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WILMINGTON, DEL.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 1881.
PRICE ONE CENT
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An Extra Session.—I t Is rumored
Is Washington that Secretary Blaine
has a call for a ° extra session of the
Senate already signed in his pocket.
Wheat, Corn and Flour have all
upward tendency. Wheat is selling
for f 1 35, corn 72 oents and flour rose
60 cents a barrel yesterday.
an
Coroner Weldin does not oredit
the story tbat tke man, W»ll, found
in the canal, last week, was murder
ed.
Tike Grain Market took another
big Jump yesterday. From the closing
figures of Tuesday afternoon, 133 cents,
spot wheat advanced to 134 at tbe regu
lar call on 'Change, aud Iu the affer
ma up to 1364, where It closed. In
futures ;hore was even a wider differ
ence—October wheat, wbiob closed at
13tiJ Tuesday, selling yesterday after
noon at 140 eents. Corn, Which closed
at GO Tuesday afternoon, closing yester
day at 681 cents for spot. October ad
vanced from 69], the closing price on
Tuesday, to 72 yesterday. The prices
last year at the same time were 106] for
wheat aud CO] for corn. The market
yesterday was exceedingly active, and a
large business was done. Floor has al
so risen In sympathy with grain. Utand
$6 2C to $7 26 per
advance of 60 oents In a week.
aril family flour is
barrel,
An Unoathered Harvest.—Now,
when the sHmac is coloriog the Gulf of
Mexico with its rich ermson, is the time
to draw the attenlioii ot agriculturists to
the scheme of the Agricultural Bureau
for making it a source of real profit to
the country. The leaves of the sumac
used, as our readers know, for pur
poses of tanning, and the varieties spon
taneously produced in the United States,
while uot so valuable for this use as the
Sicilian, are hardy and bear tbe changes
ol our climate. It bas hitherto proved
Impossible to acclimate either Sicilian,
French or Spauijih sumac in this
country. The importation of (foreign
sumac averages 8000 tons anually,
outside of an immense amount smug
gled into the country; the Imported
tide bring worth $60 per ton more than
the native. Our wild sumac imparts a
ydlow tinge to the leather, and fails
give It tbe snowy delicacy to which the
tannic aeid obtained from the Sicilian
bleaches it. Dr. MacMurtie, who has
published an official report on this
matter, states that this difficulty can be
obviated by gathering tbe sumac h aves
In June if they are required for tanning
white or very light leather; the tannin
then present being smaller in quantity,
but of purer quality, sod tbe value of the
ground leaves being equal to the Sicilian.
"There is no reason," says the De
partment very justly, ''why the $1, 000,
00u in gold paid yearly for foreign sumac
»bould not he kept at'home." The plant
grows like a weed on every stretch of
poor ground or mountain range, and It
requires but a little culturo and skill in
harvi sting to add it to our profitable
lesser crops. It requires to be kept free
from weeds; the crop should be gathered
the year after plauting, by breaking
all the leaves; after tbat year In Sicily
the tree is either stripped of all leaf-bear
ing brauche» and pruned down to a
straight stalk, or else, which is beat,
hand-picked three times a ysar. At
present tbe crop of American sumac is
reaped almost excisively by negroes and
poor whites, especially In Virginia.
About 8000 toas are brought annually
to the Virginia mills, carelessly gathered
and cured, and consequently worth about
half the value of the imported.— N. Y.
Tribune.
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lbe American ship Criterion baa been
seized at Q lebte on a warrant from the
V ice Admiralty Court,in a suit for wages.
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
CORRECTED MAY 23rd 1881.
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fhüMi;:'-" 1 ' No Sunday traîne.
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Faoii û/ÏVw No Sunday trains.
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FIRST EDITION.
The
The Board of Health.
In relation to the recent work of the
Board of Health, the President, Dr. L.
P. Bush, publishes tbe following card in
the Horning Netos:
The Morning News of to-day takes an
unglue ciedit to itself fur the subsidence
of the small pox in this city. As a mem
bers of the Board of Health, I do not
iuLuiid that the guotl done by that body
shall be absoibed by your paper.
From the entrance of the new bo rd
upon its duties the citons of the mem
bers have beeu unwearied to bring the
city back from the very unhealthy eon
ditiou iu which they found it. Tbe
small-pox was an appendix to tbe usual
labors which that body have to perform.
In alluding to the improvement In res
pect to this disease, which is now show
ing Itself, the work of the vaccine phy«i
clai s of th^ board, and of the city, the
discredit which it attached to the vac
cine points and quills which had be
come almost worthless, the rules for
disinfecting the bouses of the sick, and
the recent oidinanceot tl e Council quar
antining the families of the infected,may
be advanced as the legitimate means by
which, at length, we may hope that this
disease which lias troubled our people,
and which lias troubled the minds of our
neighbors
disappearing from our city.
This is staled not as a matter to he
boasted of, but as a simple truth, for
the members of the board did not under
take this business either for houor or
profit, but solely to try what could be
done by a few men, instead of a large
body, and they are well satisfied with
their work whatever the opinion of
others may be. It would not be justice
to omit tbe indefatigable exertions
which have been made by the secretary
of the board and the executive officers.
L P. Bush,
A Member of the Board.
Wilmington, August 17.
A Rector for Old Nwtdei.
A meeting of the congregation of
Old Swedes' Churoh was held last
year, and $300 subscribed towards the
salary of a rector for the regular sup
ply of tlio church. Thi» sum. it is ex
pected, will soon b. largely increased.
A committee of five, cousistiug of;
Messrs. Chas. H. Cord, Thomas Milli- '
gan aud William Forrest, and Mrs.
Edwards and Mrs. Milne were chosen t0
to wait on the vestry and ascertain m
what aid ibat body will lend Ihe con
gregation of tbe Old Swedes' oburoh. f
As it is likely tbat several weeks will
elapse before tbo pulpit is regularly
supplied, a fund sufficient to defraj
the expenses of a clergyman who will a
hold serviees on each Sunday until a
rector is chosen, was raised list even- a *
ing. The congregation then adjourned
until Wednesday evening nexi, when P
the committee mentioned above will
present its report. .
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own, Is
Educated Women.
Refined and educated women will
ttimeft buffer inslleuce for years
from kidney diseases, or constipation
piles, which could easily be cured
by a package or Kidney- Wort. Tbere is
bardiy n woman to be found that does
not at some time buffer from some of
the diseases for which this great reme
dy is a specific. It is put up
aud dry forms,
Springfield Union.
> in liquid
equally efficient.—
Personal.
Chief of Police Maxwell started, this
morning, for a few day's recreation at
Atlantic City, N. J.
Mr. Samuel File, wife »Dd sod, have
gone to Atlantic city for a week.
Mr. Robert McCaulley, plaster, has re
turned from Atlantic city after an ob
sence of a week
teu days.
Police Court.
Emma Joues, ool., 50 cents and
costs for disorderly conduct, and one
common drunk, tame penalty, com
prised this morning's record.
Wanted.
A perfect copy of the Daily Ga
zette of Oct. 2, 1880, is wauted at
this office. Five cents will be paid for
a copy of the above date. ■
A Singular Occurrence.
J. Austin Purcell, Esq., of Philadel
phia, has been disappointed considera
bly in the working of a case in Phila
delphia courts. It occurred in this
way ; Mr. Purcell is attorney for the
plaintiff in a civil case of McArdle va.
Brooks, in Court of Common Pleas
No. 2. A John Flint, Esq., was at
torney for the defendant. The latter
gentleman had the case postponed on
aocouut of illness, and died before the
case came up for trial again. George
Wollaston, Esq., was then taken in
the case for defendant. He also had
the case postponed on account of sick
ness, tbe judge remarking when he
granted the postponement : "I hope
this case will not kill you also, Mr.
Wollaston,
ever, Mr. Wollaston did die, aud when
the case comes up again in the fall a
thi.d counsel will have to be employ
Mr. Purcell is well known in this
dty, being a son of Mr. W. J. J. Pur
cell, who for many years was cashier
of the Delaware Bank
On Friday last, how
a
od.
Rational Treatment and Positive
Cures
are wbat tbe affiioted seek for, and those
who resort to Dr. Pierce'« Family Medi*
clues are not doomed to dlHsapotnlment.
Ho positively efficacious in his Favorite
Prescription in nil cases of female weak
nesses, nui vous and other deraugemeuts
incident to tke sex, that this potent rem
edy Is seid uuder a
For particulars _
dum Book (given away by druggUts), or
see the wrappers of the medicine. Bold
by druggists.
WABECA, Minn., April Oth. 1870
R. V. Pibrck, M. D.:
Dear Sir— I feel that I should be ne
glecting
my test!
medicine?
great sufferer from a complication or
chronic dlseanes whioh
treated in vain. I am
positive gn
Pierce's M
uarantee.
einoran
my duty were 1 to fail In giving
to tbe value of your
years I have been a
O0 f
pbyslotana
using your
Favorite Prescriptlou and flud myself
almost well. Your medicines have done
me moiegood than anything Ibave
used.
1 remain, gratefully
Mrs. E. B. Pi
yours,
ARMALEF
The Relatives of George Wall, tbe
Browned Han, Suspicion Font
i .11 .. , .
,„? . e r f tttroed to this oity, but
sLt..X. T -hL' relatl , Te *. until
iSÎÏÏSXmT be 0I P re88 f'' th8 »«
' ion ^at bis former associate bad wan
dered off and been looked up for in
t0 *J catl( }P 8
m ® oc J cer » re81t N?8 No. 610
FroD . t 8t ™ 0t > a8l8ter ° f d ®
f ea9 f d > " ,d , ll ? la afternoon, "There
^1 P 7i'" tU, , B .", at ' Br ' b "'
,el *'f en ,? b e !° î rac ® '.t.
J^,, idea broth . el : had mama
a J®'" and fell overboard is nonsense,
tVe aie goingdnwn toDelawiire City
a * a,D OD " onday ° r Tim"(lay, and if
K*"* »"w t"obody taken from the
P " t . ler . 8 fleld > a ? d , an «»amination
f a physician,
. Tbe intercession of Coroner Jauney
I has been asked for in the case, but
I it would be out of his jurisdictioo eveu
if tbe remains were brought here, he
oou'.d do nothing more than give ad
vice to the dead man's relatives. Wall
was thirty years of age, and resided at
No. 607 New Market street.
The Philadelphia Time», of this morn
ing, also basa long article in relation
to Wall's death, from whiok the fol
lowing is an extract :—"Monday
morning Edward and Harry Wall, the
brothers, and William Krause went
down to Delaware City. They found
the body already buried. They tell a
horrible story aud one which reflects
no credit upon the Delaware City au.
thorities, about the place and manner
in whioh they found the body. It was
buried in a marsh alongside tbe Delà
ware Canal, in a rough box, full of
holes, aud wheu opened tbe body was
found floating, tbe box being half full
of blood and water. Tbe right side of
tbe skull was crushed iu as if witb a
heavy instrument. A small, round
hole, large enough to insert a lead
pencil was found directly between the
eyes at the base of tbe forehead. In
spite of these marks a Delaware Citv
jury had simply returned a verdict of
'found drowned,' and the body had
been thus bustled into tbe tough box
aud bvried iu tbe marsh. Tbe broth
ers at ouce procured a decent box
from tbe undertaker and bad tbe body
transferred to it and brought to the
wharf, witb the intention of bringing
it up tbe river. Thiough delay iu get
ting the necessary Corouei 's certificate
however, they were unable to bring it
up on the boat tbat eveuiDg, and by
the next day decomposition had so far
advanced that the other boats refused
to take it and the Mayor of Delaware
City informed the brothers that unless
they buried it at once he would take
the matter in hand himself.
Thus impelled tbe keeper of tbe draw
bridge gave a lot for the grave, which
tbe brothers
selves, aud the remains were reinterred
in tbe Delaware City graveyard. Tbeir
theory is tbat Wall applied* to some
house for food and was shot as
truder and his body dragged to and
thrown into tbe canal.
In relation to the recent drowning
of George Wall, of Philadelphia
which was duly reported in the Ga
zette, the Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph says:
On Wednesday night, at the time
of the disappearance of Wall from
tbe skiff in which he and his com
Ï »anion, Wm. Krause, sailed down
rom Philadelphia,the two men were
on the Delaware, near Delaware City
and on Thursday morning the re
mains of the missing man were found
in a small tributary to the Cheas
peake and Delaware canal, about
two miles from tbe point where bis
boat bad been mooied. There wore
some marks in the bond but no at
tention was paid to them, as it was
thought they had been made by nib
bling fish. The relatives of the de
ceased were not satisfied with the
meagre details that they
to obtain of the circumstances of his
death, aud on Monday two of his
brothers started foi Delaware City.
The first singular feature of the
case that attracted their attention
was that the young man should have
been drowned in two or three feet of
water. Then a barber named Charles
Smith, who had dealt with Wall's
former, employe aroused their
E icion by saying, "When you look at
is body examine the back of his
bead, and see if there are not some
scars there."
This was done*, and in addition to
two holes, about one-eighth of au inch
in diameter hi the neck, and one in the
forehead, the skull appeared to be
contused and crushed.
The authorities were asked for per
mission to remove the remains to this
city, and after an understanding that
this would be obtaiued, tbe Mayor
of Delaware Citv appeared and said
tbat it could not be done until Novem
ber.
were able
Hus
a
obliged to dig them
in
OFINION OF THE CORONER AND JURY.
When Coroner Weldin and Dr. Ogle
arrived in Delaware City last Sunday
morning, to hold an inquest, they
found the body in the looks, it haviiig
been towed from tbe place where first
found by Frank Dunlap. People
around Delaware City, and in fact
nearly all the members of the jury
were so well satisfied from circum
stances coming under their personal
examination that the case was one of
ordinary drowning, that Dr. Ogle was
not called upon to make an examina
tion of the body. It was known to
the jury, from occular demonstration
and sworn testimony that Wall was
very drunk during his stay at Dela~
ware City, and had an attack ol mania
a potu while there.
Last Weauesuay evening, while
Krause was tying up lbe boat, Wall,
who was standing on the wharf, fell into
the river. Krause fished him out and
pul him on the wharf, telling him to
stand there, but instead of doing
turned and walked away. Tbat night
Krause departed and the next morning
Wall was seen walking along the canal,
about a mile from town, muttering In
coherently lo himself. It is presumed
he either fell or lumped into the canal,
f
or
a
he
sud tbat tbe wounds on his head^-wew
caused by coming in contact with *bfc
propeller of a passing steamer Jr He had
no money and was mean If c
Coroner Weldin is so confident there Is
no foul play
that be feels no necessity for making
any farther investigation.
dressed.
connected witb his death
Two Excursions.
The exoursion of Ho
Lodge, No.
21, I. O. O. F., to Atlantio City, N.
J., was largely attended, there being
between eight hundred and one thous
and people
when she left Freucli street wharf at
6.25 o'clock. Notwithstanding the
boat was held baok five minutes after
the announced time of leaving, (6.20
o'olock) more than a dozen people
were left behind. The excursion goes
by way of Pennsgrove and the Dela
ware River Railroad, and tjfe
being fine a very pleasant time will
doubtless be spent by all bands. The
excursion will arrive here on the re
turn between 8 and 9 o'clock.
Gouley's Coney Island excursion
left the P. W. & B. R. R. depot this
morning, with between 300 aud 4u0
excursionists aboard tbe train. A
small addition was made to the num
ber at Chester.
tbe steamer Felton
weather
Lively F lab lug Experience.
One day last week, Jones Harlan,
Esq., ct bagerville, Birmingham
township, caught a bass tbat balanc
ed the scales to the tune of five
pounds and a fraction. In the excite**
ment incident to landing safely such
a large fish, Mr. Harlan fell into the
stream, lost bis hat, tore his pants
and sprained his ankle. Mr. Ilarlau
has the credit of being the possessor
of the largest bass yet caught this
season in the Brandyu inc, but we
are sorry to chronicle the circum
stances under which it was caught.—
West Chester Ne tos.
LOCAL LINES.
Deviled Crabs at Fullm r*«.
Stewed Crabs at Fullmer's
Ice cold salt oysters at Fullmer's,
Fullmer's celebrated clam soup.
Read Dr. Todd'a advertisement In
other column. He will do what he prorn
The Grand Circle of Delaware,
Brotherhood of the Union, will meet
in annual session in this city on Tues
day, August 23d, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
A1 Roberts, a well-known young
printer of this city, has started into
business f r himself, and is located in
the Saville building.
ltobert Miller, Jr., of Brandywine
Hundred, dislocated one of his arms
on Tuesday evening by falling from a
fence. —
The notorious Em Jones, colored,
is again confined at the police station,
for disorderly conduct.
The door of the Clayton House
billiard-room closed with such force
and suddenness, owing to a heavy
draft, as a gentleman was passing out
yesterday afternoon, that the French
plate glass pane), valued at |20, was
shattered into fragments.
Pete McGlinchey, a noted vagrant,
only out of jail a few days ago, was
seut back to day, ou account of his
persistent vagrant habits.
During the parade last night by tbe
Odd Fellows a ball from a Roman can
dle set fire to and slightly burned the
awning ot the Wilmington Clothing
House, Fourth and Market streets.
Allen Speakman is putting steam
heating apparatus iu the Howard (col
ored) public sohool.
A dastardly act.
An Illinois Ruffian Fastens a Boy
to the Balls to he Run Over.
A specia despatch from Pekiu, III.,
says :
Willie Cantrell, the thirteen-year-old
sou of tbe section superintendent on the
Indiana, Bloomington.and Western Rail
road, was
for potatoes. As be was ou bis way
borne he was met by a middle-aged man
with a blue shirt and smooth face. He
seized tbe boy, threw him down, and
with a rope tied him to tbe rails. Tbe
man then secreted bimselt a short dis
tance away. Tbe road here is curved
and has a heavy grade. The passenger
train due at 3.42 was upon tbe boy be
fore it could be siopped. He was struck
by the side of tbe pilot, which broke his
ribs and oue foot. A« soon as the tram
bad passed tbe murderous ruffian ran to
the boy, evidently expectiug to find him
cut Id two. Bui tbe lad had twisted
himself to one side, and escaped with the
above-named injuries. The man cut
and threw away tbe rope tbat bound
youog Cantrell, and then made bis es
cape through a corn field. The train
was backed up, and tbe boy was found
in the ditch, moaning piteously. Several
passongera saw tbe raau go up to tbe boy
after tbe train bad passed over him, aud
witnessed bis flight. Policemen and
several parties »re bunting for tbo brute,
witb tbe iutention of lynching him.
to a field this afternoon
A Social Stir In West Cheater, Pa
The effect of chanoe la so curious tbat
the facia connected with other's «uocees
rend about wl h the greatest interest.
The event agitating the Quaker borough
of West Chester, is the chance that tell
upon Mr. Jesse K. Webb, one of the best
known business men, proprietor of*
large Jewelry store on Gay street.
forlu ate enough to hold halfoftlck
et No 78 112, tbe capital prize in the draw
ing ot The Louisiana Hiate Lottery, he d
at New Orleans < n July 12th, winning
f I5, 1 00. He sent by mall In a registered
letter one dollar, addressed to M. A.
phln, at No. 212 Broadway, New Yoik
city. The »ext drawing takes pluce
Heplember 13. augl7
He
Dau
Meetlng« To-night.
THURSDAY.
Clayton Lodge, No. 4, K. of P.
Eden Lodge, No. 84,1. O. O. F.
Jefferson Lodge, No. 2,1. O. O. F.
Manhattan Lodge, No, 11, I. O. R. M.
Wilmington Division, No. 1,8. ofT.
Hope Connell, No. 2, Jr. O. U. A. M.
German Mutual Beneficial Society N
The striking driver boys aud slate
pickers of the Susquehaua Coal Com*
pany atNanticoke decided yesterday
to return to work.
A Declining Town—How the Hexl
Llve-Tbe "Tortia" — A
Mine of Pure Oliver, Ac.
Florence, Arizona Ter.,
August 9, 188f.
Florence, A. Ty., (not Italy) is situated
in the valey of the San Pedro river, and
was once one of tbe most flourishing
towns in tbe territory, but like a great
many other places has passed through
itss age* of prosperity, and is slowly and
surely going down. A l one time the in
habitants numbered about 8000 now it
ha« about 700 or 800, and most of those
are Mexicans, living in adobe houses,
and some ot them in Hackllls.
Tbe latter seetcs to be preferred to the
adobe, as it is more suited to the clim
ate. It consists of four poles set m the
eaitb, to support tbe roofwbloh is
posed of willow or cottonwood
brauche'«. One side is generally closed
up with the same material as the roof.—
In this the enure family live, fleas,dogs,
children and ol I folk*, all pile iu to
gether, an<l get along first
the average Mi xloau seems to want in
Id, is as much as he
ride, for food, if he
has h sufficient quant ty of pijoles
(beans) and tort*as lie if- supremely nap
py. Considerable skill
. All
this 11 tie
eat, and a horse
required in
making toitian, the mixture Is composed
of flour, salt and water, and a small
lump ot the dough is taken between the
palms of tbo hands and pressed flat,then
it is passed rapidly from
other, and ail the lirue getting
and larger iu circumference. T
band to the
thinuer
.'hey keep
up tbls process till it gets large enough
to resch from the hand up to the elbow.
Then you look at it and wonder what it
is made ot ? It is spotted and mottled,
with here aud tbere a bia ;k speok look
ing like raisins, hot they are not un
less ttie raisins of this country have
wings on them. Anyhow what is a tew
fl^as to a Mexican? I always noticed
that the higher up the arm they worked
the great rarety of oolors tbe tortia took.
It may be dirt that caused the thing to
look like a ciicus poster. I never cared
to Investigate the matter, but I don't
think some of the women nave washed
their bands hince they weie married.—
Well aft r they get it up to the standard
color and thin enough to suit,it is laid on
tbe live coal« for about ten minutes, then
it is flopped over on tbe other side and
lt|ls cooked. Quick work, but you
they eat them as fast as they are cooked,
fer ouce they get cold a Mexican dog
wont touch them, and what he wont eat
is hard to find. 1 once had a desire to
, or try to, aud begged one of one
of my neighbors for the purpose. It
looked pretty nice and slick, only hav
ing a'out hair a dozen color« to the side.
I took it into the office and sailed in.—
After the fir-t mouthful I decided that
it there was auy old canvas or split lea
ther around 1 would finish my lunch on
tnat aud laid it on top of the desk, and
sat down to meditate whether it was
best to take castor oil or trust to nature.
Pretty soon Assistant came In and want
ed to know if I was going to have my
shoes repaired; observing at tbe same
time tbat as long as the dry spell lasted
the tortia would answer every purpose.
I tried to induce him to tackle it, bnt
he said he had always bared castor oil,
and salts would not begin to answer the
purpose. It was next offered to a very
hungy looking Mexicau boy; he looked
at it, put his finger on it, and went off
saying something abont Gringo Ameri
cans and other things not very compll
rary to i be generous donor. Next
day it was laid carefully down before the
door, in hopes that a poor lean flea bit
ten dog, coming down ihe street would
eat it. H e came up,smelled of it, turned
and walk around to the window
If he could find the mao and bite
him for fooing him in that way. Bathe
did not see any ot us.
tbe case ot a few fleas and passed on In a
very dejected manner. The assistant
suggested that we should bury it, which
acsoidingly done after shaking
Lands on it; that it was the first and last
time we would have anything do it with
a tortia with more than four colors to
the square inch. I should like to tell
you about the flees of this territory. We
have all kinds and sizes, also tbe warm
or hot weather, and the wonderful Sil
ver King Mine, where tbe sliver is found
in tbe pure state, and thousands of dol
lars in sight in beantlful fine thread
running through the ore. It Is
that the bullion arranges 990 and' 996
per cent, pure metal. It is a fine sight
to go Into the mine and see tbe immense
amount of wealth that has lain hidden
in the earth for ages perhaps and tram
years and years by old miners
it
»o
he tended te
pure
pled
till accident revealed the hidden trea
sure.
Yours truly,
M. L. H.
Easily Proven.
It Is easily proven tbat malarial fev
ers, constipation, torpidity of tbe liver
and kidney«, general debility, nervous
riHHs and neuralgic ailmentsyield readily
to this great disease conqueror, Hop
Bitters. It repaire the ravegee of dis
by converting tbe food into rich
life and vigor
blood, and it gives
to tbe aged and infirm always.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
A DARING THIEF.
He Robbed a Woman While She
Walking the Street.
This morning, about 9 o'clock, while
Mrs. Emma K* Davis, a resident of West
Chester, was walking along Lombard
street, in the vicinity ot Seventh,she was
approached by a young man who, aft«r
grasping her left arm roughly, snatched
a valuable gold watch and locket which
she carried, and ran dowu Seventh
street. She Immediately cried for assist
ance, and a number of people gave pur
suit, crying "stop thief." The latter
attracted the attention of Officer Kornon,
of the Nineteenth Police District, who,
observing the fleeing man, also joined
in the pursuit and succeeded in taking
him into custody at Seventh and St.
Mary streets, the stolen jewelry being
found In his posses ion. At 10 o'clock
he was arraigned for a hearing before
Magistrate Ladner at tbe Ceutral Sta
tion, when be gave his name and resi
dence as Thomas Smith, New York, and
said that he was a stone-cutter by trade.
The testimony adduced '..he facts as de
tailed above, and he was held in $1,500
bail to answer at ibe next term of Court.
is subject to a
such common but painful affec
tious as cramps, cholera morbus, chol
era, dlarrbœa and dysentery, and by
neglect any of them may be made chro
nic and dangerous. All are mor« or
I CHS painful; and the best, handiest, sor
est, And quickest remedy Is Perry Da
vis' Pain Killer, a medicine wbiob
has been tried in all quarters of the
world for more than a quarter or a cen
tury and never failed to give relief. It
la sold by all reputable drugguiats.
The stomach of
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BETTER IN IIIB CONDITION.
Wasminqton, August 17.—A ray of
hope, slight indeed, but yet palpable,
breaks iu on the gloom of to-day. The
favorable change looked for with so
much anxiety by Dr. Reyburn yester
day, and on whose arrival within the
last twenty-four hours be based his only
hope of the President's recovery, seems
to have come, and thé chances are now
about even. 1 he events of tbe day in
the sick room may be summed up in
tbe statement tbat tbe President bas
really held bis own. Wbetber he will
continue to do so, or wbetber extraor
dinary vigilance on tbe part ot bis phy
sicians bas only suc*eeded in temporarily
arresting the oncoming of tbe grim de
stroyer, tbe next few days aîone can tell.
Little confidence is placed in tbs bul
letins of tbe pb>8icians to day ; but tbe
evidences of a more favorably condition
deduced from the waning anxiety
among the prominent Government offi
cials and tbe quietude about tbe White
House. Tbe regular bulletins continue
to be couched in language that gives but
half the truth. To-night's says tbat
beet extract was administered id tbe
regular way and was retained on the
stomach, bnt it does not tell that after
the second leaspoonful bad been given
the President became very sick, and
while he did not vomit, Lis »etching
warned tbe pbysiciaus to desist. This
Is a fact.
Washington, August 18.—At 2.30
a. m. tbe President was dozing, and tbe
doctors on watch reported that there was
every prospect of a good night.
What tbe Doctor« Bay.
Washington, August 17-—Tbe doc
tors in attendance on the President were
to a certain degree happy to day, and
they all agreed tbat the patient w«s bet
ter than on yesterday. An Increase of
hope was evident in the relieved expres
sion of their faces. Dr. Bliss was most
emphatic iu his statement that the
President was very much better, while
the other physicians either merely agreed
with him or toned down his opinions by
saying tbat while tbe President was yet
in a very critical condition yet there
was abuudaut and solid ground for hope
aud that the chancas were in his favor.
Dr. Reyburn, who has from the start
been most guarded in his assertions and
has been careful to have his remarks ex
press accurately tbe condition of the pa
tient, said when greeted during the af
ternoon and asked for some good news :
"Yes, l can give you good news, for the
President Is belter thau be was aud we
are about to offer him food again. Since
Monday last, when bis stomach refused
to woik and became so irritable, we
have given him nothing but cold water
or ice pounded up and swallowed. At
first you know the stomach refused to
retain this aud tbe water tin own off;
we find that the crushed ice is retained,
and we are about to aJmimster some
cooled infusion of beef. Of course it
will be but a small amount, but if tbe
stomach acts kindly towards it we shall
feel very much encouraged. Meanwhile
we are treating him with enemata made
up of nutritious articles presented in
tbe most absorbable forms. We give
injection about every four hours, half
a cupful or less—beet tea generally; but
when we wish something more stimula
ting, then whiskey and egg is given.
He seems to be getting some nutiition
by this means aud it may be kept up
for some time.
Dr. Norris has a patient who was sus
tained by this artificial method ot admin
istering food for foity-eight days, and
there is another case where the patient
was carried along for six weeks by that
method until it was safe and proper to
begin to offer food iu the ordinary way.
The wound of the President presented a
very favorable appearauce when it was
dressed early this morning. There is no
trouble at ibat point—none whatever—
and when we get the stomach once more
under control, as we hope to do within
the next twenty-four hours, then we
shall go on again towards complete and
thorough recoveiy. We begiu to feel
very much encouraged as we see the ac
cumulating signs tbat the stomach is to
resume its normal condition aud act pro
perly on the articles placed in it. We do
not trace any direct connection between
tbe wouud and tbe present depressed
condition of the President. He was in a
weak and feverish condition, and with
the refusal of the stomach to retain food
we bad an entirely new problem to
grapple. I think there has been more
loom felt outside thau iu the sick room.
do not think tbere has been a moment
when hope has abandoned tbe physicians
In charge. We have pursued one policy
from the start, that is of meeting every
condition as it arises, aud that we are
doing now. The Rebellious stomach is
one of those conditions—a very unfavor
able one, 1 admit—to be met aud trea
ted entirely independent of the wound
proper. I thiuk the President appne
elates the gravity of thb position he Is in
and be is husbanding ' bis atreogth in a
very discreet manner. I'doubt if be has
spoken ten words in ten hours, and then
only to indicate some wbat bis very at
tentive) nurses bad uot anticipated. He
is getting tbe verv best of care from his
personal attendants and his room is a
very favorable one for a sick man. None
better, I thiuk, cauld be found in the
city of Washington."
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South American fable.
London, August 16, 1881.
The India Rubber, Gulls Percha and
Telegraph Works Company, Is making
twenty miles eg cable daily for tbe Cen
tral and South American Telegraph
Company. The first shipment of the
cable will be on the 15th of November
next. When completed, next June, tbe
cable will conneca tbe Unit'd Stites
with Brazil!, telegraphically, by the way
of Mexico and South America.
A
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The steamer Devon, from Bristol,
wbicb arrived at Now York on Tuesday,
reports tbat
the 10th iu8taut, instant,
in latitude 46.29, longitude 41.06, be
bailed the dory Little Western, from
London for New Yoik. Those < a board
were well.
TOM MUSHES' UXHJUPTTIWMXT
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Bad Water Csasla« Typhoid Fever *
at Rugby-Two Fatal Cases.
A special despatch from CindoiiAU
says :—
News Is received from Rugby, Toon.,
the English colony founded by Mr.
Thomas Hughes, that over one-twentieth
of tbe colony is suffering from typhoid
fever, two deaths having occurred and
several persons being in a very precari
ous condition. A few days ago a
sage came to Dr. J. T. Whittaker, a
leading physician of this city, asking
him to visit the colony to treat tome
urgent cases. On arriving there be
lound a large number prostrated with
something similar to typ
That night two of them died, and a
hurried post-mortem examination con
firmed his opinion and pointed ont the
proper method of treatment.
The next thing was a search for tbe
cause. Rugby is located on tbe Cum
berland plateau, over 1,500 feet above
tbe sea, in tbe middle of a fine monntain
country., It was discovered that the
colony bad been using water from a
large cistern which, when emptied, waa
found to contain filth so noxious that its
gases overcame the workmen who at
tempted to remove it. The water from
tbe cistern and a well near by it, which
is supposed to have been contaminated,
was proscribed, and proper treatment
for tbe suffers was begun. An interne
from tbe Cincinnati Hospital waa sent
to tbe colony to give his entire attention
to the cases, and a number of Sisters of
Charity have also gone as nurses.
The two victims, Osmon Dakene and
William Cbater, who died on Saturday,
were tbe first persons who have died in
the colony. They were buried on Sat
urday m tbe woods near Rugby. Tbe
bodies, enclosed in plain coffins, were
placed upon chairs in tbe large Assem
bly Rail, a brief service was read by
Hasting Hughes, aud they were borne
silently to the lonely graves.
What the result of the illness among
the inhabitants will be cannot be fore
told, but It is hoped that change of water
aod proper treatment may check the
disease.
I
held fever.
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Mr. Herbert Gladstone.
London, August 18, 1881.
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, son of the
Prime Minister, has been appointed a
Junior Lord ot the Treasury without
a salary. In conséquence of this ap
pointment Mr. Gladstone's seat in
Parliament for Leeds has been de**
olared vacant, and a new writ will be
issued to-day. The conservatives will
E ut np no candidate in opposition
im.
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DIED
MORROW.—In this city on the 16th
Instant, Kate K. Morrow, daughter of
Capt. Robert B. and Emily H. Morrow.ln
the 25th year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family
are respeotfaily Invited to attend tbe fa
nerai from the re.-ldence of her parents,
No. 1322 Washington street, on Thursday
altern« on, at 8 o'clock; to prooeed to
RIverview o metery.
"We saw her sufferings.beard her sighs.
With throbbIng hear t.and weeping eyes s
But now she calmly sleeps at last.
All sorrow, pain end suffering past."
NEW ADVER11B1
N OTICE.—The managers of the Wil
mington and Kennett Turnpike Co.
have declared a dividend of fifty cents per
share, payable te the-tookholders,on and
after the twentieth Instant, at National
Bank of Delaware. August 18,1881.
J. l'OULhON CHANDLER,
&ugl8-4t Treasurer.
MISS FRASER'S SELECT SCHOOL
For Tonag Ladles and Genii«
No. 321 MARKET STREET, *
WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 6.
INSTRUCTORS.
English Branohea—MI m Fraser
by Ml88 Conly.
Drawing and Painting— Misa Chav tor.
French language and Literature—Prof.
H. Loub'gnac.
Germon aud Latin—Prof. G ram bricht.
Mus lo— Prof. Becher.
Private lessons, afternoon and evening.
Cl anses In languages and drawing by ar
raugements.
Circulars may be had at No. 1009 Mar
ket su eat.
Tjt OB SALE —Several Yoke,
JO ol good OXEN for aale.
Inquire of
aug!8-tf
JOHN SWAN. mrnrnM
Near Delaware City.
N OTICE.—I, Alexander Gllleepie, do
hereby give notice tbat I shall ap
ply to tbe Honorable the Judgee of too
Court of General Sessions of tbe Peaoe
aud Jail Delivery of the 8 ate of Delaware
in and for New Castle county,on Monday
the I9lh day of September A. D. 1881, be
ing ibe first day of September term of
said Court, for a license to keep au Inn or
tavern at 824 Cburob street. It being tb
Houtheast corner of Church and Tayla*
streets, in tbe Eighth Ward of tbe City of
Wilmington, New Castleconnty,S'ateof
De aware, and to sell Intoxicating liquors
in quantities levs than oue quart, to bo
drunk ou lbe premises, and the following
reHpectable citizens and residents of aaia
Ward recommend tbe said application to
Wm D. Sparks,
Wm. J. King,
Michael McUinley,
Huih Curran,
Bamuel Vorrest,
David Wuiaou,
James Phillips,
James Dennison,
Samuel Curry,
Bernard Kelly,
John Traynor.
Patrlok Bonner,
Dennia Curran.
Ml hael O'Mealey,
Andrew Moore,
William Doran,
Jam«* Kerrigan,
JobnJ. Horner,
John Erwin,
Philip Mulligan,
John Daly,
Johu J. Dorsey,
James Barry,
Mlobael MoCole,
Thomas Oorrey,
Barnard Donaboe,
A l EX ANDER GILLESPIE.
aug!8-Sl*
N OTICE.—I,Caroline Kltogler.do here
by give notice that I shut apply to
the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
General Hessions
Delivery of the »State ol Delaware, in and
M >udsy, the
19th day ol September, A. D. 1881, being
the flint day ol U e September term Of
said Court,
tavern at a
street, in the Second Ward of tbe City of
Wilmington, New Castle county, State or
Delaware, and lo sell intoxicating liquors
in quantities less than one quart, tobe
drunk on me premises, and the 1.»Mowing
respectable ol use Baud residents of said
Ward recommend the sttld application te
wit:
ths Peaoe and Jail
for New Cost.e county.
a liceusc
ketp an Inn or
. 207 and 2u0 E. Second
J.Q.HIrssI,
Henry Klenie,
A - Ul, Ji h
Chas. E. Hparks,
Andrew Grots.
Ed. E. Htanmlre,
Guslavua Hansen,
J«*hn Msler,
Chaa. Weyl.
W ui, Hai«,
Chas Htluel,
Anthony Wl Ms
Joe. W. Higgins,
Henry C. Roller»
fard. Vogel,
Jos. Lampesaie,
Mat h.Splegelkalter,
•J ho«. U.McCo ralck,
J -s. Bradford.
W. Rxmmond.
N ichofas Jenny,
NaUi'I Melchior,
Jrhn Meesmer,
',t «».Tahin,
F • M uenger.
oHOLINk KLFNGL' R.
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