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Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
NIore Pressinrthan S,ckness.

AS Woodward avenue car was going
north the other evening a young lady and
an old gentleman as sole passengers, she
exhibited symptoms of impatience at the
slow progress made. The car had to halt
for team on the track, and she would have
got off but for the gentleman, who said;
"It's for only half minute-don't beim-
patient
Then the car waited two minutes on a
switch, and she put her head ont of the
window. walked up and down, and was on
the platform when he said:
'There comes the other car. You seem
so impatient that 1 am led to believe that
some Of your family are sick. Is it sop
"Fhey are all unusually well, 'she replied,
as she took her seat again.
One block more and the car left the track.
She waited half minute to see if it could
be hauled on sgain, right away, andRthen
she started to go.
'iIt will be all right in minute, protest
ed the old gentleman.
Cant see it, she curtly replied.
"Then you will go?"
~ will
''And it amt sickness?"
'See here" she said, standing on the low
er step,''if you are dying TO know the cause
of my hurry will tell you. My fellow is
to be at the house at s. 80, and I'm not GO
ing to run the risk Of losing good offer
for all the old men and all the street-cars
in Detroit There does that make you
feel any better"
He pondered over it as the car slowed
around and bounced and bobbed, and he
concluded that she was perfectly correct,
though little impudent. Free
Press.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05

LIE o4hAhlbh fhANCEs -CBNIENNlhG Nlbl-
TORS AT CAPE MAy-BLuE FISH ABOUT.
Correspondence Of the CoDtnle, ctal.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Oct 4.-The splendid
river steamer Frances passed the Atlantic
House, here, at noon yesterday, IN gallant
swift style, with over one hundred people
clustered on her forward and upper decks,
and proceeded in the Capes toward Phila-
delphia, whence coming and whittier going
unknown to us. She WAS built several
years ago in Wilmington, by the Harlan e.
Hollngsworth Co., for Ohas. Morgan, Esq,
of New York, under supervision Of Capt
Jas. Lawless. and formerly piled between
Mobile and New Orleans, but more recent
ly from Crisfield to Norfolk Va.
Cape Island is quite dull, except every
noon train brings large numbers Of West
ern State Centennial visitors to view the
grand and noble ocean, for the first and
only time in the life CT many of them. We
dine over twenty every day of them, and a
few remain to stroll the shore, and gather
shells and hunt for Cape May diamonds.
Our Cape May residents have been out
on the sea with their boats and nets every
day, lately, looking for swapping msckerel,
(blUe fish, and yesterday they came along
in great schools, and Captain George Hill
dreth and his crew surrounded q large body
of them with his immense gill net, but the
| fish were so small they passed right through
| the meshes and escaped. They weighed
but one or two pounds apiece, and the net
is designed for large seven to ten pound
| fish. We may expect to catch numbers, to-
day. Passing vessels report to us plenty
east of Egg Harbor Inlet for several days
past but none this side. They are easily
seen on the seas surface.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
ON a Low Diet.

Fiddler Neary, of Pennsville prize fight
fame, now confined in our Jail, has had his
bill of fare changed. Weeden had paper
sent to him the other day; after he had read
it he told one of the watchmen to "give it
to Spring Dick or Nesry, he didn't care
which" The watchman, of course, could
not give it to both, and so gave it to Spring
Dick. This so licensed Fiddler that he
threw pipe at the watchman's head, for
which offence his bill OF fare has been
changed to bread and water for week.
This is rather rough for Neary for he is, by
the wav, an elormous feeder. -Sdlenl
Standard, 4h.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Living Within our Income.

Mr.. Tllden and his party assert that the
Government is not living within its income.
The monthly debt statement proves that
Mr.. Tilden and his party assert what is not
true. The Government has saved from its
income, and applied to the payment OF its
debts, So, 1915, 1865. 35 within the past month,
SO, 119, 1863 92 within the month of August,
and 81, 1873, ,033 SO within the month of July,
making $7,172, 1920 during the first quar-
ter of the fiscal year, which is at the rate
of 1913, ,691, ,O76.80 yearly. 1t saves some
thing from its income every year, however
much hard times cause the income to de
cline, and since March l, 1869, period of
ninety-one months, it has saved something
in every month except eight. The amounts
actually saved and applied to payment Of
debt each year since that date have been
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
The Dlsfranchisememt system.

The Smyrna Times says it is estimated
that at least $50 persons, nne.tenths of
whom have voted the Republican ticket,
are dsfrancbised for this hundred alone,
and 1.-THE loss of their taxes has to be [made
upl by those who do pay tax. Over 1900
persons are disfranchised in this ,county by
this partisan manipulatioa, we are assured
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Resumptlon in 1879.

At the Bankers Convention in Philadel-
phia yesterday, Hon. Hugh McCulloch, ex-
Secretary of the Treasury. delivered an ad-
Dress in which he reviewed the natioral
bank system, thought the country would be
ready for resumption in 1879, and coneih-
cred that such an event would bring pros
peritv TO the nation,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Total 81 months,....".....s .s4as, ,l96, ,6s4.O2

To the extent of more than four millions
month, land more than fifty millions a
year, the Democratic charge is proved to be
false by the official statements Of the public
debt. For some months the amount saved
each month has been applied, not to the
payment of interest bearing debt, bur to the
payment of debt bearing no interest and
used as currency, or on which interest has
ceased, and this fact proves the falsity Of
another Democratic charge, that nothing is
being done to prepare for specie payments.
Mem York 11.ibu1ae.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Hoar Against IsntIer.

At meeting of prominent citizens OF the
Seventh District of Massachusetts, yester-
day, Judge E. r. Hoar was nominated as an
independent candidate for representative in
Congress, against General B. F. Butler.
Judge Hoar accepts the nomination.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Yesterdav,s Centennial,

The number of visitors to the main ex-
hibition at Philadelphia yesterday was ST.
571. The total receipts since the opening
to October l. were Main Exhibition, $2,-
1870, 400. SO; to the Live Stock Exhibition,
S1S 768. .65.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Maryland Politics.

JUDGE SPENCE FOR CONGRESS IN THE FIRST
DISTRICT.
SALISBURY, October 4.-Judge Thomas A.
Spence, Of Dorchester, was nominated for
Congress by acclamation by the Republican
Convention held in Salisbury to. day.
Judge Spence was the Republican candi
date in this district in 1872, and made On ex-
cellent run, failing of election by only 638
votes. He is now Solicitor OF the Post Offics
Department at Washington. He is man
of high character and decided ability.-ED.
COMMERCIAL
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
A STORE ENTERED AND RoBBED.-Las

A STORE ENTERED AND ROBBED. Last
night the grocery store of Cornelius Fipps,
at the South East corner of Eleventh and
Orange streets, was entered by wrenching
open the side doore ON Eleventh street and
robbed of cheese, meat, cakes and groceries,
amounting in all probably to $40 or s12
Mr.. Fipps has no clue to the robbers.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05

Mons. Colombier. merchant of Paris,
recently deceased, left $4,000 to lady for
having, 20 years ago, refused to marry
him. Owing to her refusal he was enabled,
he says, to live independently and happily
as bachelor.
-Bayard Taylor has undertaken to be the
New York correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Political Notes.

senator Bayard predicts a Republican de-
feat in October. He has been prophesying
the same thing ever since the attack on
Sumter. er.-Phildda. Press.
In 1868 the Democrats were fully as con.
fideLt of carrying Ohio for Vallandigham
as they are now for Tilden. But they didn't
do iu-not by one hundred thousand votes
It's rather singular that the times should
improve Just at the time when the Demo-
cratic orators are declaring that nothing
under the sun will improve them except
the election of s. Jones Tilden. 1t looks
like spitework on the part of trade.
The Public, an Independent and financial
journal, says of the explanations Of Tilden's
income tax delinquencies All this weari-
some maze of excuses leaves as much un-
answered and as ugly as ever, the one fatal
question. Did Mr.. Tilden acquire millions
between 1861 and 1871 on which he did not
pay tax.
In the Fifth Massachusetts district, the
Republicans nominated Gen. n. 2. Banks
for Congress, on Tuesday,
Major Il. d. Kellogg, whom the Demo.
Gratis Of the Seventh District of Iowa wanted
to nominate for Congress, has joined Gen
Tuttle. and will work and vote for Hayes
and Wheeler.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05

Reading railroad shares show some re.
covery from the recent severe depression.
A Boston tea firm have adopted the idea
of giving to every one who purchases any
thing at their establishment cup of fine
coffee with rich cream.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05

Color Of the first return for Hayes and
Wheeler-Colorado.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
The Georria. Farce

The State election in Georgia was helt
yesterday. The returns indicate light
vote and large Democratic majority. The
Republicans were entirely quiescent, anC
comparatively few colored men voted.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
QUOTATIONS AT THE RRANDYwINE MuIl.a PoR
FLouB AND eRAIN-ooRRHoTEp DAILY.

SUDDEN DEATH.-James II. Gross, aged
about 81 ysars, and moulder by occupa-
ton, died suddenly at o'clock last even
ing at the residence of his father, 81
French street. After supper he complained
Of feeling unwell, and followed by his
mother he went up stairs and sat down on
tie edge of his bed He then remarked
that he felt very badly, and lying down i'm
mediately expired.
A post mortem examination was made of
the body this morning, at the coroner's in
quest, by DIR. Jones. who decided that
aeath ensued through congestion Of the
brein, complicated with vavular disease
Of the heart. The coroner's jury rendered
s verdict in accordance with this decision.
Deceased was married man, and leaves
three children.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
Appeal to RepubIican voters.

To the Editor of the Commercial:
Inasmuch as there are so many creatures
in the disguise of men, influenced by DEM
ocratic leadership, sapping the very vitals
of the National Republic, it becomes the
bounden duty of every true Republican
of every race and color, to exert every pow
er to prevent such atrocious outrages in
this enlightened day and especially at
the coming Presidential election. If Re-
publican men of honor and influence are
going to remain at their homes, or places of
business, on days of elections, and allow
the Democrats to control the polls, as they
did ON the Sd inst, at the "little election,
we may justly expect defeat on every hand.
need hardly remind you that much de-
pends upon the decision of the November
election. Then, fellow-citizens, let every
true Republican be up and doing. Let
every such man vote his sentiments, and
see that his fellow. man does likewise. Let
every Ward Committee look after the weak
and ignorant of his focb and see that they
are qualified to vote, and instruct them in
the right Your humble writer heard a
Democratic collector boast of having voted
ian ignorant negro against mis- sentiments.
Now, where is the difference between that
and stealing? Still they-the Democrats
don't want the ''nigger votes "
STAUNCH REPUBLICAN.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
SECOND EDITION.
From Cape Way,

THE STEAMER "FRANCEs" CENTENNIAL vIsI-
TORS AT CAPE MAY-BLUg FISH ABOUT.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
The Temperature, TO-dr

W-For Terms. etc. see Second Page.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-05
FIRST EDITION.
4 democratic view.

WHY HON. L. W. THAYER REFUSES TO SUP
PORT TILDEN-soME PLAIN THOUGHTS
PLAINLY PUT.
, 1876-07-20

comrMct forehead, cyes full Of tha humor Of
fcrocity, and fnc, larXo body of great mus
C1.lnr development and fenRth in every 1tn,h.
he hhs moro Individuality than my Indian Of
tho country, and equal understanding With any.
Whoever fins seen He'd Clo,tt1 and spottc.l Tail,
with uheIr associates, has not fallea to rnnrk
their acntcnttn,ls speech, tho quick aIprehcn
sion antl 1cxihilfty of some parts OF their coun..
tcnauccs, tllcir apparent versatility a14l love Of
fun, ant yet their want Of stability and prtn-
ciplc. They have no humility nor las!ifuliess,
arc rapacous md yet sl,ifttcss, antl they belong
sowdics, fighting. each other md making com
mon carte agAinst the pollec and the Inv.
They arc hsnthcns even among Inlisns for for
they do not belicvc IN ono Grcnt Spirit. E'cy
arc poIYtheists, md hold TINT tho stronger guds,
cxterninntc the inferior. Tho chfcf god OF s1l
they represent as an OK; tho rnuskFat made t1as
earth, the worms pcoplcd It, and tlieac worms
grew up to be Sioux. When they find the bones
Of tic lnastolon, they think them the rcnatns Of
Onntays1cc, Of the oxgod. HeFoka, an anotlIer
Sioux god, Is . pnrAdux, who laughs whnn ~
grief, lies when truthfuly moved, and gocsnnkcl
III winter, and warmly clad II summer. This
character they dctluco from their own. They
arc daudics, conildcnce-1ncn, fattcrcrs, and
hatcrs Of property rights. II they. want
pony from man who has twot and cannot
beg or steal 1t, they stab one. They hare
language like tho Assni6olneB md Ofagce,
and a complex and flexible verb. The only or
ganfzatton they keep up is hunting rcEula-
tlDns as 10 tho division OF m animal run down
hy scvcrnt hunters. Land they value ouly to
roam over. They arc polygamists.
, 1876-07-20
GONE UNDER,
4 LAWYER srEouLATlNo ON 'cuAFuE.


Mr.. E. F. Runyan, for several years we'll
known rs lawyer Of This city, and later as IN
operator on tho Board Of Trade, has drawn
down upon himself tho denuncattons Of that
body BY ordering bis attorneys, Mcssrs. Avery
d Constock, 10 warn the depository Of ccr-
tnin margins Of his not 10 pay them over when
they were lost ou certain "lcns" Of his In
wheat. 1t appears, from oil accounts, that Mr..
Runynn, who has liecn a hart1-workinE lawyer,
hat!, up 70 the ttn,a Of the panic, accumulated
considerable land, nninly IL speculative Wost
hc received 4 severe blow, and this was aggra-
yatcd by the fact that lie lost fully $4,000
BY having too much f.!tt u such
81 Trade anta, being i stranger to the ways, he
"gueBsed wrong" few times, and, Instead OF
making. money, lost about 100000, At tho
time Of the recent sudden drop tn wheat, Mr..
RSo5 RSSo5emn m Fa f 51stpg a M TINT s Gd u hg e. , 'n
in fuct, refused 70 pay bis bets. Legally speak
Ing, he WINS right III what ho was doing, and had
1ecaeions Of the Supreme Court on lis side:
hut In point ot "commercAal honor "
the President Of the Board ordered tho money
paid over, after tho lawyers had forbade such
action, conpafeatcs matters, and will probably
take the cnsc into tho courts.
In connection with the Board Of Trade caso
son,c one has rakcd up against Mr.. Runyan tho
story that no sold to German, named BIttcn-
hausen, living In Bremen, Cook County tract
OF land for so, ,0o, and that lie sold the notes
and mortgage without fndorstng thereon certain
pnygmcnts, amounting TO 1880. This story
docs not, as yct, seem proven
Mr.. Runyan ID at present In Michigan, stop
ping With sister, and snid to be 40 Mnwcll "a
to be unable to return TO the city. Mr.. Il, has
been member OF the West Side Park Board
since It was created In 1919, and had opportuut-
ties for buying property which would bavo
mhlc him wealthy Ind It not boon for tic pn1IIc
Of lH73. lie was also for many ycars mclnhrr
Of the Hoard Of Education, md was once can
didate for Judge, but was bntlly defeated
, 1876-07-20
GAS.
THE EFroHr TO nErHHNC1.

M, ~, !, -.
trench by cutting oil onc-half tho number Of gas.
launs in the city secma In c,,t tIl.a two-c1ycd
swnrd, Thot ,,;crc ,n,,.t In snrno ro.l,c,son ~
s~ron',,,,.a ~. stas nss ~ ~ m.o..s ~ ~ "
present strnin has bccn plain to everybody, but
that Il should come In a war Of clopping of
nns.11cht waa nnfo1c,crn. ana. Ia draw Il m,,d,
thns. tnt,,n.,e,1 40 NJ. ,nttrn1n .a,IsraJ ,ri,t'
."'So .''etce'e" JUS Hot ent"e'S sa'1b"c" VII"
Mr.. Pfndirilfc, Of the Doaril OF Public Works,
saws he Ina received mn ofIlciol tnttuatIon vet.
Int n, anon n. he ,1oa. la viii n a. o,,,orcd
lrht n Int % cncai, G MI % the hmm, nv % ros IN IN u.c ,,,eS
l1, hal1 as nay pe designated hy the Council. He
1ecllncs 10 e1fftas Any pf1huh ABOUT u, though
, 1876-07-20

Id. st!llson Ia leader for the noon prayer
meeting to-day.
This evening grand promenade concert will
be given ut ClemcnA' South Park Pavilion, cor
ncr Thlrty.ninth street and Cottage Grove
avenue.
Garden City Section, Temperance Radicals,
has rented Union Hall, corner Clark and Mon
roc atrects, and will hold It's regular public On.
tcrtainment there this evening at O'Clock. A
good programme will bc offered FREQ,
, 1876-07-20
TIE C1TY-IIALL.

Watcr rents yesterday wero 81, a,009.
City licenses were issued yesterday bearing
tho signature Of Monroe Heath, Mayer.
There were forty-thrce saloon licenses issued
yestcrlny, and the receipts in the License De-
partmcnt were about &, TOO.
Mike Bailey mud his aids have been obliged to
give up their quarters to make room for tho
Law Department. They arc at present located
in tic Sidewalk inspectors room.
The report OF the Police Department ioings
for tue past three months will hn preeontcl to
the Council Monday night. Il shows that {, ,03l
arrests hare been nlatlc during tho pcrlol which
It covers.
but 800 WIS advanced on The popular loan
yestenlay The prospects Of speedy taking Of
tle Fl 600 900 art mot regarded as good, though
1t Ia expected Tint when tho warrants are made
receivable for taxes thu money will come In
fast enough.
Andre Matteson, ot the 71e.es, is building
house on tue South Side, but lie neglected to
tdl&e out permit from the Superintendent Of
BnthlfnEe. Tho permit would cost d few dol.
lars The casc wtll be attended to.
AS soon as the Law Department shall bctaka
Itself to new quarters In the northwest corner
u The C!ty-Hall, upstairs, the CITY Trcnaurcr'a
tlc rooms OF the present Law Department,
which are only separated from the Treasury BY
thin Partition.
The Committee on Schools met yesterday af-
ternoon and decided to recommend to tho
Coi1lcfl tint ex-afayor Colvtn's nomination OF
Messss. ]. G. Kctlbcrg, T. j. Dlutharlt, 1ugwcll
o!so!, j. l. OlEngcr, and 7. Wtlc0 to the Board
o. Edlucation be referred to Mayor Heath to sec
II they suited him.
senlcd proposals Will be received till July 20
IN the Office 0f the City Engineer for tue cor
etrncts0n Of 600 feet Of ppe-seTer on Ada street,
from Madison to Washington. The average cut
ts 70 be 10 feet. Bids will also be received for
similar sewer 0f tue same length on Ihroop
street; also, bids for 2-foot brick sewer Of tho
snine lcnstf,-GO fcet,-tho average cut to bc
10 feet fncl'ca, bids to be opcned July 90.
The Board OF Public Works opened bids ycs-
tcrtlay morning for tho fillinE, paving, md
grading tho Intersections Of West Polk, Bcdg-
wick, md Fulton streets. ]. B. Smith was tic
lowest bidder, but ha demands interest at nor
cent per annum on deferred payments. Since
the board wns instructed by tho Council to let
the contract and have tho contractor walt for
his money without interest It'll such time as the
city may bc able TO pay, II Is doubtful as to how
the award will be mutle.
Corporation Counael Anthony has prepared M
argument to by presented to tho Supreme Court
showing why the recent decision OF that august
tribunal on Bill 800 should hc rccnnsidercl.
The argument Is row In the hands Of the print
crs, aud will be given to the Supreme Court
either the last Of this week or tho first OF next.
Air. Anthony n more than ever confident that
the Court will consent 10 rchenr the case, and
Is emphatic In his reasons. He said Yesterday
that he had no doubt that the Court would
epneCut -.-8"
, 1876-07-20

TMoUDLE At Tlln NEwanoYs' HONE.
Tho older boys Of the NewsboyA' Homo have
been kicking up disturbances lately. II would
appear that nothing went To suit them, and they
damned tha wholo business, from tho breakfast
to tho beds and tho supper to the supcslntend-
enA II went so far, and the youngsters became
80 obnoxious, that the Superintendent, MI. J,
c. Huntington, concluded to weed out The trrcc-
oncilablu clement, and tone the dontxcns down
to 10 years OF age. The Board Waa consulted
about 1t, and concluded that 1t would be good
scheme, but the mutter lay along for few days.
Tuesday, morning paper came out with blast,
purportlug to crnnt,atu from sons OF the boys,
with tic preJullces Of civilization. Tuesday
night ouc OF tho lads sat down to write III
unswes, when the rest Of tho population
bcsought him with ooiurgat!ons to de-
.ist' Rnal{ In. Kim thy av,,a pitched int h!m
This settled things, and last night At supper tho
boys oyer lG wesG 1,otlled that tho sons of thcir
fathers haa not where to lay their heads.
Ihc excitement was prodlgt9us The bounced
an Indignation, 1nass-meettng aud appointed
committees: 0nc committee, consistlng OF
Mcssrs. William Bwa!l!eld (oounccd,, and Jamcs
Lynch, John Fitzgerald, and Frank Byrnc (con-
They unfoldcI sad tale t,ot altogether based
on fact), and demanded rcparation through tho
public prints. II appears frum their story that
several OF tbs boardcra have from time to tIIne
had their breakfasts disagreu with them, a,,l
Home, will hereafter be known theru no mora
forever, ana that IluInpy Bumpy aforesaid,
being not only lame In one leg, but also In tho
other, and broken In the back and generally one
thought turned out to die.
:, THIS was tho substance OF tho platform, and
the Committee went Oh 10 report, At 0o'clock