Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-24
PHILADELPHIA.
..rr OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE
DAILY OCCURRING.
.ts Jealous LOver-War Of
,ns C,rcus Aeh lncrsase In
Rents and Cost Of Livins
-CnarIes DE 4 on's
Dutchman-AG Ghast'
~ FIND.
PHILADELPHIA, April 90, 1882.

% ,.Dt Tuesday. Although Miss Cros
Mas l"os at first thought to be fatally wou nd
sa she showed more concern for tn
fate of her lover, who had also sho
himself, than she did for her own, an'
aant several loving messages. assuring
S,m Of her forgiveness, The physician
having pronounced the young lady on
nfdanrer, the rash young man has bsel
admitted to bail, ,,,
Ths circus men are having littl
xar ON their own account, which /
watched with some interest by th
'"an,gers of the charitable institution
Q. this city.
Adam Forepaugb, who has been ex'
bibiting his circus in this city durint
,bs week, has had standing card II
tbe nspers offering to give $4,000 tOl
charitable uses, if his show was no
larger and better than any ether nov
exhibiting
The old war horse Barnum, whose
.;rcus will open on Monday night, re
snonds and PAGES 100000 in tho Peo
nts,s Bank, and invites Forepaugh 10
stake a like amount, the party having
the smallest show to forfeit their mon.
Az which is to be distributed by three
disinterested persons among the CHART.
sble institutions. Forepaugh answers
this BY charging that Barnum has libel
led him, and states his intention ol
having MIN arrested AZ soon us he ar
riyes in this city There are however
some shrewd people here, who have nc
hesitation in say ing that this Is only u
sham battle, and nice little arrange
ment between the rival preprieto,s 10
enlist greater iutesest in the minds VI
the public for their respective shows,
and consequently increase the attend
anCe.
The increase in rents and the pr ces
/ Of meats and others articles of daily
consumption, is being generally felt
by our housekeepers and heads OF
/ families.
Rents have advanced from ten to
twenty per cent and sirloin steaks are
now bringing 80 cents per pound, aud
so on down the list. Every body has
SOME cause to assign for the sudden
rise. One man will tell you that the
only reason is the scarcity of cattle,
the other is equally confident that the re
are plenty of cattle, but the large ship
ments to Europe are the cause of the
advance, whilea third one will contra
dict both these theories, and tell you
that all the cattle in the West and
Southwest are bought up and are being
held By Speculators who will keep them
out of the market until the price is
forced up to the highest figure. But
let the cause be what iV may, one thing
is certain, theprice of living in this ci y
at present is much greater than it was
Three months ago. In few days
Charles Langheimer will be released
from the Penltentiary, where about
thirty years of his life has been spent.
langheimer is now about 80 years of
age, and was made famous by the move.
list Dickens in his American Notes."
~ That work written thirty years ago,
lne great writer speaks of Langheimer
as poor old Dutchman, who would
Boon be in his grave, and condemned
fhe discipline OF the institution in uu-
measured terms.
The novelist is dead, but the prisoner
tlll lives, most probably TO commit
more crime and be sent back to the Jail
mat he frequen ly calls his home,
hhlIe some workmen were digging
the vicinity Of Twenty. First and
FaflsL streets one day last week they
esurrected large number of human
pVhes, which they refused to touch un.
Y, Iley were seen by the coroner. That
Pmclal soon arrived and after assuring
ms large crowd that had collected that
nefe was no cause TOR alarm removed
ro sLSsIly relics to another resting
iace' 1ears ago the ground in that 10
amy was used as the Bush Hill Pot
fs flela, and the bodies of thousands
paupero we're Inferred there. The
Peaa ol bullulngs IN that section com
eiioa @ the opening of a new Potters'
ielu ana the ground was sold |
specUIatCrs, who cut it up into
uiiuing lots, which were soon bought
lu ~, covered with dwellings.
lne case OF The Ryan children over in |
muen, VINO are said to be suffering
.u ri'nlnosls, engages the attention
tue medical men or TINS city.
ooah The eldest is three years and
months old, and James about eivh.
Un mehths. Some ten days ago the
nl,y nad some boiled ham for dinner
"h'ch The children partook, and
akeh sick shortly afterwards.
W. ~ w. Iaylor,an Old practitioner, W no
'eeu attending The children says il
- ~ .puunllstaka6ie case of trichinosis,
s;r 'neie ne IS not the slightest hope OF
An Important II meeting of a number ofI
Leading citizens was held on Tnurs.
'NWehihg W at the residence of MIR. i
u WEIGH, to consider measures for
mpfoVement Of the city. The meet
y" "as ln lavor OF Co lnclls appropri.
s que million dollars for the pur-
n,Oni W. making Or finishing important
p,J,aements. pn,a.It They advocated the
;pielion Of the East Park reservoir
improved system of sewerage and a
al G repairing Of the streets. The
..efehce appointed co0mittee of
nv o'th tho 70 Walt upon Council, and urge
va'na "nem The necessity of these i'm
miserable brute has been found in (
bpbison bis OF William Leyden, who
cs us his wile had a bearing y few DAYS g
e r,a oeiore Magistrate Collins, on the
Il iso chi, vi cruelty to, and neglect of
imann Uu,.uren. 1t was shown by the
.moay that the man who resided {
Ibtb insli a alley in the vicinity of f
sI baM. ana Christian streets, was in !
wits H.. . ol M getting drunk and beating e
se ",s wsS ana children, and when the G
,o was visited by agents of the so. {
Ias ~ e., tosect Children from Cruelty C
"a anS ,Suhd M almost destitute of furni. a
raas uu 'ne wife and children covered
of H. =, "a settee lay the body of
died sds ssnalI children four years old, who
Ia ans several days belcre with diph t
astsd mu the wife stated that when a
cSiiS iea Leyden for money to bury b
corna, u. ne abused her and picked up G
ipse Il y, with the intention of throw.
~ ~ tne street. The man was sent
Ian n"nse uo Of Correction, and the
~ wSs was allowed to leave for Balti. q,
,oc;a.e %nefe she said she had relative q "
cbo1sy b.y ourled the dead child, and =, a
'nafse Of the four living ones. + !,