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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

GAZETTE a JOURNAL representative that his
resignation Is bona fide, that he intends
TO vacate the presidents chair, yet expects
to retain his personal interest in the insti-
tuition as o member Of the board of trus-
tees. "The positionisnot one to oovet, nsaid
President Purnell, referring to the old
building and the difficulty he has had in
the past few years to keep it in q condi-
ton so that il would be approximately
comfortable for the pupils. The heavy
blank walls and low ceilings throughout
the building have Just been washed with
u coat of lime, giving n lightness which
breaks considerably the gloom of the in
terror. There are many signs of decay in
the woodwork which, however, will nowbe
repaired, and the building can probably
be made comfortable If never cheerful.
An inspection of the institution would
certainly substantiate Mr.. Purnelrs state
ment that the post was not one to be
coveted, especially when the salary
attached is taken into consideration. 1t
is believed that the trustees fully realize
| that they may encounter much difficulty
| in securing another president, and will
| fully consider all these circumstances
when acting upon the resignation of the
faculty next June.
| While the trustees, or perhaps the
majority of them evidently prefer the re-
| tention of President Purnell, the younger
members of the alumni and the pupils OF
the college since its reopening desire
4 change. They think that with better
disciplinarian, and some one combining
business capacity with abilities rs q
teacher, as president the college would
meet with greater degree of success
than in the past. In Justice to MIR. Pur-
nell Drs. Martin and Mustard, members
of the State Legislature, state that the re-
tirement of the president was not taken
into consideration when the appropriation
of SO, 900 to repair the building was dis
cussed.
Discussing the reorganization of the
faculty which President Puriell holds is
absolutely necessary, he to-day sadvo-
Gated division of the studies into four
departments instead of six ms now, the
chemist to be made self-sustaining rs at
present, the other two to receive 81, 2OO
each per year, and the president 81 800
| One of the faculty he believes should re
side in the building, and have general
: supervision over the same, and the pupils
The president earnestly advocates II con
. .tinunnce of co-education of the sexes
and thinks its effects have proven them
} selves to be very beneficial, II stimulus nj
around TO do good work.
} In the town the college and the facult.
. are the absorbing topic of conversation
and while many of the residents are o
| the opinion that the institution would b
| benefited through change of president
3 all would be loath to have Mr.. Purnel
y move from the town.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
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An Old Alabama Negro with Nine
wives and III Children.


Eufaula Mail.
al want to get you TO write something
In this Bible,n said Lawson Lawrence,
colored, and regular subscriber of the
Mail. He was accompanied by an aged
'uncle,n whose hair was gray when the
gray hairs of our girls were golden in the
sunlight of youth, and it was for him the
Bible and writing were intended.
t'He ia one hundred and three years
old, said Lawson, and at this the reporter
was, Of course, ''all ears" rs usual.
Inquiry of Uncle Nero developed, accord
ing to his statement, that he was born in
Trenton district, North Carolina, May
9th, 1889, and would, consequently, be
1903 years of age on the 9th of May, 1885,
or next month. He said he came to
Eufaula "during Jackson's war;" and
when Eufaula was Irvinton. The Indians
were .encamped about Montgomery, and
he bought pony Of them for IS. His
present wife, "Henry Kringle's sister, il
so years old, he having married her when
she was "gal," ms he expressed it. She
is his ninth wife, and, in reply to the
question as to how many children he had,
he said he had been assessed of having
III, and il was not for him to dispute "a
il. Last year he cultivated 20 acres Of
land and raised an abundance of peas,
corn and potatoes. This year he is cult
waiting cotton. He lives within quarter
of mile of White Pond, this county
where he has been for the past IL years
| He labors during the week and breaches
ON Sunday, being pastor of Mt. Zior
| Methodist Church for eight years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

BRIDeEroN, N. j., May 12.-News
reached here last night of quarrel at
Bay Side, just below this plnce, Sunday
morning, between u number of fishermen
from Gloucester, who arrived Saturday
night, and some of the local sturgeon
fishermen. There was free use of
knives, and two men whose names have
not been ascertained were badly cut The
men who did the cutting were under the
influence of liquor. They were chased ON
board a vessel, when the captain, fearing
further bloodshed, presented brace OF
revolvers at the heads of the pursuers
and threatened to shoot the first man who
put his foot OH the deck. The vessel then
left,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
coLoRED COMPETENCE.
Annual Session of Ministers In
RethcI A. M. n. Church.

1NeANh NAS Nhs ~
The sixty-ninth session of the Philadel-
phia Annual Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, which COM
prises this State, Philadelphia, and all of
Pennsylvania east of Harrisburg and
Lewis;own, will be opened in Bethel A.
NJ. f. Church, on Walnut street above
Sixth, this morning, ut o'clock, aud will
continue several days.
Bishop Il. IL. Cain Of Washington will
preside, and will be assisted by Bishop
Shorter of Ohio. In addition TO the gem
eral officers of the church and visitors
from other conferences, there will be 70
members of the Philadelphia conference
present.
The morning sessions of the conference
will be devoted to hearing financial
church and Sunday school reports and
the afternoon and evening sessions TO dis
cussions of educational and missionary
questions. Addresses are to be made Il
the conference by the Rev. DIR. Arnett o
Ohio financial secretary of the A. M. L
Church; the Rev. DIR. Townsend o
Indiana, corresponding secretary of tn
missionary society; Professor Mitchell
president of Wilberforce University ant
the Rev. DIR. Tanner of Philadelphia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
X. G.. n. BISNER,
Present from New Castle Ladies'
to Harmony Castle,


10 Harmony Castle.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
NEW CASTLE, May 1.-THE banner
presentation and supper for the benefit of
Harmony Castle, No. 6, X. G. E., on Sat
urday evening proved u splendid success.
The entertainment preceding thepresenta-
ton was excellent. The exercises of the
evening We're opened by prayer by the
Rev. I. E. Terry, followed by vocal music
by the Orpheus Glee Club, the Wright
sisters, and Miss Lille Mcbride, also
u solo by Miss Victoria Taylor. Miss Ida
Whiteman read several choice selections.
Howard George of Wilmington, past
grand chief X. q. E., the orator of the
evening delivered pleasing address,
reviewing the organization, progress and
beneficial results of the order. Mr..
Thomas Birchell of Wilmington, past
grand chief of the order, also made an
address relative TO the order. A beautiful
banner from the lady friends of members
of the castle was presented by
the Rev. I, L. Terry, who made very
eommendable presentation speech, on
the part of the donors. The present was
received by John Il. Triebler, Jr., OF
Wilmington, grand chief of Delaware, il
IN appropriate speech. The banner
which is of silk and of most beautiful
design, is suspended on n staff sur
mounted by gilded eagle. 1t bears the
legion, "Fidelity, Valor and Honor" ant
the picturesque emblem of the order
The reverse side bears the name and mum
Der of the order. After the ceremonies
supper was served in the castles parlol
and about l75 persons were entertained
Confirmation services took place at the
Episcopal Church last evening, Bishop
Lee officiating. Six persons were con
tirmed as members of the church.
Van Weston & lie Roy's Ministries drew
but a small audience at the 0pera House
Saturday evening.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
LEGIsLATIYE And POLITIo.IL

The National Republican gives a report
that the President has offered the Office Of
register of the treasury to General W. s.
Rosecrans.
In the New York senate Monday the
canned goods bill was passed with amend
ments providing that cans shall bear the
names of retail or wholesale dealers at
well as packers.
A telegram from Lexington, KY, says
Since it has become known that Hon
James Blackburn will not be appointed
collector of the Seventh district Of Ken.
lucky, General James F. Robinson
former applicant, has relied his applica
tiuu. lie is an Ol,l-tiine Denocra,, ..i.j
WI Union soldier.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
Price STA Year IN Advance.



li'e rpiii"n Of s"eii Il man az james
Anthony Froudr upon the Angio-hussian
Afgirn iFon'ier uiSi'nle IS po'h interest
insand valuable ''t Tins Time Under the
title "a 1"lK VIVA Air' frouue, 'na'
exeellsht literary weekly 1ne o'F''0 s''ys
Mr. froude Expressed ms "iSsu'' ~ 'a'
apparent laolll'y VI 'he 'wo n"'ionS W
settle peace"oiy suel uiSpu'e us
That winrh Nus "ii''n ''ef 'ne
A ghan ponh'ary' he seeiiieu "
think that At might c''siiy DC arrlheeu
Without plooasheu' ana on an OPINION
osiig eApresseu Vnu' M aiiiionoie Se''ie-
ment OF the uiherenees between the TWO
countries was impossioie' ne eAciihneu'
But the settlement must De an anllcapie
one; that 49, tine matter must DC arranged
by treaty and don't see why IL
shouldn't De 30 arranged Detore m
stead OF after war IN wmeh
one OF the TWO countries must
be defeated. surely the world mas
made some progress That may Warrant
us in hoping for a peaceaple solution o.
this problem. Natons don't ny 10 arm
as lightly us they used TO. Inc intrigue'
OF woman could no longer cause a Con
trnental war; IL was limited that hussiai
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The Solar Tip Land Improvement Cont
pany of Philadelphia, is experiencing the
difficulty of pleasing everybody-and
everybody's wife. The association was
organized with the object of securing for
its members, through cooperation, cheap
rural homes. 1t started with 500 MEM
beers, which number was increased to 700
II was at first proposed to settle Mt
Eddington, Is miles out on the main line
of the Pennsylvania railroad, the pro-
| spectiye building of large factory there
inspiring this selection. Later, uncer-
tainty about the factory project led to
| the abandonment of this idea, and
| the withdrawal of over 800 of the mem
beers. Last week the association decided
to locate at Morton, on the West Chester
railroad and 10 miles from Broad street
station. Here it is proposed to purchase
80 acres of ground ut II cost of 1877 900,
and divide the same into $40 building
lots, each 40 by $50 feet. These lots are
to be resold by the association to it.
members at 800 each, to be
paid for in monthly instalment'
of S.. As the association is reported
to have $li 900 in the treasury and thu
present owners of the land are represented
TO be willing to leave the balance of tn
purchase money on mortgage, the schem
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
Buzzard,s Friends Arrested.

Martin Buzzard, John Buzzard, Jacob
Marshall, Matthias Hauck, Jacob Arm
strong, Isaac MINI, Levi Peters, David
Peters and Henderson Marshall, all living
ON Welsh Mountain, were arrested Mon
day morning and taken to Lancaster, Pa.
They are charged with having been
accessories after the fact to felony, in
assisting Abe Buzzard, for whose capture
reward of 81 600 is offered. They were
committed each in default of $500 bail
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

NEW York, May IA pan of grease
boiled over this morning on stove
in second floor room in
Bleecker street, which is occupied
by Mrs. Payne, colored woman.
Her clothes caught fire, and alone in
the room, she was burned to death before
her cries and the smoke attracted help.
The damage done to property was small.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

NOW lOrk World.
The missing two cents in the United
States treasury have been found. They
were picked up ON the floor after the re-
cent count. We presume now that the
Republican party will consider itself com
pletely yindicatrd
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
MIR. Ikramcr,s New Church,

The church which il being built on
Cumberland street, Brooklyn, for the
Rev. George Il. Kramer, will be hand.
some structure and will DO finished next
July. Meanwhile Mr.. Kramer's congre.
cation is not holding public services. On
May 30th he will come to this city and
remain week, preaching at the House
hold of Faith on May 31st. From here
he will go to Cecil county, Maryland.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
----4e-
THE ILLINOIS CONTEST.
~ any other Democrat can be
Elected Colonel Morrison will
Withdraw.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, May PA meeting
of Democratic leaders was held i'll Colonel
MorrisOn's room last night, and il was
unanimously agreed That no caucus was
needed and none should be called. A
strong effort will be made by the Demo-
Gratis when balloting begins to elect Col.
Morrison, and if it should be deemed
expedient to take up another candidate, it
will be done without the formalities of a
caucus.
Colonel Morrison stated TINT whenever
the Democrats confined a candidate who
can get more Republican votes than he
can, lie will withdraw his name and let
some one else try it.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

DIR. William Humboldt Parker has occupied the
front rank In the great American army Of
physlcians; besides doing his suffering fellow
creatures great service in the line of his prac-
tice, he has also rendered the youth of this
generation incalculable service In publishing
unique medical volume entitled the "ScieIIue OF
Life.n 1t is a beautiful book, and the only re-
liable treatise on important and delicate sub
jects. There Is an advertisement in another
column that will tell you how to get 1t, the cost,
,Sc
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The New York Herald devoted whole
page Sunday to showing up the de-
fenseless condition of the metropolis.
Through interviews with army and navy
officers, coupled with the inevitable map,
the Herald demonstrated, to its own Salts
faction at least, that il would be very
easy matter for foreign iron clad to
anchor off Coney Island and, with 10
inch guns, to lombard the whole of
Brooklyn and Jersey City and the city of
New York as far up as Forty-second
street. The range of such guns
is set down at II miles
and the claim made that the
firing can be as accurately done by
the aid of charts in the darkest night as
by telescope vision in daylight Accord
ing to the Herald, in the event of war
with any foreign power, the enemy would
have the power in his own hands by
simply stationing few iron clads off
Coney Island, to dictate terms of
peace under the peril of the demolition
of the three cities. If this could
be done at New York it could doubtless
be done also at Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and every other American
port and, since the Herald declares
that "even if Congress opened the doors
of the treasury and allowed them all the
money in it, still they could not put this
New York; harbor in condition fol
defense in less than year at the very
least" it would appear that we are in I
very bad way indeed. But we notic'
that the other New York papers are quie
on the subject this morning, which woult
seem to argue that they are willing +
leave to the Herald the monopoly o
frighteningthe metropolitans in this line
There may also be some consolation il
remembering, MS an illustration that som
y things can be done as well us Others
e that Boyton showed last week TIM
u it is quite possible for one bold man to S
= manipulate dynamite torpedoes as to max
l. the vicinity of New York very uncomfor'
II able even for these formidable iron clad,
b and we doubt not that, should the necei
sity of defending our seaports aris'
= American ingenuity will be found equl
II to the emergency.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

delicate, and lhither with allJthe prestige OF
New York style went Miss Isabel Duane, the
heroine, for which office she had a fair out
fit. Tall, good-looking, aristocratic and
not n bit individual or in any way provok-
ilgly clever, she certainly ought to have
glided through life with fewer rubs. Still
after short il sharp probation, she receives
the stock reward oil o first-class husband.
The story is one Of those open-hearted,
easy going affairs which reveal their inten-
tions from the outset. Therefore, the hero
and heroine are brought plump against
each other at once, over piece OF apple
pie in II parlor car. The hero is 80 struck
with the rencontre that he puts by the. pie
as relic and might, particularly in a
southern climate, have been doubtfully sue
cessful in its preservation, but for the
hungry propensities of a young mulatto,
who had no Idea Of what 1t was to the pos
SCISSOR. No one would even suppose the
villain other than the erring brother, but as
is usual in such cases, he is allowed to 1--we
too long. However, in gratitude he keeps
things from utter stagnation, makes them
indeed commercially lively as the climax is
approached. o.,r.
son was far from being bachelor, as stated
on page 1871, and surely distraite Is the form
for n lady. Verify, the sc" must be insisted
upon for, however frcelya man leaves notes
neglects to order the family coal and potn-
| toes, who dare call him distrait2 With the
masculine sex, it is always and only sheer
| obstinacy.
Received through G. F. Thomas & Co.
| THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY BRoWN-By
/ w. L. Alden.-Pp. 232; illustrated. Published
by Harper & Brothers, New York.
This volume purports to contain nara
tive of the FRANKS Of a miscellaneous boy
written by himself. It is not Objectionable
on the score OF heaping ridieule on his pater'
nal parent, like "Peck's Bad Boy" but II Is
hardly the kind of book to put into the
hands of the average boy, who can gener
ally plot mischief enough without an.
prompting. There may be few urchih'
here and there, lacking in robust vivacity
to whom dose of this kind might be safel,
administered as tonic; but excepting 10
its possible service to such lackadaisica
youth, there is no sufficient reason why tin
book should have been written. There ar.
two or three selections smartly enough
conceived to entertain older readers, bu
the mass OF the matter related is insipid Il
any except the most Juvenile taste. Receive
from @, +. Thomas 4 Co.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The Longwood Yearly Meeting will
open this year on the 4th of June and will
continue on the 9th and 9Th. The Rev.
F. @. Hinckley will be among the
speakers, and there will be other we'll
known persons present during the ses-
sions.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
Entered Cnnvnnt.

Miss Kate Whelan of No. 621 East
Fifth street, for several years member
of st. Mary's parish, went to Mobile,
Alabama, Wednesday week, and entered
the Convent of Visitation on Friday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

There Is one thing nobody ever regrets-that
Is, the DAY they first adopted Parker's Tonic as
ther regular family medicine. Its range Is 50
else, except good nursing, IL norirI in n =. M
majority o. c1Irrs Buy IL, Try IT, ami Arb'r.
wards u viii not require any praise from Us,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The Philadelphia Times very properly
says that every consideration of business
interest aud public policy requires that
the Baltimore q Philadelphia railroad
should have every just and even generous
facility for entering that city, consistent
with public safety; but no railroad, home
or foreign, should be allowed to enter
Philadelphia and cross our streets at
grade"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The typhoid plague now raging Mt Ply
mouth, Pa, will pass into the record on
sanitation quite us prominently as the
famous instance SO frequently referred TO
of the Swiss stream that carried death in
its waters right through a mountain.
While apparently pure spring stream
from the hillside, il was found to
come from the opposite slope
of the mountain and with it
came the germs of the dis
ease that for time bafiied the search
for cause of the epidemic. While it is
serious thing for the little community
of Plymouth to have about 800 persons
sick with typhoid and 30 deaths in a
short period of time, the warning is SO
near and the cause so glaring that much
benefit to other places is likely to result.
In Jersey City, also, there is just
now strong warning to the munich
pal authorities of the need O
sanitary inspection of the whole city
which is alleged to be in disgracefu
condition. Considerable of panic exist
in part of the city and residents arr
moving away owing to the alarming pre-
valence of malaria. What wonder, whel
physician reported to the board o
health yesterday the dumping recently o
three cart loads of putrid flesh in pit o.
an alley-way, thin covering of clay hid
ing from sight the decaying mass.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14
The Typhoid Plague May Spread

There were no new cases of fever at
Plymouth, Pa, during last week, and q
more hopeful feeling prevails among the
citizens. There are, however, 900 old
cases of sickness, all of them typhoid
fever in its worst form. The relief COM
mittee is earnestly at work, and destitute
persons are receiving prompt and careful
attention. Police Surgeon French and Dr.
E. o. Shakespeare of Philadelphia, visited
Plymouth yesterday and began an investi-
cation of the epidemic. Post-mortem
examinations revealed the fact that the
disease is true typhoid fever. Other
Rutopsies will be held tomorrow. The
result confirms the report of the Wilkes
barre physicians, who pronounced the
disease typhoid fever. Five deaths &C.
Cured yesterday and there are many
other patients at the point of death.
The other towns down the river are in
imminent peril of an outbreak of the
fever. The whole drainage of Plymouth
finds its way through little creek run
ming through the borough into the Sus-
quehanna. II is certain that the execreta
of many typhoid patients has thus found
! its way into the river, and the town Of
E.iii.leuKe. i''nr m,ics below is ntist
e,tain to be vis.le,i by the p.asu,,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-14

The acquittal of Richard Short of the
attempt to assassinate Thomas Phelan,
shows that Washington does not monop-
ollie all the queer juries in the country.
The testimony against Short was about
MS strong in its way as was the evidence
of corruption against Foreman Dickson.
However, ii would have seemed hardly
fair to lock Short up for five or ten years
and leave o'Donoyan Rosa at large.