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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-17

Total for ice harbor and Breakwater. 4li,UO0
For the improvement Of the tributaries
of the Delaware, to wit
For Wilmington, Del, harbor........,s 75,0OJ
For the improvement of RaDcoCas
and Cohansey rivers, New Jersey. 3O,5lO
S l05,jOO
Total estimates asked to he placed in
River and harhor bill ...Sl02s,5lu
For removal of tOg signal from Cape
Henlopen to thu eastern end o, the
Breakwater ......,,...........,..... 27,OJO
Total estimates asked to be placed il
Sundry Civil bill. ll..................S 250O
Grand total. al........................ !,U53,5O
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-17
st. Johns Comm.ndsry Election.

At the annual election of officers of st.
Johns Commandery, Knights Templar, on
Thursday evening, the following were chosen:
Eminent Commander, Samuel G. Mcintyre ;
Generalissimo, A.C. Gregg; Captain General
William @. Baggerly Senior Warden, John
s. Grohe Junior Warden, Wilmer Palmer
Treasurer, William G. Pierce Recorder, j..
X. Baylis.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-17

had secured heavy policy upon
his life and, as his practice
WAS not lucrative he conoocted a
scheme to sacrifice life to lift himself to
stlluence. He reasoned that IL his office
should be burned down and ohsrred
body be found among the ruins, himself
being missing, the natural conclusion
would be that he had perished In the
flames, his reputed widow could draw the
insurance money ana, in some distant
region aud under an assumed name he
might spend the rest OF his days In com.
parative ease.
COoeh Turner. a negro, who did chores
around the place, was selected as the
victim. Taking the negro unawsres the
doctor slew him and, in order TO guard
against the discovery that the body was
that of an African, he skinned the corpse.
He then fired the building and, making
his way out from the rear, cut across lots
to the railroad station where,
from place OF copoealment, he
saw the flames burst forth and
| redden the dark sky Tor a short time,
heard the alarm and the noise which fol-
lowed, saw the fire flicker and die ont,
ard realized that his plan, so far as the
| destruction of the building was con.
cerned, had miscarried. The flames were
extinguished before much damage had
been done, and the body OF the unfortu.
nate negro wss found unburned by the
flames and easily identified as that of 8
negro. .-
The murderer was overhauled two OF
three days siterwsrd and tried both fol
murder and arson. The defense WAS in.
sanity and, through the Jealous efforts Of
his counsel, he got off with term OF i'm.
prisonment.
After her husbands murder, Mrs
Turner came to this city and took NJ
with negro known as "old man Smith, -
with whom she lived until Smiths death
when she cast her lot with Hall, who
had been bosrder at theil
house. She has always been known
among the negroes as thoroughly baG
woman and, some years ago, she bsa
another child so long and 80 cruelty tina
policeman WAS called, who broke oper
the door about midnight and put stoI
by force to the cruel treatment of tn,
little one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
THE PEANUT yENDER AND 'EgHE
POLICEMAN.
A Secret of the Trade Revealed to a
Star ERepOrter-laOvy { he Friendship of
the Policeman - Retained Without
Sacrificing Assets.

You. 1Ou!! You have to 90 right way"
shouted an excited Italian peanut vender. as he
stood behind his barricade of boxes and barrels.
and shook his fist at a boy who stood just with
out his reach and helped himself to the Italians
wares. The boy simply grnned at the enraged
dealer and went on helping himself, and the ex-
citable Italian became so helpless from rage at
the cool audacity of the boy that he could only
gasp out some Italian oaths Finally. he made
spring and cleared his barricade, but before he
reached the pavement the boy had fled UP the
street.
With parting volley of imprecations at the
retreatng figure of his tormentor, the yender
began to repair the traces of the raid made
upon his stock in trade. The tray of chestnuts
that was the farIhesr removed from the proprie-
Tor mad. OF course. suffered the most, and the
Italian began to replenish the stock.
''1t's shame" remarked a STAR man. sooth-
ingly. as he invested a nickel in some roasted
chestnuts. You ought to have some of these
boys arrested"
The Italian replied with a series of expressive
shrugs and groans, as he thought Of his escaped
tormentor. Then, as he reganed his place and
dropped the customers nickel in little box, a
1alnt suggestion OF q smile crept over his inn
passive cOuntenance.
1T is very bad to take from the poor man,
but, and his shoulders went up ..he take NOT
my good nuts. He take the p'li'ssman's nuts"
THE policemans, what kind is that?n asked
the listener. with some surprise.
You do not know Very vel will tell YOU.
De plissman he come along. He say Nice day.
john. | say vera nice. Then maybe he say
more. Then he take nuts one, two. He talk
some more. Then he take whole handful and
says he must go. Every day like that. Every
night like that. Two. three plissman say to
me, John, you loose much money by pIissman,
More than by boy Then think what to do.
don't know. like TO he fripu' to pisSmau To
it not so. Poor Italian must be frfen' to Miss
man. Then no more threw way de nut with
de worm or de nut with de decay. put them
all to gedder. De good nut it is near me- De
bad nut is away. sell de good nut for money.
De Dad boy and de plissman take de bad nut
De poor Italian must live. You seer"
The listener said that he thought his mental
vision was brighter On the subject of this new
species Of nuts. and went his way rejecting
upon the policeman's unhappy lot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
A BIG BLOW IN JAPAN.
An Interesting Letter, Giving an Ac.
count OF n Recent Typh00u and it's
Effect in Toxic.

Mr.. ID. w. Stevens, who is attached to the
foreign office of the japanese government,
writes from Toxic, under date of September
26th to his father, Mr.. E. L. Stevens, the chief
clerk OF the Indian bureau, giving some inter-
esting details of the typoon which visited that
city on the 18th and 18th of that month The
letter states:
ION the 18th we had typhoon of the real old
kind from Typhoonsville, and if that was not
enough. en- the 18th we had another They are
the first heavy storms of the kind. with one
exception, which l have ever seen. The excep-
ton was the typhoon of 1873, which we encoun-
tered on the Japan just off the coast on our
first voyage here The same thing has occurred
again this year. only, as the western gentleman
remarked to the eastern tourist about the mag
nifcent scenery" further up the road it was
''wuss," Such storm is bad enough In good
ship, with plenty Of sea room. / am inclined to
think, however, that it ia more dangerous on
land. At least. on the 18th, when returning
home, couldn't help thinking OF Jacks COM
Illustrating remark on the storm of God pity
those unhappy folks ashore now" The tiles
were falling i'm every direction, old BCreas was
humping himself at the rate Gas the reports
afterward showed) Of $50 miles an hour. 1t was
not raining, but something had broken loose
above and water was coming down in buckets
full. Turning q corner, my juricksha Ct had
against the side of a house. Stones weighing
hundreds of pounds, imbedded in the ground,
were torn out by the waves along the shore and
tossed about like pebbles. l don't think that
there was an upright fence or an uninjured
house in the whole city. Over ], ZOO houses and
some 20 lives were lost, not to mention several
hundreds of persons who were severely in
jured.
REVOLVING STORM.
The typhoon, you know, is a revolving storm
In the center there is an ominous calmness, but
on the edges the wind shifts in every direction
1t comes in sudden gusts, with tremendous
force, then dies away, and again suddenly
springs up with renewed and undated energy
from On entirely different quarter. In word,
1t "bl0weth where 1t listeth," and, as a rule.
chooses the most unexpected direction. At
least, that, as Uncle Remus remarks, ''is the
way 1t pears like unter me-" believe the fact
is that the rotary nature Of the storm rem
ders 1t easy Tor those who are practiced
in It's eccentrlcities to tell its probable direction
and so at sea to avoid 1t. You may remember
that In 1878 we turned tail and steamed away
from It. The storm Of the 18th was not nearly
so pr0tracted nor so severe as that of the 18th.
However, ii We had not had the latter as the
standard OF comparison. it would have seemed
big enough blow for all practical purposes AS
1t started in an opposite direction from the first
one. some people remarked that It served good
purpose In blowing up what the other had blown
down. We knew 1T was coming, because the
10th, the intervening day, was hot and close
and evidently typhO0nish."
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
With q Bangle.

With a Bangle.
Written for THE EVENING STAR
This little thing
On your ring
Let dangle;
For all the while
II is the style
TO wear q bangle
Use 1t for bait
When for loves mate
You angle;
And when by its size Qts eyes,
II secures you prize,
Don't wrangle;
But let your mind
In loves meshes kind
Entangle;
And those that come In
Between you and him
Why-mangle. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
With a Rose.
for THE Evening STAR.

Written for THE Evening STAR.
Go to her, rose, and tell her
All my passionate pain;
Tell her the heart is breaking
Where lately thou hast lain
Oh tell her since left her
Moments have seemed like years.
She in the light and splendor,
lin the night and tears
Unclose thy blood red petals
Before her radiant eye,
TIL, warmed by thy breath, her spirit
Breathes an answering sigh
Go to her, rose, and tell her
All my passionate pain,-
Tell her my heart is broken
And never can love again.
ELLA s. JOHNSON.
Houston, october. 1884
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
Saturday Smiles.

Let none of the great family of Browns be
alarmed II they see ghosts of their relatives this
season. All shades of browns are said TO be in
the height of Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
The new reading is ''bride and coachman. "
instead of "bride and groom. -Cinci..ai CON-.
ne,'cial- Gazette.
The Scotchman who tumbled Off bicycle saws
that In future he intends to ..let vince! alone. "
Punch.
We want all the original poetry about autumn
leaves and things that can be sent U.S. Cold
weather is coming and kindling wood is high
burlington Kaankeye.
Newspaper reporters will always be found
lault WIN until they can write up an account OF
street fight that will please the man who gets
hcked.-heD Orleans PicGytae.
Are you at all .esthetical in your tastes7" she
asked In sprightly manner, as she moved
towards the piano.
Well little" he answered. "rm esthetical
10 tue extent OF having an admiration for I'M
sung songs"
THERE'S now deep gulf between them which
nothlng can brid2e.-BOstoa Courier.
Belva Lockwood refuses to '.'set 'em up for
the boys. ''Set mup?" she asked i'm pretty,
grlish ignorance. II don't know how. l don't
even know how to set a hen. What is q mup
anyhowf"-Bu'lington Ha,ekeye.
The Burlington Hascke,e suggests that Belya
Lockwood collect all the ballots cast for .ier for
PRESIDENT and make crazy quilt Of them.
The man who has the floor is the man who Is
learning to ride the blcycle.-Puck.
st. John yesterday reprOved a barber for ask
ing him II he would have bay rum.-Bu9dlo En-
press.
Why Is the letter r like the face OF '.Hamlet'sn
father? Because it's more i'm sorrow than In
anger.-Detsoif Free Press.
"Dear mother, may go out to voter"
sOh, yes, my darling daughter;
Put on your trousers, hat and coat.
And vote as Belva taught yer"
burlington Hdsrkeye.
Why h IL that . grate-fre is so seldom great
fre7-Bost0n Post.
Americas Invitation TO the down-trodden sui-
jects Of European monarchies: "Come i'm out of
the rpfJn 0-EQu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

This is the reason why cats wash their faces
after meals: cat caught sparrow and was
about to devour it, but the sparrow said: mo
gentleman eats me till he has first washed his
face" The cat. struck with this remark, set
the sparrow down and began to wash his face
with bis paw, but the sparrow flew away This
vexed puss exceedingly. and he said: 'sAs long
az live will eat first and wash nay face alter
ward" Which sll cats do to this day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

The true Paris dude now carries cane, in the
top of which is j watch and cigarette holder
1t costs q tribe Of ]. 20 igsinsa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

In some provinces Of Brazil iron ore is useS. In
large quantities as building stone, so abundant
and ready to hand is il.
A fourteen-months-old child In Philadelph,a
sat down on loaf IF hot bread. dying in a few
days after from the RESULT of its injuries
Lady hedicals' is the phrase employed by
some of the English journals to describe womei,
doctors
The liberal students OF Belgium have offered
the honorary presidency Of their corporation Il,
Victor Hugo. who has accepted 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

Mr.. Aver. a Boston grocer, has built the Spir-
itualists of that city their First Spiritual Tenn
pie" IL cost $3.50 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
Six Thousand Miles an Hour.


How much time do you think il would take
to send a cable dispatch to Scotland and receive
reply!" was asked Times reporter yesterday
10y a Western Union man. Having in mind
an experience in the interior of Kansas. when it
took telegram ten hours to reach. by a round
about circuit, place only 100 miles distant
reply was ventured. About two days"
Wen, that's where you are fooled. Day
before yesterday dispatch was sent from indie
pendence, Mo to an inland town in Scotland,
and reply was received In just an hour and ten
minutes"
..Mulhattan?-
mo it's no Mulhattan story. Itisafact. ftwas
only al ordinary business dispatch. and took its
turn In the ordinary Course of business"
ID such things often happen to cable dis
patcheg?"
We'll, il there Is not rush of business and
1.-THE wires are in good working order and the
man at the other end replies pronpdy, IL ought
not to take more than three hours 70 get reply
from an English or Scottish town. Two hours
and q half is not uncommon time but one hour
and ten minutes is undoubtedly very remark
able time"
'-How many transfers are necessary"
This dispatch was sent from Independents
to Kanas CITY. from here to ST. Louis. thence
to New-York, thence to the cable Office and
thence to England. / suppose there were
about FIVE transfers on the other SIDE IL could
hot have been q long dispatch, of course but
the tin.e made is still remarkable" =
At tie Birmingham county court In Engli
land the other day, decision was given by1
which bicycle was declared TO be a necessary.
The act ion was brought against aprofessioBali
bicyclsf named Herbert Duncan by a firm of b.
cyce B.af aciuies or the value OF a machine
sIii lid ana the caim was mel by a defense of
iBiss,cr ase .nry, 'i,.Aevss cons. der,.d the de-
if-.ss e cost - it.oa. aad that the
= considered "a ncees-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

At Bristol, Tenn, Monday evening, John Pike
drove his two daughters from home. Night
0vertaking them. they went into camp on the
Matte, aged IL years. beautiful young lady
caught her dress attire and was burned to crisp
dying In an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

Seth Cook. Of Rathboneville. N. Y. aged one
six hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
HOW A BIG HOTEL Is RUN.
The Mysteries of the Kitchen as Re-
vealed by AN Adept.

HOW THE TABLE rs SUPPLIED IN 4 PROMINENT
HOTEL-THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BILL OF
FARE--sOME IRREGULARITIES OF FOREIGNERS
HOW THE CALCULATION Is MADE AS TO THE
NUMBER TO BE FED-wAsHINGToN AS GAME
MARKET.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01

how THE FREE SCHOOLS ORIGINATED AND THE
FIRST BOARD WAS APPoINTED-EARLY sTRUG-
Giles OF THE TRUSTEES IN ENDEAyORING TO
FOUND SCHOOL sYsTEM-THE DIFFERENT RE-
- ORGANIZATIONS OF THE BOARD-PROAINENT
CITIZENS WHO HAVE SERVED AS TRUSTEES, SC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-01
The Ca. and the sparrow.

Houston, October. 1884.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23
Work OF the Pistol and club.

While City Treasurer Arthur was
standing at the window of his Office in
Reading, Penna. yesterday morning,an
unknown person fred . bullet through
the glass without hitting anyone. A
similar attempt was recently made on
the Principal of the Boys High School
in Reading.
Cornelius Schugrue has been arrested
In Chicago for the murder OF his hostler,
Samuel Atkinson, in February last.
Josheph Flynn and William Hale,
roughs, engaged in shooting affray
near Irving, Virginia, last Saturday.
Flynn shot Hale through the heart, but
before the latter fell he shot Flynn
twice, inhicting wounds from which LIE
died in a few hours.
Charles Fike, an aged resident Of
Waukegan, Illinois, murdered his second
wife on Sunday night by knocking out
her brains with club. The crime was
not known until yesterday morning,
when Fike called in "a neigbor and Con.
fessed it, saying he had quarelled with
his wife about The disposition of some
property He is 80 feeble that 1t is
Myer Mascovitz, Jr., and Beke
VIII te, colurt,l, have bo,'n arrested IN
Nashville for assassInatiug Meyer
Friedman, III order to obtain ~, 900 Tor
which lie was insured in the American
Legion of Honor. Friedman's wife is
charged with being an accessory before
the fact, having sent her husband
to meet his death.
In Boston, yesterday afternoon,
James Nicholson entered a house in
which bis separated wife was llviug
with her brother, and fired two pistol
shots al her, killing her on the spot
She was holding her infant in her arms
at the time, and her husband fired the
second and fatal shot while his brother.
in-law was trying to push him out OF
the room.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

EARTHoUAKEs are becoming very
general all over the country. Tuesday
morning, ,staid, steady old England was
considerably Jared up, the people Of
Essex and Suffolk especially receiving
the full benefit of a sudden ringing OF
church bells, the falling Of q church
spire and some chimney stacks. Years
ago 1t was considered that the islands
in the Mediterranean sea and the noun
famous countries Of Mexico and Guate-
mala had a monopoly Of these sudden
visitors that seemed to come right up
through the earth without any invita-.
tion whatever.
But of late years 1t seems that these
earthquakes are taking a wider range, a
few of them travelling along up the At
lantic coast. Like other American
travellers they visited England to show
that the Britons are not exempt from
these unwelcOme visitors.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

7
An election for members ofthe Board of
Public Education in Wilmington, viii be
held Oh SATURDAY, May 80, 1884 Polls
will be open at twelve or thirty minutes
the' eatter, and close at SKIP. 10.
The inspectors OF the precinct in which the
elec l0u is to be held In the ward will hold
the school election.
Members to be elected and places Of voting
are al follows
FIRST WAkD-One member for two
yeirs. Polls. old No. Is School House, Sec
O1d near Washington street.
SECOND WAKD-Ure member for two
wears aDa one member for ono year. Polls,
Feltou House, Second and walnut streets.
THIRD n hRD-Une member for two yt arS
and one mem er for one year. Polls, Pubic
School House No. 10, corner Elm AMI Adams
streets
FOURTH WARD-One member for two
years Polls, Public School house No. I,
corner Fifth and Pine streets.
FlFlH WAkD-Une member for two years
Polls, Public school House No. s., Eighth
and Wtilaston streets.
SIXTH WAKD-.One member for two years
Polls, Public School House NO, b, Walnut
above Twelfth street.
SEVEN III W WARD-One member for VIC
years Polls, Public School House No. 2
corner Eleventh and Wash ngtOn streets.
ElGHTH WAkD-Une member TOR two
years. Polls, Public School House No. :, cor
rer Seven Ii auJ Spruce streets
Ninth WARD One member Tor two
years. Polls. I'D Academy.
TENTH WAkD-Une member for two
ye.rs. Polls, Public School house No. %
III rrisUn auuve Third street.
ELEVENTH NARD-Une member fol
two years. PoilT, Public School House NU
| ~, cor ler OAK and harrison streets.
HENRY B MORROW,
a23l0t Seer ry hoaidot Public / ducat.On
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

PuBLiO sAAs-os nv1sE AND
Great bargains may BE- obtained st the
public sale Of houses and lots
ON MAYO, ~
At 8 o'clock In the evening,
At the otiice, second story OF the Wesern
Third and Market street,, Of tho following
propsrties
NO, 1, Two story brick house, metal roof
Is feet VI inches by " feet, 8i2 keed street.
No. q rwo-stor brick house, metal roof,
Is feet " inches by So feet; sl% Need street.
No, 8. Two.story brick house, metal roof,
Is feet u inches BY 81 feet, sIo Reed street.
No. 4 Two-story brick house, metal ROOT,
ls feet " inches by IS feet. sls Reed street.
buildings, bath room hot and cold water.
No. 6. Two-story brick house, metal roof,
II feet BY $50 feet, GA West Front street, run.
nina back to Reed street.
NO. Q. Tot north side Of Shearman street,
between Tenth and Eleventh and Lombard
and Pine streets, 50 feet from Lombard st.,
II feet 9 inches bv 70feet.
No, 7. Lot on north side Of Shearman st.,
between Tenth and Eleventh and Lombard
ard Pine, 10 feet from Pine street, 7ofset by
70 feet.
No. 8. Lot on westerly side Of Buttonwood
street, 25 feet from the n0ftherly slue Of a
street, LIS feet by 100 feet.
TERMS OF SALE:
Five per cent. cash on evening Of sale, 20
per cent. within 90 days q mortgage OF 10
per cent. on the remainder will be taken.
Members Of this association or persons
taking shares may leave mortgage Of two
hundred dollars (s200) on each share WITH.
OUT ANY PREMIUM, thus enabling al
most any body to secure q valuable home.
Sale positive, without withdrawal or un.
derbidding The title Of the properties is per.
feet. The association will have deeds and
mortgages prepared without any charge to
the purchasers.
THE CLAYTON LOAN ASSOCIATION
For further information, apply 10
NIL. LICHTENSTElN,
als2bt Secretary.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

A GOOD CURB and sidewalk do
much to make home desirable and
pleasant. Under the late ordinance
passed by Council requiring the money
paid for work done to be paid back into
the appropriation for curbing and paw
ing, work can 60 ahead all the time,
and if collections are closely made the
appropriation will never exhaust it.
self-in fact, the more curbing and
paving there is done and paid for, the
more there will be to do other curbing
and paving. There are hundreds Of
people who want curbing and paving
done who will pay for it as soon as
finished. They should not be allowed
to wait long.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

SERGEANT MCCONNELL, the newly
appointed Chief of Police, having wisely
chosen to be teetotaler, and having seen
and felt the benefits of it, would vastly
improve the morals of his force by in
ducing every member of it to do as he
does in this respect. The day is coming
when total abstinence police force
will be found to be as necessary as to-
tai abstinence employees on railroads.
Daily Republican., 1884-04-23

CITY COUNCIL WILL meet this even
ing to further consider the ordinance
to permit the Delaware Western Rail.
road to cross Fourteenth and Scott
streets at grade. The question is one OF
considerable Importance, and should be
well understood by all interested before
the final vote is taken.