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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

Two Braltemen Fight Twenty-thres
Rounds in IA itrtckynrd

Rounds in IA ifrickynrd.
Philadelphia Record
Since the Reading railroad leased the
North Penn road and changed most of its
emplDyfS there has been bad blood existing
between the old and new hands. Eucuun-
ters have been of frequent occurrence but
little attention, however, has been paid to
them. Ga last Monday regular battle
occurred between two of the brakemen
employed on the road, which resulted in
very severe punishment Of one of tie
participants. On that afternoon Thomas
Lansing and William Kane had OF alter
cation, and from words came to blows.
Following this squabble the men were
matched Tor au Immediate battle according
to the rules OF The ring, their admirers
raising purse of 1880. The place
selected was Hanseli's brickyard Second
street, above Lehigh avenue. Twenty
three rounds were fought, Lansing
drawing the first blood In the fifth. He
was so badly punished however, at the
twenty. third round that his seconds
threw up the sponge, and the referee
awarded Kane the purse. Lansing, who
was conveyed to his home in terrible
plight, claims foul, and expresses a
willingness to again face Kane in the ring
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
THE BOZ MURDERER.
TO DO Imprisoned for The Residue OF
HIS Minority.

MAoHIAs, Me, Jan. 14.-Warren Long
more, aged years, was to-day sentenced
to the State Reform School during the
remainder of his minority for the killing
of Freeman Wright aged years at Penn
broke, Maine, last October.
Logmore first shot his victim and was
discovered in the act of digging his grave.
While Longmore was thus engaged Wright
showed sier of life when the young muir
derer beat him over the head with the
spade.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
DBNIGHT OUT.
A Hearing Yesterday and Release
on a Writ of Habens Corpus.

James neKnight the switohtender at
Lamokin on the night of the fatal collision
by which Mr.. John Finn Of this city was
killed, who was arrested and incsroerated
in Media jail on the charge of criminal
negligence, was given a hearing last week
on writ OF habeas corpus before Judge
Clayton in the office of Hinkson It Dickin-
son, at Media.
After his case bad been presented and
the arguments heard Judge Clayton re-
leased DeKnight on s., 900 bail. He will
therefore, be free until his trial at the
regular session of court.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
MURDERED BY 4 MANIAC.
Que woman rSills Another in I
I,uuasic asylun.

LUhH5IE NNyfHIHs
ST PETER MINI, Jan II A murder
was committed at the State Hospital for
the Iasane at this place to-day. The ire
sponsible murdefess ia Mrs. Andrews,
who has been patient at the institution
for six years. The object of her hate was
Mrs. Hayes, from Winnobago county,
who was brought in last September. The
patients have all been much crowded since
the recent fatal fire, and in many instances
four and five persons have occupied a
single cell. No person witnessed the at.
tack and murder No intelligent account
Of the tragedy can be gathered from any
source, as il was witnessed only by
msniacs, if, indeed, it was by anybody,
which ia not definitely known.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

B1npsBoRo', Pa, Jan. I5.-The house
of Mrs. Henry Kupp was totally destroyed
by fire at noon to-day. Loss, $500. A
large lot of silverware WAS destroyed. The
FIRE originated from stove pipe in the
kitchen.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

A ware House ana Large
Quantity of Cotton and luerchan-
disc Destroyed. --.-5
YuRFoLK, VA, Jan. 15.-The western
Or receiving warehouse of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company was burned
by ire this morning.
The building was entirely destroyed to-
gether with 400 bales of cotton and over
$4,000 worth OF general merchandise
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
sarah sernhard,'s Rival.

FROM the new hplh tSsf'
The Miss Mutton OF Clara Morris is an
impersonsiion aS YET unapproaeoed by
any living actress L is marred by way
wardpess of gesture by occasional cosrse-
ness of intorgtion ard by self conscious.
ness, but the pathoa Of it is omn'potent
and the genius of i; ipdlsputsbie. 10 she
had never done anything else it alone
would place her head and shoulders iirst
in the ranks of emotional actresses. Every
pulse in it throbs with genuine passion.
Bernhnrdt at her best is a tyro to Miss
Morris where nature is concerned. Her
art, with all its intellectual supremacy, IS
but poor substitute for the simpler
methods dictated by the impulse of the
hearts, Miss Norris, it Is said, feels no
quslm of the sgony which she betrnys,
but this ia nothing to the purpose. 1t is
the sembance of reality, not reality itself,
which is necessary to stage illusion, anc
the power of the performer is proven by
the effect of the stimulation upon the audi
ence, not upon the player, Salvini rises
smiling from the stage after his narrowing
death in La Morte Civile," while his
hearers are dissolved in tears. The actor
who too truly sympa,kises with the feel
ings which he assumes is dominated by
his own nature and simply txh bits him
self. not the fictitious personsge of The
drama
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

The Society for Political Eiucition has
Just issued its first economic tract, of
lsS0-8l, entitled rWhat is Bank What
Services Does it Perform ty Edward
Atkinson.
1t reviews in brief way the functions
of money, the dif, rUnca between money
and currency it shows tn relation which
the banks bear 10 the exchange OF com
modities and services aud, in simplt
language, sets forth the functions OF II
bank, II is entirely nntCchnie.l in Its
treatment, and many persons, unfamiliar
with the subject but accustomed 10 tliuk
Of az o hidden mystery, will be surprised
to iud how simple are the operations of
that wonderful modern financial Ggeut--e
bank
Tha executive committee, which hither-
to has confined itself to the dissemination
OF literature on political and social
subj jscts, is now extending ihe field of its
operations by prGmutinR he establish
ment Of clubs for discussion, read Ds, and
the mutual interchange Of thought
between different sections OF the United
States That the public recoBrizeH the
need OF such clubs is found hC every
hand. In Boston we notice tha: the Rsv.
e. E Hale has established Il society If
young men and women for technical
training in this fold Harvard College
has its Finance Clnb, ard already there are
In Process OF ferinAia several societies
under the auspices Of the Society for
Political Educatlou. Those wishing to
taxa advantage Of the valuable sugges.
tons whiGn the gentlemen on the execu-
tive COMMITTEE ate rahdy 10 give, will
address ihs secratary, Il !, Dugdale, ~
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20

A colossal statue of Victor Emanuel Ia
to be raised next year on the square in
front of the Pitti Palace at Florence, which
the dead King liked so much to
reside in.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
LOCAL NEWS
------------------
THE COURT OF APPEALS
Several important Decisions
Rendered
THE DELAWARE &. A. IL.
u. S. District Court--The Election
Cases"--The Mileage Question
--De'aw RaiIrond off,
GERS for 1881 = The
P, W. & BIS
Possessions.
AN EX-REPRESBNTbTlVE DECEASED
THE DELAWARE q. A. IL.
AN EX-REPRESBNThTlVB DECEASED
THE DHLA wARB RAILROAD.

Annual Meeting, Election of Officers
and Reports of President and
Treasurer
Spectacle alCorrespondence of State Journal.
Down, j An. 10 The annual meeting
Of the stockholders Of the Delaware rail-
road was held in the directors room. at
the depot in this town, to.dsy at noon,
%, 1871 shares OF stock were represented.
The following annual reports were read
and adopted:
OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE RAILROAD COM
PANy, DOVER, Jan. IL, 1SS1.-The directors
respectfully submit to the stockholders of this
company the following statement of Its busi-
ness for the year ending October 81, 1880:
EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR.
From passengers. STAG, 1858. n
From freight ........... ........ 249. .647. .9S
From mails and miscellaneous. 10,25S.2
lOtdl ..'......s.... fzoi zoo,Uo
Operating expenses, as per agree
ment with the lessee, 10 per cent.
OF the gross earnings. S2JS. .3S5.52
lpiHl- s.+--+.--. IL, ,oiJ.oi
Interest on bonds aud dividends on stock
paid by losses, 912977S II, showing diff
cheney of $l.S9i.23. This deficiency will be
ings.
| The results of the business as compared
| with last year. show Il loss in freight receipts
of S27, ,306. l3 gain in passenger receipts of
| $4,000. 45; gain in mails and miscellaneous
| receipts OF $500.
| The loss in freights is due to the smallnesf
of the peach crop, and to the fact that the
| greater part OF the crop being this year IN the
| upper portion of the State, the haul over youi
| line of road was short.
| Your property has been kept i'll it3 usual
| good condition by the lessee. In accomplish
ing this 304 tons of steel 49,, tons of iron
| 2a2 tons of mended iron rails, and 1870 cross
ties, with due proportion OF other materials
| have been used.
Passenger trains have been run ovel
| 49, ,593 miles freight trains over 1S3,3lS
miles construction and wood trains oyel
| 1856 miles total of all trains 33l, I66 miles
| The appropriations to the sinking fund fol
| the last year were sufficient to pay oil the
| first note for $1,000, referred to in our last
annual report, and leaving surplus ot
| 1,49S.3S.
| The construction account increased during
| the past year by the consent of the lessor ant
| lessee to the amount of 1854 81, upoi
which the lessee is to pay six per cent. pei
annun to the lessor.
The main items making up this amount
consist of the difference in cost between stee
and iron rails and the additional weight o.
| the new rails over the old ones taken up, thu
substitution of iron fish joints i'll place o
| wooden ones, the extention of side tracks
| new fencing and the cost of the Dover ant
| Milford survey. #..--
| l}y order of the Board
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
T VI lIIV IlUUl u
S. NJ. FELTON,. President
s2,2l0.325.3s


The following beard OF directors was
then elected, the oGiy change from the
preceding board being the election of
Christian Febiger to the vacancy caused
by Joseph Briuehurst: s. NJ. FELTON,, Isaac
Hinekley, Andrew O. Gray, Charles
Warner. Christsn Febiger. Edward Bring
hurst. Jr., Isaac jump. H B Fiddeman,
Manlove Hayes, Alexandr johnson, James
J. Ross, Albert Curry, j. Turpin Moore.
The board of directors than organized
and reelected S. NJ FELTON,, president, and
Munloye BaYes, treasurer.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-20
Personal.

General tfrsnt will occupy his cottage ct
Long Branch, next summer.
Ii is reported in Ottawa that the Princess
Louise will return 10 Canada In May.
Rev. DIR. Benjamin NJ. Hill, the Oldest
Baptist minister in Connecticut, died in
New Haven on Saturday evening, aged 81
years.
Judge Samuel Evens, one of the best
known citizens of Trenton, New Jersey,
died 10 that city on Saturday evening,
aged 80 years
Sara Bernhardt's six performances in
Chicago, last week. produced $2D. 469
gross receipts. She has thus far given 63
performances, nggrega!ing $226, 1l9 gross
receipts.
- Rev. George II. Mallory, an Episcopal
clergyman and editor of The Chttrchmdn,
is one of the proprietors of the Madison.
square Theater in New York and interested
in its dramatic SUCCESS.
That was not bad remark of Secretary
Evarts-"'rhe peasantry OF Ireland or Ger
many, be said, carrying soldier on his
back, cannot compete with the American
peasant, who has no soldier to carry"
James G Fair, who WAS de eclared ele cted
Uaited States Senator ju joint convention
OF the Nevada Legislature on Wednesday
last, said in an address that "his
chief aim in The Senate would be to secure
free coinage"
Judge Leoompte. of old Lecomptor
constitution days in Missouri and Kansas,
H., according to "Gatb," tough
Republican, and Striugfellow, who led
the border bands, has been strong
Republican for ten years. Atchison lives
in Kansas City and is a bitter Republican
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1881-10-08
Large Sheen Ranch,

The largest sheep ranch in Texas
and probably the largest in the United
States is What is known as the Charley
Callaghan ranch in Encindl county In
II San Antonio letter the writer says
that the number of sheep on this ranch
must be between 125,000 and 10000
head. The ranch was founded by
Charles Callaghan with nothing, and
before he died, he and his partner, Mr..
@. NJ. Macdonnel, of Laredo, had up
wards of 10000 head of sheep and
several hundred thousand acres of land.
On his death his portion fell to cou-
pie of his nephews, one of whom, Mr.,
Charles Star, is at present superintend-
ent of the ranch and successfully car
rying on the lucrative business begun
by his uncle. As an indication of the
wool business of Texas, look to the
amount of wool shipped. The wcoI
trade of San Antonio has more than
doubled itself in the last two years
From fair calculation it is estimated
that the shipments have amounted tC
100000 pounds, and there is yet il
store about 100000 pounds, making al
H6bhNbhNS VI i,cbV,buu ppihun VI WV
handled here the spring season past
Add to that 100000 to be handled
and we have 8,500,000 pounds of WOO
handled in San Antonio in 1881. Onl,
three or four years ago 100000 pounds
of wool was an incomprehensible guam
tity in the experience of the wool buye
of San Antonio. What will be tn,
wool-trade of this city few year
hence? The sheep business in Texe
is actually only in its infancy. Tel
years from now men will laugh at on
boast OF to-day. San Antonio is no
the only wool warket, and, in fact, it i
not the first, as Corpus Christi take
that rank, and much wool is handles
in Austin, Waco, Forth Worth, Abelin
and other points in the State. Loohin
at it in this light, am not right in say
ing that wool-growing is one of tn
most important and rapidly GROWN
industries in Texas, the great South
western Empire State of the Union
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Cruelty and Civilization.


The mutilation of prisoners exhib-
tied on Assyrian sculptures, are not
surpassed in cruelty by any we find
among the most bloodthrsty of wild
races: and Rameses IL, wlso delighted
ia having himself sculptured on tenn
pie walls throughout Egypt as holding
a dozen captives by the hair and strili-
ing oil their heads at blow, slaugh
tered during his conquests more human
beings than thousand chiefs of
savage tribes put together The tor
lures inflicted on captured enemies by
req Indians are not greater than were
those inflicted of old on felons by cru
cihcatlon, or on suspected rebels by
sewing them up in the hides of slaugh-
tered animals, or on heretics by smear
ing them over with combustibles and
setting fire to them. The Damaras,
described ms SO utterly heartloss that
they laugh on seeing one of their num-
Der killed by wild beast, are not worse
than tho Romans, who made such elnb-
crate provisions for gratifying them
selves by watching wholesale slaughters
iii the arena. If the numbers DESTROY
ed by the hordes of Atilla were not
equalled by the numbers which the
Roman armies destroyed Mt the con-
quest of Selucia and by the numbers
of jews massacred under Hadrian, it
was simply because the occasion did
not permit. The cruelties of Nero,
Gallienus and the rest may compare
with those of Zingus and Timour; and
when we read of Oaracalla, that after
he had murdered twenty thousand
friends of his murdered brother, his
soldiers forced the Sanate to place him
among the gods, we are shown that in
the Roman people there was IA ferocity
not less than that which deiiies the most
sanguinary chiefs among the worst of
savages. Nor did Christianity greatly
change matters Throughout medieval
Europe political ollenses and religious
dissent brought on men carefully de-
vised agonies, equaling, if not exceed
ing, any inflicted by the most brutal
of barbarians
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WIT AND wlSDOa.

HI spoke to us in such husky tone
we naturally concluded that he was
pretty well corned
$50 TO the ant, thou sluggard," is all
very we'll but if the sluggard will 20
to IA picnic, the ant will come to him.
A CERTAIN doctor Of divinity said
every blade Of grass was sermon.
The next day he was amusing himself
by clipping his lawn, when a parishion-
er said, That's right, doctor, cut your
sermons short
"BrDDY," said Indy to her servant,
+" / wish you would step over and see
how old Mrs Jc1ag - NO niv1iing.
In few minutes Biddy returned with
the information that Mrs. Jones was
seventy-two years, seven months and
twenty-eight days old.
You smoke great deal, Gus" said
II friend to Gus De Smith. yes, To-
piled Gus, particularly after dinner. !
have got so in the habit OF smoldng
after dinner, that the dinner don't taste
right when | eat it, unless | have
smoke afterwards. - Tecds Sittings
A CONNECTICUT saloon keeper lost a
pocket book containing several hundred
dollars, and a boy found it and returned
it to him. Tears came to his eyes as he
gazed upon the honest boy, and as he
opened the pocketbook, uniplled the
wad and took out fifty dollar bill, lie
said, You are goot, honest poy. Now
l will shake You for the drinks" and he
put the fifty dollar bill back in his
pocket and took down the loaded dice.
and beat the boy.
An extensive conGagration, caused
by the protracted drouth, is aging in
the Dismal Swamp, destroying large
quantities of valuable timber and do
ing other damage. The smoke from
the fire overhangs. Norfolk day and
night The dry weather prevailing in
North Carolina below that point has in
some sections so scorched the crop that
the farmers are cutting it OF and stack.
ing 1t up for fodder, and the rice crop
is entirely cut of in that state.
An exchange has the following, which
we know by experience to be more
truth than poetry" There are some
peculiar, sensitive people in this world.
A young rowdy viii get ripping, raving,
STAYING drunk shout, howl, fight, bruise,
yell, smash and swear for hours: get
grabbed by policeman, and have his
head softened and his nose mashed ON
the way to the jail, and then whine for
an hour to have his name kept from the
papers, out of regard to the feelings of
his poor old mother, who is sick ap.'
near deaths door,
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Death Of nm Old Printer in Texas.

A few weeks ago, on old and feeble
man stepped into the Cypress office and
asked for work, saying he was printer
He secured sufficient labor, "subbing'
for the regularly employed type settlers
to earn living, and worked pretty
steadily until last week, when he was
taken suddenly i'll and died His fell
low craftsmen attended his remains to
their long home. A trunk was left by
the old man, which was brought to this
Office, and ON being opened yesterday
1t was found to contain large amount
OF manuscripts and various literary
productions of the deceased. Also II
neat little box. which was opened and
within which was found a badge of the
national association of veterans. and
also beautiful and very large silver
medal, bearing upon one side the words
Presented by the city of New York to
Edward Schiller, Company D,-New
York Regiment OF Volunteers in Mex
leo" On the other side, "Cerro Gordo,
Chapultepec, Vera Cruz, Cherubusco. 4"
These are the points at which four of
the greatest battles of the Mexican war
were fought and in which Edward
Schiller had honored himself AZ Il mem
Der OF the New York regiment.
There were also in the box with the
medals numerous clippings from the
ncws pap RS Of the country highly com
pbmentng Edward Schiller for work
on moral philosophy, which he pro-
duoed while ut Fort Scott Kansas. The
criticisms upon the work, which was
the first book ever published in Kansas,
Indicated that it was well and thought
fully written and an instructive work.
And not until the old man died did it
become known that he had been n man
Of prominence in his day. He is sup
posed to have been descendant from
a great German family of his name.
When he died there was no one present
who knew of his family or friends
abroad. He went away as he came
quietly-without any tale to unfold.
San AHtoniO Express
For some time during the war the
subject of the foregoing sketch was EN-
ployed on the Picayune rs reporter
and special writer. He wrote num-
Der of sketches over the signature of
"Peppercorn. While here he appear
ed to be man of considerable means.
He, or his wife, owned river boat,
which was sold TO the government, and
Schiller then purchased land for farm
in Illinois, which he went to occupy
when he left New Orleans. He is re-
membered az n quiet, industrious man,
and a writer or fair ability. or
leans PicdUltne.
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Rice.

The rice crop of Louisiana is safe
against all of the accidents usual to Il ut
this season of the year. Already Il
large amount has been harvested, and
the grains are choice, white, and flinty,
and in good condition for milling. The
daily receipts at the mills indicate a
disposition on the part of planters to
show that they do not propose to be
the prey of the specializing sharks that
are decrying this early movement of the
crop. An examination Of the rice that
has been received in New Orleans shows
the grain is thoroughly ripe and unu-
sually fine. II is reported by the buy
ers who are interested IN keeping the
crop away from market, except what is
shipped by themselves, that what has
been harvested and sent to the mills is
unripe, but the millers report that eve.
nv grain of the thousands OF bushels
that have been delivered to them dur.
ing the month of August is in perfect
condition and exactly ripe. The plant
ers OF this staple cereal have learned 10y
experience how to raise it TO the best
advantage, and consequently the quail
ity and amount OF the crop is being i'm
proved every year. As il is a very
profitable industry also in Louisiana
the area devoted TO its cultivation il
enlarged every season, and hence L
promises to become one Of the mos
important and extensive productions o
this wonderfully prolihocountry.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1881-10-08

while restitution prevailed to limited
extent, actual want and suffering were
eliminated by the spontaneous gener-
osity of the world But the region inst
devastated by fire in Michigan is really
more an object and field of charity than
Chicago was in the fall OF 1871, although
the picturesqueness OF Il large city de
stroyed in a night gave notification of
the occurrence, and made the scourged
city the focus of Universal attention. II
Chicago, after such an experience, does
not respond generously to the cry of the
Michigan sufferers for aid, she will he
unworthy of her fame and ungrateful
for the succor so hvishly extended to
her people under similar visitation.
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A Rare Proof OF Devotion.

About month ago +. A. Learott, of
Oakland, an engineer in the employ of
tho Central Pacific railroad company,
and stationed in Arizona, was serious
ly scalded by the overturning Of his
locomotive, and one Of his legs was so
badly injured that the flesh fell away.
The attending physician told him that
ii his friends would each contribute a
small piece of flesh they could repair
the limb and restore il to its own use
fulness. Phe statement was widely cir
culated and twenty-eight of his fellow
workmen volunteered and bravely barred
their limbs to the surgeons knife. The
transplantation Of flesh was seccessful-
ly made, and to-day the leg looks al.
most as natural as does the uninjured
member. The heroic act Of the meH
was duly rewarded. The railroad com
pany hearing of the case, leave of
absence was given and two months ex-
ira pay was ordered paid to each of the
men. Mr.. Learett is now at his home,
No. S03 Peralta street. and is rapidly
recovering. San Francisco Chr0n,
icle.