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WILMINGTON, DEL.,
WP:i^EBDAY, DECEMBER 0 , 188 a.
PRICE OISTE OEISTT.
VIA SOS AlfV OKOAJfM.
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GREATEST BARGAINS
1 liai lmve ever been offered in
Wilmington In
Pianos and Organs.
ck only kept.
Hi.- fl iicst sud best
tfo Second-Hand Trash.
Every Instrument In the ware rooms la
V RES 11 FROM THE FACTORY,
tr.nv VI A NO WARRANTED for 10
YEARS ami kept 111 tune for three year«.
EVERY ORGAN WARRANTED for 7
YEARS, and
Perfect Sati sfuetion G uaranteed
IIIIAXO, MJUAKF. AND UPRIGHT
PIANOS
It) the following ratnou« maker«:
WOODWAKIIA BROWN, Boston.
EKVKST GABLER, N. Y.
EMEKSON, Bos tou.
EF.EK .V SON. X Y.
EDWARD M CAMMON, Albany, N. Y.
y WALNKK, Baltimore.
And others.
At lii.uiufaettiring prices.
Now Pianos $190 and Upwards.
oliGANS
— BY—
BUBDETTK,
U 8110 SING EH,
i'OLONADK,
TAYLOR i fc FARLEY,
BKLMOUNT,
F. WAGNER,
LITTLE GIANT.
And many others.
ALL M W AND FRESH FROM THE
FACTORY,
From Ç30 and Upwards.
ïf. ut- Mul cxamluo stock and satisfy
yourself. gj|
F. W AGNER,
and Organ Warerooms,
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iiiulred, In »aid county,«I<jceaaed,
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.■>iur ui«»resai<l give not I« «* of grunt
Adniiiiistralion upon th«)estate *d
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notice.
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■Ti present the same duly attested
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NOTIV EH.
PROCLAMATION
-OF THE —
governor.
»TAT* OF DELAW A U1C, *
Executive Dei'aiitmknt, j
wa * h* 1 '» 0* the Slate of
Pemlï* J 1 ,, yoï! U i; or!i l V nî* n °f
TumhJ'v ndre< * ***** «Ijrhty-two, that bcing^he
K& !" the
returns
. . - - - — several counties
*lt" ch Wprwcnutivcs, were cast as Allows, to
in KoZ iïîîi® for Charles » L
llaîlTnS ownt f» ,ur Wa " , " , >gtoi
In »ew C.«tic County for Jolm rilliinr
l Vaft" «*>"" ly for Jacob Satterlli
I ouuG; for' 'William
!" <;. t yi f.Vr i : I'ar'lV. B. "i,oni " . a * 7 «
In m!! 1 « f"j; Washington llaatlUfr. M27
In Hus*. x ( onnty. for f liarirtf 11. I.ore . a uu
' Ä". ror Wu.liluxton Hast*
a I .. •••A......... .. .1,425
Aim. m iii rtm, th« - returns duly made out.
•ijf uwl and executed of tlie electlou for llie choice
Koïtv VTîrh»? , 'V' ,VO 0f t,M * ga, 'l «täte In the
it.SLZ ht *l "f. the United »taten «s
iluvlrnl r Ü\\ n * 'lV ly delivered to the
« V ».. "Y t ,,us respective Sheriff* of said
eounuea. aud the Governor baying examined the
and ascertained
d every candidate
ntatlve, the
. *,083
. 7,878
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Ne
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►mid returns, and «'numerated
the number of vote« lor each an
person voted Tor for huHi represi
follow*, to wit :
The whole number of vote» glv
tliarle» ft. Lore.
..**o*f num her of votes given for wiiVh
T MIMng' nuu ' ,M r of vot, H * ,vc >* for Joh ' '
The whole number of
hatterlhwalt«-.
The whole nil
!.. Thompson....
Now, therefore, I
the state of Ik'Uw
t'hfirlea II. L
the eleetlo ______ ___
I» «IhI> »nd h-Kaliy el« < t« d the repmientatlv« of
jnul for the Stab-or Delaware In the Forty-eighth
t'ongre»» of the l otted Staten.
tentlmouy. whereof I have hereunto
. "• Jîî' 1 h»n't,andenu«ied the Great Seal of
the State to ImafMxed at Dover, this iftth
day or November, In the year or our Lord, one
thou »and eight hundred and eight-two, and Of the
f the United State» the
••»ult appe
for
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lohn W. Hall, Governor of
du hereby declare that
•elved the highest vote at
aforesaid
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•ventb.
By the Govern«
JOHN W. HALL.
•I a Mas L. WOLCOTT, Secretary «f State.
docl-2wA2tw
■\roTICE.-I HEREBY WARN ANY
-*■ '* PERSON MjcalnKt mnkliifr, or u»lug n fids«
»tump or brum! far st.-implnp or bran.lliiK weight«
--** In ami for New Castle county. "
will »«• dealt with
Ht DEAKYNE,
Regulator of Weight« aud Measure».
the
of
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the
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'«'»ruing 1» law.
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V'OTICE.
DELINQUENTS FOR COUNTY TAXES FOR
THE YEAR 1882, IN WILMINGTON HUN
DRED.
All perm
mi« who have not yet paid County taxes
property tor the y«*ar, 1882. are hereby notified
that unies« they pay during tin* present month.
Th«* amount» «lue will he collected by legal process
and the «'«»sts attached.
WIÏ.I.1AM KYNK,
Collector North«'
Distrlut.
C. II. I). HERFORD,
District.
•hyS-tr
Collector South«
"\TOTlCE.—I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
IN TH AT I Intend to prefer a petition to the
General Assembly of the State of D« law
Vision, praying for the passage of
- uie from the Immls of matrimony with
my hushitml, Churles F. Mohlon.
n«v25-lml
II V«
JULIA MOHLEN,
J^OTICE
Delaware State Bonds !
TO BONDHOLDERS !
OFFICE OF STATF. TilKAHUUKlt,
Dovxit, Dkl„ Dec
.
UK It 1,
net «»f the General A»>
March 1«, i*M, 1
>1* Delaware HtAte l»*
bl\
lly virtue <»f
pKKM«Ml at D«>Vl
her«*by give
.on«]» (bat I
l«'ii«l at tli«* l'lilla«l«-l|iiila National Hank.
Itv of IMillml« Iplila, «lurliiK tin* biislnc »
nr» of that bank, on th«* ilivt three secular «lavs
January. 1.HÜNL prepared to pay off
all the hon«U of tin* »aid Htali* from No. 1 to No.
lio, both Inclusiv«*, or Series A. of tin* «lenomliia
tlon «.t one tli«»u*'»ii«l dollar» euch, or the Issue of
the bona» of tin* Mat«* of Delaware, under «late of
July 1, 1881, an«l that from ami after the said flr.--t
«lav of January, IKK the Interest on »ai«l bouds
will cease. ROHERTJ. REYNOLDS,
State Treasurer.
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In tli
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23-21 W.IAxvtJa nl
roll SALE .
T70R SALE.—.» GOOD SOUND HOK«K
I Ml.II I' \ KAItfi
. will work In double
«IrlvM him.
ivbodv r
J. T. GARDNER'S,
r. Beventh ami Hhlpley
•r »In>rb; harness;
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8. W. Cc
17OR RENT.—HOUSE NO. 807 WASJI
I INGTON HT RE ET; possession Immediately.
Apply on the pr«*i
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JOSEPH L. CARPENTER, JR.
t?OVL SALE.—DWELLING HOUSE NO.
I 1016 WASHINGTON »trt'«*t.
with all conveniences. Apply to
J. AUGUSTUS M'CAULLEY,
tKW Market «tret
Eleven room»
13- lin I
pOR SALE.
100 Aeres of Standing Timber.
Chlufly YELLOW PINE and MAPLE,
«1 three miles of
«; mil« of rallr«»a«l
«I adlaccnt t<* other large and fine tracts
laud the growth of which Is likewise on
t. For partlcularsas to location, price.
within on
«»f timber
the mark«
terms, et«'
sept22-<l
A«i«ire»9,
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GAZETTE OFFICE.
pOK
SALE.
34 Desirable Dwellings.
807 Washington
1 3-story brick, N«
. #7 000
. fl 000
t 8 500
. 3 000
1 4-«tory brick, «lfl King «tree
1 2-story brick, 208 Washington
I 8-story brick. 13 Mnrki t street
1 3-story brick, out Linden street..
2 2-story brick, 1W2 A WH Linde
2-story-brlck, H. V
2-story brick, »I«, M8,WU, »22 Elm
r brick, 405Monroe »tre«*t...
820,831, 833, 835 I
• mm each
•t
1 500
I (kio each
1100
Uuren dtre
-l<
-story brick, 82
.u»t street...
1 2-story brick, N . \\
•i Jîîtory 0 brkï! *n*i * Ilk El
« œÂi». ! 1.00 sack
4 2-story brick, 70«, 708, 710,
3 2-story brl«*k, 7(/7, 700
5
1 100 each
Klin aud
*t 1 100 each
12 lb
d 71»' Wright
. 1 500 each
500 each
ud Franklin
ctlon. Alsoval
2 8-story brick, 9th
now In c<
«mille truck farm .... .
nus, ronUInliiK 12 «''res ami goo*,
bulldlugs- . 10000
New Castle ave
T„.. above j™« Ä
wi7 Washington street.
:outaiu fr
t.'
nov2J-lm«lA*
roniiENT.
^Treot^wo^nvi KNTL Y SIT
' u aTED TH 1 RD-ST< >RY BO<)M8 to a family
"M"""""' A Sri' y TATKALL BTREET.
1
EVBhlO HALEH.
KALO & CO.'S
—FlItST—
PUBLIC SALE
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kTOUKS BONDS, LOANS and REAL
T'Ät^ntS Sfr. Li 1 Ki-aîïî ffij. «fcrt
ÎÂÏuîÂiïïmS'ailWNÂuSJ^wper^^
" «i* '° i 4
to
3
ft 4. ttl TM three-story brick *lwtlllng8, No^ 305
au«i 3OT Poplar street, each 7 room i; lot» 14x81 and
l4 5 Tbre^-storybrick dwilllng. IONi Delaware
v7nr<* 9room», very prominent locatlou,
s ' two lY'wt vvü-BU>ry brick .IWcllluK», »o, I
til I* » may u IiEALD ft CQ.,
Seventh and Market »treet».
In paper»
d«c6-4t
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THE TRANSIT.
Venus
Skipping Over
Face of the
Sun.
the
AN INTERESTING EVENT
AN hat the Scientists of the
A\ r orld are Looking at
To-day.
THE EXPECTED RESULTS.
Important Scientific Discover
ies Predicted.
IIOAVIT LOOKS AT HOME
VIKWH OBTAINED THKOUGII THF
" UAZEITE'H '» SMOKED GLA8SE8.
3EVEBAL LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
Tli« Lon« Star Crossing the Face of the
Hun—Wllmlngtonlans Viewing the Inter
esting Kreut —The Various PiiUHes a*
Sketched by the "Gazette's" Special
Artists.
For the last time for 122 years the planet
Venus is to-day seen traversing the disc of
the 6olar orb as a tiny black spot, just per
ceptiblffto the naked eye. There must be
few indeed who have not noted the beauties
of the brilliant star that for months paßt has
adorned the Western sky, till about two
weeks ago it was seen nightly nearing the
sun, flying towards it, dropping into it ns it
were. Of course such an appearance was
purely optical, Venus remaining at or near
the same distauce from the sun at all sea
sons and times. The real cause of the ap
proximation was the alteration in the rela
tive position of the planet, the earth and
the sun. Finally to-day the sun's face is
decorated with a tiny perfectly circular
black spot passing across it iu the direction
shown iu the engraving. But as seen from
different parts of the illuminated Bide of the
earth, from which alone the phenomenon
will be visible, the chord apparemlytlescribew
on the sun's disc will be different, and it is
just this difference which the governments
of the civilized nations of the oaith
spending to-day thousands of dollars to
ascertain.
Although the problem sought, to be
accomplished, viz : the distance of the sun
from tii«* earth, is one of the most delicate
and difficult operations in Plane Astrouomy,
the general considerations entering into the
matter are fortunately sufficiently easy of
comprehension and susceptible of illustra^
Lion. It is a matter of familiar note that
the apparent location of an object varies
with the position of the spectator. Sui>
potc a tall stall' to be set up on the ground
cutting the face of a distant hill ; two ob
servers stationed a hundred yards apart
would rcler
position
between the observers and the
staff being known, the apparent angular
separation of the lines on which the stuff
will appear on the hill face being measured
by a suitable instrument the distance of the
stuff from the hill face becomes a matter of
simple calculation,
may be given : Let a coin, say hall a dol
lar, be held up between the eye and the
moon. It will be found that to
make the coin appear just to
the inoou Änd no mofe
bo placed at
inches from the eye.
coin is about one inch, that is to say that the
width ol the coin is to its distance as one to
120. Now the diameter of the moon is 2,000
miles and under the conditions specified ft*
distance from the earth will be in the same
proportion to its diameter as the known dis
tance of the coin from the eye is to its
The latter being 2,000
pi
aud
an
tlie
the
at
fuir
saw
too
tlie
the
Of
the staff to a very different
that bill lace. Now the distance
idth of the
a
j
a
Another tliuslration
cover
must
distance oi 10 feet or 120
But tlie width of tlie
it
known diameter,
miles and tUe scale derived from the coin
lieinf? 120 to one,the moon's distance will he
■J,ü(K)xld 0 — 210,000 mile«. Now from tlds It
follows that If we know any two of the
quantities in the problem
the third, aud the coiu piny» just the part in
this simple experiment described that the
planet Venus docs to-day In its passage
across the sun, but unfortunately this Im
portant unit of measurement Is ouly avail
able on very rare occasions as will be
presently seen.
Let the reader imagine two hoops marly
equal in site laid one Vithln another; repre
senting the orbtta of the Earth and Venus,
aud a ball iu the center to represent the sun.
Then if the orbits were parallel
sented in this case by the hoops, there
would l>c a transit of Venus atevery inferior
conjunction (that Is when Venus pusses be
tween the Kurth and the sun)—the period
being 5S4 days, or barely two years. But
instead of being parallel the orbits are really
Inclined. To illustrate this let the hoops be
placed one wilhlu the other but slightly
lilted apart so us to touch ouch other inter
nally in two places. These are the only
conditions under which a transit can take
place, viz. when Vcuus, (the bull traveling
round the inner hoop) 1 b at one or other of
tlie crossing points. The one of these,called
the descending node Is reached in the monlb
of June, at intervals of H, 1Ü5, H, 122 y cur.-;
the others at tlie ascending node ut similar
intervals. Practically the transits occur
in pairs ol 8 years, separated by tlio longer
intervale. Tims the present transit is ut the
ascending node and is the duplicate of the
one wiiicb occurred in 1Ö3U, tho ilrst
ever observed. The t ranslt of 1871 ulso oc
curred at the ascending node and was tlie
duplicate of that of 1031. The next transit
will occur at the descending node
8th of June, 'J0O4 and will be a repetition of
the transit of 1701; that of June 0, 2012 will
of the celebrated transit of
hielt the distance of the earth
we can calculate
as
of
ad
..
of
the
be a recurrence
1769, by wL.
from the sun was first determined.
Mercury being like Venus an inferior
planet, whose orbit lies within that of the
earth, necessarily passes over the disc «ff the
sun in the same maimer, and tho nodes
being crossed in May and November transits
restricted to those mouths. These
phenomena arc of much more Ircquent oc
currcncc than the transits of Venus, but are
unfortunately of little use in determining the
problem, because the distance of Mer
from the earth is greater than the
, while in
same
cury c . , . ...
distance of Mercury from the
of Venus the opposite comptions
the case
revall. With the Mercurial transit we
ave a coarfely divided scale to measure
a small angle, in that of Venus a finely
divided scale to measure a large angle.
Two methods are adopted by astrono
mers lu ascertaining the distance of the
earth from the suu by means of the transits
of Venus. Stripping them of complex de
tails it may be explained that the met hod of
Halley, hither to In use, consists In selecting
two stations nearly on the same meridian of
longitude, but separated by as wide an in
terval of latitude as possible, and then ob
serving the separation of the apparent
ehords desci ibed by the planet as seen from
the two stations, which will of course be in
proportion to the distances between them.
Theoretically only two stations are required
for this method, but in practice it is found
essential to have multiple observing stations
to ensure observations at one
unfavorable atmospheric conditions may
prevail at another. In this manner the ob
servations at Chili might he compared with
those at Connecticut and
The pelielean method which is preferred
by modern astronomers depends on the fact
that the motion of places on the earth's sur
face from West to EftM In its axial rotation
being greater at the Equator than towards
the poles, the planet Venus in transit will
appear to move more swiftly across the disc
at some places than at others, and for the
same reason the transit will begin later and
cud sooner in some parts of the earth than
in others differently located. A careful
amination shows that in the United States
the entrauce of the planet on the disc will
be accelerated aud Ha egress retarded to the
greatest possible degree, while at a point
within the Antarctic Circle ( Sabrina Island )
the opposite conditions will prevail. In
fact, Öabrina Island is the only point suita
ble lor the corresponding observation.
The following is the distribution of the
principal stations : Northern Hemisphere :
Canada ; the Atlantic Seaboard of the
United States : New Mexico,
Canada ; Southern Hemisphere :
New Zealand, Patagonia, Cape of Good
Hope, Australia. In the British Isles and on
the Western Coast of Europe and Africa,
only the beginning of the transit will be
visible ; in the far Western States, Australia
and the Pacific Ocean only the end. In
Eastern Europe and Asia the phenomenon
will occur during the night and of course
be invisible.
The comparisons of the results of all the
observations, by photographs and by instru
mental observations, obtained at perhaps
100 different sources and embracing possibly
1,000 items, is a work which can hardly be
completed within the next ten years,
although its results may be approximately
guessed at within a much earlier period.
lace where
Texas,
Chili,
Just as the negative obtained by a photo
grapher goes through a multitude of delicate
pi tx-esschs before the effect appears as a fin
ished picture, so numerous, exceedingly
complex calculations, additions, deductions
aud corrections have to be made in each and
every observation before it can be used as
an elemeut in the final grand calculation.
The work of-revising aud reducing the ob
fcervations of 1874 is not yet completed aud
tlie data then obtained were few iu number
compared with those expected txvday.
The appearance of the sky at sunrise in
dicated the
certainty, c
probability amounting indeed to
f a favorable day for observing
the transit. With a very large number of
persons the early morning inquiry was
"What is all the Hisejabout They looked
at tue rising slm, btftiiothing appeared par
ticularly the matter with the monarch of
day,- as lie rose majestically through the
banks of stratus cloud.
At 9 o'clock, however, curious individuals
appeared in sundry doorways, investigating
matters with pieces of smoked glass, but
discovering nothing unusual they muttered
something about ''newspaper frauds" und
returned to their usual avocations. It is but
fuir to say that the vast majority of those
who used such a primitive resource actually
saw nothing oi the transit. The disc
too small to be seen successfully by any but
tlie keenest eye.
The telescope used by the Writer was
quite a small one—"a deer-stalker"—of lj.£
inches aperture and a power of 25. At 9.15
the planet was just visible us a notch iu the
lower limb of the sun at a little to the left
Of what would lie termed the South Pole on
At 9.23 a
;ib
a Map of the World,
j list connected by a tiny ligament (to coin
a terra) with the sun's edge and at 9.25
completely within it as iu ligure 1 :
it was
,2sa
m
HEOINXINO Of THE TRANSIT.
Tlie proportion of the planet to the suu Is
just about at it appears in the
drawing, which convoys un accu
rate impression of the beginning of the
This stage, called the first internal
was carefully watched, but l>e
transit,
contact,
yond the flue thread described, nothing w
seen of the distortions commonly described
as the "black drop," and which are prob
ably due to undulations of the solar atmos
phere, or of that of Venus; the latter
being weil known to possess an atmosphere
of a density probably exceeding that of the
earth.
At 9.45 a. in. the planet was well within
the «Use, advancing in the direction iu«li
cated by the arrow. It was noted as a curi
ous circumstance that not a single solar spot
was seen. The planet was
beautiful clearness on the sun, perfectly
round and black—or to use the expressive
simile of the writer's companion, Dr. H. R.
Wilson, it looked like a smoked marble. The
definition of the telescope was exquisite—an
instrument of far higher
furnished much less satisfactory results.
At 11 a* m. the planet, being now well
•c«l on the sun, the spot was 6ecn by
defined with
*r might have
ad Vi
.. number oi persons with the naked eye,
protected by a plate «if smoked glass. The
phenomenon \\as exhibited by the method
of projection on a screen to a number of
well-known Wllmlngtouians, chiefly in
terested In the practice of the law,
furnished by Dr. Wilson's
courtesy with an opportunity of viewing the
^At^lS o'clock the planet had advanced
nearly midway across the lower portion ol
Lire disc as in Fig. 2.
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The sky becoming overcast with clouds
about noon, the latter part of the transit
was not observed with as much sqcccss as
the first part. At 2.43, just before the last
inter, ul contact, the aspect of the transit
was as in Fig. 3, and a few minutes later
the plar et vanished from the face of the sun
to appe: r no more in that position for over a
century.
ENDING OF THE TBAN8IT.
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earth as compared with the sun may be
gained from the preceding Illustrations and
from figure 4, where 8 being the sun, V
Venus and E the earth the relative posi
tions of the three bodies are shown duriDg
the middle period of the transit.
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Although Venus is nearly if not quite as
rge as the earth, aud is at present about
1,000,000 of miles from the sun and only
about 27,009,000 of miles from the earth,
yet viewed at that tremendous advantage in
point of distance in comparison to the sun it
appears
perceptable to the unaided vision. And yet
the sun is but an atom of dust compared to
some of thw irnin« ni e bodies that are whirl
ing with inconceivable velocity through the
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A Q UK Kit DECISION.
A Ilaker Fined by tlie Mayor for Defend
ing Himself With His Tongue Against
an Angry Police Officer.
A day or two ago officer George Raymond
was met on the street by Gotiicb F. Rehfuss,
a baker, who asked the officer to pay a bill
which was owing. Raymond then took
Rchfu6S to task for having " talked about "
him in regard to the bill, and told the baker
that the street was no place tô dun him.
One word brought
tlie two men calle«! each other emphatic
liars, Raymond also declaring that Rehfuss
was a plebiun ipeclinen of mephitis Ameri
cana. The disputants parted aud last even
ing Rehfuss was arraigned befoie the Mayor
for disorderly conduct, abusive language
and assault aud battery. Raymond testi
fied to the above facts and then
declared that Rehfuss had put his
hands on liis shoulders aud pushed
him back. The officer admitted that
he was not hurt nor put in bodily fear.
A boy about 18, who saw the affair, and
called for the prosecution, said he did not
notice Rehfuss touch Raymond. Ho heard
both men swearing and calling each other
liars, and thought Raymond
The officer threatened to take Rclifuss to
the Hall, and finally left with the intention
of getting a warrant for the arrest of the
baker.
Another witness for the prosecution, a
man, saw the whole trouble aud thought it
six of oue and half a dozeu of another
as far as swearing and loud talking went,
Raymond if anything being the loudest.
Witness did not see Rehfuss touch the officer,
but saw the latter shake Rehfuss %
Harry Emmons, Esq., counsel for Rehfuss
asked lor the prisoner's discharge, ou the
ground that no assault had been e.ommitted.
The Mayor, however, in the face of the tes
timony sustained, as he always does, his
officer, aud fined the defendant $2 and costs.
another and
the loudest.
Temperano« Work.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
W. T. C. U., yesterday, the «luestiou of In
troducing text books ou the nature and
scientific effects of alcoholic drinks was dis
cussed. Mrs. Mary C. Leavitt of Massa
chusetts will probably visit Wilmington
about February 1, and labor under the
auspices of the State Union for two weeks.
The members of the Union hope to prevent
the re-issuiug of licenses to the dens ou
Front aud Water streets. Several names
were reported for membership. After the
adjournment of the business meeting
the Friendly Inn
to consider the matter of the build
ing on the east side. The structure
at the corner of Eighth and Buttonwood
streets being inadequate for the present
needs of the society. It the committee arc
enabled to erect a suitable edifice on the lot
which has been offered at the corner of
Taylor and Locust streets, they will furnish
a reading room as well as a cheap boarding
and lodging house. The matter was post
poned until Saturday evening next, when a
committee of ten promineut business men l|
expected to meet tho ladies.
Committee met
LOCAL LACONICS.
{Superintendent Westbrook is engaged in
putting up the new fire alarm boxes.
Tom, the old gray horse of the Washing
ton Engine Company, has been sold to
Dougherty «fc Bro., livery men.
Graiu shipping has begun at New Castle,
aud a vessel of 399 tous burden has arrived
there and will be loaded by W. H. Jefferson
& Co.
William M. Canby was elected president ;
John R. Elliott, vice president ; A. H.
Smith, treasurer, and Walter H. Hayes,
secretary, of the Delaware Cricket Club last
i evening.
THE WATER WITCH FAIR.
Its Conclusion Lust Night—The Articles
Chanced Off.
The Water Witch fair closed in Institute
Hall last evening, Laving had a very suc
cessful run. There was an Immense crowd
In attendance. The contest for the silver
service resulted In it being won by the
Friendship Fire Company, $159.23 being
turned In by tbàt company.
The articles chanced off were as follows :
Toilet set, Lottie Batterburv, Eighth and
Bennett streets; pincushion, C. M. Allmond,
No. 824 West street; baby coach rug, Kate
Fox, No. 303 Madison street; sewing ma
chine, Mrs. McGiuley, No. 300 East Eighth
street: revolver, Alfred Wingame, No. 414
East Seventh street: mat, J. J. Walsh, No.
624 East Third street; statuary, Frank
Phalen, No. CIO Madison street; marble top
table, A. L. Joseph; towel rack, William
Barror; toilet set,Cassie Kaine, No. 828 Madi
son street; toilet mats, James Wahl, No. 837
Jefferson street; gum boots, James Shaks
peare; lamp, Adonis S. C. Club, Allmond
Building; racking chair, Maggie Bradley,
511 Tatuall street; bank, H. Grier, 7 East
Third street; revolver, George P. Weir,
Sixth and Monroe streets; wine set, Lizlie
Perkin, No. 1110 Poplar street; work basket,
George Conard, No.
slippers. Q. B. Groves, No. 1222 Washing
ton street; banging basket, W. McSbay;
y bird aud cage, Daniel W. Carter,
121 Justlson street; pillow shams,
Nellie Francis, No. 211 West Fifth street;
vases, George P. Wier; cake dish, F.
Cochran, No'. 635 East Eighth street; box
of cigars, Robert Shuttleworth, Bancroft's
Banks ; box of cigars, Dennis Carr, No. 23
Robinson street; box of cigars, F. Keller,
No. 1209 Market street; basket, J. L.
Roberts, No. 405 Taylor street; rocking
chair, H. C. Brown; Gazette office;
box of cigars, James Moore, No. 303
South Jackson street; napkin rings, M. J.
Gorman; velocipede, Barney August, No.
633 East Sixth street; tidy,N. S. C., No. 404
Market Btreet; pair o. pants, Cyrus W.
Mitchell, No. 103 Shipley street; pin
cushiou, Ella Finnegan; pin cushion,George
Mashinud, No. 563 Swamp street; fireman
doll, Willie E. Ginder, No. 525 East Fifth
street; marble top table, J. A. Magee, No.
103 Market street; fancy lamp, Miss Jennie
Babcock,corner of Fifth and Orange streets;
fancy wax doll. R. J. Jump, Jr., No. 616
Market street; lot of kjftves and iorks, T.
M. DeCray, No. 400 West street; fancy bird
cage, Sherman, No. 714 East Seventh
street; lady's^atchel, Joseph H. Grecuman,
street; vase of wax
iruit, William Crookin, Augustiue Mills;
oil painting, Emma A. Grubb, No. 231
Walnut street; Gothic clock, Ida Shipley,
Fifth and Orange streets; lady's gold wateii,
Annie Walters, Appleton, Cecil eounty, Md.;
china tea set, Hattie Garvine, No. 217 West
street; half dozen cane scat chairs, Mrs.
Duffy, No. 713 West Ninth street; gentle
man's gold watch, John L. Wiley, No. 925
Orange street; parlor stove, Dennis J.
Harrington, No. 11 Girard street; one dozen
table knives, Bridget Naughtin, No. 811
Market street: pair of blankets, G. H.
Brown, No. 1222 Washington street; china
chamber set, Clara Thompson, No. 210
Walnut street; carving kuife and fork, Mrs.
Kate Hanlon, No. 1339 French street;
fancy tidy, Annie M. Cook, No. 112 East
Tvvelith street; bouquet table, R. Edwards,
No. 626 East Seventh street; pair faucy
vases, F. Sinclair, No. 603, Market street:
lady's sun umbrella, W. U.vtobelen, No. 6
East Sixth street; fairy basket, Teresa
Baird, No. 514 East Sixth street; vase of
waxwork, M. J. German; fine dress doll,
M. A. Larrison, No. 1037 West Seventh
street; China tea set, James Shakßpcare:
Darrel of flour, Mary AicHanev, No. 728
East Fifth street; pair of Brussels ottomans,
Louisa Bower, No. 800 Buttonwood street ;
half dozen silver spoons, Joseph P. Cross;
silver castor, Rev. M. X. Fallou, Fifteenth
aud King streets ; half dozeu sil
ver table spoons, J. A. McGee, No.
103 Market street; lancy lamp, A.
Hanna, No. 1008 Elm street; fancy napkin
ring, M. T. Mahoney, No. 836 Poplar
street; hand saw, William II. Johnson, No.
1119 West Front street; pair of chromos,
Annie Pierce, No. 413 East Fifth streit; suit
of boys' clothes, Charles W. Linvllle, No.
401 ÿouth Jackson street;
II. Staats, No. 830 Kirkwood street; pair of
6tuffcd birds, Welch; moustache cup, C. H.
Compton, No. 107 Linden street; vase, C.
K. Storey, No. 1004 Delaware avenue; silver
castor, Frank T. Porter, No. 422 Taylor
street; whisk and case, Lena Spoerl; bed
spread, J. C. Jaynes, No. 407 Lombard
street; revolver, J. B. Ginder, toilet set,
James Shakspearo; gent's silk bat: Jas. Mc
Cracken, No. 619 Vv. Second street; fancy
table cover, Sarah Brenthran, No. 523 East
fixth sticet; fancy lamp, A. W. Mahoney,
No. 733 Pine street, rockiug chair, Dr. B.
H. Smith, No. 227 Madison aveuue, Balti
more; bouquet table, J. B. Ginder; velvet
mat, Dennis J. Harrington; fancy vase of
flowers, William H. Todd, No. 907 West
Ninth street; Turkish towels, J. B. Ginder;
gent's ëlippers, C. S. Hale, No. 100 East
Seventh street; lounge, S. Mann, No. 506
Orange street; Bible, Sarah A. Bau them,
No. 523 East Sixth street; microscope,
Cash Lee; box of cigars, Ida Evans, No.
1001 Spruce street; pair of vases, Willie
Forset, Buttonwood street; parlor bag
tello table, James McGliuchey; large
pound cake, Joseph K. Adams; bouquet
stand, John W. Allen, No. 416 East Seventh
street; wax cross, William A. Gorman,
Morgan City, La.; pair slippers, Frank
Boutellc, No. 438 West street; pair vases
Maggie Kelly, No. 835 Madison street, alarm
clock, Harry Ackraman; ton of coal, Jere
miah Colton, No. 1012 West Third street,
pair of vases, J. J. Gheyt, No. 830 Bennett
street; barrel of flour, B. Cottiughain, No.
300 Maryland aveuue; revolver, E. O.
O'Donnell Deluware House; clock,
Mrs. McFarlen, No. 430 East Ninth
street; sofa, Aunio Kelley, No. 514 East
Sixth street.; amethyst ring, Kate Fox, No.
303 Madison street; lamp, L. A. Bickta;
lamp, W. G. Kobeleu; gothic clock, John A.
Serlor, No. 1024 Wilson street; album, Mrs.
Cummings, No. 402 East Twelfth street;
bed spread, Mary Peakcy, No. 214 Tatuall
street; lamp, Mrs. G. E. Ward, No. 105
East Seventh street; picture, John H. Fahey;
No. 213 East Fourteenth street; tidies, Win.
Downey, No. 22 Twentieth street; vases,
Annie McGuire, Ninth Ward; perfumery,
A. P. Henry. No. 800 Walnut street.
401 Monroe street;
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No. 417 Kin
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An engineer Dreaks Ills Tbigli.
Just after leaving Gray's Ferry at 7.49
o'clock last evening, on the way to Wil
mington, tbe "blow back" of engine No. 51,
blew out aud filled tbe cabin full of live
steam. William Lott, the engineer aud the
fireman both jumped for their lives, the
former sustaining a compound fracture of
the thigh. The difficulty was remedied and
the fireman ran the tiain to this city. Lott
was placed lu a baggage car and brought to
Wilmington aud thence to his home, 411
East Second street, where tho fracture was
reduced.
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Got on tho Wrong Train.
An Intoxicated man jumped
ware train last night, at Market street, de
claring his desire to go to New York. Find
ing he was headed the wrong way he rushed
to jump from the platform, but was seized
by the collar and hauled back, lie was
taken to New Castle, where he remained all
all night.
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A Bold Robbery.
-Anton Huuber's residence, on West
Second street, was gutted by thieves last
night, its family being chloroformed.
PLEA OF "NOTGUILTY.
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JOHN CRONEY ARRAIGNED
FOR MURDER.
COUNSEL ASK A POSTPONEMENT.
Arraignment of John Cronejr for the
Murder of Daniel Maguire—A Poet«
ponctuent Asked For and Decision Re
served.
At the Court of Oyer and Terminer this
morning the case of John W. Croney was
called, and the prisoner placed iq the dock.
Mr. Whiteley of the defense protested that
the prisouer should not be arraigned until
the case was ready for trial, and spoke for
half an hour for a postponement of arraign
ment.
The court decided to have the prisoner
arraigned, and he was told to stand up
while the clerk read the indictment, charg
ing him with murder in the first degree.
Croney, who looked pale and worn, though
firm, never took his eyes from the clerk as
he read, and then pleaded not guilty.
Levi Bird, Esq., then asked that the trial
be postponed until the May term, aud At
torney General Gray objected upon the
ground that the large number of cases theu
would make too much business. He did
not want to press the matter too closely, and
was willing to agree to a postponement
until February.
The Chief Justice thought in
the kind justice should be meted out swift
aud sure aud the case ought to be tried as
soon as possible, but the dcscision of the
court was reserved for the present.
DEAD IIORIES.
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What Two Police Officers Found at an
Furly Hour Tnlg Morning—An Import
ant Arrest.
Last night officers Bromall and White
started for llcdgevilc ou the lookout for
burglars, having been informed that a rob
bery was in contemplation In that neighbor
hood. About 1.30 this morning, while they
were lying in wait approaching footsteps
were heard, and soon the figure of a man
carrying a bag was noticed. The officers
stopped him and asked what he had. They
were told that it was ouly a bundle, but an
examination proved that the negro, for such
he was, w r as weighted down with a heavy
load of poultry. The fellow gave his name
as Frank Jackson, aud was told by the police
that he was the man they were alter, one of
the officers holding a warrant for his arrest.
The man was taken to the Hall and the con
tents of the bag dumped upon the floor.
There were ten large chick<>us, all of the
Brahma variety, each being as fine a bird as
ever is found in the market. The fowls
were yet warm when arriving at the Hall,
although the prisoner stoutly declared that
they were his own and that he had brought
them from Maryland, where he lived and
had plcuty more of the same kind. The
bag containing the chickens was a new one,
bearing the stamp of J. H. Cranston & Co.,
Newport, Del.
The low Is had all been killed by having
their necks wrenched, and are now in the
corridors of the police station awaiting iden
tification.
The officer« doeerve credit for She w ay In
which Jackson was apprehended. The
darkey is an old offender, living everywhere,
and lor a long time has been under pollue
surveillance.
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The Handers Case.
At the opening of Court at 2.45 yesterday
afternoon, Chas. B. Lore, Esq., began his
address to the jury in the «Sanders case. He
took up carefully the similies put forth
by the opposing counsel, the facts of the
case and the undoubted evidences of fraud.
He spok| lor exactly two hours, and was
followed by Mr. Spruence, who at 6 o'clock
was still speaking. The geutlemau,
as is his custom of late, gave a
reporter a jab iu the following paragraph:
"The senior counsel talked for two hours
like a man who was regardless of any here
after—like a man who did not know that
there
another man to follow him. Ills
memory was strengthened by slips from a !
newspaper which from beginning to end of
this case has characterized itself by wilful
perversions of the testimony. But you,
gentlemen, turning to the jury, "don't care
what the newspaper says; no more do I. 1
shall try to state this testimony aud if I
not right you are the ju iges."
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A Good Old AI:
On Monday evening Albert O. Newton, an
aged citizen of St. Georges, died after aud
illness oPsome months, with a fever of the
typhoid nature. Deceased was ubout 80
years of age, and had enjoyed excellent
health up to some time duriug the past sum
mer when he began to fail,
he went to Sau _
son living there,
about 16 mouths ago. He had lived In
Delaware siuce he was 16 years ol age, hav
ing come from Virginia. He was always a
Democrat and was several times a member
of the Legislature. His eldest brother
was a cemmodore of the United Btates
Navy; oue of his sisters married iuto a"
well kuown New York family hud he was
connected by several ties with the best
3oeiety in that city. He was also distantly
related to General Newton, the engineer,
now chief inspector of improvements in the
East River at Hell Gale.
In the spring
raneisco to visit his only
Mr. Ncwtou's wife died
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As a neighbor and
a citizen the deceased was admired and re
spected by all who knew him.
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Hearings Hull at tlx« Hull.
Three plaiu drunks were settled by the
Mayor this morning, an old man and a
woman, the latter on crutches, wer« dis
missed with a reprimand from custody. The
aged couple were foreloru in appearance
and stated that they were on their
from the Reading poor house to Philadel
phia, where they lived. Both of them
more or less uuder the influence of liquor
yesterday and were arrested for creating a
disturbance on the street.
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A Handsome Prcseut.
There is probably nothing would make a
more acceptable and useful holiday present
than a comfortable easy chair. Before pur
chasing a present <«f any kind call at sales
room, No. 145 North Eighth street, Phila
delphia, and examiue the library reclining
chair, having over 59 changes of positions.
It iß a wonderful piece of furniture, hand
somely upholstered aud sold as low os $6.
Those who tiud it inconveuicnt to call
would advise to send for catalogue.
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A Curgo of Beer.
A single cargo of beer comprising flv.r.r
loads was received a few days ago by John
Mealoy, No. 80S Market street, agent lor tbe
celebrated Budweiser beer of C. Conrad &
Co., St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Meuiey is also sole
agent for Werner & Co.'b famous cham
pagne, and bus one of the lincst stocks of
choice wines and line liquors to be found
this side of New York.
Douglass R. Hale, manager of the Chicago
Clearing House, married a woman who had
been the wife oi two burglars and was her
self an experienced thief. He did not know
this at the time, aud did nut part with her
when he discovered it, but let hitnself drop
gradually to her level, and is now accused,
ill Milwaukee, of complicity In one of her
recent crimes.
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