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Evening journal., 1889-07-02
ON SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1889,
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At the Auditors office. No. 80 East Sixth
street, In the city of Wilmington, New Castle
county, and State Of Delaware
All that certain lot.Or. piece of land situate
in the city OF Wilmington, aforesaid bounded
and described as follows, to wit, with brick
messuage thereon:
Beginning at a stake in the southerly
side Of Fifth street, between Market and King
streets as a corner OF James r. Merrihew's
land thence through the middle OF the middle
wall dividing this messuage from the said
James =. Merrihew's adjoining mesguape
south 80 degrees, west 6l feet inches To a
stake in Doctor l.. p Bush's line thence with
his lines north5S degrees west is feet Z and II
Inches TO stake, a corner OF Doctor l., p
Bush's and sarah II. Ways land and thence
with said Sarah IL. Ways line north 30 de-
grees east 81 feet 10 inches to the aforesaid
side Of Fifth street, and thence thereby is feet
and ~ inches to the place of beginning be
the same more or less
Seized and taken In execution as the prom
erty ot John Mealey.and Elizabeth Ries and
John Ries. I, T., and 10 be sold by
JOHN M NEWELL, CITY Auditor.
n. B.-Ihe above named property 10 be
sold TO satisfy lien thereon for curbing, &c.
A UDITOR'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF.A
"A WARRANT OF the mayor OF tie city of
Milmingon, to me directed. will be exposed TO
ON SATiTrpnAU rrrr " 20 .ooo
Evening journal., 1889-07-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST

A YoUSG man known as "a gilded
youth" sent the following note to rich
uncle the other night; "Not,one word
II You do not send me 81. 600 before mid.
night l shall cease TO live" A similar
demand had been received earlier in the
day, so the fond uncle replied: .'1n re
sponse TO former favor | have already
forwarded you my revolver. 1t is in good
condition and loaded. Philadelphia
Herald
Evening journal., 1889-07-02
AnnIrnR.s SALES.

49,
A UDITOR'S SALE.--BY VIRTUE OF A
"A warrant OF the mayor Of the city of Will
mington. TO me me directed will be exposed to
to public sale
ON SArIrpnAY 1IrIv1o 1000
Evening journal., 1889-07-02

THE record Of cures accomplished by
Hoods Sarsaparilla can never be com
pletely written. The peculiar curative
powers Of Hoods Sarsaparilla are sue.
cessful when everything else has failed.
II your blood is impure, your digestion
out Of order, try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

made wonderful developments in this sci
ence during recent times.
In France the use of canals began some
what later, the irst-that of De Brare-was
opened in 1912. It connected the Loire and
Seine rivers. In 1851 the greatest canal on
the European continent was completed. Tt
is called the Canal of Languedoc, or Canal
du Midi, and is used to transport vessels
from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Its
length is las miles, and contains more than
100 locks and about 80 aqueducts, and in
some parts is fully 600 feet above the sea
level.
England. usually so progressive, did not.
strangely enough, awaken to the benefits Of
the canal system of transit until fully a GEN.
tury later, all the ., 900 ana odd miles of nav
igable waterway Of this kind in that coun-
try's domain having been constructed since
that time. It is owing mainly to the sagac-
ity and energy of the Duke Of Bridgewater
and his celebrated engineer, james Brind.
ley, that the resources of the method were
developed in that country.
ONE MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATION.
As an illustration of the extent of skill
reached, il is necessary to mention the won
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NOTHING coNpULsoRY.
ALAS, BRAZIL, BRAzILl
The Last Words Uttered by the Banished
and Dying Empress

The Lnst Words Uttered by the Banished
and Dying Empress.
oPoRTo. December 29.-Dom Pedro has
received many kilograms of coincidence on
the death of his wife. Among them was
one from Queen Victoria. When it became
evident the end was rapidly approaching,
the ex-Empress was advised to summon a
confessor. Although in great agony, she
replied: eyes. but we must await the EN-
peror. He will give instructions Her
last words were: 81 regret that my children
and grandchildren are not around me that 1
might bless them for the last time. Alas,
Brazil, Brazil, that beautiful country, I
can not return there" Baroness Japura
and two nuns watched the body during the
night. The face Of the dead Empress wore
q peaceful ex preston.
Dom Pedro rose early this morning and
attended mass. He was greatly detected
and SO weak that his doctors were obliged to
support him. The Imperial physician has
arrived here to attend the ex- Emperor, for
whom much anxiety is felt Dom Pedro
has accepted the Kings offer of one of the
royal palaces here as temporary residence,
but he expresses desire to live alone. The
Comte and Comtesse d d'Eu have left Madrid
for Lisbon. On their arrival here the ar
rangements will be made for the funeral of
the ex-Empress of Brazil.
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DIED.

B. oBIsARKER-sqnday evening December g
1889, RICHARD ]. BARKER. ston of William s
and Bessie M. Barker, aged III days
Funeral from the residence OF his parents
lS7 Ridge avenue, Allegheny, THIS AFTERNOON
at o'clock. Interment private
BATTENF1ELD.on Sunday noon. Decem
Der g, 1889. at u o'clock, HARRY, youngest sor
of John and Minnie Battenheid- nee Schuette
at the age Of year and 20 days.
Funeral will take place on TUESDAY, De
cember 81, 1889, at o'clock p. NJ, from the resi-
dence of his parents. No. 70 Grant avenue
Millvale borough, Bennett station. Friends OF
the family are respectfully invited to attend. z
CAHILL-At his residence, No. 96 East Dia.
mond street. Allegheny City December g.
1889, at 800 A. NJ, FRANK CAHILL, in the 47th
year of his age.
Services on TUESDAY at O'clock p. M.
Funeral private at later hour. 2
DONALDSON-At West Elizabeth, Mrs.
MARTHA DoNALDsoN, IN the 60th year Of her
age.
Funeral MONDAY at P. M. from her late
residence.
KING Sunday. December %, at her home at
Monongahela City, Pa, Mrs. MARIA KING, in
the 90th year Of her age.
Funeral TUESDAY at o'clock from her late
residence at Monongahela City. Pa.
KERR-on Friday, December q, 1889, at S
P. M, at the residence of Jonn ArbuckIe,
Brooklyn N. Y, Miss ANNA l.. KERR.
Funeral services at the family residence, So
Union avenue. Allegheny City. on MONDAY
AFTERNOON at o'clock. Interment private
at later hour. 2
MoGRAW-At bis residence, No. 20 Ander-
son street, Allegheny City on Friday De-
cember a. 1889 at 9.45 p. NJ. JOHN A. Nc
GRAw, of J. "A. McGrsw & Bros, in the 44th
year of his age.
Funeral services on MONDAY, December 30,
at o'clock P. NJ. Interment private at later
hour. 2
McCOMBES-On Saturday December q. At
7:l5 p. NJ, KEZIA, widow Of the late James Nc
Combes, ST. and mother of o. R West, in the
S0th year Of her age.
Funeral services at her late residence n
Whig alley, Allegheny. on MONDAY at 10 A. M,
Funeral at later hour. 2
RAHM-On Sunday, December %, 1889, at
1870 P. M, the infant son of Edward and Maud
Rahm.
Interment private.
REID-At Grafton, Pa, Saturday. De-
cember 2e, at 1015 P. M, HARRY WILLARD,
youngest son of Charles II. and Minnie O. Reid,
of spinal meningitis.
Funeral services at home, Grafton station, on
MONDAY. December 30 at lis P. M. Private
interment from Union depot on arrival OF 24O
P. NJ train, city time.
WEAVER-On Saturday, December q. 1889,
at o'clock P. NJ. WALTER E., SON of Henry
and Elizabeth Weaver, aged year, l0months
and y days.
Funeral from the residence Of his parents, IS
Stewart street, Allegheny, on MONDAY, De-
cember 30, at 2 o'clock. Friends Of the family
are respectfully invited to attend
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CENTRAL VICTIMS.
The Lishtsst Attendance for Six Months nj
the Hearings.

The Liehtsst Attendance for Six Months ut
the Hearings.
The attendance at the Central station
hearings yesterday morning was the lightest
for fully six months. there being but 13 un-
fortunates, all told. led before the Magis-
trate, and five of these were common drunks.
The same number were given workhouse
sentences. William Stewart for refusing to
return a trick bird let loose by an actor at
the Academy, which few into his arms, got
30 days also; John Brown, who followed
Robert Smothers out Fifth avenue, casting
reflections Of blasphemous character on
Roberts complexion and daring him to
fight, got the same sized sentence. IL
Martin McMahon entered the house Of
Peter Kaiser, on Our Alley, and secreted
himself in the cellar where he was found by
Officer Baltz about 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing; his explanation to the Magistrate did
not go, and he got 30-days' sentence.
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derful aqueduct at Pont-y-Cysylte, by which
the EllesIsere aud Chester Canal is carried
over the river Dee at an elevation OF 10
feet above the river, the canal course itself
being formed at this spot of cast-iron
trough ZOO feet long, supported by IS pairs
of stone piers from the valley below.
The largest ship canal in Europe is the
Great Holland Canal, which was completed
in 1925. 1t has breadth OF 125 feet at the
water surface, 81 at the bottom and is 20 feet
deep. It extends from the Amsterdam to
the Helder, distance of 81 miles. 1t ena-
Dles ships of as much as ]. 400 tons to avoid
the dangerous Zuyder Zee. The surface of
the water in this canal is considerably be-
low the high water level of the German
ocean, from which it is protected by en-
bankments faced with wicker-work.
The Caledonian is another of the great
canals of Europe.
A WONDERFUL MILEAGE HERE.
In the United States the artificial water
way has been brought to a high standard.
There are nearly, or more than, 5000 miles
of canals, which are being continually
added to. so beneficial are they to our COM
merce. The most important at present is the
Erie in New York State, and the famous
lake or Welland system of the Northwest.
Strange as it may appear, however, there
is hardly country under the sun where SO
much has been made of and BY canals as in
India. Thousands and thousands Of miles
of territory have been adapted to the system,
both for transportation and irrigation pur-
poses, and they have been of the most un-
doubted benefits. They have changed sec
tions, that mp to that time were desert
wastes. into lands of teeming fertility. Par
ticularly is this true Of Scinde, where the
annual rainfall is about nine inehes-a
mere bagatelle to a sun-blistered earth
which has rendered 1t almost uninhabita-
Bile; but now the entire aspect is changed,
and verdure extends to the very water edge,
while crop after crop is yielded as fast as
they can be sown ana reaped.
A REAL TRANSFORMATION.
Whole districts have been changed. The
now thriving city of JRcobabad stands on a
plain which, previous to the construction
Of the Beeari Canal, was Eerdureless
waste, the hottest place in India, and sup
posed to be quite uninhabiiable. The ther-
mometer climbs up to 1850 in the shade at
Jacobabad, but since the canal put life into
the desert several thousand people have
made the place their home.
Unquestionably the greatest waterway Of
this kind 50 far constructed, so far as ac-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
A HUNGARIAN FIGHT.
Terrible Combat With whisky Bottles Be-
tween Two Brothers-in-Law.

Terrible Combat With Whisky Bottles Be-
tween Two Br0thers-iR-Law.
Officer John Snyder was on hand yester-
day afternoon just in timeto prevent what
might have been murder. Michael Block
and John Schmitt are two Hungarian
brothers-in-law. the first named living on
Jones avenue and the other on Sixteenth
street.
Yesterday afternoon Block and his wife
visited Schmitt's house. There was plen-
tiful supply of liquor. About O'Clock in
the afternoon dispute arose over family
matter, and words soon led to blows. The
men were furious with liquor, and
as each was armed with a
whisky bottle, they beat each other
until blood flowed like water. The women
ran into the street screaming for help, and
their cries were answered BY Officer Snyder.
He had hard time separating the men.
They were taken to the Twelfth ward lock-
up, where they were found to be badly cut
nm
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4 FATHERS REVENGE.



Now Orgsnizing for
LynchIng.
BRAZIL, ND, December 29.-James
Dahlgren, prisoner in jail here, charged
with forgery. had narrow escape yesterday
afternoon from being shot by the angry
father Of a girl he attacked some weeks ago,
and tonight extra guards are on duty at the
prison fearing q lynching party is on loot.
During the past two months half dozen as
saults have been attempted or committed in
the neighborhood of Coal City. Several Of
these crimes had been kept secretly the par
ents or other relatives of the women and
girls interested, all parties being desirous of
concealing the facts.
About three weeks ago Miss Clara
Warner, the daughter of respectable
parents, was on her way home one evening
from visit to a neighbor's when she was
attacked by q stranger. Mr.. Warner. on
learning the facts, swore to have the
scoundrel's life if he could be found. The
girl gave clear description of her assail-
ant and when Dshlgren was arrested for
forgery and lodged IN jail here she got the
idea that the forger was the brute who at
tackled her. She communicated her sus-
picions to Mr. Warner, who at once de-
termined to come here with his daughter
and see the imprisoned forger. The story Of
Miss Warmers suspicion got abroad
in Coal City, and therefore she
and her father left yesterday morn
ing and were assured that should
Dahlgren prove the man he had less than
"a hours of life before him.. Mr.. and Miss
Warner arrived in Brazil shortly after noon
and went to the jail. The Sheriff was in
formed of their object and led them through
the prison, Miss Warner closely scanning
the faces Of the prisoners. The moment she
set eyes on Dahlgren she cried: That's the
man, father; take me away"
Mr.. Warner Instantly drew aSreyolver,
and was just about to level it at the seoun-
diel when the Sheriff seized his arm and led
the iurious man outside. he and his
daughter went home on the next train, but
news that Dahlgren had been recognized by
Miss Warner soon spread through town and
a uni versal demand for Dahlgren's life was
soon l'eing made. Word comes from Coal
City that the people there are also organic
ing, aud may be expected to reach town
sometime tonight. The Sheriff has, how
ever, taken every possible precaution,
placing extra guards around the prison,
and declares his determination to protect his
prisoner from mob violence.
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cruing benefits to mankind is concerned, is
the well-known canal of the Isthmus Of
Suez Inasmueh as the construction and
maintenance of such q means of transpor-
tation from the Mediterranean to the Indian
ocean has for many centuries been the sub
jeet of discussion, and as the ultimate COM
pletiou of it was accomplished in the face of
political and physical obstacles seemingly
unsurmountabie, and to show In how many
wavs it has been beneficial to commerce, a
somewhat more extended notice than Or
dinary should be in order.
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ONE.
1t is known that in ancient times canal
connecting the two seas named above was in
existence. When, how or by whom it was con-
structed is not known. Herodotus ascribes
it to Pharaoh Necho (about600 years B. G. },
while Aristotle, Strabo and Pliny attribute
it to the mystic Sesostris. Others again
assign the honor to Darius, King Of Persia;
others to the Ptolemies. In the general de-
cay OF Egypt it gradually fell into disuse
and became choked up with sand, but was
restored by Trsjan early in the second cent
ury, A. d. 1t again became unusable from
the same cause, and remained so until the
conquest of Egypt by Amron, the Arab
general of the Caliph Omar, who reopened
II
the Faithful, under which appellation it
was conducted for nearly a century when
the drifting sands got the better it again.
From that time (767 A. d. up to the period
when DeLesseps took hold of the project it
remained in that condition. Z.
THE WAY CLEAR FOR DE LEssEPs.
However, as early as the first of che pres
ent century the possibility of utilizing the
ancient channel attracted the attention of
experts. During the invasion of Egypt
Bonaparte caused the isthmus to be sur
veyed by engineers, and since then the
question has been agitated at intervals.
England, France and Austria took hold of
the matter and sent out a commission in
1S47. Another was sent out in 1853, but
nothing practical was done until De Les
seps made his appearance in 1854 His
plans were somewhat different from those
before proposed. instead of following an
oblique course and ccunecting with the Nile.
as the ancients had done, his scheme was to
cut a canal right through the isthmus in
straight line to Suez. His plan, strenu-
ously opposed at first, was at length carried
out, with what success is already well
known.
De Lesseps has notbeen 50 successful with
his Panama venture, for which tits generally
admitted he is himself to blame; but if the
Panama and Nicaraguan canals-the latter,
by the way, a purely American project-are
ever carried out they will be OF wonderful
benefit to human progress.
VASTLY VALUABLE 10 COMMERCE..
Some idea Of what has been done in the
way OF facilitating commerce through the
medium Of artificial waterways NAV be
gained when it is stated that by the Suez
Canal the distance between London or Ham,
burg and Bombay, India. is shortened BY
4, o0S miles, or "a days From Marseilles or
Genoa there is a saving Of 80 days, and from
Triest 81. And If the Suez Canal has been
Of 50 much value to Europeans. Of what
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FOUND FROZEN IN TIE ICE.

SwindIed Out of 81 600.
LAWRENCE, MASS, December 29.-
About noon to-day the body of Miss Sarah
f. Nichols was found frozen in the ice of
the Merrimac river, about a mile above the
upper bridge. The body was drawn ashore
by the police. Miss Nichols disappeared
from Lowell Christmas Eve.
She resided in Belvidere and was recently
swindled out Of s., 900 by Charles Metcalf.
This caused dependency and led her to sui
eide.
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al. 50 exhaustively described in recent issues
Of The DISPATCH. Whether or not it will
be material success is a question yet to be
determined, but if the undoubted benefits
derived from the other great artificial water
ways Of the world afford proper critic
rion, the success of the present scheme is
assured.
And why should they not?
From the earliest ages up to the present
time the science of constructing geography
to suit the needs Of the progressive human
race has been going on steadily, and with
Improvement so marked that it has come
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face Of the planet Mars are discernible BY the
aid Of the powerful telescope appliances re-
Gently perfected. Whether or not the opin-
ions On this score are correct we are unable
to say at present; we only state the scien-
lists opinions as they are presented.
Regarding the ancient works mentioned
previously, it must be said that these early
canals we're Of one uniform level; therefore
show comparatively no great amount Of
skill OF ingenuity. It remained for the
moderns, who followed the ancient idess
until the fifteenth century to invent the lock
system. which permitted canals to be used
in countries Of the utmost irregularity Of
surface.
RIVAL cLAIMANIs AS oRIGLNAToRs.
Both the Italians and Scotch claim the
merit Of the invention, and while 10 neither
can the credit be given exclusively, 50 far as
8 known. It ir certain that both nations have
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OF VERY ANCIENT ORIGIN

manipulating it to suit his purposes.
OF VERY ANCIENT ORIGIN.
Canals, as a means of transportation, date
back to period long before the beginning
Of the Christian era. Among the Assyrians,
Egyptians and Hindoos, the construction
If canals for purposes of irriga-
tion and communication had reached
high degree Of perfection,
while the Chinese typify the earliest evl-
dences of their civilization by the construc-
ton of works Of this character. one of
Which-the Imperial or t'Great Canals
hardly rivaled SO far as extent is concerned,
even ct the present day. This wonderful
engineering exploit is said to have occupied
12o years in its construction, and given en-
ployment to $4,000 men. 1t is about 1. 600
miles in length, and is supplied by great
number Of streams from the fat country
through which it flows. Strong dykes.
formed of alternate layers of earth and
straw, and sometimes cased with stone. pre-
vent the water from overtiowing the fat
country. In some parts it is carried on en-.
bankmenJs 20 feet high; in others it traverses
earth cuttings 100 feet in depth.
OLDEST CANALS OF AMERICA.
Even in America, to whose prehistoric
peoples II is as yet impossible to give sat
istactory plane of progress, on account of
the many contradictions discoverable in the
relics lett Us, there are undoubted evidences
of knowledge in tine construction of artificial
waterways. The excavations on one of the
Thousand Islands, south of Cape Romano.
and in Florida between the falls at the head
Of the Caloosahatchee and Lake Okeechobee
are plainly diseernible at the present time
while in another portion of the same State
8 work of like character exists. which
shows considerable skill in engineering.
Mounds in close proximity to the exca.
vations have been examined by experts. and
they agree that the canal is the more an
cient Of the two. Some few maintain that
these excavations were for defensive pur
posesi but the most learned scientists contend
that the construction Of the curious earth
works is against such a possibility. The
arrangement of an artificial channel be-
tween parallel embankments 40 feet across
at the top and traversing IA miles of terri
tory, is OF such character as to preclude the
probability of its being for war-like pur
poses.
STRETCHING THE EYE OF FAITH.
The astronomers advance data showing
the favor In which canals are held. even bv
the beings of other worlds. 1t is now
claimed that almost undoubted indications
Of wonderful system of canals on tbe snr-
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ROBERT GARRETPs HEALTH.

His Friends Alarmed by Recent Reports Of
His Condition.
BALTIMORE, December 29.-Mr. Robert
Garrett Is in very poor health. At times he
is very much depressed and occasionally be-
comes very excited. He is still at his coun-
try home. "Uplands. " near Catonsville.
His friends have not been encouraged by
reports from his physicians, especially as
he has been unwell of and on for more than
two wears
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CRUSHED BETWgEN BARGES.

A I.abOrer on the Steamboat Sam Brown
Suffers Serious Injuries.
Daniel Moody, Iaborer, employed on the
steamboat Sam Brown, was brought to the
Mercy Hospital yesterday, suffering from
three broken ribs and internal injuries. He
was tying up pair of barges at Lock No.
2, when he fell down between them, getting
badly squeezed. his recovery is doubtful.
Moody is 80 years old, single and lives at
Wheeling. ~
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Not a succs..fuI RevolutIOu.

CRY OF MEXICO. December 29.-Tele-
grams from the Republic of San Salvador
received here to-day state that the revolu-
tionists Ia the department of Cuscatian are
retreating before the Government troops
sent against them, and that the revolution is
Of no importance.
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&c b.

On center counter of linen stock large
lot Of linen towels, scarfs, tides, lunch sets,
etc., which were slightly mussed and soiled
during the holiday rush, now piled out at
sacrifice prices. As good as new after an. ac-
quaintance with the wash tub
BoGGS & BUHL.
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McGinty has been found at last. The
mystery is solved. You can find hint al
your grOcen. Marvin's McGinty cakes AZ
the newest, sweetest, best in the markei
Get pound at once.