The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-31
PHILADELPHIA, NAV 21

PHILADELPHIA, May 2f.
Although the warm weather has not
come to stay as yet, the past few days
were of sufficient torridity to make under
clothing of heavy nature at Il discount. |
Chest protectors were thrown aside with |
disgust, and the poor wusherwoman with |
always large wash before her on Mon
days, will now revel in an overflow of
soiled linen. Perhaps the advent of Bob
lngersoll in the city brought the torrid
heat for his name has always been as
ISOLATED with the hell controversy. AS it
is he was threatened with arrest for bias
phemy, the words he used ON the occa-
sion of his lecture being now under con-
sideration by legal authority. They
say Ingersoll will not lecture in Della
ware since the decision Of the judges
there gave him to understand that bias
phemy was an Infringement of law there.
1t is evident that he is becoming more
and more rampant year by year, and that
he is overstepping the bounds OF decency.
Nevertheless he is smart, and lie knows
it, but his chief stock in trade is in ridi-
cu!ing the religion which gives him all
the light he possesses,
The chief excitement of the week has
been the great coal oil fire at Point
Breeze. The lightning has strange al.
finity for oil tanks, and very slight
thunder shower on Friday night last set
agoing one of the largest oil fires that
has ever occurred in this vicinity, 1t
presented glorious scene at the expense
of the oil corporation, who will be out of
pocket half Il million dollars. Scientist
have never as yet discovered why light
ming is so destructive of oil. The sum
mer season rarely ever passes without
long list of disasters to the reiineries and
pumping grounds. If the iron connected
with the plants were the cause, why does
not the electric fluid take in iron found
ries and machine shops? Insurance on
such enterprises as has just been burnt is
confined IT, private boards and it is
rarely that an exact statement can be OBJ
! tanned from the parties interested. So
far this year Philadelphia has undergone
q loss by fire of 81, 500, 900.
There has no worms appeared on our
shade trees so far this season. We may
have some, but if invention for detecting
) the insect from going up the trunk of the
, tree is any avail, there won't be many.
, Some husbandmen varnish the bark,
others do the trunk up in cotton, while a
greater number do it in whitGwash, In
, the district of Krnsington the highest
S ambition of the householder is 10 white
I wash the side yard fence and the trees in
Q front. If the sidewalk is scrubbed three
Q times week, and the above directions
followed in regard to the whitewNsh, then
/ the women folk are happy.
t The Park Commission has Mt last de-
5 cided to have music in the park OH Sun
It day. 1t is believed that this will partly
d make up for the loss sustained by the
= courts refusing license for the sale OF
= liquor inside the borders of the park on
= Sunday. The boulevard up the river
bank to the park entrance has also been
laid aside for the present,
1t The local politician will HE himself
away to Chicago on Sunday Afternoon
t. next. II he doesn't do his duty in re-
d spect to his constituency, it would be
well for him that he go Immediately ou
y of politics, for the people are heartily
ID tired of being misrepresented in Ma
ar tional Convention. 1t would seem tina
ID the Offices were stronger than patriotism
ut but even lifelong followers of the part!
TX are becoming convinced that the Nation
10 al Government should not be brokerage
n, office for the distribution OF its politica
or gifts.
co Our police have not received their new
1t uniforms yet, but they are promised
I'd The men will wear helmets, Since Mr.
Mt Smith has taken the affairs of state her
n he has been 'helmng" it with ven
is geance, especially with his appointing
by power. Our sermons now are preiixe'
ne with strawberry festival invitations
~. which no doubt make the young men fee
rather "spoony'" SPHYNX'