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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
FARMERs COMPLAIN.
Not Satisfied With the Condition of tI
Concord Turnpike.

Concord Turnpike.
The farmers of Brandywine hundred
are not so sure that the Concord turn
pike is in the fair condition reported
at the quarterly meeting of the Will
mipgton & Great Valley Turnpike Co.
In fact legal proceedings have been
taken, having as their object the view
ing Of the road by disipterested men
upon whose report will depend the COL
lection or nom collection of toll.
The condition of the road has been
a subject of comment by its users for a
long time. The Grange has taken
action and petitions have been sent to
the board of directors Of the company.
More recently a meeting of the
farmers was held and j. Atwood Weldin.
William E. Husbands and Isaac @.
Elliott. were appointed committee to
take such steps as are necessary to
have the road repaired or the collection
of tolls stopped. William S. Hilles
was retained and the proceedings have
been taken.
A petition has been presented to
Justice of the Peace Sasse to appoint
three disinterested men, freehoIders,
to view the road and determine whether
it is in a proper condition. Squire
Sasse has named Samuel II. Bayrard
and William Lawton of this city and
William j. Armstrong Of Christiana
hundred for that purpose. They will
meet on the road in the early part of
August. Notice of the proceedings has
been served upon the turnpike COM
pany.
If the commissioners think the road
is not in proper shape they so certify
to the justice of the peace and he.will
leave a copy of it with the toll gate
keeper. From that time tho toll-gate
keeper must not collect toll.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Funeral of Daniel Fl. FiagIer.

Daniel H. Flagler, former Will
mingtonian, who had been living in
the West recently, came to this city a
few days ago and went to the residence
of his sister, Mrs. Sarah Thatcher,
No. 1906 West Sixth street. He was
unwell and proposed to remain until
he recovered, On Saturday night he
was taken violently i'll and on Sunday
died of commissions. He was 81 years
of age and during the war was a
soldier in the Union army. The funeral
was held Monday and was attended
by du Pont Post. Services were con-
Quoted at the residence of Mrs.
Thatcher by the Rev. A. N. Keigwin.
Interment was made in Wilmington
and Brandywine cemetery.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
ninnay for Charity.

Daniel W. Taylor, treasurer of the
Associated Charities, desires to pub
licly announce the receipt of BAT from
Miss Clara F. Bent Of the F. A. F..
Club, composed Of young ladies Of the
Misses Hebb's school, to be applied to
the Fresh Air Fund. The club'syearly
contribution has bean about the above
amount and is always very acceptable.
Other contributions will also be gladly
received,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Einnars nIaahad.

John Fletcher, colored, employed In
the works OF the Malleable Iron Co. /,
and residing at No. 125 Buttonwood
street, South Wilmington, had two
fingers of the left hand mashed Monday
night by being caught beneath bar
Of iron. The injured members were
dressed at the Office of DR.. II. NJ.
Frist Eighth and Spruce streets.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
HAYES AS AN ELEGToR.

his Bank Dircctorsbtp Raises n Doubt MS
to His Qualifications.
Dover, July l7.--Maplove Hayes. who
was nominated by the Higgins conven-
tion yesterday for Presidential elector
is ineligible because he is director
of national bank.
CAN REMOVE THE DISQUALIFICATION.
Ex-senator Higgins and other Regu-
lars on being interviewed this after
noon, stated that Mr.. Hayes can ensily
remove the disqualification by resign
ing his position as bank director.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
WILMINGTON BATTERY.
IL 10 Taking Prominent Part In the strug-
gle for tho fndapentIence of Cuba.

Us TAXING ProinInent Fart IN the strug-
sic for the Independence of Cabs.
In an interview printed in yesterdays
New York World, Lieutenant Colonel
Rafael Morales, one of the signers OF
tho Cuban Constitution, who is now in
New York to receive treatment for a
wound in the eye received during q
recent battle in Cuba, said
4 Scarcely day passes without an
engagement in Eastern Cuba. Almost
the whole province of Santiago dc
Cuba is now in the hands Of the in.
surgents. The army has 15 pieces Of
field artillery. manned almost entirely
by Americans. We call it the Will
mington Battery, in remembrance Of
the assistance given US by the citizens
Of Wilmington, Del. What the Cubans
most need now is 15, 600 more rifles. .
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Attempted Murder and suicide.

Reading, Pa, July l.-At noon to-
day Darius Fies. aged 30 years, was
lodged in Jail, charged with shooting
Mrs. Isaac Rehrer of Exeter, with
whom he had become enamored. Three
bullets took effect in her body, bot it
is thought she will recover. Fies was
found lying on the Reading railroad.
He had taken an overdose of arsenic
after shooting the woman.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Sent TO the AImshouse.

The three Carter lads, the colored
boys taken from New Castle by Special
Agent Stout of the 8. P. c. O., were
given consideration in the municipal
court yesterday morning. Agent Stout
stated that he had secured home for
the eluest one of the three near Choate,
this county. The other two were com
mitted to the almshouse until homes
are found for them. Mr.. Stout would
like to hear from any persons who could
take the lads. They are said to be
good workers.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
suffering From Blood Poison.

Harry L. Mckee, butcher at No.
31t1a King street, is suffering from
blood poisoning. About a week ago
the second finger of the left hand began
to pain. Mr.. Mckee could not find
any cause for the trouble, and the pain
becoming worse he went to physician,
who at first did not think it so seri-
GUS. Treatment was given and the
member became worse. 1t is now very
painful, but it ia expected that Mr..
Mckee will recover.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Struck by lightning.

Associated Press Dispatch BY Special Wires-
Norristowp, Pa, July %. The large
barn on the farm of Daniel Longaker,
near here. was struck by lightning
this morning and entirely destroyed by
fire, together with the seasons crops.
The loss is $1,000. partly covered by in
surance. Two hired men were severely
stunned by the bolt. Nearly all OF the
live stock was saved.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
philadeiph,a MarKets.

Associated Press Disoat,n by sne,iai wiesS
Philadelphia. July % Wheat nrm: No.
Pennsylvanis red In EXPORT elevator, 6lka
lalc.; No, red spot in export elevator, 6oha
t0Ac.
Corn, steady: No. 9 for local trade. s2Sa34c.
Oats. frmer. No. white, 2iI5c.; No white,
2Sa25Hc.; No. 2 mixed, 22hc.
Bran. steady: winter In bulk, s10.50all50
spring in sacks. sl0.00a1050.
Butter, firm. good demand.
Eggs steady; fresh nearby, l2Nc.;do., Wes-
torn, l2al2hc.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Toes A Amputated.

Owen Kelley. residing at No. 220
East Fourth street and employed at the
Edge Moor iron works, had his right
foot badly mashed while at work yester-
day morning. A plate of angle iron fell
upon it. The injured man was taken
to the Delaware Hospital where two
of the toes were amputated.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
A Royal Wedding.
Associated Press DisDatoh oy special wire

Associated Press Dispatch oy special Wires
London, Eng, July 22-Princess
Maud, third daughter of the Prince
and Princess Of Wales, was married at
II. 20 o'clock to-day to Prince Charles,
second son of Crown Prince Frederick
In the private chapel of Buckingham
Palace.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
10 Hold "A yolks Fest.

A committee of the Delaware Senger-
bund on Monday decided to hold an
old fashioned volks fest and summer
nights fest at Union Park on the af-
ternoon and evening of August 18th.
1t is probable that there will also be q
parade in connection with the celebra-
tjon
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Col. McM,chael .mprovlnr.

Associated Press DIspatch bf 5necial WIroa
Atlantic City, N. J.,sJuly 20. Col.
Clayton McMichael, edi or and propie-
tor of the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can. who was operated cn yesterday
for appendicitis, is reported to be in a
favorable condition to-day.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
American cricketers abroad.

Associated Press Dispatch BY Special Wires
London, Eng, July %. -Ths cricket
team from Haverford College. Pennsyl-
vanis. played the Charter House eleven
to-day. At the conclusion of the Char
ter House players first inning, s. runs
had been scored.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
concressman wiIlis rnere,

The corner stone of the new school
building at Havre de Grace was laid
Tuesday in the presence Of large
gathering. Congressman Willie of this
State delivered the Grafton.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
New Postmasters.

The following postmasters have been
appointed James f. Dennis, Stanton
Harry P. Strasbough, Creswell, Mo.
Ella S. Davis, Willard, Wicomico
county, Md
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
BuRLrsGroN Nv Mo UsyIye.
Young Couple From That City Drowned
in the Delaware River.

Burlington, N. j., July %. The
town of Burlington is in mourning to-
day on account of an accident which
ended the lives of an estimable young
couple. Lea Horner and Miss Bessie
Kane went rowing last night and,
while in mid stream, struck the steamer
Florence. Their boat was demolished
and both were drowned. The bodies
have not yet been recovered.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23
Civil sarxirs Kasults.

Postmaster Moore has received from
Washington the averages of the sue
cessful persons who took the examina-
tion for positions as clerks and carriers
in this city on June 9Th. Ten of the
12 applicants were successful. The
averages were as follows: Clerks
Archibald Crozier 90.75 per cent
Francis g. McCafferty, s5. So; Clarence
A. Pierce. 1888; Howard J. Windish,
rs. So; Henry Erickson, 1905; John
G. Gray, 75. So; John G. Fritz. 73. 2S.
Carriers-Harry G. Robinson, s7.3o
Joseph A. Glynn, s6.0s; James T..
Leech, Jr., IS. 40. Mr.. Fritz is a
resident of New Castle; the other
applicants live in Wilmington.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23

Mrs. Sallie. Murphy OF this city fell
at Penn's Grove Tuesday and broke
her leg. She was brought to this city,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-23

place OF John H. Murphy.
Hon. John W. Causey of Milford was
the guest this week of his niece, Mrs.
Thomas H. Jenkins.
Mrs. Alonzo Lee Nichols gave birth
to a son the day Bryan was nominated
for President. Mr.. Nichols is an ardent
silverite and the baby will be christ
ened William Jennings Bryan.
Easton. Nd, July 2l.-The Eastern
Shore wheelmen's racing cicruit is
Cambridge, Salisbury, fredericksburg
and Chestertowu. The first meet will
be held August 9th at Easton.
Greensboro, Nd, July 81. Chill
toms csmpmeeting, four miles east of
Greensboro. will begin its 10 days ser
vices next Friday. IL is under the
auspices of the Methodist Protestant
Church and under the immediate
charge of the Rev. Fl. w. D. johnson,
who is pastor of Caroline circuit. II
will be more largely tented than usual
this year, and the patrons anticipate
an unusually pleasant encampment.
Some of the ablest ministers of the con-
ference will be present and assist
during the meeting, Among them are
Rev. W. r. Graham, Rev. w. NJ.
Poisal. Rev. 6. W. Haddaway, Rev.
Dorsey Blake, Rev. j. L. Mills, Rev.
a. D. Melvin, Rev. j. L. Straughn and
Rev. T. P. Revelle.
The selection of suitable site for a
depot at Hillsboro, on the new Queen
Anne's railroad, is creating consider
able interest in that section. Many
of the citizens want it located on the
III Il l.. A.
doya, while Others desire it located
back of the store Of S. N. Smith.
Church Creek, Nd, July 15 An
Indian camp has been discovered on
Aiss Banks Of the Little. Choptank river.
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Business Houses, Contractors and Public Men
-FURNISHED wITH-
NEWSPAPER INFORMATION FALL KINDS
by THE
PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU,
5lO Montgomery street San Francisco

WHEREAS, THE PACIFIC GASLIGI1T
and fuel Company has this day made ap-
plication to the Board Of Trustees of the
city of Sacramento, State OF California,
for franchise TO lay down mains and
pipes in any and all the streets and al
leyS in the city of Sacramento during the
period of twenty-five years for the pur-
pose of conducting, distributing and de-
livering illuminating and fuel gas there
through to the inhabitants of said city
of Sacramento;
Now therefore it is hereby ordered that
it is proposed by the said Board of Trus-
tees of the city OF Sacramento to grant
said franchise, and It is further ordered
at o'clock D. M, and the meeting room of
said board, at No. 32S15 J street, in the
said city of Sacramento, State of Califor-
MIA, be and the same are hereby fixed as
the time and place to open and read all
bids and tenders offered for said fran
chise, and granting the same to the high
est bidder, and 1t is further ordered that
all such bids or tenders shall be delivered
to the City Clerk Of the city of Sacra-
mento. and that no bid or tender delivered
to said Clerk after p. m. on the 23d day
of November, 1896, shall be considered nv
this board. 1t is hereby further ordered
that this order and the preamble thereto
be published in the Record Union every
day for a. least ten days. the first publi-
cation to be at least thirty days before
said 23d day of November, 1896.
Dated Sacramento October 10, 1885,
Attest CHAS. e. LEONARD
President of Board of Trustees.
NJ r. Desmond, Clerk Of Board of Trus-
tees. o2l-11t
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Resolution Of Award, No. 500.

RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF
Trustees of the city Of Sacramento. hay-
ing in open session, on the 26th day of Oc-
tober, 1885, opened. examined and pub
licly declared all sealed proposals or bids
offered for the Following work, to wit:
That the alley between NJ and n streets
in this city, from the west line of Eight
eenth street to the west line of Twentieth
street, be improved by constructing there
in an eight (S) inch vitrified ironstone-pipe
sewer, with two brick manholes hereby
rejects all Of said bids except that next here
matter mentioned, and hereby awards the
contract for said work to the lowest reg
ular responsible bidder to wit: to Burns &
Parker, at the prices specified in their pro-
posal on file for said work.
The Clerk of this Board is hereby di-
rected to post notice of this award con-
spicuously on the bulletin board near tie
chamber door of the office of this Board
for five days, and the ''Record-Union. a
daily newspaper published and circulat ed
in the city of Sacramento is hereby desig-
mated as the newspaper in which notice of
the adoption of this resolution of award
shall be published for two days
Adopted October 26, 1896, by the following
vote
Ayes-Wachhorst Kent, Mckay Tozer.
Devine, Bentley, Pennish, Leonard. Abb
Sent-DaviS.
CHAS. E. LEONARD
President of Board of Trustees
NJ. ]. Desmond, Clerk OF Board of Trus-
tees.
Approved October 27, 1896.
o2S-2t G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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Causes of Nervousness.

The maladies which above all others
cause nervousness are dyspepsia, bilious
ness and constipation. The great SYM
pathetic nerve which connects the epi-
gastric region with the brain is always in
iuriously affected If the stomach and bow
els are disordered a permanent derange-
ment of the functions of those organs re-
acts by sympathy upon the entire nervous
system. Hostetter's Stomach BitterS, in
restoring tone and regularity to the di-
gestive apparatus, and overcoming con-
stipation, permanently remedy the ner-
vous complaints which originate in all
mentary weakness or disturbances They
are the very best nervine that can be
used. By eradicating the exciting causes
overcome the disa bility itself. But this is
not all. BY checking the maladies which
cause nervousness, they build up anew the
system weakened and depleted by ner-
yous disease,
The record-union., 1896-10-28
POINTS ON ELECTION LAWS.
The Law Governing the Conduct Of
Elections.
IT Is Not at All Complicated, But is
Simple When Under
stood.

The law regarding proceedings at 0he
polls on election days is not compH-
Gated. 1t is really simple. Yet it is a
fact that a great many election boards
make easy work hard task, and delay
returns and botch tally sheets and get
themselves into tangleS when little
preparation and reading would make
all paths straight.
The Record Union has attempted
herein to clearly state the duties of
every officer upon am election board
concerning receipt and count of ballots.
II these are studied a great deal of
annoyance will be avoided, and a great
deal of delay likewise, and the rights
of each voter will be protected.
THE FIRST REQUISITE.
The first requisite in an election Off
Ger is intelligence. Second, familiarity
with his duties. These are so clearly
laid down that a man with half an
ounce of brains cannot go astray. Yet,
Alas, may election officers do muddle
things ''awfully.
INSPECTORS AND JUDGES.
The Inspector is the presiding officer
of the board. The Inspector and the
Judges constitute the board
One of the board should stand beside
the ballot box, it being left without such
guard at no moment.
The Inspectors and Judges must re-
lieve one another in such duty and
other duty. Strictly a, majority of the
board should always during an election
be in the room with the ballot box.
The Inspector administers the neces-
sary oaths. He appoints Judges and
Clerks If during an election there is a
vacancy. Amy member of the board
or either of the Clerks may administer
al oath if necessary
All members of the board and the
Clerks must take and subscribe to the
oath of office, and any elector may ad-
minister such oaths.
OPENING AND CLOSING THE
POLLS,
The polls must open at sunrise and
close at D O'Clock. The hour should be
determined by the board, if any ques-
tion as to it arises, and justice demands
that the standard time of the place as
witnessed by approved clocks and
adopted.
THE BALLOT BOX.
On opening the polls and before re-
ceiving votes the board must open the
ballot box and expose its INTERIOR
to plain view Of all the bystanders. 1t
is then closed and under no circum-
stances must it be opened until the
board is ready to count the ballots.
Before receiving ballots the board
must in q. loud voice proclaim the polls
open, naming the precinct Is to be
added. So, too. when the polls close,
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the polls It is the duty OF the Board of
Election to order the arrest of any per-
son who gets into the line to come to the
polls who is not q voter, or who has
voted already, and the purpose Of whom
is to delay voters entitled to vote in
reaching the polls.
The space Immediately in front of the
ballot clerks should be kept free and
open constantly for the approach Of
voters.
For eight causes person may be
challenged as provided in Section 1880.
The questions one offering to vote may
be required to answer on challenge are
those set out in Sections 1892 and 1889.
Proof of incapacity to vote because of
conviction OF an infamous crime cannot
be made by answer of the challenged
party. Yet we have heard election
boards require voter to answer ques-
tions concerning that subject.
It is q crime to open ballot before 1t
IS cast and after offered by a voter. 1t
is crime to mark the ballot in any way
after the voter delivers it to the board,
or to attempt to mark it.
1t is a crime for one of the board to
disclose for whom an elector voted
without consent of the elector.
No money contribution for drinks or
refreshment are lawful in the polling
place for members of the board or its
clerks.
If an election officer knowingly vio-
lates any Of the provisions of the law
enjoining duty on him. or willfully ne
elects to perform duty, or acts in duty
fraudulently, or fraudulently omits
duty, he commits a felony.
Any officer or clerk of election who
tampers with ballots or returns, or at
tempts to tamper with them, or to add
to the ballots, or take from them or to
alter any tally or other list, or to put
ballots in the ballot-box that are illegal,
or among the ballots after the count,
commits a felony. If any one carries
away any of the election records, the
box or the ballots without authority, or
falsifies the returns or lists or adds to or
substracts from the votes cast. he COM
n1its felony.
There are numerous offenses affecting
election boards and officers defined in
the purity of elections law worthy of
study.
1t is the part of wisdom and good con-
duct for all members of an election
board and their clerks to refrain from
debate and contention with one an
other or bystanders during the progress
of an election
1t is serving the people who await the
news to afford reporters early facilities
for getting the totals at the close Of the
count. Moments are hours to the re-
porters then.
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BLOODTHIRsT.
Kind of Temporary Mania Excited in
Human Beings.

The passion of which the word
"bloodthirst" is truly descriptive seems
to be kind of temporary mania excited
in human beings by killing human be-
ings, and in them only by that act. Ami
mails are free of it. Even the great fe-
lidae, with their ferocity developed by
generations OF hunger, never display it
never, for example, attack whole
herds for the pleasure Of killing beasts
which they cannot eat There is a faint
approach to it In the dog who worries"
a flock of sheep, but he does not kill on
the spot, and seems at all events to be
actuated not by lust Of blood or even by
the spirit OF tyranny, but by an insane
desire for special dainty-the fat of the
sleeps liver.
The human being with the blood
thirst on him wants most to kill after he
has been killing. Soldiers, otherwise
most respectable, have acknowledged
the feeling rising in them after hard
fought day when many friends have
fallen round them, and there are mo-
ments in battle when, as the soldiers
say, they "see red," and in many armies,
perhaps in all, 1t is difficult for their
officers to induce them to give quarter.
Killing relieves their burning thirst for
vengeance. There are moments in al
most every campaign, as all military
historians know, when even highly dis
ciplined soldiers seem to lose their rea-
son, when their officers are powerless,
and perfectly useless carnage cannot be
stopped. The existence of this passion
which no experienced soldier doubts, is
the true explanation of the awful
slaughter which occurred in some an
cient and some Asiatic battles, and of
that CHASTITY incident of warfare among
savages, their almost constant habit Of
killing the wounded.
It explains also the devlish excitement
and thirst for more slaughter which, as
the record of scopes like the ST. Bar
tholomew murders or the murders re-
Gently committed in Constantinople
proves, falls upon a crowd which has
shed much blood. Many, perhaps a
majority, do not feel it, but the ferocious
remainder seem to go literally and med
ically mad, with an impulse which has
ip 1T that Of the murderer and Of the
hunter combined, and unless controlled
by some form of terror they will go on
killing while victims remain to be dis
covered separate passion of blood
would be less cruel, the cruelty-it is
one Of the strangest Of the arcana Of
human nature-increasing with the alb
sence of resistance. It might, indeed
be possible to hold them partly ire
sponsible, but for the fact that they can
instantly be reduced to order and sanity
by appealing to their fears. few SOL
diers, a volley, and the widest mob.
mad, literally mad to all appearance
with the bloodthirst, will become ON the
instant reasonable, will take orders, will
abandon, and in some instances even
regret, it's frightful excesses. A Whit
Of grapeshot would have calmed the
French Terrorists at any moment, and
a thousand of the Irish Constabulary
with rifles would restore the worst mob
of Constantinople to comparative san
ity in ten minutes.-London Spectator.