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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
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THE EASTERN SMOKE.


A parasite is killing potato bugs in
Cecil county.
Col. Lemuel Shovel calls his new
yacht the Racquet.
The late Methodist Protestant fair at
Easton, Talbot county, netted $40.
Associate Judge Il. X. Wilson of Snow
Hill is recovering from his late illness.
Thomas p. Dixon, President of the Kent
county Board OF County Commissioners,
died on Friday last.
The schooner Three Brothers was
launched at pocomoke City, Worcester
county, on Monday last.
W. 4. Alrirh has written poem of 237
stanzas on the people of Port Deposit. 1t
will bc published in pamphlet form.
Mr.. john Eus, who accidentally had
his arm cut oil hy the machinery of the
paper mill some days agn,is recovering.-
EdSt0n Gasetit.
John Horsey, an old and well-known
resident Of Caroline county, died sud
denly while sitting at the supper table on
Wednesday last.
Irving Spece of the Snow Hill neighbour
such of his potato vines as have gnurds
growing among them.
The efficacy of white OF egg as an anti
dote for poison was proved the other day
in Cecil county when an old SOW after
eating IA eggs also devoured lot of
Paris green and showed no i'll effects from
the poison. #.s--.
George Hayward IS farm house near Snow
Hill, Worcester county, was burned to
the ground on Tuesday. The family had
barely time to escape. The fire is sup
posed to have been incendiary, as Mr..
Hayward was at outs with II number of
negroes.
Douglas II. Dawson and Frank r..
Andrew, fishermen of st. Mchael's, Tai
hot county, sunk their boat in IA feet of
water q mile from shore, few nights
since, and by miracle kept from drown
ing by holding on to their net stakes
until help came.
The average amount OF money sent
from the Salisbury post Office daily in
post office orders is $500. The amount
coming in by that source is not 80 large.
| Bank cheeks are used at other places.
This shows the necessity of a bank in
Salisbury. Salisbury Advertiser.
The new public school house at Witt
man, Bay hundred, known as the "Bay
view School,, has been completed, and
turned over 10y the contractor TO til.
school commissioners, who have accepted
it. The house is q by 81 feet, and has
room for At children. 1t has belfry.-
| ST. Mchdeis Comet.
patterson's saw mill, near Ridyely, was
consumed by fire on Monday morning
last, shortly after midnight. The fires il
the furnace We're started on Sunday night
and banked 50 rs to be ready for Al
early start On Monday morning, but by
some means the fire was communicated t.
the building and the house with its con.
tents was consumed. The loss is esti
mated at $1,000. The mill has beel
regularly insured. but about month pas
the insurance expired and was not re
newed. --De#.ea .IUrHat.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
CURRENT LITERATURE.

The ATLANTIC really dedicates to the inter
ests OF May Its June number. Edith Thomas
paper on early spring developments, il fresh
ard uyigoratlnS. SO is John Burroughs
upon the beauties and Uses of BIRCH bark,
and the humors OF that part OF Maine
wherein it dotal abound
II Is refreshing to if>et with few kindly
words upon Carlyle. -7-u=
Further critical work uses up French
tragedy TO the satisfaction OF Grant White as
essentially initiative and takes up recent
books.
OF poems the most praiseworthy seems
Whittier "hmg- Missirr. Swinburne's
',Stldles III song ir scantily appreciated
Nothing else rises startiingly above medOc-
rity, while deal falls below.
Mr. ROPES writes upon Waterloo with an
much interest az If the blame Of the defeat
were a campaign Issue. This divides between
Napoleon and Marshal Grouchy.
\ distressing paper discloses the prevalent
Ill treatment Of panpers, especially lunatc- or
mvaiids
II. H. has a chatty. amusing sketch Of
Norwegian traltH.
Miss Phelps quickens the interest taken III
! her loyable and wOnauiy herolucs.
James give. 10 Madame Merle further eG.
haustlve study. This mouth he is fnil OF
I brilliant incisiyt motS "pars wAs like
| smart, neat prose. Il woman who had
raised delicate kindness 10 an art 'Leau
| hs was, altogether lean aud long and loose
| JOlnted an accidental cohesion Of relaxeC
| angles 1T WR- of the essence Of !
marriage open to criticism, and the like
/ Meantime Casper Goodwood commands
| really uncomfortable amount Of respect, ant
| one IL somewhat at loss to know who il tn,
hero par ercsiisirs after all.
Mi. Aldrlch's tribute to Fied+ i. full q
faith that rehukes naterialism.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
4 LOFER'S DEED.
A Drunken Youth Murders the Girl
Who Refued 10 Marry Him nnd
Then Attempts Suicide.

LANCASTER, PA, May 30.-At al early
hour this morning Coyle's ferry. on tn.
Susquehanna river, opposite Marietta.
about ~ miles west Of this place, was the
scene of murder and attempted suicide
which caused quite an excitement 4
Young woman named Emma MYERS,
aged about ~ years, who has been living
i'll the family OF John Gayle, a well to do
farmer, as a domestic, was found dead in
the stable with a pistol ball in her breast.
Her murderer is John Coyle, Jr., son of
the man with whom the young girl lived.
For some time Coyle had been dps-
perately i'll love with the girl. and has
several times asked her to marry him and
had been as often refused. Cuyl4 was
very incorporate in his habits, and on
this account the girl refused to accept him
al her lover, and has several times told
him that he should stop annoying her.
This had the effect Of maddaniug him
with jealous feeling, and he threatened
that unless she married him there would
he trouble. To this however no attention
was paid, as IL was considered an idle
threat. The sequel, however. proved
otherwise.
At an early hour this morning Emma
went to the stable, as usual, to milk the
COWS. She was followed by young Coyle,
and after they had been in the stable a
short time several pistol shots were heard
| by the other members OF the family.
The mother of Coyle started for the
stable, and on her way met him coming
toward the house, with blood streaming
from his face. In reply to his mother s
| question as to what was the maater, ''Oh,
shot En- and myself. She is lying dead
out in the stable" Her body was found,
as he had said, in one of the stalls where
she had been milking. The dead body
was removed to the house and medical aid
summoned. The pistol with which he had
fired the fatal shot was found in the
stable. The ball entered the left breast,
and passing through the body had caused
instant death. Both of the girls parents
are dead, consequently Coyle will take
care of the remains.
Young Coyle made two Intellectual
attempts to kill himself. One of the
bullets struck him on the breast, but
glanced off the other, aimed at his head
also glanced off, causing only a flesh
wound, which was dressed by the
physician, after which Coyle was taken
to Jail at York. His parents We're frantic
with grief over the affair. The girl Myers
was very prepossessing in appearance and
bore a good character.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
4 FJCELE Girl.
How an EASTERN Shore Bride OF n
Day Tired Of Her Husband.

The Somerset Hermit of Tuesday has A
letter from Crisleld, Somerset county.
Maryland, with All amusing matrimonial
story. c, W. souder, jeweler of Girls
field, was engaged to marry Miss Annie
Cullen, a pretty girl of Is. living near
Criafeld, and on Thursday he had pro
cured the marriage license, when, at the
father's request for time to consider the
matter the marriage was postponed.
TN Thursday last, however, Souder
took his sweetheart out for drive, she
renarking as they started off that they
must not 60 to 4 minister's, but this they
finally did and were married near West
over. Souder returned his bride TO her
home and went himself to his hotel at
Cristield, leaving her to explain to her
parents. Meanwhile he bought, at her
request, trunk for her rousseau and pre-
pared to take wedding trip to Baltimore.
The next day, however, when Souder
came TO claim his bride she suddenly
made the announcement that she didn't
love Souder-never had loved him." that
she had been forced into the marriage by
threats made while they were riding to-
gether, that SO far from desiring to be his
wife she never cared 10 gee him again.
The general belief is that the old man
made up his mind when too late that the
match is not suitable one. Matters stand
Just so-Sounder Is restless aud uneasy,
and the query on every hand is, "What
will he do ~
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
on ENTER AND .dKOUND.


Governor Hoyt visited South Chester on
Friday and was the guest of Judge
Clayton.
Lille Ackerman, aged I years, was
drowned by falling into the creek at
Chester, Monday.
The annual influx of summer visitors
at kenn, tt Square has already commenced
on limited scale.
DIR. J. l.. Forwood, of Chester, cut
tn nor weighing % ounces from tile neck
of lady of that city.
From this time until vacation there
will he but one session each day in the
public schools of West Chester.
James d. Mcclellan of West Chester
has purchased the Bingham House, phia-
delphia, and will run that hotel himself.
John %. Deshong, prominent citizen
OF Chester, Pennsylvania, died in that
city "n Saturday evening, aged "A year..
Mrs. Bayard Taylor and daughter re-
turned to kennett Square last Friday and
will probably remain there during the
summer months.
The PhTnix Iron Company is receiving
iron ore through Phladelphia from some
foreign port. 1t received ls4 ear loads in
this way in one day.
John j. Thomas of Philadelphia was
on visit to his brother at Downingtown,
Chester county, last Sunday and while
there died suddenly Of heart disease.
The work Of paving Edmomt avenue,
Chester, with Belgian block war completed
last week and now the tlloruughtara is
tn pttI Al Il, a
There are u young men who will
graduate with honor at the PENNSYLVANIA
Military Academy, Chester, on the 9th of
June. Among them is not one from Della
ware. .
Milton Barnard, near KNOXVILLE, is one
of the largest strawberry growers in
Chester county. He has two acres in the
Triumph variety and %, 900 plants of the
Sharpless seeding.
Last Saturday evening man named
Octavio Travers, who was employed on a
baltimore lighter lying at the Chester Oil
Works, fell overheard and was drow ned.
His body has not been recovered,
Joseph Potts, proprietor of the Isabella
furnace on the w. & N. railroad, Is
making improvements at the furnace and
opening the Green iron ore mines. The
furnace will soon be put in blast.
A hye-year-old boy, son of Fred
Eddinger, while walking with his father
around the reservoir at Phpnixville last
Sunday, slipped down the embankment
into the water and was drowned in spite
of the efforts of the father.
The Chester Times South Chester cor
respondent says: couple from Towson
town, Maryland, came to our borough
Monday, and are going to start bust
ness as soon as they can see an opening.
These are the kind of emigrants who re-
esivs hearty welcome.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
tine STA Th.

Newark will probably organize board
of health. 49,
The public schools of Lewes closed
on Tuesday.w"ek.
Newark rejoices in round trip tickets to
Wilmington at 80 e"ut4
Milford boys haze organized reading
society called the ~. Il. e. -
Delaware College has ordered a new
bell moi before it was needed.
tieorgetnwn's canning company will 20
into business in August. provided with
l5,OO0 cans. ..-5
The EaSho Machine Company, whose
works Az. near Newark, think nj going
extensively into the manufacture. "t iron
axles.
Tho wrrck-r- VIM hav" the contract
for raising the sunk.u vessnlr ", he
Breakwater harbor have already taken
from the wrecks over l,OO0 tons Of coal.
George 5oulden, colored, aged about 50
years, was thrown from a load Of wood at
Milford, few days since. The wheels
passed over him, breaking his arm and
injuring lin internally.
An effort is being made to build a par
sonage at Bethel. Al out $7On has already
been subscribed, and those engaged il,
the effort feel assured Of their success. -
SUSSEX .iournai.
William Dean, of Newark, and his
daughter, Mrs. Lawson, sail for Liverpool
| on June sth, the latter to remain there
with her husband, who is prominent
attorney of that city.
John Ilignutt Of Seaford got y.xed nj
Mr.. Pennington, proprietor OF the Colhourn
House, in that town, and drew a razor
with which he threatened to cut Mr.. =. =
throat. For this he was arrested and
sent to Jail on Tuesday in default of bail,
-Deidpare hnmirer,
The Deldwa, ran claims for Charles
Babbitt of the Dover neigborhood the
! finest field of wheat in the State and saws
| "a few years ago New Castle county was
| far ahead of Kent in the production OF
wheat, but we doubt whether Kent is at ali
behind New Castle at the present time. -
Two colored men who we're coming from,
| Philadelphia to this place on the schooner
Annie l.. Russell, We're told to be on board
at 10 O'Clock Sunday morning. Failing
to be on time the schooner left without
them, and they started overland and on
foot, arriving here Tuesday evening.
They will not enter into another walking
match right away.-MIford Ne,cs Of las
week.
One night this week colored girl
about IL years old had been in search o.
her brother aged ID, and as she led hin
down State street toward home she was
heard to say Haven't l prayed for you,
Haven't gone to the Lord with yout
tell you, niggah, If you don't keep away
from these white trash I'll bust yout
head !" Tho rest of the conversation
was lost to the spectators, .Ssn,in.
Of last GEEK,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
FALLING EIGHTY FEET.


AANy W" va s-'sf
New York sun of Monday.
A party of young ladies' started from
Orange, N. j., on Saturday afternoon, for
ramble on the summit of the Orange
Mountain. They visited Eagle Rock, the
highest and most romantic spot on the
mountain. Miss Ella Dean, II years old,
daughter of Mr.. Horace j. Dean,
builder on IIillyer street, Orange, sat
down on part of the rock that projects
over the valley below. The others were
afraid TO sit in such dangerous place,
and they took n rambe in the woods.
Suddenly they saw Miss Dean rise,
wheel about, and disappear over the edge
of the rock. Two.of the ladies tainted,
but the rest of the party ran to ascertain
the fate of their companion. To their
surprise she stood on the green sward
80 feet below them, waving her hand
kerchief and shouting that she was all
right. A minute afterward she became
faint. In falling she had struck on her
head on the earth 20 feet below the
spot where she had been sitting, Then
she rolled over and fell as many feet
further, finally landing at the base of the
rock. cash four inches long was cut
on her head. She was taken to her home
in carriage and physician was called.
Beside the injury to her head, she sus-
tanned several bruises on the limbs and
body.
Miss Dean was suffering from the shock
yesterday at her fathers house on Hillyer
street. She said that while she was sit
ting on the ledge of the rock she saw
one of her friends at distance and
started hastily to rise and 20 to her.
Just as she had risen to her feet her
dress caught ON Jagged piece of the
rock and pulled her back. She felt her
self falling, got bewildered, threw her
hands out to grasp at something, and the
next she knew she struck on her head
on the earth below the rock. She in
stinctively seized some grass, but her
impetus was such that she was whirled
over the bank and fell further down the
mountain side. She retained her senses,
she says, all the time, and quickly sprang
up and waved her handkerchief to allay
the fear of her friend..
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
~ Change in. the Price of
va - the journal.
The substitution price Of Il

The subscription price of the
DELAWARE STATE JOURNAL was
fixed at one dollar per year in
the hope that that alone would
be sufficient to largely increase
the circulation of the paper. At
such price we could not afford
to offer any premiums or club
rates or to employ any can
vassers.
We now propose offering ex-
traordinary premiums and EN-
ploying canvassers to activel,
solicit subscriptions for what
will still be tile cheapest, as well
as the best, paper on the PENN
sula and we shall raise its price
to ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY
CENTS A YEAR, PAYABLE IN
ADVANCE.
To OR OLD SUBSCRIBERS,
NOW ON the list, however, we
shall offer the paper at the old
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the new price, with a view to
taking advantage of the pre-
miums offered. This is a matter
they may.,settle for themselves,
and either remit One DOLLAR
when renewing and NOT take
advantage of the premiums
offered, or remit one dollar and
fifty cents and take advantage
Of them. We make this offer
in this issue which goes to our
old subscribers only. For the
next four weeks there will be
an extraordinary issue of the
DELAWARE STATE Journal
which will go into nearly every
household in the State. Should
any of our regular subscriber,
accidentally get two copies o
the paper they will confer a
favor by handing the extra copy
to a neighbor.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02

A BLiCRMIILER'S CRIME,


DENVER, COL, June AT $50 last
evening Il. L. Stickney a mining man
entered the boarding house at the corner
of Seventeenth and Stout strests while
the boarders were seated at the table and
pulled his revolver and opened IRE on
M. 7. Campan, real estate agent. Two
shots struck Canpan, causing instant
death and another pierced Mrs. Devereaux
through the heart.
1t is said Campan has for some time
had improper relations with Mrs. Stick
ney, but that he was drawn on for black.
mailing purposes, and that two months
ago he was compelled at the point of q
dagger by Stickney to sign notes amount
ing to $4,000; that he paid several, and
then refused, and could not be compelled
to pay the remainder because no con.
siderations We're stated In the notes.
Since then Stickney several times has
threatened Campan's life. The shooting
OF Mrs. Deveresux was accidental. This
murderer 10 In Jail,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
THE DINNER morn.
What Phy sieians Say About n Hearty
MIDDAY Meal.

Ne" YORK Commercial Advertiser
GOOD heal oil attention has lately been
attracted by declaration made in
paper devoted to the study OF proper food |
for man that good health could only he
secured by taking hearty meal at
midday The writer went on to say it
was better for business men to take time
tor substantial meal at midday than to
snatch the hasty lunch that is usual, for
the latter proceeding was simply inviting
fate. This opinion attracted the attem-
ton of some OF our morning contempt
raries, who seemed to agree with it.
Therefore a Commercial reporter was sent
on Il tour among well-kuown physicians
Of this city to ascertain whether it is
advisable and healthful for active, pushing
men to stop in the midst of their days
work and consume hearty meal.
The majority of those SPOKEN to LAUGHED
at the theory thus propounded. An
eminent physician living in the upper
part of the city said the reason why a
L.nrv rnidla,y ,t,.,,l ,,-o,,Il L.. ;,,;,,;a,,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
Two Notable Trees.

From tile 81. AlbarS. Vermont, Messenger
Thrty-one years ago, Curtis Barre', "
Strailoid used balm of gilead Sif"Vt y,
drive home some cattle; when h' "
home he was told that it would grow !"
h" SET it out; he did so; and II f"o'r'
and grew, and now measures - zee. ="
height, and line drawn around NV"
feet from the ground measures "lSilt .rr,
and from one of its roots grew aSP,p"r
that is more than 10 feet high. Lu'll'n
also has tree curiosity n maple una
has II clean trunk growth of 10 feet OF ~"
and then branches into four nearly eqIa
parts. Into the fork thus made, the ~
composing leaves of passing year, i'h
formed quite deposit of soil, IN wl''." !
locust seed has lodged, taken root, an'
already attained a height of two or l ,I'I
feet. This same maple tree has yiellsi
sufficient sap to make 10 pounds oil suS'''
this season. ."-=
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
Fertilizer Works burned.

special to the Baltimore American
announces the total destruction by fire,
shortly after Saturday midnight, of the
Waring Fertilizer Company's works at
Colora, Cecil county, Md. When the
men quit work the Waterman examined
the buildings, but in 10 minutes after
wards the flames burst out. The com
pany have had successful spring trade,
and were receiving orders for the fall.
The stock, buildings and machinery, which
were totally destroyed, We're worth over
$50, 900, partly covered by insurance.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
HTLuTsG1oN IN LUcK.
Large Meat, Vegetable and Fruit
fanbery shortly tn he started


A Large Meat, Vegetable and Fruit
fauBerS shortly to he started
Here. .--..-.-.. ...
Wilmington is shortly to receive an impor-
tant addition to her industrial establishments
in the shape of a large meat, vegetable and
fruit drying and packing factory. The
ground for the new enterprise has already
been purchased and it ID understood that the
erection of a mammoth cannery will be begun
at once with capacity sufficient to dry and
can all the meats, fruits and vegetables Of the
Peninsula.
1t has been known for sometime that
a gentleman representing large English
canning house was in this county looking
around for a suitable location for branch
OF their establishment. This gentleman is
j. Moir Clark, managing director for John
NOR Il Son (llmited) OF London, Aberdeen
and Seville. He arrived i'll this city few
days ago and applied to the Jackson It Sharp
Company for some suggestions with refer
ence to an eligible site for the contemplated
enterprise.
> He was referred to several properties in the
eastern part OF the city from which he
finally made a selection, comprising several
acres Of land adjoining the property of
Bowers, Dure Il Co.. and fronting on the
Brairlywine. The exact number Of acres Of
land purchased liz not stated, nor is the price
paid for it, but it is understood that the
former is quite large.