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Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
Camp Meetings..

The Wilmingtonian, usually correct
in detail has certainly Y missed the mark
when il says that the first camp meet
ing ever held in America was at "a spOt
fifteen miles from Baltimore on tn,
EelstcrstOwn road. That camp meet
ing WAS held there forty years ago w
will not attemp, 10 deny, but that it was
the first one il"id in America we EN-
phatic"l,y 1eny.
We attended camp meeting our--Ivr.
more than forty years ago, and ever
then the preachers and people referred
to camp meetings Of older times. |,
was no unusual thing for old Metho
dists at that day TO lament the spirit o
the world that mad crept into moherr
camp meetings and prevented then
from doing a. much good aS they did Il
years before that. Equally mistaken i,
the Wilmingtonian when it says thai
probably in the whole section Of Della
"arr and Mary land there were not hall
"A dozen Methodist churrheS in lSio OF
even in 1850.
We are charitable enough to believe
that our esteemed cOi.tpmpurary has
made slip with the pen, or perhaps
The np"si'"r made a slip OF his types
and set up lS4o for l,io, and 1850 for
100 surely one 50 well booked up in
history ar the rditor Of that journal
would not pretend truthfulIy to say
mat there were not Il dozen Of Met hodisi
churches in tn" who" breadth Of Mary
ian'l and Delaware, the very cradle OF
M"'hohi.ln, 'hirIy-thr"r years ago.
W" VIII venture the assertion thai
A.'nr III Delaware thirty-three year,
ago rher" were nearly a haudr"d Meth.
odisr churcA",, and in Mary land hrarl y
three times mat uumbrr. With the
balance ui the article We hav" no fault
W. '''''' '''''E - " H'hI NV w ~ .4tlDIb
win all the exceptions taken to cump
m'ri,ng-
Il j. 'rur th.t here B.. u", III" nrcr,.i-
? for camp meetings that existed fhrr,
quarter, Ola century ago, but at the
~a'"" nm" camp meeting. pror"riJ con
Iu't"d are pgoj lctiv" Of much good in
q r"riaI, re.lIjou> priut Of yiru Be
cau3" ~onr harra is done, no reason
why II" "Itn' mould b" ma4D 70 Il,
good. IuaI. az, Of the Hor.i, saint,
ANA Slippers me- rygeth"r, and even at
the I.oi', tah,r vherr the Master wa,
a"I" win III Twelve disciples, uu,
that SIT jh.r" sac 4 thief and after.
"ar", betrayed im, while another IL"
u,"d huU. Perfection cannot b" luYEa'
tor ~ camp m""lings more thau IT any
Oi hr' 4NhcLn1,,
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

"BOB ALLEN, who has Just escaped
from Dover Jail, lsa generous fellow.
Nobody can accuse him of seti>hness.
He could have got ont of the Jail at any
time, but he wasn't in hurry, he
wanted to have big spree, general
Jail break. Liberty would lose its
sweetness if he alone Of the ail inmates
enjoyed it, Bob bded his time, got
keys made for all the cells in the jail
and when he was really he just stepped
out of hi, cell and unlocked the doors
Of all the other cells and told the
prisoners to git. " All that wanted
to 60 did git, but what musr have
been the disgust of :" Bob, " when a
colored man preferred the "soft snap
Of All imprisonment for life rather than
a life Of liberty outside. Even the
tramps, who knew good thing when
they had it, couldn't be induced t.
accept "BOb's offer and make break
for liberty. The warden, good honest
trusting soul, how he must have 'orr
his eyes open when he found what was
going on.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
Az" Big ttnnrser,y.

From 'rrtWn .DaudpOjnt., the "Ejg
Quarterly" may ." looked upon As a
u"r."on innovation + the quiet Of the
sabbath, bui 'au-r who are disposed to
hnd Iau,t forget that he occasion l., en-
tre!y African il ~ origin, and that
with il az" wrought certain elemcn /,
that make u Xtre,n"iy popular with
the ","r+'i p,-pp'r Il originated over
seventy years ~. 81 = time when Sla.
very IN IT, most lIH.t and drpravIng
tOrIns covered ali lhc -With. One If the
privileges acrurd"f to he ro'or,r, p.o-
pc was tha' Of wrrshtplug M the
manner they saw H. II - not to be
wondered ~ r'ia with their stron .
emotional N"H',u' ~ they should have
Nt''n JI FOO u"'N Of Wesleyan
N'ir"Il'w 1.u 'y,t N following the
'hil'rh rU'" " '.Cir white brethren,
7"mr "i me Iun"r their masters aud SO
NaI''n "Wr"r', they should n.yc adupt-
-" 4uAr'rr'| m"ttlHGr. The co,ored
p"ore ware allowed. as general
thing, NOR" privileges tum ON o her
occasions, and it rs not strange that
they should appreciate the privileges
n'tDrd" They scw1 10 hav" made the
mo. thee" Quarterly" meeting oc.
90 .1I- lI1' there wa~ in them. Three
times year tho leaders from the sur
rounding country would meet in this
city and transact their church business
hnt the Fourth Juartorly, or once a
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

nR. KLINE'S GREAT NERVE RE
- storer 1s the wonder Of tho age foral
uervf diseases. All fits stopped free. Sen
sGl Arch street, Philadelphia, Ia.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
CRIMES JUBILEE.
4 Fearful Record Of Two Days
Grimes.

Caleb Lincoln, a farmer of Saginaw
City, was shot dead IN Saturday night
hy his son Charles, HON he had threat
rnrd IN a drunken frenzy to Kill.
Joseph james, cOlortd, W., shot dead
Wy Daniel +. " hi,e, also cOlOv"d, III a
quarrel growing out Of u Earring SGT
10, III the yard of saloon in Baltimore
ON Saturday.
Henry iiert"l and his wife were
found murdered in their store, in the
Suburbs oi Savannah, early yesterday
morning. Two colOred men were ar
rested oU suspicion.
Lat" on Saturday night mobat Park
tl'y, tan, compelled three train hands
to take an engine and cahoose and carry
thirty masked men 10 CnnIvl". There
man named John Murphy, conveyed
iim To Park city and there hanged him
to Il Telegraph pole. Murphy was in
rN~tony Un suspicion OF having commit.
'rd i muIdrr.
a the 'h"rnk"" County camp meet.
ln., III Georgia, III" family Of William
D"'"riI ""rr poisoned by eating pies
that had arsenic placed in them by
r"Il" unknown person. Tn" crime
cam,Dt hr accounted for and the mys.
terry has "all>"d great rXCi'cmcnt, there
being %,OUo people at the camp. 1t Is
Thought In" poisoned people will re-
lrDErr
Ih"mI, ON'n~, n wealthy New
iorkrr was drowned at the Twin Lake,
D";Ir Salisbury, touu"cticut, on the lith
Ir>i y - 'I"t man named Abel john
'uur WHO N.7 rowing him across tie
Iak", 7aId re- jumped ont Of the boat.
but as SIR. DW"li, wore valuable Jewel
ry the story was dUuh'rd and johnson
was arrested. II" protested his m.o-
rrnrr, ,hut is @Iil to hAyetw attempt.
ri suicide. owens body has been re.
covered and ,hrws no mark, nt vO-
lrn"o
Will" Mrs Susan MuusOn and her Il
Eear-Oii daughter were walking througtl
i lun' Y and uuIigh'cd street N Fair
Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday night,
Thomas Clark, a farm hand, attempted
to assault III" daughter. The mother
attacked him vigorously, and helurued
upon her and stabbed her, the knife
cutting her wrist. Finally II man )
voice answered the cries Of the woman,
and Clark stabbed the daughter in the
hip, ard fled. He was arrested later.
lae women are in A critical condition
owing 20 nervous shock and Uss Of
blood.
Walter Tracy was shCt head by
George Stewart at Macon, Missouri, on
Friday, hcCauSe he refused 10 live with
stewart : sister whom he had been
compelled 10 marry on an allegation
that he had betrayed her.
Andrew Burt, City Marshal, and
Charles wilkins, cry Water Master,
,pf ogden, Utah, were shot by coored
man on Saturday. The Marshal is
dead. \ crowd took the "olored man
from III" police and hanged him. The
body WaS then dragged through the
-tr4cia, I'll" Marshal and wilkins
""rc trying to arrest 'he cnlorrh man
when they were shot Ivy him.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

have Erpnhi,an lnajorties Of not less
than -, 900 in fair election and with
"a iair count.
In tn. list of States designated rs
probably Republican aud probably
Democratic, Indiana is more strongly
inclined to the Republican side. The
same may he said OF Florida and Cali.
fnrn,a and Nevada were only carried
for the Democrats in 1880 by the for.
gerry Of the famous Morey letter. Con
ueciicut has only voted once for a
Dumucra L. candidate for President
since the organization Of the Eepubli-
can party. Delaware through an ig-
nolnintous system Of disfranchisemeuts
has been kept solid in the Democratic
party TN II fair assessment and full
vote her position would be doubtful.
New Jersey though variable Ill State
elections and IL debatable State in gen,
era!, is more lixedly Democratic
State in Presidential elections, and
North Carolina and West Virginia art
steering slowly bat surely away from
Democratic moorines, Where they may
be in 1854 is one OF those things that
must yet be- found ont.
Concerning New York and Virginia
nothing definite can yet b" said. In
like the solid South much will depenG
upon the candidate. Under fret
trade platform the first would uudoubt
eddy he Republican, and Virginia
though Malone may hold it on Stat,
i,sues, he may permit il to go for tht
Democrats on National issues. The
situation is therefore one ut uncertainty
Neither party has positive majority
One thug is noticeable, however, and
that is with the reasonably sure III
Republican votes and - probable, tht
Republicans viii elect their President
and have Il votes to spare, or with III
sure and New York they would elect
and also have six 10 spare, Takinl
the situation all in all 1t looks mo>t
favorable for the Republicans, but how
the outlook will be six months from
now may be quite another thing Th,
Republicans ar" recovering from their
last year Waterloo, and if the sam,
ratio Of improvement continues until
the next Presidential election, there car
be no reasonable doubt that the next
President will be a Republican.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
nHlLADEl.PHiA.W WlIIMlN3TDN AN!
BALTIMORE RAILROAD
JUNE 7TH, 1889.

Trains leave WILMINGTON as follows:
For Philadelphia and Intermediate sta
tons, o.l0 100, 1880 q. L.; $50, 400, 1880, e.b
p. m.
Philadelphia (express) 2, 223, $40, $50, SIT,
0, $50 9.6s, 1920, ll.53 o. N. l2l5, l.5i, 6.l'
s.ss, 6.5b, 7.2o p. IN.
New York, 100, 2.23, $50, e..O, e.Ss, ll.sS a.
N. 1l2.3s. l.5l, 23o, 5.l7, S.35, 7.z6 p. IN.
Baltimore and intermediate stations, LOS,
9l7 a. u. o.0Op. IN.
Baltimore and Bay Line, o57 p. m.
Baltimore and Washington, l.42, 4.bl, sos
8.lT a. H.. ; LOO, tl.G9, 800, 6.b7, ll.O4 p. n
Baltimore only, l.0h a. Iii. 1921 and up. m.
Trains for delaware Division leave for:
New Castle, 800, $40 a. m; l.o6 500 On
p. N.
Harrington and intermediate stations, alt
a. m. ..05, s.2b y. III.
Denlar and intermediate stations. $40 a.
m.; Los p. m. Express for Delmar, 400 p. m
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
THEN IT WENT.
Good IN Itself. bat Grand.
" In rscd.

They tell this story That one day scy era
year, ago, gentleman, evidently in great
mental anxiety as to the Tesu II OF hi, appl
cation; stood at the cashiers window at a
certain New York bang, earnestly trying tc
coax that otncal into discounting note fol
cd, and Ii ally said
Its no use Mr.. R.; we cant do it with
out better endorscr."
Then I'm u ruined man, for must have
that money to-day or fail, slouncd the poor
fellow. looking like a lonely sailor On the
deck of a sinking ship.
Let Inc see the note, said a Prosperous =
looking person, vii" had emerged from the
private rooms Of the bank ,ust in time "a
take in the situation. Having glanced Il.
the paper, he seized pen and quickly wrote
across the back Of it the strong name o:
WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT.
There, -" he said handing back the note:
ny it again ana see II it will 70 now"
u. .1id 20, and th. money wa .hanled to the
h',sJ rs,tqie1
j .haoIh,
BEN SONS "a PClN NE PORUS PI.AsTERS
are able to stand on their own merits and
"go alone. they do not lack abundant and
responsible indorsements more than 5000
Physicians. Pharmacies. Druggists. and
Chemists throughout the country having
signed or endorsed the following document
" M Essns. SEABuRy Il JOHNSON,
Pharmaceutical Chemists, New York.
Gentlemen For the past few years we
have sold various brands of porous plasters,
but prefer Bensons Capene--m
by yon--before all others. We consider them
enc of the few perfectly trustworthy house
hold remedits. They are superior to all 9th
cr porous plaster' or medicines for externa
ure."
In the center Of the genuine is OUT the word
CAPClNE. Please look carefully for It.
Price rs cents.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

SATURDAY, SElT lsr, 1858,
at 40 p. m.
On the premises, Wilmington, Del without
postpOnement, withdrawal, or Undertaking.
This dwelling WAS constructed with superior
brick. stone and marble work by II practical
workman, with IL rooms, all high ceilings. .
oath rOoms. = heaters stationary wash basins,
ccmcnted dry cellar, marble yestilule. bay
window on three stories, front plaz1a side
yard, and modern cUnvenicnces. Lot - r. l
m front ON Delaware avenue. and over lpO II.
in depth. with hr-t class surroundings and
,IcMs
The lot IN the rear is 33 Il. wide on the
sIGu,r averaging over 100 II. in depth, front.
Ing GA T. niIsJ N"nia avenue, ANA directly Op.
posltc Il" beautiful lawn and villa property
Of AR. GRAFT. Delaware avenue lots and
| properties are now scarce IN the market. and
are advancing in yalne. The accessibility Of
these properties 10 the Pennsylvania, Balti
| more ~ ONO, and to all the railroad dePOts,
10 churc.gE. schools, markets, ana all the
business ccnters. and to the beautiful Bran.
dywine is "a valuable feature.
TERMS or SALF--For the dwelling n .
UOr may remain on mortgage property secur.
ed by nrr insurance, ani the balance one
Htlf cash and the other half in approved note
at three months. with interest from day OF
sale. Two hundred dOilar- 10 he paid u fJr-
irit money when struck off Settlement to
be ma ie on or before Saturday. September
sth, At noon. Possession upon settlement.
For .Dc lot, 81 oOD may remain on mortgage
and the balance One-haf cash and the 1Ih=r
halt in approved note at three month "th
interest from the day Of sale. One h,iu rcd
dollars to be paid as frteit none! Wien
struck OF. Settlement and possession AZ
above. Taxes for 1858 to be paid by seller.
Titles clear HEALD y 90,
Seventh and Market St1.
a2+-2I Dbl Agents to effect the sale.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

GENEEAL WARD, who, in IA falr con
test, aud without Hoadly's bari
would have been the Democratic candl
date for Governor Of Ohio, was induced
70 make speech last Saturday, but il
was something like the play of Hamlet
with Hamlet left out. General Waru
never mentioned Hoadly's name. Nary
a time.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Philadelphia and Intermediate stat.cI
$40 II. IL l2oo n., $50, 7.3o, 9.t5 p. m.
Philadeipha and New York, 200, 29S Il
IN. d.l7, o.3s, 7.2o p. III.
Baltimore and Wash ington, l.i2, 4bl, 80!
9l7 a. III. ; ll.H p. IN. Baltimore, l.Ob a. pl.
For further Information, passengers arc re
ferred to the timetables posted at the Sta
ti0ns.
Trains marked ~ are limited express, uprr
which extra fare Is charged.
UHARI .tS Il. PUGN, J. X. WOOD,
General MANAGER isCnsral P8Rgenvor Agent
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

IT Is estimated that eight Thousand
rolorrd pr"pI" visited Wilmington yes
'"rday, aud yet the disturbances ant
causes Of arrest can be counted upon
the fingers end Of one hand. How many
tights woujd there have been had eight
thousand white Democrats have come
together
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27

year, was an occasion when all the
colored people turned ont, aud from
year to year the meetings became more
popular. 1t was IA Gay that even the
owners of slaves had come To observe
so far as to let their property enjoy it.
1t is not at all surprising then that the
observances of a day traught with so
many stirring "reminiscences OF the past
should not wane in its purpose though
the Quarterly meetings of olden times
have long since departed.
Still there is an enchanlment about
the Big Quarterly" that cannot be
thrown aside. It still gives the "olor@l
people an opportunity To meet and en-
change the salulation, and greetings o.!
friendship, while the open churches offer
u place where the more devoully in
clined can engage III spiritual worship.
The brethren from Philadelphia and
Camden meet the brethren from Salem,
Delaware City ani Dover, and together
they join in the rolrain
And are We yet alive,
And ,er each Ut hers face '''
with an unctlou and spirit peculiar
only to colorei people. Those who are
disposed to find fault with " Big Quar-
terly" occasions on arcuHnt u the desc
Grafton of the Sabbath should exercise
charity, especially in III" face of whole
sale violations OF thar dag by white
people.
The gathering OF yesterday was very
orderly, considering the number present
and the easy facilitc, offered by back
door arrangements, unknown to the
liquor bailitf for becoming dsorderly
and boisterous, and much credit is due
to the colored special policemen who
contributed 20 much TO the good order
that prevailed
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
~nn THE Eyt,JI

Hnn NEWARD-AS THE EXEtyU
StsDNV tive Of Delaware, offer a re.
ward Of 500 for the arrest and apprehension
Of fCoIlnvwood =. Hallctt, who escaped from
laIl at Georgetown, DEL, after midnight
five feet ten inches. rather spare, hiph cheek
bones, voice peculiar fine and cracked, brown
hair and small dark eyes, sharp chin, false
upper teeth. CHAS. 9. STOCKLEY,
D2u Governor.
Daily Republican., 1883-08-27
NeIau are avenue dwell Ing and
PennsylvaMiA avenue lot

L brick superior dwelling, No. l2lO Della.
" re avenue, and extra good lot in rear on
Pennsylvania avenue, on
SATURDAY, SEI'T. lsr. 1888,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
THE HUBBLE PICTURES.

The committee on appropriations,
it is said, have agreed to pay FIVE
thousand dollars for the Huddle pic
lures of the presidents and governors
of Texas. There are twenty of these
pictures, taking in the entire list of
presidents and governors, and
they are all of unsurpassed ex-
cellence. Mr.. Huddle has made these
pictures at much expense of time and
money. He Iabored on them four or
FIVE years, and in searching for infor-
nation as to the dead, he wrote many
letters of inquiry and visited many
portions of the state to consult persons
intimately acquainted with the APP
pearance and characteristics of sub
jects. A year ago the state was
offered these same pictures, and at
that time they would probably have
been taken had there been any place
for their safe keeping. The old capt.
toll had been burned, and there were no
walls upon which they could be hung.
The case is different now, and the
proper appreciation shown by the
COMMITTEES for these admirable works
of art will certainly find friendly re-
Spouse in both houses of the leglsla-
ture. This historical collection should
belong alone to the state. The
pictures are as true to life as any
that were ever made, and this fact is
so complete an endorsement of their
merit as works of art, that nothing
more forcible in their behalf could be
said. The proper place for them is
upon the walls of the capitol, and
their proper owner is the state of Texas.
Five thousand dollars is the figure at
which the pictures may be secured,
and this sum is most reasonable for
such meritorious works. Mr.. Huddle
is young Texan of great promise
as an artist, and he is most worthy
person upon whom it is proper to
bestow, for value received, a
consideration. His genius will
be needed in the future
for similar works, and this is the
proper season at which to show appre-
citation of the valuable services al
ready performed by him for the state.
He has done what was never attempt
ed by any other person, and what he
has attempted has been crowned
with eminent success. He has
conceived and placed upon canvass an
historical collection, which no other
had the courage to undertake, and
which only one in all Texas would or
probably could perform. His pictures.
we are confident. will now pass into
the possession of the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
No Use for Them.
Concerning Certain Reflects of the
Past-Dogs That Have Had
Their Day.

George StephensOn's Rocket aud the
magnificent locomotives Of 10 day. are bulli
upon the same general principle. yet the ma.
rhine with which the great engineer aston
shed his age, is interesting now only as an II.
ustration Of the beginning of the invention
There were plasters with holes In them long
before BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLAs.
TER surprised both the public and the physi-
clans; and the triumph OF the Capcine Is
sounded upon the partial successes, or the
utter failures Of its predecessors Everything
Of value In the old porousSpaster is retained
in the Capcine; but at this point all compari-
son ends. and contrast begins. For example:
The old plasiers were slow in their action !;
the Capcne is quick and sure.
The old plasters lacked the power 10 do
more than to impart slight, temporary relief
in cases easy Of treatment; the Capcine pene-
trates the system and permanently cures the
troubles for which il is recommended.
The old plasters depended for any good re-
suits they might attain upon an accident OF
their makers and the ked faith OF their
wearers; the Benson's reaches It's ends By
means Of the scientific combination Of the rare
medicinal ingredients which ii contains.
In brief, the old plasters like Stephenson's
discarded engine, are switched of the track,
while the Hcnson's goes ON It's way winning
golden opinions from al sorts Of people.
Yet In this very fact lies the leading danger
to the people who buy and use this reliable and
scientific remedy. "Hypoccisy is the tribute
vice pays to virtue" Imitation is the conces-
sion failure makes 10 success. Benson's Plas-
tiers are parodied i'm name and style.
Beware of swindles. The genuine have the
wore CAPCINE CUT In the center. Price Is
cents. Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New
York. fan26
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The Importance of estate or preven-
tive medicine" has been for several
years attracting more and greater
attention in all the states. The neces-
sity of some organized and co-opera-
tive efforts on the part of persons
clothed with authority, to adopt
measures for the protection of the
people from preventable diseases, and
to instruct them in proper sanitation
and for the better protection of the
lives and health of citizens, is now a
T ecognized duty of the legislatures of
the different states. About fourteen
years ago the first state board of
health was organized, and now it is
believed every state in the Union ex-
cept Texas has seen the wisdom
and importance of such authority. 1t
has been wisely said. the sanitary
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-22

AN anti-monopoly bill has been in
troduced in the California legislature.
IL declares all railroads organized
under the laws of the state to be pub
lie highways; no corporation organ
lied under the laws Of any other gov
eminent, state or sovereignty is per-
mitted to operate railway in the
state. On the expiration Of any char
ter or right Of way, the property be
longing to the corporation thus af-
fected shall vest in the people for
common use. Equal freight rates are
guaranteed to all shippers, and
holding back freight in dis
elimination is made punishable
by fine and imprisonment. No
corporation organized under the laws
of the state shall accept charter
from any other state. and any corpor-
alton violating this OF any other o.
vision of the act shall be dissolved
and forfeit its charter in an action by
the encouragement on behalf of the
people. 1t further provides that the
rates Of freight and fare adopted BY
the state commissioners of railroads
shall be strictly adhered to, and pro-
vfdes severe punishment for any de
parture therefrom.