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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

Joe NJ. Shafcr, of the Sinncmah-
oning House, gives this as fact. In
company with Mr.. p, n Philadel-
phian, he visited Brooks run.
They had captured some trout when
our ioval landlord, weary and and
exhausted, sat down by bright sill
very little brook that came dashing
down the mountain side to rest and
replenish. Refreshments had been
neatly laid while Mr.. 2. continued
"to cast n Ay." Just as Joe M. invit-
ed his companion to partake there
was a call at the other end of the
line and fivc-inch trout was land
ed on the beach between the Phila-
delphian and the Sinnemahoning
landlord. Scarce moment transpir-
ed between the landing of the trout
and the lifting of it to remove from
the hook and yet in that brief
moment II garter snake, some eigh-
teen inches long, had seized the trout
midway. When Mr.. P. saw the
snake and fish dangling in the air he
was not only surprised, but mortified
He knew he had caught a trout, but
! whore bo1 tha snake cop1n froug
Releasing the trout from the hook
the fishermen partook of their lunch
and when ready to proceed witt
their fishing both trout and snake
had disappeared.-Lock Haven Elk
press.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
Four Strangers

Christian Union; They tell the story
of a boy in England who, seeing
great tent in which a panorama of
"Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress" was
being exhibited, went to the ticket
taker and asked if Mr.. Bunyan was
in. Receiving a negative reply, he
remarked that he was sorry, as Mr..
Bunyan was his father, and ended
with the query, "Of course you'll
pass me in free?"
Atchison (Kaa) Champion; A
young man living SIX miles north of
Salina was bitten by rattlesnake
the other day. He had severed its
head from its body with an axe and
was stripping the rattles from the
tail when the head flew at him and
fastened its fangs in his hand.
Vimot (Minn.) Record: An enter.
prising citizen up in Day county
has struck a bonanza and is working
it for all it is worth He lives on
the bank of a large lake, where the
wild ducks have hundreds of nests.
He hunts up the nests and replaces
the eggs with hen fruit In this way
the innocent ducks have Matched
out several fine broods of chickens
OHdlca Gunwdd- Little Willy
Virgins has had his eyebrows re-
stored and collar hone set that he
broke when he rolled off the shet
into a barrel full of fire crackers
Four pistol ball have been extracted
from portions ofhis body and the
scar made by Roman candle unde-
his left ear has almost healed Sew
eral fragments of anvil have beer
dug out of the calves of his legs ant
all seemed going well until DR.. Bole
discovered toy pistol wound OIL
his little fngerand threw up the case
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

We received communication from
Thos. Holcomb of New Castle, but
were unable to give it space. From
what we could CLEAN from it at a
casual glance, it appears that he has
been charged by some one with being
implicated in the "Coney Island
Deal" and which he most positively
denies. Right here we would say
that from what can be learned,
Mr.. Holcomb has been vilified by
those who seek to faint his character
especially politically.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10


IT LOOKS as if 'the grand old man"
and home rule were knocked out ON
the first round. Home rule has re-
ceived a severe defeat, when it looked
so encouraging at short time ago.
The followers in the rural districts
failed to stand firm, and to-day
ireland stands badly defeated in what
she anxiously looked for and deservde,
With such men as Gladstone and Par
nell, we hope to see ireland come out
and enjoy the liberty of home rulings.
Let us hope that this day is not fan
distant.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

In ride of fifty or seventy-fve miles
along the base of the Rocky Mountains
one sees the rapidity with which the
larger kind ofgame animals have been ex-
terminated Fifteen years ago the plains
and mountain sides were in places fairly
thronged with deer, elk and antelope.
Indeed, there was then no other part of
the world, save South Africa, where the
number of game animals was so large.
All this has now been changed The
buffalo disappeared long since;a few strag-
Cling individuals, and perhaps here and
there, at a great distance from the settle
ments, herd so small that it can hardly
be called more than a squad, are all that
remain. Over four-fifths of their former
range the same fate has befallen the elk,
and their number, even among the
mountainous haunts, which still afford
them a refuge, is greatly decreased. The
shrinkage among deer and antelope has
been relatively nearly as serious. There
are but few places now where it is profit
able for man to take to hunting as a
business; the brutal skin hunters and
meat butchers of the prairies and mount
aims have done their work, and these
greasy and buckskin-clad Nimrods are
now themselves sharing the fate of the
game that has disappeared from before
their rifles.-Cheyenne Leader.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

For the Satisfaction of those
who come and the entertain
ment of those who don't-for
we like to keep you all &C
quainted with what we are do
ing-it concerns you directly
or indirectly-we ought to eX-
plain the piles of iron pillars
and beams that cucumber the
streets along the store-fronts,
the swarms Of men at work on
them, brick walls coming down,
brick walls going up, great
holes in the floors, roofs off, a
giant skeleton stretching his
wooden ribs across the store
headlight seems SO low for
the width; your hat is safe-the
shafts of iron shooting up from
below, scaffoldings, timbers,
braces, noises, paint-pots-A-
long the eastern middle-front,
in the bookstore region, you
may get already a glimpse OF
the sweetness and light that all
this noise and confusion por-
tends.
We are building a store.
OF course we can't stop bust
ness. Where would you 60?
But the most of the work is
done at night. Nobody sees
those timbers go up overhead
They are up in the morning
and pillars to keep them there
those ribs are hoor-timbers
We have covered all the
ground the city allows us be
tween these four streets anc
dug a little below, and now we
are going up higher. They
say the ground is cheaper VI
there.
The series of open spaces
across from east to west arr
: for skylight and air. We hav'
learned the value of light anc
air. One ofthe pleasant feat
ures of this old building, on
that went far to makeit pictur
esque and habitable and so &C
ceptable, was its lofty spaces
a little sky below the roof,
i great deal of air irregula
l largeness, informality, not shu
, in. We shall miss those make,
rafters too far up to show thei
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
ATTENTION
al Z AZ AON
FARMERS and GARDENER

FARMERS and GARDENERS
Buy So Bone Mill
And make your own bone meal, crack
ed corn, and ground oyster shells Tor
your chickens. The increase in eggs
will soon pay for the mill
Buy a Cooley Dreamer
And make better butter, more OF 1t
with less labor than by any other
method
Buy Matthew Seed Drill
And SOW all the small seeds in your
garden with regularity and precision,
saving labor and seed.
Buy Lees Wheel Hoe
To destroy all the weeds in your gar
den. A boy can work it.
Buy 0ahoon Broadcast Seed-Sower
TO SOW any kind of grain or grass seed
at the rate of ! to acres per hour.
| Call and examine these and other labor
saving implements at
ID. L.andretii and sons,
IMPLEMENTS and SEED WAREHOUSE
81 and 81 South sixth Street, Philadelphia.
Branch Store-Delaware Avenue and
Arch Streets, Phia.
Seed and Implement catalogue free 10 all ap
plicants m20-3m
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SIT. NICHOLAS.

girls appearing on Tie XIX of oeL i1r boys and
or SSo3 Ii' icar pUIgei Price = cents number
postasiers and tho publishers take snb
%niher mitlca slelid begin with the November
ST. SiCHoL5HtsU a nus SSo oiH ne ..,,,
or s'v ,astes o us consistency and its record
d9r me past Twelve years during which If pna
perGdeals Sr I bdy. staaas today a the hoad Of
or rs excellence during iha co Shclenl %"nt
'"''O's announce inc following as among tho
LEADING FEATURES F,,; te.,ler,
4 SERIAL STORY by Fran. ro1,s', a..
Children Hi me nrs' long story sh has writion Tor
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

CANDIDATES for Governor are coming
out more prominently as the day for
nomination draws on. E. r. Cochran
seems to be in the lead. Mr.. Cochran
is a young man, and would, no doubt,
make an excellent officer. We are in
favor Of young men holding offices.
The older men,-we mean those of
sixty and seventy years-haye had
their day, and should be contented to
watch the ''boys" work for the offices.
Let Delaware have a young Governor.
We could name several good men who
would fill our highest Office with
honor and distinction.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

THEY claim that the stones being
placed on our streets will be easily
broken by wagons passing over
them. Such may be the case, even
tually, but all have slight recol-
lection of the saying, constant drip
ping of water will wear away rock. y
The horse with sensitive feet does
very wrong in attempting to 60 oven
the streets here. Should he do so
the effect of his folly will soon be
come apparent.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
Good Showing for Princeton College

The total number of applications
for entrance to the College of New
Jersey thus far is 239 Excluding
the preliminaiies there are 179 adj
mitted to full entrance. Over fifty
applicants come from various local
examinations. The indications
point to freshmen class of 100 tC
40, the largest in the history Of The
college. The year beginning witt
September will start of with between
500 and 600 students on the roll.
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AGENTS
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The most successful subscription book
ever published. Orer hatf a million copies
were sold the past eight months, and it is
selling three times as fast now us ever
before. Regular canvassers clear
from SIS to $25, $40 $50 per day.
Nothing like it was ever known in the
history of book publishing. Procfs sct
free on application. No experience need
ed to insure success. We help persons
without means to do a large business ;
no capital needed Write for particulars.
Salaries guaranteed 10 persons ,gho do not
irish to cdnuds on commission. We mean
business, and want live agents in every
township. 1t will cost you nothing to
write for terms and full descriptions of
our plans of doing business We also
give a,cay standard books 10 persons who
send us names of book agents. Write for
our list of free standard books.
IIIsToRIcAL PUBLISHING Co.,
100 & 100 n. 9TH ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

WITH the thousand and one acct
dents happening daily throughout
the country whereby persons in the
act of crossing railroad tracks are kill
ed, yet persons still persist in the fool
hardy feat of crossing tracks at sta
tons just as trains come rushing in.
1t is..a very com mon-sight at our sta
ton south of town to see people cross
directly in front of incoming trains,
regardless of prote station of agent OIL
anyone else. People that act in this
foolish way would be little pitied were
they to receive injury while doing
something they should not do
Women take the lead in this abomi-
nable practice.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

what Il comment on our us
ual Hamburg embroideries
This enormous stock at forty
per cent below the scale at
which they are marked hasn't
hindered their salel
We have pointed out before
now how widely our embroid-
cries differ from those of aver
age stores. We never gave
such proof of the fact before.
This wholesale stock, bear
in mind, was made for average
trade; of popular styles and
grades; but made with a care
very rarely bestowed, we be-
lieve, by makers for wholesale
trade.
Forget for an instant our
usual embroideries. This ex-
ceptional stock is going for half.
Now turn to our regular
stock. Exclusive, artistic, orig
inal styles; fine, careful, intelli-
gent faithful work; and the
prices of equal embroideries.
Southwest ofthe center
Here are three SI.25 wooden
stufs for travelling dresses
down to 6oc, 44-inch.
Homespun two-eolor pin
chek with border fifteen inches
wide of damask cut dots and
stripes; two combinations Of
brown and gray, and three of
black and gray.
toughest of camel s-hair
covered all over with almost
matted hairs with nine-inch Dor
der Of two-color scroll-work;
brown with browns in the bor-
der and two grays with border
of grays.
Soft flannel, the roughness
all in the colors, rough-grays
with flakes of black and white,
and rough browns with fakes
of brown and white, with six
inch border of mohair black
and-white plaid with the black
and-white fakes, and brown
and--white plaid with the brown
and-white flakes.
southwest OF the center.
All the cotton dress-stuffs are
booming:
French sateens of nearly all
the styles we have had this sea
son; SIZE.
Scotch crates are getting
away; SIN and soc.
Scotch ginghams and comb
nations are plenty yet; 40 and
soc for Anderson's.
American spider-web crazies,
I I6c-rough-dry them in the sun
! as rough as seersuckers and
lighter.
: Seersuckers 5 to SOC; but the
bulk Of trade is at I2H anc
p. 10.
Batistes atI21a are the fines
made.
Plain cheese-cloth, cream
S and colors, several grades a
. to hneness, &C up.
.. Northwest OF the center
) IoHN WANAMAKER
i Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets
=, and City hall square.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
Fearing the Quill Drivers Would Fall.


One or two of the newspaper men who
went up into Montana to write up GauPs
version of the battle of the Little Big
Horn, at which, ten years ago, General
Custer and his entire command were kill
ed, were not the most expert riders in
the world, even when in practice, and
had not been on horse for many years.
They did not feel perfectly at home in
the saddle. In fact they felt just about
as awkward as they looked. The 200
members of the party were obliged to go
from Fort Custer and over the battle
field on horses.
The newspaper men were close up to
Chief Gaul as the latter rode over the
battle-ground and pointed out where the
Indians and Clusters command were first
located, in fact narrated his version OF
the great massacre. The journalistic rid
ers were not alone. They were attended
by orderlies from the fort, who followed
very close behind them.
II wonder" said one ofthe newspaper
men, "why those soldiers stick so close
to u.s."
"a courtesy to the press" replied sec
ond.
Nothing of the kind, tlemen," re
marked an old army officer. eve wert
afraid you might fall off, and directed
the orderlies to watch closely, so as tC
prevent such an accident"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
At your service

Our entire establishment
with its many adjuncts
is placed at your dispos-
al for the getting and
wearing of better, nicer
fitting and more econom-
zeal clothing than ever
before. Every circum-
stance is in your favor
this season; goods were
never lower, styles We're
never better, garments
were never better made,
nor were we ever more
anxious to sell. We ask
IN especial examination
of our stock of fine ma
telials for making suits
to order; selected, as it
has been, in early time
to secure all the novel
ties and stylish patterns
Tor the coming spring.
Our cutters and work,
men need no extended
recommendation as we
employ only competent
and experienced artists
In fact, it would be folly
for us to do otherwise.
In regard to the i'm.
mense assortment of fine
clothing for men, youths
and boys, we will give
full particulars later
enouei- .ow to say that
we have such an assert
ment as we feel conf
dent will meet your ap
proval in every way.
j. T, MULLEN & SON
Tailors. 9th a. Market. SITS
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
BUCKEYE
Reapers and Mowers.

pB" First-class machines.
Buckeye Platform Binder.
Buckeye Elevator Binder.
Buckeye Mowers.
Buckeye Table-Rake.
Tiger Hay-Rake, self-dump.
Randall Harrow.
Bird q Sons Sulky Cultivator.
Daughters Disc Corn Marker.
Moline Corn Planters.
Binder Irvine.
Sharless & Carpenters Phosphate,
James P Rothwell, Agent,
New London Ave, Newark, Del.
Apr24-tiuly
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

Mrs. Mary Thomas, ofAvondale,
Pa, went out on Tuesday to pick
cherries. She did not return at sup
per time, and when search was made
for her she was found hanging from
a tree dead. From appearances it
seems that she must have slipped
while in the tree, and in falling her
neck was caught in the crotch form
ed by two limbs, the force of the fall
wedging the neck so lightly between
the limbs that the body hung there
as from rope. The fall must have
stunned her, or she could probably
have released herself from the posi-
ton, but being stunned, she had
strangled to death.-Ex.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

poets. And yet the town will make
a signal failure to build itself up
unless those owning property in or
near it open their eyes to the fact
that their property is not worth five
times its real value just because
some corporation desire to purchase
it. Every manufactures, Of what
ever description, should he extend
cd liberal inducements. By this we
simply moan,-sell them land at
figures that will give you gener-
Gus return, but do not send them
away because they refuse. to pay a
price that carries away several
years profits on that which they
produce. Naturally, land in this
town is far more valuable than it
was five years ago. Within the
past two years the improvements
have been many. Old buildings
have given place to substantial ones.
Modern architecture has asserted
itself, and the result of all this has
been beneficial in more ways than
at first anticipated.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

All our shifting, exposure,
dust and handling SO far hasn' t
hurt our goods. What a silly
thing it is to do to make an
auction whenever a brick is dis
turbedl We sell as we buy
We are losing money on al
most nothing-nothing at al
because of damage.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

The ice-cream poisoning at Potters-
vile, N. j., is a mystery All CON
nected with that fatal picnic do not
know how poison got into the freezer,
but the poison was there, and the
party who placed it there knows it.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

THIS is the time when people travel
Many go to Europe, and elsewhere,
and majority have made Canada
their present place TO rest.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

SUICIDES and murders are as plenti-
full as ever. There is some disappoint-
ment to the reader of the daily paper,
if so many murder and suicides do
not appear.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

We hope the daily papers will not
be forced to issue supplements to get
in all the baseball notes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

GENERAL FrTz-JoHN PORTER not be-
ing able to secure pension, will now
receive the pay of Colonel on the re
tired list.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

IIrI nfor working people. Send 10 cents post
LII Uagc and we will mail you free, u roya.
HTI valuable sample box Of goods that will
Hill put you in the way OF making more
money In n few days than you thought
ever possible at any business. Capital not required
you ran live at home and work in spare time only.
or ali tie time. All Of both sexes, Of all ages
grandIy successful. 50 cents to s. easily earned
sverv evening That all who want work may ,esi
The business, we make this unparalleled offer. IL
ali WHO are not well satisfied we will send " to pay
for the trouble of writing Fun particulars di
rcetions. etc. sent free Immenee pay absolutely
nre for ali who start at once Don't delay. Nd
ress stinson 8 90 Portland, Maine
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

ELSEWHERE will be seen how ten
men were blown to atoms. 1t is a
terrible thing.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

SUCH hot weather as this week is
liable to knock out the most enthusi-
astic politician.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

THIS town has either very bright
or dark future awaiting it. The
numerous railroads hemming it in
will have the effect of Transforming
an otherwise dull town into thirty
ing city, or else throwing it far back
of what it now is. The latter idea
while possible, bears no such evil
dencc now. 1t is true, towns spring
ing up along new lines of railroads
grow with much greater rapidity
than do old towns through which
new railroads run. While this may
be the fact, yet what town, situated
rs Newark is, offers as many nat
ural advantages. With a perfectly
healthy location, within easy access
of the largest cities in the union
the future of the place cannot be
viewed but with the brightest pros
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Delaware College.

Rev. ]. II. Caldwell, A, NJ, D. D., Prest.
viii open with enlarged facilities Sep
TENDER, 1886. Three courses: Classical
Scientific and Agricultural. Expenses
not over S2l5 per annum. For informa-
ton, catalogues etc, address the Presi-
dent, Newark, Del. Jul2-3m
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

A PATENT needed-one that will
make the offices go around.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

SUCH weather as we are now having
will cause an unusual rush of people
to the seashore. Country editors are
not included in the rush.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

THE Athletic ball team OF Phila-
del,hia and the Baltimore club of
the city of that name, are making Il
hard struggle for last place on the
list. Present indications point to
their success in that direction.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10
WANAMAKERS.


FHILADELFIIAl july % I7oO'
Till late in September the
store will close at one o'clock
on Saturdays.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

Inc ideal young peoples magazine. Ii holds IN,
hrS' place among periodicals Of its class.
boston Journai
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-10

THERE has been so many qucs-
tions asked about the Pennsylvania
Railroad running trains into this
town, that some good-natured indi-
vidual has arranged a schedule,
which appears elsewhere in this
issue. A careful perusal will con-
vince you that much time was
spent in getting the thing up so full
and accurate. No mention is made,
however, where the lunch stations
arc located, hut we presume ample
accommodations Of this character
will be provided for through pas
scngers. Future developments on
the "yn route will be noted.
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$1.OO

NAs-'-'A 4A-'b VI iii-h7'
These VIII be continued (most Of thom ilustratcdl
until the chief events Of the Civl War have bcotl
described by leading participants on both sIdes,
Henera Grants papers include descriptions Of Tho
battles OF Chattanooga and the Wilderness Gen
C. Buell. Of Shiloh, ten Pope Ionqstreet mi
others of the Second Bull Run, etc. etc. Naval
eombats, including the fight between the Kear.
sarge and the Alabama by officers Of both ahil,s
will he described
The "Recollections OF Private and sleela,
war papers of an anecdotal or humorous charncter
viii be features of the year
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BY Frank r. Stockton, Mrs. Helen Jackson m
H) Mrs. Mary lIallock Foote, Joel Chandler Mar
RS II, IL; Boyesen, 7. A. Janyier, Julian Ilnw
thOrne, Richard NJ Johnston. and others; and
poems by leading poets Tho nenartmenf t,'u
open letter. - "liric-a-Brac,' etc, viii be IN "