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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Now that Washington has the project Of
celebrating 1889 under full headway, Of
course New York City wants to step in and
"hog" the whole business. New York ought
to have enough on hand to attend to now,
without reaching out for any more response.
biities. The contrast between the inaugu-
ration of George Washington and the trials
of the New York Board of Aldermen would
be rather painful.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

We would remind the citizens of Washing
ton that it is not just to throw upon the
Light Infantry the burden of entertaining
the New York Seventh Regiment. The pub
lie spirit of our crack battalion is we'll
known, but it is always heavily taxed. The
community is already greatly indebted to the
Light Infantry, and the entertainment of the
Seventh ought to be borne by the business
men, and not by our volunteer soldiers.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

THE Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal 10 In a bad way
Tue late freshets have damaged 1t 30 materially tnat
the sum 10 repair the breaks and washouts Ia be-
yond the resources of the company. In no other
way can the money be raised, except by the sale OF
more Of the already too largely Issued repar bonds
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
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lBerlin Despatch TO the London Daily Telegraph
The two new ironclsds ordered by China at stettlr
are corvetes, partly protected by belt arnor. Each
10 to carry four Krupp and seven Hochklss guns ai
well a. four "torpedo guns" The same CORE.
sPondent reports that Herr krupp has now COM
plsted his second giant gun for the Italian govern
Its charge 10 10000 pounds OF powder, and II will
throw shells Weighing about ". 900 pounds.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

WHEN the report was published week ago as to
the workings Of the "pass system" In The Treasury,
the comments upon the number OF passes Issued In
different bureaus, In connection with the number
of clerks In those bureaus suggested that IN certain
offices the privilege OF getting passes had been
abused, and left 1t to be inferred that clerks were
being enabled to shirk their work and were allowed
to leave the building between and l2, or between
l2 and O'Clock p. NJ, too often for amusement
or private business. This Is an unjust conclusion
In many cases. for some of the bureau officers have
issued passes regularly to their clerks that
might go to lunch at one hour and some at another
30 not TO leave any room unguarded by all those
regularly employed in 1t being absent at the same
time. Obviously there are many rooms In the
Treasury, where money or valuable papers are kept,
which could not be vacated by all the clerks and
employees al the same time, without great risk OF
loss from thieves or fire. Then again 1t Is often i'm.
possible for certain kinds OF work to be interrupted
at given time without detriment to it, so 1t would
be far better II the present rule were modified as
to enable all employed In the Treasury to
each take half an hour for lunch at any
time between 12 (noon) and 80 p. NJ, and to
require each head OF a division 10 see that no one
belonging to that division exceeds half hour In
absence from duty for lunch. But the pass ystem
Is In Itself an onense to honorable men and women,
because Implying that every one of them would cheat
the Government out OF the time for which each Ia
paid II possible. gentleman who was long the
head OF an important bureau In the Treasury, where
the work has always been Kept up, up to date year
after year, has lately said that II there persons
employed In any OF the Departments who needed
passes, and the other rigid rules often brutally
enforced in the Treasury they should be dismissed,
and none kept who required such stringent and de-
grading measures.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

on! horror Of horrors! II II should be discovered
that Jen. Davis was pensloned by the Mexican Pen-
sion bill what row tnere will be In the Senate.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

TO SIMPLIFY matters, Collector Cropley should
place over his oficia door sgn stating, "Hone but
maryland Democrats leed apply for 0 oifce nere.'
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

take to prese, ne or return rejected communicd-
tfons. Contributors or correspondents nho may
desire TO possess their manuscripts, Uumused,
sbo,ld Keen n conn
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

THE District Commissioners have addressed a let
ter TO Chairman Barbour, of the House Committee
on the District of Columbia, recommending the re.
building OF a bridge across the Eastern Branch at
the terminus Of Pennsylvania avenue. "Ths long
contemplated and much needed Improvement, ,"they
say, "meets our entire appreciation, and brings into
''cose connection beautiful part Of the District OF
"Columbia. and brings into market much unimproved
"land Of the city and county, and we believe the
"hanced value OF this property would, within five
"years, pay the first cost OF building this bridge" re
further the improvement the Commissioners have
agreed to furnish the labor for grading the causeway
and the approaches TO the BRIDGE but ask Congress,
to appropriate sufficient sum TO purchase a sma!
dummy engine and such additional rails as are nee
essary for hauling the earth and gravel.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

One of the most offensive pieces Of humbug
going is that by which New York City AFRO.
gates 10 itself the title of metropolis" and
undertakes TO call the rest Of the country
"the Provinces" II is difficult to see in what
possible sense New York is metropolis.
1t is not even the capital of State, still less
of the nation. 1t does not send out any col
onies; 1t exercises no influence abroad,
except by disgust at Its evil example; it is
an un.American city, swamped and governed
by the influx of foreign-born; there is no
public spirit in its population, every project
from Worlds Fair to Grant monument
proving dismal failure. Even when a
statue is given to it, like Bartholdi's Colos-
sus, 1t has TO be set up by contributions from
outside. New York's only claim is that 1t
has more people living within its limits than
other American cities, and that is not what
the word means. "a metropolis" taught
Humility should silence the ridiculous pre-.
tense.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Representative Sowden's resolution of in
quiry as to the expenditures of the ordnance
shop, Washington Navy Yard, has proved
boomerang. Instead of proving by the
answer thereto that Government ordnance
work could be done in the Allentown "dees.
"trict" or elsewhere more cheaply than here,
1t vindicates the unanimous opinion OF ord
nance experts that the work can be done
more cheaply here. Try it again, Mr..
Sowdsn. The more you investigate the
Washington Navy Yard the more you will
find that II is the place for all kinds OF Gov
ernment work, from the repair of steam
engine to the manufacture of the biggest
guns.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

In ls4o Robert j. Walker, then Secretary
of the Treasury, proposed to secure the
property from Fourteenth street to the line
now represented by Willard's alley, and
place the street adjoining the alley. II
could then have been done for $3.50, 900
Some "economisi"-nOt Holman-preyented
the improvement. In 1859 such broad
gauged men as James A. Bsyard and Stephen
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Ifthis were really what it is called, a
popular Government" can any one doubt
that postal savings banks would long since
have been part of our fiscal system, instead
of being postponed from session to session at
the bidding of the bankerss The amount
of good, both to Government and people, that
might have been done by placing a large
part of the national debt at merely nominal
interest in this way since the war is seme-
thing incalculable. 1t is not toe late yet for
its list Of work to be accomplished.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

SENATOR GORMAs's health has greatly Improved.
He Is looking better now than he mas since January
la
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Ex-sgsAToR WALLACE says he In out OF politics
This may be true. But politics ID not out OF him.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Editor Pulitzer can well regard the attacks
upon him in the New York Sun AMI other
journals as blessings in disguise. And very
thinly disguised they are, since 1t is
patent to every man Of sense that they
are inspired by jealousy at Editor Pu-
litzer's extraordinary success both in
journalism and politics. The World has
cut heavily into the business of the Sun and
Herald. And while making his own fortune,
Mr.. Pulitzer has shown an intelligent public
spirit which has given him pow werful hold
on the good will of the American people
No journal has achieved in recent years such
a popular triumph as the World did in OBJ
tanning the Bartholdi pedestal fund. The
World came to the front and rescued that
undertaking just at the time when patriotic
Americans began to feel that they were on
the verge of disgrace. Mr.. Pulitzer has
gained an extraordinary circulation for the
World, and has made himself target for
the detraction and abuse Of envious rivals,
but he ought to be tolerably we'll satisfied
with his own achievements and the appro.
baton of his countrymen.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

We are glad to see that the District Com
missioners have retired from their first
proposition to locate the new District build
ing upon Judiciary Square: THE SUNDAY
HERALD has always opposed the occupation
of reservations such as that by new build
ings. There are numerous sites that could
be purchased at reasonable rates for this
purpose, sites which are now covered by
buildings that remind us painfully of the
early days of Washington architecture.
The thing to do is to take the square on
which the City Post Office is now located
It will all be needed soon, and can never be
purchased as cheaply as now.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

Preparations for the grand fair and bazaar
OF the Washington Light Infantry Corps, TO
clear of the floating debt on their armory,
are progressing vigorously. Everything
gives promise of great success if tine gen.
tion as the best friends of the Corps have
already done. Every citizen of the District
ought to buy season ticket to the fair.
This will be the last occasion on which the
Light Infantry will have to make such an
appeal, and the response should be generous
and ungrudging.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

In compliance with very general Request, this
great art work will be open en- Sundays, from one
O'clock " eleven O'Clock r. NJ. Prices ~ usual.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
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On Friday Young Male English rug Dog, with
red collar and belt. As he was great pei, n very
liberal reward viii be paid II returned to 2oso
street northwest. apli-it5
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
3nttfrtes.

I'VE do hereby certUp that zoe supervise the ar
rdnOettentS for all The Monthly ana Quarterly
Drd.Dfn0sor The Louisiana State Lottery Company,
ana IN person manage ana control the Drawings
themselves ana that the conducted tDftIi
honesty. Jdirnsss, ana IN good yJafth totoard all
parties, ana zoe authorize the Company to this
certificate, tofth Jdc-sf,nfes or our signatures at
| tached, IN It's advertisements"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11

1867 Prizes, amounting ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. to. SECS 500
Application for rates to clubs should be made only
to the office Of the Company in New Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giving full
address; POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders,
by Express, (all sums OF IS and upwards at ex-
penseO addressed
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
A SUPERIOR HORSE.

Mr.. John A. Wilson of Wilmington,
has lately returned from a visit to Shade
land, the famous live stock establish
ment of Powell Brothers, Springsboro,
Crawford county, Pa, where he pur-
chased the fine imported Percheron or
French draft stallion "Pamphile" (2s5).
"Pamphle" is an elegant dark dapple
gray stallion, about 49, hands high, and
will weigh about 100 pounds; he is a
muscular-built toppy horse with grand
action. He was foaled in 1881, and i'm
ported from France by Powell Brothers
in 1886. He is a grandly bred horse,
among his ancestors being some of the
most famous sires and prize-winners of
the breed.
Aside from his rare breeding, his indi-
vidual merits are such that he was Sc
lected and approved by the French Gov
eminent, and the French certificate of
approval accompanies him. Had he re-
NAMED in France his owner would have
received a large sum as a premium for
his services. He is recorded in the Per-
cheron stud book of France, No. 2S5, and
will also appear in both Percheron and
French draft stud hooks of this country.
Mr.. Wilson is to be congratulated for his
good judgment in making such a fine SCI
lection, and the breeders of our section
should not fail to avil themselves of the
opportunity afforded them of procuring
the services of the unequalled draft stall
lion "Pamphile." adv
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29

Choice Rio 10 cent Finest Old Mara
caibo, Blended, and Java coffees. Fresh
Roasted this week Our Co6ees are Selling.
Customers are coming from all directions
and buying their CQ6ee al Grifllth's Glass
Front.
To experiment with medicine is
dangerous, buy your drugs and medicine
and drugs at E. G. Jays, Newark Drug
Store when you get the best.
If you want nice White Bread, use
Cooch's, Snowflake Champion and Vic
tor flour. For sale at Grifiith's Glass
Front.
i buy all my medicines, chemicals
etc from E. G. jays dug Store, near P. o.
Finest Fancy Carolina Head Rice,
New Cream Cheese, French Prunes,
Evaporated Peaches lbs for Scots, at
Griflith's Glass Front.
-Potter's best table oicloths 25 cents
per yard at Motheralps
Beautiful precales and cambrics s, 10
and 12I cents per yard at Motheralps
Gents fine dress shoes from 49, 80 and
$500 per pair at MotheralPs.
No. 6. XX Manila envelopes 25 cts
per box; No. 6. Xxx colors, 40 cents ;
No. 6. NX white, 80 cents; No. g. xxx
white, so cents; No. 8. XXNX white,
l. al
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29

Not seeing any news from this place for
some time we concluded that "Tuella"
overdone himself in his first attempt.
But we think he should try again, be-
cause while some considered his items an
abomination, others thought they were a
blessing. We are on the fence.
Ii. II. Kimble has returned from his
tour of this county from collecting fire
tax. We think by the spanking new
team that he drove he intended "killing
two birds with one stone"
Mrs. r. H. Steel has been seriously i'll
the past two weeks with erysipelas, but
is convalescent, We are glad to say.
Hosea Smith lost pair of fine mules
last week, from cerebo spinal mengitis.
Joseph Wildman is preparing to build
an addition to his wagon house.
VIM. Wade is improving his lawn with
a neat new front fence.
Our mail carrier has treated himself to
a horse and buggy.
The public school closed last Friday.
Our worthy teacher Miss Matte Phillips
and the pupils entertained the friends
and patrons during the afternoon with
an exhibition, which was u credit to both
teacher and scholars. At the close Mr..
John Kimble, ON behalf of the scholars,
presented to the teacher a handsome
photograph album.
Our public roads, east, south and west,
are in wretched condition. Wake 'em
up, Barney. NlDI.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29

My been so far successful in getting my
neighbors' envy, hatred and malice
aroused against me. Pve red-peppered
my flowers SO that the cats would get the
pepper in their eyes, as they passed by,
but it made them more wicked, and they
went for the pots with blood in their
eyes. They had particular spite against
the fish geraniums, no doubt on account
of the fondness for fish. l have spiked
the fences, spurted hot water from our
garden hose, but the effect has been
slight. / invented spring, similar to
those they used at time of the siege of
Jerusalem, and paid dearly for it, for q
pussy cat sat on il one moonlight night.
when friend fher'ssuddenly pulled the
string, and ii sent her body flying through
n bay window in the next street. Of
course | paid the costs, but have come to
the conclusion that flower garden in
the city is hollow mockery.
The school children look forward to
Decoration Day with interest. To them
il is day of pleasure, unassociatcd with
the solemn rites which calls it into the
category of holidays. Born OF war
spirit, It has steadily grown in favor with
the soldier element, so that the prepare
ton for the decoration of their comrades
graves, not only at the North but in the
South, begins months beforehand. The
religious aspect of the day is venerated
in matter form, but | don't think the
Hooking of disinterested mourners at
graveyards where the green sward and
the graves are alike trampled down in
order to see a soldier deposit flower on
"a n tffly t,n AL -.
spread eagle Grafton. 1t is what might
be styled a solemn picnic, for many take
advantage of the day 20 have lunch serv-
ed up on a gravestone. BY all means let
the soldiers have their laudable pane
geric, but let us teach our children that
the holiday aspect of this day is not that
of a Fourth of July or Christmas festiv-
ity, but Precipitation of those valiant
deeds that were enacted for a sacred
cause.
The strawberry crop is making its APP
pearance in large quantities, and by the
time the ripening reaches this section we
shall have glut. But as for me never
get too many,-strawberry marked for
life, as it were.
There was parade of an organization
known as the knights of the Golden
Eagle here the other day, and for new
order of the beneficial kind, it was a
creditable show. But parades in this
city haye lost the interest which follow
ed in their wake some years ago, as the
Centennial year capped the climax. The
strikers have the greatest pay-raids now
a-days, although they are generally Of so
long as it takes all knights" to 60 by.
Keep your heavy undershirt near at
hand, as we are not out of winter yet.
SpuNNN
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
Ohristiana Letter.

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,,inds aro diroctod 70 ,oomoriol SERVICES
and iI' no y, nav car those nohlo mon
who cave their lives for their country.
If was n deenlv interesting and impres-
sivo service last Sabbath at Ebenezer
Methodist Episcopal Church, when the
few remaining soldiers, of the Thos. A.
po,,,oIds pct oor,o ,,,orobino IN and
MY ''uius : %. '''i',o ','''' .''ils =" ''i',
took their seats IN iront' so orderly, ana
the members OF talrview Lodge oil Goool
Temnlars followed after. lust like Young
soI1;ars Al ond srch tbav arc most
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truly soldiers lor temperance ine
singing during the services, was spirited
and appropriate. The prayer by brother
~. II u;,i;o,,so,, ,,,os eoryont oorp.
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est and spiritual. On account oil physical
indisposition, and the importance of the
OCCASION. we did not feel ourselves in
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
The New Baltimore and Ohio Lluci

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cont
pany intends having its thorough New
York line open in September by way OF
the Reading and Jersey Central and
connections. This is evident from the
fact that the company has closed arrange
ments for transporting the Masonic
Knights Templars of New York and
New England from New York to the tri-
ennial conclaye of the Templars at st..
Louis in September. There will be
about 500 Knights on the trip, and the
intention is to take them over the new
line from and to New York and Balti-
more.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
A Welding.

j. Franklin Getty and A. Lizzie Aiken
were quietly married at the Methodist
parsonage, in Christiana village by the
Rev. Jos. Dare, on Wednesday, 26th, of
May, 1886.
He took his bride directly home 10
Mr.. David L. Nivin's, where he has lived
for sixteen years. Milford X Roads il
not so far behind the times as it is
thought to be.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29


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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
Expression of Thanks.

NEWARK, DEL, May, 2lst, 1856.
Mn. E, S. GILMoUR,-LocAL SECRETARY
MUTUAL RELIEF SocIETY-DEAR Sir
| acknowledge the receipt of check for
two thousand $4,000 dollars from the
Mutual Relief Society of Rochester, N.
Y, on the full payment of policy in your
Society by my late husband, VIM. d.
Mackey.
For the willing and prompt manner in
attending to my interest, l thank you,
and l desire through you to express my
sincere thanks to the officers of the soci-
ETY. for their promptness in paying the
above, Respectfully Yours,
LAURA w. MAcKEY
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-29
Real Estate
PRIVATE SALE!

The Subscriber offers at private sale Il
first-class farm farm, situated on White
Clay Creek, containing 1853 acres of land
in high state of cultivation, being well
watercd. penna and Delaware Railroad
runs through it, Station and postoilice
in sight. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
within p miles. Improvements consist
of a stone dwelling with eleven rooms.
A new building adioins with bath room
with full supply of hot and cold water.
A large double deck barn with ample
shedding for straw. For further particu-
lars call or address A. j. HOPKINS,
Thompson, Delaware.
p. S.-Persons wishing to see this
property will be met at Newark Depot.
May22tw.