF gener-
al uneasiness. There is an ominous
hush in the conversation for a few Sec
onds, and then somebody says with a
yawn, cit feels to me very much like
earthquake weather" Next minute you
notice the piazza gently raised from its
undeT-dropping wood work by some
unseen power, observe the teapot quiet
ly deposited In the hostess lap, and are
conscious of a rapid but graceful oscilla-
ting movement, as though the ship of
state were pitching bodily and quickly
in a long Atlantic swell. Almost before
you have had time to feel surprised at
the suddenness of the interruption flor
the earth never stops to a~pologize) it is
all over; aud you pick up the the teapot
with a smile, continuing the
conversation with the greatest attainable
politeness, as if nothing at al unusual
had happened meanwhile. With earth
quakes, as with most other things and
persons, familiarity breeds contempt.
1t is wonderful, indeed, how very quick
ly and easily one gets accustomed at last
to these little mundane accidents. At
first, when you make your earliest ac-
there is something u~nspeakably appall-
ing and aWesOme in the sense of utter
helplessness which you feel before the
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
A GIRLS STRANGE POWERS.
Manifestations Which Have Puzzled
the Community.

The Cherokee section of Georgia is
greatly excited over the manifestations
of Miss Lula Hurst, the fifte~en-year-old
daughter of William B. Hurst, asubstan-
tial farmer of Polk county. The stories
told were of such a strange character
that Colonel Freeman, of the Cedartown
Advertiser, DR.. F. M. Liddell ,''and sever
al other prominent citizens went out to
Mr.. Hurst's residence for the purpose of
Investigating them. They found the
young to be the picture ofhealth
and Of modest manner. Upon a que
TO manifest some of her newly de-
Veloped power, she arose and placed
ner hands upon the back of a common
chair. which soon began to move, first
soWly, then violently. The doctor was
requested to hold the chair. Being un-
aole to do so alone, then two, then three
men, with no better effect. Apparently
tnere was not a particle of physical force
used by the young lady, her hands
merely resting carelessly on the back
VI the chair On a previous occasion
louf OF the stoutest men of the neigh
porhood had found it impossible to hold
tue Chair. A large oldfashiond bedstead
$1,000 with its head back in tee corner
OF the room. On the foot of the bed
MISS Lula placed her hands lightly on
the bed and it arose two feet in the air
ana moved swiftly around the room.
mlss Lora Wimberly, a cousin of Miss
Lula, while in bed recently, heard a
humping noise in the head-board,
winch she thought was produced by her
COUSIN with hngers,and she requested
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
Summers First Meeting With
Greeley.
Greeley.

The following amusing account o.
Charles Summers first meeting with
Greeley, never before published, is Civ
en- in the current number of Every 9th
er Saturday:
Charles Sumner, many years before
he was known in politics, sought the ac-
q%uaintapce of Horace Greeley in New
York. He found the journalist much
engaged, and was invited by him to
come to his house the next morning and
take breakfast. Mr.. Sumner was not
an early riser, and he liked 2 good
breakfast when he did get up. He
rather anticipated one in this case. 1t
the early hour named by Mr.. Greeley,
he left the Astor House, took a stage
and rode several miles up Broadway,
and after much difficulty found the resi-
dence of his new friend at an old-fash-
Toned farmhouse, situated in the middle
of an orchard between Broadway and
the river, where he was hospit-
ably received by the occu-
pant. After considerable con-
versation with MF. Greeley, the latter re.
the room, that Mr.. Sumner would prob
ably like something TO eat, She ex-
pressed a doubt whether there was any
hing in the house, at which Sumner,
who was really hungry after his long
ride, was somewhat-well, surprised, to
say the least. "Why, mother said
Greeley to his wife, ''you must have
some milk, some bread and milk in the
house." She thought that it might be
so, and o o appeared with a mug, two
bowls and some crackers, which she
placed on a bare pine table, and the two
iacipient philanthropists ate their break
fast in peace. Anybody who knew
Sumner and his dainty ways in those
things can appreciate the situation. No
doubt it was the first and last time
he ever did justice to bread and milk.
The friend to whom Sumner
related this incident had a
feeling, which time rather strengthen
ed, that the older philosopher was
practising a grim joke on the gay and
somewhat festive young man from Bos-
ton. Sumner, however, never could
appreciate a joke. and considered the
transaction a real one so far as good
faith was concerned, although he re-
lated it with considerable glee. Per-
haps he had in his heart something of
the TnackeTay, who once said to a
friend in Boston, ~ often wish l knew
whether Becky Sharp was really guilty
when found by her husband with the
Marquis of Steyne under such remarka-
be circumstances"
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07

9 to stop and go 10 sleep. Miss Lnlt
prospeeted innocence, yet the sound
grew more audible. A playful remark
that It should strike her caused a sensa-
ton like aslight shock, felt by Miss Wan.
berry about the face. The sound was for
the called to manifest itself when COM
handed about the bed and the bed was
finally commanded to move, and to the
wonder Of the occupants, rolled briskIv
around the room. This is the circum.
stance which led to the subsequent ex-
perlments. On a recent occasion.
while Miss lulu was in bed, she thought
OF some favorite air, When its music
emanted strangely from the headboard
OF the bed, and was heard by more than
nall a dozen present sitting in the room.
On another occasion an uncle, a man
above the ordinary weight, sat in a chair.
his feet on the rounds, while the lady
placed her hand with an under grip on
the upper back OF the chair, and lifted
him across the room. These people
know nothing of spiritualism, and are
sorely troubled by manifestations which
they deem the work of an evil spirit.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
Mechanics Becoming the Masters.

Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Each ensuing day make more prom
inent the fact that we have come upon
the time when the mechanic is master.
We have crowded professions and ill-fl-
led trades. A chance to fill the position
of sub-assistant clerk in a wholesale
house is eagerly grasped at by a humid
red applicants, though the wages re-
ceived be scarcely more than a chance
to learn the business. Let a master
workman try to obtain an apprentice at
three times the salary offered the clerk
and his applicants will be poor alike in
quantity and quality. A skilled work.
man in any trade need never want for
hire; he is eagerly sought after by hum
dreds of employers; he is independent
of the condition of the market; the skill
end cunning of his hand and eye are too
valuable to lose, and must be paid
whether the products are slowly or rap
idly consumed. If business ceases, the
master-hand is eagerly seized by some
rival honse, which knowsa and values the
product of his skill. He who would crush
down the obstacles to success in our days
must have, as we'll as the wit to see the
%crevice, the strength to deal the blow.
This is an age of the steam engine. and
1t is the engineer, not the conductor,
who is master.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
Seeing After Ten Years.
New York Times.

New York Times.
The Rev. Backus, of Union College,
has had his sight restored after ten
years blindness by cataract. The
Schenectady Union says: "Dr. Backus'
joy on returning to his family, able to
see their faces for the first time in ten
years, can not be described. Many
whose voices were perfectly familiar to
him were in their faces entire strangers.
He had never seen his grandchildren.
Some friends had changed and grown
old in ten years, and but for their
familiar voices would scarcely have been
recognized. In the city the changes
have been as great. The Young Mems
Christian Association, of which DR..
Backus had been an influential member
many years, had built a large and
structure on State street,
and he had passed it every day for
years, but never saw it until last week.
So throughout the city the doctor is
almost a stranger, and each day finds
improvement over ten years ago.
In answer to the question as to how his
were affected at the thought of
being blind, DR.. Backus said that when
ia perfect health the appalling sense of
his loss rarely occurred to him."
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07

contemplation Of a good shtverinf
that the thing in Itself
is 80 very alarming-nine earthquake
out of ten in any given place do nothing
worse than bring a bit of plaster ceiling,
or wade you up with a sound shaking in
your bed at night, i is the consciousness
that the one seemingly stable and inn
movable element in ones whole pre-
vious personal experience. the solid
earth that we are accustomed to contrast
so favorablY with stormy seas and fitful
breezes. has at last played us false, and
failed visibly beneath our very feet
The Gornhill Magazine.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
The Printers ''Thlrty.''

The printers OF a newspaper Office have
a significant term for nearly everything
connected with their trade. They speak
to an extent in a language common to
themselves /; and the novice or the APP
prentice has first to learn the language
of the printers, and next the language of
the types. Among the words peculiar
to the craft the word thirty" is perhaps
most often used and possessed of the
most meaning. "Thirty" Is the end. 1t
is what "fnis" is to a book or death to
an individual. When "tbirty" is reached
the weary compositor drops his stick
The days work is done. How the term
originated nobody seems to know, but
from the printer it has fallen to the edi-
tor and become a portion of the educa-
ton of the telegraph operator who han
dies press reports. The last page of
''copy" from the editor-in-ehief bears
the "thirty," which indicates that the
thoughts concerning the news of the day
have been presented as fully as may be;
the last prooffrom the proof-reader tells
the story in the appended thirty" that
his days work is done; the ''thirty" from
the city editor denotes the completion
of the record of the city's daily life, and
the "thirtY" on the manifold ape re-
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07

ceived from the telegraph operator con-
veys the information that the story of
it's waking hours is. 6nished-[Omaha
Republican.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07

The accumulation of unclaimed prop
erty in the dead letter office has become
80 rapid that yearly sales are necessary,
and one will begin January 10. The
printed catalogue contains 1000 lots. 3
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
DEATHS.

TORBERT-On the md inst. Robert J..
| Torbert, son OF the late Hugh and Anna
Torbert, in the 3lst year Of his age.
| Relatives and friends Of the family are In
vited to attend the funeral, on SUNDAY amer
noon, at o'clock, from the residence or bis
brother, James q Torbert, 1881 south 18th
street. To proceed to Machpelsh Vault.
the 4th inst, Della, wife
OF George Sheldrick, In the s6th year Of her
Relatives and friends are respectfully In.
yited To attend the funeral from her late resi-.
! dence, Coleman street, West wilmington,
on Sunday, April 9th. Services o. the house
and brsndywine cemetery.
tor Of George 8. and Sylvania Mckee, In
tho 10Th year Of her age.
| Relatives and friends Of the family are
respectfully invited to attend her funeral
from the residence OF her parents, OIL Ship.
Icy street, 10 meet ut the house on Monday
aternOon, at 2o'clock. Inttrmen at VIII.
mington and Brandywina cemetery.
the 4th inst, BENJAMIN
Garrett, at his residence. Upper Darby.
| Delaware County, "a, In the 93d year Of
Funeral from, Friends meeting House,
Darby Borough, on Sd DAY, sth inst, to meet
at IL O'Clock. |
GRuVES-In this city. on the 4th inst,
James g.. son Of Elizabeth and the late
Richard Groves, In the 18th year OF his age.
| Relatives and friends Of the family are re-
specially invited to attend his funeral, from
the residence Of his brother in-law, John W.
Bradford. 1l2 Poplar street, on Sunday after
noon, at 3 O'Clock. lnterment at Whining
ton and Brandywine cemetery. I
FINCHER-On the 9Th II st.. Charles T., son
OF George and Rebecca Flncher, aged 4
years and months.
Relatives and friends are respectfully in
vited u attend the funeral. from the resi
dence OF his parents, Twelfth street, near
Head, over Eleventh street bridge, on Mon
day afterni on at 3 O'Clock. Intermcnt at
wilmington and Brandywine cemetery.
Dearest Charley thou hast left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel,
But tits God that has bere't US,
He will all our sorrows heal.
Asleep In Jesus. I
DAWSON the 9TH inst, Clara, vito Of
Robert 7. Davis, aged 80 years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully In
vited to attend her funeral from the residence
of her husband. No 42S Heald street, South
Wilm ington. on Monday afternoon, at 2
o'clock: Funeral services at Madeley Chapel,
at $50 O'clock. Intermen, at kiveryiew GENE.
terry. Asleep in Jesus.
HLASCO- On the 4th inst, John Glasco,
aged 81 years.
Relatives aud friends are respectfully invi.
ted to attend his funeral. from the residence
Of his trOther-in law, Samuel Lewis, No. l24t
Walnut street. on Monday afternoon, at 3
O'Clock. Interlnent at Riverview cemetcry.t
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
7 AIRO EDITION,


HALIFAX, N. S., April 4.-The steam.
er Daniel S eiDmaDn, from Antwerp
for this port, is reported sunk Oft Sam
bro, about twenty miles from this port.
She struck during last night, and only
nine men are 30 far reported to have
reached land out OF 140 Oh board.
IArER.-The intelligence received
her thus far from the wreck OF the
Daniel Steinmann is very meagre. 1t
is said that the captain and five Of the
crew were the only persons saved.
The steamer had 80 passengers and a
crew of "a Twenty Of the passengers,
all Germans, we're to land here, and 70
were for New York. 1t Is though that
the Steinmann struck ON the Sisters,
of Sambro, last night, and shortly
afterwards sank. Her masts are now
visible from the shore. Intelligence Of
the wreck did not reach here until
this afternoon. The owners Of the vessel
have gone to the scene Of the wreck.
HALIFAX, N. s., April 4.-Three
passengers from the Daniel Steinmann
were saved, with the captain and five
of the crew. Their names have not yet
been ascertained. They are all on
Samtro Light Island, the only commu.
nication with which is by signal in
rough weather. Tonight the weather
is thick and rainy, and it is ucertain Y
any further particulars can be had
Reporters have left from Sambro by
land, but the roads are bad and ever
when there their chances of securing
information tonight are small.
HALIFAX, N. s., April 4.-The tug
which left here for the scene of thu
wreck have returned without having
been able to reach the neighborhood o
the steamer owing to the rough sea
Another attempt will be made in tn
morning to reach the wreck if tn
weather mOderates.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
Charge OfSln Hiss e Il.

The case of William Pierce, coored
charged with the lareeuy of chickens
from Henry Clark at Brandywine
Springs, and which was continue from
yesterday, was concluded this morning
before Judge Cummins Edward CLARK
testified that he had given the prisoner
six OF the eleven chickens which he
was charged with stealing, and that
after he sold them he returned the
money to him. Pierce cruss-examined
the witness and showed that in several
of ths ira nsactions he had acted for him
City Solicitor Turner said that hf
believed the young man had given the
chickens to Pierce, and that he had
sold them at his direction, and conclud
cd his remarks by asking that he should
be discharged. The Judge thought ht
evidence Was not sufficient to hold him
and dismissed the case.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
Entertainment ut Delaware Col.
leK0.

The oratory of Delaware College at
Newark, was crowded last evening with
the elite of the town to hear Miss Lizzie
E. Phillips. the elocutionist of our city,
she having been engaged by one of the
Professors OF the College who had heard
her elsewhere.
The test was crucial one as that ros-
trum had been for years the scene of
brilliant efforts by the formost orators
of our nation.
The storm Of applause that greeted
her on concluding her first mber
showed that the rubicon had been safely
passed and the audience captured. Dur.
ing the entire evening her " work" was
applauded to the echo, which gave her
the royal seal at once to rank as a
finished artist. Time and again was
she obliged to respond TO tumultuous
encOres.
At the conclusion President Purnell
and others came forward to congratu-
late and compliment her.
A pleasant feature of the entertain
ment was the citizens Cornet band turn.
ing out in her honor and playing several
selections in front of the college as we'll
as in the oratory. Her mother, Mrs.
Theo. w. Phillips, added to the enjoy
ment of the occasion by several we'll.
rendered select readings. These ladies
have several engagements hereabouts,
after which they go TO Pennsylvania to
fill other dates, for which their services
have been secured.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
FIT Til EDITION
LEVY COURT
Disc ussiOn About the Tn,,.
Bridxe. 0N

~AVs
The Levy Court on .Fridav A..
the motion Of Colonel Febiser', 'm ~ ,s
down the old bridge over iba, 70 70 ,eat
ana at Third street and repIa"n U ,lflsts
new one. Colonel Fsbiger sv 81" I. %a y
vor of his motion, and conit .UIe 10 a.
the old structure is unsafe and ., ,aat
not be properly repaired for j4as c a
SO, 900, WON than
He said that it was the wi.bo,
jority of the citizens, especjaIv :, lll
who have to use the bridge, ths, . 'aos
one should be built. The motion ns'
also favored by DR.. Ellison, wv
Mr.. Mackey thought the old h,d..
could be made to last at least ar n'S
year, BY spending about $1,000 ON !,
and he was unwilling to Increase u4 i,
tax rate at present by building a p. ~
bridge. u"
Mr.. Haman thought it would No.
less than $4,000 to cons,ruct VM
bridge, and the county was M, sh s's
spend that amount of money At n sUs V
which at 8 per interest would r rsaeia
81, 76O additional to 10 raised nv 1r Mr
alton. "
Upon a vote being taken on the N,
ton, 1t was lost by sric, navy
vote, all the Democrats voting sr vh
1t. eN4'
The bondsmen offered by Robpr, Y
Higgins, collector Of APPOINTMENT
Hundred, were approved, and the "a
cisl bond Of James A. Handy, collsn,
OF Brandywine Hundred in lSS W.,
ordered to be satisfied. Court adonm
ed about 4 O'Clock, until 10 O'Clock nov,
Tuesday morning.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
Palm ANnllAX.

Tomorrow is Palm SUNDAY, wbicbh|
Gel eb-ated in memory OF the ,rumnb,I
entry of the Saviour into Jerusalem
when palms were strewed on the ,ad
by the multitude a few days before n,
passion. The day is observed virb,h
propriate ceremonies in the Epjsonal
and Roman Catholic churches, and 4
the last named palms are blessed ai
distributed to the people.
Next week is known as Holy week
in which Monday, Thursday and God
Friday occur The first named /. ds
day when Christ washed the fee, ofii
disciples, and gave them the conmsul
to love one another. In Oldeu tuu
the church doors used to stand opeudr
the whole day, signifying that all vhs
would might come in. The ceremmy
first commenced in 1862, and for Ond
time the English kings observed ID
custom of washing the teet o. a numbe.
of poor men, equal to the years Of thd4
age, and of giving them sho's, stocking
and money.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
Unfortunate Children.

The attention of judi &c Cummins was called
thi mo'ni x by Austin Harm aton, Esq. Il,
to the chill n, Il of John and Bridget Dougher-
ty. The parents ami the 6luest son were sent
to Jail ye terIav for IS days for drunkenness.
and the children, ri VIII in there are six or
seven, have no one TO take care Of them.
Homes but the two BOYS, aged ABOUT and
years. 10 whom Mr.. Harrington especially
calleda trmtion, ar. 'ncorrigible. the youngest
one having run away from 1t. James Home
hvutm The JUDI sails that as there Wet
no in Il ntiv in the Stit- to which they
could be sent, he woulu be obliged to COMM
them 10 jail, until their parents are released;
beiunxlny TO this family about "A years OF agt
who has been sent to st. Peters orphans
Home, h, on sCcOunt # her bad habits TIL J
were, nable to k ep her. and he asked thai
she also be committed. Tie request WA
complied with,
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05

A young colored man named Eugene
Brown was before Judge Cummins this
morning to answer a charge of assault
and battery on his wife. Officer Walker
testified that he was called on last even
ing to arrest man who was beating his
wife at Thirteenth and Walnut streets,
and brought the prisoner to the hall.
The woman testified that he beat her,
but denied being his wife, and said she
had only been his housekeeptr, and
did not want to live with him any
more As she WAS not anxious to prose.
cute the case, i: was dismissed by hi
paying the costs, and agreeing TO stay
away from her in the future.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05
Ifln Not True.

The statement in the WillD'hsIi,l
that Chief OF Police Hawkins ,a,d
his salary is not true, az !. ~, o ,ts d
day he was suspended. "hs VINE. t iu
roll of the police department ftrCe|
past month was submitted w." ,,,r
Gil, Chief Hawkins name ~ va, m,|
ont to the date of his suspen1slVsss'I s Al
effort was made to pay llis o o
Sergeant Mcconnell, who i so~ ~
his place. but IL w@s voted uV""
Daily Republican., 1884-04-05

At this mornings session OF M1HidI
pal Court Judge Cummins asked Ct}
Solicitor Turner If he knew whstla(
City Council intended to take any ~
ton in reference to the tramp nuisaIa
He said the season would soon be bed
when this city would again DO oveuu
with them, and he thought somethln
should be done to abate the nuisance.
Mr.. Turner said that he did not kn0'
that Council possess d the power
pass any law bearing on the matte
but he thought it would be vel iiths
could. There is a tramp law in tl
State, but 1t Is not enforced, and
would like 10 500 something con
whereby these people would betaken
soon az they come INFO town and put
work. He thought they could he
vantageously used on the streets
made to keep them clean and IN
order.