The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-04
Things in Quaker City.
pniLApBLrHr,, April ith, 1885

This is All Fools day, and pratical
jokes were INDUCED in to a great extent.
An advertisement Of Il public exhibition
Of the Kelley moter brought goodly
crowd up the workshop of that notorious
enterprise Mr. Kelley made aspeech
from the steps of his mansion adjourn
ing and told the crowd that he had about
completed arrangements for the selling
his moter to the Dynamite party, and as
they were a mysterious power and no
doubt would be able to use his newly
discovered force to advantage on British
soil, he had asked the advice of the
stockholders and the transfer was about
to be made.
After this long continual winter, when
all the dirt and filth which generally
finds its way into the streets, and which
has been frozen so that il has not been
removed for months, begins to thaw,
why think we will have some cause for
alarm. In some places this foul matter
is piled up two and three feet high, and
it will require the greatest part of spring
to remove, so that if we are to escape
some dread disease something more than
the usual amount of precaution will have
to be resorted to. On some of these piles
some person of an observing turn of
mind have planted placards bearing
legends like this "Neyer mind the water
/
till the well runs dry" "a stitch in time
saves nine" and ooh for lodge in some
vast wilderness" All these addages are
no doubt obscure, but yet they tend to
show how much an object of thought
tlTesc presidential mounds are i'll the
minds of all who know that the cholera
is hunting around for II Judgement i'll
some of our large cities.
The sluggcr sullivan has been with lis
for week or two, and has created as
much excitement among certain class
as great as though the President were
training in the neighborhood to dispense
the patronage of the State. Tomorrow
he will meet another equally important
bruser by the name of McCatiery, o.
Pittsburg, ina match ut the Industrial
| Art Hall, and we are informed that {
premium OF $500 is now being oilerct
for the 81 90 seats that were sold in tht
early stages of the canvass of tickets
That it will be brutal or otherwise you
will learn by telegraph but as Il matter
] T. . l, nt,,l 10 tho fni
it is now the talk of the town and boys
and young men can be seen Mt amy TIM
on the side walks trying their hand II
this now lawful pastime.
Samuel G.. Randall is now believed L
be the patronage dispenser in this State
and as consequence he is followed by
coterie of politicians wherever he goes
lie arrived the other day from Washing
ton, and as it is known that he has ha'
the ear of the President on more THAI
one particular appointment, nearly tn
entire office seeking population turned
out to do him homage, Many of on
politicians are not used to psalm" sing
ing, and it was kind of eating crow, bu
whenever man has an Office ahead
matters little what metre his Psalm is sc
in he will sing it,
1t is rather early for base ball clubs t
commence operations, when the frost
not out of the ground, and snow havin
Just disappeared, but games are advel
tised to came off both this and mes
week. Our two clubs are better off TIL
year than last, and better playing i
thought to be in them, The Philade
phia team will be interesting to on
friends in Wilmington on account of
having the two principal men in tn
club which did such wonders in that cit.
Mcssrs Nolan and Cussick. The game
between this club and the Athletic wi
come off in the next two weeks and
: large crowd is expected ut each. Yet
| NAV be that both these clubs may disgu
, earnest lovers of the game by the trick
playing which sometimes follows in the
lead.
PERSONAL.
The Mayor of this city is bald, h
name is Smith, he was born in Scotlan'
= and makes Sunday School speeches, an
i thinks everybody has Il chance in tn
country to be either Mayor or Pres!den
The Chief of police under Mayor h;
all his teeth plugged with gold, is qui
!, martial in his bearing, and believes tn
= "clubs" are trumps especially If they II
in the hands of his worthy officer
= Although his name is Stuart, it wants
= be chamberlain" to the Mayor.
The Sheriff has swung off in to etc
/, nitv some half dozen criminals sin
, his term began, which, makes hi
g very nervous although he doesn't do Il
r pulling of the trap. He says the OIL
A doesn't pay there latter years, and he
Is changed" if he takes it another term
The shad merchants are getting o
d their shad-bellied coats, although t
season is far from being Il success as y
SpHYNX.