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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

We sae no reason why, under strictly
secular management, Rehoboth cannot be
made n favorlte summer resort, except for
the fact that the railway facilities for
reaching it are by no means the best If |
the Delaware Railroad Company ever
controls direct route 10 the place, and |
has q sGfficitncy OF traffic to make it worth |
while to stone ballast the road, the chief |
difficulty in the way of Rehobuths growth |
will pass away. The stone-ballasting
is jus. rs important as anything else,
fer the horror of travel through this
Peninsula, now, is the dust. 1t does not
matter 30 much going down TO the sea, for
it merely gives sort of appetite for the
bath which awaits the traveller, but, after
enjoying the breezss there, to start home
clean and refreshed and then get back
with layer of dust au inch thick on one,
is vol nigh iutolerable and leaves an i'm
preston which disinclines one to make the
journey another year.
Another obstacle to the growth of Re-
hoboth is its reputation for being infested
with mosquitoes We have no doubt that
this is exaggerated somewhat, ard that it is
not much worse than other places are at
times, while all who have ever visited it
admit that during the greater part of the
time it il free from those pests. Mr..
Charles Warner, ia speaking recently to a
representative of EVERY EVENING sug-
gested that the noFquitoes would gradually
disappear as the place became built up.
We have no doubt that there is u good
deal of truth in this, and that IL the
town were extended toward Rehoboth bay
80 rs to destroy that mosquito nest in the
long grass between the Douglass House
and the bay, the number of the insects
would be greatly diminished. tits true tina,
that part of the beach known as Rehoboth
City, is not under the same control as the
part known al Ruhobotb Beach, but there
ought tc be no reason why this should
remain so.
Il seems to us that what is needed dowr
there is the removal of all authority from
chartered companies to exercise polic'
powers and the organization of a simpl
municipal government for the who'll
beach in which oil owners of property
/ there should be voters and with authorit,
i to lay out streets and adopt
! regular plan for city. One excel
lent effect of this would be tn
. prompt breaking of the blighting contro
! over the best portion of the beach exer
/ cissd by lot of poor spectators, unabl
to improve and unwilling to sell.
i assessments for laying out and maxim
5 decent roads were laid upon their prop
= erty, they would have to sell some of it /
+ enable them to hold the rest ; and. we
e not doubt that, in the long run, tn
: remainder would be vastly more valu
&c able than the whole now is. This
n matter of great public Interest
T, for the establishment of great summe
resort within the limits of this Sta!
would afford an excellent market for man
3, Of the numerous luxuries it produces, an
g be of real benefit. Sussex county itse
1t could well afford To do something towar
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
WISHINGTON MON
The Work at completion lfegun at
I.ast-Ee be the Highest structure
i'm The World.


The Washington national monument
Will now grow gradually skyward, day by
day, for several years, until il atiaill4 the
hight of $50 feet, All altitude greater ,hau
any pile on earth The new departure
was made Saturday. President Hayes as
already reported was present at the laying
of the first stone of the new course. which
WAS begun at the stone presented by the
city of Baltimore in 1880 that stone being
the topmcst on the j, I rior range below
the course now 10 be set
As hoon AZ Z bed of mortar was placed
on the spot where work was 10 be renewed
IA marble block vas tackled by the derrick,
aud, guided by the President aud MIRA.
Hayes, was swung into its place, the
President placing his hand upon il as
soon MS it WAS adjusted TO its position.
| The President, Col. Casey and others
deposited coins marked with pame aud
date under the stone. The dates of some
of them, said to have been shortened to =,
| 7, (for eighth mOnth, seventh day were
somewhat suggestive. The work will now
| go on, and so long az the season permits
| open-air work, will employ some two hun
dred operatives The new courses of
marble will, it is claimed, he made of
better stone than nus heretofore been used
in the monument, and that marble, under
the tests applied In 1850 by Prot, Henry
and Gen. Fotten, sustained II crushing
power OF $40 tons per square foot. Hhtre
are 50 memorial stones In the lapidarium
not yet used 40 memorial stones having
been already built into the structure facing
the interior shaft. OF these the Baltimore
stone is the last.
The So still unused will be used in their
fscinRs only AK ia" variety in couipo ition,
size &c, might it ID thought, prevent the
structure from being of the utmost pusHi.
BILE strength that engineering Gao mike it.
The design Is 10 carry The monument 5uL
feet in stone, $50 above its preseUt altitude,
aad cap the marble with pyramid OF
glass aud iron 80 feet 10 hight, thus max
ing the monument $50 feet IN hight. Ipt
original design was TO make the shaft GOT
feet in hight, nut $50 feet will Overtop al
other works Of man. Thn next highest
thing in the world will be The statua OF
William Penn, which ii il proposed to
place upon the tower of the new publit
buildings in Philadelphia, which vii
stand $50 feet above the pavement.
The next highest objects i" tn wor't
are the Egyptian pyramid, $50 feet
Strausburg Cathedral tow'r, 4GS feet
Landshut spire, in Germary, 4G5 feet
81. Peters Rome, i57 feet; y S'erhet's
in Germany, A feet, and s.. Pants, IL
London, 3G5 feet The Gro IN y ii 'urC
on the Capitol dome is on!S 80 feet
Bunker Hill munumert hu 22i Nd va
Washington MONUMENT, NJ Il ,Ain 81 NJ,
feet, 10 that the rational III IuuItt"t wi,
} be q little less than three iim.I tn. =lt.'u1
, of that i'll BALTIMORE. ihe ma, nu.ta
} was begun an tn III OF Juiy, iSlS, i. d
; it is expected, will ba Guipried on IA,
4th oe July, 1881 aud it is estimated thai
4 its total cost will be One million of unlhus
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
Nine Hundred Pilgrims Perish.

LONDON, August 11.-Reuter's telegram
from Alden reports that the steamer JED
Dan, from Singapore, foundered off Guar
DAM on the 9Th, with 953 pilgrims for
Jeddah. All on board persisted except the
captain, his wife, the chief engineer, chief
officer, an engineer and 16 natives, who
were picked up and brought to Alden by
the steamer Scindid.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
How Some Roses We're Cof,r ea.

New Haven Palladium.
A Hartford young man boarded horse
car the other day with bunch of roses,
One was white, one green, and one of u deli
flesh-colored tint. These flowers attracted
The attention of the passengers, both
ladies and gentlemen. One lady
remarked that sne had seen the buds Of
the green rose and another said she had
seen the rose itself, but had never
seen any so perfect and So
lovely as this one. The flesh -colored one
was also commented upon and praised
Finally the young man volunteered the
Information that all were white in the
morning, aud that the ooloring was done
by putting the stem Of one into green ink,
and the other into red ink. Although tho
leaves were beautifully colored, the
coloring would not rub off. 1t only
required ten minutes to change the color
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

DIR. Tanner and his pheno,nipal stomach
will now shortly make their exit from
the stage and no ono knows what will fol-
low. Meanwhile the Doctor has paid
about ~ high price Tor uoturietg AZ any
recent seeker after il,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

The feminine way in which the so-called
religious papers talk politics does about as
much to keep sober, sensible men away
from the churches as any other one thing.
Most manly men respect religion, but they
hate cant and gush.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

The August EctECTGC opens with Rusliin's
article taken from the Nineteenth C,htiuy.
Under the title Of Pair and Foul Fiction
lie eulogi1cs SCOTS novels rather nj the OK
pense of other noyeliste, especially Dickens,
and in giving the wherefore of the difference
between them, Ruskim brings in his pct,
beautiful perhaps, but not practical theories
of rural life, i'll opposition to that civilization
which makes large cities. lie traces the less
pure fiction almost entirely to the demand
which always causes Il supply, uade by people
city bred, who, without natures companion-
ship, change the monutuny of their lives by
reading fiction, startling, morbid, perhaps
foul One might ask the question whether
fiction should be limited to what is enrolling
and the best Of human nature, or extend
Ing itself wide over our humanity, bring in
''lhc poor and manned, and the halt, and the
blind
Another arcticlc. taken from the NiwtciM
Cmi,a.y, is the one of Professor Huxley "On
the Method of Zadig' "Suicidc," n rather
historical paper of what the writer says i'll
"ciyilized countries may be called an newt
hllt llltlS, gives llh interesting hlhtlfllcb re-
garding that discasr, relatively to climate,
country and season of the year; even to the
weather. From IN historical point, Suicide in
| its present increase and means of execution, is
compared with modern and ancient times
changing and drowning arc still as they
| always were, the chief keys to voluntary
DEATH" but gunpowder has displaced the
sword and, to great extent, poison.
sT.oyers of sport will take special interest al
this season in reading Of Fishing and Fish
ing Literature an article taken fron Blaek-
,rood'S Magazine.
- Princess of the Seventeenth Century" is
sketch of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess Of
Orleans, and mother of the celebrated regent
1t takes us pleasantly into the court OF
Louis NV giving an interesting view Of that
gay aud dissoute period.
Chairman Blennerhassett is woman OF
real life, and could not bnt hold the attention
of any reader; but will particularly Interest
Americans, and those familiar with the beau
tiful scenery Of the Ohio. ....
Special mention may be made of othcl
papers in this number like Some Thought
on Shelley" taken from MdcMiLidns Maya
zjar; " Geology and History" from Frdze,'S
"Thc Pinch of Wealth. from The Spectator
Fiction is represented by Blacks story
"Whtc Wings"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
Adding up the Census.

TUIlI lIlu NHItH2U IIIlltA,
Such progress has been made IN the re-.
turns OF the census enumrrHtiOn az Ia
authorize of some states estimates which
will be found close approximations of fact,
and to give complete and revised foctu.s
10 others The Times has followed the
figures to day, and presents them below.
Those in round numbers are estimates.
Those carried out precisely are official
fuuraG.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

laying out and making better roads at
Rehoboth, as it will be benefited more by
the growth of the place than any other
part of the State.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

A man who belonged TO village rifle
team, was recently out on the plains of
Wyoming Territory looking for game
Finally the party sighted an elk at 500
yards and prepared to shoot him. He
was a noble buck. The member of the
rifle team put blanket down among the
sage brush and artisticaly placed himself
upon his back, with his left arm, like
figure 2, supporting his neck, and his
right arm like figure Z, supporting the
aft end of the rifle. The measure of the
wind was taken, and the sights were scien-
titically adjusted, while the expert made
figure with his legs and rested the
rifles bow Rstween tho toes of his shoes.
The measure of his forefnger was now
taken by patent machine, and the trigger
was filed off slightely on the near side in
order to be adjusted to the weight of the
finger. Two men were then sent out to
put flags on each side of the elk to show
the bounds outside which the rifle teamster
was not to fire; but the elk thought he
waited long enough and ran away.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

Thus far General Hancock has refused
all invitations to attend fairs and other
largo public gatherings We hope he will
stick 10 1t. 1t is not, decoroos for q Presi-
Dental candidate to put himself on exhibit
ton.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
The Alleged Benders Discharged

oswEGo, KANSAS, August 1.-THE
supposed Blenders were given hearing
here yesterday and were discharged,
several parties to whom the real Blenders
were well-knOwn declaring that the old
man and woman under arrest were
impo6tors.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

The STANDARD Series" OF publications Of
Mcssrs. /. X. Funk Il Co., New York, are a
marvel of chcapness, considering the excel
lellce of their typographical execution. They
consist Of the best productions of famous
English and French writer's and are printed
in pamphlet form on good paper, with clear
type, and are sold at remarkably low prices.
The last publication, for instance, Lamar
tines loan Of Arc, is sold at ten cents per
copy,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

The dedication of the handsome new
hall approaching completion there, is the
coming event of absorbing interest to the
people of New Castle.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

In 1860 the population of the states was
3l,21S, OIL in 1870, 3s, los, sos. 1t is not
doubted that the present enumeration will
show at least 48, 600, 600.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
More Hancock Letters Called For.

chicago Times,
Mrs. Hancock must submit the Generals
love letters for publication. They are sus-
pected of containing REASONABLE utterances,
or at any rate of having been written by
Jere Black
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

At the close of sermon the minister
became impressive. Raising his voice he
said; Judgment Judgment" and a
small boy in the vestibule shouted: "Out
on Orst!" .".
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

In Vermont good whisky ia called
Poland water.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

We congratulate Mr. Frank Thomas on
the promptpes7 with which he can bring
pistol into action and the excellence of
his ann. lie did the community a good
service last night in promptly shooting
the burglar he found prowling about in
his brothers house, and few more such
shots will add greatly to the comfort of
those who have left tho city and shut up
their honses. Tho wounded rascal is not
likely to die from his wounds, which will
cause some regret, but as our laws for
Furnishing burglary are quite severe he
will no; get off so easily after all.
We announce with real pain the death
of General Daniel Woodall. The latter
years of his life had been hopelessly
clouded by an act into which he must
have been led by extraordinary tempta,
ton, for up to that time his career had beer
a highly honorable one. He was brave
soldier faithful public officer and az
honorable man, and none who knew hin
before the sad event which blasted his lif,
and sent him to an early grave, will fail t.
feel the profoundsst sympathy for his sac
fate.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

New YORK, August ll.-Dr. Tanner is
in good health and spirits to day. His
breakfast this morning consisted of IS
stewed oysters, three crackers and eight
ounces of milk. He ate piece of water
melon nj intervals, and for dinner took IL
atewpd oysterS ...
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

The defense goes on terrifying this
denig! with other statements and argu-
ments and trying to prove that the Credit
Mobilier itself was Legitimate and
necessary agency in the construction of
the road. It declares Tat there was moth
ing wroag in tho sales of the stock TO a
few Congressman but that when the suit
brought by Colonel NcCuiEb revealed the
fact Of their ownership most Of tuem be
| came alarmed. Some returned their
I" stock and got back their money with in
"terest some declined it, d.d some Gtttr-
,7d,ds deaied Hdt Uty hat eoer d9reed %
"tgbe il " Then came the newspaper re-
veations Of the scandal when, say MIR.
| Ames' sons;
| \ political Bill Run cnsucd. unlor tho
| influence If It panic bray" mcn hcclm,
| towards. truthful mrn prCvaricntrd. honest
| men acted like convicted piCkporkct+, while
the Incanc#t men in Congress assumed airs 81
phun-al'ul superiority. Int ib'r, 'r0S DH'
man W rDuUftsS Wbu ruph irtlrr y, mn
J,,grricqt, NOR coHndi. Ouko- Ames
man Of few words, sturdy and stiaightfor
ward. upright and downright, conscious o
| his own rrcttUdu, anda- ignorant ul the way
of wr6ng-duur- as child testified to certain
| agreements made with him by ruugrussmCl
tive years before to buy interests III thu con
| -tructiui stock and verified them by reference
to his memorandum book. lie suddenly fuun,
himself denonncodby friend and foe. "Crcdi
MObilirr' was made u mysterious bugbcar, AM
remains to this day i'll the public mini
q syuOnyme for political corruption. Il
March. 1913, in the closing hours q
the session, when adequate debate was I'M
possible. his vote Of condemnation was passed
Then tnsued upon the floor Of Congress
+ scene without parallel. Men who had jus
Joined in the vote of condemnation agans
MIR. Amcs gathered around him to ask Nj
I | pardon for having done 80. They said. " W
| know you are inn, cent. bnt we had to do i /
order to satisfy our constituents. And TIN
q it happened that man whose word was
a good as his bond. whose honesty and PROFIT
were proverbial a man by whose rare exec
i tive ability highway was made across IL
D | continent connecting the Atlantic and Pact
= oceans, providing market for the produr
of the millions Of acres that lie between, u
o destruction of which would be a national q
a lalnity- this man was made a.scape-goat f.
the manifold sins Of American political lii
and his name was unjustly furnished. II
time this stigma should be obliteratcd and
v monument erected in its stead.
g We print thus the gist Of this defens
e partly out of respect for the filial feelir
which impels 1t, but do not feel that
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12

committee, was unknown. The Legislature
will he almost solidly Democratic and all the
Judges and Chancellors. The Democratic
majority on the State ticket is $4,000.
The number of deaths in PHILADELPHIA for
the week ending August 7th was 302, as COM
pared with 3Io for the previous week, and
81 for the corresponding week of 1870 OF
the total number 13S were children under S
years of age. cholera iplantnm being the
cause OF death OF 81,
The streams III North Carolina. swollen by
the recent rainfall have carried away bridges
and considerably damaged the corn crop. The
lands adjoining Cape Fear river have been
submerged The people, however. are hone
inl' IN the prospects for al crops are better
than for 90 years.
Dr.. y. L. VruwbridSe, United states Consul
at Vera Cruz, reports the remarkable fact that
there is no ease of yellow fever. small pox or
other contagious disease in that city. His
report, which is dated July a3i notes further.
that Vera Cruz Is zone of the cleanest cities
i'll the world.
Since the city council Of Quebec ordered,
n Few nights since, that the street lamps
should not be lighted Mt night MS Il matter of
economy, fifty attempts at burglary have been
made. The citizens are Indignant, and the
| Council will hold u special meeting ON tho
subject.
| The Presbyterian General Assembly Com
mittee which had been in session at Long
Branch, N. j., for seven days on the work OF
rcconstruetng the forms and discipline of
| the church, concluded their labors TUESDAY
evening, but did not make the result public.
Brigadier General c. G. Augur, U. S. A.,
has been ordered to proceed to Newport
barracks, Ky, and resume command of the
Department of the South until the reasseni.
bling, in Washington, d. c., of the board of
officers, OF which lie is member.
General James b. Weaver, the Grcenbacl
candidate for President, has issued circular
appealing to the members of his party fol
contributions of one dollar and upwards Il
aid i'll defraying the expenses of the campaign
! from now until November"
General Sheridan has notified the War De
partment that Payne and five associates wLc
recently attempted to invade the Indian Ter
ritory, are being sent under guard, to For
Smith, Arkansas, there to be Turned over 1,
the United States Marshal.
The United States Treasury Department la,
Just transferred S5,000,0O0 in gold bulliol
from the New York Assay Office to the Phila
| delphia Mint for coinage into eagles and hal
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-15
Why He Didn't.

There was case in Justice alley yes
terday in which the lawyer for the plain
tiff had q sudden drop. It was mat
ter of trespass. and the defendants only
witness was an old man. He stated
that he rode along q certain highway
with defendant, held the horses while
defendant got down, but he saw no set
of trespass.
"You say you rode down to the Cor
ners with him !" queried the lawyer.
eyes,"
"When he came to plaintiff e farm he
got out, didn't he?"
Il think it was about there.
"And he entered field?"
II don't know"
You don't. Wasn't it broad day
light?"
Yes, SIR"
"Did you turn away your head so as
not to see him 2"
"No, SIR"
"Wss your face towards him?"
Yes, SIR"
"And yet you testify that You didn't
SEQ him enter the ieldp"
"No, I didn't see him."
"Did You want toe"
az did"
"Then why didn't you?"
Because am blind!'-Dstron Fres
Press.