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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
THO Trmsfccs of The pnnr.

Happily for the Trustees Of the Poor
they had the good sense yesterday to
rectify their recent palpahle mistake in
refusing toTote down the supply Of pri-
vate liqnor and cigars at public expense,
and, owing to favorable circumstances,
1t was done without Standardization or
any sacrifice otssltrespect. Some one hit
upon the happy suggestion OF cut
ting of the rations OF tobacco
and whisky in the supply Committee, and
Mr.. Farra, who was not present AT the
last meeting when Mr.. Bradford i motion
on this subject was voted down, was able
with perfectly good grace to Introduce
the resolution ,atifyiug and commencing
the committees action, resolution that
was sensibly allowed to pass without a
single dissenting voice. ...
Thus, q matter that, though triling
thus far, threatened some tims In the
future to grow into scandal, and that
would forever have been precedent for
inofe lueS'iopapi7 expenditures has
peen quietly NlSPo7en OF we nope Tor all
'ine' anu 'i'7 ''nSte'a Oh tne Foor VIII
20 'nto mar he" ana somewhat retired
quarters WIN 81 Toast o'a lass S"nra" OF
temptation ana eah)e'' OF criticism.
hSS'.weeR r meeting "i Tie Tnste"a
gave A'i"thef evidence OF the wholesome
'hinen"e OF hs" blood For good
"h',e '"s posi- OF 'i7rF at the city Office
VI 'ne iFnS'ees has been an expensive
H'he'"'"' ana yesterday 1t was abolished.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

John Roach rdsh-s in where more pm
dent and less influential ship builders
fear to tread. After due allowance has
been made for professional jealousy, the
fact that two large ship. building
concerns refused to bid on the
cruisers aud dispatch boat and
that those who did bid put their
figures from 100000 to $500, 900 above
those Of Mr.. Roach, jnstifies to some ex-
t'nt the opinion of those disappointed
bidders who say that the work
can not be done for the sums
named by Roach. Steel of the
quality required by the terms OF the law
is going to be very expensive material
since great deal that is made will prob.
ably be condemned, and the price will he
put up proportionately on sueh 40 IL
accepted.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

Ex Speaker Samuel ]. Randall on Sat
urday, in reply to charges recently made
public that as Speaker of the House he
was responsible for the failure OF Mr..
1ilden to secure the Presidency In 1887,
because he refused to allow Democrats in
the House to iilihuster in order to carry
the counting of the electoral vote beyond
the 4!h OF March, said he had nothing to
explain concerning his official action
during the trying ordeal of count
ing tine electoral vote Of the states
whose returns were in dispute. lie
further said the creation of the
Electoral Commission was the work of
Democratic House and Republican Senate
and in framing that commission it was
made mandatory that there should be no
delay in either body in making the count.
1t was his duty to obey, not to defy the
law, and no matter how strongly the
sympathies his heart were with his party
during the performance of an act without
precedent in the history of the nation,
his most solemn Judgment Taught him
that no error, no deviation from the
rugged path of duty prescribed by law
must be made by him, aud he endesvored
to perform his duty to his country as God
gave him the light to see it.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
SpORTIhG NOTES.

1Lr Guilty ll,!vHrsity Club has Won
the Stnt- oh championship of Maipe.
XnkrttOrL, vino won the first pri2- III luz
reoeut international chess Tournament,
London, il coming to America.
William Baker of Buffalo, and MriVlO
Thompson OF Rochester, N. y have
signed articles for glove fghtat Bulla'O'
on Saturday night, for 300 a side.
Jack Keenan,, of Philadelphia, aud
Jimmy Murray of Providspce,are making
arrangements for a glove fight for wv"
side.
Little Miuch Monday won dash Of !
of a mile in l.16, at Brighton Beach
Major Hughes won selling race, !
miles, in LES. Matte Rapture won
mile dash in l.44t. plunger won dSn
Of l OF q mile in l.l6.
Forty-ssven bioyclists .started MOD,
day morning from Windsor, Ontario, w
tour through Canada, via st. Ihona',
doderich, Btratford, Brantford an'
Toronto to Niagara Falls. The party ~
oludes wheelmen from Detroit, ChicsgG'
Milwaukee, Louisville and other Aule''
can cities.
The first Of series of championship
bicycle races between John s. Prln'f'
champion OF America, and II. w. liHhsI,,
champion OF England, took place
Washington on Saturday AFTERNOON
The race was over fve-mile conrss' NV
was won by Prince, after close aud nlos'
exciting struggle, in is 47s. Highsm,,
time was 1S.4Ss. The track was hesu
from recent rains. The next race Of Nv
series-distanoe 20 miles-will vi"
place at Rochester, N. Y.
A prize fight between two light weighs
named William O'Connell and hdWa
Callahan, for $50 a side, took place ="
far from Newtown Monday aiternoyI
O'Connell, who is. scarcely 10 years AZ
was never in the ring before the nsuW
Monday, but he proved hiinseI
pluoky and game fighter. He %slgs
1856 pounds when stripped. Cslisnd
who is "a years old, weighed LAY poaan usi
as he stepped into the ring. rms IA
lasted little over IA minutes AA'
resulted In a victory for O'Conneii'
Anovel race between Frederick hnshsa
oatsmaran Jesse and Ezra Dsggetts no's
Boston, from New York to Stoney oiovs
Conn, Sunday, was won by the Al
msran, which landed at Stony Oreeh
1876 O'Clock in the afternoon. me nV,
arrived at Stoney Creek at $ o,oiT %as
While passing the -Four Corners ~ %
Haven the horse broke down anu Al
stabbed for a short time. Threase .ds
arrest for cruelty to animals were i n
but not carried ont, and Dagger ,T m.
his 90-mils journey unmolesIeu.
betting was in favor OF the oa'A aaa nj
1t is understood that the RAGS ""'
81 900 side, ..- ....
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

New doubts Seem 10 be aroused by
every fresh contribution to the col :
troversy over the site of Makemie's first
church. Isaac D. Jones, Esq, OF Balti-
more seemed to have established strong
presnmptive case in favor of Rshoboth,
Md, when he showed that that noy de-
csyed town was port of entry three
years earlier than its now thriving
neighbor Snow Hill, the inference being
that the sane decaying influences that
caused the removal OF the port of entry
from liehoboth to Snow Hill, also
transferred the centre OF Presbyterian
strength to the latter place. But now
comes Judge Wilson with his extremely
plausible theory of paper towns and
fiat ports of entry created to further the
ambitions of great lsndholders, and
further with tue assertion that
the early port of entry was
not established a. Rehoboth, but at q
point between that place AMI Snow Hill.
Then, too, We have far away claimants to
the site of Americas earliest Presby-
terlan church. Thus far, however, IL
does not appear that any preshy terian
church OF to-day can trace longer uu.
broken ancestry than the family Of con-
gregstions estaGlshed by Mackenzie on the
Eastern Shore, unless Now Castle can
make good the claim perhaps hastily
made in her behalf by Historian Vincent,
OF one of the Long leland churcl.ss can
disettapgle its pedigree from the dim
confusion Of the past, At the same time
We are honad to say that the controversy
has left the relativs ages of III. several
Eastern Shore claimants in au Extremely
unsettled condition.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

school children, The Animals d,u,.,l
through the ranks of the lit,,s a s,a,N
and trampied the spectators on the ada,
Walk, where they broke loose. A little vir,
was kilied, and a man fatally iniursd
about five children sustaining danesron,
INJURIES. some others were ont and
bruised by the horses' hoofs. Gnu
The President, on Saturday. dss,or.,,s
the following named civilians for sxsn,,
nation FOR appointment az second lisntar
ants In the army To fill vacancies ChsrIa.
NJ. Clinoh, New York Richard r.. pa
dock, Illinois; Gonzales s, Binohsr
Indiana Robert W. Wilson. Ksns.a
Richard NJ. Blatohford, New York: Cb.r,a,,
Z. George, New Hampshire; Bsnism;''
W. Atkinson, Missouri; Sohn l.. Sohon
Kentucky; William II. johnston ~
Ohio; Sedgwick Rice, Minnesota Joh,
A. Perry, Connecticut and Daniel Clark
Maryland.
fire engine on which seven man va,.
seated Sunday went to fire In RrooL
Ign, Its route being across the Brighton
oeaon RAILROAD track. As 1t neared thu
crossing a train was approaching rapidly
and the driver, who had paid no attsn.
ton to the danger flag, seeing that he
could not stop his horses nor oross in
time to avoid collision, turned in from,
OF the train 30 swiftly that he was mi
overtaken until he had reached a station
short distance below where the train
had to stop. Witnesses of the affair
we're 30 indignant at the engineer Of The
train for not making any effort to avoid a
collision that the police were Obliged To
| protect him.
| Atlthe meetipg called Monday by tina
Ladies' Irish Aid Society of New York Ia
raise funds for the families of the man
hanged In Dublin for the Phnnix psrk
murders, there was more talk of dynamite
than OF anything else, and the audience
seemed to be in entire sympathy with ths
use OF that Resource OF modern oiviliza.
tion. Messeroh, the dynamite maker
made speech In which he said that l0o
such women as Mrs. Brady and 900 man
educated In the school of Ireland would
free Ireland In month. MesserofT sad
he had been threatened with arrest bnt
he carried his own protection with him
and would annihilate on the SPOT the
man VINO attempted to arrest him, as well
as himself.
Governor Butler Monday sent a long
message to the Legislature of Massaohn.
setts, saying that in his opinion there Is
no public exigency requiring him to
adjourn the Legislature to August 9TH.
~ requested, but he would be ysry elad
to prorogue the Honses on any day thew
choose until the first Tuesday In jam.
airy. In the afternoon the Governor sent
in veto of the bill to levy a State tax of
$2,oOO,OOO. He does not believe In rails
ing the money before 1t ia needed and
let 1t lie in bonds at three per cent,
while the poor people who pay the taxes
must borrow at not less than five per
cent. to pay them with. He reviews thv
finances OF the last four years and says
tax of 50, 100000 is unnecessary and
unreasonable. He regards 81, 900, 900 a
sufficient tax, and 81 800, 600 as ample.
The message WAS tabled without dsbats.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

A yonng servant girl, annoyed hy
man who follows her about tie streets at
night, has applied to the Trenton lame,
tor advice IN har tronbls aud the
Tunes advises her To question her an
meyer and il he oil,ra hor iuault to scream
for help. The Times further warns the
man that \ continuance Of Ills conduct
will he followed by an investigation aud
the publication OF his name. Perhaps
this will he sufficient, Int a simpler way
would be- for ths Times to arm one Of its
reporters with stout club and have him
follow at distance the distressed young
woman in one or two of her evening
walks. II the annoyer turns mp the
reporter could draw near, and 1t may be-
safely assumed that fellow who will fol.
low n defenseess woman with evil int.nt
ia too great a coward to face one of his
own sex armed with q club.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
I.acISauannR Coal,

NEw YORK, July 1.-The Delaware 4
Hudson Canal Company has announced
that the prices OF Lackawanna coal for
the month Of July per ton Of 2,24O
pounds will be: Furnace lump, steamer
lump, and grate, each So 30 ; egg, "a II;
stov-, Va 40; chestnut, "a GO, and pea,
So 15.
| There appears to bs something wrong
In the quotation for chestnut, which
should be lower than stove. A Whining.
ton dealer expressed the opinion that the
quotation should be about "a 30
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

One CT those orphic utteranoes so char
aotetistic of Colonel +. Anderson, !"
reaches us from Seaford. This time the
Colonel'- anger ID hot against the action
ofthe court at Geores in adjourniug in
silence after receiving official information
of CollingwOod T. Hallett's escape.
Colonel Anderson would have had the
court advise the State and county to
swell the reward for IIallett to $4,000,
and We agree with him that the Common.
wealth can well Afford to pay good
round sum for the apprehension OF this
brutal and cunning assassin. Colonel
Anderson gloomily ends with the declara
tion that "as things stand 1t is not sun.
'shine for Sussex"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

Now that the exact figures are pub
lished It seems likely that the change in
railroad fares will work rather to Will
mington's advantage than otherwise. The
excursion rates to this city are as low
as could be asked, while the uniform
rate Of three cents a mile will work
such a reduction in the cost OF travel be.
tween Wilmington and points on the PEN
insuls that trade between city and coun-
try should be greatly stimulated. ..
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

The Chicago Horse Shoers' Association
has president who possess some unusual
qualifications for his Office. There was
last week a non-unien horse shoer In
that city who saw fit to sntagonize the
association and to do work for lower
rates than the tariff II fixed. The presi-
dent called upon the outsider and re-
monstrated, verbally, with him. The
latter replied that he had set ont with a
determination to fight the association.
Thereupon the president proceeded to
demonstrate, physically, with the nom
union man and the latter was soon one
of the most thoroughly whipped men on
record. ...5.-.- .-. ..-.-
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
Wilmington, THURSDAY, JuIy5. 1888.


/; Sunday went into effect the tariff act
ps-sed March Sd last. Bradsheet's OF
Saturday, in reviewing the new dutie'
divides them into three olssses, those |
bringing the consumer abso
lutte relief, those which have
been red ucad but the reduction on which,
from the circumstances OF the case, car
bring no relief, and the third, in which
the duties are heavy and are real taxes,
but where the c0nsumptiOn is
30 small that the burden, as
far rs reveuue to the Govern
nisnt is concerned, is trlilng, the greater
portion falling upon the consumer in the
form OF q tribute to home monopolies.
To the first class belong pig iron, on
which the duty il reduced from 81 To
So IL per ton bar iron, from one cent to
eight-tenths of cent per pound silks,
from 80 per cent. to 80 per cent ad va.
loren =; linen, from 40 per cent. to IS per
cent, AL yAlorem wool, from 10 cents
per pound and IL per cent. ad valorem
to simply IL cents per pound
WOODEN cloths, FROM So cents per
pound plus 80 p-r cent, al valorem
tt 30 ccnth per pound slns 50 per cent.
al valorsln II valued at 81 uentE or md, r
aud 80 cents prr p"u..d and i0 pei cent
ad valorem when vain, above 81 a,'ni5.
The reduction on pig iron is tr:ilin1 ah'le
that on bar irnE Is imam "a 81 par Il II.
Silks aiu oheapeued over iGi pen cont
Linens valuwi At rVoI 80 cent, per square
yard, wholesale, wll bo uheapenrd
though this reduction has no bearing on
the question Ut protsrtion, since there
are no such linens made in tins couatl y
On COARSE uOttons The reduction bas
been frOm cents to u cents per sqnart
yard, bat .he saving to the oonsumer W i'll
be small, On Isnlrls, blankets and Tia,
like, tbs reduction is from 20 orpta pei
pound riHs 30 per cont. nd valOrem, hu
here again the Gonsumer will not great =
profit. Tie reduction ia sta.
rails, f-cm IS to $l7 per ton, will
not affect imports, for already til,
home markrt IS 80 over stocked that thea,
goods sell at from 3,is to S39 per ton
white the duty sw. Tia tha price Of til,
impaired @TiItl' ~ /; Is 9rr ton. In TIN
csss the rtesl ral niak4rs, who hithArt,
ware anahled by governmental action /,
take from o"nsuuI'fs p1olSets anywher,
from $40 to $3o per ton more than til,
goods would sell Tor 10 NJ unprotrpteG
market, car now take but from $40 Ia
Sl7 per ton by way OF tribute l(gat
when the market has recovered ita tome
however, the price OF steel rails can no
run Mp 10 So per ton again, and til,
dozen steel rail makers will not agail
divide an annual profit of 10 per cent. or
their Investments. Tho duty On coppa
Is reduced from i've cents to four cent
per pound, but this will not stimulate
importation. Nearly all the cope
IN the United States comes from Michigan
and hall Of il from one mine.
There is triilns reduction on marble
ON nickel and on emery, but the dutie
are still largely prohibitory aud the i'm
portation therefore very small. There
just one emery mine il the United States
up in Massachusetts, and only one nioke
mine of a. Importance, and most of tn
duty on these articles goes, not into til
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
CURRENT LITER4TURE.

On Saturday last appeared the first number
of the Smyrna Record, a weekly Democratic
paper, edited by MIR. f. s. Phelps, formerly
of Smyrna but for some time past living in
Philadelphia. Tho Record has made a hit in
this first number by giving full page to
fresh local news, and its editors only road to
success lies in an untiring devotion to the
same wise policy. The new venture has
EyERN EvENINN's best Mlsl.es.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

LONDON. June 3O.-ln the House OF Com
mons last night Lord harrington, War Secre-
tary, stated that every precauiion had Deoh
taken to guard the troops III Egypt against
tine cholera.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

Denver, Coll, July IA dispatch to
the Tribune from Maysville, says: Yes
terday morning Dick Baker came to town
and amused himself by shooting into
several buildings. The city constable
being absent, Mayor John Martin under
took to stop the disturbance, when Baker
commenced firing at him. The Mayor
then shot him four times, killing him.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
FOR YOUNG People.
A Short List of PuzzIes-Answers to
Those of june 18Th

Short List of PuzzIes-Answers to
Those of jane 10Th.
Hot weather apparently proved too
much for The JOURNALS puxzlsrs and
the prizes offered two weeks ago have
failed to elicit answers to the puzzles of
that week. Ever faithful Harry Now
bray OF Dover is the sole person of all the
puzzlers to send any thing new this week,
and save Nos. and 2, sent by him, thu
puzzles given to-day are the accumulated
stock of weeks past. Here they are :
No. 1-ANAGRAM.
K. BDAW AR.
No. 2 -CoRKscREw.
A member. An exclamation. An in
sect. A verb. The front of an army. A
beverage. Not near. An exclamation.
A part of the body. Before sunset. A
proper name. A conjunction. A possess-
i've pronoun. The last. To burrow.
No. 3.-DiAMoND.
A letter. To finish. Wrath. A river
A letter.
No 4.-DIAMoSD.
letter. A winged insect. Two or
more horses. A competitors measure. A
letter.
No. "a SQUARE.
verb. Part of the verb to be. Act
of setting.
No. 6.-BsHEADMENT.
Make receptacle, behead and have
masticated again, and have PROPOSE
ton; again, aud have piece of clothing
ant xy I'D Ia 4
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

In the true story elsewhere showing a
pegro's estimate of the relative advan-
tages of idleness in Jail aud labor with
freedom there ia a revelation that carries
powerful argumsnt in favor Of come
organized system OF prison labor in Della
ware. As long az ANY prisoner would
only "almost as lief he ont at work" the
value of the county Jail as retormstory
institution or deterrent from crime ia
hardly appreciable.
It ID reassuring to find 80 high
authority as the New York Medical Record
unequivocally declaring bicycling not
only harmless but positively health
ful exercise, the more so that some medi-
cal men have discountenanced this some
what ticklish vehicle.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
The Revised Ola Testament.

The Old Testament Revision Company
has concluded its seyenty-ninth session
in the New Jerusalem Chamber at West
minister. The final review has extendei
so far as Ezodus, XVII. In the course
of the current year there Ia reasonable
presumption that the revision will be
completed and the new revised Bible in
the hands Of the people.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05
THE PENINs ULA.

A girl OF IL in the Snow Hill Aims
house is mother.
Two fruit-drying houses are to be built
at Denton Bridge this season.
George II. Ash has been elected Second
Lieutenant of the Groom Guards OF
Elkton.
Esston may build water works. Those
of Dover will be inspected by repre-
sentative of the former town.
r. " d. Albury OF Geore eiown, will
probably set apart two acres OF land on
Albury avenue, in the rear of his resi-
deuce for a public park.
The Cape May Star says that A. p.
Hildreth of Cape May has gone Rehoboth
to take the post of frat assistant to
Manager MoMaokiu OF the new Hotel
Henlopen.
The steamer Georgeanna made her last
trip over the Choptsnk- Baltimore route
last Saturday morning and has now left
the fl Id, or rather water, clear to the
Maryland Steamboat Company. 1t was
rumored in Cambridge that $9, 0CO had
been raised along the route toward buy
ing the Georgeanna and keeping her on.
Her owners want $l5, 900.
The Eastern Vuginian published at
onauoock, Accomaek county, Virginia,
says that o. J. Lucas of that place, has a
very ancient violin, a fine instrument,
bought of pawnbroker, bearing the
| following inscription:
| JoANNES BAPrIsTEs GUADAGNINI,
| Cremonenss fecit Tourini.
{. L. e., Alumnus Antoni stradivarlt.
1851,
| 1t seems now to be definitely under
stood that building 50xl00 feet Ia to be
erected at Clayton Just in front of the
present depot building. The mechanics
are -xpeoted 10 commence laying ont the
ground during this week. The building
ia to be a two story frame and capable o.
accommodating all the officers now in the
employ of the Delaware railroad at Will
mi''gton. Smyrna Times.
Captain George Holloway of Philadel
phia, is Ia Milford 10 king after the In
terests nj the nn% versal to he built fol
him by J. w. Abbott n Go. Her diner
sious are to be los fe.. keel, rs feet beam
81 fact lower hold, and TO carry 900 tons
She will lie rgg-d as 4 three master an,
n' !" NV '"an' .inue. ohe N oWh''
py James H. deputy, DR.. X. ii. Clarl
an" parties IN Philadelphia -DDm
t"oh'os'
The keel of Captain Daisy's new tire
mssted schooner was laid this week by J
W. Abbott n Bro. She ia to LA abou
275 tons, carpenters measure, and vii
carry nearly 500 tons. Her destiny !
for the GOAT trade, and her owners ar
John Smith, II. W. MrColl-y, DR.. II II
Clark, James IL Deputy, William Ma,
shall and James Latchum Her dinner
r'"ns VIII ht Keel. 100 feet beam, 3
'ee' ho'u, iee''-1'"fotd chronicle.
The Denton foarnai says that earl
last spring James Il. Redden stocked h
lee pond near the bridge, Caroline count,
with about 200 Young carp fish, ohtaint
Commissioner llnghlett. The fish wei
~ small thst closa wire mo- quito suree
would only prevent them from passir
out at the gate for tbs water to escap
Now there are carp in that pond to
counted by dozens as large ~ branc
behring's, while the smaller fry won
ee"'n tn be countless.
The following real estate GALES are r
ported by the fi.oreetown ,Sosscr .E,u,na
Henry Snyisr's $50 acre farm in India
River hundred to Il ID. Uit,bins 4
Sl,l75; 100 acres in Dsgsboro hnndr.
propertv of John G. Tinvla IN lain
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

ALEXANDRIA. June 30.-Sanitary commits.
sions have been appointed hero, composed OF
consula, doctors and engineers. There have
been ak deaths from cholera at Mansura
to-day.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-07-05

WASHINGTON. June 30.-Col. Samuel b.
IIalabird, of the Quartermaster Generals
Department, has been recommended by Sec
rotary Lincoln to the President for appoint
mont al Quartermaster General to succeed
Gen. ingalls,, who will DO placed on the re-
tired list Monday. Tho appointment will bo
made as soon as the Office becomes vacant.