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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

Aotuary Conrad's report of the Pre-
gress of the schools for oolored people is
gratifying, and it tends to vindicate the
wisdom of the Legislature in providing
larger appropriation for these schools.
The process of educating the Colored peo-
pie is painfully slow one, but We are
not at all sure that the work of other
improving agencies has kept pace even
with the imparting of book learning to
the young. Teachers can, if they will, ex-
eroise an important influence upon the
morals and manners of their pupils, as
we'll as upon their minds and this duty
is scarcely second to that Of education
in the rudimepts of knowledge.
Morality among negroes is anything but
high, and we have noted very frequently
an unusual rudeness and boisterousness
Of demeanor upon the street among colored
children apparently going to and from
school. TIE teacher can, to some extent,
make up for lack Of home training in
pupils, and perhaps indirectly exercise q
good influence upon parents.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

The so-called boxing match between
John l.. Sullivan and Herbert A. Slade,
the Maori, at Madison Square Garden,
New York, last night, drew full house,
every seat in the immense building being
occupied by O'Clock. Between 10000
and $4,000 people were present, and the
receipts were estimated at 900, of
which the Maori gets IS and Sullivan So
Far cent, after expenses are paid. Sulli-
van thumned his opponent about pretty
much as he pleased, knocking him clear
of the platform headtoremost by a terrible
blow in tho tirst round. In the third round
Sullivan struck him in the face and the big
man from Australia staggered clear across
the stage and then fell in leap. Captain
Williams at once rushed in and told
Sullivan to stop. Slade tried to get up,
and after an effort did, but he staggered
against the ropes aud would have fallen
again had not Barney Aaron helped him
to his chair. His nose was bleeding and
blood was on his white tights. That was
the end of the fight, for fight it was from
the start, though gloves were worn in
compliance with the law.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

It was thus that Peninsular clergy
man repeated himself on recent ami
versary occasion: "There are on the
roll as members OF this church at present,
81. Brother Nathan B. Benton is the
oldest member, having Joined this church
40 years ago. He islthe only one here
that was here as member at the time he
connected himself with the church. In
that respect he stands Alone"
Captain Joseph Galloway Of the West
India trade, whose vessel, the Worden &
Evans, has been anchored in our harbor
for several weeks past, is the object OF
suspicion for old maids and other lovers
Of felines, in this town. 1t appears that
shortly after reaching this port he found
his boat WAS infested with mice, and at
the suggestion of his csbin-boy, deter
mined to secure several cats and see II he
could not reduce the number. He pro.
cured . bag and began searching the
town for the desired animal, making
inquiries right and left for the same, and
now it is currently reported that the
captain is trying to procure cargo OF
cats for some unknown market beyond
the seas, where they are at a tremendous
premium.-S. Michaels Comet.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
Peninsular Travel.

The JOURNAL has frequently re-
marked the usual transportation facili-
ties afforded the Peninsula by the fact
that it is scarcely possible to find a point
in any one OF the fourteen counties more
than a dozen miles from navigable water,
and the possibilities of Peninsular trans
portation were finely illustrated on Satur-
day last when exeursionists from Balti-
more struck out a new route to Cape May.
Leaving Baltimore at 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon they went by steamboat to
Chestertown, on Chester river, where they
took cars and were conveyed by way Of
the Kent County * Smyrna and Bombay
Hook roads to Bombay Hook. Here
another steamboat carried them to Cape
May Point, the journey being completed
in less than twelve hours.
This is probably the shortest route in
miles, though not in time, between Balti-
more and Cape May, while for variety
1t surpasses any other that we know OF
between those two points. So thoroughly
is the Peninsula penetrated by nayigable
streams and 30 fully have the demands of
the people for transportation facilities
been met by Baltimore steamboat oompa-
MES, that one might take different route
from Baltimore across the Peninsula
almost every week. in the year, provided
navigation were open. Within the next
year the Sussex Midland, and Maryland
& Atlantic roads will have brought Balti-
more and Washington within three or
four hours Of Rehoboth, result that
must greatly increase the patron
age OF that watering place.
The Baltimore exeursioniats Of
Saturday could have shortened thsir
journey in time by taking the cars a.
Rock Hall, directly on Chesapeake Bay
A not unpleasant, and very cheap nigh
journey across the Peninsula from Ba!ti
more is by way of the Chesapeake Bay
and the Chesapeake & Delaware canal II
Delaware City. Perhaps score of steam
boat lines from Baltimore reach points be
tween the Sasssfrss river and Cap
Charles. =--
Our Eastern Shore friends are indeet
happy in their means of transportation
They can defy railroad monopolies a
long as their own waters otfe
cheap access to good markets
Happily, too, the freedom of waite
communication will make combinatio
between the railways and the steamboa
companies for the purpose of oppressio
well nigh impossible. +"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

The Philadelphia Times Seems to have
an impression that the chief objection to
tramps in Delaware is that they steal our
peaches, but here the Times ia sadly
wrong. When We have a good peach
crop nature is so lavish that few
thousand baskets more or less of stolen
peaches are not missed. Besides the
tramps do not steal a great many peaches.
The wanderers come to this State partly
on the pretence of picking peaches for
the growers, but largely to lounge about
in the woods and orchards, rob hen roosts,
frighten women and children and depre,
date generally. A stout tramp with appe.
tite sharpened by three hours walk
does not banker after anything 80 unsub.
stantial as our luscious peach.
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BOOK NOTICES.
WHOM KATHIE MARRIED by Amanda NJ.
Douglas. Published by Lee K shepard, Boston,

Douglas. Published by Lee Il shepard, Boston,
1855.
Throughout the opening chapters Of this
novel it is evident that it is a story written
as sequel to series of other stories which
follow the heroine through childhood, and
the greater number of the people in it are
treated as old acquaintance, who have been
living their lives, up to date, in other books
by the same author. No wonder then that
the ordinary reader who never heard of this
Kathie and her family and friends before,
should feel as though he had dropped down
into family circle and heard the details of
their daily life without knowing or caring
about the people talked Of Gradually, how
ever, the fog clears away and the readers
interest awakens, though the end seems
long distance from the beginning. Kathie is
not very attractive girl to stranger. She
is good and sensible, but there seems to be
little reason why her life should be chronicled
rather than that of a hundred other young
women selected at random in 80
ciety. The one great event Of her
life in this book was her engagement
to be married to young minister whom she
found out afterwards she did not love, hardly
an unusual incident in human affairs. But
there is a story within this novel calculated
to excite interest. 1t is the story of the life
of an impulsiye young man, who while at
college fell victim to the wiles OF a pretty,
confding and scheming girl wholly beneath
and unworthy of him. She married him and
he lived miserable life till she died.
This story has little to do with
the general plot of the novel, but it is a
wholesome incident. Excepting this incident
the story is uneventful and rather COM
monplace.
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SHOT BY HIS WIFE.
Strange and Shocking Domestic
Tragedy Near baltimore.


BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. I'll. L. Con-
rad, a lawyer OF this city, prominent In
professional and social life, was shot and
killed last night by his wife near dlyn-
don, in Baltimore county, about 70 miles
from this city. Mrs. Conrad has been
suffering from illness for some time,
accompanied by evidences of insanity.
She was visited yesterday by her mother
and brother, who lett her in the after
noon.in quiet condition.
Mr.. Conrad was native OF New
Orleans and a son of Hon. William ID.
Conrad, Secretary of War during the
Fillmore administration,
A special to the Day, from Reisters
tow n Md, gives the following particulars
! of the tragedy at Bloomfield
At the Worthington homestead, II
Worthingtop valley, two miles from
this place, one of the most fright
| fnl tragedies was enacted last nigh
that ever shocked community. Thu
| invalid wife Of Louis Lawrence Conrad
the well known Baltimore lawyer
in fit of insanity caused
by disease, shot her HUSBAND
who was sleeping by her side through
the head. killing him instantly. The al
fair iu all its details is sad and shocking
Mrs. Conrad Is cousiou of Mr.. 3amue
Hanson, who recent killed Charles Ridg
ley while in Howard county. She is ais
cousin of John folly Johns and hi
brother, Richard, both of whom con
mitted suicide. All were suffering tror
insanity at the time.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
NEIGnBoRING COUNTIES

Tramps are said to perfectly line the
road between this city aud West Chester.
Howard lord of Pocopson township
while passing a woods near Locust Grove
one night recently was shot at twice
without effect by some person hidden in
The woods.
A son of William johnson, aged about
IA years, residing near Lenspe, whilst
playing about the cars at the station, Tell
betwean two freight cars and was severely
injured about the face and head.
The Alaskan, an iron side wheel
steamer built for the Oregon Steamship
Company, was launched Tuesday at
Roach's yard, Chester. She is $50 feet
long, 30 feet beam and IA feet deep.
On Thursday night last some burglars
broke into the office of James Lund, pro-
prietor of the Landenburg Mills, at Ian
denburg, and attempted to blow open the
SAFE, but, fortunately, did not succeed
r. Jones Monaghan of West Chester,
who has been absent in Arizona for two
months past engaged in looking after
some money titles for Philadelphia CAPT
tali5ts, expects to leave Tucson in a fsw
days for home.
The camp meeting at Joanna Heights
opened Tuesday and will continue in
session for 10 days. An extra train will he
run daily on the Wilmington & Northern
railroad during meeting, leaving Coates
VILE about Z a. IN. and in return leaving
the camp grounds about p. m.
An autopsy was Monday held on the
body Of William A. ], Flss, WHO died At
the Norristowp Hospital on Sunday. the
result of which disclosed the fact that
death was caused by blood poisoning
resulting from fracture of the jaws. Fiss
10 alleged to have been beaten by An
nnderkeersr about month ago.
Mr GEORGE w. Horton, who has been
foreman In the spinning room at u.
Trslnor 4 Sons mill, at Trainor's, for
about three ars,will start for Shanghai.
Vlina, in November, to help put in oper-
G'ion the first cotton mill in the Mon
plian Empire. He has entered into ar
.Efeinent with the Shanghai Cloth Mill
company to PIT into operation the spin.
mug room of the mill it propose 5 starting.
Postmasters in Chester, Delaware
Montgomery and Bucks COUNTIES have
engaged counsel to prosecute their claims
against the Government for back nav The
last Congress- passed law giving relief to
postmasters whose offices were robbed if
1t could be shown that they had taken
due precsution to guard the property.
The law was made to extend back 10
years, and this has produced a large
nnm5er OF claimants who have been
Obliged to their bear losses without COM
pensstion.
On Saturday Norristown young man
was arrested as he was about TO take the
train at PE'oaixville to join his lady love
for runaway marriage. The young man
was alleged to be not of age. A watchful
aunt had intercepted him at the request
of his mother, and consulting with a
policeman at the station had him taken
in charge, the train moving of before the
bride-elect was aware OF what had
occurred. He was taken back to Norris
town.
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consistent with the workings of any

consistent with the workings Of any
honest mind.
Continuing this subject he says:
"President Buchanan had in his message
aud in his correspondence with Carolina
officials, distinctly dlsolaimed the power
of the United States to coerce atate, and
and am glad at this late day to learn
that ii required much pressure TO bring
him to consent to those acts from which
| then thought and now believe sprang
the WOES OF OWL waf."
He reminds Judge Black that insurrec-
tions which occurred in Pennsylvania In
1749 and 1893, were suppressed chiefly
by Pennsylvania militia called out by
Presidents Washington and Adams; that
these "two first Presidents of the United
States, alike conspicuous to the cause OF
the colonies and influential in the forma-
tion Of the constitutional union of the
States" with due regard to the sentiment
OF community independence preferred
first to employ the militia of the State to
which the offenders belonged and next
that of the states most contiguous to the
scene of disturbance.
In concluding, Mr.. Davis says: "When
it shall no longer bs popular to have
instigated and aided in the prosecution
of the war against the Southern states;
when the sober second thought of THE
people shall have taken an account oil
wasted treasure, OF sacrificed lives, of q
land saddened by the wall of the widow
and the orphan, and last, but not least,
the suhyersion of those sound principles
| of free government for which the colonies
| fought the war OF the Revolution and
| to perpetuate which the UnioI
was formed, then when consent is tn,
foundation and fraternity the cement o
our political structure, the desires o
| President Buchanan towards peaceful
solution of the questions presented b,
South Carolina may receive the reward
due to the wisdom and patriotism of hi
concliatory policy. To that better day
refer the judgment which may be rem
dered upon the opposite policy of hi
bellicose adviser, whose military laurel
we're gathered so far from the field as to b
unstained by either the blood or the smok
Of battle.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
Wilmington. Thursday, Aug 9. 1888.


A correspondent elsewhere refers us to |
volume l6, chapter 1866, page 223 of the
LAWS of Delaware, passed in 1879, as
making ample provision for dealing with
the tramp nuisance, and an examination
of the law in question shows that the
authority therein provided is ample
in the premises. The law provides that
homeless wanderers shall be deemed
tramps and treated as such that cor
porate officers Of towns and cities shall
arrest suoh persons, set them to do pub
lie work or hire them out to private
individuals; that reasonable food,
shelter and pay shall be provided such
persons in return for labor done, the
authorities deduoting from the pay mod
crate charge for board, lodging, medical
attendance and overseeing; that tramps
thus working may be fined for insubor-
dination; that such enforced labor shall
not continue as regards the same indi-
vidual for more than one month
at time that the Mayor of
Wilmington and all justices through
ont the State shall have jurisdio-
tiotion in the premises; that the failure
of one such officer to enforce the law
shall be sufficient cause for another such
to discharge said duty; that it shall be
the duty Of sheritfs, oorOners, constables
and like officers to arrest and
commit such trsmps with the view to
the enforcement of said law, and failure
to do 80 shall be regarded as a INSIDE
mesnor on the part of such officers and
punished accordingly; that tramp ar
rested under this law may ask trial by
Jury, provided he can furnish surety in
$500; that tramps entering dwelling
houses, kindling fires in public ways OIL
on private lands, or carrying frearmf
shall be guilty of misdemeanor AND
punished accordingly. Women, persons
under sixteen years of age and blind per
ions are exempted from the provisions o
this law.
Certainly this law fully arms municips
officers, and We now recall that when tn,
law was new broom, with the pro
verbal faculty of sweeping clean, severa
towns provided places of Imprisonment
for trsmps, and vigorously enforced tn
law. The probability is that the relaxa
tion of this vigor is in part OWN
to the abatement Of the tram
nuisance, while the recurrence of tn
nuisance doubtless springs from th
laxity Of town officers. The law seem
mandatory, however, and We shout
think that any citizen might easily sti
up officials to their duty. There is littl
doubt that trife OF the wholesome rigc
Of 1879 would rid the State of vssranti
Wilmington is unfortunately situate
Just now in that abe lacks jail room Il
trsmps, but perhaps by little energy 0
the part of officials room might be foun
for such of these Migrants as the Mayo
may set to work, and as last r
sort Council might build Chez
abode for the wandering stranger with
our gates. of course, the provision f
hiring out tramps to private persons
not likely to please workingmen, b
there is no reason why Migrants shou
not be set to work upon the streets ju
as soon as suitable lodging isfound ther
Let the tramp law be enforced.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

Royal bastsrds have often been of ua-
happy fortune. Weak and luokieza
Monmouth, the type of all the tribe, had
not few parallels in history, and now a
reputed natural son of the reactionary
Oscar of Sweden has committed suicide
in Chicago. General Ord, by the way we
are glad to see, some years ago disclaimed
the royal ancestry accredited to him, and
declared with true Republican manliness,
that as far as he knew his ancestors were
"good plain folk without faint Of royal
blood"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

Peninsulsr peach growers will be
interested, and perhaps apprehensive, to
learn that, according to the New York
Sun, in some parts Of New Jersey new
disease has attacked the trees, causing
them to wither and die with the fruit on
their branches.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

Biblical students will be interested to
know that one Shapiro OF Jerusalem, q
bookseller and dealer in antiquities has
deposited in the British Museum fifteen
slips Of sheepskin on which are written
in characters similar to those on the
Moabite stone portions of the Book of
Deuteronomy differing materially from
the received version. Mr.. Shapiro
modestly asks the museum to pay him
IS 200, 600 for the treasure. The deca-
logue is embraced in this newly discovered
version of Deuteronomy, and it
shows considerable verbal differences
from the present received version.
The fourth commandment reads 81 am
"God, thy God. Thou shalt not kill the
"person of thy brother;" the seventh,
:" l am God, thy God. Thou shalt not
swear by my name falsely, for visit
the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth
generation Of these who take my name
in VAIN" the ninth, 81 am God, thy
"God. Thou shalt not hate thy brother
in thy heart"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09

The oldest person In Iowa is Miss Mary
Kennavy of Davenport, who has reached
the remarkable age Of ITO. She is q
native of county Mayo, Ireland, and
speaks the Irish language only. Regu-
iarly once a month, she walks over two
miles to confession and retains both hear
ing and sight In an extraordinary degree.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
$500 -
PHfI.tbfLPHI.i.
Not Fcl0nious but AccidentaI-Trod-
den sent to the House of Refuec

F'NF1 WITT W fftV HtVEfNN VI ftVIHTEs
PHIIApELrHlA, Aug. 1.-The coroner
to-day held an inquest in the case of
James Smell, aged seven years, who died
on Saturday from injuries which were
supposed to have been caused by amissile
thrown By playmate named Shaw.
Evidence was presented showing that the
lad Smell had fallen against stone step,
and the jury rendered verdict of acci,
dental death. Shaw was discharged.
The boy Edward Trodden who fatally
stabbed William Walker was sent to the
House ofRefuge to day under commitment
OF magistrate and he will remain there.
frodden was the youngest of the gang
who made homs in box upon the
armory roof, at Broad and RAGS streets. I
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
A German physician advises those who

A German physician advises those who
would secure sleep while travelling by
rail to lie with the head from the engine,
that posture tending to relieve the brain
Of supsrfiuous blood and thus induce
sleep. The New York Medical Record
adds that the judicious uss Of bromides
will materially aid In securing sleep to
trAyalars.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-08-09
aen. Ord and HIS Royal Ancestor.

GEN. Ord and His Royal Ancestor.
So the late General Ord took great
pride in the fact that he was grandson
of George w., King Of England, and Mrs.
Fitzhsrbert, the Generals father having
been the offspring of morganatic mar
riage between that lady and the royal
scapegracel General Ord's pride of birth
was certainly of queer kind. We
should think the legitimate de-
scendants of George w., would
be sufficiently ashamed Of that
particular ancestor, and we should
suppose the descendants of George with the
bend sinfster on their shields would care
fully conceal the fact or their roy al descent.
The four Georges we're sorry collection
oil kings. George l. was small Han
overisn prince who came to England, fol-
lowed by those hideous harlots known
derisiveiy among his English subjects as
the Elephant and the Maypole, and set
tied down to feed upon the fat Of the
land and enrich his iavoritss at the ex-
| psnss of the great nation with whose
people he had no sympathy. Then there
was George H., hesrtless little wretch,
scarce more English than his German
father. His life was full of scandals.
He disliked his father and cared little for
| his children, his exclamation when the
news of his sons death WAS brought to
him at the card table being "Fritz is
"dode, deal the CARTS" George Ill. was
kind hearted, narrow minded, thor
oughly English sovereign, whose pig
headed obstinacy lost his crown the most
magnificent colonial possession ever
belonging to any king, and whose later
years were spent in the glooms Of idiocy.
| But if the first three Georges had been
selfish and cruel aud stupid, the fourth,
the ancestor OF whom General Ord was 81
proud, WAS even worse. His highest ambi
ton WAS to be the best dressed man in hi
kingdom, and to be called the first gentle
man in Europe. Thackeray, who's
lectures on the four Georges hav'
robbed three of that royal quartz
OF whatever respect superstition
reverence for royalty may hav
hitherto maintained for them, Il
comparing George Nv. with thstinfinitel
| greater George, the first President OF III
United States, saroastioally characterize
General Ord's ancestor as lyon fribbl
I dancing in lace and spsngles." An
such he was, a royal cipher, positive onl
] in his vices, an ancestor that any honet
. republican should blush "a own.