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Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

teen or twenty degrees IN TIE next
twenty.four hours. The messenger
boy when be brings US . telegram
indicating cold wave is very careful
not to intimate it 10 anybody for fear
ne will be wsyisid.
Two Hsgs are generally displayed
together. For instance the blue Star
and the red circle would meal, local
rain or snow with higher temperature.
The blue aud red crcscents, fsir and
colder weather, etc.
As d rule ths weather Indications
are reliable and are looked forward TO
with general interest. Several rail
roads are going TO crary these Gags
on their trains.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

The red crescent means
hat the signal service Of.
icer at Washington, the
telegraph operator and the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

man who runs up the signal guaran-
ee that the mercury is going to be-
gin to hunt the bottom Of the ther-
nometer. II it does not do ii, as is
sometimes the case, the fault may be
ascribed to any of the above named
,,ersons or to color blindness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

The red star means, in
The majority Of cases, that
'he temperature viii remain
for the next twen-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

ty-four hours. II 1t does not do 1t,
md the mercury begins to fall as II
the thermometer was hung on the
north pole, or to meander upward ~
# it was 10 the place Of superlatve
notncss, the signal service officer win
rell you that it is due to circum-
tances over which he has no control
or to defective thermometer.
The solid blue circle indicates gen.
eral snow or rain. II young lady
whose beau did not take her to the
theatre on the strength Of the blue
circle chides us with being criminally
unreliable we tell her that she did
not read the signs Alright. It means
general snow or rain, and there may
be general rain in Texas and gen.
eral snow in New England and fair
weather in Mexico. Mexico, We ex-
plain. is not the earth, though most
Mexico people think it is. When the
young man puts this flag on the pole
he always does it with q great deal
Of confidence.
The blue crescent is also regarded
as very reliable flag il interpreted
correctly. 1t indicates clear or fair
weather. When the weather fails to
,bey orders and is not what the flag
would lead a firm believer in the sig
nal service to expect, the young man
who is held responsible for the mer-
Jury says that it's impossible to
please every one; that no two persons
have the same idea Of fair weather
and that from q comparative point
of view he thinks il is pretty fair; he
can remember many worse days.
The blue star indicates locsl rain
or snow. II Is q hard one 70 get
: round. and IL there happens to be nc
= .ocal rain or snow the fault 10 clearly
: wiih the weather. The signal ser.
vice bureau is very chary aboat dis
, playing this flag and always has its
= -toutcst man ON duty when II 10 put
n on the pole.
n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25
FoRETELLlSe THE WEATHER,


Not a great many years ago when
. person wanted to know whether
the day would be clear or cloudy he
had t" look at the sky and end out.
Every man was his own weather
prophet, assisted in bis prognostica-
tions by the fight of Wild fowl, the
movements Of the ground hog and
many other time-honored traditions.
The establishment Of the signal ser.
vice bureau shattered ancient idols
and the old-time weather predictions
occupy about the same relation now
to the daily weather repsrts that
the stage coach does to the locomo.
tive. Nearly everyone looks At the
signal flags now for the report and
places more or less reliance on It. II
is not necessary now to find out
whether the evening is red or the.
morning gray, because there is
more reliable way Of learning whether
the day will he dry or wet warm or
cold.
Everybody is interested in the state
of the weather because everybody is
affected by it. Although the system
of flags has been used by the LrDoER
for some time there are good many
people who do not understand IL yet.
Seven flags are used, three red, thres
blue and the black or cold wave flag.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25
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MEXICO WEEKLY LEDGER
IL Eighty Quires, twenty-five
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sos a1eh week
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

The black flag indicates
that the mercury Ia Their
mometers so unfortunate as
to be exposed will isll a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

" The flag with . solid red
center indicates higher ter-
- Iperature. II you leave your
overcost at home on the
strength of an anticipated warm wave,
md it don't arrive inside OF . week,
here is something wrong. This
hannena.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-02-25

The following road overseers
have been appointed by the Coun-
ty Court.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
Bethel A. M. E. Church.

This church, which is to be oDened
and redcdicated next Sunday. will as
tonish the spectators not conyersant
with the work and plans OF improve
ment, with the decided change that has
been wrought in this place of worship
since the falling Of the Autumn leaves
IN November. From room of ex-
treme plainness it has been changed to
one that will compare in neatness with
the best audience rooms in the TOWN
The work of Temodeling was radical in
design, leaving nothing of the old
structure but the brick walls. to which
a brick Vestlbule was erected in front
to cover the entrance to both the au
dlence room and the basement. The
ceiling Of the audience room is papered
IN imitation Of irescO in three panels.
the principal decorations being three
shades Of blue. The walls are licbl
shade OF salmon in subdued figures.
the treize being eighteen inches wide
and with SIX shades Of terra Gotta color
to match. The pretty pulpit recess is
capped with a bass relief rainbow arch.
just below which and following the
arch is the sentence in old English
text, " The Best of all, the Lord is with
US" The pulpit IS of walnut Of an at
tractive modern design. The pews.
which are in imitation of walnut hard
OIL finish, are arranged with a central
aisle and smaller ones along the wall
ON either side. The room is lighted bv
two rellectors from the ceiling. the
large one being over the centre and a
smaller one over the pulpit.
The basement, which is about one
half below the surface of the ground
and intended for holding the PRAYER
meetings, Sunday school and other
meetings outside the regular service.
is comfortably seated and in addition
to the usual necessary appliances for
such a room, has library with a ca
pacity for holding several hundred
books. A heater of the Novelty y
patent warns up this room as well as
the audience room above. Both rooms
have an entrance from the front and
rear, and likewise connect with each
other. Good Judgment has been man
itested in the entire remOdelling of the
structure, which, we believe was main
ly after the ideas of the pastor, Rev.
Seth ID. w. Smith, with the mechani-
cal adaptation of the carpenter, Jos.
Evans. The papering and painting
has been done by J. e. Carter and the
retectors and gas fixtures by Geo. w.
Il ). Taylor The whole cost will
amount to about $1,000. The aisles
are covered with carpet and the yes
tibule and basement with grass mat
ting. A new cabinet organ has been
purchased for the upper room, the old
one doing service in the Sunday school.
The improvements, to speak of them in
the sense only of local enterprise, are
decided credit, and commend them
selves to the generosity of the commu-
nifty. The corps of workmen are busy
his week in getting the church ready !
or the dedication next Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

circle of the official family on her i'm
proved health and buoyant spirits add
ed much to the pleasures of the gather
ing.
1t is well understood that there
would be more marked expression of
sympathy and coincidence on their mart
did not Mr.. Bayard prefer otherwise i'm
his characteristic consideration for
others, and his desire that his private
griefs, almost unbearable as thev'wouId
seem to be, should not undulv affect
the public.
The President was Immediately no.
titled of Mrs. Bayard's death. and he
at once sent Col. Lamont with a note
OF coincidence to the Secretary. and
later in the day Miss Cleveland called
at the house. There were no funeral
services in Washington. Mr.. Bavard
asked that no official demonstration be
made and the President did not 90 to
Wilmington. Several members of the
cabinet, however, attended the fun
eral '""
Cabinet officers, Senators. Represen-
tatlves, diplomats and public men pen-
orally have called at the Bavard man
SION SION TO express their sympathy with the
Secretary in his afliiction.
Mrs. Bayard was born in Baltimore
IN 1888, Her father, Josiah Lee, was
one OF the leading business men of that
city 80 years ago. She met the Secre-
tary while his father was "A Senator
from Delaware, and they were married
IN 1906. There were twelve children
porn TO them, seven Of whom are still
alive. Up to seven or eight years ago
Mrs. Baiyard was a leader in society at
the national capital.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

THE declaration Of President Cleve-
land that he would not make removals
from Office but for cause, and his refu-
sal through Attorney General Garland
last week to give the reasons for GER
tain removals that have been made
brought direct issue between him and
the Senate in their confirming power,
but it is hardly likely that they will re-
fuse to confirm the appointments ex-
cept in few cases where the appoint
ment comes in direct conflict with the
civil service law. The Democrats in
caucus have resolved to stand by the
President which delights the friends of
the administration, rs it assures the
President that ne has the full strength
of his party at his back, which ap-
parently has not been the case hereto
fore.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
The MYsterions Hon Vine

Last week we gave an account of a
| credulOus party at what was called a
hop watching watching for the
coming up of the hop vines at midnight
on Old Christmas night-Januarv
6th. On Monday last one of the party.
| George BrOckson, came to our office
with one of the vertable young vines
preserved in alcohol as proof to show
that it was not all a delusion or optical
Illusion as we spoke of it, Mr.. Brock
son thus states the circumstances of the
mop Watching" They had heard Of
Jhe circumstances attending old Christ
mas night as legend and when the
watching was proposed they entered
INTO 1t more for an evenings associa.
tion than for any prospective verilica-
ton OF the old superstition. The com
pany was composed of fourteen per-
sons, seven young ladies and seven
young men-Of the best families of the
neighborhOod. They spent the even
ing in the social way that n companv
OF young people usually do until a
quarter of twelve, when, putting on
their wraps and taking with them two
lanterns, they went into the garden
and surrounded the hop root After
the party was agreed on the dav be-
lore, Mr.. BrocksOn went to the garden
and removed all the old vines and'fiIth
covered the place with fresh dirt, ieav-
ing II as clean as a freshly-planted
radlsh bed so there could be no mis-
taking one thing for ANOTHER. As the
the hour approached the COMPANY
formed a circle around the place
and young lady with watch in hand
noted the time-live minutes of twelve.
iour, three, two, one: when the last !
minute was called the young vines
were seen coming through the ground. !
dOzen or more, and continued to |
grow until one minute after twelve. |
When they stopped, standing from |
of an inch to an inch
ABOVE the surface. The coming our of
the ground was witnessed by the whole
company, several of them breaking off
the young vines and CARVING them
into the house. The one Mr. Brock
son has preserved, be was careful to
alg down and get section Of the root
with 1t. He further says that on goino
10 the spot early the next morning tb9
young sprouts were still visible bnt
WitheFed, but by nine o'clock had en-
ireiy disappeared. These young peo-
PIE say fact 80 Ocularly presented
could not be doubted, but whether IL il
always so on old Christmas night they
ire not ready to affirm, but they pro-
pose testing it again next January to
zee u the same thing will occur.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

PRINCE BIsMARK is a great states
man and lifted Prussia by diplomacy
and arms to the front of the mighty
nations of Europe, but in his advanced
years he is showing what has often
been shown before, that great success
often makes mighty men arbitrary and
cruel. His purpose as declared last
week to Danish the Poles from their
native country looks to an American.
cruel in the extreme. His purpose
seems to be to smother every spark Of
liberty in their breasts. When their
nationality was blotted out and the
kindgdOm divided between Prussia
and Russia what more could be ex,
pected than the Poles should be an
element of danger in the German EN-
pire, and when he proposes to buy out
all the Polish landowners and sell their
places to Germans and then prevent
said Germans from marrying Poles, he
talks like some ancient Nero come
back again. Suoh legislation is un-
worthy the nineteenth century or the
German Empire.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
A Dakota pelawarean.

John COwdright, of Dakota, is home
on a visit to his relatives at Little
Greek and this hundred and purposes
staying East a month. He gives an
experience of his Western ventures
that is quite interesting to old settlers.
Six years ago he left one of A. G.. Cum
Minis farms in White Hall Neck for
Dakota and pushed on through the
Territory until within go miles of the
British possessions, where he preempt-
ed a claim of 160 acres and paid 81
an acre for it. He also took tree
claim of 100 acres, on which he is given
ten years to grow trees, at the end of
which time he gets fee simple deed,
and likewise took a homestead of 16O
acres, for a deed of which one can
either pay $1.25 per acre or live five
years on it for deed. He has put up
a frame dwelling and a barn to hold
5000 bushels OF wheat, and stables,
sheds, &c. In all he owns now 480
acres of land, which cost him for land
and all expenses only $3.50. This body
of land is only five miles from the town
of lnkstra, which has a population of
nearly 400 and is growing rapidly.
AAS hs'o hCfCl DCCll SlCh Il udy, ne saws,
since he left here. The opportunity
for taking up land in Dakota, he SAYS,
is gone, as all the claims have been
appropriated. Mr.. Cowdright would
not take $40 per acre for his land,
which is rapidly growing in value.
The thermometer falls some 5Oo below
zero, and VAS "a below when he left
to come East.
They grow mostly wheat. with some
oats and barley The Summer is too
short for corn. The broad expanse of
wheat fields which ripeu the last of
the Summer he says is beautiful
sight, and so level that you can see for
miles away. We do not know that
Mr.. COwdright has any other purpose
in coming home" other than to see
his relatives and friends, but we know
that most men when they have
good habitation, generally look around
for some one to share it with them.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
Personal.

Rev. DIR. J. T. Umsted, who has
been confined to his room for the past
ten days by indisposition caused by a
deep cold, is somewhat improved, but
suffering from greatly depleted strength.
II is not likely that he will be able to
tiIl his pulpit for Sunday or two. He
expects, however, to have his place
supplied.
Editor Heffron, of the fredericksburg
Courier, paid us a fraternal call on
Monday.
Miss Stella Cannon, of BridgeviIle, is
the guest of Miss Lizzie Hail.
Rev. J. G. LasseE, had a large and
attentive congregation at the M. E.
Church on Sunday night, filling the
pulpit for Rev. Mr.. Quigg, who had
preached at Blackiston's Church in the
afternoon.
Gilbert B. Reed, of Bridgeville, is
spending several days home with his
parents.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
Unusual Domestic Aflintinn

There IS much, we might say, a uni
versal sympathy and interest in the
family of w w. Nelson, which is pass-
ing through a serious visitation of
atiilctiOn. The middle of july last
Mrs. Nelson by mistep and slight fall
injured her knee Joint, which injury
seemed at the time to be a slight
strain which would be well in a week
or two, but which was found at the
end OF that time to be worse instead
OF better, when the aid of physician
was called. Several weeks after this
there seemed to be a change for the
better and we so announced. with the
prospect of her being restored to her
Wonted place in her family, church
and society. The improvement, how.
ever, was illusOry and her condition
continued to grow worse and to nut to
defiance the skill in the treatment
OF the diseased limb. 1t was at length
deemed advisable to have additional
surgical advice and accordingly she
was visited last week bv DIR, josenb
Hearn, at present on the surgical staff
OF the Jefferson Medical College, Phil
adelphla. The surgeon thoroughly
endorsed the treatment pursued by
Drs. Collins and Goodwin, but could
offer nothing beyond a palliative treat
ment, the patients age and condition
not permitting them to entertain a
thought of the usual remedy in such
cases-amputatiOn Of the limb. The
disease is a rare one, seen but a few
times in the life of the surgeon, and
but rarely by the general practitioner.
and known technically as Sarcoma.
The case is all the more sad as Mrs.
Nelson's aged mother Mrs. Ellen
Jones, now less than a month of her
98th birthday, is lying in an adj
joining room, too feeble from the
weight of years, and worn out bv re-
cent illness, to minister to her daugh-
ter's comfort. Mr.. Nelson has the pro-
foundest sympathy of all.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

SECRETARY BAYARD has had dou-
BILE bereavement in the death of his
wife Oh Sunday morning, just two
weeks from the death of his daughter,
SO sudden and so unexpected rs to
shock the whole circle of Washington
society in which she was a leading
spirit. Mrs. Bayard was woman of
peculiar mOtherly properties and exal-
ted character, the Secretary a man who
loves his home, and it is doubtful if
there is another family in the national
metropolis where happiness has reign
ed so supreme as in that of the Bayard
family. In the dark shadows that
have fallen across his pach and the
gloom that rest in his household, he
has the profoundest sympathy not only
of our State, but the Nation.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

The Silver question still eontinues
the leading national issue, both in and
out Of Congress. Senator sherman
from his success in managing the fnan-
cial affairs when Secretary of the Trea-
sury would very naturally attract a
great deal of attention to any proROsi-
tion he should make. The bill he az
fered last week is however in the form
OF compromise between the extremes
OF single gold standard, and the silver
lnhationists. The ex-Secretary of the
Treasury proposes, in the first place
that the coinage Of standard silver dol
lars shall be suspended, and. next that
the treasury be authorized and direct
ed to purchase at the market price from
100000 to 100000 ounces of silver
bullion, nine-tenths fine. ner month
issuing in payment therefore coin Ger.
Uhcates in denominations of $40 each
The bullion thus purchased shall be ro-
tanned IN the treasury as security for
the certificates. The latter will he re-
G. ce'vable for customs, taxes and all pub
'ic dues, and on their presentation for
redemption they will be redeemed II
com. Coin certificates will be issued
70 persons depositing silver and cold
uo'.afs Or gold bullion in tho treasury
n"'s" s'iVer and gold will be retained
~ I, ''s treasury for the redemption Of
sue eef''ieates on demand. There i
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03

The defect of the Salisbury ministry
and consequent resignation, has called
Mr.. Gladstone to the front again. who
IS now forming a new cabinet at the
command of the Queen. The Difficult
ties with which his path is beset. saws
the New York Tribune, are very MANY
and very great. No Prime Minister of
the century has undertaken to form a
stable government under less promis-
ing conditions. 1t is not only a politi-
cal crisis, in which parties are rent with
intestine feuds and hOpelessly divided
on public questions; but it is also
crisis in the relations of England and
Ireland. The chances of failure larpe-
ly Outnumber the chances of success
With an experience ranging over half
century ct-public life, MIR. Gladstone
will be inclined to overrate rather than
nnderrate the enormous difficulty of
MS present task. But his career and
his character leave no room for reason
able doubt that he will make a resoIute
and highminded effort to bring order
out OF the state of chaos To which Emo
lish politics are now reduced. No
Prime Minister can govern the conn
fry H-''a' The will Of Mr.. ParnelI. and
consequently no Ministry can hone to
remain in Office without making large
concessions to the Irish party. Action
respecting Home Rule may not be i'm
mediate. Indeed it will be Mr. Par
neiiS true policy to conciliate public
opinion in England by SELF restraint
and moderation in speech, and to allow
Mr. Gladstone time to approach the
question with deliberation. But the
new Liberal Cabinet must eventually
come to it, or else go down at Mr.
Parnell's bidding.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
AnIncendiarv Fire.

On Thursday night an unOccupied
double tenant house on the farm of
Chas. E. Green, near BlackistOn's
Cross Roads was burned to the ground.
1t was discovered first by some neigh
bOrs near midnight, who had been up
late to party, who at once rode to
the residence of Mr.. Green and woke
him up. The fire was then bursting
through the roof and too far advanced
to be extinguished, but the singular
discovery was made that all the doors.
window shutters and sashes had been
removed, the fresh track of wheels
around the house showing that a
wagon had but a little while before
left the place. The fact that wagon
had been there and that the doors.
windows and shutteIs had been carried
oil led to the natural conclusion that
they had been stolen and the house set
on fire. It's, to say the least, a singu-
lar case. one that the people Of the sec
ton ought to investigate. If the re-
moved property was carried awav to
use again, if not taken too far, it ought
to lead to the detection of the thieves.
though it may take years. The house
was only built two or three years ago
and Mr.. Green will be subject to a loss
of $500 or 500.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
GRAIN.
OFFICE OF
Philadelphia Z Smyrna Transportation Company,
February 3rd, 1886.
MARRIAGES

BELL-REMLEY.-Novembe 2Gtb 1se5
3y Key. }. T. Umsted, d. d., Harry w +
beII, OF Greenyille, Mercer county. pa
ana Emma q. Remley, of this county. '
BROTHERS-ARGOE.-Januarv 27tb -
Dover by Rev. John Miller, WiIii,o WTiiiITii, III III
franklin Brothers and Miss Sarah p
Argoe. 0"i"n L.
COADY-HARDING.-In Dover lam
9Mry 18th, by Rev. l.. w. Gibson. lanes
Coady and Miss Lucy Harding aIj Of
this county. 81 VA VI
FORTN HICKMAN.-At RIacl,bird
January 28lh, by Rev. l. d. johnson
jonathan Fortner and Mrs. Eliza Hicl.
man, both Of New Castle county.
LANE-BACON.-At the residence Of tbo
pride, parents, Winterburn. Pa. lam.
ary 10Th, Myron Lane and Miss Matte
y. Bacon, youngest daughter Of James I,
Bacon, formerly of this town. Thnv ara
now on visit to friends in this scction
after which they will return to their fn-
ture home Driftwood Pa.
McCLARY-McNAMEE.-At the homo
9i the brides parents, January 28tb bv
heV; b. + White, Jacob G. McCiary
OF this county, and Miss Maggie 4
McNamee, Of New Castle county.
IOW OWNSEND-DAY-Att the VI. f. mar
SI39nage; Wyoming, January 28th. bv the
hey. W, NJ. Warner, Burton Townsend
ana Miss Sallie Day, both of this county.
Smyrna times., 1886-02-03
Steam Warnin1.

}. w. Anthony says the only way to
nave your house safely and econ0mi-
caily warmed is by steam, and that he
Is ready to answer any questions as to
how 1t is done. The heater is made bv
Cox y Sons, Of Philadelphia, who have
had years Of experience at the busi-
nees, and to meet all requirements of a
hrst-class heater, durability, economy.
ease of management and absolute safe
ty, even with the grossesl carelessness
mas been their aim. 1t may cost a lit
tle more on the start to heat in this
way, but when you take in account
all its good qualities, it is not very ex-
pensiVe.