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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
the EENlNSU UL-I R1ILROID.
How Its President would Run Fruit
10 Northern Markets.

The Norfolk IHgintan OF yesterday week
publishes the following communication
from the president of the Peninsula rail
road, writing from Pocomole City:
Your paper i'll speaking of the extension of
the lDelaware) Peninsula railroad to Cherry
stone only gives us credit of shortening the
time to New York ''six hours" For market
ing propose to shorten it "a hours over the
present communications. The demand for
OYSTERS fish and early vegetables has grown
to be so great that for the last two wears none
have reached New York i'll good condition
without commanding excellent prices and
ready sale. can start boat from Norfolk
daily at ~ O'Clock and connecting with a rail-
roau at Cherrystone, leaving there at p m.
put all the freight offerings into New ork at
u IN. the next morning, Boston, Pittsbmg,
Buffalo and intermediate points by 3 y. III. If
sufficiently pationized by your market farm
gardeners and the dealers in fish and oysters,
l can still further reduce the time of transit
80 as to reach the above points at the same
time as above and leave Norfolk at 3p. m.
With the two more railroads coming into
Newport News Point this summer, your peo-
pie now only need rapid transit to New York
to again double your business in the next
two years. The sale of the Philadelphia Will
mington Il Baltimore road to the Pennsyl-
yania railroad secures my company direct
connections which, on the completion of my
line to Cherrystone, will distribute your pro-
duce to the best buying centres i'll the world
Yours truly,
WILLIAM PAINTER,
President Peninsula railroad
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
The Election Cases.
WRECHED DELIJyIREdSS
story of a Crew of Sussexers Cast
Away on the Hafteras Coast.

Away on the Hafteras Coast.
Last Fridays Baltimore Sun has an
interesting story of the wreck of the
schooner 4. B. Goodman on Inner Dia-
mond Shoal near Cape Hatteras.
The 4. b. Goodman was l22 tons regis
ter, and belonged to Seaford, this State.
was valued at $4,000, and owned by d.
j. X B. F. Fooks, DR.. w. Wolfe, Daniel
IIearn, j. b. Guillan 4 Co. and Johnston
Moore, of Delaware, Captain Burton, of
Philadelphia, and Captain Seward of Bal
timore. The crew, with the exception of
Beck, who was lost, are from Laurel, this
State. The survivors arrived at Balti-
more yesterday.
son reaching Currituck, !" Capt. Seward
says, 'the wind came southeast and
worked to southwest, until Monday noon,
when it was south-southwest, and blow
ing hard, the schooner being buckled
down under two-reefed sails. AT
o'clock in the afternoon the wind came
north, and at 6 O'Clock to east, blowing Il
lively gale and raining by bucketfuls.
We We're near Hatteras shoals then. At
$50 the mainsail gave way and tore into
shreds, and half hour later we struck
on Inner Diamond shoals, four miles from
shore. The force drove the rudder up
through the deck when We first struck,
and the second time yawl, davits and
stem were broken. The schooner began
to settle, and i'll twenty minutes the
water was four feet over the deck. We
all five started for the rigging of the
maintop. | jumped for it from the top of
the deckhouse, but it was II feet off, and
| missed it and fell under the
mainboom, catching on ring and
crawling to t.e rigging. 1t was
race between us for the rigging.
Beck was caught by a wave and crushed
against the main boom. He must have
been stunnnd, as he tloated about for 8
minutes and sank. He must have
drowned on top of the water. 1t was
dark when the other four of us got into
the main rigging, and it was raining,
showing and freezing. We remained
there almost frozen, without anything to
eat or drink, all night aud part of next
day. AT daybreak Tuesday the keeper
of Hatteras light, Thompson, saw us, and
the crew of life-saving station No. -, b.
Is. Daley, keeper, came off in their boat.
They reached us after three and a-half
hours work, and made three attempts to
get at us, but failing, anchored astern.
They then shot their graphing irons
through the main rigging and by means
of the line drew the boat alongside at
11.30 o'clock
The men were thus rescued after being
in the rigging l6 hours and without food
or drink % hours. After some adven-
lures on land they took the steamer
Florida at Norfolk for Baltimore.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Presiding Elder TOdd's Talk at TN G
Union Church.

Presiding Elder Todd, of the Dover
district, lectured to a discouragingly
small audience in the Union NJ. T.
Church Thursday night his subject being
''The Quaint and Curious of Pennsular
Methodism." The easy and informal
manner of the speaker made the lecture
seem more like talk in which the old
pioneer preachers stepped forth one by
one for the entertainment of the audience.
Rev. I. Ware, the first of these, was
stationed at Dover in 1888, and at the
Asbury Church, in this city, in 1870.
At that time crowds OF young rowdies
assembled around the church at night
and behaved so badly that the night SER
vices were discontinued, because ladies
could not attend without being insulted.
DR.. Chandler, who presided over the first
camp meeting held in Delaware; Bishop
Asbury, who preached a begging sermon
to aid the building of Barrett's Chapel, in
1880, and took up a collection of
subscriptions for 700 pounds of pork
Lorenzo Dow, who, ON his visit to Kent
county, rode so miles and filed five
appointments, without sleep Thomas,
the exhorting oysterman of Tangier
Sound, full of faith and good works the
eccentric Wiltshire of Annamessex
"Father" Boehm, the historian of
Peninsular Methodism Danny Appleton
and his {" they received him joyfully y
sermon; and, lastly, the genial Billy
Barnes, whose memory is cherished by
many of our people. These and others
were introduced by the speaker, and
entertaining stories related in which they
figured.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
Eastern Shore Peaches.

Baltimore American.
Mr.. VIM. Peters, of this city, brought
to THE american office yesterday number
of specimens of peach, cherry and pear
buds from his fruit farm at Snow Hill,
Worcester county, Md, which would
show that in that portion of the Eastern
Shore, at least, the prospects are as good
as they ever were for large fruit crop.
But very small portion of the buds
have been at all injured by the late
frosts, and the trees are so loaded with
good buds that, unlnss all signs fail, the
crop will be up to the best standard.
These specimens were taken at random
from orchards of 10000 peach trees,
10000 cherry trees and 5000 pear trees
The Lowell Citizen says that the new
cobweb silk gloves are very fly.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
Practical Jokes.

Practical jokers despise "a man who
can't take a joke" One yanked chair
from under Ragbag the other day. Rag
bag got up very wrathy. He was about
to assault the joker when the latter cried
81 thought you were different sort of a
man thought you could take joke"
Then Ragbag quieted down. He said he
could take joke. He went out and re-
turned with pail of horrible dirty water
and a cowhide. He dashed the water all
over the joker and then proceeded to
cowhide him. The joker howled, shrieked,
swore and protested, but Ragbag said it
was "only joke" and then he threw
cuspadore at the joker and laced him
some more. And the crowd hurrahed
and yelled at the joker not to get mad |;
it was mean man who couldn't take a
joke. And at last the joker fled through
window, and the crowd cheered Ragbag.
That's the kind of man Ragbag is, and
folks think well of him and they are 60
ing to elect him to Congress.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

DIR. Holmes says that writing poetry is
not half as easy as some folks imagine.
Don't let him stuff you with any such
nonsense. It's the easiest sort of work,
and poets always get rich.-Detroit F'es
Press.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

William H. Vanderbilt is going right
along putting over 100000 into a
residence in New York city, while Texas
is laboring slowly but surely, We hope, in
the direction of building 1880, 900
capitol. Exchange.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21
LAWS OF THE SESSION
4 COMPLETE DIGES or THE
LEGiSLITURA'S UOIh.

Complied From the Official Files
In the Onice 0G the Secretary of
state.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

The Lowell Citizen says that the new
cobweb silk gloves are very fly.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

An act for the Improvement OF Cherry
Island marsh. Authorizing the levy court to
build drawbridge over the Brandywine
below the railroad bridge.
An act to amend chapter "a, revised code.
Requiring the governor to appoint two addi-
tional constables for Wilmington, for term
of four years.
A further supplement to the act for the
benefit of the public schools in Wilmington.
Authorizing the city to borrow 100000, for
building and maintaining school houses, the
loan to be repaid out of the taxes in twelve
equal annual instalments, beginning August
LIST, 1882.
An act to repeal chapter 42i, volume 10,
laws of Delaware, abolishing school district
No. 2012 (Browntown) and providing that that
part of the district not Incorporated into Will
mington shall be added to district No. 90.
An act to exempt from taxation certain
real estate in Wilmington. Exempting for
ten years from state, county or municipal tax
atien such improved marsh land as may be
occupied by future industrial and manufac-
turing establishments.
An act to amend chapter 73, revised code.
Providing for the appointment by the city
council OF a registrar Of births. marriages
and deaths, who shall also be secretary of the
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

Following Ii Il list of the official acts of the
last Legislature, compiled with care from the
enrolled bills IN the office OF the secretary of
state and classified for convenient reference.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

SAINT was So llitlt. Anu, whenever II
shall be unlawful to sell, give away or
dispose of Intoxicating liquor to any per-
SON. it shall be likewise unlawful in the
same manner for any other person to pro-
cure or aid in procuring it for such per-
SON .-.
rnR SHERIFF STEPS IN.
Sec. 9. Conviction and sentence of the
| owner, tenant OF occupier of any inn or
tavern, for violation of any of the provi-
sions of the law for the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors, shall operate to make the
prosecution of the business there after
wards unlawful and nuisance and
there shall be added to the Judgment of
the court, as further penalty, that the
same business shall be suppressed in
virtue of which the sheriff shall seize the
said building and hold it in his custody,
at the expense of the owner, so as to pre-
vent further sale therein, and make re-
port of his proceedings to the court at its
next term, for its further order. oerti-
| fed copy of the judgment of the court in
every such case shall be delivered to the
sheriff by the Clerk of the Peace, as his
| authority under this section. The ex-
penses attending the execution by the
sheriff of his duty under this section
| shall be taxed and allowed by the court
| and be lien upon the premises that may
be collected by execution process or by
order and attachment for contempt.
THE WILMINGTON BAILIFF.
Section 10. There shall be attached to
the Court of General Sessions of the Peace
and Jail Delivery for New Castle county,
an additional bailiff, for the special duty
of searching out, detecting, and reporting
to the Attorney General all violations, in
the city of Wilmington and its suburbs,
of the law regulating the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, or of any other criminal
statute; and, for this purpose, when the
court is not in session, he shall be under
the orders of the Attorney General, to aid
him in his official duty of bringing
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-21

pilIon hundred.
ROAD LAws-sUssEx
An act authorizing George H0lloweli to
stralghtena public road on his own land in
Scninrd hundred.
An act 10 lay out 4 certain public road In
| Bruadkiln hundred.
An act To lay ont apublic road in North West
Fork hundred.
An act I" authorize George I. Wilson Ia
straighten part OF the public road leading out
OF Long Neck, Indian River hundred.
An act To authorize Rufus X. Jacobs To
Straighten public road IN North West Fork
hundred.
An act To authorize A. X. Corbin and others
to lay out a public road through their own
lands in North West Fork hundred, Sussex
county.
An act authorizing the laying out of public
county.
An act to vacate certain part of public
road in Indian River hundred, Sussex county.
An act to authorize William j. Carlisle 10
straighten public road in Nanticoke hundred.
An actauthorziug the laying out of public
road in Georgetown hundred.
An act to lay out q certain public road in
| Cedar Creek hundred.
An act to open new public road in Nanti.
cake hundred.
SCHOOL DISTRIcTs-SEw CASTLE.
An act to transfer certain real estate from
school district No. 81 to school district No. ~
An act to change the boundary line of school
district No. "a.
SCHOOL DIsTRIcTs-KENT
An act to unite school districts Nos 26 and
| liz, under the title of the Canterbury public
| schools
An act to divide school district M. 30.
SCHOOL DIsTRIcTs-sussEx.
An act to consolidate school districts Nos.
l52 and ~, under the title of the Lows cross
roads public schools.
A supplement to the act consolidating school
| districts Nos. 50 and l52, under the title OF
| Lows cross roads public schools.
An act to exempt certain persons from the
| operation of chapter 49, volume As, laws OF
Delaware, and to enable them to establish
schools for their children. Authorizing Ger.
tain colored people in Indian River hundred
! who claim to be the descendants of Indians,
/ TO devote the school taxes heretofore imposed
| upon them, in common with other colorel
people to the building and maintenance of two
| school houses for their exclusive use.
supplement to the act exempting certain
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-19
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HEHPEOKED BREEZY.
After Holding Out Sone Time He
Succumbs t. His Wife's Desire.
[From the Brooklyn Eagle !

tErOm Tue brooklyn Eagle.
81 have some news for you," s,id
MIR. Breezy as he sliced of . larg,
piece Of beef for one of his hopefuIs
"Well. what is it," asked Mrs
Breezy, unfolding her napkin.
81 am sure it will be pleasant
surprise for you, my DEAR" said Mr.
Breezy. ''It was to me, although
must cay that have worked hard for
it,"
"Worked hard for what ?" asked
Mrs. Breezy. "Why don't you tell
me at once. You know how l detesl
being kept in suspense about any
thing"
"You see, dear, 1 havo managed
this affair admirably, if l do say IT,
said MIR. Breezy with a self-salisfied
smile. "It was just touch and 60 for
time, but Pm all right now. I'm all
right now"
"Mr. Breezy. if you have any thing
to tell me, come out with it at once,
or talk about something that L can
understand. know. Of course, it
doosu't amount to any thing, but
what is 1T"
"You h.ve always advised me not
to have any thing to do with them,
dear, but you will change your opin.
ion now," said MIR. Breezy, looking
contidingly across the table at his
wife. ''1ou are sure to change your
opinion now. I'm all right at last"
"Mr. Breezy, are you gong mad,
or are you talking in this rambling
way lust to put NE out Of teInper?'
asked Mrs. Breezy. 81 don't Ge.ieve
there is Il woman in Brooklyn with
d better temper than | have. Ii
wasn't the best creature in the world
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The Old-Fashioned Bible.

IFrom the indianapolis Journal.]
That now but In memory sadly review;
The old Westinghouse at the edge OF the Wild
wood,
TIL. rail fence, and horses all tethered thereto
The low, slopipg rcof. and the bell in the
The doves that came nuttering out overhead
As 1t solemnly gathered the God-fearing people
To hear the old bible my grandfather read;
The old-fashiOned bible
Ihe dust-covered bible
The leather-covered bible my grandfather read
The blessed old volume: The face bent above it
As now recall it's gravtly severe,
Though the reverent eye that droops downward
to love II
Makes granier the text through the lens of q
And, as down his features it trckles aud glis
tens,
The cough of the deacon is stilled and hie
head
Like haloed patrarch's leans as he listens
70 hear the old bible my grandfather read:
The old-iashiOned bible
The dust-covered bible
The leather-bound bible my grandfather read
| Ahl who shall look backward with scorn ant
derisIOn
And scoh the old book, though 1t uselessl,
lies
In the dust Of the past while this newer revisis,
Lisps Oh Oi IL hope and home in the sk les
| Shall the voice OF the Master be stined and rlven
Shall we hear but tithe of the words He ha
| said,
When SO long He has. listening, leaned out o
| heaven
| To hear the old bible my grandfather read
The old-lashionet bible
| The dust-cOvered bible
| The ieather-bouud bible my grandfather read.
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Saved.

From the Sheltering Arms.I
The wind is spent and the gale is past,
And the morning sun shines forth at last;
1t shines on q strip OF yellow sand,
And a good ship sinking In sight Of land.
Over her deck and her battered side,
Lazily washes the ebbing tide;
Out ofthe struggle and deadly strife
Lo! nothing saved but a baby life.
! wee frail thing is the one poor waif.
: wee fralt thing to be sound and safe:
But all forgotten its brief alarms,
II sayly Crows in the stranger arms.
A sailor looked at the little form
IT'S tiny craft to have stemmed the storm!'
He sighs q bit rs he bends him low,
And his thoughts fly back to the long ago.
just such babe on his young wife's breast,
With clinGing fingers his own car essed;
just such another7-but where Is he2
Wrecked on the voyage Of his life, maybe.
Is this but spared that in years to come
1t may drift away fr0m its heavenly home?
The baby laughs as hls boy once did.
All! will 1t be SO ? Nay, God forbidl
The sailors hand has gentle touch.
For the sake of the lad he loved 30 much;
And soit from his lips are the words that fall;
God bless the children-God keep them all!
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THE NEW OLLENDORFF.
IFrom the Courl er-Journal.]


Have you seem the new President?
Yes, have seen tho nice new pres
ident.
Does the nice new president know
his friends
Yes, the nice new president knows
his friends-every time.
Docs the nice new elegant president
remember his friends?
You can bet your sweet life the
nice new elegant president remembers
all his friends.
Does he remember his enemies7
Yes, he remembers his enemies.
Does he remember his enemies we'll?
He remembers them by name. solid.
What will the nice new elegant
president do for his friends?
He will reward them.
And what will he do for his
enemies7
He will compel them to gst up aud
dust.
Is he solid2
He is solid.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-19

BY actual computation, the sum expend-
ed by a fashionable lady in dress and
ornament, would clothe suitably twenty
of the most refined of her sex. The
waste is fearful where it can be afford
ed. But alas! where in one case it can
be afforded, in thousand it leads to
debt, domestic jars, and even bank
ruptcY.
1t is childish as we'll as wicked. It Is
indulging vanity which is characteris-
tic of the lowest order of savages.
Wearing jewelry does not even attest
the possession OF wealth; since all who
see it know that it is common thing to
endure grinding poverty or to contract
the most unpriDclpled debts in order to
gain possession of the bauble.
But beyond all other considerations,
Gods reiterated command prohibits the
folly as ill becoming the dignity of
christian character, and hostile to all the
dispositions and affections of the now
nature. The three glories of woman.
her triple crown, modesty, truth, and
sympathy, are sacrificed to this passion.
For modesty, we have the brazen stare
which challenges notice if not admira-
ton for truth, we have the perpetual
lie of fashionable society and for SYM
pathy, the headlong plunge after selfish
indulgences.'
There it is again-as strong as before,
as much to the point, and as true. What
DIR. c. claims to be true in New York is
equally so in St. Louis. and In almost
every city and town and in many coun-
try. places, all over the land.
1t is s'sore evil under the sum-" and
one to be greatly deplored. 1t indlca.
tes an imperfect education, the lack o
good taste, and most of all lack of the
fear OF God ind of the spirit OF true re.
ligion. The spirit of Christ is not there
and professors of religion who give
themselves to such practices are deceiv
ed when thinking themselves christians
Their "religion is vain," and they viii
find it 80 when called to give an &C
count of their stewardship; and right
glad are we to see such testimony
against it by such influential parties a.
those named above.
1t would not be amiss If, in the many
societies which are existing or being
formed for the Improvement OF society
some were organized for the promotion
of decent dressing Decent Dress
Society,"" that would have done with the
foolish. gaudy frippery-the bedressing
bedlzening, bejeweling and betooline
mon and women, as is done at the pres
ent.