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Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

UMMER with it's long, warm
- and sultry days is fading
away, and before US we see ap
preaching shorter and colder
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Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01
Notice--Election! !!
THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK,

THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK,
OF MIDDLETowN,
Middletown Del, Dec: Sth, 1887
TIE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR TEN
DIRECTORS will be held at the banking
house, on SATURDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1895,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock, A. M, and IL
O'Clock, noon.
lkdec.4t g. d. KELLEY, CasEler.
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BLANKET and ROBE.

We have blankets of all sizes,
qualities and prices. Plush
Robes of the finest material and
the most beautiful patterns. -
Goat, Dog and Wolf Robes. all
sizes and prices.
Fl RN Ess of all descriptions.
Our leader for S1O-a good
Harness. Single Strap or fold.
ed. Track Saddle if preferred
good stock, and our guarantee
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y writ of Levari Facias, to me directed, will
be exposed to public sale at the Court House
on Market street between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets, in the city of Wilmington,
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01
Local News.

MIDD1ErowN. DEL. JAN. /, 1888.
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

= writ OF Levari Fac1as, to me directed, Will
be exposed to public sale at the hotel of James
L. Dickinson, at Townsend, Appoquinimink
hundred, New Castle county, State OF
Delaware, .rr,nn
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CHERRIES SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
- writ of Levari Faeias, to me dil ected, will
be exposed to public sale at NatioEal Hotel,
Middletown, st. Georges hundred, New Castle
county and State Of Delaware,
ON FRIDAY,
THE 14th DAY OF JANUARY. 1898,
at 80 o'clock a. m,
the following described real estate, viz
All that certain farm, plantation and parcel
of land situate in New Castle hundred, In
New Castle county and State of Delaware
afo. esaid, on the public road leading from
Red Lon TO New Castle adjoining lands Of
William Cooper, lEnu Of George 2. Iybout
lands oE Barney Heyb0ld, and either lands
and containing i65 acres. more or less
Seized and taken III execution 81 t1l prop,
erty Of Jacob P. Dickson ard Esther n
Dickson. nis wife, nzo eeIs, and and to
be sold ~ IS -
WI1IIAH z: Finn, slierin.
shsrisrs ..!, 9iiiSsl amipston, Delaware,
.||I n
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

CHERIFF,S Safe.-BY VIRTUE OF A
~ writ of Levari Facias to me directed will
be exposed to public sale at the hotel of
James lADickins0n, Town end Appoquin
mink hundred, New Castle county. State
of Delaware,
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Those of Winter.

To those who are unprepared-
to shield themselves and their
horses from the cold, we extend
a cordial invitation to visit our
new department-
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ON SATURDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF JANUARY, 1898.
at $50 O'Clock, a. n1.,


the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain farm. tract or parcel OF
land situate in Thoroughfare Neck, Blackblrd
hundred, New Castle county and State OF
Delaware on the road leading from Thorough
fare Neck to Smyrna and bounded as follows
to-wit:
Beginning at stone, corner for lands
formerly of Jonathan Brown, now OF Andrew
Spear, and running south . degrees east ~
perches to the centre of the Aforesaid rOads
thence with the centre OF said road " percne5
to the junction of the Brick store landing
road; thence with the aforementioned road IA
$40 perches to the lire of land of John A. CaY-
ender; thence south D degrees east to 6lO
perches to a stake; thence south 81 degrees
west SO perches to q stone; thence south Is
thence up the said creek and binding with the
several courses thereof about rs perches to the
mouth of branch; thence up said branch and
ditch north 29 degrees about ld0 perches 10 the
Thoroughfare Neck; thence with said road
north So degrees east SO & 10 percnes to stone;
thence north 22Sz degrees west 50 $40 percheS
to a stake iu the line Of land of Sarah q. Spru
ance: thence north "a degrees east 81 6-i0
perches to q stone, corner also for lands OF
Andrew Spear; thence north II Il degrees east
~ perches to the stone and place of beginning,
and said to contain lao acres OF land, neore OF
less.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
Ann Wood administrators OF William Wood,
deceased, mortgagor, and John =. Wool 1sa-
bella Shugart, William Wallace Wood, Annie
s. Wood Hubert 2, Wood, Donald Bruce
Wood, George Newton Wood and James
Hurari Wood children and heirs-at-law OF
William Wood, deceased, and Daniel Fisher
terre tenant, and to be sold by
WILLIAM r. FLINN, Sheriff.
Sheriff7s ONCE, Wilmington, Delaware,
December 18th, 1897.
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THn TRAasoRIrr sl.OO 4 year
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THE 9Th DAY OF JANUARY. 1895.
at O'Clock n m -

at O'Clock p. m. -
the following described real estate,
All that certain lot of land WI ck
dwelling house thereon erected, sd fing
and being in the city of Wilmington afore-
said, bounded and described as follows, that
is to say;
Beginning on the westerly side of West
street between Fifth AID Sixth streets. at the
distance of 10 feet from the moi therly side of
Fifth street; thence running westerly parallel
with Fifth street LIZ feet TO the easterly side
of Willing street, Ia street % feet wide, laid
out for the use and benefit OF all the lots
bounding thereon on the square }; thence
with the said side of Willing street, northerly
parallel with West street 70 feet to stake;
thence easterly parallel with fifth street l22
feet to the said side OF West street, and thence
Herewith southerIy 20 feet to the place OF be-
ginning, be the contents thereof what they
may.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of John L. Pierson and Sarah III. Pierson.
mortgagors, and !. Us and to be sold by
WILLIAM r. FLINN, sheriff.
Sherif,s Office, Wilmington, Delaware, De-
cember Is, 1897.
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HERIFFSe sAhE.-BY4 VIRTUE OF a
- writ of Levari Facias, to me-directed, viii
be exposed = -blic sale at the National
Hotel. at Middfetown, st. Georges hRndred,
New Castle county and State Of Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

GHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
- writ of Levart Facias, to me directed, VIII
be exposed to public sale at the Court House
on Market street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets, in the city of Wilmington, New Castle
county, State of Delaware,
ON FRIDAY
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

CHERRIES SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
- writ Of Levari Facias, to me directed; will
be exposed to public sale, at The National
Hotel, in Middletown, st. Georges hundredt
New Castle county and State of DelaWare.
Middletown transcript., 1898-01-01

" A11HlIzHA N xlz 2 n mn E1IIFEzET.
Sherif7s Once, Wilmington. Delaware
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THE 14th DAY OF JANUARY, 1888
at2 o'clock b. M.

WILLIAM r. FLINN, She11H.
Sheriffs Office, Wilmington, Delaware
December 29th, 1877. &
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
OUR NORTHERN RELATIONS.

The arrival Of Lord Herschell in this country
Is an agreeable reminder that the Anglo-Ameri-'
can Commission will soon begin It's WORK. lhhl
body will be composed OF representatives Oh
Great Britain, Canada and Newfoundland on
the one side and Of the United States on the
other and its aim will be to settle all the mat
ters of dispute between this country ana lls
two northern neighbOrs. The negotiations VIII
be conducted on both sides In unquestonaDiy
good faith and with a sincere desire TO reach
nm equitable and permanent settlement. They
will probably be somewhat protracted, for the
LIST of questions to be considered Is long one,
and some of the items are uncommonly COM
MEX. The addition Of Newfoundland as party
10 the negotiations has been effected at the
eleventh hour and somewhat Unexpectedly, but
Is commendable for while ii may add to the
length and difficulty OF the task In hand 1t ar
fords prospect Of settling all cOntroverted
noints IN our northern relations at one stroke.
The question which Canada has most at heart
is that of commercial reciprocity. Sir Wilfrid
I.aurIer cherishes as one Of his highest ambi-
tons the establishment not perhaps OF full
commercial union, but of mutually discriminate
ing tariffs between the two countries. He Is
prepared to offer the United states an abate-
has already granted to Great Britain. In re-
turn, Of course he would require correspond,
ing concessions from this country The bound
ary between British Columbia and the Alaska
panhandle" Is another problem of prime i'm
portance. its solution involving the questlons
whether portland Canar means Portland
Canal or Bchms Canal or Clarence Straits
whether ocean means the open sea or any
sound or channel connected Herewith, ana
whether coast" means the edge Of the mainland
or the outer edge Of outlying islands. Then
there are the questions OF sealing in Benring
Sea. of Canadian and Newfoundland fisheries,
fisheries and shipping in the Great Lakes the
shipment of fish in bond. the railroad bonding
system the alien labor laws and the transporta-
ton of the troops OF one country through the
territory Of the other. These are the CHIEF ques-
tlons at issue. though there are other minor
ones enough in all to give the Commission
plenty Of work.
Some Of these matters are to be decided on
grounds Of fact. others upon grounds OF self-in-
terest and mutual concession. There Is not one
that does not admit Of friendly and mutually
advantageous settlement. We do not venture
to predict that such will be reached In every
case. Some of the questions may have to be
postponed for action hereafter by other nego-
tlators 1t may well be hoped however. that
all will be settled, and 1t may confidently be
anticlpated that all that are settled viii be sat
isfactorily settled OF the latter, with both sides
Nncercly deslrouc Of II. there should he no pos
sbe doubt And II such disposition Is made OF
merely a part Of the questions Mt issue the
actual gain will be great and the assured pros
.pect Of future benefcence ncalculabe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
PERSONAL.

It is announced that Mayor Van Wyck Richard
Croker and a number Of wel-known Tammany
men will soon visit Boston 10 be the guests OF
Father Cummings. OF that city.
At a meeting OF the Poor Clergy Relief Society in
London the other day story was told Of Bishop
Waldegrave. Of Carlisle. and the wicked" Lord
Lonsdale. The Bishop rode well. and on his going
up TO Lowther Castle Lord Lonsdae admired his
horse and his management OF It.. The Bishop
pleaded the cause OF a clergyman passing rich on
fiO year whose weeducated wife took In tour
onsGnie said 70 du looks on me as very
sinful man. beyond all possible hope OF salvation.
spoken 10 me like good servant Of the great head
OF the Church; you have spoken to me encourage
yoa have N pleaded the cause very noby for that
young clergyman. Here is my checkbook; put down
mo; that is a matter between God and YOU Lord
LGnsdae gave the BShcB check eek for o and
poor clergy OF the diocese Of Carlisle.
Nine. Albani who has been making a tour
through South Africa. is delighted with that
try When she visited the De Beers Compound at
Kimberley three thousand Zulus danced and sang
for her. Then she sang God Save the Queen" for
enthusiasm. and wildly cheered the Queen and the
singer
Or. David GIL. the British astronomer at the
Cape OF Good Hope. has been elected n foreign
member OF the National Academy OF Sciences.
NaSHi1blou. me hht 10 n very iiniieu OHe' tilo
only other foreign astronomers on It being Dr. Otto
strive. late Imperial Astronomer of Russia, and
DR.. Arthur Auwers, astronomer and president
secretary OF the Academy Of Sciences. Berlin.
THE Brooklyn Standard-Union'' thinks that
Frank W. Peck. who has been a Distrct-Attorney
OF Jefferson County In this State. Is among the
most modest soldiers In the When the Presi-
dents call came he offered himself for service
private. The recruiting officer asked him if he had
had any military experience. Yes some expert
encc." replied Peck Where 1t obtaincd?'
AT West Point" I'm the Military Academy?'
YES have also fought Indians in the West and
for two years taught mathematics In the academy"
"Well, Mr.. Peck. / don't believe you want to go
into the ranks" was the astonshed exclamation OF
the officer. You deserve commission" That IL
my superiors determine" Peck Is now adjutant
In his regiment. He was graduated at the head Of
his class In West Point, but soon gave up soldier
ing for the law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
VICTORY IN PORTO RICO.

The news from Porto Rico Is Of the most au-
spIcous character. A decided initial Victory
has given General Miles, without the loss or
man. possession of the second city In size ana
commercial, importance in the island, ana Win
II control Of whole province of 5O,O0O inhapl-
tants. On Thursday morning Commander Ia
Wis. of the Navy. obtained the surrender or the
mort of Ponce, and that same afternoon General
Miles. after n spirited skirmlsh, took possession
Of the city of Ponce He also holds Guanica
and Yauco, and may be said to have the mas
terry of Southern Porto Rico with the way open
for an advance on San Juan.
. u Ia n bloodless victory, and therefore one
which we may rejoice over without pang. IL
Is not less but more glorious for that saving OF
life What Jomlni called 1.-THE sterile glory OF
fighting battles merely to win them Is not the
Ideal of military leaders whom nations are glad
"a trust. and General Miles has shown his quail
ties of leadership in so dspOsing his forces as to
coin not merely n foothod but commanding
position In the enemy's territory without loss
He might have gone to Fajardo. as arranged
and fought a battle and made some heroes for
us TO mourn His change OF plan showed that
he was not merely warrior but strateglst
who knew how to win victories without fighting
battles. and that kind Of generalship Is better
for ones country than readiness to die for IL.
We should rather have leaders like Dewey and
Sampson and Schley and Miles. who can pro-
tect their men, than Montojos and Cerveras'
with all their undoubted bravery.
Not the least pleasing feature OF the situation
in Porto Rico Is the great enthusiasm manifested
by the inhabitants over our invasion. They well
come us as friends and delverers. even as pros
pective fellow -countrymen. This promises well
for our future rule of the island for 1t appears
to be understood that we shall hold 1t perma-
nently In 30 doing we shall evidently be act
ing In accordance with the wishes OF It's people
and giving them the government Of their hopes
and their desires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

The amazing progress Of the iron industry
may not be wholly appreciated. 1t Is not so
much that we are doing more In one industry
than we have ever done. That Is TO be expected
every year when Democrats do not PROSTATE
American industries. But the increase OF pro-
duction over any previous year Is surprising,
for we have not merely produced more iron
than In any other year. but more by over half
a million tons. or 10 per cent Nor is this acct
dental 1t Is not the sort Of thing which may
appear one year and not again, for the Amer
lean output Of iron is not only larger than that
OF any other country. but is certain to remain
larger.
Comparison with Great Britain is out Of date,
Tor this country passed the mother country
years ago in the manufacture of iron, and no
other nation has ever approached either. In
distancing itself, America distances the world
There Is nothing to be said of an out
put amounting to nearly one million tons per
month, excepting that no other country has
come anywhere near 1t. and there is nothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
NAVAL AND NATIONAL DEFENCE.

Senator Davis is right. sThis Nation must
either take m advanced position In the Pacific
or must practically withdraw from those wa
tiers and defend itself rs best 1t can after the
Chinese fashion. happy II 1t shall escape China's
fate Or perhaps we should say 1t had to do
one or the other. for it has already made the
momentous choice and taken the irrevocable
step. 1t Is exactly true that, had Spain tri-
"umphed Mt Manila, her navy could have seized
Honolulu and operated from there upon the en-
''tire coast Of the States from Mexico to the
yukon. An overpowering European force In
"Asiatic waters could do the same thing" Ad-
miral Dewey's May Day achievement freed US
from the former peril, and the annexation Of
Hawaii gives us the best possible protection
against the latter.
In these things the Nation may we'll learn a
lesson from its Navy. 1t has become truism
that the best protection a ship can have. from
the enemys fire is n vigorous fire from her own
guns Never was the fact more splendidly ex-
emplifed than by the Brooklyn at Santiago
But what Is the application of it! That the
Nations best defence Is in n bold forward pol
Icy. That is exemplfed in the case Of Hawaii.
Hitherto we have been in peril Of having war
waged against our own coast from hostile
base only two thousand miles away. Now the
only possible point Of attack Is two thousand
miles from our coast and war there must be
waged from base five thousand miles or more
further away. The establishment of an Ameri-
can Gibraltar in the Philippines would still fur
Their remove the scene Of possible war and
make our shores the more secure.
The Little Americans point to the British
Empire, with its endless cares and burdens, az
a terrible example by all means to be avoided
Well, we are not likely ever to acquire such an
empire for the United States But on the other
hand is China. the nawless ideal Of those who
would wall in the Republic within some arbi.
trary limits. Which Is the better example to
follow? Which empire is the more secure, the
worldwide British or the walled-in Chinese?
Or which fleet Jared the better, the American,
which boldly pushed forward. on the aggres-
sive, or the Spanish, which timidly tarried be-
meath the guns Of its home harbor fortresscs?
The lesson Is unmlstakabe, except to those
who, having eyes, will not see, and, having
minds, refuse 20 understand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30

n he soM of the consumption In manufacture
exccpt that no other country has approached
n within one hundred thousand tons per month";
The United Stntes not only leads the world
I'm this manufacture, but shows itself superior
over all other countries In securing the
most valuable contracts that Russia ana japan
have placed for armor plates and rails ana other
manufactures. The Russians want rails In order
N cross Siberia: the japanese want rails In
order TO economze the movement or produc's
In their wonderfully productive country. both
want American products for self-defence. But
tho American works which help them to self
defence, as their contracts show. better than the
work of any other country are able 10 surphss
that work in filling contracts for the United
States We shall not find better arInor p'a'eS
anywhere else than in the United STATES com.
Ing from American works. nor snail we hi,o
anywhere else cheaper material for ships or ran
roads
It IL easy to say. rs many men DO, that the
superiority Of the United States In this partcu-
lar matter Is a natural result OF It's advantages
in supply of the raw materials. The reasoning
Is somewhat logical But what Is to no salh OF
the expansion IN cotton manufacture, this coun-
try having practical monopoly OF the worlds
markets in cotton? What is to he said or the
wooen manufacture. this country having
enough wool to provide for Its own consump-
ton and far more than any other country pro-
ducps. being not obliged 10 rely upon the alto
eether uncertain yield Of Australia? what can
Great Britain expect. relying upon the product
of South America or South Africa for Its woolen
industry? Or what is to be said OF the copper
manufacture In other countries. the United
States supplying the world with over two-thirds
Of It's material? What is to be said OF the lead
manufacture, the United States having for many
years produced more than 1t requires FOR us
own consumption?
The truth il that most Americans do not vet
understand the magnificent resources OF their
own country. The United States has shown that
It can beat the world In food products, sending
more than four hundred million bushels OF wheat
and corn abroad during the last year. 1t has
vet to show that It can capture the worlds mar
kets for metals, iron. copper and lead SO that
all foreign markets Will be compelled to look TO
New-Yorll for prices and supplies.
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fate would be? Cuba. with its prisons, its exc
cutions, its reconcentindos, would ofier no CON-
parison. Spain would take bitter vengeance on
her reyo]ted colonlsts for all her reverses. and
with Cuba of her hands she could and would
crush them utterly.
Shall we hand these people over to be pun
ished for a crime which we Invited them 10
commit! II cannot be possible. There are seri-
GUS problems connected with the disposition OF
the islands and whether we ought to annex
them and just what we ought to do with them
are questions not to be answered without care
I'm, consideration. But whatever the Govern
ment with nil the facts before IT, may think
best TO do. certainly 1t can never be thought OF
as possibility that we should ship our troops
and sail away from Manila with our squadron.
saving to the Spaninrds, "You have given us
"what we want. Do "a suits you with our as
"slstants. Hang them or shoot them, as you
.please. They are seven thousand miles from
"any interest Of ours II they put their heads IN
"your halter, trusting to us not 10 pull away the
"char that supported them. the more fools
"thcy." Such desertion would be infamy
which no plea Of self-interest or conservatism or
nollcy Of isolation could excuse.