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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

ST. JOHN, N. b., Dec. 23.-William j.
Mcdonald. charged with the murder OF
Mrs. MoRae by means of poisoned candy
sent through the mails, has been found
guilty of committing tho crime while in.
Aane
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26
ELRTVN.

Spectral Corrcsrondsncc Of Gazette and journal
ELKToy Dec l6.-lhe jury in the cess
OF Charles u. Anderson OF Chester, Pa,
vs.. the Philadelphia, Wilmington Il Balti-
more Railroad Company, which had been
on trial III the Cecil county circuit court
for several days, retired yesterday at 2
o'clock and an hoHr and R-hRlt later re-
tutnsd with q verdict for the plaintiff for
81 500. On the first ballot 10 OF the
inrynen were for S5 900 aud two for
~ 500 damages. Anderson is yoGng
Wholesale liquor dealer OF Chester, Pa,
who was badly injured at Chester station.
The south bound train on which lie was
travelling stepped ABOUT square before
reaching the station aud the train officials
CrlieG Chester Ha got of and was
e.ricJ by o train passing nolth-bOun6 at
a. uAs. Albert Constable, ESD, VI
Iktou, and Orlando Harvey OF Chester,
represented the plaintiff, sEd Jones u
Eaires of Elktol. aud William WArIauG
\, Y, WRri OF Chester, the datendau.
oompanv. Joshua Smtin Eas placed On
trial charged wi!n violating the pfohibi
tory NV.
/ ELEToN, D5c. % Cherry Hil Meth.
od7J EpIsronal Church which had been
( closed for several mGnlbe while nader
! going extensive improvements was
reopened yesterday, OSor 81 800 have
been expended on the building,
both iaterior and exterior having
been improved All hut $500 OF this
amount have been raised By the energetic
efforts Of tho popular pastor, fine Rev. Il
A. H. O'Brien Presiding Elder W l. =
Murray prenoneo RS the morning from
the teEt l Thess., Y, % The choir sang
seversl selections and Mira. Peaeocl
rendered u solo. AT the afternoon ser
vice the Rev. Charles Hin OF ElktoI
preapEed ff1m the text, "uhrist il all ant
in Gil. = Ia the evening the Rev Jscot
Todd Of Wilmington preached sermon
on the Parable OF the Talents. Franci
b, Harvey and Edwin v. ainchiiGe
members Of the Dickinson College Gle
Club, who eTs home spending tine holi
days, rendered Hoio with fiue effect
MI Earvsy alpo sang solo in the after
noon. The meetings wers all well al
tended.
The circuit court Cor Cecil comfy I'D
journed on Saturday for the DeoemDe
Eelm
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

When Baby was sick, we rave her csstorla.
When she was Child, she cried for Castor!a.
When She became Miss, She ching to Castoria.
When She had ehildren, sine gave them Css.orlu
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

II Is better to remove than to hide COM
plexlonal blemlshes. Use Glenn'e sulphur
"Hlll's Hair and Wnisker Dye" blGek or
brown, SOC.
Soap, not cosmetics.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

One Of Chicsgo'a arguments in favor OF
having the Worlds Fair is that 3, 732, 24i
hogs were slaughtered in that city in
1883. As o hog centre Chicago stands at
the head of the CLASSIFY Y. Tribune.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

MIDpLETowN, Dec. 2l.-The general
inspector Of the Edison Electric Light
Company visited Middletown last even
ing for the purpose Of testing the pres
sure ON the wires and ascertRining the
voltage. W. Il. johnson, the manager OF
the company assisted the inspector. The
tests were made with one OF Weston's
welt meters. The result OF tue test was
almost exactly the same as that made by
Electrician Lighthipe some three weeks
ago. The inspector who tested the lights
last night was brought here by the COM
pany, and the town council were not
Interested in the leOst. The difficulties
which arose some time ago regarding the
oand!e-power of the lights are still I'M
settled.
The four children OF Mr.. G sorge Lock
wood, farmer of segr Warwick, mar
rOwly escaped bad accident on Sunday
night last. They were returning home
from chu.ch and one OF the horses fell
down snd in some way managed to get
under the carriage. Two of the children
were thrown out, hut fortunately none OF
them were injured. The harness was
badly used up but the horses were not
| hurt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

NIppLETowN, Dec. 20.-The sixteenth
spniversary OF the Women's Temperance
Crusade was held 10 the NJ. L. Church
last evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock.
The services were very interesting, and
were conducted by the pastor, tie Rev.
Il. Fl. Adams. The exercises opened
with singing and prayers, and Mrs. CLARA
Jones read 'The Crusaders Psalm"
The Crusade hymn was Sung, and Mrs.
V. l.. Culbertson read very interesting
article, entitled "l'he Leaders Story
Miss Mamie Anderson also read selec-
ton, and Mr., John b. Roberts made an
address. On the whole, tho exercises
were very interesting, and it is to be re-
GREETED that the attendance was 80 small,
which was owing to the Indictment
weather.
Mr.. William Il. Cochran, a retired
farmer, moved his family to Philadelphia
yesterday. i. II. Hirons, resident Of
Warwick, Md, also moved his family to
Wilmington.
The oolored man Groves, who was ar
rested by Officer Orsddock on Thursday
for numerous robberies in which be had
participated for three years past, was
taken to Elkton by the officer yesterday
to be given hearing before the squire.
The robberies were committed in Cecil
county, and therefore the trial Yves not
held before the squire here, as has been
| stated.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26
MIDDLRTOWN.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
MIDpIETows, Dec. l9.-The body of q
colored man was found on the Delaware
railroad track q short distance above
Frogtown crossing by the section men
yesterday morning while on their way to
work. 1t was lying on the west side of
the south.bound track, and judging from
appearances, the man had been dead
some time. There was a horrible cash
in the centre OF the forehead and the
skull was cracked. The man was very
thickiy dressed and had pair Of gloves
on when found. The body was brought
to Middletown and placed in the freight
house, where il was identified ss that
OF Daniel Robinson, who had been
working near Odessa for come time,
and who recently worked for different
farmers near Wilmington. Coroner
Gamble was summoned and arrived on
the l. O6 p. m. train and proceeded to en-
panel jury. After hearing the evidence
in the case the Jury rendered the verdict
that Daniel Robinson came to his death
while walking on the Delaware railroad,
and that the railroad company was ex-
onerated from all blame. The dead mans
pockets contained some papers and over
$2l in money. The remains were taken
to Odessa, where the money found on his
person will be employed to pay the ex-
penseB of his interment.
There are few persons here who are
of the opinion that Robinson's death
was not due to being struck by train,
but think there was foul play. The cuts
on the head are of a singular nature, and
just how they could have been produced
by an engine Is hard to determine. The
man was last seen alive in Odessa at about
8 80 O'Clock, Tuesday evening. He had
not expressed an intention of leaving the
place and none who we're acquainted with
him can imagine what he was doing at
the railroad at that place and at such o
time.
Charles Groves, colored, was arrested
by Officer Crsddock, on Wednesday for
numerous robberies III which he had par
ticipated for three years past. Groves
was at work on farm near hit. Pleasant
when the officer called on him, and at
tempted TO run, bat q shot gun had the
effect Of bringing him back.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22
''MR.'' %

OF all the orders and degrees
Which king or queen or nabob
Confers On those, whene'er it please,
Who into favor may bob. ..
There's no..e that can at all displace,
l am a firm insister,
In quiet dignity and grace
Our Yankee title, ''Mr."
OF all the handles, short or long,
Which brainless dudes inherit,
Or funkhys win by deeds of wrong
More often than by merit,
There's none to pride and tInsels talnt
So potent resister,
AS our own prefix, curt and quaint,
Our Yankee title, "Mr."
Let emperors, khedive and port,
Shah, tsar, pasha and mogul
Ennoble faWning apes at court,
That have the wit to so gull;
Well bow to no sad frigid land.
No land of lust and blister
On merit must that people stand
VINO call each other "Mr."
Just cast your eye at England's isle,
At Gladstone, Bright and Parnell;
Then at her Mawlbros weak and vile,
Her Dilkes, corrupt and carnal;
You'll own, think, a title fails,
Even when it's tongue-twister,
While naught so much the ear tiRgales
As worth aud simple 'Mr."
The pithless man with lofty name
Is like a jugless handle,
Or candlestick without flame
Yes, oven without candle.
For me, if fortune my way turns
With titles, I'll resist her,
Content, could l, like Keats or Burns,
Also dispense with "Mr."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22
\ Peculiar People.

Some fifteen miles from Lancas-
ter, Pa, by turnpike and twenty
by rail lies the little village Of
Ephrata. It is a very secluded,
sleepy-looking little place, in spite
Of the railroad that runs through
it, shut in by surrounding hills and
by low line of mountains, digni-
fed by the name of Ephrata Ridge.
The houses of the town straggle
along a broad road which crosses
the railroad near the station, dips
away until it sweeps around in a
curve over bridge, past an old
mill in front Of broad built red
brick house, and so away into the
country. The houses, generally
brick built, in many cases old
fashioned are very comfortable
and homelike.
Here one meets the bunker per
Sc in every hv-road and lane
men with long boards and flowing
hair parted in the middle. At
the farm houses are pleasant, mat
ronly faces, stamped with humility
and gentleness. while an air of
almost sanity simplicity is given
by the clear starched cap, the
handkerchief crossed on the breast,
the white apron, with plain gray
or drab stuff of the dresses.
The style Of living of these good
people, their manners and customs
are of the most primitive type.
Their aim is to initiate the early
Christians in their habits of life as
we'll as in their religious tenets.
There is absolutely no distinction
of caste among them.
They settled at first near Phila-
delphia in a spot which has since
been called Germantown, for the
various German religious refugees
who settled there in the early part
of the last century. The sect is
now chiefly confined to central
and western Pennsylvania, but
has spread to other states,
principally those of the northwest,
though there are churches estab
lished in western Maryland, West
Virginia, and North Carolina.
Their dress is of the simplest de-
scription, quaint and old-fashioned
in its cut; they offer no. resistance
to injuries; they observe no con
formity with the world and its
manners and customs; they refuse
to take oaths in courts of law;
in these and many other ways re-
sembling the Society of Friends.
Some of their religious ceremo-
mics are exceedingly curious.
They celebrate the Lords supper
after the manner of the primitive
christians. .ua f..
The feast begins about the time
of andle-lighting. The men are
seated upon one side of the meet
ing house, the woman upon the
other. The first ceremony is that
of the washing of feet, each sex
performing this duty for its own,
Those who are to engage in the
ordinance presently enter the meet
ing, carrying tubs of lukewarm
water, and each member on the
front benches removes his or he1
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22

With the exception of the little
narrow strip of the panhandle OF
Idaho, there is now a continuous
line of states along the northern
boundary of our country. There
is also a continuous girdle OF
railroad all along the border north,
east, south and west, including all
the coasts.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22
AUNrxR PERPLExED.

For heavens sake. what does your mother
10 to you childr n that makes you 30 hungry"
"Please. auntie, she gives Us joys Vegetable
sarsaparilla aud it's awful good" ..
T s. Milton of GIL Post street, San Freaeisco,
writes: 81 had been ailIng for weeks with
disorder of the liver and kidneys. Finally my
Vife. becoming frightened. procured bottle of
The Californis Remedy - JOYS Vegetable
;arsaparilla. 1t cured me right mp. In fact did
10 much for me that sent for half-dozen and
ave it to my children, with the most sstis-
ctory results" =
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22

John J. Astor who is reported
engaged to Mrs. Bowler, a Cincin-
natl widow, is IS years old, but is
said to be still handsome and vigor-
Gus. How could he be otherwise
when he is worth $15O,oOO,OoO?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22

SllOeS anu SIOCklnSS. n HAL OIl
the mems side and a woman on
the women's side, then wash the
feet, one by one, taking the right
hand of each individual, as they
finish the washing, and giving the
kiss of peace. After the one who
performs the washing follows an
other, with a long towel girded
around the waist, who wipes the
feet just washed, at the same time
giving the ri ght hand and the kiss
of peace. AS one benchful has
the ceremony performed, it gives
place to another. While this cere
mony is being conducted, the min
listers or teachers make a brief
speech or read appropriate por-
tions of scripture relating to the
subject.
The next ceremony is the supper
itself. Each third bench is so ar
ranged that the back can be turned
upon a pivot at each end, SO as to
form the top of a long table. This
is covered with white cloth, and
presently brothers and sisters en-
ter, bearing large plates or bowls
of soup, which are placed upon the
tables. Three or four people help
themselves out of the same dish.
After this the communion IS adj
ministered. and the whole cere-
mony is concluded by the sing
ing of hymns and preachin 6.
This the brethren hold is the only
true method of administering the
ordinance of the Last Supper, and
also hold that it is similar to that
ceremony as celebrated in the
earliest Christian church. 49,.
Another peculiar ordinance
among them is that Of amounting
the sick with oil, in accordance
with the text in James, 5:14. The
sick one calls upon the elders OF
the meeting, and at a settled time
the ceremony is performed. 1t
consists of pouring oil upon the
head of the sick person. of laying
hands upon them, and praying
over them.
The ordinance of baptism is ad-
ministered in running water and
by threelold immersion. the
officiating minister then laying his
hands upon the recipient, who still
kneels in the water. and praying
over him or her. ~
The ministers or teachers, who
receive no stipend whatever, are
elected by the votes of the mem
bers Of the church, he who re-
ceives the largest number of votes
being pronounced elected. These
elections are summoned by the
elders OF the church. who preside
over them and receive the votes
Of the people, either viva voce, in
whispers, or by closed ballots.
If no candidate has majority, OF
if there are a greater number OF
blank votes cast than for any one
candidate, the election is pro
nounced void.
Such is a brief and condensed
account of these people, and OF
their religious customs and ordi.
nances. They are called Dunkers,
or Tunkers, from the German
tunken, which may be interpreted
to dip, or probably ito sop" is a
better equivalent word. They as.
sumo for themselves the name
Brethren on account of the text
Matthew, 23:S, zone is your Mas
ter, even Christ, and all ye are
brethren They also sometimes
call themselves "God's Peculiar
People."--Harper's for October.
With the execution of the little
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22

A conscience wave is sweeping
over the land. The secretary of
the treasury has just received a
letter containing four 2-cent
stamps, which the writer says is the
amount, with interest, of two
stamps which he used twice.,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22
ToLE1o weekly BLA1E
1889.
Onlv One Dollar.

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Announcement Extraordinary.
In December we shall commence publica-
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Col Thomas w. Knox, is now eagaeeI in
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-11-22

Irvine L Helm will sell you ladies' grain
shoe for 81 per pair.
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