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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-27
Gas Explosions ana assurance.
AN INTERESTING CASE IN CHESTER coUNTY-TH
coATEsyILLE ACCIDENT In COURT.

AN INTERESTING CASE IN CHESTER coUNTY-rHE
CoATEsvILLE ACCIDENT In COURT.
A case Of considerable interest, involving a.
it does the liability Of Insurance Companies for
damages resulting from gas explosions in in
sured buildings, has just been concluded in the
Chester County Court Of Common Pleas. The
case was that Of Thos 9. Babb ps the Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. Of, Chester county. Suit was
brought by Mr.. BAbb for damages sustained by
the explosion which occurred in the shoe fscto-
ry at CoAtesville on July 28th. last. By the ex-
plosion the walls OF the factory were partially
torn down and shattered fire was also commu-
nicated to partition and to the joists, but WAS
soon put out before doing much injury. The
plaintiff WAS at An expense Of &92 for propplng
the building while the repairs went on, and OF
Sl1O0 for repairing the injuries, and all these
| he claimed to recover.
The Insurance company claimed that the in
| PRODUCTION Of gasoline made m increased risk
against which they had not insured they fur
ther claimed that the accident Was occasionet
by the gasoline, to prove which they called
| number Of witnesses.
The iury were instructed that II the accident
occurred from the gasoline the defendants wert
| not liable, since they had not insured agains
such risk. The Court refused to instruct then
that the plaintiff could not recover II ths in
juries were occasIoned by the explosion, sayinl
to the Jury that the explosion, arising from fire
and being occasioned by it, was loss "by fire,
against which the defendants had injured tn
plaintiff. This point was however, afterward
reserved by the Court, subject to the finding 0
the Jury on the other facts Of the case.
The Jury found for plaintiff for 81, 2So Do, an
estim ated the damages by the burning ut @20.
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Capta,n Eaa,s Great work

The st. Louis Republican describes the details
It Captain Ead's work 1t The mouth Of tho Mis-
slssipr ~ follows. Tho Arss thing is to ont
tviga They are then bound into bundles called
in sengineering parlanoe "faacines." These
fascines are say eight or ten feet in length and
% many inches In diAmeter, though Of course
their size il varied 1t the convenience OF the
workmen and according to tho requirements OF
the work. Having been cut and properly So
cured, the fssonss are put together in the form
Of raft like timber logs, towed TO the required
spot and then loaded with stones until they
sink TO the bottom. This process ia repeated
with successive RATS until . continuous
foundation is laid the entire length Of the
proposed line Of jetties. The first, or foun-
dation rafts will be from rs to 400 feet
in width, according to tho depth Of water where
they are sunk, the deepest water requiring the
widest RATS. As soon ~ tile foundation is
completed In this manner, another line Of viii
low RATS is sunk on top Of those already down,
and % on until the surface Of tho water il
reached, each ilns Of RATS being narrower than
the one below 1t, until the topmost row will not
| be more than ten feet Acroes. By this means
| q channel 10 created with sloping sides. Tha
wster gradually Alls up the intsFstioes between
the twigs with sAnd nod sediment, and in the
! oonrAo Of = fAw yaAEs tha stxuntura hanntnAa
as solid ~ wall, being in fact . submarine
levee. It will readily be seen that an almost
incalculzble quantity Of willow twigs will bt
required to construct these two long lines Of jet
ties the whole length Of the South Pass, ant
the work Of outing and preparing them vii
furnish employment 70 great many men.
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r, e. COnventi0n.
CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE or TIE rRoTRsTAN1
EPISCOPAL oHURon OF DxLAwARA

CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE or TIE rRoTEsTANT
EPISCOPAL oHURou OF DKIAwARA ..u
The annual convention Of the Diocese Of Dol
aware, will open ON Wednesday, the ID Of June
in st. Andrews Church, Of this city. On Tues
day evening preceding the opening Of tho Con-
vention there will be gathering Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Sunday schools Of this city It II
r. II. The music for the occasion will no doubt
be Of . superior order, and interesting address
es will be delivered by members Of the Conven-
ton. -.
On Wednesday at A. NJ, the Convention will
be organized and Divine service, with tho cale-
brstion OF the Holy Communion, viii follow at
10 A. N. business meetings will be held in the
afternoon. A missionary meeting will be held at
~ o'clock in the evening, and reception Of
the clergy and lay delegates win take place at
| the Bishop's residence at ~ Pm. D., 49,,
Northern and Boutharn oonvooations will take
place at " P. n. u.
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WILMINGTON,
DefeAAe of the 9Vvall0wsTAils and
( as ,eOFA white Neck sTists

M~U~>.n~ - ~A~ A-~pu~-A Ar.A
! - -, Wsass H~cE .Ti~s.
1, m. .r..:,. 49, =. -, =. ~ ST. om.
- "ssA" "'se ~ ~ ~ eas sss" ~"
eavaGe MAKES no change OF toilet for tho even
inR,i He drepsas for vsr and religious ceremo-
cSs.l,tot :. 80. - . .or;., ,arro, NJ ra.,t In
~AA. 1ooAASA
eaon caoeAss q ~ hspgens % have on when the
NY 3nvataton nnoe hlm. Tho pisln man OF 0viliEed
nie, under similar circumstances, puts on o4eah
sRGt Ana hl! beat -Aplt Of clothes. THIS SUIT,
amon9 tna Enfopean peesahtry, 10 apt 10 20
namply o. tne came cut and material ~ the work.
ing suit of, - is would be called in brooklyn,
ehs gasp 81 eoel. among Americans - 10 black
sn9, IKE mat OF clergyman, a,id includes
ealk ciavat generally black, but permsslbly
coiofed. Ihe whole matter 10, however, one
OF pure convention. Now, Is has been found Of
iate years matter OF conyenienee, especially TO
haro-worktnG men and men Of moderate means,
VINO arc exposed TO inc constant social demands
of me gssee eaeass OF the world, 70 havea co.,
tome IN vhsoh one oaa appear % any iAsavs oc-
caeion, 8reas or smel, WINCH al, genue or sun
Pc, arc ankle expected 70 wear, which 10 neither
ffcn nor 9sudy, and III which sveEy man may
fasl sure thAs ne y properly dresssd, and the
drese n1ed on t0r this purpose throughout eha
civilized world y the plain suit q black, with
tho swafow-taliod coat, oommonly called
1 evening diess.'S hoehing can b simpler or
- psetsafaeas, ef Ners Aesnec9Asln. NO
Dooy can aad anytMng 70 II or take anything
away from II. many astemp0 70 mOO1y II
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10 feet. In connection with this it is expected
that hydraulic machinery will be exhibited in
full operation. At the south end Of this tank
will be water fall 35 feet high by 40 feet wide,
supplied from the tank by the pumps upon Ok,
hibiton. .#
aFs PREsENr PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
Tho work upon Machinery Hall is In higher
state OF progress than any of the other Centsn-
nial buildings, and it's vast proportions are bet
ter defined. The piers Of masonry and the sup
erstructure between the main entrance facade
and tho transept are erected, except the placing
Of the roof trusses on one aide which is now
progressing, and the roofing is going on. Geo.
W. Dorsey, Of Wilmington, ia the contractor for
this work, and has already covered over about
one acre Of surface measurement. By the time
his contract Ii completed he will roof over An
area equal to fourteen acres. The workmanship
on the building is done in the most substantial
manner, each of the upright timbers resting
upon bed Of masonry, aud braced at the top
with three stout iron braces. These, with Ill
the other iron work are prepared by Pusey, Jones
d Go. ...,al,
Engaged on Machinery Hall, and in the pre-
parat on Of the ground, are 800 mon. or these
loo are residents Of Wilmington and this State.
They are all under the charge Of Isaac Wood
row, of this city, but Mr.. Qugley, who has re-
moved with his family near the grounds, is con-
stAntly present experimenting the work in per-
son. steam planning mill has been erected
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A Lecture from vimclRmd.

One Of the strongest temperance lectures that
We have recently seen comes from the constable
and overseer Of the poor Of Vineland, New jersey,
from which it's founder excluded the sale and
manufacture of liquor Here ia what the con-
stable reports Though We have population OF
ten thousand people, for the period OF six
months no settler or citizen Of Vineland has re-
ceived relief 1t my hands Is oversoer OF the poor
Within seventy days there has been only one case,
among what we call the Hosting population, at the
expense of "a. During the entire year there has
only been one indictment, and that triding
csse Of assault and battery between two OF our
colored population. So few are the dres in
Vipeland, that We have NO need Of q fire depart
ment. There has been only one house burned
| in year, and two slight fires. which were soon
put out. We practically have no debt, and our
taxes arc only one per cent. on the valuation.
Tho police expenses Of Vineland amount to $40
year, the sum paid to me, and on poor e1-
peuses mere trshe I ascribe this remarkable
state of things 10 the industry Of our people and
absence of King Alcohol.
Let me give you in contrast to this tho state
of things IN the town from which came in New
England. Tho population Of the town Va.
9, 66O, little less than VinelAnd. It maintainet
forty liquor shops. They kept busy police
Judge city marsha, assistant mArshal. four nigh
watchmen and six policemen. Fires were almos
continual That place maintained paid fire de
partment Of four companies, Of forty men aoh
It m expense Of eS, 600 por annum- bsionge
to this department for six years, and the fire
averaged about ono every two weeks and mostl
inoendiAzy. Tho support of the poor cost o.
500 Dor annum. The debt Of the township WI
e126, 900. The condition Of things in this Ne
! England town u ~ favorable In that country
many other places whore liquor is sold.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-27

rwittiur CnilAren On their Defects.
Very often child gets the impression that
there II something In It's physical, mental or
moral condition unlike that Of other children,
that places him 1t disadvantage, and he Is dis
heartensd by the thought Very likely there
may be some peculiarly, but the point 10 to
overcome, and to teach him to overcome, that
disadvantage, and 10 rise above it. Unhsppiiy,
We often aggravaee and increase the trouble BY
our course OF treatment. We deal with tne
child - rude and thoughtless persons do with
or bodily defect, noticing and commenting upon
1t until It Ia made tenfold more hard To be
borne, and the sufferer made sensitive even
to look upon his infrmity. soldier VINO
had lost . leg. wrote out some hfty Questions
with which he bad been pestered by impertinent
parsons concerning his loss, how and when II
happened, and how much he suffered. And
sometimes, when there is any obliquity in child,
parents and brothers and sisters will bear down
upon 1t. and twit him with It in way to agra
vate and increase it rather than to cure it. They
will say before his face that he ia An odd one on
the flock that he Ia peculiar that he 10 fooah that
he has not the capacity OF the rest for learning.
and that he will never be or do anything IN the
and grows up under the encouragement
thereof; and 70 the prophecy works out its
! own fulfllment, and he grows to manhood
| the very eccentric or useless character u WAS
1 1OEotOl0 ne Wo0lQ Do. Al Juulcloue AAA0naD
had noticed lightly his peculiaritles, and taught
him that he was not no very unlike or Inferior
| to the rest, led him to look more hopefully
upon his case, and appreciased and drawn out
| his real excellencies, he might have out shown
| all his kin. The reputed Ounce of the family
and the school has often risen to high honor,
| to the astonishmeH of his early compeer.
Beautfulis is the story Of .The Ugly Duck
that when = Hedging was picked at and peFse-
cuted ~ . strange creature BY barn-yard fowls,
but which. at last, whom grown, proved to be
. swan, and took its place, with arched neck
and snowy plumsge, among its own kind on the
lakelst, admired by all. Many person, NO doubt,
has been helped on to the lunatio asy.
lum by having his eccentricities Of mind increAs'
cd by wrong treatment, until the full result wa.
insanity. And many = person has been kept
down in lower station Of life. or driven to evi
habits and companions. by some fancied or rea
hindrance or disadvantage, not treated wisely q
first. Even born idiots, under skillful training
learn to know God. and 30 repay toll for thei
| good and mAniacs are sometimes restored u
reason, while many might have been kept from
madness by wise care. II one feels that he La
the mark OF Cain upon him, he will, like Gain
be apt to feel that his punishment is create
than he can bear, and to flee to distant place
though it is to be observed, that even Cain
mark was set upon him in mercy, by God.-1h
l 0hu~ch,nnn
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Mrs neecher Believes Him Innocent.

Mrs neecher Believes Him InnOcent.
That she ia perfectly confident Of her hus-
bands innocence cannot be doubted. That she
would be ready to quit him at once and forever
il abe thought him guilty is, from her
known character, equally plain. Whatever the
effort cost her, Mrs. Bescher is not one who
would meekly suffer and endure an ofiense
which she characteriaed in Nlton's case ~ the
chief Of sins. And though her attitude has
no legal bearing on the case, there are few
who will not regard her conduct ~ additional
| evidence in her husbands favor.
| Crimes such - are laid at the door Of Mr..
Beechar may be committed without detection by
the wife but when finally they arc discovered,
| . hundred circumstances ut once flash upon her
mind to lend presumptive proof Of guilt. 1t il
impossible that this should not be 40. No man
ever did or ever will commit thus ofYense withou
those tell-tale evidences. II is plain that In
this case none arc found. The calm, patient
unwearied devotion which Mrs. Beecher exhibit
towards her husband proves that to her, at least
the charges are false and the prosecution NAL
icous.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-27

The Richmond (yA) correspondent Of the
Petersburg Neses gives the following curious in-
cident Of the course Of law and love in the for
mar city :sA ll.r.s0..a ss. "'
The morning papers call attention to . RE-
markable verdict given in the Hastings Court
yesterday. William James, married man, and
Annie Robinson, sptnster, were indicted for the
same thing that Bsscher and Mrs. Nlton, are now
ON trial before the country for. Well, Annie
Robinson was frnt tried, and she was found
guilty /; then William James was tried by the
same Jury and found not guilty. Thereupon
the thing il declared to be ridiculous, jury trial
| 10 pronuneed farce, and the public is led to
look to the Judges for all the wisdom, virtue
and discretion wanting in 1uries. In the in.
stance refer TO- the verdict Of the jury (com.
posed of honest and Intelligent men) was clear
Iy right The wife of William James WAS the
principal witness against Annie Robinson. fsl
she had watched Annie and William closely
Chiefly upon her statement Annie WAS convict
ed. She could not tsstify against her husband
There's the explanation Of the mystery, and tn
verdict, which might otherwise be oonsdere
'rsmatkAbls, u justified and rendered intelli
gible." =. =. ay... 49, .-.-
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The Ol@, Old StOFYs

The Boston Herald says that there Is living IN
ChArlestown, Mass, = respectable but poor lady
who, thirty Year, ago, living in England, was
oourtsd BY young man. but for some reason
declined his offered marriage, and united her
sslf with another person. Several years ago the
husband OF the lady died, and since that time
she has lived in this district. The news Of the
husbands death reached the lady's lover Of thir-
ty Year, ago, he opened . correspondence with
her, and finally asked her hand, saying that, al
though discarded BY her. he had never ceased to
hold her memory dear, and that such had been
his affection for her that, though he had had
several good opportunities Of marriage, he had
not accepted one Of them. He further said tina,
he had been for years, and u now, travelling
with an English noblemAns family In the capac
ity Of head servant and had BY economy savei
offer, and will sail for England In = few weeks
and on her arrival Ut her old home will be mar
RED t.H
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Public school ToacheFs.
SUPERINTENDENT aRovEs's ExAMINATIoNs IN sus
sEx oouRTY-How THE PEOPLE TALKED.

aRovEss ExANINATIoNs IN sus-
Sex oouNTY-How THE PEOPLE TALKED.
The Smyrna Times says: Superintendent
Groves, of the Public Schools, last week COM
pleted his examinations for Sussex county. At
Georgetown, fourteen presented themselves for
examination At Frankford, thirteen at Laurel,
eighteen, and at Bridgeville, fifteen, making
total Of siJty. There are about one hundred
and eighty districts in the county, and At least
one hundred and fifty teachers will be required
to make up the complement, yet not half Of this
number sought an examination, and Of those
who were examined Il IL hardly probable that Ill
Of them will receive certificates Of this however
we merely conjecture.
The Superintendent found the people, In many
instances, not At all satisfied with tho education-
al laws enacted BY the Last Legislature. There
seemed to be pretty general objection to the dog
tar Law and not few condemned the measure
requiring each district In that country to levy
and collect $50 per annum ($1O0 in Kent and
New Castle) for school purposes, without regard
to any vote that may be taken on the tax ques-
ton. And further, some were not backward in
expressing the opinion that the Superintendent
himself was an Innovation that the Legislaturt
was not justified in imposing upon them. Oz
the other hand. others received him gladly ant
hailed his advent ~ the beginning Of bette
days for our public school system.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-27

When person gets involved in runaway A.
fair and despAirs Of holding or controlling the
horse, queer things are often done, and George,
= son Of Nh. Eli Seger, did one on Saturday AZ
tsynoon last He was driving on Walnut st. when
piece Of the wagon bottom showing forward and
striking sgainst its legs As soon ~ the young
man found he could not rein in tho animal, in
one instant he dropped the lines and in the next
hs lsApsd clear Of the wagon aud landed on the
horsss back. It was Q fortunate jump, bscanss
Il surprised the horse and enabled the young
man to recover control and stop the runaway by
pulhng On the check rein.-AAento,oR Chronicle.
Hqy llA, 20 .-.a
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MACHINERY HALL, PHILIP QuIoLxYs CONTACT
pxsoRIPTIoN OF TIE BuILDINa-PR1sENT STATE
or PROGRESS.
The above is picture Of Machinery Hall, OF
the Centennial buildings, the contract for which
was let to Philip ouigley, Of this city as s676,-
900. The building oonaiats Of the Main Hall,
$50 feet wide by 1,4o2 feet long, and m annex
on the south aide Of 208 feet by 40 feet The
entire area covered by tho Main Hall and annex
is b5s, 40 square feet, or 80 acres Including
the upper floors, tho building provides IA acres
Of floor space.
The principal portion Of the structure Is one
story in height, showing the main cornice upon
the outside Ut 40 feet from the ground, the In
terror height to the top Of the ventiatora in the
avenues being 70 feet, and in the aislea 40 feet
To break the long lines upon the exterior, pro-
jections have been introduced upon the four
sides, and tho main entrances finished with
facades, extending to rs feet In height.
GROUND PLAN.
The arrangement Of the ground plan shows
two main avenues 80 feet wide by 1850 fest
long with central aisle between and an aisle
on either side. Each aisle is 60 feet in width !;
the two avenues and three Asles making the TO-
tai width Of $50 feet. At the oentre Of the build
ing is . transept of 80 feet in width, which at
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s.Quesr old cove, tha&," said the waieer to him.
self, ~ he shuAled out. "Looks like he might
have stroke Of paralysis any time"
Mr.. Foftescue sent for Colonel Grey tAe next
''Oolonsl" said he, striving to speak in an Oh.
hand way, "lm not 90 young ~ I was, and--l
that isl am beginning to see the folly OF .
man Of my age aspiring 70 the luxury OF young
ing daughter, asking to be released from my en-
HEh /" sjaculAtsd Colonel Grey, pulling say
agely 1t his long wAxed moustache.
"But," hurrisdly resumed Mr.. Fortesoue, u
shall Of course regard any little business ar
rangement bstween us ~ permanent
"Oh |" said the gallant colonel "in that case'
can offer no opposition 10 your serious oonvlc.
tons, although l lmsy wonder at your fokleness. .
And 10 Mr.. Fortescue ransomed himself out OF
Geraldine's eyes spafkled when she recsived
Mr. Oarson Fortsscue's letter. Shswe At once
70 her father
.P.p. !" .hs oSssd,, impetuoualy' "h' has tre'-
ea %s %s sesl mT de.r don't Judge too hastily
said ths Colonel, looking little confused. a
man has, Of course, . right to change MS mind
and Nj. Fortescue has behaved very honorA0l'
about pecuniary matters"
''But, papa" pouted Geraldine, ,its afeaa- ~
ful thing not to be married a. ALL a''ee 'n'A
Il don't see how We are to help it," said the
Colonel, atroking his hand. ''unless, indeed
young GARLAND"
dsmursly. "Mr Garland has proposed TO me.
Can marry him2
marry whom You please" baEked ont the
Colonel. Il Lg'N.
Geraldine did not SEQ Mr.. Foztescue again un.
ill he congratulated heron her new engagement
| and then 10 Borutinized her closely.
II didn't know they could git up these false
things to look 90 natural" he said TO himself
"poor Garland how pity him when he finds u
| out" r = -,
Bus apparently Mr.. Albert Garland never dit
"hnd IL ont J" for, to all appearances, hewas vel
satisfied with his bargain.
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One OF the newsboys was selling ont his route
and when tho hnsncial arrangements had been
perfsossA hs continued ''Nov look out for
Mo- n On that street. The fellow who lives
No. 50 is all right you can sell the paper twice
q week. No. 81 b q bad ran looks right
through yoa and swsArs like . pirate. No. 90 is
o. K, Woman pites you aud chucks you ten
ceuts every day or two. No. 10 10 fearful wo,
man comes out and calls you . liar and then rune
down 70 tho oldce, and il you make faces At her
shell jump two feet high and hollsr for dog
-pstrou Free Press.
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Cheap peash 10 tho Bugs.


81 A Republic county (Kansas farmer has fur
nished the public with his way Of exterminating
potato bugs which il certainly cheap II effectu-
al. This ia his experience
ain the spring OF ls72 I planted three-quar-
tsrs of an acre in Peach Blows, in rows both
ways, the came distance apart as corn. culti-
vated them well and kept the ground free from
wesds aud paid no attention 10 the beetles until
the first installment Of eggs we're Matched and
tho young were well under headwsy then, one
day the ground being dry and quite hot, aud the
vines well covered with bugs, l. with An assist
ant, each armed with an old broom, "went for
those bugs and brushed them on to the grou.h
into tho furrow in the centre OF the row, and it
was encouraging 70 SEQ them crawl few
inches toward potato hill then turn
over on their backs, lie there =
| short time and then they would burst open; and
\ in half an hour you could not SEQ the sign Of .
bug, except few thst fell near the vines and
get into the shade before they were overcome
| BY the heat, Two applications Of the broom in
the middle OF very hot days saved my potatoes,
and tho bugs were ~ thick on my vines the first
time, I think, ~ ever SAW thena."