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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
Local Option.

Llst Wednesday member of the Grand
Jury said to the writer "that, almost with
out exception, the cases brought to the no.
tce Of the Grand Inquest had their orgin
either directly or indirectly in the low
groggeiies,
The gentleman referred to is Of except 'onal,y
good Judgment and he indicated the op Mon
that the times are now ripe for movement
which will limit the sale of intoxieants to
the very narrowe5t limits. Every slne IN an
is convinced that lrrow, woe, distress, dis,
consolation and lamentations follow tn
wake of the salOon'st, and the only issue is
how to modify this evilP
Some plead for a high license he iangi
Bile objections 70 high license may thu, be
summarized: Whilst high license will
naturally di nini,h the ru nbar of drink ng
resorts it will not in any manner take the
sting fr I'M the liquor ci pansed in the hsn
licensed Establishments
dust as much turmoil-just as much de.
basement-just as mach tribulation-jast as
much brawlug-juSt as much murder to the
pint OF rum sold in the high licrnsed
saloon as in the unlicensed groggery.
What the temperance movement most
needs in Delaware to-day is to I'VE its prin-
ciplcs crystalzed uto living reality.
Sussex has already made timely move in
this matter and New Castle County, from
Brandywine to Appoquinimink II nired
will ably second the movement
The indications now are that there Will be
but two State tickets in the field at the NJ.
vember election, one will be headed "Spl Is"
the. other Local Option
Local Option has swept the Southern
States like unto a whirlwind and the place
hunter has awakened to fad his occupation
gone. That Delaware needs just such a
shaking up no one dares question, aud that
Delaware is on the eve OF just such shak.
ing up is plainly apparent.
The Local Optioniss will ask Mr.. Joseph
Pyle of New Castle County to head their
ticket for governor and substantial man
like Mr.. Ebe Tunnel of Sussex will be ask
ed TO accept the congressional IL imiuatiou
Barr, ON poll icians may take due notice that
the people will take hand in the fall cleo.
ton and general reformation all along the
line will be the watchword of the campaign
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
The Old Flag.

Undoubtedly the "soldier vote" is calcula-
ted upon by the Republican party as an i'm
portaut though concealed fa,tor in the next
presidential campaign. This may explain
Senator john A. Logan's fiery advocacy of
further appropriation of s222, 900, 600 out
of the United States Treasury to be applied
to pension purposes. Already s959, 900, OOO
has been paid in that direction.
The modest little sum now asked by Gen.
John A. Logan, late candidate for Vice. Pres
idential honors means something significant.
These myriad silver cart wheels may be
needed to facilitate the hitherto sluggish
movement of the ponderous Logan Jugger-
nant wagon Who is to be the driver, Lo-
gan or Blaine ?
Ths request for another immense appro-
priatiou is a reproduction of the ancient
battle cry 'the old flag and an appropria.
ton" 1t is Republican cry, and, not as
some teach with habitual sarcasm, Demo-
cratic. Let 1t be now clerly and definitely
understood as a matter of historical record,
that the most leviathau-like Treasury grab.
undeniably for strictly pa.ty purposes, at
tempted during the present administration
Is that insp red by the Republican party and
led by that partys senatorial standard bear
er OF the floor of the Senate, John A Logan!
In opposing this steal Senator Vest said on
Saturday last:
In the State Of Missouri there are 100, Ill
Union Soldiers. | undertake to say to-day
that those soldiers, belonging to both politi.
cal parties, have not demanded this legisla-
tion. The call for it has emanatod in a large
degree from the capital of the country and
til, military organizations of the country,
together with the appeals of private claim
ants, are being systematically used in order
to swell the gains OF these persons who are
to-day making raids upon the Treas
NY in the name of the soldiers who Iisked
life and limb for the country's flag"
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
The New Postmaster.

The delay in naming Postmaster Swg-
gett's successor indicates that neither OF the
applicants are received at Washington, with
especial favor. The hesitancy of the Post
the trio who have voluntarily announced
themselves as willing sacrifices, suggests the
propriety of the people taking hand in the
Post Office business and asking for Post
Master upon the basis of business quallica-
tions.
If it is admitted that the democratic par
ty is mious men for this important post. Then
let unanimous demand be made
for the retention of Mr.. Swiggett. This
much can Re said that, as Mr. Swiggett has
brought our postal facilities to such high
standard, his successor must be man of
large attainments or he will prove an eyre
gious failure as Postmaster.
To name Post master for the city of
Wilmington simply because of his aptness
to dominate waid primaries whether i'll the
interest of Lore, Gray Or BayarL, will prove
boomerang to the man who may effect
such an appointment
Young ladies who are expecting missivcso Of
love-young men in the stage of blissfu un-
certainty waiting for gilt edged reply-bu-
siDess men whose mail interests involve LARGE
financial transactions, demand as perfect
mail system as can be effected and maintain
ed, and they will be satisfied with nothing
less. OF Messrs. Lally, Taylor and Farrell
who shall be taken and who shall lie left
1t looks, at this stage Of the game, that the
administration recognizing the eternal fit
ness of things has kindly consented not to
Interrupt these gentlemen in their present
congenial and compatible avocati ms.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
To "Ben" on her 18th Birthday.

To "Bell'' on her 18th Birthday.
(BY HER ADMIRER)
Full eighteen years have fled away,
Since first thou saw st the light of day;
And sIftly on thy mothers bre ST.
Thy infant head was laid to rest.
nee that glad day, truly cen.
Liies shadows thou hast rarely seen;
But sunlit days have round thee shone,
And happiness thy heart has known.
OF comely form and sparkling eye,
Scarce any with thy charms may vie;
Thy mind with knowledge amply stored,
Through coming days will jcy afford.
Aud now arrived at womanhood,
Thy mind with virtues all imbued,
With peeriDg gaze thou look'st ahead
10 view the path thou'st yet to tread.
D may thy days in happiness be spent,
knowing full well that they to thee are lie MT
By the great Ruler of the earth and skies,
Who filled with love, keeps thee before
his eyes,
And lends his aid to stay thy trembling feet,
That thou may st all thy journey here com
plete,
And make your way to yonder bissful home,
Where pain and sorrow, sin aud death
ne'er come.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

respectively named " hol, sale cheating cal
be practiced with impunity.
In fact, the debanched element Of botl
parties seem to vie with each other, at the
nominations, in polling the largest fraudu
lent vote.
There has been scarcely ono honest nomi
nation of either party u the city Of Whining
ton for the past decade, at lea t.
Ward politicians, with the connyanco oil
purchasable election officers, so dominate the
nominations that the voice and tho will OF
the people are negatived aud thus have uomi.
nations degenera'ed into the merest farce.
One party is not whit better than the
other in this respect and the plain truth is,
that at this stage, an honest candidate has
rarely any chance of making success 'ul
lntest.
Last Saturday week at the Republican
nomination tor assessor in the Northern dis
made to defeat the voice Of the people by
a proposition, in at least two of the plccints,
TO the officers holding the election, to declare
the election against Mr. Moody in def ,nco of
the ballots cast.
Think Of it fellow citizens, an open bur
gain sought to be made which would set at
naught tine will of this community as ex.
pressed at the ballJt box, yet such are the
facts, easy of veriflcation!
Again, the farce of the nomination election
was only too plainly and too painfully exhib.
tied in the Eighth Ward, where Mr. Lewis
T. Grubb was run down by au irresponsible
gang. Mr.. G ubb was recogniz ID as one of
the most conservative and painstaking men,
bers ever in the Council Chamber. lie was
deservcdly popular in his own wand aud his
return TO council was col iideltly expected,
but IL conveniently located gin mill ground
out such horde of prumiscuous voters
without any regard to age or habitation,
that decency was overAwcd and Mr.. Grubb
defeated.
On last Saturday at the Democratic nomi-
nation for city treasurer Mr.. Griffith was re-,
turned with a maj rity OF over six huu,lTed
in the 10th ward when it is stated by dem.
ocrat who is prepared TO speak by the
card, that there were not two hundred votes
poll ID, all told in said ward
The pertinent que stlom is, what manner Of
use it to go through the formaltty of holding
a nomination under the present regime
In the absence of statutory restrictiol IS The
people should he a law unto the usclves in
this matter. Let il be understood that when
a candidate either np,nly or tacitly en-
couraSes disrcputabo IN, thods to advance
his nomiHation that all classes will conspire
to comras his defeat, be he either republi-
can or democrat.
A man who will aspire to official station
with his credentials tainted is of no credit
to the plrty whose uame he bears.
The party lash has measurably lost its po-
tency-the party harne S grows more and
m re cIafug -partizansh'p is being tupplan-
ted by conservatism an the time is oppor-
tune to call a halt in that system of elections
which } not elect.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
Musical Treat.

Lovers OF fine music should attend the con-
cert to be beld in 81. Pauls NJ. E., Church
Thursday Even ng next, May 27th, 1886, un-
der the auspices of the Ynung Peoples Asso-
ciati N, The progr ,mme will consist OF
selections by the Mend, lsSohn Male Quar-
tette of Philadelphia, of which Mr.. E I'm
norman, formerly of Wilmington. is a
member. There will also be, Tenor, Bari
tone and Bass solos by the respective mem
bers, Miss Howe Of Boston will be Sopra-
n soloi,t, and Mrs. Josie Maree Corbin of
Philadelphia, pianist. The entertainment is
to be first class in every Particular aud the
audience room will no doubt be crowded.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
BrandyMine Park.

The sentimental points, as they ar
somewhat unjustly called, in favor of th
citizens becoming possessors OF Brandywin
Park have been pretty thoroughly aired anC
should afford to any reasonable citizen yer,
strong argument for the acquisitioi by til,
public of those lands.
| 1t is time now to give fuller attention tC
the pecuniary part of the proposition.
The sum which the Legislature has given
power to be expend,d in this pr,j ct is limi
ted to $780, This ammount is to be
realized by the Issuance OF city bonds paya.
ble at certain dates hearing certain rates OF
interest not yet finally arranged
However, all citizans know, or aught to
know this that Wilmington city securities
are au extremely healthy and much-sought-
cor investment just now, aud indeed have
been as far back as anybody knows. There
is little doubt that this sl5000O can be
put upon the market at premium with even
arelatively low rate Of interest The City
Loan during 81 commanded a premium Of
ISL with only 6 per cent interest! 1t is
possible than that the Brandywine Park loan
can be placed on the mlrket at par with a
rate of only 3 per cent interest. Money is
seeking such good security as the one re
ferred to- and investors are anxious to place
their capital in such investment even
at the sacrifice Of such low rate as the one
named. Additionally the Park Loan would
be attractive to bona fl le investors from the
fact that the proceeds of the sale of the
bonds are to BE- Immediately applied to the
purchase of property, landed property that
is to say something that cannot disappear or
is not intended for speculation.
rate of even 3 per cent on the proposed
Park Loan would call FOR tax of but $4,000
a year. Snrely considering the purpose and
the small individual tax it would add, every
citizen of Wilmington might cheerfully en-
dorse the proposition Also, this is not in
the dcht Of the city withc ut iucreas-
ing the security, becau Sc the city is buying
land which $ actually worth, cent per
cent, all the value Of $3.50, 900, aud retains it
without possibility .! alienation and with
positive assurance Of its increasing valne,
and also greatly in 'relslug the value Of all
contiguous land. Competent real estate
judges concedc that the land has b1en ac-
quired (anticipatoliy) at a lpw valuation.
The ands will be in the hands nl the Pa,k
Commission aud not Of City Council
The Park cpmmi sion includes the follow
ing names VIM. NJ Canhy President Hon.
Thomas F. Bryard, George W. Bush. Wm.
Candy, Wm. P. BlncroFt. Francis N. Buck,
George II, Bat $, J seph L Carpenter, Jr.,
Col. Henry N. Dipont, j. Taylor Garse; to
these are added the Mayor of the City, the
president Of the City CunnciI, chairman of
Finance Committee, and the Chief E igiaaer
of the Surveying Department. The last
me ltonel hold Office in the Park Commits
sion as ca oHcio members
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
I'd Ward Nomination.

The Democrats in the Q Ward have an
elegant opportunity to rcbuke corporation
greed by nominating Mr. William II. Quinn
to represent them in the Couucn Chamber.
Mr., Quinn will carefully look after the
interests Of his constituency and will be an
inplacab!e foe to all forms OF peculancy. A
gentleman who scrv4d with NJ. Q tinn in the
City Counc few yeas agn, stated this
pas week to the writer that Mr.. Quinn was
fCarlcssy honest and that ne did npt hesitate
to speak ri ght out in meeting and condemn
his own party associates when advocating
sinister and quest ouabe projects
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
Rmgby Literary Sncicty.

Rugby 'eems to be one Of the peculiar pets
of the citizens of Wilmington. The thir-
tcenth anniversary Of its Literary ,ciety
was celebrated with the usual crow dcd house
Thursday evening last at the Opera IL H)use.
Bright young faces, numerous hoquets,
'wreathed smiles and merrimcnt formed
fitting complement TO the literary exercises
which were Of Rugby's usual high class
character.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

A little boy of six summers was sent one
morning to call his sragifather to breakfast.
The old grut euan was in the habit Of snor-
ing very hand, and as the boy pushed open
the door he was frightened at the unusual
noise. lie rushed back to his mother, cx-
claiming, Ma grandpa beeu barking at
me =,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

81 uin't g 'iug t live long mother" said
w1e-brg III" looking ynuugnter, one day, t.,
hi, ma erial parem'. "Why no, pay ?"
Bee lus, my pan.alOons is all tore out b, :
hin = was the conclusion.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
The Nova Sotian Cloud.

1t looks a very little like Il war cloud b.
tween the United States aud England,
France has joint Interest al,o wth the
Gloucester iishetn aol i. extremely a.
xious to egg on the Uait,d states in re. :
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

A French author says "When st my
wife every family in the t,wu Offered me
alotho: but when lost my horse 10 nna
offered to make him good.Y
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

\ teacher Of vocal muse asked an old lady
if her g,andson Lad an car for mnsc
''wa'al," sad the old l,dy, II ra'aly don't
knoS Won, you take the candle aud ste -
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22
Nominating Election,

Whilst there are statutory restrictions
upon general elections which, if properly en-
70 ced, would ensure honest results, yet at
primary elections whereat ca ldi iates are
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

An Oregon chap says that they can't fool
him On history. He don't believe that George
three is had any more optics than he has.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-05-22

A pleasant voice, pleasant manner, an
pie ,sant disposition are as good as ~ s.
he p 'ssesSor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
Ru.sia,s rransportatlon or criminals.

Russia's transportation OF Criminals.
The Russian Admiral Possiet, who
has travelled great deal In Siberia, has
published pamphlet on the system OF
transportation of criminals in Russia.
He thinks the time has arrived when the
practice of colonizing Siberia should
cease Siberia is no longer, " he says
the same country 1t was when it became
! convict settlement. At that time it
did not extend beyond Kamtschatka.
But now that Russia, by the acquisition
Of the Amoor district. has extended her
frontier to the Sea of Okhotsk, which is
being gradually converted into a second
Mediterranean, and that China and
Japan are waking out of their sleep OF
centuries, it is time TO relieve siberia OF
the humiliating stigma of a convict set
Element and to place it in position
more suited to the development Of lis
resources. The criminals during the
last two centuries exercise a ruinous
in uence on the population
The purpose OF the transp ortation is
twofold; 1t aims both at the punishment
and at the reform of the criminal Tho
penal OBJ ect is fulfilled; the punishment
of forced labor in Siberia Is most Sc
we're. But so long as tho present sys
. 49,, continues thor~ oou be no moral re-.
forM. II Is a proyerb in Siberia that
forced labor is the school OF corrup.
tion;" and the cUnvicts themselves say
that the journey from European Russia
is far more terrible than tho forced la
Dor imposed upon them when they
reach their destination. The conflicts
are mostly employed in gold washing,
the silver mines having been almost en-
tirely abandoned. Admiral ossiet
visited the gold washers of Ust Kari,
to which 1000 convicts had been sent.
Two hundred of these were ill in the
hospital from scurvy. 800 had fled, and
the rest worked indolently and care
lessly. Brooklyn Eagle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16

Col. 7. ID. LEONARD's house near the
city caught fire Sunday night and
very narrowly escaped conhagration.
The flame caught from an open fireplace
md when discovered the mantel-piece
was in full blaze. Mr.. w. j. MacCor-
mac was awakened by the sullocating
smoke, and he aroused Mr. jim. Fax
on, who was also sleeping in the house,
and the two together succeeded in eX-
tinguishing the flames.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
Filters Not Altogether Reliable.

Many people pin their faith to filters,
and think that so long as they pass their
drinking water through an earthenware
jar with some mysterious fltering
medium inside, the source Of the water
or the condition or their cisterns does
not in the least matter. This is a
similar delusion to the belief, which
passes freely current, that if you add
spirits to unwholesome water you rob it
OF its noxious qualities, or at least
diminish them. We do not deny the
usefulness of filters, but we desire to
point out that they must not be ex-
clusiyely relied upon.
Water filtration has in its way had as
much nonsense written about it as water
analysis. The great point is to keep the
water itself as pure as possible. Where
pollution is suspected, let the water be
well boiled for considerable perio |. Ii
may afterward be aerated by pouring il
several times from a height of two or
three feet from one vessel to another, or
by artificial means. If filter be used,
it should be of the simplest possible
construction, and the fitering medium
should be readily removable for cleans
ing purposes. liza filter be not very
frequently and very thoroughly cleansed,
it pollEtes rather than purities the
water. Herald of Health.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
colcridge md tho onInm Habit.

In 1913 Coleridges face was sallow,
his eye Wild his hand and step totter-
ing The cause of his condition was no
longer a secret. Cottle, as his oldest
friend. expostulated with him. Cole
ridge in answer dscloses his dreary his
tory. He wishes to place himself in a
private madhouse, and concludes "lou
bid me rouse myself; 60. bid man
raralytic in both arms to rub them
,rfC"IY together and that will cure him.
Alas" he would reply, that I can not
move my arms is my complaint and
misery
HIS --sase Of his degradation Wa
Keen. Conceive" ha Writes, "a spirit
Ia hell employed In tracing out for
others the road to that heaven from
which his crimes exclude him: In short,
conceive whatever is most wretche1,
helpless, hopeless, and you will form a
notion of my state" The sums which
he spent in opium were large. Mean
while he left his wife and children to
10 mainly supported by friends, and his
son Hartley was sent to college on aims
collected by Southey. ''He never,
wrote Southey in 1914, writes to his
wife or children, or opens letter from
them he did not even answer the let
ter in which Southey told him of the
scheme for Hartley's education. He
might have made money by his pen, but
he preferred to accept the charity of a
Cottle. Edinburgh Review.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
II Yoa Want TO be Happy.

lfyou want to be happy you must be aood,
a maxim all right ~ 10 WY:
But "a far better one, II under aood,
IL what have now not tolay.
II you want 10 be happy yUr must he well,
Whatever the station you efye In
And OF all tlu medicines oni benra titr lead,
The good samaritan Ncri1ue
once tried every sort Of cui p.
To restore me 81 good health
Anu spent In vain, Of that 4 m sure,
Considerable share Of wen III
But all was vain, TN u fries advised,
In u manner most deserun,
The medicine he most high y priced,
Rlchmond's "samarltan l'efyine."
took his advlce IN one vt Ort week
felt no further pain,
Far dnciors no longer / Ind to seek,
For never felt sick agali.
Pm healthy and happy thf whole day long;
SO II health be worth prc erwin
The constant burden Vt ms song
Is, try "Samaritan Nerybie."
Twill cure the young, 'twl ] heal the old,
Twill make the whole Grid better;
Al 81. Joseph, Missouri, th, medicine iss0ld;
Drop Or. Richmond a letter;
He'll give you advice far b liter than wealth,
He'll point out the way preserve In
Jhe best condition your nc Wy found health,
Ay the use OF "Samarita Nervlfe."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
cure for piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense Of weight in the back, oins and
lower part Of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affect
ION OF the kidneys or neighboring or
guns. At times, symptoms OF indlges-
zion are present, hatulency, uneasiness
Of the stomach, etc. A moisture, like
perspiration, producing Il very disa
greeable itching, after getting warm
is common attendant. Blind, Bleed
ing and Itching Piles yield at once to
the application of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the
part, effected, absorbing the Tumors
allaying the intense itching, and ef-
fectng permanent cure. Price 80
cents. Address, The DIR. Bosanko
Medicine Co Piqua, O. Sold by Owen
4 Moore.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-16
An Answer Wanted.

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Btters will not speedily cure? We
say they cannot, as thousands of cases
already permanently cured and who
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ters, will prove. Bright's Disease, Dl'
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a bottle by Owen & Moore.