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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
THE DISPATCHER REsPoNsIBLB


Deputy Coroner Smith held an inquest
Thursday on the body of William S.
Rushton, the engineer killed in the col
lision near Middletown, Delaware rail-
road, Tuesday week. After hearing several
witnesses the jury returned verdict
placing the responsibility of the collision
on William Everetts, the station-master at
Clayton, inasmuch as he had failed to
notify the engineer of the up train of the
approach of the south bound freight.
Since the collision Everett, who is about
23 years of age, cannot be found, and it
is thought he is in hiding. Upon the
verdict of the coroner's jury, the young
man, if apprehended, can be tried for
manslaughter.
Those familiar with the management
and similar accidents in the past to the
fact that very young and often incompe-
tent men are given the position of station
masters, and combine in themselves the
work of telegraph operators and ticket
agents, beside handling freight and doing
other duties which come together and
require such prompt attention that the
agents are frequently unable to work on
time. Several cases are reported on the
road where the work at the station is
more than one man can do satisfactorily,
yet it is imposed upon single individual
and he very often a youth.
Rushton, the brave engineer who went
down at his post with locomotive, No. 93,
was inferred at Old Swedes cemetery
Friday morning.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
SECRETARY B4Y1RD.
He Arrives i'm st. Louis and Addresses
the business NIen.

the business Mem.
ST. LouIs, June 3.-Hon. Thomas f.
Bayard, Secretary of State, accompanied
by his private secretary, arrived here this
morning en- route to Columbia, Mo-,
where he is to deliver the annual address
before tht students of the state univer-
sity. He was met at East st. Louis by
Senator Vest and u committee of citizens
composed of Col. John G. Prnther, Judge
j. j. Lindley, Hon. E. @. Kehr and
Messrs. Charles w. Franers and Edward
Wilkinson. He was escorted in carriage
over the bridge and to the hotel where he
was received by Mayor Francis and a
committee of prominent citizens with n
brief address of welcome. Mr.. Bayard
shortly afterwards breakfasted with
Mayor Francis, Senator Vest and Hon.
George W. Allen.
After breakfast Secretary Bayard, es-
corted by the reception committee, drove
to the Merchants Exchange. An in
formal reception was first held in the
reading room of the Merchants Exchange,
where body of the members of the ex-
change met Mr.. Bayard, and the public
were admitted to the main hall, which
was packed almost to suffocation. The
Hillti1tb anu IuEtb VI lllt iiOpT were OtGU-
pied by Indies. Secretary Bayard was
next escorted to the platform in the main
hall by President Haarstick of the ex-
change. After tumultuous cheering,
Secretary Bayard said:
would like all to feel the unqualified sat
isfaction ii affords me to meet for the first
time such n large body of men, who have
done 50 much to advance the interests of
tho ppnnt inland nf the apuntru In INV
mind the Mississippi valley occupies as i'm
portant a position us the Atlantic and Pa
ciflc coasts. | have always tried to do as
much for this section of the country as for
any other. appeal to every congressman,
every senator, every man with whom |
have been associated in public life, to prove
that nobody has done more than have done
to advance the interests of this great valley.
l have seconded the interests of your great
Captain Eads, to open not only Memphis
and New Orleans, but also st.. Louis to the
commerce of the world through this great
river. This is not my desire alone. As one
of the advisers of President Cleveland,
think l am justified in saying that the ad-
ministration will make every endeavor to
allay every remnant Of sectional feeling in
every particular; the administration is fol-
| the whole country and not for only part
| of it. Go on without fear, embark in youl
| enterprises, be at ease, and everything, you
may be sure, will be done to protect and
advance the interests OF every citizen of the
| United States.
Addresses were also made by Senator
Vest and others, after which Secretary
Bayard was shown over the floor and in.
troduced to many of those present. He
was then driven to the st. Louis clut
house, where he lunched with the recep
tion committee and invited que SITS. Later
he was driven about the city and shown
all points of interest. Mr.. Bayard left at
S35 p. m. for Columbia, Mo.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

The iron bridge in building by the
Baltimore d Philadelphia railroad across
the Brandywine is a very imposing and
handsome structure. II rests on five
heavy piers of stone the tallest of which
stretches nearly 30 feet above the water
level. Testing ON these stone abutments
is the iron bridge frame which rises about
20 feet higher than the apex of the stone
pillars. The bridge is light and graceful
in its architecture, and from the ground
view impresses one with its strength as
well as beauty of design. In length it is
about the distance of two squares, spread
ing itself across the stream and uniting
the two hills, which were divided by
deep valley with precipitous embank-
ments on both sides. Altogether the new
span is the handsomest structure in this
part of the country and by odds the
highest and longest in this State.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
THE POST AND PILLORY.
A FEW WORDS IN FAVOR OF THE
OLD TWIN RELIC.
An Essay by william M. Candy
Before the Charities and COrrcc-
tiOn Conference upon thc Efficacy
of the whipping Post.

Before the national conference of charities
and correction, now i'll session at Washing
ton, William NJ. Canby OF this city Friday
read paper upon Delaware's whipping
post and pillory, which awakened general
interest. Directly bearing upon the subject,
he said:
"The special feature in the criminal code
OF Delaware is practical application OF the
whipping post and pillory. This institution
has been in existence since the foundation
of the commonwealth. In the early history
of this, as well as OF many other states, both
men and women were whipped and pilloried
The penalty was also much more severe
at the present time. The following case y.
illustrate: AS far back us 1900 we reaC
one Hannah Steel, in Kent county, who as
convicted of receiving stolen goods md
sentenced to be publicly whipped on the
bare back with q lashes, to be branded on
the forehead with the letter Il, and TO pay
S25.60, fourfold the value of the goods
stolen.
"The whipping of women ceased to =
legal In Delaware In convictions for larceny
and receiving stolen goods in 1855, but there
were other crimes for which they were
whipped. So far as we can learn, the last
instance of a woman being whipped was in
1854. The time was when the culprit in the
pillory was greatly abused. Men and boys,
and even women, assailed him with taunts
and mud and missiles of every description.
Not only these aggravations, but also the
severity of the whipping, are now things
of the past, and the sheritfs largely use
their discretion as TO the severity of the
punishment. At the present time blood is
seldom, fever, drawn by the lash. As at
present administered the whipping post is
In almost universal favor with the most in
telligent citizens of Delaware, who claim
that it is great protection as preventive of
petty crimes. Very few, If any, non-resi-
time and comparatively few residents have
been whipped more than once. The great
est number of times any one criminal has
ever been whipped, so far as can be ascer-
tanned, is four. We believe careful ex-
animation of the subject would give very
favorably showing for the State of Delaware
in criminal statistics as compared with
other states"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
THE STURGEON WAR.
Trespassing Jerseymen Taken sn at
Port Penn.

PENNsGRovE, N. J. June 4.-The Jersey
Delaware fish war has been renewed. The
sturgeon fishermen have been residing Ut
Bayside since they had to leave the Della
ware shore in the first part Of the season,
and been going to the Delaware side Of
the bay to fish unmolested. The sturgeon
have got scarce down the bny, and on
last Friday Thomas Torton, Belford
Wood, III. Bruins and Samuel Hughes of
Pennsgrove, moved up to Port Penn
where the fishing was better. On Wednes-
day afternoon the authorities at Port
Penn seized two boats and nets, belong
ing to L. Torton, that were
fastened behind his sloop. They
attempted to seize the sloop, but
were Kindred by the captain. Belford
Wood, with his two bouts, was also
arrested and locked up. Bruins was also
arrested, but he showed his affidavits that
he had become resident of Delaware.
All the Pennsylyanians and several
Jerseymen have taken out affi1ryits of
citizenship of Delaware, Torton's sloop
and men arrived at Pennsgrove yesterday
morning. He and three others proceeded
Mt once to Salem and swore out afiidavits
against the State of Delaware before
Prosecutor A. H. Slape. Mr.. Shape started
at once to lay the matter before Governor
Albeit, who has promised to protect the
fishermen in the emergency.
All through the season the shad fisher
men have been fishing on the Delaware
side below Reedy Island, where the Della
ware authorities claim the injunction of
the United States Supreme Court does not
hold good, and some resided Mt Port
Penn but MS soon us the sturgeon men
came they were seized ut the first oppor-
tunity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
THE PEACH PROSPECT.
Complaints from Smyrna of siii-
ing Fruit.

Smyrna Times
For several days, in fact week past
there has been more or less talk about
the rotting and falling of the young
peaches, but the last day or two there
is a more decided concurrent testimony
from various parts of the community as
to the falling, and many who were
buoyant 10 days ago are to-day quite
blue over the sparse number now left
on the trees. This shedding which is
supposed to have been caused by several
days of light rainy and foggy weather
just as their blossoms were about to shed
themselves, thus causing them to adhere
to the young peach and cause them to rot,
is in advance of the regular ''June she'd
ding and beyond the rules of calculation,
especially when the twoa taken together.
Such are the reports from the orchards
of George d. Collins at Green Spring,
John H. Hoffecker of the Galley" S. S.
Griffin near Brenford, G. M. Harris,
Blackiston Cross Roads, James Startling
of the Neck, &c. We have heard again
of n number of others whose prospect
still is good and of others who are injured
in certain varieties only. The estimates
that have been sent out of 243, 100 baskets
for Clayton, Sc, ,45O from Green Spring,
143,000 from Brenford, 121, 300 from
Kenton and $4,000 from Moorton, may
have to be greatly revised before picking
time. Some of these parties say the
trees do not contain more than one sixth
the peaches they did 10 days ago.And yet
nothing equals the peach in battling ex-
pectations. The calculations 10 days ago
was for crop ON the Peninsula of from
5000, 900 to 5000, 900 baskets, the largest
ever gathered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
E.caped pr,soner rsocap,urea.

Caleb Stetton, colored, was arrested on
Saturday at South street ferry, Philadel-
phia, by Detectives Bond and Donaghy,
on the accusation of having escaped from
the jail at Dover, on April 9th. He had
been arrested on the charge of house rob-
berry and larceny of satchel containing
money and checks. At the hearing before
Magistrate Smith the prisoner admitted
that he escaped from the Dover jail, a
man named Thomas Reynolds having let
him out of his cell. He was committed
to the custody of Sheriff Robinson of
Kent county,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

James N. Conwell, son of ex-chief
engineer of the city, Myers G. Conwell,
who with his father has been engaged for
two years past in the contraction of a
railroad in the United States of Columbia,
South America, returned to his home
last week. M. G. Conwell is expected
home in about month. Their work on
the railroad has been suddenly terminated
by the revolt against President Menez
and the Columbian congress. Mr..
Conwell is accompanied by a young lad a
native of Palmira, named Epaminondos
Lopez, who comes to this country to
secure an education.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

A story in which mayor-elect Rhoads
himself was an actor comes to the
GAZETTE OF secondhand as follows: Mr..
Rhoads and friend were strolling along
Eighth street Friday evening when they
were accosted by o lost colored man who
asked first "Where is Eighth street ?"
and then wanted to know "Where is
Tatnall street?"
81 presume you're going to vote for
Conrad tomorrow ?" suggested Mr..
Rhoads.
81 believe dat's de name dey gave me,
boss !" was the reply.
The colored man further said that he
had been in the city three days and,upon
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
The n. A. o. In Pb,,ade,p,ia.

Philadelphia's councils committee ON rail-
roads met Friday for the further con-
sideratlon of two bills for the construction
of the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad through
that city. Communications for and against
the proposed railroad We're read. John X.
Cowen, solicitor for the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, resumed his argument left un-
finished at the last meeting, and was fol-
lowed by Wayne MacYeagh for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. The committee
decided to go over the proposed route on
Monday last and held a final meeting
on yesterday afternoon. The defeat, by
a vote Of IA to 8, of an amendment that the
journey over the route be on Wednesday
and the next meeting to hear argument on
Friday, is considered to be favorable to the
Baltimore u Ohio interests.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

baltimore American special.
CENTREvIILE, MD., June 5.-The proceed
ings of the Episcopal convention to-day
were made interesting by the confirmation
of class of candidates and the ordination
of two candidates to the deaconate. The
routine proceedings of the convention were
rather tedious and monotonous, and con-
sisted principally in the appointment of the
usual committees, hearing reports, &c. At
II o'clock the venerable Bishop Lee of
Delaware arrived, and shortly afterwards a
class of three young ladies were presented
to him by the rector, the Rev. James A.
Mitchell, for confirmation. This concluded,
an interesting sermon was preached by the
bishop. After which Mr. George Lay, son
of Bishop Lay, and Mr.. Lewis Watson son
of the Rev. j. N. Watson of Massey's, were
ordained deacons. The young candidates
passed the examination with great credit,
and received their parchments with pardon
able pride. The holy communion was then
administered, and the convention adjourned
to meet ut Elkton next June.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
The ssSunday,, ,rribune.

Editor Gazette d. journal. In last weeks
issue of your paper no,ice letter with
my name attached to it, to the New York
Herald, with which the Herald takes the
liberty of exposing fraud upon the
people of this town ''as well MS else
where" My part of the transaction in
the matter was to give to the people of
Smyrna, Sunday morning paper. l find
/ have been imposed upon by the
manager of the Tribune and l shall drop
the paper and have nothing more to dowith
it. was entirely innocent of the paper
being anything else than it claimed to be,
viz: Sunday morning paper, as it was
dated SO and SO represented to me by the
manager of the paper. Hoping you will
publish the above in the next issue of
your paper, am yours truly,
H. L. COLLINS.
SMYRNA, June 4th.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

The most recent discovery that steel
can be made of scrap iron appears to
have been made by the foreman in the
foundry of the Scioto Valley car shops
in Portsmouth, Ohio. The Portsmouth
Tribune and Republican says: "After
long and patient experiments he can take
scraps of the most worthless iron, such as
old bolts, bits of wrought and cast iron,
oyster cans and rusty scraps, command
ing only half cent pound, and make
steel of finer grain than the Bessemer
steel, not only with the strength Of
wrought iron, but more than so times its
strength This is bad news for the
puddlers, if true.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
shekels Of The shaddcrs.

IoHIHBIUVB NtCUIu'
Shad fishing is practically at close,
although the law allows to the 18th, eight
days longer. Many fishermen quit a
week ago owing to the few shad caught.
The cntch has been from to 25 day
during the week, the price paid by the
buyer on the boat as high as 1876 per
hundred. The season has been but fair
one for the fishermen. Those that went
in the bay took about 5000 ON an average,
q few as high as 300, from which is to
be deducted their expense of from $50 to
5000, besides their work of knitting the
net during the winter. Those that fished
in the river did nearly as well, taking less
money but having less expense.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

The woods are fairly teeming with
seventeen-year-old locusts, the insects
having about completed the process of
breaking through their hardened hull, and
are now singing in their clattering notes
among the tree tops. The under sides of
the leaves in the groves are literally lined
with the cast off suits of the Cicadas,
which resemble miniature suits of mail.
The developing process seems to have
been accomplished satisfactorily as
millions of the noisy little fellows swarm
in the tree tops about the Brandywine.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
..Rig Frank,, Un,viIIinr 20 ne,urn.

'Big Frank" Mccoy is unwilling to
return to Delaware to serve out his sem
tence in New Castle Jail, and is making a
big fight in the New York courts against
the requisition of Governor Stockley.
Sheriff Ford and Chief of Police McCon-
nell went to New York on Saturday to
bring back the prisoner, but the court
postponed for one week argument in the
case, pending the examination by the
governor of New York to determine
whether Mccoy is fugitive from justice
from this state. The question upon that
point arises because of the expiration of
the years for which the prisoner was SEN
fenced
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

In the court of errors and appeals, at
Dover, last week, case was decided that
had been pending nearly 90 years. 1t
was case to decide the validity of the
title of the heirs of Thomas Jemison of
Red Lion hundred, to certain real estate
in said hundred. The heirs were sus-
tanned in the court below, and this judg-
ment was affirmed by the court of errors
and appeals. The real estate involved is
valued al about 81, 900.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
Rig Cloud of Musauitoes.

A Philadelphia Press special from Cape
May Court House says: A few days ago
Ephraim Sloan, an old farmer living mile
from this place, while ON his way from Dias
Creek, q small village on the bay shore, saw
what he supposed was cloud of smoke,
but watching il carefully until it came over
him, he was astonished to find that it was
cloud nearly u quarter of a mile long OF the
biggest kind of mosquitoes, He directed
the attention of several farmers to the
cloud, and all admit that Mr.. Sloan's sight
did not deceive him. 1t was heading in
northeasterly direction, and, II nothing in
terfered with its progress, would probably
land somewhere in Atlantic county. They
arc supposed to have come from the
Eastern Shore OF Maryland or Delaware.
They made no stop for refreshments while
in this neighborhood. Several years ago a
similar cloud settled down at Dennisville, in
this county, and made things extremely
lively for the inhabitants, and number of
cattle were killed by them.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
ABE BUzzARD sUBRENDERs.
Mart, John and He Walk Into Lam
caster County Jail.

LANCASTER, Pa, June 4.-Abe Buzzard,
the noted outlaw, walked into the Lam
caster county prison about midnight and
surrendered himself to the authorities.
He was accompanied by his brothers
Mart and John.
Before giving himself up he exacted
promise from his brothers and Prison
Keeper Burkholder that they would not
claim the reward of 81, 600 offered for
his capture.
Buzzard surrendered at the instigation
of prominent citizens of the eastern end
of the county, who will use their efforts
to secure commutation of nine years of
his sentence, which it is generally agreed
he unjustly received.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
A Murder from, superstition.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, june 6.-The myste-
rious murder of the old colored man Miles
Owens, near Jefferson Springs, jefferson
county, on Wednesday night, is being solved.
II has been shown that Owens was believed
to be conjurer by the superstitious of his
race and was murdered by them because he
was feared. He was considered a witch by
tho negro community, and any i'll luck that
overlook them was attributed to him. A
multitude of negroes will be arrested. The
investigation is creating CONSERVATION
among the negroes
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
orriocrs supreme Iodee. A. o. U. w.

The Supreme Lodge of United workmen,
in session ut Des Moincs, Iowa, Friday,
elected the following officers: Past Supreme
Master Workman, Leroy Andres, New York ;
Supreme Master Workman, the Rev. John
A, Brooks, Missouri: Foreman, W. G..
Badgerow, Ontario; Overseer, W. H. Jor-
PENNSYLVANIA; Receiver, J. II. Lenhart,
PENNSYLVANIA; Guide, g. r. Kellar, Georgia:
Watchman, W. II. Graham, Iowa; Trustee,
S. B. Berry, Kansas; Medical Examiner,
Hugh Doherty Massachusetts,. Minne-
apolis was selected as the place of the next
meeting.
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second-Thomas B. Brison, Robert q.

second-Thomas B. Brison, Robert H.
Taylor.
Fourth-Martin Farrell, George Abele.
Fifth-F. B. +. Miller, Thomas Mitchell.
Sixth-Samuel II. Baynard, Edwin O.
Moore.
Seventh-Thomas H. Latimer, John w.
Hawkins.
Eighth.-Lewis T. Grubb, Francis M.
Barney.
Ninth-David r. Smith; the new member
In dispute.
Tenth-Dennis ]. Mention, James Murray.
Eleventh-AlfredD Denney John NJ. Newell.
The only new members are President
Farra and Messrs. Mitchell, Hawkins and
Barney.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

Wednesday week at noon colored boy
named John Deviney, aged 16 years and
living at No. 607 Christiana street, this
city, was drowned while bathing in the
Brandywine above Rockland. August
Shumer recovered the remains, and the
body was brought to the house of the de-
ceased's mother.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11
The bright House.

The Bright House Mt Rehoboth has
been leased for five years TO Frank Burton
Il Co., who will open for the season in a
few days. This large and well-known
hotel has been refurnished so far MS new
furniture was needed and has been very
materially improved in other respects.
The railroad now runs within one and
a-half squares of the hotel.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-11

COLUMBUS, o., June G.B. W. Carlisle o
the Ohio live stock commission, and DIR.
Butlug, veterinary surgeon in the employ
of the board, made u report last night that
pleuro-pneumonia has been discovered in
the short horn herd OF Henry Mitchell of
Dayton, that three head have already died
of the disease and the entire herd seems to
be affected An order has been issued for the
quarantining of the herd and the slaughter
Of the injected animals.