Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-16
Letter from Philadelphia.


N ovement Tor closing business at one
O'Clock on Saturday. IN oroer 10 let
clerks and employees have time for .
little recreation, has broken out among
business men Of this city. On Thursday
last the paper dealers, by large vote,
passed resolution to close their places
Of busine,s at one O'Clock ON Saturday,
from June lst to September LIST. In ad-I
dition to this definite action of the pa
Der men, several of the leading whole.
sale Market street stores are dvertising |
that they will close on Saturday at
noon. With the movement breaking
out In two such quarters, 1t would seem
to promise to become quite general dur
ing the summer, while trade is natural.
ly dull. 1t is q good scheme, and there is
little doubt that the employees In stores |
and shops would be enough more efi
cent for the recreation of the Saturday
afternoon, to perform fully as much
work during the week.
Not since the celebration OF theI
Yorktown centennial has such . mill
tary display been seen as the one which
win be made In Fairmont Park during
the last week In this month, and the
first week of July. Regiments or bat
talions of 30 ldiers from fifteen or tweu'
| ty Statesl have already announced their
intention Of coming. But have seen
no notice of such intention from the
Delaware boys. Surely they will come
| when they realize how important and
valuable for instruction and discipline
| the encam pment will be- 1t was at first
proposed to have q general encampment
of the State militia in the park In con-
nection with this one. But many rea-
sons have been gwen why this could
not be, ono of which IL that the park is
too near home for the maintenance OF
ldiscipline. This seems very feeble
Il Iobjection ; If the home guards prove
1 unable to maintain their own Giscip-
1 line, the United States troops, who
will be present, could maintain all the
discipline needed. At any rate, the ma.
tiopal encampment ought to be encour
aged in every way, for it should prove
:" big thing" for Philadelphia, which
is used to big things.
. Inauirers for space for the Franklin
: Novelties exhibition, which Is to bt
, Iheld in September, In thessame building
2 where the Electrical Exh ibition wal
held, have been very encouraging u
4 1.-The managers, and indicate an Interest
lin the affair extending from Maine tt
III California. Already the committee arr
+ having trouble to parcel out the space
a | to suit the demands of many exhibitors
!. who wart plenty of room to dispih!
4 their goods. The regulations for tn,
q government of the exhibition, which
= have lust been published, give yer!
n full information regarding 1t, and Civ
y both visitors and exhibitors to under
II stand what can be expected.
al The patriotic citizens of this city vii
"a not be likely to indulge in fire
gIworks on the Fourth of July to an.
/ igreat extent. Fear of the consequence
of vending the goods has driven man,
local dealers out of the business, 30 th
folks who want to buy fireworks vii
have some trouble to get them. Th
blithesome bootblacks will not st
Ioff'' crackers under the legs of horse
}. in the street, as was their custom In tn
ID DAYS of yore. Few fathers and mother
D. will delight their offspring, and plac
10 their neighbors' livea in jeopardy b
ID impromptu exhibitions of pyrotechnit
u, in their back yards, and even III
three. year old children, who fire torp'
does at PEDESTRIANS will be less demon
BY strative than usual. This prospect
st ouietness is the result of the mandate
IN during the reign of Samuel u. Kin
IL ex- Mayor, and the endorsement OF
es | last year Of Mayor Smith.
mayor Kings action against hr'
works cut down our sales fifty p
Icent," said dealer yesterday. Wh
10 he actually sent into the yards
~ houses, and his people on their priva
"a property. Many of the dealers in fiji
works were arrested, but most of the
got off. Mayor King is not in OH
lnow. however, and we expect to
no the biggest business this year in
vs. history"
An Fireworks have deteriorated in gu
Iity. Fifteen years ago dealers used
sell enormous quantities of first eli
Ipn Ifireworks-very different from the pt
OBJ trash put on the market now. REQ
Ites wanted good crackers aud rockets
those days. but now they'll pay
any thing that LOOKS like the genu
not article. Crackers made nowadays do
D 'ar, bang, nor you can't hear EN- rock
don't climb through the air like IL
~ did when l was boy, and as for
wheels, they are nothing but libel
two the genuine article. The trouble ls =
is.t, the goods are 700 cheaply made u
M. III. can't be of excellent quality.
Ex-Mayor Daniel M. Fox has b
appointed Superintendent of the Uni
States Mint in this city ,as your read
Ice are doubtless we'll aware, to succ
nth Col, A. LoudenSnowden, who resign
The appointment was not unexpeC
Mr.. Fox has been the most promint
opd and most constantly urged candidate
iRh- his party for the position. Mr.. Fox
ap eminently respectable, philanthro
= a.. and estimable citizen of this city.
word of obliquy can be breathed agai
lhis personal character. His repr
lave tion for honor and benevolence is q
passed by that of no resident OF
the city. The new sur rerintendent has
no special training 10 fit him for
, ice new duties, but his long experienc
Ia business lawyer and as
;. .Itrust agent is q guarantee that
~ Iadministratio of the Mint will NJ
loo'. Itain the high reputation which
at conduct of the Mint has always
and He has always been q Democrat,
Iwhile his appointment Is, in o meas
lowe a party reward, 1t Is q selection
alls, imam who Is unobjectiOnable for
place, and one whe will be an Off
rifier creditable to the administration.
Iood. The appointment came TO Mr. Fo
/. q time Of trouble. His wife, who
hot been an invalid for the past two "
lcied on Monday afternoon last.
s0hI The freight business OF the Penr
WV vania Railroad Company has n
=, been as heavy as at this time.
luliy movement of cars east and west-bo
acco. one day this week past given F
no aggregated 1910, the largest In
history Of the company The q
COM average is over 5000 cars, and the
mans sources of the company are taxi
plar. the fullest extent to accommodate
traffic. The passenger business