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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
The Public Lands,

II there is any one thing that tends more
than another to enrage the citizen of this
country it is the fact of the manner in
which the public lands have been frittered
away during the last two decades of admin
istration.
Ha'pers, for this month, says:
In what terms may we fitly character
ize system which permits one man bv
questionable methods, to secure a grant of
lands covering narrow strip extending for
miles along the banks of large stream
with all its tributaries, 5, comprisinr in itso,r
slnaN acreage, but rendering inaccessible
TO Others, and depriving the government os
the sale of millions of acres of ad;a,o,t
i"nus "a notable in stance of this kind occur
ing in New McxlctO-a system which winks
at the building of fences hy cattle kings
around vast areas excluding therefrom the
honest settler, putting up in effect a barrier
to the progress of civilization. and wb;o,,
enables railroad. corporations, after rec Il,
ing patents to oIer5s, 900, 900 acres s.,n
set up with air prospect of sue. ..ess ,,,,.,o
for 1O2, ,OOO,0 0 10 raore?"
But the S@sst phase of il ali :, -. -
much in hs present influence suo, oo,a,
'ionS '' we, bat, hew III generations to anna
say III beginning of the nineteenth cen,rn,,
"n" : we shall seel The greater part of our
W. stern territory in the hands of a few MIN.
te ,crats. p'"-
A"ese men will own every stick oftintber
every little right of hunting, 6sbhg or
smoothing The public by the easiest pro-
cess Oh law will be trespassers, should tbsv
u"re TO step upon these lands, upon miles
ana miles of territory. Estates will be held
py single Individuals, literally as large as
lait a dozen German principalities in ono
~ 'ne eNtseVagant methods that have OBJ.
'ained under public lands enactments
sure recurrence of the historical patroon
ii0's o' pennsylvania and New York are to
be repeated.
Inc shameful, inhuman conditions that
exist between landlord and tenant, at pres.
ent in Europe, will be created here in tbe
near future What right has American Iog.
ls'atlon Of to-day to manufacture such a
legacy Tor posterity. Is this SIGHT to in.
spire us with the tall talk of our gre,,
iuturel-a future in watch we see a piet-
ure OIL great landed proprietors, baroEs in |
lact' with lordly estates, and beside tSem
IN novels on the roadside, thousands Of I'm.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
Bayard and Cleveland.
Dover Sentinel.

Dover Sentinel
Bayard has set his friends in Kent adrift
without oar Or compass. If taere is not
something done by him soon, there will be
a moving of baggage if net to the opposition
camp, it will cluster around some one beside
Bayard and Gray, who has nerve to fight.
The milk and water policy now being pur-
sued does not suit all the Administrationists
they have no desire to get left
Cleveland is not popular with his party.
He has never had his match but once, and
that was in Hayes. They both belong to
the same namby pamby school of politics,
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
Obituary.

We refer, with feelings of sympathy to.
wards Mr.. George W. Humphrey, editor Of
Eoery Eoening, at the announcement of the
death of his mother, Mrs. Lydia L, Hum.
phrey, on Wednesday evening last. The
short notice of her life appearing in the col
umns of our esteemed contemporary tells of
the trying vicissitudes experienced by her
family who came to this country from Eng
land in 1920. Mrs. Humphrey lived to
her eighty year, when her health broke
down. Herlong and useCu! life was per-
fectly free from ill-health till that time. Her
system broke down quite suddenly some
six or seven weeks ago, and about three
weeks since she became. confined to her bed.
Her death was caused purely by the enfeeb.
ling inroads of old age. She was loving
wife and mother and lifelong, consistent,
praying Christian.
The funeral will take place on Sunday
afternoon, with services at the house, by the
Rev. j. B. Parmalee, at 80. Intelment at
Wilmington and Brandywino cemetery.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10

household, stealing out at night time upon
the game preserves of thousands of acres.
of the great landed proprietor, in order
that they may furnish little meat to the
starving family This is very likely what
will happen, 1t is only history of what has
happened before. The same causes and
conditions are daily growing up around us
and Will assuredly evolve the same effect
History repeats itself. We shall see in the
future thousands OF vassas, American citi-
zens, bowling the knee for small favors from
the opuent lord of the manor, whose great
grandfather OF to-day, filched every acre the
scion owns from the public domain and got
it without money and without price,
What kind of legacy is this we are max
ing for our children?
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
Pennsylvania Justice.

On the same day that ex-Treasurer George
NJ. Rupert, of West Chester, who stole many
thousand dollars from the borough, and sew
eral thousand more from the Penn Mutual
Fire Insurance, was released from his SEN
tence of one years Imprisonment (less one
month rebate for good conduct negro
named Thomas was set free, having served
an equal term for the theft Of forty seven
cents Rupert was exempted also from pay
ing the fine of $4,000 to which he was SEN
fenced by making an affidavit that he had
no real estate or personal property.
Before the moral of the above story is told
there is more to be said. The daughter of
the presiding judge, Futhey, of Chester
county, is married .iuto the same family
from whence the enterprising ex-Treasurer
took his bride. Judge Futhey declined to sit
at the trial but called Judge Clayton of the
same county to preside. The moral is that
Delaware county, Pa, is more suitable for
moral invalids, the coming ipclement sea-
son than Canada
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
sHERMAN's EXPRESSIONS.

AT midnight at bivouac fire durinp th,
War of the Rebellion, it is related by Gen
eral ). II. Wilson, in the Century Magazine
that General Sherman said, ''Wilson, am 9
great deal smarter than Grant; see things
more quickly than lie does. l know more
about law, and history, and war, and nearly
everything else than he does, but l tell you
where he beats me and where he beats the
world. He don't care d for what he
can't see the enemy doing, and it scares me
like h-!'
1t is not weakness of the American peo-
pie to make individual self assertion of su-
perlority of one over another It is not a
weakness, or perhaps phase of moral ret
repression, but simply the crudest candor.
When General Sherman said the above
words, he was not egotstical, that is in the
se'ase of frefned politesse that cultured people
may adjudge.
However, the above is undoubtedly a fine
Illustration of what exists peculiarly in this
country 1t is an American cockneyism.
The individual assertion, which is almost
universal, and quite unconsciously too. in
common conversation, by the speaker of
his mental, moral, or physical advantages
his freedom from the vices of others, or su-
periority to them. He gratuitiously informs
his listener that ''you never find me doing.
ETC., or 81 always" or II am never" with
special emphasis on the personal pronoun.
To some, of course, this self-nssertion NAV
be repellent and disgusting and, like the at
tributed high cheek bones aud other phys-
iognomcal indications may be characterize
tics of the North American nine teenth cen.
tury type.
we fear the crudeness must, in all candor,
be conceded. The American philosophy is
that if you do not blow your own trumuet
you Will lind no one else to do it for you
But General Sherman no more needs mn
apologst than he does an advertiser of his
greatness. His words were the unpremedi.
tated statement of TACT as he himself saw
it,
1t is as remarkable an ir stance of Amsri.
can righteousness as the literature of onr
country affords. The idea is unique Of the
second in command of the greatest armv
this continent has seen stating to brother
officer that he, himself, is ';ereater than
General Grant as a soldier'' in all tbinqs
but one, and that point in military affairs
which all military authorities of the present
day consider of little Importance, namely Of
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
A Dead Headed Cabinet
Chambersburg Nalley snirlt.

mot lohg siuce," said gentleman yester.
day, 81 rode with member of President
Cleveland's Cabinet from Baltimore to
Washington. When the conductor of the
train appeared and called tickets the amia-
ble official displayed an anual pass. A like
display kept the Pullman conductor from
collecting ticket from him. He was a
dead-head both by courtesy Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and the Pullman Palace Car
Company. l was not only surprised to see
this, but quite sorry"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
SIQops and C;Itters. -
Correspondence Of The wilmingtonian.

Correspondence of The Wilmingtonian.
Mr.. Beaver Webb, horid jolly looking
Britisher, designer of the English cutter
Genesta, visited this city on Monday last tc
inspect the yacht Priscilla built by the Har-
Ian and Hollingsworth Co., and now being
slightly altered by them TO compete with
the Puritan as the fastest yacht in American
waters.
Rumor sayeth that Mr.. Beaver Webb has
some scheme in view for transmogrifying
the crack English cutter Galatea (due here
next year to race for the America Cup
into a centre board yacht and that his pres.
ence in this city was merely in quest of in
formation That English yachting circles
are highly irritated over the continued fail
ure of their cutters to successfully compete
with our centre-boar,l craft is ouly too true,
but we doubt il alterations of such a start
ling description will even be attempted to
such phenomenally fast boat as the Gala
tea is supposed to be. We rather expect
the line of English attack in this direction
will be the building of a centre-board craft
of their own design and construction to
compete with ours in which case it would
be only half a victory-for the rules of the
Royal Yacht Club rigdly exclude anything
ste afr 10 hot 80
tre-board.
Under the present admeasurement rules,
in nine cases out of ten we have aIwaya
held it to be impossible for cutter to beat
centre-board craft of equal size and de-
sign. For if the models of the two be COM
pared it will be found that while both
boats have almost equal surface immersion
and almost what we should term correspon-
ding redeeming features there rests to the
credit of the cenJre-board boat, the fact
that she carries by far the larger sail area.
Our competitors finding that this is hard
and stern fact and not to be got over, are
beginning to clamor for time allopance
based on sail area.
Yachting is a science and progressive
one at that. Our English friends have made
large strides in the improvement of their
designs and what is too often overlooked by
us, have a positive advantage over us in
practice. Witness the way with which the
Genesta was handled here, as they in many
instances have their yachts in commiss on
all the year round, making the Mediterra-
mean in winter time, their ''happy hunting
grounds"
Wilmington gains much from this royal
sport-long may the generous rivalry con-
tinue. Although Wilmingtonians were
keenly disappointed because the Priscilla
had to give way to the Boston pet, we vent
ure to predict pluch for her during the COM
ing year when her alterations are completed
Her model is fairly conceded to be better
than the Puritan's, and we are sure her
owners will spare nothing as far as money is
concerned to fit her for the place she should
rightly occupy-that of the fastest yacht In
American waters. D. C. R.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
For Their Pluck.

The artists of this city, the morning after
their notable remonsJrance to City Council
upon the Grant Portrait question, received
congratulations all around from their fellow
citizens for their pluck in the matter. The
people of this city seem surprised that any
body of professional men in wilmington
should dare to withstand that formidable
entity ga Council Committee" It is some
thing new, therefore an impertinence.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
The Gentler Sex

All honor is given those ladies of DoyeF
who appeared personally as witnesses in
Squire Jester's court against the brutal
horse beater Ephraim Wilson of that town.
The incident is cheering evidence of the
endearing qualities of the other sex. These
ladies seeing the shameful treatment which
Wilson gaye his poor weak drudge, beating
it till the al hlad from. tba ms, -
reused to such feelings of indignation, that.
forming themselves into an impromptu So
ciety for the Protection of Animals made
the unusual sight of appearing en- masse at
court, secured the inhuman brute's conyio-
tion and punishment. This brilliant roll of
honor Of Dover ladies whose humanity does
not evaporate in idle words has the following
names: Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Enoch
Smithers, Mrs. W. T. Smithers, Mrs. II.
Burnett Mrs. James L. Wollcott and Miss
Jennie Wilson.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10


General Sherman would inter in regard to
Grants methods, having no predetermin-
ed theory arranged for battle
Obviously General Sherman did not intend
to accuse mis- chiet of being without gen
eral plan of campaign. Sherman's criticism
referred more exactly to individual instances
of any given battle, when, most likely the
inexactneas of the scouts reports or topo-
graphical information inclined General
Grant to place little reliance upon such helm
upon the actual day of battle and to incline
more to his own promptings, as general
rule, of finding the exact position of the
central strength of the enemy, and there
forcing an engagement. Grant was not a
theoretical stratigist and therefore was
averse to lighting in the dark.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
AN UNwITTING EXTRACT
+ FROM GEN. GRANTS CAM
PAIGN SPEECH

The Sunday Philadelphia Press in it's Las
issue said that General Grant delivered
speech in Warren, o., September es. 1880
ara In said speech gave his reasons why h,
was Republican. We quote the extrac,
as given in the Sunday Press:
u am Republican because the Renrh,;
can party is national party, seeking tbs
greatest good of the greatest number of her
o'Iizens. There is not precinct in This
vast nation where Democrat cannot cos,
us oaiioe and have it counted as cast, no
matter what the predominance of tbe on
poSite party,-Is this true of the Renrbl,
can voters in the Southern States The
can claim his political opinions.
eVon IL he is only one among a tbors.na
Ni'n0ut fear and without presentation on
a.hn VI MS opinions-Is this true of
ene hepubliCans in the sor+hor., rta..so
There are fourteen states and ,,o.,itias as T.
" not th,s ''a'es where Repu. .blicans have
'niS privilege. This is oro roo.o,,
s am Republic, ,nn
Had the Press been t,,,o 1n' 70 IL. ,o.4,,,-.
readeys +h.., C would have told its
from an ~. above extract was taken
time ybe, "a. onious stump speech at a
iously ,no. publican domination was Sc
= Ol,i6 y uioned. 1t was on the eve of
a5.x .ctober election and the Republi- |
,rrioa felt that unless that election was
by them, that Garfeld's election |
!. .forlorn hope. But we will ask how
that Warren campaign speech of Gen |
tal Grant contrast with speech he made |
at Atlanta, Ga, three weeks before the |
National Republican Convention.
1t will be remembered that General Grant |
made tour of the entire Southern States in |
the early part of the summer of $780, He |
was afforded an ample opportunity of stud |
ying the customs, the manners and the |
characteristics of the Southern people and |
at this time when reception was given |
him at Atlanta, in reply to the mayors
terms of welcome, General Grant used
these words:
Friends, neighbors, fellow citizens of
"common country, I am at loss to ex-
"press the emotions which are now yelling
up in my heart. Notwithstanding the re-
lations bore to the conquering army you
treat me as a lifelong friendl In your
faces perceive an entire absence of the
" animosity which most naturally was ex-
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
How To Preserve Autumn Leaves

How To Preserve Autumn Leaves
AS the season to gather and preserve the
beautiful leaves peculiar to Autumn will
be upon us, we give the following method
by which they can be preserved, and their
beautiful colors retained in all their gorgeous
beauty; Take warm iron, if it is hot it
will spoil the colors, and iron the leaves on
the wrong side until they are perfectly dry
Then varnish them with light coat of
white varnsh, and they are done.
WHERE TO GET THE LEAVES TO PRESERVE ?
Accompany the Wilmington and Northern
Excursion next Thursday, and Mr.. L. A.
Bower who will look after the welfare ol
of the excnrsionists, will kindly point out
the localities where the richest foliage may
be found.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
Death of Mrs. Mitchell,

Phebe II. Mitchell died at her home No.
Gil west Fifth street this morning at an
advanced age. Her death is attributed to
paralysis with which she was stricken two
or there years ago The deceased was the
mother of c. E. Mitchell with Lawton &
Co, and Mrs. Samuel r. Ball of New York.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
Amazing COnceit.

The New York World consumed on last
Sunday, twelve and half pages in self lau-
dation That s,about one. third Of its read
ing space was devoted to paradpg the vir-
tues of the World. The World may have
virtues, but modesty is most assuredly not
one of them.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
MUMDER MOST FOUL.

The confession of John w. Wilson o
Chicago of murder committed by hin
near Chestnut Hill in January, 1884 is mos
revolving and it emphasizes the danger o
admitting to ones household an entire
stranger.
A brieC resume of the case is as follows
and it presents two peculiar aspects: one is
the slight interest made to ascertain the
why and wherefore of the sudden and mys.
terious disappearance of Anthony DAILY in
January, 1884, and the second place it dem
onstrates the danger of relying too implic-
lily upon circumstantial evidence to convict
for murder. From Wilson's confession it is
probable that the mutilated body found in
the Wissahickon and identified by relatives
of Stahl, as stahl the butcher, which to-day
was wept over and buried by the family of
Stahl, was not Stahl at all, but the remains
of Anthony DAILY who was chopped up by
Wilson, his hired man, and then carried by
said Wilson and dumped into the Wissa-
hickon.
To begin at the beginning. Anthony
DAILY, who can now, without danger of mis-
take, be called the murdered man, lived on
farm of fifty acres on the Willow Grove
Turnpike, which runs from Chestnut Hill to
Abingdon and beyond. The locality is a
lonely one. In Winter very few people pass
along the frozen turnpike, which affords but
rough travelling at the best. In Summer,
too, the place is sufficiently deserted. In
the Fall of 1888, DAILY, who had wife and
one child, found himself in need of a hired
man. Then Wilson came upon the scene.
He was nothing better than loafer and
tramp. Tired of sea voyage he was a sail
or-he left New York and wandered towards
Philadelphia, walking it is said, most of the
way. One night farmer living near Daly's
place, was applied to for shelter by ragged
unkeinpt looking object, who bore on every
Square inch of his body some symptom Of
the fact that he had the vagrancy habit.
He Let him sleep in his barn, and then, be-
fore sending him on his weary tramp next
morning, casually remembered that his
friend DAILY was looking for an able-boded
fellow to do odd jobs. He told thel man.
who was none other than Wilson, of this,
and the latter at once walked to the farm,
skipped up the broad steps of the farmhouse
and jumped into a situation.
LONELY LIFE AT THE FARMHOUSE
During the latter part of the Winter
Dalys wife was taken sick and went to be
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account. 1t was on Saturday that killed
him. 1 had gone off and had few drinks;
when l came back Daily was aloue;I asked
him for money, and he replied angrily, ac-
cusing me of being drunk; then took the
cleaver and hit MIN on the head with it; it
was hatchet used for breaking up kindling
wood; after he fell he didn't speak a word
cut off the head and legs and put them in
one bag; then placed the trunk and arms
in another; placed the loads on a sleigh
and drove direct to the Wissahickon; there
was heavy coating of ice on the ground
and that on the river was very thick; 1 cut
hole in it with the cleaver and pushed the
sacks containing the trunks and legs
through; then set the place on fire.
have worked at odd jobs since, the i'm
prisoned murderer declared, but could not
hold place long because the thing what l
had done worried and haunted rae; several
times was on the point of giving myself
up, but was always afraid; would rather
be hanged than live the life have since the
murder; was terribly frightened enc day
by meeting Daly's brother in Philadelphia;
At that time was gardening for man
named Moore, at Eighteenth and Somerset
streets, but was SO frightened that 1 ran
from the city and never returned.
feel better now, said Wilson, with some
sighs of relief. sleep at nights and my
conscience is easy. expect to DO hanged,
and shall be thoroughly statistic to swing.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-10-10
who Would Have Thought It p


For the first time since the confederation of
the states the President has felt in incum-
bent upon him to define his political sta
tus.
- President Grover Cleveland through his
vate Secretary Colonel Lamont, announ-
a to the people Of these United States, on
III Monday that she, Grover Clover Cleve-
ild, President was Democrat
when one proclaims from the house-top
she is Christian and don't you forget
it is safe to assume that that said Chris
An is conspiring to take advantage of the
jonfidence of his fellow man.
When a man is prating of his honesty, it
is exceedingly safe to watch said man when
in the presence Of a dead person with pen
nies upon his eyes and when the chief execu.
tive proclaims to the world that she is a
Democrat" it is presumptive evidence that
he is conscious Of his own political weak
sss.
Presidents Garfield and Arthur never re-
terated their political status because they
ever made it possible for any one to accuse
mem of political apostacy. They were
elected as Republicans and they were not
ashamed of their faith.
President Cleveland publishes that she is
Democrat" but it is safe to say that if he
had not made the announcement vast pre-
ponderance of the American people would
have taken him for a political hermaphro
dite.