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Year: 1872

tE We will find room next week for an
article or the Coal Mines, ETC.. at Spadra,
sound in the Fort Smlh Independent. Major
MEYER will prove the right man in the right
place in this enterprise to make it a success,
Year: 1872

A dej-cted looking young mar who
asked the editor Of the Banbury News
what was the charge for inserting an an
nouneement Of the death Of his wife, being
told that il would be done for nothing,
Frightened up considerably for one in bis
afliciion, and pioasly observed that death
had been robbed o. half its terrors.r
Year: 1872

STOCKS DULL AND LOWER.


The stock market was almost stagnant. very little
being done In anything outside OF Pacific MAIL
which, after forenoon Of moderate activity ct II
711l, became weak and went Off to 7oX. The rest
Of the market declined an average Of about u per
cent Lackawanna went or to os4 and New Jersey
Central to 1os. The officials Of the former corpora
tion deny that there is any intention OF omittlng
the usual dividend, and say that both companies are
working together harmoniously ana that the de-
cline in the stocks s due to the popular impression
that the coal business has been Improbable the
past season. which they readily admit has been the
case.


HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES


Tho following table shows tho highest and lowest
Year: 1872

It is now given out that the defunct Committee of
Seventy-fve Reformers is to be galvanized into life
again. The leaders propose that the membership shall
be increased to 100, one-laf Of whom shall be repub
licans and the balance democrats. Then the CON-
mittee propose to nominate q straight ticket for
shall be nominated by any party other than their
own. This Is the latest talk about the City Hall,
that rendezvous for politicians OF all parties and
cliques, and Of high and low degree.
Year: 1872

The Department of Public Parks announce that
II the weather is fine there will be music by the
Central Park band at Tompkins square to-day at
from 4:30 to 6:30 p. M.


BY further reduction In the clerical force Of the
Department Of Public Works Commissioner Van
Mort makes an additional saving OF 81, 200 In the
annual expenditures OF the department..


Margaret welch, middle aged woman, died on
Tuesday last at 55s West Fiftyfourth street, from
the effects OF fall, but under what circumstances
did not appear. Coroner Young took charge Of the
case and will hold an inquest on the body.


Yesterday afternoon information reached the
Coroners' Office that Henry Martin, who on July Is
was committed to the Workhouse for sixty days.
had been drowned In the East River while emptying
buckets into the water: the body % was recovered
Coroner Young will hold an inquest to-day.


Coroner Young was yesterday called to the Peni-
tentary Hospital, Backwell's Island, to hold an In
quest on the body OF George Boucherer man
thlrty-three years OF age, who died on Tuesday.
Deceased had been sentenced to thirty days i'm
prisonment on conviction OF assault and battery,
and death ensued In few hours after he reached
the island.


The body Of an unknown man, forty years OF age
was yesterday found in the dock foot of pier 81 East
River. Deceased was five feet ten inches in height



was dressed in dark clothes and had on q pair OF
Congress CATERS. The body was sent to the Morgue
and Coroner Young notified


In view OF the approaching Winter the trustees
OF the Five Points House ofIndusny make an urgent
appeal for donations of second hand clothing and
shoes for the use OF the 400 poor children who attend
the daily school. The institution Is an excellent
one and does vast amount Of good in the district
in which 1t is situated Amy gifts OF the above
nature would greatly tend to reduce the suffering
which the cold weather always brings. The dona-
lions can be sent direct to che instltuton, where
they will be gratefully acknowledged.
Year: 1872

BY further reduction In the clerical force Of the
Department OF Public Works Commissioner Van
Mort makes an additional saving OF 81, 200 In the
annual expenditures Of the department..
Year: 1872

A. Mix of said ,ouuty being duly sworn, am

 the Public Adminstraor of Yuma County aforesaid the annexed being filed and for the semannua of the the therein mentioned in all respects just and and according knowledge belief particular of all receipts and disbursements the said estates from the of admins

 alion thereof down to the 3s day of March, 1872 and of all which have into hands such Admins

 which have been received by other by order authority for And do not know of omission said the prejudice of the parties interested n said further state that H items expenditures ceeng dollars which vouchers annexed dced have actually been paid and dbursec by the place where, date when, the WhOm tie said ments stated ill the said accounts have been made respectively
Year: 1872

The Commercial, In an article under the capt ion
Of "what will the Legislature do ?" says:


"Thc interests of the people demand much
more than mere tinkcring at the Tax laws, and
modification of the attachment system. II they
unable to rise to a more intelligent coinprc.
henson of what is demanded at their hands, tho
verdict Of the people of Delaware will be made
up and recorded that they fell far short of per-
forming what is required of them"


1t has only been a short time since we asked the
Commercial, which had been for some time de-
nouncng the tax law, to set forth some plan hy
which the tax could be levied and revenue neccs-
sary to bear the expenses of the State, could be
collected more readily or with less burden to the
people. But that paper made no responc.


1t Is very easy to condemn and it has done
this without stint, II has made no proposition
as an amendment to the tax law except that the
tax on travel and the attachment of money for
wages should be repealed and the mortgages of
the loan associations be exempted from the pres
cnt tax.


We have no particular preference for the pres
ent tax law, and would not hesitate to advocate
its change If better law can be adopted. And
We think it is the duty of those who demand n
wholesale change In the taxation of the people to
let them know by what other mode they would
gather the necessary funds to administer the
State government.


But while the Commercial carefully avoids
answering our questions rs to the promincn,
features of any tax bill, it lays out considerable
work for the legislature, and demands that i,
shall be done. We copy its list that our readers
may know what 1t expects. 1t says = |


1--WE DO not undertake that our enumeration |
shall cover the whole ground other subjects than
those we mention here may be brought up and |
equally demand attention But we name at |
least these:


Nnt-Calling Constitutional Convention.


oecona-Equalizlng representation by means
OF an act OF the Legislature.


Ihfu-Equa!ization of the tax system
fourth-An exemption law.


fnth-Repeal of the laws attaching wages


Sixth-Repeal of the travel tax.


Seventh-Moditcatio Of the Usury Laws.
,Eienth-Provislon for the education OF those
on account Of color.


Minth-An improved School System.


Ienth-A general incorporation act"


We have no especial objection TO a Constitu-
nonal Convention; but we have failed to see any
demand for it by the people, and as it would be
hkeiy to cost them fifty or sixty thousand dollars,
II would be well to consult them upon the sub
Jecs. 1nasmuch as the second proposition Equal
1xing Representation is to be "by means of an
ACT OF the Legislature" We do not see that
tnefe Is any great need for Constitutional Com
vennon; +; and We doubt whether the Legislature
win take the authority upon itself to call one.
The most that it would do would probably be to
authorize an election by which the people might
Determine by ballot whether they desired Cen
Convention or not. The third propo-
s't'on, the Equalization of the tax system"
neeos eiucldation. Will the Commercial explain
Year: 1872

A sixteen-year old girl, near Pitts
burg, Pa, recently kicked her father
through the house, across the yard.
and locked him up in the COW stable,
because he went to town and spent
all his money for whisky, instead of
buying her a new bonnet, as prom
isel
Year: 1872

Erey Evening assures US that the idea Of in
terrsgating, on the Equal Representation ques-
ton the candidates for the Legislature, this
fall is not new one, and intimates that the
question will undoubtedly be put. We are glad
to hear it. We shall be delighted to see the
process, and in regard to the advice that the Re
publican candidates should be able to reply sat
isfactonly we have only to say that any man
who cannot or will not answer fairly squarely,
and plumply, that he is for Equal Representa-
tion, is not fit to be on the Legislative ticket
from the County OF New Castle and deserves to
be beaten. VIII the Gazette say as much
Year: 1872

Unless the Democrats expect to gain by it.
they will not vote for the candidates who may be
nominated at Cincinnati, and il the election Of
those candidates is to benefit the Democratic
party how can any real Republican support
them
Year: 1872

President Grant has written to the projectors
Of the meeting in New York in aid OF the erec-
ton Of = monument to General Thomas, stating
his inability to be present, and enclosing a
check for sl00 for the object OF the meeting.
Year: 1872

letter yesterday from the Secretary Of State sug-
gesting that, in view Of pending correspond
ence it is not advisable for Congress to make
any declaration on the subject Of the Alabama
claims, as proposed by Representative Peters
rssolusioD
Year: 1872

The study Of American History might rather
reasonably be considered an appropriate part OF
the eTricl'lam Of an American College, yet,
strangely enough it is stated that the professor
ship Just now established IN Cornell University
is the only one Of American History in the coun-
try Can this be the precise truth?
Year: 1872

EB- The first thing you do after moving is to go
right down To CHEAP JOHNS, and select whatever
you may want for housekeeping; for John has no
rent 10 pay he can sell cheaper than any store in
this city NO. O E. FOURTH ST.
Year: 1872

PRESENTATION OF FIRE Horns The Della.
ware Steam Fire Engine Company have been
the recipients OF three very handsome silver
service horns. The donors were the members
of the Buffalo Assembly, of this city, and the
presentation took place last evening. being the
occasion of the ffty-third anniversary of the
Delaware Company. The horns were presented
to the Company by Geo Lewis, in a neat and
appropriate speach, and was received on behalf
Of the Company by Mr.. s. King. They were i'm
medately put in service by the decision Of a
special meeting called for the purpose.
Year: 1872




THE wife of Disraeh is said to be on the
mint of death. She is an able, ambitious
woman, and has always been her husbands s
most efficient ally. OF her undinching zeal
in this, there is curious story extant;
When Disraeli was Prime Minister he had
a very important speech to make which
would perhaps decide the fate Of the Minis
try. After a restless, troubled day OF prePa-
ton, he entered his carriage with his WIFE,
and accidentally closed the door on he1 hand,
nearly crushing two fingers to the bone.
She bore the pain quietly, resolved that ne
should not be diverted from bis great ann
by any thought or fear concerning her;
talked of bis speech during the long ride 20
the houses of Parliament, bade him good-oy
with a smile and tainted. When be came
home triumphant he learned fer the nrsl
time of his wife's hurt and heroism.
Year: 1872

REArpoRTloSMEST.-L night the meet
ing of the committee of twenty-four ap-
pointed by the caucus of the Conservative
members of the General Assembly agreed
upon modification Of the plan previously
reported, and will report the same at the
conference on next Tuesday night. No
change is recommended in the proposed re-
apportionment of the Richmond district.
Year: 1872

SYRACUSE, New York, has a prodigy
in the shape Of young man who
possesses the power Of singing two parts
Of tune at the same time. A CORES.
pondent OF the Standard says be
astouished a recent gathering Of clergy
men by singing clearly and sweetly the
bass and soprano OF "Old Hundred
Year: 1872

IT is said that Secretary Robson
entered the Navy Department q poor
man, and now, with less than two
years service. Is able to live in splendor
and like Grant receives all gifts.
Eighteen valuable lots in Washington
were recently presented TO him for the
consideration Of one dollar each, BY
one Of the contractors ior the Navy.
Year: 1872

The special committee of the Board Of Super
visors OF Kings county appointed to confer with
the "Board OF State Assessors and Equalization" in
relation to an equitable taxable valuation Of real
estate In Kings county for 1871 report that they
have sought to have the value OF assessed real
estate reduced s5o,ooo 600 from the values as re-
ported by said county Assessors In ls70 The State
Board granted a reduction OF near twenty-five mil
lions of dollars but this Is not satisfactory to the
taxpayers. The average taxation In twenty coun-
ties OF the state, as compared with the real value,
is less than twentyfOur per cent while Kings
county Is taxed ffty-s.x per cent-ten per cent or
the actual value Of real estate as compared with
the taxable The inequality Of rates observed in
leyyng tax upon this county for state purposes ID
specially obnoxious to tine people, An appeal Is
made TO the State Board not to urge the payment
OF more than q fair pro rata tax on real estate.


AT a meeting OF influential taxpayers the injust-
Ice or the assessment was denounced, and the SUBJ
joined resolutions expressive OF the determination
or the meeting were ad0pted:-


Resolved, That this meeting recommend to the Board
such amount OF State tax only that the county \?
Justly bound to pay just equalization OF values N all
the counties OF the state, excluding wholly from such levy
the quota of the county based the payment OF the
State debt deficiency this present year ,,., .


Resolved That we recommend tnat eppncauon ne
the County Treasurer to borrow such sum as may be ne
cessary enable the county to n is obligations to the
STATE provided shall be found tat tlo amount raised
by the annual tax Is Insufficient for that purnose.
Year: 1872

the view take. and time alone will verify its truth.
As 1t Is can see the c00red people growing less
numerous around here. They are moving away,
many going North to climate that Is fatal to them.
Freedom and civilization must finally determine
the problem"


'Now, Mr.. Maynard, II the negro is about to die
or like this, and that the nevitabiltty OF his dying
OF Is conclusive evidence OF his inferi0rity why
does your radical party hand over the state OF
South Carolina TO be governed by hlm ~


"We cannot help that. He IL In the majority ana
his natural allies are the republicans. he votes
the republican ticket because the republican party
emancipated him. You would do the same. The
negro Is not ungrateful. He knows his friends
and he sticks to them"


"What is the present condition OF this state OF
Tennessee as lar as parties are concerned ~
ent and you can 1nd out from a hundred people


THEN AND NOW.


"D0n't you think the meeting we had to-day at
the Court House was very quiet considering the
elements brought together 2"


"Oh yes. There was q time, though not many
years SINCE when the same sort OF crowd would
have whipped out their knives and revolvers at
moments notice and set to-"


"There was some fun in being around here then,
don't you think 7"


"Yes; 1t might have been fun to you folks from
New York. who seem to enjoy monopoly OF such
excitement since we lost 1t down here. IL was no
fun to me.n


Just here the train came up and my tall ana
dainty-stepplng friend dived into the nearest car,
while went to hunt up the spoiled darling or Ten
General Frank Chcatham, the hero OF Chickamauga.
should have related that Maynard SAID Greeley
had as much chance OF being elected rs OF being
struck by lightning
Year: 1872

A machine at New Haven performs
the whole process of making needles
without the manual labor of any per.
son, and turns Of 10000 to 10000 of
them daily. Another machine picks
them up and arrangcs them heads and
points together, and the third piece
Of mechanism puts them into paper.
1t Is needless to remark that this is
bringing tho thing down 10 a very
lino point.
Year: 1872

Ono of the saddest sights in this
season Of the year is young man who
has waited outside tho church of an
evening until he is chilled through,
only to see his girl walk off with
some rascal who has been inside all
the time, toasting his sinful shins at
the stove.
Year: 1872

We are not blowing in the advertising col.
umns of any paper, but the proof of the pudding
is in the eating, and will warrant that the Gus.
toners that buy goods at the White Corner will
not have to chew the string for example. Look
at their mammoth stock of all grades of gents
fine and common suits, and we have always
something to suit everybody. Send your boys,
no matter how young or old, the quality and
price will be the same. NJ. STIEFEL l. Co.
Year: 1872

The city was completely taken by surprise this
week upon the receipt Of the tidings that Mr..
George W. W. Blake, Chief Deputy Sheriff, had
taken unto himself life partner. The aston
ishment, caused by the quietnesa with which
George had covered his intended nuptials, was
cllowed by universal God speed to the young
compile. Few of our young men have earned
for themselves such widespread popularity as
George Blake, and his numerous friends will be
delighted to learn that the lady of his choice is
Handsome as peach,7 and as amable as she
is handsome. The bsids and groom have depart.
ed on An extensive tour through the eastern
states, on which the hearty well.wishes of this
community attend them
Year: 1872

That General Grant is aadIv hennecke oil NO
must conclude from what Fred Don. Las said on
the subject in one Of his great speeches made At
New Orleans before the late Colored Mems Ma.
tional Convention. Fred ought to know for he
il one of the family confidantsL We onnte vh.,
he said:


President Grant may have done some thinos
that were not exactly right; but they were not
his own voluntary acts-thev were dne m an
influence e exerted over him by Mas Grant"


All woman and wine; ify YOU really have done
it for Ulysses l, he is not the only great man
whom you have dragged from the path of d,,tv.
NOZZLE REGISTER.
Year: 1872

A FOREIGN paper says; When rye is of OF
good quality. It certainly constitutes an ex-
cellent food for all kinds of stock. Dairy
cows fed daily on five pound of rye meal and
a suticency Of cut straw have been found to
yield very large quantities of milk. In Hol-
land, which is famous for its excellent butter,
rye is a common food for mich cows; and
indeed, generally throughout northern and
central Europe there exists as great prejudice
in favor of rye as cattle food as there is
q periudce against it in these countries.
Year: 1872

A French Countess seized a philosopher
at the supper table and exclaimed
"While they are cutting up the fowls and
we have got five minutes to spare, do tel
me the history of the world, for l want to
know it so much
Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel. Diabetes Drop
sy( Incontinence of Urine Brights disease Abumiuu-
ra and in where there Brick dust deposits
the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances ke
the white Of egg threads like white silk or there
Is morbid dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits, and where there is pricking, burning
sensation and pain in the small Of the back and along
the lOns. In all these conditions Railways Sarparil-
liam ResOlvent, aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back and
the bowels regulated with one or two OF Radway' S
Regulating Pills per day will, make complete
cure In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without pain and the
Urine will be restored its natural clear and amber
or sherry color,
Year: 1872

"Lost, said must hsye fallen out
when that internal bush dragged of
my hat"


The conductor rubbed the knots on
his head made by my fist, and said.
smiling painfully;


"You fellows must have torn about
like all possessed, about one half of
you are minus your checks but ding
II if amt monstrous glad you found
me. Awfrl beating that fellow gave
me. He would have killed me if the
train had not come just as it did -
Bless my life You ought to have seen
his eyes. They had ,he devil in
them -


The conductor passed on. ! rode
to Savannah, where l found a friend
who furnished me the MEANS TO get
home. Such is the history Of my first,
lass and only htgh'cSy roJIry.
Year: 1872

EXCITING CONTEsT.-The contest for the


vacant. office of Constable of Millsboro, was
siderable feeling upon the subject. Both the
leading contestants had been promised the


office, consequently, the defeated candidate
had good grounds for complaint The Levy


Court settled the fierce dispute by appointing
Thomas u, Barker which gave offence to the
friends of the other candidate and resulted in
many threats of bolting from the Democratic
] party Commercial
Year: 1872

In an interview with a correspondent of the
New York World, speaking of the Prussian
Army, General Sherman said: s., b: ..r.


SIT is unquestionably the finest army in the
world, and no wonder, if we consider the
years it has taken them to make it, 1t is
perfect machine of war. The men who have
re-created it have made every separate force,
aptitude and impulse that can contribute to
military success the subject of the most rigor-
ously scientific study. Originality is only a
new form of truth, and truth is generally the
reward of painstaking thought. BY hard
thinking and close observation of the mental
as well as the bodily habits of
men, the Prussisns have established sys-
tenn exactly adapted to their national tradi-
tions, temperament, and moral and political
organization. The same study would yield
other results as applied to other countries;
and therefore an imitation Of the Prussian
scheme in its details instead of in its spirit,
would, in my opinion, be mistake.


The most striking thing about it is the new
recognition it has given to individuality in
the soldier. The army is an aggregate of To-
Called and therefore individualized corps,
and every man in every corps is taught to
combine sense of personal responsibility
and of selfreliance with the instinct of
military obedincee. 1t is not only an
army of thousands, but an army of units.
And this / take TO be the incest mill
tary problem in the whole range. 1t has Of
ten been talked about before, but perhaps
never fairly grappled with. do not say the
Prussians have completely solved it; but they
have gone further than any nation / know Of
You may talk eontemptuously of the Prus-
sian drilling, but their idea seem to be to drill
men to do without drill !; in fact, they have
made their drilling so thorough that it has
become kind of synonym for the aggregate
of all the forces of their varied culture, and
that culture, has the union of the most
thorough individuality with the most thorough
subordination for its highest end and aim.
Year: 1872

A Asix-years-old urchin of Florence recently
appealed to his sire for information as to the
depth of the ocean, On being told that it
was supposed to be as many as five or six
miles deep in places, he replied, that he
should like to know show in funder the men
that dug it got out"
Year: 1872

"John" writes from Ohio to the New York
Sun: Teaching boys at school that each
one may grow up to be a President of the
United States, am convinced is misschiev-
GUS in its tendency. The men of Ohio have
all been brought up to believe this, and the
result is, it looks now as if every man was go
ing to vote for himself
Year: 1872

A young man who offciates at one of the
Indianapolis soda fountains, was Mortified at
seeing gaily dressed lady eject a monster
quid Of tobacco from her mouth. She held it
in her hand until she finished her soda water,
when she promptly returned it from the
place from which it came, wiped her ruby
lips and departed.