Daily Republican., 1879-12-16
WILMINGTON, DEL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER l6, 1879
DIR DELAWARE CITY LETTER.

Ogg DELAWARE CITY LETTER.
The Welcome Rain - Exhibition
and Testival-Croques Delaware
Giiy Team stiil Ahead; The Fast
ana L0oso Gamc-Kad Dog Scare
subslding: Mr.. Aiexander's
Wound Nearly Heascd-Cnrist.
mas aad ths Ladies'.
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
DELAWARE CITY, Dec. IA.
Oh, the rain, the weleone--not
beautiful, like snow--rain, has been
falling in streams since some time
last night, and at the present writing,
6 p. m, it is coming down quite lively,
delrging all the low ground, and max
ing psdestrianism anything but agree.
able and yet 70 are content to suffer
this Inconvenience, knowing fall we'll
thatthe farmers in the neigh hborhood
stood sadly in need Of it TO replsnish
their wells, many Of which wesedrying
up entirely. lhs canal is fuller OF
water to-day. than have yet seen it,
showing that the rain fall has been
enormous. On Thursday last was in
New Castle, aud heard some farmers
from the neighborho0d Of Centrsville
and Hsmorton say that the rain of
that day was indeed a great blessing,
as very many of'the wells iu that local.
ity had completely dried up, owing to
tie long continued drouth, many of
them being compelled to 60 from farm
to farm, sometimes long distance, to
water their stock. Now, OF course they
are happy.
Ths colorad people connected with
St. Paul's NJ. Il. Church will have an
exhibition and festival on Thursday ey-
ening, January lat, 1880, the proceeds
to be devoted to the benefit of the
church. AS the object is laudable
one, DO doubt the oolored people will
turn out IN strong numbers. These
people generally go into these things
with hearty good will, and a night OF
good pleasure is in store for all those
who attend. Very frequently their
white brethren favor these entertain
ments with their presence, and enjoy
themselves quite as much as the colored
folks.
Oar croquet team here speak in the
highest terms of praise of the magnifi-
can. manner in which they were treated
by Wilmingtonians on the occasion of
their visit to your city on Thursday
last, to play the Philadelphia team. The
report Of the game, though in the ina in
correct, did not 60 far enough.
The Delaware Citv team won four
game, out Of five, instead Of three.out
Of four. The fifth game was played, |
am informed, after your reporter left
the room, hence the mistake. Our
Delaware City team only play for the
amusement and excitement attendant
upon the game. In this respect they
are very unlike the Lsmon Hill team,
who play only for the money that can
bs got out OF it. Our team still feel
very sore over the shabby manner in
which they were treated by the latter
team, and will not be satisfied until
they have another tilt with these self
styled champions of the United States.
Had our team been playing for money
nothing would have kept them out OF
taking the stakes, as there were three
games to play 70 decide the contest,
when the Lemon Hill team refused to
play, seeing as matter of course they
would lose the championship and thus
their occupation be gone.
Nothing but business engagements
prevents our team from prsclaiming
themselves champion of the United
States, which they are justly entitled
to. The effort to arrange gans be
tween our team and the Darlington
team will most positively fail. Mr.. Will
mer Atkinson informed our team that
there was nothing scientific in the game
played by the Darlington team, it was
a new way of playing, aud played by
no other team but themselves. It is
what is called the fast game, by plac-
ing Que foot on the ball before 1t is
struck by the mallet, generally played
by women. If the Darlington team will
consent to play in the usual way, the
loose game, our team will meet them at
almost any time named.
As yet no bad effects have resulted to
Mr.. Alexander from the bite Of that rab-
ID dog and the wound is getting along
splendidly, having nearly healed up.
Tho scare has nearly snbsided, and
all dogs and cattle which are known to
have been bitten are confined. A writer
in the Philadelphia Times in letter
to that paper, recently asserted that it
was feared here that the rabies would
break out among the dogs at Mr.. Won
Cullins' and Mr.. Higgins kennels.
The writer has drawn largely upon his
imagination, as have not heard in all
Delaware City one solitary individual
express or even hint at such thing as
being at all likely. To show how very
impossible it is for rabid dog or any
other, to enter the kennel of Mr.. Won
Culin, will, for the benefit Of those
give the dimension thereof
and the style in which it is built : His
largest kennel yard is 4S by So feet,
and the other 20 by 4S feet. enclosed
by tight board fence, ninO feet in
height. There are ten kennel build
ings, the largest of which is ten by six
teen feet, and nine feet high, ths roofs
If which pitch both ways.
Ths kennel of Mr.. higgins is some
What similar. If there is any one thing |
hat Mr.. VonCulin is more particular
about than another, it is that Of keep.
ug his dogs in the kennel, and allow
ng no strange dogs to enter. Thers is
10 kennsl in the United States that has .
better reputation for being rightly t
conducted than that of Mr.. G., and the t
.rtiole in the "Times" | have no doubt a
70 G narnad in q snirit of iaalOusY with .