The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-20
Things in the Quaker City,

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 18th, 1881.
There never was as much transformation in
newspaper circles In tho city as at present. The
old "North American" has changed hands and
will be issued is n smaller and cheaper form. 1t
is really the only mercantile paper published
here, 1t columns covering all the points in trade,
both merchant and marine. 1t will be more read
able for the general public hereafter, and be In
dependent with strong sympathy for the Repub-
llcan side.
The Evening News" Stalwart Republican
one cont paper, Inch h,s been staggering along
for year or two, has at last been bought out by
live company Of we'll known parties. MA Handy
Of the Press, Louis N. Megargee Of the same
paper, and Chns. II. Deacon of the Ledger, are to
be its workers. employed by such men as p b.
Widener and VIM. L. Elkens. 1t sto be published
both morning and evening and once on Sunday.
And now the Evening Chronicle Herald Dem
ocratlc sheet, Is about to change hands together
with the Sunday Mercury, both of which are
owned by Dennis F. Dealy. WHEATON Barker, the
Third street banker, has about purchased them
and will run them in an entirely new channel of
political thought as both papers will be Repubi-
can and for protection.
The only wonder to mo is how this city will be
able to support SO many papersof Republican pro-
clivities, as there ia only one really Democratic
organ here and that only nominally So McClures
Times is only Democratic when II suits Mcclure
to be SO, for II Is but short time ago that this
paper waged o war against the only Governor the
Democrats have had for quarter of a century.
A partisan Democratic paper has never been sue
cessful in this city, although there is always n
poll of so 900 to CO. 900 Democratic voters at cleo
tions, It looks as though mismanagement would
be the lot of this branch of the body polite In the
future as it has been in tho past, and that nothing
can be hoped for in this section.
The Electrical Exhibition has been opened for
fortnight and has been doing q gratifying bust
ness notwithstanding the excessive heat which
has beeu boiling us for the same period. For the
scientist this is an exceedingly interesting ex-
hiblt, and will go good ways toward educating
common people in q comparatively unknown
force.
The State Fair has been open week and has
had very poor attendance, the heat keeping the
crowds at.home. This week It will do an immense
business II the weather keeps coola 1t this
writing II they don't, then there will be large
deficit THIS year, as the buildings cost $4,000 to
erect and there is $4,000 to be given out prizes.
have alluded to the hot spell above, which per-
haps should have n passing reference. No such
lengthy heat without a break Of cooling breezes
has visited these parts for years, Everybody Ind
something to say about, and to deprecate its un-
boarableness Some men would say, "Thls is my
last shirt-all in the wash" And the women
would cry out, "oh, that might go round in my
Mother Hubbard without being arrestedw Court
ing couples melted in each others arms, and little
children had some hard battles with the cholera
in fantum But the cool wave has como and we
begin to wish. for few warm breezes from a
southern cline.
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
The ministers are now engaged in taking down
their shutters and posting up bills that they have
come back, and tho devil had better look out
All the sections are polishing up the Bible
clasps and running around through the congre-
cation collecting bills for the quarter the church
was shut up.