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Daily Republican., 1884-09-23
FOB SALE.

ENOK SALE-EIIEvE EN- Or ThOSENEW
e 7.roomed houses, situate on Trenton
and lltn streets. Bath, gas, front porches
and bay Windows, front and back yards and
all modern improven ents. These houses arc
elegantly finished and are decided bargain.
formation apply to "
II. Il. VANDERBILT,
Real Estate Agent,
>. l. Cor. Sixth and Shipley.
iol6rtf
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

NOR SALE-A RARE CHANCE. THE
Il best business hotel stand In New Castle
County. A good dwelling house, with seven
large rooms and good cellar. Three acres
Of land. situated on Kennett pike,1Z miles
beyond city limits Amy one Wishing TO In.
spect the premises may apply on the prem
fseg
seplS, eod-7tt PETER COLLINS.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

I'D KLLNE's GREAT NERVE RE-
Lib storer isthe wonder Of the age for
all nerve diseases. All flts stopped ffee
send to 93l Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

NOR SALE-HOOD BUILDING LOrt
IL on Woodlawn Avenue, between Second
and Third streets, "A feet front by "a feet deol
TO alley I feet wide. Terms easy to those
Wishing to improve. Apply to JOSEPH
PYLE aug9-3m
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

WESLEYAN COLLEGE
THE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1884.
Classical and English graduating courses
and Preparatory department..
au2o-lm JOHN WILSON, President.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

NOR SALE OR RENT-THE PROPER
IL ty at southw est corner OF Third and
Church reefs, now tenanted by the Hare b
Morgan Company. Apply to ]. H. HOF'
FECkER. } r., trustee OF Jos. Teas estate
Ninth and Market streets, city. sep17-eod-ti
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23
SUBJECTN TAUGHT

DUGBY EVENING SCHOOL OF IN
II dustrial Science, for workingmen and
others who desire instruction in applied
science.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT:
1. Mechanics and Practical Physics, by
lectures and experiments.
IL. General Technology, Lectures on
Fuel, Building Materials, etc., etc.
III. Mechanical Drawing and Machine
Cor struction.
w. Commercial, Arithmetic and Book
keeping. In charge of Science Faculty Of
delaware College
Receive students on and after Sept. ~, q,
7.30 p. m. Masonic Temple. eep1e-6t
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

'0pBDARD AT $3.50, AND TABLE
nd ,,k.7t at AIS French street..
ri MRS, MCKENZIE.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

IlgplNo-sLCONDSTORY ROOMS
|,rb board Also table board. No. Ill
|ushth street. sop62ets
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

DURE MILK, WHOLESALE AND RE
L tail, at the milk depot, s46 Poplar st.
seD16-u
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

TNOR SALE-A LOT ON FRENCH ST.
IL between 10th and 18th, N. E. side, II n
In. KS n. I in. deep. viii he sold low. }.
p. PENNEY WILL, ll24 Orange ct. lS-l2t.
NOR .LE-CHEAP. STALL IN PIC
II neer Club Sable. Apply to ]. AU
|6USTUS MCCAUILEY, oOo Market. 1907
NOR SALE-THE HISTORY OF THE
Il Kingdom Of God, by Mrs. A. Taggart,
COT Market street. aulo II
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

I,guIN,,-lWU M A X X Il ID vi
r., I'M. lie gcnlom en- can be acc0mm0-
mi non, ru0ms and boarding at No.
d FOurlI streot, Oh reasonable terms.'
N
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

pyN1-sECOND STORY FRONT
a ther rooms, at No. lo7 East Eighth
~ NV sop20- Its
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

RgNl-.,R3 ROOMS TO MAN
IA VIII. or lone Ierson. Inquire at sae
N,s,h erect. sep2lStt
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

.ryTpOUSE NO. 3ll EAST
y bL I,,sst and house No. 800 West
Tenth s, ,eon,re OF VIM. l.. 4lLBERT,
tfeest, , isf Front and Market streets,
|,gs . ho,'; a.th. al 10 O'Clock. n ~
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

.-yT-ONE OF THOSE NEW
b RENi W. hlook 81 eth and French
aas 10 s tno S,V for sale in All parts q
A appIy to }. X. u. SELLS . ,SS ~
gu IN street.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

-nrNr HOUSE NO. 14i1 HAkRl.
hs i,,,s, IL rooms Immediate pos.
~ ' Ssni SO. Inquire OF JAMES
20 40 s2- t.ast Fourth st. p-sr
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

!. prEr-A STABLE, SUITABLE
d., ~ horses ana two carriages, at It'll
Tas.,ot sIcets. Apply At this once
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

NyANTED-A RESPECTABLE WIDOW
w lady Wishes q situation as housek eep-
Or. Address M. X. n. this office. sep2O-3s'
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

MANUFACTURER OR FOUR GEN
w tlemen can be accommodated with
board at No. 800 Iatnall street, sep22-6tt
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Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

,vyNr-uOuSE No. 7os WEST sth
ri Has all the improveme nts and
.us,s ordor. Iseps I'll J Z. SUTTON.
Daily Republican., 1884-09-23

,vsr-FJNE HOTEL PROP.
srTY IN CENTRAL LOCATION
3, HEAl.D Il 90.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
America the Place for COntentment.

London Special: Rev. MOncure ID. Conway
has announced his resignation of his ministry
in London, and an intention to return to the
United States to settle for the remainder of his
life. The announcement has been received
with a great deal of surprise in the clubs, and
deep regret among ohe members of his congre-
cation. Mr.. Conway's church has been for
years a sort of metropolitan Mecca for English
rationalists, and it is feared that the retire
ment of the chapel's prophet may lead to a
total loss of the prestige OF the church. Mr..
Conway says:
L have resigned my pastorate. have con
Guided to finally retire,from evangelical life. l
have not only retired from the ministry of the
rationalistic faith in London, but determined to
cease preaching altogether. The only reason I
have for my action is that | heve become con-
vlnced that literary pursuits are better suited
to my temperament than evangelical work /
have made up my mind to devote my entire
time to literary work hereafter. \ long and
with brains, ideas and ability for effective
work can do more good by using his talents in
.he United States than he can accomplish any
where else. 1t is almost impossible for any
person who well knows America and the
Americans to be contented with life anywhere
outside this United States. l returned from my
recent tour around the world with such new
visions concerning America that l find my
self disconnected here and unable to resist the
desire to return and remain there. / have de-
Dided pom Washington as my future home.
Of all the cities l have visited, Washington
offers the most attractions, in my opinion, to a
person disposed to literary work of a live and
polemic character.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
The prices of nearly all commod

The prices of nearly all commodities
are lower now than they have been for
years. This is not confined to the
United States, but extends to every
country in the civilized world. Early
in 1880 wheat was worth 81. so bushel;
in 1882 it was worth $1.45; now it is
selling for about 81. The same is true
of other cereals. Two years ago po-
tatoes were a bonanza to the New Eng
land farmer who had a cellarfull. Now
they have scarcely a price in the chief
potato raising regions of New England.
The same is true of hay and most other
agricultural products. Cotton is the
one great staple the price of which has
materially declined during the past four
years. The fall in metals has been even
greater than in agricultural products.
In four years pig iron has fallen from
$50 to $40, and steel rails from $50 to
$50 per ton. Copper, which sold four
years ago at % cents a pound, is now
worth but II cents, and lead, which
brought 6 cents, a scarcely be dis
posed of at 4 cents. Coal alone re-
tains its price, because its production is
restricted. In all articles of clothing,
carpets and manufactured goods gem
orally the decline in price has been
quite as decided as in the department of
agriculture.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
The Pope penonnoes Masonry.

Rome Gable: In an encyclical letter of the
pope, which will be published next week, Leo
XIII. lays special stress upon Freemasonry and
the means to be employed to defend 'the City
of Cod against "the City of Satan" The fol
lowing is q resume of The letter: The plan of
the secret societies is no longer a mystery. It
is a struggle against the church, and the va
rious popes have very properly excommuni-
Gated Freemasons. Since $50 years the secret
societies have increased |frightfully. A grave
peril thus threatens society. Tn socialist has
his source of strength in Masonry. The pa
pacy is placed in an intolerable situation. Ma
sonry does not avow its real object it deceives
the innocent by a varnish of
federation. The press, mar
riage, education, the sovereignty of the peo-
pie, the atheism of the state, radicalism, COM
munism, all tend toward a return of paganism.
Masonry ~tatters princes in the hope of having
them for auXiliries. Governments should
choose between Masonry and the church, which
sustains authority and inculcates obedience.
The pope thus prescribes to bishops their du-
hes: First, by pastoral letters unmask secret
societies and make people abhOr them; second,
extend Christian educatlon: third, urge agri-
culturists and Workingmen to organize Catholic
associations and conferences of St. Vincent de
Paul; fourth, watch schools and exhort the
youth never to become members Of any society
without first consulting their priests. The
pope ends his encyclical by emploring the aid
Of the blessed virgin.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
r1pozrArr TO PRE-EMPToRs.

The Duluth Land officers overruled by
the Commissioners Of the General Land
Office.
Duluth. Special:-The land officers here re-
ceived from Commissioner Mcfarland, of the
general land office, a decision on the question
whether a pre-emptor can mortgage or sell his
pre exemption. after final proof has been made,
to a party for a money advance, being unable
to make improvements or payments omit The
ease is that of Michael Sobiesky and Frederick
Engel. who entered a pre-emptl0n mere ana
carried ont the requirements OF the
law regarding settlement and improve
ments. When proof was oheIeH IL Was
shown BY the agent, W, II. Marshall, that the
claimants had agreed to mortgage the land al
ter proof to Michael Fink, TO secure the pay
ment of money advanced for supplies and IN
formation furnished them. The land officers
here. Sept. p. 1888, on this showing rejected
The proofs and claims, on the ground that pre-
cmptors did not take the land in question Tor
their own exclusive use and benefit The case
was appealed, and the following decision, over
ruling that of the local land officers, has been
given: .
There being no other objection to proof
than agreement for mortgages, the question TO
be determined is their effect on homestead en-
tries. In that regard you are Informed 1t was
ruled by the honorable secretary OF the interior
in the case of Larson, vs.. Weisenecker, myolv-
ing a p~re-emption entry, (Cobbs l. o. vol. 9,
page CO. that a mortgage issued by apre-emp-
ton entry-man prior to final proof, to secure
money loanedhim to pay the government price
of land, is not such a conveyance for agree
ment as will invalidate his entry under the law.
BY analogy the same principle applies to the
case of COMMITTED homestead entries, and it is
immatcrial as effecting entries that d part of
the money borrowed is applied in a manner to
enable the claimant to comply with
the requirement of the law, and for the better
ment of the claim, as well as pay the govern
ment price for the land. Therefore, the proof
of the question submitted in support of the re-
spective applications to ommute should be
accepted and final certificates issued thereon,
and the sam is herewith returned.
Thu decision Is very interesting for all pine
land regions, as q great amount of loaning
money by pre-enptors is done, and this decis-
ion virtually overrules a great many decisions
by officers here and elsewher and puts new
light on the matter. Under the regime of EX-
Gov. Marshall as government agent here, he
was continually looking after just such cases
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Comment From Rraastreet,s

New York, Special Telegram. Commenting
on the selling movement in the Gould stocks
during the past week, Bradstreet's says: No
operator outside of a lunatiC asylum would
dare to sell Mr.. Gould's stock short in such
STYLE, for it would be only inviting financial
ruin. 1t was clear thut Mr.. Gould had made
up his mind to reduce the enormous load of Sc
curities he was carrying, and he has been do
ing it with a bOldness Characteristic of his style
of operation. The effect, however, on the 9TH
er large operators, who joined the various
pools formed by Mr.. Gould in January, has
been rather demoralizing. Tke members of
course expected that the market would be kept
steady, and a strong bull movement worked
mp about the time the selling was to be done,
upon which they could float ont Of their stocks
Mt a profit. IL it stands II row., the pool mem
beers see that the strength of their stocks has
been availed of by Mr.. Gould to sell out his
own. and there have been loud ~grImblings
heard in the last three or four days. Wander
bilt people are particularly annoyed Mr.. Van
derbilt has been sustaining his own stocks;
the Union Pacific people have been struggling
to hold up their stock against the battering it
has had, but the St Paul has made the most
stubborn fight, and that stock has surprised
the street by the strength it has shown under
the coutinous assaults made upon il.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
THE PTTH OF THE NEWS.
Washington Gossip.

The first controller Of the treasury decides
that a liquor dealer who sells at one time DIFF
feront kinds of liquors TO the amount Of five
gallons is 10 be considered a wholesale dealer
At a meeting Of tho house committee on for
eign affairs, Representative Curtin was di-
rected 10 report q resolution calling on the
state department for papers and correspond
ence relative to the proposed sale OF the Amer
lean college at Rome.
The secretary OF the navy issued, in accor-
dance with the resolution recently adopted by
both houses of congress, a proclamation oner-
ing s25, 600 reward for the discovery and rescue
by any private person or vessel, OF the Arctic
signal service party Of Lieut. Greedy.
The president recommended to the sonafe he
removal Of Collector Wickers of Key West, be-
cause Of his alleged sympathy and COLLISION
with the Cuban filibusters who recently 1911
that point. The question is now under con-
sideratiOn by the senate committee on COM
merce.
The state department has received no infor-
nation from Gen. Lew Wallace that he lntends
to resign the Turkish mission. Wallacei Is COM
ing home on leave of absence, and that probably
gave rise to the story. He is understood to
have written a ~novelof Turkish life and will
superintend its publication while in this coun-
try.
A special meeting Of the Washington monu-
ment commission was held at the executive
mansion recently, at which it was decided to
notify congress of the anticipated completion
of the monument by the LIST of November next,
or early in the summer of 1885 at the furthest,
recommend that prompt action be taken
looking to a fitting celebration of the event
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08

Judge Richard Reid. Of the superior court a
prominent candidate for the court of appeals,
was cowh1ded at Mount Sterling, Ky, by John
J. Corneilson, a prominent attorney. The di-
hculty arose over a case in the superior court
The following is list Of the cadets ap-
pointed to the West Point military academy
from the Northwest for the class. of 1888.
They are to reportfOr examination the lst OF
june next: Iowa-First, Edward NJ Suplee;
ninth Charles d. Palmer. Ernest Hoepner (al-
ernatel. Minnosota First, W. +. Anderson;
lhild. Frank S. Stone. Nebraska-Seeond,
Joseph Itch; third, AL Sydenham. WIS
consin-Fourth, john Nj. Miller, JE.
Agent Wilcox, of San Carlos agency, makes
very sensational charges against Capt. Craw-
ford. assigned to command the troops IN the
vicinity of the reservation, claiming that Craw-
ford interferes with his authority in protect
ing Indians who are murdorers and horse
thieves. and proceeds to give an account of a
military murder committed under the direction
of Capt. Crawford himself, the victim being an
Indian scout named Charley.
The trustees Of Kenyon college, Ohio, after
considering charges preferred against Rev. "
rus S. Bates, a prominent Episcopal clergyman
and professor ut Kenyon college, Gambrler,
preferred by Rev. A. Jaeger, also professor IN
the college, on account of Bates assisting at
the ordination of Benjamin TTunkle, at Indian
apolis. have eXOnerated Bates, and requested
Jaeger's resignation. DR.. Jaeger claimed that
Trunkle's character was such that Bates vio-
lated canonical rules in assisting at his ordina-
ton.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Record of Casualties.

Particulars have been received of the burn
ing of the town of Wadsworth, New.
A fire broke out at Yakima City, Wash, Ter,
which soon destroyed several stores and por-
tons of the contents. The principal losers are
Ferguson q Drysdall, general merchandise,
$4,000.
A large livery stable in Anamosa, Iowa,
burned recently with eleven head of horses,
two COWS and other property. The plate glass
inthe new commercial block opposite, was bad
ly damaged. Total loss, $1,000; insurance
$500.
Two men were drowned in the James river at
Post Emma, Oak. -Four men started to cross
in a row boat and capsized about the middle of
the stream. James B. Rowe and a Mr.. Wood
ward were drowned, while Josiah Smith and
Dinnie Hillock chung to the bottom of the boat
until they were rescued. The two u%nfortu-
nate men were poor and leave large families.
Mr.. Rowe was on his way to make final proof
upon his claim. At this writing the bodies have
not been found.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
The Blair educational bill as passed

The Blair educational bill as passed
by the senate appropriates ST, 900, 900
TO be distributed through the various
states according to the illiteracy, the
ability of persons above the age of 10
years to write being made the standard
of distribution, and the last census the
means Of arriving at the estimate. Ac-
cording to this authority there were 6,
239,9 5S persons alb owe the age Of 10
years in the country in the year 1880
unable to write. This would distribute
the ST, OOO, 600 in the northwest as fol-
lows: Dakota $50, 900; Iowa $500, 900;
Minnesota $400, 900; Wisconsin $500,
600; Georgia would have the largest
slice, viz. sc, 24O, 900, while Alabama,
Kentucky, Louisian, a Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississ.
ippi and Texas, are not far behind.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Personal Points.

Mr.. Froude, as soon as he completes the Car
lyle memorials, will lecture in America.
First Lieut.. William Quinton has been pro-
NOTED to a captaincy, and Second Lieut.. J. b.
Jackson to a first lieuntenatcy, in the Seventh
Infantry.
Robert Bickersteth, bishop of Ripon, died in
London Tuesday. He was born Aug. "a, 1916,
and was the author of several volumes of SER
mons and lectures.
Rev. Alfred A. Watson, D.. D., was conse
Grated bishop of the new Episcopal
diocese of South Carolina at st. Johns church,
Wilmington, n. Z.
Lieut. Emory says the story that his wife Of
fered him 500, 600 if he would not join the
Greedy expedition, is untrue; that she made no.
objections to his going.
Mrs. Frederick Vandercook Of Angola, Ind.
died suddenly of pneumonia, at Norwalk, Ohio.
she was a sister of Gen. j. b. Mcpherson, and
the last of the family.
At Covington, Ky, Bishop Toebbe, Catholic,
of that diocese, is lying seriously i'll. Death is
expected at any time. Age and heart disease
are the causes of his poor condition.
Much excitement exists in fashionable cir
cles of New York over the rumor that the
wealthy widow of the late millionaire. Louis
Hammersley, whose viii is now before the
courts, had been received recently into the
Roman Catholic church. The conversion is
said to have been effected through the evange-
lizing influences of the eminent MOnsignor
Capel. 1t may now be expected as a fact that
the conversion has taken place, although the
reverend gentlemen of the church in that city
are very reticcnt concerning the matter.
While not denying the rumor MonsignOr Capel
said he regarded the matter as a professional
secret, and that conversions coming entirely
from God, and the priest being merely the in
strument, he considered any discussion of
them a sin of as great enormity as the sin of
David in numbering his people.
In the divorce case of Emma c. Nickerson
against A. H. Nickerson, J. J. Johnson for the
complainant, filed a petition for alimony. After
reciting the allegations in the bill for divorce
filed June, 20, 1880, she states that since then
the defendant has been indicted in Philadelphia
for perjury, alleged TO have been committed in
his sworn statement in the case, in which he,
by fraud, practiced ON the court, and obtained
the decree of divorce, since set aside. She
AYERS that she Is now compelled to await here
TO prosecute the suit, and that she has no
means of her own. She gives q schedule of
his property III Washington Territory which
she says is worth $500, and says as he is hv-
ing at ease in Canada he must have some
means.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Nuggets of Foreign Vows.

Br~adlaugh's socialism is too mild for English
Democrats.
Mile. Colombier has been committed for trial
in Paris for outragiIg public morals IN her
book Sarah Barnum.
Gen. Gordon has t~elegraphed Evelyn Barring
that his position is hopeless, unless Zebehr
Pasha be sent to Khartoum Immediately.
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria and his
wife. Princess Stephanie, arrived at CONSTANT
nople recently. The sultan received them
with ponp and cordially.
The Swedish government has summoned four
leading Norwegian newspapers for hbelous Of
Tense against the crown. The poet BJornsen,
whose articles are especially implicated, has left
Paris for Christiana, to reply personally to the
citation.
The Berlin Kruez Zeitung says Crown Prince
Frederick William has declared his readiness
to become president of the Prussian council in
case it is re-established. 1t is semi-officially
announced that the assumption of the crown
prince is impracticable in consequence of the
responsibility thereby entailed on him
1t is again reported at St Petersburg that
Count Tolstoi is becoming weary of the cares
of Office as Russian minister of the interior,
and that he is about to resign. Ever since the
murder of Lieut.. Col. Ludeiken he has been a
target for the threats of the n~ihilists, while at
the same time he has incurred the censure of
the ear for lack of capacity and inactivity in
suppressing nihilism.
Drogheda, Ireland, has presented Parnell.
the freedom of the borough. Parnell said the
borough showed a remarkable example of re-
suits attained by the land league. He afterward
addressed a crowd and congratulated them on
the progress which the nationalist ideas has
made. He expressed hope that the extension
of the franchise would enable them to return
members to parliament who would vindicate
their claim to self-goyernment.
The Mineral argus., 1884-05-08
Railroad Rumelings.

George c. Stone, vice president of the Duluth
& Iron Range railroad, and general manager of
the Minnesota Iron company, says large force
of men are at work upon the Duluth Il Iron
Range. and that the road will be completed
from Two Harbors, in Lake county, to the
mines IN St Louis county by the LIST of August
It is officially announced that the Northwest
ern has purchased all of the Blair railroad in
terests in Northwest Iowa, including the Iowa
Falls & Sioux City, the Sioux City and Pacific,
the Maple Valley and the Fremont, Elkhorn q
Missouri Valley. Possession is to be given July
!. The sale does not include lots and lands.
By the terms of the purchase the Northwestern
will issue over S14,000,000 stock in exchange
for the stock of the companies bought and as
sumes the bonded Indebtedness of these com
panies.