Evening journal., 1889-11-12
DOVER IS MAO.
A Revolution Imminent because of the
Miserable Mail Facilities.

A Revelation Imminent because of the
Miserable Mail Facilities.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Nov 12.-If you see the yeo-
men of the lower part of the state com.
ing up the state road one of these days
in body with blood in their optics and
clubs in their hands, you may know In
advance that they will split into two
bodies at Wilmington and while one
marches on to Washington the
other will hunt the head
quarters Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Philadelphia. This NAV
come TO pass il the citizens down here
keep in their present temper, for there
is young revolution brewing here.
there's trouble anywheres the old saying
is that there's woman in the case,
but the old sayings off this time for the
bottom, top and both sides Of this racket
is mail, purely mail and no female any
where round.
The new timetable Of the p. w. q b.
r. r. went into effect yesterday, and
among the trains affected by the change
was the one which brings the lower Della.
ware evening mail down. This train
was due on the old schedule at Dover at
z. 10 o'clock. Under the new time It is
promised that il will be here at 80
Las, night was the first test and It got
here at eleven minutes of o. AS q con
sequence the mail was not opened for
distribution and only those who owned
boxes could get their mail. Scores
of people who had anxiously waited were
compelled TO 60 home disappointed.
Now the regulation time at which the
general delivery window closes here is
. % p. m. If this train should be on
time, say at 8 60 II will be almost an
| impossihilitv for the postoiiiee force 70
distribute a large mail by o 05, and the
people here are wondering what is to be
done. The general sentiment Is that the
mail should be sent down the road on the
train which passes here at $40 D m, So
that the towns below here might also
have general delivery at night Say
what you please about the progress OF
| the postal facilities, the stern truth Il
that the mail facilities Of this Peninsula
are miserable. While little cross road.
towns In Pennsylvania and other states
have two and three mails each way
day, there are fiourishing centres dowr
this state that have but one. Take any
town below Harrington on either road
Laurel, Georgetown, Milford. Seaford, OF
any on the list and il you want TO reacl
them to-day you must stmail your letter 10y
045 a m. Why the evening mail canno'
come down early enough TO reach thes,
towns is question that is agitatinl
every community on the line, and as a
least dozen Doverltes made the request
last night your correspondent asks tn
EVENING JOURNAL to agitate IL.
In the Superior Court yesterday bu
little was done beyond going over thl
trial list. The Tatem desertion case wa
settled by the young husband prigiding
home for his wife and babe.
A lady named Massey, residing nea
Dover, gave birsh TO fifteen pound bah
yesterday morning which was still born
General Armstrong and Lieutenan
Brown stopped here yesterday on thei
way TO Laurel. They are on a tour q
inspection.
Charles Barkley who manipulates th
, telegraph instrument at the Block, Jus
below Dover depot, has branched out int
a stock raiser. He bought rather tireS
looking pig the other day, and seein
millions in It, has built pen near II
s depot, large enough for mule corrall I
r hold it, 'Iis said that he and the baggal
e master and two darkey boys have form'
I, a sort Of a co-partnership. The darke,
e gather the slop, Charley buys the coi
T and the b. m. superintends the feedin
{" Il is generally regarded here as a p
:, | thing