Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
GEORG ETOIrN.


| Special Correspondence Of State Journal.
GEoRaETowN. May 2l.--Jobn Warrington,
residing at Coolspring between this town and
Lewes, IL reported 10 have the smnil-pOS. lie
| alleges that some days ago lie received let
ter from IL clothing hoilse IA Ihlladelphlh, aud
| upon opening IL very unpleasant mel etia-
mated thereirom. lie Immediately thfcw the
| letter INTO the Dire, hut in the cVllrse of lew
| days he began to feel indispOHed, aud upon
examination by ply siciau he waH pronounced
10 have symptoms Of smallpox and advised
/ to keep himself AZ isolated aS pUssible just
| before that. however, he had attended It
| meeting at the Beaver Dam Church. and il is
| sad the disease was then breaking ont upon
! HIM
/ our newly-apiOintCd Recorder. William II
BOyce, is expected TO assume duties to-day.
The appointment seems to give general -aiis-
Faction, ~ II should do, for Mr.. Buycc ls a
young man OF sterling quantities and lin, quail
lhcailuns and viii, doubtless, make au excellent
officer.
Great excitement preyaile here yesterday i'll
consequence of the persistent effort OF the
almost invincible Robert H. Russell to recover
possession OF that renowned stallion | say
renowned because the prolonged litigation
over him has made him 80 beyond all
question. 10 write u full history OF all the
law suits IN which this horse has been i'll
volved il now beyond my province, and
complete history of the same would
make a volume almost as large as
Webster unabridged dictionary. Some
four years ago the horse was
sold from Russell by constable by virtue Of
AN execution in his hands iii favor of n GER
tam George Stoeckel, bringing only about ~
WHEN he was really worth from $500 to
1l,OOO. Stoeckel was the purchaser and since
then the suits have been Russell VI. Stocked
and StOeckel vs.. Russell in regular succession
up to the present time. The horse has been
two or three times taken from stables in the
night time, and once run over the lines oil
Delaware into Maryland, but was uvertaken
and brought back and litigation increased and
continued. He has been two or three times
sold and as often replevied. He has been
frequently placed III the hands of parties to
Keep until certain court decisions We're reIl-
dered as to his ownership, then they would
endeayor to hold until they were paid certain
charges for keeping him. He has been some
times decided TO be Stoeckels property and
sometimes Russells. The last decision was
made SOME weeks ago by the Court of Errors
and Appeals, to which the case had been
twice carried, and that decision was in favor
OF Russell. But, as usual, the keeper of the
animal refused to deliver; hence, the excite
ment created here yesterday. The horse Sas
brought here and placed in one of the stables
oi Joseph ii. Chapman, the proprietor of the
Eagle Hotel. The groom expected to take
Inn out again some time that day, but Robert
IL. hlsSeu was On the alert, and, notwltll-
standing the locks bolts and bars, soon
found his way into that stable. and
lie was perhaps as glad to put his hands
once more OH that hose az Christian H. Ross
would be to again curess his dear son Charley.
The people began to throng around the
stable, all evidently i'll sympathy with RUSSELL
but how to get Russell and the horse together
out OF the stable without breaking lock or
tearing down something was the question
he people i'll their eagerness to see the mal
aud horse liberated, became greatly interested
although they kept cool and not much was
said, yet it was plain to see that Il half dozen
words from any one against liussells inten-
tions would have excited mob. The deputy
sheriff was stationed at the stable door,
but he soon found that efforts were
being made Tor egress ut the back part of the
stable, and found that it would not he
prudent for him to interfere. hand.
saw had been passed i'll TO Russell and he had
sawed the stringer which supported the per-
pendlcular Notwithstanding, So that the
people soon tore away AN opening sufficiently
large for the man and his fav0rite beast to
pass ont They did so amid the shouts and
yells of the crowd ut about O'Clock D. M.
and Robert Russell and his beloved animal
were last seen vending their way towards |
Lewes, unmolested and as happy AZ man and |
horse could we'll be. Russell had made up his |
mind, lie said. to die by his favonte beast.