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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

are very proud of them. They also have
one daughter, young lady Of about II
years, and the pet OF the family. The
children are being educated at the Elkton
Academy. II is no wonder he prospers.
He captured the second daughter Of the
late George Boulder Of Pencader hun
bred and Sam still says she was the best
of eight daughters. May be he is cor
rect but think the old fiddle helped him
20 win bis prize. 1t is astonishing how
gained in weight, but local option, peaches
and cream and watermelons told the tale.
! hope Sam viii invite me again.
+. b. FRAZER.
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sa..afra. 80. nnd n. rolI..

10 the Editor of EVENING JOURNAL.
| returned from Sassafras, Neck. Nd.
On Tuesday. learned that it is an OK
cellent country for farming, very pro
ductive no swamps or boys. land easily
cultivated The farms are large. from
800 TO 900 acres, and viii bring from $50
to $50 per acre. About two-thirds OF the
farms in the neighborhood where ! visited
are owned by widows and unmarried
women, who n most instances reside in
cities or towns. and the farms are rented
Not many peaches are there did not
see amy iirst-class fruit ! visited VIII
liam Rowan ON Saturday afternoon. who
resides ten miles away, near the bay, on
a farm owned by the Harlan and Holdings
worth Company ! think they said the
farm contained 900 acres. Mr. Rowan
had finished threshing his wheat from
l15 acres. The yield was thirty bushels
per acre, and lac said the crop was light
Some farmers have forty-five bushels per
acre The farmers there say that
Delaware farmers do not know
how TO grow wheat. No oats
are grown there a few acres
is grown for home consumption. They
say the oat crop does not pay. Mr.
Rowan is an extensive farmer, a son of
Henry Rowan, who is 81 years old. and
hail and hearty. He resides with his son
William and was Delawarean from near
Newark some fifty years ago Wepassed
the evening i'm Mr.. Rowans large parlor.
Cousin Sam Frazer with the violin and
Master Rowan at the organ They made
excellent music. Miss MeMullin. daurh.
ter 81 Samuel McMullin, former Della
warean, now of Dorchester county. Nd.
was visiting Mr. Rowan. With clear
heads the evening was spent very pleas
antiy with music peaches and water mel
ons, and local option thrown m The
people here are mixture OF Presbvteri
ans and Episcopalians. They attend
church very regularly. / met man who
said he was a locust preacher and had
a sliding elder for ''sistant" He
was of class Of people who do not own
farms. ! found good schools here.
Cousin Sam Frazer has a large farm
well watered, i'm fact the best in his
neighborhood in that respect He is inn
proving it very fast. has a house nearly
new. large barn, good horses and cattle
and farming Implements in good order
but the best OF an, he has FIVE sons. three
from IL 70 81 years of age, two from 9 to
~ wears Of acre all strong and healthy
! They love Aeir home and their parents
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seth year must no matter how well pre-
served. be unfit for active military duty.
and Won Moltke's honorable retirement
does not seem to Justify the comment Of
which 70 has been the occasion There
are. however. a lot of smart fellows about
and they are especially numerous at the
news centres Of Europe, who insist upon
finding something mysterious and signiii-
cant ia everything that happens They
often succeed in being amusing, but they
are not 60 he taken seriously. Philadel-
nhia North American.
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The sun Fhoue fair on a bright May morn,
Over waving wheat and bowling corn,
aud the daisy pastures were dashed with
dew.
AZ hFisSly the fields ! wandered through
isut u, Hs crossed tho meadow stile,
a hilkmllG's Nica rang clear the while.
Fresh aud ciear us Che morn Il rang,
And thia f the SONG which that milkmaid
sunni.
oh, q ittle love IN the morning
~ charming thing for beginning the day.
sure, us little but loving that keeps the
world moving.
And % love ana be loved Is the worlds old
way
The worlds own way.n
I smiled as I stepped from that meadow stile.
hut why did Che milkmeid blush and SMILEY
Lo "a stnl~art Young reaper came whistling
along
Aud followed, I'm thinking, the mfkmaid's
SONG,
For sirnisht ot'her side That reaper sat down.
and tWo blue eyes looked into "a pair OF brown.
ANA, laughed to myself, as / turned 10 de-
.ri,
"rhat aamon'a the oundest That comes from
thu holrt4M
~,Ah q htt.e love m the morning
tsH earmAa Ching for beginning lha day.
Sure' ik nothing hut loving that keeps ne
And % loyc ana 10 Be loved 80 the worid's
old way.
Inc worlds own wayl"
hdMNN ittnucuS stevenson ia Good Cheer
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

second lieutenant Of the First artillery. In
1855 he was made assistant professor at West
Polnt, and after attaining the rank Of first
lieutenant retired TO take the chair of physics
in the Washington university at ST. Louis
The war found him at the right spot for his
talents He was made a captain of the First
Missouri regiment, and thereafter his rise
was rapid. In September, 1862, he organized
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.


That General Won Moltke should have
been relieved Of active duty as chief IF
ihe general staff Of the German army is
not "a surprising or extraordinary circum-
stance ia view Of the fact that he is
nearly 80 years Of age The great Prus-
sian strategist was born in 1900, so that
had he been an officer in the army of the
United States he would under the existing
law have been put on the retired list
twenty-five years AGO. or before the three
most famous ard important campaigns ia
Hlsca BE So brilliantly .g,.ra5--tl,....
against Denmark over the Schleswig Hol-
stein question in 1884, that against Aus
tria. which ended at Sadowa in 1866. and
that against France in lS70-7i-had been
1ouSAt. lt IS obvious that man IN his
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

at Beverly Ford,
and Second Lieut..
a. r. ChaGee, twice
badly wounded, arc
dead. OF the SER
geants and corpor-
ais not one is posi-
lively known to be
alive, and Of tho
privates very few
have been heard
from. One Of
them, Georg
Crawford Platt, is
a contractor in
Philadelphia, and
another. William
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

u ms aeAA 4 nun tau44
At Fredericktown. He was present when the
dnal terms Of surrender were arranged be-
tween Sherman and Johnson in the old
house at Goldsborough, n. c. In January,
1865, he won great honor by transferring his
corps from Tennessee to Washington in
eleven days, arriving in first rate condition
for the voyage down the Atlantic coast
John McAllister Schofeld was born Nov.
%, 1881, in Chautauqua county, n. y, and
in boyhood moved to Freeport, Ills, whence
he was appointed " West Point by Congress-
man Thomas J. Turner. Among his class
mates there were Gems. Sheridan, Mcpherson,
Craighill and Sill, Of the Union army, and
Hood and Bowen. of the Confederate. He
graduated IA lS53, ana began service rs
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

tho army Of the frontier and drove Hind
mans army out of Missouri and southwark
Of the Arkansas He became major general
in 1868, and served actively in the Army Of
the Cumberland till the war in the west was
over, when be was sent around to North
Carolina. There he captured Fort Anderson
and Wilmington, won the battle Of Kingston,
and was with Sherman in the closing days.
For some years past he has been in command
of the Division of the Atlantic, headquarters
on Governors Island, New York harbor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

HE late general Of
the army died at
the early age of ff-
ty-seven, and was
laid in Arlington
cemetery on the
18th instant, just
three years after
the burial Of his
old c commander,
Gen. Grant. Tho
ceremonies at Sher-
idan's grave were
simple bat highly
ffurnwaccft-n q
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
GOVERNOR GORDON RENomlNATED.
Georgia Democrats Again Choose Him
for Their Standard Bearer.

Georgia Democrats Again Choose Him
FOR Their Standard Bearer.
Gen. John Brown Gordon, who has beea
renominated by the Democrats Of Georgia
for governor, is still in the prime Of life, but
So years old and well preserved; but he has
been a hard student, hard working lawyer
and soldier through all grades up to lieuten-
ant general, then lawyer again, congress-
man, senator, railroad man and governor.
He bears tho scars Of eight wounds received
in battle, and innumerable hurts in politics.
After being reduced almost to poverty on
the fall Of the Southern Confederacy he has
built up handsome fortune and lost much
of it, and after seeing his native Georgia
completely Frustrated he has been among
the most active in making it truly the en-
pire state of the south. His career has in
deed been remarkable, and he is still young
and vigorous enough to rise to higher honors.
Lieut.. Gen. Gordon was much more of a
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

range, knowledge of their habits, a
a clear eye and steady wrist TO fire at
the right time, are all important factors
The bay snipe are about the only game
bird that can be shot at present, but they
furnish good sport and practice until the
quail grouse and other birds are in season.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
THURsDAY. AUGUST 10. 1888.


THE Irish party in Parliament are
bound to get justice The latest clever
move was the action OF Mr. Parnen in
bringing suit against the london Times
in Scotch court. He well knows that
the Commission appointed by the House
of Commons cannot undertake an inves-
tigation and render an impartial verdict
Mr. paInell therefore strikes at the root
and brings action in a court whore he cam
have some control over the proceedings
This was very sharp move, and the
Times was taken completely 10y surprise
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

success in war than
Hon. John B. Cor
don has been in
keeping money. He
h as undoubtedly
made enough Of it,
but lost much of it
in unlucky ven
t ur IS. - o. n
Brown said Of him
that if he were
locked in a room
with a given sum
Of money he would
lose part of it be-
fore he got it
counted. He re-
cimnn1 fr~.,, 4i.o
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Butcher, Painter, 4O6 Shipley street.
What nonsense it is for men i'm the shin
ping interests to talk Of duh times. when
it is so well known that there is always
a boom in shipping.
Leonard Heiss the Tailor, 4 f. Third.
The most confirmed Old salt on the sea
may be to fresh when he gets ashore.
Corsets made to order. Good fit guar
anteed Mrs J. R. Ward COB Shipley St.
one pa-s q l-e A-aor'can navy IS sup
posed TO be safe enough; ior it is hard TO
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the will Of the pres
ident. Gen. Scho-
field is noted as one
Of the very fewsrho
grew slowly and
steadily from the
beginning of the
war, with few brill
liant successes and
Nno scriousmistalles
His FIRST great sue
cess was in hastily
collecting forcein
Missouri and rout-
~ M
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

There have been twenty-five presidents Of
the United States, five Of whom were elected
at 81, and six attained that great Office be-
fore the age Of so. Three military men, past
GO, have been elected Two died very soon,
and the other was Gen. jackson, and he waS
Vi when elected.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

THEBE Is no longer amy doubt in The
minds Of those who know most about it
that Walter Cummins was largely re-.
sponsible for the downfall Of NJ. H. Lich-
tenstein. The latter had built am enviate
reputation forintegrity in thscommunity
by years Of earnest and honest toll at the
counter while the former came here with
no particular character except his family
name and profession which he never
pursued with credit md which he
finally disgrmed AS between these
two, the one who struggled hard for
years and the one who was burden
upon his friends and the state and com
munity5 every doubt should be given to
the old man now in London. The friends
and con6dantes of Cummins owe it 10 an
outraged community TO eNpose his hiding
place.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
SIIERIDAN'S LAST HOME.
THE GALLANT SOLDIERS MORTAL
lTY LAID AWAY.

Something About Gen. schoneld, the Sol
der Next il Command-sheridan's Body
Guard-1he Titles OF General and Lieu
tDnant General No Longer Exist.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

The letter OF Hon. Ashbel p Fitch.
Representative in Congress from the
Thirteenth district, resigning his mem
bership in the Republican Association Of
the Twenty third Assembly district is in
effect, Withdrawal by Mr. Fitch
from the Republican party. This is
the most important loss that
the Republicans have re-
Gently sustained in this city. Mr. Fitch
has for q long time been the leading Re
publican of his district Two years ago,
with the fun knowledge that he was in
favor of reforming and reducing the
tariff. his party nominated him for Coni
gross, and he was elected by handsome
majority iii Democratic district which
in That very election gave the Demo
cratic candidate for Judge Of the Court Of
Appeals large majority. New York
Star
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

There are a hundred places
in the store where prices have
been squeezed out of shape.
It's always so when we get to-
ward the thin edge of Summer.
Count on saving half or third
or quarter on a majority of the
things that will soon be behind
the season.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

OF Sheridans famous body guard in the
Shenandoah and Piedmont campaigns, Com
pany II, Sixth United States cavalry, there
are very few survivors. Col David Hunter.
Lieut.. Col. William II. Emory and Mais
James II. Carleton, Robert NJ. Morris and
Starr, of the regiment, are all dead. or the
company Capt Ira w. Clanin, wounded at
Fnnkstown. Nd First Lieut. Kir1n- unrnded
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

You walk along rows on
rows Of Travelling Bags. All
sorts YOU care to See are there.
No two alike maybe two or
three hundred. What could be
handler? The one you want
almost reaches for YOU.
We can't help hearing some
thing about prices; customers
will talk. Nowhere else in
town 50 good for 50 little, or
such varied assortment, is the
everyday word.
Northwest Of centre, next Main aisle.
Trunk ranks are full. For
any use. Sole leather down.
Basement, north Of centre.
There's been talk Of higher
prices for Mexican Grass Ham
mocks. No matter; here is a
new lot at the old price, $3.50.
Colored or plain, ia it,, a lbs.
No. A Palmer Hammock,
$3.50, with pillow and stretcher.
Basement northeast Of centre.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
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Within bugle call are tho graves Of 1900
Union soldiers, Of which 4,3l9 arc marked
unknown In one vast mound, under
massive block of marble, are the bones Of
2,ll1, gathered after the war from Bull Run
and other fields on the route to tho Rappa-
hammock. Gems. Hazen, Myers, King, Rick
etts and Paul, the Paul who lost both eyes at
Gettysburg, lie buried here Within the
100 acres of this National cemetery there
is room for 100000 graves, and any soldier of
the army or man who served i'll the war for
the Union who asks it has the right to
burial place here. The names Of Logan and
Hancock, and stars and badges Of the various
army corps, shine in beds of flowers on the
dark green banks. Truly, the heroic Sheri-
dan reposes in noble company. And TO com
plete the fitness Of the surroundings the
superintendent Of the cemetery is Mai Com
merford, who led a squadron Of Massachu-
sets cavalry in Sheridan's memorable cam
paign in the valley.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

Lloyd, keeps a lumber yard. Mr.. Platt was
color bearer when the flag Of the body
guard was shot to rags, and succeeded ii
saving only the eagle Of the center In 1885
he exhibited this relic at a reunion Of the
Sixth Virginia cavalry at Culpepper. and
Maj. Grimsely, Of the Sixth Virginia, called
him to the stand with this introduction;
Gentlemen and ladies Of Virginia, want
to introduce to you real, live Yankee
mean fighting Yankee. Do you see this
little gold lacquered eagle' Wen, l tried
fourteen times during the war to get it; 1
haven't got it yet, and don't believe l could
get it today by fghtingn
According to law the titles Of general and
lieutenant general expire with the death Of
Sheridan Sherman having been retiredD.
unless revived by congress; but Gen. John
III. Schoheld, as senior major general. sue
ceeds to many Of the powers Of the deceased
general Of the army, subject, however. to
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
MANAMAKER,s.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, August Us, 1883.
Closed at I p. NJ. Saturday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16

The new American party which met in
convention at Washington yesterday is
apparently compelled to 90 slow IL is
doubtful If II viii find standard bearer
fer tue present campaign There are
thousands of Americans who have no
hesitation in ndorsing the principles CON
'ained ia the call for the convention. but
SO Gar no man Of note has been found
who N willing To 90 20 the country as Il
Presidential candidate upon this platform
party viii secure a few adherents of
sufficient note % make rrcditable candi-
dates with zine courage of their convic-
tions This year the loading public men
OF the country are more interested in Sc
curing votes for their respective party
candidates Than i'm forming new party
on the platform OF America for Ameri-
cans Philadelphia Times.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-16
BUSINESS CARDS.
DRY Go0Ds.

DRY GOODS.
7 IppTNCOTT.
- 3lS MARRET STREwF,
DRY GOODS. SILKS,
UNDERWEAR. COATS
HOSIERY, WRAPS,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-21

Nearly all last week Middle Florida was al
most deprived of mail service, especially from
the East and Notwithstanding East and South
Florida On Saturday Tallahassee received the
regular mail for that day. and on Sunday, in al
dition to the regular mail for that day, two or
three days delayed mail. Where and why
Thursday and Fridays mails were thus DELAYED
IS, to US, an unsolved problem. and should be in
vestigated by the proper authorities bur. per-
haps those specially charged with this duty are
to blame for our miserably deficient IN ill ser
vice last week. This being The case, where shall
we go for redress of our grievances?
In this connection there are other matters
that were miserably managed last week Be
tween Jacksonville aud Pensacola there is "A Sec
ton OF Florida nearly 400 miles in extent, with
out single case OF yellow fever, and vet all the
mail from this vast territory, including Pensa-
cola, was ordered 10 Waycross, e., to be flmi
gated and fnrwarded-in the sweet bye and
bye"-perhaps. This was simply An outrage
on the people of this section of Fl nida. Ii the
Government authorities will See that the mails
from infected points properly fumyatcd,
they will give The people less cause for com
plant IN the future than they have hal in the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-21
Notice to the Public

At meeting of the Board of County Commission
ers hvld this day, there were present, p Houstour
Chairman, Hugh Black, j. A. Anders W. R. Blake
and ]. A. Edmondson.
The report of the Committee on Immigration was
received, read and ordered filed, aud the following
preamble aud resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS, Application has been made to the
Board of County Commissioners OF Leon county to
appropriate 800 Tor the purpose of inducing immi
grafton to this county-$350 to be paid 10 the State
immigration Association and $3.50 TO publish !
county pamphlet-and a committee having been az
pointed to advise, consider and report thereon
and
WHEREAS. Said committee having made their re
port recommending that said appropriation be
made, and said recommendation being endorsed b,
the Board yet it is considered necessary and proper
that the opinion and wishes of the people should
be ascertained in regard to said expenditure, be
1t therefore
Resoleed, That the cilizens of Leon county, when
they assemble in the primary meetins do Instruct
their delegates, whom they shall appoint to meet il
County Conventions-the Democrats on the 81 u
September, 1888, and the Republicans on the -
day of--A D. lSSS-by resolution 10 be adopted
by said Conventions their consent or dissent to said
appropriation being made by the county.
p. HoUsToUN, Chairman
Attest-C. A. BRYAN, Clerk.
Aug Is, 1SSS-St
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-21

At meeting of the Leon County Board of Health
held August 10th, 1885, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, That quarantine is hereby declared
against Jacksonville. Plant City. Tampa and Mana
tee, and against all other pieces in Florida where
yellow fever exists; and all persons comin. from
any of the places named or from any other infected
point are hereby prohibited from euteriug the
boundaries OF Leon county. Any person violating
this regulation will be prosecuted the fullest ex-
tent of the law and will also he sent to the Quar-
antine Station for period of ten days.
hesotred, hat the quarantine Offices permit no
person to enter the limits of Leon county, unless
such person has q certificate of the Mayer or Pres
dent OF the Board of Health, County Clerk of the
city or county, whence he she comes certifying
thai such person has been In any infected place
within ten days, or unless person has through
ticket To point beyond the Limits Of the county
hes0tscd, That no person, transportation or tx
press company shall be allowed 10 bring or tran
sport any baggage freight from Jacksonville,
Plant City, Tampa Man dee other injected place
into Leon county; and an; officer, agent employee
OF transportation or express Company any other
person who violates this veguliion shall be prose
cuted 20 the full extent of the law.
GEO. w. BETTON, II. D.,
President Board Health Leon county,
Attest: FRsD 7. MYxns, Secretary.
August IA, 1854
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-08-21

Under date OF 10th inst the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railway Company issued The
following circular:
l. Passenger train on S F & W. rotd out of
River Junction has been discontinued. therefore
the 1:3O a, IN. train from Tallahassee makes no
connection at that point, but will take local pas.
sengers west of Tallahassee
2, Train No IS elving Tallahassee at 615 4.
m, East, will hereafter he run To connect NJ
Live Oak with north and south bound passen-
ger trains on the s. F. & w road
3 Train No Is will carry passengers between
Baldwin and, Tallahassee, connrciinc At Live
Oak with s. F. & w passenger trains.
Inc above is in addition 20 regular passenger
trains Nos and