Evening journal., 1890-01-04
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
LECTURE BY WILL CARLTON THE
POET, LAST NIGHT.

Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Jan. AT the Teachers In
stitute here yesterday, Herman Bessey.
superintendent Of New Castle county,
read an excellent paper on the training of
teachers. w Dashiell of Milleraburg,
Pa. talked on Chow to Build and Keep a
Good School" DR.. Lyle of Maryland
spoke on ventilation in the school room.
In the afternoon a number of county
and school commissioners were present at
the Institute and evinced much interest
in the proceedings.
Last night VIII Carleton lectured at
the Opera Horse on the Drama of
Life" The hall was filed in every part
and the audience we're delighted with the
poet.
The institute will close to-day and the
sentiment is unanimous that IL has been
eminently successful in every way
superintendent Handy certainly deserves
credit for .he very able manner in which
he has managed affairs and especially for
the excellent lectures he provided for the
evenings entertainment.
A little item is floating round the
streets here which shows a very peculiar
business firm Of Dover up in q very pc
ouliar light. A young lady had clerked
in the store for some time, ano when she
left tho firm owed her $50. AS she could
collect no money, she tried, during the
holidays. to procure a pound Of candy
from the store on her account When
she asked the proprietor he informed her
that he would have 'to ask his wife. "
When the wife came the young lady was
informed that the ownership Of the
stock was now vested in her brother.
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on this plan that this firm has conducted
business ever since IL came to Dover four
years ego, as at least the printing offices
know to their sorrow But the treat
ment accorded the young lady mentioned
above is considered the quintessence Of
meanness.
William Hobson, ex-clerk of the Or
phans Court, is very seriously ill at his
home, Ia Pottsvile, OF pneumonia
At Richardson's factory twenty i've
hands are down with the grippe. The
grippe isn't 50 new after all. Stephen
Postles we'll known and prominent CHI
zen of North Murkerkill Hundred, in
formed the EVENING JOURNAL cores.
pondent yesterday that he had it in 1871,
and that it was common here then, and
was called the 'ryler grippe as 1t came
on in the summer just after Tyler sue
| ceeded Harrison as President
The criminal libel case of Graham VS.
Wallace, noted in the EVENING JOURNAL
of Wednesday was called before Esquire
Jester yesterday afternoon. but, to the
disappointment Of many, Mr.. Wallace
waived hearing. and gave bail for his
appearance at court in the sum of $500
Frank Temple and John Wright were
the sureties
Politics. Of course. are way down at
the bottom of this proceeding and each
side had witnesses there by the score and
many prominent politicians had been
summoned. That this is only one Of score
Of cases, may be noted in advance. AL
ready, it is limited, that Mr. Graham now
proposes to proceed sgainst X. d. Hof-
fecker of the Smyrna Times, in whose
Office the circular containing the alleged
libelous language was printed. Then
again rumor has It that Editor Taylor OF
the smyrna record is about to push hi.
promised suit for libel against Stat,
, Librarian John O. GOoden aud Secretary
Of State Salisbury.
Prominent lawyers say that there APP
pears to be but one case of criminal libe
on record in this state. Through the
! Kindness Of Alderman Jester, who hal
D been looking up this subject, the EVEN
ING JOURNAL correspondent got on to II
last night 1t is to be found in Harring
toms Reports, " page AIS. TIT
case was that Of Zenas V. Ola
e zier vs. Jeandell & Vincent. pub
! fishers OF the "Blue Hens Chicken.
: Chief Justice Boothe was on the bench
5 The language complained Of was an edi
torial in the blue Hens Chicken, whicl
said; "Shall poor lottery gambler b,
used as tool so as to impose on innocen
i people, so that they can be led or ruled b,
1 ofice-holders and those grand aristocrats
4 We shall such tale unfold of corrupt
! ion about the court, ETC., as viii astonisl
v honest men Our independence Ia ex
posing the tricks and expressions Of GER
+ tvin lawyers. etc, have rendered us OBJ
. noxious to them. We learn that the,
have been seeking an opportunity t
+ mulct us is fines and costs. II they couli
r only make tool Of some worthless rot
ten .charactered lottery broker, they
, would all join in the crusade against III
v and the people.
This was in the days Of the Delawar
y lottery and Glazisr was lottery broker
v David Paul Brown defended old Franz
Vincent and his partner Jeandell, bu
- Nhaf lMtlt iunNACAtul huQ anyone WI
reads old Chief Justice BOTTLES charg
to the jury won't wonder that they were
for he went dead against them WIS
the penalty was the record don't say.
It The case Of Graham vs. Wallace /
D. brought because in a circular printed /
the Smyrna Times office signed by W. Il
81 Wallace, the charge is made that OH
n w. Graham while q member Of the legis
lature in 81 or 'S3 sold his vote to tn
Pennsylvania Railroad for So. 900 Their
y was big railroad fight on then bstwee
10 the Pennsylvania and the b q o., an
the Pennsylvania won. II has alway
NJ been charged that Doodle was used an
As now Wallace makes his charge
The closing Of Cowgirl & Green's b
~ the Sheriff. has shut off the school boo
u supply In Dover. and school children al
In box The committees ought to loo
after this.
ID Secretary Of State Salisbury will to-da
4 Issue Governor Biggs's proclamation offe
N ing a reward Of $500 for the detection ,
the murderers Of Alexander Barnard. Ii
ST old negro, at Blackbird.
n Farmers Discuss the Tariff.
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