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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
LOST HER BOY.
Rachel Hamilton Hires Her Son
and Does Not Know 10 WhOnS.

Seven weeks ago Rachel Hamilton, n
colored woman, who lives in Pinkett's court,
at the head of Shipley street, hired her boy
to man who said he wns a horseman and
wanted the boy to travel around and help
him for two weeks. The man said he lived
10 miles from this city in the direction of
Centreville. The boy was to get S2.5D per
week, and was to be returned in two weeks.
Mrs. Hamilton has not seen nor heard of
man or boy since, and has been to Centre
vile, Hamorton and all through Brandy
wine hundred searching for them. Now
she forgets the mans name. She says he is
little, red faced man, with black nous
tache. When he went away with the boy he
drove black horse to a skeleton wagon.
He said he frequently passed through Will
mington, going backward and forward.
The boys name is Eugene Hamilton, IS
years Of age, long black straight hair, dark
eyes and of an orange color. 1t was seven
weeks last Monday that the boy las been
lost TO her. Mrs. Hamilton naturally is
very much agitated as to what has become
OF her boy, and it is hoped that somebody
can put her in the way of getting some in
formation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

SpecInI Vorrespondenceof OF Gazette and JonrnhI.
MIDDLETowN, Dec. 4-The NJ. E. Church
was crowded with the elite and curious OF
the town last evening to witness the mar
riage Of Hprry X. Armstrong and Miss
E-tella s. Gin. A profusion of blooming
flowers was arranged about the altar. Miss
Ada Hazard presided mt the organ.
Promptly at Z O'Clock the bridal party
entered the church In the following order;
Joseph G. Jolls, James Warren, Jacob
Cochran and John Stoup, ,ushers, Edward s,
Jones and Miss Ida Harbert, John Roberts
and Miss Narcissa Hayes, Davis Wilson and
Miss Ella l.. Hendrickson, followed by the
bride and groom. They were met at the
altar by the Rev. Adam Stengle, who per-
formed the marriage ceremony. Immedi-
ately after the marriage the party proceeded
TO the groom's residence, near Armstrong;
Corner, where reception was held from {
to II o'clock
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

Harrison yandegrift Rothwell, the
negro who is known as "Sugar Awful, y
was given hearing before Squire o'Neill
Friday morning and held in 5000 bail to
answer at court the charge of stealing an
overcoat from rack in front of L. Fell
heimer's clothing store, No. 30S Market
street. The theft was detected by
colored companion who furnished
information which led to his arrest.
Sugars" filth in the negro race has
been greatly shaken by his companions
squealing and he says he saw the nigger
watching him take the garment, but he
did not suppose he would give him away.
He will "never trust a coon again"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

Judge o'Gorman granted an order Of
arrest in the superior court Friday in a
suit brought by Mayor Grace against
Joseph Pulitzer as editor of the World,
charging him with libel. Bail in So, 5,0OO
was demanded. Editor John A. Cockerill
and Austin Corbin qualified as bondsmen
and real estate owners. The complaint
charges that the World accused Mayor
Grace of swindling the city by being a
party to the deposit of 81, 600, 600 worth
of the city's bonds in the Marine Bank
and with having pocketed the Doodle by
operations with Grant " Ward. The
mayor demands damages to the amount
of $4,000. He was not in Office in 1888.
1884.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
Il WLLMINGTONLAN's LUCK.
DIR. Gallagher Receives n Position in
the philadelphia Mint.

Through the influence of Senator Sauls-
bury and Congressman Lore, DR.. Mahlon J.
has been appointed an assistant in the
cabinet of the Philadelphia mint. He re-
ceived the appointment last Monday even
ing and entered upon his duties the follow
ing day. The position pays $3.50 per day.
AS soon as the doctor can dispose OF his
business here he will remove his residence
to Philadelphia.
DR.. Gallagher was born in Brandywine
hundred and is 20 years old. His mother
was a Miss Husbands and he was step
brother of the late Passmore Mitchell. The
only public Cfflce that he has ever held was
that OF health commissioner in Savannah
several years ago. He has been Democrat
for many years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

A statue recently discovered in the bed
of the Tber proves to be Bacchus. He
stands six feet high, is cast in bronze,
with ivory eyes, is exquisitely modelled,
and in excellent preservation.
The trees on Boston Common are again
labeled with their names, common and
systematic, as was the case many years
ago when Gould, the naturalist, was
alive. The Common thus becomes an
object lesson in botany.
The plaster group at the top of the
Arc de Triomphe in Paris is about to be
taken down. II was only put up in order
to enable the public to judge Of the effect
that a permanent structure of the same
description would produce.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

j. Frank Anderson of the drug firm OF
Anderson Il Smith, was married to Caddie
H. Stout yesterday week at Magnolia,
the Rev. S. B. Hayward, M. D., officiat-
ing. In the evening the happy couple
held reception at their home, Delaware
avenue and dupont street, and were sere-
naded by Crusaders Castle, No5 ,K.G.E
and the Brandywine Cornet Band,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
The reIephonc Cns..

WASHINGTON, Dec. at is expected
that the decision of the secretary of the
interior in the telephone case will be rem
dered within day or two. The opinions
of the commissioner of patents and of the
two assistant secretaries have already
been prepared and handed to the secre-
tary. It is stated that they all agree in
recommending thnt the validity of the
Bell telephone patents be tested in the
courts. This is expected to be the de
cision of the secretary of the interior also
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
prom,pent DeIa,yar,an, D,ned.

John W. Causey the newly-appointed
collector of internalrevenue gave dinner
to party of his friends at the Clayton
House Friday. The repast was served
in the private banquet hall of the hotel
and among the guests entertained were /:
Governor Stockley, Judge Wales, Marshal
Harrington, d. L. Lewis, P. F. oausey,
w. A. Comegys, Nathan Pratt, Z. W.Tun-
nell, Joseph Hanson and O. II. Richards.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

While one Of the teams of the Lobdell
Car Wheel Company was at the wharf OF
the Christiana Iron Company, near the
South Side works Of the Lobdell Company
Friday, the mule on the lead jumped
into the Delaware and drew the shalt horse
with it. The horse did not go entirely over
but hung head-downward, suspended from
the cart. Before the animal could be
rescued 1t was choked to death. The mule
was gotten out Of the river with consider
BILE difficulty.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
A Steamboat Company sold Out.

At receivers sale Mt Bridgeton, N. j.,
yesterday week, the entire property of the
Bridgeton and Philadelphia Steamboat
Company was purchased by Captain Tag
gart of Philadelphia, for $5, 5,4S6. The
steamer Juniata brought 2,925; the John
s. Ide, 81, 500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
To Hang on january s,h,

Governor Lloyd of Maryland has signed
the death warrant of Charles Williams,
colored, convicted of felonious assault on
white married woman in Dorchester
county. The 8th of January is appointed
as the day of execution.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
usually implies sameness between two
things. But it is very different when n
jury is equally divided regarding a
verdict. Puck.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
Hendricks' VIII.

The will of the late vice-President
Thomas A. Hendricks was probated at
indianapolis Thursday afternoon. 1t is
short and sweepingly gives all his property
of all kinds to his wife. It is dated
August 8th, 1866.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
LibeIi.,s I.itIe Delaware.

DelhNtbEts
New Yor' Star, Dec. g.
Mr.. Allen Thorndike Rice has, for some
reason, taken II into his head to write fol
his own publication, the North America,
Reoteao, an article on the subject of repre-
sentation in Delaware. He states that
desiring to present to his readers ''a sue
cinct and accurate account of the methods
adopted, the writer sent to Delaware o
commissioner charged with the careful
and circumstantial investigation of repre-
sentation in that state" Alr. lite further
says that an endeavor was made tn con
duct this research in "a spirit FREQ from
the strain of partisan purpose"
If this is true, then Mr.. Rice's ''com.
missioner" has grossly imposed upon him,
for he manifestly failed to read the lawt
he attempts to criticise, and merely fur.
nished his employer with an echo of the
charges made exclusively by the most i'm.
bittered portion of the Republican party
of Delaware. The misstatement of facts
is gross throughout.
We have not space in the Star to cor
rect in detail the false statements in Mr..
Rice's article. There are doubtless
plenty Of men in Delaware able and will.
ing to do so, and Mr.. Rice should give
them an opportunity to state the facts.
We assure him that they can make much
stronger case than he does. and back up
their statements by responsible names and
citations from the text of the laws, which
Mr.. Rice fails to do.
The truth about the matter, in nut.
shell, is this; All the negroes of Della.
ware, as well as all of the white Republi
cans of the State, can have their namet
on the assessment list whenever the Re.
publican managers desire it. But the
negro does not and will not pay poll tax
He was taught in the very beginning o.
his political career that the Republican
leaders would gladly do that for him
They have now and then been hopefu
enough to do SO. They did it in 1880
and assured the Republican national com
mittee that they could carry the State ant
put Mr.. Bayard out of the Senate, if the,
were given money enough. They OBJ
tained all the money they asked for, bu
they did not carry the State nor put Mr.
Bayard out of the Senate, though the,
bought every vote in the market. Th
attempt was very costly, for as soon a
the negroes found that there was none,
about they insisted on being paid fo
voting.
We cannot, as we have said, go int
details, but if Mr.. Rice wants an enter
tanning story for his ReUiew let him sen,
another commissioner to Delaware VIII
will not content himself with gathering
the gossip of disgruntled Republicans
who delight in abusing the little Stat
which refuses to let them rule it.
There are gross inequalities of repre-
sentation in the Delaware Legislature
owing to an antiquated system adopted
when the population of the several coun
ties was about equal; but both politica
parties are responsible for the continu
once of this system, which can only bt
altered by constitutional amendment
Mr.. Rice has been grossly misled by SOM
one.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

A cable dispatch was received at Har-
ward College yesterday week announcing
the discovery of faint comet at Paris. It
was in right ascension Oh. 39m. 58. IS. I;
declinRtion north 81 degrees, 2 minutes,
% seconds; daily motion in right ascen-
sion 2 minutes, 28 seconds; deolination
south, 8 minutes. The comet was seen
at Harvard Observatory last night week
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
4 $3.50 CARRIAGE.
A Handsome Equipage for the
< AimshOuse Purchased by Trustee
Solomon.

A Handsome Equtpage for tbs
Aimshouse Purchased by Trustes
solomon.
j. m. Solomon, member of the Board Of
Trustees of the Poor from this city, has
purchased for the use of Superintendent
Guthrie, in charge of the almshouse, 9
handsome family carriage. The vehicle
is by r. j. Guthrie. and is exactly the
correct thing, corresponding with the
prevailing mode in "swell" equipages.
The carriage cost $3.50, and is fine piece
of workmanship. As Mr.. Solomon had
no authority to make the purchase, he did
80 upon his own responsibility and gave
cash order for its payment. This speci-
men of the young fnancier's ability ia
given rs the reason for the boards pass
ing the resolution prohibiting cash orders
TO be paid by the treasurer unless for GER
tain scheduled purposes.
There is O general feeling among the
trustees that Mr.. Solomon went little
high for family carriage for the super
intendent. even if 1t was necessary to
furnish that official with such luxury.
This opinion is all the more emphatically
expressed by some in view Of the fact that
the county owns one or two vehicles,
sufficient for oil parties so far as the
county's business is concerned.
Mr.. Solomon's great anxiety to supply
the best things in the market to the aims
house has previously been expressed in
extrayagant purchases of furniture and
the sale of costly horse to the board.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

Cows in Key West are labeled with the
names of persons for whom their milk is
kept.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE
COMPLETE REPORT or THE
PROCEEDINGS.

Addresses by J. Dewitt MILLER, DIR.
n. G. schaeffer, Dr. A. N. Raub,
Prof. Brrdsaii, Dr. Vincent, Dr. j.
~. French, Or. Caldwell and
Others ON Various subjects.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

teachers we're enrolled since the opening
Of the morning session Thursday II. r.
Rothwell. Melleme; Emma Sylvester,
Green Spring Mrs. Raymond, Newark !;
Mary @. Lingo, Middletown; Amy
Strahan, Fairyille; A. O., Palmer, Chris
tiana; NJ. G. Morrison, Grubb's Corner;
Lizzie McCabe, McDonough Herman
Dessey, Odessa; Hettie E. Wilson. st.
Georges; j. G. Fisher, Newark b. A.
Groves, Red Lion; Prof. f. Il. Wright,
Middletown College; Mrs. A. s. Wright
and Miss A. s. Wright, Middletown I;
Mary H. Budd, Middletown.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-12-10

A Nantucket woman claims to have had
wart taken of her nose by faith cure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12
Repairing Farm Implements.

Germantown Telegraph.
Mechanical ingenuity does not
come to every farmer. There are
those who are possessed of excellent
intelligence, and yet who have not
enough of mechanical skill to make
a respectable milking stool. Such
farmers are from necessity compelled
to employ mechanic for every little
job that demands attention. On the
other hand, there are those who are
possessed of great ingenuity and are
sklllful in the use of tools. This is a
faculty that is not wholly acquired.
and yet 1t can and should be cultiyat-
ed as far as possible. Every farmer
should have a workshop in which
little jobs Of work can be done on
rainy days. This should not only be
supplied with good selection of
tools usually required, but also with
materials such as are likely to be
brought into use. The room need not
of necessity be large, but of suffici-
ent size for convenience. 1t should
be Systematically arranged so that all
tools should have their appropriate
places. These should comprise saws,
chisels, augers, bitstock, bits, ham
mer, axe, shop Ratchet, planes,
wrench, files, and many others which
it is unnecessary to mention. In the
line of stock there should be a supply
of variety of nails add screws, bolts
of various kinds and sizes, tacks,
wire and leather. and various kinds
of lumber and pieces of wood as
would be called into use. With these
at hand the farmer can many times
save not only a journey to a mechan
ic, but bill which, Iwith each addi-
tion in the course of the year, would
be considerable. Frequently the loss
of a nut or the breaking of a bolt me-
cessitates journey to the blacksmith
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12

shop if no supply is at hand; but if
the farmer has a supply, he has only
to replace the missing or broken part
and his work progresses undisturbed.
Iftime is money, then the farmer is
benefited in avoiding unnecessary
journeys for repairs. At all events.
he can if he will spend the time so
saved in rest or reading for the i'm
proyement of his mind, thing which
is for the advantage of every tiller of
the soil. During the winter the
farmer should examine his imple-
ments and see that all repairs are at
tended to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12
Driving out the Chinese.

CHEYENNE. wy, Sept. 3.-The
Leader has the following special from
Rock Springs. Wy: The largest coal
mines I'm the entire Union Pacific
system are at Rock Springs, $50 miles
west of Cheyenne. The company re-
Gently imported a large number of
Chinese to take the places of the
white men employed. Yesterday
afternoon the entire force of white
miners, about $50 strong. organized,
and, arming themselves with shot
guns, marched to Chinatown. After
firing a volley into the air, they re-
loaded and ordered the Cinnamon to
leave. The order was obeyed at once,
the Cinnamon fleeing to the hills,
closely pursued by the miners. who
fired several volleys at the fUgitives
with fatal effect. The Chinese quar-
ter was then set on fire and 80 houses
owned by the company were destroy
ed, together with their contents.
The miners next visited the vari-
Gus mines in the camp, unearthed all
the Cinnamon at work therein and
babe them flee. OF 400 Cinnamon
here yesterday morning not one re-
mains. All are in the hills headed
for Green River, IA miles west of
here. Seven were killed outright by
the shots fired by the miners and
many were wounded. 1t is said sew
eral who were feeble and helpless
from disease persisted in the flames.
Sheriff Young arrived from Green
River on a special train yesterday
afternoon with posse of deputies,
but they were too late to prevent the
mob from carrying out their plans.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12
A Monster Gun.

On roughly hewn trunnions in the
center of Ribbon & March's shops in
Jersey City there rested a peculiar
looking mass of tubing that was ex-
planned by the foreman to be the
most powerful gun in the world, The
monster was cast by the Pneumatic
Dynamite Gun Company. and if the
expectations are realized nothing
atiOat can Withstand one of its
terrible broad sides. The barrel is 60
feet long, breech-loading and weighs
forty-three tons. 1t is of heavy
wrought-iron, brass lined through
out and with full bore of inches.
1t was cast in four sections, 10 feet
long. with iron collars, which are
welded together with stout steel bolts.
The barrel is bOlted to eight reser-
voirs, where the compressed air ne
cessary 10 fire it is stored. Brass
nOZzIes connect the reservoirs to the
barrel and the amount of air neCeS-
sary to throw out the projectile is
regulated automatically. Upright
castings carried on tWelve-inch chan.
mel irons support the whole, which
is moved by compressed air to any
position desired by the gunner. More
formidable looking than the gun it.
self is the projectile fired. The cart
ridge, which is Of brass, is five feet
long and fits the bore snugly. In an
iron cone at the head of the prOjectile
$50 pounds Of dynamite are stored ,
covered with slight cap of thin
metal. which is easily broken off, ex-
ploding the projectile wherever it
strikes. When the gun is charged
the gunner takes his stand on plat
form behind the barrel, and ny means
of lever closes the breeCh. By
simply turning a crank the desired
elevation is obtained and fixed. The
lowest of the levers opens the nOzzIes
leading from the air chambers and
instantly the shaft cartridge is thrown
out. Sufficient air to fire six pr0jec-
tiles is stored in the cylinders. There
is no recoil. AS soon as the carriage
is completed and the gun mounted it
will be taken to Fort Lafayette,
where the test will be made under
the supervision of commission of
naval men appointed by the govern
ment. 1t is the biggest piece of ord
nance ever built in the world. 1t
puts in the shade anything eyer built
by Krupp. Work was begun in DC.
tOher, but the boring was so difficult
that it required much longer time
than was calculated. 1t has been
tested and shows no sign of weaken
ing under pressure of 500 pounds
to the square inch. The company
expect 20 sell the gun to Secretary
Whitney if it proves serviceable.-
NeU York HOrid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12

Citizens who stand aloof from po-
litical affairs and speak of politics in
general as ga dirty pool" make a
great mistake. Politics is the science
of government; and in land where
the government is administered by
the people it is a first essential the
people should familiarize themselves
with the science. A man who does
not read politics or discuss politics
cannot vote intelligently, and is out
of his place in country like this
He should emigrate to a cline whose
government is despotism. Absence
from the primary meetings and from
the polls on the part of the better
class of citizens is largely responsible
for the eminence and wide sway of
unprincipled mounte-banks in our
political affairs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE,
TRACTS 6 MILITARY LOTS.

The subscriber offers for sale the following
lands in Garrett county:
Bank Property" 1925 acres on Backbone
Mountain, near West Virginia line. There IS
on this tract good Poplar, White and Red
Oak, Chestnut. Birch and Sugar Timber, and
the land when cleared, will max e good farms.
"Friedand," IT'S acres, near Accident, part
improved.
A fine building site near Fort Pendletonr
lot containing two acres.
Also the following Military Lots, contain
ing 80 acres each:
Lots Nos. 4O3l and 1899, with the well known
Boiling Spring. two miles south of Deer ParK '
with which it is connected by a good road. =.
Lot No. 1914, on B. & Ohio r. r., East OF
Lots Nos sci, 1868, 86i and $685. near Ben
Davis.
Lot No 800, West of Garrett Moons.
Lots Nos. 81 and 81, West of Qate) Hugn
CO)per's.
Lot No $50. East OF date Elisha Harvey's-
Lot No. 1852, near West Virginia line.
WILLIAM |. BROWN,
Box Al, Oakland, Md.
Sept. 5th, lSS5.-ly