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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21

We notice that the old story Of
Wsshington's big Jump is again going the
rounds of our country exchanges. 1t
is venerable acquaintance indeed. 1t
made its last preceding round about forty
years ago and WAS then dished up in
much better shape than now. Whoever
Is responsible for its exhumation has
robbed 1t of the best OF ito pristine
vivacity in giving it modern dress.
The most interesting feature of the
revival of this ancient yarn, however, is
the increased measurement OF the leaps.
In the version Of forty years ago
Henry Carroll Won his fair Virginia
bride by leap OF twsnty-one
Feet and half. 1t was then that youns
Washington, who was a stranger to the
contestants and who had happened
along just in time to be an interested
spectator of the lesping, vsultsd over the
fence and capped Csrrolls jump with
one Of twenty-five feet, one iu,h. Then,
turning to the trembling girl who lad
been offered by her athletic father as
prize to the winner, he said "Amslis.
my pretty howsr, ! have won you
fairly" and proceeded graceful, to
give her back again to her beloved
Carroll.
4 Now a running leap OF % feet is as
much as could be reasonably expected,
even from SO great man as George
Washington. 1t was rather strain upon
the cFedulity Of most people to believe
even that much. But the Unsuitable
resurrectionlst who has modernizsd this
story has seen fit to increase the MEASURE
meut OF Washington's leap to "A feet, and
those of Carroll and his fellow contest
snts in the same proportion. In the
words of Artemus Ward This is too
" much-too much I"
Consider the terrible shock to future
generations if this thing is allowed to 90
on II the measurement Of Ihat spocry
phal jump Is to grow at the rate Of two
tset every forty years what sort OF circus
actor will our descendants imagine the
fs:her Of his country to have been
There is one valuable feature Of this
business, however, from a historica.
point of view. Having sscertaiued in
this way the annual rate Of growth Of the
Washington leap. We can, by calculating
backward, come pretty near the true
length of the original leap before it began
t. grow, aud thus, il we assume thai it
occurred 100 years ago, We aud that the
starting measurement must have been
about Is feet. This is more reasonable,
sed II anybody thinks l. feet not a long
enough jump evsn for Washington, lie,
him measure of that distance and try it
himself.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
IN GENERAL.

The first sugar refins,v -
lished In Cuba, aud wbich ''ef estab.
course Soon - Of construction in Cardspss III, ~
5000 Do ready to commence wors viii
oording to pamphlet issued nv ~, ~. Ac'
psny the refinery will COS, s8is, ,2ss sas CON-
A quantity of guppowdsr in ,ha
story OF = hardware stors in ue upper
ontstio, exploded Monday, s,oa.i rsaaCn
the top OF the building killing ps,or 'tVhslni
and fatally ipjuring Ffsnois Shy sy luce
Donald Smith, The men wa,s nav aud
In the room where the powder was sstVslas s,n,s
A fearful storm struck Amb.,,a.'
Lodiga, Alabama, Tuesday sgs,rasl Is, aud
a large number OF houses ws,s 'iuoOn' .,'
down and IA persons were rsno,, Oivwn
have been killed. The dire,tinn s.u 70
wind was southerly, and the s,s,~' W 'ls
tended to home, Georgia, wbeya .s sx'
ever, 1t did but little damage now
A dispatch from Preeport. m ..
news hAs been received there ,hs Gays
ipg by mob, near Denver, Colo,aa"
Nil Madlong, former Resident ot ~ w. VI
port. 1t seems that Msdlopo n,a,., s,es.
to be physician, although hs auei Iaa
medical education. He PRESCRIBED Inu %.iI 40
cins for one OF his patients, wbich I'u u
suited in the lattsr's death, Ths ou v;o.ils 10
friends organized vigilance comTi,,, u'in .
and hanged the doctor.
Dr. Thayer, q member Of the t,ss.u..
cattle commission at Portland. Malns lt,y wy
teiegraphed to the treasury dsp,,,maa,, aa,
that the steamer Ontario arrival a, 'I'ea. ,e u.
port on the I'd instant, with la, ot o,,,,s 'ua'
from Liverpool, which, dsy n, Jaws ,me
after the landing, developed the too, srS rS
mouth disease, and that on the Oh ina, @
the same vessel cleared with A rs,u,n
cargo OF cattle for Liverpool. The ssC,s
tsry OF State has been requested Ia ''io IL
form the British government of tbis ,.o,
In order that 1t may understand that N,
disease among the cattle which wers im 'u'
ported at Portland did not originate IN
the United States, but probably orIaIns,si
on the vessel bringing them.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
PENNS SrLVdNI4 ELECTION.
The Democrats OyershsdOwed all
Through the state.

AT the municipal election held in PhilA-
delphia Tuesday, the aggregate vote for
mayor was lag, ,9S7, giving msjority Of
s,s7l tor William B Smith, Republican,
over Samuel G.. King, Democrat and COM
mittee of one hundred. The aggregate
vote for city solicitor WAS l5O, ,264, giving
a majority of l3, 73G for Charles +. War
wick, Republican, over Furman Shep
pard, Democrat, and committee of one
hundred. The aggregate vote for re-.
oeiver OF taxes WAS l4l GAP, giving a
majority OF rs 1856 for john Hunter, Inde-
pendent Republican, Democrat and com
mites OF one hundred, over the COM
bined scattering vote The receiver Of
taxes returns show % 766 for George G.
Pierie, $ b ut Ni,iam Nm ullin, 6, ,906
Tor DAN Il els, T. uhip, lUu, and 476
suatterli = lhe CO.'S ouy council will
organic II Arrlt Ia se!sIl council there
Will be III Republicans aud IA Democrats,
There bong vaoapGJ IN The twenty
eighth ward by the election OF William
Is. Smith as Mayor. Ths present bv iy
consists of IL Republicans aud IA Dsmo-
Gratis. Common oouaoIl will b4 I'd
OF ~ Republicans aud IL Democrats. At
present II stands 80 Republicans aud 30
Democrats.
Returns OF the locsl eleotiuns held
Tuesday in the interior OF the state, as lar
rs received, show the following results
Andrew Fulton, Republican, was elected
mayor Of plttsbuts " 1000 IN j ty.
W. "yman, publl WAS onOseu
mayor of Allegheny City by majority
OF 600.
ID 7. Rosenm'lier, Republican, wLt
elected mayor Of Lancaster by near v at
majority. He is tl- first k.ruo
mayor OF that city 4ip,u 1877 br.
braoches OF council ara Rp~ubi
John u Wni p, k4 ub ios vas
elected BURGESS OF 40 rlstowp, and ,cn
OF the six oouncilmen are Republican.
la Nuliam,port the following , ffc rs
we're elected; Mayor, S. NJ. Craus. Dgmo.
cratic Labor candidate Controller
Charles Nash, Republican Treasurer
D. Lanssdort, Republican.
In Allentown the Republicans .ls,t.d
their candidates tor mayor and treasnrar
by mslorlties rsnginy from 100 to 300
10 Chester DR. J L Forwood, Democrat,
was elected mayor by ia majority, and
W. r. sdomu-, Democrat, city treasurer,
oy ABOUT 2oo majority. Five OF the six
90 .ueimrn are X publican.
D. W. Martin, Repub nau, was elected
lrs1as OF N rth Chester All the conn.
o,imen are Republican. south Chester
elected all Repu blican oouucilmsn,
In Reading councilmen only were
ohosen, aud the election resulted I'm IN.
choice Of 2s Democrats and 90 Rspubli.
cans, the select oounoil holding over
The Democrats will have s majority on
loint ballot, loss OF Mayberry Bell.
independent. was elected chief burgess
OF Pottsville by 1913 majority over
Uheyney, regular Republican,. +. A.
Beamish, Democrat, was elected msyor of
scranton by about 800 msjority. Al
bethlehem George Ii Myers, Democrat
was re- elected burgess. II. s Goodwin
aepubllcsn, was reelected burgess of
South Bethlehem. Vi
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
CompnIsory PiIotage.

The shipping committee Of the House
Of Representatives has before it bill to
abolish compulsory pilotsge, and the
committee lie hesring Arguments pro and
con on the measure. Vessel owners, gen.
orally, want the bill passed; pilots nstur
ally do not. Boston vessel owner, who
was before the committee last week, said
that the inward and outward ptlotsge
fees on vessel of Is fest draft entering
that hsrbor amount to ss4 for one trip,
and that these fees often amount to one.
fourth OF the net earnings of the vessel
besides which, they are often paid for
services declined, for, as rule, masters
of vessels will not now take pilots, pre-
ferring to trust their vessels to their
own officers.
This is matter in which some Della
wAreans have peculiar interest. 1t is
one which has two sides, and there is
perhaps as much to be said for the pilots
As for the vessel owners. 1t does seem
is familiar with the navigation, say of
the Delaware bay, who knows the lights,
buoys and shoals and is fully competent
to take his boat in or out, should be COM
pelled to pay considerable sum for ser
vice he does not need. This is the ves-
sci owners side OF the question.
II all nsvigators were thus competent
there might be no need OF pilots. In the
absence of compulsory pilotsge, however,
1t might very readily happen that an in
competent master would insist on nsvi-
eating his vessel through waters with
which he was unfamiliar, thereby
jeopsrdizing the lives of his passengers
and crew for the sake Of saving the pilots
fee.
1t is self.evidsnt that, so long as such
oatastrophes are possible, pilots are ne.
cessity. Being necessity they must b'
supported; and now We come to tn,
pilots size OF the question.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
pilots life is one of marked hardship ant
exposure. He must first quality himsel
for his profession by a long aud rigorous
apprenticeship giving to this novitist,
several OF the best years OF his life when
as q competent seaman, which he must b
isng before he can become a pilot, b
might be earning good wages on
merchantmen or coaster. After complet
ing his apprenticeship and beoomin
fully accredited member OF tn
crew OF pilot boat, he must spend
great part OF his time, in all kinds
weather, in seswsrd cruises on the wate
for incoming vessels. II it were options
with such vessels to pay or refuse pilotag
fees, 1t can be readily seen that in man
cases the pilot would have his labor 10
his pains aud the natural result woul
be that soon the sight Of distsr
topmast on the horizon line would awake
no interest and, instead OF the pilo
cruising out to watch for inward bonn
vessels, the masters OF the vessels woul
have to make their way inward as be
they could, and hunt up pilot afte
wards, If there should be any one left
follow that occupation.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
GuauD Islands.

In 1856 Congress enacted a law extend
ing the protection Of the army aud
navy to citizens OF this country Ill
their discovery aud possession OF deposits
Of gusno ION any island, rock
or key, not within the lawful juris.
diction Of any other government, and no
occupied by the citizens Of any other
government" &C., and stipulsting that
said gu 4no should be AIKEN for the use
Of the citizens OF the United States or oi
residents therein, exclusively. The dis
coverer was 10 be allowed to charge snG
receive for every ton thereof delivered
alongside vessel, in proper tubs, within
reach Of ships tackle. a sum not exceed
ing S. per ton for the best quality, or a
for every ton taken while in it's native
place OF dep lsit. The clause restricting
such guano to the use of citizens or resi-.
dents OF the United States was however,
suspended for five years from and a ter
July l4th, 1872 "to all persons who have
complied with the provisions of this
title" At the expiration of this spspsn
sion in 1877 1t WAS renewed for another
five years, aud again on the 9th inst, q
further suspension was granted by the
and Conger Of Michigan, strongly opposed
s1ch action, the latter claiming that it
was but another confirmation OF the
allegation that all legislation OF Congress
terminates in injury and wrong to the
farmer and planter. Mr.. Ransom oi
North Carolina at whose request the
matter had few days before been
temporarily laid over, TO allow him l.
fud out what it's bearing would be upou
HE constituents, thought d ffereptly
and denied that he was il fluenced in his
position by any desire to protect the bed:
| Of phos phatic materials TO be found in tn.
Csrolinas. Mr.. Salisbury considered
that the guano was of different natur,
from the fertilizers derived from Csrolini
rock, while Mr.. Ransom said he knew o
none of the gusno in question that WA
not of a phosphate character. He die
not know Of any smmonisted guam,
being brought to this country from an,
American possession. He was informed
that nearly all the ammonia which i
nsed in this country ia obtained iron
Peruvian gusno or from blood at tn
slaughter houses around the great cities
aud the hair, fish aud other materia
found in this country or imported irou
abrosd THE Phosphate rock is trana
ported from Charleston, carried to Eng
land, ground, dissolved by the application
of sulphuric acid, is brought back here
and then sold at price that compels th
American manufacturer to lower his rates
There is not manufacturer OF guano /
this country who can dispute that fact.
Such being the case and the phosphate
guanO finding no market In this oountr
in competition with Carolina product
and liz importation abandoned, the besl
ing that the expectation OF It would hsv
when manufactured by other countrie
was to be benefit our farmers by lowerin
the price; aud also disposed OF the ehars
that in advocating this suspension h
was endeavoring t. protect the Csrolinai
When the vote was taken Messri
Conger, Mitchell, Salisbury and VsnC
alone said nay, the yeas being SO incluC
iug Senator Baysrd.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
PEhSUAAL.

c. Z, Ways Ls- h4sn sppoin.ed assist
ant general freight a2ertof the Baltimore
& Philst-lphia Il Iilrosd Company, With
he4d4 4darters at the general office Of the
Baltimore L y 4io Rsilr,si Company,
Baltimore
Col Within stent ensoa died at hi.
home near R1ck Rur, 1srfOrd oou pty,
Nd ,W-dn-sdAg afterl DON week in the s I'd
year oi his a.. Cul. Stephenson was
= j known tErUI. ~! tue atat-, having
04ue tly repres -ntsd his county In the
gi-lN'nr-. H. stated in political life
1888 S. 80 cid lire WAtg AID su oppo,
nNut u en-. Jackson. Du.ilg Jack on :
second candidacy for the Presidency he
became a u, m1SfSt, and was earnest in
ii the support Of thai party the r.
inainder OF his life.
dispatch from Port Townsend, W.
T., aDLoubc-s the death at Sitka, on
January 3lst, OF William Gouvernenr
Morris, collector OF customs at that port
The cause OF death was pneumonia. Will
liam Go1verneur Morris, who was horn
in NV York in 1884, b-lorg ged to oue 4
= n.ost distinguished ftrii il 4 >
country. He IVES the oldest son of the
late Breve: Msior- General William Wal
ton Morris, United States army. His
grandfather was aid de-eamp to Anthony
Wayne, and his great grandfather, Lewis
Morris, WAS one o: the signers OF the
Declaration OF Independence. He
was brother in law to Or. John NJ. Carno-
chan OF New York. He graduated at the
Harvard Law College and entered upon
the practice Of the law. AT the out
break OF the civil war he offered his
services and received majors commits.
sion. At the Close Of the war he was
appointed United States marshal al San
Francisco and subsequently, held various
other government Offices. ae was q
member OF the Society Of the Cinoinr!s !sti.
Soon after General Garfield became Presi-
dent, Mr.. Morris was appointed collector
OF customs at Sitks. Some time after his
appointment he forwarded to Congress
report on Alaska which was OF the
highest value, and was largely instru-
mental in bringing about the establish
ment Of territorial government. He was
compiling another report at the time Of
his death. His services In Alaska were
so highly valued by the government that
the question Of his appointment as gov
ernOr Of the territory has at various
times been under consideration. He was
married and had one son, who died some
years ago. The body will be inferred in
the vault of the Morris family, In ST.
Ann's Church, MorrisAaia.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
The New PuDiic Building.

Following is the text Of the new post
office bill, introduced in the House by
Mr.. Lore and now in the hands Of the
committee on public buildings and
grounds
BE e.dsted, DE-, that the Secretary Of
the Treasury be, and he is hereby, author.
l2ed and directed to purchase or otherwise
procure, suitable site for public building
and cause to be erected, at the city Of VII.
mington, i'll the State OF Delaware, a sub-
ttantial and commodlOus public building, for
the use OF the United States district and
circuit courts the internsl-reVeuue service,
and the post office; the plans and estimates
for said building having been first prepared,
examined, and approved as required by sec
ton 3,73i of the revised statutes OF the
United States, upon calculations and speciti-
cations that will insure the completion Of the
building at cost not exceeding
!l5O,000, which sum is hereby appro-
priated ont Of any money IL the treasury
not otherwise appropriated Provided,
That no money to he appropriated to said
building shall be used until valid title to
site selected shall be vested in the United
States, nor until the state Of Delaware shall
have deedei TO the United States jurisdiction
over the same for all purposes, during the
time the government shall be or remain the
owner thereof, except for tine enforcement OF
the criminal laws of the state and the service
OF civil process therein.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
Naval Changes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-CommOlSV,,C@ ~
Edward Simpson has been promotes a.S " y
the grade OF rear-admiral from the ~ .o, a,
february, 1884. Assistant sns'neoi; si
Thomas +. Carter, has been de'sTn1N nl,
from special duty at Wilmington, p os,
and ordered to the United States S'eAHe'
Galena. ,.,
IA GAZETTE reporter found knglnss, gsss
Carter at his room in the Clayton hyu0 "a
Tuesday afternoon and he said he LA Ia
received official instructions ana sUu u.nn
leave Tuesday night for hanp'Or Cr,
Roads arriving whence he will repoiiu, in IN
board the schooner Galena and will san ~ ~
. few days for the West Indies. de 'ncs ssys
he has been engaged in this cry slnIs 4
June last at the works Of the Harlan :
Hollingsworth Company, as supeiio a,
dent Of construction Of the msehiheiy
the United States monitor Amphitfi'e'l
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
NhIGnnoEiNa copsTIhS.


travel, & music t,avher Of Schn,lkill
county nsmrd Carter Peck, aged 50 years
lodged in Ill a. Reading On charge ot
h-tra9al pre'"rr.d b. AA-ua Auz, aged
~, drushter ut rch fsiinrr, has been
Released on bsil.
Frsucis 3 yle entered Back" l. ader's
'slool iu Reading Moud.y, aud mais a
disturbance, Tue proprietor II :, ted him
and he tell from hign st"p to the D. Y j..
lnent, breaking his necH sli iyiu,
instantly. Leader was arrested.
Wendell Phillips will contained thi.
clause: | give to Mrs. Sophie NJ
springer Of West Chester, Pa, the sun
Of $500, to b. paid to he, and held by
herself, free from the control or int.rtsr
eucs Of any husband she nay have -
The bsqu--t to Mrs, Springer is the onl,
one made to a parscr not in his family.
Invitations we're Issued Monday TO,
the marriage OF Senator Amos Il. Myliu
OF Lancaster, to Mrs. Cstlarine Il. Powell
OF Harrisburg. The bride is sister oil
Mrs. Edson A. Tinker Of the Jones House,
in the latter city. The marriage oere
mOpy will take place at that place on
Tuesday, the 2Sth of February, at IL
noon.
Friday evening Daniel and JOHN Adds,
father aid son, accompanied by Augustus
Houck, started down the Sohuylkill river
at Reading in 2 boat to set some fishing
nets. The boat was upset by striking q
gny rope suspended from tbs bridge
which the Schuylkill Valley Railroad
Company is building. The Adds men
pulled themselves TO shore by means OF
the rope, but Houck lost his hold AMI
was drowned. He leaves wife and two
children.
The dead body Of Richard Ruhe, al
aged bachelor, who had been missing for
over six weeks, WAS found in the Schuyl-
Fill canal al Bridgeport, opposite Norris
town, on Saturday sfteragon by Mordecai
West, an employe of Mcinnen' p2per
mill. In the clothes Of deceased was
$3.50. Decomposition had set in, chow
ing that the man had been in The water
for q long time. Coroner Atkins held sn
inquest, and 8 verdict OF accidental
drowning was rendered. 1t is supposed
that Ruhs fell into the water while In
toxiested, as he WAS 3 man Of intemper-
ate habits,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
The Foot ana Mou,b Disease

LONDON, Feb. l6.-Baron Csrlingford
lord pTivy real, who introduced the bill
the other day amending the act relativ4
to the contagious diseases OF animals
50 as to AFFORD better protection
against the Introduction of the
toot and mouth disease from
abroad, gave audience this morning to a
number OF cattle traders. They ex.
pressed their confidence that only
h-slthy cattle would arrive in England il
the provisions OF the bill should be re-
strieted to injected ports and not te made
10 the whole country.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
NO Beer for Ioxya

DEs MoNEs, Feb. 20.-The Senate las,
evening passed the prohibitory bill by a
vole OF 80 to l3. The bill defines
Intoxicating" liquors to mean alcohol.
ale, wine, bser or any liquid spiritous,
vinous or malt. No person shall
manufsotura for sale as beverage
any OF the above liquors. Owing to re-
duetion in the price of mining coal the
miners AZ swan and leighton, Iowa struck
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
--
A niu.es.l. BIizzard

81 PArL, Feb. l9.-Reports receive
here from southern Dakota show that Is
blizzard reported from the north EXTEND.
sll over the territory, the Eind being 90
herce as almost 10 have stopped the
progress of train on The
Northwest road near ofdway. The SNOW
il thee cuts requires several hours work by
snow ploughs to clear the track and en-
able ttsins to gst through with the aid OF
extra engines The running of trains on
the Dakota division OF the same same
road has been abandoned.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21

There are over 10000 physicians in
the United States nine-tenths Of whom
Are young and middle-Aged men. The
hsurss show the country to be full Of
doctors, and the various medical schools
ar manufacturing new ones with increas
ing celebrity. Statistics from some western
c'"4s show that indianapolis has one
doctor to every 2j9 inhabitants Denver
j if $50 Kansas City, in 1872 Mime
ap"'is, in 3s7 Detroit, in 469 St.
l. Is, in 475 Chicago, in 54s St.
Paui, l in 553, and Milwaukee, in sl9.
We anticipate heavy tide OF immigra.
tion for Milwaukee. - ..-......
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21

Tao Eastern Shore Herald, published al
kss'Ville, Northampton county Virginia,
away down on that extreme lower end Of
this Peninsula, wants the first cougres-
sional district Of Virginia geographically
reconstructed 1t ssys that. the district
as now laid of, OF which the two Eastern
Shore counties Of Virginia form part, is
the m1st iuconvenieut one in the state
that i! is almost impossible to hold dis
trict convention on account Of the incon.
veniencs of travel. This ia another
argument in favor Of consolidating the
whole Peninsula into one stsss-
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
The Storm AT Augusta.

AuarsrA, GA Feb 2v,--A heavy rain
aud hal storm vai'ed this section last
night, but as the telegraph wires IN
many placea sfr lown, tha par'iculsrs
are m'.ere lu Columbia county
a4ly s.aass w-rs blown down. Mr
Av-l} ; n4nsr was ais biowu down, aud
his child k,llei Fatalities wers ared
in mAuy ree:ious. Tue storm struck tnis
city at O'clock, aud sss the mosi
serious for LA years
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
IkIIIenhun

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 2O.-Reports reach
mere oil destructive cyclone passing
southwest to northwest along the western
ease OF the state to Rome, Cavesprinp
oArtersvills and Jasper. A. Canton
soveial school children we're killed by a
failing house. There have been several
deaths a: Cavespring. Many persons
were injured and much property de-.
s'royed wherever the cyclone touched.