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Middletown transcript., 1897-12-04
nEGIsTER,s ORDER.
REaIsTER's OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE, \
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
November 1fth, 1897.
Upon the application of William N. Watts,
Executor of Jacob G. Vandyke, late of Apper-
quinimink hundred, in said county, deceased.
1t is ordered and directeu by the Register that
the Executor aforesaid give notice of grantins
Of letters testamentary upon the estate of til
deceased, with the date ofgranting thereof, by
causing advertisements TO be posted withiI
forty days from the date of such letters in 81
of the most public places of the County Oh
New Castle, requiring all persons having de-
mands against the estate to present the sam >.
or abide by an act of Assembly in such cass
made and proviG ed and also cause the sans
to be inserted within the same period In ths
Middletown TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, DEL, and to be col.
tiuued therein two months.
Given under the hand ant
f~, seal of Office of the Register
4 SEAL aforesaid, at Wilmington, in
t@-J New Castle County Aforesaid,
the day and year above written.
CALVIN w. CROSSAN, Register
Middletown transcript., 1897-12-04

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1870 Fulton Street, New York.
Middletown transcript., 1897-12-04
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The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08

The heat as represented in the above table turing the months of June, July and August is nothing like as unbearable as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
MOUNTAIN iploMs.
Origin Of Some of the Peculiar Ex4
 prcssions of the South.

Origin of Some of the Peculiar Ex4
 pressions of the South.
 A correspondent writes; During the earlier part of long experience in the mountains of the south I found no lit- tie entertainment in the idioms used by the native people. It was some months before discovered the fact that they were havingquite as much fun with me as I was with them. Certain ex- pressions hung to my tongue as result of New England training, and con- siderable amount of knocking about in other sections had added to my vocabu- lary expressions which were as new and amusing to them as theirs were to me.
 Some of their expressions were pure ly local and of a native manufacture. Others were general throughout the south, and some were more distinctly national. There were some which seemed to furnish an opportunity for bit of pathological reflection. Some words were in common use which were wholly legitimate, but almost, if not quite, obsolete in wider circles. queried much over their common use of Init" for the pronoun fit" It seemed to me cockneyism, but could see no source from which it could have come into such general use. found it one day, accidentally, in the appendix to "Webster's Dictionary" It was neither a cockneyism nor an idiom- It was a survival The word is also used in the same way in Scotland, and will be found in the dialect of some of the novels of George Macdonald. Of the same order was the use of the word ''holp' where ''helped" is the common term. T holp ter build hit" will illus trate the use of both of the words. Authority for the word "holp" may be found ill both the Bible and Shake speare. But Init" was not of invariable use, and not infrequently the same sen tence would include both ''it" and Init"
 The use of the word to- in combina- tion with verb, where it is usually un- derstood instead of expressed, was also noticeable to my unaccustomed ears, or in the idiom, years" As an illustra- ton, the expression would be: You needn't to go" ''I heard him to say 1t" Anotherpeculiarity struck me in the use of the participle of certain words: Hit taken me week ter make" "He written me letter." The use of "done' is not local-such as "done gone" ""done did' and the like--btrt think it would puzzle old Andews and Stoddard to parse the sentence: "He done had him a fght."-N. Y. Post.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
Harper's Weekly
 IN 1897

tiN 01f
 With the end of 1898 HARPERS WEEKLY will have lived forty years. In that time it has participated with allthe zeal and power at its power at its command in the great po- litieal events of the most interesting and im- portant period in the history of the country and it has spread before it's readers the &C., complishments of science, arts and letters for the instruction of the human mind and the amelioration Of human conditions and manners.
 What thew EEKLY has been in its spirit and purpose, as these have been manifested prin- cipaHy in its editorial pages, it will continue to he.
 It is impossible to announce with precision all that the WEEKLY will contain during the year 1897. It were as easy to announce what is about to happen in the world, what tri- unphs for good government are to be won, what advances of the people are to be made, what is to be the outcome of the continuous struggle between the spirits of war and peace, what is to happen in the far East what is to be the state of Europe twelve months hence, what new marYels of science are to be revealed. or what are to be the achievements of arts and letters, for the this
 Cartoons will continue to be feature.
 Serial Stories. A New England story by Miss Mary E. Wilkins, will begin in January tale of a Greek uprising against the Turks, by Mr. E. r. Benson, the author of "Dodo," wifffolow. A sequel to The House-Boat on the Styx,"b By Mr. John Kendrick Bangs, illus trated by Mir. Peter Newell.
 More Short Stories will appear in the MEhkLY than it has been possible to pub hsh in 1896.
 Departments: Mir. W. D. Howell's Life and Letters' have been among the most char ming features of periodical literature; Mr. E. $. Martin, and others will contribute observations on what is going an in This Busy World !" Amateur Sport" will remain the most important department of its kind in the country.
 Thc WEEKLY will continue to present to it's readers the worlds news most interesting to TeFicans, to make important advances in both the literary and artistic features. an to retain for itself the leading place in the Illustrated journalism of the world. Newspapers are not to copy this advertise
 ment without the express order
 of Harper & Brothers.
 HARPER'S WEEKLY For ono year s4.oe. Postage Free to all subscribers in the United
 States, Canada, and Mexico.
 Address HARPER & BROTHERS,
 20. Box 959, NY. City.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
THE CASA aHAsDE VALLEY CANAL
cc5TLY INSTRUMENTS.
Some of the Pieces for Band Use Are
 Very Expensivei

The writer was recently accorded the privilege of peep into the museum attached to the factory of one of the largest firms of brass instrument mak- CTS in Londoni Here are to be seen types, fac-similes and models of every kind of musical instrument that the mind of man has ever devised, invented or produced, says correspondent.
 In the corner is a duplicate of what is believed to be the most costly pre- sentation cornet ever produced. 1twas made to the order of the late czar of Russia, and is of sterling silver, richly Graven with various devices, among which the arms of the imperial house of Itomanoff figure conspicuously The whole of the ornamentation is of beaten gold filigree work, and the "bell' of the hstruznent is thickly incrusted with rubics and emeralds. Its net value is a trifle over 2,oO0 g1ineas.
 The private band of the Rao of Clutch cost originally e9o0, and renews most of the instruments every four or five years. The tigerslin used by the Rao's big drummer, which was sent over here to he prepared and mounted. was taken from an animal killed by his highness. and measured over seven feet in length. It is lined throughout with heavy cord cd crimson silk, and the brute's eyes are simulated hy pair of big yellow dia- monds.
 Another very fine band was made three years ago to the order of the late shah of Persia. All the instruments were Of pure silver-which, by the way, does hot give forth so good a sound as brass, besides being far heavier to handle-inlaid with gold. The total of this band de luxe was trife under s,ooo guineas. A very different kind of band was that made last year, by the same firm, for the. Miinkish Indians. a tribe of savages living rear Alert bay, in British Columbia. The band is near ly all drum, and the mouthpieces of the brass instruments are tipped with In- dia rubber. to obyiate the inconvenience of applying metal to the lips in tenn perature of some 30 or 40 degrees below zero.
 A curious order was received short time ago from the emperor of Morocco. 1t was for 30 clarionets for one band As the instruments in question were all in enc key, 1t is probable that they were to be played in unison. Tie effect upon an average man of 80 band clarionefs blown simultaneously would be to create in him wild desire to take tn the woods and become an aborigine. Even to imagine such an ear-piercing combination sets ones tympanum quivering.-I4ondon Answers.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
sUssrRoKE IS uNKNowN

Tn fact in a residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two persons to be overcome by the heat, and they recovered. Their condition, however, was more the result of whisky than heat. The air is so dry here that a registered temperature of no degrees is not as oppres- sive as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact and reports the difference between fbe apparent and sensible temperature to be fuils 30 degrees. At nearly all times there is n pleasant breeze; the nights are invariably cool in the summer, and out-door labor is Derformed without serious discomfort to eifher man or boast on the warmest days. Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter, and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
 UNTOUCHED BY FROST.
 1,anoe and lemon trees require slight pro- 4.efie,rI durinx the winter for year or two, ,,,,+ii the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 YhiIe it is a popular thing for one to say <t.s.f t,e is not here for his health, 1t is an s.,,siisUfl+c.fs fae4 that for all pulmonary ail- s..sqfs a5 climate on earth is equal to south a.ss .fsaiiii. sgp.isiiefe are numbers or active,
 ifi 5nt ene lung, who
 h4 ago, e<iie, filss tfl i've Ditt Hat or si thef. the wonderful
 ieF s sosnesAItig better than
 a fte gfezt Casa (iTande
 fne 9i the ~paffeen sjntts ot Casa franae = 4, f, Ss5i1idcreu one tiie most desirable portions of this magnificent Southern Ari-
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08

Ripans Tabules.
 Ripans Tabules cure nausea. Ripans Tabules: at druggists. Ripans Tabules cure dizziness. Ripans Tabules cure headache. Ripans Tabules cure flatulence. Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia. Ripans Tabules cure bad breath. Ripans Tabules cure biliousness. Kipans rabuleS: one gives relief. Ripans Tabules cure indigestion. Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver. Ripans Tabules: gentle cathartic. Ripans Tabules cure constipation. Ripans Tabules: for sour stomach. Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative Ripans Tabules cure liver troubles.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
MESA, FLORENCE AND
 GLOBE STAGE LINE,

Three Trips week. Daylight Travel Leaves Mesa a. m. Tuesdavs Thrrs5a.. and Saturdays. Arrives at Florence af sT nj se q m. Leaves Florence at D. fn.. arriviho at Globe at 5 P. m., the following day. ~ lsaves Globe q. m. Tuesdays, Thursdavs and SatuTdays. Arrives at Florence at l1 A m. the following day. Leaves Florence for Mesa at l D. m. Arrives at Mesa af 6 D. in. Stages stop over night at Riverside. Good accommodations given the travelling public. Benson, Mammoth Oracle and Tucson, JOHNSON BRos, Agents at Mesa.
 LOUIS SULTAN, Agent at Globe.
 D. c. STEVENS. Agent at Florence.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
ASSAY OFFICE AND LABORATORY OF
W. ALBERT CHAPMAN, M. E.,
METALLUReIsT AND AssAYER.

YELLvILLE. Marion Co.,, Ark, May 13. 1see. NATIONAL ORE & REDUCTION Coz
 St. Louis, Mo.
 GENTLEMEN:- In reply to your letter of inquiry (dated the 9th inst. relative to the Prospector's Furnace purchased of you three years ago, would say that Ishave used it for smelling an- timonial, silver, lead and other ores, and the retorting of zinc ore by means of the crucibles. Its performance is in every respect satisfactory. I consider it a most valuable adjunct to the office, because of its utility in smelling sample lots of ores. Yours truly,
 ". ALBERT CHAPMAN.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08

The late Baron Hirsch was said to give nearly all his winnings on the turf 10 charity and in pursuance of this idea his widow has set aside yearly sum ef S5D.09e for distribution in England alone to charitable institutions.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
AN US1SHABrrABLn DESERT
cAsA GRANDR RESERVOIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory. It covers a surface of 1600 acres, with an aver thousand million gallons of water. It is sit- uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. A levee of earth has been thrown up across a depression in the plain 14000 feet in length, 125 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top, to 1 slope on each side, and an average height of 9 feet. The waste is regu- lated by 3 cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost S150,0 and sup T,Iies water for 6. GOO acres
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08

zona. Great changes have been maae t, tppesnrance .l s oi this part of the valley durinS .ns ,.rs ies. .our years. 1t was about that lone ago that the Florence canal was coTrlstlS and the work of actual Improvement tibple,ea bas,,s II IS useless to deny that under our nresen, arl water system there is nothing hixa \ ssstsss : Sieht water to irrigate this vast badS 1,s land poos UT
 THE CASA aHANDE VALLEY CANAL
 is forty-three. miles in length and sovers O0,O00 acres of land, about 7,00O of which n ro under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be ensily enlarged and it's capacity in. creased. reservoir covering f.6O0 heres having storage capacity of eight billion gsI- Ions, in the southeast corner of township 6 range 8, gives ample supply of water the wear round 10 all farmers located below 1t, but those above suffer by shortage of water curing few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struetion of huge reservoir at the Buttes. fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com potent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
Harper s Magazine
 IN 1897


 FICTION: The Martian, the new novelty. Du Maurier, the eagerly expected successor to "Trilby, begun in October Number, 1se6 with illustrations from the authors draw ings A new novel by Frank R. Stockton developing a Twelfth Century Renaissance full of lftffnorCns situations and character isticalIy illustrated. A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells. Other striking novelettes by American authors. Short stories by Mark Twain, Thomas Nelson Page, Richard Harding Davis. Owen Mister, John Kendrielk Bangs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, Oc- fave Thanet, Mary E. Wilkins, and other popular writers.
 SCIENCE: Story of the Progress of Science during the Nineteenth Century, series of papers by Dr. Henry Smith Williams, supple nented by contributions on special subjects by expert scientists, Articles on the rela- tIons of curiogs psychological manifestations 10 physloksgy by Dr. Andrew Wilson. ,3gAMEhICAN 2 FEATURES: The Mexico of To-Day, series by Charles F. Ltimnis splen- uldly iinstrated-the result of recent visit to Mexico undert aken for HARPER'S MAG AZiNE- Mexico is pre-eminetly silyer-pro- duclng country, and its monetary operations rest entirely on silver basis. Owing to the keen discqssfon of certain economic prob- lengs Tn eCnhection with issues of urgent inn R9I1 Ro9Ir1tance il American politics these papers, Historical Papers by Woodrow Wilson John Bach MacMaster. and James Barnes The true story of Sheridan's Ride, by Gen. G. A. Forsyth. Continuation of Howell's Personal "Reminiscences of eminent literary Ameriz cans.
 AFRICA. AND THE EAST White Mans Af- rica, d fully Illustrated series of papers by Poultney Bigelow, the result of personal ob servations during recent trip to Africa, covering the whole field of European exploi- tation of that country. Illustrated articles by Stephen Bonsal on the transformations going on in Eastern Siberia, recently visited by the author. Hungarian Sketches, written and drawn by F. Hopkinson Smith. The fuli story of the recent Coronation of the Czar. by Richard Harding Davis. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodyille, who was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint a picture of the ceremony.
 Newspapers are not to copy this advertise
 ment without the express order
 of Harper 6 Brothers.
 HARPER'S MAGAZINE For one year s%.oo. 1 Postage Free to all subscrikers in the United States, Ganes'sl' and Mexico.
 Address nbRPER & BROTHERS,
 20. Box o5o N. Y. City
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
THE FLORENCE
 TRIBUNE.

The only newspaper pub lished in Pllai ceanty the richest of all the Ari- zona counties In mines and agricultural lands. In general circulation among farmers and min CTS. The most desirable f advertising medium in HI Arizona. A newspaper that you need not be ashamed to send away to your friends. Subscrip- tion sS.00 a year, or $500 for two copies Gin ad- vance,. Address
The Florence tribune., 1897-05-08
Meteorological Statistics.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from July, 1880, to April, 1882, gives the follow ing statistics, which may be taken as a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11
How To Cure Bilious Collie.

l suffered for weeks with collie
and pains in my stomach caused by
billiousuess and had to take medi-
cine all the while until I used
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diaiihoea Remedy which cured me
l have since recommended il to a
good many people. Mrs. F. But
LES, Fairhaveu, Conn. Persons
who are subject to bilious collie can
ward off the attack by taking this
remedy as soon as the first symp-
toms appear. Sold by o. o. Krog-
stad, Druggist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11
Burt Johnson on Harmony.

From certain quarters We hear
appeals for harmony in the republi'
can ranks of Oregon. Serious look
ing gentlemen are soleunly singing
that dolefully peaceful hymn, how
sweet is unity" And they don't
know how funny they are. The
republican party of Oregon is doing
very well, thank you. 1t is only
those who are ont of harmony with
the party that are so loudly clamor-
ing tor harmony. The regiment
is out Of step with me-" cries the
soldier, but his complaint is IN
needed, and those who hear him
only smile"
The republican party Of Oregon
is not worrying about harmony.
Those who do not like its songs,
need not sing them"
The above is from the Corvallis
Gazette, whose editor has recently
been appointed postmaster. His
idea of harmony might not exactly
coincide with some OF the gentle
men who were left out.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11
PROBATE COURT.

The following proceedingsin pro-
bate court have been had during
the past week:
In the estate Of Lottie E. Palmer,
deceased: Henry E. Palmer, admin
istrator, given authority to sell
the personal property Of said estate
at private sale.
In the estate of Christopher
Arndt, deceased: J. 4. Hall appoint
ed administrator OF the estate, with
bond fixed at 81 1900; administrator
filed his bond with Otto o. Krog-
stad and c. L. Gowell, sureties;
c. B. CrOsno, ". {. Copeland and
Moses Gregson appointed apprais-
ers; appraisers fled their report
showing the following property;
Real estate, $50; notes and &C.
counts, S379.7S; personal property,
$4,000, total S57S.82.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11

The postofice fight has struck
Elk City, and move a is being made
up there to retire Holmes Blair,
who has held the Office for several
years, and get a new postmaster,
but who the wouId-be postmaster
IS We do not know. We are told
that two charges have been pre-
:erred against Mr.. Blair, one of
which he may be able to refute.
bu; we think that the other will
catch him all right. The first charge
: that he ueglec,s his duty, and to
that charge We know nothing, but
the second charge is that he is get
ting old, and we do not hesitate &c
say that MI. Blair is guilty, and i.
getting guiltier every day. And
the people that made the charge,
are guilty of the same charge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an
election of the legal voters of the
City of Toledo, Oregon, will be held
in the said city of Toledo, Oregon,
on Tuesday, December 9TH, 1897,
for the election of the following
o~ficels:
One Mayor,
One Recorder,
One Treasurer,
One Marshal,
Three Aldermen.
The polling place will be in the old
school house, in the said city of To-
ledo, and the polls will open at
O'Clock a. M, and remain open I'M.
til 6 O'Clock p. m, except one hour
from IL O'Clock noon, till O'Clock
p. III.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of said city of Toledo, this Stt
day Of November, 1897.
H. s. ]. Il. STEWART,
City Recorder.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11

Running a paper has disappoint-
ments, as well as running for Office.
Now, for instance, we thought we
had a good item last Monday when
a telephone message came down
from Elk City inquiring for Arthur
Rochester, and stating that he had
not been see since the night be-
fore. We jumped to the conclusion
that he had been drowned, or some
thing else serious had happened.
We had an item ali studied out and
had it all fixed up about what a
good man he was, after he was
dead. and had it all arranged TO rig
up some moustache on Cleveland's
picture and run it in as a picture of
Rochester, when the news came
down that he had been found. He
had been down in his cabin asleep,
and they had forgotten to look for
him there. So there was another
good item lost.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11

OF the 64S ocean steamships
which entered the port OF Buenos
Ayers during the first eight months
of the present year, not one sailed
under the flag OF the United States.
Yet those vessels carried thousands
of tons of our goods, the freights on
which went into the pockets Of
European ship owners. The grow
ing commerce of Argeutia, which
might be largely controlled by
American enterprise, is passing in
to the hands Of Germany and En-
gland, and will continue to do so
until our shipping laws and COM
mercial policy are revised on terms
that will enable us to compete sue
.cessfully for the South American
trade.-Mail and Express.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-11

A Grass Valley storekeeper who
having left his place of business for
a while, was informed by his clerk
on his return that a ham had been
disposed Of on credit during his alb
sence. The clerk, however, had
forgotten to take the name Of the
customer, so in order to make sure
that he would not be a loser, the
storekeeper charged up every one
Of his patrons with a ham on their
next months bill. Forty-fve of
them paid. Grocers have better
luck in collecting bills than news
papers, anyway. If a newspaper
man should do such a teipg as did
the Grass Valley merchant he would
be promptly mobbed by the popu-
lace.-Ex.