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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

sad Result of Taking am Initiative
BOY 10 n Funeral.

WILSON, N. O., July 3.-Willie Sans,
aged 6 years, son of farmer living near
here, to-day murdered his infant brother,
aged months. The child had been
given him to hold, and he went out in the
sun with it. He had some time ago been
taken to childs funeral, and manifested
great interest in its burial, which he did
not seem to understand. file has FIRE.
quently prattled about it recently, and
asked many questions as to how the
child was got into the coffin, mud
when it would come out. To-day,
when he reached the grove, about
300 yards from his fathers home, he took
n small box, which he had previously
carried to the spot, and after scooping
out grave in the sand by small brook,
he placed the infant in the box, nailed
down the top, and buried it, even going
through the form of delivering prayer
and singing the hymn. After he had filled
the grave he stamped on it, and slowly
went back home and told his mother what
he had done. lie said it twas Just like
Mrs. Arthur's little baby's funeral" The
mother hastened TO the scene, the grave
was reopened, and the infant found dead,
with its right arm broken and its skull
prusbHd
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
4 MrLEIoN Dol $3.50 IN COIN.
What fsecame of Certain Coins
from the NIints OF New OrIeansf

what ssecame of Certain Coins
from the NEints OF New Orleans
New ORLEANS, July "A morning
paper contained statement that over
81 ,000, 600 have been coined at the New
Orleans mint, of which there is no
official record. The coming act of 1873
made it the duty of the director of the
mint 20 have general supervision of all
The first director acting under that law
was the Hon. H. r. Linderman, and in
his report on the subject he gives statis-
tics of the coinage in the several mints,
showing total amounts and the denomina-
ton of money made at each place for each
year of their existence. The New Orleans
mint was opened for business in 1888.
Subsequently money of every denomina-
ton was made there. The directors
statement is brought down to january
31st, 1861, up to which time there had
been a total coinage of $40, las, 740 in
gold and 1919, 764, 1853 in silver, making
grand total at New Orleans mints from its
beginning in 1888 to January 31st, 1861
in both silver and gold of $69, 913, 093.
The date ut which the directors report
closed was the date at which the
mint fell into the hands of the
Confederates, Louisiana having seeded,
from the Union by an ordinance adopted
in the state convention january 26th,
/ 1861, and the Goth of the same month all
the Federal offices in the state, including
the mint, were directed by an ordinance
adopted that day to be transferred to the
custody of the state of Louisiana and the
25th of March following they were
ordered to be transferred to the care of
the Confederate states.
Documents lately brought to light, it is
stated, show that, subsequent to the mint
going to the hands of the Louisanans
and the Confederates and up to May Both
of the same year, there were coined
1884, 900 in gold double eagles and
| 81, I01, 316.50 in silver half dollars, thus
making total coinage of 81 1856, 2l6.5O
while the mint was in the enemy's
hands. What was done with this
money does not appear from any ayaila-
BILE records, but the fact of coinage
as stated is shown in the books of the
coiner at that time and in order to make
up the true amount of the actual coinage
| of the New Orleans mint, this sum must
| be taken into account. There was no
regular coinage of the precious metals
into Confederate species under Confed-
crate auspices, although the New Orleans
mint remained in their control until April
2Gth, 1862, when the city was taken by
the Federal forces.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
A DEsPERADo KILLED.
The Terror OF Western Texas for
Eight Years.


Eight Years.
GALVESTON, July "A special to the
Nesos from San Antonio says James
McDaniels, q notorious highwayman who
was sentenced at the last term of the
Federal court to imprisonment for 80
years in the penitentiary for robbing the
mail, and who escaped from jail about a
month ago, was killed by officers in the
neighborhood of San Geronimo yesterday
morning.
McDaniels had goat rancho in the
vicinity which was in charge of the father
of his sweetheart. He wanted to sell the
rancho and the goats SO that he could
marry and get out of the country. The
officers discovered his whereabouts
through letters sent by him, and Tues
day night o posse saw him enter
the tent of his prospective father
in-law where he spent the night. When
he appeared yesterday morning and
while on his way to his hiding place in o
cedar brake, he was ordered to surrender.
He replied by a shot from Winchester
rifle which, however, did not take effect,
when he was shot down by an officer. He
lived only half an hour after falling, and
during that time he begged the officers to
put him out of his pain by blowing his
brains out. McDaniels was the head Of
the most desperate gang of highwaymen
in Texas, who for the past eight years
have terrorized the western frontier of
the state.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

Naval Officers, Wives.

In revoking the order of ex-Secretary
Chandler relative to officers of cruising
vessels having their families with them,
Secretary Whitney says he does not
assume to question the existence of some
evil which the order was intended to
remedy, but that it was found impossible
to enforce it. To determine the degree
of punishment proper to be administered
to an officer by reason of the violation by
his wife of a navy regulation is found
difficult in practice. The degree of con
troll, and hence the degree of RESPONSE
bility, is found to vary very greatly in
different families. The determination of
this matter in each case, in order to avoid
injustice to meritorious officers, calls for
too intricate and too delicate an investi-
cation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

DENVER, July 2.-Private advices re-
ceiyed late last night from Black Hawk
say the damage by Tuesday nights storm
in that vicinity is greater than was at first
supposed. The public sampling works,
one mile from the town, were greatly
damaged, and Netherlands foundry was
nearly washed away. At one time the
water was three feet deep in the streets.
Trains on the Black Hawk branch will
not be running for two or three days. No
loss of life is reported anywhere.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
THE FUTURE OF WEST SHORE.
why MIR. Cassatt Refused the Re-
ceivership-,Ehe N. ". &c, and p
HaiIrOads

why MIR. Cassatt Refused the Re
ceivership-The N. Y. &C., and p.
RaiIroad.
Special to the New York Evening Post
PHILADELPHIA, July 2.-It can be stated
upon the best authority that the chief
reason why A. j. Cassatt declined to &C.
cept the proffered receivership of the
West Shore railroad was because of an
interview with members of the firm of
Drexel & Co., who advised him not to
take it, and informed him that they had
absolute knowledge of the fact that Van
derbilt had for some time been ac-
quiring West Shore securities and that the
property must eventually come into his
control. II now seems that Mr.. Cassatt's
declination is likely to result in patching
up en- agreement between the Pennsyl-
yania and the New York Central under
which the Vanderbilt interests will stop
building lateral lines in the Clearfeld
region and abandon the projected
South Pennsylvania railroad, while the
Pennsylvania will not contest for the con.
trolof the West Shore, but will allow the
Vanderbilt interests to make it part Of
their system of roads.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
AImos, a Fatal Mistake.



In an Arkansaw town several nights
ago, n mob led by n desperate man,
marched to the Jail, dragged murderer
from n cell and hurried with him to the
outskirts of the town. Each man wore
an expression of determination features
hardened by awful resolve. The prisoner
attempted to speak, to beg for his life,
but burly hands closed around his throat
and the prayer he would have uttere d
went ont in an inarticulate gurgle.
When the Infatuated men reached large
oak, they halted. One of them threw
rope over a limb. ''Gentlemen," said
the prisoner, ''please give me chance to
say word" BE quick about it, some
one shouted. "Gentlemen, I admit that
the evidence is against me, but as truly as
we stand here, killed that man in self
defense" ''Killed what man ~ was asked.
''Bill Bottleford" "Say, you amt
the man that killed Bottleford, are you 2"
Eyes, unfortunately, / am the man.
MEN," shouted the leader, tive have
come in one of making terrible mis-
take" Then turning to the prisoner the
leader added "We thought, sir, that you
were the man that stole Nat Boyds fish
trap. Hop down often the box. You are
Free"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
MES. DEDLEr.S CdSE.
An Excited Female DynaIniter Arr
rested sent to NiddIctOxVn Asylum


New York. July 2.-The case of Mrs.
Lycille Yseult Dudley, who was acquitted
on the ground of insanity of felonious
assault i'll shooting O'Donovan Rossa, was
up in court again to-day. Before the
proceedings began woman laboring
under excitement appeared mt the door
of the court. She was prevented
from entering, when she announced
herself as dynamiter. She said that
Mrs. Dudley was no more insane than she
(the speaker) was, and asked why Mrs.
Dudley was not sent to Jail like other
people. When told to leave the building,
she refused and was arrested and taken to
n police court
Mrs. Dudley was in court but confined
in the prison pen. Judge Gildersleeye,
the district attorney and the prisoners
counsel held n long consultation, at the
end Of which the court denied the motion
to transfer Mrs. Dudly to the English
asylums. The district attorney sug-
gested that she be sent to the
state asylum Mt Auburn, but Judge
Gildersleeye expressed his preference for
the Middletown asylum, and sent Mrs.
Dudley there to be confined indefinitely.
When notified of the disposition of her
case the prisoner said she was satisfied,
that she needed rest and seclusion, and
expected to be benefited by the treatment
in Middletown. She will probably be
taken to her new quarters tomorrow.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
W. 4 B. RAILROAD
DELAWARE DIVISION.

New Castle Branches and Delaware Railroad.
CHANGE OF TIME.
On and after MONDAY, March 3Oth, 1885, trains
will leave as follows Sundays excepted:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
Less Hallway suiIding.

CHICAGO, July 2.-The RasI,nay Age
to-day says: Railway building in the
United States for the first six months of
1885 is less than that of the correspond
ing period for the past five years. The
total miles laid up to July LIST, in %
states is S95.5 by So different lines. The
states showing an addition of 50 miles or
more are Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas,
and in these states as well MS in California
and Pennsylvania from four to six lines
each have been under construction.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
RI. & o. wires Underground.

d. H. Bates, President of the Baltimore
q Ohio Telegraph Company, Wednesday
week signed contract with the Ayereil
Insulating Conduit Company for placing
the wires of the company underground.
The work will be begun in Washington
Immediately. The insulating material in
which the naked wires are laid is COM
posed of pure silica and refined asphaltic
cements. From experiments already made
it appears that 900 wires can be laid to
the square foot, the insulation being so
perfect that the strength of four dynamos
was not sufficient to drive the current
from one wire to another.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

New Castle Accommodation Trains-Ieaye
Wilmington, 6.15, n. M, and 2.50 p. m. Leave
New Castle, l.25 a. IN. and 4.55 p. m.
Smyrna Branch 1rains-Leave Smyrna for
Clayton, 7.23, s38, $50, 1.07 a. M. "a, 41b Az
T43 y. m. Leave Clayton for Smyrna, 7.34, 844,
Connections-At Porter's, with Newark &
Delaware City h r.. ut Townsend, with Queen
Annes 81 Kent r. r.; mt Clayton, with Delaware
q Chesapeake and Kent County railroads; at
Harrington, with Junction a. Breakwnter X. r.;
mt Seaford, with Dorchester Il Delaware X. h,
at Delmar, with Eastern Shore, Wicomico q
Pocomoke II. X. and Peninsula railroads.
]. N. MILLS, Superintendent
CHAs u. PuGH, II. II. KENNY,
General Manager. General Supt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
rake Am In All.
-Tal1e an the Kidneya and Liver

-Take all the Kidneys and Liver
Medicines
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
Take all the Ague, Fever, and bilious
specifics.
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
TeUiSeg.
Take all the Great health restorers.
In short, take all the best qualities of
these and the--6est,
QUALITIES of all the best medicines in
the world, and you will find that Hop
-Bttters have the best curative qualities
and powers of l-ooncentrated in them,
And that they will cure when any or
oil of these, singly or-combined. Fail II ~!
"A thorough trial will give positive
proof of this.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
70 Begin Life Under a New Name.

CHICAGO, July 2.-The announcement
is made here to-day that Charles A. Libbey
of the shirt manufacturing firm of James
L. Lhbey 4 Co., who mysteriously dis
appeared weeks ago, is not dead as was
supposed but alive. He has been heard
from in Boston from which city he wrote
a letter to his fnther in New York City
stating that he had heard with deep
sorrow of his wife's suicide through re-
morse at his disappearance aud supposed
death. He intended he said TO assume
another name and begin life anew.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
------0 go.
A CRUSHED DTDE.
How Lord Churchill Treated n
Critic Of Eacr Formerly Miss


How lord ChurchiII Treated n
Critic of Iaer Formerly Mi.s
Jerome.
New YOrx Times.
Lord Randolph Churchill, SO con-
spicuous just now in the affairs of the
English government, recalls good story
to be heard at New York clubs. Lady
Churchill, who was one of the brightest
girls ever reared in New York, was one of
the attractive features at recent charity
ball in London. Her husband, hot-headed
but generous, was one of the fashionable
throng. While Lady Churchill was execut-
ing some brilliant dash upon the piano
keys n tall young fellow, with bangs, eye
glass, and all the rest of dudedum's para
phernalia, stood near Lord Churchill. Iii
a feminine lisp the tall young man re-
marked for his lordsh1p's ears ..Deuced
fine music, You know; but it lacks the
veal soul, it lacks the veal soul -
Churchill gave him half contemptuous
glance. The tall young man still dis
pensed his lisp. He had nothing original
to say, but his criticisms made up for
what they lacked in that direction by
silly personality. He was in delightful
ignorance of the identity of his listener,
and seemed amazed by the spirit of low
phrase that finally flew into his ears
sounding very like this: s'For shilling
I'd wallop the life out of you here on the
spot" soothing panacea to wounded
feelings come to the tall young man on
the following day, when card unex
pectedly invited him to the Churchill
drawing room. He wasn't long in respond
| ing. Neither was he long in departing
He got no further than the hall. A burly
young man met him there. 1t was the
same gentleman whom he had favored
with his lispings last night Lord Ran
dolph Churchill. Then out floated Lad,
Churchill. This fellows come Il
apologize to YOU Thus the lord to tht
lady. down on your kneesw Thus thu
lord to the caller. And down on the rug
fell the perfumed creature. He was yer,
abject. He even consented to be kicked
l haven't much pride in chronieling TIN
fact that this youth is n New Yorker.
II
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
A Failure from Ssemerosity.

DANvILLE, ILL.,, July 3.-After bust
ness career of 80 years in this city, A. w.
h. Woodbury. has made an assignment to
d. E. Frazier with preferred creditors to
the amount of $2S,S81. The assets as
near MS can be ascertained are $I4O, 900
and the liabilities about $1l4,0O
Woodbury. owned drug and a book
store. The cause of his failure was going
security for other people, one firm that
failed short time ago bleeding him for
$50. 1000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
@xElirsiaiss.
.RAYMOND'S
VACATION
EXCURSIONS
An Tyapelfuo Ern.na,s Tnai,.d,u5.
Three Grand Summer Trips
FROM PHILADELPHIA,
For the month Of July, 1885.

No. !. July II --23.-New York, Boston, North
Conway, Crawford House, a night on the
summit Of Mount Washington, Profile House,
Plymouth, N. H.. &c. A complete round Of the
White Mountains.
No. 2. July ii-e3.-New York, Boston. Isles
Of Shoals, Bangor, Me, Mount Desert,
Moosehead Lake, Mount Kineo, Old Orchard
Beach, &c
No. 3. July 90 to August s.-Lehigh and
Wyoming Valleys, Watkins Glen, Niagara Falls,
Oswego, N.Y., the Thousand Islands, Alexandria
hay, st. Lawrence River and Rapids, Montreal,
Quebec, Newport, Vt, Lake Memphremagog,
Profile House, summit OF Mount Washington,
Crawford House, North Conway, Boston, New
York, &c.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
Ma, r,ee,. Mi.crab,es ., All.

An old soldier tells the following story:
at was during the last year of the war,
and we were in the Shenandoah valley.
One day we captured bit of new terri
tory, and half-a-dozen of us went into one
of the houses near the roadside On the
table lay that then very popular book,
Les Miserables.' Hello, said one of
our party, here's Lees Miserables' that's
the way he pronounced it. No, they're
not Lees Miserables at all, spoke up the
mistress of the house, all her southern
blood flashing in her eyes, General Lees
soldiers are heap better than you
Yankees, and happier, too +"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
KELLEY no sTAY.
II Austria Will Not Accept Him She
Can Leave it Alone.

NJ Austria Will Not Accept Him She
Can Leave it Alone.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-It is understood
that Mr.. Kelley, recently appointed
United States minister to Austria, whose
appointment has occasiOned considerable
comment, will not be recalled. He will
go to Vienna and should the Austrian
government refuse to receive him it is in
timated that the United States govern
ment will remain unrepresented mt the
Vienna court. II is held that Mr.. Kelley
is capable man and in every way fitted
to fill the position to which he has been
assigned. When he was appointed United
States minister to Italy he was Endorsed
by the entire Congressional delegation of
Virginia and was confirmed blythe Senate.
The Italian government, it is understood,
made inquiry of this government whether
or not Mr.. Kelley had given utterance to
a public speech in 1871 to sentiments in
opposition to the occupation of Rome by
Victor Emanuel. The former govern
ment afterwards, it is said protested
against his appointment and Mr.. Kelley
resigned his commission. II is held that
the Austrian government has no ground
to complain of Mr.. Keilcy's present APP
| pointment.
The question has been raised whether
or not it was complimentary to Austria
to send Mr.. Kelley TO Vienna after he had
been rejected by Italy. 1t is asserted
that the appointment was not uncompli-
mentary. and the case of Mr.. Kasson, who
was nominated for the Spanish Mission
and objected to by Spain, but afterward
sent to Austria, whore he was received, is
cited i'll support of the statement that nc
disrespect was offered to Austria by send.
ing MIR. Kelley there. Some years suhse.
quently, and until very recent date, MIR
Kasson served ms United States Minister
| NJ Berlin.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago broke down with kidney and
liver complaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable TO DO about at
nll My liver became hard like wood; my limbs
were puffed up and filled with water.
All tine best physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. resolved TO try Hop Bitters;
used seven bottles; the hardness has all gone
and Il has Worked a miracle In my case; other
wise would have been now In my grave.
j. W. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct. !, 1881.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

LONDON, July 2.-The American barque
Edwin Reed at Queenstown from San
Francisco, during the passage had decks
swept, cabin flooded and two boats and a
portion of her. bulwarks stove in. She
also shipped her cargo.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09
Disastrous and FataI storms.

vienna, July 2.-Twenty villages were
ignited by lightning and burned in the
Storms of Saturday and Sunday. Six
men were killed while trying to extinguish
tie flames. Great damage was done to
ceops by hurricane. water-spout
flooded Pesth yesterday evening. The
Danube swimming baths full of people
became loosened and foated down the
stream. The people were panic stricken,
but were all rescued,