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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
Death Of Commodore Garrison.

New York, May 1.-Commodore Q. X.
Garrison died at his late residence, No.
AZ Park avenue, this city, just before noon
to-day. The commodore was well last
evening, and only complained this morn
ing of feeling ill. He died of paralysis
of the heart.
Commodore Cornelius X. Garrison has
for quarter of century past been one
of the best known men in New York,
where his tall form, his Roman nose and
rugged features and his long silvery hair
were alike familiar on Murray Hill and
Wall street, He made large fortune in
steamboat enterprises on the Mississippi,
at New York and finally in San Francisco,
to which city he went in 1850, becoming
mayor and one of its best known and
wealthiest residents. Returning to New
York after selling out his Panama and
Aspinwall steamer line to Vanderbilt,
Mr.. Garrison and his son William
R., killed in railroad accident in
New Jersey in 1882, invested heavily in
western railroad enterprises and metro
politan elevated railroads and gas stock.
The commodore, whose wealth has been
popularity estimated at from $1,000, 900
to $40, 900, 900, married in October, 1873,
IL handsome young belle of st. Louis,
Miss Letitia Randell, who, as well us his
daughter, Mrs. Van Auken, survives him.
One of his grandchildren (married very
recently was the heroine two years ago
of very sensational and mysterious
abduction case ut st. Louis.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
ONLY Il DREAM!
A Minister'S Funny Experience
With a Crook i'm DreamIand.

With Crook i'm DreamIand.
One night last week Methodist min
lister of this city found himself in a ludi-
crous and uncomfortable position.
In Dreamland he visited a policy shop
and asked the stereotyed question whats
hot?" and in reply to his query he was in
terrogated as to the reason of his inquiry.
Sad to relate, he became angry and
brusquely demanded ''What's hot ~
The dealer reluctantly submitted n row
of figures for inspection and said ''That's
hot ~ 1t was the "little cat" row.
That very day the preachers pet cat
and "purp" had II misunderstanding and
in the conflict that ensued Tabby worsted
Towser, severely mutilating his right ear
and almost destroying his left eye.
Like the majority of gamblers, the
divine was somewhat superstitious and
he, in his dream, promptly concluded
that he would play the "little cat" row,
and play it heavily too. He would play
dollar and if he hit (0h what joy) the
800 that he received in token of his bet
would be expended on n new suit and
bonnet for his wife, clothing for his
children, and, being generous fellow,
if any of the money were left unspent, he
would purchase few books for his
library. If ii took all of the money to
supply the wife's and the children's
needs he would get the books at another
time.or, brilliant idea striking him, he
would procure the books Immediately
and give the bookseller the sly wink.
While the dreamer was searching for
the Bland he awoke, and it was only by
the utmost exertion that he saved himself
from tumbling out of bed. For several
hours he tossed to and fro ingreat agony.
That night the poor fellow had rend an
expose of policy dens, and just before 60
ing to bed had eaten some mince pie
which he should have had last winter. He
we'll knows what caused his agony, but he
is unable to determine whether the dream
resulted from eating the pie or reading
the expose
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
FIRES.
A Suspicious Blaze I'm Philadelphia
Other COnfIagratiOns.


PHILADELPHIA, April 30.-A fire caused
by mysterious explosion occurred about
1.30 o'clock this morning in the building
No. 2311 North Second street, occupied
as an instalment house by jacob Stine Il
Co. The bulk windows of the saloon of
William Wolf, 2309 North Second,
and of the grocery store of Jacob
Darbyshire, No. 1918 North Second,
were blown ont, causing damage of about
$4,000. Policeman Gilmore was looking
in the window of the store at the time of
the explosion, and was knocked down
and badly cut about the face. Notwith-
standing his injuries he made prompt
examination of the premises and found n
man in an alley, who gave his name as
Max Blew of No. 16 Division street, New
York. He was committed to await an in
vestigation by the fire marshal.
New York, April 30.-Runkel Bros,
chocolate factory was partly destroyed by
fire this morning. McGowan's printing
office and stock on the fourth floors, was
burned out, and the stock of the Coiled
Wire Belt Company partly damaged.
Total loss, $4,000. II is supposed the
place was fired by thieves, either by care
lessness or design.
ALrAMoNT, ILL.,, April 30.-Amboy &
Co. grain elevator at Mulberry Grove,
Ill. was yesterday destroyed by fire. Loss,
$1,000; covered by insurance.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, April 30.-Fire con-
sumed the residence of DR.. Barton at Say
brook, ILL.,, yesterday. Loss, $4,000;
fully insured.
BIG RAPIDS, MICH, April 3O.-The
National Hotel was burned yesterday.
Loss, $500 insurance, 50, 100.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBoRs.


Three new churches, Baptist, Episcopal
and Methodist, are to be built in Kennett
Square this season.
Fifty acres of Ningara grapes will be
planted this season in the neighorbhood
of Unionville, Chester county.
Barton's cotton yarn mill at Doe Run,
Chester county, was started up again on
Monday week. The firm has large num-
ber of orders ON hand which will furnish
employment for the hands for some time
to come.
Some time ago the Village Record an
nounced that rooster belonging to
Robert Dye, Charlestown, had taken to
sitting on nestful of eggs with the evil
dent intention of Matching them, our
correspondent saying that the bird
showed fight whenever any one came near
to disturb him. His patience was duly
rewarded, oil the eggs Matched but one,
and that rooster now leads round those
IA chickens as proudly as any pullet ever
did her first brood West Chester Village
Record.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07

Two Claimanls Cor a Patent.

A sharp legal contes between Frank
Taylor, Superintendent of the Vulcanized
Fibre works, and Henry W. Morrow, to
decide the ownership of a patent for soft
ening vulcanized fibre has been going ON
for several months, and great deal of
testimony has been taken in the case
which will be presented to the commits
sioner. Mr.. Morrow claims to have
worked out the process in his private
laboratory in 1879, and gave samples to
several friends, which have since been
produced. By Mr.. Morrow's state
ment he in 1883 made overtures
to the Vulcanized Fibre Company to
purchase his patent and after permitted
them to test it under written guarantee
from the superintendent. Pending these
tests the superintendent had patent is
sued to himself as the original inventor
claiming that he hadapplied the principle
in another form. Both parties are back
ing their fight with ample means and will
push the matter to decision from the
last highest tribunal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
Charles Tatman, Jr., Dead.

Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal.
MDDLETowN, May 1.-Charles Tatman,
Jr., one of the oldest and mosl successful
merchants of this town, died at his resi-
dence on North Broad street at 1910
o'clock this morning, aged 65 years. Mr.
Tatman had been great sufferer from an
affection of the bladder for some
months. During the past winter
he went to Buffalo and was
there treated by eminent physicians. He
came home somewhat better and attended
to his business as usual until a short time
ago, when he left his business in the
hands of his nephew, Edward W. Tatman.
In the meantime Mr.. Tatman was being
treated by the best physicians of this
town. The disease, however, could not
be baffled, and kept on with its last sad
results. By careful investments and great
industry Mr.. Tatman had accumulated n
competence. He had never married, yet
he provided himself n comfortable home,
which was presided over by his niece.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
Graduates in Medicine.

The annual commencements Of the de-
partments of medicine and dentistry of
the University of Pennsylvania, took
place in the Academy of Music, Philadel-
phia, Friday. There were l07 grad
uates in medicine and 40 in dentistry
The degree of doctor of medicine was
conferred upon Lewis H. Ball, f. II. Day
and Edward G. Rhoads of Delaware, and
the last, who is Wilmingtonian, took
the demonstration prize, copy of
Agnew's Surgery, offered by DIR. j. William
White, for proficiency in bandaging and
operating.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07

Sheriff Ford has served upon President
John II. Adams of the Security Trust and
Safe Deposit Company, and Benjamin
Nields, Esq, its attorney, papers requir-
ing the company to appear before the
court of chancery in Dover, on May llth,
and show cause why an injunction shall
not be issued restraining them from
erecting II building that will cut off air
and light from tho door and windows of
the Hulley Building at the southeast
corner of Sixth and Shipley streets. Work
ON that portion of the new building will
be stopped until after the hearing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
OUR RELATIoNs WITH EURoPE.
Significance of MIR. Bnyard's Note
IN thc CoIOD,bian Minister.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-Mr. Bayard's
note to the Colombian minister, recently
published, is of peculiar interest in view
Of our relations to any future European
maritime war. Although Mr.. Bayard's
letter was addressed to South American
state, it cannot be regarded otherwise
than as an announcement of the
position of our government to
all maratime powers--European or Amer
icau. Should England, for instance, un-
dertake to close the Baltic, as she under
took at the beginning of the present CEN
tury to close all ports through which
French produce passed or French imports
were received, such closure will be re-
Qarded as nullity by the United States
in all cases where it is not sus-
tanned by an efficient blockade. Mr..
Bayard's letter is, therefore, timely, and
may be an important element in diverting
the threatened hostilities. If it is under
stood by both combatants that the freedom
of the seas will be absolutely maintained
l,by the United States, one of the great in
ducements prompting to war will cease to
exist; nor is it possible to be uncOn-
scious of the fact how beneficial such
q position will be to our own
lshipping - interests. However much
| Europe may be convulsed they will not
only be sheltered from the storm, but will
be allowed an opportunity of recovering
the immense carrying trade which they
possessed at the beginning of the present
century, even in face of the adverse
! decrees Of England and France.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
nRIsron rHnacHINe AeAlN.
~ - 7-T71r-%F--74-
EnthusiastfcaIlys Received by His
New COngregatio,,.


A special from Spring Valley. N. Y, Il
the New York Times, dated May LIST, says
The Rev. George X. Bristor, d. D..
against whom charges were made recently
by st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
Church of Newark, N. j., hut who was
fully vindicated by judicial conference
and sustained by the unanimous vote OF
the Newark Conference, has now formally
entered upon his work here, having been
assigned to this charge ut the conference
session several weeks ago. The i'm
preston prevailed during the conference
that DIR. Bristor only demanded a nomi-
nal appointment as an additional in
dorsement of his character, us by
the discipline of the church no
minister can be assigned to any church
until his character has been approved by
his conference, and, having received it,
that he would accept call to metropol-
itan pulpit at large salary. Accordingly
he was named for this place, where his
denomination was very weak. To every
ones surprise DR.. Bristor came here and
preached the second Sunday after the
conference. Having examined into the
work the following week he positively
declined this city pulpit and announced
his determination to preach here for the
year. Since then the Methodists here
have labored necessarily and spent money
even lavishly. The parsonage has been
entirely and expensively refurnished
throughout.
Wednesday evening DIR. Bristor moved
his family here, and last night public
was given to him and them. 1t
proved to be the largest and most cordial
of the kind ever held here.
The Rev. DIR. Crispel, the Reformed
pastor, was among the first callers, and
rom p. M. until midnight DIR. Bristor
and wife and the DOCTORS sister, Mrs. E.
\. Fulton of Baltimore, were kept busy
IN receiving visitors and listening to we'll
wishes.
During the three Sundays DR.. Briator
ias preached here the church has been
rowded, and already more applications
or pews have been made than could be
accommodated.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
QUE NAHIeATIos LAWS.
The Hands of American Merchants
Tied by a Miserable System.
El.kz-.oII.. A. IB..a..y e

Editorially the Philadelphia Record Of
Friday said;
"0ur merchants keenly perceive how
great u prize would fall to American
| commerce should European war break
| out; but if all the merchant marine of
England and Russia could be bought for
| q song under the influence of panic they
could not purchase single ship. Their
hands are tied by laundering system of
navigation laws, under which they are
not allowed to sail foreign-built ship
| under the American flag, and by pro-
tective policy through which they cannot
build ships on fair terms ut home.
"Why should the merchants of
America, whose enterprise once gathered
the spoils of every sea, be subjected to
such policy in peace or in war? In no
branch of industry has the protective
doctrine that manufactures ut home are
promoted by prohibiting foreign compe-
tition proved 30 false as in regard to ship
building. Under the policy which for
bids to American citizens the registration
under their country's flag of shipL built
or bought abroad the American merchant
marine has dwindled until the country
has fallen from the first to the lowest rank
as q maritime power. Will it be asserted
that the merchants of the United States
are not u match to their foreign
rivals in enterprise and in the
spirit of commercial adventure?
A generation ago they were in the
employment of the chief share of the
countrys foreign trade not only, but they
had captured large share of the carry
ing trade of other countries. In that
time there was no harbor of commerce
that was not familiar with the stars and
stripes that floated over American mer-
chant ships. But now, under the fatal
influence of the navigation laws, the
share of American merchants in the car
rying trade of their own country has
fallen from rs per cent to less than 20
per cent. Should this warfare of legisla-
tion be maintained it is only question
of time when the American merchant flag
will disappear from the high seas.
"Whether war should come between
England and Russia or not, the repeal of
the antiquated navigation laws has be-
come an imperative necessity to American
commerce. The protectionist plea is
made that the shipbuilders of this coun-
try could build vessels fast enough to
meet the exigencies. of the war. Before
that could be done the endangered mer-
chant ships of the belligerents would be
transferred to neutrals untrammeled by
navigation laws, and the war would be
over. But the repeal of this system of
laws is essential to the development and
of American trade, no matter
what may be the military situation in |
Europe. Should the war come Congress
cannot be too promptly assembled to en-
able the merchants of America TO buy the
ships that will be offered to them. 1hert
is no violence in assuming that Preside,
Cleveland and his cabinet are heartily il |
favor Of free ships. Nor can it be doubted |
that majority in the next Congress viii
favor n measure which promises so much |
TO American commerce"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
A VERY DISASTROUS FIRE
A WOMAN NARROWLY ESCAPES
BEING BURNED TO DEATH.
The BuiIding at seventh and Tar-
nail Streets Burned Aged
Woman Rescued from tho Mouth
of the Flames.

The two-story frame building, situatod
ON the northeast corner of Seventh and
Iatnall streets, was totally DESTROYED by
fire early Thursday morning. The
premises were occupied by McCann Il
Co., its owners, as confectionery store.
by Bridget A. Ryan, trimming store, and
part of the second story by Mrs. Welsh
us dwelling.
Mrs. Ryan who also slept in the second
| story of the building says that she was
awakened by the smell of smoke shortly
after O'Clock, which was then almost
sitting. She hastily put on some clothes
and rushed down stairs to the street TO
give the alarm of fire. She had hardly
reached the street when the stairway fell.
She screamed Fire !" several times in
the street and then Tan to the house of
Francis B. McCann, No. sos Tatnall street,
and awakened him. From there she ran
to the police station and had the alarm
sounded. When she returned the build
ing was q complete mass Of flames.
Mr.. Mccain states that when he arrived
upon the scene with colored man named
Wheatley, Mrs. Welsh, woman of 20
years, who had been aroused by the
screams, was standing at the second story
window on Tatnall streets and crying for
help. The stairways had then fallen and
the flames were already encroaching her
bed chamber. The smoke was very
dense and almost suffocating. Aided
by the brilliant illumination through
the dense clouds of smoke the men could
barely discern the pallid face of this terri
fed woman, as she pleaded to be saved.
They tried to get into the building, but
were driven back by the heat and smoke.
Finally, with the aid of the colored man,
he procured large dry goods box and
raised it up near the window. Mrs.
Welch climbed out into it and was lowered
to the ground. She was taken in faint
ing condition to the house of William H.
Morris, No. 700 Tatnall street, where she
is being cared for. When the fire depart
ment arrived upon the scene, the building
was sheet of flame which was entirely
beyond control. The three-story brick
dwelling house of Alfred Schmeltz, and
occupied by Patrick Campbell, adjoining
the burned building, was in imminent
peril and the fire companies put most of
the water on it. A great deal of the
outside wood work of this building was
scorched.
81 800 to S1;800; loss on building,
'WA,ooVS lnSuIhuce Ou blOck, @ouu; III
surance on building, 800. The building
is insured in the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company and the stock in the
Commercial Union Company, for which
+. L. Gilpin q Co. are agents.
Bridget A. Ryan's loss is deplorable
one. Everything she had was destroyed,
even her wardrobe, and purse in which
she had $50 was burned. She says 81, 900
is low estimate for her loss. Her stock
was insured for $500 in the Fire Associa-
ion through F. L. Gilpin & Co.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07

George Q. Potts & Co., in charge Of the
sugar plantation mt Rio Grande, N. j.,
have lost over 400 hogs since the last of
March. Numbers are dying daily, and
MEN are kept busy burying them. The
seat of the disorder is the lungs, the dis
ease practically eating them away. One
of the hogs 80 afflicted was sold to u
farmer, since which time he has lost his
entire stock. This proves the disease to
be of very malignant character. 1t is
said the company will not restock their
pens, and will abandon the raising of hogs
in the future.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07

For the accommodation of fruit and
general freight traffic, and in order to re-
lieve streets north of the Christiana of
heavily laden freight trains, the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
Company will construct branch rail
road, extending from the west yard,
crossing the Christiana a short distance
west of the B. & P. railroad bridge, run
ming east through the marsh land south
of the Christiana, passing along A street,
South Wilmington, crossing the Christiana
between the mouths of Christiana and
Brandywine creeks and, running north,
connecting with the p, W. II b. main
line near Shellpot creek. The railroad
company last night petitioned City Coun-
Gil for permission to occupy the bed of A
street eastward from Locust, and the pc
tition was referred to the street committee.
1t has not yet been determined when the
construction of the road will begin. but it
is probable that it will he commenced soon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
N-
MEMORIAL DAY.


At meeting of the joint memorial COM
mittee of Smyth and dupont Posts, G. A.
r., on Saturday night, the following
route of parade on Memorial Day was
adopted; Form on Fourth street west of
Market, move down Fourth street to
Poplar and countermarch to French,
thence to Front, to Market, to
Tenth, to Delaware avenue, to
the soldiers and sailors monument,
countermarch to the Wilmington and
Brandywine and Old Catholic cemeteries,
where graves will be decorated with
flowers, after which the parade will move
along Madison street to Ninth, to Jeffer-
son, to Seventh, to Market, to Sixth and
dismiss.
About l50 organizations have been in
vited to participate in the parade. A
committee was appointed to procure a
band to head the column. The other
bands in the line of march will be en-
gagged by various organizations.
A committee was also appointed to
secure vehicles for carrying children.
Crippled veterans will ride in coaches
furnished by the Grand Army of the
Republic. No oration will be delivered
in the afternoon, but services will be held
in Asbury NJ. e. Church at night, and in
addition to the programme recently pub
lished, the G.. A. r. memorial service will
he said
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07

The case of Cyrus II. Mccormick
against the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road Company, which has been in litiga-
tion for 90 years, was decided Inst week
in favor of the plaintiff by the court of
appeals in New York. The plaintiff is
dead, and his executors will get the full
amount of the claim, which, with interest,
is SIG, ,431. 10. Mccormick attempted to
check his baggage without showing his
ticket, and when he bought his ticket the
baggage, which was very valuable, had
been mingled with other baggage, and he
was refused either checks or his trunks,
and they went to Chicago and were there
destroyed by fire in the depot. McCor-
mick refused to proceed with the train,
and the decisions have repeatedly been in
his favor, but appealed by the company.
This last decision is final.