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Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

Ex-Gov. HoRATIo SEYMOUR died
at the residence of his daughter, in
Syracuse, N. Y, on Friday last, aged
76 years. Gov. Seymour was strong
partisan, but throughout long public
career he viewed all national questions
from patriotic standpoint. He was
the Democratic candidate for President
against Gen. Grant in 1869, and was
defeated by him.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Sales TO Take Place,

Following are the public sales which
will take place during the coming
month =
Monday March Ist, 1885 Sale of Farm
stock, implements and personal property
by Miles Clark at Kirkwood Del.
Wednesday March 8, 1Ss6-Sale of stock,
farming implements, household goods,
ETC., by Andrew Belville near st.
Georges.
Monday, March 18th, 1sS6.-Sale OF
stock and farming utensils by Hannah
Stats, near Warwick, Md.
Monday, Feb. 22G.-Personal property
etc, BY Edward M. Callister, near Della
ware City.
Wednesday, Feb. "a, 1Ss6.-Large sale
of stock, farming implements, etc, by J..
B. Cazier, at Mt. Vernon Place, near Kirk
wood, Del.
Tuesday, Feb. 23d.-Large sale of
stock, farming implements, personal
property, etc., by Macomb Clayton, at his
farm near Middletown.
Wednesday, Feb. 24th.-Mrs. Thos.
Price, Administrative OF Thos. T. Price,
deceased, near Cecilton, Md, sale of stock,
personal property, etc.
Thursday, Feb. 25th.-Stock, farming
utensils, ETC., by James McMullin and
Edward Boulden, administrators OF
George Boulden, deceased, near Glasgow,
Del.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

THE BOSTON PosT-oFFICE Is said to
have saved ten thousand dollars last
year by the use of electricity instead of
gas. If that can be proved it will set
tie an important question in favor of
electric lighting but too often such
calculations leave out important items
of expense or compare the cost of cleo
trical lighting with some hypothetical
consumption of gas to produce the
same illumination. For large areas,
requiring to be well lighted, it is pro-
bable, however, that electricity is cheap
er than gas.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is soon to
receive from Alaska a cane made by
Dick, the native policeman of Sitka, of
yellow cedar, skilfully carved. The
carving represents the history and ira
ditions of the bear family, that animal
being the sstotem" of the Kahtwatons,
the most numerous of the two Indian
families that constitute the population
of Sitka. 1t is finished with ferule
of Alaska gold.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
IT-
A Pair nfThRm

Philip L. Cannon, the well-known mer
chant, peach grower and fruit dealer o
Bridgeville, Sussex county, writes to the
Morning NetDs as follows: +" After careful
and thorough examination, find the
peach buds dead. Blackberries are moi
injured.
The prospect for for the peach crop m
this section is gloomy. A number OF
growers express the opinion that the
peaches are all killed. J. w. Kerr, pro-
prietor of the Eastern Shore Nurseries,
says he will not get ten bushels of peaches
from his whole orchard.-Caroline (Den-
toni Democrat.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

AN ExCHAGE offers the following
very sensible advice: "Stand by the
men who manifest their energy and
public spirit and invest their capital
in improving the town. Every good
building that goes up, every vigorous
ly pushed enterprise that brings busi-
ness to the town, helps every individ-
ual who does buziness or owns prop
nrtv3,
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

IN 1880 Samuel j. Tilden was sup.
posed TO be in such poor health as to
make it inadvisable to nominate him
again for the Presidency. Hancock,
the picture of health and mature vigor,
was taken up by the Democracy in
place of Tilden. On Tuesday of last
week Mr.. Tilden was celebrating the
seventy-second anniversary of his birth
at the moment when General Hancock
was dying on Governors Island.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

SENATOR CAMERON, it is said, will
refrain from voting if the republican
majority makes direct issue with the
President on the subject of giving in
formation about suspensions from Of
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

"LoRD GUMBoIL, /" who was not long
since prominent in breach of promise
suit with Miss Fortesque, London
actress, whom he cruelty Tilted, is now
engaged to be married to Miss Adele
Grant, a New York society belle. We
cannot congratulate the young lady up
on her lordly game.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

JOHN B. COUGH, the world-renown-
ed temperance orator, was stricken
with apoplexy while lecturing in First
Presbyterian. Church, Frankford, Phila-
delphia, Monday night and the gravest
results are feared.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

If THERE WERE not SO MANY ca
nal projects before Congress, such
as the Hennepin, the Florida, the
Chesapeake and Delaware, and possibly
others, the. canal contemplated by our
Representative O'Neill, from Camden
to the sea across Jersey, might have a
show on It's own merits. But there are
too many of them, we fear, in Mr..
O'Neill's way, though this does not
prevent him from working away with
great diligence for his appropriation
for a survey. He keeps this moving
along in quite promising fashion.-Led-
ger.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

Mr.. JAKE SHARP is sharp by name
and sharp by nature, and the far-famed
Roscoe Conkling has thus far been un-
able to trap Jacob into any compromis-
ing statements concerning his Broad
way horse railroad in New York.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

1T is SAID that Senator Beck, of Ken
lucky, has the largest foot in the Sem
ate. He wears broad eleven, of calf.
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, can
stand No. 10 if broad at the toe,
while Senator Butler, of South Caro-
lima, has the smallest foot, excepting
Senator Malone, who wears u number
8 Of the finest kid. Mr.. Butler wears
number IS, with stylish, narrow toes,
and is always careful to have them
shining.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

In view of a threatened epidemic of
coughs like that of a year ago in Phila-
delphia, the Health Commissioner of
Maryland officially recommends Red
Star Cough Cure for throat troubles, as
being free from opiates, safe and sure,
and having none of the harmful feat
ures of other cough mixtures. Only 25
cents.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

A MEMBER Of the Massachusetts,
Legislature has introduced a bill
which has for its purpose the enforce
ment of the voting privilege. By
virtue of its provision men who neglect
to register and vote will be fined from
five to twenty dollars.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

CRIMINALS generally have great
dread of the lash, and give Delaware a
wide berth on that account ) but some
ofthe natives appear to care no more
for whipping than for other kinds of
punishment. One of the prisoners at
New Castle whipped on Saturday is
said to have been an inmate Of the Jail
twenty times, for terms varying from
three to twelve months, and has been
whipped nearly every lime.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
So 90 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.

To CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Co on
topics of local interest are always welcome,
but to insure insertion they must be brief ana
to the point. We do not hold ourselves re
sponsible for the views of correspondents.
Anonymous articles will receive no atten-
ton Address all communications to the pro-
prietor.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

.IiIIst Il-Ll 0ITsII -T'II --IlT :
AN APPLICATION was filed at Wash
ington for the granting Of patent on
an invention to restrain one Presiden-
tial candidate from stealing the thunder
of another. For specifications address
George f. 'Edmunds, United States
Senate, Washington, D. C.-Times.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

The arrest of the morning George
@. Cannon is attended with sensational
reports of his attempted escape from a
moving train. Mr.. Cannon, however,
says that he went off accidentally. 'a7sI.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

''The moon of Mahomet arose, and it,
shall set,' says Shelly; but if you will
set a bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in
some handy place you will have
quick cure forcroup, coughs, and colds.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

THE subcommittee of the House on.
railways and canals has made a unani-
NOUS report in favor of the Maryland
Delaware ship-canal.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Friday Afternoon, February 10, 1856.

EX-SENATOR GRooME received the
appointment of Collector Of the port of
Baltimore on Wednesday.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
The Root Of the Evil.

To thOrnghlycure scrofnla IL isnecces-
sary to strike directly at the root of
the evil. This is exactly what Hoods
Sarsaparilla does, by acting upon the
blood, throughly cleansing it of all i'm
purities, and leaving not even a faint
of scrofula in the vital fluid. Thous-
ands who have been cured Of serofula
by, Hoods Sarsaparilla, testify to its
wonderful blood-purifying qualities.
Sold by all druggists.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
nenartnre nf Mails

Mails going north leave as follows:
TAO "A. M. 11.25 A. NJ, and $40 P. NJ.
Mails going south close as follows:
9.20 A. M, and 7.10P. M.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

KoAD ExrREssgl Leavss p PhihdeIphla 1917 !.
sssn m d r Il Wmi9agiiSin aiig
and It Middists@n,r rpS eiayson. rs Hlrginsfoa
and Seaford to leave passehgels from Wil.
m1ngton and points North or take on pas
sengers tor points south Of Delrnar.
yhe lo,H e. n train also stops at Laurel,
ana the ff.l0 p! M train at New Castle, to
leave pAssepgerH tonl Wilmington ana
points North, or take passen gers for points
south OF Delinars u.10 p. "a. Train also stops
at Laurel to leave passengers from VIII
daily & Week b5SsE s3s 81 ssa a. a. M M
soS saa Is ss5 p M 5 H5sgSlsEly e arIIyIPg WMinipg q
ana nc sss p. m m-.and Philadslphia go a. m. and
harrington regnlsfly;and at laurel, seslford.
Clayton and Mfddletown to leave passengers
from q paint eouth of Delmar, or take pas
sedgers for Wilmington and points North.
The LBS p. m. train also stops at seaford,
Harrington.l Clayton, and Middletown to
leave passengers from points south of Del
mar, nn or taks q & on passengers Wilmington
! NEw.&AsTLE Aoooakl1oDA T1SN N4RArNs-Leav
Wilmington at ESQ p. m. Leave New Castle
= DnIAnann, Sia1 Z; n alAa4f 10 Il vi vsssss. g nAnoH
and s HsrrRg9P q oE sSss na @ y
s IeMes for 81 asrshss6s s4 i sB ana ls "a ssaae %
and 300 .. nj leave : lS1kiia oS5 and 500
a. m. - ---7- .
CONNECTIONS P Porterw with Newark & Della
ware City railroad. At Townsend. with Queen
Anne's and Kent Rail Road. At Clayton. with
Delaware and Chesapeake Rail Road and Bal
rington, with Delaware, Maryland& & virginia
Raisroad At Seaford, with Cambridge and
seaford BAH Road. At DeImar, with New
fork, philadelphia & Norfolk Wicoifiico q
Popomok 8 ana Peninsai4r R.,ilIfas,is.
cHAs. sEy PCGH, G4neraf Manager.
=. 4. WOOD, Gen. Pass Agent
%sa ~ maF27-tf
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Ihf Grauelri'.
Plila., Viln. and Baltimore R. R
Delaware Division

On and after December 2l. 1885, tsundays ex-
cepted), trains will leave rs foilows:--
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
u PAYNE G. GREEN,
323 NORTH SECOND ST.,
tifftlHt L.4g Gag " -z9ltI 81 st- ~
Philadelphia, Pa.

Announces that for the Spring of 1886 he
has secured, many choice patterns in Velvet,
Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels and In
grain Carpetings, Rugs, Mats. Oil Cloths,
Window Shadings, etc. "A full line of which
will be shown throughout the Peninsula by
his representative, Mr.. Jos. o. McColIey, Jr.
The inspection of all whether intending to
buy ornot is respectfully solicited Will be at
Middletown Hotel. Middletown. March 90
and 4th. Morning, Afternoon and Evening.
P. S.-odessa Hotel, Odessa, March Ist and
End, Smyrna House, Smyrna, 9TH and 9Th.
l2jan2t 0ff iggg ftfstrttrtsf5 .5=.sriff
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
PATENTS.

Caveats, Trade Marks, and Copyrights
Obtained and all other busines in the u. s.
Patent Office attended to for MODERATE
FL ES.
Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Office
and we can obtain patents in less time than
those remote from WASHINGTON.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise
as to patentabiity free of charge and we
make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN
PATENT.
We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt,
of Money Order Div, and to officials of the
U. S. Patent Office. For circular. advice,
terms and references TO actual clients in
your own State or county, write to
G.. A. SNOW g. CO..
Opposite Patent Ofice, Washington, DC.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

Days Horse Powder is prepardd by
A. G. Meyer & CO.., Baltimore, Nd.
Price 25 cents.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

The best reform in domestic ECONOMY
is the introduction of DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup. Laudanum is no longer given
to babies. Only rs cents.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19

DR.. Bulls BaltimorePills, thetourists'
friend, should be kept by all travelling
men,
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-19
Wilmington 4 Northern Railr5ad,

:" 1tnse 1dofe sn eDed UeceH5b1r gsE 1855 =
-s-Sssa-sz GOING NORTH. .
naila--Laxaa.,t S..,,d.x-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24


IL sadly misunderstood down there. as ir Is Will
fully misrepresented here about Us, II 1t DO
thought that they would dampen the ardor or
put feather in the way of men who have
taken for their mission the enterprises OF peace.
The political and social wrongs committed by
rufIians who have shut themselves up in their
own preudices aud bitter memories, and VINO
breathe and rebreathe the atmosphere OF ran
cor and outrage. are far more serious to the
Southern people themselves than to the North.
Every crime committed against the balot-oox'
every atrocty perpetrated upon the negro, is a
huge impeachment in the path of progress. IN
denouncing sncb occurrences and the class OF
people who are guilty of them. and in mounting
plans to prevent them and to punish their per-
petrators, The North is fighting the South's own
battle The era of peace, goodwill and prosper
iiy is close at hand, but it cannot come IN Its
fulness till other nobler agencies than prejudice
and fraud serve to keep the South solid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE PROFESSION
AL MATINEE.

There was great crowd of spectators yesterday
the Madison Square Theatre and 1t was composed
for the most part OF local celebrities. numerom
company of must of necessity be Interesting
since it presents such variety of contrasted char
acterstcs and since almost every actor is associated
with remembered exploits and successes upon the
stage. glance over the handsome auditorium OF Mr..
Palmcrs luxurious theatre must have prompted many
pleasant thoughts and brought into mind many
pleasant and memorable pictures Of the past jim
the Penman" was acted with uncommon tervor and
care and bnIancy. Actors are apt to be very critical
of acting, but they know the difficulties and the
devices and the felctes OF their art and thus are
quick perceive and rrecate hhe strokes and tell
ing achievements HJm the Penman" has beer
incorrectly called an actors play meaning play
In which everything is sacrificed TO movement and
effect This 1t certainly is not; but thorough piece
of essentially dramatic construction. An actors play
il was Yesterday, however in different sense-for
very strong company of actors PEE formed 1t and very
apprecIative assem- age of actors welcomed and en-.
oyed it, Contributions Of money for the Actors Fund
were heartily giyen-these charitable Christmas gifts
beng received ny Miss Annie Robe. OF Wallacks COM
pany Mis-. Gilbert, of Days company, and Miss
Annie Russell. OF paner's company. The aggregate
OF these offerings exceeded $685. The affair was II
every way agreeable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
TT JUMPED INTO The BRANBLE BUSH


We really pity The Erening Post. 1t is ve-y
tired. 1t longs for some vast wilderness. In
lieu of a vast wilderness, it is in the frame OF
mind to accept nice dark hole, one capable of
being pulled in after it preferred, Like poor
RID Van Wrinkle, if it had known it was going
to get itself into a mess it never would have
done it, 1t feels injured because somebody did
not warn it that Mayor Grace was the man
"secretly responsible" for what in a nom mt of
haste it called an infam Gus appointment" and
an "incredible piece of brayado" that is
ashockingly disgraceiul." Its feelings have
been hurt, and its tone toward the Mayor ind-
Gates that it feels that it has a just ground of
CON plant against him for having permitted ii
to make a fool of itself. 1t seems half disposed
to remind the Mayor of how faithfully it had
served him, how zealousy it had backed NJ his
political diCkors and in.rig cues and called them
reform how it had made its reputation a mat
for him to wipe his feet on, and yet after all
this here he has been cOqnetting with the
criminal classes. without ever letting it know.
The result is, says Inc Post, between its lines,
you have let us 60 and write ourselves down an
ass we did not need to 90 into Mysteries over
the Fatty" W alsh affair; there was no Occa-
sion to gnash our teeth with rage; we might
just as well, if we had only known that 1t was
one of your dOIges, have described it as Il I" tri-
umph of reform" or great victory for the
cause OF good municipal government" as to
have said it was "intamous and disgrace
full ," could just rs well have said it was an
act which VIII stamp Mayor Graces record as
the most honorable aud useful ever made" "a
to have said that something ought TO be done
TO put the blame for this infamous appointment
upon the shoulders of those VINO were secretly
responsible for it,; but not dreamng that you
were working it, we thought it was an occasion
upon which we mi ht take on one of our we'll
known paroxysms OF indignant virtue, and you
see the fOrlOrn plight into which your failure to
take us into your conf lcnce has placed us
These are not precisely the wordn The Post
prints but if they We're it could not have re-
vealed its actual feelings more plainly We
will admit that the stu ition was a trying one.
The Mayor really ought TO have let The Post
know that the w lsh iniamy was one of his
schemes to pay off political debt. On the
whole we will not crowd The Post. 1t IS not
chivalrc TO kick poor creature who is already
down. Our con- omporary has fallen in hard
lines lately. 1t had not got well over its five
lies about the cutlery frauds before it jumped
into the Walsh brambles. Well, well, to-
morrow will be Christmas, and Tie Poet can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
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ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.

Every newspaper reader must have noticed
the recent increase of b Did Jbberies especially
attacks upon jewellers stores. The audacOns
raid yesterday in Minneapolis is the climax of a
series of only less daring, and nearly all sue
cessful, crimes of the same kind. 1t might
almost be thought that the same gang of
thieves was travelling over the country. but
the capture of several diamond robbers in
different cities disproves any such theory. The
Minneapolis case has some features in common
with the late amazing train robbery in Texas,
and it il not impossible that the latter may have
suggested to the Minnesota criminals the
practicability of the plan which they carried
out. Given a group of thoroughly reckless
men, well armed, with handy swift team and
vehicle, it really seems that any robbery de-
handing no more time than is needed for
smashing a window and Selling its contents
may be feasible on the most crowded thorough
fare and mt MONDAY.
The Minneapolis robbers found no difficulty
in holding off the crowd with their revOlvers,
and the same means Of persuasion prevented
pursuit until they had got away with their
plumber. 1t remains to be seen whether they
will be taken. They certainly must have been
upon the jewelry store, as they were not dis
cursed. The impossibity of wearing any
eflectual disguise in daylight robbery is of
course a serious drawback, but, on the other
hand, it may be said that the chances of get
ting a heavy booty in such Il case are better
than in night burglary, because in the latter
all the valuables are sure to be locked in a safe,
and the safe must be opened before they can be
had. 1t is an interesting question whether tho
thief of the period has deliberately resolved
upon a new policy in these matters. If he has
the police system will have to be modified. 1t
is clear that the public can never be relied upon
to arrest armed robbers, even when the latter
are operating before their faces, and between
red pepper, brick bats aud revolvers, the jewel
lers are threatened with an UNPLEASANT expert
unless they can devise some means of
making their windows unbreakablc and their
eyes unblindable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
DIR. PHELPS AND CONGRESS.

Mr. William Walter Phelps made an excellent
speech, as he usually does, at the New-England
dinner, and said many things which provoke
thought. He appears to be especially anxious TO
have the country entertain higher opinion OF
Congress than now prevails. 1t is kindly
effort, prompted, doubtless, by sense of JUS
tice, too ps " ell as by kindly feeling, for Mr..
Phelps Is right in saying that the shortcomings
OF Congress are too often attributed to want
of honest and patriotic purpose. when they are
really dnc to individual ignorance, or to the
irreconclable antagonists of opposing inter-
ests. Congress fails to act very often only
because its honest AMI patriotic members, who
sincerely seek the public good, are so divided
in their Judgment as to the best means of serv-
ing the public that nothing gets done.
But the eloquent advocate is often apt to go
too far, and a defence Of Congress which makes
light of its public building jobs, its river and
harbor jobs, ITS wasteful Increase of officers and
expenses, and of its contrasting and pig-headed
penuriousness in providing for public educa-
ton, for efficient representation abroad, and
for foreign mail service, certainly goes too far.
What Congress has done and has refused to do
is of record. 1t has passed bills by great
majorties which were not for the public good,
because they promised help to members in
their districts. Then it has crippled important
branches of the public service in a most dis
creditabe manner to cover its wantOn waste
by pretence of zeal for economy. If Mr..
Phelps will look straight at the matter he will
see that these things imply something more
than ignorance or failure to master sound
theories. They imply that the members who so
vote-and they have repeatedly been the large
majority-are not governed by an honest
regard for the public welfare, when their in
dvidual interests in their districts are affected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-24
,uspeud publication for few days and rest its
weary soui.
KICKING THE FALLEN.

The Star Eyed Goddess, through her next
friend Mr.. w gterson. laments tho third defeat
of Mr.. Morrison and is thereupon admonished
by The Herald that he is incapable as leader,
ignorant, pig-headed and mulish. This brings
to mind the fondness Of some people to worship
the rising sun, and to fiatter the Fortunate
Not YER, long ago Mr.. Morrison was praised
beyond measure by The Herald, because it was
then supposed he was about to lead his party to
great victory over the protective system. AT
that time, his leadership appeared admirable.
firmness, and his endeavor to frame bill
which, if not scientifically sound, might get
the necessary votes and pass the House, was
called practical craftsmanship.
Then the same Herald invites the Star Eyed
Goddess to take another look at President
Cleveland, and observes that he has all the
qualities needed for successful leadership.
This is especially funny. Mr. Morrison, with
all his faults and incapacities, was actually
able to bring together and to lead for the
third time four-ffths Of the Democratic
members of the House. Mr.. Cleveland, who
put forth his best efforts, according to The
Herald to secure votes for Mr.. Morrson's bill,
was able this winter to influence just one vote
which was not cast for the bill last summer.
According to the same authority, unless
recollection Is at fault, his attempt to help Mr..
Morrison last summer did so much harm that
Mr.. Morrison himself earnestly requested Mr..
Cleveland to desst. lest his support should kill
the hill