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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

GENERAL NEWS.
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ROBINS BOSTON LETTER
Blaine on the Grant-Hancock
Interview.
THE EPIz00TY IN PHILADELPHIA
Hancock On the Tariff--How Texas
Can be Subdividad--A Flat
Contradiction Of one of
Grants Stories.
TALBOT RENOMINATED !
THE EPIZDOTr.
ROBINS BOSTON LETTER
THE EPIz00TY IN PHILADELPHIA
TALBOT RENOMINATED :!
THE EpIZD,bEr.

hbaui Forty Per Cent. or the phiia-
dcIpbin Horses Sick wan a. Wild
Form of ti,e Disci,sc M Gases tc-
ported in Wilmington.
The epiHoOty, in n mid form, has
brnken out and ia sprca Ting amoug the
horses in Philadelphia
AT Young's stables, Twelfth aud Chorry,
out Of 10 horses all hut two were sick At
Smiths they were vi sicR but working
So nj Stetson's, un Brond street These
Drs fair samples nf the condition of nearly
aIl the stables. AT Doyle ~ Nichofs auc-
tion room most of the horses wera cough
ing. The treatment is IA simple ore, con-
Stating Of a slop of soft feed and rubbing
with lInimunt DR.. Gudsden said tue cpl
demic was very light and readily cured.
The street car stables present scenes of
constant sue, 2ing and coughing, but very
f,w Of the horses ARE compelled to remain
IN tho stalls. The Seventeenth and Nine
toenth Streets Linz was reported to be the
most afflicted, but il was difficult TO see
thHt the pereertag" wA much larger than
on the Thirteenth ard Fifteeutl or the other
lines. Out of 80 horses in the Fifth aud
sixth Street Stables only two were
,lisaLiod. The Oh smut and Walnut
streets Line has 2iS horses, aud six of
thpn we're laid up. The darby Line has
three disabled out Of l39 and the Fair
~ , ''''' 80! - ~
-. -, 20 ~. ino
..;'' I ,.'' '''o,',no ~ o'oAie''
w." ,'o' ',i uso' s"'o @ i"'' "uio sialip' i"'nJ
Several Of the stable hands and one or
'"o VI ''T NosAo7 are t'"uuie" WAN 7hoeA-
,"S' S,but oouei anu Sulne Vi the
''",i'''a VI 'p'"oo'l ,a'lh''ueu 'u'' surgeons
'.u'N'" II Ii n"' oo"'ihiooS 'Aeei' HinohB
"",H'7'
lho disease thls wear hfst made It's
nPP'"hn'e ~ hna'oh an"ue hlohtn ago
lt fieiHo'i'uFS ~ "p'ohl9 were silliiar
,inus nf ,S7D.,. .,,,. ,n,ahi,'o s'''sa ''ai'a
iug and wnoel,np o.. the pArt of the ami.
iunls attacked. and. N,ler. n running at ihe
nose. "A duiue,s of the ewes. loss Of anne
tite and, necessarily Of strength, which.
unless the victim was given rost and
attention. soon unfit. a them entirely for
service. L. spre'd randy all over
the CIV. and il, gume cnsea.
whrrp tGe owners continued 70 work
their aick horses, fatal results
cnsuad. II next appeared in New York.
but the hurse car. staue and other com.
papies had beeu furewnracd by Boston's
experiences, aud tho instant The symptoms
re developed they adppted preenu.
iin,hry measures. rave their horses lighter
work ltnl, it,unl. g,I thus avoided gerinuS
rasnla lu Boston Gnd. u, rhnps, New
York, il "a on tbr wnue, ouly, however,
for the r .asou that II has eX,sutiad tbrouph
nearly all the sli,ni.s of the tWo cities
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
'Eaibott feen1n,inatcd

lIAvRE DE GRAcM Mp, Oct. 6 The
Second Oousressionai district Democratic
convention which met ut Westminster,
September Sth and noinilat6d DIR. Francis
y. Shaw. of Carroll county, (who after
wards declined the nomination. for Con-
gress, hsying passed through the routine
Of auOther election of delegates, r9Gssem-
bled to-d4y nj this place and nominated
iIon. j. Fred c. Talbot, present incum-
bent, by acclnuHtiOn. The proceedings of
tho convention were harmonious and
unanimous in every particular.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

AS a farmers wife, living beyond Nv
port, was driving in To Nerket early one
morning last week, she saw hmdlc lying
in the road while passing Folly woods,
Daylight was Just beginning to glimmyr
in the east, aud she could see that Tho
bundle appeared to be- neatly done up.
She dismounted to examine II, when a
rough looking man sprang out from some
neighboring bushes and approached her,
evidently with evil intent How sLe
managed to get back info the wr,51r aud
drive hurriedly out Of the roacu ~
pursuit, she hardly knew, but she escaped
with nothing worse than bad fright.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
EISTERN sITORE.

The Cecil Democrat hears that Job
Baines is about to renew his subscription
for 800 years.
Levi @. Galloway, near Delmar, found
an infant, about two months old, in his
farm wagon, 'on rising to feed his stock
one morning last week. lie sent it to the
county almshouse.
Last winter was the most profitable
oyster season Ohincotengue bay has known
for many years. From September l,
1879 to May 10, 1850, the shipments from
the bay amounted to ais, l13 bushels.
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nASCocK ON THE rlRIFF.
g'c Expresses Al Determination Not
SO siO Anything That Would Inter
Ecrc witi tho Misunderstanding In
dItstrics Sr the CDuntry.

a reporter Of the Paterson, N. f,
GuWulifH had an ini ryla~ with q neral
Hancock Fadgy Afternoon from which
va lake tie following Interesting extract
raiative to The tariff
There is one thing, General, desire to
speak about. The turlr question il, h,creatng Il
good dead of talk IN Paterson, particularly
among tho manufacturers aud working ulussuS
Now lpw is that going 10 wurk
That question cannot affect the munulac-
turing interests Of the country III the lplst.
ily election could make uo difference either
one way or the other There has to he Il cpr-
tain amount million Of dollars raised hy II
tariff that can be- got IN no other way, and
that must necessarily give protection to the
manufacturing interests of the country. The
election OF II Democratic President or the
election Of Republican President cannot in-
tcricrp with or influence that in the least.
The Paterson people need have no anxiety
whatever that / will ,ver favor anything that
mtnrloies with the manufacturing or indus
trial interest, of the country. They will have
itrt Hs much protection under Democratic
administration under Il epublranadmins-
tratinh.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

NnAELE-TON s. O., Oct. AT a III, ct
ing OF The State Democratic COMMITTEE
held in Columbia yesterday, the following
was unanimously adopted:
Hesoirui, That the Democratic Executive
Committee of the state of South Carolina
fully and heartily indurAc the letter of Gen.
Winfield $. Hancock. the Democratic candi
date for President of the United States. on
the subject of Southern war claims and will
support the views therein expressed
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
THE SUBDITIsION or TEXTS.
Rights Guaranteed the state by the
Treaty of Annexation n-Thc south
crn Claims.

WAsHINGToN, OJt. 7.-Congressman
Randall l.. Gibson, of New Orleans, says,
in regard 10 the statement now generally
circulated about Texas being Gubiivided
into four new states, THAT the idea of the
Democratic party carving up Texas into
four states is based upon ignorance and is
absurd. Texas was admitted into the
Union by a joint resolution, and the
United States Government agreed that
whenever 7, xas saw fit che could divide
herself iuto four more states, making five
states in all. This may be done by Texas
at any lime, rs well under Republican
as under Der,ocratic administration, for
the right was guaranteed to her by treaty
and is independent wholly of parties.
"I have never seen any hUdy from IL xas
who waa not opposed to the subdivision of
the State, nor have I ever seen IL Southern
politician who was SO ignorant Of political
history as to suggest that Congress should
undertake to divide the State"
Mr.. Gibson says that the recent letter of
General Hancock fully reflects tie SEMI.
ment of the Southern people, and the
rebel claims are, just what he describes
them, a hugbear.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

Grizzly Dan has led wonderful life.
In Montana he was once set upon by
tribe of bowling red devils and was obliged
to run for his life. He headed for the
brink Of cliff about 700 feet high, dodg-
log the bullets fired at him as he ran.
beng able, through long practice, to tell
the course of bail by the sound rs it ap-
preached from the rear Grizzly Dan uu-
hesitatingiy leaped over the cliff, to the
amazement of the Indians, who gathered
in row to watch his fall. Dan turned ia
the air as he was falling, raised his Win.
chester rifle TO his shoulder and pulled the
trigger. An Indian toppled over with u
Dali through his kft eye, and Dan ktpt
pulliug the level aud trigger, until Ii red
devils had balls through their left eyes
and were falling over the clitf after him.
The eighteenth shot only carried away nm
Indians nose, as the air was 50 full of
falling Indians between Dan and the top
OF the cliff that his aim was little con
fused. He struck feet foremost in the
river below and swan ashore uninjured
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

Keppler, the sonior proprietor and art
ist of P1ch, has been invited to lecture.
-Heppler would draw well.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

A certnin young lady who spent the
summer ut the seashore deserves great
credit for her presence of mind in an
hour of danger. She was out in small
yacht, the sails OF which were suddenly
carried away by strong gust of wind,
when what did this heroic maiden do but
divest herself of her canvas belt (of
fashionable width aud, with her COM
panioD's aid, turn it into a rigging, which
being hoisted bore the party safely to land.
A severe cold on the part of the heroine
was the only disastrous result Of this
episode.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

Detroit IFce IEthS.
Elder Hucklt berry Simmons here arose
and said that lie had been requested by
certain colored church ccugre cation in
the interior of the State to submit TO
Brother Gardner question in dispute.
One of the congr' cation had written n
prayer meeting hymn, which some of the
people thought was rather fly, while
others defended it as simply exhilarating
The verse most objected to ran as follows;
wild rat howlin' in the woods,
Satan up hig gum tree:
Git right down an mop de floor,
Kase de drbil's artGr Ye.
Chorus-WhoOp M de power,
Let us faint away:
Solid CnuukS of gloty
Are failing down tO-dnyl
"Izo free to say" began the old man ny
he rose up in response, ''dat when find
nyself in church or prayer moetin' | am
onkin' fur dat sort of singin' dat raises
old folks about Is inches high by The
watch, and sots dc young folks tumblin'
off de benches but at the same time dar
am such a fing AZ gwine little too far
Ize powerful on de sing when | gifts de
feelin' and l doan' allus put on my
spectacles to foller de hymn, but it ain
candid opinyun dat dis yere poetry eln
drawn down leetle too fine fur church
hizness."
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

We saw a canal boat pass here yesterday
named the ''Brindle Cow" We suppose
Icy steer the boat by her udder White
hail Times.
knowledge is better than wealth, yet
how many people there are in this wicked
world who prefer the inferior article -
ht1LHk Gdts CitU.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
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Part Fox, Part spaniel.

NtSt tHtHltT NtNH
Mr.. q. A. Brindlcy, travelling salesman
for Lemon a. 90. cracker bakers, Whining
ton, Delaware, was i'll West Chester on
Tuesday. In his wagon we noticed a
singular looking dog, which MIR. Brind-
ley had purchased q few days ago for II
watch dog, on account Of its owner assert
ing that it was cross between fox and a
spaniel. Whether such is the case or not
ii in many respects bears strong re-.
the exception of the ears, which are like
those of spaniel. The dog is exceedingly
watchful, and will permit no one TO touch
anything about the wagon. Mr.. Brindloy
values the singular animal highly.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14

A crash is heard 10 the kitchen. The
head of the family calls out to the cook
"What have you broken now, you black
idiot?" Matildy stops singing hymn 10
answer: "Taint do fort commandment,
bress de Lord" ..."
For Heavens sake, Mr.. Conkling, make
some more speeches at oncel 1t will make
the nation solid for Hancock - B0>tCn
PUSt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
THE ORA UA-MUSIC.
THEATRICAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. and Mrs. George 5. Knight will succeed
" The Danites" at SadeIs Wells Theatre, London.
tine l2th of July and they to sail for America
on August 10......Miss Emma Thursby sailed for
England on June 80, aboard the Gallii... George
Fawcett Rowe left London. June 81, for Paris on
bis way into Italy. He will return 10 America in
August Miss Nelson has ended her engaa emeot
in San Francisco.
Mr.. II. j. Sargent. the manager for various
theatrical enterprises. has sent circular letter 10
managers throughout the country, saying that he
has reason to believe that Nine. Modjeska. who is
now in London. intends to break her contract with
him. and decline to return to America next season.
Mr. Sargent intimates that he Will endeayor 10 COM
pel the actress 10 fulfil her contract with him but
instructs the managers that they are at hbsrty n
they choose. 80 fill. III some other way, tho tims
winch has been allotted 10 her, ia their engagements
for next season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
STHifER R1INS.

The rains. which during the past TWO OF
three DAYS have fallen upon much o' '"o
marched area east of the Alleghanles, came none
foo soon. A June with a rainfall OF less thih
onc-third of the average for that month";
would of itself have been sufficiently trying
csneciallv when the temperature rahgeu
higher than it has done during inc same
month fer forty years ut least. But Wheh SUCH
n June followed May with still scahter
rainfall. the result has been droutn OF I'M
nrecpdcuted severity. The premsturely rlpened
hov-crop will scarcely reach onc-third OF
its usual amount Winter grain, with the
advantage of warm Spring and early start
will he less affected, but oats must sutler even
if the farmers are favored with reasonable
rains henccforWaGd. Early potatoes have III
many placcs wltheIed beyond all hope OF resis-
citation, and 1t is to be feared that much OF the
young clover and fleshly-sOwn grasses are
ouiie dead. The deep-roOted trees are stili
fresh and green, but pasture fields are burned
brown and bare. while suburban lawns LOOK
like straw door-mats. These have been de-
messing davs for florists, and for those who
have male new planta ions of trees OF snruD-
bery. In places where artificial irrigation Is
imUractIcaDic, 4 large poItioH VI lVNOhpJ pun
ornamental stock has been LOST. 80 TAR the
market gardeners in this vicinity are making
small complaint. Owing to the deep rich
nllage which they practice, their lands resist
dry weather much longer than ordinary SOILS.
Besides this, their products are earlier III the
market chan usual, and there is less competl-
ton from the South. The yield OF their gar
dens is not so liberal, but rs compensation
prices are three times as high as those they
realized last year.
Trouble is an unsatisfactory article to
borrow. bat the fact may as well be faced that
the haldshlps of the season are probably not
vet ended. A drOuth later In the year would
mutually he followed by the coDious rains OF
Autumn and Winter. But ordinary Summer
rains scarcely do more than to sustain water
suDnly already abundant. A solid week OF
rain would be required to reach the deep fonn-
talns of the s. rings and streams, and molsten
the earth about the tap-rOots CT the trees. 1t
seems, therefore, that the land muse continue
10 suffer from lack of moisture and verduFe
unless it is visited by rains OF such un'eason-
able frequency and violence that they will be
only less destructive than the drOuth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04

with the added honor of his CHASTITY departure
But he does it, and thereby furnishes an occa-
sion for the whole class Of morbid, idle dead
weights (of which each community can usually
boast a dozen) to grow louder in their hack
neyed abuse of life and its Ruler, and the
threats of making an end of it" by which
they keep some Woodworking, loving woman III II
torture. If the woman had any knowledge OIL
human nature she would know that the man
who threatens himself lives long
One fact is to be noticed in connection WIN
suicides that the trouble which drove them
70 il is almost inevitably one which little
honest hard work would cure. A good many
men. it is true, committed suicide last
Winter because they were out OF work. but
there was, as a rule, some kind Of work 10 DO
had, not genteel or refined probably yes
enough to feed them until better offered; anu
surely any honest employment Is more hohor-
able for full grown man than 10 go uiiSuni-
moned TO furnish food for worms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
DEaTgS WJTBOUT CAUSE.

There are two points in recent bills of
mortality as ugubrI0usly suggestive as the
time-won saws on a tombstone. One is the
exceptionally large number of deaths from
drawing thus early in the season. One, two
or three deaths have occurred at once, in a
dozen different places on the seacoast or on IN
land ponds, all without exception of foOlhardy
Young people, who throw themselves recklessly
into the delights of bathing or boating, in utter
ignorance of swimming or sailing. No preach
ing of ours can add to the effect of that score
ar two of dead bodies hauled out of sea or river.
which but for their own folly might he alive
to-day. In the case of lads and girls the fault
is with the PARENTS if they neglect to have
their children taught to SWIM the responsibility
rests upon them No matter how tIagical the
ovcnt il is no "myste-ious dispeusation of
- proyidcnce.n as we are SO fond of calling il
IN the would-be pOus verbiage Of the day.
Every man and woman ought to BE- able TO Sis
tain themselves in water as on land in every
ci,v there are swimming schools, and every
,,ver or pond offers chance to learn with a
fev lessons from father or friend.
The second point is the unusual number Of
s,icides during the last fortnight, and the nm
doubted TACT lnaJ suiVIuc9 never come alone.
Tho shunllng off this IN )rtal coil by ones own
hand requires, apparently. that certain kind of
courage which comes from shcep-like imita-
ton. A company of cowardly fellows can rush
tooetber to face the foe, while ono never woujd
venture alone. A cuts his throat in PHILADELPHIA
yesterday, and Il, reading of it in the norn,no
naper. takes heart TO cut his to-day. Ooe
youId suppose that If any decent fellow even
oould bring himself to the supreme point ~,
noltroonery of running away IN this fasbior
from his share of difficulty here. he would h,
ashamed to throw that difficulty on IA,
sboulde1s OF his wife and children, togeibc,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04

in n stable. A Quaker was liable to be whipped
and Baptist to be tied to the cait-wheel'
Now they all build their affairs side by s'ue'
The Mormon has his harem and the Chinamah
his loss. Each man stands now on his teet
firmly. but has not God slipped from His place
How many of MS. if we could not build our
affairs without hindrance, would emigrate to
o desert, as did our fathers, for freedom ~
worship HIM? Which of us would leave mousse
and society and the newspapers and brlc-a-
brac. and settle, say in Alaska rather thah
take of n bat whom conscience babe us to keep
if orr Some of these questions are worth ask
ing ourselves on this our Birthday.
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IN TRGENT APPEAL.

II is difficult for the well-fed American, WITH
the enormous crops of the present Summer iuii
in his view. TO understand that in another part
of the world men and women are starving 10
death. literally by the thousands. Yet our
latest foreign files show us that this is the case
in Koordistan. Armenia, and Western Persia.
Consul Clayton telegrIphs to London tDat
40. 900 persons must be fed for two months II
" they are TO be kept alive" Another Engilsh
consul telegraphs that twenty villages are
"utteIlv destitute" in one hamlet Joy deaths
from starvation occurred in week. Ma)or
TfCtter, of the English service, says that the
"present measures of relief are totally made
/" 0uate to prevent the wholesale destruction OF
the population." The Earl of Stranglord
publishes an urgent appeal to the English
public TO send help, and that at once. Sub
scriptions sent for this purpose to Alfred Hen
rioues. treasurer. 90 Gloucester terrace, Hyde
Park. London, will be forwarded promptly, ana
distributed in grain by the English and Ameri-
can consuls to the most hungry, whatever thu
race or religion.
We do not know whether any agency Tor the
relief of this people has been opened III tliS
country. II not, let us send our pittancc
through our English brethren There can ne
no oue,tion of birth OF nationality between the
man who has food to give and the man VINO Is
starving. In this case, Moslem, jew, ana
Christian are perishing alike, and the Chils-
tan ana jew who have found home iull oil
plenty here should alike be ready TO help
them.
Our churches, il seems TO us, might well take
a hint in this matter from the Catholic bishop
who is now using funds placed in his hands Tor
the relief of the distress in Ireland to bring
over whole families of hungry Ir 81, and set
them down on farms in Minnesota. Enor-
mons sums are raised by all Christian secis 10
send over. to convert pagan nations. men ana
women who must spend years III learning thelr
language. habits of Thought, or establishing
any influence over them. Even at best IL Is the
influence of an individual on a nation. Why
not use some of this money to bring over a
few families of these sta, ving kcOrds and Per
slams and give them chance for life heTe
They and Their descendants would be clothed
and fed (Which counts for good deal, after
all. in the work Of civllizing people,, and the
churches would have them here at hand ready
for Christian ling. They would then have 20
aid them III their wO,k the influence OF Il
peOple on the individual. Besides. the most
obstinate pagan must be Influenced in favor OF
a religion which introduces Itself by bringing
him bread when he is starving. The expert
mcnt seems to us cmincnty practical, humane.
and worth trying.
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