Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-15
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a Very mysterious M an with n Very
MyAtertoup 8eg--E4Oeat Option.

myht6FlOmN bHE--Afbchh OptaDhs
Special orrespondencs Of GSzstte and journal
ELKToN, Jan. 7--Your correspondent
often n0tloss nsu sith = bog throTn
over bis back coming ffcEn the direction
OF the citation shortly afteG the arrivsl Of
he evening express. On fret nesting
him ii vas inferred that the individual
nad been hired to drown aoms luoklsss
teltnes with which the neighborhood Is
veil supplied and was making toward the
river with the same. But ssRin and
again he and the bag were eeeu. Thres
times week regularly immediately
alter. the arrival Of the express
could be- sasn this mysterious fellow
with his mysterious bag aud the
nysterious something In II One evening
your correspondent walked up to the sta
sion to Dee the express train come in and
".his mystery to explore" He hsdn'
bsen there long bsfOre the myatericus
parsonage doomed mp, but minus the big
The reportoriel eye vas kept on him and,
as the trsin cams Ia, followed him to the
expreas car. The express scent handed
out the goods, and amopg them was tina:
familiar old bag. The fellow vent up 10
1t and grabbed It Ike an old friend He
opened tue folds aud took look to nee il
everything was all right, and the curious
reporter WAS right there (ss he always is)
aud he took look in, and the "ost wa
cat OF the bag" It contained no,
a cat but q large-sized demi.
j hin. And that fellow who wa
mysterious no longer shouldered bag and
demijohn and made his way down bsok
lane. I1 fact this fellow is one OF
Al 49, - w1Ia ~ hf,s Iy.
lola around the stree,s wish hands il
pockets, and makes living by violating
toe local option Law Another man who
vas reported TO be In the same busiues
was hesrd 10 ask the fellow who carries
the beg, 'How's business to-day 7"
Neither has any lawful business. Tb.
s.smu of this second person WAS read cn &
large demijobu just taken fror7 H.
express car. The agent read II mnmsnt
Aiterward and tore 1t off. A great : I'm
DER OF demij5uns are sent with iniials
alone on the tag and some even in
uiphers, The ERent hiss the key
Another individual in this line Of trade
Ia 8 gentleman of color, who may b.
called the 'carpe; bsSger." THIS co'oSed
,entl,mAn takes = TRIP to either vii
niugton or Newark, IL is uncertain which
ne, three times ws-k. rs Invariably
ges By The lila m train ard A.
v4fiah'y returns at az p. M. He
slks Up toward the depot at rapid
SIT, swi avg 10 bis hand large carpet
'sg. Tts latter LGa q rather fat Rpyear.
nee. Ole wculi judge from it that the
entleman's wardrobe didn't amount to
much. When he returns at AZ this
'srpet-bes is considerably swslled This
ans individual Yves seen oue Sunday to
shake bottle dwell, bottle--in the
faces Of 4 group OF rRilrOod workmer
who were sitting on porch in front OF
an Elkton notion store. At another time
he told a drunken oolorsd fsl nw, who
was inclined to be- noisy, thst the officer
had told him to inform his friend that he
would be arrested II he did not keep
quiet. 81 told him." says he that
had nothing to do wid you" II these men
are arrested for violation Of the local
option law the extent Il their seLteDos iE
so days In jail. That doesn't bother
them. They are seldom found out, how
ever. as men seldom "kiss and tell"
BLKToN, jan. 8 I'm court yesterday
the case OF L. q. LES & Bro. We Palmer
Strickland was decided, under instruo
tiops of the court, in favor OF the plaintiff
The case of the Farmers and
Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany Of Cecil county vs. the Port Deposit
& Columbia railroad, was on trial al
adjournment. The insurance company
sues to recover clsim Of 81 400, paid 8
Mr.. Nichols, whose property is claimed to
have been fred by sparks froHa the rail
road oompany's engine.
AaI kn oY1w
already over crowded jail yesterday Dave
Harris, colored, ia charged with entering
the house Of Augustus Wright on Satur.
day night, January 81, threatening him
and attempting to strike him with
blackjack. He WAS committed by Justice
Terry Of Ceoilton. The same mag istrate
committed George W. Moore, colored,
who is charged with stealing double
bArreled shotgun from u. G. Morgan.
Carl Houser, a young German, was com.
mitted by Justice Cbrisheld, being charged
with enteri the house OF Lena Myers,
and sssAulting her.
ELKToN, Jan. IA In court yesterday
the jury in the oRss OF Robert Grooe vs.
Wesley Groee, an action on due bill
brought In . verdict for the plaintiff
Crothers and Bratton for plaintiff War
burton for defendant.
The case OF Gsorge Hamilton va. the
commissioners # Hartford county was 'hSE
ak n up, This case wEs removed fron
the Hartford county court On njgut il
august, 1880, the plaintiff, then you.
Il l8, was riding on horseback IN cDe Z
lie public rosds Of Hartford, when III
uorse Tell in a loie, thriving the plalItlti
over his b, al AID iLIurlpg him 50 muc
as TO iTcIpaoitste him from suppOitir4
himself hi5 Motner gu cd the commissioner
Of the county for his services 81 d r.
covered 800, the oOurt Of appeals su
tLiniuR the decision. Nov the P.ain,iA
having astaiued bis maj Jrity brig SUI
also For the plaintiff sppeAr William
JONES' OF Cecil, and Herman Stump suG
William Young of Hartford for the de-
tsudsnt Henry W. Archer of Hartford,
aud Albert A Constable and William 7.
WSrbnFts oi Cecil.
The county commissioner were IL
session yesterday. John L. Wilson.
attorney fer Samuel d Briokley, pre-
ssDted 3 claim Of $500 for valuable
morse, which was badly Injured by run.
niug into pile Of bricks on the pu Dlic
road. j. C. SchrOdsld was appointed
tender OF Sassafras river b.idse. R. 7
Shonss, Nicholas P. Manly, John K
Alexander, David C. Work aud T. J,ffsr
son seost, were appointed trustees Of the
Rlinsh0Hse.
The an nual election OF the Cecil County
Agricultural Society was held yestsr
day at the rooms of the society in
Odd Fellows Hall, but few stockholders
we're present ard the few votes
cast were mostly by proxy. There
were 16 persons placed in nomination
from whom the following 10 were
chosen: Adau r. Magraw, DR.. c. NJ.
Ellis, George Ricketts,, Willism Arm
a.roDR, H. q. Duy6iainck, / D, Davis, A.
W. Mitchell, John Giipin, William 8.
Potter, Il, 8. Coudoa, a. G. Turtle, Gin.
tou Mccullough. All are members Of the
present board excepting &essrs. Kills;
Rejects and Coudon. The two first
nsined Of these were members o! previous
bOlrds. The new board will organize or
Tuesday next.
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