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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-29
RIVER INTELLIGENCE


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ARRIVALS.
Steamer Bismarck, New Orleans.
Vint Shinkle, Cincinnati.
Charles Morgan, Cincinnati.
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati.
Atlantic, New Orleans.
Laura Davis, below.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Bismarck, st. Louis.
Atlantic, St. Louis.
Charles Morgan, New Orleans,
Robert Mitchell, New Orleans.
Phil Allin, Greenville.
Geo. W. Cheek, Friar's Point.
BOATS IN PORT.
Vint Shinkle, Osceols.
Condition of the River.
Weather sultry and cloudy. The
river here is declining again. At
Cairo the fall was 10 inches, with
81 feet 2 inches on the gauge. At
st. Louis the rise was G inches, with
26 feet s inches on the gauge. AT
Helena the rise was 2 inches. At
Pittsburg the Ohio river was sta
tionary, with 2 feet l inch in the
channel; at Cincinnati, stationary,
with 8 feet 5 inches on the gauge;
at Louisville, stationary, with 5
feet IL inches on the guage. Cum
berland river rose l inch, with 4
feet 10 inches on the shoals. Ar
kansas river rose IL inches at Little
Rock yesterday, with feet 6 inches
on the gauge. White river is fall.
ing steadily, with a fair stage o.
water from Jacksonport to the
mouth.
Miscellaneous.
But one boat in port doing bust
ness.
All the steamboatmen are fol
Tilden.
The Charles Morgan passed dow
yesterday for New Orleans wei
laden. She will fill ont at tn,
mouth of White river.
The Atlantic and barges passed
up this morning. She dropped
barge here to be loaded with Of
cake.
The Andy Baum left Cincinnati
last evening for Memphis.
: The Robert Mitchell passed dow.
yesterday with 1900 tons of freigh.
She put off here 14O barrels por
and a lot of sundries and added 2
~hogsheads tobacco, 400 sacks cor
: and some sundry freight, and skip
, ped out after the Morgan to kee
her company down the river.
The Bismarck passed up la
d evening for st. Louis with 500 tor
of freight, principally sugar.
The circus boat Laura Dav
! passed up yesterday afternoon.
2 The Phil Allin had a splend
trip Of freight and people out la
night.
The Cheek for Friar's Point hi
<. a good showing of freight and pc
'' pie.
g The Belle of Shreveport, boul
3; for New Orleans, will be down t
q morrow.
a. a The Ella is the Saturday Arka
sas river mail packet.
" The Ruth is the Saturday VIII.
river mail packet.
/. The st. Louis harbor steamer
ID, q. Smith is to be sold at st. Lol
"a on August lst.
ii FNr
%. The U. P. Schenck is due do
OSt for New Orleans.
S9E The Cherokee leaves Cincinn
Saturday for New Orleans.
The steamer Mary Houston v
.sp be sold at public auction at Lou
|. Z vile on the Sth of July ne
llf- Terms cash.
Captain Bob Wise's new Me
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-29
OF n

NAroNA TEMPLE OF H. AND 7, Hk4N
40 -meets every Friday even w
ing at 5 O'Clock at Temperance En-M
ITsli. No. 29S Second street. a
a. j. McGarvey. W, @. T.; E. o. Milton, ".
v. n: @. A. s.. Richardson, W. r.; 9, r.
Shepherd, W. A. R.; Jos. s. Leon, W Il. r.;
pun q. Price, W. IT.; A. Hum, w. u; II.
n, Hampson, w. D. o.; W. A. Hill. IL w.
a.; Geo. B. Elliott, W. s.; Rev. ID. Z. Coul-
Oh GaEtsF1 TEMPLE OF H. AND T. No. 2-meets
every Tuesday evening at s o'clock, at their
ell, Brick Church, Chelsea. O.. Z. Colby,
NC. T.; B. 7, Carr, Wv. T.i-R,. M; Ken
dali. w. r.; T. B. Rawlings, W. A.. Ri !.
n. Chandler, W. +. R.; W NJ; Carr, ". r.
W. s.. Rodgers, W. u; 4. /. White, W. u.
u; Chas. II. Lanham, w. g.; G. K. Egnew,
MS; r. j. Rawlings. ". Chap.
MONTGOMERY COUNCIL No. l, I. A. AND 5
T.-meets hrst Monday in each month, in
Masonic Hall, Gayoso Block, at "a o'clock
pm. John W. Graham, g. Of G.; John W.
Brush, R..
THALEs TEMPLE OF H. n 7. No. 4-meet'
every Monday evening at ~ o'clock at their
hall, corner Second and Adams streets, 0vel
Fngine-house. Jonathan Wood, W. y. I.
.John W. Brush, W. v. T.: W. II. Atkinson
W. R.; John D. Cox, jr.. W. A. R.; John W
Cacey, W. +. r.: Chas. II. MeDOugal, W
n: FIT. Davis, W. u. R II. Hester, W. d
II: n. W, Halle, W. g.; J l.. Bourne. w
s.; Dan A. johnson. W. Chaplain.
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NAToNA TEMPLE OF II. AND 7.
N I-mhats avorv Friday even
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Fellows. Hau. corner Msin and North
nourt Streets

oas Fellows. Hall. corner Main and North
uouEt Streets
.,,vrs LopeH. No. 6-meets every Tues-
asv' g. II. Plischke, N. g.; S.S. HaTrett'
va; L. S. Burr, Secretary; H. T. hlsA'
4fcssaIcTbstw Lopez, No. S-meets every Mon
aay night. R.. ]. Black, y. r.. I. a.
earn, Y, g.; A. D. Gibson, b; Sonn a.
loit. Treasurer; Thomas Bacon, Z. D.
mi Lopez, No. 140-mosts every We'd
nesday night. John spang,, n. VI rTahs
Nries, Y. g.; Chas. BorAer' 7eore'alg' 'VhH
Iinkhauer, Treasurer. .
HIENgR Lopez. No. HI-meets every Friday
,tgbt, q. II. Neid 3iek, n. G.iJ.M. AndeT-
SON. v. G.; Wm. Henry, p. and Il. D.; Do.
Wilkins, Treasurer.
rI nsgpy evening al $50 Second street. D. 7.
Porter. N. g.; r. D. Sneed, V. g.; W. H.
Mnvston, Secretary; D. N. Kenneday. Treas
MONUMENTS.
a.voso EEokwPHENT, No. 3-meets on the
lt and "a Thursday nights Of each montn.
.john A. Holt, O, P; Charles NJ. Oarron. n
p d. Y Goodyear, S. W.; Thos. bacon
scribe; B. Bingham. Treasurer; W. NJ
fFsP 1Spz1s EsoAwpHESr, No. 8s-mests I'd and
am Thursday nights Of each month; J0e
Locke,C P; A W Newsom Il II u
rock 8 W; S S Garrett, J W; HB Cullen
Scribe; CHI Plischke, Treasurer.
DEGREE LODGE.
MrNPH1s degree LoDeE No. 3-Meets hTst
ctfnTdav Of each month. Wm. Henry, D.
I'D. A. Wardlaw. D. D. M, Frank Mel
lersh, A. D. NJ; 7, P. Holland, Seo'y; T.
w. Smith. Treas.
RuTH Lopez, No. ID OF R.--meets second
and fourth Saturday nights of each month.
T. { Pnrr. N. e.: Mrs. Marcus Jones, V. g..
r. p. Holland, Sec'y; Mrs. Geo. Miller, Treas
avvrpAL RELIEF CouMITTKR-J. S, wilkins,
,ba;Tman. 800 Main street; John W. WayRes,
hurr, Secretary and Treasurer, 2lO From
strset a. D. Gibson, 6 West Court street. j.
q, Schmidt, a Msnroe street; D.T. Porter
IS Union street.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
THIRD EDITION.
The Ocean Civ Hotel.

Many of the Peninsula papers, dur
ing the past week, published an item
to the effect that the Nv. & b. II, X.
Co., proposed to erect a fine hotel at
Ocean City, ,on the Synepuxent Beach,
in Wicomico county, Md. This item
is entirely incorrect, and originated as
follows:
During last summer, the officers and
employees of the road occasionally Wis
tied Ocean City, and being delighted
with the place, seriously considered the
erection of number Of cottages there.
Afterwards they decided that it would
be more economical and convenient to
erect one large building, for the joint
accommodation of all who desired to
join in the enterprise. Recently, how
ever, it was thought that the business
of the road, during the Centennial
year, would be SO great, that neither
the officers nor employees would have
any time to spend at the seaside, and
so the project was for the time aban-
doned. The Company, however, never
considered the enterprise, the whole
affair being the idea Of the officers and
employees.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
FOURTH EDITION
\ little Raid.


THE POLICE MAKE A EAID ON A HOUSE N
IN THE TENTH WARD AND ARREST rg4p
INMATES.
Yesterday morning Il man named Hoi-
land came to the police station and made.
complaint against Mrs. Mary Vaughan,
o widow lady, for keeping disorderly
house and place of i'll repute on Reed
street, near Adams, in the Tenth Ward
Holland said his wife was in the habit Of
visiting this house, much to his annoy
ance, and that it was fast becoming "a
nuisance to the whole neighborhood,
A warrant was accordingly issued
against Mrs. Vaughan, and at 80 O. clock
last night, Sergeant Whelan, accom-
panied by officers Bouzearth, Brickle and
Gibbons, visited the house. Here they
found Mrs. Vaughan, Mrs. Bridget Hoi
land wife of the complainant,] and a
young n.an who had only been in the
house about five minutes. The latter
two were arrested and taken to the 30
lice station, but Mrs. Vaughan, on ac
count of having two small children 10
take care of was allowed to ROMAN hcm4.
until morning.
The descent was made little too
early, as it is said by those who know
that delay until about eleven O'Clock
would have given the police an oppo,-
tunity to make large haul.
This morning the arrested parties had
a hearing, but as the evidence did not
sustain the charges against them they
were discharged.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

LARCENY OF A WATCH.-Last night,
VIM: Coyle, of Chester county. Pa,
sought lodgings in the house of Mary
Ross, colored woman, in Hedgeville,
Tenth Ward, and retired to bed
While he was slumbering, VIM Diggs,
one of Mary's black lovers, came into
the house and went through Coyle's
clothes, taking valuable gold watch
from the vest pocket. Diggs was
promptly arrested, this morning, and
after hearing before the Mayor, was
held in $500 bail for appearance at
Court. The watch was recovered.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
Pastoral CuU.
REV. VIM. Il. RHoBERTs CALLED TO rax
PAsToRATE OF CENTRAL CHURCH.

REV. VIM. n. RHoBERTs CALLED TO Tag
PAsToRATE OF CENTRAL CHURCH.
At meeting of the congregation OF
Central Church, last night, Rev. VIM.
81. Rhoberts, of Crawford, New Jersey,
was unanimously called to the pastor
ate of the Church.
Mr.. Rhoberts occupied the Central
Church pulpit several weeks ago, and
his discourse was much admired.
He is son of Rev. Mr.. Rhoberts.
pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian
Church, of Scranton, Pa, and Moder-
ator of the Welch Presbyterian AS
sembly of Scranton District.
Previous to entering the ministry Mr.
Rhoberts had charge, for four years, Of
the Congressional Library, at Washing
ton.
He then entered Princeton College.
graduated with honors, and accepted {.
call to the Presbyterian Church of Gran.
ford, New Jersey, which pulpit he still
occupies.
1t Id not known whether on not he vii,
accept the call to Central Church.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
EscdDe from jail.
VIM. Mcconnell, the Burglar, Escapes
from from New Castle.


VIM. Mcconnell, a prisoner at New
Castle Jail, who was serving cut sen.
tcnce of five years imprisonment for
burglary and assault and battery, made
his escape Sunday night. The manner
of his escape is entirely unknown as
no one saw him leave the cell, or no.
ticed him in the town. For some time
past he hiss been allowed to act as fire.
man, and has been regularly locked
up in his cell each night at eight o.
clock. Sunday night az z o'clock. the
Warden went to look for him but
found him not, and it was doubtless
between 6 and 2 o'clock that he made
his escape. He was probably possess.
ed of false keys, and though it IS sup,
posed he was aided by outside infiu-
ence, no blame was attached to the
Sheriff or Warden. The prisoner was
carefully watched, during his confine-
ment and was always well behaved,
never making the slightest atterp to
escape.
Mcconnell was arrested in Whining
ton on the 9th of April 1874, on the
the charge of entering and robbing, on
the 14th of March, the drug store of
VIM. L. Alrich, No. 300 Delaware
avenue, and on the 10th of the same
month for robbing the store of Maria
Wainwright, Seventh and Walnut
streets, also on the charge of an at
tempt to shoot Jennie Pyle, who was
in the latter store when he robbed
it.
He was tried, convicted and senten-
ced, at the May term of Court, IA to
serve five years in New Castle Jail; he
had, therefore served one year and
eight months of his time.
The Sheriff is on the trail of the fu-
gitive, and will make every effort to
secure his arrest.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
What are we to Do!
New York independent.

What we need now is some new occa.
patton for our hardening muscle and our
matured mind. Until within the last
two years We have not only had employ
ment for our own energies, but also for
the 10000 laborers from the Old World
who annually found homes in our fertile
territory. We have always had some
great work in progress which has given
full employment to all who wanted labor;
but we are now absolutely without any
undertaking of an industrial character,
except the mere machinery necessary for
the supply of our daily wants. Although
we have but entered upon our hundredth
year of Independence, so vigorously have
our energies been employed that we have
nothing more to do. We have dug all
the canals we require and construct e<a
all the Notifications needed for our de,
tense; we have built more railroads than
and manufactures produce more than
we can consume.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

DEATH OF MINISTER'S WIFE.-Mrs.
Caroline Rebecca Smith. wife OF Rev.
Joseph f. Smith, pastor of Grace NJ. L.
Church, this city, died yesterday morn
ing, at Il farm mousse near Magnolia,
Kent county, Delaware, where she had
been staying for several weeks on ac-
count Of i'll health. Her death was sud-
den and unexpected, as her husband re-
ceived letter on Saturday, announcing
her improved condition. Yesterday morn
ing he received telegram which inform
ed him Of his sad ben ieavement. Mrs.
Smith was an estimable lady, and leaves
several children. She was daughter of
the late VIM. Edmondson, of this city.
The remains of Mrs. Smith were
brought up on the Delaware Railroad
train, this morning, and taken to the res
idence OF her husband, No. 8l3 West
street: The interment will take place in
Philadelphia.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
DhUW Attempt at suicide.

ed Of Committing Forgery-A
Lancaster County Tragedy.
| tragic affair occurred ut Kirk's
in the southern part of Lancas-
ounty, Friday night. Benjamin
= n is accused of having success
practiced forgery raising funds
a amount of SlS5. He had forged
Endorsements of VIM. s. White, of
easter county, The man was sus-
20 and charges were preferred.
y Oxford Banking Company of
|&ter county discounted several of
3 notes. Parties went to arrest the
g1eed, and when found at his house
'f TENT up stairs,
= |ter few minutes the parties out
heard a terrible scream. Officer
rews broke open the front door,
I rushing in, found Brown up stairs
l.g on his bed covered with blood,
4 his throat cut from ear to ear
Brown in her terror at the sight
Pr husband, whom she supposed
Akve been attacked by the officers,
. screaming piteously and endeav-
70 escape through the window.
who had partially dressed
H. eii, finding that escape was i'm
Die, had seized razor and made
lrignilul cuts across his throat,
r.lnng the jugular vein. In this
l,llon he proceeded up stairs, the
pu streaming over his person. the
ana stairway in a fearful manner,
man artery was not cut, and he
n recover.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. At the
tlng of the First Presbyterian
lrch congregation, last night, the
oml1g Trustees were elected:
r crawford, F. Barry j. A. Will
y. kennedy, H. II. Barry, N. b.
5oeft, lhos. McCorkle, Jr. The
ICONS chosen are as follows: John
?. leeod, II, Mahaffy, M. Ocheltree,
i n nc church; through the exertions
= ~ pastor, Rev. Mr.. Duval, is very
laly recovering its former position
e Ung inc churches of the city. The
:, nuer nue. OF its congregation has lately
"A 'S~h much larger, its Sunday School,
4 ms very rapidly grown in num-
n so That tie trustees are now
/ ninB an seriously of either tearing
'tS5y, tsy .he old Sunday School building
fo'h ,' and Market and replacing il
y - d new one, or converting the
", .heht OF the church into a room
'"oie ior the purpose required.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01
EDITION
rJSTEHTAL SCANDAL

Ian In the Case-A WtcOmicO
Minister gets Himself in
Interesting episode in country
hal life is thus related by the
Citizen:
he furnished with the particu-
scandal, which, although it
probably obtain 80 extensive q
ION as the notorious Beechcr.
Hair: is likely to create a COM
I'm the church. 1t seems that
Graham, a pastor of the M. Il.
at Quantieo. WicomIco cOun-
was accused of illicit intimacy
woman named Bounds, wife Of
Bounds. Graham Indignantly
the impeachment, but stung no
with remorse ond shame, Mrs.
confessed there was more
han poetry in the rumors. On
hylMr. Bounds armed himself
|shot gun, and going out, met
b driving along in a carriage
I mile from the village of Guam
halted the team, cooked his
ld began n conversation with
4. The only portion of the col
hat passed between them, that
Id learn, was that Bounds told
raham) that if he did not leave
huty he would shoot him.
drew his hat over his eyes and
led: "Shoot, if you are deter
Ito kill me-" But Bounds did
oot, from some cause, and we
rtunately spared the pain of
)cliag a murder in connection
deduction. Graham has been
ID about three months. and has
fore been beon regarded as a
II irreproachable character.
bcally referring to the assault on
|raham, the Salisbury Adoerttser
nstice to Mr.. Graham and the
. question, we will say that in
,ighborhood where the princi-
reside, the alleged cause for
sault is said to be wholly Inns
BY.
AdcertiSer also publishes let
rom the accused minister, in
he Indignantly denies the bad
Is, as follows:
here is absolutely no foundation
C report, and to clear myself of
large, | shall prosecute the case
fullest extent of the law, and
the matter to the most scruti-
investigation" We feel certain
le will have nothing to lose by a
xposurc of facts, and give him
ior his determination,
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

DEATH OF A SUSSEX COUNTY PHYsr-
crAN.-Dr. Joseph M. Houston, one of
the best physicians and surgeons in
Sussex county, died, last week, at his
residence in Milton, in the 45th year
of his age. He was nephew of Judge
Houston, and as much admired for
his social and generous disposition, as
well as for his physical and surgical
abilities. During the war he was for
three years Assistant Surgeon in the
Third Delaware Regiment, He was
unmarried.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

The WATER RENTs.-Ye estcsday
being the last day for the payment Of
water rents in time to save an addi-
tional per centage of five per cent. the
Office of the Registrar, Tenth and
Market streets, was crowded all day.
Rents to the amount of $8,703 were
paid by 453 persons. Some of these
paid large amounts, about the heaviest
tax paid being that of the Viii. &
Reading r. r. Co.. amounting to over
5000.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

4 gBLIc SALE OF VESSEL PRopERry.
.nr. , uflGr and James W. Grier, exc.
4, ,O6s as, OF James Grier, deed, on Tues.
soiu the interest of said decedent
NJ m11uery vessels, at the door of the
VI hecords, in Dover as follows:
.lshtn interest in the schooner
hfsos,d s.e and Luella," $50 tons, to d. G.
i;ecker, for 81 100. One half inter
IN lhe scoooner "Mary A. Grier. :"
sons, TO ID. Q. Hoffecker, for $3.50.
'U ,S sixteenth interest in the schoo-
\, 9eneral Talbot" 160 tons to
ls,, ps, henry Morris, for S77O, One
on rm, interest in the schooner MARY
ivn,,"G,esIsleeye," ITO tons, to r. VI.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

REslGNED.-I. G. Happersett, passed.
ger conductor on the Wilmington &
Reading Railroad, resigned his position.
yesterday, and has been temporarily suo
ceeded by Roberet Shannon, freight
and passenger conductor on the same
road. Mr.. Happersett has been con-
ductor on this road since its opening for
travel, in 1870 and was ever known as {.
courteous and agreeable gentleman as
well as q competent Official. lie will re
tire altogether from railroading and GO
into business.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

DoGs.-The notices in yesterdays
papers in relation to the registration
of dogs had the effect of bringing out
the canine owners in large numbers,
and the Chief of Police has been kept
busy in furnishing the receipts and
medals. Between yesterday noon and
II o'clock this morning, about 500
dogs had been registered. This is the
last day for registration, and after to-
night all owners of unregistered dogs
WI be liable to penalty of 50.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

ErO0fc's MIRACULOUS cure for Germs
An English remedy OF great popularity, for
removing corns without pain.
K. BRINGHURST Il CO.,
Apothecaries,
Corner Sixth and Market street
Fine Nail Scissors
Curved and straight, Nail Brushes, Hand
Brushes, Nail Files, Nail Polishers, etc, for
ale by K. BRINGuURST Il CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market streets.
or the hath.
FBath Brushes, Bath Toweis, Bath Sponges
and Bath Soaps in extensive variety. Also,
Flesh Gloves, Straps, Brushes, ETC., OF morse
hair. Dry Friction Gloves, aud many other
articles OF the same classat
Il, BRIEGHURST a CO.,
Corner Sixth and Mark ct stree
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

CohoNER's Internationally
morning, a colored infant one year
old, was found dead in its bed, in a
house inthe neigoborhood of Harlan =
Court In the afternoon Coroner
Groves was summoned and held an
inquest over the remains. The iurv
gave in its verdict as death from nat
ural causes. The attending physician,
Or. Springer, isof the opinion that the
child died for want of proper nourish-
ment. Coroner Groves says that he
has now held three inquests in the
same house.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

At the suggestion of the the Centen-
nial Commission Mr.. George Z. Rowell
has in contemplation a plan for a large
and complete exhibition Of American
newspapers at Philadelphia. 1t is pro-
posed to put building &C feet in length
and "A in width, and furnish it with
enough cases, containing $50 pigeon
holes each, to hold all the 5000 periodi-
Gals publ shed in the United States. 4
room is to be fitted up to serve as a sort
of headquarters for newspaper men at
tending the exhibition, where they can
write and read and tran act all their bus
mess. The plans for the building have
been selected and are now in the hands
of an architect, Mr.. Rowell has devised a
plan for the conduct Of the exhibition,
and the project will be carried out if the
proprietors and publishers Of newspa-
pers show disposition to cooperate in
the undertaking. 1t is certainly desira-
bic that so important branch of Amer
lean industry as is represented by the
American newspapers should have a
proper treatment at the:CentennialExhi
bition. For our newspapers are thorough
ly representative of our people, and illus
trate more strongly than anything else
the marked progress we have made in
the first century Of our national exist
ence. Mr.. Rowel's plan seems to be q
good one it will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000 to carry it out, and if 200 of the
leading newspapers of the country would
contribute 800 each, the whole expense
could be met,
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

CLUB HoUsE.-The stone building,
No. 1905 Market street, known as the
'Rogers' property" has been leased
for a term of years, from Judge Woot-
ten, by one of the social clubs of this
city, and will be fitted up as club
house. The club is mainly composed
of members of the legal fraternity.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

BACK TO HIS HAUNrs.-Ye esterday,
Tolber Pyne, alias "Sky Duke" was
released from New Castle Jail, where
he had served out sentence for lar
ceny. He cane ever to Wilmington,
and at night, according to his custom
In days gone by, took lodgings at the
police station.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-01

FATAL ACCIDENT IN CECIL COUNTY,
On Saturday, Mr.. Nicholas Whaley, a
resident of Chesapeake City. was in
stantly killed by the accidental dis
charge OF Il gan in his own hands. He
was cunning with company of friends,
and in attempting to dislodge hare
from a pile of brush carelessly used the
breech of the gun. The hammer be-
came entangled in the brush, and caused
the explosion of the weapon while the
muzzle was pointed toward Whaley.
The whole load was lodged in the un-
fortunate mans chest and neck, sever
ing the jugular vein and producing in
slant death. Whaley was about thirty
years of age and was unmarried, and
was living with his widowed mother,
whom he supported.