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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
BOOTHS FIRST 41pPE1RANCE.
How His Father Watched Him with
Apparent Indifference.


Edwin Booths first appearance on the
,rsllar stage was made September 10,
lA+s, at the Boston Museum, in the little
part of Tressil, in Cibber's version of
EHlrd Ill., Junius Brutus Booth, his
Alher--the rival of Edmund Kean, and
one OF the greatest tragedians that ever
A'ri-was then keeping an engagement
al III" Museum, and Edwin was in attend
aA'r IN him a. dresser. Tressil had been
east to the prompter of the theatre but
1t Glanced that this person wished to
avoid the duty Of acting it, and that lac
succeeded in persuading Edwin to under
'Akr 1t. This arrangement was made
without the elder Booths knowledge,
aud he only became aware of ii by read
lg III the play-bill the announcement of
lll' sol'S first appearance, duly under
hhri Fool ' was all he said when he
real Tins announcement and this remark
was not understood to signify encourage
Mrll. When the night came, and Edwin
uai dressed his father for Gloster, and
Allll'ell for Tressil, the eccentric parent
Sh', beneath al outward aspect of in
lll'rrthce, loved this son with the fondest
Ate'llon-took chair, lit a cigar, and
Viewing the youth with critical eye,
made this inquiry, "Do you know that
you are supposed to have been riding
Aarl and far t' "...
YES, SIR"
Where are your spurs f'
u haven't any"
te.
lhe boy took the spurs, and went on
,r y, his little Scene with King Henry vi.
When he returned, his father was still
'N'lng negligently in the chair, and
smoking the cigar. "Give me my
,Purs, he said, again holding out his
n and this was all the comment that
A'~ih Booths first professional appear
1"Vs ever elected from the parent whom
Ar ldolized. He learned subsequently
'uoash, that his father had been down
!, 'he wing, and had watched this first
eHOr' with evident interest and satisfac-
"'h' and tnen hastened back to his
TTGHchalant ", pose in the dressing room.
lArre never, surely, could have been a
IHr singular being than Junius Brutus
%o'h. This little trait of character is
.al one OF thousands that marked him as
antique person.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

To The EDITOR OF The STAR: The Bran
dywine Flour Mills were considered the
leading mills in the country at the begin
ing of the present century. The stream
was more powerful and regular then than
at the present time. The power was at
that time considered to be near $50 horse,
or about the capacity with the present
gate openings over Is feet wheel.
AT that time it was proposed to the
mill owners by some prominent citizens
to make canal broad enough to bring
the stream from near Rockland to where
the Court House is built, and have all
the power of the Brandywine brought to
one place near tide water, to save hauling
for some distance over rough and hilly
roads, and at the same time use the
canal to bring the grain to the mills. The
canal was not built for want of means.
Now any one can see, if the plan had
been carried out, what saving it would
have been to the city, for if that canal
had been made and the water taken out
of it there would have been no need of
pumping the water used by the lower
part Of the town, and we wonld have had
seven times as much water power as we
now have.
from the Brandywine mills up into Penn
sylvania and bring the grain down, were
talked of. The survey was made in lS2s.
The Brandywine millers and prominent
men along the line We're in high glee
about the matter but it. like the canal,
was left to slumber until about 1867,
when road from the Delaware near
Wilmington to the coal regions of Penn
sylyania was proposed and a survey was
made from Wilmington to Reading.
Before anything was done the question
arose al to whether the road should stop
on the west side of Wilmington or go
down the Brandywine on the east side
and out to the river front with shipping
port on the Delaware. We can see now
what big thing this would have been
for Wilmington; but the question was
decided in favor of western terminus,
with sort of prospective intention of
making market road to the river.
Now the opinion is that the route that was
taken by Lewis survey in 1928, on the
east side of the Brandywine in Chester
and Delaware county, Pennsylvania,
was the proper one and on the right side
of the Brandywine. With this route the
road could still have kept down the east
SIDE near the creek, past Rockland, down
to Charles Dupont's land, thence, leaving
the creek and powder mills on the west
or south side, and cut through the hill in
nearly direct line, and strike the creek
again below the lower powder yards. This
might have required deep and expen-
sive cut, but it would have had much
shorter road, as the long bend in the
creek is here. Then, still continue the
road down near the creek, past Augustine
paper mills and cross Market street below
the bridge and the long race; follow the
creek down to the point of the query,
then direct to Eleventh street brid &c, over
it and on past the p, w. & B. railroad
bridge until the Christiana was reached.
Then establish coal wharyes along the
Christiana down to the light house, also,
along the river Delaware up to where
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Seventh street extended would strike.
Then when the talked OF road to the
river by way OF Eighth street was finish
ed and the course of the Brandywine
changed and the old channel filled up,
we would be starting where we ought to
have started many years ago. And if
the Wilmington and Reading road had
been built on that line there would have
been the saving of u branch road to
Rockland and the proposed branch of the
r., w. b. K. Il. up the Brand ywne to
Bancrofts.
1t is very necessary for all men to look
ahead some distance for their own as well
as for others good. But it certainly looks
now as if one certain director of the F.,
w. & B. R. r. who lives in Wilmington,
and does heavy business freighting in
boats and carrying the freight for the
manufacturers along the Brandywine, is
not over anxious that the branch road
should be built, for it would take some
very good customers from him, as some
two hundred tons are hauled
down and up daily, and he ireghts the
most OF it. 1t is to he hoped that when
the new owners take possession OF the
r., W. a. B. road that they will look TO
'hi9 hiaee"i anu IL II VIII pay tieln llal
they will start branch so as to accom-
modate Bancroft, Riddle, Jessup y Moore,
VIM. Lea Il Sons, Arlington mills, and
others, who haul near 27j tons of raw
material and finished stuff and coal per
day. 1t always appears that if any i'm
provement OF any Importance is to be
done here, some stranger has to do it;
for instance the road to the river would
never have been started only for tine
Dredging Company beginning it. There
is no doubt that the road should be
pushed, but still our city fathers hold
back. Some think it ought to go to
Crane hook where man can wade out
half mile at low tide, because they are
interested in patch of land, while other
Councilmen think it ought to go by
Seventh or Eighth street which is the
proper place according to surveys, as
ship drawing 20 or 2j feet of water can
come within short distance of the shore.
Now make street, put railroad ON it,
make good wharf and then our city
will begin where she ought to have begun
so or 100 years ago. SANsousl.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

The recent deep sea fishing expedition re-
suited i'll the finding of Is varieties of fish
hitherto unknown.
Young ladies and elephants attain their
growth at IL. One trunk is enough for an
elephant -RockldHd Courier.
Conkling says that he will never enter the
White House during Garfied's term No
nor afterward, either -Ne11 York Star.
II is said that there are in the United States
S2,OOO,OO0 head of live stock of all kinds, of
course not including ''rats and mice and such
small deer"
Boarding houses" says Rev. DR.. Fowler
''are the hell holes OF the earth. They drive
out health, stimulate bad digestion and dis
ease, and divide domestic ties
The New Haven Register has come to the
conclusion that the moons greatest mission is
to bring about marriage engagements and
give the asparagus crop start.
There is one thing that envy hog for"
said Spencerton to the barber. "He don't
have to be shaved until after death" ''Some
hogs does and some doesn't" replied the
tonsorial artist, as he calmly beheaded pim-
pie.
81 see, says Mr. II. b. Hayes, ~ sec a
great deal in the papers about Star routes.
Who can stop to think about Star routes
when so many of our fellow creatures are
being dragged down to early graves by hard
cider - Chtcugo Tribune.
oh the bang The terrible bangi
How over the forehead they dangle and hang:
Or, plastered with paste, with molasses and
grease,
How the eurlycues stick like door mats in.
crease:
II God made the forehead a temple of thought,
The devil made bangs to set it at naught
The other day bicycle rider of Norfolk
took a header over wharf. In falling he
caught on the edge with one hand and held
the bicycle with the other until he was rescued
by the bystanders from his unpleasant situa-
ton. His strength of arm and quickness
saved him from ducking.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Minnesota has a new law permitting
teachers in the public schools to give
daily instruction in social science, good
morals and patriotism. Thirty topics
are specified, such as health, honesty, in
dustry and chastity, but none of them
are distinctly religious.
There are times when man must lie
to avoid being called liar. Supposing
man blunders into circus tent under
the impression that it's gospel tent. If
he says so, folks will call him liar, and
his only way to preserve his character for
veracity is to state that he knew il was a
circus.
The expression "a l." popularly used
designate the first quality OF articles, is copied
from the symbols of the British and foreign
shipping list of the Lloyds. "a" is used TO
designate the character or condition of the
hull OF vessel, and the figure 81" to denote
the efficient state Of her anchors, cables and
stores. II those are insufficient in quantity
or quality, the figure so" is used to indicate
the same. When ii is said OF ship, '.she ia
A l." it means that she is all right as to hull,
rigging and equipments.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
THE NEW LINE.
The II. 4 q. About Ready to Begin
Work on IL.

The B. 4 o. has been quietly pushing the
location Of its new line Of road, and 1t is now
about ready to begin the work Of building.
It is understood, though not positively 30
declared upon any good authority, that the
city, with the proposed tunnel beginning
somewhere in the neighborhood of Fifth and
Monroe streets, passing under the southwest
corner of the Wilmington and Brandywine
Cemetery and coming out at the intersection
OF Adams street and Shallcross avenue ;
thence crossing the Brandywine and follow
ing the course of Elliott run in accordance
with the survey already made and the COM
plete line OF which was given in the JOURNAL
some weeks ago. Formal permission
from the Cemetery Company to tunnel its
grounds has not yet been granted, but as
to such q proceeding and the probabilities
are that when the B. b o. are ready for work
the permit will be forthcoming.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Thomas Strain, recently a member of
engine company No. 3, of the Baltimore
paid fire department, is in this city. He
reports that great evil of the Baltimore
department is the fact that it is becoming
corrupted by politics, political influence
being one of the chief elements in secur-
ing appointments. In this respect the
department is far worse than in former
years, a fact that can certainly not work to
its benefit. Mr.. Strain is native of this
city and is membhr of the Water Witch
Fire Company. He has been employed in
the Baltimore department nine or ten
years, and has come home to stay.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
A Youth full Inceudiary.

On Thursday afternoon week the dwell
ing of David Staats near the ''Tent " in
Thoroughfare Neck, Kent county, to-
gether with his meat, flour and nearly
all the furniture was burned involving a
loss of $500 or $500. The family at the
time were all out in the field planting
corn except colored boy about II years
old that had been living with him some
two months, who confessed to having set
the house on fire. He was promptly
lodged in New Castle jail for trial. The
family have since lived in the barn and
Mr.. Stats has been quite indisposed.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
Turning the TabIes.

One day last week while James G..
Robinson was attempting to break a
young horse to the plow he met with an
accident resulting in the breaking of his
collar bone. He was holding on the
plow firmly and while the fractious
animal was dashing ahead the plough
struck stump, the sudden jerk whirl-
ing him forward a distance of some eight
feet, the concussion rendering him for a
time insensible and doing the damage
above Indicated.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
An EASTERN SHORE STORY
CONFESSION OF A MURDERESS
AFTER IS YE1RA.
The Guilty One Tells tho story OF
the Crime ON Her Death Bed-TwO
innocent Men suffer.

s,.cial dispatcbHO tile fhiinuelphia Times.
CRlsFlELD, Nd, May 1.-THE people
of Princess Anne, Crisiield and other
oar,s of Somerset county are greatly ex-
rited over the reported confession of Il
woman who is now on her death bed of
having murdered man l8 years ago.
Two negroes were executed for the crime in
1895. The murder occurred some time
during the latter part of 1862, the victim
being A2ariah Dougherty, who was found
lead in his store. As was then sup
nosed. his money was the incentive for
the crime. Suspicion rested upon two
eolorpd men, who were arrested soon
after the murder was perpetrated, but no
money was found in their possession and
none could be found about the premises
of Dougherty. 1t was generally sup
posed that some other party or parties
we're accessory to the crime, but the time
jailed to unravel the mystery and the
men arrested were soon after placed on
trial for murder and found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged.
The evidence upon which they were
Convicted was purely circumstantial, all
Efforts to show directly that they COM
mitted the crime having failed. The
strongest evidence connecting them with
the murder is said to have been the
dndng in the pockets of one of the
accused of a knife that it was shown be-
longed to Dougherty. On the scaifold
10Th men solemnfy protested innocence
down to the moment when the fatal drop
ttl and one of them, in speech from
thr gallows, declared himself guiltless of
tie terrible crime and that the perpe-
traitor of the murder would be discovered
in less than 20 years, and that he
wouldn't be found to be black man,
either.
The story of the crime and execution
had long since been almost forgotten, but
the reported confession made public now
has revived it and aroused the curious
interest of all familiar with the tragedy
aud the subsequent startling develop
meltS. The woman who is reputed to
have made the startling confession is
Mrs., Patty A. Ward, living few miles
IRON Crisiield. She is suffering from a
terrible cancer, which has placed her be-
yOni all fear of human law, and her con-
fvssOn is believed to have been prompted
ga knowledge of her approaching death
aud the fear of entering into the
presence Of her Maker without having
conirssed her crime. Is is understood
that she has given to her friends
a full detail of the horrible affair, in
which she discloses the fact that she,
together with her son, murdered Mr..
Doagherty for his money. The son died
q few years ago, and short time before
lis death it is said he expressed a wish
odiSclose something--as it is believed,
Ills share in the crime-but that Mrs.
Ward prevented him doing so by placing
her hand over his mouth. There are
many rumors in circulation about the
whole affair, one being to the effect that
Tie friends of the dying woman won't
allow her confession to be given to the
public until after her death has taken
place,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
A DROWNING CASE.
The BODY OF Jersey Oysterman
Picked up on the Sussex Coast

IViAian Riiiock, picked up, near Dan
Baker buoy, on the Sussex coast, Thurs
day morning, the body of drowned
man. They took it to Port Penn and had
Coroner Weldin notified. The Coroner,
accompanied by DR.. 0gle, went down and
held an inquest in the evening.
man who came to Port Penn on the
Camden steam barge Artesian stated that
he had been employed with the drowned
man on the oyster boat Mary l.. Boosly,
and on last Friday the man went forward
to scrub the anchor and fell overheard.
The deceased lived in Camden, but the
witness knew him by no other name than
Chalkey.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Recently people walking along the
bank OF Cool Spring Reservoir have
noticed that the number of fish has
largely increased. The kind among
which this increase is noticeable is black
bass, number Of which were caught
when the south basin was run dry last
summer. Bass are also reported to be
very plentiful in the Brandywine, aud
local anglers may expect to have vast
sport this fall.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
Setting Up for Itself.

The Little Creek Landing NJ. L. Church
has declined to be assigned to Leipsic and
set up for itself. The reason for not
staying on Leipsic circuit as arranged by
the Conference, is a desire to have more
preaching. They were asked to have
their preaching in the afternoon and de-
clined. The Rev. Mr.. McFaden is to he
the pastor.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Isaiah Starr, one OF the Oldest butchers
of Wilmington, died yesterday forenoon
of dropsy, aged nearly 70 years. For
many years Mr.. Starr was a butcher in
the Second street market. Since the
Eighth street market has been in exist
ence he has been engaged there, and has
been working with Levi Garrett for the
past few years. He retired from business
early in the fall. Mr.. Starr leaves q
large family. He is well known, and has
many friends in Wilmington.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

One day last week George Clark, the
miller in Wright's new steam grist mill
at kenton, was caught in the driving belt
and was seriously, it was thought at first
fatally, injured. Drs. Temple and Cooper
were both soon on the spot and rendered
timely assistance and he is now doing
well with no more serious injuries than a
dislocated ankle, cut head and broken
nose,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
No, of
Accidents.

The averages per day for the month
were 3.65 accidents, l.23 killed and 5.7l
injured. For the year they were $40
accidents, l.O2 killed, and 4.53 injured.
The average casualties per accident were,
for the month, 0.33j killed and I.j66 in
iured for the year, o.273 killed and
| ,204 injured
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

The Aldermen of Toronto are audacious
in their knavery. They have appropri-
ated $4,000 out of the city treasury for
the purpose of providing Specimen
blocks" of pavement, and the sites desig-
mated for this pavement are all in front
of property owned by aldermen or other
ring officials.
Algiers possesses a river Of veritable
ink. Two streams, one starting from a
region where the soil is ferruginous, the
other from peat swamp, meet and form
the river, whose inky constituency is due
to the mixing of iron and gallic acid
which the two tributary streams respec-
lively contain.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19
HERE 1ND tn ERE.
London has IL mail deliveries da

Lonuon mas IL mail deliveries d lay
There is more timber to-dov in Iowa
than wben Nh. stat ,rns 80 :" 'o""
Wisconsin is s6t, 600 ono ,ichar u.on
old California with nh b.r ,,;nas
| A eburc,, orro,, ,,aI.a.. i.-a.',,r.,
,u,, a epuich organ makes beautiful music,
Star.
Tba c;no;nn.,, o. ...
Ohio will tIis a.ar 'aeaai | e's,iia'es oa snat
eta y WI ,his year propapiy raise Al, $780,
Tba ,,;..a, - -.
,t,a. ., ema aao ''"1 ne'e, peeh hhowh 10
to rona.,,s,, o'ee' 'on'e sirahes
A'o'''" 1ost
,,.nt H. ,.,-, .sSn,,, ..on VI 'ne New iesta-
nf :, 1T, D,InII uae' ihsteau
Nv ,', '.'''"'o 4'e"S'
IL ~ foolish to grieve over what can't
naadI.ss 10 ,,r;..,'', ,oo''sh, "o'"use
I.. 20, e. V,oi ""a' can pe'
'us'ice Miller Oh the United states
supreme Court, will, with his wife, pro-
nv NJ, 'p'nu '''e s''iiii'ef III "efnia'y'
he Dahoury Ne'os seems to have over
.ooheu .he iacl tnat TINS IL taking-down-
Stove season; or has Bailey sworn OFF
Al, ine army IN hichard III. at Chicago
shea,er refused 10 nght the battle OF Bos-
worm fieid until their wages We're
PAID
Ihe striking hostlers say they have
wages ehough 70 pay ior their salt, but
n1' U enouBh "r theif curry.-Boston
iie'"d'
d. T. ohiliaper (Mrs' partingtOn) has
,i oe1n gu inF"iiu ior several months, and Is
oniy now beginning to go about with his
'ru.on'
u L,ei, .he Norsemah VINO discovered New
1heiahu, Is 10 nave u monument III Bos-
aon Just as soon rs suitable beanstalk
'"'' pe ''unu'
1t is now believed that the oleomarga-
i,no iactories put mar IN Their goods,
.i nus ionoetihs !. more aiiuouit oi detec-
''on 'h"n ever
"a fare saved is a beer gained" muses.
the young Franklinite as he walks up
Io"h 'heso spring aitefhoohs.--Ncp 1ofh
A10e"'"y G@pfeSS'
Jury i'll Bangor, Me-, which returned
a verdict for $l5O.26t is said to have
stood divided for two hours and a half
upoh 'iie haii CENT
Now re-hang your front gates. You'll
L..
ea'ner i nave 70 @ 40 that or put up swing
~ lhe yard Ihe young tolks must get
uiNAy soineho~.--Lo~e" cH'sen.
Chicago philanthropist spends his
income in boots and shoes for poor people.
And they call him an old pirate, because
he IL a free booter.-BoSton Post.
, nave you got your new SILK hat =
boaon toSf. How often are you going to
s4sslg l.at =
ask 'hat question We've had 1t these
three yeafs.-fHfddetph Baftetm.
There is a perfect rage for duellng in
Paris, and it is very hard Oh poor people
,'r;o.. ., ~. i'oiu 'no s'e"' iise III .he
ii 80 ~ 'o'eo' 'on'equen' upon 'he extra
~
Nothing so reduces paragrapher's
seltrespect as to lind that he has
uhwittingiy evolved from his inner
CONSCIOUSNESS an old joke.-LOoeH
Courier.
Wny ,sh the missionary devoured ny
Iaiii'o~iS an "eii oi as the man cfeihateu.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-19

Monday afternoon week while Andrew
sisco was adjusting slip ladder prepar-
atory to finishing A new lin roof an tba
NJ. 7. Church at Clayton the rope broke,
the descending ladder catching his arm
and breaking both bones of his left fore
arm. DR.. Ashcraft reduced the fracture.