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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, JULY HO, 1891.
NEW SERIES- VOL. XI1-NO. 5
the
will
try
The Yellows Is Overspread
ing the Peninsula.
try.
H.
THE FRUIT 13 BADLY BLIGHTED
»?,
I
Permanent Damage to the
Orchards is Feared.
»he Yield Greatly L
Buriy In tliu Hen
Quantity of I'rnm,.
Eut 1 1
inted
An Ii
tho
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I. N. Mills»
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Bpnclal Corrosji
ClIESTBItTOWN, July
tag "f U)>|.r.
Haiti more American.
22.—A general feel
thu
jng
the
lias tho great local interest of
peach-growing been so seriously threat
ened. Wlioro a month ago were heavily
fruited orchards, there now stand blighted
d thousands of baskets of
fruit. It is impossible
ce of the
I"
lighted
•xactly the first appe
in Kent, but it lias certainly ling'»
peach districts for a number of
Hows
I !
d now c<
Wishing to
form
dest
dth terrifie o
wrtain the ruul sit mit io
idea of the extent of the reported
»n of orchards and fruit, vour
sonally visited till of
l
M
in
to
of
:ti.
rresp
the great pe
of
county und
at all, exag
fo
d the reports but little, if
gorated.
Much of the information received win
directly from the growu
from unquestioned authority
orchards were visited representing many
i million ami a-half
Then tw
housunds of tho o
trees in the county.
At Crumpton, tlio orchard of Alvary
Clements, which until a week ago wiis
without a sign of the dreaded disease, is
now infested, und Mio yellows is increasing
to an alarming extent. Samuel Coppage's
trees uru blighted, and many baskets of
premature fruit marks the path of 'the
disease. Sparks ami Itilund had cut out
the day before o
still cutting out. Fruit wiiich should
a month hence is ripening preiun
witliering. Cluy Stevens' orchard
ruined.
î
ri|
tu rely
lias bee
Thomas Conners,
Biggs' (of Delaware) farms, took out 300
trees last year, and the disease is i
Millington is the great peach cent
tin* county, and with its estimated
for the vicinity of 347.
down as the largest poi
the Peninsula. This sc
fated to have its vast
completely blotted
.f
• 1 »
s apparently
at
by
Edward Spear,
leuch-gr*
stated that until within a few weeks ago
his orchard was comparatively clear, I
as the varities have come on the dise;
has developed? lie bind that
majority or tlio partially alto
Mie spread of the blight will continue
throughout the season.
Muff in his nruhard of 4,two t
will he severely eut. l'remuturin
mencod about three weeks a
3U0 trees of Old Mix*,
iiuve all prematured, and al
of his Troths. Iu Ills old orchard he will
lose between 1,500 ami 2,000 baskets, and if
the prematuring continues, it will lie i
possible to forecast tho los
. Mr. Barnes stated that evary o
urieties wf ' '
In C. O. Cocy
jeets of peaches wiiich, a
promised a profitable Imrv
mid falling to the gn
Bailey will have2,
fruit, iu the orchard of
possibly in a
ted orchards
Homy 8 pc
says
s the crop
>K com
erabout
rv,
one-half
is
40
is
of
is
at
hi
»
hard Ii
I reds of bas
: weeks ago,
•rthlnss. Join
basket
•1 11 itrlock
little, if any better. Tin
Dunn will loose fully one-third of his crop.
J. R. Stafford has many trees I
dfh premature fruit. The
of Mrs. Taylor is also seriously inj
Many orchards in th
uking
hard
id.
nil v
Hi
i, indeed with scan
ami efery ono is, to u greater «
affected by the fearful blight,
muted by some practical fruit
less extent
it
thutlli
Millington statto
shipments of fruit fro
will I
Doublet'
ut short 100,1 HH
k, which has d
important punch-growing
along ('lies
loped ir
lying
i
. in the upi
of Queen Anne's, is but slightly affoc
. . though not as
growing section as Milling!
d.
Massev
h
of tlm scourge
tion in the
districts, t ,'larei
hit-h i
•hards of* tiie adjae
llurioek
ing
l or less injured.
Gale
oying dis*
l'eniiisuia. James T. Bennington ha
orchard which has l»f*«n almost swept
up this fall.
My in tin- path of tliede
i! down the
In u beautiful Mir«
wiiich is, to all hoi
healthy, the tn
d will be tak
ih i orchard,
y
». perfectly
•il v laden with
fruit.
• Ii
promut iiriii;; :
Iius J. Scott has a 1
1 worth I
Isouie orchard i
Which tlio yellows is developing
alarming degree. Tlio ext
Andr
HtS Of ( U|i
I
Woodall of
sly cut. Mr.
Georgetown have bee
Hayes, of Meorgeto
year-old orchard I
cal i zed
HI, 8h
•«*! u- a five
fr*
i'iiich he lia.
dollar,
<1 orop of
500.
3,500 baskets lie
may possibly o _.
Joseph Dixon's orchard of lo
sented a sorry plight,
looked as though
trees. Fully one-hull' the
killed. Acres of
Richard Lockwood if
»ieked fruit two
l."\
of
fire hail >
o
•s la
I»
M! h
I, ■
he
ported to hav
*» which should
reeks
lened about Mio la
uf Angus
j lie
Gooding, llenry G
many others
damaged. In tiie vicinity *»1
the prospect is hut little I
Hurtt has I»
unis of F. Hvl
»«I Taylor, Eugene
1 Tod* l
d
t
tlio
of
le;
I.Y
J. \\\
a sufferer from the
ami has taken o
for
many more to ho dug up.
F. J. Shall cross dug up his entire
two years ago. The crop
of Mrs. W. J. Shall,
first put at 2,000 baske
200. The *
trees
churtl
•w 1
ip
1er the
•r. Smith
Washington, D. (
>f thu de]
.. for yellows. Robert
fearfully blighted, and
ofruit. George \\ . Atwell's
trees arc completely destroyed.
In the vicinity of Black's
destruction of the great peu*
marked on every farm. John Co
lias already take
»re to come out. W. C.
jlv a go*»d tree lef
fill orchards oi Garrett Ft
nis J. Nowlund the ravage
has be
Still P*
ly s orcl
dll have
diurd i!
he
Stut i
I he
■h I
t
out
to
lias so
Bi
<1 I
f the diseo!
nuespreud
d Neck,
district. J. T. Greet
will scarcely hav
and his orchard is
Mr. Meuks
plot«. J
great, peach-growing
" uiurdof •
i's
il of a
I'
pletoly dcstr*
1 James T. Harris,large
lave tho yellows, one-:
T. Ireland's ore
:
s, also I
: bird
BP
in
of the
of 7,000 or 8,000 t
Crow, at the head of Still Pond Neck, will
take up three of his five orchards.
In the lower part of the county the yel
lows has not as yet appeared. But few of
marked by the general char
acteristics of the yellows—tufts of
leaves und sprouts
of the trees and the
.
:
She
for
the limbs
d body
How foliage. In
is gree
I lie
leek,
and but for shriviled and prematuring
fruit no signs of the dise
On sun
looking neaohes may be seen, while the
fruit on tne greater portion of the tree is of
normal size aud perfect. In some coses
limb, half the tree, or, possibly, nearly
»" tiie fruit is, apparently, ripe, while tho
Remainder is green and insipid. The <
lamed are only some of the many who
could be see
doze
• i
the
MU lose heavily by this premal tiring of
the fruit caused by the yellows. Hut it
will be seen that, this rt
groat peach-growing sectlo
I the prospects
try in Kent w do.
■port covers all the
>f thee.
î that the indus
try.
id.
I. IS. Mills, special agent of the P., W. A
H. railroad, prints the following in the
Clayton Vail:
"I lind fro
a reports received in all di
the peaches are coming in
prematurely; this is occasioned according
»?, the best growers by two
liiere being no punches' last year tlio
circulio was not present this year to help
thin tlio immense crop set on the
trees, consequently the 'June drop' this
ry light, leaving more fruit on
es than they ran possibly mature.
I he fruit being
weather has
•tions tin
tho
thick, the hot,
-is!
sed
ral o
the
d the second buds blos
ure becoming fruit, thus show
nearly ripe and very gi
ie. This w '
ot and premature
•bards some of the
; killed bv
thu late frost!
jng p
the si
h
'ill have a
ry dis
effect,not only on tho present crop,
the trees. Such trees
sarily drop out of our calculations another
hut
NEW Fit Elfi UT RATES.
Valn« of 111 «
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Transcript.
of the Delaware State
Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
against the various railroad companies
the Peninsula, all of
nder the control of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has
decided by thejlnterstato Commerce
Commission and tlio n
tinned iti the decision
spring are continued.
missir;
freight charges on perishable fruit and
in fact almost all other kinds of freight,
were unjust and unreasonable.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
lias secured a monopoly of the currying
trade from every point on the Peninsula
d has used the advantage to absorb
nearly all the net earnings of the peo
ple who have no other means of trans
portation. When the peaeh was found
to produce good results here a new line
of business sprang up which has added
greatly to the value of land and pr<
ised to make this Peninsula a profitable
fruit garden ; had the railroad officials
done the proper thing the revenue to bo
'uninsula business
voukl be greater
encouragement
a consequence
)t developed and
ow produce only a fraction of what
on Id if properly worked, the
<red bv reasonable
doing business
•hieb
Auctions
rendered last
The question
brought to the attention of the com
>n by tho grangp because tho
î
.f
»
derived from
at this time
by far than it is, but
was offered, and
Peninsula lands are
a
they
people being encouraged by real
freight rates. No liberality lit
been shown in the dealings of the rail
road officials with tho people;
other hand, tho people, thron
Legislature, have been liberal und have
thereby strengthened a monopoly which
a business
! ; i ■
gh the
is not only injuring them i
way, but is making its pow
felt in the
law-making brandi of our State govern
ment. There can be no good reason for
Mie institution of a schedule in which
the freight on a barrel of potatoes is set
down at 40cents from Milford. Del., and
40 cents from Cape Charles, which place
is more than 100 miles further south.
The freight on a barrel of kale from
Cape Charles to Jersey City is 20 cents,
yet a barrel of kale shipped from Mil
ford pays 50 cents. A hundred pounds
of berries from Milford to Jersey City
pays 65 cents, while the same quantity
shipped from ("ape Charles to Jersey
City pays 60 cents. Thu difference in the
distance is 120 miles and yet the charge
is the same. Water competition causes
low rates from Norfolk, but certainly
the railroad does not carry freight from
that point at a loss; that being the case
why should the freight on a barrel of
kale he 15 cents from Norfolk to Jersey
City when a barrel of kale shipped from
any point on the Peninsula pays 50
cents, more than throe times the amount
for about half the distance.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion finds the cost of marketing a
basket of peaches about 60 cents, in
this estimate including every item of
growing to selling, and
profit must bo exceedingly
f the railroad people had
ked for their own and the people's
•h would not bo the case.
The plea was made by the railroad at
torneys that the branch roads through
nd Maryland were operated
at a loss each year, that the expense of
keeping them in running order
great and that the whole system w
etiuie
that the
interest
Maw
»pi rated at a loss. The
lucidud that the branch roads
!.-ury and useful, that they
ch business for tiie main line
Miry to it
ins to the farm,
decided that a reduc
peuehes and berries;
furnish
fences,
fertilizers and di
*l'lm commissi);
of 20 per cent
apples, peus, kale, spinach, radishes,
1 other
reduction of
cubha
«table, except
5 nor cent. On
potatoes 25 per cent, "und the rate
10 per cent higher on
i at the junction points
line." Even with this
higher than ut
these rates have been
potato
I
t ho branches tilt
With the
reduction the rates
Not folk. Who
forced upon tlio railroad company and
when there is a bare possibility that
tlio people of this Peninsula may get
justice, shippers should be careful to
fulfill tlieir part of the contract and es
pecially so in regard to tho overloading
of cars and tiie giving iu of incorrect
number of baskets. The railroad
not the
rs in tiie transportation busine
*1 now that a certain proper reducti
pun them tlio shippers
1 to do unto tiie rail
jompany
should be carefti
road company as they would have the
railroad company do unto them. E.
C. Higgins, Jacob G.
F. Di I worth,
entitled to the thanks of the people of
t he Peninsula for the fearless and tire
less method in which they have fought
out the battle for justice and honesty;
they are one and all Grangers'and busi
î busy every day
, but they have found time
to render an invaluable service to the
people. Through the decision the people
nave gained a substantial victory, aud
should follow it up with some* good
work in other direct!
•ruft, Job
Bi
Brown, Tho
rho
in the y
31ary I.«iv1m Declared Iiinunc.
Upon examination of Mary J. Lewis,
colored, by Surgeon Baird and Dr. A. B.
Harris yesterday week a certificate was
given to the effect that she was insane.
She was sent to tiie Delaware Hospital
for the Insane Thursday.
Ex-United States Marshal H. H. Mc
Mullen lias severed his connection witli
the Wilmington .State Fair Association.
This makes a vacancy in the superiuten
denoy of the agricultural department.
of
it
CITY COUNCIL.
Til® city's Bank Account Over »110,
—Tlie » 100,000 Loan Ordinance I'
Upon Its Final I
lint With
d Carried,
nu Feeble Vole«
ii Oppo
sit
City Council had
A
the
busy session last
Thursday evening. All the members
also many speeta
were present,
tors.
di
in
tlio
the
on
The finance committee, to whom was
referred the communication from Messrs.
Betts, Capelle and Field, president of
First National Bank, National Bank of
Wilmington and Brandywine and Cen
tral National Bank respectively, asking
that the funds of the different depart
ments of the city he deposited in the
several national banks, reported that it
had carefully considered the subject
matter in detail as affecting the security
1 best interests of the city and public
nd recommended the adoption of the
following regulations concerning the
deposit of public moneys subject to the
control of the Council:
First—The
-is!
the
bv
dis
ionul linnks of this city
may be legal depositaries of the public
funds subject to t|»c approval of City
Council.
Second—The Union Nat ional Bank shall
he the active bank and the others shall he
known as
Third—Interest at tlie rate of not less
than two per cent yearly shall he credited
by ench depositary hank to the city
monthly on Its average deposit and by the
active bank up
f50.090 so long a
depositary bunks.
of
the
has
bo
the
seeding
tins amount shall be
d !
mrth— All the cash recoipts of the city
■hall he deposited in the active bank.
Fifth—Oil the second Friday of
August and February the treasurer shall
in the usual w
•h
tin' -
last
tho
equul parts in such of
the depositary bunks as snail have been
; .»roved bv Council 60 per centum of said
funds on deposit with said active I»
provided Mint none of the depositary banks
shall receive more than 15 per ce
.Sixth—Whenever and as often as the
city deposit in the active bank shall he re
duced to #50,000 the city treasurer shall
draw from euch depositary bank thu
of 910,000 and deposit tfie
ictive hank, hut when the deposit i
»ositary bank is reduced to 910,000 or less
he whole of said deposit shall be dhiwn
vlien the next draft is required.
Mr. Murray asked what inducement
the committee had
banks named to cause it to recommend
removing the funds. He said the Union
National is paying tw
city moneys deposited .*, ......
serted that if the oilier banks would do
better than that he would vote ;
the adoption of the report; othorw
would not. The project, he declared,
would create unnecessary expense. An
count would have to be opened in each
bank, the city would have to pay for
the books and the city treasurer would
probably
■
api
h
in tlie
de
:eived from-the
the
cent
th it, and
want extra clerical help,
olton said he would reply to
Mr. Murray's question by asking the
clerk to read the communication of
petitioners. When the clerk had com
plied Mr. Colton stated that tho
munication sets forth the necessity of
the action recommended by the commit
tee. Tho committee, he declared, had
gone carefully into tlio matter witli citi
zens, bank presidents and the Union
National Bank. Not
Utes extra work each month, lie claimed,
would be required to keep the accounts
and the city treasurer would have very
little trouble. What tiie communication
said is correct in his opinion and he
thought the city deposits should as a
matter of justice he divided.
Mr. Murray contended that
tution bas a right to claim the
money because i» is a public fund.
Mr. McKelvey said he favored a di
visiou, but lie would like to
return.
The report and
adopted by
Murray alone voting nay.
On the recommendation of the 11
committee Adolph Ker
overpaid cupitatio
$2.56.
The law committee approved the
dinance providing for the borrowing
of $100,000 for improving the city's
streets and avenues and the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of sinking fund
bonds aud certificates
amounting to $46,000
i ■
the
the
for
set
the
of
50
a
in
of
at
of
> than 15 min
insti
ise of
some
regulations were
and nay vote, Mr.
ye
s refunded
tax amounting to
f indebtedness
d reported that
they contain nothing contrary to the
city charter, which report was adopted.
On the recommendation of the police
committee, it was resolved to employ
s Naudain, colored, us .special
officer at Eighth street park.
An order for $59.90
favor of Diumoud Printing Company.
The city treasurer reported in bank
$107,475.20 to the credit of current
penses and $4,454.62 to the credit of
special deposit He also reported the
following
Mitchell, $34,050, city and ;
for 1891; from City Auditor Mitchell,
$250, rent of city property; from Ad
ministrator Mealey, $200
city and school taxes for 1.890 aiid 1891,
respectively; from the Bourd of Water
Commissioners. $5,130, interest
Nos. 15, 17 and 27. His reports
received and filed.
The city auditor certified to the cor
rectness of the acc<
d reported tho receipt of $250
from A. T. Garey,
Th
as drawn i
•ipts: F
r
; Collector
liool taxes
1 $28,175,
loans
on
ut
vere
of the city treus
to
•-qil
3o for Second street
arket-house, which report also was re
ived und tiled.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners
some institu
tion, at a cost not to exceed $10 pet
year, a box for tho safe keeping of city
bonds.
To tlio police commlttco was referred
a communication front J. A. Bond,chief
engineer of thu Water Department, ask
ing for permission *o use the city { s lire
alarm and police ulurm poles lo
nal lines from Rodney street res
Cool Spring pumping station and from
Cool Spring reservoir to city mill pump
ing station whenever said poles can be
utilized ft
A communication from the Board of
Directors ot the Street anil Sewer De
partment, announcing that it did not
know of any provision having been
made for the condemnation of the proi
erty on the northeast corner of Fi
ami Walnut streets, was referred to the
city solicitor.
To tho finance committee was referred
a petition from George W. Griffith, ask
ing that he be refunded overpaid tax
amounting to $25.75.
dinance providing for tho bor
rowing of $100,000 for improving the
city's streets and
its third reading and pending the
adoption of the enacting clause Mr.
Murray made his second kick of tiie
id it i
in adv
ye
•ere authorized to rent i
Slg
of
P
fth
Tiie
as put
He
evening,
whether
creating another debt of half a million.
Iu a few months there would be another
$100,000 to borrow. The Hoard of
-Directors of the Street and Sewer De
partment want» »500,000 aud that would
a questio
not Council is justified i
make the city's debt $2,000,000. For
that amount and interest, he declared,
property owners would be responsible.
The workingmen own 65 percent of the
real estate in the city and the
holds a mortgage against it is the
who wants the streets improved. The
men who want these improvements are
bondholders and stockholders. They
wont have real estate. If they paid
their bonds and stocks he
loan,
eland
I'
Carried,
Oppo
last
speeta
taxes
would not object to the proposed
The Bourd of Directors of the Strut
Sewer Department, he said, get
proprifttion of about $140,000 and is not
that enough without creating a debt for
poor citizens to pay lie asked. No im
provements have been made in the
Ninth ward, South Wilmington, South
west Wilmington or West Wilmington,
he ussertëd, but. the Seventh ward
getting somo. Ho thought the board
would have ample funds if it would stop
experimenting and mentioned as loca
tions where experiments had been made,
Lancaster avenue and Ninth and Har
rison streets. The pavement on Market
street, he asserted, cost $2.25 per square
ard and was put down two years ago,
ut would not last two years more. He
would like to see good streets, but he
disliked to see a set of men experiment
ing witli other people's money. It w
not compulsory for any member to vote
for the act he contended. The ordi
adopted, Mr. Murray alone
was
Messrs.
of
of
Cen
asking
depart
the
it
subject
security
public
the
the
the
ap
city
public
City
shall
he
less
credited
city
the
nance
voting nay.
The ordinance authorizing tho issu
ance of sinking fund bonds and certifi
cates of indebtedness amounting to
$46,000 was put on its third reading
and unanimously adopted.
Immediately afterwards Council took
a recess and the ordinances
veyed to tho mayor, who was in his
private office, adjoining the Council
chamber. Ten minutes later Council
reconvened and the ordinances, bear
ing the mayor's signature of approval,
were returned, when they were declared
by the president to be ordinances of tho
city, after which proclamation Council
adjourned.
seeding
be
city
shall
•h
of
been
said
I»
banks
the
he re
shall
less
dhiwn
Union
do
An
each
for
would
3 con
h
tlie
de
THE CITY'S DEPOSITS.
Natioi
Hunk
r Delaware Opposed to
Paying Int«
There
a rumor last Friday that
the National Bank of Delaware had de
termined not to accept any of the city's
funds which City Council decided last
evening to deposit in the several national
banks. Henry G. Banning, president
of the National Bank of Delaw
seen by a representative
Gazette and questioned about the
rumor.
While he would not admit there is
any truth in the report he made some
remarks relative to depositing the city's
funds. He said his bank is opposed to
paying interest on deposits; it cannot
afford to do that. Tlio regulation
adopted by Council, he continued, state
that tho rate of interest to be paid to the
city shall not be less than two per cent,
and there is no telling how high a rate
the banks will bid in their efforts to
:uro the city's deposits. In his opin
ion it is unfair to pay the city interest
its funds; no bank has any more
right to pay interest, on tlio deposits of
the city than it has on other deposits;
"what is fish for one is flesh for the
other."
He had been approached in regard to
signing the petition sent to Council,
asking that the city's deposits be dis
tributed among the different national
banks, but had declined.
the
3 , W
The
to
the
com
of
commit
had
citi
Union
claimed,
very
he
as a
a di
the
city's
fund
min
insti
ise of
L UCK Y It Et 'O R /> /. R
SH ALLCROSS.
While
II« Diftt-ovt
a Lara« Fink Pe
Opening n I
Recorder rfhallc
I» »f Clan»».
some
ss brought to this
cry large and beau
tiful pink pearl which he discovered re
cently while opening a quantity of clams
fur supper. Jt was shown to jeweler
Harry Slier win, who pronounced it per
fect and as fine a one as he had eve
seen. C. F. Rudolph also admired it
very much. He said its special value
its unusually fine natural polish
d its remarkable sphericity. Other
dark pearls arc oblong,but the
is completely round. It w
having
unless there happened to be
vidual demand for
The elf
J. Weiser, No. 206 East Fourth street.
Mr. Weiser told the reporter he had
got the clams from Franklin City, Va.
Some time ago Sergeant Wiggles worth
of the new polico
large
city
Thursday
were
Mr.
to
^order's
oed
groat commercial value
indi
pearl of that grade,
s had been obtained from John
prom
that
the
police
employ
.special
bank
of
the
Ad
1891,
Water
cor
$250
force found a very
al black pearl in a Franklin City
. He had it mouuted i
iS. 11. Baynard.
i
ring by
n j«m
■ i.
The
sidence of Janies A. Conner,
last night week and articles, including
1202 J öfterst»
taxes
street, was broke
into
jewelry, clothing, silverware and c
lery, worth probably $3.50, were stolen.
Entrance was effected by prying open a
back door. The burglary was
mitted during the absence of the family.
Mr. Connu * J
Co
loans
down town and Mrs.
vere
s not i
the city. The forme
terial tied what had occurred
lie returned, and immediately noti
fied the police authorities. If
vuluable silverw
thinks his wife sent
went to tiie seashore, was carried off by
the burglars tho loss will he much
3n, carrying large
trudging along the
rhiludelpliia pike during the evening,
are suspected of being the burglars.
soon
treus
somo
which Mr. Conner
ay bef*
she
street
re
pet
city
ask
lire
from
pump
be
of
De
not
been
the
ask
tax
bor
the
the
Mr.
tiie
alter. Two
ndles und so
::
31 utes* Utiprolitii
Two mutes who hav
Sans
lieh.
igar store on
street near Eighth, Philadel
to this city Friday in
ho during a call at
his name as
Phia, t
search of
their store had giv
John Kingdom and his
French street, Wilmington, and had
a lot of goods. They brought
with them the goods the mi
lered. Failing to find their man they
■r Sparks, who took them
to Detective Jones. The latter searched
the directory anil looked for the indi
vidual for whom the Philadelphians
were searching but could not find his
name in the directory anil could not
lind him. The mutes evidently
imposed upon but fortunately they did
not let their supposed
anything when they visited him.
Slg
>1(1 ross as
ordert d
ïcosted Cor.
P
fth
stonier have
Tiie Negroes 3Iay Qualify.
Dolawaro Twilight.
Officer Heal had the sympathy of the
Republican party and they forced the
bosses to eat snow and put ileal in office
because he is tho father of 19 children.
Colored men
official qualifications.
put
hat they lack for
.Delawareans recently added to the
of 'î'ifï'ire lriglna . 1 . _811 *"
De- WUüäm r vÄ AàdîlLLT riÄ
would Peene/ Additloaal-Oharles
i
Pensioners Lately lasted.
For
the
The
are
he
OUR CRICKETERS' RECORDS
The Delaware Field Club's
Fine Showing.
WON FIVE OUT OF EIGHT GAMES
not
for
im
the
is
stop
ago,
He
he
vote
Developing Some Fine Young
Cricket Talent.
ap
Praise for Tatnall'n Managerial Abilities
-He Stands at the Head or the Set
An Analysis of the .Season's Play.
The cricket eleven of the Delaware Field
Club has finished the schedule of games
of the summer season. The match with
Merlon which was to have been played
on Saturday last, but which was
declared off on account of rain,
last game until September 5th, when the
fall season opens. This yenr's record is
the best the Delaware Field Club has
made. The eleven has been play
ing excellent cricket, and the number of
games won would have been larger hail
not the uncertain element of luck been
against it. The work of the eleven has
been conducted by IL L. Tat nail, tho
captain of the first eleven, and he
deserves all the praise that has been ac
corded him for the able and efficient
mann* in which he has managed it.
Ho is also the top-scorer of the club, and
has played very steady and excellent
cricket.
The Field Club has been unfortunate,
in several of the more important matches,
in being unable to get out their best
first eleven. In two of these, German
town second at Manheim, and Baltimore
at Elsmere, tho Field Club had antici
pated victories. Delaware had already
badly defeated Germantown second and
in tho Baltli
close
batsmen were absent and nearly half the
eleven was composed of second eleven
1 it
to
his
tho
match,
inch w
8 it was
,'cral of the best
to
men.
The time between
ing of the fall se
the development of the younger cricket
element in the club. The present first
eleven is composed mainly of players
who have represented Delaware
since 1883. Until this year but little
attention has been given to the younger
eond eleven was found
this year, and some very promising
terial has been brought out thereby.
The bowling force of this club is not
strong as ft should be, and especial at
tention is being paid to the younger
bowlers. Among these are Harvey and
Stone, both left-handed, do Vou, L. E.
Wales, and others. The following is a
record of the games played this season :
from Melrose, 07 to 62, at
and the open
will bo devoted to
that
de
last
the
is
to
the
rate
to
of
the
to
dis
players. A ;
May 2d—W
Melrose.
May 0th—Won from Riverton, 75 to 67,
at Eismere.
May 16th—Won from West Chester, 186
to 41, at Els me
May 20th—Won from Ilaverford,second,
128 to 67, at llavorford.
May 30th—Lo
at Elsmere.
ilaverford, first, 70 to
lo;:,
June 6th—W
from Germantown,
d, 91 to 90, at Elsmere,0 wickets to spare.
24th—Drawn with Belmont, sec
ond, 106 for 7 wickets to 125,
June 20th— G
Elsmere.
Chester
3 with We
account of weather.
• Germantown, second,
postponed
June 27t
th—Lust t*
at Manheim.
78 to 1
July 4th—Draw
wickets to 200 for 4 wickets,
July Uth—L*
n with Melrose, 143 for 2
, ut Elsmere.
to Baltimore, first, 74 to
Elsmere.
115,
this
re
it
July 18 th— i *
second, postponed
Summary: U
drawn, 2; postpu
wickets, to
wickets. Average pe
opponents' 9.55.
3scheduled with Merion,
t. 3;
for JKi
s for 104
deket, 11.37, to
of
run, 5; lc
d,
Runs, 1,
opl
The following is the individual record
of the batting of the first eleven, the
averages being computed of those who
have played iu two *
ore innings ;
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The following are the averages of the
bowlers;
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in
at
as
»ut.
h a
H
! I t
i I :
f g
I
as
4 28 Ü 4 0 7
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i
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V 0
16
V.
..(»14 1 '.8 2 15
.2 34 1 29 3 24 4 17
2 . 1 4rt 1 « 7 24
0 30 2 63 156
3 9 4 44 2 17 0
Belmunt _■
Melrose
Bnltlmc
1 24
W. S. Hilles, 26 wickets for 117 runs;
-orage, 4.50.
W. Homewood, 20 wickets for 228 runs;
ge. 11.40.
J- 1 • Turton, 27 wickets for 231 runs;
(i. Martin, 21 wickets for 181
rage, 8.62.
II. R. Bringhurat, 2 wickets for 24
average, 12 . 00 .
H. L. Tatnall,
average, 32.00.
The following is the schedule for the
2 wickets for 04 runs;
fall se
September 5th—West Chester at Wil
mington.
September 7th—Philadelphia second at
Wilmington.
September 12th—Riverton at Riverton.
September 19th—Merion second at Ard
September 26th—Belmont second at
Philadelphia.
October 3d—Tioga at Wilmington.
October 10th—West Chester at West
Chester.
CECIL COUNTY FAIR.
Cloning Dp Account«
nenn— Action of Hoard of Managers.
Elkton, Md., July 22.—A quorum of
managers of the fair of the Cecil County
Agricultural Society met this morning
and passed the following :
Jit solved. That in view of the lack of
public interest throughout the county in
the continuance of our fair and of
ability to provide sufficient means to pay
off financial obligations, it is not possible
to give a successful fair during the current
Out of Rusi
in
was
the
is
has
of
hail
has
tho
he
ac
it.
and
best
and
the
year.
Resolved, That the president, secretary
and t reasurer take charge of the property
of the corporation, collect the debts due,
dispose of such assets os they may deem
proper, make such agreements with cred
itors of the cor|»oration and generally do
all acts necessury to close up the affairs
of the corporation as the managers might
Resolved, That the building association be
requested to take no measure toward fore
closing the mortgage held by it for 00 days
from this date.
It is thoughts trotting association will
be formed for 1892, and the property
will be bought by it.
it
Our Bad Mails.
Thursday's Smyrna Timet said : "The
complaint about the mails is general and
persistent. The present arrangement
suits nobody. The movement
ing all the mails in the spring an hour
or two later was unsatisfactory and con
sidered bad enough, but making
departure still later and by the recep
tion of both the upper and lower mails,
(including most all that comes through
tho day) at near the same hour, delay
ing their opening and distribute
because of so much matter,
until about eleven o'clock, is
considered abominable. Postmaster Jef
ferson has secured a lock poucli for the
early train to Wilmington only, and is
trying for one for Philadelphia, but
what wo want is a mail train, that will
carry letters early to their northern des
tination, also bring
ly instead of waiting until near noon,
in neither case giving proper opportuni
ties to receive and
mak
their
best
at
E.
a
:
at
to
letters from below
rer correspond
the same day. There is a general
cry of unsatisfaction up and down the
State, and it will be very singular if
there is not an effort to remedy the
matter on tho part of tho authorities.
Dig Yield» of Wheat.
The Middletown Transcript says :
Probably the largest yield of wheat in
this section is that of Mr. Devine, near
Warwick. Mr. Devine has finished
threshing with the following result :
From 29 acres of fallow ho threshed
1,130 bushels, an average of very nearly
39 bushels per acre. From 40 acres of
stock ground and 14 acres of wheat
stubble he threshed 1,370 bushels, an
average of more than 25 bushels per
acre. Some of the wheat was sent to the
mill where it weighed 62* pounds per
bushel. Mr. Devine informs us that this
wheat
67,
186
to
threshed by Albert Price's
machine and is clean enough to
ship without fanning, and he believes
-run in weight enough
to increaso tho number of bushels at
least 100. If such is tho
that it will
hiB yield
will be about 2,600 bushels from 83
acres, a general average of about 31*
bushels per acre.
2
to
3;
JKi
104
to
Railroad Company's Purcha
Superintendent McCauselnnd, of the
Wilmington & Northern Railroad Com
pany, stated last Friday that the com
pany has not contemplated anything in
regard to the United States Hotel,which
it recently purchased. The company,
he said, had rented a passenger station
in tho building for five years, and it
was deemed best to buy the Droperty.
He also stated that nothing has been
contemplated in relation to Magarrity's
coal yard, which the company also
bought recently. There is a rumor that
the hotel will be converted into a large
passenger station for the
mington & Northern and Baltimore &
Ohio railroads, and that tho roads will
each other's track on Water street,
thereby giving them a double track road
in the city.
the
* of the Wil
IN GENERA
The Navy Department bus been advised
that the Iroquois sailed from Honolulu
the 14th lust., for .Samoa, where she is
pected to arrive about August 4th.
John E. Brady attacked his wife with
their home in St. Louis early yes
terday week. He said he had reason to
believe she was untrue to him. Her skull
was fractured, and she will die.
Flagman Alexander Johnston and Con
ductor John Walker of the Jersey Central
fast freight were thrown from tlieir train
Tnraaqua. Pa., July 22. Johnston
"as killed and Walker seriously injured.
Willie Dowling was shot and killed
his father, Joseph Dowling, perhaps
tally wounded b v George Fritch, at Starke,
Florida, yesterday morning week. The
trouble grew out of an old feud, and the
shooting occurred at a dance. A boy
named Varnes was dangerously wounded
by a stray shot from Fritch's pistol.
President Harrison has engaged rooms
for himself and party at the (.rand Union
Hotel, .Saratoga, tor August 18th. A
partisan move is on foot to give a fitting
reception to Mr. Harrison as chief raagis
ite of the nation, in which tiie Lincoln
.1 Jefferson clubs, the Grand Army posts
d the Citizens' Corps will take part.
Peter Paseoe. Jr., and James Dower, Jr.,
were suffocated by smoke in the Republic
iron mine at Marquette, Michigan. Tuesday
week. They hud descended into the mine
to ascertain tlio extent of the fire raging
in No. 5 and No. 6 shafts. The damage
by fire has already reached 9100,000, and
the duration of the fire is impossible to
f » »retell.
The Republican state convention of
Massachusetts will be held in Boston
.September 16th. Hon. llenry Cabot
Lodge will preside, and the following will
be the committee on resolutions: Hon.
Francis W. Rockwell, Pittsfield, chairman;
Walter Clifford. New Bedford: Horace G.
Allen. Boston: Hoh. J. H. Walker, Wor
cester; Gen. William Cogswell, Salem.
Lieutenant John F. Meigs, U. S. N.,
when examined for promotion to the
grade of lieutenant commander a short
time ago, was found to be color blind, and
he has been ordered before the retiring
board for examination as to his fitness for
retirement. Lieutenant Meigs is regarded
expert on ordinanoe matters. His
work has not necessitated a
The mayor ami oouncil of Newport,
Ky.. have been placed in a dilemma hv
two injunctions. Judge Torrsy, at Louis
ville^ ha» enjoined the council to reinstate
its contract with tlio Newport Lighting
('orapany. By injunction obtained
Tuesday, it is enjoined to maintain its
tract wtth the new company. "One way
or other the counoil apparently must go to
6
of oolor.
at
Ard
at
West
THE SCHEME JS BLOCKED.
Full Text of G'liaucellor Saulsbnry's
Opinion—What It Means.
The full text of the decree of Chan
cellor Saulsbury in the tax list injunc
tion case is as follows:
Ordered
to be filed
by the
register '
ch ancerv
with the
John Mealey
of
of
in
pay
Richard G. Buckingham, et al.
Rusi
n
he
It appears by the bill, and it is admitted
by the answer in this cause, that George
W. McKee was appointed by the Levy
Court of New Castle county
taxes for the Southern district of the city
of Wilmington for the year A. D. 1890
and as such collector of taxes entered into
a bond to the State of Delaware in the
of 9100,000, with other persons in said bill
named, as sureties, which said bond
accepted by the Levy Court.
^That a judgment, No. 293 to May term
collector of
in
due,
deem
cred
do
affairs
might
be
fore
days
will
t, no. to May term,
—• 1890, was entered upon the saia
bond in the superior court of the State of
Delaware, in and for New Castle county
and for New Castie county
the 8th day of Julv, A. Ü., 1890, against
the said George W. McKee and his sureties.
The bond is not before me but I presume
it is in the usual form which may be found
in the Revised Statutes of this State. The
sureties in such a bond
by it for the faithful performance of his
duty by their principal. To this extent
their obligation extends and no further.
A duplicate of the taxes levied by the
Levy Court is delivered to the collector,
which taxes he is bonnd to collect, subject
to deductions made by the Levy Court for
delinquents, a list of which delinquents is
returned by the collector to the Levy Court.
Allowance of delinquents is made by the
Levy Court, and upon such allowance the
collector is credited with the amount
thereof.
At the meeting in March in each and
every year
ter 8, of the
of course bound
"The
and
hour
con
recep
mails,
delay
is
Jef
the
is
but
will
des
noon,
mak
provided in section 21, chap
Laws of Delaware, the Levy
shall examine, adjust
accounts of the collectors, making all just
allowances, and the adjustment and allow
ances shall be final.
Tlio complainant contends that after the
allowance of the delinquent list returned
by McKee as collector, nis principal, and
his accounts settled in March, it was final,
and relies among other things upon
thority cited, stating that where a credit
has been allowed a public officer by the
government and his accounts have been
settled it is not competent for the govern
ment to open the accounts and revoke such
credit, unless it were originally given
through fraud, imposition or mistake.
Now the words •'unless it were originally
given through fraud, imposition or mis
take" are very important words and of
significant import. But 1 do not intend i
this or nny other case to be governed
influenced by any partisan political
rhich may be urged or even sug
gested by any party, to any cause. Here
no such questions are considered or enter
tained.
Here the important question is: Did
McKee, the principal in the bond, receive
in payment of taxes on the duplicate modo
out and placed in his hands by the Levy
any money not accounted for by
? If he did, the proper judicial
thoritics will see to it that he and his sure
ties shall be held to proper accountability
in respect to the same, and at the same
time bo protected against any illegal in
their liability; hut I ain not.going
this question now. Although '
argument
their G
d settle the
below
the
if
the
:
in
near
:
of
wheat
an
per
the
per
this
a
said in
sented to on the other side that the judg
ment had been entered against McKee and
his sureties iu the superior court of the
»täte of Delaware, in and for New Castle
countv, and that an execution had been
issued thereon: yet it nowhere appears,
either in the bill or answer, that such
cution had been issued or that anything
had been done toward the collection of
such execution.
It will be necessary to consider such
properly
.
to
at
questions whenever they
arise hereafter.
It is proper and necessary that the
cord ami papers recorded or filed '
lie office, such
yield
83
31*
a pub
that of the clerk of the
peaeo. or clerk of the Levy Court, lie pre
served unchanged, unobliterated, unaltered
d in their entirety, by anyone whatever
d whomsoever.
Those records and papers may
not be available as evidence to parties in
may not be evidence
at law or in equity
private rights,
be preserved iu their
for which
the
Com
com
in
it
been
also
that
large
&
will
road
litigation and _ , __ .
in suits in controversy
in respect to public
They should
tirety for any and all purposes
they may bo legally available.
If they should ever be]»roper
their preservation unchanged would bu
proper and imperatively necessary.
therefore cause
illegally change, mutilate, alter
them.
What names shall
assessment list to be
idence
Let
efface
appear upon the
delivered to the re
aver of taxes for New Custle county lor
the year 1891 is a question which does not
properly arise in tills case,
1 have no jurisdiction, ont
affect the interest nr liability of the c
plainunt in this cause. I therefore
card it os inapplicable to the controversy
legitimately before me.
TIIE EFFECT OF THE DECISION.
The effect of the opinion and the
companying decree is to prevent the
Levy Court from placing upon this
year's tax books the list, of delinquents
returned by Collectors Dougherty and
McKee, whose taxes the Republican
committee claims to have paid,
while engaged in this work that the
members of the Levy Court
were restrained by a preliminary in-
junction. The injunction, so far as it
applies to this work, has been made per-
petual. The chancellor's opinion, how-
ever, does not affect the liability of the
collectors for the taxes thus alleged to
have been received by the collectors and
-- over by them to the county,
does it impair the right of the col
lectors' sureties to legally resist being
held liable for these taxes. Both these
questions are reserved and held opt
future proceedings in the courts, if
?ns be deemed necessary.
The decision served to revive discus
sion as to the object of the Republican
committee in making the bold move to
force these nearly 4,000 names on this
year's tax duplicates. Their claim that
they had paid the taxes of these men,
iu full, was regarded as prepos
terous. When the collectors made
their returns of errors the unusual
number of delinquents was a topic
of comment in the public press,
and had these receipts been paid for at
their face value the members of the
committee would naturally have inves
tigated at that time, to see that the
they paid for were not among the de
linquents.
A plausible explanation is that the
trouble at the city election stirred the
committee to action. At the election a
number of men were refused the right
to register and vote because their names
appeared on the error list. Then it
dawned upon the members of tho com
mittee that they hold nearly 4,000
ceipta in the names of men who had
been returned as errors last March, and
that the Democratic election officers in
1892 would refuse to allow these
register and vote by reason of having
been thus returned. Realizing this, the
committee made tne desperate attempt
to restore thee® names to this year's tax
books, an attempt that was promptly
thwarted by resort to the process of
law.
Wil
which does not
dure
yes
to
skull
Con
train
The
the
boy
posts
Jr.,
mine
and
to
It waf
Republi
not turned
en for
such
■to
of
will
G.
N.,
the
and
for
His
hv
way
to
THE GIGANTIC WHEAT TRUST
Farmers Urged to Hold on to
Their Crops.
TO CORNER 500,000,000 BUSHELS
In Hope of Forcing up the
Prices.
Tho Alliance la In Earnest, Hut Has
Undertaken a Big Job—Unless the
Trust Can be Organized There Will be
a Big Tumble in Prices.
St. Paul,Minn.,J uly 23.—A gigantic
scheme to "corner" the entire wheat
crop of the whole country has been de
vised by the leaders of the Fanners*
Alliance of the United States. If the
plan succeeds the most stupendous trust
of tho age will be formed, and the price
of wheat will bo forced up to
paralleled figure.
The scheme involves 500,000,000
bushels of wheat, and is simply to hold
back the greater part of this until
hunger compels the consumers of the
world to pay the enormous price de
manded. Circulars have already been
issued by the alliance to 400,000 farmers
since the beginning of the month, and
200,000 more will be sent out this
week. Before the month is out over
1,000,000 of these circulars will have
been sown broadcast
un
AN ADVANCE IN PRICE PREDICTED.
The Alliance leaders have before this
denied that they
3 trying to form a
wheat trust, but their circular is a pow
erful refutation of their denials. At the
same time these Alliance prophets have
been predicting a rise in the t)rico of
wheat, and been advising influential
farmers in all sections of the country to
hold back their crops until fall or early
winter, in order to secure the benefit of
this predicted adv
After proving that the wheat crop in
the United States is going to bo enor
mous this year, the wily Alliance lead
have pointed out the fact in their
circular that the crop in Europe has
been a great failure. It is expected that
fanners will listen to the siren song that
the wheat sharps are singing, and make
few and small shipments until late in
the season.
EXTRACTS FROM TIIE CIRCULAR* * -
The circular, which was issued by the
Alliance's press bureau and is an official
document, reads in part
"In 1884
of winter wheat w
of spring wheat
condition of winter wheat is
that of spring wheat 92.6, or ab<
cent less than the final report of 188
"As the harvest of 1»84, tho lui
had, was 512,000,000 bus
the last government, report would i
cate a crop of 404,000,000 bushels, nay
500,000,000 in round numbers.
follows :
harvest time the condition
reported as 98 and
99. This year tho
96.6 and
ul :D per
•D
"The home
ell
with tlio population,
over 350,000,000 bushels, pi*u».ion ono,
000,090, which leaves us 140,006,OdO ior
uly
export.
"During the last 10 s
irly in >\
ed 107, t
•o exported
127,000,000
Europe re
f
hieh
.
West Indies aud South An
000 , 000 .
"This year wo may lie
more to spare, which, howov
to South Amorit
ciprocity treaties, and Europe will re
ceive the average quantity of about
107,000,000 bushels and no mo to, us we
have no reserves to draw upon.
13,000,000
•count of
THE
I* MUST
"Tliis would
there if E
but Europe bas not
in fact it has the worst crop failure of
the century.
"That tho crop disaster is not local nr
moderate or exaggerated can bo clearly
by the action of the different gov
ernments.
"Russia appointed
vestigate tho crop damages, which re
ported wheat 17 per cent, below the
average,
ake both
•pe had a good
ds
eet
op,
good
l rv*
worse.
few, indeed,
There will b- .
willing to hold off t<
come of this n
situation price
but even if
ill be
: what
icw of the
-half
? of tho
farmers should be
persuaded by tho
i and elevator men
s of milm
argumc
to rush their wheat into the
result would lit* tiie sail
siderable number of th
the habit
a little
rket, tho
for if
ii»»
t of marketing early ho
while, the fanners' deli vert»
would fall short of the requirements
and the effect would he the s
no wheat had been brought in at all.
"There is, however, little danger that
nny considerable number of farmers
could be induced to market their product
in hot haste at present prices, as reso
lutions adopted by the state alliances long
ago show that they know tlieir enemies.
"The American farmer is intelligent
enough t<» know that who*
his products late in a year like this re
ceives the best prices, and tlieir is really
no danger that many will show enough
sympathy with the speculator to conn
to his rescue."
• as if
•■ts
RESULT OF THE TRUST.
The figures touching upon the crops
of this country and Europe are based
upon official estimates derived from the
agricultural department. The present
rice of wheat is so low that it seems
ighly probable the farmers will keep
back their wheat for a bigger figure.
Tills wheat trust will thus not only
affect the farmers themselves, but will
of flour the world
itself felt from San
push up the price
over, and make it
Francisco to St. Petersburg.
t ■ • ■
Bellâtre.
Monday week's Bellaire, ()., Tribun*
says : "Sunday at 2 p. m. tho remains
of Victor Morris of this city, were laid
to rest in Rose Hill cemetery, under tiie
auspices of the fire department of this
city. The remains w
placed upon
the truck of Liberty No. 1 and 75 mem
bers of the department, representing the
six companies, headed by Heathering
ton's band, hauled their late brother to
tiie cemetery. Victor Morris had been
a resident of our city but two years, yet
in that time he had made and secured
the friendship of every member of tho
department, and of all who knew him
within the city limits. To tho wife,
brother and sister of the deceased, tho
firemed extend tlieir heartfelt sympathy
iu this hour of their affliction ami
row." Mr. Morris formerly resided in
Wilmington, where he passed his boy
hood days.