The daily gazette., 1883-11-06
NEWARK LETrER.
Some Interesting Gossip About the New
Railroad and Various Town Matters.

NEWARK, DEL, Nov. 5.-After long
spell OF wet, damp weather we are again
enjoying pure, clear, bright atmosphere,
with as pleasant autumn weather as anyone
could desire.
One of the events Of this week is the we'd
ding that is to come off among the upper
crust OF socie ety. 1t is the one thing that is
much talked OF by the young peopls Of our
town, and many of them, no doubt,
would Ike TO have the same operation
performed for themselves. Well, Il always
has been done that way and, therefore, there
IL no use saying anything against It, for we
may expect 1t to continue to the end. 1--WE
know how It is ourselves" having been
| through that mill.
There has been much labor spent on the
depot rosd within the last two month";, and
not all without good effect If that beast
| OF burthen-the taxpayer could only stand
| 1t, 1t would have been well had its whole
length been served alike, then we would have
really GoodroAd. But. the day ts rot far
distant when that road will cease to be used
| to get to the railroad depot, for on the COM
| pletion of the B. 81 P. railroad, which is pro-
gressing favorably, the travelling public
VIII take the train In our town, and unless
the Pennsylvania takes time by the forelock
| and gives us good passenger and freight
depot on the eligible lot which they own
give US an engine and train similar to the
one now used between Clayton and
Smyrna, they will wake up some
fine morning to find that they
have lost the local traf1c Of our town. Their
location for doing the business Of the town
is far superior to any that the B. 81 P. can
possibly get.
Our sidewalks, through the efforts of our
worthy Supervisor Sanders, are being put in
n ARef nj e -
ers are disposed to find FAULT with his ad-
ministratlon OF this matter, but If they will
only be quiet, and he lives long enough,
those who have long lease on life may yet
zee all the sidewalks of our town In "a No.
l" condition, equal to those of any town ON
this Peninsula. When we get Choate street
and the new road opened from Chapel
street to the creek road there will be still
more work for our venerable street overseer.
By the way, talking of the opening of
Choate street, Captain Smith says 1t never
shall be opened, that the wants of the public
do not require 1t, and that he has promised
to canvass the town prior TO the meeting OF
the next term of court to get signatures TO
demonstrate against its opening. Why
should the convenience of the public be con-
/ sidered, when 1t would be detrimental, in a
financial point of view, to the great corpo-
ration which he representa- What are the
interests OF the public when compared to the
interests of great foreign corporations The
Captain has wonderful magnetic influence
over the inhabitants of our town. In his
last effort in the line of petition to presept
to the Legislature, he said he got ninety
nfne-one hundredths of the people of the
town to sign it, Wonder If he will be
equally successful in this, the second effort
1t is reported In town that Mr.. Dean has
been granted a new commission to 90 on
and appraise the land to be occupied by the
b. 81 z. railroad. If SO, what standing will
the Captains company bave in Court op.
poeipr the t,IsnInts al fEl4-@So rtl05 fe -stsv
commission that pretended to assess the
value Of Deans land was illegal then they
have no claim on the land through which
ChOate street is to be opened, and 1t looks
as If the railroad company were trespsssers
on Deans land. II so, are they not IN q
rather awkward situation! The company
have, from what l hear said, been rather
overbcaring on this gentleman. II SO, and
he is now on top, from what know OF him
there is likely TO be some fun about the
matter before long. AMI II will be more
likely to stop for longer period the opera.
tions Of that company than Gid the Sheriff
when be seized the things belonging to Con-
tractor Gray.
Why is 1t that when any man doing bust
ness in our town and any one gets a crotchet
In his head that the party is going to tabs
quatulate," and some one is going to be left
out In the cold, they all go for the indl-
vidual pell nell, like flock of sheep going
through holein hedge! And the poor devil,
If has any scare In him, is ready to leave be
tween two days. But Contractor Gray
don't seem to scare worth a cent. 1t Ia said
some of the first movers in the matter are
heartily ashamed of their own proceedings.
Gray has the reputation Of being an honor
able man, but any stranger coming among
us must not only be honorable, but copper
bottomed and copper-fastened with
greenbacks or gold. If he is not,
he must go, for this is no place for
any poor man to come to do business. Our
town Is already overrun with poor people
and our prayer is for millionaires. Why
don't they come, so that we can have some
body to go for that is worth trihe more
than the ammunition spent in cunning for
Ghem9
The improvements of our town are still
on the increase and the talk is of even more
for the next season than we have had iu the
past.
The question of new school has entirely
died out, as It. was plainly visible from the
eff rts made by the rich tax PAYERS of the
district at its last meeting that they could
send their children to the academy and col
lege, while for the poor mems children the
present school houses of the districts arc
good enough. This was made 80 evident
that the School Commissioners have : ever
since said new school houses once, and from
the expressions given at the time they never
will
Our farmers are well on with the gather
ing of the corn crop, which is pronounced
good one, as have been all the crops of the
season.
The Pomona Grange of New Castle county
are going to hold their next regular meeting
In our town on Thursday, December 6.
There will be a public meeting to be ad-
dressed by Mortimer Whitehead, of New
Jersey, at 2 O'Clock p. m. that day, when
every farmer of the county is iavised to be
present and hear one of the most pleasant
and intelligent takers on that subject In the
entire organization. 1t is expected that
there will be very full meeting.
KILLED BY EATING SAUSAGE.
S
Five Members of q Family Poisoned, Two
of Whom Die.
READING, Nov. 5.-The family of Cullin
Haines, living near Topton, this county,