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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05

AUCTION SALES.
Auction SALE Of extra fine furniture
w.ll take place on May 5th al II O'clock
on the premises. 4ls Mcdonald block.
corner Of Jackson and Twenty-ta!yd ave-
nue., consisting OF elegant oak chsval.
bad sefs springs mattresses. ane Isariof
suite. sade5oard. book case tcoss ssa,. ex-
tension table. dining chairs fancy
dishes Aric-a-hrsc. velvet and Brussels
carpets lace curtains. piano lamp. OIL
paintings t5{letHere. extra fine Males
tic steel range. Eue grani.eware. crock
cry glass hoyS bicycle. etc Come sar-
" on morning OF sale and inspect goods
Bsckerton 4 Dewitt Anctioueers. Take
Rainier Heights or Yesier car.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05

TURKISH BATHS.
TURKISH ana Russian baths. tao hot
rooms. open ali night; sSoa s1segiax
rooms liz Ceiansasz.
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MARINE sNSURANCE-Huils and car
goes written: open policies issued: aver
ages adjusted: also hrs, accident, casu-
atty and liability Insurance in the Lead
Ing companies. Hanford & Stewart, ~
Pioneer building.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05
FOR sALE-IoDGIxG HOUSES.

WELL. furnished house OF eleven rooms
for sale cheap for cash; rem; $40: hotel.
with bar restaurant, office. etc. on
ground door: cheapest hotel in the West;
part on time IL desired: lease for two
wears: less than $50 per month rent;
Spencer. 4S New Works building. Teie-
phone. Main $40
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05

JOHNSON. AszAyeE. 81 seat MAJ hk BIDS,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

and your pa thinks / ought e be there You
won't mind, will you! 1t amt as if you
had anything special t. 60 for"
Tears sprang 10 Effies eyes She turned
her back silently, and her mother accepted
silence as assent.
"She don't mind" she said to her hus-
band, as they drove out of the yard. 81
guess she thinks it might rain an spoil her
new dress. Well, / do want to Zee tn
woman Jane Hills husband has married.
Oh, Eiiiel" she called back, don't get t
studying and forget tn crsnberries The
herbs for til turkey are on the right-hand
shelf" her voice died away in the dis
lance.
Alone, Ellie dropped her head on the
table and cried She must wait three more
interminable days before seeing Granvillei
After awhile she went upstairs and, after
listening a moment, though she knew there
was no one in the house, she raised a loose
piece Of carpet and unearthed her greatest
treasure 1t was tear-stained copy Of the
Weekly Clarion, and it described the land
ing Of the gallant Third and II subsequent
skiruish in which Corporal Granville
Barker, Of this township, who had dis
played great bravery" was shot in the arm
And suppose lac had died believing all
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

know that" she said to herself "To
think he's been back two whole days apd
l haven't seen him yet. wish we didn't
live So far. I wonder IT he's got the house
wife / gave him yet? Lily Petit says he
told her he was afraid ! was kind OF
tlirt Well goodness knows, Be can let
me alon If hes afraid OF me, can't help
il Il Dan Archer does like meat least
don't suppose I could. az Yes. ma, I'm
coming right now.
Thanksgiving day was clear and colder
Mr.. Hill limited al the possibility al snow.
but then he had no new dress 70 wear 70
church and could think calmly Of falling
weather.
Evidently Mrs. Hill had something on her
mind: all during breakfast she kept clear
ing her throat, and several times while
they were washing the dishes she made as
if to speak, then closed her mouth once
more. AS she hung the dishcloth on it,
nal. she turned to her daughter: "See here,
FlHe," she said, II guess yo. IL have 10
stav * horne this morning and get dinner
Your ~ wauts me TO 60 His cousin, Micah
Hill, IS coming over with his second wife,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

new dress again No time to stop now, with
all this Thanksgiving work e do. Land
alivel are those pies burning Elite heard
her dash to the cook stove and open the
oven door with a claug
She improved the opportunity 10 mufio
the new dress in the old summer one which
protected it from dust aud hang it hastily
upon its peg IN the closet. Then her
mother heard her sweeping the front stairs
with all her might.
Mrs. I'LL shook her head 'I'll just bet
she was standing still in the middle Of the
floor doing nothing, II she WASH admiring
that new dress. She's that absent. minded
now, what'll she be when sue gets grown
up and thinking Of beauxg'
Elie was almost 10 aud her mother had
been married at IS herself; yet she always
thought OF Eflie as a schoolgirl.
Ellie was cleaning the parlor now. 1t
was the day before Thanksgiving, but warm
as late October. The dead leaves rustled
in the light wind and 'atches Of green here
md there showed that the frosts had been
light. Eiiie began to decorate by pinning
punches Of pressed ferns and autumn leaves
in the Nottingham lace curtains She re-
hearsed scene to herself. as she did So:
''Of course well get 10 church early tomor-
row; pail manage that, she SAID. Wen
go tratpsing up the aisle when only the
old FOLKS are there. I'll know when Gran
VILE comes in, though. Id know his step
Rnywherel' She stood with a bunch OF
gay leaves poised in air; Il do hope pal
sit back in tn corner Of th' pew, as he does
sometimes then Granville can sec me right
away IN my new blue dress He didn't see
anything like il il Cuba il Lily Pettt did
cay the Cuban girls are pretty | never
cared fag such dark conspieAions myself To
be sure, Granville is dark himself but that
ia different I'll not look when lie comes
IN ne. III not tprr my head even a tiny
bit, Then. after awhile. L Just glance
across and smile at Dan Archer not much of
a smile. int il viii seem Il good deal TO
Granville! She startc3 and ran piu
into her finger. as Ler mothers voice
reached her;
what sou doing now ltlie2 Pinning
til leaves on TIA curtains? Oh! / didn't
know but what you'd got / studying again
il WIS 50 quiet in here. Wen. now IL does
look meet
Ellie was working with guilty haste now
Granville II he waiting to see us go out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
those things Lily Pctitt told himl" Ellie

those things Lily Petit told himl" Ellie
cried
She was putting away the paper, the dis
appearance of which had caused her father
such annoyance, when thought struck her
Mercy, the erauherries," she cried.
dashing downstairs To find black, sticky
mass IN the bottom Of the kettle oh
what viii ma say Whoever heard of a
Thanksgiving dinner without oranberries,
and there are no more in the house,e
The traces Of her carelessness removed,
the turkey in the oven and the fire 'roared
up" she stared dejecteiiy into the yard,
ooh, how / hate Cousin James husband
and his second wife," she cried
And Why ASKED a voice she had not
heard since May
oh, Gransillel why aren't you in
church,
Guess wanted to see you, Etfie, so I said
my arm hurt little; they'll let me do any
thing if mention that arm"
"Oh-h, Granville, is it all right now -
she touched it rcverently,
AS good as ever Efiie. And ] carried
that housewife half over Cuba. But you
never wrote
Lily Pettitt said you guessed all the
girls would write. so -
why, Fife, / never said that only
wanted You TO think of me, and"
But sou haven't told me about the war, .
she broke in, hlushing Did you ever kill
a man, Granville"
Il guess ! did one, anyhow lie was
in a tree. picking of our fellows. and took
good ann aud hred lie hit the ground
pretty quick. and it wasn't the fan that
killed hno. Pretty soon | went down.
though ! didn't know | was hit When
came 70 myself, good many other fellows
were lying about me Shall tell YOU what
my fast thought was?"
File nodded she was crying Il won
dered whether you'd care il never came
back"
Two hours later, when Mr. Hin drove
up, his daughter gave a wild cry; '"rhe
turkey" and ran into the house, which
was full 81 the rich odor Of ncinerated
fowl
That Was the Thanksgiving day upon
which Mr. and Mrs liill dined sadly on
canned corn. pickles and pumpkin pie. As
for Granville and Ellie they sat with hands
| elasped under the tahlecloth and ate the
/ food OF the gods.
ELISA ARMSTRONG.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
A Thnnkseirinr Cinch.

She latter yes h0s been said)-What
did you wish when you pulled the wishbone
with me-
Hell wished that you would accept me.
And yeas
She on. wished that you would pro
pose y y World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
An Opinion 1ndorsed.

What folks orter do" said the old col
ored man, is ter try ter glib ebrybody aroun'
EN- some 'scuse fob bein' thankful
Yes" cried Erastus Pinkley. with en-
rhass; "da's whut dey orter; Std o buy
in' new lo,&s fob dab chicken coops. -
Washington Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

FIFE, Oh h, E. fel
What are you doing
now r Her moth
ers voice was muf-
fled by distance, for
she was in the kitch-
en- and Ehie was
in the front bed
room upstairs.
Just airing the
front bedroom, ma. -"
Oh, | didn't know
but you was stop
ping to look at that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
Mo- thc wl.hhnne snia.

Il cannot, cannot thankful ae,
pou't ask me to- I beg.
Thanksgiving never comes but see
Some fellow pulls my Leg"
Nln..ia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24

''There is one thirs which should make
this country celebrate Thanksgiving day
with a great deal Of enthusiasm, remarked
Hoiack
What is thats asked Tomdik.
Congress isn't in session yet. Detroit
Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
In. THANKSGIVING A IA.
~ HOLY DAY. NJ

HIS nation stands out
alone among all the
nations as having no
established religion or
no recognition of God
in its constitution and
laws. When our IA
theirs met in rational
convention to frame
the magma charta of
this country the spirit
of inid e lity was
strong in that body,
and a fear has been
expressed frequently
The sun., 1898-12-04
HOUSE Of GOD DESECRA1ED
Grace Episcopal Church at Tai
leyville Visited by a Gang
of Miscreanls.
SANCTUARY BADLY WRECKED
Window Panes Broken and Seats
Defaced by the Vandals..-Sharp.
less School House and Black
smith Shop Also Visited by
the ScOundrelS.

A gang OF drunken niscreants ant
vandals broke in the door of Grac
Episcopal Church on the Brandywin
above Talleyyille with an axe ant
smashed all of the windows, broke III
several valuable lamps, destroyed thu
sanctuary, defaced the furniture ant
otherwise damaged the place of worshi,
in wilful and malicious manner.
This dastardly act was perpetratet
early on Saturday morning.
From the church the scoundrels went
to Sharpless' school house and DESTROYED
everything breakable, including desks
blackboard states, etc.
From there they visited the blacksmith
shop of George Danson, at Talleyville
and actually leveled the building to the
ground, scattering tools and implements
broadcast.
These desecrators OF the holy sanctuary
and destroyers OF Gods house of wor.
ship, whose crusade of destruction has
astounded and shocked the members OF
the church and residents ofthat vicinity,
are supposed to have been a party OF
young men on a drunk and ready to
vent their insane fury on everything in
their path, not even stopping at murder
had any one been SO unfortunate as to
haye.crossed their path.
To say that the members of Grace
Church are incensed, but poorly ex-
presses it,. They are excited and should
the perpetrators of this devilish and
wanton vandalism be apprehended they
will not be handled with kid gloves.
Had it been the work of heather and
barbarous savages the people could have
understood and possibly made some al
lowance for the deed.
That men exist in the State of Della
ware so lost to every good influence that
they drunkenly violate the sanctuary
OF God and trample under foot things
sacred and holy makes the Talleyyille
citizens ill at ease for fear that this same
band OF desperadoes may in a drunken
debauch perpetrate greater crimes.
Such men, the residents say, are not
fit to be at large, the country is in danger
while they exist and should not be al
lowed to bteathe free air.
Grace Church is in district presided
over by Archdeacon Hall and Rev.
George Miller is the pastor. DIR. Miller
lives in Philadelphia and goes to the
church every Sunday to officiate.
The moneyed damage caused by the
work of these vandals will prababy
reach $l,OCO.
The police are on the case and will, in
all probability, find the guilty parties
and bring them to the stern and uncom-
promising bar ofjustice.
The sun., 1898-12-04
Declines to Serve.

Rev. L. w. Batten, professor of Old
Testament literature at the Divinity
School in Philadelphia, notified E. Tat
nall Warner, senior warden of the vestry
OF St. Andrews, yesterday that he had
decided to decline the call extended him
to become rector OF St. Andrews. He
expressed regret, however, that he was
unable to accept.
DR.. Batten will continue to conduct
the Friday afternoon services, which are
proving so popular.
The Rev. William M. Groton of the
Philadelphia Divinity School, will con.
tinue to fill the pulpit at the Sunday SER
vices for time.
The sun., 1898-12-04
The Senatorial SITUATION
Representative-elect John Pill.
ing Springs His ''Boomlet"
for Benjamin Nields.
AND The CANDIDATE HAS 'OPES
He is Interviewed at His Home
But Refuses to Talk on the
United States Senatorial Prob
lem--Fight Between Mr..
Addicks and Mr.. Gray.

The latest candidate in the field fol
United States Senator is Benjamin
Nields, Esq, of this city.
About three weeks ago, it is under
stood, Mr.. Nields had the subject first
broached to him by John Pilling, Re.
publican Representative-elect from the
Ninth district of New Castle county.
Mr.. Nields was at first averse to hav.
ing his name placed in the United States
Senatorial arena, but after a number OF
interviews assented TO the proposition,
and he is now a full-fedged candidate
for the highest gift within the province
of the people OF Delaware.
Mr.. Nields was seen at his home, No.
S03 Broome street, last night, and, whilst
courteous, refused to be ntelviewed on
the senatorial question.
He, however, did not deny that he was
candidate, and, from the drift the con-
versation took, it could be seen that Mr..
Nields has 'opes.
For some time it has been known that
Mr.. Pilling has not been in favor of any
of the candidates in the field and had
cast his eyes around for some rock to
which he could cling.
This rock he found in the person of
Mr.. Nields, and that gentleman can at
least depend upon one vote if no more,
that of John Pilling.
The candidacy of Mr. Nields who is
now entered as dark horse, does not
materially change the result previously
published in The Sun, and it is more
than probable that John Pilling's BOOM
let like that sprung on the suspecting
public by other "want-to-be" leaders
in the next House will meet an early
death.
Mr.. Pilling also has 'opes of gaining
another vote for Mr.. Nields when the
next General Assembly meets and that
will be his running mate James d.
Kitchen, Representative.elect from the
First district. ..,..
1t is well-known fact that imnedi-
ately after these two were elected they
held frequent conferences and in short
time had decided that they would be the
leaders of the House.
They quietly interviewed number OF
other Representative elected from this
county and found that what they had
cut and dried with many an hours self
adulation was only dream.
1t was then that Mr.. Pilling took the
bit in his teeth and decided that he
could not vote for any of the candidates
in the field for United States Senatorial
honors and cast his eyes around until
they finally rested on the form of Ben
jamin Nields, Esq.
Mr.. Nields is the third new candidate
that has entered the fight during the
week just passed, but the only two who
are receiving any notice from the poll
ticians are Hon. George Gray, gold Dem
ocrat, whose reelection the Administra-
ton has demanded, andJ. Edward Ad-
dicks.
Mr.. Gray can only hope to be elected
by the combined vote OF the Regular
and Democrats, and this,
and this only will be the game played in
The next General Assembly.
The sun., 1898-12-04
TRIED TO EAT SHOES.
William Peters, of the United States
Navy, Arrested While Suffering
From Delirium Tremens.

A man who gave his name as William
Peters was picked up by the police al
Maryland avenue and Reed streets las
night, to all appearances ravine
maniac.
The man was suffering from deliriun
tremens, caused by the excessive use Of
strong drink. He tried to eat his shoes
and when taken to the City Hall became
violent and the officers were forced tC
chain him to the floor to keep him from
doing himself bodily injury.
From this state of violence the man
quieted down and then went into con.
vulsions. Police Surgeon DR.. Hughes
was summoned, and after an examina-
ton ordered himsent to the Delaware
Hospital.
Peters talked intelllgently enough at
intervals. He claims to be German,
but says he has served nine years in the
United States navy and was on board the
torpedo boat Winslow when Ensign Bag
ley, John Nervares, B. Meek, John Dan
iel and Josiah Tunnel were killed while
in action off Cardenas on May II, 1898,
and shows scar on each arm which, he
claims, were made by the bursting shell
which killed the five brave Americans.
Peters says he was paid off and dis
charged from the service at Norfolk and
has astepfather we'll off in New York, he
being proprietor of a fine saloon on Ninth
avenue.
He has on one arm his name. and sew
eral shamrock leaves, and on the other
is Remember the Stowaway." The
latter inscription he says was picked on
his arm by Sharkey, the pugilist, while
Peters was coming from Australia as a
stowaway aboard a ship bound for this
He was picked up by officers White
and Hawk who called the patrol and
sent him to the City Hall, and the wagon
officers had their hands full with him.
He was much quieter when taken to
The hospital and on his arrival there was
given opiates to sooth his nerves and
was soon sleeping peacefully.
Peters is possibly 35 years of age and
ooks like man who has seen rough |
service.
The sun., 1898-12-04
DYKES TO BE ERECTED.
They Will be Placed on Christiana
Avenue by the New York
Dredging Company.

|
The Street and Sewer Department helt
a special meeting yesterday morning
The matter of the condition OF the road
bed on the causeway was under con
sideration. 1t was decided to order s
vessel load of eyster shells from Della
ware City parties to place on the road
beginning at the south end of Market
street bridge.
1t is not thought wise to entirely cover
the roadway at this season of the wear
and only the worst places will be at.
tended to. Shells will arrive Thursday
and will be at once put on the road.
bed.
The directors had made an engagement
with the New York Dredging Company
to visit the tract along the Christiana
creek, where the mud from the creek is
to be put ashore, and confer with repre-
sentatives OF the company in reference to
allowing the use of a portion of Chris
tiana avenue.
Directors Pratt, Simmons and Web.
ster, accordingly, left at 10 o'clock in a
carriage for the place. The trip was an
unpleasant one on account of the rain
and mud.
1t was explained to them that the
dredging would be done by hydraulic
process and dykes would therefore be
necessary to keep the water from over
flowing Christiana avenue and the lands
south of it. The representatives of the
dredging company formally asked per-
mission to erect such dykes along the
north side of Christiana avenue, from
the east side of the B. & 0. right of way
to the fast land opposite the works OF
Golding & Son Co.
They also asked to be allowed to oc-
cupy from four to six feet of the highest
portion OF Christiana avenue with dykes
about four feet high.
The representatives of the dredging
company claimed this would permanent
ly avert all danger from overhows. The
tract on which the mud is to be placed is
part of the property of the Lobdell Car
Wheel Company.
The directors carefully investigated
the matter and found it would be a real
benefit to grant the company's request
under certain conditions which must be
accepted in writing.
The foot Of the dykes must be at least
twenty-five feet from the line of tele-
graph poles now erected on the south
side of Christiana avenue and the dykes
must be so constructed as not to inter-
fere with public travel on the avenue
either during the process of filling the
property enclosed in dykes or after
wards.
The company will be held responsible
for all damage incurred to the avenue or
other property, public or private at any
TINA
The sun., 1898-12-04
SOLDIERS WANT TO REMAIN.
A Number of the Third Battalion
Circulating Petition Against Be-
ing Mustered Out of Service.

Thirteen members of the Third Bat
talon, First Delaware Volunteers, were
recently appointed committee to send
petition to the War Department at
Washington, praying that the battalion
be retained in the service of the govern.
nent.
This committee comprises Captain W.
E. Lark, Company B; Captain Evan G..
Boyd, Company G; j. H. Hossinger,
Company M; A. W. Foreman, Company
A; Sergeant 7. F. Crosbel and Private
James Monteish, Company G: Corporal
Charles F. Pierce and Private William
Lewis, Company M; John T. Scarbor-
ough, Frank O'Donnell, Francis B. East
man, privates, Company A, and Corporal
Leon Pitcher and Private James NJ.
Cochran, Company B.
The petition as drawn up cites that in
case the battalion was mustered out
of service at the present time all OF the
men would be in the debt of the govern
ment for clothing; that they would be in
destitute circumstances; that the married
men having families have no avenue of
employment and that their families
would be in destitute circumstances this
winter.
The petition further cites that the ma
jority of the soldiers are in favor of being
retained in service and asks all citizens
to cooperate with them to this end.
The petition is being freely circulated
amongst the prominent citizens of the
State and the committee has also re-
quested Congressman.elect John H.
Hoffecker, of Smyrna, to use his in
hueEce with the President in order to
keep the battalion in service for the
winter at least.
1.-THE petition is ignored by the War
the battalion will be mus
tered out aud new one formed i'm
mediately after to represent Delaware.
1t is claimed that the State should be
by at least one battalion as
every other State in the Union is repre-
sented by one or two battalions.
If this meets with approval it is under.
stood that the battalion will be differed |
by West Point men and that none of the
present officers will be retained, at least
with their present rank.
The sun., 1898-12-04
Memorial Service.

Several prominent speakers will par
ticipate in the memorial service of the
local posts, G. A. R., at the rooms of du
Pont Post, Monday evening, December
10. Music will be furnished for the oc-
casion by the choir of Mt. Salem Church.
The joint committee held a meeting
Friday evening at du Pont Post rooms
and the following officers were appoint
ed to look after the arrangements: Com
mander, Robert Liddell; of Post No. /;
senior vice-commander, L. L. Pierce,
Post No. 2; junior vice-commander, W.
s. Byron, Post No. 49, chaplain, B. D.
Bogia, Post No. 2; ushers, Walter Nor
timer and O. H. Baker, Of the Sons Of
Veterans.