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The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
WESLEYAN COLLEGE.

President Wilson Defends His Action In
Regard to Advertising the Institution.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE Re
ferring to an item In your issue of this even
ing, beginning 'tThe old Board of Trustees
of the Wesleyan Female College are cunning
for the new organization" allow me to say
that you do injustice to the trustees, resi-
dent In Wilmington, whose names are at-
tached to the card as members of the execu-
tive committee of the board. They have
each stated to me personally that they
signed the paper presented to them with the
intent to correct the wrong impression made
by the form of the advertisement, viz that
the College had been reorganized and was
to be opened by the old Board Of Trustees
of the "Wesleyan Female College" They
have, also, each assured me personally OF
their friendly feeling and wishes for the
prosperity of the new enterprise.
In regard to the Objectionable advertise
ment let me say Soon after it appeared in
the Ayluocdte ] received . note from DR..
Matlack, AS chairman Of the trustees, pro
testing against 1t In nearly the same Ian
guage used In the Published card. This
note, forwarded from Wilmington, reached
me lust as / was leaving the place where
was then living, and ! wrote very hurriedly
| by return mail to the effect that admitted
| the correctness of the narrative of facts
| given IN his note, that 1t was not the wish
| or intention to use the old name explained
| the circumstances under which It chanced
/ to be inadvertently and improperly en-
i ployed that the sale of the property and
| the action of the board and Of the confer
ences had been so generally published that
/ everybody knew the facts and no one was
harmed by the advertisement, and its form,
| under the circumstances, was of little i'm
| portaucc After this statement, / said that
| would cheerfully write to the Adgocdte and
have the correction made If he thought II
necessary. Expecting, of course, an answer
to nv letter, prepared new form of sllb-
stitute for the old one, If he still desired it
Ireceioed no dnsioer 10 my letter, and pre-
sumed that DIR. NJ. thought a change oi
form not necessary until saw his "correc-
tion9 In print. -
4 A word more. ! have returned to VII
| mington after an absence of nearly foui
! years. and am located in the building II
which spent twenty years of hard labor
and, under untold ann0yances and embaras
ments conducted q school of which have
| never been ashamed, and of whose gradu
ates | have everywhere had cause to bt
, proud. A week hence I expect to open tn
Wesleyan College in the same building
greatly improved IN all respects, and esbab
lish an institution which shall commenf
itself to an intelligent and just commuuit'
by its genuine merits. / shall want the re
suit unruflled by any unjust or kBlniste
> attacks, and "possess my soul in patienee,
! adopting the sentiment of Shakespeare:
r 'Tis not In mortals to command success
But we'll do more.-deserUe II. z
SEpT. q. 1882. JOHN WILSON.
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SASH FACTORY Al u BURNED.
PERSONS MILL REDUCED TO
ASHES LAST NIGHT.
THE LOSS $4,000 Oh $4,000.
Last Nights Big Blaze ON Front Street
The Origin of the FIRE Mystery--Other
Buildings Damaged.

The sash factory of William Fl. Pierson,
Nos. 4l9 and 421 West Front street, was
totally destroyed by FIRE last evening. The
flames were first noticed about $50 o'clock
and an alarm from box "a at Front and
Justson streets brought the fire department
out. The fire from the first blazed fiercely,
and the building was a total ruin In little
over an hour. The fireman worked nobiy,
and the Weccacoe, Fame, Phoenix, Friend
ship and Water Witch engines were in
service. @ 81.
The frame house 42s, on the corner of
Front and Washington streets, adjoining the
burning building eaHRhtsare once, .aaadI "
was thought that 1t wouid be burned to the
ground. This house is occupied by the
families of John Reilley and Michael Nc
Caulley, and Is owned by the Gordon
brothers, one of whom lives in New York
and the other two In Virginia. By strenuous
effort only the roof and the back part Of
this building was burned
The house No. All was In similar danger.
II is occupied by Lee Wright. The house
was flooded and the furniture much
damaged. ~
of the burned factory were saved alter much
cxertion by d. H. Sutton.
The loss will be heavy. Mr.. Person esti-
| mates the value of his stock at SIS, 900, but
on Saturday he had moved II loads TO the
Huntzberger building, which he had in
tended to occupy while he rebuilt He had
already made arrangements to put up new
| factory on the site OF the old one, and the
| fire will hurry the work of rebuilding.
The building at No. 421 is owned by Mr..
Pierson, and that at No. 4l9 belongs to the
Allen estate, L. L, Allen, of Newark, agent
1t is understood to be uninsured. The
Allen building is assessed at $500, and
Mr.. Pierson values his building at as much
| Mr.. Persons insurance is as follows, thu
whole being placed by Woolley's agency
On building, $4,000 In the Liverpool, Lon
don and Globe. On stock, Etna, 81 800
/ Springfield, $500; Phoenix, S2,500, Hart
/ ford, 81 800. Total on stock, $4,000.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
MAHoMs,s AssrssaxENTs.
Public Printer Rounds Refuses to Listen
.! TO the Virginia boss.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Public Printer
Rounds has locked horns with Senator
Malone regarding the assessment Of the
Virginia employees OF the Government print
ing office. Several cases were brought to
the notice of Mr.. Rounds In which en-
ployes who had cheerfully handed over to
the National Congressional Committee. the
amount assessed against them, were besieged
by collectors representing the Malone fac-
ton. In consequence these employees were in
formed by the Public Printer that any assess
ment made on them by Senator Mahone's
committee should be paid voluntarily, and
no one should lose position In the
government printing office for refusing to
contribute. This decision has incensed Sem
ator Malone and his strikers and a vigorous
assault will be made to effect q rec0nsidera-
ton, but from the general reputation Of Mr..
Rounds 1t Is understood that he put his foot
down In earnest on this matter and will not
be bulldozed by the Virginia boss. The ex-
ample set in this department will, 1t IL said,
be followed by secretaries of other de-
partmente, who are opposed tothe wholesale
system OF levying assessment not Only %
the national but by local committees. Hence
the dismay of the Mahoneites, who are In
desperate situation.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
OHlcIal Figures.

Registrar Frazer's official report for the
week ending Saturday, September 2, is as
follows:
Total number OF deaths reported 90,
classified as follows: Born in the United
States, % foreign countries, 3 males, II !;
females, o.; white, % black, 3 !; under
year, 8 to 2, 1 from 2 to 5, s.; from 10
to Is, from Is TO 20, from 20 to 30, !;
from 80 to 40, / ; from 90 to 20, from 40
to so, 2; adults z minors, 10; Coroner's
cases, 9 stillborn, B; Almshouse, |.
Causes of death:-Aecident on railroad,
1 i; acute bronchitis, / blood poisoning, !;
consumption, Q; commissions, l +: cholera
infantum, l carcinoma, / diarrhoea, 2 /;
exhaustion, l inanition, inflammation OF
stomach, marasmus, 3; old age, l;
pneumonia, ; scarlet fever, 2; typhoid
fever, 5 typho bilious.feyer, /:
For the corresponding weeRlast year the
deaths were 80, gain of g.
Death by wards-Third, B; Fourth,
Fifth, 2; Sixth, 9; Seventh, 1; Eighth, 3 ;
Ninth, 4 Tenth, 5; Eleventh, B.
During the week two bodies were brought
here for interment and five sent away.
Births for the week, "a there were IL
| males and l9 females. BY wards-First,
2; Second, Q; Third, 4; Fifth, q; Sixth, 8
Seventh, 2; Eighth, 3; Ninth, B, Eleventh, l.
Five marriages were reported, four white
! aud one eolored.
| L. B. FRAZER, Registrar.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
ROW OVER ROssA.
subscribers TO the skirmishing Fund Ex-
CIted-A Noisy Meeting.


to the Skirniahing Fund Ex-
clted-A Noisy Meeting.
New York, Sept. 3.-Seventy subscribers
to the Irish skirmishing fund met to-day.
It was very lively meeting and began with
Thomas Dever's resignation of the chair.
He had himself subscribed more to the
skirmishil|g fund than all the present trus-
tees nut together. lie referred to the rust
eaten rotten ram at Jersey City, which he
said had cost $25 200, as a sample of the way
the money had been squandered. Several
chairmen were next elected and in turn de-
clined to serve. Finally Edward j. Rowe
accepted the post.
Then O'Donoyan Rosa spoke an hour,
defining his connection with the Skirmishing
Fund. He said that he had surrendered
about $50 600 to the present trustees that
he had protested from the first against the
sauandering of the money, and that the
movement against him began when ne began
to return money to dissatisfied contributors.
He declared that he had himself received
only S700of the fund for his service that
DR. Carroll had got 81, 900, and that Dewey
and Bres1in were spending the money TO
support their paper. He declared That
Trustee John Devoy's subscription to the
fund was just one dollar.
MI. Murphy moved vote of confidence
III MT. HDssh. Nhi' Noeo" S,'i ~ :,
posed to It, as 1t would LOOK nke an at'eiHp'
TO whitewash MIN. Mr. murphy vi
Gleason and others urgea iGs auopuon' Nll
Gleason called the trustees some hard names
and Mr.. Daly shouted "They are better
men thar you are, you fencgaue.
I" Mr.. Gleason retorted, am IRON
| Limerick and l Will stehd 10 you 1iCer
wards"
Then there was great CONFUSION anu Ih'
meeting was on its feet. Friends crowde,
about both men and tried to paciiy them
and In fhe midst oil 1ne Iulii..le tlle eiiail
man declared the meetlng aalourheu.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
Tho Salzed stenlner.

Captain Chisholm, of the English steamer
Lord Eslingtou, which was seized on Friday
by Sheriff Clark, on foreign attachment,
eabled Yesterday to the owners at Newcastle
on TYNE for the SIS, 600 security required to
release the vessel. The vessel was bound
from the coast of Africa with 300 tons OF
iron ore, consigned to the Bethlehem Iron
Company. A foreign attachment was issues
at the New Castle County Court three days
previous to the seizure, at the instance OF
ID. w. r. Read Il Co., ship brokers, against
Charles Tulley, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng
land, for 81 900. Itappears that Read had
some time ago chartered number OF
Tulley,s vessels to carry iron ore from
Spanish and African ports to Philadelphia,
and for some unknown reason Tulley had
refused to comply with the terms of the con
tract, and hence the suit for damages. Inc
loss by delay by the detention OF the vessel
Is estimated at the rate of $400 per day, as
she Is under charter to load $4,000 bushels
| of grain at this port for Cork.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
NEW CASTLE.
Another Statement as to Saturdays Game
- -Accident to TRAMP.

rspecial correspondence OF the Gazette.
NEW CASTLE. Sept. ALLOW me to
made a correction as regards an article in
the Stnday Star in reference to the game of
base ball played here last Saturday, between
the MeGrath and Brady Senates. The state
ment in the Star was incorrect, inasmuch
that it said runner in the eighth
inning fell down and claimed his base
on account of the accident. The truth is
that the man was lying fiat across the base
and was decided ''safe'' twice by the umpire
and then decided out, which Is contrary to
the rules of our national game. Give us
fair statement in the columns of the press
even II We do not get justice done us by a
Wilmington umpire.
John Adams, colored, had hearing last
night for being drunk and lounging about
the streets, and was fined.
On the 81 O'Clock freight train, due here, a
tramp, who was stealing his way to PhilS-
delphia, barely escaped. His left leg was dis
located. Dr. Stewart was summoned and
relieved the sufferer. The Jail officials have
taken care of him.
|, Five arrests were made last week.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
The weather.

The pressure continues to increase in the
West and Southwestern districts, while over
the lake regions very little change is re-
ported small depression is passing east
ward over the Province of Ontario, and is
likely to develop energy as Il approaches
the st. Lawrence. Valley. Local rains
are reported from nearly all
the districts east of the Mississippi. In
the West and Northwest fair weather pre-
vailed. The temperature is rising in the
Rocky Mountain regions. In the other
sections of the country it varied but little.
Fresh winds prevailed in Missouri and Miss
issippi valleys, and light elsewhere. The
weather in New York and its vicinity to-day
will be slightly cooler and fair. Tomorrow
the same conditions are likely to prevail.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
Willln,ns, Fatal Sleep.

Robert williams, colored tramp, while
drunk. laid down on the railroad track at,
Kirkwood, on Saturday night, was run over
NV the Harrington,ex extra and had both 1;I legs
ont off lie was at once brought to VIII
mington and was attended by DIR. Kane, but
soou died. The coroner held an Inquest
veatprdaV
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
N.,v 1vor,ts In operatIon.

Tho new foundry Of the 'LobdeII OaT
Wheel Works near the mouth OF the
ChrIstiana creek, has been so far completed
as to allow the works to he put into opera
tion. About so hands are employed IN the
new foundry and large number OF wheels
are being turned out every day. For tne I9 ae, :,
commodation of the workmen, the W; U
N r.. r.. run trains from Third street bridge
IN the works. The new machine snop VIII
soon be completed and ready to turn ou' ''u'
machinery.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
N N.Y. psael shipments over the Delaware
~ oh Saturday were as follows
a !, jug Tavern Keeper,

eetAyor ill., srtsrgns, colored, was before the
lquOr withnn. thlhg, on the charge of selling
lstiaed that ul " license. William Scott
gS on sevSs.i as ie had bought liquor of Fer
eatred 'b,s, Sot,, occasions, and that Fergus
goIng IN an po.Iie ~ and glass ON his person,
Piles 10 him H., alley when ever a customer ap-
Fergus h 'S s,no nor drinks. The Mayor held
court and Tsoo SS, bail for his appearance at
lHearan"adp put Scott under $3.50 bail for his
'.~9lee as witncss ~ 'A. " "'1
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04

DUEI.ING EDITORS.
Arrested on the Charge of Being About
to Engage in q Duel.

from Richmond, Va, says: :" Mr.. G. o. B.
Cowardin, one of the editors of the Rich
mond Dispatch, the leading Democratic
r.of the State, was arrested this morn
ing charged with being about to engage in
a duel with Mr.. w, G. ELAN, editor of the
Whig, the editor of the Coalitionists.
A warrant is also out for the arrest of the
latter. The expected trouble grew out of
an editorial written by Mr.. Cowardin, which
appeared in the Dispatch last Saturday,
and which Mr.. Elan regarded as offensive
and Injurious to him.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
A Bad way to Tie a Horse.

This morning about 8 o'clock Mahlon
Strickland drove up in front of the City
Hall and tied his horse to a tree with one of
the lines. Tile horse had not been tied very
lohg,s when Tom Thumbs advertising
wagon came along and he became frightened
and started around the tree. After the
horse and wagon had made three runs
tearing The harness. No other damage was
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
'an HarrIneton,s tstrcu@tl,.

, Tie Rnn,,,, uVIIHIa Times.
Harrington pJpliSan IN n leadership of Mr.. Dick
OenedcIen," !" delaware seems to he having
saase, Tho oni sneet upon the Democratic
es County he only Republican paper in Sus-
Wv supbcrts1 1Is tSo abandoned Its party and
" 'le Democratic ticket,
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
THE PEACH MARK EFT.

tfult IN Market-0uallty Poor
Prices do.
asn @ lFalt market to-day presents a
.ann up appearance. The fruit Is In
y, .aa condition, owing principally to
n, 'atll , and sultry weather. But little
WAS was shipped to this market to-day, and
sipa r'ess e. are decidedly reasonable. The
@.inl9. aaall Is selling ut SO to rs cents, but
En @iaEI1ilty x !, Is being sold at prices ranging
y - y cent fruit is that that was left over
EsIr' saturday, anI is rather soft and
N Iais W.. laally A large lot OF very good
|Op ra stsos. o.hlpped to dealer at Second and
|iaSsEs, Ssee's which he is selling at so cents
|The nsool
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04

Keene's Block, In Lewiston, Maine, oc-
cupied ly several stores ana lailiiiesi WINS
burned yesterday.
The daily gazette., 1882-09-04
First Impulses.
tDetrolt Free Press.


&" Boy," said a stranger to a lad who was
blacking his boots in front of hotel yester-
day, "ff / should give you dollar
would your first impulse be to go to the
circuss" "No, sir" was the prompt reply.
" My first impulse would be that it was
counterfeit bill l''
Charles II. King, senior proprietor of the
Aberdeen Hotel in New York, died on Sat
urday evening, after long illness.
Experiments made in tree planting at the
Shaker settlement in Enfield, Conn.,, have
had very gratifying results, seed having
been placed in sandy soil in 1869
produced dense growth of trees that are
now twelve to sixteen feet high.
A Paris thief, in opening carriage doors
for ladies, invariably managed to take their
purses, sometimes even their bracelets, and
then made for the nearest police station,
where he deposited them with his name
strictly In accordance with the regulations.
He lived on the monentary gratitude gener-
ated In the owners ON recovering heir pro
perty; but at last lady caught him and he
was given into custody,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-08-31

smelled liquor on the breath of the ap-
plicant, she thought some saloon charac-
ter was trying to get into the lodge; so
she drew her stuffed club, the badge of
her office, and opened the door. Seeing
that it was member, the guard let the
girl in, after reprimanding her for lev
ity, and the girl marched to the middle
of the floor, little shaky in the legs.
to go to the middle. of the floor, look at
the grand worthy chairholder, and place
the right index finger to the right side of
the nose, and keep it there until the
chairman responds, when the newcomer
takes seat. The girl, instead, placed
her thumb to her nose and wiggled her
fingers, aud went and took seat beside
the chaplain, and put her feet upon the
desk in front of the good man. If a
large firecracker loaded with bourbon
whisky had exploded in the lodge room,
it would not have created more conster-
nation.
The chaplain tainted, the worthy
chairman declared q recess, and the
members all gathered around the sister,
whose face was flushed. Her hair was
scrambled, caused by taking off her hat
without removing the hair pins, her
frizzes were around on her left ear, and
one bang was on the back of her neck,
while the place where the hair was
parted ran across her head from ear to
ear. Her brother came up and put her
feet down off the desk, and asked her If
she had been run over by wagon or
chased by dog. Everybody smelled
the liquor, and when the chief accused
her of having tempered with the soul
destroying beverage which steals away
the brain, she told him he was "pre-
var (hic) Gator" and hit him on the ear
with gravel. The sisters tried to get
her to go into an anteroom and soak her
head, but she said she wanted to ride
the goat, and she took a run and jump
and sat upon table as though it was q
side saddle, and laughed so loud the
brothers and sisters thought she would
disturb the worshipers in q saloon not
far away, Finally the choir struck mp
the tune, "Cold Water, Bright Water"
and the soda girl sang, Johnny, Fill up
the Bowl" and tried to put her thumbs
in the armholes of her vest, and walk
like Pat Rooney. Her brother finally
got her to 60 home. and now it is go
as-you-please between the girl and the
drug clerk and the proprietor as to who
is to blame. She says if she is forgiven
for this she will never swallow another
glass of soda until it is analysed by
competent chemist. The lodge is all
broken up about it, because outsiders
are talking the affair over.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-08-31

bank of England, where it evidently had
been treasured, and not. melted and as
sayed, as the directors of that big institu-
ton would fain convince us poor Yam
KEGS. Yes, indeed, there's vast deal of
humbug about the Bank of England s
pretensions in matters such as these"
There is occasionally an interesting
item of expense of another nature, the
mere entry OF which on an account book
would be apt to puzzle the man not ac-
quainted with all the petty details of
shipping. 'sSixty bags is the charge re-
Gently sent from London to one big New
York shipper. This signifed that the
cooper here in fastening the iron bands
upon the specie kegs had driven his
nails through the bags containing the
coin. The result was that the London
agents of the New York house were
obliged to repack every bag so torn, be
the note ever SO slight before it could
be placed on the English market. The
cost of rev bags was trivial matter, but
it is of trivial matters that the man who
handles millions is generally most care
full. Shippers of gold to Europe fire.
quently find it much more favorable to
their interests to sell to bullion brokers
thar to deal with the Bank of England.
London bullion brokers very often are
willing to pay as much as an eighth of
penny, or even farthing, per ounce
above the banks rates. Under such cir
cumstances the average New Yorker does
not deal with the bank. Ask in Wall
street at what rate it pays to ship gold,
and in nine cases ont of ten the answer
will be ''four-ninety." Some time ago
81 901l to the pound sterling was con-
sidered the safe shipping point; but gold
has increased in value on the other side,
and can be sold there now for 76s. 31sd.
per ounce, an advance of from Nd. to
3 16d. Practical operations have shown
that a shipment can be made at 891s-
equivalent to buying here three days
sight bill for that amount.-INew York
Times.