Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-03
Philadelphia items.
A LARGE MILL DAMAGED ~
RIRE-A LARSE TEMPERAHCE
MEETING To BE RELD.
ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING.

ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING.
The watchman who made his tour of
inspection through Arrott's Mills,
Coral and Taylor streets, at o'clock
yesterday morning, saw nothing that
would indicate the presence Of fire.
Two hours later the streets surround :
ing the tall buildings were full Of
tiremen, hose, trucks and putting en-.
i gines, and several streams of water
were being thrown upon the stubborn
iconhagrstion. The origin of the q ire
was undoubtedly spontaneous com
bustion. though the location of a.
lpicker-room Immediately above q row
of huge Kissing boilers may account
for the overheating OF oily waste, ar
the development of q blaze. A boy
who arrived at the mill shortly after
6 O'Clock saw smoke and flames burst
ing through the windows of a small
square wing, sixty by twenty feet,
which stands in tbs m idst Of the large
factory buildings.
He raised the cry of " re-" b. a
policeman dashed out into York street
to ring the alarm box. BY tho time
engines were at work In the street and
firemen had penetrated to the picker
troom, large quantities of waste, dyed
lyarns, oils and loom fxings were
burning fercely, and the prospect was
that the whole block of mill property
would be destroyed. Half dozen
streams, :howe ever, made great change,
, and by O'clock blackencd rafters and
flooring, dripping with floods Of water,
showed no sign OF a blaze. The only
building damaged were the so 1are
wing and the large fve.story factory
hni hx-A
Taylor street, from Coral to Emerald.
II About o'clock yesterday afternoon
a Ere, originating from kettle OF
/ molten lead, occurred in the Globe
/ Shot Works, Pemberton street, below
b IT. Vernon, Three tons of hot lead
were in pot on the fourth floor, and,
O when the floors of the tower gave way,
the entire mass fell to the basement,
where 1t cooled in the water, forming a
= solid cake. The loas was estimated a,
y 81 800, covered by insurance.
DIR. James Glass Excelsior Electric
o Works, 1910 Filbert street, were yester.
day afternoon damaged to the exten,
of $3.50 by fire that was caused by
children playing with matches.
. Between and 9 o'clock last night
u the shops of the PhiladeI phia Packing
u Box Company, at I'LL l3 South Fjf-
. teentb street, were discovered TO be on
Q fire. Neighbors rushed to the rescue
but finding the flames beyond control
the fire department was summoned
: and the miniature couflagration wal
= checked. The loss Is about $500, pa rt
u ly covered by insurance.
10 1889 a lioel was filed in the United
= States District Court against twenty
l. eight pieces of silk, in suit in which
= the Government was the plaintiff ant
James Lynn & Co. the defendants, tn,
II action being brought to recover dutie
tclaimed to be due under an alleged un.
!. liberalization of the goods In question
D The case was an interesting one, occu
n lpying several weeks in its trial, ant
l. the late Judge Cadwalaier acted a tn
o plaintiffs counsel. The verdict wa
against the firm, and the amount or
dered into the registry of the court wa
o oI$l307.5 .55. The matter then came befor
y the Circuit Court upon writ of error
el and the judgment of the District Cour
was affirmed. An appeal was thel
taken to the Supreme Court, where, IL
was reversed. This left the amount c
II the verdict in the custody of tn
10 Government to be retur ned to the de
fendants, upon the obtaining OF mar
NJ date from the higher court, which, how
q, ever, seems not TO have been apple
.. for until recently, az the Suprem
er Courts mandate was but yesterday +,
NJ ceived by United States District. alto
lney Valentine and placed on file in th
as Circuit Court
Horace G. Hayes, a saloon keeper Q
Ridge Avenue, Roxborough, was give
OF hearing before Magistrate Thompso
at liquor on Sunday. L. s. j, Patterson
" a special officer in the employ of Il
ly Law and Order Society, living at q
ne North Tenth Street, testified that und
INSTRUCTION he went to the defendant
tplace on Sunday last and bougl
la glass of beer. The witnel
,tn admitted that Hayes saloo
loI was in the woods, and that in reachir
- 1t he passed other taverns, where liqu
Il was being sold. Over the kegs fro
!, which the liquor was drawn was Il
~ inscription u Weiss Beer" JOSEF
Kinuer, GA South Ninth street, wi
au claimed that he was bitterly opposed
liquor selling, especially on Suuda
because he had drunk up comfortab
g., home nine years ago, testified that
t had bought beer at Hayes saloon {
no lSuaday. The witness acknowledge
however, that he was employed by Il
VI Society, and had been instructed to
nis to the tavern in the woods and bt
W lliouor. The accused was held IL S6
bail.
l. 1t ia the intention of the managers
;io, the National Temperance Society
~ make the approaching centennial Gel
III bration general over the country.
,,,s will last one week, beginning on Su
'ns day, Septem Der 20th. The ministers
h ali denominations have been reQuest'
ia ,nt to preach appropriate sermons on til
@ day and the Sunday schools to no
wa suitable temperance exercises. In th
.el ,ou city the conference will be held on q
,.n 23l and oath, in st. Georges Hall, al
all religious and temperance organ
cations in sympathy with the NOV
ment have been requested to seI
ofo delegates to take part in The discussio
on, A series of public meetings, to be he
10y in different parts of the city, have be
'eo arranged. The Sons of Temperance W
~, contribute largely towards the succe
ulu of the celebration. The Catholic SOC
en- ties will meet on the 20th inst, and
'ro is intended to hold grand demonstl
81 ton In the Academy of Music, II it C
be occurred for the evening of the 24t
~ Among the prominent persons who W
0~u address the principal meetings are 10
lB. Cough, Mrs j. Ellen Foster, Bish
ireland and Father Elliott.
There has been cons iderabie myste
or connected with the movements OF aeri
oelofficials around police headquarters
.! tseveral days past. Packages, prin
8. = hntf lao