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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

Their ls more trrur!a in he Grc,uback
camp Alr. Dyer ii l.um aisistAL, SIC
rotary Of their National Commute, las
just writ a letter 10 Clnsreo nan
Mureh Of Maine, chairmlu OF the com
'uittee il Which he charges that the fvuts
for runrirg their campaign are furnished
by tho L publican National COMMITTEE in
accordance with bargain with General
Weaver, the Gresuback caudidate fgr
President, that he shall only use Lis
efforts where they may il lure the
Democratic party and refrain from
activity III states where an
increased Greenback vote is likely
to draw strength from the Republicans.
Mr. Lum says he knows whereof he
speaks, and declares that he has, himself,
visited Chairman Jewell at the invitation
of the latter and that Mr. Jewell admitted
contributing money to help Weaver, though
he declared ne had contributed less than
Mr.. Lum declared and suggested that
General Chester A, Arthur had probably
contributed the remainder.
Mr.. Lum denounces Mr.. Weaver as a
traitor TO their cause, and asks that Mr..
Much shall take some action in the matter
since, as chairman of the National com.
mittee, he is responsible for its acts,
despite the fact that OF late he has had
little to do with its management. Mr.
Lum himself withdraws from any furthe,
conneotion with the committee, which he
considers to be directed by MIR. Weaver in
fraudulent and trescherous manner.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

TWELTE WARS AFTER.
was the Bite ~ the Dog the cause
N the Di,ca,e

iirtrS l.. Mai unette, II grocer AT No.
ihl SusseS street. Jersey City, died Mon
day morn nr NJ the house Of ex-Post-
i'", or y heae, IL pf9at agony. 1t il said
y DE-. Abrrc4mDie and DR.. G0ulin, his
attending Physicians, that the young
mans death was csused by hydrophobia,
US havi ns shown ali the symptoms of that
disease.
The case 10 a very extraordinary one
The young man was bitten in the right
thumb l. ears ago by pet dog, which
was shot b y II police officer, who said that
1t was rahi d, The wound was thoroughly
cauterized by physician and the boy felt
no pam. His health Was unusually good
until We dnesday. Recently he became
engaged to Miss Annie Greene, the
daughtG OF Henry A. Greene formerly
the post master of Jersey City. No day
had bee II fixed for their marrage, bat 1t
was un derstood that it was 10 tuks place
soon.
He was u member of tie Fourth ReRl-
ment, New Jersey Natlo al Guard, a al
went to Philadelphia with the Remains Of
the Il .te Gen. rorb,Tt. Whom be return I'd
nom . ut night he complained OF pain III
his right arm aud side Thursday night
he became SO i'll thtt ne went to bvu +,
gre rapidly worse, and was taken with
cor vui5ions Sunday morning. He foamed
at the mouth in his spa-ms, aud became
vo ~ violent Miss Greene visited HIM
- nday, accompanied by her parents.
" lille they were at his bedside, young
Nlartinette became conscious ana quiet.
As soon rs they left the house the spasms
returned with Increased Violence
AT i.30 O'clock Monday morning, the
sick man arose aud dressed himself HIS
parents, who were aroused by his move.
ments, attempted to lead HIM back to his
he'd, but he broke from their grasp, and
ran down stairs and into the street. A
few moments later he was found lying
upconcious IN the area Of The house OF
Mr.. Greene. lie was picked up ana car
RED into the parlor and placed on sofa
lie was gasping in II spasmoulc manner
and foamug at the mouth.
ply stefan was summoned and no said
| air. Marlinette WAS suffering from hydro
| phoblH and could i've but few huurs
The patient rega,ned his s-n4es aud asked
MIR. Greene no, to let the phyalcisuh aud
hls parents seni him 10 st hospital The
! patient lived until y O'Clock, when ha
fuce and neck turned Llack and he died
| III o severe cuuvrlsinn,
The case Is TN, strsuyest ON record and
| thcfe Is considerable doubt amUut- ply.
1 7lcdus ao to whether the disease ~ to lie
attributed to the bite Ut the dog.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
THE ELECTION IN OONNFCy!C gy
The Republicans Win asut the
Democrats Claim IA S.nin over ,hc
Last Vote.

New HAVEN, Oct. 5-Of IA towns
heard from, - have h.eu carried by III
Republicans, 10 by me D-uoe,At4 np6 =
are evenly divided. thar- are bul low
changes from last year. Thp Democrats
clam gain in thr aggregate IIncat
issues pr, iommated IN -. st uf the town
aud the result has little poiiuctt sipmli
canoe. New Haven aid bridgeport held
no eleatinn In StrauGrd. William
Standard, Republican, was mrrsiad for
buying votes and held in II no bail on
six counts
The 1opaRt has returns from 1860
towns, all hut i've of those which heli
elections nn Mulda, IN" Gons itutinnul
am' ndment IL adopted by about > ono
majority. iIRh'y-nine town. are H. pun-
llcan. % DeHocrAt,c and 10 divides o.
the missing tuwls four " ere Republic ~
IN 1876 and ARE probably the same now
The result IN 1876 was 81 Dem ucratic u,
Republican and II divided The R.puh-
lican gain il ~ tuwos; Dem, crane loss. -
towns.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
EiSTERk SHORE ITEMS.

The Salisbury M. 4. church is being
Immnvti, repanted aud kslsomined.
Miss Nun4io H. White, of Salisbury, has
bs Ia "TpCUieG teacher in the State
Normal school ut Baltimore.
Au exchange says Good wives are
warl-'i IN th- Northwest" We add that
Il + good husbands AR wanted in North
East NUrth EdSt Rrp,'
The DIVER Brothrts Gown in POGO.
moke, have purchased q weanhpg colt.
broth'r 10 Luke Bhckb,uu, by Bonnie
Scotland, dam devu.it, by I4l xing.oii, from
,mpt James FrHrklln, of Gbllatin, Tenn.
Price $1,000. .-. =
A certain uiau Of our town was travelling
ia Hartford county, ana the other evening
It the post oflice, in speaking of the corn
rh:1ed there, said it was seventeen wards
high. THIS reminds us of some we once
raised, which was so high that a man on
horseback could not touch the top with
long poie-after we put it in the garrett
Rising sun J0urnal.
Religion has been 30 well received on
Deals Island, that only one unconverted
man remains, and they are seriously con-
steering The propriety of throwing him
into iuugler Sound. The Crisfield Lea,ie,
does not believe this warn, for it SAYS.
we had two or three Deals Islanders in
town, several days ago, and were quite
glad When they left.n
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
Wilmington, Thursday, Oct. Z, 1880
Secretary sherman's Reply 10 ssna-
tor sgayard.


Mr.. Sherman has made what is called a
reply to Mr. Bayaro's attack, i'll which by
the way, he makes nc menti9u OF my sort
whatever of his (Sherman y communislic
speech to which Mr. Bayaid called stten-
ton. He declares, however, that Mr..
Bayard refused 10 vote for the bill to
strengthen the public credit, by declaring
United States bonds payable In coin,
ana that he also refused to
yots for the Resumption act. The
latter fact Mr. Bsyard mentioned himself
in his speech, and gave there the reason
for it. He begged Mr. John Sherman,
then Chairman of the Finance Committee,
to allow him to make the act one provid-
lug for real resumption by adding the
words land destroy" after the word
redeem" in the clause directing The
Treasurer to redeem greenbacks, aud he
told Mr.. Sherman ne would
vote for the bill, despite
dissent from some of its details,
if he would only permit that vital amend
ment to be made. Mr.. Sherman refused,
and insisted on keeping the door open for
a double Interpretation, ami MIR. BAyard
refused to vote for the bill, but on the
other hand would not vote against it.
Ia relation to the bill to strengthen the
public credit, Mr.. Bsyard did vote against
it, and he would vote against it again,
doubtless, under like circumstances. He
denies the propriety or necessity for
declaratory legislation, considering the
Interpretation of laws once passed,
the business of the courts and it
was on that ground that he opposed
the bill declaring the bonds of the
United States payable in coin. He
insisted then, as he insisted through the
whole of the insane financial administration
of Boutwell, and Richardson, that the
demand notes OF the United States, already
due, should be paid OF instead of the
interest bearing bonds and he told Con-
gressmen that that WAS the way to meet
the problem the bill to strengthen the
public credit was intended to
solve. Make the greeuback equal
to gold, as could readily have been
done then, and no such question would
be raised, while Mr.. Bayard warned the
Senate that the course pursued would
sometime give occasion for the cry thai
the contract with the bOndholders had
been altered TO the advantage of the
latter, which cry We all remember was
raised and lent anger to the GreenbacR
movement MIR. Bayard opposed that bill
because il was wrong aud dangerous way
of getting at right result. He being one
of the men who did not get debts mixed
up with assets in his mind, never for &
moment imagined that bond could be
pIM by duebills but he insisted that the
latter should be paid first, and that sc
soon as people knew they would be paid
no one would care whether he received
them, or something they represented fol-
any bond he wanted to sell to the Govern
ment. John Sherman, on the other
hand, at that very time considered
greenbacks to be veritable money ant
opposed the payment Of the 5oad, Of ti
Government in cain. The impudent hum
bug. To think of his daring to accuse
any man of inconsistency or confusion o
thought on financial questions
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

thas
Special Correspondence OF state journal :E1ssp
ELRToS, Oct. j. The Democratic County
Convention yesterday was peaceful hal-
munious and brief, and in that particular
somewhat Old-fashiuncd There was Il slim
Attendance of delegates and only few
spectators summoned up interest enough to
witness the proceedings. The fact Il, the
affair was out of the usual routine and merely
formal. II was gratifying, however to uil
true Democrats to lind that factiunul
difference had to some extent been
forgotten and miIcd delegations sent
from certain districts. For once the old
reliable Third was not represented ON Sat
urday each side held on to allow the other To
run the primary and III consequence no dele
gates were chosen, us required by the call he
tween the hours Of and o'clock III the
evening half dozen patriots representing
both wings of the party came together and
made up Il delegation, but the proceeding was
regarded as irregular and. Az opposition was
found III the convention. the credentials were
not presented.
The old Congressional delegation consisting
of State Senator Miller, h. +. Chambers. Dr.
James A. Means and Dr. Ii. Il. Crothers. all
Of whom favor Albert Constable, ESD. were
selected without ripple of opposition. Mr.
Constable himself was present but took no
active part in the proceedings. State
Attorney trothers, his trusted lieutenant was
the solitary delegate from the eighth, but had
full powers to act for tine Whole delegation.
and whatever managing Was required was
done through linn.
Senator Miller, as Chairman Of the State
Central Committee, called the convention 10
order and School Commissioner Everest who
shakes hands with all his political brethren
without regard to faction. wa6 unanimously
elected to preside. Colonel Milton y. Kidd.
the efficient chief clerk OF the House of Dclc-
gates, than whom there is not n better
parliamentarian in Maryland, occupied the
secretary chair Tomorrow the Congress
sluual Convention meets in llayr, de GRACE.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

musical artiste-of course every one
on the nusic-hall stage is an artiste-con-
clndes letter to the current numbero
the Fra thus: II am, sir, respectfully
yours, Miss St George Hussey (nee Mrs.
Hsssey)" This is doubtless one of the
most extraordinary transformations on
record.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

are, after he iapss Of only few months
since the first telephone was put into
Successful operation called upon to con-
template al invention that surpasses the
telephone in the quality of the marvellous
quite as much rs that instrument
does the ordinary speaking tube.
A plain statement of the bald
possibilities OF tine Lew instrument,
without any explanation of the principle
of its construction and operation, would
probably be received with jeering incre-
dulity by nine-tenths of the people to
whom it might be addressed. What, for
instance, would those people who could not
bring themselves to believe in the realities
of the telephone until they were forced to
it by practical demonstration, say IL told
that were the planet Mars-over fifty
millions of miles distsnt-inhabited by
beings acquainted with our language it
might be possible with means now at hand
to converse with them in an ordinary tone
of voice, and without any Other medium
of communication than reflected beam
of light? No doubt they would regard
such statement as the acme of absurdity
and the person making it as
a fit subject for lunatic asylum. Yet
they would be as far wrong as were the
opponents of Calico, when they insisted
that it was impossible for the world to move
and foolishIy attempted 10 enforce their
opinions by casting the brave old philoso-
pher in a dungeon. For not only would |
this statement ne theoretically true, but |
what is more interesting and valuable in |
commercial sense 1t is practically possible, |
as has been experimentally proven, 10
establish verbal communis ation between
two points separated by distance of sew
eral miles without any artificial connection |
of visible or tanglbl1 character what
ever.
The instrument which has made possible |
this really marvellous achievement is called |
the 'photophone, " aud is the invention of
Professor A. Graham Bell 10 whu-- in
genuity and ;ireless Investigation in the
domains Of seolstc aud electric science
that led to the production of the tile
phone, The new Instrument is very
simple and d, y nd- Tor its operation apon
a peculiar quaii.y Of ssleuiuu rhls
substance, IN is weli-klown. is very ssa7i
live to light in Ylr.ou- ways and Pot ,5or
Bell has discovered trat this sen,luyentss
is very marked wu-n thr selenium il sub
jeeted 10 TIL action of au sle uric
current For instance, he found
that under u strong light seienium
is u moderately eooi conductor OF
electricity, whu1 in total daikucss
it is powerful RESISTANT. As the aaouu,
of light upon it is varied 80 varies the
conGuctiyity Of IL. leAium. Mr Il Il at
once conceived the idea of utilizing this
quality as Il means Of transmitting sound
by beam OF light. He Ii st ascertlined
that telephone placed in an electric
circuit, of which small selenium cell
forms a part, accurately records the
variations III the current produced thro gh
the changes in the amount of illumination
1 to which the seleuium is subjected, the
record consisting ii d series OF musical
sounds varying in pitch with the intensity
of the beam OF lignt Having established
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
DELA WARE DOTS 4ND D4sHEs

Mrs. Sadie Hofecker, mother of the
late Joseph Hoff cker of The Smvina
Times, died on SUI day morning after a
short Illness, aged rs years.
Benjamin Wallace, farmer near
Smyrna, was drowned in mill pond near
there last Friday. He tried to turn his
team on the mill dam, when horse, wagon
and man went overheard.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

This Government seems to get along
about as well without having any Presi.
dent or Cabinet in Washington. Neither
MIR. Hayes nor any of his Cabinet. ex-
eept Mr. Maynard, new conner in the
Administration, have been in Washington
for quite time.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

What blessed thing it is for a candi-
date, conscious that he might appear
reserved and proud" to an audience of
working-men, that he can seek the seclu-
sion which the bench does grant, when
candidate for Congress.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

The same class of reformers who clamor
for woman suffrage elsewhere, are trying
to upset it in Utah because it gives great
advantage in voting power to the Mormon
men, who have many wives, over the Cen
tile men who have but one each, at most.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
"uatci a. and Fake st.o

In the Louisville Ky } Congressional
district bitter contest has been gong on
between Mr., Willis, the preseuI incum-
bent md Judge Hohe,u rival. who greatly
embarrassed tho canvass, and could Luither
he driven OIL nor persuaded TO withdraw.
Neither Willis or IIoke liked the idea OF a
convention TO settle their respective
claims,as such proceeding you'd involve
considerable expense, and the acerbities
growing out of it might result in peril to
the fast friendship the rivals felt for one
another. Accordingly, after CON
ference, in which several other
expedients were tried and rejected,
Judge Hoke suggested to MIR. Willis that
the issue between them could be settled at
once. He put nickel down upon the
table, covered it with his hand, and said
to his rival; ut is either heads or tails.
Match my nickel and take the nomna.
ton" MIR. Willis paused moment, then
put down his hand alongside of Judge
Hoke's, covering a nickel Both hands
were Withdrawn simultaneously, and it
was found that MIR. Willis had matched
his rivals coin. This settled the ques-
ton, and the same evening Judge Hoke
published a card announcing that as he
and Mr.. Willis had agreed TO settle their
respective claims to the Congressional
nomination ''by lot" aud as Mr. Willis
had won, he witLdrew from the contest.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

Why not take hint from those hounds
at the Dover fair and institute dog races.
They could doubtless be trained to it and,
as they would go without riders, there
would be no jockeying to prevent fair
race.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

II Conkling, Grant and Blaine had
come to the fore little sooner, and the
abuse of Hancock, and the waving of the
bloody shirt had marked the earliest stages
of the campaign, as they do the closing
ones, We doubt if the Springfield Repu5.
Gcan would have declared for Garfield.
1t is evidently sick of the crowd it has
Joined.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

MIR. William Hadeler at the Marathon
Hotel, Wausau, after extreme suffering
with rheumatism, without any benefit
from physicians or various preparations,
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil.-Ransas
city Times.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

The crime of suicide is said to be largely
on the increase in France. The number
of self-murders in 1870 was 4,157, which
has gradually risen until the figures for
last year show nearly 1000 cases. 1t is
also believed that this does not cover all
the cases, as many are hushed up and
never appear in the record.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

The New York Times Tuesday printed
dispatch from Cincinnati containing
what purported to be an interview with
General Grant at his home, in Ga.ena.
H., by Il Methodist minister, one Rev. q.
IL. Fowler, in which Grant was repre-
scented as making very sensational and
ungentlemauly attack upon General Han.
cock, burlesquing his manners, ridiculing
his qualities, and eriticising his military
career in a manner so uncalled-for and
offensive as to at once throw doubt
upon its geuuineness, Notwithstanding
it was declared to have been published
upon the written authority of General
Grant himself. The friends of General
Grant will be glad to learn that this doubt
was well founded According to a dispatch
from Chicago this morning he most en-
phatlcally denies and repudistes the
alleged interview, declaring that he never
made any such statements to the Rev.
Fowler or any other person and is at a
loss to know how they could have
originated .... ....
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

George (four years old at the tea
table Mamma, may | have some ssr-
dimes ~ Mamma wait till I'm ready,
Georgia" George (surprised); why,
ma, it's me at wants 'em ~ Y0Rkers
Gazette.
Your tram beats w.catcher," said
an Englishman at a recent ball, an he
stumbled over lady's dress. mo"
rejoined she, sit doesn't quite equal one !;
it has caught only calf. Darlington
Haukeye.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07

The Indiana correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press gives up that State
This Is rather remarkable, as to give up
Indiana is for the Republicans, to give up
al. The Democrats are now sure of New
York, and il they lost Indiana, would still
have a chance for New Jersey and Connect
icut, which, with the States certain for
them, would give them enough without
Indiana, while if they get Indiana, they
can lose both The last named States and
still win. What the Press means, then, by
surrenderng Iudiana iu advance, we can
not understand, unless it intends to follow
the lead of it's former editor and come out
for Hancock.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
The Ono Election.

Ne have never put any faith in the
cain ct some enthusiastic DEMOCRATS that
there Is fair chance that their party will
elect its candidates in the State election,
which comes off in Ohio on Tuesday
OF next week. 1t seems 80 abso-
lutely certain that Ohio will go Republi.
can that We should pay no attention to
the boasts OF the Democrats, if it were
not for the singular remarks of the Re-
publicans Sunday the Nep York
Times published long dispatch from
Cleveland under the head Victory
Assured in Ohio" which
gives numerous statements going to show
that the alarm among the Republicans of
the State is subsiding, and that the pres
ence of Grant, Oonkling and Blaine is
accomplishing great deal in the way of
arousing enthusiasm, From this i. would
seem that victory has not been assured all
along, and that there has been alarm
among Republicans, and apathy which the
pltoeioe VI the .hkee particularly iEhRrhut
statesmen just named was required to
overcome.
But though we cannot bring ourselves
to believe that the Republicans have really
been in any danger OF losing Ohio this
year, we have been impelled by this talk
to look up the figures of elections in Ohio
and they show that the State is by 10
means an overwhelmingly Republican one,
as those are apt to think
who remember that it gave Brough,
for Governor, majority of over
100000 over yallandigham, and Lincoln,
for President, 5000 over Mcclellan.
Grants majority over Seymour in 1868
was 4l,5iG and his plurality over Greeley
in 1872 was "a PCS, but that was the last
year Tor big Republican majorities and
since then the Democrats have twice car
ri5r the State, and they have kept down
tile kvpuolican majority in the years when
obey were bsaten. Since 1872 the vote of
che State has been as follows: