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The daily gazette., 1882-06-17
THE THREE COUNTIES.
NEWS FROM NEW CASTLE.
KENT AND SUSSEX.
NEW CASTLE DOTS AND DAsHEs
A Large shoe Factory to be Erected
Cleaning Gutters-New Order Notes
From Delaware City and Smyrna.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette. ]

GEoRGETowN, June 16.-Heywood's 's
Combination, q travelling minstrel and
slight-of-hand troupe, have pitched their
tent here for q few months much to the de-
light of the little folks.
Beverley Cullen, son of Lawyer Charles
Cullen, Is home from his Florida orange
plantation for thu summer. Mr.. Cullen
has not bsen home for two summers and his
friends are heartily pleased to meet him
again. Rumor has 1t that the young gentle
man will take Georgetown bride to his
Florida home this fall.
The appointment of Frank Hull by the
railroad authorities as special station officer
gives much satisfaction to our citizens.
Since Mr.. HulPs appointment not single
boy has attempted TO board a moving train.
Accidents like that Of Carpenter will be
more rare in future.
The Board of Health has stirred up the
town authorities. New culverts are being
relaid and other needed improvements made
so far as the streets are concerned. Green,
stagnant, disease e-producing pools of water
will soon be thing Of the past here.
David Nelson, former Philadelphian,
now sick with consumption at George
Piper's, in this place, is still living, although
gradually sinking.
Miss Nellie Moore, Lawyer Moore's daugh-
ter, is home from school for the summer
vacation.
DR.. L. d. Keyser, of Wills Eye Hospital,
Philadelphia, has been attending the session
of the State Medical Society at Rehoboth,
and after the conclusion of the meeting
stopped over here with Dr. Richards. On
Wednesday both physicians visited the
county almshouse, and DIR. Keyser performed
several very delicate operations among the
patients in cataract and other diseases Of the
eye; no doubt returning permanently the
sight of those operated on.
Twenty-Five members have been added to
st. Johns NJ. e. Church on probation.
Frank Wagamon has resumed work on his
new house.
We are having hot weather in downright
| earnest. Yesterday was a scorcher, to-day
promises to be the same; and gardens will
soon begin to burn, unless we soon have
rain.
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$4,000 woRKINGMEN IN LINE.
To-day's Labor Demonstration in Pitts
burg-Ouiet in Cleveland and Irontlale


TO-day's Labor Demonstration in Pitts
burg-Quiet in Cleveland and IrOndale.
PITTsBURG, June 16.-The preparations
for the demonstration of organized labor,
appointed for tomorrow in this city, have
been going on busily for several days, but
to-day the interest has redoubled, aud all
hands are arduously engaged in the work oi
getting their respective associations into
trim shape. That 1t will be the largest trades
union demonstration that this country has
ever seen is evident on all sides. 1t is I'M
possible to say how many organizations will
participate, but, judging from the fact that
the first division alone will comprise go
assemblies of the Knights of Labor, and
that there will be five grand divisions, the
number will hardly fall short of 800, and
the men in line will probably be $4,000
strong. Every man will wear designating
badge, and every delegation OF society have
its band, banners and notices.
The number of idle worl1ingmen in and
around this city will be increased next week
by the addition of $500 more to their ranks
All of the window and bottle glass factories
In and around Pittsburg will shut down
next week for their summer vacation, which
usually lasts from four to eight weeks.
There are IA window glass and l2 green. or
bottle glass factories that will close down.
Stocks are about one-quarter less than at
the same period last year and prices are
sitter.
At the Iron Association rooms to-day it
was alleged that In two mills the union men
had sent committees to the proprietors offer
ing to resume at the old wages. 1t was said
that Que of the mills would start up next
week and the other as soon as orders came
in. Another firm, who 1t was rumored this
afternoon would start with non-unionists,
was William Clark u Co. Report has it
that this firm has secured force of eolored
men, and will begin next week.
CLEVELAND, June 16.-The murlerers of
Blythe, the laborer, have not yet been ar
rested. 1t is reported that two more muir
derous assaults were committed here last
night, in which cases both victims are non
Union workmen, who were attacked near
their homes after dark by two separate
gangs. Excitement prevails, and citizens
are appealing to the authorities to place the
district under protection, of martial law
Three companies Of soldiers are ready at any
moment to march to the scene. An out
break is expected tomorrow when the mill
workers are to be paid.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 16.-lt is cur
rently rumored here to-day that there will
soon be compromise between the com
panies and miners in this region, and that
the basis of the compromise will be 50 cents
per ton and 10 hours for a days work. The.
great obstacle is the fact that the companies
will not agree to take back the old men as a
body, but insist upon selecting such as they
see fit. Notwithstanding the rtlmor, the
Maryland and New Central Companies are
actively preparing to put in new labor, and
by Monday, 1t is said, buildings for imported
miners will be commenced.
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The Army Worm. .

Especial correspondence OF the Gazette.1
BLAcKBIRD, June 16.-The army worm
has made its appearance in Blackbird hun
dred, and already has damaged the wheat
and grass to considerable extent Thou
sands upon thousands are in Mr.. v. 0. HnEs
wheat at Greenspring, and in some places in
the field the ground is thickly strewed with
the heads of wheat that the worm has cut
off, and the stalk left without blade upon
it, farm hand who works for Mr.. Hill
informed me this morning, that the pests
had eaten the young corn off several acres
of ground, and that the ground will have I'd
be planted in corn again. The worm is on
the wheat Of B. G. Collins, j. Bennett, w
H. Money and 7. Hill. l have not heard
of any others who are annoyed, but by to,
morrow and Sunday 1t is expected that the
neighborhood will be overrun with them.
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A Fatal Kick.
[Cecil Whig.l

On Tuesday last Isaac Hammond of Upper
Principle, while exercising a stallion of
which he had charge, was kicked in the head
by the animal and so seriously injured that
the physicians pronounced his recovery i'm
possible. The unfortunate man is brother
Of Mr.. Hammond, who manages the Ran
dalia farm in Back Creek Neck, owned by
w. p. Howard, Esq, and was respected
and good citizen. The hoof of the stallion
struck Mr.. Hammond upon the side and
front of the head, breaking the skull and
tearing away large portion of the forehead
and face. The injured man had not re-
covered consciousness up to the date OF last
adyiees from him, and his physicians had no
hopes of his recovery. His death was looked
for momentarily and may have taken place
ere this reaches our peaders, -
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An Indignation Meeting.

lIonnunlcaIeu.
A meeting of the citizens OF Hockessfn
was held IN the school house at that place
last night for the purpose, as the notices
which have been posted for the past few
days announced, of inquiring into the best
method to be taken for the revocation Of thc
license OF the Hoclessn Hotel, kept by
Daniel Creeden. James Mcdowell was
chairman Of the committee and w. b. Jaek-
son secretary. Speeches were made by
several persons, among the most -coiispicu
ous being Esquire John G. Jael0sOn1 1t IL
stated that Mr.. jackson administered ,
severe rebukc to the judges Of our courts
procured through the influence Of f''Rine
Rule" and that the party in power in tfii
State was corrupt, and called upon all good
citizens to assist in throwing IL from POWER
A series of resolutions were adopted, but al
this writing we are unable to send copy.
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NEW CASTLE.
A Large Shoe Factory to be Built-A New
Order.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette. J

Order.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette.
New CASTLE, June 17.-Harry II. George
of this city, has the contract of asserting
and unloading all the berry crates that
come to this place for the Delaware railroad.
!. The United States steamer Tallapoosa,
from Portsmouth, passed up the Delaware
yesterday at p. M, for League Island. /.
3. X. Reeves of this city, holds the position
as assistant chief engineer.
The Fern has taken the place of the
steamer Arbutus as buoy boat on the Della
ware.
Several men have been busily engaged
cleaning the streets during the week, which
will improve the appearance and health of
the city.
The Methodist strawberry festival is being
held in the old Court House.
Kernell Brothers will bring "Muldoon Is
Picnic, /" fresh from the Walnut street theatre
Philadelphia, to our city on next Friday,
23d inst. The reserved seats are selling
fast.
Richard Dobbins, of Philadelphia, con-
templates erecting a new shoe factory in a
few weeks on the lot opposite the Riverside
Rolling Mill. He will employ about 45O
hands. One reason why Mr.. Dohbins is
building the factory here Is that he is free
from taxation for 10 years. 1t also enhances
the value of the great deal of property
which he has in that locality known as Dob
binville. The engineers were down from
Philadelphia yesterday and laid off the
ground.
The old ditch along the railroad is now
being filled up with dirt. The company
have men working night and day The
GAZETTE and Star have been drumming
them up so much about the ditch that they
have been forced to clean up.
A conclavc of Heptasophs was instituted
last night Officers Archon, III. BOrie
Past Archon, Rev. G. s. Spencer; Provost,
r. s. Martin Prelate, R. A. Guy; Seere-
tary, r. p. Janvier Financier, j. w. Cof-
man Treasurer, Ira d. Lunt; Medical
Examiner, DIR. j. j. Black.
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a HoLYoKE ROMANCE.
The Elopement OF Fair Boarding School
Girl with n Rurly Married Ne0ro

Girl with q Burly, Married Negro.
HARTFORD, Conn, June 16.-During the
summer Of 1880 Adolphus Hall aged 80,
and his young wife were employed in the
stewards department of Trinity College in
this city They frequently quarreled, and
in the fall of 1881 Hall run away. Six
months ago he appeared in Holyoke, Mass,
| where he was employed to take care of the
| premises of a rich gentleman. Adjoining
| the premises was a young ladies' high
school, and among the pupils was one
named Mamie Grover, the daughter of
| William Grover, we1i-to-do citizen, super
| intendent of one of the large mills
| in HolYoke 1t was soon noticed
that Mamie and Hall were often
| together. Whenever she could leave the
school-room and meet him she did SO, and
the two frequently rode and walked to-
gcther, On learning of their clandestine
meetings, Grover forbade his daughter to
have further intercourse with Hall, but to
his command Mamie, who up to this time
had been a 'dutiful, gentle hammered child,
gave no heed, and continued to secretly
meet her lover on all possible occasions.
She became completely infatuated with the
fellow, Notwithstanding their difference of
race, he being mulatto, and was happy
only when in his presence,
Late on the night of May 13 last she re-
turned to her lathers house from what pur-
ported to have been visit to neighbor
On the next day her father made the dis
coyery that his daughter and Hall had been
married on that day at Springfield, Mass,
by q white clergyman. Mamie was imme-
diately locked in her room and kept there.
Hall meanwhile left the town hurriedly
Every effort was made by Mr.. Cover to pro-
cure a divorce for his daughter, but Mamie
would not consent to a separation. Grover
recently heard of Halls previous marriage,
and at once sent detectives after
the fellow with warrants to arrest
him for bigamy Hall arrived in this
city to-day from Meriden. and was arrested,
and upon declining to go to Massachusetts,
without. requisition, he was locked up to
await the arrival of the document. He
stated this afternoon that he was ready to
do anything that might be required of him
In the way of diyoreing himself from Mamie
lie processes to believe that his first wife had
obtained legal separation from him. Hall
is fairly intelligent and shrewd. Mamie
Grover is a slender, graceful blonde, with
refined and handsome features She has the
manner of gentlewoman, and is very in
telligcnt and accomplished.
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Nt4Ln
OFF FOR A FLY.
Six Carrier Pigeons Leave WiImIngt 1n tti
Morning ON a Long Journey.

Morning ON a Long Journey.
This morning at o'clock precisely
Samuel i. Belts, on q lot between Market
and King and Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, cut the string holding the lid Of a
wicker basket and as the cover fell back six
carrier pigeons flew out after little hesita-
ton and shot up into the air perhaps 400 or
800 feet. There they made circle. taking
In four or five blocks, and then settling
down flew steadily of toward the northeast.
The birds were the property of E. o.
Damon, president of the Damon Mason
Fabric Company, Northampton, Mass, and
were entered in the Interstate race gotten
up under the direction OF the "Atlantic Fed
Grafton of Homing Pigeon Societies, =" Thos
ii. Richardson, secretary, Office In Green
island, Albany county, N Y,
Mr.. Damon, in looking for some one to
take charge of his birds in Wilmington,
selected Mr. Belts, who agreed to attend to
the matter. The birds left Northampton on
"wednesday, arriving here Thursday even
ing. Last night they were marked for
identification, on the middle feather of the
tail OF each figure or figures about five
eighths of an inch high being stamped. The
iirst bird was stamped o; the second, the
third, 2 fourth, 90; fifth, oil sixth, ~.
Mr.. Belts Immediately telegraphed the
time of the departure of the birds to Mr.
Damon, who In turn will wire the former
gentleman the time OF the arrival home of
the pigeons. The difference in time between
Wilmington and Northampton is 1G minutes
and some seconds. At is expected to haye
some tldipgs Of the flyers about 80 or 2
o'clock, the distance being 23S miles. On a
recent trial of speed, June 2, the same birds
made the trip from Philadelphia to North
ampton in hours and Is minutes, or 1,173
yards per minute, the distance being 2l0
miles,
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MIDDLETOwN.
Children's Day-The Crop Prospects
Peaches. 4

Cht10renB Day-Aho Cfop frOSpects-
Peaches. \
Especial correspondence of the Gazette.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, June 17-Children' S
day having been postponed on account of
the dedication of the colored church in
Odessa, last Sunday, will be celebrated in
this place tomorrow, June IL. A splendid
programme has been arranged, and good
time is expected. The NJ. L. church will be
beautifully decorated with flowers, birds, etc.
Harvest is fast approaching and there is
some talk of cutting wheat the last of next
week, but some will not be ripe for two
weeks yet. 'fhe army worm is abroad in
our section, but as yet has not done much
damage. Corn is not looking very well for
SO late In the season, but we hope to have
warm nights SO as to bring It along and in
sure good crop. Some of our farmers
will depend altogether on their wheat and
corn crop, as they have pulled
out all their peach trees, while
others are depending altogether on
peaches to settle up this years accounts, and
buy a new carriage in the fall. A good
peach crop always insures good trade in
Wilmington carriages, and one can see them
almost every morning by the carload, COM
ing to Middletown and other way stations.
The Town Fathers are having the cutters
on Railroad avenue taken up and relaid SO
as to insure good drainage. OF late great
deal of garbage has been thrown in it, and
water has stagnated in it, making it very
unpleasant to our people on that street. We
hope this nuisance will be stopped now.
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The New College.
-LGnlIinrnnee XNnrl,nr

The Wesleyan Female College building
has just received complete renoyating.
All the rooms have been neatly repapered,
the woodwork repainted, the old wooden
fence has been torn away, and the stone wall
upon which the fence stood has been lowered
and new capstone placed thereon. The
front yard has been lowered by removing
the sods and removing few inches Of the
soil on top and the sods replaced. A new
drain is now under construction in the rear
of the building, for the purpose of carrying
off the rain water, slops, ETC., from the
building and depositing them in the refuse
pipe on Walnut street. Whitewashing
carpet cleaning, ETC., has been busily en-
gagged in this week, and when all is com
pleted the old college building will be as
serene looking and as sweet as u May morn
ing.
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smyrna,
rsAnaiaI en,.rnsnnn1len

Especial correspondence of the Gazette.
SMYRNA, June 16.-The cash which was
cut in the thigh of Joseph Wells by John
Stevens last Sunday evening while playing
at Duck Creek is rapidly healing A drove
numbering about go head of fat cattle
passed through here yesterday on their way
to the Philadelphia markets. Our citizens
have made arrangements with w. F. Jetfer-
son to sprinkle Main and Commerce streets.
L, A. Blake, manufacturer of the improved
Blake washing machine, has sold his patent
right for Kent county to Benton Weldon OF
this town. The party given by j. Heitshu
at his residence, about three miles from
here, was well attended there being about
80 couple present Now vi es.eS Swngy haa Seas rs
decided that H, Anthony, near here raised
the finest Strawberries Of the season, Col
Inns Beach hotel aud pavilion was opened
last evening, but owing to the unfavorable
weather very few went down, The regular
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RAMPANT ELECTRICITY.
Lightning Destroys "A Barn and Shakes
Up House.


READING, June 16.-A storm which arose
about O'Clock this afternoon was accom-
panied by considerable lightning and heavy
peals of thunder. The sky was covered
with heavy black clouds, which stood
stationary for about an hour, when they
moved in a Eortheasterly direction. 1t was
thought the storm would strike this city,
but fortunately il did not. While the storm
was raging the stable erected at the ore
mines operated by Henry Benfeld, on land
owned by Charles Folk about one mile from
Mertztown, was struck by lightning and
entirely destroyed, together with all its con-
tents. Twelve valuable horses in the stable
at the time were killed or persisted in the
flames The loss is estimated at $1,000.
There is no insurance.
WEST CHESTER, June i6.-During the
thunder storm of last evening the residence
of Mrs. General George A : Mccall, about a
mile northeast of this borough, was nearly
gutted by Lightning. The lightning struck
a tree close to the house and from it entered
the kitchen window, tearing the plastering
from the ceiling and walls. 1t then passed
into the parlor, where more damage was
done to the walls, and valuable oil paint
ing was stripped of its frame, though the
painting itself was unharmed Nearly every
window-pane in the house was knocked ont
The tree was completely wrecked. Mrs
Mccall and her family were sitting upon the
veranda at the time, but were uninjured,
being only slightly shocked. In the borough
the Mansion House aud stable were struck,
tut no damage was done further than the
stunning of two persons and some horses.
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CONGRESS YESTERDAY.
'a|lf -t .-la A'NftAH w---T-~-a ---rr----
Summary Of PFoeeedings In Senate anf
,s+-5s,. House,

-.5ftf f5rfifsr.rsfst ,ft House.
h WASHINGTON, June 16.-In the Senate,
to-day, Mr.. Hoar introduced bill to pro
vide for the succession to the Presidency.
IL vests the succession, after the Vice Presi-
dent, in the members Of the Cabinet, begin
ming with the Secretay of State and ending
with the Secretary of the Interior. 1t was
referred to the Judiciary Committee. The
bill TO pay, $75, 900 in satisfaction of ante
war claims Of Southern mail contractors
was again considered and went over
at the expiration of the morning
hour The National Bank Extension bill
was then taken up, and the Senate Commit
tees amendment to exempt National Banks
from attachments and injunctions by State
courts was lost-TTyeas n, nays "a. The yeas
were all Repub1icahs, with Messrs. Davis of
Limos \ and Mahone; the nays were all
Democrats, with the addition Of three Re
publicans, Messrs. Dawes, Miller, California
and Mitchell The sixth section was reached,
providing that "all notes of existing banks
now in circulation shall be returned, de-
stroyed or cancelled, and new notes bearing
different deyieessand descriptions substituted
for them as they come In and are redeemed; !;
the banks to pay the cost of printing, cost Of
new plates = etc. !. As passed by the House
this section provided that, whenever the
old circulation was reduced to five
per cent, Ol tne capital STOCK OF a bank, the
bank should deposit lawful money for that
five per cent. amount Mr. Beck offered an
amendment requiring the banks, at the end
of one year, instead Of three years, to de
post lawful money for whatever portion Of
the old notes may not be in at the time
The amendment was rejeeted---yeas ID, nays
IA. After perfecting some minor details the
bill was laid over until Monday. Bills were
introduced by Mr.. Miller of California, to
enable the Southern Pacific and other rail
roads to consolidate their lines; and by Mr.
Blair to open the Government lands in the
Indian Territory to freedom. After short
executive session the Senate adjourned until
Monday 49,, ''''
In the House the River and Harbor bill
was resumed in Committee of the Whole,
and about half of the bill was considered,
the items being passed as reported from the
Commerce Committee, when the committee
rose. The Military Academy Appropriation
bill was reported, with the Senate amend
ments, and some of them were rejected.
Others being concurred in. joint resolu-
tion was reported and passed appropriating
$3.50, 600 to continue the. work Of scientific
observation and exploration near Lady
Franklin Bay, and at Port Barrow, Alaska.
An evening session was lreld for eonsidera-
tion of pension bills. al H n-i
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Delaware (,itv.

Especial correspondence Of the Gazette..9i "
DELAWARE CRY, June 1t.---JamesRowe
while turning his slSiff around, Wednesday
night, had his thumb cut off at the Arst
Joint by his skif coming in collision with
another boat. He was taken to the drug
store OF ii. +. Mullin, where he had his
thumb dressed. Professor Strang viii give
an organ recital next Monday light In the
Episcopal Church, assisted by Dr. Alb.
Mitchell. The admission will be free to
those having invitations. George A, Clark,
our postmaster, is lying at the point of death
and not expected to recover. An ab6ess has
formed on his liver. The Adams /, Express
Company will open an express Office here
the lst of duly, which is very muchineeded.
Our serenading band of lealithumpians
are having quite a good time now A
number of our young men are taking
unto themselves wives, which is making the
demand for houses very good itW ff,4F