Daily Republican., 1880-01-30
ouR DELAWARE CnY LETTER.

Ana Battery.
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
DELAWARE Cry, Del, Jan. 25, 80.
In refutation of the remarks of You
correspondent "Snap," and in justif
cation Of my allegations, | need onl.
point to the fact, that large numbe
Of persons are moving away, who sa.
that on account Of this want Of enter
prise here, and the general stag,atiop
they ind 1t impossible to earn liviuI
for their families. There is no build
ing going OIL here, no manufacturing
only to a very limited extent.
Were not obstacles thrown in the az
of Strangers settling here, at the time |
became known that q railroad was to b,
built, when land association wal
formed, who bought up all the avail
able land, and then demanded for II
three times Its valuel Wers not obsta
clss thrown in the way when it was
proposed to build dry dock here, and
the parties wers deferred from SO doing
because of the fabulous price demanded
for the land? Were not obstacles thrown
in the way, when the Taskers proposed
locating here, and abandoned the pro.
iect for the same capse' II "Snsp" will
examine the price list published in
your paper every Wednesday, lie will
SEQ that am correct in stating that
prices rule higher here than il your
city. A higher price for all the ne
cessaries of lifs is demanded here than
you can purcha ase the same articles for
in Wilmington or Philadelphia. Had
"Snap" signed bis article "store keep
er," others beside myself would have
known who he waa. S0lid men of the
town agree with rae in saying that Della
ware City is fast falling into decline.
Even the little town Of st. Georges, a
few miles distant, Is far ahead Of us in
prosperity and enterprise. Had all the
land needed been given to the Taskers
and the projectors OF the dry dock, 1t
would have given an impetus to the
town that would have surprised our
old fogiss. The Taskers and the dry
dock men were surely not men OF straw.
"Snap" can see no good in anything
that does no. put dollars in his pock-
cts, and cares nothing for the rising
generation.
During the past week the extermina-
tion of dogs has been finely progressing.
Very many have been put out of the
way of doing harm by the free use Of
poison. Some Of the dogs were valua-
be ones. Among the number was one
belonging to Major Bigger, for which he
would not have taken one hundred dol
lars, but he informs me that heis more
glad than otherwise that the dog is gone;
whilst others vhoSe dogs have been
POISONED express the mostsupreme con-
tempt for the executiOners. Anxiety
and alarm was depicted on every coun-
tenance; p, ople seemed to be afraid to
walk the streets, and their fears were
only dissipated when it was known
that certain dogs which had been bit
ten by the fox hound ceased to breathe.
Again, it was not positively known
how many dogs had been bitten, so ma
ny were becoming rabid, and the per-
sons who did the poisoning rightly
thought they were conferring real
benefit on our citizens by putting them
out of the way of doing harm. On
Tuesday evening last a town meeting
was h9id, at which supplement to the
eleventh ordinance was adopted. As
foreshadowed in my letter last week,
this supplement is very stringent. 1t
provides that no dog shall be allowed
to run al large, either with or
without a muzzle, until the first
day of June; dogs accompanying their
owners must hs both muzzled and led
by a chain. Every one evadipg this or
dinancs will be fined ten dollars for
each and every offence. The town
commissioners were instructed to see
that the ordinance is rigidly enforced.
Major Bigger, as the executive officer OF
the town, has given notice by posters,
Of the passage Of the supplement, and
he informs me that he will shield no
one high and low, rich and poor alike,
must and shall obey the ordinance, or
he will fine any one offending every
twenty four hours. The meeting to
which | refer above, was tolerably Or
derby one, with the exception of two or
three individuals who became indig.
nant; they imagined | suppose, their
rights were trampled upon. One of the
trio said that all dogs should be exter-
whilst another intlmated that
he would take his dog up in the garret
or on the street, and he would like to
know who would prevent him. Well,
no one desires to prevent this gentle
man from taking his dog up in the gar.
ret, or even in bed with him, If he feels
inclined to do so, but ii he takes him
on the street it would be prudent for
him to comply with the ordinance, m
less he has more ten dollar bills than
he knows what. to do with. Another
gentleman told Mr.. Bigger he would
pay no attention to the ordinance, " hen
he was informed by His Honor, that if
he did not he would be compelled to
pay ten dollars every twenty. four
hours. This quieted the would be law
breaker. At.present there is not dog
10 be seen onsthe streets.
have always been under the i'm
preston that it was the duty of Justices
1f the Peace to see to it that the laws
we're vindicated. This is not the case
however, in this locality. 1t makes all |
he difference in the world who it is
hat applies to have their wrongs re-
dressed. A colored woman went to
esquire KIRBY on Saturday to have a
warrant issued for the arrest of her
husband, who had beaten her in a
shameful manner, when the Squire re-