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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
cLEYELAND AND NEW YORK.
what He Has and what He Has
Not written.

WASHINGTON, Oct Cat the White
House to-day il is declared that the letter
printed by number of papers this morn
ing on the New York state election pur-
porting to have been written by the Pre-
sident to a friend in Buffalo is a forgery.
The only utterance the President has
made on the subject was an answer which
he dictated to Col. Lamont, his private
secretary, to be made to an inquiry sent
him by correspondent and was as
| follows;
The President Is Democrat, and 1t Is
/ strange that any person should question
| his position. He earnestly desires the sue
cess Of his party in the pending elections
| in New York aud elsewhere and any asser-
ton to the contrary is utterly and mali
ciously false.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08


purr.nrrpuIA- Oct. Z. The authorities
at the Central Station were aroused yss-
terday by the reception Of teiesla gym
from the general superintendent n Ponos
of Chicago 70 the effect that Q man q II, ~
his name as John N. Wilson ano US
home as Nova Scotia had made COMES
sion that in February, 1884, be mao mul.
dered farmer named Anthony LAY -
Chestnut Hill, and after throwing we
body in the Wissahickon, had burned Inc
house and left the scene OF bis criine.
An investigation was made az once,
| which resulted in the discovery tnht 2 2
yell-to-do farmer named DAILY, VINO hSeo
| about a n lie from Ivy Hill, mysteriousiy
| disappeared about the middleof February
of last year, and that his house was
burned shortly after. A short tune De
fore his disappearance MIR. DAILY had EN-
ployed a man known only TO the neigh
bors as "Sailor Jack" who disposed o
considerable of the property on the plae'
| a short time before the house was burned
The man was arrested shortly after Il
Jenkintown ON the charge Of attempt
ing 20 pass worthless check, whel
| a valuable gold watch was found on him
which is said TO have been identitied q
having belonged TO Mr.. DAILY. 1t IS ais
said that traces of the man in a sleigh
between Daly's house and the creek at q
about the time of the lntter's disappear
, ance, have been found. A telegram wa
sent to Chicago last evening to hold q
man, and the case was turned over TO u
! district attorney of Montgomery count,
! who will send an officer to bring Wilso
! TO Norristown for trial.
If the mans story is proven to be co
: rect, it will clear up the mystery su
rounding the body which was identifi'
/ as that of the missing German butche
: Frederick Stahl, for whose murder Able
: Dieterle was arrested and subsequent
!. discharged on writ of habeas corpr
q after a true bill had been found agair
!. him by the grand jury.
4 The police authorities of this city We
. never notified of the disappearance of I
man DAILY, and knew nothing of the q
until the inquiry was brought by the te
gram from Chicago, although brother
II the missing man, who is employed as
m engineer on the Pennsylvania railroi
a has always held to the opinion that
a sailer was in some way connected with
l. brothers disappearance.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
WOMAN no BE ExEcUrED.
The First in Central New York for
40 Nears.

UTICA, N. Y, Oct, 6.-Mrs. Druse,
who murdered her husband with the aid
of her son, daughter and nephew, in
Warren, Herkimer county, last December,
and cut up and burned the remains, was
TODAY sentenced by Judge Williams TO be
executed on Wednesday, November 18th:
No woman has been executed In central
New York for over 40 years.
The courthouse was crowded by people
of both sexes and all ages. AT o'clock
Mrs. Druse was escorted into the court
room.-- She looked haggard and worn.
On the opening of court, Counselor Luce
made motion for new trial, which was
denied by Judge Williams.
The prisoner was then told to stand mp
She arose and Judge Williams pronounced
sentence. Mrs. Druse never dinched mo-
showed any emotion until she was pass
ing out of the court room when she burs
into tears.
Counselor Luce will secure stay o
proceedings and appeal the case on
motion for O new trial.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

The Delapars College ReUteD is quite
elated over the present condition Of the
institution II represents. Visitors, II
declares, would hardly recognize the col
leoe AZ the same place. In the past 1t mad
ncained the reputation Of having dis
orderly set Of students and lax govern
ment.n But, under the administration Of
President Caldwell, we arc glad
10 be informed that things hive
changed, "The former boisterous-
meas has disappeared and the stu
depts are as well behaved as ahy IL
the land. The detestable practice OF
hazine,n we are also told, "has almost
disappeared Another improvement
which the Revien notes is the opening o
the library at stated intervals, and
oives the students some sound advice
about making the best use OF tins inno
Walton and being careful 70 avoid turnini
the library into floating room" W
trust the boys will read and heed this an
the other sensible adnonitions OF u
Reuie1o and conduct themselves as youn
gentlemen who expect to become useit
members of society in a few years trol
now. Boyish exnbcrance is good thiI
on the playground, provided it Is NJ
allowed to boil over too much r; but Il
boys should turI their surplus amin
energy into an intellectual channel dnrli
hours Of study and in places consecrat'
TO mental improvement.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
aarn rn4Ir RonpERT.
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senseFss
A1roosk, Pa, Oct. 6.--As Ihe lss aua
train from Hollidsyspurg was n s',. A ~,
qhAnv Furnace this morning iouI me-
took possession Of one q fns eLo ..sossa
cars. snd while three OF snsan in,'ll, tss
the passengers with reyoivers, tne Lou a.a
went through the car and dsnoels.ely
robbed such Of tbeoccupants ~ nc onose
10 select. -. :.
One of the passengers mane sn9 ,s, p
resistance. but he was aHashsa w's Ths
knife and cut through sne IN 80 of
conductor next grappled with one Of
the robbers and was dragged out 70 tne
platform Of the car and beaten WIN re-
voIver handle. -
The robbers then pulled tne pen iop'
and jumped off escaping 20 tne Toous, ..,,
The Pennsylvania Railroad; company
| has sent out officers IN all aifec.on1' a.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

The Dover fair was success as q
money making scheme, but hardly sne-
cess as an agricultural exhibition. There
were few cattle raised in the State, few
horses, no sheep and ONLY about fonr
pens of swine. There were about dozen
coops Of poultry and not much Of dis,
play of vegetables or other farm products
Agriculture, pomology, horticulture ant
many other things that an exhibit O
the kind is supposed to foster, wer'
eclipsed by the racing feature, am
healthy competition in some of the in
dustrial departments was thwarted by Iii
sale Of exclusive privileges. But til
worst feature was the olnnipresent inili
ence of which the Dover Sentinel feel
constrained to say: "The managers vi
have to decide before another meetin
whether the fair is to be run by them {
the gamblers; if the latter, then they La
better not open the gates
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
Funds and Not ora,ory Cor Ireland.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 6.-The Rev.
Father Cronin and james Mooney of
this city, who are among those named by
the meeting last night in New York to
proceed to Ireland for the purpose Of
assisting in the parliamentary canvass
there, express this morning their dis
approval of such course. They agree
with Alexanders Sullivan that the Irish
people need funds, not oratory and that
they favor the policy of aiding ireland
in the direction where she is poor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
mig Bond syndicate injunction.

The supreme court of Pennsylvania, at
Pittsburg, Monday, rendered decision
in the case of the city of Pittsburg vs..
Henry Wheeler of Philadelphia, and
Wilson McCandless Of, Pittsburg. This
is known as the Bond Syndicate case"
the parties having made a contract with
the city to purchase So, 900, 900 worth OF
street bonds at par, with one per cent
commission. The case has been pending
two years, and the city has already
sold to the syndicate $1,000, 900
worth of the bonds. A citizens
committee contested the mBtter
in court and obtained an injunction re-
straining the city officials from handing
over any more bonds or receiving money
for the same, and the case came up on an
appeal from that decision. The court
yesterday dismissed the appeal and made
i the injunction granted by the lower court
perpetual. The decision is based on thu
ground that the city officials hail ne
authority to make such contract, ant
claims the decisions in the case have nj
effect ON the bonds already sold. Judge
Paxson, Green and Clarke dissented
claiming the contract legitimate.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
AudacIous Land Graphing.

1t has been reported to the general land
Office in Washington that the operations
of II. @. Bloomfield, an Englishman,
manager of the Arkansas Land and Cattle
Company, recently convicted at Denver
of procuring fraudulent entries upon
public land, were of the most audacious
character. All of the cowboys in his en-
ploy were forced TO make entries in his
behalf, and then he set up paper men, =
or, in other words, made entries in the
names of persons who had no existence
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

Every passing day seems 20 bring the
age Of electricity more near. Could
Franklin with lis kite, or Gilyani with
his frogs legs have dreamed Of the WON
derful part that the new force at whose
birth they we're assisting was destined to
play in the economy Of the worldt Cn
we, who have seen something of the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
Mormon cant UnavaiIing.

Edward Brain was convicted of po-
lygamy at Salt Lake City Friday.
Brain made long statement to the court
maintaining the truth of his belief, of
which he said he was assured by direct
revelation of God to himself. ellis
covenants" he said, ''were made for all
eternity, and he would stand by them nj
all hazards" Judge Zane reminded Brain
that two of the wives in this eternal
covenant" of which he spoke, were
already divorced from him. His frs
wife was dishopored in her old age. Tt
talk of this being an 'eternal covenant
under divine command was blasphemy
and he was tired of hearing such hypo
critical cant. The court sentenced Brair
to six mouths imprisonment, and pay
ment of a fine of $500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08


Surprising developments are reported
from Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory,
which shed new light upon the story Of
the anti Chinese riots. Testimony before
the grand jury, corroborated by the acts
of some Of the returned celostials, shows
that the tricky Chinese set fire TO their
own homes in order to prevent white mon
from robbing them of money which they
had buried in the ground underneath
their dwellings, with design, MS soon As
II should be safe to do SO, to come bacl
and dig up their buried TREASURE TIN
programme has been carried out II
a number of instances which have been
brought to the knowledge Of the jury
These developments relieve the whit
rioters at least from the charge Of til
wholesale incendiarism which followe,
the attack upon the imported slaves VIII
were brought to this protected" countr
10 cut down the wages of American labol
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

Recent reports OF several persons IN
different sections of the country walk
ing upon the water by the aid of large
boat like apparatus filed with air attached
10 their feet, have an air of novelty about
them. We look upon such feats as the
initial steps in new channel of inYen-
ton, destined, probably, to be i'm
proved and developed until tine
average pedestrian shall move as
readily upon his boat-shees over inland
waters as over dry ground. But il rather
takes the edge of the novelty Of the idea
to read report Of similar performance
printed in the Toronto Cube quarter OF
a century ago. The hero OF the adventure
was one Mr.. Hickok, and the scene of his
water.walking exploit was ON the river
Don. somewhere in Canada. Mr.. Hiekok
is reported TO have walked back and forth
npon the river with marvellous ease.
"When nearly out of sight" says the
narrative, she retraced his steps and
again came opposite the party. In re j.
to question he said he was not at al
tired. After promeHading for few
{ minutes more, having been on the waite
| al least half an hour, he got into the boa
q and was rowcd 10 land. The apparatu
Z used by Mr.. Hickok is the first he Ia
/ made 50 that, as in all new things, ther
n is room for improvement. The fact
O established that man may, with this il
i vention, walk upon the water, and thel
e is nothing to indicate that the feat
il attended with any peculiar interest.
u appears as easy as walking on SLOW sho
d the motion Of which it somewhat resei
bles. Anybody can do it, And Ii
was in 1860!
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

Ben Butler..said the other day that nine
out of ten laboring men would sell their
votes for 90 apiece. Now he is trying
to explain that he did not mean what he
said. But what he meant or what he said
is Of no conceivable consequence. The
time has gone by when the utterances Of
that old humbug possessed any import
ance, political or otherwise. His antics il
the last campaign have bottled him NJ
even more effectually than he was bottlet
up at Fort Fisher.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

MAN1sTEE, MICH, Oct. 6.-The steam
barge r.. G. Ingersoll was burned to the
waters edge off Point Au Sable yester
day. The crew escaped in boat ant
was picked up by passing vessel. The
barge is q total loss. She was valued a
$4,000, insurance $1,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
The Aerolilc as Large as a Barn.

P1TTsDURa, Sept. 3O.-A Claysville, Pa,
special says: The aerolite, which caused
the loud detonations throughout Wash
ington and Allegheny counties on Satur-
day last, fell upon the farm of Mr.. Buck
land, in Jefferson township, near the West
Virginia line. Ellis Jones, mail carrier,
who saw the fiery mass in its
flight, says it moved with incredible
velocity, and was ''as large as the largest
barn he ever saw" There appeared to be
attached to it an immense flame of a
deeper color than that which enveloped
the mass. When the stone fell it broke
into three pieces. 1t is grayish in color,
with tendency to red in streaks, and is
more than 80 feet square.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
A M1RINE,s Suicide.
Corporal lkutledRe of smyrna Kills
Himself al Annapolis ON Saturday.

htunselh AT AnndpOlls ON ShturOays
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 4.-Ambrose ]. Rut-
ledge, corporal in the United States
marine corps, stationed at the Naval
Academy, died Saturday under circum-
stances that indicate suicide. DIR. Steele
OF the navy, and other physicians were
summoned aud found Rutledge uncon-
scious. Captain McLane Tilton, the COM
manding officer of the barracks, remem-
bered having met Rutledge at the drug
store of j, Walter Hodges x Co., on
Main street, the night before, and on in
quiry it was ascertained that the marine
had purchased two ounces of laudanum.
Mr.. Hodges of the firm of J.. Walter
Hodges & Co., where the laudanum was
purchased, stated that Rutledge came
into the store and asked for the lnudanum
saying he was suffering from severe at
tack of neuralgia of the face. Mr.. Hodges
recommended chloroform Imminent,
but the marine insisted upon having the
luudanuDl, saying that he had tried the
liniment onforner occasions without good
results. Two ounces were given him
| Rutledge went directly to the barracks
from the drug store and retired ut eight
o'clock. Attention was attracted to hi
condition at o'clock in the morning b,
groans from his room. A small guam
tity of laudanum was found in the stomach
at the post-mortem examination, and tn
coroner's jury returned verdict tina
"Rutledge came to his death from opium
poison, administered by his own hand
whether taken with suicidal intent or nc
the jury is unable to say
Theremains were forwarded to Smyrni
Del, this afternoon, where lis parent
| reside.
, ltutledge was favorite among I'll
Z marinesnt the barracks. In his leisul
, hours he studied law with MIR. Jnmes
/ Hodges, of Annapolis. He was about z
q years old. Several days ago he heard
I, the illness of his mother, to whom he WI
3 warmly attached. 1t is supposed |
n became respondents and finally determin,
Il to take his life.
a The deceased was well-known
n Wilmington, and has large number
,r friends living herel.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
aganamaker's.
PHILADELPHIA, October 5, ls

A quick survey of blankets.
Let's be careful of words.
Family blankets begin at
canton-Aannel, 81 a pair for a
single bed. 1t is labeled
Scotch with the motto
"Dinna ye hear the slogan 2"
IA manufacturers lie-no
matter. These lies are a
trifle inconvenient to us who
have no use for them. They're
a serious inconvenience to you
when a store adopts them.
Here, Of course, you pay no
heed to labels.
Then cotton-and-wool from
s. to $I2 a pair-some ex-
travant beautiful blankets have
cotton warp. We ought per
haps to say that experienced
housekeepers by no means
despise a cotton warp; they
consider a cotton-warp blanket
better than all-wool if the wool
is such as low-price blankets
are made of. If the wool is
thoroughly prepared, all-wool
is the proper material but
this relates to rather costly
blankets. Cotton-warp blan,
kets, remember, are wool, nine
tenths of their weight
Atwood from $3.50 to $2S
If you want our opinion as tc
where as,blanket begins to be
better Atwood, we say at SIC
a pair or thereabout. No
everybody agrees with ever
SO loose a statement as that
Interpret it very loosely. VIZ
sometimes strongly commend
a IS, $6, ~ or IS all-woo
blanket.
Family blankets are ; White
with borders of stripes O
figures or both pink or blue
with borders picked out witt
white or a darker shade O
both in stripes or figures o
both; scarlet and blue witt
borders of black in stripes o
figures or both; and fgureC
or dotted all over.
, Figures in blankets are new
The figures are woven, sam,
a as in dress-stuffs T; but til,
: teazling, to comb the woo
into smoothness and softnes
/ to give it a rich and luxuriou
), surface, blends adjacent color
! and softens the color-lines.
Blankets for wrappers ar
2 plaid, or figured, or dotted, o
d striped all over, or mixture
2 with or. without contrastin,
t borders of stripes or figure
!. or both. 1875 to $40.
). Blankets for sleeping-car:
= more like rugs than blankets
a $5.25 to $40 each-not i
,, pairs.
d Blankets for cradles an
l. cribs, Atwood, SI.2o to $6.2
y y a pair. If the choice depend
! ! upon the baby-a sensibl
4 baby would rather have til
y $I.2o blanket, ora larger one
v or two of them if his sleeping
y room is going to be cold; fc
il it's light and open-the win
: :. will whistle throughitandr
x its inmost fibres and freshe
y them when you hang it out /
air. But if the baby is som,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
Let ireland Manage Her Revenue

DUBLIN, Oct. 6.-The Freen1an's Journal
supports Mr.. Parnells demand that the
Irish people be permitted to raise their
own revenue and protect their industries.
The Irish Times says protection is i'm
possible without removing Ireland thous-
ands of miles away from England.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
NIIImiugton, THURSDAY, Oct 8, 1885

Lei wilmington's pastors rejoicei Penn |
syiysnia' ) new marriage law wentint'e eject
Thursday. Hereafter penDsylvanians /
doomed 70 the matrimonial yoke must
trst lay before IN orphans court clerk q
vynapsis Of their previous history and
doipes, 10 convince him that they have
the riqhi 10 offer theInselstsnp as victims
mon the hymeneal altar. II they sue
coed IN satisfying the funsiionary upon
ti.ia point, he will charge n'em fifty cents
for an official certificate 10 that eject.
They can then repair TO the parson. II
any clergyman solemnizes marriage
without tho proper certificate he is liable
10 a fine OF 500. II be neglects to
deposit With the clerk certificate that he
has solemnized marriage, he is liable &c
,ipe OF $50. II our own marriage Laws
were less strict our clergymen might nov
hope 70 see the current Of candidates To-
mntrimony turned in its course, ane
complies from Philadelphia and Chestei
coming 70 Wilmington to be welded In
stead Of, as for 80 many years past
Wilmington couples foe. ing to Philadel
uhia and Chester. As it is, we presuIn
tbe ministers Of Camden, New jersey, wi
accumulate wealth at the expense
Philadelphias clergy. An eligibl
situated parsonage in Camden woui
doubtless command premium nov
However, If our pastors can only persuac
the Susie Mccall to stop running, 90
70 head of clippers to Pennsgroye, thu
viii have reason TO be contented.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
Tho visible Supply Of whent.

New YoRK, Oct. According to the
figures of the New York produce ex-
change the visible supply of wheat to-day
is 43,632,813 bushels and of corn
6,,1S2, 493 bushels.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

New York Evening Post
The New Haven Mugwumps have had
little difficulty i'll assuring Mr.. Lynde
Harrison that they are not unhappy be-
cause Of their conduct in voting for Cleye-
land last year. In their answer they say
among other things in answer to your
question, whether in the light of the ex-
| perience of the last six months we think
that the Democratic party is TO be trusted
with the cause of Civil Service reform, we
would say that under the leadership of
| President Cleveland we think it is SO 10 be
trusted. We have as yet seen no reason
to doubt the good faith of the President in
his professions of Il strong iesire for re-
form The evil TO be remediedison one of long
standing and great proportions; the pro-
cess of reform must needs be slow, and
we believe that friends of the movement
will do it more service by heartily sup.
porting his action, by giving him the
confidence which his public acts and
public declarations claim, and which his
honesty of character assures, than by
disappearing his motives, suspectlnt
his sincerity, and distrusting his futur'
course. Our Civil Service has long beef
the service of the Republican party. |
: should be the service of the whole peopl
q You nsB ns finally if we are not willinI
i to return to the Republican party, and +
: hasten the restoration of Republicanisi
9 ut Washington, and make reference I
the coming elections III this state an
elsewhere. In reply to this we en-
only say that we cannot forecast on
- future political action until the attitude
W of parties, MS expressed by their pla
is forms and candidates, has been mol
), clearly defined. Then our choice will
: governed, not by the name under whiC
u the party acts, but by our Judgment rs
no which promises most TO the cause
IN honest administrations and sound politics
ro That is sound Mugwump doctrine for
~ localities, and it has within the past fl
III days been forcibly illustrated by Mu
ld wump action in this state.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08

Wonder what the gentle editor of the
New York Ledger will say when he learns
that Philadelphia grand jury has re-
ported in favor of the erection of whip
ping post for the punishment of wife
heaters. That barbaric blot upon the
boosted civilization of the nineteenth
century appears to be spreading, does il
not Mr.. Bonner2 How about Delaware's
disgrace now2