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GAZETTE AND JOURNAL ing as to ►PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT N. E. COR. FIFTH AND SHIPLEY STS. BY Tn« EVERY EVENING PRINTING COMPANY •PRICE $1 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE WILL Ml NOTOX, THURSDAY. FEB. • Doe« Not Interfere With Business. * After tho reading of Chancellor Sauls jVtiry's decree in the Levy Court Thurs ' day morning, President Buckingham, ■A* roported by the Morning News, said: •*! do not see anything in this to prevent Those in assessment may begin on the property transfers." President Buckingham was right, no •grasped tho situation at once, and with A decisiveness and completeness that did Aim credit. The Chancellor'« restraining order does not interfere im tho slightest degree with tho butincM of' the Levy Court. If jt were to continue! in force for 20 years Ao public busincsH j would suffer in tho llightest degree. \Iad. that order been kauod in 1873 arid remained in effect until 1891 all the qusiness conducted by iDemocratic Lory I Courts during thoso \18ÿ ms it did without t[ho slightest interrup tion or inconven i This buaiiutea of the Levy Court, so far as the assessment J lists are concerned, is cloarly defined by law. It is to reviso and correct tho] same, just as has As going on with our work, chnrgo of Mr. O'Haifa's : - would h precisely gone al ways been done| heretofore, and to add to the lists the omitted, at the tii^ie and place and in the .manned prescri vision and confection applies to the (transfer of irregularly assessed taxables names of persons by law. This re .to their proper districts and the augmen tation or diminution, as prescribed by law, of the amount of any taxable' «egsment. That! is all. There used to be a provision for eltriking off the. names of delinquent taxa/bles, after the reception of the duly certified delinquent lists; but there is no Ion 01 any delinquent list no delin and consequently there quonts to be stijickenoff. Hence it follows, as President Buck* ~^ngham very properly remarked, that the Chancello j not "prevent 1 work." of c iho Levy Couijt were satisfied to confine its attention restraining order does from going on with urse it docs not* and if this "work"—to legiti mate public {business—tho restraining (Order might romain in force for the next À hundred years without any danger of ['infringement. It is only when tho Levy ' fCourt departs from the business before it and attempts to prostitute its powers, Under tho/'six beats five" rule, to un lawful partisan ends, that the restrain ing order steps in and says: "You must ■not do thisj^ntil you show to tho satis faction Sis court that you can find war«jftblv eonw for so doing." That is ^acittMnC° urt has claimed the dent in tieb outside of the public und Statêafs understood by all its taxable ftnd tQ U3Urp ^ f or p arty and not business ends, power never be fore exercised by any Levy Court of New Castle county and not believed by a very large portion of the tax-payors f to be warranted by any legitimate con struction of the letter and spirit of the law. The State judiciary being invoked to prevent this threatened usurpation says, through Chancellor Saulsbury: : 4 'You shalfl not do this until you have established tho legal warrant therefor." > If the Republican machine succeeds in t establishing this legal warrant, all law ' abiding citizens will submit of course. But in ihc meantime all that has hitherto been held business may go though 110 restraining order had ever been heaifd of. legitimate public just as freely Tho ojcctcd electric railway be tween St\ Louis and Chicago—wo put ßt. Louis first because the project orig inated it# that city—is to be an under taking |')f colosBal possibilities. The road is t)o be practically a straight line, •in tho neighborhood of 250 miles long, and through trains the two cities at a speed of 100 miles 'hour. The lino will be divided into to run between •blocks of ton miles each and will avoid grade crossings The po|wer will bo generated at a sta tion lofcated in n coal district along the route; tho proposition being to use the refuse of the coal as fuel and to sell the far practicable 'marketable product of the mines; the .milling itself to bo conducted by elcc 'tric power. A fine boulevard is to ex tend o ja each side, the whole length of the road, and quarter-acre lots fronting tb*i same are to bo sold for suburban Tcsidejnccs. This idea, if carried out its entirety, will obviously in time build np a railroad town 250 miles long, coll iding tho two cities. Residents along $he lime will be supplied with electricity in quantities to suit, for illuminating, beating, cooking and manufacturing sAind farmers for 0110 mile <*r each Vide of the line will bo furnished with the same facilities. The projectors appear to be in earnest unci talk of having ,the line in operation World's Fair. For the benefit of resi dents along tho Mine accommodation ruther cars, will bo extra tracks, ut frequent intervals. time for the », on Amid conflicting rumors is to what be done to provent «ht may the Reading Railroad Company from becoming the biggest thing the United wheels in of interest to tes, it i dladelphla papers getter deal and do not wish that tiie pot ally approve to see it disturbed either governor ut judiciary. Tli Inquirer. Rep., «ays "the success of the consolidation is as* interfered with by the Thursday that pu red"; that "the report that the admin istration would interfere in the matter is, at least, premature, and there is no >n to believe that it will," and that aiversally approves *>f the molidation," because it other great trunk to Philadel to benefit Even if tho courts should be lied upon and should adjudge the void, tho Inquirer says, "a general greement to policy U not (void), and his will prevail." "the public Itnading c brings phla "and will do all it the city.' x Sa* Ifneqnn! Lavri. An Associated Press dispatch from Portland, Me., says: Tha arrangements for inspecting the maple-sugar work in the district compris ing Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, made necessary in order to pay the bounty provided by the McKinley bill, have been completed. Montpelier has been selected as tl»o government headquarters. It is estimated that the maple-sugar bounty will take $1,500.000. Only a few licenses have been taken out by Maino sugar makers, because it pays Maine men better to make the syrun than it would to make sugar even with the government bounty. The farmers of Delaware may reason ably ask why a bounty of 33 per cent should bo paid to tho growers of maplo sugar in Maine and Vermont, when not out of ten of the growers of corn and wheat in this State, by their own declaration, makes ftvo per cent net profit over and above tho cost of pro duction. off an in But their wonder will not be lessened when it appears—as per the above dis patch—that even a greater profit than 33 per cent is found in making maple sugar syrup. So that it would seem McKinleylsm follows the scriptural injunction "to.him that hath much Bhall be given," while from tho Delaware consumer ''shall be taken away even that which he hath." Is it strange that farmers should be poor, with protective tax laws and bounties draining their pockets day and night? f a Whilo agreeing with much of what tho retiring department commander of Delaware, Colonel A. J. Woodman, said his generally admirable speech to tho Grand Army posts, Thursday, Tiie Gazette does not concede the sound ness of the logic embodied in the follow ing paragraph from the report printed in its columns to-day : In regard to pensions, he said: "The ■" nt who offered their lives a willing_ fice upon the altar of their country have not yet been too liberally dealt w ith by t he national government, in fact they have not yet received in all even what is their . The aggregate loss to the soldiers who suppressed tiie rebellion, in tho pur chasing power of the money in which they were paid, was $507,636,063. Add to tins mtercst to date and you have near)v $.*.000,000,000, more inonev than c paid in pensions in 100 years at the present . Pay the soldier what is «lue him, and what, by right lie ought to have_ then, and not before, may Congress repeal its pension laws." : The answer to this, it seems to us, is that the soldier received his pay i cisely the currency ho contracted to take, which was the same currency that every other man, woman aud child who aided in conducting the war to a cessful termination had to take and be satisfied with. Tho war was not con ducted solely by tho men in tho field. The workmen in tho du Pont powder mills, in the Bridgeport gun factories, on tho monitors built at our ship-yards, the women aud girls who made knap sacks and haversacks, the farmers who raised the grain on which tho troops were fed and tho horses on which the cavalry rode, the mechanics who built the ambulances and supply wagons, tho employes in the factories where cloth ing, tents, shoes, blankets and dred other articles of camp and march ing equipage wore made—all these tributed to the success of our troops i tho field, and all were paid in the depreciated currency. If the men who fought are entitled to be reimbursed for in tho purchasing power of the money iu which they were paid, then surely the who furnished the supplies and tho armament, without w could have been done, the same consideration. The soldiers i the field wero not tho only saved tho Dre is of in BUC hun con hr ■a, women and children .'hich no fighting entitled to s who :ountry, and, besides, they did not save it for others alone, but also for themselves and for their children and their children's children. Lawyer Bradford looks back a fei st reflect, , that it w tremely fortunate Legislator Bradford did not carry his point when, in 1881, he opposed tho amendment which interpo lated tho word "legally," upon the atruction of which this he :■ be 'hole Levy Court contention hinges. In 1881 ho voted against the very amendment erting all his ability and ingenuity to eulogize and amplify. His argument Tuesday wi creditable • hich lie is no a very !. Any member of the bur well satisfied to have material as well and Mr. Bradford did. sta the the the might have bo handled tho san as entertainingly In paying this merited tributo to Mr. Bradford's argument must record < a whole, we impression, liow that he went a little nut of his way in ascribing to "the newspapers have had the ex of resi ■'li ich much to do with trying answer which n from Mr. Lore in the d which, quoted i eases lately," part of ho hud draw morning, entirety,would have been much stronger than in the incomplete shape in which Mr. Bradford, doubtless us its lapsus memorirc, criticised it as his recollection of "s •tiling said by tho newspapers." But if Legislator Bradford had had his way in 1881, Lawyer Bradford would A have bee court at all. A 1 . 1 / n r. SpsetalCorroftpc zetto and Journal An interesting rî Saturday after laymont (iunning irul.b'B Corner «*lul». Tim the field of Levy iruhh's the l-'eh. shootii took pi the Cl cont» I .1* 111) ! on Murtmun h or. Tl»e.it N. Gmbh, ne us u bad one, b h pleasantly exoitmg, the ('lay inning the match by the ful mont el ub lowing score ; from Wifi ia William Cloud William Knigli G. Ve .11 out of 15 in to V. wish ! ' Williams. Bird 11 If Jesse 11... George M Theodore Willi >p as* M 15 by ID 15 the >ut of 105 that I.NEK CLUB. Taylor Pierce.. s Bird. J William Pierce Al. Vance. W. Sillc.toe. « out of 15 no that the it be the and Tli y, J i * 15 II Ne ty. : 15 Al. H n 15 Total... Another contest wifi tuke place between these elubs ou Saturday afternoon next ut Cluyraont. Misa Elia Moore of Wilmington died at Moores Station. Sunday afternoun, of pneumonia. Mis« Moure was u sister t< Mrs. J. Horace Rudolph, und a daughter of William Moore of C'lav mont, who is al most Brustr^ted WUtrfirief at the sad event. .f 105 SHOT INTO THE CROWD. Serious Accident u Mo...ting Match In Newark Friday. Special Correspondence Uiizocto and Jounr Newark, Fel>. 23.—An accident that came very near being a fatality of rather large proportions happened here yesterdav afternoon about 3 o'clock when a gun in _ , rs. colored, went off and sent its fall load of shot right into the crowd of spectators who were watch ing a shooting match, tho result being I he Injury of four men—two of whom are seri ously hurt and will each lose the sight of an eye. Tho injured 1 : Joseph Jacobs, literally pep pered with shot in the breast and face and sight destroyed; will unless c fclie hands of Charles P and their in Juries probably plications , colored, shot in •orge Bat face und the sight of an eye destroyed. George Mcssiincr. shot in face. Charles McCarthy, slightly in I. Sometime ago some colored men. headed by Isaac Smith, purchased a day pigeon •hooting trap, by which targets jectod into the id pro Yes terday being a owd of white and cuiorcd 1 a lot >liday quite a ( on gathered t New London avenue to witness a shooting contest. There had been shooting from the f un—a double-barrel breech-loader— when •eters stepped up to tuke a shot. He had taken one and wus just about to shout again when his attention was arrested by remark and the gun senmsly pointed toi Standers, a dozen ot At that instant it. and emptied its charge i which w rani tho crowd of by more in number. lentull off •d, ot 30 feet away. Ktrange as it y seem, only four men, as fur as 1 learned, were hurt. When the exe found that Jacobs aud Batson were bleeding pro fusely aud were much hurt. They were all taken at onCo to Die physician's and dsjdrussed. Jacobs, who about 40 years of uge at \ employe of Curtis «fc Brother's mill, as found to have at least 60 grains of shot deeply imbedded in his face and head. One eye was destroyed aud lie was suffering much from the shock, although Dr. Koliock thinks he will recover. Batson is a young colored niuii employed by Alfred A. Curtis and is injured only as to Ids eye. The others are only slightly hurt aud will about. The whole affair purely accidental, although it is said around town that Peters was always im less careless with firearms. la ment had subsided it w had their a married ACCIDENT OLA snow. El n, Feb. 22. 19, son of Levi Hug. ware, about three miles from Elkton. w seriously ami perhaps fatally injured . Saturday by tiie accidental discharge of a mm. Thu Glasgow and Kirkwood Gun Clubs were shooting a match a» when a gun in the hands of members was accidentally discharged. Huggins was standing u short distance ay. keeping tho score. The contents of ** ^»m struck him in the left sidu,slmtter left arm and penetrating lung and stomach. A physician a , ' >'ho dressed the wounds. He thinks they will prove fatal. *rgc Huggins,aged it Glasgow, Delu live pigeons .* Of till! : til is to D ELA I Y A li E VI TV. Special Correepoi*lonoo of « >u oand Journal Delawahb City, Feb. 19.—U. li. Win gate, station agent at this plate, was ried to Miss Bertie, daughter of T. T. Vail of Delaware City, on Wednesday morning 9 a. in., by the Rev. 8. N. Pilchard of Laurel, Del., former pastor of the M. IS. church here. There were no bridesmaids groomsmen. Maude Wingate, a niece, aid of honor, fne wedding ras played by Miss Nellie Vail, the bride. The bride was attired handsome fawn-colored t dress. After partaking of a w< breakfast tiie happy couplu left o 10.28 a. in. train for Baltimore ami Wash ington. where they purpose spending a few days. Among the invited guests n ■re Mr. and Mrs. W. Vail, Mrs. Cum mins of Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phillips, William Wingate, hr.. J. Hussey Dilworth und Mrs. Charles Wingate. I h* iece «»£ redding ly Delaware City, Feb. 20.—The funeral of Clarence H. K . took pince yesterday the house aid nng. by the Rev. Henry L. C. Bruddo of Delaware City, at !» 11. m. Only relatives and a few intimate friends were Tho body was then taken to Porter's Sta tion, and there placed on the train for Philadelphia. Only immediate relutiv anil the ofiiciatvn the renin at Broad l' accotup : 1 « - ival ofthetrai , the body wa3 pi in a hearse, and taken to Woodland « tery. where the interment took plat the family lot. George Rupp of Newark has beer pointed BeiMioU b< City and 1'orter's. :et stall. d to in ap betw Delaware ■«•eed George 1). a takes effect gnat*« V H. C. ('lark u nth his fishing i ho has felt c .'I I. so fully occupied »•rests tins spring, that pel led to resign ins po.MMon of tiie Philadelphia ,fc of local agent here oaiem Navigation Goiup Wingate will probably hurles S. he he occ.ed him. Delaw» •d rep sentative deleg child Bran *u D t Church Junior Auxiliary .•h he al of the Di. Bi auch in Wilmingtm present from here, ver«; Mrs. N. «i. i Sat Tho h sides the Miss A Olive, Emma Jon« lap, and -May and Margaret 1 ho • E. Hunt I Mi, Il crengam. Dklaw The people intelleetiml of Delaw given 11 mg at the A when the Rev. Dr. Baum gi qn tiie "History of the Christian < luire!)," illustrating it by nearly imm ri«;hly-« olor stereoptiion views, embracing nearly all the old English eat tied rals and churches of note. (living, as lie did, I it entailed upon bi of condensing th bur 1 lily Hall, liis lecture ed it one Jeetu y «liliiciilt we lect Consequently, in il ity. "mit i* small, ti The ich the ot at tract ir hut th 'rapt J sh .v hi hi <1 h t ha . The lee P r spoke f. •oiil.l huv hi ■t •Rich fur shed the ill , bee nututg po expended. its 1 for that ti n hud chiirg« w. Ï; f Dies Delawa 24.—Kaufman ight; o liladelphiu, ently. Mank d family left last !*•,. the for 1*1 his »her hey wifi Del los." HHi l.itSi de' of t! large family Mr. Mank*' -, h. lit up well, the clothing bti.si ! '.,h I i »s during liis leuee here. other use «>f diphtheria is rep "Iarone« teil Tim youngest chil of tim late Joseph Me lohn Keane's three children «• p •ablv k;: ing of tho oy by the ladies of Um M.' ii. Ghureï» great siiecess financially, tho m i pro R1 h . ful The pupils of the public school are sing nightly for thei to be given «. " ' ' benefit of the publies lowing plays wifi be 1 Tell."^ "The ^Investi hi it 1 ening for .1 f <1. The fob 15 ted: "William V. 'ting "A b If erspersed be the Win might I f.'harlcs Bright of Salet aloft on fell a dis An effort 15 pen a fatal «ident !«1 o Fo 15 N. J i.« 51 high scapolding. idippi-d : 105 I. I«! if his C which right's 15 hi fall, y, I partially sue. J i «truck the oth ful. I> : ail in U10 eh 15 painful injuries, »sly l»uri but ««»mil : The R< v 110 f. Botl 15 IV Dr. B. ♦ h«. pa 1 G. 15 W. pro» have bee hinter has n ; M left \\ f«*; ut at of t< al 105 1. Fa-Mi; .■d It«* Wil ngton—Joseph Emiie« Fhiladciphia this morning. A car load 3i) tons of broken stone :u« shipped frmn the jail to Iievy flonrt »an .lolls, Tuesday, for tho iraprt.v«! «•f'the roads in tha vicinity oi Alt. Y y JEW CASTLE. Ni'or«ial CorrnepoiM.ui.m unzette und Journal Castle, Kelt. 13.—A rngsowing and y wus given ut tho rcsidem«; Jr«. John B. Manlovc, last verv onjoyuble , ...jo. Tho young n pel led to thread while the Ne >f Mr. und M T e sing o present w their needles and of tho fair sex used ham tiers and nails. Mrs. Lizzie Hoffman won tho prize, a hatchet, for driving tho straightcat nail, while Joseph H. Atkinson did the best d was uwarded a hem-stitched sewing handkerchief. The British steamship Intrepid, Captain Hodge, which passed up from a South American port yesterday, met with a ter rific tidul wave on her voyage, which ept the decks and nearly caused tho Joss of the ship and crew. The captain that when the gulf stre: cyclone struck the stc: : Î died a soutii ;t Rally •r from tin .1 for three days she was vi hove to, with to ?r pouring o her deck. O11 the 13th another huge veloped the steamer, smashing one of the bouts, carrying uwav bulwarks an of the (trek fittings, Walter Brown, seamun, had bis leg bro William W. Simpson of this city, telegrapher, has in his poetess»« nul Morse telegraph key, wbidi he prizes very highly. old origi Ne\ Castle, Feb. 19.—The missionary meeting held at »he M. E. Church. a very interesting as well xessful affair. The Rev. T. E. Murtinduie introduced tho Rev. W. I*. Schwartz of Central Presbyterian Church. Wiimingtou, who spoke interestingly of the missionary cause for nearly un h He related his own personal exponent a missionary to India and gave many ind icted with his work there! The Rev. L. E. Barrett of St. Paul's M. E. Church, Wilmington, was the next speaker ami ho delivered an able address. He urged upon bis bearers the necessity of giving liberally toward the advancement of Christianity among the heathen nations of the world, who now and have been for years, he Haiti, crying for aid. Mr. Martin dale made a brief out pointed address, after which a collection was taken. The choir rendered îuuuy fine selections during A seven-vt last night. t .rs-old girl fell through the 's ponu yesterday and nar rowly escaped drowning. Ellen, tno three-vears-o Jacob Vundogrift, died \ I : -I Id »laughter of >rday. k, Fob. 22.—The Republicans e will hold u public Saturday night to nominate u fu to be voted for at the municipal April 1 ül 11. li, F. Blackburn is a candidate for the mayoralty nomination •ntioned last week, i of Edward Dal by is spokcu of tiie candidate for assessor. citizen, of New t'astl ickol in addition to those The Joseph li. I'ctinill, a well-kn» rday morning et. after a brief illness monta, lu his 49th year. He hud'been confined to his bed only about u week, and lie was thought to be improving up to lute Saturday night, but early the follow (liienlv l. i I: pno ing his conditio changed for tho worse, and lie expired few hours afterward. Tho deceased •herefrom Philadelphia about four ago. He was a brother-in-law of J. Ji dson of tiie Riv *H 1 id»' Ire ritli i'hich he was einpioyed as ater. He w eral children. The remains will be token Philadelphia fur interment in Mount Moriah with sev « ill received two carload »f broke one from the jail last hich will he used in improving the lity «»f Townsend, rived fur tho jail via the li is in the v W. «fc N. Railroad. Ti.K, Feb. 23.—Now Castle <tid ontrihute much ttuur «»rpn : -'s starving millions but she did bu for R thani her shore of red lire and pow wishing tlio steamship Indiana Gud ■rey. The ival here d( 1 on her e ! *.f sp I of the Indium d from 5 clock in thcafternoi tb : front was black with people who dy to tcmler tho vi'ssel when she put i were Hying all along tiie' tels und small cruft. *«• displayed a be vhioli translated me-..., li you a safe voyage." Tho s surmounted by the x o'clock « it appeared. Everybody aid of appearance. Flags frofu tho The HtS Of V Maritime K in fill le of Hags, ■ VV id and stripes, the Intiiana hud to feel being disappointed in seeing h« î passing Thurlow : he was reported us ' 1 h thought that she had either :horud niTwitii Deep Water Pni for the night, ! they gave up tho idea ' liis time it was quite dark, und ull the Hags wero taken in. But. suddenly, the f seeing her. Bv waiting tl Delaware ; saw the whole of the iipj pletoly lit up, rigiit away thut the Imli not far away. She owing to her gre: mmuliis la this -s running veryslowl draught, hut she whistles 57 of the I opp. T if a tugboat 'y I N VV. & B. rail 1 fir«xi and red fire Tiie Indiana 1 blasts night line, wiifell throwing six d fireworks displayed, sworod with three distinct f her whistle «nuis of the A ed light, a roiu •d hulls, full d light fro fill o ull wh look when she 1 and u half-hour lat ■uilllll! •cd by sigli «1 ill he long sed it. It issed here ih . she tl : : Atlantic. She p ire midnight and d e Break on her w Ru? Feb. 21.—The hoard of nthly inittee on la iglit. Tho «:. die from l'rof. eke filer for intro. ■ «•mg h« .schools. The r, alte di indefinite! I'0St 1 1 I I t fo the quarter's sal i janitors. Bills VV bite, $2 for printing, and is $•* for replacing the ting staff N«. L we're allowed. The !& 'o the proper not re«* »numb «lay. March 5th, printed und | .r the mihc. .f .1 1 R school , •«1 to 1 for th« •1« of th d. qi-et I .loin, Will uit for the el 1. if tl ' •d tl Jama distant ids. M 1 .« icleetcd ; * i 0 Principal J wed the t. . pu,l. sin dal : lie 4 iunee,^ 110; ^ : average a s, 10 1.0 • I'll. I: mi *P 1. IU Tl P 'ing of s| da u for «h I. death of Mrs. Rei Jay, The I greatly derson to the Wolf. hock nitv. ki She hail Iv i, l.i I he shoe! il.l.'i . »PP k o » ye»«'. bat she died a! h. •iii'iw •f Du •1 I Wolf. ull k er «.f ■1 fi. •lurk forthu his I the oth« f Dt Wolfe. .1 f*.r erjyshippi Debt wan* «»rks. her living reluti -h 1 d lu .••h pi red. II Ih utli grief. The funeral wifi take pla schooner Mary lluhl f ibis fit ly wrocL . while « al vent on. Mrs. Tru und yesterday t*. ill probably leave s 1 : «1. of which J. Winfield T has been tol gulf«.! M«'.\i New York to »lived, although .tl all u-.: 1: i D fr. Ml I fH-i ith great litti I a tele from hcrhuHb ■fl« !., ■ une Itère. Another W. «V N. en un fortunate I; ilroad shifter 1ms It jumped tiie 'urd <»f tb«! Dcla truck tl works, on Monday, and »named off until u force of men from Wil mington arriv«*d yesterday afternoon to plnec* it on the rails again. ' „William B. Deakynebas purcbaaed'from William Herbert tlto brick residence < Union street, neartioutfr,now occupied by Edward H. Naylor. I MILFORD. Special Correspondent«» of <iaze , Feb. 17-—The Presbyterian church tables la; ttemied. The programnto « .•lulled amusing i of the ! the fourth of a Mil be series of si fairly well interesting entertaining readings by M lund ami Katie H 's LizzieVree s. Miss A ie Key ilds also oavo two vocal solos which we well The new hose was tested cwly-orgtumcd fire . was turned on the ( which is about the highest town, being fo stream was throw building, with a press The test was very satisfactory. terday by patty. A ntral Hotel, building in stories in heighth. The about .*!0 fee of only 70pounds. the the in at MiLFoiti», Feb. 10.—James Jones, a farmer living near town Î ured yesterday by being 11 engine, which passed diagonally his body from the left shoulder to the right hip. Dr. G. W. Marshall whs summoned and relieved the sufferer. He :d internally and the full exte of his injuries is not yet known, though internal hemorrhage was produced. Mr. Jones was driving the traction engine when the horses attached became fright ened ami throw tho unfortunate it to the ground, the machine pass ing over his body. His inj thought to bn futul. Yesterday Nchemiah Scott, highly , wus seriously in b ; wus inj K aged and , living in Milford Nock, died very suddenly. Deputy Coroner Hill went down to investigate the case and if neccssury will hold an inquest. Milkoim», Feb. 22.—An entertainment ven in Reedy's Hall Friday evening l»y local talent for the benefit of the Mil ford Li bn largely rary Association, ended, and pro a financial si hich was i to be a social •ss. The p gramme included a vocal solo, by Hinieon VOOal duet, by Mi-.s Bessie Bhurp; recitation, by Miss Minnie Sipple; solo, by Miss Mattie Pretty man; duet, by Misses Sharp and Davis; vocal solo, by Miss Annie Reynolds; solo, Charles Hoizmuellcr; recitation, Donald Marshall; p Barker and Katie Hi Sharp accompaniment. After t lie programme refresh by the ladies, and the young folks indulged in a social dance for a few hours. Music was furnished by the Milford with fr " Tiie big 'li Be •will; Davis and Alias 1 iltllO tllll't, Mihs Ida duel, M will, with guitar he conclusion of jrved 1\ in chcatra, ' i killed at Felton 1 day was brought hero yesterday by I uolds Cook und ira Melvi it from Joshua Roughlc sser, for $48,. 1 hero rhô purchu I ! If xhibil It is d e rda of ) __ isited it und pronounce it tiie largest ever A very pretty homo wedding was solemn ized at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wilson.at Houston, las W. Ingram was unit* lock to Miss Bessie Marvel, sis Wilson, by the Rev. W. B. Guthrie, pa in charge of the Houston circuit. Tim ceremony was nessed by only the immediate family of tho contracting parties. The bridal couple-were attended by Miss Hello Tallov and Mr. George Mell» igbt.wh «ïli I i ■»•d of of M T of it as maid of honoi •ly. They left «.t dug for Wilming York and Wash Philadelphia. Ni ill spent. Upon their ret iu Houston. they will id' . Feb. 23.—The 31st anniversary «if tiie Presbyterian Hunday suhool was held last evening in the main <»f the church. Tho churcli dedtothe doors by the memliers the school and their friends. Tbopro After th»! conclusion «»f «• the immibers of tiie school the Bunday-school room bo A full dress Imp w Madeline White at t he h nal auditor! gramme rcMidered interesting the progn as.>inhled rus held. by Miss f Mrs. E. M. 1 Thaw, in honor «if her friend and guest, Wesson of Contrevilii • present included th Miss Tho hist «welling, elite of th.! y enjoyable time kept up until quite late, morning Annie, the wife of Willey left him. Who orning she was of the ordinary but e ut noon she had Tol he loft for his work in the 1 cl did lint : when he returned h packed all her things and left for Pennsyl * g disposed of all the lie could, she took their with them. Mr. Willey s»e for hif i.l said thei » i>"i>i>y hi hold good <*ld Hf could give always i>ce been umrriml 2! drei», lie left > married life has ion. They have iay ufte purpose of bringing back"tho e livochil child. DOVER. # Tho» OUrn * 1 . l ei .U—Willis i of assault i . tie c« •urt, lias be *f that p reprieved h hi >f tl •quiriug hii hs. Up« <> i.e imp •d fo »1 Ih of : •1 it he ill lie liberated who has been <•« • H hit II:. b ry ( for the 1 «I I! as Willi -•leeted di md Andre •d him. V. Buti-iiu Alfred VV. La Riggs, both of 1 ik and rgianu mcci plier. v. J. F ' h " m< i'rduy lie 4.19 train, 1 reddi ■ igureeep as held in the n '.• The next meeting of tiie F tute will beheld at Kelt.. ors Insti Wotlnesday, o'clock, p. in. K. II. Ban ts the inst. M h 2.1, ut croft will add Make Fi ml G. G , Bro al Roads." ; und it . ««I ho od Re rgc V. e|. liority, that H urged for tin the 8up h of Justiei ■ •me Bench, Bradley. se«l by the «I Bishop A coining ses VVilnii the lied : able the M. E. Cl. to u larae .1 ein 1> «l'ii «•li lier«! di . ten iu! life..f which lie held the «•ungrega lienee His th al al dealt with the sub.j fo In tl he i.lr 1 tiie Sunday-school ik. it ry day Th t Miss A , ! iarg omit, Ç.7). In Hie D. D. h* i J. li. ( aidwell. lu-d r hi «■nee. Presiding Elder ill preach next Sunday. J. A. B. Wils« I'Vb. 23.—Bishop Andrew ary heuring lav (« P.r«!li iiues; both . tho di purpose of g Aurdncss «.f il J .f P iding Elder Wilson i'irst M. K.Church, »!> i. .1, hu 1 Ii f K» it .'m h hishot Hie follow in •bundle,*. Felton. Willow -.1 : D. St . J himself, Im». IU<t out the hearing, !.«. The bisi voul.l liroiigh i ; «»ally asking que« .VI« -ek lie wo At to til Elder Wilst of Mr. Wils. It a lurge rVnds had a« 100. Tim foi - delegu j officially •P I. Little ( ' 1. Mills! I i « 'I 1», Mil ugh. Ell dull Milt I icai •lit. II 1 i bridge, Beckwith, ■ ii •r.-ek, Taylor' t, lluriock's, burg, Fudcrulsburg, Wil list, «ville. Reso Island, Vi I). li: , Denton «1 Burr! »titer el lies Dr. Wilson. The h ul ongly end ring wus strictly one but thus , irned being the room. The friends of Dr. • very jubilant and feel confident thut they have exonerated bau «dialled made u^atuet, him. afin wed i Wils ull the LEWES and Journal tho sailors cine of at the * peculiar charac ters. A lew weeks ago the schooner .Samuel Morgan put into the Breakwater and landed two men, who were disabled while oil' Barnegat in a gale of wind from »rth-west. One of them wus badly d the other, Joseph Me 12 years old, was injured in the deck. Me Spectnl Correspond once of Lewes, Feb. 20.—A landed here and take the frost-bitten Gregor, a 11 the shoulder by Gregor is a full fc of Scotland, having left •lien he was stvon years old, and red tho sea the greater part of the hus foil He was in California i 1841 his life. 1850 and amassed considerable wealth at leml it in a short the liggings," buts* 1 >lis liome bus bee principully i the .south, and he had so in Alabama or Arkansus (bellion he and was severely but came out of i was present and on duty at Appuinuttox, and sa.v exchange hi* musket (or u biscuit, lie is very reticent ami it is impossible to induce him to give detailed ex pc vice in the Confederate 1 shoes or stockings property ie time. Dttr Lee's army several times. H stalwart. He the surrender ingth red i ouuded •a he wus glad :es of his : army. He we d doe : cold weather, llis ship 11 good sailor and able to duties on ship 11 is appearance indicutes physical Rs and his actions uro more like a one of 72 years. He is and will be reudy to try tho iiui perfo the Huiindn ^if 30 Ilian There is dred, a few county, living in Indian River him Mills boro, this aged couple, Nathaniel Car d his wife, Mima. Natty, os he is ('tilled, is about 85 years old, bo 1«) years of age. Hho bases the îoilowiijg recollée" il es d his wife «•I.1 her ciui She re f 1812, and was the time, and also a ind in September. 1816, and of age. At ntorview had with her >1 few months lier mind seemed to be bright and i from other incidents i rsation impressed the person who Us her with the 1 ruth of I The interview >1 from a thorough examination iff «1III •iul records regarding the purchase of laud interest verified the Mil hers tiie w: about 30 vears old treat gale of 1 claim. transaction in which siie bad : fact of her being 105 or nu .sin-is of mixed Indian and negro blood, d some of lier remote ancestors were of lie tribe of Indians who originally owned d fished and hunted on the land she t'armean's second wife children have resulted therefrom, probably iccupies. She i Mi fr« lier ■ 1; ! • ways led u retired and peaceful life. Nat In de u livelihood by catching llah and "progging." It is reported they uro both in feeble health at this time. : it :wr.s, Feb. 24.—Tho appointment of heritT Eli R. sharp as deputy collector «toms for this place is not altogether satisfactory to tho L of 1 !. Mr. Sharp_perse ally, no . comj a fight against Lewes hut. so and Rrlioboth hundred and claim Dial the place should be tilled by hi T here were four applicants hero cither of whom would Jmvo filled the ollici it ably. •die \V. T Milled the feel it innell anil E. J. Morris at •cting of Cape Ilunlopen City •rs, held in Wil ' ' «lay. The P.. W. A B. railroad are considering the feasibility of puttingo ira fast train during the coining season d affording other facilities to ace» dato the visitors Hcnlopu Burton The Bright H Graham of Do A spöcii held Mon . ing the street lamps w n P« .this resort. The Hotel nil bo managed by Walter will be used. • will lie kept by Mr. d electric lights , the present « iul • of the town board w bids /Of light .. opened. Ben ja in Derricks rorded tho contruc for $9 per Inmn, to bo lighted at sunset extinguished at 12 o'clock, on all dark March 1st 1: i JXt. 1 Dr!' William !>'. \\\ Hall, son of Dr. David Hall, hero, lias purchased tho drug d good will of the practice of the ael Marshall, ut Sixth Philadelphia, and will pruc there. of 8t. Peter's Episcopal 'ning plans and c« a new rectory ; ice his prof« The vestry 1 h ch lien* are suiting alunit building their lot adjuiniiiL the churcli. The sch« mner H. W. Laws, trading fn Milton to Philadelphia and owned by Gap tain Elijah Register of this place, parted her chains und tiatne ashore abo ile above here. .Shu iiad a small cargo of inen-handise from Philadelphia for chautb in Milton, this o. Tho schooner 8. G. Hurt, wrecked in tho "gapway" sonic tiino ago, worked over the • *cks and came ashore on Monday after mon during a light gulu from tlie north ast. and broke through F. G. Muull's pier, li* On M the pilot 1« i E, W. T ^ uell w i'Cÿ at. the i sf. the wind. •Inch rth-east, blowing hard fro lie the (»each. Only by tin* .skill ut the pilot i she saved from shipwreck. Shu > put pilots on board coming in the capes . C. Chambers, one very idle in a perilous charge was erai mg o sth I" tho li . 1*1 lut It of her ow s, and other* utclied her v as they position. MIDDLETOWy. Special Cor 1 Journal Fell. 18.—Thu funeral of -•curred lier«!, one of the largest funerals e» immunity. Presiding Elder Sated by tho 1 Mrs. Iu ! Rohe Hi, . N. M. Browne, du i. Interment wui Miietety. d the serv lade he Met it od is The f till! Lake street, al 3nil of Mrs. A Dickinson, fro •sideme of her huslu I. < •d here tHi ing. tiie 1 N. M. Browne 1 tiie R of Odessa, delivering i H. S. Thomi.sc : : pr \ li .1 buggy belonging to F. M. 1 driven uwav bv *.— G.VV.VV. Naudiiii Rotiiwell w: rr« (Tel icc ago. •urd by parties f«!\ h .1«* iviio hud « in pursuit of it. Mum ■ wx, Fel.. 2D.-A. II. Crow, tho R. T siding >c :he-t. idcnly ut: acked by igo while driving, and the gri| few da al . Upo >k the combined ival Im e, it strength of h mtri.l hi 1 l.y the attending physi rill return with his . It is. In that hi 23.—Tho body of mnuHly, Rev. George VV. Keunedv, f. « brought here by own. Feb. M: ■ •arah Matilda Iv. the 1: l.v «.f tl Fore ere held tiie tery. he _ Oliurcli. Mrs. Ke Pres I iv l. sided ' li «•dy re id ut Smyrna, Del., lie of her life, here both h gr«' self and hush children s , Mr«. Robe . Wil .•dy of id Dr. VV. F. Kennedy of Wilmington, Dr. Stile« Ke Loui Mid»., -I Mil Tl »roko into the hennery of L. G. Sunday night lot of finely bred poultry, «.•s and Brahtnus. Mc I II A Me I ing of Wy :■ ml n , Feb. 18.— Cond uctor I «eg! yrna branch road, while,load yesterday, fell between dear, lacerating Of til ing freight iter the pint fur >eg fearfully, tearing the flesh fors irai ill incapacitate him fre duty f. reported "Wooitown," a iveral weeks. so of small-pox in •lorod settlement, ami suburb of Clayton, gave the inhabitants of Huit part of the considerable scaro; but by Dr. llarmo \ investigation , president of tiie board of health, it turned out to he basics. \V. F. aud J. R. Clements, hardware merchants, have bought the store adjoin ing them, formerly occupied by VV. Tood, which they intend to occupy about the 1st of March, thus enlarging their business facilities. •rely a case of SMYRSA. Gazette and Journal. Spec BlCorrospo Sm y un k. Feb. IS.—The outpttt of the Smy i.aw month 18,000 quarts •amery the past ds of butter fro rx: Tho Loyal Legion of this town will lest for ihe lie . declamation, the best disclaimer carrying olT tho silver a public •dal. Mrs. M. Rebecca Paries, widow of the H. Furies, received this of $310 fre late Is through O. A. TVick tho » tho Delaware Masonic Mutual Aid Asso dation. Dr. GonawAY of Loipsic has a patient 1 the person or Henry Denney of the town, who ha* been hiccoughing for live days and night, with but two intermissio of about lu hours each. The latest report yesterday was that he had got relief again. it'ana ma Her s. rniLAOELrnu, Fob. 93d, lMi So much has been stated in this column of the glories ol the rich, rare and beautiful stock of very fine Dress Goods that you may perhaps doubt whether the plainer and sim pler goods have equal care. Dismiss that notion, upon the cheaper stuffs and see what 25 and 3 7 cents will do. Neat mixes at 25c., 36 inches; half cotton to be sure, but, price considered, none the worse for that, and the big range of brown and gray bockers, at Zl'A c., 36 inches. Extremes do not meet in Dress Goods here. Wc have both and all the intermediate grades. Too many between lor them to meet. Call Tweeds and Knicker Fifty-ecnt J Fool Dress Goods. A casual glance, a moment's counting, sixty seven styles in a single row. Just a trifling bit of testimony to the bigness of the great Dress Goods stock. There are many designs. Some are chevrons, some have chevron stripes, some plain stripes that are elegant in simplicity. Some have Angora Wool (the Camel's Hair of traffic) mixed with the Sheep's Wool and that gives the softness so much desired nowadays. But the quantity and variety at the moderate price would surprise you elsewhere. I lere the leadership at all Dress Goods points is so natural that you are never surprised at anything. And your calmness over our successes is the best compliment you could pay us. Just the oddest sort of a Border idea is cropping out in some of the richest Dress Goods. Narrow Borders— inch or two inches; some times in cream, sometimes of quarter-inch stripes. The stuffs are two-toned and if there are Border Stripes the; arc always in harmony wit! the body of the goods. Quaintly nondescript styles in the stuffs themselves. The face of this one is thickly covered with wavy welts like giant pen strokes in ''lines of beau ty." A blucish, a gray ish, a tanish, a pinkish. Width 48 inches, $2.50. Another is a broad Diag onal with silk threads glinting in and out all over it. 48 inches, 5 shades, $2.50. Still another is a Melange Cheviot, 48 inches, 4 shades, £2.50. None of them have been long enough on the counters to nod to their neighbors, and right handsome and high toned neighbors they arc, too. One of the most striking ef fects comes from a jumbling of queer figure-3-shapes on a prettily speckled melange ground. 44 inches, 5 shades, $'•50. Think of a school of dol phins' full swim through a sea of rose water and you have a hint of one style in another novel stuff. Think of seas of four tints and dolphins of four colors and you have the varia tions. Goods 46 inches wide, price £3.50. Cloaking Stuffs make a very pretty show. Your only trou ble will be to choose where all are so mellow to the touch and so pleasing to the eye. 54-inch Cheviots in small checks, stripes and mix tures, $1.50; tans and grays. 54-inch Cheviots (soft twills) checks and stripes, $1.50; tans and grays. 54-inch Tweeds, checks and Wmutmaftrr'f. mixtures, $1.75; tans and grays. 54-inch Bannockburn Chev Diagonal, $1.75; mixed tan and gray. 54-inch Dash-figured Chev iot, $1.75; tan and gray. 54-inch Chevron Cheviot, $1.50; tan. 54-inch Pin Check Tweeds, $2; grays. 54-inch Velour, small and ■. broken plaids and stripes, $2; tan and light brown, i 54-inch Twilled Cloths, checks, plaids and stripes, : $2; tans. 54-inch Crepe Cheviot,, £1.75; navy blue, black and tan. 54-inch Crepe Bedford Cheviot, $2; navy blue, black and tan. 54-inch Meltons, $2; tans, cardinal, navy black and green. 54-inch Twilled Cloth,$ 1.25; navy blue and black. 54-inch Diagonals, $2.00, $2-50. $3. ?3'5°; black. lOt, I I Long Cape Newmarkets and Ulsters will be the Spring favorites. Can you imagine a more cosy and comfortable Wrap? Stylish, too. The very newest have deep de tachable capes cut exactly in the West Point style. You'll be surprised to see how much of elegance and luxurious seeming comes from the length of cape. Not a suggestion of skimpincss anywhere about these Newmarkets —unless it be in the prices. Take this one at $12; good quality serge in coaching shades, Camel's-Hair finish, detachable Cape, half lined changeable Silk; seams neatly bound. At $14, better quality throughout and the Cape is full lined. The Queen's Own moults no feather of fitness or fine ness. Still the standard of excellence in its class. Latest weaves, blues and tans. with One of the always busy corners of the store is where the Handcrchiefs are. They come in quantities that make the very lowest possible prices certain. Women's pure linen Hem stitched Handkerchies, Jit. a dozen—good quality. Women's pure linen Hem- ■ stitched Handkerchiefs, 1 neat revere of open work inside hem. i2)4c. each. Women's pure linen unlaun dered Hemstitched Hand kerchiefs, initialed, at 12 y. c. each. Men's pure linen Hem stitched Handkerchiefs, I2j/£c. each. You'll be asked 16c. to 18c. each for no better in other stores. 200 dozen Women's Em broidered Japanese Silk landkerchiels, scallopen edges, at 40c. each. Have been quick value at 50 and 65c. each. Scalloped and Embroidered Japanese Silk Handker chiefs, at 20c., 30c., 40c., 50c. and 75c. each. Not a trashy thing among them. I There arc Towels and Tow els. One that's soft and smooth and sops the water easily is worth two of the har^ harsh kind for most uses. You can get here whatever proper kind you wish. Heavy unbleached Turkish Bath I owels, large sizes, 22x48 inches, at 12J^c. Heavy pure Linen "Oat Meal" Bath Towels, tra size, 22x45 inches, at ex «Sc. Full bleach Devon Huck Towels, full size, heavy weight, 16c. each. Fairly worth 20c. More of tiie famous Old Bleach Huck Towels, washed ready for bleached on the grass, at ^ 25c. each; $3 a dozen. Hxtia. heavy Irish Huck Towels, Chamber at use 26x46 inches, 31c. each. See the Towel and you'd expect to 40c. or 45c. pay John Wanamakek.