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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

completing the chain between the Brandy
wine valley and your contemplated gift
right of way, of say 100 feet wide, beginning
at the mouth of Rattlesnake Run along the
Brandywine under the new iron bridge of
the B. & P. railroad to the mouth of
"Crooked Rum" thence following the val
ley of said run to Wawasett street, and by
line to be hereafter designated through our
property to your land and the proposed new
park.
Owing to the peculiar formation there
would be but little grading to be done and
the roadway could be opened at but little
expense. This with the drive continued
down the Brandywine and through the prop
orty offered by you would give driveway
of several miles through beautifully wood
ed and romantic section-unequalled by any
place within my lsnowledge-and would
give to the city of Wilmington park that
would rival the best.
The conditions are few and simple;
First-If accepted-that work on the
roadway be commenced during the present
year and completed by January 1st
| 1887.
Second-That the avenue be named
''Kentmere A venue" in memory of this an-
cient estate. The new branch road of the
| W. & N. Railroad has been named by the
directors "The Kentmere Branch" and it is
probable that regular station will be loca-
| ted here.
There has not been and probably will not
| ho onai,, n mara bla ti,np IN pnusun-
mate this work than the present. Money
can be had at very low rate of interest,
and the unemployed labor of the city could
be put to work, greatly to the benefit oi
their families
Neither is it probable that the same free
offers will again be made; life is brief,
changes will come, and the successors may
not feel disposed to be so liberal as your
self
Recently had an offer of high price fol
lot Of wooded property for beer garden,
which of course was declined; others, here.
after, may feel differently, and these beauti
full grounds may pass beyond the reach oi
public purposes.
A few years ago while travelling in Eu
rope was so impressed by the similarity o
certain river valley there to that of ou
Brandywine-the difference being that thu
former was laid out in drives and walks
and crowded with people who came from
the adjacent city-that wrote to one of ou
then "City Fathers" strongly urging him t.
use his influence in securing forever to th
citizens of Wilmington the romantic ant
beautiful valley of the Brandywine.
But it seems he was not so enthusiastic a
for the "City Fathers have continued t.
look with indifference on this importan
subject.
< shalgybe pleased to hear from you i
= this matter at your earliest convenience.
! Ar--E friend, truly,
WILLIAM M. FIELD.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
The New English Cabinet,

There could not have been selected a
stronger anti-Russ:an administration in re-
gard to foreign AFFAIRS or one more likely to
carry out the lingo war policy, even If
chosen by the dead Beaconsfeld himself,
than the list of diplomats and statesmen
that Lord Salisbury has gathered around
him.
The names form the very antithess of the
former premier's ideas. Sir Austen Layard
is announc d for Cohstantinople. He of all
others is feared most by Russia For many
years he held the Sultan under his thumb.
Gortschagof was the only Russian States
man who was his peer. His long expert
ence as the most successful British Ambas-
sador at the Sublime Porte will strengthen
the Premier's hands and above all will vim
dictate British prestige 10 tine East
Only less significant is the appointment
of Lord Randolph Churchill, virulent
Russophobist as Secretary of State for In
dia, With Lord Dufferin as Yiceroy of In
dia, position which though received from
the hands of Gladstone, was really the hard
alternative of public opinion which forced
Gladstone into the appointment, with these
three men ruling British Eastern affairs tho
English need have no fear as to any further
repetition of the liberal dllatory policy.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Park Prospects.

The press of this city have been untiring
in their efforts to induce the city authorities
to secure Park along the historic Brandy
wine while the land was yet accessible. 1t
is a great pleasure TO record the fact that a
fruition of these labors is about to be wit
messed. The initiatory step has been taken
to give Wilmington Park, that for natural
attractions will be unparalleled in this
country.
The Brandywine is pregnant with roman
tic and historic picturesqueness,a and our citi-
zens are to be congratulated upon the tangi-
BILE and well-directed efforts now being
made towards giving Wilmington Park
worthy her metropolitan character.
Mr.. William NJ. Field, of the James Rid
die, Son & Co., makes munihcent proposi-
tion for the benefit of our people as will be
seen by the following letter to Park Com
missioner William p. Bancroft:
KENTMERE, NEAR WILMINGTON, June
90
William p Bancroft, Esq, Of the Park
C0mmissiOR-DEAR SIR: In furtherance Of
your muniticent offer to the city of the valu
able tract of land for park purposes, and
probably feeling some inspiration from your
noble example, Mrs. Field and myself pro.
pose to give TO the city for the purpose OF
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
CIeveIand's Peculiarities.

In contrast to his predecessors President
Cleveland seems to recognize the fact that
if, in the future, sdium is to follow nomina-
tions to public offices made during his ad-
ministration, and that the greater part of
the animadversions are to fall upon his broad
shoulders, he is determined that he shall
have personal knowledge, as much as sim
gle individual can of the ante cedents and
fitness of the great mass of appointees.
To this effect common report from Wash
ington states that the President and Colo
mel Lamont "burn the midnight oir' night
after night. 1t seems that the Presidents
capacity for hard work exceeds that of his
subordinates. Also that the Cabinet has
very little to do with even suggesting par
ties for positions. When MIR. Cleveland
does defer to his Secretaries as to any GER
tain name it is usually as matter of cour-
tesy and for their perfunctory endorseme mt
of his ideas upon the matter.
1t certainly appears as If Grover Cleveland /
is the President of the United States and
the strong forceful mind of the present ad-
ministration,
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

have become so incensed over the matter
that Wednesday last they sent a strong del
egation to President Cleveland to intercede
for them. Their complaint is that the
Treasury regulations cause them great suff
ering in their business. Mr.. Cleveland's 5
reply rather staggered them. 'In my opin-
ion," he said, ''what the importers in New
York are suffering from most is not Treas
ury regulations, but from dishonesty and
fraud.'
A possible inference was that the New
York merchants too readily winked at the
connivances of foreign exporters in under
valuiDg their consignments, thus affordiDg
basis for robbing the Treasury of very
considerable sums.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
THE RUSSIAN DEMAND.

1t appears strange, at first sight, that one
nationality or its government should have
the conceded right to demand for explaua-
tion of another before any overt act of un-
friendliness had been committed.
Yet this is what it appears Russia medi-
tates doing in regard to England now that
Tory or Conservative government
is in power. Throughout Eu-
rope and in Russia the general understand
ing has been that the Gladstone policy was
Que that favored Russia. The opponents of
Mr.. Gladstone's administration, the Tory
party, who are now in power naturally op-
opposed his peaceful and concession-mak-
ing policy, and in that process used the bit
terest invectiyes against the Russian govern
inert. And here is where the question
arises. That opposition party now being in
power and constituting the responsible gov
ernment of England, the Russian authori-
ties are anxious to learn whether there was
any genuine meaning in the harsh state
ments made.
There has been precedent established
for such international explanation and ques-
tioning, and it does not necessarily infer
bellicose intentions. In the early part of
one of Mr. Gladstone's previous admnistra-
tions the Austrian government sent letter
OF inquiry to England relative to certain
animadversions made by Mr.. Gladstone
upon that government while he was the
leader of the opposition in Parliament. The
Austrian inquiry was held back until the
change of events had placed the Liberal
party in power with Mr. Gladstone as the
responsible head of English foreign policy,
when it was Immediately forwarded from
Vienna. Mr.. Gladstone, as Premier made
the necessary explanations The state
ments of the party in opposition are natur-
ally not considered of International signifi-
cance until those who have uttered them
may cOlle lubO power anu Wleiu Jue rtlns VI
government.
Looking at the matter in broad expan-
sive sense, the conception that such ques-
tions should form conditions for interna-
tional consideration and law appears logical
enough.
AS individuals, society demands that we
maintain courteous and deferential attitude
towards one another, the same principle ex-
lists as basis of international attitude and
. any infraction of that position might proper
o ly afford question on tho part of the nation
: ality affected by change of political tenn
d perament as soon as its authors assume th,
role of responsible representatives of thef
| government.
= The Russian request is simply question
, as to whether Lord Salisbury intends carry
S ing out the policy so detrimental to peace
between the two countries, which by impli
cation he with bis party held before their
accession to Parliamentary power
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
STATUTORY MEASUREMENT
FOR THE POLICE FORCE.


SECTION 43.-No person shall be appoint
ed, or after the passage of this act contin-
ued, city constable who is not citizen of
the United States, or who has been convict
ed of crime, or who cannot read and write
understandingly in the English language,
or who shall not have resided within the
State at least one year preceding his ap-
pointment. Nor shall any person be ap-
pointed such constable, except upon the
certificate of the physicians who shall be for
the time being members of the Board of
Health, or majority of them, that he has
been found upon examination to be physi-
cally sound and is in their Judgment quail
fed to discharge the duties of the office,
that his weight is not less than one hundred
and thirty pounds, and that his height is
not less than five feet four inches.
SECTION 46.-No high or other constable
shall, while on duty, enter any drinking sa-
loon or other place where liquors are sold to
be drunk on the premises, except
for the purpose of discharging the
duties of his Office, under penalty OF
immediate dismissal. No such constable
shall be member of any political committee,
or delegate to any political convention, OF
shall be present at any such convention, oI
at any primary, special or general election
the dut IS OF his Office as coDstable)or shall,
at such place or in any public place, engage
in any political solicitation, nor shall any
such constable, nor any special constable
on the day of any election held within tht
limits of SAID city, be within the distance
of thirty feet of any voting place excep
for the purpose of depositing his vote or tc
quell an actual disturbance of the public
peace, nor shall he in any manner attemp
to influence voter as to the casting of hi
ballot; and any violation of the provision
of this section shall work
forfeiture of his position, and j
shall be the duty of the mayor to dismis
him from Office and enter upon record tn
the cause of such dismissal, and he shall no
be eligible for reappointmeDt. Any viola
tion of the provisions of this section shal
also be misdemeanor, and any such cor
stable being convicted thereof shall forfei
and pay to the State of Delaware fine nc
exceeding one hundred dollars, or be in
prsoned for a term not exceeding 81
innnths- hnth--at the discretion of Il
court, Upon complaint made against an
such constable, to the municipal cour
verified by affidavit, if sal
constable after hearing, shall
committed or bound for his appearance
the Court of General Sessions of the Pea
and Jail Delivery to answer the charge, sue
constable shall be suspended from his oft
pending his trial. Upon conviction Up
fdctO he shall forfeit his office.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
TWO CENTS.
Saturday Half HOLIDAY.

What about tue question of a Saturday
half-holiday for the toilers of Whining
ton?
1t should not be that any journal in men,
tioning, or introducing such topic should
be beset with feelings of trepidation, of
fears ofinjuring any large employer of la
Dor, any big mill-owner, or manufacturer.
Wehave no hesitation in risking the asser-
tion that the employers of this city have as
much humanity about them, as much appre-
citation in their hearts as to the meaning oil
the significant answer given by the greatest
man that ever lived to the question "Who
is my neighbor" as any of the large manu-
facturers and heads of business houses in
New York City.
Yet in that immense metropolis of this
great country the Saturday lalfholiday is
an assured institution. And it is real
half-holiday, for, employees are paid full
days pay for Saturdays forenoon work!
Which of our philanthropic merchants of
Wilmington will init oduce here that boon
to those who bear the ''heavy end of the
POLE" day in and day out, sweating and
toiling, while others, through Dame For
tunes smiles, gather the riches of the har-
vest. 1t is not much to ask but it is an i'm
uense boon to receive. The difficulties in
the way of granting this favor are not, as
far as we can see, greater in Wilmington
than in New York. Our merchants and
storekeepers are probably not troubled with
greater hunger for the "almighty dollar"
than are those of New York. They would
not, relatively lose more. Tue general risks
of the question are the same.
1t is not altogether matter of dollars
and cents. Probably with a certain amount
of notice store customers would readily fall
into the habit of making their purchases at
another time than Saturday afternoon.
A great deal rests with the citizen him.
self in this matter rs regards the Market
street stores. He has great deal in his
power to influence this movement.
The following, from the New York Her
aid should be read by all:-
"The Saturday half-holiday movement
has spread into all branches of trade and in
dustry and the HERALD's efforts are meet
ing with success that presages the ulti
mate triumph of the work. Men who wer
never known before to take an active inteI
! est in such matters have fallen into line
= One honse after thu other has agreed
. close tUs iours, and grand spirit Of co-oI
Grafton and public zeal has been arouse
everywhere.
The liberal merchants and storekeepers O
New York learned last Saturday that the
need not wait for their neighbors to close
but that if they put up their own shutter
their neighbors will gladly follow the exam
pie. That is the way the great city of Lon
don established the Saturday half-holiday
an institution which all British merchant
: and manufacturers declare to be of sol
benefit to the country, The factory owner
of New York are beginning to feel the jus
ticG of this cry for few hours of recreatio
upon day when the Sunday blue laws ar
not in force"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Come Home Dear Secretary OF
State, Come Home-DiplOmacy
is not your Forte.

StaUe, como HOme-DlplOmdcy
is not your Forte.
A New York Sun special from Washing
ton says: "All is not harmony in the
Cabinet and the President is troubled. He
is not at one with the Secretary of State,
and the differences that have arisen will not
be mitigated by time or obliterated in the
progress of the administration. Mr.. Bayard's
course in regard to appointments and the
general spirit in which he has conducted
the department, have been great disap-
pointment to the President and to some
other members of the Cabinet Mr..
Bayard, they say, has proved capricious
and uncertain; his course has not been
guided by any fixed policy or logical pur-
pose and he is declared to be the one dis
sentient and permanently inharmonious
element in the administration. The objec-
tions to Mr.. Bayard are cumulative, and no
degree of patience, leniency. or ingenious
explanation can conceal either the present
drift or ultimate result. That result is that
Mr.. Bayard will presently leave the Cabinet,
The President is kindly disposed and by
nature very tolerant man, but in respect
to what he regards as unjustifiable obstacles
he knows no amenities whatever"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Diphtheria in Indiana.

The State Board of Health of Indianapo-
lis, Ind, has received a report of an epidem.
ie of diphtheria at La Porte. Some 20 or 80
cases have resulted in one locality from al
lowing quantity of refuse removed from
a sewer to remain for several days in the
street exposed to the sun and air.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Senator Blair and the Earth.

After all the American sarcasm 'be wants
the earth" would seem to demand more
than ironcal application.
The QuXotic Senator Blair is seriously
devoting his Intelligent attention to the pro
ject of diverting a measurable share of the
thermal waters of the Gulf stream, by ex-
tending the channel of the Bay of Fundy to
and through the Gulf of st. Lawrence and
through Labrador to Hudson's Bay. Aud
there are other wild addenda to this widest
of projects the purpose of which is to con-
vert the frost bound lands of the sub-arctc
regions into territories that will blossom as
the rose!
A bill to push this project was introduced
by Senator Blair in 1870. And the Senator
has not had the opportunity to gain wisdom
or knowledge since that time, even such
knowledge of physical geography as one of
our high school pupils may possess, sufli-
cient to cause him to stare in silent wonder
at the man of mature age, even an Ameri-
can Senator, who could possibly entertain
the suppusition that such means were prac-
ticable to accomplish the purpose be is CON
sidering.
The very conception out-Herods Herod.
1t is enough to make the great Ferdinand de
Lesseps turn green with envy at the hardi-
hood of such complete ignorance. Igno-
rance the most unique the nineteenth eentu-
\ ry has witnessed. 1t is simply colossal and
\ only equaifeu py 'uugareneto,i ...ssu,,'f-
ton of its owner.
In the first place such an infintesimal
port on, relatively speaking, of the warmer
thermal waters influence the Bay of Fundy
that it is safe to say that were Il channel 200
yards wide and 20 yards deep cut in north
erly direction penetrating towards the Gulf
of st. Lawrance, that the canal itself during
the seven months of Canadian frost would
be at best of normal salt water temperature
(forty degrees) before it had advanced twen-
ty miles along it's mission of bringing
warmth and summer verdure, and another
twenty miles it is likely that it would be
discovered frozen hard.
And such is the brilliant theory of Sona
tor of the United States of America. 1t il
| aIn,nst ;norad;hla tbat any, human bainc, n,
the nineteenth century could conceive o
the possibility of such an idea. In th,
warm cauldron of the Caribbean Sea tn,
Gulf stream is warmed up in reservoir il
/ parts a mile deep, SO Lieutenant Maury, W,
think says. Rushing around the Keys il
races north, striking Hatteras and there
commences diffusing itself like a large far
+ oves the North Atlantic. At the Bay o
, Fundy, the outer western edge of the fan i
is not very deep, that is the warm strata
, and has lost part of its thermal properties
' through the cold Baffin ice current whicl
q flows from the north and is underneath it
hugging the bleak coast of New Englan,
and giving it its cold Arctic tempera
t ture.
Charity begins at home, and until the sci
I entfic Senator can match his warm channe
against the ice-cold Bafin current and re
duce its temperature little in behalf o
$ New England, he had better let up on at
5 taoking the Arctic circle.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Ho, For Pennsgrove.

The Sunday School of the Reformed Epis-
copal Church of the Redeemer, S. W. Cor.
Sth and Monroe streets, will give an excur-
sion to Pennsgrove on Tuesday, July 14th.
Adults tickets, 95 cents. Children's 15
cants
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

The Methodist gathering in "&entmere
Grove" on the Brandywne, ON the 4bh of
July, promises to be an immensely enjoya-
bic affair. Good speaking, good music and
plenty of shade All denominations will be
extended a cordial greeting.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Personal.

Mr.. o. Percy Bright, son of our disting-
uished fellow townsman William Bright,
has graduated with distinction at Yale. He
was elected class historia ian and his effort
was received with great applause Mr..
Bright will return to Wilmington this com
ing week.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Mis-. Thomas Drein is at Rehobotb.

Miss Claudia G. Bowers is visitin
friends at Newark.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

Mr.. Harry S. Lind say and mother left
this city last Thursday for five weeks trip
through Cecil county.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27
Bread for the Hungry.

The Jackson & Sharp Company has con-
tracted to build II cars for an eastern rail-
road company.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

Miss Amoretta G. Davis, Mrs. Charles H.
Davis and Mrs. Susan Sheppard are listen
ing to the murmurings of the wild waves at
Ocean Grove.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-06-27

Master Homer S. Carr accompanied by his
sister and mother left this city last Thurs
day, for sojourn of two weeks at Chester
town, Md.