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Year: 1873

The great number Of horrid murders that are
committed in the country almost daily, is truly
alarming, and calls for some remedy. This does
not seem to be found in the sensation trials
through which SO many scoundres acquire no
toriety that il would appear some are fools
enough TO consider fame. The use Of the re-
volycr; the razor and the more brutal club in
depriving people of their lives, has become of
such frequent occurrence, that we are heartily
tired and sick Of recording these base and terrible
acts, and begin TO fear that outraged communities
will shortly consider it wise 10 take the law in
their own hands, and execute vengenee, If the
courts persist in making the trials of go many
deliberate murderers mere arenas in which gen
tlemen learned iu the law may earn large fees, or
acquire reputation for the ingenuity and skill in
arresting the Just punishment that should be
speedily meted out to the dendish wretches.-
Men who are insane enough to deliberately
butcher their fellows, are not ct to live and the
world would be better without them.
Year: 1873

At last Wilmington is TO have park. AT the


meeting of the City Council last night the report


of the COmmittee on Park was adopted by the


vefy decisive vote OF II yeas to nays.


The question Of the purchase was not so much
objected to by the opponents Of the measure as


the price which was to be paid for the land. And
this formed a fairground for objection. Whsther
ii is too high or not will not now serve the pur-
pose of those who are opposed to the cxtrava-
giant outlay.


Wilmington is not poor city by any means.
We are fully able to buy park-and TO buy that
park aud pay for Is too. But It was hardly fair 10
buy at such high rate until we had seen whether
we could not have got one cheaper aud more
suitable. 1t is not central. 1t is all on one side
of the city The park should have occupied
position nearer the Wilmington Rifle Clubs
grounds-into which the passenger cars would
readily pass. But there Ia no such thing as get
our Council to take economical views Of matters.
Ttey wanted to buy the hills, which arc now
almost inaccessible without great circuit, by the
Concord pike, and they have done it, notwlth-
standing it will cost tho city more money to build
a bridge to get TO that part Of the park over the
Brandywine, than We are required TO pay for the
land.


Will the city be satisfied with this purchase
VIII the people in the first secoud, third and
tcuth wards feel that they fairly treated Ia this
matter? Why should the park be situated so far
from the people Of these wards? They are
equally taxed to pay for it. These are questions
that will have TO be answered to Posterity; and
we doubt whether they will ever be satisfactorily
answered but BY the purchase of another park
accessible to South Wilmington aud West Will
mington. The vast number Of people who come
to our city from the south over the causeway, and
also those who enter the city by Maryland Ave
nue. and Frout street, and the thousands of pas
sengers who cone by way of the four railroads
in this section Of the city can never eutcr the
Wimng gton- Brandywine Park without riding or
walking fully mile and half or two miles.


This is tedious, costly and unpleasant How
ever ave must make the best OF bad bargain -
and endeavor to make it pay in the end. This we
think can be done with energy and proper man
agement. In ten or twenty years it ought 10 be
worth more money than it cost with the interest
added, without considering the value it may be in
freeing the Brandywins water from impurities
that might be discharged into that stream had the
park remained in private hands.


The regret however, will be expressed by the
people, that the Council was so unwiss as TO pay
for one park more money than an individual
managing his own business, would have required
TO purchase two parks OF about the same dlmen
sion and equally well located
Year: 1873

hardly comes within "the borderer |" class.

 The second paragraph which we take from The Army and Navy Journal, is sensible and to our notion.

 Lieut.. Geo. M. Wheeler has given the subject of extending our national boundary further southward, much attention. He thinks there is a range of mountains, only broken by small passes which would be easily guarded, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, and that there should be a new boundary made along the summit. This would of course involve large acquisition talk ing parts and perhaps the whole of several States. His argument is that a new boundary so established would be permanent, stop the agitation of the subject and tend to put stop to border outrages by reason of the set dement's of each nation being sepa- rated by high and broad range of mountains. This sounds we'll. But if Mexico fails to give herself 8 good government, some other nation will do it sometime, and ours would be obliged to do it or permit another one j; and all will agree the latter would meet with the indignant protest of the American people again as it has here tofore. Either all or none of Mexico is the true policy. Now our voice is eor none.

 We may with propriety add an- other paragraph to this somewhat lengthy article. We'll admit the American Eagle is wild bird and needs much room to spread herself; /; but we have that room in abundance. The vast country lying between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and the Pacific Ocean, is very thinly set tied, and it IS about as good as any we could acquire by annexing any on our northern or southern border. Let us people and develop what we have before we get more with more trouble.
Year: 1873

THE Washington Republican says in case Vice President Wilson shall be unable to preside over the Senate at the next session of Congress, that Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin will perform the duties.
Year: 1873

when MissI Faithful delivered her zee.
ture in Cincinnati. gentleman in the ar.s
dience was about to speak to fashionable
girl by his side in praise of the plainness of
her dress, but the words were taken out Of
his mouth in this wises o'Ohe yes l am of
course. very sorry she Is not dressed in
more style, but then you know she is geally
very good
Year: 1873

A beautiful girl was married Ia San Franc
cisco, last week, and at the conclusion of
the marriage ceremony she turned to her
husband and said. George; kiss me, l am
dying" The husband complied with the
request. and at that moment the young
bride fell dead to the floor
Year: 1873

l, The New York Times, in an able edi-


torial, reviews the Business Outlook, -


subject in which the general public


has deep interest at the present time


of commercial dullness. The Times
throws some light upon the darkness.


1t takes hopeful, rather cheerful view
of the situation, and thinks that we have
passed the crisis of our financial troubles,
and that we are gradually merging from
an unprecedented era of wild specula-
ton and entering upon the hard pan "
basis. The healthy condition of our in
dustries, it thinks, almost insures us
against any real financial distress. Our
present enormous production of coal and
its use in productive labor alone proves
this. It is not manufacturers but mer-
chants who complain /; our productive
industries are fourishing despite the
severity of the money pinch during the
failure of country banks to afford any
thing like their usual accommodations
to their customers. There has been no
distress in any of our large manufac-
turing towns, except in making their
collections, and some of our industries,
iron, for instance, have been prosperous
beyond precedent. There never was an
hour when the country created anything
like as much substantial wealth as now,
and this is the only foundation of real
business prosperity.


On the whole, then, it seems probable
that diminished stocks in the fall will
secure buyers that, unless there is an
extreme demand from Wall street, the
money market viii not be as rninously
close as it has been during the past
three years that Europe is more likely
to send money here than drag it away,
and that we can hope for fair business
season IA harbinger of better things to
come
Year: 1873

rltory the event had happened, and


whose subjects the prisoners we're. No


proof against either of them could be


obtained, and both protested their en-


tire innocence. But native justice does


not always require legal evidence. The


Rajah considered that the substitution


OF stone for money was evidence of some


ones guilt. The brother he considered,


being in front, was absolved from sus-


picion, at least of the murder but the


chuprassie, who followed the murdered


man, was the suspected, and must be


the guilty party. He was sentenced to
ten years imprisonment, with hard In


Dor, and was removed, amid loud pro-
testations of his innocence and probity.


Mr.. Wilson left the Rajah's court puz-
zled and unsatisfied; he had trusted the
mamie could not account for the mat
ter, yet felt doubts as to the justice of
the. Rajah's sentence, but in the busy
transaction of life, soon began to forget
this mysterious occurrence. About a
year had passed when a messenger
reached him from the Rajah, that his
quondam chuprassie, the convict, had
confessed his crime, and, probably in
hopes of pardon, was prepared to make
restitution of the stolen property. He



hurried to the court, and heard the
prisoners confession. Love, it appear
ed, was the motive of the chuprassie's
crime. He had become enamored of n
beautiful maiden in a neighboring vii
lage, but the price demanded by her
parents for in that country wives are
purchased from the parents) was utterly
beyond his means, and to obtain his de-
sire, he resolved on stealing one of the
thousand rupee bags. This he set about
with consummate skill. When, at the
end OF toilsome march, they reached
the cave near Dangal, he dispatched the
elder brother to village two miles off
to purchase provisions. Hardly had he
gone, when he dispatched the other
brother mile off to the nearest forest,
to gather firewood. During the interval
he withdrew the bag of rupees from the
younger brothers sack, buried it under
the sand in the cave, and substituted
stone of nearly the same shape and
weight. The younger brother first re-
turned with the firewood; the elder
coming shortly after with the provisions,
never learned that the chuprnssie had
been left alone in charge of the treasure.
Crossing the bridge the following morn
ing, he caused the elder to go first, the
younger next, he himself last, and, when
unnoticed, he, with his long stick, trip
ped up the unhappy man by the leg,
never thinking that the crime could pos
sibly be discovered. Having unburden-
ed his mind, the convict led his late
master to the cave, pointed where he
had concealed the treasure, where it
was found intact, and restored to the
owner


One lovely summer evening, after a
hard days hunting, while enjoying our
weed and reclining on the grass, not
half mile from Dangal bridge, and with
in sound of its roaring torrent, this story
was told to us by one who had no small
share in the elucidation of the mystery.
l tell it as it was told to me.-Cham6ers'
Journal.
Year: 1873

If wooden floor is covered with
light sheet-iron coated with cement, so
as to be water-tight. a cord of wood may
be placed on it and set on fire, and the
floor will not be injured if only about
two inches of water can be flooded over
it. 1t was tried recently in Boston, and
it was found that after the wood had
been burning for an hour the floor was
not injured. OF course when tioor
can be kept flooded with water it is i'm
possible for it to take fire,
Year: 1873

The New York Sun gently suggest
that persons who go about with their
cashmere shawls turned inside out to
show that they ure genuine, should
adopt the custom of walking on their
heads, to show that their boots are
soled Naughty Sun, aren't thou
ashamed?
Year: 1873

So rare, says the London Daily T6te-
graph, is heroism in these days of
strikes and corners, of money y-makiDg
and cotton spinning, that We are now
more than ever disposed to welcome a
noble deed, and nobler deed than that
of Platelayer Elliott we may go far to
seek. Elliott was one of gang who
was repairing the metals of the London
and Southwestern line, near Surbiton,
when the Exeter express came thunder
ing along. The platelayers of course
dispersed, and were standing to let the
train pass, when Elliott's quick eye
caught heavy iron chain lying across
the metals, and. he saw that in another
moment the train would leap from the
line and roll down steep embankment.
With a courage as cool as. that of the
little midshipman who picked up and
threw overheard the loaded shell, Eli
OFT dashed forward, and was Just in time
to snatch the obstacle from ont of the
path and to avert most terrible acci-
dent. He was in time to save the lives
of Others, but he was just too late by
second to save himself. The buffer
board of the great express engine caught
him as he stopped with his heavy bur-
den, and dashed him high into the air
a corpse. For. those who love brave
deed, the memory of Elliott, the plate
layer, will live along with that Of Elson,
the pilot, and Ford, the fireman.
Year: 1873

A BRAVE PoILcEMAN.-The gallant conduct
Of Officer Byrnes, of the Eighth precinct on
Wednesday evening, when set upon in the dis
charge of his duty by four rufians, calls for
special commentator. Although he was
beaten to the floor of the saloon in which the
affray took place and treated in the most bru
tai manner by his assailants, he made such
sturdy resistance that he succeeded in the end
in putting two of the rowdies to flight and
conveying their companions to the station
house Here is a most deserving case of pro-
motion for the Police Commissioners. Our
police have no easy time in many of the pre-
cincts in dealing with the dangerous classes,
and when such an encouraging example of
bravery is held up to them and is suitably re-
warded the effect cannot be other than bene-
fetal. Therefore the Commissioners should
see at once that this brave young policeman
receive the award due to his unflAching zeal
in the discharge of duty.
Year: 1873

The ANNUAL FLOOD OF UNRIPE FRUIT -


Our markets and fruit stands are beginning


to afford indications that the annual food of
green apples and peaches and other unripe
fruits is upon us. These fruits are the cause
of large proportion of our Summer diseases,


especially among the young, who devour them
whenever opportunity occurs, and the conse-
quence is our weekly death record is swelled
enormously. Can not something be done to
prevent the traffic in these unhealthy fruits


The sale of poisons is regulated to some ex-
tent by law then why should not the sale of
these poisonous fruits be subjected to some
wholesome supervisionp Meanwhile parents
and guardians cannot be too careful Of their
charges of tender years, for in connection
With the seeds of disease impregnating the
atmosphere in nearly every part OF the city,
and with city officials who are criminally
negligent in looking after the sanitary condi-
ton of the metropolis, especially in the fat
boiling and offal rendering sections, the grim
spectre has formidable ally in the unripe
fruits of the season, and every precaution
1bould be taken to pxeyept theW general we
Year: 1873

the same, it appears, that carried away Semmes
and his crew from the sinking Alabama, as
being engaged in the work of running in
cargoes of arms for the royalists. We have
not yet heard that Carlst Alabama has been
sent to sea; but, if there was any necessity for
one, we have no doubt that another Laird would
be found TO rise, on occasion, in the House of
Commons and declare himself content to go
down to posterity Gf posterity cared anything
about it) as the builder of ninety such pirates,
for which. he might add, his country could
afterwards have the honor of paying through
the new-found arrangement of Geneva arbitra-
ton.


place Don Carlos firmly or ut all on the throne
of Ferdinand, Charles and Philip The
ominous, spectral gathering of clouds, which
frightened away the crowned son Of Victor
Emmanuel from his palace at Madrid
scarcely carried the portent of on abso-
lute monarchy, however toned down,
to be established in his stead. The enthusiasm
Of the ignorant mountaineers and their clergy,
humbled by the Republic, the hidalgo hopes
of the dons who lead the peasants, all to the
contrary, the Republic is strong enough for
its assailants yet. Efforts, it is said, are being
made by the clergy TO fuse the two most prom
inent royalist sections, but they are at least as
difficult to unite as the moderate republi-
cans and the fiery reds. Looking at
the situation gravely, the fact that Spain has
dark, wearying and bloody days before her
must be admitted. The young Pretender
brings a sword to his country's throat which
may be turned against his own before he has
much chance to inflict mortal wound With
the blinded peasantry kissing his matricidal
hand we may compare the patronizing thought
which fires all such pretenders, that millions
of woes inflicted on others are all too little
wherewith to win place on shaky thrones
for themselves But these ambitions and de-
sires do not set backward the tides of thought
and the Republic, which is apparently
SO ineffective in action in Spain to-
day, cannot be killed even if it bears
the pressure of throne for while
The situations in France and Spain have
many cognate features. A vigorous republi-
can reaction against reaction proper is among
the probabilities nearest ut hand. We shall
then know which is the stronger-the few
grasping at class privilege or the many grasp
ing at right 1t is easy to decide on which
side the sympathies of America will lie.
Year: 1873

The GENEVA AWARD AND THE SYNDICATE
1t is said that the Syndicate-that is, the COM
bination of favored bankers and spectators Of
the Treasury Department who got the privilege
of manipulating the funding loan-will make
two hundred and seventy thousand dollars BY
Year: 1873

handling the fifteen million Geneva award.
1t is strange that there must be a job in almost
everything the United States Treasury Depart
ment has to do. Why, in the name of common
sense, could not the British government pay
fifteen millions to the United States without
the Syndicate's aid or the Syndicate touching
the money?
Year: 1873

TIE New York Journal Of Commerce
takes a cheerful view Of the recent con-
yulsion in New York and its consequent
ces. The Journal does not regard the
crash as a great calamity, but believes
that It will result in far more good than
evil, Some valuable interests will suffer
a few lawful enterprises will be retarded,
and some desirable improvements may
he wholly abandoned: But the sharpers
and idlers who have lived by mere specu'
lation, grasping at all the available funds
Offering for loan, paying more for the use
Of money than It's fair market value, and
liyerting 1t from the channels Of legiti-
mate business to swell their own gains by
employing it in hazardous operations,
will be swept out Of the way with the de.
bris Of the ruin they have caused, and
will leave the field clear for that proper
enterprise which alone can advance the
national prosperity. r =z'4F
Year: 1873

SOME Of the dispatches in this paper
were sent from London at six o'clock this
Tuesday, morning. 1t is the difference
in time between here and London that
enables us to distribute them to our read
ers this morning before they were sent
from the other side Of the ocean.
Year: 1873

CLrysIAsp, Sept GA fire broke
out this evening about eight O'CLOCK N lne
works Of the Standard on Company ana
Il still burning, though fully under con-
trol The loss will not be heavy, l
Year: 1873




We would invite tho attention Of city
readers to the communication ol "Flre
Alarm" on the subject Of the Fire Alarm
telegraph. Tho arguments in favor Of
the measure are very forcibly stated; and
Of couisc 1t must be conceded that the
telegraph per Sc would be a good thing.
What we have suggested heretofore is
that as a prerequisite the department
should be SO drilled in the handling OF
the engines and apparatus as to get to the
scene oil conilsgration, and into operation,
in The minimum time, after they get the
alarm. Without this tho telegraph will
be Of little use: with it, it would
Ue valuable undoubtedly. We understand
the writer Of this communication to claim
that the putting up Of the fire alarm tele-
graph will furnish a starting point from
which the department will soon go for
svtd in improving itself till 1t has acquir-
ds drill and skill in the handling Of the
apparatus which it is hopeless to expect
without better method OF communica-
ting alarms. lift could be depended on
Nlead to such resuls we should not be in.
cIined to advise against this measure, but
that must be considered an open question.
We believe II the Department were well
drilled It could find nine tenths Of the
aies so as to get to them about as quickly
eyneans Of bells as with the telegraph;and
yesitis true thatIa short delay In finding
The tenth FIRE (as in the case Of Belrs)
nigh, cost more than the whole expense
aputting up tho telegraph. Sc E
Year: 1873

The eighth and last resolution OF the
platform adopted by the Republican
State Convention at Des Moines last
week Is as follows:


Resotoed, Sth, That we are desirous
of political reform and for honesty
economy, and purity in all official ad-
ininistratiOn that to secure this Is the
every good man should feel bound to
participate In politics; and to make an
end to bad men forcing their election
by securing party nomination, we
declare 1t the duty Of every Republican
competent candidate, whether he be a
candidate upon our own or upon any
other ticket.


This resolution was presented to the
Polk county Republican convention,
but the committee on resolutions
"smothered" it. We are glad now to
see 1t brought to light in much more
prominent and important position.
1t is just what is needed to make the
Republican platform Of Iowa broad
enough and strong enough to hold
every man in the State who desires
really to promote reform honestly,
fairly, and squarely. We look upon
this resolution, taken in connection
with the noble words which precede
it, as most cheering indication OF
genuine earnestness and honesty, and
full determination on the part oi
Iowa Republicans to talk a. they
mean and act as they talk.-Ceday
Rapids Times.