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Middletown transcript., 1899-07-29

uary 3, 1899, amounting to $67, ,27722 make
up the resources, and form grand total oi
$237. .473.67. What amount will be realized
from the large sums appearing to be due the
county cannot be safely estimated, but it is
reasonable TO say. in view of the shrinking
of the county's accounts. receivable in the
past, that the losses will be very great.
We would state in regards to the cerlif-
cate of Indebtedness of the Mechanics Loan
Association, that we found no record of it
on the books. but learned from the county
treasurer's receipt to the trustees for the
sale of the ainishouse property that it was
duly transferred by them TO the county on
May Is. 1895. Neither the comptroller nor
treasurer could give us any further inform
alton concerning the matter.
The liabilities are stated at St26, 6,383.O1
that being the amount of unexpended APP
preparations on January 8, 1899, and out
standing warrants on that date. On the
basis of expenditures in recent years the IL
abilities for the period of resources are ex-
pected to cover will be considerably aug
mented.
We will submit with the statement of re-
sources and liabilities statements showing
the uncolIected investment, road and negro
school taxes as follows: Investment, s2S,-
1856; road. sS5,o26.69; negro school, s4,- :
731.63.
We regret to be compelled to report after
a thorough study of the system of county
accounts, that it is imperfect and mislead-
ing. 1t was only after great labor that we
were able to make an analysis and classif-
cation of the accounts that will with some
degree OF accuracy show the application of
The county funds. We believe it to be of
,he highest importance that more improved
Methods of accounting be introduced in
he county offices.
We beg to renew the recommendation in
'ur report of last year that the period of the
Innual audit be changed from January to
'uly. The couuty's fiscal year, strictly
peaking, closes on June 80, and an audit
o that date would show with greater GER
ainty the state of the county's finances.
We desire also to acknowledge our in
sbtedness to the comptroller and treasurer
nd their clerks for many courtesies shown
nd valuable assistance rendered during the
curse of our investigation.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN s. ROSSELL,
JOHN H. DANDY,
Committee.
July 10, 1899.
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ing the total funded indebtedness to $780,
900.
By reference to the statements of assess
ments and taxes, original appropriations
and the comptroller's general statement of
appropriations, allowances and bonded in.
debtedness. the particulars of these several
matters will appear.
The collections made by the receiver of
taxes and the collectors and accounted for
TO the comptroller and paid to the treasurer,
are set out indetail in separate statement.
The only collector who made returns for
the year 1894 was H. B. Durnall, Of Mill
Creek hundred. The collectors of Whining
ton, Appoquinimink, Brandywine, Mill
Creek, New Castle and st. Georges hun
dreds reported collections for 1895, and all
the collectors for 1896, 1897 and 1898 made
returns for their respective hundreds.
The receiver of taxes and county trea-
surer's general statement of recipes and
disbursements shows all moneys received
and payments made. The balance in the
treasury at the beginning of the year was
500, 0,615.78, divided into general funds
available for general county expenses),
$93. Gil 90; road tax. $5,473.94, and negro
school tax, $1,231.75. The receipts of all
kinds during the year were: County and
poor taxes. $24S, ,92O.01; capitation, 1881 96:
dog, $995.47; investment, $6,115.94; road;
$31 ,80650; negro school, 81 ,336.73; and
miscellaneous items, $34. 4.336,74, including
$14, 900 received from the sureties Of John J.
Dougherty, collector Of Wilmington hun.
dred in 1890, and $79. .356.48 registration
fees. The total receipts were 1926, ,795. .35.
The disbursements for all purposes amount
ed to 1858, 1882. OF this sum $Sl6,522.55
were general funds; S2,822,3l, investment
tax paid to the State of Delaware and the
city of Wilmington and for commissions TO
the county treasurer; ss2, ,565 .4s, road tax.
and $1,8I2.9s, negro school tax. There
remained in the treasury at the close of the
year $72, ,6S7.3l, divided into general funds,
$67, ,277 %; investment tax, to be appoFtion-
ed, s53S 63; road tax, A,113.96, and negro
school tax, s757.5O, all deposited in the
Farmers Bank, Wilmington.
We submit with the statement of the
receiver of taxes and county treasurer q
detailed statement of disbursements, show
ing, under the headings of the different
accounts, to whom and in what amounts
payments were made during the year.
We add comparative summary state
ment of disbursements of general funds for
the four years Of 1895. 1896, 1897 and 1898,
showing the expenditures for each year,
and the gradual increase Of the cost Of
county administration. The expenditures
in 1895 we're s247, 1882; 1896, $277 7,84I rs;
1897, sss4077.94, and 1893. ss16 6.522.55.
The payment of notes of the Levy Court
amounting to $4,000 in 1897 explains in
part the large increase for that year.
II is established beyond qnestionby the
state Of the accounts examined that the
receipts Of che county, for more than four
years past, hare not besn equal % the
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R0!YALsss ss:'ss ss*S.s
ARSolUTEY pURE
Makes the food more delicious and wl,olesome
HANGED BY THE NECK.
bne Who Underwent the Operation
Describes the Sensations.

bne Who Underwent the Operation
Describes the Sensations.
In The Wide World Magazine Rich
krd Hicks. an old time actor. tells of his
narrow escape from being hanged on
the stage of the Queens theater, Dub
lin. lie was playing the part of Achmet,
particularly villainous character, who
after a long career Of crime is, to the
general satisfaction of the audience,
captured by two British soldiers and
promptly hanged.
Zone night, while struggling with
my captors, the rope slipped from my
shoulders and knotted itself around my
neck just as was being hauled upr'
says Mr.. Hicks. .Never shall forget
that awful moment. Directly I felt the
tug at My neck gave a convulsive kick
and tried to shout 'Stopr but the word
tould not escape from my twitching
lips. | could only make a gurgling
noise Frantically I kicked and strug-
gled. Pain there was none, strangely
enough. beyond choking, suffocating
sensation. and could hear the tumul-
tuous applause of the audience, who
were hugely entertained with whatth
Imagined was my realistic acting.
"Then terrible sensation, like mol
ten lead rushing down my spine, per-
vaded my whole body. and I thought
my legs were bursting. gave another
mighty struggle and strove-ahl how I
strove-to scream. / seemed to behold
mighty rush of green water, and my
ears were filled with the roar Of cata-
ract- l have dim recollection Of see-
ing great crimson sun shining dimly
from behind the waterfall, and 7 can
remember falling indefinitely through
spacel
''Two days afterward Recovered con-
sciousness, and then I suffered inde-
scribable agony. The suffocating SEN
sation still remained. but it was ac-
companied by an unquenchable thirst,
not to mention fearful pains in my body
and limbs -
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No Right To UglIness

The woman who is lovely in face, form
and temper will always have friends. but
one who would be attractive must keep
her health. If she is weak. sickly and all
run down. she will be nervous and irritable.
If she has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stomach,
liver and kidneys and to purify the blood.
It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, SIMON tn,
velvety skin, rich complexion. 1t will
make good-looking. charming woman of
al rundown invalid. Only so cents at
Vsughan's Pharmacy.
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origin Of Quarantine.

In the fa7l teenth century one-fourth
Of the population of Europe are COM
pnted to have died of the bubonic
plague, introduced from the east. The
first measures to check its spread were
adopted by the city of Venice, which
appointed in 1348 three guardians Of
the public health. In 1408 Venice es-
tablished lazaret, or contagious dis
ease hospital. on small island adjoin-
ing the city. This says Surgeon Gen.
eral Walter Wyman, was the beginning
of quarantine. The word itself means
''forty'' and implies 40 days, the peri
cd Of detention imposed on vessels at
this first Venetian quarantine. -
Youths Companion.
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CONJURED A TREATY.
How Houdin. the Magician, Awed the
Arabs Into Submission.

How Houdin. the Magician. Awed the
Arabs Into Submission.
During the French conquest Of Al
geria (1830-1S33) negotiations for peace
were entered upon with the sheiks of
certain Arab tribes. and a meeting for
the settlement Of terms was arranged. to
take place at the French headquarters.
The French officers received their guests
with great hospitality. and after the
banquet given in their honor. at which
the utmost splendor was employed, in
order to dazzle their eyes and captivate
their simple minds, an adjournment
was made to large hall, where M.
Houdin, the celebrated conjurer. who
had accompanied the French forces.
gave an exhibition of his skill
They stared in open mouthed wonder
at all the tricks that were performed,
and feeling of awe crept over them as
they witnessed the mysterious appear
ance and disappearance Of various OBJ
jects. But what appeared to them most
marvellous was the apparent manufac-
ture of cannon balls M. Houdin passed
round among them high hat. which
they examined very carefully. but with
out suspecting anything unusual in Ell
ther its make or its appearance. When
the hat was returned to him the con-
jurer placed it on the floor in the mid
die of the stage in full view of his an
dience. He then proceeded to take from
the hat cannon balls apparently with
out number. and rolled them across the
floor into the wings With this the per-
forlnance Terminated
The chiefs then consulted among
themselves and came to the conclusion
that it was useless to offer any opposi-
tion to an army that could turn out its
ammunition il 80 easy manner. They
therefore signed the required treaty and
departed to tell their friends in the
desert of The wonderful power Of the
III, a,:crs. = Cincinnati Enquirer.
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His Life Was saved

Mr.. J. e. Lilly, prominent citizen Of
Hannibal, Mo-. lately had wonderful de-
liverance from frightful death. In telling
tit he says: II was taken with Typhoid
Fever, that ran into pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was so weak couldn't
even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me.
expected to soon die of Consumption,
when heard of DR.. Kings New Discovery.
One bottle gave great relief. I continued to
use it, and now am we'll and strong, can't
say to much in its praise" This marvel
ous medicine is the surest and quickest
cure in the world for all Throat ond Lung
Trouble. Regular sizes SOC. and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at vaughan's Pharmacy;
every bottle guaranteed.
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NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS
Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl-
vanfa Railroad

Low-Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsyl.
vania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has selected the following dates for its pom
uiar ten-day excursions to Niagara Falls
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and WASH
ington: July 27, August 10 and "a, Septem-
Der and 81, and October and 10. An
experienced tourist agent and chaperon
Will accompany each excursion.
Excursion tickets, good for return passage
on any regular train, exclusive of limited
express trains, within ten days, will be sold
at $1,000 from Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Washington, and all points on the Della
ware Division; SLIPS from Atlantic City,.
% 60 from Lancaster; $3.50 from Altoona
and Harrisburg; $3.50 from Sunbury and
Wllkesbarre; 1915 from Williamsport; and
at proportionate rates from other points.
A stopover will be allowed at Buffalo, Roch-
ester, Canandaigus, and Watkins within
the limit returning.
A special train of Pullman parlor cars
and day coaches will be run with each ex-
cursion. An extra charge win be made for
parlor car seats.
Tickets for side trip to the Thousand
Islands Alexandria Bay will be sold from
Rochester in connection with excursions of
July 27, August 10, "a, September and 2l,
good to return to Rochester or to Canaan
daigua via Syracuse within five days, at
rate of $3.50.
Tickets for side trip to Toronto will be
sold at Niagara Falls for s1OO on July %,
August IL and 26, and September %. In
connection with excursion of ofSeptember Z,
tickets will be sold to Toronto and return
at reduced rates, account Toronto Fair.
For time of connecting trains and further
information apply to nearest ticket agent
or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
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Photographfc.

The celebrated Cyclone Cameras are being
used by amateurs and professionals all over
the civilized world. The most compact
and least complicated of any in the market.
A child can operate them. Plain and
Complete Instructions go with each Camera.
Size of pictures 23x21 up to SKI. Price $3.50
up. Nothing on earth will give you or
friend to whom presented more pleasure
than one of these Cameras. Write for Illus
trated Catalogue with full descriptions.
Prices &c.
Marsh Mfg, Co., 542 W. Lake st. Chicago.
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current expenditures In respect to the
ordinary receipts from taxes, 1t is evident
that either the assessment on which the
tax levy is laid is unreliable or the collec-
tions have not heretofore been made with
that promptness and thoroughness that the
needs of the county would seem to demand
The comptroller's books showed on Jam
uary 4, 1898, that there were unpaid halan-
Get due from collectors and uEcollected
taxes in the hands of the collectors, amount
ing to $3.50, ,588 55, as follows:
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SEC rhat Anz GOOD would WIN,

Should be provided with good health, and
everyone who would have good health,
should remember that pure, rich blood is
the first requisite. Hoods SarsapariIla, by
giving good blood and good health. has
helped many man to success, besides
giving strength and courage to thousands
Of women who, before taking it, could not
even see any good in life to win.
Hoods Pills are gentle. yet reflective.
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Campmeetina CaIendar

The following are the dates of some OF
the largest camps on this Peninsula:
Wye-July %, Aug.s.
Local Preachers-July %.
Camden-July 26..
Hebron-July 20.
Woodlawn-Aug.1.
Brandywine Summit-Aug.3.
Concord-Aug.4.
Chiltons-Aug.4.
Mt. Vernon-Aug.4.
zoar-Aug11.
Smiths Island-Aug. 12.
Laurel-Aug. II.
Ocean Grove-Aug.19.
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"There is nobody SO provoking" said the
young thing. "as the man who pretends to
know it all and then, when you come to
argue with him, is, of course, all wrong
"Well," replied the major, II prefer him to
the man who pretends to know it all and
then, when you come to argue with him,
turns out to be all right"
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Balance Of cash in treasury Jan

DalaHCe Ot CASH ia treasury jan
uaiy 8, 1893 ..................$ 67,277.22
On January /, 1895, while the balance OF
cash in tho treasury appeared to be SIT ,s27,-
81. the county owed temporary loans to the
amount of $50, 900, so that in fact deficit of
St2.172. .13 existed at that time.
The condition of the accounts of the coll
lectors for 1895. 1896, 1897 and 1898 as ap-
pears by the comptroller's books, is shown
in separate statement. The taxes of all
kinds on January 8, 1899, unaccounted for
by the collectors amounted to $3.50, ,63208.
1t will be observed that part of the large
sum is due from the collectors of DELINQUENT
taxes for 1895 and 1896, whose direct ac-
countability to the county for the amounts
placed in their hands for collection has been
and, we understand, is still an open ques-
ton. We directed attention TO this auss-
tion in our report of last year.
We give, from the best information OBJ
tainable, statement of the resources and
liabilities of the county on account of gen.
eral funds, January 3, 1899.
The resources comprehended only the
items applicable to the general expenses Of
the county and do not include the portion
Of investment tax payable to the State of
Delaware and the city OF Wilmington nor
road and negro school taxes. all Of which
constitute special funds. Balances due
from collectors for the years 1876, 1883 and
1890, amounting to S2,922.16, uncollected
taxes for 1896. 1885, 1897 and 1893, aegre-
eating sl62. .O47.sO. the county's share Of in.
vestment tax in the hands OF the treasurer
for distribution, 1897 eI. Judgments against
delinquent taxpayers Of 1895 and 1895. 81. 4
25S .5s; subscriptions from Washington st.
bridge, 81 .575; eertiacata Of Indebtedness ofI
the Mechanics Loan Association for " 900,
and she cash balance pg general funds, jan
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An Englishman and an Irishman met
one day, and the former wishing to have
some fun with Pat. asked him if he was
good at measurement. II am that" said
Pat Then could you tell me how many
shirts could get out of yard2n asked
the Englishman. "Well," said Pat, "that
depends on whose yard you get into.n
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Volcanic Ernntinns

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life Of
joy. Bucklen's Arnica salve, cures them,
also Old Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers
Boils, Felons. Warts, Cuts, Bruises. Burns.
scalds, Chapped Hands. ChiIblains. Best
Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only 25 cts. box. Cure guaran-
teed. Sold at ysughan's Pharmacy.
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FINANCES OF new CASTLE COUNTY
Additions Taken From the
Auditors Report.
SUMMARY OF THE EXPENDITURES
Gradual Increase of Cost of
Administration.
The Ordinary Expenditures for the Last Four Years Have Each
Year Exceeded the Ordinary Receips--The Balance of
General Funds at the Close Of the Year 1896 Was
the Remainder of Borrowed Money
SUMMARY OF THE EXPENDITURES

the John Ross and John Dandy
uebensive summary
is appended:
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Professor Ito his wife, proyoked) ~
never know how to take you, Amelia.
Two years agoyou were crazy for that hat,
and now I've bought it for you you don't
like it at alll''
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startling.

stI have come. +" exclaimed the large
framed. athletic young woman. rolling
up her sleeves. 'sto clean out this
room. .
Which. being the scrublady, she Inn
mediatIy proceeded to do Chicago
Tribune.
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Priceless.

The Policeman-An phwat wud yer
take fer the dog nowf
The Boy Gouldn't sell him. I Kin
git along widout money, but cudn's
git along widout de dog. Philadelphia
Ledger
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IOtal- sS00S, loo 30
The total levy Of investment tax was
$S7 .35O.36, Of which $9,33759 was for the
State of Delaware, s1S,278.3s. as stated
above, for New Castle county, and $l4. 4.734.-
Al for the city of Wilmington.
There remained 10 the credit Of the
several appropriations for 1897 on January
4, 1893, the sum of $40, ,02S. .3S, constituting,
as far as could be ascertained on that date,
the current liabilities of the county. The
appropriations for the year 1898 amounted
to S340, ,l76.70, after all transfers had been
made, and with the balances remaining
over from 1897, made the total amount
available for 1898 $44s, ,2o5 ,os. The allow
ances during the latter year were $3I6. 40. I
81, leaving appropriated funds on January
8, 1899, subject to allowances, aggregating
sl25.649.50.
The bonded debt on January J. 1898
amounted to s5s6, 300. There was peid dur.
ing 1893 SIC. 900 on the loan for benefit of
The Trustees Of the Poor, and $40 600 of the
loan for funding floating debt No. /. rsduc-
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During 1898 there was collected out OF
taxes stated above $69,71124. Judgments
to the amount of 81, ,253,5s were obtained
against taxpayers in Wilmington, and there
was charged off $7s, ,6s2.65, leaving balances
of open accounts with the receiver of taxes
and collectors prior to 1898 to the amount
of $1O6, ,941 08.
1t appears also that the ordinary expen-
di:ures for the past four years have each
year exceeded the ordinary receipts. The
following statements show the creation
annually of considerable deficit and that
the balance of general funds in hand at the
close of the year 1898 was the remainder of
borrowed money:
Ordinary receipts and disbursements from
January /, 1895, to January 8, 1899.
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''Is your mamma sick, Benny7' Nope,
shes u; pops sick--hs has 70 do the cook
In =
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WHSHINGEeN LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent.

I selecting Hon.
Elihu Root, of
New York, 10
succeed General
Alger as Secre'
tary of War,
President M c.
Kiuley has ad-
ied another to
the long list of
appointments he
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TIE COUNTY'S FINANCES.
Auditors Make Their Reports TO
Judge Spruance.
THEY CRITICISE THE SYSTEM.

AND SUGGEST MANY IMPORTANT
CHANGES WHICH MIGHT BE
MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF
NEW CASTLE CoUNTY-THE
REPORT IN FULL.
Report of the Committee Appointed to
Inspect the Books and Accounts of the
County Comptroller and Receiver OF
Taxes and County Treasurer of New
Castle County.
To the Honorable William @. Spruance,
Resident Associate Judge of New Caste
County.
The undersigned committee, appointed to
inspect the books and accounts of the
county comptroller and receiver of taxes
and county treasurer of New Castle county
for the term from January 4, 1898, to Janu-
ary 8, 1899, inclusive, respectfully report as
follows:
The books and accounts have been care
fully examined and compared and diligent
inquiry made as to the fiscal operations Of
the county, which are fully explained by
the accompanying statements.
The tax levy for county purposes for 1898
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Assistant Secretary Vandsrlipp, Of
the Treasury. thinks that the Dewey
Home Fund, which how amounts to
about $l5, 900, contributed By more
than Is 900 persons. will be sWelled to
at least 800. .000 by the time the Ad-
miral reaches the United States. He
thinks there are quite 8 number Of
persons who viii soon make large con-
trihutlons. Treasurer Robarls and
other members of the committee are
equally eonfdsnt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-03-08

mrer. until she was mustered out OF the
church militant, and into the church tri-
umphsnt. Through all her life, she
adorned her profession by a consistent
Christian life and the unusual patience
which her closing hours revealed, only
gave another evidence OF the extent to
which she had become possessed OF the
Masters spirit.
Her sufferings were intense; yet none
W no watched over her, or ministered to
her necessities, ever heard from her a
murmur or complaint. Her faith WAS
"rooted and grounded in Christ, and
to her, death was but the coming OF the
angel to bear her waiting spirit home.
The deceased leaves large cir
Gle OF friends who kne" Aer as a true,
kind, Christian woman. She leaves a
husband, a SON a daug hter, three broth
ers in Massachusetts, and four sisters in
Maine, who tesrtully look through the
shadows and rejoice to know that il their
lives are lived as was hers, in unseliish
devotion to the Master, ana to those for
whom they may be guardians and helpers,
the cloud that received her spirit shall
lift, and they shall join her in the morn
ing.
blessed are the dead that died in the Lord,
from henccforth. Yea saith the spirit, that thy
may rest from their labor-, and their works do
follow them"
March g. f.