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Hew» Kttfl mvtttijm. A FREE PRESS: QPIN TQ ALL Milford, Del., Fritav Momlei. lone 29.1877 J.db.I Mail and Ofllco, In advance. »!.«« Thliab. I cluba of Ten. " " each 1.78 UTI8 QT ABVMTISIN0. 1 Inch apace ( 12 Une* Nonpareil ), per year, »10.00 200.00 Transient Advertising 10 cent» per line for ,ae first Insertion, and S cents per line for each subsequent Insertion. «-Notier» of Marriages and Deaths Inserted free. Obituary notices 10 cents per lino. 1 column spaoe, per year 1. m. WiTTTSAir. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. New Subschibees.—T he News and Adykrtiser will be furnished to new subscriber» for the remainder of this year for $1.00. A thousand of the best men specially Invited to participate in the advantage offered. We furnish to business men Letter and Note Paper, headed with a business card, as cheap as they can buy the plain paper. We can also furnish Envelopes with business cards printed on them on sim ilar terms. Under such circumstances, why not transact your business in a onsmess-ltke manner Y and women of tbe Peninsula are THE NEW BRANCH OF THE DELAWARE RAILROAD. The Bay Shore Road, which the en gineers of the Dein ware Railroad are now surveying, promises to stir up some ex citement among railroad men in this Slate, and possibly may give rise to some pretty extensive litigation before it is constructed. Junction and Breakwater company will contest tho right of the Delaware Com pany to lay down a line parallel to theirs; and one which, if constructed, will les sen or destroy the security which the State holds for her loan of $400,000 to the former company. The Delaware R. R. claims the right to construct this road und-r section twelve of its charter, which is as follows : "And b« it further enacted : That the said Delaware Railroad Company be, and they are hereby authorized to locate and construct a road from Dona River, to tho Nantlcoke at or near Seaford, with a branch thereof to Milford, and inch other branches as the said Company shall think fit J> any point in Kent or crusssx counties; and for that purpose to enter upon any lands necessary for locating, laying out or making the same, or to procure sand, gravel, earth or wood for such use, and to obtain title or right to the same as herein provided." It is intimated that the provided." It will be seen from this section of the charter of the company that there is no question as to the right and authority of the company to construct the road,and as ail the courts of the country have lin'd such charters to he an agreement or con tract between the State and the Com pany that cannot be aunulled or changed without the consent of both parties, thorn would seem to be little ground left for any litigation to be founded upon. But there still remains tbe interest of tlieState in the Junction and Breakwater road which our courts may feel called upon to protect. There can be no denial of the fact that the construction of the new road will ruin the Junction and Breakwater, and make it comparatively worthless for a long series of years, if not forever; and as a matter of public policy the State authorities may feel it to be their duty to interpose every legal obstacle that can be invented to the con struction of the new road. Among these will, no doubt, be a chancery suit on a writ of injunction to restrain the Del. Company from proceeding to build, on the ground that it will utterly destroy the security which tbe State holds for her loan to the Junction and Breakwa ter Company. How such a suit would be decided, of course no one can tell in advance, but there are reasons why tbe chancellor might consider it his duty to decree a perpetual injunction against the construction of the new road. We do notfcloubt but that he will be asked to do so whenever the work shall be com menced. Some persona appear to doubt that the Delaware Company is in earnest in this matter; but we see plenty of reason to believe them in earnest. They have at last seen their error in allowing the J. and B. to pass from under their control, and especially in permitting it to become a competitor and rival in the transpor tation business of the Peninsula. Hav ing become conscious of their blunder they now wish to retrieve the advanta ges which they have lost, and this can be most effectually done by constructing the Bay Shore Road. From Dover to Milford it will pass through the richest and best developed section of Kent Co., and this is nearly one-half the length of the proposed road ; while from Milford to Rehoboth, via. Milton and Nassau, the remainder of the line will pass through the very best section of sussex, giviug railroad facilities to Milton which never has had them, and terminating at Rehoboth city which must at no distant day: become one of the leading sea shore resorts of the country. This will also be a direct line, and under the management of the Delaware Company with all its large facilities, it will be managed in such a manner as to get all the travel. It will save an hour's time between Do ver and Rehoboth, and will attract all the summer travel to the latter point. Besides this, the new road can now be constructed for the amount of money that the Junction and Breakwater owes the State, and if the latter road could be yirtn to the Delaware Company, with the State lien upon it, it would be abso lutely cheaper for that company to huild the new road tliau to take the old one as a free gift; because a new road is so much better than an old, worn out one. Hence It will be seen that there are pleuty of reasons to believe that the Delaware Company is in downright ear nest in its proposition to build the new road. There is another Item of importance to be mentioned in connection with this subject, aud that is the inducement which men have to take stock in the new road, outside of any local or person al interest they may have. It is that the stock oi the new road will be Delaware At tlie ish of to a is railroad stock, guaranteed to paysix per cent, interest 1 Plenty of money can now be had at five or etren four per cent, and safe investments are everywhere sought that will pay six per cent. Under such circumstances, no doubt all the stock will be promptly taken as soon as the books are open, and if our own people do not take it. other investors will be glad to do so. In short, the enterprise is contempla ted under the most auspicious circum stances, and unhjps there is some way in which tlie Junction and Breakwater road can stop it, the indications are ex tremely favorable for the early comple tion of the work. Let all interested, pro and con , take notice. THE EASTERN WAR. There appear no real signs of peace between Russia and Turkey, notwith standing all the rumors that have been put in circulation to this effect. On the contrary, everything mination on tho 1 part of both the bellig erents to carry oil the war to the bitter end. Tbe Russians have made enor mous preparations and now have nearly or quite a million of men in the field or preparing to entqr it, and they manifest nothing bu» tlieaJratt determined itnurhi tion to fight ou until Constantinople is captured and the Turkish power broken in Europe; while the Turks on the other side, are as dogged,determined,resolute and ferocious as savages, in behalf of tfieir^country, their homes, their insti tutions and tlieir religion. The delay of the Russians at the Danube lias given them time to collect tlieir resources and wheu the two armies meet in Bulgaria, on the south side of the Danube, the probability is that the most ferocious and bloody battles of modern times will be fought. The passions of both sides are wrought up to the highest pitch,and the immense armies will murder eacli other with savage and almost devilisli ferocity. indicates a deter The obstinate defence of the Turks in is Asia, south of the Black Sea in the dis trict of Armenia, indicates the stubborn tenacity with which they will meet "The Russ. Now for six weeks they have held the great Russian army in check all along the lines aud at every encounter they have shown their cour age and manifested their old fighting spirit. At Batoum the Russians have bombarded and assaulted day after day and nigtit after night without success, while at every favorable opportunity the Turkisli garrison dashes out of their works in a ferocious assault upon them. At Kars the same state of facts exist. and eveB at Bayazid, captured by the Russians, the Turks have retaken the place and hold it. These facts indicate tlie disposition of the enemy the Rus sians will encounter everywhere on Turk ish soil, and show that the war will not only be a bloody one, hut that even tlie enormous preparations made by tlie Rus sians will not enable them to march to Constantinople except after a series of terrible battles and after surmounting every obstacle that a powerful and cour ageous enemy can use to bar their path way, It is evidently to be a great war and one that will probably settle the Eastern question for many years to come and probably change the boundaries of several of the nations of Continental Europe and Asia. The Russians are now crossing tlie Danube but at the farthest point from Constantinople and the nearest to the Russian frontiers. They have already effected a lodgment on the south side and captured some of the chief towns. But here it is not the policy of the Turks to contest the matter. Their army is higher up tlie river, on the great battle line which its generals have selected,and which, though it lies mucli nearer the heart of their own country, offers them a more favorable line of defence. Here will soon come tlie tug of war and here is the line of battle which will try the metal of both parties. So far the Rus sians have gained no advantage on this line, and but little anywhere. What they will be able to do tlie near future will develop. All accounts agree tiiat their preparations are far superior to those of the Turks, but we prophecy that the latter will make up for it in a courage and obstinacy that will put tlie two armies nearer on an equality than now appears. They have tremendous resources iu the fanaticism of tlieir peo ple and when this is excited and aroused by the flag of the Prophet and the fiery rhetoric of their leaders,they will launch themselves upon their enemies with all the fiery and fiendish impulse which annihilated the Crusaders on their way to the holy city. Tlie.end of this war does not yet appear. a The Fjfty-Dollar Coin.—I t ap pears that the new $50 gold coin, which is to be struck from a die now in course of preparation by tlie officers of tlie Mint, will not be tbe first coin of that value struck in tlie United States. In 1851 $50 gold coins were issued at tbe Assay Office in San Francisco. It is said tiiat millions of dollars of this denomination were coined and went into use, but that they gradually disappeared, for the rea son that they were intrinsically worth more than $50 in gold by reason of the silver they contained in excess of the staudard. They came to be used for Dqpchauical purposes, or they were sent to the Mint for recoinage. One of these coins can be seen in the foreign and do mestic collection at the Mint in Phila delphia. Another is iu the possession of Dr. Charles Spiers of San Francisco,who has an unbroken series oj! the coins of tlie Uuited States, and who will present his collection shortly to the Pioneer So ciety of his city, Ualtimoke Democracy appears to be going back to the days of "Bloody Tub ism. Marshal Kane for Mayor, over ex-Mayor Latrobe who appears to be too much of a gentleman for them. It lias nominated tlie notorious Bead tbe war prophecy ou tbe first page of this paper. Tnis Lath Tipxt, Wave Jig Peiiu.— By the arrival of the steamer Oroya at Panama from Callao, on the 28tli ult., fuller details of the disasters suffered on the coast from earthquakes and tidal waves, are received. The towns of Arica, Iquique, Pouta de Lobos, Pabellon de 1'ica, Clianavaya, Hnanillos, Tocopilla, Cobija, Mejillones de Bolivia, Antofa gasta, and Chanaral, are nearly all de stroyed. About 600 lives were lost. The destruction oi property is estimated at $20,000,000. The loss is confined mostly to the coast, although the town of Tar apaca, twenty-three leagues inland, and the villages of Pica, Matilla and Canch ones,farin the interior, were more or less ruined. The shipping of guano from the southern deposits will be indefinitely suspended, as all facilities in the way of launches, shutes, wharves, water con densers, and buildings of all kinds have been swept away. Many ships were sunk. It is thought that the losses are greater than those of 1868, and that the effect upon Peruvian affairs wjl be particu larly disastrous. Ti e nitrate of soda interest has suffered Irreparable Iobs from the recent disasters: 400, {»0 nitrate were destroyed, and all the works either ruined or badly haii'-d Popularity of tiik new Loan.— Tlie popular subscriptions to the new loan are being made with greater rapid ity than was an tici pa ted by the Secre tary of the Treasury. At the outset he estimated that $15,000,000 would be ta ken in tliis way, but he now thinks that the total will considerably exceed that sum, and may amount to $20,000,000 or even more. It is probable that the or ders on the last few days of the thirty during which the bonds are offered for sale at par will be greater than those for all the rest of the time. It naturally takes a little time for the merits of the loan to become fully appreciated. The advantages of investing idle funds in the new bonds will scarcely be fully brought before the public by advertisements and newspaper articles until the thirty days' limit has nearly expired. A has of The until St. lust 15,COO by all fiom ial at ands „ Nez the by to the tho do ate to a the be on to quintals of The Charleston S. C. "News" says: The Democrats of Charleston are the friends of the colored people, and will be as long as they will let them. The Dem ocrats wisli to give the colored people, as friends, a good school system, a fair share of the odlces. and an equal oppor tunity in making a living, and the Dem ocrats can secure these things to the col ored people. But, and it is a big "but," if the colored people will always vote against the Democrats, why, then, the colored people must take care of them selves I An army officer recently arrived from the Texan frontier gives some interest ing information, showing the real atti tude of President Diaz toward the bor der outrages. Over a year ago Diaz in formed our officers that he would be un der obligations to them if they would pursue Mexican robbers across tlie fron tier. He had no sympathy with the bor der thieves, and tlie more effective the pursuit of them, even if it led into Mex ican territory, tlie better he should like it. The beautiful specimens of American furniture, watches,musical instruments, cloths, tools, and hangings, which are being exported in such large quantity now, seem to be producing the impress on abroad that the Americans are really a civilized people. to of of Ex-Puesident Grant visited Queen Victoria on Tuesday last at Windsor Castle, by special invitation. He, with Mrs. Grant, was royally received and entertained by the Queen In person. GENERAL NEWS. Gen. William G. Leduc, of Minnesota, has been appointed United States Commissioner of Agriculture. The Russian royal family are reported to have put 200,000,000 roubles at the disposal of the Minister of War. The failures of tho last year In the United States have been tar fo amount than in England or Canada. A large portion of the old town of Marble head Mass., was destroyed by flro on Sunday night last. Loss, over half a million. The Railway Age says that 395 American lo comotives, worth $5,490,640, have been exported ren y ears,and tiiat the reputation of Amer ican engines is steadily increasing. Fortunes in Cities. — A Boston importer bought two cargoes of sugar, amounting to 5, 152,000 pounds, some three weeks ago, and sold it soon afterward at au advance of about one cent a pound. His profits were upward of $51,000 Charles Taylor, a colored lawyer from Bos ton, was admitted to tho bar of tho United Dis trict and Ci»* mit Courts in Baltimore, on Fri day last. T1 Is is the first Instance of the ad mission of a colored mfin to the bar in that State. The President, with Secretaries Evarts, Key, and Schurtz, have been visiting New England during the week, and huve received with the most distinguished consid eration from State and municipal authorities and the people. Cheap Labor.— Coal mines in Amador Co., Cal, aro worked by a class of Chinamen from the interior of China, who speak a dialect that the rest of their countrymen in California can not understand, accept $10 a month wages and board themselves. Economy.—A 8an Francisco fir tractod to pay forty cents apiece for the unli censed dogs slaughtered in that olty. The skins are to be tanned for glove making, the hair will bo used in plaster, tbe bones ground for clari fying sugar, and the fat manufactured i uto oil. and smaller in in of of So •ywhere been lias con A New Machine.—A n invention has been pat remarka eu ted which may produce almost ble An effect as tlie cotton gin. It is a wagon, like machine, called tho "Picker," und when driven throngh the ripened fields, picks clean every scrap of cotton and saves tho labor of 100 hands. The Liverpool banker, Mr. T. P. Iley&ood, estate of $12,500,. who died recently leaving 000, bequeathed $5,000,000 t^his nephew', Arthur Lonsdale, besides making him his residuary legatee. This is said to be tlie largest legacy left to a nephew. Mr. Heywood had be of child ren* The Fools.— Tbe ship Gustave and 0*cur,Capt. Hartman, when in latitude 42° 22', longitude 64° the 6th Inst., interchanged signals with Captain Thomas Crapo and his wife.who sailed from New Bedford for England on the 22tli ult., in a two-masted boat twenty feet in length. They were well and confident. 22 ', first A Uechibt ik Frederick Fraley has received a receipt in full from the Secretary the Treasury for the $l,rX),000 loaned by tho government to tho Centennial authorities. The money is in the indepèndcnt treasury,and cannot go into the regular treasury accounts until so authorized by resolut ion of Congress. Relief for the Ruined City. —The flro in St. Johns, New Brunswick, mentioned in lust resulted in the death of fifteen pe.-sone.the » destruction of $12,000,000 worth of property,and 15,COO people are turned out of house and home by it. Contributions are pouring in to them from all the chief cities of this country as well as fiom Canada and Great Britain. Special Election in South Carolina.—A spec ial election for seventeen members of the Leg islature to represent Charleston county, oc. curved on Tuesday last, and was the quietest known since tho war. The Democratic ticket, containing tho names of fourteen whiles and three colored citizens, was elected without serious opposition, the Republicans having de cided not to run any ticket. Loss cf Cattle.— The United States Consul at Buenos Ayes writes to the State Department under date of May 14, an account of one of the most disastrous rain storms that lias ever oc curred in the Argentine Republic. It lasted al most continuously for Fcveral weeks; all tho pampas In the province of Buenos Ayres were flooded, and the number of cattle, horses, and sheep lost ands , if not millions. The Ind an W ab.— A very serious outbreak among the Indians of Owfeon and Idaho is ported. So far, soli a thirty settlers, men, wo »mm,wn<i obildrm*. wave been in ordered t>y Nez Perces, non-treaty savages, led by tlieir ehlcf, Young Joseph. At last accounts fighting between a body of about one hun dred troops, assisted by citizens, and some 2 ) Indians, with tho odds decidedly in favor of the latter. Energetic measures are being taken by the military authorities to put a speedy end to tho troubles. The Cress well and F ulton factions in Mary land are contending for the offices in Maryland before tho now Administration. So'far tHo Ful ton's appear to be ahead, as they have obtained the Post-offlc, and now the President has ap pointed J. L. Thomas, their man, eollector of tho port in place of Col. Wilkins, Cresswellite, who has boen Invited to resign, but declines to do so! This will throw the fight into the Sen. ate unless the President withdraws the new appointment. To get Thomas in requires first to get Wilkins out. A Friendly Destroyer.— Alfred Rockefeller, a farmer of Columbia Co., N. Y., discovered a few days ago, a number of strange insects upon the potato vines in his garden. Each of them busily devouring a potato bug, and it was only by using some degree of force that it could be separated from its victim. Mr. Rockefeller seonred four for purposes of examination, and describes them as being about one inch in length, in color black, having six legs armed with powerful claws, and a fan-shaped tall. He says they fasten upon tlieir victims immedi ately under the wing, and do not leave them until they uro tletul. The Permanent Exhibition Sunday.— At a meeting of tho Exhibitors' As sociation of tho Philadelphia Permanent Ex hlbltion.on Tuesday,it was announced thatans wers in regard to tho Sunday opening question had been rcecived from 1,195 of the 2,196 exhib itors who had been addressed. Of these, 6C9 favored Sunday opening, and 509 opposed it. Dr. L'ndell, who claimed to represent 82 Scan dinavian exhibitors, anil 64 exhibitors in Me morial* Ila'l, also replied in favor of opening, mak ; ng a total of 835. Alter a heated discussion the Association voted on tho question with tho result of 41 for and 22 against opening. A Future Great Wheat Region.— Indian Commissioner Smith reports that he was sur prised at the fertility of tho country bordering on the Red River of the North and its tribu taries, and at the heavy tido of immigration that is sotting in on both sides of the boundary line between Minnesota and Manitoba. He ^hiuks this section onenï tlw finest wheat grow ing countries in tho would, and says that it will soon be occupied by a largo and thriving popu lation. The Canadian Government is doing a good deal to encourage emigration to the lands lying on tlieir sides of tho line, and keeps agent at Dnlnth to afford aid and information to immigrants. Access Is had to the region by way of the Northern Pacific Railroad to More licad,and by steamers which Riveras far as Fort Garry. to all of c»tiraatüil at huiuli'oiU of thous going Opened on down the Bed Eleven men wero hung for murder In Penn Thursday. Ten of them belonged "Molllo Ma sylvania to the order of assassins known gulres." For fourteen years those hu' butchers have bceu a totror In the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The object of tlieir organiza tion to encourage ami aid "strikes," and to prevent non-strikers from working in the mines. In pursuance of tlieir purposes they committed frequent murders, but justice, though slow, has at last overtaken them and these eleven have suffered the extreme penalty of the law. Strenuous efforts were made to obtain a remit ance or an amelioration of their sentence, but In vain, as the authorities aro determined to break up the murderous gang Their comrades are now said to be medicating revenge,but they will, doubtless, soon find that the State is more powerful than their organi zation. France.— President MacMalion has pardoned 844 more Communist?. According to tho Semi-official .Français, Pres' ide.it MacMalion has assured a deputation of manu.'aciurers from tlie lower Seine that lie will regain office until I8S0,and answer for order at home and peace abroad. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Grevy, the President, read the degree formally dissolving the Chamber, and lutimating that elections would bo held after an Interval of three months The Moniteur announces, under reserve, that simultaneously with a decree ordering new elections, President ÎIucMahon will Issue a manifesto setting forth in clear and concise terms the Conservative programme of the Gov ernment as opposed to the programme of the Left. The Republican Senators have issued a dec laration. They say: We believe the rc-eleotlon of 36? Deputies who voted the order of the day censuring tho Cabinok in u duty incumbent the country as a solemn affirmation of its in tention to maintain Republican institutions* which alone are capable of ensuring order at homo and peace abroad. Trade and Commerc e.— The commerce of1876-7 has brought great blessings to the American people. It lias been large and profitable, has made things easier Hero than in almost any other largo country in the world, and better than all, lias latterly turned the minds of the peoplo away from politics to more healthful topics. Wo are now within a few days of the close of the commercial year. On July 1st the national ledger will be balanced. Though ex act figures caunot be given until after that date, enough is knowu to show that the bal ance of trado will be $210,090,00 In merchandise in our favor this y eut, an increase oi about $50, 009,009 over the preceding year. The increase is due to tho lurger exports. Raw cotton fell off $20,000,00, and wheat fell off $12,000,00 but manufactures, provisions, corn, tobacco,and oil were sold to foreign. customers in quantities which immensely overcame the deficiency. Tho year ends with sövcral new aud important lines of export tradé developed, with growth the general law in all lines, and with genuine hope and confidence on the part of manufac turers, farmers, and miners. The fact that im ports are again increasing shows greater par chasing power ulso among the people. The country may congratulate itself on the happy results of the commercial year. The War.— Tho Russians have crossed the Danube in Considerable force well down to ward its mouth, and have so far met with but slight opposition at that point. They have al • opened a furious bombardment on tho town of Uutstchuk near the center of tlieir lines,and effort to silence the Turkish are making batteries at that poist. On Sunday the Ruasiau batteries at Guirgeva and Slobosla opened fire on ltusthuk and one of the hottest artillery fights of the war ensued. Tho Russians showered shot and FheU into the streets of the town at absolute random, not even discriminating between the hospitals mosques or consultâtes. The Turkish anthor, lttos of the town immediately called upon the consuls to testify to this gross violation hf all the usages of civilised warfare. The Turkish batteries in Ruststchuk replied to the bombardment vigorously. The Russian fire was so destructive that several of the towns people were killed. The bombardment lastod all of Sunday, and was again renewed on Mon day. The same scenes were enacted, nine of the townspeople being killed. Among the dead are several women and children. The bom bardment continues. In Armenia there has been a good deal of se vere fighting, but no very decided advantage gained by either side. PENINSULAR NEWS. A town hall is to be erected at Newtown. The steamer Tangier ran into the railroad wharf at Crisfleld and damaged it to the extent of $100. Crisfibld is without a temperance organiz ation, and the Leader thinks it needs one. The Division of Sons of Tcmperanee is to be re vived. Ellen Brewington, a colored woman of Sal isbury, was found dead in a race course, a few days ago, and it is inferred that she committed suicide. Steamboat Competition. — Competition In steamboating on the Choptank has reduced the fare to Balt* «ore to fifty cents and freights in acorrespofc vg degree. Some of tho oittzeftTof Satfsbury are fond of a good Joke at the expense of the town. The other day they took a walk before daylight and smashed thirteen street lamp,* just for fan. Wm. II. Stayton, of Clayton, the lad who re cently won the place in a compétitive exami nation at Wilmington, has been re-examined and admitted to the U. 8. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Hion.—Tho M. E. Church of Easton having contracted for alurge organ, eighteen feet high and costing $170, a change in the interior of the building is necessary to accommodate it. The front gallery will be removed and the ves tibule changed. Messrs. Lamdin ft Sons, of St. Michaels, launched from their ship yard on Thursday last, for Capt. Martin O. Camper, a vessel of 86 tons capacity, carpenter's measure, which is ■aid to have been the handsomest vessel ever bnllt in that town. Jacob Linderbrboxb, of Smyrna, has a four acre lot of corn which he says will beat any thing in the county. He claims that it will, under favorable circumstances, yield 30 bush els of shelled corn. This is progress in the right direction. Who will beat it? A young married man named Hilton, near Coatesville, has been held to answer at court the charge of committing an indecent assault on a young lady named Gibson. The affiiir oc curred on Thursday of last week, at Brandy, wine Station, on the Wilmington and Northern railroad. The young lady, it appears, bad been Indulging in a handkerchief flirtation, and the alleged insult was the consequence. A Bio Estate.— An estate in England worth $700,000 is looking for heirs among the Blakes, of America. The heirs have been advertised far, and if they are not discovered within a specified time, the property will escheat to the British government. Blakes of Indiana and Blakes of New England have tried to trace their genealogy to tho $700,000 Blake, but have failed, and it Is Blakes of Queen Anne's county, MU., are th* heirs. The Salisbury Advertiser says: "Mr. Riilge way Ellis, of this county, died last week. He was 59 years old, was a twin brother with Wil more Ellis, who died one week before. They were so much alike that intimate friends could not tell them apart. Whenever one wds sick the other was similarly affected, and though they lived several miles apart, and each had a family, cither could tell by his own feelings when the other was sick. About six months ago Wilmoro lost Ills appetite, and commenced declining in flesh. His brother commenced looking badly but kept going ing of the death of his brother, he said he felt tho jiangs oi doatb, and in a few days was laid in tho tomb." A Bad Boy.— George Butler, a lad of 18 years, living with William Thompson, near Prices Corner, m Blackbird Hundred, had a hearing before Esquire Budd, in this town, last Satur day, who committed him to Dover Jail for steal ing a horse und four cows. The case is an odd ono. It is this : On the 18th of May, John Mar tin, living near Slaughter's station, and Del. R. R., had Lost Friday this youth, Butler, rode into town on horseback on a horse answering the de scription of Mr. Martin's. He stopped at Fox well's, wheie he left his horse. He next pro' cccded to tho carriage factory here and tried to negotiate for a carriage,offering to trade cattle for a now, york wagon. A trade was finally agreed upon—a carriage and harness for four cows, provided tho cows suited Mr. Becket of tho carriage firm, when ho should see them. The youth promised to have the cows ready for delivery the next morning, Saturday. 8ure enough, by daybreak on Saturday morning the cattle were on hand. But fortunately, Just be fore Mr. Bocket completed the bargain he was apprised of tho crookedness in Butler's trans' aetlons. He (Butler) had stolen Mr. Martin's horse, and also the cattle to pay for the car rlage. After negotiating for the vehicle on Friday he went out that night and between Smyrna and Kenton stole three cows from Wm. J. B. Bowen, a farmer. But two of them got away. He then stole one from John Bowers, from Risdon Ringold, and one from II. P. Massey, near town. A reward of $25 had been offered for the horse and J. S. Taylor of this town, acting as detective, seized upon the animal. Ho also seized upon the cattle, and tho officers seized ;upon young Butler, who, when takon before the 'Squire, made & "clean breast" of the whole affair. He had had the horse a month, while the bills offering the re ward were posted all around him. He began to feel this emboldened him, and he went In on the cows without much plan or forethought, lie seems to be an unsophisticated thief. He is a son of Washington Butler, of Dover. He lived until recently in West Dover Hundred, near Mr. Martin's, und when ho moved over into Blackbird Hundred he felt the need of a team. In the most simple-hearted manner possible, he tried to get at $500 for the horse, and $109 each for the four cows, this he was unable to secure and was sent to Jail, as stated .—Smyrna Timet. believed tiiat the , but on hear the Md. horse stolen from him. oil that hi* rascality was a success,and by theft. His ball wasfixed MARRIAGES. HUDSON—MILLER.—At the M. E. Parsonage, Lincoln. Del., May 30, 1877, by Rev. I. N. Fore man, Mr. Houston Hudson to Miss Agnes M. Miller; both of Sussex county. MORRIS—WAPLES.—At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Susan B. Draper, on May 31st, by Rev. 1. N. Foreman, Mr. Robert R. Morris to Miss Mary E. Waplee; both of 8us -— county, Delaware. MAXWELL-MARVEL.—At the M. E. Parson age, Lincoln, Del., on June 7th, 1877, by Rev. 1. N. Foreman, Mr. John W. Maxwell to Miss Jinsey A. Marvel; both of Sussex county. DEATHS. JEWELL-Mrs. Mary V. Jewell, wife of Rev. Isaac Jewell, of Federalsborg, died on Sun day, June 9th, aged 25 years. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Simmons, of Cam bridge. al GET LUNCH AT HARRINGTON. THE Railroad Restaurant, AT HARRINGTON, Is open for the accommodation of the Public Hot one the Java Coffee, Nandwlcfeen, Oyster«, d Milk, and all the good things for lunch in the highest style of the cooking art. Choice Cigars after lunch. All at very moderate rates. 1-19 Ja G. L. BAIRD, Proprietor. Pie ANCHORED AT OAK HALL. 6 TH and market STILL TO BE HEADQUARTERS FOB u WANAMAKER & BROWN. t IN THE OLD PLACE AT THE OLD TRADE. All the best talent, experience and advantages we Can command, continued at OAK HALL, to produce tho BEST and CHEAPEST CLOTHING for man and boy. For sixteen years we have lived at tho old corner of SIXTH and MARKET, and the businesa done there has been eo satisfactory to tho publio and our*olve-- 2 K -Lwe bavs^CScided not to change or move the ClotnThg business away. The people like the place and wellkato please the people, and we bellev« that WO can do it Th« aal«« of the past year far surpassed anything we «ver dreamed of,and this puts it in our power to atari the Spring of 1877 with a STILL LOWER SCALE OF PRICES, and a class of goods soexcellent that we are not afraid to follow each sale with our warrantee, or receive hack the goods unworn and hand over to the customer the money paid. The store has been largely refitted, and there never vva« euch a splendid etookof Men's,Boys' and Children's Clothing under the rqof, nor were we ever able to sell so cheaply. Our word for It, and wo are your friends of sixteen years. WmMkKER t BROWN, OAK HALL, THE OLD PLACE, 6 th A Market. PHILADELPHIA JohnWanamakers For the Distribution, at uniformly low prices, of Reliable Dry Goods, Ready Made Suits, for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children ; Hats, Boots and Shoes, and Ladies'_ and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods of every kind. I Goods sent all over the U, S. by Mail, and samples sent when requested. GKRAND DEPOT, 13th St., Phila. m BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS CALLS FOR Harrison Bros. L Go's r4tixed Paints % n W WE HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO LAY IN A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF Paints and Painters' Materials, AS FOLLOWS: • MMM lillli M «SO» FINE TUBE COLORS, IDTtlZr COLORS, COLORS GROUND IN JAPAN j j*mt |f«öi8j, I wl |air | !, ijrtittf fools, LEAD AND ZINC IN OIL, Putty, Sand Paper, ï Oils, Varnishes, &c., ALL OF WHICH WE WILL SELL AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Also for Sale by our Agent, Dr. N. PRATT, MILFORD, DEL. OSÉT^eiul for Circular. SÈBBLsËM» Q WIGLBY & €®, •9> Importers and Dealers in Iron, Steel, & Coach. Hard ware, Paints, Oils, &c •9 Cor. 3d and French Sts ■J wiLiLÆiisra-Toisr, del.