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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
A Poor Investment.

DSNiOit h'oS ifcsN
The old gentleman had let five of his
lovely daughters go to that many more
or less worthless sons-in-law, and he
was watching the sixth one with more
care, though whether that ever made
any difference in, such matters is open
to question. For her, at last, came a
young man, as the others had come.
DON'T say word" interrupted the
father when the young man appeared
trembling in his presence; II know what
you are here for; and the only question
| have to ask is; Can you support my
daughter when she becomes your wife?'
Five Of them have married, and I've
never been able to declare a dividend on
one of them yet. If you can change
my luck, young man, Phi set you up In
business and won't charge you cent"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
LETTER IRON DIR. DOBsfys.
His Expression of Regard For the people
of Grace Church,


of Grace Church.
The Rev. John Y. Dobbins. d, d.
and family passed through Wilmington
yesterday on the way from Richmond,
Va, to East Orange, n. ].
In letter written Wednesday TO a
member OF Grace Church DIR. Dohbins
says; 1T seems very strange to us that
when we take our departure tomorrow
from this city (Richmond) il will be to
pass by wilmington on to another field
Of labor and to new home. Indeed F..
we hardly realize yet that our relations
to Grace Church are severed, for il has
seemed to US that We are away only FIR
a little while. The whole truth, now.
ever, will be fully appreciated when we
look into the strange faces of the church
at East Orange, and am certain that
then We shall greatly miss the good
friends Of Grace Church and shall lonr
for sight of them"
Abiding to the reception 10 be given
70 Dr. Hulburd, he says: GLOW much /
would like to take part in the exercises /
ihere are few things that | think Of
That would give me more pleasure than
TO take my honored successor bv tbe
hand and assure him of the loyal repnrd
which is in store for him among he
people whom he is about to serve. And
would take occasion also to express
the very confident belief which | have
always had that the psstorate now com.
mencing will be one of the most pros.
porous and useful in the history Of tie
church. But in my absence desire 10
assure you of my joy and heartfelt in.
terest in an occasion fraught with SO
much meaning and pleasure 10 all the
good people of Grace Church. Nav
God make His face to shine upon he
pastor and his flock p
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
MARYLAND APPOINTMENTS.
President Cleveland Ends Long Agon
by Announcing the Most Important.


by Announcing the Most Important.
President Cleveland sent the following
Maryland nominations to the Senate
yesterday:
Frank +, Shaw of Carroll county,
collector of customs at Baltimore. Salary,
$1,000 per annum.
S. Davies Warfield of Baltimore city,
postmaster at Baltimore. Salary, $4,000
per annum.
William L. Marbury of Baltimore
city, United States attorney for the dis
trict of Maryland. Paid by fees, 81 700
to $4,000 per annum.
Barnes Compton of Prince Georges
county, naval officer of customs in the
district of Baltimore. Salary, So 900 per
annum.
q. Ridgely Goodwin of Baltimore
city, surveyor of customs at Baltimore.
salary, $4,000 per annum.
Ormond Hammond of Talbot county,
assistant treasurer of the United States at
Baltimore. Salary, $4,000 per annum.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

A story Is told Of two Irishmen who
were caught asleep one night in the loft
of burning building. One of them
hastily drew on his trousers and jumped
from the window. In his fright and
hurry he had unconsciously pulled on
the garment wrong side foremost, with
an effect which, when he recovered his
equilibrium after the jump, excited his
profound CONSERVATION. Pat! Pat"
called out his companion, still in the
loft; "air we kilt intire!y?" "No,
Moike," replied Pat, in hopeless tones
"its not kilt Oi am, ME bye, but fear
me Dim fatally twisted l'-- Fhtlqdsithia
Record.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
Proprrtx SOLD For ! sonn

Sheriff Gould sold last Thursday at
the hotel of F. A. Sturgeon, in New.
port the property of the Mashallton
IRON works to William 5. IIilles, attor-
ney' Tor SO subject to the judgments
recovered against the insolvent firm,
The Judgments amount to about 1852 600.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

The funeral of Frank c. Cannon took
place Thursday and was largely at.
tended. Industry Lodge, A. o. u. W.
Fairfax Lodge, L. .. o. F., and men from
the +, W. y B. railroad car shops We're
IN attendance. Services were held in
Asoury Church. The Rev. j. II,
Howard otficiated and was assisted by
the Reys. j. u. Bryan and John ID. &.
Hanna. lnterment was made in River.
view cemetery.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
CIGAR DEALERS SCARED.
The Trade in London Frightened at
Prospect of Increased Duties.

LONDON, April 12.-The wholesale
cigar trade is in condition of panic, in
view Of the coming introduction of The
budget, which it is understood, will be
presented by Sir William Harcourt, the
chancellor of the exchequer, Monday
next.
Up to the present the duty on cigars
has been five shillings per pound; on
cigarettes, four shillings per pound, and
tobacco, three shillings two pence Der
pound.
The tobacco merchants here believe
that SIR William Harcourt proposes to
raise the duty on cigars to seven shii-
lings per pound.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
a Negro Murderer Hnnrsa.

ST; Louis, Mo-, April 13.--Charles
wisdom, co!ored, was hanged here
to-day for the murder, April 24tL, 1899,
OF Edward A. Drcxler, whose cigar
store Wisdom entered to rob, prepared
TO- Kill the proprietor, who silent there
The drop fell at CIT a. m. Death by
strangulation epsued in nine minute;
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
TIE sRIP cANAL.
An Address on the Subject Delivered to
Baltimore Business Men.

AT a meeting of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association of Balti.
more, Thorsdoy, Col. w. p. Craighill
made an address on the advantages to
accrue to Baltimore from the construc-
ton of the Chesapeake & Delaware
ship canal. He said that while as a
United States officer he could not ad-
vocate any special route for this water.
way, ne would like to see the best route
selected. The straight course SURVEYED
under his direction, he said, was Ger.
tainly the mos. desirable, but its cost
would be considerably greater than that
Of the Sassafras, Choptank and other
routes that have been suggested, 1t
should be insisted, he said, that this
canal. Il huilt, should be at least 100
feet wide and % feet deep throughout.
This would insure uninterrupted mas.
sage for vessels Of the heaviest draucht.
Colonel Craighill added that by the i'm.
proved methods invented since he made
his last estimate of the probable cost Of
the work, he thought it could be built
Tor much less than any estimate hereto
fore given. Gen. Felix Agnus also
made an address on the subject.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

AT the meeting Of tho Delaware State
Flremen Thursday evening at the Della
ware engine house representatives were
present from all the local companies. A
copy OF the constitution aud bylaws of
the new relief association was given to
the chairman of each company.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

:. DENIsoN, TEX, April 12.-Near Col.
linsburg, this morning, Frank Crews a
farm hand, shot and MORALLY wounded
his employer, Thomas Murrell. without
warning. Mrs. Murrell rushed TO her
husbands assistance and Crews cut her
throat, killing her instantly. The muir.
derer escaped,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

The USUAL treatment of catarrh is very i'm.
satisfactory, as thousands can testify. Pronsr
local treatment IL positively necessary 10 snc-
cnss, put many Il not most, of the rem sdles in
cure certainly cannot be expected from sn,ifTs
powders. douches and washes. Ely's Cream
Balm, which is so highly commended, Ia a
reneoy Which combines the impor tant reaui-
sites Of quick action. specntc curative power.
WIN perfect safety and pleaAantness 10 the
PATENT The druggists all sellit
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment wher
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure LIQUID
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and 'fevers
and permanently curing constipation,
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrur
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being we'll informed, you will moi
accept any substitute if offered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

While aiighting from a train at the
west yard, Wednesday, George Vansant.
of No. 430 East Ninth street, freight
conductor on the r., w. g. B. railroad.
was probably fatally injured. He struck
his head against water tank and frac.
tured his skull.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
REPUBLICAN RULES
Adopted by the Committee of
the First District.
70 GUARD AGAINST REPEATING
All Candidates Must Pay an
Assessment.

No Pay, No Votes, the Rule-votes Cast
For Delinquent Will Not be Counted
Provisions TO Guard Against Repeat
ing and Secure an Honest Vote and an
Honest Count.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

The first pawnbroker's sign-the
three golden balls-ever seen In Will
mington, is now exhibited in front of a
store on the east side of Market street,
below second.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19

NoRRTsTowN, Pa, April 12.-The
Key. Samuel Gould, an eminent Presby
terrain minister, died at the Mercer Home
in Amber, aged l0l years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-19
M. p. 0HURcH CONDEMNED.

Purify the blood, tone the nerves, and give
st5englh 70 me weakened organs and body by
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27

amended act, to include the sum OF $780,
900 each fer the militia and state univer
| sity funds In its computation of the
| amount of revenue necessary to be raised
for the fiscal year. By the new law the
! act of 1889, providing fo- the special
levies for military and state university
purposes, was repealed.
Edward Wood, whom we mentioned
yesterday as having been found in the
creek near MIR. CushIng's county poor
hospital, escaped from the house In the
evening again, and when found his hands
aud feet were badly frozen. He was ex-
amined before Judge Blakely to-day, Or.
Hollister acting as medical examiner,
and adjudged insane. Wood is about As
years of age, unmarried, and has been
county charge for some time. HIS mall
ady Is suicidal in its tendency and he
lmagines that persons are pursuing him
with the object of hanging him. To avert
this he expresses his determination to
drown himself, and hence these attempts.
He will be taken 10 the asylum at Salem
Tomorrow.
This is the cruel way in which the ed
itor of the Pasco NeaOs talks to man who |
purloined goods from his ranch: "Some |
miscreants-who live not |
over thousand miles from Pasc, have |
laid themselves liable to a good dose of
buckshot, and they will get it, too, if they |
are caught in the act OF stealing from our
ranch. Some one too lazy to do days
work broke into our house, stole the bed
ding, lamp, couch cover, tore up the floor,
kicked the door off the hinges, and to
wind up the affair made way with bak-
ug powder can of flour for baking pow
Ter. How he must have felt like kicking
himself upon discovering his mistake!
he parties are spotted and If they ever
attempt to repeat the offense again they
vii be spotted until death overtakes
hem"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Landslides.

Every one who has visited Astoria knows
that there is no natural townsIte IN that
vicinity, and during the recent rainy weather
there has been levelling process in opera
tion. The way 1t has effected the hillsIdes
Is given in the Historian in the following ex-
cerpt: "For some time past there haye
been indications that change was about to
occur in the topography of the country
south of Scow bay, and south and eastward
of the Ciatsop mill, and several small land
period of several weeks. Friday last the
occupants of two of the residences in that
vicinity became alarmed and moved out
The move was not day too soon, for on
Saturday night, or early Sunday morning,
vast amount of earth came down with q
rush, crushing one or two outhouses and pill
ing up three feet deep against the residences
near that of Mr.. Barth. The latter was
badly demolished, and yesterday afternoon
it collapsed entirely. Near where it stood
was piece of low-lying land, nearly half
an acre in extent, and this was filled up to
a depth of ten feet. Trees in great num-
bers have come down all over the hills, and
Lineman Darling, of the Western Union,
reports three telegraph poles furied be-
meath the great ma-s of earth. Above Han
thoru's cannery piece of the hiil,an acre in
extent, has slid. and at John Days slide
of half that extent occurred. Parties, who
have been over the hills. report that the
Glide is a mile and half long, running east
and west, and extends south for distance
of half mile. Huge assures occur at in
tervals, and 1t is thought that the landslide
of Sunday is but the forerunner of one of
much greater magnitude.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Youthful Thieves.

The boys of Colfax must be worse than
those of The Dallss. and in this some con.
ISOLATION may be received. The police of
that city on Tuesday arrested a gang of
young thieves, ranging from the age of 10
to Is. and lodged them in the city prison on
numerous charges of petty larceny. Tue
leader of the gang confessed and made a
statement which showed that the quartet of
hoys, three of whom belong to respectable
families, hays been guilty of a series of
burglaries and Numerous thefts for nearly
year past. They were regularly organized,
and had rendezvous in a deep cave In
gulch Lear the eastern part of the city lin
Is, where the officers discovered heaps OF
booty of various descript ons Among the
articles in the cave were nearly one hundred
door keys, stolen from different houses and
stores Many burglarles which have been
mysteries for months, and which were sup
posed to have been committed by profess
,ional crooks, are found to have been exc
:uted by this band of youthful rogues. The
ave of the young robbers was visited by
Wednesday afternoon. Incidents
# Mark Twain's story, "Tom Sawyer" are
ivIdly illustrated in the work of the young
Jolfax criminals.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Charlie Longs Last Fight,

The following from letter received In
Walla Walla from Geo. II. Smith. who
killed Long on Jan. I'd, in Okanagon
county, is printed In the ". W. Union
Journal, and Is the only account of the fatal
| affray that has been published: ''On the
day If the shooting, Kelly, who had been
| sick three davs, was removed to neigh
botlng ranch leaving Smith alone. About
4:30 o'clock that evening, Charlie Long.
with whom Smith had had trouble, came to
his (Smith's) CABIN. What ensued Is
graphically described in the letter as fol-
lows: My first warning was KelIy's dog,
which as luck or proYid snce would haye If,
was left with me, and at his sound of
warning I placed my pistol on the bed,
which was in the scabbard behind the door.
Long enterel the door without invitation.
l asked him to take seat; he refused and
stood up against the stove. The first words
he spoke were, Where is the old man."
replied saying he was at the Phillip ranch
The next wcris for which he paid his life |
were, "Well l have come to kill you" at |
the same time reaching for his gun. ir-
stantly grabbed mine, and we commenced |
firing. I was too quick for him. as my ball
pierced his neck and went through the
window. His ball went to nay right in the
cabin over our pillows. My second ball
went through his breast and into the
chinkIng to the lett of the window. Then
the chamber of my gun stuck and We
,lInched and used my gun on his head un
Ill l realized his strength was renewing,
when I abandoned my gan aud threw him
20 the floor. and when making for my gun
lgain he got up, and we clinched again
,ut doors. I seized neck yoke. which
lew out of my hands when 1 struck him
next seized the ak and struck him on the
ead two or three times and he fell dead.
iy only fear was a knife which he is re-
orted to carry, after we were both dis
rmed. The ak was my only weapon. 1
,und his gun after gong back in the huus Q I
n the floor. I was LITERAL. be smeared |
18th blood, which L suppose came from tt 9 5
eek wound when we clinched over the
ID, and the quilts and pillows were also F
.turated
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Dufur Items.

Dances, parties. protracted religious
meetings and genuine old-fashioned ocia-
bles are the order of the day, or night
rather, at Dnfur, and the winter is being
pleasantly and thus pro6tably spent.
Times are hard at Dufur, as that town
was Just inside the track of the wave that
struck this country some time ago. It is
not satisfactorily settled just what has
caused the troubles, but at any rate things
are not so prosperous as in the days of Ben
iamIn, the RepnblicanIte, and some openly
avow that we are under the controI of the
scattered tribes of "Jefiites that warred
against Abraham"
The snow storm has driven the game birds
that were imported last spring to the farms
along the creek. and large band OF Cal.
ifornis quail are being daily fed by Alex
Strahan at his barn. The MongolIan pheas :
ants have increased greatly in number and
have taken up their abode on the McCol-
Tough farm, about quarter mile from town.
Mr.. J. c. Johnston and Mr.. W. L. Van
derpool have moved into their new resi-
dences. These two new cottages would be
an honor to more pretentious cities than
Dufur, and mark the fact that there is con-
fidence in the future of the place.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Oould Stand Snakes But Not Rats.

A chicago dispatch of January 22d,
credits the following cruel sarcasm on
women to q Michigan paper:
"a woman in Bay City, Michigan, dis
guiscd herself as man and clerked in q
store for year, aud then applied for
membership in the Knights of Pythias
and was Initiated. During the work of the
third rank her sex was discovered. 1t
seems that In the third rank they have an
india rubber rat and celluloid snake,
which runs by clock work inside, and
seems very natural indeed. The idea is
to let them run at the candidate to see if
they will finch. When the snake ran at
the girl she kept her nerves all right, but
when the rat tried to run at her,
she grabbed imaginary skirts in both
hands and jumped into refrigerator that
was standing near (Which Is used in the
work of the fourth deg:ee) and screamed
bloody murder. The girl is member of
the lodge and there Is no help for it. This
may open the eyes of members OF secret
societies and cause them to investigate.
One lodge here, we understand, takes
precautions against the admission of wo-
men by carefully examining the feet of
the applicant If the feet is cold enough
10 freeze ice cream then the candidate is
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27
Refrigerator Oars.

During the winter months refrigerator
cars containing way freIgh: for points on
the Pacific division will be started from
Portland Wednesday and Saturday of each
week. This measure is adopted to avoid
losssor damage to perishable freight on ac-
count of cold weather. Shippers will please
take notice and arrange their shipments ac-
cordingly, thus avoiding unnecessary loss
by cold weather.
E. E. LYTLE, Agent.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-27

Exchange: An editor In one of our
neghboring towns was fired out of church
because in spirit of absent mIndedness,
| while the congregation were singing the
lines Of an old familiar hymn, he bawled
cut: "Let every kindred. every tribe on
this terrestrial ball put down their dollars
and subscribe, and we'll receipt for all. "
The great fight between Mitchell ami
Corbett took place to-day at Jscksonvi T,
Florida. At first round there was heavy
exchange of blows, and Mitchell appeared
small beside that of his antagonist. Corbett
managed to land blow on Mitchell's chin.
Mltche was knocked down in the second
round by Corbett twice in succession. L.
the third round Mitchell appeared gregg,
and Corbett maui g d to get IN right anu
left on his neck. Mitchell took tull time
to recover, ard when he faced his antagon
ist he was struck on the nose, which again
sent HIM to grass. The referee at this
juncture declared Corbett the winner. and
the fight ended.
A dispatch TO the East Oregonian, dated
Helix, Ore, Jan. 22d, contains the follow
Ing Sad intelligence: At the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. James Thompson near Whitebird,
Idaho, happened sad accident resulting ID
the death of four children. The house stood |
at the foot of large mou untaln, the snow
being very deep and heavy. About 10 |
o'clock P. NJ it slid down the mountain |
teariug the house all to pieces, killing four
OF the children. One was rescued by hard |
struggle, leaving them one chlld. Mr.. Jas.
Thompson is brother of j. A. Thompson,
formerly of Sand Hollow, and son-In law
Of Noah Anspauch. The loss is mourned
by all his friends.
Pendleton Tribune: W. D. Flet cher Is
At the head of a company to build tele-
phone line between Pendle.on and Ca pynn
JIty, in Grant county, distance of l30
niles, via Long valley and the John Day
,ountry. Mr.. Fletcher is firmly of the
opinion that 1t would increase Pendleton's
business considerably. and would result In
arge number of sheepmen of the region
cached by this line, e.pIng their counts
nd dong business through Pendleton
anks instead of the banks of Heppner
nd Portland, as at present. The prospects
re favorable for work being actively COM
nenced within few days. The Blue
fountain telegraph aud telephone company
to operate the line. II
This sad case from the w. w. Union a
onrnal, and appeals to the syml ,hy or +
i: A man named Shepherd was arrested
v Marshal Robinson Tuesday for hauling
ood without drayman's license, and he v
Ill come before Justice Arberry for trial n
2 o'clock this afternoon. Shepherd says h
lat he has recently moved to town with
s family-a wife aud four children. He 81
Is been working on a tarm, but being un
lie to collect $3.50 of wages due him, he
IS in destitute circumstances. Being in
ed Of VOID, he made bargain at one of >,
g wood yards to pay for small quantity '.
wood by hauling wood TO the yard with VI
5 team. While dong this comelai mt was I'll
ade and he was arrested, as above stated. ii