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NEW SERIES—VOL. XI-NO. 27
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1890.
FARMERS IN CONFERENCE
Meetingof New Castle County
Institute at Newark.
DOMESTIC SUGAR INDUSTRY
Dr. Neale's Able Paper on the
Cultivation of Cane.
A New Suggestion for Delaware HWraunr*
—Prof. Beckwith Di»
Insects and Ins«
on Injur
clt
Hpecial Corre»pondence of Gazetto and Journal
Nkwakk, Dee. 1ft.—The meeting of the
Farmers' Institute of New Castle County,
s held hero yesterday afternoon,
of the best attended of
s. The f
atoi
Chester's recituti
g, b«*cause an apartment w
light could bo excluded,
which
icent
Ion instead of being
as held in Professor
in the college
needed
held in the
buildi
where
make the lantern views
all and
d dark, but about sixty or more farmers
managedto crowd into the space and listen
with interest to the excellent, addresses and
I
sh. The
ly crowded
snt on the views pro
.•as by the aid of a cal
cium light. Those illustrations w
faithful to nature and were admirable
s of the work of the experiment
look with wonder
,j< I
the
and its officers.
statini
The meeting was opened by the presi
dent. Dr. .1. .1. Black of New Castle, wh
of the
the p
d called
ion Prop
■
Hi.
Idr<
»f Plant
copiously illustrated
nils of spores, larva
taken from life by the aid
pe and enlarged many diani
ir and
hing them to
"F
Di
by
ofà. ra TI
very clei
helpful
discern
»1 classify plant disc
us by »'ri.fi
or M.
II. Beckwith on "Injurious Insects and
Insecticides." This was also illustrated
with many
The next address
iews of minute insects
many ti
•s magnified that a
a mammoth
His
fly looked very like
ichtbvo^aunis
address
show that the grain aphis or lo 1
r abundant upon wheat and
to that crop in the New Eng
land states. New York, north-easte
«I t hroughout Cunadadur
1861. The
rent
lv
1
and oat cron
ing the >
for the p
injured bv
State. :*
nlso bee
states.
This insect c
emulsi
years have been greatly
insect throughout this
o those crops have
3 vend of the western
this
navy ms
reported
be readily destroyed with
I «
, but the expense of ap
•medy tlpr
' impracticable. The
liiri-o
; the
"t'
1er
number of insect
unies that prey upo
the aphis and we must rely upon tl'ioir aid
to protect our crops. There aro nine
species of beetles that destroy large
bers of the insects, among which are eight
lady bugs, which
both in t heir larval and mature forms prey
upon them. <>f the diptera or two-winged
Hies there are several species that
great, assistance. Several very small flies
common
der
o parasites of the wheat, aphis, o
.•liicii, aphidius granarianhorus, has been
erv abundant for several seasons.,
They lay an egg within the bodies of the
wingless forms of the aphides, and the
maggot that hatches from tiie egg feeds
upon the fatty portions of the aphis,
thereby causing its death, and finally tho
maggot or larva transforms to a pupa
within the body of the «lead aphis and
eventually the dead insect emerges through
the skiu of the aphis. The parasitized
aphides are readily known by the dirty
color of their body. The ravages
alluded to and its
■•I
of the Hessian fly w
îihod, causing injury to growing plants,
was explained. Tlicro are t wo broods of
this Insect. Several narasi tes thut destroy
large numbers of tliis insect wire re
but late seeding, high culture
»wing of *he hardiest varieties
fc
•d to.
«1 the gr<
practical
unbatthig this ins
itlu.il ot
Igo, lias for
iscil immense injury to the
..... ! »us localities by the larva
from the eggs laid within the blossom,
feeding upon the berry, causing it to
shrivel. This insect was very abundant in
1819.* In the ye
1851 the damage to the wheat crop in
to was estimated at over $9.000,000.
The wheat
ore than
il New York i
The
1859, and
> damage. The
uddcnly disappeared i
IV
vh
j"i
;as spoken of,
•as described,
that of the wheat bulb wo
American
Dr. A. T. Neale was next introduced to
speak mi tho subject «»f the "Progress Made
Lust Reason Towards a Domestic Sugar
Industry." Phis wasflistencd to with rapt,
attention and created a marked impression
«»n the farmers, many of whom believes
with the doctor that sugar cane raising
and sugar making is bound to bee«
profitable industry for the Delaw
farmers. The address was so
and of such importance that i
in full. Many slides w
1
interesting
' s here
g»v
which mad«» elet
niuking by the dittusio
process of sugar
gbatteu', Ac. lie
"Our last
dits the United
•I1SUS
.States with a populatio
Statisticians est
and child on this roll
Is of
of 63,000,000.
ate that each
msunies on
annum;
rs 2,900,
crape 03 po
d hum be
?ct t
• fJ> nCL 1
will take i
of refined sugar
I. L ' '
, which
's de
150,000 t»
mill i
In this event
se
for that state.
be obliged to import 93 per
necessary supply, und by so doing we will
be found to pay tribute to the laml holders
of nearly every other civilized country of
; shall
•lit of the
the world.
"We nil know that the farmers of this
Peninsula are looking for another ni
making crop, and the question is, e
own sugar market with
«1 the tropical
beet
planters. I believe that we c
1 the only question is as to which
etliods of conducting the business
dll in the long
farmer i
<în it now, buf 1 admit that it will require
tiie very closest business management. I
base my claim in part on past crops
New Jersey sugar station, and '
upon the efficiency of the machinery tested
lasted year at Rio Grande.
"An average ton of field sorgh
irchuntable '
lo
of tw<
prove best, for -the
particular, und the country i
I say that I believe that wè ca
the
in 1888
:■ ■:
and 11.5 gall«
eludin
value
Grande House was equipped last
it could have been made to work 50 tons of
hours, at a total cost of #110, or
of low grade
ts have
90. As the Rio
S
on. This includes all expo
for cutting and hauling cane, working on
tiie products, paying for barrels, Ac. This
PP
1 »■
ised for
per
$2.50 per ton; he
curing SO pounds of sugar. 11.5 gall»
molasses and 1.5 bushel seed should not
exceed $4.75 per ton, leaving a balance of
$2.15 per ton for salary account of super
intendent, for interest on 300 acres of land
and
the totul
of
capital invested
this basis in
other.
! system, I mean that which
of management and 22 p
"By the «
makes the farmer an equal partner in the
profits or losses of the business. By the
other, I mean that one which farmers gen
erally have followed in the west mid else
where, viz., accepting #2.50 per ton for
2 delivered at tiie sugar he
and allowing those who manage the
ohiuery to run ail the risks and reap all
L - -
their
the benefits. If
farmers to sell ci
capitalist ca
t o him at
per cent on h
show
persuade
50 per ton,
ital of
to-day that the
lie
#20,000. I ai
chinery used in extra
re complicated than that
st use in ordinary farm manage
ait, and that when it has bee
»lained, and a few days' experience with it
ias been gained, your ordinary farm labor
can use it with good results.
"By this step i hope
both courses of raannngement
you. After I ante
machinery have been shown, I will e
douvor to explain what the possibilities of
this sorghum plant really aro. That is, to
show a target at which you can direct your
efforts, for I feel that tho inventors of
ihinery have done their part well and
believe that our ability to compete with
foreign resources must now depend upon
farming skill, upon business ability, and
upon the efforts of the experiment stations.
oting
mch of
von
to demonstrate that
slides to illustrate said
"With a sugar In »use equipped
should be, and capable of handling Ö0 tons
of field sorghum daily for 00days, the p
sihilities
follows.
interest
fâ.iîooo.
$41,00 », SO
r cent interest
*41,11
J. 30 pc
it on M0,U
I-, UJ1 pc
con£ Interest
internst
fit Oil), 50 p
14 per co
Interest
o, Ü8
H >,00
s crons of the abi
ho actually produced? Several hundred
of selected stalks, carried out this year by
Professor Penny, chemist of the station,
ith 14 per
have been found
28 exam
■
foil
« '
ore of Hug:
11 per cent of all
e containing 13 per cent
170) (02) in more than
d that c
cent
3li
That ca
more of sugar
per cent of all
per cent sugar (270) 177 have been found i
more than 63 per cent of all
» with 12
umined.
"The fact that averages for an entire sea
son sink to 9 and 10 per cent, at that 11 per
m an average would give a very hand
profit to all concerned, indicates,
that the plant is to blame, but that
•thods of farming are such that a field is
not uniform in ripening, that good high
testing cane are neutralized by bad juices
from immature cane mixed in with tho
rop. To grow a field unifo
ripening is the farmer's problem, t«
age the products in the
manner, and to :
time for tho best
of
sell them at the proper
rail able prices, is the
business side of the matter;
in detecting wastes in the manufacturin
processes, to prevent extravagance an
losses in fertilizing fields, to tost ne'
' ities of sorghum, and to aid in keeping
2h variety pure, is the duty
of the experiment station. 1
vinced that the farmers of this Peninsula
have all natural advantage necessary for
developing a profitable sugar industry.
They should set; to it that they take advan
tage of the present favorable legislation to
establish themselves while such support is
available."
the only addresses delivered,
although many questions were asked the
lecturers when they had finished. After a
resolution thanking tue officers of the
Experiment Station for their lectures and
views was passed,* the institute adjourned
to meet at Hockcssin on the third Monday
in January.
Home of those present were J. Wesley
Webb, John Q. Stirling, J. Wilkins Cooch,
E. 1). Talley, G —-— v — T '- -
Delaw
Lindsay, William Ke
I to aid
I lit- Sl-eil f
These w
e(i. Kerr, Dr. Skinner,
'illiam Cooch, Samuel
xly, W. H. Smith,
Charles Walton, Steven Walton. Peter
Clark,
Muggitt, George Ï). Medill, Daniel Draper,
John Lewis, Exun Lewis, Janies liossinger,
Janies Wilson, Charles H. Cannon, Joseph
Rankin, John MeKeownn, ex-Scnator
Crossan, WTllium Stroud, James Henry
and many others from all over the county.
to Largest Ship Afloat.
The Shenandoah, the largest ship ever
built in America and next to La France,
a Clyde-built ship, tho largest ship in
the world, arrived in New York, Tues
day. The Shenandoah registers 3,408
tons, and has a displacement of 5,000
tons. La France, a five-master, regis
ters 5,000 tons, but is a steel ship, the
Shenandoah is 325 feet over all, 4!) feet
beam, 29 feet deep and draws 27 feet of
water. She is a full rigged ship on every
spar except the jigger mast. Her four
great masts tower about 110 feet above
the deck, and Captain Murphy estimates
that she carries 11,000 feet «ff canvas.
The cargo capacity of the Shenandoah
when loaded to the water line is stated
to be 5,000 tons.
D«>atli or It«-uben|J. Flick.
Wilkebbarre, Pa.,T)cc. 18.—Reuben
J. Flick,
of the most prominent citi
zens of this section of the state, died
this morning of blood poisoning, aged
75 years. lie was connected in a busi
capacity with the Vulcan iron
works, the lace factory, the Newell
Clothing Company, the Wyoming Val
ley Ice Company, tho electric company,
the iron bridge company, the Wilkes
barre «fc Kingston railway and as trustee
of the board of trade, the city hospital,
tho Home for Friendless Children in this
city and of Lincoln University, Oxford,
Pa. Also a director in the Pennsyl
vania, Lehigh & Eastern Railway Com
pany. He leaves an estate valued
$500,000.
Thirty Thousand Dollar» for Delaware.
A Washington dispatch says that accord
ing to a statement made by the third aud
itor of the treasury, the following amounts
account of advances and expenditures
in the war of 1812, with interest computed,
will be due on the 1st of January next:
New York, $100,773; Pennsylvania, $368,
411; Delaware, $30,717; South Carolina,
$349,047: Virginia, $1,460,657, and to the
city of Baltimore, $90,672. As far as Del
îrned, the
en tire rsurpi
mington scorning to know that Deiaw
had such a claim against the government.
It is understood, however, that tho claim
is for raising and equipping troops in this
fctatc for service m tho war of 1812. Con
an Bonington, it is said, discovered
d pushed it
ï in Wil
gres.-m
the claim
issue.
•cessful
minois
er Co
The lllnois Leather Company's branch
factory in this city, for preparing hair from
morocco factories for the market, will start
in operation about January 15th or Feb
ruary 1st. This company purchased J. B.
Foster's carriage fuctory beyond the Mar
ket street bridge. Manager Wright of the
company lias been superintemiing
tensive alterations and improviucntsiuthe
old building for the past two weeks. It is
being cleaned strengthened and prep
for the new machinery. A
engine are to be put in.
boiler and
Governor Puttlson's Cabinet.
A Harrisburg, Pa.,
•espondent
gives the following as the slate for Gov.
Pattison's cabinet : Attorney-general,
W. U. Hensel. [Since the financial
trouble of ex-Senator Wallace he is
strongly backed for the post and it is
stated Mr. Hensel will withdraw in his
favor.] Secretary of Stale, W. F. Ilar
rity, Philadelphia; Adjutant-general
ship, Captain McClellan, Pittsburg; In
surance Commissioner,George B. Luper,
Meadville.
The schooner Joe Neff ran ashore._
Southport, North Carolina, on Tuesday
night week. The crew was saved with the
exception of one man who was frozen to
death.
THE WIND AND TIDE,
Schooner Wrecked In the River off
Delaware Clty t .
,vn 1 t>K~
The Crew !
rvowly Escape»
High Wii'er at New Castle—Other Notes
S|„,
mispondencn of Gazette and Journal
Castle, Dec. 18.—One of the
heaviest storms that has prevailed in
yesterday
Delaware
rough and swollen, and the
spec
Nr
this section for 3 r ears raged
and did much damage. The
river
evening tide covered two of the ice piers
in the harbor and several wharves. A
small sloop anchored above here the
previous night and her crew retired for
the night. On awaking in tho morning
they found that her sails had been torn
into shreds and she had dragged anchor
for 300 yards and been blown ashore. A
large skiff belonging to a New* Jersey
fisherman was sunk and its new fittings
ray. A big three-masted
schooner was washed ashore at Key
bold's stone w liarf, about four miles down
, and her crew left to spend
their Christmas vacation while the
vessel is being floated and put in
a seaworthy condition. Shortly before
noon the tug Crawford attempted to get
into the harbor but could not breast the
immense breakers, some of
the largest ever seen here and washed
ror the piers and wharves, foaming
and roaring. A huge breaker struck the
tug to starboard and ran clear over her,
some of tho spray splashing down
the smokestack, nearly extinguishing
the fires. A vessel load of cord wood
the wharf of Morris, Tasker &
Co., and a large force of workmen had
to remove it ill cars, in the blinding
rain storm, getting it safely housed just
before the tide came up over the wharf.
Many small boats in the steamboat dock
were swamped.
The storm damaged many houses
throughout the city. Two chimneys
were blown to pieces from the residence
of George Edwards, florist, just above
the city. The heavy rain put the roads
in a miserable condition and the wind
blew down fences all around the neigh
borhood. At the Delaware iron works
the wind caught a large pile of light
sheet iron twisted the. sheets and scat
tered them all over the ground. One of
the Hying sheets struck George Hewlett,
a carpenter, on the head, stunning him
for an instant and inflicting a painful
wound.
Navigation was almost at a standstill
all day, and nothing but tho largest ves
sels would venture to breast the awful
elements. The steamship Ohio of the
American Line, Captain Sargeant,passed
up from Liverpool, three days overdue.
The steamer Hampton, from Hamburg,
November 19th, also overdue, and the
steamer Cape Breton, from New York,
E assed up in the evening. The bark
upland passed up in the afternoon,
having breasted tho awful storm from
the Breakwater. The Earn Line steam
ship Wygo, for St. Jago, anchored off
here, her master fearing to proceed fur
ther down until the storm had subsided.
Tho Red Star Line tug Juno lay in the
harbor last night.
NO DAMAGE AT LEWES.
re re washed
the
•hich w
Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
Lewes, Dec. 18.—-A severe gale of
wind from the northeast prevailed here
on Tuesday night and Wednesday
ing. It began about 10 o'clock Ti
night and lasted until 10 o'clock
nesday morning. Few vessels were at
Breakwater, or much damage
would have been done. A very
tide was brought in and a fearful
lashed the vessels in the harbor. A fine
large schooner commenced to drag her
anchors, but the gale soon abated and
she rode it out.
Reports from Rehoboth beach say every
thing is all right there.
SCHOONER WRECKED
GROUNDED.
Ppeotal Correspondence ot Gazette and Journal
Delaware City, Dec. 18.—The storm
was of great severity at this
he blow on the river * was ter
morn
uesday
Wed
high
damage is reported.
yesterday
point. T
riffle, doing considerable damage. Two
scows and the schooner McCabe*were
grounded
gotten off without sustaining much
dtimage. A steamer of the Erricson
obliged to seek shelter and lay
to all day in the harbor. The schooner
Mary H. La Dow was foundered just
across from this city and completely
wrecked. Her crew of five men
obliged to take to the life boat and en
deavored to 'make this shore, but the
storm was too heavy and they were
unable to reacli here. But for the timely
assistance rendered by a tug, the boat
load would have been drowned. The
here, being cared for by
There was much appre
hension here ns to the evening tide, but
fortunately the wind subsided and the
water did not raise to a dangerous point.
the sand beach, but were
line
Burvivers
A. B. Asher.
RAPID TRANSIT.
l'hilndelpliiu Council» Pass the Reading
Terminal and Beit Line Ordinance».
Phil*
a complete collapse of the ojpposi
Beit line and Reading Railroad
ordinances, which have been fought by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for years.
To-day the common council passed' both
dinances without amendment and almost
unanimously. They now go to the mayor,
who promised to sign the Belt line ordi
nance, and is expected to sign the Reading
Terminal.
The Belt Line bill provides for the c
struction of a railroad 25 miles long along
tho Delaware river front and arounu Point
Breeze to the Schuylkill river.
The Reading Terminal bill allows the
Philadelphia A Reading Railroad ('
puny to extend its tracks from the present
terminus, at Ninth and Green streets, to
Twelfth and Market streets, about 10
blocks nearer tho centre of the city, by
means of an elevated railroad. It is esti
mated that the extension of the road will
cost between seven und eight millions of
.PiiiA, Dec. 18.—'There has been
ition to the
Terminal
dollars.
Tho common council also passed the
ordinance for the construction of an cle
M ark et street.
ed railroad
It. provides for a road from the river to
Sixty-third street, passing around the pub
lic buildings. The privilege to build the
road is to be sold to the iiighest bidder.
The tracks are to be of standard gauge, so
that they may be used by the Pennsylva
railroad, and it is expected thut that
company will bid for the road, so as to be
able to run its excursion trains through to
Market street ferry.
The Losses Will be Very Slight.
Select Castle, A. O. K. of 31. C. met
Thursday, when the position of Recording
Scribe George P. Clayton, the absconder,
and John Percy
till his place. Clayton's defalcù
was suspected,
re will not lose
recently stated
ible that
1
elected
large os
The Select Castle of Dclaw
more than the small
in the Gazette. It is posa
even that will be reduced.
The treasury department last week
purchased 210,000 ounces of silver. The
amount offered
further purchases will be made until
January 2d, 1891.
657,000 ounces. No
NOTICE
The Police Signal System 1» Awaiting
Hi» Pleasure-City Council.
The police committee, at Thursday night's
meeting of City'Council reported in-favor
of awarding the contract for laying a tele
graph cable across the Christiana to Frank
Barrett, at $05, and the report was adopted.
Then tho police committee presented the
following report :
THE MA TOR.
Y
iild respectfully
mittee
ed by City «
' M,i
-il
i .Mayor Harri
h 1
Ißt
8 wieg
instant.
r committee advised tho mayor that it
leal re of
11(21* »if.
; system put in opérai loi
official
a ready for us
e the matter under immediate
uottiication
e tho mayor
(1
tup
'• the syate
would
Bidoratlon.
This report was also adopted.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on petitions for the repayment of
overpaid taxes, as follows : Isaac .fefferis,
».no; Adam it. Fox, $4.28. Adopted.
Tim ordinances regulating the payment
of bills and the burial of bodies of persons
dying of contagious dis
with the
In lieu of the
•6.
rore returned
isolation offered at lost
meeting respecting the operation of 4he
police signal system Mr. White offered the
following a*« a substitute:
WHltKKAS, The policé con
having re
bo officially
not!ilod of
»igiial sys
Ol
Jaynor police
ujfore taking into e
opernMo
<1 It m
belnR
entity
advantage*
be gained by the
o detdrn of Co
deprive tho citiznn»
oil
hi
th« e
additional protection that wi 1
of the system; therefore,
Hcon/vd, That May
notiflod
Harrington is hereby
, city Council
oil ti practical working of the system
ich wna satisfactory, and ou N
by the p
• 87 th,
t of
Otl
plan«. The Com<cil 1 b of the opini
ice made to f
operation.
tho eyste
Rv«alved t That tho clerk
transmit to .Mayor Harrington a oo^-y
The.substitute was unanimously adopted,
without discussion.
Tho city treasurer reported : Balance in
hand to'the credit of current expenses,
$90 801.57; special deposit. $12,849.62; total,
$103,651.19. Receipts for the week: Collec
tor Mcaley, $475; Collector Mitchell, $500;
Collector Moody, #275.
A communication from the Street ami
Sewer Department, stating that the award
of $250 to Lavinia I'rice for the opening of
Sycamore street had been accepted, and
asking Council to nay the same, as per
agreement, was read and referred to the
finance committee.
A communication from the city solicitor
in reference to the hill of the Sunday Star
for publishing the delinquent tax list,
stated that a strict construction of the city
charter, which provided that the list
should be published in two daily papers,
prohibited its publication in any other
Baugh inquired of the solicitor if
the city was bound for the publication,
it wus ordere» l by the committee.
City Solicitor Lynam said ho could not
see how the city could be bound, as the
agent in this case exceeded his authority.
A communication from the city treaa
îr, containing a list of the water bonds
and the interest thereon (bonds, $606,500,
interest, $31,990), was read and the clerk
instructed to send a copy to the water de
partment.
Assessments for new curbing and side
walks in various parts of the city, amount
ing to $75)4.65, were confirmed and referred
to the auditor for collection.
The school board's December
tion, $8,691.60, was ordered to be
The solicitor was instructed to settle tho
city's judgment against tho Delaw
Company of $1,000, the debt having been
a^propria
set tied.
The following proposal for furnishing
2,000 or more stamped dog tags was
opened : W. E. Lindsey, $19 per 1,000.
There was also a proposal from John
Huphey, but it was unsigned and
coinpauied by a bond, as required by ordi
nance. Council, however, insisted on hav
ing it read. His figures were $25 per 1.000.
President Farra announced that hereafter
irregular proposals,not made out in aocord
;e with the charter, would not be pre
sented to Council. Tho bids were referred
to the police committee.
An order was directed to be drawn in
favor of Tax Collector John J. Mealey for
$258.
A Hi
Elkton, Md., Dec. 19.—A distressing
gunning accident occurred this morning
the farm owned by Capt. Washington
Foster, about nine miles below Elkton,
tho Elk river, opposite Welsh Point,
and tenanted by his brother, Capt.
William Foster. Two sons of the latter,
Jesse, aged 18 years, and William, aged
21 years, went gunning for ducks along
the bank of the river. They had but
gun, a No. 12 breech-loader, belong
ing to William. Jesse had the gun,
and was in the act of handing it
to William with the muzzle pointed
towards himself,
some manner tlischarged. The load
entered tl e right arm of the unfor
tunate young man and passed into his
breast. William, who was greatly ex
cited, rushed to their home for his
father, their house being not far distant.
In the meantime, W. F. Watson and
Joseph Simmonds of Centreville, Md.,
who were gunning in a boat near by,
had come ashore and found the young
dead from a frightful wound.
When the father and some other
bers of the family arrived the scene was
very affecting. Jessie was the socond
of eight children.
'h Fatal Rliot.
'hen it was i
Downward-Hill Nuptials.
Miss Annie Weston Hill, daughter of
tho Rov. Charles Hill, pastor of the
Elkton Methodist Episcopal
and sister of the Rev. Charles A. Hill of
Centreville, Md., was married yesterday
afternoon week at 6 o'clock to Henry C'.
Downward, who resides in this city,
and is engaged in business in Philadel
phia. The ceremony was performed in
the Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church
by the father of tho bride and in the
presence of a largo assemblage, includ
ing many from a distance. The bride
was attired in white faille and carried a
bouquet <ff roses. Asher A. Sc«»tt played
the wedding march, and the ushers wero
William L. Todd, Joseph H. Menden
hall and William K. Reynolds of this
city, and James G. Downward, Jr., of
Coates ville, Pa. A reception
after the ceremony at the parsonage.
Another Railroad Change.
The Clayton toll says: "Henry L.
Fulenwider (oft Wilmington) assistant
supervisor of the Delaware division and
branches, with headquarters at Clayton,
has resigned to accept a position as chief
of the draughting department in the
boiler department of the Edge Moor
Iron Works. Mr. Fulenwider was ap
pointed assistant supervisor January 1st,
1877, and has made one of the best
supervisors the Delaware division has
ever had. It is with feelings of regret
that the railroad officials part with his
services, as they recognize i
valuable assistant. The Edge Moor Iron
bo congratulated in securing
the services of Mr. Fulenwider."
Church,
C
in
$4
to
him a
W orks
Representatives of 16,000 minors met
last week in Altoona, Pa., to formulate
a demand for a general increase in
wages, to take effect on January let.
to
$
NEWS OF (TTY AND. STATE
A Delaware Physician Studies
Under Dr. Koch.
ELECTRIC WIRES#KILL A HORSE
A Brilliant Wedding at Mil
ford.
A Sad
Mu
Stricken with Apoplexy.
niul Sudden Death—Mr». Hot
m of the Ho
vnputhic Hospital.
Mrs. Mary A. II
' ' i Howard, sup« inn tende
jopathie Hospital, was stricke
apoplexy Thursday afternoo
No. 432 East .Seventh street,
•urd, the wife of
»f the
Edw
Ho
ith
, in front of
d «lied ul
«»st instantly.
Mrs. Howard started to
maker, Mrs. Fullerton, at No. 321 I
Seventh street,
Not being familu
her dre
sdity afternoon,
fith the locality, she
confused. The ai>
ibablv added its effect
toiler bewilderment or perhaps caused it.
About 4.30 o'clock she crossed E
enth street and sat «I»
No. 432, burying her ft
young man pa
mg stopped,
head, as if to
face downward «
evidently
prouching stroke
bee
8ev
the steps of
her hands. A
i hearing her m<
ised her
something, and fell
the pavement. Her
lace was cut and bruised by the fall, which
also caused blood to flow from the nostrils.
The young mt
*ed
summoned Dr. J. IL
Smith, who said that Mrs. Howard had
had a stroke of apoplexy, and that sho was
dead, death having resulted when she fell
Coroner Sparks was notified and the
body removed to Dr. Smith s
Seventh and Poplar streets. Mr. How
was notified by telephone, and, going to
the house, identified his wife.
Mrs. Howard c
! from Braintree, Mass.
She was 53 years of age and her maiden
name was Wilde. Mr. Howard and Mrs.
Howard have been at the Homoeopathic
hospital for 14 months and Mrs. Howard
has greatly endeared herself to the attaches
and patients.
They came to this city from the Ly
.School for Boys in Massachusetts, w
Mrs. Howard was matron for eight years,
having 40 boys in her charge. She had a
and
rhere
wonderful influence
since she has been in this city a number
have visited or written lier to express t he
debt they felt for her influence in leading
them to a manly and upright life. Mrs.
Howard's sudden death is a severe shock
to her husbnnd.
,-er young
IV CLOSE EY-THA IF.
A Brilliant
oiuo Wedding at Milford
Yesterday.
Special Correspom
of Every Evening.
Milford, Dec. 18.— Miss Bessie Thaw a
popular society belle of this tow
united in marriage last evening to Frank
McCloskey, a prominent young Philadel
phian. The wedding was à brilliant affair,
the guests including tho best known society
people of the Peninsula, with prominent
personages from neighboring cities. Fat her
Lancaster, from the Jesuit Brotherhood,
Baltimore, celebrated the ceremony
at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Thaw.
Beneath a largo marriage bell of
green in the hadsomely decorated parlor
happy pair stood as they plighted their
troth. The ushers headed the bridal party
to the parlor; they were : Messrs. Louis anil
Alfred MoCloskey,Harry Peale, Dr. Joseph
Spelling, Charles Lynch of Philadelphia
George B. Heckel. Immediately follow
ing came the bridesmaids : Miss' Brady of
Middletown; Miss Madeline White of Mt.
dure, N. J.; Miss Welt berger and Miss
Elbe McCloskey (sister of the groom) of
Philadelphia, Misses M. and L. Causey of
this town. The groom escorted Mrs. Thaw
and the bride entered on the arm of Edwin
H. Brown, state'treasurer of Maryland,
who gave her away. A ring was used i
the ceremony. The bride's costurao w
exceedingly handsome, of White satin
train embroidered with muslin disw
and trimmed in orange blossoms and
white hyacinthes and carried a bouquet of
bride's roses. The bridesmaids were each
attired in costumes of wliito crepe de clene
trimmed in muslin diswan and carried
bouquets of pink popugonda roses. After
the ceremony which was performed
at. 12.30 p. in., a reception was held at
the bride's home.
Among those present.
: Mr. and Mrs. James McCloskey of
Philadelphia, parents of the groom, Miss
Marne McCloskey of Philadelphia and Mrs.
Dr. DeCaussa of Asninwall. C. A., sisters
of the groom. Mrs. Henry White of New
York, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brow
Centreville, Md., 'Mr. James Wilt berger of
Philadelphia, Miss Wiltberger of Philadel
phia. Miss Green, Miss Manic Kelly, Miss
Wiltberger, Miss E. Miller, Miss Evelline
Douredoure, Mr. David Wiltberger of Phil
adelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Wright of Allen
town, Pa., Mrs. White of Mt. Clair, N, J.,
H. C. White of Mt. Clair, N. J., Stephen
Green of Philadelphia, Hon. and Mrs. A.
B. Richardson of Dover, Miss Mabel Jor
don of Boston, Misses Maine and Sallic
Marlett of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs.
David T. Marvel of Georgetown, Mr.
Simeon Pennewell of Greenwood, Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Hall, Mrs. Ruth Carlisle,
Miss Annie Watson, Mr. and Mrs. P. F.
Causey, the Rev. J. S. Willis and wife,
Misses Mary ami Anna Hall, Mr. and
Mrs. Revnear Williams, Dr.
Nathan Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wil-
liams, Causey Williams, Miss Anna
Causey, Miss Virdie Causey, Mrs. Mary
Torbert, Miss Lizzie Willis, Miss Virginia
(oilman, Misses Mattie and Ella Pretty-
, William Aldred, Dr. J. S. Prcttv-
-- Jr.. Dr. W. Spry Ilurloek, J. Lynn
Pratt, William B. Pratt, Miss Maggie
Pratt, Miss Cornelia Grant, Major James
ft. Lofland, Daniel Hirsch, I. L. Adkins,
Miss Lulu Davis, R. P. Davis, Misses
Jennie and May Davis, Mrs. Roudebush,
Miss Bunlelln Davis, Miss Ella Vailles,
Mrs. P. T. Carlisle, Mrs. Flemming, Mrs.
Clark, Miss Maine Wallace, Bradford
Murplieyof Clayton, Miss Jennie Causey,
Mrs. Laura Billings, Miss Lena Sharp,
Anna Reynolds, Hon John W.
sey, Hon. W.'F. Causey, l)r. and Mrs.
Robert Y. Watson. The presents were
l beautiful and consisted of
.•description.
I M rs. McCloskey left
i., train for Baltimore and Wushingto
their
of
d Mrs.
Mi»
C
Mr.
the 3.53
P
diioh they
»U r. at ter
•ill re
to Philadelphia ;
ct. above Thirty-ni
rouble ft
tunic was that it w
wedding «1
jewelry inherited from her grandmother,
lier great-great grandmother and hergrear
great-great grandmother.
Locust s
nth.
of the bride's
de of her
One
»the
articles of
and she w<
SSUUlted by a Negro.
1er Meacham, colored, was held
in $300 bail Thursday by Squire Smith on
the charge of threatening to kill Jo'
Howlett. Mcaohum is a laborer in tiie
employ of Mr. Howl«'
from ex-Marshal C. M. Nowlin. The
A i
Ale?
mony wus that the pris»
Hewlett's house to obtain s
Mr.
; tiie time
and confined t»> his bedroom. Meacham
was paid all due him except an amount of
$4 which he owed ins employer. When
tho latter amount was retained the negro
became abusive and knocking Mr. Howlett
down beat him while he lay upon the
floor. Mr. Howlett had not the strength
to defend himself.
him. Mr. Howlett was
"Joe" Beard, the keeper of a low re
sort in Baltimore,forfeited his bail when
convicted of keeping» disorderly resort.
absence of more than a year he
was last week sentenced
After
surrendered and
13 months imprisonment and a fine of
1 , 200 .
A WILMINGTON CHARLIE ROSS.
Lost for Eight Ycai
ami Found
Willie Wibley, aged 13, who has been
wandering around the peninsula and
Pennsylvania for several y
looking for his mother discovered her
at last at Kirkwood Thursday morning.
Special Agent Stout of the S. P. C. C.
accompanied the lad to Kirkwood
crejjthe lad's mother, Mrs
st, hud been discovered,
est had been married again to
pii
Thursday wh
W. P. Fc:
Mrs. F
a well-to-do wheelwright of that place.
Two ladies who hud read the story of
Willie Wibley's case in the papers and
knew of Mrs. Wibley's remarriage and
of her present home called at the
police station where Willie 'was
being cared for and gave the story of
the mother's present home.
Agent Stout accompanied the lad to
Kirkwood
had not
officer relates the most afflicting story of
the meeting o * the mother and child.
Mrs. Forrest stared at, the boy for a
mt; "Oh, that's my son Harry !"
"No," Mr. Stout replied.
"That's my Willie," she shrieked out
with a cry of recognition. She hugged
the boy only as a mother who has not
her child for eight years can. She
on lier knees and with clasped
hands thanked God and then cried
again. "I always trusted in God that
Willie would be returned to me," she
cried, as tears coursed down her cheeks.
Willie, too, was very much affected, and
the officer withheld his tears with great
est difficulty.
The story of the vicissitudes of the
Wibleys is extraordinary. Thirteen
years ago Mrs. Wibley was forced to
leave her husband
treatment. She took with her her three
children, Frank, Harry and Willie, the
last only five weeks old. The baby was
in charge of a man named James
who lived on Twenty-second
street,this city. Five years after
wards the mother heard that Riley
ill-treated the child so she brought
That
evening she left the house. Willie, w
playing
came by and kidnapp
8 years ago and on T
Mrs. F
Thursday,
lier f
•I
ince 1882. The
fell
icount of cruel
ftiley,
back
to her home.
the doorstep when Riley
jod him. That
hursday is the first
time since then the sorrowing mother
has seen her child. Of the two other
boys, Frank was found two years ago
at Jones' Road,
Dover, and is now
•ied. Harry has never been heard of.
Willie has
secure home with
every kindly comfort. * His mother,
always querulous at the loss of her
children, had adopted a little boy three
years ago. Mr. Forrest is almost as
much pleased as his wife over Willie's
discovery. He is delighted with the boy
and says he shall have a good home and
shall commence regular schooling.
A BEAUTIFUL BOY.
So Handsome Timt II«
be a Male In Woman's Attire.
A story was published in the Philadel
phia Inquirer yesterday week telling of
the arrest Tuesday week in Baltimore of
alleged young Wilmingtonia
Robert Kingsford. He was charged
with stealing a watch from his bed-room
companion. The latter told the police
that Kingsford was a woman and a very
beautiful one to. Tho story continues,
relating how Sergeant Magee accom
S anied the man to the hotel where
üngsford was and found the supposed
young woman in male attire. The scr
jonvinced that it w
man, although the face gave every evi
dence to the contrary. It was one of the
most beautiful faces the sergeant had
ever seen. The complexion was fresh
and fair, the hair was rather long for a
boy. It was golden and wavy and w
brushed pompadour. The
soft and blue and the features were
regular and clear-cut.
The boy told the following story:
"My name is Robert Kingsford and my
age is 17 years. 1 was born in the Ninth
ward of New York city. My mother
died several months ago and I had to go
out into the world to make a living. I
could sing, and I obtained employment
at a place of amusement on Coney
Island. 1 received $150 for a month's
service at this place, then I w
charged. I paid $130 for my
funeral and then began to look
for other employment. I went to a
brother of my mother, who is a
sician in Wilmington, Del., but lie
not recognize me. Then I was told that
people were paid fabulous sums to go
down the Chesapeake bay dredging from
Baltimore, and I came oil here and was
shipped on a pungy. I found out my
mistake'when too late and now I have
to get along the best way I can."
Neither the? money nor watch w
found in Kingsford's possession. The
timepiece, however, was later recovered
by Sergeant Magee, who got it from a
friend, to whom the loser had loaned it
and forgotten about it. The com
plainant had evidently been under the
influence of liquor, kingsford was not
arrested.
It could not be ascertained ns to the
truth of the alleged local relation of
Kingsford to any Wilmington physi
cian. His assertions
as Thought to
géant was f
"ere
dis
r mother's
about me
SSfd
generally
doubted.
Public 5
le of Real Est
Thrco
Thm Slav,
H. Koliam, ext
John A. Grave:
erty Is situated i
pieces of property
\ for James («raves
were sold
-s and John
f the estute of
d. Tho prop
! J hundred,
us sold as
No. 1, containing 53 acres,
'handler of Christiana hlin
, do
Brand j
•'s Hotel,'
• 1
rired
. which is $118
Si
2, containing 25 acres,
for $3,000, which is $120
:re. The school h<
lot was sold to
Lewis K. Chandler for $
Death of Miss K
Der
Special
Dover, Doc. 18.—Miss Kate Denney,
a well-known and popular young lady,
died at the residence of her brother-in
law, J. Thomas Lowe, at Little Creek,
last night, after an illne?
clays of typhoid fever. She was about
27 years of. ago and was a daughter of
Thomas Denney, deceased, a very well
known farmer of this county.
Local
»1 Journal
•ï Gaze;
ts snipped to France.
Joshua Connor shipped to France during
sets of elegant and very light
set double and tho other
rubber mounted and
the week tw
harness, o
single. Both sets
trimmed with gilt. At the
»Samuel J. White shipped to France a fine
buggy. The harness and vehicle were
made for a Frenchman whose orders w
received through Consul Knowles.
Delaware Railroad Dividend.
The directors of the Delaware Railroad
Company have declared the usual semi
annual dividend of three per cent payable
and after January 2d. 1891.* Checks for
diviilends due the Wilmington share
holders will be left for distribution at the
hardware
.303 Market street.
of J. V. Carlisle & Co., No.
fr AS IT SUICIDE on ELECTRICITY Ÿ
A Transfer Coach Horae Killed at Eighth
ilsor Street».
A horse was instantaneously killed
on Thursday at Eighth and Windsor
streets, resulting from contact with a
broken incandescent Westinghouse
alternating current wire belonging to
the Wilmington City Electric Com
pany's system.
The accident happened as follows:
John Cochran an employe of the Wil
mington Transfer Company had just
called with his double team at No. 804
Harrison street to drive a party to the
1*., W. & B, station in order to meet the
6.80 train, when passing the point re
ferred to on Eighth street, a sudden col
lision of some kind which Cochran
could not at the time account for, oc
curred. One of the horses fell to the
ground and the other began prancing
with fright. The driver perceived a
shock as he felt iu his pocket for a knife
in order to cut the traces. It was dark
at the time, (6.10 o'clock exactly). On
investigation he found the horse dead
and an electric wire, one end of which
hung over the railroad trolley wire, w
tangled about the animal's body. He
cut the traces and made matters safe for
the occupant of the carriage and for the
s found to have a
of its nostrils,
one of its knees
The dead horse
a deep gash above
This with a scratch
comprised all the marks discoverable on
the animal. The transfer company
manager values the horse at $200. .
The linemen of the city elect, ic com
pany went out to the scene of the acci
dent at 8 o'clock. They found the
broken wire, about 150 feet in length
neatly rolled up in a coil and placed on
the sidewalk, Earlier in the morning
electric car driver discovered the
broken wire. The Eighth street railway
officials were notified. Assistant elec
trician Gibson arrived and cut the con
necting end of the broken wire thus
preventing further accident.
The incandescent wires have been all
fixed again.
Mr. Trump of the Wilmington City
Electric Company says : "The street
incandescent wire supplying current
for the lamp on Windsor street was
burned off the pole on Madison street
by the gale sagging it down
Edison feeder line. The insulated wire
in dropping fell across the electric rail
way trolley. The horse belonged to the
transfer team which was passing along
Eighth street at the time was probably
standing on the railway track which is
solidly grounded and thus received a
heavy shock either from the railway
the incandescent current. It is more
probable that the horse was killed by
his fall or his plunging than by the
shock from either railway or incan
descent current. It is to be noted that
the other horse of the transfer team was
not hurt in the least and it is hardly
possible that it could have escaped a
shock if sufficient current power existed.
"In my opinion, cither the railroad or
the incandescent shock was sufficient
to have knocked the horse down, espec
ially if he happened to be standing on
the railroad track, but I believe neither
current would iiave been sufficient to
have killed the animal."
"Of course we assume the responsi
bility of the loss of the horse."
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■
CHRISTIAN ENDE A VOR SOCIETIES.
Afternooi
i«l Evening Proceedings of
the State Convention.
The State convention of the Young
People's Societies of Christian Endeavors
reconvened in Asbury Church yesterday
week at 2 p. m., the Ilev. George M. Hick
presiding.
After a service of song the Rev. A. A.
Fulton of China, delivered an address.
Next there wero papers as follows :
"Consecration Meetings of the Young
People's Societies of Christian En
deavor," by Eldorus Richmond of Phil,
adelphia; "Prayer Meeting Methods of
the Young People's Societies of Chris
tian Endeavor," by the Rev. W. E.
Avery; "Work of the Lookout Commit
tees «if tho Young People's Societies of
Christian Endeavor," by the Rev.
George E. Thompson; "The Pledge of
the Young People's Societies of Chris
tian Endeavor," by tho Rev. W. P.
50
Swartz.
Queries found in the question box
;ered by General Secretary J.
W. Baer of Boston.
A State union, composed of the socie
ties represented in the convention, w
organized. A constitution was adopted
the following
President, the
the ensuing y<
officers were elected :
Rev. George E. Thompson of Wilming
ton; Vice presidents, Charles F. Wollas
ton of Wilmington, Carl Gronwold of
Stanton and Charles J. Holzmueller of
Milford; Secretary and Treasurer, Harry
J. Guthrie of Wilmington; Executive
committee, T. B. Ridgway and A. Pres
ton of Wilmington, W. E. Rotliwell of
New Castle and M. H. Beckwith of
ark.
After the transaction of some routine
business a recess until 7.30 o'clock
taken.
llarry L. Gray presided at night. The
evening's programme consisted of a ser
vice of song, addresses by Messrs. Baer
and Fulton and a consecration meeting.
and for
tor
act
in
tho
bles
and
has
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N
DR. MC' COY'S RETURN.
He Came Fork Wltli the Coveted Lymph
Than the Em
—Koch a
Dr. McCoy of Kirkwood arrived »from
Berlin on tlio Majestic in New York Thurs
day. He had a small vial of the lymph
wli ich he secured from Dr. Libbertz, Pro
fessur Koch's first assistant, after much
trouble. His vial was the sixty-second
d last package given out before he sailed,
placed in a very small box, tightly
packed and sealed, and in dimension;
about one and one-half inches long by
deep. It come exclusively from Dr. Lib
bertz, who superintends the distribution of
the lymph.
Twenty-five marks or about $6 in money
id to Dr. Libbertz for the vial,
though the same quantity of lymph would
sell outside for thousands of dollars. The
quantity of the lymph which Dr. McCoy
lias with him when diluted will suffice for
about 5,000 injections.
The
It w
and
» l
\
that
6,000 applicants for the
preparation with Dr. Libbertz.
lie saw Dr. Libbertz just before he left
Germany, and that physic!
that up to that time only
had been sent, to the United States. Une
of these was addressed to
and the other to Dr. Jacobi,
Sinai Hospital. Prof. Koch often dines
with the emperor now, and at the
f teror's request refuses to see anybody,
act. it is easier now to get an interview
with the emperor than it is with Prof.
Koch.
Coal
river.
great
ami
The
in
the
in
the
this
More
are
assured him
•o small vials
Secretary Blai
at Mount
I
Old Ferry Bolling Mill» Shut Do«
The Old Ferry rolling mills (South Side)
of the Diamond State Iron Company, have
shut down until after the first of the your.
No previous notice of shutting down was
given to the employes, and a large number
arc ont of work. The puddlers will work
.a few day« longer.
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LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Shot While Wresting a Pistol
from a Suicide.
THE VALUE OF EDITORIALS
A Candidate Asks Damages
at $1,000 Each.
Family Poisoned with "Rough
—The Snow Storm in West Virginia—
More Pay for Switchmen.
Rate"
At a meeting of the directors of the
Baltimore & Ohîo Railroad Company
yesterday week President Mayer was re
elected.
In a fight at Bo#en, Mississippi, or
T uesday week, Wm. Blue, David McKed
and Robert Applewhite were fatally
wounded.
The poet Whittier wag 83 years of
age yesterday week.He passed the day at
his winter home at Oak Knoll, Danvers,
Massachusetts.
J. C. Gillespie, treasurer of Boono
county, Mo., is short $20,000 in his
accounts. He has assigned all his prop- !
erty to his bondsmen. }
Part of a coal wharf at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, caved in on Friday, and five men
were drowned.
The latest reports of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad wreck, at Bolivar,
Ohio, shows that six persons were
killed.
a
a
The American Marble Company, in
placed in tho
Friday. Assets,
Atlanta, Georgia,
hands of a receiver
$150,000; liabilities, $300,000.
The treasury department has decided
that certain photographic lantern slides
imported for the Society of Amateur
Photographers of New York are entitled
to free entry.
A house owned and occupied by Mrs.
Ann McGuire in Newark, N. J., was
burned Friday, and Mrs. McGuire and
her grandchild, Annie Donevan,perished
in the flames.
Haven Bell ware was Friday con
victed of murder in the second degree in
Hartford, Connecticut, for the killing of
Frank E. Miner. He was sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
George Winn, superintendent of tho
fire alarm telegraph at Allegheny City,
fell from a pole on Friday and
killed. He was repairing a wire and it
is supposed received an electric shock.
Charles A. Bond, wife and five chil
dren were poisoned on
Clarkesburg, W. Va., by a
mestic, who put rut poison i
coffee. They were in a dying condition
last night.
An engine and five cars
Valley railroad w
Friday near Buchanan, Va., by
ning into a landslide. C. H. Atwood,
fireman, and Edward Houston, brake
man, were killed.
McNellis & Campbell's store, in Chi
robbed of silks and Irish
Thursday
night. The burglars drilled through
three feet of solid masonry, making a
hole large enough to admit a man's
body.
The railroad switchmen in all the
larger cities of the north-west have been
granted an advance in wages. In the
larger cities this amounts to $5 per
month. In the smaller towns the ad
vance has not been fixed, but it will be
somewhat less.
Friday in
colored do
their
the Shen
wrecked
■ ! :
cago. w
linens valued at $3,000
:
The miners' convention at Altoona,
Pa., on Friday adopted a resolution that
after January 1st, tho price of mining
coal in the districts represented shall be
50 cents per net ton, the present price
gross. Should the demand
be refused a strike is expected.
The steamer Belgic arrived at San
Francisco on Friday from China and
Japan. The deaths resulting from the
powder explosion at Taiping numbered
more than 800. The catastrophe was
caused by a Chinese workman in the
roof of the powder mill lighting hia
pipe.
M. R. Phelan
street in St. Louis
He w
being 50
dropp«
on Thursday night.
54 years of age. Mr. Phelan
was the publisher of the Waitern Watch
man and a brother of Father Phelan,
the editor of the paper. He has for
many years been a prominent figure
locally, especially in Catholic affairs,
lie has served two terms as a member of
the lower house of the state legislature
and
sul-general at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
under President Cleveland.
ed dead in the
term as seuator. He
At Burlington Junction, Missouri, on
Thursday night, C. E. Dyche, proprie
tor of the Commercial Hotel, shot him- f
self, with suicidal iutent. He did the
act in the hotel parlor, and, in trying to
wrest the revolver from him, Mrs.
Coombs, his mother-in-law, and F. M.
Baker were both shot. Dyche w
in the breast, and is probably fatally
wounded. Baker was shot in the groin,
tho ball passing downward to the
fleshy part of the leg. Mrs. Coombs
wounded in the right hand,
finger being shot away,
bles and jealousy are assigned
cause.
Myron Van Aukin, who was Repub
lican candidate for distriot attorney in
Onedia county, New York, last year,
and was defeated by a large majority,
has brought suit against tho Utica
Observer. He alleges "that each of 23
editorials damaged him $1,000, making
$22,000 in all." He also alleges that he
is "damaged $10,000 additional by his
defeat, accomplished by complications,"
$10,000 besides, making
$42,000 in all for injury to his profes
sional reputation. The Observer opposed
Aukin's election on tho ground
ght by gamblers and the
f the city.
A towboat has gotten through to
Point Pleasant, Wust Virgiuia, fr«
the Big Kanawha
their tales of tho
omestic trou
the
and claims
\
that it was
rorst das
Coal City, 60 miles up
river. Its officers tell
great snowfall all along tiie upper river
ami into Elk and Coal river valleys.
The West Virginia branch of the Ohio
Central railroad has abandoned all
trains, and the Chesapeake & Ohio is
nearly as bad. Every telephone wire
in tho entire valley is down. Not a tel
egraph wire is working. At St. Albans
the roofs of three houses were crushed
in and four people badly hurt. At
Buffalo a child perished in the sm >w on
the way from school. Fi
jorted lost, and are probably dead by
this time, on Thirteen Mile creek.
More than 100 families, mostly minor-,
are snowed In near Ronce vert, and tucir
situation is danger? ua.
children a