The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-24
Things in the Quaker City.
PnlLAprLrnIA. July 22th. 1886.


we were the owner of. He had lived
here as an almost worthless character for
years, until the idea of passing through
the rapids at Niagara entered his brain,
and now he claims the great honor of
doing what no other person was SUCCESS
full in doing, of having passed safely
through the turhulant of waters without
being dashed to pieces. And he did it all
with his little barrel. Other great men
have tried their "barrel," but have only
been partly successful. Not so with our
English cooper, for believe that was
his trade), for he entered his barrel a
person without fame and came out a
"staveGng) fellow. How far he will
carry on this business enterprise will no
doubt depend or how big a fool he can
make himself, as it is given out that he
intends to go over the same course for
money or even float over the Falls in his
cask. At any rate there is a chance of
turning our great seventh wonder from
being waterfall into u caslk-ade, if this
fellow persists in his mad course.
The health of the city is remarkably
good for the season. The cool weather
the greater part of the advancing sum-
mer has had something to do with it, and
the absence of any epidemic which sub
jects children to its ravages is something
to be thankful for. 1t was the hue and
cry short time ago of all the sanitary
boards with few doctors with big repu-
tation, to prepare for the cholera. But
for two years this dread disease has adj
vanced but little from its hold in Italy,
and although it is wise to prepare for
emergencies like this, yet there is no rea-
son for the government to make fat
office for some doctor who has written
up the subject, and appoint him as a
picket to discover the approach of the
dread enemy. The want of the day is an
office, and he who makes the loudest pro-
fessions sometimes get in, even if there
is no apparent cause A commission was
sent to the scourge-ridden cities Of Italy
some month back, and all it did was to
state the fact that it was impossible to
tell what was the cause, although they
gave interesting experimental tests. DIR.
Shakespeare was one of the last appoint
ments, and after travelling all over Eu-
rope at the expense of the Government
has at last come to the conclusion that
we know very little about the disease
known as cholera.
The courts are all pretty much shut up
and the theatres are closed all around,
except in the small fry variety dens.
They have opened summer theatre for
light opera at Laubers old garden, on
Broad street, where lights librettas will
be dispensed. The audiences are large,
and if the singing were confined in an
enclosed room would be as good as any
ordinary performance by our first-class
companies. The Lyceum theatre, where
the Little Tycoon" was so successfully
played is now being remodeled, and l
believe is to be on the ground floor. AS
it is, it is exceedingly dangerous in case
of fire, and not oyer commodus for CIV
ing full view of stage to all parts of the
house. The past season has been moder-
ately successful, although some of the
boards had long runs. see Col. McCaul
is now making arrangements with Gilbert
and Sullivan to produce any thing new
which they may bring out the coming
winter. 1t would seem that this manager
has had the most unbounded success
with nearly all of these composers
pieces, and is looked upon by them as a
phenomenal copy writest.
Mayor Smith has been junketting
around the country for a fortnight, and
has arrived home from the frontiers of
Canada He now is earnestly engaged in
looking after his forces in the coming
fight for Mayor, and for which position
he has set his heart on, as it will contain
more fat plumbs than the one he now
holds. Although he has made the police
force model one as far as efficiency is
concerned, yet the relentless way he has
of using said force for his political ends
will do him injury when the day comes
round for selecting Mayor under the
new charter. 1t looks at this distant day
as though A. Louden Snowden, ex-Sup-
arintendent of the mint would be taken
up, yet it is a matter of conjecture among
the politicians who they will run. Edwin
NJ. Stuart, Leary's Old Book Store pro-
prietor, is also spoken of, and who is an
exemplary man.
The halfholiday movement on Satur-
days is well taken by most of the large
firms, and is noticeable as you travel in
the street cars after five in the afternoon,
as scarce any travel done about that time.
Nice, cool weather has been our boom
so far this season, with day or two ex-
ception. SPHYNx.