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VOL. I. NO. 2.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, OCTOBER 23, 1886.
For Genuine Bargains and
Reliable Clothing, visit the
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Justis and Davidson
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PROPRIETORS.
JJ ROSENBERG,
T0NS0RIAL-:- ARTIST,
4 EAST FIFTH STREET,
DELAWARE.
WILMINGTON, ^ -
E xamine all.J'hkn see the "light
great majority wholi
tbere la uo sowing
wul y
will join the
already learned
like it.
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO
814 Market S treat.
J T. WALKER,
BEST AND CHEAPEST
Boot and Shoe Store,
No. 13 EAST THIRD STREET,
WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE.
F ell & Joseph,
DEALERS IN
Cool, Floor, FosJ, Hay, Etc.,
Ko. 713 W. FRONT STREET,
DELAWARE.
WILMINGTON.
Telephone 999.
ART GALLERY,
813 Market Street,
George Drake,
re he lias on ha d a fine selection
or oil paintings, ste i engravings photo
graph lires and colored etchings.
Frames of allDeseriptions
OPEN IN EVENING S.
J AMES B. TUCKER,
^ EXCHANGE
lobacco and Cigar Store,
No. 8 EAST FIFTH STREET,
Ml NOTOM,
»... I DELAWARE.
Hi and* of Tohaoao and Cigars always ot
»ami.
AGE OF WONDER.
HOW ELECTRICITY IS PUSH
ING AHEAD.
The New Light in Wilmington
Growing in Favor for Va
rious Purposes.
The new electric light station now in
course of erection tor the Wilmington
City Electric Company at Fifth and
Tatnall streets, is progressing rapidly,
the building and smokestack being al
most completed. The fine weather re
cently has been of great assistance to
the contractors, and they have not been
compelled to lose any time since the
commencement.
The work of setting up the boilers, en
gines an dynamo machines, with the
accompanying electrical apparatus for
the generation and control of the elec
tric current, will be proceeded with im_
mediately, and hopes are entertained
that by the first week in December the
whole of the apparatus will be in work
ing order.
The electric light has "come to stay,"
although some people imagined that it
would simply have a "Will o' the wisp'»
existence, and refrained from adoptiug
it because they thought that it would,
some fine day, quietly pick up its tent
and decamp, like the patent medicine
vendor. These same people are now
coming to the company's offices and re
questing to have the light laid on at the
earliest possible moment.
The incandescent electric light in
general, and the Edison light in partic
ular, has had an unqestioned success—
a success immeasureably greater than
was obtained by gas during the earlier
years of its existence—although the
modern illuminant has had a far harder
battle to fight, inasmuch as gas had
practically no rival when it was intro
duced, with the exception of the sport
ive tnllOw candle, which U3cd to fur
nish i ur forefathers with what little
artificial light they required. The elec
tric light on the other hand has had and
still has to contend with an old estab
lished an i very powerful competitor.
When Mr. Edison, a few years ago,
announced to the public that he had
solved the problem of lighting by elec
tricity he was laughed at as a crank.
Those who scoffed at the "Wizard of
Menlo Park" have only had to live
about six years to see 400 000 Edison in
candescent lamps in actual operation,
and nearly sixty central stations in as
many cities, supplying the lights on the
same basis as gas. Naturally the great
est success has been met with in the
United States, but a number of large
stations have been erected in Europe
and elsew ere. This is a splendid show
ing for a business still in its infancy.
Wilmington is one of the many s c
cesses scored by the Edison light,which
was intro need about nine months ago
to take the place of the Arc lights pie.
viously supplied by the Aruoux Electric
Light Company. The Arc light,having
a very limited field of operation, did not
meet with the success in this city that
it obtained in large and crowded ci ies,
and it remained for the tiny incandes
cent light to step in and score a victory.
The plant supplied by the Edison Com
pany, and erected in the Third Street
Station, was capaple of supplying 2,400
lamps of ten candle-power each, but
after a few months' operation it was
that the plant was entirely insuffi
cient to meet the growing demand.
After much thought and consideration
the directors of the company, with com
mendable enterprise, decided to aban
don the old station, which was situated
«ta considerable distance from the c li
tre of lighting, and meet a station as
near the centre as possible. They th ere
fore purchased a large and central lot
and commenced operations, and the
station
meet all requirements for a long time to
come, as it will have a capacity of 5,000
lights. Situated in the heart of the
business poition of the city, the new
station will supply current for light and
and power to stores and workshops in
any part of the city, and at the same
time the lines will be extended to reach,
private residences along Delaware ave
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nue, and m fact any lights called for,
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from Browntown on the south to Bran
in course of erection will
dywine on the north, and from the Mc
Cullough Iron Works ou the east to the
B. & P. station on the West.
The company contemplates lighting a
number of the various churches, and as
there is no city of i<£ size in the Union
better supplied with churches than
Wilmington, a large amount of busi
ness is looked forwefd to in this depart
ment.
Another very important field of oper
ation, as yet untouched in this city, is
the supply of eleetiflc motors for all
kinds of light worir, and the possibili
ties in this direction may be appreciated
when it is considered that stations have
been built and equipped for the supply
of power only. Watchmakers and jew
ellers, and all who use lathes, will have
at their doors a clean, convenient and
easily applied sourcè of power. In a
manufacturing centre like Wilmington,
there are a thousand and one cases in
which small power is wanted, without
the trouble and exp'.use of put ing in a
steam or gas engine. Again, there are
very few families who do not possess a
sewing machine, and tins will be i un by
a small electric motor at a trilling cost»
saving many a weary hour to members
of the fair sex.
Delaware and Maryland are obtain
ing a fair share of Edison lights, the
Edison Company's a"eut, Mr. Heg r,who
resides in Wilmington, having put up a
large number of isolated plants, and
also a central station at Middletown.
Unfortunate Salisbury was al o to
have a Central Station, and the ar
rangements were almost completed pr or
to its de'siruction by fire.
The electric ligl-.t is eveiywhere
spreading rapidly and everything tends
to show that the next generation will
use nothing but electricity for illumi
mitiug purposes, gasbeiug employed for
cooking and heating, and in manufac
turing operations.
Without doubt the name of Thomas
Alva Edison will be handed down to fu
ture generations a3 the name of
laid hold of one of the forces of nature
and made it subservient to the wants
and requirements of mankind, even as
Stephenson and Fulton applied steam
to locomotion and navigation.
ALL FORi(RBFORM.
"Ti '
The Temperance!* Reform canvass |j
shows up butter each day all over the
Millsboro will be alive with enthusi
astic voters and eloquent speakers this
afternoon at a Temperance Reform
rally to be held there. A big meeting
has been arranged for Laurel to-night,
Beginning on Monday morning, the
headquarters of the Temperance Re
form party, No. 220 and 222 Market |
street, will be kept open day and night
iu charge of a person competent to
answer questions in regard to qualiti
cation of voters and to give general in
formation about the campaign.
On Monday night, November 1, the
first of the series of three lectures at
the Opera House under the auspices of
the Women's Christian Temperance
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Union, will be given by Henry Ragan ;
it will he an illustrated description of
"Paris, the Magnificent." The other
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two, by Oeneral Lew Wallace, and Jus- .
tin McCarthy, M.P ,wiU follow in he
next five or s,x weeks. Tickets for the
course will cost but *1.25, a cheap
means of hearing eminent men on valu
able subjects.
„ . . , re(!eived ]ot o£ , , t
, , , f 1Hst recelvea a lot ot atast
styles hats, underwear, white shirts,
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neck-wear, hosiery, &c., at 116 Market
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street, at the very lowest cash prices.
Call and see them.
who
in
a
plea for the American home, j
George W. Bain, of Lexington, Ivy.,
will speak for temperance in this city
as follows: Friday night next, at In
stitute Hall, on "The Golden Gate, or
The Age and Land in which we Live;"
Saturday night, Hanover Presbyterian
Church, on "Boys and Girls, Nice and
Naughty, or The Pendulum of Life
Sunday afternoon, at the Opera House,
on "Our Country, Our Homes and Our |
Duty,
against the saloon. The last meeting !
will be free, but twenty-live cents ad- !
mission will be charged to the first two, I
wliicli is
orator who will be heard. The follow- |
ing criticism is a sample of many :
low price, considering the !
George W. Bain gave his lecture, "A |
Journey to the Golden Gate," last eve- j
Äerfu'lVtuTwould bewies". ïn !
humor it is better than Mark Twain ; in ( as
oratory it equals Wendell Phillips, and ,
in poetic description surpasses anything pr
we ever listened to. The large aud>- a
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llosiu & Bro., 220 w 2nd street, lead !
in paper hangings and window shades. |
ence went away sorry for all who did
not hear it .—Lincoln {III.) Daily Sen
tinel.
A HIVE OF INDUSTRY.
RESULT OF AN HOUR'S TOUR
OF ARLINGTON MILLS.
Where Labor is Contented, and
Everything is Conducted in
an Admirable Manner.
Wilmington can point with
greater
pride to any of her manufacturing
establishments than o the Arlington
Mills, in the Ninth ward. It is a verit
able hive of industry. The fire of Feb
ruary last, which destroyed a buildi g
60x120 feet, and its contents, seemed to
revivify rather than retard the spirit of
of the owners, Woodward, Baldwin &
Co. Not only is the burned structure
restored, but new machinery and sys
tem are being introduced in all the
apartments, and there is an entire
change for the better. Soon after the
fire mentioned, George HUlsley, over
made
superintendent of the concern, succeed,
ing Melville Gambrill, and his liberal
ity of ideas has worked wonders. A
year ago, most of the females employed
could make but three or four dollars
per week ; they now realize nearly twice
that amount, and there is nowhere to be
found a more contented set of employes
than is to e found there. Five hun
dred men and boys, women and girls
constitute the force, which will soon he
increased ten per cent. John Greer,
agent for the owners, is a
culated to elevate the workings of the
mills in every way.
The buildings and ground cover more
than two-thirds of the square bounded
by Twenty-first
Market and LaMotte streets. Beside
building referred to, there is a
main structure 705 f et long, with
wings at each end 200 feet in length,
the three being 70 feet wide each.
There
used in manufacturing, beside the dyè»
|j 0 n er and engine houses, and a stable
for eight horses, five of which are used
at present. Five hundred and nine
looms will be used this winter, with
about 15,000 spindles. Sixty-three bales
of cotton will he consumed per week,
producing 24,090 pounds of yarn, made
into 60.085 yards of ginghams, seer
sucker and pantaloon cloth. Although
80 capacious, many of the hands will
have to work at night, s they are now
doing, because the orders exceed the
day production,
There is no meanness displayed in
considering the comfort of the workers,
A 350-horse power engine is used to
8u « , * ,ly . tl,e fmc , e ,ie " s fT v f f
.T. nse dyn , a ™' by "' I' 0 ' 1 BruSh e,e h otr ' c
! Rhls 2 ' 0 " ca ridle power each a.d
"e mght workers and to drive the ma
chinery used, tour Babcock & Wilcox
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bol,ers " thia connect,on and the
1 "'' ,te<1 , a ™ a ? bnft as during
the day, the whole establishment is be
. br0 ht to a 8t8te of colIlple teness
ofte B n Ther „ are machine,
anfl blaoksmitu shc p 8 forin.
ci( , ental work .
of one of the rooms, w
well fill
Twenty-second i
the
several smaller buildings
The process of production is gone
through with tiie best machinery, and j
although not altogether new is worth
study ng. It is pre ty much the same
in making the different kinds of cloth,
and begins at the raw cotton taken
from the hales in the picker room.
This is put iuto machines and drawn
out as wide laps, which are wound like
huge rolls of carpet. These rolls go
into the carding room, and pass through
a serie»of four or five machines, being
drawn into thread and by doubling and
redrawing, coming out firmly made
yarn. This yarn is of any thickness re
qu red, and after being wound on bob
spun into marketable material. If dic
bins, is taken to the spinning room and
wanted, it is taken to
feront colors
the dye house, any shade being reached
desired.
K'*'* «* 7 a ™ «"* ^merly sold
as waste is now made into pantaloon
cloth. What is known as the "pen
pr j UK » machine, a recent invention, Is
a wy useful arranBeme nt. It is de
signed to prevent shrinkage, and saves
H inches in every twenty-six inches,
th amount lost before its introduction.
The "calendering" machine, compost d
of huge hot iron rollers, with heavy
pressure, is another excellent inven
tion. Between these rollers the mate
rial is passed, coming forth smoother
than if it had been ironed by hand,
There is a measuring room,and a pack
ing room, for folding, labelling and cas
ing. A pattern maker is constantly
employed in producing new designs.
There is no better yarn made for the
purpose intended than that of the Ar
lington Mills. American yarn has not
yet reached the fineness attained by
the English, but the Wilmington pro
duct will stand a greater test of
strength. The Ninth ward is certainly
tobe congratulated
successful cotton-goods manufactory.
having such a
POINTERS.
Itosin & Bro., are practical paper
.hangers and rcliab'e.
A Democratic city official, who some
times attends barfor anotherDemocratic
city official on .Sundays, thinks the re
formers are "no good."
Governor Stockley's appearance at a
Front street tavern on Tuesday night,
hobnobbing with a lot of beer drinkers
for the purpose of helping his party,was
a pitiful sight.
Mrs. Friel, who is visiting Mrs Brady,
at the corner of Fifth and Church
streets, fell and bioke her left thigh _
Thursday morning. Dr. Cantwell re
duced the fracture.
Somebody cruelly says that the first
letter of Biggs and Penington stand
also for brandy and party, and that the
four words mean the same in the pres*
cnt contest of officeholders against the
people.
That was an enterprising piece of
work by the reporter of The Morning
News, who ascended to the top of the
new smokestack at the City Mill Sta
tion, for the purpose of "writing up"
the view to be obtained
The new show room to ;be opened by
William Lawton at No. 611 Market
street, about November 26, will be
worth looking at. Wilmington artists
will there have a chance to exhibit
their work, in charge of C. 8. Hammitt,
who is one of them.
Robert W. Chambers, the only origi
nal Democratic candidate for Sheriff, is
making the situation uncomfortable for
Yhc aid«--shujfcs that are ailtlffcYohsiy
seeking the people's votes. The Tenth
ward won't finish voting for him until
two
three days after election.
James H. Morgan and the Rev. H. A.
Monroe will exhibit their Charleston
views at Institute Hall at 2.30 this af
ternoon, in connection with veiws of
Salisbury destroye , taken by Mr. Mor
gan on Tuesday. The exhibition will
be repeated at 8 to-night. It affords a
g°od opportunity of impressing histori
cal events on young minds. Ten and
fifteen cents admission will rule.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Tho strike of the 16,000 Chicago pork
packers is ended.
The morocco strike in this city is a
thing of the past.
A labor daily paper, the Appeal, has
been started in Cleveland.
There are five workingmen's candi
dates for the Legislature in Memphis.
Women are employed on the staff of
200 newspapers in the United
States.
Eureka Assembly, K. of L„ of Port
j land, Oregon, lias opened a free reading
room for its members.
The Central Labor Union of Indian
apolis attended church in a body on a
recent Sunday e^ning.
Prison-made brooms in Baltimore
have almost crowded honest labor in
that trade to' the wall.
The pardon of the convicted boycot
tera In New York lias as yet culled forth
comparatively little unfavorable com
ment.
The Mayor of Jersey City recom
mends that eight hours be fixed as the
limit of a day's work for all city em
ployes.
The Boston conductors and drivera
will probably strike next week if cer
tain demands made by them are not ac
ceded to. .
The earnings of the B. & O. Railroad
for the past six months show an increase
of $1,404,182.51 over the corresponding
period of 1885.
There is not and never can be any
conflict between labor and capital. The
real conflict is between labor and mon
opoly .—Henry George.
There are but two strikes of any size
in New York, those of the plumbers
and the brown store rubbers. Thé
Henry George Mayoralty compaign is
occupying the attention of the abor
element.