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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

RusnFoRD, N. Y, May 4.-Mrs. w. A.
DAVIS this place, recently celebrated ar
Tooth birthday. Five generations of ar
descendants were present. Mrs. Z.uobia
Cooley Of Peoria, Wyoming COUNT, ia in
her lo3d year. She has lived for 20
years on the farm she now occupies. Bot5
OF these venerable ladies enjoy xcellent
health, both physically and mentally
PROBABLY the most remarkable case Of
longevity in the state ia that of Micbaai
Uranus, who lives with his son.in.law
de0. auer, in Rochester, and is in his lOe, h
year. He was born in Quebec in Jannarv
iiiS' AT the age of 10 he was marriad
MS wife being only IA. They had II
ohlidren-ll girls and six boys. OF tbsNs
four daughters and three sons are iivinn
The Oldest ia daughter, now IS. The
youngest, a son, was born whsp no
father was past 70 years old and His
mother was 65. Mr.. and Mrs. Grams
lived together 81 years, when the Latte
died, aged So. The daughter msntionsd
above has 80 living desoendsnts. The
daughter with whom the oenteusrian
lives is 80 years of age. She has "a
living descendants. Mr.. Granns ssns
that his wife's father lived to be- iii snS
that his own father was 100 wbsn ha
died. "nen ne
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
PRESS OPINIONS.

A remarkable series of ridiculous
blunders takes Mr.. Hewitt quite out of
the range OF Presidential possibilities
Chicago Neus, Ind.
Where is the sense In northern men
groaning about the wickeiness OF the
colored mans vote not being counted In
the south while right here in New York
a city containing more votes than Ken
tuoky or Lnuisiana-all ballots, after
bsing cast, are at the mercy of such an
un,rustworthy bit of political machinery
as our present bureau OF elections p
NeU York Herald.
Six northern states--Connecticut New
York, Pepnsylyanis, Ohio, Indiana aud
lllinois-with 1872 electoral votes out of
the total OF 40l in the college, uere all
carried four years ago for the Republican
candidate solely by the negro vote The
time has come around again when the
party which assnmus to own the negro
aud his ballots rewards him for the past
and eptr"ats bin for the future with such
empty tgpr.ssions OF solioitude for his
welfare as are to bs found in the plat.
forms of the conventions What other
recognition has he obtained after 81
years Of moral and political servltude
Appointment here aud there a. the alter.
nate to some white delegate to Chicago
and in New Jersey the doubtful honor of
being considered little more respectable
than Secor Robson. -New York Sun, Ind.
Within our own knowledge some OF
the New Bnglsud manufacturers who
were pIotectionists, and earnest protec.
tionists, in the last Presidential canvass
are now not only ready for a gradual
reduction OF the tariff but for the imme.
diste abolition OF the duties on raw
materials and sweeping reduction OF
the duties on finished products. II would
require but moderate number of such
men to break in several states the bond
which has held them to the cause OF pro-
lection ss represented by the Republican
party and to transfer almost unlimited
power to the Democracy, who would
make an unmeasured use of 1t II they
once understood that 1t had been won
on the tariff reform principle. It
must be remembered that, while
the balance OF power is held in the ooun.
try by comparatively small class Of
voters, il 1t once inolines Enthusiastically
to the Democratic side, it ia not the few
voters who bring it, but the great body
of the party who will determine what use
shall be made Of that power. We have
little reason to expect that the Republi.
cans now in Congress will see the
strength Of this line Of reasoning. They
have been accustomed too long to regard
the tariff question In the light Of the
earlier experience OF the Republican
party. But If they do not open their
eyes to the changes so steadily and
rapidly going on in the opinion Of the
country, they will be forced to recognize
them when 1t is too lats.-N. Y. 1imes,
Rep.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
verse its action of few weeks ago In re-
fuaiuu that restoration.

verse its action of few we,k ago iu re-
fusing that restoration.
"AlthougS they feel keenly to days
defeat, the D ,urciatd d the Morrison
win, OF the party ar not entirely csst
down. They say that the fight for reve-
nue. reform has only begun. One hum
dred and fifty Democrats, they say, have
on test vote declared In favor Of a mod
crate measure Of tariff reform, and though
these $50 Democrats, constituting more
than three fouIths Of the Democratic
party In the uouse, have ben defeated
by combination Of Democrats aud Re
publiosns, the Significance OF such vote
cannot be set aside. In the Democratic
national convention at Chicago, they say,
there will bs no Republicans, with whom
the minority might form alliances TO de-
ieat the will of the minority, and there
the reformers expect 20 secure their
vindication in the ehspe Of reveu us re-
form plank in the platform"
THE SHIPPING BILL.
IL the Senate tue work OF the House
WAS supplemented by the defeat OF Mr..
Vests amendment to the Shipping bill,
providing for admission free of duty OF
materials for use in constructing ships as
we'll as completely equipped ssssels. The
vote stood 20 tor the amendment and 81
against it.
The following ia the vote In detail;
Yess--Messfs. Baysrd, Beck, Camden,
Coke, Cclgu,tt, FlrL y Or ome Hsmp,o
Jackson, Lsua., M5PIetson, Max
Morgan, Pepdletop, Pugh, RsnsOm,
Slater, Vance, Vest, Wiliiams-20
Nays--M-,srs, Aldrich. Allison, Blair,
Brnwn, Csm-ro Of Wisconsin, Congsr,
Gull m Diwes, Dolph, Frye, Gormsp,
Hale, HssIsy, Hill, Hosr, Jones' of
vads, Logan, Mcmillan, Malone,
Miller OF California, Miller Of New York,
Mitchell, morrill,, Palmer, Plat, Plumb,
Riddleberger, Sawyer, sswsll, Wilson
Al
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
mILLINsToS DRESSED UP.
To Celebrate the Birthday of Fair
Daughter.


Editor Gazette s. Jou nal Thinking few
lines from thts town wouli be appreciated
by the readers Of your valuable paper
take the liberty of forwarding you an
sooount OF one OF the most enjoyable
affairs in society circles that ever came
of in this vicinity. II was birthday
party given on April 10Th by MIR aud
Mrs J. II. Hnrtt, the occasion being the
18th birthday Of their daughter, Mary
Merritt. luvitltiona to the number of
200 having heen extended large con
course OF friends from this neig h bOrhoud
ss well as from Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Wilmington, y yer Al 4 Sn, rns, were
present. Da olug wac the Ntder of the
evening, and was kept up nptil 3 O'Clock
in the morning. A msrke feature of
the va;iuG WIS ~. very Scellent sup
psr provided ' tu.- boat 4 hostess and
TOO much credit GA not h- accorded
them Tor their ki,dncss TO tie guests
The dance and promenade music, which
was very good, was furnished by Primrose
Stephensons full string band of
Smyrna.
There were many handsome ladies'
present vino, with their beautiful COD
TUNES ana sllulne motions, served TO make
very animated scene. Amor the guests
present we noticed from Milliugton NJ.
Cscy. srrayed in pink nuns veiliag aud
sa'm Il. Cacy, cream yelling and satin ;
Matte and Hattie Grain, white and cream
yelling al d blue satin Jennie Mallalieu
grsced robe of electric hlue silk, while
Fannie and Lucv Hurt, appeared in
handsome black silks, deliberately
gsrnished with orieEta Lace Winnie
Austin looked we'll in her handsome dress
of green silk and velvet; Mary N.
Burt. was cb srminsly ALTERED III or dress
Of bue satin aud lace trinm'rgs Ad.ip
Thtma4 in cream nun'd Yelling md
satin Nrltie Hscket in gstpet tioth.r
Hubbard costume NJ. LopeT, garnet silk
lace trimmings; Ms Crouc'', blue silk
and satin; NE Cacy, ttn Mssgsy'.,
MARY land. look d wsll ~ d very pretty
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

PHILADELPHIA, May 6 Professor s. D.
Gross, the eminent surgeon, died this
afternoon at bis residence in this city.
[Dr. 8. D. Gross was regarded a. the
foremost surgeon of this country. He
WAS the author of Gross Surgery" q
standard work and one OF the very best
upon the subject. Abroad he was held
in the highest repute as surgeon,
and has had honorary degrees conferred
upon him from all the leading medical
societies of Europe. He for years occu
pied the chair of surgery in Jefferson
Medical College.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

The Brooklyn Tunes of Saturday got
up little scare on poisoned coffee, which,
II the deductions it draws are correct, ia
q little exaggerated in It's tone. It says
that investig cation by the health suthori-
ties OF New York and Brooklyn of the
processes used for polishing and dressing
green coffee beans shows that arsenite OF
copper ia used, and that samples of
coffee thus artifcally frightened in color
have been found to CONTAIN arsenic in
"such large quantities that a cup OF
coffee of the consistency usually con.
sumed at the breakfast table contains
about one fiity-third of r grain OF
arsenic, or more than the usual medi.
"csl dose Of that drug" AZ the usual
dose Of arsenic, in the form it Is generally
used (arsenious acid or white arsenic) ia
one.twentieth Of grain three times per
day, It is clear that the Times is
In error and that man must drink,three
cups Of this coffee to get dose Of arsenic.
The drug, moreover, is frequently given
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

Are you taking any interest In the
watermelon cropf An old saw, familiar to
truckers, specifies that watermelon seeds
should be planted before daylight on the
morning Of the first day Of May and that
the man who plants them should wear on
that occasion only the pingle garment
which is the last one generally to be
taken off In preparing for bath. The
weather Thursday morning was rather
favorable for watermelon planting.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
No Sale of the ..North American. I,

special from Washington dated
Sunday to Mondays Philadelphia
Rsss says "Clayton McMiohael, one Of
the owners OF the Philadelphia North
American, said to-day that the report OF
the sale of that newspaper to Watson R.
Sperry Of Wilmington, Del, and Isaac
Henderson OF New York, was founded on
fact, but that at present 1t seems unlikely
that the negotiations will amount to any
thing. 1t is understood that the price
fixed upon the property ia 1920, 900. The
figures we're acceptable to the proposed
purchasers, but there WAS disagreement
as to terms"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

A Miniature Prize Fight.

Nsw York, May 5,-The grain brokers
in the grain pit, finding business this
morning quite dull, procured a pair of
boxing gloves, ard two messenger boys,
one employed by the Postal and the
other 10y the Mutual Union Telegraph
Companies went through miuistur4
pT'za SIGHT. After they had pummeled
each other some ten minutes collection
was taken mp aud the boys were hustled
out of the grain pit.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
Yearly Meeting OF Friends.

rhd yearly mes,ing of the Philadelphia
Society OF Friends will be held next week
az the meeting house, Fifteentb aud Race
streets, philadelphia. Tuesday the
quarterly meeting was held in the same
place 1t is the largest quarterly meet
ing IN the country, having fiva monthly
meetings. A relis ious meeting WAS frat
held, at which remarks were made bv
Thomas Foulke, Elizabeth Paxson
samuel Levick and Joseph Ltvesy Of
Philadelphia, aud John J. Cornell Of Nav
York, after which the regular business
meeting took place. Benjamin Foulke
was clerk of the mems meeting, and Anna
Shoemaker Of the womsn's meeting.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

GLOUCESTER, MASS, May 5-The
schooner Druid, from the western banks
reports that two Of her crew, Charles
Brown, single, of Sweden, and George
Fletcher of Cape Cod, left the vessel to
draw travis on Sunday, April 9th, and
heavy fog putting down they wers un-
able to find their way back and are
believed to have been lost.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

CHICAGO, May 6.-rhe Times Spring
field, Mo, dispatch says: 1.-THE Gala
ooose at North Springfield was burned
-srly yesterday morning. The oocu-
psuts, Glenn Cecil, white, and G. John
son, cViored, were resoued by officers.
Cecil died III the afternoon. Each de-
ulsred that the other fired the building -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

When James Keene came In q pal ace
car from San Francisco eight years ago to
teach the people Of New York how to
speculate, one Of the Wall street colossi
predicted that he would return west on
freight train. The prophecy seems to be
approaching fnllflmept.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
A HOrrfbIe AIT

WINSTON, N. e., May 6.-Mrs. Harrison
Keddy, living near Waughtown, was
horribly mutilated yesterday by Henry
swaine. Her throat WAS cut with =
butcher knife, and she was terribly
beaten over the head with an axe. Her
husband, together with 100 citizens.
lodged Swain in jail last night. No
cause Ia assigned.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
For ZION,
The city OF Rome Criticised for not
Taking More Interest In state of

The City OF Rome Criticised for not
Taking More Interest in state Of
Florida.
LONDON, May 5.-The Obieruer ax-
presses astonishmeut that the steamship
City of Rome did not follow up the infor.
nation which 1t received from the sailing
vessel that reported having some OF the
Grew of the State Of Florida on board and
try to elicit further facts. 1t says the
Importance of the matter would Justify
even little delay in the passage. But
it says the fact is that the grow
ing mania for swift transatlantic
passages has taken from shippers o.
steamship lines the interest which they
formerly took in speaking vessels even
when, as in the case OF the State Of
Florida, a feeling of humanity wonld
naturally and perhaps useiully stimulate
curiosity. No explanation is yet forth.
coming of the strange silence of the
officers Of the City of Rome since she
arrived
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

NoRRIsTowS, PA May The bridge
over the Schuylkill river at Royer's
Ford, was burned on Saturday morning !;
Io's, $1,000. The fire is supposed to
lave bsen the work of an incendiary.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
Trying to Hide n Murder.

MITCHELL, OAK, May John schmidt,
: wealthy farmer, was murdered on Mon
dsy, The murderers tried to destr. Y
traces of tine crime by burning the body,
hut bloody bedding cansed suspicion, ar
iiually the half burned homes and flesh
were found.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

NEw YORK, May 5.-The schooner
B 10 Higgins from Tuxpan, Mexico, is az
quarantine. She reports that Thomas
Mlch-sssJ, the steward, and q seaman,
named John Nelon. died OF ohagres fever
and ~"re buried at sea. Botn men be-
lougad in Charleston, s. G.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
A WRECKED crew Snfe.

BARN, Me- May & "A private telegram
'soe,vrd Lere snn, nnops the safe arrival
at Yokohama OF Captain Morrison aud
ere. OF the ship Rainier, which was
wrecked on one OF the Marshall Islauds
in the Pacific ocean.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

NANTucKET, MASS, May 7.-Charlea
O'Copor ia in a more comforts ble con-
dition THE morning, and 1t IL now conf.
dently expected that he will entirely
recover FROM his illness.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

iu larger doses aid the smallest quantity
likely to prove dangerous to healthy
adult ia two or three grains. Still no
one cares to tamper with poison even In
very small quantities, and the men who
are engaged in this reprehensibls bust
ness of making inferior coffee look as
we'll as prime should be arrested and
punished. Perhaps the most suitable
penalty would be to force them to roast
a ID drink up all the doctored coffee
found in their establishments.
Paliss, the Vienna astronomer, has
discovered another plsnstoid Of the
twelfth magnitude, being the 236th In
number OF these little fellows, the frat of
which, strangely enough, was discovered
on the opening day OF the present cen
tury. They are supposed by some
astronomers to be fragments Of large
| planet which once revolved between
Mars and Jupiter, and which burst
asunder for some unknown reason Only
one of them, Vesta, is ever visible to the
naked eye. The diameter OF the largest
of them is not believed to exceed
500 miles, while many Of them
are probably very much smaller.
Tueir orbits are very eccentric and many
OF them are interlscsd in a most intricate
manner one consequence Of which il
that the plsnetoid whose orbit approaches
nearest to the sun at one point may be
considerably farther removed than somt
of the others at other points. From tn,
generally large size OF their angle of in
clinstion to the eoliptio many of then
occasionally travel far beyond the limit,
of the Zodiac, within whose bounds tn,
apparent paths of the larger planets ar,
confined.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
A Summer Hotel Burned.

otouoEsTER, MASS Nay 5.-The Peb-
ply Beach House, large summer hotel
a. bass Rocks, was burned Sunday night.
me hre was Of iucendiary origin. The
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

LONDON, May 5.-The Ceylon Company,
limited, No. 81 Clement Lane, Lombard
street OF this city, has failed. 1t owed
the Oriental Bank, which failed on Sat-
urday, 90, 000,0
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08


Through the oourtesy Of Senator
Bayard We have received the two
volumes making up the compendium Of
the tenth census. There are some Della
ware statistics therein which will bear
repetition.
The population of the State in 1880
was l46, sos; of which New Castle county
is credited with 77,7l6; Kent, STA;
Sussex, 36,Ols.
The aggregate number OF farms in the
State was s,749 acres OF improved land,
746,95S value of farms, including i'm
provements, $36, 7s9, 672 value Of farm
ing implements and machinery, \ ,504,-
b67 value Of live stock on farms,
%, 420, 0S0 cost Of building and repair
ing fences for 1879, 1928, 592 coat of
fertilizers used in 1879, s467, 22s; esti-
mated value Of all farm pro-
auctions, sold, consumed or on
hand, for 1879, $6,32O, 345, Analyzin
the exhibit for the counties in detail, We
find that the average valuation Of i'm
proved farm land in New Castle county
is 1881 per acre in Kent, $43 S., and
in Sussex, $22 95 ; and that the average
value OF the farm products in 1879 were
something over s12 PEE acre in New
Castle, about o. in Kent and about IS SO
in Sussex.
The crops of the State are thus tabu-
lated in bushels: Corn, 1884, 264 |;
wheat, 1,175, 272; oats, 37s, sos potatoes,
2s3, S64 ; sweet potatoes, l95,937 rye,
1858; buckwheat, 5,s57; barley, 523 /;
hay, tons, 40, 632; tobacco, pounds, ,27s;
value OF orchard products, 1886 692.
There wers 3S,29s males il the State
Of 81 years and over 3O,36l of military
age (irom Is to "A years inolusive); and
2l,sO6 boys and 1863 girls of school
age, (irom 5 to II years inclusive
The total number OF mechanical and
manufacturing establishments in 1850
was 746 capital invested Sl5, 655, $50 ;
average number OF hands employed,
1ViHup mou3 l1faO HOmou huu JO1
children total amount paid in wages,
"a, 267, $40; value OF raw materials,
sl2, 1925, 461 ; value Of manufactured pro.
ducts, $40, 5l4 ABS. In the value
of the manufactured articles pro.
duced, the iron and steel
industries lead, with a total output
Of s2,347,l77; closely followed by ship
building, $2,l62,5O3, and iron pipe
wrought, $4,000, 900. The values OF the
other manufactures were leather, dressed
skins, 81 1856, 597 Touring and grist mil
products, 81, BAL ,o26 cars, 81, 1856, 6ss
cotton goods, 81 ,O57 ,257 ; paper, s737 ,9o5
wooden goods, $685., 1858; fertilizers
1867 ,250; foundry and machine shoJ
products, s7O4,22 canned and pre-
served fruit and vegetables, 1884, $40
matches, $3.50, 900 carriages and wagons
s5oo,567; lumber, sawed, s44l, $50
industries not specified, $3,672,9 800,
The assessed valuation OF the rea
estate for the whole State was $50, 1902,
73s /; personal property, So, 64s, 9O4 tota
county taxation, SPAS, 275 total city
town and school district taxation
1855, 9s2.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

Norwich, Conn May John F.
Slater, the philsnthrophist who gave
IL 000,OO for educational purposes in
tae sUu:a, died here this morning.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
A Prairie City Fire,

....DEs MONIES, IA i, May ga fire at
Prairie City, on Saturday, destroyed IL
buildings occupied by about 20 persons
snd firms; loss, $3l 900.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08
Wilmington, Thursday, Nav 5, 1884,

Is the Senate going to do anything for
the trade dollar 1t is certainly time that
this swindle had been condoned. 1t is
no excuse to say now that dealers in
money knew trade dollars were never
designed to circulate in this country.
What matter If the money kings knew
this and always have known it; the
people did not and it is the poor
laboring man who feels the discount
Of IL or Is cents the most
kesnly. He feels It IS 3 robbery aud he
has the right to 80 stigmatize it, Sophis-
tries about the coin being issued to be
palmed off upon the Chinese will nsither
console nor satisfy him II; he sees that the
coin was issued by the United States
mints, that it was stamped by the
authority Of this government as
"dollar" and with the legend
"In God we trust" and he looks upon
the government to keep its implied faith
with him, and to make the coin worth
what 1t purports TO be. If the govern.
ment were 80 impoverished as to be un.
able to redeem its promises the case would
be different; but with the national
treasury SO overloaded ss to offer a
standing temptation to all sorts of hungry
sharks to plunge their hands into Uncle
Sans pockets, the meanness of the con-
niving at scheme for euchreing holders
Of these dollars ont OF II per cent ia in
comprehensive.
We apprehend that the provision Of the
House bill which adds the redeemed
trade dollars to the already burdensome
monthly instalment of silver bullion
seeking the mints is what has made tina,
bill hang fire in the Senate. Bat what
is to hinder the Senate striking out this
Objectionable feature and authorizing the
redemption Of the trade dollars. pure and
simple
The plea that these coins have passed
into the hands Of speoulators has been
pronounced by the Secretary Of the
Treasury to be unfounded but we need
not look outside of our own city for evi.
denoe that considerable amounts are still
held by trsdesmen, who took them in the
regular course OF business. Only lasi
summer, when the trade dollar, sud denly
and almost without any warning, became
80 unpopular that the majority of shop
keepers refused to receive them, an enter
prising minority came forward and
offered TO take them ut pal
and kept the faith Of thai
offer, thus relieving many hare
working man from shave h,
could i'll afford to bear. These merchant
did this in the trust that the ns.iona
government would not consent 10 see it
own coinage remain dishonored and re
pudisted, and some at least of them ar
still holding on to these dollars in tina
belief. One Of these men, we are in
formed, has 1900 trade dollars on hand
another 1000, and third 500. Plent
such legitimate holders of the coin can b
found in every city of the United States
Will the Senate stand idle and Sc
these men cheated ...5
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-08

Pulmonary Complaints, Browns Bronchial
Troches manifest remarkable curative prop
critics. Sold only In boxes.