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Year: 1879

And Carried Off the Watch and His Sunday


Clothes.


The neighborhood of Sixth and Robert
streets was enlivened about o'clock last
evening, by bit of a row between DR.. Mint
zer and colored roustabout named George
Brown, who threatened to "hab dem cloes or
spill blood" From the information at hand
it would appear that Mr.. Brown varied the
monotony of a hostler's life by paying his
respects to mahogany colored dsmsel, who
engineers the culinary department of a
brown front establishment situated in the
lower part of town. In order to appear au
fuit, and inspire proper degree of Difference
for his commanding station in life, from the
lady of his choice, he borrowed
an antiquated time-piece from the doctor
last Sunday and proceeded to play the gal
liant in a manner that was truly captivating.
It is not known to just what extent the suit
prospered, but it is to be presumed that he
was highly successful, for he notified his
employer yesterday that he was tired waiting
on horses ard was going to try his luck in &
more "spectable' and remunerative bust
ness. The doctor had no particular obec-
tions to the change, but requested that he
should return the watch before leaving. Mr.
Brown demurred to this proposition, when
the doctor made reach for the chain, which
he failed to seize, however, whereupon the
darkey made double quick time for the barn,
where his Sunday go-to-meeting clothes
were kept


The doctor followed in hot pursuit, having
determined to lock tie doors, and thereby
prevent his getting away with the clothes.
The darkey lost no time in seizing his ward
robe and making his way up stairs, where he
was heard to exclaim, 'I'se razor nigar,
is, honey, and if don't get desc cloes, I'll
waste blood" Not being afraid of getting
cut deep, the doctor locked the door, and
just reached the top of the stairs in time
enough to see his sable prisoner climbing out
the window, ''cloes'' and all. Much to the
amusement of the bystanders the darkey got
away, the sympathy being about equally
divided, the statement being made that
Brown had received the watch and clothes in
part payment for labor,
Year: 1879

Candidate for Justice of the Peace


As am unable to call upon my friends ir
person, I desire to announce that am a candi
date for justice of the peace for the Third
Fourth and Sixth wards at the coming election
E. BURNAND
Year: 1879

st. Paul Illustrated.
In consequence of great rush for place in
this forthcoming magazine, we have been
obliged to enlarge our dimensions and postpone
its publication until the 28th.
Year: 1879

A niece OF Commissioner James Lynch has taken
the veil at Mount st. Vincent She is talented and
handsome. and was a teacher in one OF the public
schools for the past two years She is known In the
order Of the sisterhood as Sister NJ. Regina Lynch.
Year: 1879

New LONDON. Conn. July %. 1872


The visit OF the Atlantic Yacht Club to Black Roc.
quite success and gave general satisfaction to
the yachtsmen OF the fleet 1t is strange that this
harbor has not been visited moro often by yachts on
a cruise as it makes pleasant break in the trip
from Glen Cove New London and is far preferable
to New Haven the harbor that has generally been
selected At Black Rock there is good anchorage
and plenty of water for the largest schoon-
ers. There is no difficulty in finding
the channel. it is wide and well
Luoyod. The George Hotel is also quite al attrac-
ton. and the guests cxerted themselves last night
to entertain the yachtsmen who came on shore
Many of the guests hail IRON Brooklyn. There is
nice beach for bathing. and the surrounding coun-
try abounds in picturesque drives. The George
Hotel is owned by Mr.. Wells well known show
man. who travelled with Tom Thumbs party during
the zenith their success. The yachtsnen enjoyed
themselves shore, but returned to their yachts
before midnight. early start had to be made for
New London.


LEAVING BLACK ROCK HARBoR.


At daylight there quite pleasant northeriy
breeze, but it did not hold, and when the little
Daisy got under way at six O'Clock there was only
sufficient air to keep her canvas full. Commodore
Fish fred a gun from the Agnes at half-past
o'clock to prepare to get under way and fifteen min
utes later gun was fired from the sloop Winsome
a signal for the second class to top their
booms. The Winsome and Stella then hoistei
their anchors and got out of tho har-
bor, the latter leading the way. There was
light northeasterly breeze and the yachts started
off with their booms to starboard. Ten minutes
later Vice Commodore Cooper fired u gun from the
Orion as o signal for the first class to get away. The
Peerless moved off first, quickly followed by the
Orion, Dolphin. Sadie and Agnes in the order named
Tho Atalanta in little trouble getting away
and had to lower boat to pull her bow
round, but presently got started. and was as well
off the Others the breeze so light that they
were hardly moving. Going out OF the harbor the
Stella and Winsome cut corners going inside of the
red spar buoy, and then the Orion. Dolphin. Sadie
and Agnes followed suit. The Peerless went round
tho buoy, followed by the Atalanta. Outside the
yachts trimmed sail and steered east half south.
The breeze about northeast, keeping
them close hauled. just about point Free
Outside the Peerless sent up her staysail as
if N-mined . - '"Ht-A-"A. tho
Year: 1879

The passengers on tho Roosevelt stree. ferry boat
Montana were thrown into CONSERVATION by cry OF
"firol ON the twenty minutes past nine o'clock
trip to Williamsburg last night. hose attached
to the force pumps and lively stream of watcr
sent into her engine room Clouds of smoke ana
steam followed the deluge aud after few minutes
delay in midstrcam the boat resumed her course.
reaching her slip at the foot OF broadway about li-
teen minutes behind time There fortunately
put low passengers on board. Mr.. Chappci super.
lntenucnt OF tue ferry, when questioned, iiiststd
that the engine had become uVcrhcatcd aud Us hing
worse was the matter. Those who were ptoscits
however, say that tho boat on lite over tho
boiler, and but for the prompt discovery of the
haines almost she lett the New YORK slip
and the energy displayed by the men u catastrophe
would have accompanied the blaze.
Year: 1879

Something like II cabinet council
has been lately held in Berlin The
chiefs Of the administration met
for tho purpose Of establishing %
u more direct connection between
connection between tho depart
mcnts, and the event is chron-
iclcd as step away from the per-
sonal government system Of Bis
mark and toward that of joint min
isterial responsibility.-1imes
Year: 1879

New York World: A Republican
was admitted into the Senate yes
tcrday, after u question which was
at least plausible had been raised
against his admission, and he was
admitted by the help of Democratic
votes. We repeat our liberal offer
of n small reward for the discovery
ofa Republican precedent for this
most revolutionary" proceeding.
Year: 1879

The strength Of government
lies in its justice and equity; and
that government is the strongest
and most enduring which is the
least felt and seen. Such is the
democratic, and such is the oppo-
site Of the republican, theory Of
government.
Year: 1879

N'eANNsNN -"NAh'hs> A'NA"'N'


Eighteen years ago Stephen A.
Douglas having done all that lay in
the power of his indomitahlc will
and courage to avert the calamity OF
civil war, left, us his last utteranCe,
this mandate to the rank and file
who worshiped him, and whom he
had so often mashalcd to victory;


"nemoerats the war is upon us.
Forget Your party and remember
your country" For eighteen years
that country, possessing within IL
self all that can enter the heart Of
man to desire for the greatest good
of the greatest number, has been
torn and harasscd Ivy sectional strife
and discord its industries paralyzcd,
and its masses impoverished on one
hand, while ON the other gigantic
fortunes have been amasscd by the
unprincipled few who allied them
selves with the men and measures
which could only exist in an at
mosphere of turmoil and warning,
The men who have waxcd fat and
grown rich, while the wages of the
laborer were being repeatedly re-
duced, until honest toll could COM
mand only starvation pittancc,
are the head and front Of the Re
publican party Of to-day. Only
through disturbance and conflict;
only through the fostering of the
worst passions; only by appeal to
every unchristian and ungenerous
sentiment; only by the ruin of the
many, could this party of the mi
nority rule the party of the ma
jority


Is ii to soon to say that its end
has come; that, with return to
power of the Democratic party, the
country is entering upon such an
era Of peace and good will between
all sections rs is absolutely essential
to material prosperity and develop
ment?


The war and tho issues which
gave it birth are buried in the limbo
of the past. The motive which
inspired the patriotic command of
the Illinois statesmen no longer
exists; and were the Little Giant
alive to-day-as would to God he
were--his ringing voice would be
heard proclaimilig that only by
Democrats remembering their party
and its principles could the country
be now restored to her proud place
in the galaxy of nations. The
Democratic party is the party Of the
whole country, not of a section.
The Republican party is its exact
reverse. And il is this accurscd
spirit Of sectionalism alone upon
which the Republican party hopes
to perpetuatc its further accurscd
rule. five are to have any endur-
ing union, rs n confederation oI
sovereign States; if we are to be
again, as of yore, the model republic
Of the world, the asylum Of the OPP
pressed, the home of freedom, and
the home of equal rights, privileges,
and blessings-this foe, more deadly
and insidious than secession itself
must be crushed out. Democracy
alone is competent to the task.
Democracy alone can absorb into
its broad bosom all the varied in.
terests Of our vast country; and in
respecting and preserving the rights
Of individuals, whether communi.
ties, States or sections, secure and
preserve the common rights Of all
On this basis only can we have
peace and its attendant prosperity.
Let us have peace.





Roy Ialnna EreeInan Clarke OF
Year: 1879

An EDITOR has one advantage over
king. When tie editor goes out rid
ING in h,s open barouchs drawn by four
mix white stceds. be is never shot at
bv A socialist. You have probably re-
marked this yourself.
Year: 1879

health board announces that it is safe


for the people to come back. there VIII


not be employment for any but
doctors and nurses (aud we hope that
will be limited to a starvation rate).


All mechanical business has or viii be
stopped this week. No stores or Of


Rees will be kept oDen save Where
men are employed who have had the
fever. There will DO nothing to do.


It will, therefore, be a prudent thing
for all to remove from the city, and
get as speedily as possible to place OF
safety. AS we have said, we may not
have an epidemic-lbe fever may stop
rs suddenly as it begun, but it will be
most sensible to act as if We were posi-
tive that it was going to be epidemic,
and take time by the fOrelock. A live
man Ia of more value than million
dead men. The past teaches that
there Is but one, and only one
sure avenue of escape from
yellow fever-fiight. Last year
ninety-eight per cent. of all the


white people who remained here
were taken with the fever, end sew
enty per cent. died. In other words,
only two of every hundred escaped.
aud the doctors and nurses, after the
expenditure of fabulous sums of
money, great skill and q sieepiess


vigilance could only save eighteen
OUT of every hundred. Surely we do
not want these appalling figures re-
peated. IF every one who has not had
The fever will go away, We will not.
BY as mauy as stay we will.
There is no known specific fer this
disease The doctors can not grapple
with it With the assurance that
characterizes them III the trestment OF
any other Of our local feveTs They
have not vet beeu able 10 find medl-
cine that will arrest the speedily-k kill
ing poison winch disintegrates the
blood. aud delivers its frat blow at the
very seat of life The best of them
stand appalled, at its suddenDess OF
at ack, its overwhelming, savage and
relentless sut lection of the will ss
well as the physique to its purposes,
and the wholesale destruction
of life that follows upon it's appear
ance. Two in ten is but slim chance
for life. The theory of sanitary statis-
ticians is that the death rate in a
whole year should not be more than


eighteen ia thousand. These figures
| and the facts We have laid before Oui


readers, shonld be sufficient without
another word from Us to induce the


removal at once of every one who hat
! not had the fever. When quarantine
is declared, as it may be, 1t will be toe
late All who are here then will bs
forced to remain, whether they will II


or not. We repeat, then, cur urgen


entreaty that without waiting fol


further developments, every man


woman and child leave the city to-day


or at fsrthest by tomorrow night INC


has not had the yellow fever. We ad


viee this as a measure of precautiot
justified by the dearly bought expert
euce of the awful epidemic of 1878.
Year: 1879

There is at least one time in life
at which a man is more careful than
at any other. It is not when he is
selecting a wife, or laying $40
bill on a race horse. 1t is not
when he is taking aim at a fly
which is crawling up his nose, nor
when he wakes up at night and en-
deavors to reach out and grab q
mosquito which is moving round
him like an elfn saw-mill. No, the
time at which man is more care
ful and wide awake than at any
other time is when he is blacking q
pair of Oxford ties, which are
drawn over seventy-five cent pail
of delicate, pin-clocked, sky-blue
socks.-NeW York Star.
Year: 1879

We are instructed by the Chairman
of the Fire and Police Committee of
the City Council to announce that any
person who Is detected in the circuIa-
tion of false. malicious and sensational
reports about the existence Of yellow
fever in the city in such a way as to
create an unnecessary excitement
among any of the citizens will be
promptly arrested by the police, who
have been Instructed to keep a watch
out, and will be dealt with to the full
extent of the law.
Year: 1879

We entreat that every man. woman
and child who has not had the yellow
fever leave the city at once without a
days delay. We have nothing like an


epidemic, and may not have, but so
long rs there are any cases OF fever
there is cause for fear that such state
of things may be brought about by
the presence of great number OF un-
acclimated and mex perienced persons.
Beside, there is nothing to be gained
by remaining here. Business is a. ef-
fectually killed for the next three
months as If We had ten hundred cases
Instead OF seven. Hereafter, until the
Year: 1879

Mime. Anderson concluded the task Of waking 2,7O0 quarter miles in as many quarter hours oh the 18th. in New York. Considerable money IS said to have changed hands on the result. She commenced the last guar Ter mile at 10.45 and made it in 2 minutes and g. 3-4 seconds. During the last four quarters she was the recipient of several presents. The quarter before the last she stepped upon the stand and said she hoped they would keep quiet, so that she might accomplish the feat without interference. She appeared greatly exhausted after her last quarter mile had been accomplished. and 1ss talk en 10 her physician, where she vas put under treatment. At frat she was not allowed to sleep more than fifteen minutes ar time. as it was said she would probably never wake if not disturbed. After a day or two she vas allowed two hours at 8 time, aRd the time of rest Nas gradually increased until she could take all the sleep she deslred without fear of in- jury.
Year: 1879

The following political paragraph from
the "Opgonian" is very suggestive:


"Shrewd politicians have discovered that
the exodus Of colorcd people from the
south may b" made IN interesting factor IN
politics. 1t is suggested that only few
negro voters are needed to make doubtful
northern states sure republican,, and thus
confront q solid south with solid north.
Though merely u suggestion, It is suffi-
cent to make each particular democratic
hair stand on end" An exchange thinks
that should the republicans Of Indiana and
New Hampshire, New Jersey and New
York get into an immigration scheme it
would make music in the land.
Year: 1879

ST. PETERSBURG, April IA
While the Gear was taking his
usual morning walk early to-day
near the palace, four shots from a
revolver were fired at him. The
Gar was unhurt. The man who
fired the shots was arrested by the
crowd which the firing attracted.
The city is being decorated in token
of thankfulness for the Cars
escape.
Year: 1879

Are the most eff
fective and congo
nial purgative ever
discovered. They
are mild, but eff
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.


Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
Year: 1879

The Shreveport Standard says: "God
will bless the man who gives the editor
a cantaloupe." If the csntaloups 10 not
ripe the poor editor will be just as likely
to get the cholic as the donor will be to
get the blessing.
Year: 1879

IN valuing Mr.. Bayard's opinion on a
question of national good faith and states.
manship higher than that of all the foolish
preachers who have discussed the Chinese
question, the SMYRNA TINES evden ly
thinks we showed something tremendous
in the way of admiration for Mr.. Bayard.
Not at all. We are ready to declare with
equal emphasis that the editor of the
SMYRNA TINES could give an opinion on the
rSoper management oi a printing office
worth more than that of all the people in
Kent county who have not run printing
Offices, Cor the simple reason that the editor
in question has shown the capacity to run
such an Office and run it we'll Mr.. Bayard
has studied the foreign relations of this
country, and shown his capacity to under
stand and his determination to maintain
every form of national obligation so thor
oughly that he is entitled to the presump-
tion that he has good reasons for what he
does, till the contrary is shown, and that
never could be shown by the ranting of
ignorant preachers who know nothing more
about this than they would about setting
up Mr.. Hofeckers type for him.-Every
Evening.


The complimentary way in which the
editor of the Every Euening illustrates his
subject is plausible if not convincing. II
covers, however, only one phase Of the case
AN lie says about Mr.. Bayard and his
capacity to understand and determine
every form Of national obligation is true
but IL i- ,isniration for him (which W,
share 1t was hardly fair to class the preacher
who differed with him as ignorant anC
ranting. 1t is question of comfy betweel
nations and as such partakes of morals a
we'll as politics, and certainly within tn
range Of the comprehension and apprecia
ton of the pulpit of the land. On this sid
Of the Rocky Mountains there has beel
but one voice among the clergy: that G
opposition to the passage Of this measure
And in the number can be named some G
the acutest minds of the nation. And W
go furthor and say, that though receivin
his vote, the measure has not, we feel assul
ed, Mr.. Bayard's full and hearty accorC
He occupied peculiar position; the mea
ure he admitted, was pressed for certai
political considerations and our opinion (
Mr.. Bayard is too high to think that an
Year: 1879

AND now the Ga=eHe is after Kent and
Sussex counties for their delinquency in
not paying their proportion of the State
tax, and thinks that New Castle having
paid her share, ought to be exempt from
paying any portion of that which Kent or
Sussex ought to have paid. 1t says that
New Castle CO. furnishes fully one half of
all the money that goes into the treasury,
but hints that Kent and Sussex vote it out
to suit themselves. the loss to the reve


nue. is enormous by SO many persons being
deprived of the right of franchise, and
when this is restored, the former good con


dition of the finances will come along with
Year: 1879

The .Ssnt;nFI reminds the Delacarean land
this is not the first tine) that it advises and
will continue to advise the poor man not to
pay his tax until he has the privilege of
voting. 1t says that all who aid in the i'm
position directly or indirectly ought to be
made to pay for the fun of cheating poor
man out Of his vote. 1t says the Republi
cans are out of the fight and intend to stag
out of it until the upholders of the present
law feel it through the delicate nerve oi
the pocket book.
Year: 1879

act abruptly violating our relations with a
friendly nation would meet with his hearty
approval. If disappearing the.treaty, and
free from the pressure of circumstances,
he would have proceeded in very differ
ent manner from the course pursued by
those in charge of the bill.
Year: 1879

THE Wilmington Republican has given up
in dispair over the removal of the court
house from New Castle to that city. 1t
concludes an article as follows:


alt must be more and more evident to
the people that new Castle will have to re-
main bound in the tolls which Kent and
Sussex have so adroitly thrown around her.
A Constitutional Convention is the only
source left open through which the dis
franchised people of New Castle County
can expect a redress of grievances"
Year: 1879

THESE genial spring days are enough to
give our members of the Legislature, the
most Of whom are farmers, the fidgets.
They are practical enough to know that
they would be of more use at home. The
best thing they can do is to hurry what
business they have in hand of public im-
portance through with all possible speed,
but they needn't initiate an ungodly Con-
gress by holding Sunday sessions.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Brick Pomeroy is endeavoring to
recuperate his ruined fortune by organizing
Greenback clubs at the uniform price of
three dollars per club. After while the
clubs will begin to wake and wonder how
they are going to get their money back.
Year: 1879

WE ARE INFORMED by the Ferris Bros,
that the Wilmington City Directory for
1879 1880 will be ready for delivery to
subscribers from the office of publica-
ton tomorrow, and will also be for
sale from the same office to those who
have not subscribed. The little delay
in its publication will be more than
made up in the completeness and gen
ersl accuracy of the work. Ali bust
ness men should have a copy of it.
Year: 1879

SoME IDIOT, evidently not Whining
tOnian, or if one, the canvassers for the
Wilmington Directory did not wish to
mar the pages of their book with it,
shows his long ears in attempting to
criticise our local about the s4cona Of
June picnic at the Scheutzen Park. As
the Directory men are ashamed of his
name, we shall deem the production of
a puny imbecile mind unworthy Of
further notice.