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NC have iust RecelYed

$500 pounds of Seal Of North
Carolina smoking tobacco in 1-S's
IFS LES and l ID packages which
we offer al low figures.
G. WENAR & Co.
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Just received, Anhaqser's Buck
Beer, by y SfS1E III. RlsHsB.
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The Spring" SWEET NAVY TOBACCO i.
the Texans favorite.
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Prescriptions filled carefully and
accurately at all times, at r. E.
Lqhn'sI
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AccEPTs.-Judge H. Teichmuel-
Her, county judge of Fayette cOun-
ty, has accepted the invitation of
the Aai-fest committee, and will
speak in the German language at
the fest grounds on Saturday, the
Sd of Nav.
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Are going into the wholesale business, for
will retail goods at fraction above cost and
the next co days.
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For Rent.


The Monroe Kerr residence. Ar
ply TO WILKINS &TARvER.
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AS THE BRENNAN Greys contem
plate taking part in the State drill
at Houston in May, they are drill
ling every night, Tuesday and
Fridays excepted. The ArmOry
is open 10 visitors and the friends
ofthe Greys, both ladies and gen,
tlemen, are cordially invited to at
tend. Drilling commences at 6
pm.
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CAST Iron notes tor sale at this
Office in quantities to suit.
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NEW green peas are now in the
market.
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Nothing like Them.

~ benson's Capacine Porous Plasters are beyond
ail comparison the best. Prompt, sue. Price
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KEEPS shirts mado to order, slx
for $40, at 4emoine's,
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To STOCKHOLDERS of Washington
County Oil company arc requested
to attend called meeting at Mill
Office, Monday April 25th, at p.
m. Business of Importance.
J. T. VENABLE, Sec.
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enec, has been awarded the con-
tract for erecting new bridge
over Doggy creek, near Independ-
ence, he being the cheapest bidder.
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Patent medicines of any klnC
can be found at R, =, LUHA's.
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CHILE CON oARNE at the "Little
Gem" Saloon at 5 p. m. It's not
of Mexican manufacture. It's our
own make.
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Wholesale agent for Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic, Brennan, Texas, a
safe medical preparation.
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The Santa Fe depot saloon and
lunch stand is at all times supplied
with the very best cigars, drink
ables and lunches. Lunches put
up to order.
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This celebrated world renowned
Buck Beer is now on tap at the
following named saloons in Rpen,
hami
B. Lehman.
c. F. Sander.
C. Minkwitz.
F. Krentzlin.
Marek & Marek.
Schmid Bros.
F, g. Schramm.
Sam MusreF-a. K.
Sam Mqery-Santa Fe:
WIN. Zeiss.
RlHgeRer Bros,
Barrel House. F.s.
Two Brothers.
c. Busse.
W. H. Colbert,
p: 4. Kent:
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Merchants Exchange.

H"Little Joker" is the best smok-
ing tobacco.
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DUST Received.

Of our own make, $3.50.
WALLNEY & HESS.
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The sick, worn and detected
should read the advertisement of
GoLDEN's LIQUID BEEF Tonic.
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Letter List.

.iF3A letter List.
List of unclaimed letters remain.
ing in the postoffice at Brennan,
for the week ending April, %:
Allen, Lettie Bennett, j A
Orayford, james Craven. Miss Maggie
Dodgin, l. Duncan, VIM. A
Edwards, Berry Free nan, RIA
Harris, Andrew Hmdemsn, Ed Z
jackson, b Kluk. August
Lewis, Miss Julia Martin, Harriet
McNeal, Jas. Philder, Ranel
Richardson, Miss F Rigle, Mrs. MAJ
Shapna, L Smith, Miss Jennette
Simmins. LIS Schlechte, W..
Wall & Giacopazzi : West, Miss Emma
Weis, Theodore.
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THE COURTS.

JUSTICE s C0URT.-Saturday-
VS.. C. Dinklagge, malicious mis-
chief; killing q neighbours dog
fined $40 and trimmings.
State VS.. Lee Knapp, colored
} disturbing the peace; plead guilty
and fined $3.50 and trimmings.
State VS.. Robert Powell, color
ed, disturbing the peace; plead
guilty and fined $3.50 and trim
mings.
The justice also married a white
couple which finished the business
of the day.
Mayors Court.
Tuesday.-John Forneron, drunk
and disorderly fined 81 and trim
mings. John is now working for
the city repairing streets.
Radford, colored, fighting con-
tinued.
District Court.
Monday.-State VS.. Grant Mont
gomery, theft; continued by the
state. The defendant was granted
new trial some days ago and is
now out on a bond of 500. Grant
is the little negro who stole $40
from Fisher & Weis some months
ago.
State VS.. Mrs. Annie Eldred.
colored, illegally intermarrying
with a white man dismissed.
State VS.. Walter Ward, colored,
assault with intent to murder I;
guilty of simple assault, fined IS
and costs.
The jury was dismissed for the
term.
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Lunch.

Are selling Saddles and Harness at St. Louis
prices. ~ S.
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Note.

Of our own make, from $3.50 up.
WALLNEY & HESS.
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Ice Cream .

BRENNAN GROCERY STORE.
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EMBROIDERY.-I have good and very
cheap line and will not be undersold.
See my SC. Lawns and Prints. They are
good for the money.
A good and handsome line of Lawns at
&c. and upwards.
Best Standard Prints, &c. per yard.
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SHoES.-Ladies'. Miss s and Gents Shoes
and Low Cut Goods, Cheaper than ever
before, and l am prepared to give inside
prices on these goods. See my
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District Court.

The jury was dismissed for the
term.
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MAI. o. PAasoNs, Of Independ.
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April 2IsJ, 1884.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Fairyiew Park Fair.

The Seventh Annual State Fair, which
will be formally opened next Tuesday, at
Dover, promises to outrank any of its kind
previously held in Delaware.
The managers have made most elaborate
arrangements for the entertainment of those
who patronize the Fair, as may be seen by
reference to their programme.
Tuesday, September 3Oth, at 1890 p. M,
there will be the Inauguration of the trials
for speed. Glass 800; 2.4O and the running
race will comprise the list of the opening
day.
One of the leading attractions for Wednes-
day, October 1st, will be the magnificent
display OF Pyrotechny, which has been
arranged for the evening of that day. The
fireworks will be under the supervision of
Prof. jackson, of Philadelphia, and the
exhibition will commence at $50 p. m. and
will be free to all of the visitors to the Fair;
and trains going both north and south will
not leave the grounds until after the display
of fireworks has been witnessed.
The pacing, running and trotting races o
Thursday and Friday will be intensely
interesting to all lovers of equestrian feats
Two grand musical concerts daily BY
Opleshy's Chester Cornet Band
Excursion tickets will be on sale at Phila
| delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore and al
intermediate stations on the P. W. & B. r
| R. and its branches. All trains stop at th'
| Park gates.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
The Institute Library.

Respectable members of the Institute
Library complain with justice of the abuse
of the privileges of membership exhibited
by prejudiced and thoughtless persons who
deem it a fit and proper thing to scribble in
valuable books their sentiments onquestions
treated by writers not in sympathy with
their views, In few cases the comments
are positively unfit for repetition to the ears
of fdecentpeople, and such epithets a" I'D
liar, thief, rascal, scoundrel, infdel'' are lib
orally bestowed.
Another point which may be worthy OF
| mention here is that the book-shelves are
filled to over-howing with works of fiction,
| while the scientific department does not
keep pace with the progress of technology
| in the present day. We would suggest to
the Committee that number of the works
on Natural Science are out of date, and are
| yalueless to those in search of reliable infor-
nation on such topics as Geology, Astron'
omy, Metallurgy, Physiography &c. The
last twenty years have been so fruitful O.
new ideas on these subjects that the tex
books of 1860 are valuable only as curiosi
ties, and as record of the cherished belief
of our childhood. ..+...--
1t is a pleasure to be able to testify to tn
courtesy and efficiency of the librarian ant
his assistant, and to the good order whicl
prevails in the library. The rowdy condue
Of a few idle youths, which formed tn
theme of comment month or two ago, ha
been abated, if not altogether suppressed.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Politics and Bad Water.

AS might naturally be expected the leaky
condition of Cool Spring Reservoir has be-
come so evident that even Mr.. McIntire, the
constructor, finds himself compelled to admit
that it is leaking badly. Thus the unfortun-
ate Water Commission finds itself with anoth-
er costly job on hand, to say nothing OF the
necessity of cleaning out and putting in
order the South Long Race, and the accom-
mediation of radically defective system to
meet the wants of large and rapidly in
creasiug population. The shutes conveying
the storm water and surface drainage of the
| South banks of the Brandywne across the
Race are still in most unsatisfactory con-
| dition, and from the very nature of their con-
struction are likely to remain so. Merely tc
cite an instance, we will say that up to very
recent date the shute at the North end oi
Franklin Street did not convey any watel
at all, being so broken and dilapidated a
its higher end that the surface drainage ant
filth of the street flowed freely down beneatl
the shute into the Race, where quite con
siderable accumulation of gravel, sand an
filth has formed.
1t has been suggested that the shutes b
removed and the Race be filled in. Thi
would be sensible improvement on existin
, conditions, but it seems only fair to inquil
why the necessity for such step ever e'
listed at all. Ever since 1871, when IL
construction of the present water worl
+, was finally determined on, the only resu
has been the opening of a veritable Pand
ra's box of troubles, each seemingly mo
annoying and expensive than its predecessc
k Who is to blames The City Council whi
)? had the reins of power while the works We
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
WAS 1T YELLOW FEVER?

The arrival of the schooner George s.
Hoyt with two cases of fever on board
would seemed to have called for at least a
temporary or provisional quarantine, till the
character of the malady had
been established beyond all doubt. Instead
of this we find that, although one of the
cases actually proved fatal within few
hours after the ships arrival in this port the
matter was dismissed by the port physician
with a certificate of death from malarial
fever. Now, seeing that the crew of the
vessel have freely expressed their conviction
that the disease was Yellow fever, and re-
membering too well that a severe epidemic
of small pox found its way a year ago into
our midst in somewhat similar fashion,
it will be naturally asked whether the Health
authorities intend to let this matter rest
where it is, or whether, on the contrary, a
prompt and thorough investigation should
not be ordered. This city cannot afford the
experience of TWO epidemics within as many
years, and if it should happen that Yellow
fever has actually gained foothold in the
port, there can be no escape from charge
of gross negligence on the part of the port
physician. A gentleman who visited the
vessel stated to a representative Of this
journal that the faces of the sick persons
were quite yellow and that the crew spoke
positively of their belief that the disease
was Yellow fever.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27

in process of construction? No, for the
members of the Water Committee were ne
cessarily, in the fiji. sense, servants of the
Democratic party; and in a second and fict-
tious sense only, of the citizens who elected
them?
No, the real blame lies at the door of the
citizens themselves. They had it in their
power to ensure the proper administration of
their affairs; they have it to-day, in the City,
the County, the State, the Nation. Machine
politicians are, from the very nature Of their
avocations, men whose personal interests
are to be subserved at any risk and any ex-
they form organizations of the most COM
pact and autocratic character. Unwavering
fealty is exacted of every member, and the
ties of mutual interest bind such an associa-
tion or federacy into most formidable and
daugeromT ur,5. s~1I > sensr sent assails
it in vain AS a disciplined army of five
tho usand is match for mob of fifty thou
sand, so the organized ring can retain the
control of the public purse despite every
effort of individuals 10 break it up.
But we know the cid story of the bundle
of sticks. Tue bundle conld not be broken,
but the sticks might be broken one by one
till all were gone. The remedy for political
despotism is of the like character. Let the
citizens scIutinize carefully the tickets put
| forward by ring, at every election. Let
| them scratch the name of every man who
is known to be menoer of the obnoxious
organization, time after time, at whatever
apparent cost to the party. In the end
very soon in fact-that party will come to
see that to save itself he ring must be thrown
over. 1t was the policy by which the Re
publican party freed itself from the despo-
tism of the bosses two short years ago.
The citizens of Wilmington have that rem
edy in their power whenever they choose to
exc. else it, Let no man fold his hands in
despair and talk of ring-rule, and the waste
of the public money. These things exist
only on sufferanoe, and if they do exist they
are lasting comment on the seryility and
apathy of the mass Of the people.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
What Cleveland is Not.

Grover Cleveland has never written any
letters which it shames and annoys him to
see in print.
Grover Cleveland has never lodged any
public issue or deceived anybody vita
pledges which he did not redeem.
Grover Cleveland has never built any
fine houses which represent gains accumu-
lated in the public service out of small sal
aries.
Grover Cleveland has never posed as
friend of the workingman and then cut the
wages OF his own men down to figure
which would barely keep them from starva-
tion.
Grover Cleveland has never made an
alliance or coalition or an intrigue or a
bargain with anybody for their votes.
Grover Cleveland was never the recipient
of pI esents from lobbyists of the Sam Ward
type.
Grover Cleveland never enjoyed the favol
Of capitalists and corporations. .~..
Grover Cleveland has yet to face the frs
man-if the infamous Grady be excepted
| who has dared to charge that one dollar Of
| the public money ever went wrongfully ol
| illegitimately into his hands.
Grover Cleveland's public career has beer
the exact opposite of James G. Blaine, eacl
verging from the other as widely as th'
poles.-C Chronicle Herald.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
A Week of Light Opera.

Bennett and Moulton's Company, which
concludes its engagement at the Opera
House tonight, has achieved perhaps the
most pronounced success we have had to
record in the columns of this journal. Every
performance has been given to crowded
houses, and despite the low price charged
for admission the audiences have been of
the most respectable character. Withal, it
is only fair to say that the renditions of the
Ma scot, O;iuette and the Chimes Of Normandy
have been, vocally, up to the standard Of
many companies charging full prices, while
the acting has been uniformly excellent
Mr.. Jacobs has amply fulfilled his promise
to our people to give them week of comic
opera that should amuse without offending
the most fastidious taste. The crowds o
delighted Juveniles who attended each o
the operas went away with innocent enjoy
ment visibly depicted on their faces. B!
all means let us have another visit from tn
Company, and if the repertory include
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Rugby Literary Society.

At meeting Of the Rugby Literary
Society of Rugby Academy on Thursday
afternoon, it being the regular day for an
election of officers, the election took place
with the following results: President, Fred
erick A. Boyle; Vice President, George d.
Nuber; Secretary, John S. Littell; Treasurer,
John B. Burnham; Librarian, E. Baldwin,
t. Springer; Sergeant-at-arms, Henry II.
Houseman; Critic, DIR. Samuel W. Murphy
editors of Rugby Monthly Leonard E. Wales,
Jr., and John s. Littell.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Ancient Order of United workmen.

Industry Lodge, No. 2, A. o. U. W.,seems
bent on deserving its appellation, and, with
ranks nearly full, decides that it has not yet
accomplished its task On Tuesday next,
after the despatch of routine lodge business,
the members will be entertained with select
recitations, music &c, and papers will be
read at ensuing meetings on various social
and economic questions by brethren Of the
order, whose high intellectual standing in
the community fully entities them to speak
with authority on the subjects they select
for debate.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
The steamer Wilmington.

1t is gratifying to learn that, despite the
close competition in the river service to
Philadelphia, the staunch little steamer
Wilmington has not only held her own in
the contest, but has returned larger dividends
than any other vessel on the line. This
shows that our people know good thing
when they see it, and that they have prop
erly supported local enterprise against an
outside monopoly.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Industry in swaddling Clothes.

One of the principal arguments used oJ
Protectionists against the removal OF the
tariff on imported goods is that American
industry must be preserved from competi-
ton with the products of foreign workshops
because the Western artisan is unable to
contend on equal terms with his elder
brethren from the East. Such reasoning
plainly does gross injustice to the mechanics
of a country which has led the way in
almost every department where competition
has been possible or permitted. In the good
old days, when America had mercantile
marine, her ships were the tieetest on the
seas. In railroad engineering she has never
been approached, and in the industrial
applications of the electric current she has
always been score of years ahead OF thu
most favored countries of the Old World
In agriculture she has long replaced tn
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
Anothcr voice For St. john.

Ex-Governor st. John is not the man we
would select above all others in the nation
for the Office of President. But better far,
ten thousand times better, it would be bet
ter to have him as our Chief Magistrate than
James G. Blaine. Governor St. John is a
sound, intelligent, conscientious, patriotic
citizen. He is a man who can be trusted
and is the kind Of timber now specially
wanted in the national ruler. He would
| fearlessly administer the laws in New York,
| California or Utah and would be a terror to
| evildoers everywhere. Such a man very
likely might not suit the wire-pullers and
secret managers Of any party, but he would
surely turn the rascals ous" of office and
try to put good men in their places. II
view of these facts and other reasons which
might be stated, we say plainly that if thu
republican party shall neglect or refuse tt
Withdraw the name of James G. Blaine ant
substitute another, by all means then let tn
people organize and work for and in Novem
Der vote for Ex-Governor st. John, of Kan
sas, for President.-Iadependent.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
PERSONAL.

MIR. Joseph Livesey, the father of Temperance
REFORM died at Preston, Eng, the End inst aged
81 years.
Mr.. G. c. King, of Newark, Del, Assistant Com
missioner for Delaware of the New Orleans Expo
sition was in town yesterday and called at the office
of THE WILMINGToNIAN. He furnished much
interesting information concerning the Exposition,
of which more anon.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27

9-Temperance has taken its proper
place as national issue and if the confident
anticipation of million votes for st. John
is fulfilled in November it will be the dawn
ing of a bright and lasting era in the history
of the American people.
EB-It will interest our piscatorial readers
to learn that the black bass has been sue
cessfully introduced into foreign waters.
The lake at Burghley Park, Stamford, Eng,
now contains vigorous and thriving fry OF
the genus Grystes aigricans, introduced a
year or two ago by the Marquis of Exeter.
The Wilmingtonian., 1884-09-27
The Show on Wheels.

A gentleman of wealth, who is well
known in steamboat circles Of Philadelphia,
and well-known Republican, said to rep
resentative of THE WILMINGToNIAN last
Thursday, that Mr.. Blaine was seriously
blightiug his presidential prospects by his
undue prominence in the present campaign.
Mr.. w. declared that Governor Cleve-
lands dignified silence challenged the admir-
alton of all thoughtful citizens, and that it
was in happy contrast to the sounding of
brass and tnkling of cymbal" sort of can
vass as ihaugurated by Mr.. Blaine. The
voters of both parties regarded it as part
of the unwritten law from the nomination
of Washington until the election of Lincoln
that presidential candidates should relig-
iously abstain from public participation in
the national issues, and the radical depar-
ture which Mr.. Blaine is making from the
custom of "the Fathers of our Republic
will not enlist the sympathies of the Amer
lean people. Before the Ides Of November
reaction will be developed against MIR
Blaine which must inevitably create al
autipathy for the Republican candidate
whilst the modest demeanor of Mr. Cleve
land will win the appreciation of honest an
fair-minded voters.
The friends of Governor Cleveland may b
proud to note the fact that their candidat
possessed the dignity of character whic
enabled him to refrain from transformin
himself into an itinerant Snowman.