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. i I / I M Jlownaail ©i 3 I@w 8 , lÆwntof» : Ci WILMINGTON, DEL., THURSDAY MARCH 2, 1876. NUMBER 477. VOLUME X. MIMBRAMOUI CMttP. room stuff. all I aat KAKI TWAIN. A «XXTf» Well, to go back to where I waa before I dl greeaed to explain to yon bow that frightful and lnonrable dieuaee, mem b renoua oronp, waa fat aging the terror, I callod Mra. McWilUama'a ettentiou to little Penelope and eaid : "Darling, I wouldn't let that ohild be allow ing that pine etlck, if I "Precious, whore Ih the harm in it V" said ehe, the aame time preparing to take away the «tick—for women cannot receive palpably judicious, suggestion without argning it ; that ia, married women.. "Love, it ia notorioue that pine ia the leaat nutrition« wood that a ohild death Aal ami driving all mothers mad with a ohild of its all " ly. a once Ut the moat fire." I lieh oat." My wife's hand paused in the stick, and returned itself to her lap. Bhe bridled perceptibly, and "Hubby, you kn you do. Doctors all say that turpentine in pine wood i« good for weak back and tho kid neya." "Ah ! I of taking the sleep, atrncted upon Id : better Uian that. You A up thia kn nn dor a misapprehension. I did tiiat the cluld'H kidneys and spine Hffucted, and that tlie family physician had nnimcnrlod—" "Who said that tlio child's spine and kidneys affected ?" "My love, you intimatod it" "The idea ! I kind." intimated anytliing of the "Why, my dear, It hasn't been two minutes Rince you odd—" what I said! I don't ears what I did harm in the child's ohew < ay. There Isn't any mg a bit-of pine atiok if she wants fto. know it perfectly welk And she eka# there, now !" and yoe ; will go and order two it pine wood to-day. No of jmirj child ef I my: of *n have I what for what yea do." " Very well, it ehaU be aa you say. But (tore is a want of logic io pour last remark which-" liuwever, ahe 1 could finish, and had taken Ito efttid with tor. aaidato able whits as a sheet. ' 1 UU, Mortimer, ttore'e another ! little Oeosgti Gordon Is taken." r "M "I« there any hope " None in the wide < ». - ■pesa tto work^ Ok, what ia to be r of ity and bv onr nc «ay good night i the mothers kn brought in our Penelope end In the îüst'ïïrasMrtfisa i*y he. My wife fell But the next moment ehe was up and alive» hart." away with tha aoti ventes which »error inspires. Hue commanded that the otdld'e erib to flesil.ras ta unary to our bed-room ; and see the order executed. Bhe moved from the n «he weut along took me with her, of oours*. We got metier» arranged with a peed. A oot bed iny wife's drawing-room for the to ohl put up In But But and now Mrs. McWilliams raid we were too far away from tha other baby, and what if be were to have the «ymptoma in the night, en d she blanched poor thing. iveu r est or ed the crib and the ï 8 Wo't nursery, and put up a bed for ooraelv adjoining. 1'roHoutiy, however. Mm. MoWOllams raid, «iippoae the baby should oatoh it from Penelope? This thought «truck a mw panic to her heart, d tho tribe of uaoould not get the orth oot of tlie nursery feat enough to satisfy my wife, though «he aralated in her own peraon end wen uigli pulled the orib to pieoes in tor frantic nurse to the «hat to a One was Ballrosd orad down atelra, but thsrs was no tarn the nans, and Mra. Ms «Ilhams arid We Om A Mrs. _ _ __ „ „ , how tiling« ware going an there. Bhe tint in a moment with a new dr eed. Bhe said : What 1 said : ** Why, my darling, Baby alwayt sleeps like a graven ii-* " " 1 km make the baby sleep so ?" I know ; bnt there's eomething pe to—he a to I treat he eo regularly. Oh, thia ia dread ful." " Jiut, tny dear, he always breathes regularly." ' Oh, 1 know it, but there's something dread . His nunw is too young and fill about it inexperienced. Maria shall ataf there with her, \nd be on hand if anything happe**-" " That i« e good idea ; but who will help yon?" " You can kein me all I wank I wouldn't al w anybody Hucli a I «aid 1 would feel aud leave her tall in a ft do anytliing but myself, anyhow, Io ' for our "little to lie abed and to watch and tell weary night. But she reconciled 1 Mata departed end took up her ancient quarters in the nu r sery. Penelope coughed twice in her sleep. *' G!i, why don't the doctor I»« . Ho old tide. ? Mortimer, ia oertainiy register—quick !" at the tb er mom eh warm. The this not arm. Turn off the it off, glancing : line, and wondering to myself if 70 s Ihn Thu coachman arrived from down town, ing I tho ii iah his bod. Mra. ued very goes eye upon is providence in il It ia foreordained. He never biuk before. Never. We have not been liv u-lit to live. Mortimer, told you aa Now you ur child will never get well. Be thank ful if you can forgive yourself. I never can for "K iulfi a h -H or 1 «aid, without intent to hurt, but with heed 1««8 choice or word«, that I ocyild not see that we Itad boon living such an abandoned life. " Mortin oould not bring the Judg ! Do you want m baby, too !" «bo began to ory, hut suddenly ex T one Up Tb the claimed : " The doctor must have sent madtoinra !" id : i here. I wm only wait aobanoe." " Certainly; they ing for to give hit the " Well, do give them to me ! Don't you know that every moment to precious now ? But what wa« thu uao in sending medicines, when he ia incurable ?" the di known I «aid that while there 1101)6. "Hope ! Mortimer, yon know no more what the child unborn. If Onoe an Lour! life there wm would—-Aa I U one teaapoonful you ive, tue a an hour ! had a whole year before child in ! Mortimer, pleaae hurry. jKMjr perishing thing a terapoonful, and try to '•Why, 7« to Give the dear, a tabloHpoonfal migh frantic ! There, there, there, my precious, rn; it's nasty, bitter stuff, hut it's good for Nelly—good for mother's precious darling; aud it will make lier well. There, there, there, put tlio little head on mamma's breast and go to sloop, aud pretty soon—Oh,I know she can't live till morning ! Mortimer, a tableapoouful half-hour will-4)h, the ohila needs donna, too; 1 kuow she does—and them, Mortimer. Now do let You know nothing about a its. Get have my way. bed, plaomg the erib close to Ail this turmoil had minute« I waa eome We my wife's pillow, npon thing roused " Darling, is that register turned on ?" " No." " I thought once. Thia edit __roused " Dearie, would you mind moving the crib to your side of the bed ? It ia nearer toe regis , aud within than half asleep. Mrs. McWilliams much. Pleaso turn it is oold." , and presently fell asleep again. J. I movod it, hut had a collision with the rug aud woko up the child. I dozed off while my wife quieted tho sufferer. But iu a little while these words came mnrtnnriug motel y through the fog of my drowsiness : " Mortimer, if —will you ring ?" 1 climbed drearily out, and steppod which responded with a protest, and would have >t « convincing kick for it if a chair lied not got instead. " Now, Mortimer, why do you want to turn np io gu and wake np the child again ?" " Because 1 want to see how much I am hart, Caroline." ... " Well, look at the ohair, too,—I have no doubt it is ruiuod. Poorest, suppose you had only had goose-grease tl " Now, I am not going to suppose anything about the cat. It cover would have occurred if Maria had been allowed to remain here and at theee duties which are in her line, and a not in mine." " Now, Mortimer, I should tb'nk von would be sMliaiued to make a remark like that. It to a pity if you cannot do the few little things a«k of you at such an awful time as tola, our child-" " There, there, I will do anything nybody witli thia bell. They' Where to the gooaa g ro s s e?" in tlie ud But all gone to bed. If mantel-piece ii you'll «tap there aud apeak "Ou the 1 "Mortimer, I eo hafte to diatarb yon, bat the room .mb BID too eold for aw to try to apply tftta stuff. Would yon mind lighting the fire t It ia all ready to toaoh a match to." I dragged sayeeif oat and lit the flro, and then aat down "Morti , dou't ait there aud catch yenr death of oold. Come to bed." Aal "But wait a moment of the medicine." Pleaae give the ohild a medicine which made Which I did. It a ohild or leas lively ; eo my wife it and grease it of its waking interval to strip all ovar with the goose oil. I I had to get np. " Mortimer, I feel a draft. I feel it distinct ly. There is nothing ao bad for this a draft. Pleaae move the orib in front of the once more, hut fire." I did it, and ooUided with the rug «alp, lieh I threw into the fire. Mrs. McWilliams imï I had another trifling interval of sleep, and thou got up, by request, atrncted a flax-seed poultioe- This wi upon the ohild'a breast and left there to do its placed A wood firs Is not a permanent thing. I got up every twenty minutes and renewed ours, and thia gave Mrs. McWilliams an opportunity to by the times of giving tho to m, I reorgau appUad Jna unoccupied tiild. Well, woTS, asr® pot on : »>>. OSt tntarraplB& some ttttlft I «M sun r' H* SS a sgsajEsM my: *n •vftjrj Tto ahfld's per ! AD what weoogto for the doctor. its toes. Oo "TtSmtoS MM a* *, aaidato WfttBotd; able to me. but it ' r? to la ». • ' SÆ - --*« S® ■pesa of tto wood he I a be end presently np I "This he. "Btotoo a hit of pine the kind. alive» In her threat. They won't hart." her any "Ne," sold L "l ean flesil.ras tnrpratina that ta tsrtain aorta sf " IS in them to very good that era poouliar to ohl küren. My wife will tell you so. did wot. Bhe ti nn ed sway in ; ami stops that time But she d and left tto HenraStotideof untroubled serenity. to oar hfe which we never refer daps dowe eo to deep i to. A «hat Wi tto of [From the Tdefte Blede.j One hundred yean ago, wedding tour« were dowa ly yean ago, tto gin beet known One! was not the ootton gin. htigflrad yean ago, Ballrosd rabttdlra. Om ftatfra. amtlatot. 14 were m hmM^B ever. frame a both or era ago, mat» was no fart Mew York ftlrt Ohtoago. un ago, tkMfu ta* no dia ImnoUtonaM of street of not enjoy pleasure of growling about gee ago, "crooked" whisky forefathers took their« One hundred yeara ago, uni vanity boat clubs entered at pool rales like fighting oooha One hundred year» net known. Our S in a pit. One hundred yeara ago, every young ft an applicant for a position aa clerk man wm or ' One hundred yeara ago, time and tide waited for nobody, and now nobody waits time and One I> in * tide. explode tal ooil. not fart ago, men did not <x I bel krona and coming One handled yeara by going up in l them. down should without Ou. budrad yttn t 0 o, Umm Tori ImMitktld. ing for the nineteenth in safety a in tel iah part or a divorpe. One hundred yeara ago, England « very far behind the United ma t es ii goes to make a nation powerful and progressive ÄÄfSMPAffiS not did or rubbles wash-board. hotel One oould not draw every fon system of tapping a large not much of In tto arm, wm ago, wounded patriots public soup-honest to took up arms against One hundred vrara ago, there wm no .Bom T weed to steal the fonde of New York city with one hpud tad told the reins of the Démocratie make rodm for the Nation'« life. f eopel party with the other. One hundred yean ego tto producer «Ried hit surplus produc— to merket on hia hone, the producta being placed in om end of toe bog and the jug in the other end. * One hundred yean ago our fathers did not light thatr pipes with match««, but carried fire pooketa In tM shape of a péeoe of punk, 'Ä?2Ü2ä"*' ,lDt he weet If wm to last ly. in in ; rrapoo t abi t and petition in the " One hundred yeara ago, there black negroes in Congress—none darker New Orleans Democratic Congressmen admitted to the firat One hundred years ago, the condition of tlie weather, on tho first ( lay of Januajy. wM the continent 81st yeara ago, " whip wt toe actor the for aud put to live the the telegraphed all o ing of December One hundred schoolmaster to a deeper aud often made with the blackboard. Oue hundred yeara ago, people did not worry about rapid transit and cheap transportation, but threw their grain aorora toe baoka of their borara and uncomplainingly " weut to mill." have changed, right of the not questioned ; imprest iou Things *0, tlie oal Get way. to eome to regis ted. " How much ia my bill ?" inquired a nd-eyed youth in a Ohioago ooofectionery The proprietor looked and then replied : " Bixtran doll an and fifteen oenta." As the young meet the account he sighed deeply and raid, " I tell you this ta tough ?" " How ao ?" aakea the confectioner. Weste» Rweein Wl the other his books a minute again. drew forth his wallet to rug iu a have got np hart, no had " Oh, «he's gone back " Who ?" " Oh, «he—the continued the u girl that eat all thia candy," ihappv youth, " and I tell you much sweetness after ita a fellow." acknowledged that ift did gone and soured The oandy kind of rough .—Chicago Journal. it's hard Tha Arrival al tM« Mlrtis. W. H. Spore, of Ephrata, Pa., haa pro the following notioea of tha time that the various migratory birds arrived Lancaster oounty last year. It will be intereating to pare it with the da t es of their arrival this Robin, Fab. 8, lane flocks rasa Feb. 17 ; Blue Jay, Feb. 11 : Blue Bird, March 10; Red-winged Grow Blackbird, March 1 Pewee, March 15 ; Thrush, March 17 ; Kill-Deer, March 19 ; Whip-pocr-WiD, May 2 ; Ohimuey Bwallow. May 9 ; Barn Swallow, May 11 ; Houae Wren, May 1 ; Night Hawk, May 4 ; Ptaeou, large flocks March 81 and April 1. Klrti Wiv George Gary Eggleston argues that it does not G >y aa a butinera venture to marry a ta observation leads him to beUev of maintaining each a wife - to naually greatsrthan the income whtoh her property oau be made to yield. J3 year: Feb. 17 : Meadow Lark, Blackbird, March 17 ; 18 ; Fliokar, March 18 ; anything if at and be to a They' e?" Uayrailisblfl. ■ If PHILADELPHIA. OUR SATURDAY LITTIR. Washington's bibthday-*-ai HBATIOM—THB "CANNIVAL APPaXHKNBION UNKQUALXD CELK AUTHOBs"— WIXDOWrt ORDINANCE AQAIHBT FRAME BUILDINO« DK1f|HOTXLBlAT THE CKNTBKNIAL OBOUNDB «RCBATION OX A REFORMED BFWOOFALIAN , Ao. —oo*s BISHOP—MB. m'cullouoh's Special Correspondence of (he Commercial. Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1870. Nothing bee shown ho plainly the depth of the Centennial feeling as the celebration of Wash ington's birthday. It feot holiday aa any that the preaant race of Phil adelphians are likely to the 22d of February ia observed in a half-heart ed sort of way ; more aa a joke apparently than a real celebration ; hut there was a radical change thia year. And the true meaning of the oelebration was in its spontaneity. The feeling waa not "worked np," it sprang from the people spontaneously, and ready grown. The eoene In the evening of the 21at and the moruingof the 22d has but a single parallel hereabouts—that which occurred tion of the . Ah a general thing A caked the lege fifty This the recep of the death of Lincoln ; bnt in the observation waa of Borrow, tho rocent holiday of universal Joy. The general etir, how gaae whichever way you ■■ght on Monday afternoon or Tuesday raora tag, ym saw people harrying heme with of while the feeling olueive chain ,waa the the town waa more been in all its his waa pot ft little aigniflaantto aeo tha British flag arid the starry banner mingling their folds la honor of the men who, more than cents The tlie eotore of all nations werft ing For I ftl in any one else, aluable colonial i Oenteonial year ! suing, though not Rewxeer's Ere, flt KTmSuum 4«H. Mgmnl « SncWnnwIHItlw nie " Carnival of Authors'' at the Aoademy of Mtieto on Tueedav and Wednftftday evening« prosed a "sort or rucoeaa. The attendance waft eoaftMerable, and there waa aome ffdflt fer the Women's Oenteonial Fund, fa Wtififtft behalf the affair was arranged, hut tft in the ev The paid making and Ä* » was to be a eecured of been mode Mea waa to ^ave various oharaoSn I Of tho bast known authors represent ~ Ths notion, If it A was not a bad one —that is IT nothing had been done in the way of ahamefterixation but what was suffleient The ly «tear in intent. from Shakespeare i and other are un daatrial A aa duct charged romantic poetry. gcod field. But, Diekens especially offers a strange to aay,<-— dent onanoes. jndgment w a» the aholoe Good of " Rip Van Winkle," 11 Leather0100*101," "Uncse," and elusive Ao.. part dra.'oi U»_s.rIo intended. What 1 will the for A In soeh an entertainment Lv dare" or "Fatima" from Tennyson ? Most of the effort was of thia kind, and the result was depressing rather than enloyabla. A decision the VA tto Court of Common Pleas onl^ to all of intacftst to builders, fe weU same which the Ä5 •d by every one: in thia city rraftbed he height. Former a a mark of oxolnti v a a rae or dowa haa been itaspeen to be ly show window every little twelve .a» form of put tha modern It ia the front aad at tto Iflri __ .... __ . >. Imb work u. iiimM MÜMln, u4 thu th«j tn Ul«llj ittmitil Judge Biddle held otiiarwiae, how ever. He said theft the ordinance permitted a frame superstructure at the rear of a house for a both room, provided its foundation w or briskjanu that there wes nothtog at of j of THB •m atogeef the frame tto brat of In point of only partially S to the bath room. Tba eu partition e small part of tha and to use the remainder as daat the able took Krum wbloh in and with cock, off for a desirable . They Of I> CouncU yesterday upon the the Oeutennis! grounds, in which of ooDoern owing to the in * fart that these buildings of frame, lidt auoh a feeling ia very to be expected that they should be rendered fire proof, and a light brick suce lowed «tmotore would give no totter aw safety tbaa a wooden ona. There ia a soHpioion that the councilman who took the gloomy view of allein indtoated were interested in keeping down any increase in Centennial ho tel aooommodetion, especially in preventing the erection of the mammoth " Atlaa" Hotel on pers _ ry not jury tell street. Bnt auch Ccémabia Avenu«, very weak, and exposas itself instaut. With all the labor in the temporary hotel direction wa will have too little,rather than vtoitors. The latest in from room for of relief la that the Both mansion, on Chestnut street west of 10th, may be altered for ■* ' the propriety of the change re to and f erred to, people were much interested this »SÄ! otoou, D.D., aa a Bishop of tto Reformed Epia eopel Church. Theoeremooy waa performed on Tfluraday evening rt the Second Reformed Church , on Baneom street above 22d. Bishop not fire with oonaeorated the new prelate, '.Bishop S being also present. Bishop Cummin» Is of the South, stationed at Louisville,and Cheney haa jurisdiction of the North weet and is stationed at Chicago. Bishop Nieli a Missionary Bishop, and has jurisdio r all the Middle States. He was elected ere, olaon ie bo last May M toe Ohioago Council. The Reformed ' ' ridtculed by Episcopalians, eeems to gather strength steadi ly. The new church has already six churches in this city, and another is now tieing organised in West Philadelphia. The «Méthodiste seem to have a peculiar afliliation for the movement Bishop Nicholeon was formerly a Methodist, and Bishop Simpson wm present at his consecration, were numerous prominent Methodist clergy* tlie their is little the ; One of the moat singular of modern theatri of Mr. John McCul engagoment oal careers is oertainiy t lough, who i . . _ _ „ „ Arab Btreet Theatre. A few years ago, Mr. Mc Cullough wm playing " utility " business very aame stage where he is now the " Star." Talk about there not beiug any luck in the world ! Rather than advance such untenable doctrine, let ns hold that there ia nothing but luck. The truth is doubtless between these tremes, but surely McCullough was lucky, left the "Arch" to go to the "Walnut," still to play small business, and with every pros pect of having to work tor years before he gained a good place in a stock company. But it happened that the young thing ne had to do in on pieoe«, excited the interest of the tragedian. Forrest proposed to McCullough that he should travel with him, conduotmg rehearsals, aud and playing the second part«. He had fallen with Barton Hill, who had been filling the immediately. The the playing tiie " I He but other of Mr. Forrest's to place, and wanted coufidenoe was not mtaplaoed, and the stonr throw« a good deal of light on Forrest's intel lectual penetration. He had Cullongli do anything of importance, yet pro posed to him this unparalleled promotion. Mc Cullough served the great actor well—and made a solid reputation for himself ' ~ Now he owns one of the best theatrical properties in the country,—the California theatre, Hau Francisco—has naturally gained possession of ties, and is, after Edwin tragic actor of the day. careful you ita Mc the pro the Blue Ohimuey Houae Ptaeou, not naually oau Mr. Forreat's Booth, tlie li i he is a genius, hut his ambi of theatrical And with all this, year: actor, he to not a tion is a noble decadenoe, aud Lark, 17 ; 18 ; in these day« grudges him hi« « Ixdvx. Onr Girl tn England. The rnü Mull QateUe aaya of the American girl in England : "Like the wind, ahe goeth where ahe liateth ; but every man knoweth whence she someth. She arouse« tlie hratility of Kuglish matrons the moment ahe on British soil. Few of them aware that haa been purpeaely traiued to self reliance and rtlou, like her brother, from infaucy. Buch a training shows Itself in her mannar, which grates as harshly on British feelings as her voira too often dora on British "The Poller *t Mate.*' '•a. W. //.'' fn New York Orwpkic. The problem of the War haa foam! Thii worn! erf ai eolation : nearcati id Who led In revolution ; the foremost That those who Pouglit to obecure her glory wisely p! And shape her future story 1 Are Just the on every lip ia found the Alt jut pDyod-out war speeches ; They'ev grown as odious to hear As old-time Kansas " screech The puhHo ce pronounces ban or glrda Its stinging cordon Of censures around bherktan. line puis sweet faith o ,r«lon ! CentetiMlal Exhibition Ceacesiiena A LABdB AND IMPORTANT SOUBCR i INCOME. Among the " conoesaioua for privileges " granted at tha Centennial exhibition, and those caked for, the Philadelphia correspondant of the New York Herald enumerates the following : has offered ft60,000 for the " privi lege " of «weeping ont the exhibition buildings, guaranteeing to pay all bis help and to keep the fifty odd acres of flooring perfectly cleaned. This proposition haa not been accepted, the donht at to the propriety Ooo oommittee having of allowing it of 612,000 haa been paid for the olueive privilege of hiring owt mittag or chain to visitors to the exhibition at fifty ■ The Bath a* y l'Ä Ul! of «„«* cents on every gallon sold. The tlie al Catalogue Company has paid » for the privilege of printing and sail ing the full official catalogue of tha exhlUttoo. For plgan and tobaooo to be «old at five stands the grounds only—not la any of the boild I and not exclusiv« of other righto to «oil—a ftl irewd tobacconist haa paid fill The Centennial Photograph paid a fixed sum making picture# and wiU also pay ift privilege of and hoUainga, in the jjayton per oent on its gram re Oenteonial Ouide Book Company has paid for the exclusive right of sale within the r the wise restriction to n their book. enclosure, but are under eecured a right to put up a building for the aale of milk and milk producta, of which, of ooune, iream will be lu the greatest demand. Virginia tobaooo factory, in Lynchburg, haa been given a ooupassion to erect a tobaooo manufactory on a email seals, to exhibit the mode of A f preparing the weed and to sell the They nave paid $8,000 for the privilege. The Vienna bakery wUl be another of tholn daatrial oocupationa exhibited A complété Austrian bakery will be working so aa to show the entire proo f , and aa the pro duct ie to be sold, the Board of Finance has charged $8,000 for the right elusive oocosaaion to supply gtass for the ex oommission for ahoweaoeo, It is atipolatsd hibitora, and the Ao.. by the payment of $3 000. to do all the work fatt^ttoan will make and rail chocolate mod flue the grounds, exhibiting au tue processes manufacture, Hia grant coat $6,000. For $5,000 the ooooeraion haa been A well-known of ss to establish a oafs Jn tha Agricultural the stipulation that no Area are to be onl^ cold dishes served. Another oafs to the building haa bean agreed same terms. There are eight oaf« to other building* not yet awarded, at the which will bring in a revenue of $40,000 the treasury. One of the safe manufacturing nnatpsnira usa obtained tor $5,000 the exclusive right to keep to will find > i mpa rtial o ne wifltototaal at onoft would too rejected and toe applicant la application j acted. HA Gen. uabcacK Ac«allle4. OV THB OOUBY—DEMON«TBATIONS BY NABOOCKS EBIBHDS, Judge DOlou concluded his charge to the jury; Thursday, a faw minutes before 1 o'clock. His THB EtJBY OUT ONLY DUBIBO feet the quiet clear housed. ton The ia a instructions had been ao favorable to the defeo daat that there was a general foaling that the Jury would either acquit or be able to agree. Comparatively few people expected a oonviotion. The Opart then ^ took a reoese until 8, and the jury bad than re turned with a verdict of Not Gull«. Judge Krum raked that the defendant be discharged, wbloh WM accordingly ordered. There applause and the defendant waa fairly in by hia friends. He made hia way to the and in oompany with Judge Porter shook - _ with each juryman aa he passed out. Geu. Bab- i cock, without delay, want from the oourt room Loud Cheers greeted hia appear the streets and au excited crowd foi m of to hia hotel. inches A suce upon lowed him. ta Special DicpmO e k to the New York ttmoc. Wahhixutox, Feb. 24.—The acquittal of Gen. Bahcook was not printed in the afternoon pa pers here and ia not generally known to-night those who have taken the trouble to newspaper offices, or to people about _ r _) of tiiehotele. The vsrdtot of tba Ju ry lira not, therefore, been sufficiently diae n rae d to say with any certainty how it la [pec ta tion aa gathered the evidence wee ail in presented wm not strong enough to warrant a oonvietioo, acquittal or a disagreement of toe jury would be the reeult. Probably tba people who have watofae disagreement of the jury, intima ti o n s that^the ended, a complété et made of all the con oration of Geu. ber, this river, tell rt the porta. ter ries of received. The general from oouvenatioue since have been that the and that the erae expected a There art with Joyce and McDonald, whtoh has thrown and that a full the suepieiou upon his own explanation will be given the General'» own a full, «treight nsrrative covering the relations Louie offioe-bold . forward, of ere, if it preeeuti d a ratiaf aotory theory of the unexplained dispatches, would be believed against ail the testimony Ibat wm brought btf than tors the jury. Whether such a statement ia to bo made is i ot, however, reported from any thoritative source. oould per is good Tlie Apprentice Moya* Locomotive* Iu all probability the finest and most thor oughly finished draught looomotive the Heading Bailroad'« department of machinery in Beading produced, is the one now in oourse of What is moat depot «hop«, e fact that < built by the apprentice is under the uireetion i not yet served his entire The work is about half finished, and i tlie stocks, standing nearly in the oentre of the Bhope. Mr. Harry Deeter haa charge of it, aud any information he desire« he obtain« direct from Mr. Samuel Blackman. Mr. Deeter ia a graduate of tbe Heading High School. The locomotive ia to be a verv heavy I drauRbt engine, cylinder« 18x22 iuohea, t for exhibition every part of the loooraotivo is receiving finish. Tlie casting« aud framework well scraped, the latter beiug finie bed side«. All brara work is to reoeive a high polish kin and narallel rods bright, and the oab ia to be of paaeeDger finish, aud extra painted. Spring hangers, equalizing beams, bolt heads and nuts are all to be milled off and finished witli tbe greatest of oare. The hoys have been working ou the eugiue some six weeks now, and about half the work ie com pleted ; and it will be finished in good time to l>e taken down and given a prominent place in Hall of the Centennial buildings.— struotiou at the < markable is the engine is being : the whole work young man who haa in with the oompany. the boys, aud of a : THB it aud the the feet and aa it toe Centennial, both be aud finish. The pro Mc ~ Hau of day. Mc Machin . _ Reading Daily Time». ut titand. The Washington correspondent of the New York Daily Bulletin telegraphs : A memorial signed bv several of the largest business New York city, against tlie repeal of the benk Thuieday by Senator orial suggests, however, amended t>y redaring the put a dishonest bankruptcy by enlarging the time preferential judgments and execu tions,aud «ales, transfer«, and mortgagee of prop erty may be attached, and within wbloh criminal prosecutions for obtaining goods bought on cred» it, may be brought; and by simplify ing toe prac tice aud diminishing the expense iu bankruptcy. It is very evident from toe ton« of feeling in the oountry aa evidenced by numerous letters, {»titioua aud memorials from very prominent «ourcoa to every member of toe Senate, and from expressions of numerous promineuft gBenatora that the Bankrupt Act repeal cannot para the Senate. It will be remembered that the House The Baaukrupt of rupt aot was presented Cockling. The mem that the law should be number of creditors neoessary creditor into within which goeth and as passed a bill for total repeal, probably agree to amend. Tha Senate will NCMHBMIM MtWS. Marder eat the Baatent a here. AI OOLORRD WOMAN BT TWI VIOLRNCB HER iniAID. Baltimore, Feb. 3ft. A special from Cheetertown, Kent county, M<L, aaya Thou. Honatoo, colored, living at Quaker Neck, five milea below there, killed hia wife, Louisa, and alightlv wounded hia aoo-in law, John Jeff aria, with Wednesday axe. FUNTHXR PARTICULARS—THE MDBDKB COMMITTED WHILE THE WOMAN SLSPT — BOUSTOR Houston and hia wife and hia son-in-law, Jef feria, hia wife, all lived together in tba The former slept below attira, and the of Jefferis' wife, with a younger slept In upper room. Jefferis staled eft He down stairs shoot five 5K3* Wednesday Houston holding Are. Jefferis asked doing. Houston replied that ha the met out of hia axe. Jefferies fell the he was getting tl UlMpb, sod that had left the from his wound. Eft twp dowu aad di eae v eted iwri e t he r She waa killed ao las by eek of her head having been eruahed by blows from n i nm ee tte r emoft M— I—ei inti as aba «tout A pfera] Jolet over ths bftd fcff Ihedt^B Me a vmy — n r e weeau en tit MMMde in Mm eptoton a the hmm, if deäveced a of hie fee ortho § The old ImmUhb and no eat mggnnlktl fled, tot to fowd oonetelid in a barn tft quartern off à mfle.fmm rested a*d committed to JaU without shearing. kfittfig Ms wife, bat denied OealM mit Vertu 4*7. ah avroBT the who gave «ton Ai of W.B. Piper, a c hur Tto In this His ptose sf "tana In" by sotiAdaoM a CO. B. Maguire, Mat») Is set I to Mr. » noth# Pa., Feb. 17. no wan registered on ti sraSSa: Of "C. H. Ma A tol list as M P. M. It is her ir. " oo'l Thia It mini, «ük fc panmm flndtog owt whether yon ero ftny kin to film. Among Ua personal offset» «Mrs the following article», vis.; 1 gold kunting can wetoh, of CW oovered will I 1871 1 rat too; lwmlJ atwd ; 1 red leather wai st hia death $41 in mammy ; tend to bottdra en béa to r in charge 'of bto rûleT to any thia i.to: ling tfie bill # $2.60. on funeral... .$!•>•$ HA VHB OB OBAGH—VAWttAL tVfftT M Reports from the rural districts ere to the sf and would feet tort many of the oountry people and »art* the lata oold snap to further that, eight store of Ice. The toe upon the ponds In quiet places was about two In clear and »olid, and a large housed. Aft Wert Chester tto toe vas toe thick, soda considerable quanti« gathered there, attempt to put t ton dealers have also The failure in tto toe erep aft Havre de Grace ia a serious drawback to tto huaiaera interests ^ _ i ing of it WM about ra a pound. Our WUmiaat Itailed to houae any toatoat m of the place, at least $80,660 ia expanded SÄMTi ■as inches A Co. to raeuie Havre d# < done ta Oler A Oo., to d la in in ber, at toast U.C sulta this veer 176.000 Iom of toe river, Maine, which will be ahipped during tto ug sraaou to Baltimore aud other soutintu Nine, porta. The Birdaboco i' Ioe Company have A000 Iom T his toe wm harveoted tort win ter and averages about 16 Inotos in ihl ak n ara, Although tbbro have bean a n u m b e r ef inqui ries from purc h as er «.it still remains unsaid. of ioe on band. " he sa 80 a cargo of raveral dtoahiff d •f toe Into ed and WE.'SSKSg ^"aBStfig i being to freight the tot to nil aooouut of the popular hrttof ■ warm* end meh toe toe feat to ing waa the ing to. 7 the usual to be well . The first cargo, however, Mr. Oonrow informs oath at he baa 88, of lea from 16 to 14 laches in tntoknera eat end boused on toe Kenebra river and at Portland, the btf •ta In other large under their own Maine. They also bave quantities, but this amount is control. Prices rule much higher this season than last, he says. For instance, ioe which to be for 81 par 50 to $8 per too oould have been bought last , ia sailing, this season, at fro— $2. per ton, if housed, w from $1.50 to $8 gathered. The denied is is had to the ponda End all streams which yield good ioe. _ Th« Worcester H. K, Extension. the aud a polish milled The six com to in work haa CHIXOOTXAOOX T» BN BUILT. THB TRACK LAID The Bnow Hill Messenger eays that the Wor cester Ii R. extension has been completed to the bay, and is extending out into the bay 200 feet haa bran oommenoed and will be rapidly pushed forward. This pier will be well and substantially ballt, 80 feet wide, with art at the end in toe water, 70 long. On oue arm of the T «rill be the depot, wflich, like all the others, will be of a betantial and oomfortable character. The width of the pier will admit two tracks, ao that m0 be left on one tor the oystarmen load direot from their vessels, tons saving the in running order. A pier it both be , which item amounts to a considerable : Enforcino Road Mbndino The County Coanmtaeioncn of Queen Anna's order that all work done roads shall be dooe before the middle of Septem ber, otherwise the money allowed tor work the road will be levied fto toe euperviaora. only ao much of it was worked out prior to September 15th. Thora who havejraveled over many of the eouuty roads ~ will appreciate toe wisdom of this order, for in New benk Senator the time execu prop criminal cred» prac in letters, from the House many lo cal ities it ta tbe habitual it ha lo be beaun pair the highways down ana atttied before tbe freezing and thaw ing of winter. The reeult tadeepmnd, jolting , and petienra sorely tried. Another pecu habtt in road mending In that Motion to to damp a load of dirt in a bole, hide wheel« go down late in the 2X of for Hm new liar it PUSHS aide it is with a force sufficient to annoying hole. and PaoLiFic Hens.—A lady in town haa 16 bens ' 2,080 am bed anon ■till going. Thera egge,at 26 oeuta a bring $68.26. to my wc is. The feed for these which allows a profit of 842.7! lb« $9.50, is no proflttanraltiiig ehtakat —Balicluiry (JM.) Aéoortiow. ■7 will West Cheater taiha of organising a battery,and The Beat War !• Heat h the Maae The care for a man'a aiokocM it not a dote of end. If it wore, there weald and ao be no alok people. A man who baa Injured hie oonetitntion by neglect, excess,or careless liriag, moat work patiently and watch carefully for health. to of to the The I are for a people's moral sickness ia not i'e dose of preaching and singing, no Christianity ia the building up of cbaraoUr. Thareiano royal road (to thia end, no labor saving invention in any patent oflioe to create character. The Mteoing is hut the beginning to do the work. Any organisation " Church" is] here by claiming the title of its very claim bound into honest, true, it doe« that, it is the oleau living, leavening and saving the whole community. It has no other warrant for any hope of saving those outside bat the patient baiMing up in all bea u tiful, honorable, and gracions living of far those Inside. If ths various "churches" bad been doing (hit effectively, they would not find at this day a surging heathenism about them, which ia strong enough even to overleap the harriers and invade their moat sacred oourts. But they have not been doing it. The work of patience, rare, and long hope painful and weary work. Tim bane of Amenean Christianity baa beau faith In " aspiration," its gushing sentiment. It to on a 'year's work in a day. It baa believed in " bees," and not in steadfast work. It haa turned out the Catechism, and aaS its Children totinginf " I wart fto hsaa»Mjel." It bM MQt taaight the Oruafl, the Let4\t Prayer, end has been a its trust in emotion, i *92 ' ef the Bihb ! ef •LW aoroemr. i.XMietl and hailfliag op of ^ to j ngifl nctisss. Vth of oare, the - a^ Um. ftnity effective the groit* of imfecft are ef «torn» IftmneMflmtoom. A revival, used gsat wll y M rna l ato t eav li t g fegnttoefor ■mmitatwHye toe beam awroj nM iwriveJ ritouM tofiS as it be t wil) be, aainaneh io A We are all tee 4*7. all the W the Flesh, and the Devil. is to of c hur ch pew».— 'Dr. If Tto China Journal. in PoUUi ton ia Governor Herkunft, at Harrisburg, last ing she suit in The vota of reansymaua wui se given ror mm, sonoiy, ana It is tto intention of ths party leader« to have her vote on every ballot " east as a unit eo "Ä that Hartrenft be CW positively that unlf it should be dia oovered before that first ballot that after it he will have considerable strength outside of hia I to of of obtain In Pennsylvania will be required of the unit vote rûleT to tto but not to the Merton «ndOoek ling appear to have noue at alL Judging ef tto toralira aa it is today, if required to toaard an optoleo, I should aaythat filarae would have, on tfie eacood halloAIhe solid vote ef Pennsylvania, ssrÄr. I säe from one i I of On tto seooud mûrira to 184 by the aédWouofl and DUdou. but what toll h sppeu would be felly to ray. It will Vo w iyanto includes only seventeen States, and that, therefore, there a» twenty others and tto eight Territoriee which have not been token in Coooerniiig these I kpow noth ing positively, bat fudging from toft grmsral ettustion, It may be raf e to ray tba* tha relative ■ about thei I» oft «tow vraaetl. aftl! Ola long ed loved niiig ill, Mr. he nia, the pain —UtFBBMXTB TASS WELL SPKrCN BY : The Plymouth Council «xwpleted Ha délibéra done Thuraday, and was dissolved In open When the Council met in secret meal in the morning It received a report tto ro sulta of its works from the final committee of the morning and afternoon to Nine, and < In its of the In its ffiv otierah distinctly defined. It is also confidence in the thoroughness of previous In vestigations, and applauded for ita loyalty to Its pastor. Tooettafomaother ohurofara, and to rt large, proiiatou for til bM bran made for a " Boandal Bureau " of five promioent men, to he aelrated by a ooanaftttto of three from among Congregation alto— of eatinanee and undoubt 80 ed integrity. This human ia to ait for fiO days, and receive the testimony of all persona wno ht which Mr. have aught to ray Plymouth Church to bear the finding» o meint Intonra. Mr. Beecher oloood the meet ing with ft farewell speech to the OounoU. It waa quirt in delivery, brilliant in imag in ati on , profoundly Christian in spirit, and wm one of the HMrt impressive addressee of Mr. Beecher a Tto Plymouth pastor closed by thankfully teoepfliia toe advice of the Council, and declar ing that it should speedily be pat in practice. filled in the evening YU Ufe. A Tttlretjr Drove of filnles. The Pioche (Nev.) Record ,after recounting the journey of a contractor with a drove ot mules from Belmont to Hike, where be had for two days, thus describes the extraor dinary effeot of the scent of the water at Logan Springe on toe animals : The whole body moved forward at a good pace, as the smell of water K w stronger, until the whole herd wm on a n run. The spring was readied, but the water be dipped up iu buckets, and it became try to knock down a number of mules with alube in order to allow the spring. One mule, orated with thirst, got away with thirteen bnoketa of water, and had to be olubbed away in order to allow possessor of a pair of long ears a chance. He went oat and took a roll, came back, and wanted . The bucket held four gallons, aud he would get away with one at a gulp. to bad a the Capital I a reeled am New York Hotels* People who visit New York quite frequently, have no doubt been impressed by the immense outlay of capital invested in the firat-olaae hô te la of New York. Oue hotel alone, the Orand Central,ooet in the neighborhood of ($2,000,000) two minions of dollars, and sent labor to erect it, Thia winter another large haa been expended in refitting, refurnish ing, and adding te what waa rich anu fore. The exqntaUe fresco-work, especially, that parlor«, dining-rooms, ex change«, ole, would fitly adorn toegrand «et pai era that waa ever erected. The Grand Central ia also growing famous for ita table, and juatihed by ita superior ruse and ample aooommodationa, haa fixed ita rates at from $3 to $4 per day, a liberal reduotiou for the Centennial year.—AVre York Letter. a yeara of lnora elegant he to in beautifies ita halls, ha to Value al Hailraatt lliutvairt. Tha building of the Dorohester A Delaware railroad oort Dorohester oounty fifty thousand dollar«. It haa directly added in wealth and taxable property to Cambridge i ' ly double this amouut, beeide« number of bouse« erected along tbe or two villages are oertainiy,the direct outgrowth of tbe road. Then the large inc the £3. u æ: bens the lb« valu« of tha real in the aectiona through «rill make toe whole amount ag gregate half a million of dollars, and we believe tort if toe president would and oould have run Tuesday, of every of taxable property added to Cambridge would have bran equal to the whole amount along tha road.—Cambridge Artec. which it ■7 day, ray LOCAL AFFAIRS. The Bela wire Hcildiitg. c^jtrr.KwiAii atpkal STATE BOARO - ooamianor» an The Delaware Btate Bnnrd of Centennial Coin miaaioneni have addroeeed tlio following appeal to the people of the Btate : The question ie constantly asked «if tlie Btato Commissioner«, "la Delaware, like other State, to havo a building upon the Centennial ground«, or not? " AnJ then follow« the re mark :-"Itwill ho a great eh leaat of it, if there should be Delawareans, when there will he for the peojile of the other States." • We feel (hi sonous matter than many «impoao it to bo. The Centennial Exhibition will ho the l«rgc«t and most complete the world has say nothing of the oounttoea throng« of peoplo who will be to dose Huhetanoe will be there from ti now come to the whole of America in years. Ia there to ho no plaoe upon the gronuds which shall be kuowti as DolawiuVs house ? Is the State, the little sinter of the Old Thirteen, with all her splendid revointiohary fame, and bright reoerd upon- tho pages of the ho without a ssy the i! for he a m< present, from foreigners of di«tiucti opening to time, than country's civil history, plaoe of her daughters rn, wli d exchange greetings arrival of uei Contemn*1 Yeti', as well aa that of the groat nation ehe was the first to lead into public eocieto t .it must net he I There oat he an ample roof at Faimopnt, under which not be their future, it the patriotism of the people ef Delaware is controlled by the pa» for all know that your an.? are ampb to anytft far If orth without stint Httxena, paariot4 hb part, and help n«, ' Wilmington are doing, to erect np4 a bulling that wilj be worthy of you as Delawareans, and save oat people from the mortifie« tion that surely will awsit us all, if our State should not keep house t here aa well the io firemen of The W. A V. K. If. tan. mmol IN THH U. S. OCUBT ArVSOTINO TNN oxrvaaaHir —who shall densud a suit auainst tn COMPANY ? Judge Bradford, sitting in the U 8. Circuit nut, heard, on Seturfley, at 11 o'clock, the pe-^ tition of W. M. Canhy, B* ceiver of the Wilming ton A Westeru Bailroad Co, asking that the Court should advise him in regard to the suit of iua, Aaftignee of Andrew Orumliah, against the B. B. Co. (The claim of Crumliah ia for about flffi.OOO balance alleged to be due of tho.road, and ia now i nendlnf in the State oourts) W. Ü. flpru a nee, Keq., represented tholteom ing the petition, stated the facts of the leugth, and expressed die opinion that tho suit she old be defended, and should not be al to go to Judgment in default of def Bates, for the bondholders, thought the suit Involved ae large an amouut that there should be a defence of the suit, and coincided in Mr. Rpruanoe's remarks. ver, and after read Mr. Harrington, for the Company, engarrated a why the defence should be made by the Corporation—the W. A W. It. B. Company— rather than by the Receiver. what lengthened «linen««ion, the Judge announced that he would gi to the Beoeiver to defend the suit, lu of the Company, without Instructing' him, in any particular, further —m to whom ho should em ploy, Ao. Mr. to to direction the name Death of a l aiibfal Flugi took to hia , his life might have been i comparatively obscure, Me by his ottee, be wea a while known of of true hia clitranter being wail dM the faithful manner in which he die hie every duty. Thfre ia aot employee at thia depot who does 5» oflicer principal on« • death was a c e of the marked this morning that hia ■ iderable lorn to the company. well of huu, and ■ iderable lorn to the company. acres r. datas. E. net I vain«. Mi ÇLOSIXQ HuUXU Ola LAbT ILLNESS AND the .« [Prom the TowaihU, (Pa ) Reporter.] No event bn transpired in this long time, which oast eo muon gloom entire oommauity, as the «ndden and unexpect ed death of R«v. Chau E. Mcllvaiue, the be loved reetor of Christ Church, on Tuesday niiig last It waa generally known that ho waa ill, nut few realised hia il uigevoua condition. Mr. McDrahie had been complaining of general debility eine« Christina« day. Titrso weeks ago he took a severe oold, which reunited in pneumo nia, of which lie died, in the early stages the diseaae, he suffered greatly from acute pain in the lung« and lisad, hut for several day» before bis death, he had spoken of. nothing but intense oppression and weariness. Every thing ifty for a tlio of last for him, and aa the inflammation seemed to be thong ht, almost un hut in hie lungB.lt a to til the toit, that he might revive, noli exhausted for recuperation. Tuesday afternoon, Mr, Molivaue grew rapidly worse, and at half peat five o'clock be passed away in perfect peace aud calmness. Rev. Mr. Hoekina, of Elmira, arrived in time to offer the Commendatory Prayer aud to read the Te , a YU FINAL SKTTLIMeNT AWAITIXtt decision THBCHUBCH BONDS. to our The early final settlement of the MoLesr täte ia, we understand, possible. A creditor in forms ta have almost all been tost the at tho only converted into caeh, and delay ia a deoieiou by the Court tious which have been enhmitted 1H6 for two quee it. These of Mra. Amelia F. Mo with the tu ä of the asaig in the a be He he Lear, and dividual creditor«, both affecting the mode of settlement of certain claim«, and Court direot« iu what shall be made, tho estât« further L - - Presbyterian Church bond« havo all been dis posed of within a week past They amounted to $20,000., and were purchased by some of the creditors of the McLear estate at ninoty per cent of tlie face value. Tho sale« were made privately throng toe creditor«. It the tlie*e eottlomonie ii he closed. informed that the Went We ?. h circulars distributed may be seated that tlie*o bonds secured by a firat mortgage held by Trus tees, which is tlie only indebtedness church. « ly the fjlub I,Iff h in Wllailoiisn. CONSOLIDATION ;HoufcH«: : RESULT—'] HBADQUARTCMS. The old Hogers Mansion, Market street, hô that ex pai a nearly ready for its , and will he occupied, probably, some day this week. Ithas been leasedby the "Wilmington Club," which is formed by uniting the old Ship ley street " Wilmington Association and Head ing-Room/' and the " Delaware Club," whose rooms have been over Smith A Painter's, at 7th and Market. The new name lias lieen «elected for the united organization, and a new consti tution prepared, which will be «nbinitted tor adoption at an early meeting, liiere will be, turn, about thirty-six members, and it is proba ble this number will The club h above 10th, is he be iucreaeod. has been "done tip" for its occupants, having bran painted inside and out, papered, Ac. Tlie large ftarlor on toe left of the hail will be used for a reading room, aud oppoeito for a whist-room. Up-stairs there will be a billiard room, and othor whist rooms, Ac- Tbe rear buildings it is expected will be used, ultimately, for restaurant aud di purposes, but this will not he arrangod the and mediately. The present officers of the .Club are : rrom deut, J. E. Price ; Vice President, C. H. Gor don ; Treasurer, W. A. LaMbtte. A Board of managen remains to be appointed. æ: THB AdnvB Bark Bam Rk-ORO ANIMATION Club.—T he Active Base Ball Club or Reading haa been reorganized, with the following plac era: Messrs. Lovett, Res«ler, Waren. Good man, Dillon, Heifert, Stott, James, and Gilroy. Thia nine ie regarded by the friends of the club aud admirer« of tiie game in that city aa equal . IMe club expect Reading thia the ag run every to whole in skill to a professional to play fifty lirat-clara games New York " rra«4 Partiel.'* A new kind of party, called " pound parties," York thia winter, which are alwaya bald for charitable pur poaea, and arc oanaUy rerr a noo erafoL To a pound party every guest pected to oontribnte a pound of eomething—any thing they pleaae. only it moat be pat Up in a that the bnyer caaaot fteU what it ie, pMkage, and theu it ia, with other«, off to the highest bidder. At firat the articles contributed simple, the prioea low, and a r espe cta ble sum of money obtained for the object with very trifling expenditure. But at setae recent pound parties competition and trickery have resorted to method« which will assist to bring the whole idea into dixrepnte. Think, in these day» of adoration of relic«, seeing a package label l ed " itolio of Oreeoe," paying $10 for U, and find ing it only the refuse of the frying-pan. Dut a happy thought on the pan of a lady waa a pound of kiasea—only bakers' " bi ases"—pur chased by a gallant diaoovered the oontente, declared cheap," and returned them to the he contested for again.— Jennie June'» Utter. for *5. he " too Special Dicpaiek te ike New York Ttmm. Washington, Feb. 24.— It baa been reported that tho hotels in Cincinnati were raising thair extortionate rale for roams during the MapwhHaan Contention. The report ia de nied from Cincinnati, the hotel proprietors pro dsmsa&tff < mÿ .(Mr by a ?ictaoo"a noose, \ and third wifbe $38 a day, back ■ta will be ftlft, and a a the fonrth and fifth suitable for two parlor and bed-room on the floors will be fttt. Whatever there is oertainiy an U prices of totals In Mm letter quoted Indtoatsa, If the utoal rc A Woroeater Spy tella thia of forty-eix ton tod a /tory : " A Taunton He has oidoat, haa been run stray able, was shot In the nook with times mmê of tto honors of lAbby Mmjhi'ov« wfaator, and, betas being stoked up, left two fingen in tto month of ft otonTtos drafted twiceThad tto right pleeee daring the New York rel with a halter around Ms at board from a afasr tosneoEm« I ( in 1881 wee crush si n i t de r a fati durlng a Oa&fonto earthquake, aad MtoritoftfmfeaA ing building : waa without Whtta Pins region, narrowly ssss p e d tat i ng throug h a mistake in p erson. Amid m*. he I ox, "General Omni" is tos« to farmers, it ie evident that a to him will be reed by Manufacturers of agtieollanl eye to business have he snswsnCtarS memenm, who an taking bids to Mr. ef ftf ftto e i ng a swinging . The highest bid yet US broad aides of the i fa* a I of a. is thsrs my otherwise: n rnrbanoe in It to proposed to devote stout acres of ground, loortod barracks, tents and drill-grounds for visiting the Exposition who may not wish to the regular sE be at no great dto Exhibition grounds. Tto project .« favored by the Centennial Commission, and General Hawley, together with other prominent dtinne, yesterday visited tto spot for inapee tha flew Vegstntilss In IfeMIs. sold In our market, last New week. Oanlenera Rutmfocoug of the want of sale for vegetable«. Cabbages are rutting in tto ipped from here to Ohtoego, last Friday. By Uilt end of next week they promise to be abundant in our market .—Mobile Jlegieter, Feb. 30. ■hi ThepN Ne« m riaaty. a pretty fresh girl of eighteen or twenty going to the altar with a tottering old widower of aix ty?" less for ftfartii'a with^eieve^fdoge and without ZS'uSZLr ,K an not to be Robert Quid, the On the 21rt of March, 1888, Confederate Commissioner of Exchange, wrote to Colonel A. C. Myers : "If the oxt go nc tM of our Army require toe wee ef trains for toe trena , nay no regard to tha Yankee >uld rather that they should ■ own people suffer." Will the similar order or suggestion portetion of < prisoner«. I starve than records show a part ef the Federal authorittoe V The Utaltl Hix men, John Hooney a policeman, Francis Herr, Joseph Beard, Jr., Alfred Bqueara, George Foster and Thomas Selvage were held in $2,0U0. eaoh at Baltimore for an alleged violation of the Enforcement set. These make seventeen per il in all who have been presented by toe rand Jnry of the United Htatee District Court or alleged violations of the aot of Congress in the late Baltimore election. ?. « in Uralt«, The law isai ft*i By the law of Massachusetts there are raven ,oc:: relatives which a man is prohibited from marrying iu that Btate, eight of whom crc "ert ly relatives in law, via.: stepmother, grandfath er's wife, son'« wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife'« grandmother, wife's daughter, aud wife'« granddaughter. The Boston Hlobe thinks that thia ia circumacribing a man's ohoioe . narrowly. Immen«« cnllffwrniaa Dairy* At Point Keys, Cal., there ia a < which there are ether with the oow«, ia rented iu tenants. They make from $1,000 to $2,000 per annum clear of all expense«. The yield from the cows is reported to be excellent ; «orne of the butter ranohee show an average of $80 i>or cow through a whole herd of 200. 7th tor be, dairy f » 8,000 farm of 46,000 Tide to^veral Poor T»v'« Devotloa. a Wisconsin he watching tiie grave of ita dead auater. chasing a briu A number of visitors etery to see a dog that faithfully When they got tl die oat up an alley said its and left aud di the part of the plantera in the in a account of the nnn «ed the meats to Tlio attempt meat for their South great measure abortive ally warm weather, which «itoil. The South will probably take about usual from tho Western markets. Gor of approach of the Centen In view of tlie niai, and the faot tl» Pennsylvania Railroad oommodsto the road and branches. The longest night in Norway laste three moutlia, and when a young girl, her mother, before retiring^ ruin her health by sitting up iths .—CMoago Tribune. They have ktaung fair» in Iowa. Hiey eharge ' a ktaa aud won't let a fellow beer on veling publient taxed air the ed Bam plac Good club equal thia bto as bar not to