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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
THE Levy COURI.
snreties for the Collectors Received
Constable Amounted.

The Levy Court Monday afternoon re-
ceived the following sureties for the collec
tors of the various hundreds:
William Kyne Northern district of vii
mington-Thomas Toy, John Hartman. John
Fehrenbach, James Murphy, William C.
Foord, Patrick Hughes, Henry Bradley, John
NJ. Crumlish, Francis E. Kelley, Thomas l.
RUSSELL
q. u. d. Bedford, Southern district of vii
mington Hartman Il Fehrenbach. W. II.
Blake, Barley x Bro, Andrew Traynor, s.
Barkley. James Barley, John Hartman.
Samuel l.. kiligore, Christiana hundred
Dr. Swithin Chandler, ID. NJ. Price, Abner
hollingsworth, Franklin Eastburn.
benjamin Gregg, White Clay Creek hundred
y. j. Marshall, W. L. Gibbons, Thomas
olough, 81 p. Alrich, j. A. Singer.
W. L. Reese, Pencader hundred-John Il.
Reese William McConaughey.
John A. Cleaver Red Lion hnndred-W.
A. Jester, William Davidson, W. Beck, John
shnnder, II. r. Straub.
Purnal j. Lynch, St. Georges hundred-M.
y. Walker, Alexander Maxwell, Thomas
AlcCracken. George Echennoffer.
hichard Hanson, Appoquinimink hundred
Edmund Morgan, Joseph Roberts, John f..
Wilson.
George W. Rutter, of Riddles mills, was
appointed a constable for Christiana hundred,
At yesterdays sessi N of the Levy
Court, MIR. Silver, chairman OF the Commit
tee on Sunday Schools, presented the report
OF the committee which provides for new
method of appropriating the Sunday school
fnnds, $500 being the amount allowed to the
schools of the county, Under the new man
agement each school receives an equal share.
The number Of Sunday schools i'll the
county is SO, and each school therefore re-
ceiyes about $3.50 The report of the com
mittee was adopted.
A rest lution wag adopted appropriatiun $40
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
ROBINSON AND THE REPoRrERs.
How the Member From Indian River
Has Beeu UnjustIy Accused.


Representative Peter Robinson, of Indian
River, has been justly obliged to father
several Legislative blunders, but the latest
accusation, that of revenging himself on the
reporters by expunglng portion OF L. n.
Williams resolution of thanks, il not well
founded. The true state Of the case was a.
follows:
In Legislative bodies made up of more than
one political party, it is usual for the closing
resolution to come from II member of the
minority. lii the Senate this practice was
adhered to, Mr.. Belts very gracefully and UNI
solicited performing that courtesy.
In the House, however, none of the Repub-
lican members, probably because of unfriend-
Illness to Speaker Williams, would consent to
offer such n resolution. The Speaker had
already announced that the adjournment
would take place in 10 minutes when L. n.
Williams arose and moved that the thanks OF
the House be rendered to The Speaker, the
clerk, the sergeant-at arms, the janitor, the
representatives of the press, and all Others
connected with that body
Speaker Williams reminded him that the
resolution must be reduced to writing. The
hands of the clock were trenching on the last
minute of the allotted time when L. n.
Williams walked over to the clerks desk and
began to dictate his resolution to that officer.
While the clerk was thus engaged, j. l..
Wolcott Esq, stepped up to Robinson and
said ''Some member ought to put that
resolution the Speaker cannot do no with
propriety, of course"
Upon this hint, Mr.. Robinson went to the
clerks desk and taking the unfinished reso'
luton, read it and called for its adoption.
The clerk afterwards completed aud recorded
the resolution in the shape designed by Mr.
Williams.
Upon being asked if he had designedll
omitted the reporters in putting the resolu
ton, Mr.. Robinson unreseryedly and un
equiyocally said that no such thought hat
ever entered his mind. ~ am above sucl
small business as that" he explained. "Th'
little fellows representing the Republican
papers have given me several pretty hare
raps, but bear no malice, and, il l did.
wonld not seek to crafty it in such meal
way"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
NORTHEAST.

special Correspondence Of state journal.
NoEru EAST, April l2.-Fish teams are
steadily passing through town on their
way to the several fishing shores. All
Ihe fisheries will he in operation here
week.
The gentleman who secured the con-
tract for carrying the mail between here
and Calvert is in town looking mp some
one to do the work, Mr.. Widows, the
present carrier, refuses TO take it at the
contract figure.
Work on the steam sheet iron mill is
steadily progressing. The stone masons
are putting in the foundation for the
engine. This work is required TO be we'll
done, as the engine is of $50 horse power,
and consequently very heavy.
Thomas silk, of this place, who sus-
tanned the character of Uncle JeG in
the German Volunteers met with
quite painful accident during the
presentation of the drama at Oxford, Pa,
on last Saturday night. In the scene
where Horace 81, Clair fires his revolver
through the door at the guerrilla, Mr..
Silk opened the curtain just in time to
receive the discharge. The powder was
driven into the forehead, but fortunately
the eve was not injured.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
The II, & d,

An ordinance WAS introduced in the Pitts
burg (Pa.) Select Council Monday evening
last, asking the right OF way over Water
street from the Baltimore & Ohio depot to Il
point on Water street, near the Allegheny
river. They ask the privilege Of building an
elevated road, with double tracks aud with
the necessary tnrnouts and switches. The
road is to be 40 elevated as to permit free
access to the landing and river. Accompany
ing the ordinance was . communication adj
dressed to Councils making the following
plea at il intended by this road to connect
the Baltimore ~ Ohio railroad system i'll the
east with the vast net work OF railroads i'll
the West land giving to our city the advantage
of competition over thousands OF miles Of
railroads cot reached by our present system.
We propose to allow all other lines the right
to use this road within the city,when councils
shall 80 far ordain on fair and equitable
terms. 1t is important to have early action
In this matter, both in order that We may go
to work and that toe city may begin to enjoy
the benefits accruing from the building Of
another through line"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14

The Three-and-R- Half Per Cent.
Extensfon-The New York Stock
Market on a Decline.

AssocAted Press Dispatch
New YORK, april l3.-The financial
| article in the lao edition ot the Pct
says The stock exchange markets ale
fairly active to-day. United States bonds
are ! higher than the lowest Of yesterday
for the and AIS and lower than the
highest of yesterday for the 81, and un-
changed for the Is.
A good many six per cents have been
bought in the market, to take advantage
Of the privilege OF extension at ~ per
cent. II wuuld not b9 strange il thr..
81 per cent. bonds, or part of them
should run for long time, as the treas
ury gets money On them more cheayly
than on any other loan.
Southern state bonds are dull and the
speculation which started up the Noith
and South Carolina issues appears to have
realized and gone into Sutro Tunnel
stock, which is up y; at least this is
what is reported. Tennessee bonds ara
up I for the new series ana down for
the is old.
Railroad bonds are strong at an advance.
of tal }, the latter iii indiana, Bloomiil,-
ton " Western incomes, which are up Ia
%.
The general share market has been
alternately strong and heavy, with Tia"
net result of all the fluctuations up 10
this time decline OF 4a2t per cent.
The weakest stocks have been Central
Pacific, which has. fallen to S3k; Metro
politan to lOs; Manhattan to 33s; the
Trunk lines stocks which are down lal (;
Indiana, Bloomington q Western stock has
been exceptionally strong, having advan-
ced from Jil at the close yesterday to 100,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
Maturing Bonds

Secretary Window issued Monday aftel-
noon his much discussed call for bonds. He
gives notice that the principal and accrued
interest Of the bonds herein below designated
will be paid at the Treasury of the United
States, in the city Of Washington, b. G., on
the first day of July, 1881, and that the in
terest on said bonds will cease on that day ;
provided, however, that in case any OF the
holdera OF the said bonds shall request to have
their bonds continued during the pleasure OF
the Government with interest at the
rate of 81 per centum per annum in lieu of
their payment ut tue date above specified
such request will be granted il the bonds are
received by the Secretary OF the Treasury for
that purpose OH or before the 10th of May
1881, viz Six per cent bonds, acts at July
18th and August 9Th, 1861 coupon bonds
$50. 1O6.050 registered bonds, sl09,s3s 600 !:
total, 5li0, 544, $50. Six per cent. bonds of
the act of March Sd. 1868 coupon bonds,
'?9545, 500 registered bonds, 5i5 1000, $50 !;
total. sos, 1919 aggresating Sl95. 600, 400
and being the entire amount issued under the
aforementioned acts which remains out
standing.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
AGAIN IN THE Tolls.


DIN ine
Burglar, Arrested in New York.
"Big Frank" otherwise Frank Mccoy,
one OF the most famous bank robbers in
this country and who will be remembered
In Wilmington as long as banks are in
existence, was arrested Tuesday i'll New
York Oh bench warrant. His arrest
was quite accidental. resulting from his
having momentarily thrown oif the dis
guise he had assumed.
He has been wanted by the authorities
OF Brooklyn for about i've years, for par
ticipatiou in the robbery OF pawn shop
in that city in February, 1913, and they
were waiting for him 10 complete his term
VI ~ years Imprisonment, for partelpa-
ton i'll the robbery oI tho Delaware Bans,
in this city, in 1878, when he escaped To-
the third time from the jail at New
Castle Oh September ID, 1871 Big
FRANK is well known to detectives aud
thieves throughout the country and is
accused of membership in the notorious
Blue Shirt gang, who robbed the kensins
ton Bank in Philadelphia, alter has
escape from New Castle.
The robbery for which he is now mr.
rested was committed on the night VI Feb
iuIiy Otut ioiO, dlAEi LIS sGSohu roSalG
here. The burglars secured watches and
ornaments worth ss,OOU, but dropped two
bags with property worth $4,000 in get
ting away. big Frank" was arrested
but was discharged as Aeaney, the man
who was robbod, could not identity him
rs one of the three men whom lie saw in
his store.
Subseq uently, however, the grand jury
OF Brooklyn found an indictment
against him and they have been wanting
hun ever since. lie WAS arraigned in tue
Court OF Sessions, yesterday, and i'll
default Of 1000 bail was committed to
the Raymond street Jail. big Frank
yet owes several years Of servitude to this
state for his crime in this city, but as We
refused to take him when arrested once
before in Norfolk, Va, it is not likely
that lie will now be demanded of the
Brooklyn authorities.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
SEU C.IS TLI.


special Correspondence Of state journal.
New CASTLE, April 1.-THE schooner
Neuie Walker is in port again, to take on
another load Of grain for w. Ii. Jefferson
X Co.
The annual statement of the Trustees
of the Commons for the past year is out.
From it is CLEANED the following informa-
tian: Actual cash receipts for rent of
farms for the year ending March 18th,
1851, S6,o3l.34 amount due for rent I'M
paid, 81, 346.29 making the actual rrve-
me S7,31j.j1 The debt due the Farmers
Bank, incurred in rebuilding the lIare's
Corner Hotel, has been reduced toss GOO.
which will lie entirely liquidated in one
or two more years. Besides tie regular
payments for expenses, the Water Com
pany's interest, &c.. the trustees during
the year made an appropriation of 81, 800
10 the Board Of Education to assist that
body in payment for the new school
house. The officers of the Board are
President, Dir. John j. Black Secretary.
William f. Lane, and Treasurer, William
Herbert. The oldest living member is
Andrew c. Gray, ESD, elected in 1899,
and the youngest John II. Rodney, Esq,
elected in 1876. There is one vacancy TO
ill, for which two elections have been
held, but no choice made.
The entertainment by Jacks Comedy
Company on saturday night was pre-
scented to full house. and received with
frequent applause. The various charac-
ters i'll IN Liss We're quite as well filled
ny the members Of the company as on the
occasion of their previous visit, Miss
ptnuDvpr as " IiSS taking the audience
by storm, Mr.. llenncssey as Judge Bese-
cinger was also received with loud and
continued applause. All the characters,
in fact, We're well taken, and our people
are we'll pleased with the company.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
DOVER.
A. 4. williams OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ardsOn's New Cannery - Captain
Draper's Schooner Going TO

Church.
Special Currespondence.of State journal.
DOVER, April 1.-THE Legislature has
gone home; the third house has adjourned
and dispersed, and Dover ia desolate.
A. q. Williams, of Wet Dover hundred, has
distinguished himself by voting against his
party on two political bills upon which party
lines were squarely drawn-the bill authoriz-
ing the Governor to employ counsel to defend
election officers before the United States
courts. and Mr.. Bradford's assessment bill
He explained to Henry Todd that the Repub-
LEANS may carry Kent county next time and
he thought in best to trim little. Like the
man who prayed Good Lord, good devil, !"
commented Mr.. Todd, she did not know
whose hands he might fall into"
j. Alden Richardson Is rushing up his new
cannery and will have it completed in another
month The speed of Mr.. Richardson is in
striking contrast with the slowness of the
work OH the old hotel. 1t IL possible that the
old ruin may be patched up by the time the
next Legislature meets, but the working force
must be increased.
Captain Draper has cleared and leveled a
place on the banks of Jones Creek and Is pre-
pairing to build there a schooner, to be 65 feet
long and % feet BEAM This will be the first
schooner ever built at Dover.
went to the Episcopal church yesterday
morning and heard a good sermon on The
Sacrifice OF the Cross" by the rector. Rev. l..
". Gibson. This church has prospered under
Mr.. Gibson's leadership. Before he came, it
had run down 80 much that one of its leading
members said, 1--WE have the only honest COLI
gregation in town there are no hypocrites
among us nobody has any religion and no
body pretends to have any. 1t IL the only
church in the State, said he, that never
NEEDLES with politics or religion"
Az soon as Richardson gets his cannery
done he will start on his new hotel. He
wants to have 1t ready in time for the State
fair next fall. ..-.
Some members OF the railroad lobby went
up to Philadelphia to day TO get paid of.
Fosky, Of Delmar, was among them.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
CRUSHED BY THE C1RS.
Horrible Fate OF Train Man ON the
p. w. & IL.

Robert Cooling, train man on the p, w.
K b. railroad. met with horrible fate at the
west yard of the company in this city few
minutes before midnight on Thursday. Shift
ing engine No. . was engaged in backing
freight cars. Cooling was running ahead of
some of the approaching cars, when his root
was caught in the frog at Latlmer's crossing,
near the upper end of the yard.
Almost instantly the train was upon him,
and he was manged in horrible manner,
the wheels passing along his legs and right
side to the shoulder almost completely crush
ing the parts over which they passed. 1t is
wonderful that death did not occur instan-
taneously.
Cooling WAS picked ZIP and brought to the
dead house at the depot and ORA. Kane and
Draper We're Immediately summoned. To be-
hold the fortunes of the unfortunate man was
heartrending. Ether was freely administered
to deaden the pain, but. beyond relieving to
some extent his miseries, nothing could be
done for him. and he died about AS his last
words being 90. my God"
Coohng lived with his aunt and sisters on
Third street near Jefferson. They We're
immediately sent for and arrived at the depot
shortly after IL O'Clock, The dying man
recognized and spoke to them.
The deceased was q years Of age married
and the father OF two children his family re-
siding at Port Deposit. He was formerly in
the employ of the Baltimore Central road at
that place, and had been employed here for
about Blk weeks. He had Intended to bring
his family to this city.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
4 RAILROAD WRECK.
Passenger Train Crashes into
Part of n Freight Train on the
PENNSYLVANIA ROad.

AssOrintch Press Dispatch
New York, April l3.--The long freight
train which left Jersey City on the Penn
sylvania railroad last night at $50
o'clock, swept around the curve in the
Bergen cut with such force that the two
rear ears were thrown from the track.
The couplings broke and the cars We're
thrown directly across the down track on
which trains coming to New York run.
The spot where the ears We're wrecked
is in a deep cut and the train usually
Stacks up in running through. When
the engineer Of the train from Newark
entered the cut he saw the wrecked cars
only few hundred feet ahead of him.
He whistied and applied the patent air
brakes, but to no effect, for moment
later the train went crashing into the
freight cars. The two freight cars were
completely wrecked.
The engine was thrown from the track
against the rocky side wall.
The baggage car and first passenger car
were also wrecked and thrown over and
every window in the train was Shattered.
Fortunately the first passenger ear was
empty. The second passenger car and
the smoking car held passengers, but
none of them were killed, though
several were seriously injured.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
coon FELLOHS.
Meeting of the Grand lodge of the
the State neutrality-suspicious. Of
the Order.

The Grand Lodge of Delaware, Ancient
Order of Good Fellows, commenced its
annual session at o'clock Tuesday after
noon, at Its hall in the I.iebernGn building,
Fifth and Market streets. Honorable GRAND
Master Edwin Hurst presided. The three
lodges which constitute the order i'll this city
were al represented. The reports of the
grand master and other officers were pre-
scented and adopted, and the decisions Of the
grand master were confirmed. The outlook
Of the order is very favorable. Tie lodges
are in better condition, both financially and
numerically, than for some time.
The graId master in the course of his re-
port recommended that the journal and alb.
stracts Of reports of the grand aud subordi-
nate lodges be printed for the information Of
the members.
At 5 O'Clock the lodge adjourned with the
intention OF electing officers i'll the evening.
Owing to the pressure of other business this
was not done, but the lodge will meet again
oil Saturday evening, April 30th. for the cleo
ton and installation of officers and the con-
clusiOn of other annual business
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
1eaths.


ALBERT. ON 18th inst, H. e. Albert, aged 90
years.
The friends Of the family are respectfully invited
10 attend the funeral from his late residence, No
III East Fourth street. on Friday, 18th inst, at 3
y. IN. To proceed Ia Riyeryiew cemetery.
BARE.-In this city on the 18th inst, Albert W .
infant son Of John b. and Mary W, Hare, aged
months and days
Funeral from The residence OF his grandfather,
Joseph c. seeds. Thirteenth and scott streets, to-
morrow, Clhursdayl afternoon, at O'Clock.
HULL1NGSWORTH. AT the residence OF Charles
Curhit, near st. Georges Del, April &, 1881.
Margaret j. HolllngsworIh, aged so years.
McCLoSKEY On the 9Th instant Blanche.
daughter Of David and Louise McCloskey, aged
months.
10 Is. In this city on the 9th inst Edward
Jones in the I'D year Of hts age.
PROVOST. On the 9th Inst, Ann Provost aged 81
years.
SlNGLES,-on 9th Inst, Benjamin Singles, In tho
S5th year Of his age.
TANLOR.-On the 9th instant Isabel Louise
daughter NJ John and Christian Louise Taylor.
NANDlk T.. III Philadelphia on It'll Inst, Louisa
I. Thomas, wife Of Francis E NanDyke,
WOODROW {. son of William IL. and
Jennie Woodrow aged months.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
ROTTLE 1HIETES.
breaking up a Gang of Systematic
Robbers-A Case Before Esquire
Yanderr.f

VANDERBILT
A very n,crot;y. ,,,siross n II con be
.iccessfSlr narria5 ~, auI 4 ha, rreo,,sn,iy
AN attanaea Ill "" , "' n,nass in man
oties - tuo Wiz 6io%' ,,r,,,rn, hv 'A "ny
means NJ hotties tafter thov are empt,ed1
,rh;ah " oottles lalter 'uos aiu u,tptiea
bottI;n,, az . pegn " S;n,;'' thoD,
To othssr o9 o;tina ,hare' hnu srPpS ,t''
neosa',t 'ros, thn rm ,tia 9 nf
beina ptU' 'A' o'ie'i"' '"''"' VI '"ii'"i
Tb;s thiav;ns bpsiuess was carr;ed nm v.r,
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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-04-14
THE NEW LINE.
The Route Through the City-AppIi-
cation Made to Tunnel the vii.

The Baltimore d Ohio Railroad Company Is
quietly pushing the work Of locatingths route
Of its new line through this city and has
already made number Of surveys from which
1t will make final selection.
For the past week engineers have been
busily engaged prospecting In the western
part Of the city and it Is also understood that
route through the eastern part OF the city
has been marked out. With respect to the
latter report nothing definite can be learned
but the contemplated route through the west
crn part OF the city can be pretty accurately
located, and 1t il the general belief, based
upon facts at hand, that this Ia the one that
will finally be adopted.
Yesterday Mr.. Smith the engineer OF the Is.
* o. who has charge Of the work of locating
the new road made application to Mr. William
Candy, the President Of the Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery Company, for permits.
sion to tunnel the cemetery. The application
was an Informal one made by Mr.. Smith in
person, and cannot be acted upon until
further data with respect TO the depth ard
nature OF the proposed tunnel IL furnished by
the company.
Mr.. Smiths survey calls for q tunnel, tho
bottom Of which shall be so feet below the
ground its hight is to be IL feet, leaving ~
feet between the top of the tunnel aud the
surface. The route calling for this tunnel
will come up along the line of Madison or
''S'ftc~ Se'NNe' ~ tuihioit NAii phbh uhbci
dipin property, now occupied by Mr.. George
Churchman, striking the cemetery opposite
Monroe street and passing under it dagonally,
and will come out on Adams street in the
neighborhood Of Lowering avenue, which Is
about half way down the hill. the crest of
which il AT Shallcross avenue and Adams
street and the base at Adams street aud the
Brandywine.
According to the present plans it is then
proposed to bridge the Brandywine at the
most convenient point with view to striking
Elliott run on the opposite side, by following
the course of which the costly tunnelling Of
Wawaset hill will be avoided. The nature of
the bridge is not known, but it will in all
probability be a handsome iron structure that
will be an ornament to that part of the city
1t is to be at least 40 feet above the surface of
the creek. Just where the southern terminus
of the tunnel which these plans call
for IL to be has not been made known. Var
ious surmises place it somewhere in Brown
town, but the fact that offers have been made
for property in the vicinity of Madison he.
tween Second and Third streets would seem
to indicate that the tunnel III to be much
shorter one than Browntown terminus
would give. Anything beyond the fact that
the b. u o. has made application to the Gem
etery company AZ above stated is pure guess
work and it is evident on all sides that the
projectors of the new line are proceeding az
quietly RI possible III the matter.