Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-19

Lovely, tender woman does not like to
have her property stolen. A decently
dressed man protesting to be hunting
work WAS walking along the Fort Wayne
road near Pttsburg ON Monday and
reached out and picked bunch of grapes
from vine overhanging the fence of
Mrs. Rhoder. Mrs. r. at once set fierce
dog on the man who ran into the river to
escape the brute. Mrs r then got
gang of railway laborers near by to take
up the matter where the dog had left off
and they accordingly stoned tie
man in the water till he tried to
swim across the river aud
as he found he was failing and came back
to where he could touch bottom they
stoned him again and finally drove him
out from shore second time, when he
drowned. The dispatch announcing this
brutal deed contains suggestion that the
men who perpetrated the murder may
possibly be arrested while the lovely Mrs.
Rhoder will doubtless be sufficiently pun
ished by being deprived of these s'apch
friends who promptly commit murder to
The Democratic County Convention at
New CASTLE, with almost unanimit,,
refused to change the party rules so as to
a,,fbnrg, fha nnnnipatInn nf Shp1IH
Coroner and members of the Legislature
and Levy Court by county convention.
Despite the unanimity we think the
decision wrong, so far as it relates to
members of the Legislature and Levy
Court 1t was, however, great mistake
to connect the ..sheriffalty and coroners
nomination with these. Another thing
which properly stood in the way of sue
cess of the project was the indispositit n
to allow Wilmington a just representation
in the proposed conventions. The gross
evil of our present system of represents
the last census makes the injustice sc
/ plain that the lower counties will be very
unwise if they do not themselves take the
initiative at the coming session of the
Legislature in 10 amending the constitu
ton as 10 establish something nearel
justice than we now have.
The Higgins wing of the Republican
party does not appear to have made
final choice as to their candidate for tn
Republican nomination for Congress, ant
the names of George W. Bush, ESD, an,
Washington Jones, Esq, are talked of q
among possible candidates We know n
better way of avoiding personal attacks O
character, as they are called, III politics
campaign than the nomination of me
like these, against whom it would be i'll
possible to say anything except in oppos
ton to their political principles. II tn
Republican National Convention ha
chosen candidate of as pure personi
character as these gentlemen there woul
have been none Of that sort Of revelatio
which is denounced by MIR Garfield
supporters as personal abuse. Copvel
tions ought to be compelled to consid'
the character Of candidate, and whit
they choose to ignore it it is childish
complain because their opponents refu
to shut their eyes 10 its fleets.
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5 The Tammany State Committee, tirs
of waiting fog an answer from the $
E called Regular pemgcratic Comm
/, tee ar to its intentions ccncernil
t call for State Convention, l.
/, determined to go ahead and has ISSUED
9 call for State Convention
q the Democratic party of New fo
n to meet in Albany on September S.h,
a nominate candidate f3r the Chief judy
a ship of the Court o. Appeals. The Reg
e lar State Committee, so-called, aud t
y Republican State Comnsittee, have en-
e been discussing the propriety of nHKi
: the respective nominations themsely
h without holding conventions. since tins
} is but one officer to nominate. Ia
10 many's action will force the other Den
n cratic committee to abandon that id,
unless it adopts the candidate to be mol
st nated at ..lhany.