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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
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MEDIA, PA" Sept, u, To-day Judge
Clayton in the court of quarter sessions,
confirmed the masters report in the case
of Darlington VS.. Thomas Pratt This is
substantially uysictoiy for tie gilt. edged
butter OF Delaware county,as it prohibits
Mr.. Pratt or any other butter producer
from using the print of the Darlingtons.
9heir print is a coinucOpia, and has been
used by the Darlington fumily for over
seventy years. The ease has been in liti-
gation for several years, and the costs,
which, by the confirmation of the masters
report are put upon Mr.. Pratt, were run
into the thousands.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
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PnnApRLPnIA. septen,ber a1. Is

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Did you ever see a fashion
article" about trimmings for
dresses and coats that gave
you any help in picking out
your fringes and buttons
and braids ? Well try.
try. We shall not grab the
first handful'of stuff we come
to and go into ecstacies over
it, as if that were the fashions;
nor pick out what we want
most to get rid of and make a
fashion Of that.
We recognize the fact that
it is a difficult thing to do to
tell you what thousands of
things are good and what
other thousands are not. You
want the good. Can we help
you at all /? Imagine our buyer
going from city to city in
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

Captain Coffin, in his excellent little
book on "The Americas Cup" winds up
by saying, in substance, 1T we beat the
Genesta, as I think We will, we shall have
won great victory"
The victory was very neatly won yes
terdny week in just such weather as
all yuchtsmen wanted to see. The wind
had risen iii it was on the verge of gale
and the snging biilows came dashing
over the bows and seething over the lee
rails OF the feet contestants at every
plunge. 1t was glorious racing weather
aud splendid race gloriously Won by
much the shortest margin Oh record in an
international contest. The next closest
race was the second of the series in which
the British yacht Liyonia participated, in
1870, when the Liyonia cane in 10
minutes and SO seconds behind the Amer
lean yacht, Columbia.
The badge of the worlds champion
ship has now been calamity and stub
bornly defended, for "a years, sue
cessiyely against the British yachts Cam
bria and Livonia, the Canadian yachts
Countess of Dufferin and Atalanta, and
lastly against the Genesta. The New
York Yacht Club also stands pledged to
defend it against Lieutenant Henn's new
yacht, the Galatea, in case her owner sees
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
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E.ISTERN SHORE Politics.
Nominations by Republicans in
Several of the Counties.

SeFcEhi OF tine SONhtleSs
The Republicans of Caroline county
Tuesday nominated the following ticket:
For State Senator, Andrew i. Roe; House
of Delegates, James Green and Captain
Charles w. Wright; Clerk of Circuit
Court, b. Coffee Stevens; Register of
Wills, John II. Stack; County Treasurer,
William f. Towers; sheriff, Thomas Il.
Curry; County Commissioners, Charles
W. Hobbs, II. K. Edgell, George w.
Ernst Surveyor, John Whitaker. The
| convention was mainly harmonious,
| though some dissatisfaction was ex-
| ressed. The friends of the anti bribery
movement are not pleased with their
reception by the convention, and call
of the anti-bribery convention is made
for next Tuesday, when it is understood
n ticket will be nominated.
The Queen Anne's county Democratic
convention has been called for Tuesday,
| October 9Th, ut Centreville.
Daniel Webster Hope of st. AIichael's
has been named us the Republican candi-
date for sheriff of Talbot county in place
of Levi II, Harrison, who declined.
| The Queen Anne's county Republicans
Tuesday elected the following delegates
to the state convention: Joseph MALTA
lien, james i. Walters, Charles +. HENS.
ley and John @. Wilson, the latter two
being colored. A change was made in
the central committee, Samuel Malalieu
having removed TO Kent county, Joseph
Mallalieu was elected in his stead.
The Worcester county Republicans met
in convention Mt Snow Hill Tuesday, but
failed TO nominate ticket. They meet
again on Tuesday next, by which time
they expect to have II slate of some kline
fixed up. Zadock Wharton, Henry God
frey, William IlilT and Robert Gillett
colored, We're elected delegates 10 the
Republican state convention; u. II
Straughp, Henry Godfrey, Il. Furbusl
and William Rounds, delegates to tn,
judiciary convention Mt Salisbury, ant
James L. Wilnbrow, Robert II. Gillett, Il
Furbush and Zadock Wharton, state cen
trail committee.
The Dorchester county Republicans, n
Cambridge, Tuesday nominated the fol
lowing ticket Register of Wills Il. II
Medford, postmaster at Cambridge
State Senate, james A. Higgins of Vienna
House of Delegates, DIR. Elias Jones o
Straits district, $. Spry Andrews of vii
liumsburg district, and George james o
Cambridge Sheriff W. s. Hoddinott o
cambridge; county commissioners
/ Samuel Williams, Matthew ID. Howeth
William A. Fame, George Il. Whitney, DR.
=. II. Buniston; Surveyor, W. Gordy
Delegates to the state and judicial con
yentions We're also chosen. The nominu
ton for clerk of the court was left vacant
{ it being understood that George j
t Meekins, independent, will also be III
Republican candidate, aud the effort wi
g be made to carry the party vote 10 hin
o Dissatisfaction was openly expressed b
q some members of the party, aud it is s.i
. TINT IN effort will be nude to iuitinte Il
: independent movement. The ticket
conceded TO he n weak one
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
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LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEH.
Twelfth Annual SessiOn-SOme In.
tcrestinE Data,

The twelfth annual session of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of
North America was begun in Philadel-
phia Monday. The opening exercises
were held in the Chestnut Street Opera
House. Colonel A. Loudon Snowden
presided Governor Pattison welcomed
the delegates in behalf of the state, and
Mayor Smith for the city. Grand Master
T. W. Arnold responded on behalf of the
brotherhood.
The organization was formed at Port
Jarvis, n. Y, II years ago, aud at the
end of the first year there were IL lodges
with n membership of 200. 1t has
steadily grown year by yea, except in the
years Immediately following the great
riots of 1877, until at the ending of the
last fiscal year 1t had 2S5 lodges and
ll,GS9 members.
Upon the disability or death of each
member it pays to him or his heirs
81, 500, and since September, 1873, il has
thus given 10 the families of deceased
members $27l ,7Gl, and to those disabled
| Sli,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
4 FLAG RETURNED.
The First One.Capturcd From Union
Forces.

Forces.
A New Orleans dispatch to the New
York Times gives nm account of the first
capture of n Union flag by Confederates.
1t was in little skirnish, in which less
than dozen men took part, ON the York
town, Va, road on July 18th, 1861. The
captor was Colonel Sandige, u member of
Douthill's company of Virginia cavalry.
Colonel Sandige found out that II. NJ.
Shurtleif, an artist, ut LOG West Fifty
sixth street, New York, was the bearer of
the Union flag which he captured, and in
letter accompanying the flag, he says
Gen. Magruderpermitted me to retain
the flag captured that morning, and it
was sent up to Richmond and displayed
for time in the Office of Mr.. Secretary
Benjamin, MS the first one taken in the
war. trust the pleasure Mrs. Shurtleff
anticipates from seeing the flag again will
not be snbdued by the discolorations of
time and the blood from your wound.
You know it was improvised as q band
age. | want her to believe that more
rapidly than went the colors from the
stuff of her flag have disappeared the an
imosities of the period floating it into
being.
NOW orleans ana LOUISIANA surrendered
the last prejudice in 1874. It was then
desolating floods swept the state from the
Arkansas line to the Gulf of Mexico, and
our people learned to know how great
and grand other people could be from
human sympathy. Its throb was felt
throughout the entire north, and from
Boston, the old city you can we'll afford
to be proud of,not waiting forany special
appeal, quickly came telegram to the
mayor of New Orleans "Draw on
use for $4,000" The next week "Draw
on us for $4,000 more" and so on,
every week, until $50, 900 had been CON
tributed. Col. Crowell, one of their
most trusted citizens, was sent here to
make personal inquiry as to the extent of
the disaster, and his report being re-
ceived, the mayor of Boston telegraphed
Immediately: ''Draw on us for $l10, 900
more, if needed" What could we do but
surrender TO such people, And when
we meet Bostonians now we look straight
in the face, take them by the hand, and
say; 1--WE are your friends"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
Judge by the Life.

Mr.. Beecher in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, said on Sunday ut is not
necessary that every one dying with
clouded mind should lack confidence. II
is the life that men live that is the evil
dence that they are fit to die. As against
sordid, selfish life glimpse of lately
inspired hope is but doubtful evidence.
Though one die in gloom and sorrow at
the last, if he has lived Christian life,
that life is the better evidence than the
transient flash or CLEAN of the closing
hour. Consciousness of guilt need not
dim hope.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

ELLIoorT Cry, Mp, Sept. S.--Nich-
olas Snowden, colored, confined in Jail
IN this place on the charge of having
criminally mutilated little girl of I
years, of his own race, was taken from
prison last night and hanged. The whole
affair was done so quietly that nothing
was known of it until this morning. In
such cases the people over the whole
state eyince a disposition 20 avoid the
laws delay by visiting summary punish
nent on the offender. Snowden was
lynehed by colored men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
Failure of Tobacco Cr0ps,

LYNcHBuEG, Va, Sept 1s,-special re-
ports to the Adrance just received from
the bright tobacco belts of this state and
North Carolina agree, with few exceptions,
that the crop is failure. The estimates
range from 20 to 40 per cent less in
weight and color. The plant, owing 10
drought, is firing badly and is being cut
to save it from total loss. In some dis
tricts no rain has fallen for month or
civ ,vaal,p
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
HnNn,. E,cnaIv sBur ,,,,n,c,.,,.

BEpFoRD, a., Sept. PA very rnalig-
nant form of hog cholera threatens great
damage TO the hog interests of this
county. II does its work so rapidly and
eirectually that in "a hours after taking it
the hog is ready for the lard rendcrer.
1t affects the victim in horrible manner.
The Joints become stiff the liunks hollow,
the hide shryels MP and the rotten flesh
drops piecemeal from about the head and
lI.l.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

Robert 6:arrctt,s Return,

New York, Sept. 20,-Robert Garrett,
president of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail
road Company, arrived from Liverpool
this morning by the Cunnrd steamer
Etruria. The ship left Liverpool week
ago yesterday, hut as other ships were
behind time on account of unfavornble
weather, when She WIS not reported at
shutdown the company's agents were
not disappointed. She passed inside
Sandy Hook early this morning, and
by $ O'Clock was nj her pier. The
lirittunic Of the White Star line, which
left Europe two days litter than the
Etruria, was ut quarantine with her. The
trip was made from anchorage to anchor
aye in six days and eight hours. There
We're only about two days of heavy
weather. Mr.. Garrett is in excellent
health, and expressed himself as
having enjoyed the sail over us
well as his stay abroad lie
is accompanied by Miss Frick, w.
| +. Frick, j. Swan FriclS and DR.. ".
T. Barnard, all of whom are well. Dr.
Barnard has gained considerably in flesh
and looks hearty All the party left for
Europe in the spring except DR.. Barnard
who went over in June. They travelled
considerably in England and ON the con
tinent, hut much of the time was spent IL
London, where Mr.. Garrett transacted i'm
portmt business for his company. Mr.. Gar
rett said things were moving on smoothly
for the b. ~ o., in spite of all rumor,
to the contrary, and that was nothing
now about the conpany's policy. lii
was met at the steamers pier by Samue
Spencer, first vice president of the Balti
more IL Ohio; John Davis, his assistant
Andrew Anderson and some clerks. Car
riages were taken and the party drove t.
the Brevoort House, where Mr.. Garret
talked with his visitors. He will remain
here a short time only, and will be il
Baltimore in n few DAYS.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
The Fastest vile.

Richard Howell has lately made several
trials ut Hampden Park in Springfield
Mass, to beat Fred Woods world record
for mile of 2,35 3.5 ON a bicycle.
Tuesday AFTERNOON, with John Brooks of
Blossburg, Pa, as pace maker, Howell
succeeded in cutting one-ffth of a second
from the record.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
Chestertown's New Postmaster.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22,-The President
has appointed the following named Presi-
dental postmasters John II. Morris at
Troy, Ohio, vice S. NJ. Sterret resigned !;
Henry Bows at HALEY, Idaho, vice II. z.
Burkhart, resigned; levin s. Fowler at
Chestertown, Nd, vice w. H. Hamilton,
deceased; W. t. Weaver at Ashville, vice
II. L. Cudger, suspended; Lee Beall at
Rich Hill, Mo,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

BELoTr, Wis, Sept. ga fatal disease
prevails among the hogs in section, a
few miles west of this city, and it is said,
that at least 1000 hogs have died within a
few weeks Extensive pork raisers lave
lost entire herds. Almost every farmer
in Shirland, ILL.,, has lost from 5000 to
$500 worth of hogs and some cattle.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24
Great Prairie Fire Destruction.

JAMESTOWN, DAK., Sept. 21-The de-
VISITATION by prairie fires from Fargo to
Bismarck far surpasses the destruction of
any previous year. The amount of wheat
burned in north Dakota in the past week
is immense. It is estimated that the
entire crops of farms between here and
Bismarck have been DESTROYED.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

Poor Jumbo! He was the biggest thing
on legs and could take the cake, with his
trunk, off shelf % feet above the ground.
But he was not quite big enough to stand
in the way of railroad train.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

DUQUoIN, Ill, Sept 2l.-During the
last few days several herds in this locality
have become afflicted with q mysterious
malady which to-day was diagnosed as
Texan fever. Several cows have died and
large numbers are suffering. An investi-
cation proves that the fever was con-
tracted from excrements dumped out of
stock cors
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has
avowed himself decidedly in favor of a
high license plank in the platform of the
coming Republican state convention at
Saratoga" This declaration worries some
of the party managers who would like to
dodge the liquor question, and oxas-
perates others into wanting to know what
right the Rev. Henry has to advise the
party. .=...a -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

Court time brings around again sad and |
debasing spectacles which ought not TO
be seen in these days. Monday after
noon two policemen conveyed from the
railroad station to the court house n gang
of prisoners comprising one white and
two colored women handcuifed together
and two white men and n negro hand
euffed together. In this pitiable plight
these suspected mot proven) criminals
were required to walk through the streets
of New Castle from the Jail to the railroad
station there and through the streets of
Wilmington from the station to the court
house, and, If concieted, will be required
to retrace that humiliating journey.
If Convicted Think Of this cit" Up
to the moment of their conviction all
these prisoners are entitled to legal pre-
sumption Of innocence. II is possible
that one or more of them may be found
by jury absolutely innocent of the
ofrenses laid to their charge. If SO, what
will wipe out the memory of the humili-
ating degradation to which they have
been wrongfully exposed in the name Of
the law
Imagine, worthy reader, that such
wrong hal been done 10 you. Can you
feel sure that ii never will be il our
present system of transporting prisoners
is continued: Can you say that it is i'm
possible you should ever fall under siis-
picion for some misdeed of which yuu
may be entirely innocent and be paradad,
handcuifed perhaps TO repulsiye and
confessed felon, before the gaze of hun.
dreds, some of whom may pity but nor,
of whom may taunt and reyile YOU:
Such scenes are bad enough when cou
sidered merely as demoralizing or disa
greeable to those who look upon them
how much more so when we consider I'll,
inetfaceable stain they may leave upol
the future lives of victims of unmeritet
suspicion?
Let us have a prison van. 1t need 10
SSSN tAS SOuHty SO very uWCu' u
money that might have been saved upo
the grand furniture, the elegnn
water coolers, the expensive silver
plated knives and spoons, the unnecet
sary new safe, that 5O-ton sample" c
coal, and other extravagant furnishing
OF the new county buildings would ha,
been ample to pay for such vehicle.
is even probable that fraction of IL
sum that might have been saved from I'll
Reconstruction of Third street birds
would have sufiiced for the purchase Of
van and n pair of good horses. Of
county fathers cannot plead poverty vii
these things staring them in the fac
The taxpayers have turned in mon,
enough, if it had been judiciously G
pended.
But, to make it easier upon the lie,
court, suppose the city and county
halves in the purchase and maintennn
of the vehicle and team; for the city nee
a van fully as bad MS the county.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24


Julio Romano Santos, the American
citizen who was kept in prison nearly
eight months by the Ecuadorian govern
ment, arrived at his oldhome near Hagers
town, Nd. last week. The charge upon
which he was imprisoned was that he was
implicated in revolution, but Mr.. Santos
claims that the real motive in arresting
him was to eonfscate his property and 10
destroy his large export business
which was emitting into the bust
ness of some person close to the
government. He owed his release
to the pressure brought to bear upon
Ecuador by Secretary Bqyard, but the
Ecuadorian government shielded itself
from I'm open acknowledgment of the
real reason for its reeantation by passing
mn amnesty bill and pretending that Mr..
Santos was pardoned under its pro
visions .5. ... .z...
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

Most people in this country would be
greatly surprised and many douhllez8
shocked to see the captain Of baseball
team preaching from n pulpit. But il
there any reason why an athlete should
not be good minister: All experience
teaches that successful athlete must ~
temperate and regular in his habits,
and the training Of even liz
lowest class of athletes is 4
sort Of homage which vice pays to virtue.
Many English rectors set Americans a
good example in this matter It goes
without saying that man who knows
men will be heard with more genuine
sympathy and respect than man who
lives in an almost separate world. and a
man who knows men ON the field ol
athletic contest is far better
judge of humanity than one who daes
not, while at the same time he is keeping
his blood active and his brain clear. II j,
therefore gratifying to read that the Rev,
II. L. Thornton, captain of the Englisl
cricket team, preached at Chestnut Hill
Sunday and 10 a large congregation
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24

"If you had not built the Puritan and
Priscilla, what walk-oyer we should
have had" said the Genesta's captain to
some one on the eve of the contest for
the Americas cup. She had that walk
over yesterday. The English cutter is a
fayorite with all who have seen her and
they are glad that she can now carry
home handsome trophy as proof that at
the time she issued her challenge to our
yachtsmen there was no boat ON this side
that could compete with her
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24


There are rumors of an impending con-
hict between the administration and the
silver fanatics, soon after Congress opens.
Despite the abnormal strength the silver
interests have developed in the past, when
the national administration at least quietly
acuuiesced in their views, there ought to
be no doubt of the result of
the conflict with the full power
of the administration arrayed ON the
side of honest money. According to the
latest reports from the London money
markets, the actual intrinsic value of our
"buzzard" dollar is only trife over rs
cents, and such an anamoly as is now
presented by the difference between our
short weight silver dollar and the gold
standard is fraught with too much denger
to mercantile and commercial interests to
be longer countennncod. The "buzzard
dollar ought to go, and that quickly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-24


'li'e tempest in sAe teapot shiehshas
been raised over the republication in the
New York H9ala Of Mr. Randall's
alleged article might have been avoided
IT that papers knowledge Of political his
tory were n IA commensurate with its
pretensions to IN omniscience which even
i.sslades the weather. The article was at
once andreadily recogpizableas consisting
largely of extracts from speech
made by Mr.. Randall on May
9Th, 1882, on the then pending
bill TO create tariff commission.
1t was evident that if it was contribu-
ton, the congressman had simply applied
scissors and paste literally to his old
speech. The performance of the pub
fishers of the magazine is very discredit-
able, but MIR. Randall can hardly deny
that his views are correctly represented
as they are contained ~ his own words
clipped by the paragraph, wholesale,
poetry and quotations included, and as
appears by examination, without any
material omissions, from a speech which
in 1882 he handed around himself as EN-.
bodying his views.