Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-09-11
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DisOrderiy Negroes Create a sensa-
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uOm-Vne Ahte OF school HOuaea-A
sunday TriaI.
special Correspondents. OF sazette and Journal.
NEWARK, Sspt. s saturday ni.hI
two barry and desperate nrgrssy
brothrre, named Bias, UAms 10 iosn,
heavily armed, AID, ks utu Al, got drink.
A colored man quietly sshei them for
some money due him on q viOliu. which
made The III qnArrelrt ap, aud later IN the
evening they started Fight With
some other pegroas in which
Knives aud pistols were used. Constable
Legates came up, when they 1sd, but were
pursued and overtakep by LqRates whom
they dealt q powerful blow in the eye,
disabling him for the time. The negroes
escaped, after long Chase. The officer
then swore in dozen armed
men who went to their house
and searched for them, but to no
avail, and the woods were searched in
every direction, as they could not be-
found. The colored people Of the town
were worked up to a fever, and many
gsnoe heard against the Bias
brothers if captured. These brother.
have been concerned in many
other rows, having shot fellow named
Ash, from K kton, last year. The elder
one has served an eight years term in
Jail and is a desperate fellow. During
the chase after the fugitives the bullets
flew fast and thick aloI & the street. No
serious wounds have as yet been reported
hut it 10 feared the constable will lose his
eye, as It was struck by the butt OF re-
volver.
The Rev. Joseph Malone has purchased
20 acres of the Lewis estate, running
from the Elkton road to the depot road on
the south side Of Main street. Mr..
Malone says after the sale ia confirmed
he will lay 1t out In building lots and will
not offer any Of the lots for sale till once
he has the land laid out in streets and
maoadamised.
Schools Nos. 80 and Al vas advertised
for sale by the school commissioners, but
as the bids did not realize what they
thought was value the sale was stopped.
They then sold No. 80 school house to
William Wilson and No. Al TO Samuel
NJ. Donnell at private bargain. II is now
considered that the sale was illegal and
that the property will have to be sold by
public sale, before a clear title can be
given to the purchaser.
Quite an unusual occurrence on Sunday
morning was crowd around REQUIRE
MoKeowan's office, listening to the trial
OF an unruly blacksmith who had
imbibed too much whisky the night
before. He was very noisy and was taken
to the lock up. He struggled vioiously
and tore the shirts of of three oonetab les.
The squire fined him $3.50 for each Of
the shirts and for extra work on Sunday,
$3.50. In all he paid $l3 and was
dismissed.
NEWARK, Sept, 10.-on last Thursday
morning a sentlemanly looking person
claiming to belong to and represent the
seed firm OF lambeth & Sons, called at the
Washington House and requested the
proprietor, James A. Wilson to hire him
horse and buggy to canvass the vicinity
In the interest Of that firm. The result
was that Mr.. Wilson is minue his
team, and the fellow has not
been 30 oonsiderate as to even return his
thar ks. Mr.. Wilson Immediately tele.
graphed q description Of the would-be
agent to his pretended employers and re-
oeived an answer to the effect that II was
Misrepresentation and that they had
no one in their employ answering that
description.
+. D. Chester, professor Of geology in
Delaware College has accepted profess
sorship in Rugby Academy OF Whining
ton. He will still retain his chair in our
institution, however, and will alternate
certain days with Rugby.