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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
A HUMAN HUYCIfERr.


a Pig Osa "a Human Victim.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. ga spe-
cial to the AdoeatiSer from Talladega snys
in that county J. II. MCGOWAN killed and
dressed pig for barbecue last Friday.
His three children, aged II . and 4 years,
saw the process of butchering the pig.
The next day McGowan left home
and the children agreed to
repeat the process of the day
before. Having no pig the two older
children proceeded to butcher the
youngest. They cut its throat md hung it
up BY the heels AS the pig had been hung
and We're proceeding to disembowel il
whentheir mother discovered the horrible
trngedY.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
The uncrense of Insnnifr

in this country is over SIX FOLD each decade
This fearful increase Is alarming TO every one
who holds the we'll being Of his fellow man at
heart This cluld all be prevented " the youth
of this generation were properly educated. The
required knowledge is explicitly and concisely
conveyed in Dr. William Humboldt Parker's
best medical work, the "Science of Life,n Just
revised and enlarged. 1t is advertised in
another column.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

Secretary Whitney's fidelity to Civil
Service reform las been exemplified by
recent appointments of foremen in the
Brooklyn navy yard. In accordance
with an order issued by him, 100 appli-
cants submitted to competitive examine
tions and the fourteen men who stood the
highest were appointed. at turns out"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
FrO.t in the Northwest.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. 25. The signal
service here shows this morning that the
frost line last night extended us far south
MS Morehead, where the mercury fell to 32',
the killing frost oint. There is no fur
Their fear of frost in this section for the
present for the cold wave is now broken.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
Dca,h OF n wealthy Manufacturer.

Nchth OF n WeAEIhY WtthusHcIHEeT'
Charles A. Gambrill, wealthy manu-
facturer of Baltimore, the senior member
of the proprietors of Druid mills, died
suddenly in his rooms ut the Continental
Hotel, Philadelphia, of heart disease. The
deceased was an uncle of Melville Gam
brill, manager of the Arlington. mills,
this city, aud robert Gambrill, grocer,
Ninth ward.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
TEE MORROW DEF4LCATIoN.
Report of the Auditors of the Ac-
counts of the Late Secretary ami
V'rensurer of the school Hoard.

counts Of the Late Secretary amt
Treasurer of the school board.
At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton Tuesday the finance committee sub
mitted the report of james Woolley and
James b. Thomas, who were employed
by the board to audit the accounts of
Henry b. Morrow, late secretary and
treasurer. The auditors reported that
Morrow's defalcations amounted to
$927.35. SIN arriving at this result,
said they, "all information had to be
obtained from thorough examination of
the minute books, cash books, bank
books, papers and receipts of the past six
years and at the hands of the president
and members of the finance committee.
The fact of there being no cash
entries in the cash books since
June 1888, rendered the task n
| tedious and difficult one. In Justice to
| the late treasurer we have III all possible
cases taken his acknowledged receipts III
| our examination and only varied from
them when the facts and necessities of the
search actually warranted. So far as tho
data pertaining to the case was obtainabl,
by us to this date, the statement shows I,
correct result. There is some doubt how
| ever, NDOll Iite ulllDult VI IbIllS rum lli'
City Mission (old No. ID school) for 1883
which the president thought he coult
settle by reference to receipts supposed t.
be in the possession of Miss Perkins, wht
Mt present is ont of town. This has no
yet been done. Should anything restll
from the presidents efforts the amount o
the defalcation as per our statement cal
be allowed accordingly
Accompanying the report was state
ment for the years 1S79-S5 and the follow
ing summary OF the deficiencies:
| 1sS1-Nlght school receipts. BIG
iSS!-ltemt f'om school No. 12............ 32.u
1sSI-RenL from school N 13. - in.S2
'IaSes from school district No. ~. . 5.Dl--3i5.s
1Ss5--raxes Fl ON school distri
NO. H."., :F..tt: -...'..'....:.' s.hm
: | Night st ltool receipts ........... ll3 81
/ | Insurance dividend. ....,...,..,. h3t2S
, | Rent from No. u school. 49,. 80. "A iD--5l5!
Total hehcit.- -...,,..,,.,.s..''.-e..... S!'sd.'
Z The accounts for the years 1879, s
: and 'S3 were reported as being correct.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
Fastest Atlantic Passage.

The Cunard steamer Etruria, which
arrived in New York on Saturday, made
the fastest western trip on record, her
timel of passage from Fastnet Light TO
Fire island being six days and two hours
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

The hospital committee Of the phila-
delphia guardians Of the poor adoptC a
sensible resolution Friday-suggesting
that the Grant memorial fund be applied
to founding and maintaining cancer
ward in the Philadelphia hospital, to be
known as the Grant ward. This would
be infinitely wiser than wasting the money
ON another useless shaft of stone or
statue Of bronze.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

Forty mills have resumed operations at
East Saginaw, Mich, 90 of them at the
old terms, the remainder, OF ten hours,
with proportionate reduetion in pay,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
WALL STREET AND III

WALL STREET AND THE WOODS; OR,
WOMAN THE SrRONGER-By w. j. Flagg.
Author Of "a Good Investment "lhree
Seasons in FurOpeun Vineyards &c. NV
York: Baker \ 'l'aNlo",9 Bond street.. 1856
There are two roads from Wall street to
the woods For the first you buy ticket,
announce intention, draw check and take
to- say the Adirondacks where you will
need the latter every cent, guides, hotel
keeper luck flies and mosquitoes pleasantly
dividing up both il and yourself. The
second way is noted for celebrity and
secrecy and the woods are taken
instead Of, or perhaps, in Canada. A yaria-
ton is To have the husband taken by the
wife to Withdraw him from the temptation
70 gambling speculation, before it has
reached this ultima thule and when half
the fortune Is left The villanous maehina-
lions Of srOnndrels who seemed indigenous
10 these very woods to make oil with said
half, fills out the story OF course, they do
moi succeed and the tale winds its tedious
length through loose style and poor English
assisted but not enlvencd BY wonderful
| love letters, hrummagem society sketches
and blood curdling descriptions of the un-
| pleasant ways of manince and outlaws.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

Experts in linen do'
need to be told that the !;
substantial of table-linerj
made at Barnsley, Engli
But most buyers are NOT
perts-how can they be-
take in your hand Barn.
table-cloth, you thinkit dor
1t is thick, but so fine
you wonder how it cam |
thick. tits soft, but so cloI
woven that you wonder
it can be SO soft. And sol
trebly durable.
Barnsley table-linenly
price +! $I.25 a yard; six1
terms; best Barnsley.
Southwest from the centre.
One who isn't looking
furniture every few weeks
hardly comprehend the /
provement in making II
years of hard times /
brought about-not SO II
in design as in making. VI
a bedroom suite for sal
made as well as one for
was a very few years agol
The place to see the
provement is where furnir
comes and goes-not vii
ltloiters from season to seas
West side, se:ond floor. Take car nortl
from centre
JOHN WANAMAIlEF
Chestnut, thirteenth and Market streets.
and Cify-lull Aullafx. li- n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
apanamaker's.
PHILADELPHIA, August

fHibAbEirhiht aHbuoe - 4
The building-work goil
almost all over the store 4
feres with trade no morelI
it muslin some parts A
than in others of course,.
dread of the din of work.
keep some away; but k
who come find that good
plenty and the opportulp'
see them not seriously
paired. 1t is no time nd
speak of new things fol-;
too early, 1t would r
rather of last fall that
next. What is here a
breadth and depth of gal
merchandise such as nole
else on the continenp-
where else in the woris
gathered under a singlef,
But, when you think Of IS
that fashion gives theirai
value to, it is a betweea.
son time. X
The thousands that i
through the city are bl &
but what are they bu i
Mostly staple things \
change but little from 81 /
10 season and theyb
chem where they can \
them advantageously. 81
ing Of such, the store
full as need be, however d J
the city itself may be of !
the thoughts of the fashi6
six weeks ahead.
There is much to seeil
now; and travellers are al
welcome-not to buy-t|
and pass on. We never \
a better investment than
for making visitors conf
BILE.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

.
says the Nation ''tllat these successful
men are divided almost evenly between
the two parties. This is Just what might
be expected to happen il a private em-
ployer wished to engage fourteen men.
and subjected them to a practical exami-
nation as to their fitness and there is no
good reason why the nation should not be
as we'll served as the private employer.
Reports to the Philadelphia Times
from the iron manufacturing districts of
Pennsylvania, indicate very encourag-
ing state of affairs. There is hopeful
feeling among the manufacturers, bust
ness is increasing aud the outlook is
excellent particularly in the western
part of the state. As the condition Of
the iron trade powerfully affects Other
branches of industry, the iron reviva
will surely indicate general revival o.
business throughout the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27

4 MAN or DESTINY, silva 81 w lc Monde.
Chicago and New York. Bedford Clarke a Go.
This is very sensational book, an
nouncrd with a flourish of trilmpets, which
isunGOftunatr, because ii awakens an eX-
pcrtntiun in the mind of the reader, who is
doomed 10 disappointment. The adyertise-
ment on The cover raises the question
whetherit may have been written by sIndry
notable politicians, such MS Messrs Blaine,
Conkltng lmgers0ll, Butler, Dana and
others.
We hardly think that it is necessary to
speculate on the authorship, or to connect
| II with the NAMES OF men of that character
when the country is full Of smart and flip
| pant newspaper men who would, doubtless,
| lie glad to take the contract to produce Just
| such hooks hy the dozen. They are n series
of letters addressed to MIR. Cleveland as
| Presdnnt-elect, and in advance of his in
uuguration. They indicate in the author a
| high degree Of capacity as political writer
and coutroversialist; provided that it b.
assumed that fairness and candor is not It
| requisite in political discussion. They are
| undoubtedly II fair illustration of the tone
| Of political discussion in this country, and
perhaps in that respect, may have a value
| as n sort of low-watnr mark to ctll attention
to the tendency to indulgence in intense
party feeling.
The authors conception of Mr.. Cleveland
| is, that he is Il STATESMAN so exceptionally
barren of worthy achievement, so appar-
emily dead to all appreciation Of the public
welfare, and so utterly insensible to all
patriotic impulses and therefore, that his
election was "a fact well calculated to
impair confidence in the ultimate result oi
the great experiment of self-government by
u free people" The authors misfortune is
that the President has nailed his facts SO in
consistent with the theory put forth as tc
make the volume much less available fol
future campaign uses than it was intended
to be.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-27
THE LADY WITH THE RUBIES. novel from
the German Of H. Marlitt, translated by Mrs
a. l. Wister. Philadelphia: J. b. Lippincot
ConDany 1885,

THE LADY WITH THE RI BlES, a novel from
the German Of II, Marlitt, translated by Mrs
A. l. Wister. Philadelphia: j. b. lippincott
Company. 1885.
This is n story pure and simple, making
neither pretentions nor demands. The
scene is laid in Thuringia, which enables it
to be richly picturesque and also extremely
improbable. 1t is n tale OF courtletS and
princelings. 1t is, of course, Incredible
that so vigorous and upright man as
Baldwin Lamprecht should have felt their
influence TO the extent of STOPPING to the
perious and ignoble part of Leicester to
Amy Robsart but with the darker phases
bewildering. Ono gropes US it We're in the
dark-among ignorant people, would be-
ghosts and the mercantile traditions of u
princely house. There are, too, the
hidden inmates, the mysterious visitors
the diaboically cross and iendishly mean,
but other common place people OF whom
L. Marltt is so fond. The whole is we'll
worked up, though there is no genius
beyond ingenuity and vigor. Miss Marlitts
peTsonages are not finely drawn. Shades
| and touches she ignores, yet her forcible,
broidly-contrasted characters leap to being
with evident thrills of delight inthe brain OF
the inventor The old painter couple in weak
ness, sickness and poverty are the bcst OF
| all JUS touching and wholesome Il picture as
| one often finds among the hunanitirs OF
| literature. Again, the struggle between old
| and new, all i'll the household taking sides
| Il touch of mild liberalism confronting per
| prtually the weakest and bOldest aristO
| cratic conservatism now and then prnvokes
faint comparison with Tourguoniir
mntchless FATHERS and SONS, but the ain
here scarcely reaches beyond the entertain
ing AMI rcrrratiYc. Received through G
7. Thomas " Go.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-31

Last Thursday night while Wellington
.Crossley was driving his colt it became un-
manageable and run him in fence corner
doing considerable damage to his buggy.
The delegate meeting passed of quietly
without much strife for any candidate.
Somehow the people were not much inter.
ested in this election.
We have heard many comments on the
beauty of that rainbow last Friday evening.
We also heard of some girls who lamcnted
because they did not get to see rain beau
on Saturday evening.
Miss Addie Beers, of Mount Pleasant,
spent Sunday at William Kinc's.
Miss Lizzie Moore has gone to VanCamp
to take charge of a school in that section.
The heavy shower Sunday noon did
much damage to our roads and milk houses.
A number OF our farmers had all their
milk destroyed. A raise of the water will
most likely cause raise in the price of
butter
Our Grangers held an ice cream sociable
at Lewis Girton's Monday evening last
Forty-six guests comprised the party and
all did justice to the cream.
Miss May Beers, of Bloomsbury, is visit
ing a week in these parts.
The NJ. +. Sunday school will hold their
annual picnic tomorrow.
Buckhorn is becoming noted for quiet
weddings, but we had an unusually quiet
one last week. 1t was so quiet that neither
of the contracting parties knew anything
about it. Rev. Imagination performed the
ceremony and Miss Gossip published it.
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A. B. White of Light Street recently sold
his huckster rig to f. G. White of Alton,
who will continue to huckstcr.
Mrs. Thco Mcdowell is at the present
time in very precarious condition.
II. NJ. Johnson is now improving his
home by an addition to his stable.
The election passed off very quietly, no
one opposing the candidate.
The genial landlord Reece Fairman keeps
a respectable hotel bill of fare as reason
able as can be found anywhere in the coun-
ty.
The time has now come upon us that
will soon bring about changes in the af-
fairs of official relation, so let US have hon
est reliable men at the head of our helm
and bring about the needed reforma-
ton.
Flags have been -placed at half mast on
account of the death of General Grant.
II. w. Buck preached on Sunday even
ing to Il large and apprcciativc audience.
Any one in need of a tine,young cow call
on A. F., Terwilliger.
Sam'l. Hicks of Plymouth spent some
time with his father recruiting his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haas and Mrs. Greasy OF
Rock Glen spent Sunday with Mrs. Smoy-
er.
G. IL. Kline of lIazlcton spent Sunday
with his mother and grandmother,
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IN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURY. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.

catastrophe OF the now experiment. II
was failure. Becoming more bold, they
fished and raked the dynamite to shore,
and again deposited II in the bottom Of .he
pool. After all the cautious preliminaries
were completed, they again secured their
rakes to haul in the dead and wounded
fishes and applied the process to the ex-
plosive Great horrors was there an
earthquakeH No, but the next thing TO it,
To their dumbfounded astonlshment they
witnessed a dynamite explosion such as is
rarely seen; and where second before
was plumb fifteen feet Of water was not a
tub full left. The air was Immediately
darkcned. Such shower was never wit
messed by mortal man. First came rocks,
stone and gravel, next came branches and
roots of trees, then floods of water and
lastly came sitting down fish scales, fins
fish bones, fragments of eelskins, crab
claws, tortoise shells and frog toes. The
explosion blew the fishes all to atoms.
The ilshermen's miraculous escape was
more matter of good luck than bad man
agement No ore could account far the
sudden and frightful shock, or know its To-
oality. The twain with guilty consciences
hastily sought their horse and rig and
sneaked back to Benton empty handed
and smothered the good joke till it could
be no longer hid. Thus ended one of the
most hazardous fishing excursions eyer
known along the waters of Fishingcreck,
John J. McIIenry informed us that this ac-
count is not overdrawn and also that
Boyd Gibson was a student under him
learning the art of fishing, and that Boyd
also proposed the dynamite process to
grind out great strings Of fishes. John j,
said he never was frightened so in his
life, and ran acres, the parted waters and
hid behind stump.
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RaVcnCreek valley.

Samuel Gibbons has commenced cutting
oats.
Still great deal Ct hayng to be done
yet.
Rev. VIM. r. Campbell preached at Pine
Creek last Wednesday night week.
The delegate election was attended
rather slimly. There was no excitement in
the contest,
Quarterly meeting was held at llamlin
Saturday and Sunday week. Rev. Smy-
ser preached Saturday evening and Sunday
morning The holy sacrament was ad-
minstered on Sunday morning Rev.
Smyser is rare preacher and ons who is
able to present the gospel truths in their
clearest simplicity, and which is so easily
understood, when the points are illustrated
by series of beautiful metaphors of tenn
poral nature, to exemplfy the spiritual.
There was an unu sually large audience.
The champion fisherman, John j, Nc
Henry, is u very clever man. He is we'll
known in politics, in the mercantile world,
as lumberman and as an expert Usher
man. Having from a boy lived along the
waters of Big Fishingcreek, and being OF
an cxcitable nature when possessed with
rod. line and fly, there is TO him no sport so
exhilarating as fishing. But the experts OF
Benton and vicinity sometimes make him
resort to stratagem to keep his reputation
good, consequently he is led to try new eX-
periments which sometimes prove very
dangerous, but as yet have not been at
| tended by fatality, lie is always IN season
and sometimes out of season as proYok-
ing fine once reminded him, but in which
| he declared there was more fun than cost.
AS our story runs, and is said to be true,
about two years, more or less ago, this IA
nous fisherman, with an accomplice in the
person of Boyd Gibson, stole along the
creek, and sought an extensive pool,
densely inhabited by the coveted iinnies,
| and secluded from the frequent haunts OF
greedy fishermen in the woods, not far
from Ezekiel Coles. Fully armed and
equipped with the necessary implements,
viz, rakes and dynamite, they were bound
to surprise the community with unprcce
dented success in the art of fishing, A
wagon load of great fishes was to be their
reward as trophies of their skill. They
however, had some misgivings, and die
not fully understand the nature of thu
means they were about to apply. Will
nervous hands, quiyering lips, and tremu
lous voices, as between hope and fear, o
life and death, Qor life must be venture'
for successful fshing,) they deposited
heavy charge of dynamite in the bottom
the pool of their selection, with rake
ready to draw the fishes to shore as 500
as the explosion took place, and in breath
less suspense vainly awaited the expecte
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MiHiti,.
The best crop of rye in seven years was
harvested this year.

The best crop of rye in seven years was
harvested this year.
Wes. Hartzel is happy.
The r. X. hands are engaged cngthcn-
ing the siding at this place.
Apples will not be plenty this year.
Rev. McCutcheon of Dansvillc, n. Y,
former pastor of the Lutheran church of
this place visited friends here week ago.
He preached fine sermon on Sunday
evening to a crowded house. Rev. Bodine
was present at the services on Sunday
morning.
In walking up town on warm day Que
would be led to believe that it takes hall
dozen stout, hearty, able bodied young
men to watch one poor little thermometer
sin the shade.''
Miss Ella Keiier of Williamsport is visit.
ing her cousin Sallie Miller.
The pond at the south side of town sell
dom ever becomes entirely dry, but it is
nearly so now.
The locusts haye ceased heir mournfu
tunes, and gone the way OF all flesh.
Very heavy rains fell on Saturday p. NJ
The oats crop is light. Apples will moi
be plenty.
Miss Hattie Petit of Conyingham is
visiting in town and Hetlersvile.
Only 106 of the 200 democrats voted OF
Saturday.
Joe Mosteller is happy. They say its not {
bad looking boy either.
Mountain Grove is the next centre o
attraction.
Mrs. Mary jackson widow of Judge
Jackson of Havana n. Y. is visiting her
cousin Samuel Snyder and other relatives
She is accompanied by Mrs. Lewis of til,
same place,
Mr.. j. A. Kramer and Miss Annie Stee
| ley were married on Sunday 10 inst Ma!
joy attend the young couple on their patl
of life
r X. hands are engaged in extendin!
| the siding below town