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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
EASTERN SHORE POLITICS.
A PrOIracted Struggle for a NOmina-
tiOn i'm the FIRST Maryland Judicial

A PrOiracted Struggle for a Nominal
tiOn i'm the First Maryland Judicial
Circuit.
OCEAN Cry, MD., Aug. 13.-The con-
vention to nominate q Democratic candi-
date for the judgeship in the first judicial
circuit assembled in the Atlantic Pavilion
Mt IL o'clock to-day. The meeting was
called to order by Elihu e. jackson, who
named Samuel Woolford as president and
Oliver Collins secretary pro tenn. j. s.
Wright, Zad Henry, John Laws and
Samuel ID. Bounds were selected n
committee on credentials. They reported
Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and
Worcester entitled to four delegates each
and recommended that the temporary
officers he made permanent, which was
| done. The convention ut once settled
down to business by l.. Stanley Toadvine
presenting the name of Charles +. Hol-
land to the convention in highly
eulogistic speech, in which he referred to
how much had been done by Wicomico
and how little she had asked or received
in return. Mr.. Toadvine was frequently
interrupted by applause. DIR. James
Dirickson then in neat and effective
| speech, in which he referred to his un-
| questioned legal ability, clear Judgment
and thorough Democratic principles nomi-
mated George w. Purnell. This was re-
cciyed with much applause. The ballot
ing was viva voce, and after % ballots
had been taken, with the vote 3 for Pur-
nell and s for Holland, the convention
adjourned until $50, when they assem-
bled aguin, and after 100 ballots had been
taken, with no change in the result, the
convention adjourned until TO- 80 n. m.
tomorrow.
Dorchester and Wicomico voted solid
for Holland, and Worcester and Somerset
for Purnell. The probability is that
there will be no change tomorrow, as
Somersetand Worcester have come to stay,
and Dorchester and Wicomico both declare
they will not change their votes. A large
number of Salisbury and Snow Hill
visitors are here anxiously watching the
result. and both sides are confident their
favorite will be successful.
OCEAN CRY, Md, Aug. 1.-THE ju-
dicinl convention assembled at $50 this
morning, and after the one hundred and
twentieth ballot, adjourned till afternoon.
The convention met again at 4.30 p. m.
and after the one hundred and thirty first
ballot, with no change in the result, Hon.
Daniel NJ. Henry moved that the conven-
ton adjourn to meet at Cambridge. Mr..
Collins, of Worcester, could see no reason
why result could not be reached at this
convention, and, after considerable spar
ring, the convention adjourned to meet
at 8 p. m. At that hour, after an ineffect-
ual ballot, the convention adjourned TO
meet at Cambridge on the second day of
| September
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
PEACE AT LAST.
Reported Settlement of the Delaware
River Fishery Troubles.

hhitcE FEsherY AFOuDAebs
dispatch sent last night week from
Trenton, says: The Delaware fishery
troubles have been settled for the present,
according to an agreement Just entered
into by the attorney generals of New
Jersey and Delaware. The history of the
difficulty covers quite number of years.
Delaware at first claimed that by its
original grant it had possession of and
jurisdiction over the river from bank tc
bank within the limits of circle, the
centre of which is the town of New Castle
with radius of ~ miles. New Jersey
fishermen under this claim were ar.
rested during Governor Parkers's ad.
ministration, when the controversy
reached the United States Supreme
Court. Without deciding the point, an
injunction was issued forbidding the
State of Delaware from interfering with
any person engaged in fishing until the
matter should be adjudicated. Early this
summer the Delaware authorities again
seized the boats of the Jerseymen who
were fishing below the line of the twelve
mile circle, and some of the men were
imprisoned. After summary proceedings
the men were released and the boats re-
turned. The authorities of both states
then met, when it was agreed on the part
of Delaware that New Jersey fishermen
were not to be interfered with at any
point in the river, and that they might
fish in the bay up to the Delaware side of
the channel, and the question where the
bay and river meet was left to the
attorney-g generals of the two states. The
Delaware official was inclined TO locate it
well up the river, at about tie point
where the New Jersey fishermen had been
arrested, but Attorney-General Stockton
insisted on lower point, and found his
view confirmed by the coast survey. To
this the Delaware attorney general has
agreed, and a line has been established
from the mouth of Cohansey creek due
west to Bombay Hook Point, some IL
miles below the twelye-mile circle. The
result is gain for New Jersey by the
raising of the question.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
STATE TEACHERS.
Preparing for the Coming Annual
Session of the Association.

session OF tbe AssOctatf9 9ns
The annual session of the State
Teachers Association will be held al
Rehoboth, convening Tuesday, the 25th
inst, and closing on Friday August 2Sth.
As far as arranged the following exercises
are announced as part of the pro.
gramme
"a Schoolmaster in the Dark Ages, ~
''The New Learning" "Inspired Science
Touching the Genesis and Dignity of
Man, +" "The Cultivation of the Senses"
'tThe Afghan Question" 1.-The Benefits
of State Normal School, "The Labor
Question" Education Among the Greeks
and Romans" "The Memory" "Im-
proved Methods in Education" "Condi-
tion of Education in Delaware"
Discusson of subjects by the Rev. l..
w. Gibson of Dover, principal W. L..
Gooding, of the Conference Academy,
DIR. Nathan 9. Schaeffer of the Keystone
State Normal school, the Rev. Enoch
Stubbs of Philadelphia and W..
A. Reynolds of this city, principal
Graham of boys high school of this city,
DR.. A. n Raub of Newark Academy, T..
H. Brerewood of Seaford, and Nick.
Downham of Georgetown. The elocu-
tionary part of the programme will be in
charge of Austin Merrill of Maryland.
An interesting meeting is anticipated.
ALI interested in the welfare of the
schools, both public and private are in
yited to attend. The rates at the hotels
will be 81 per day. The usual low rates
on the railroads have been secured, and
tickets will be sold ON orders, which may
be procured of @. f. Thomas Il Co., this
city; Nick. Downham, Georgetown, or
II. @. Carpenter, Dover. The tickets will
be good from August 2ith to August 3lst.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
M,oming nnnrnnlin,ng.

SPRINGnELD, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-The
Illinois live stock commission received a
communication from the governor of
Wyoming yesterday stating that
that territory has quarantined against
the counties OF Cass, Kane, DnPage,
Peoria, Whiteside, Morgan and Schuyler,
being infected with pleuro-pneunonia.
The same territory has also quarantined
against certain portions of New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Ohio. Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky,
Texas and the whole of the distance of
Columbia. The live stock commission
here insists that Illinois is OF present
completely free from pleuro. pneumonia.
Action in the matter will be taken by the
commission next week.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
n. a. o. CONTRACTS.
Those Who Will Kun tbs RniIs
Through HpIatIafieIDhi;t.


The Philadelphia Inquirer says: ''Col
Douglass, the b. tS o. engineer, Thursday
made public the contracts for building
the Fast Side rode and the branch across
the neck which are given as follows:
Tint portion of the road from the east
side of the bridge ut Gray's Ferry to
Filbert street will be built by Ryan x
| Mcdonald, of New York. O. ID. Lang
horn was the successful bidder for the
work on the Delaware branch across the
Neck. The contract for the Twenty
fifth street section, from Filbert to
Twenty sixth street, was not given out,
as the company has not yet received
permission of the Gus Trust to pass
through portion of the works at Callow-
hill and Twenty fifth streets. From
Twenty sixth street to Girard avenue is
known as the Pennsylvania aavenue section,
and this will be constructed by j. j.
Ryan, of No. 1862 Girard avenue.
OF the Baltimore d Philadelphia road
the portion from Cobb's creek to the
Chester branch of the Reading was
awarded to Ryan q Mcdonald. The
foundations of the bridge will be built by
William Sooy, Smith & Co., of Chicago,
and Drake & Stratton of New York, will
lay the masonry. About 4,6OD feet of
bulkhead work along the Schuylkill will
be constructed by Henry Neveling u Co.,
of this city.
1t is estimated that over 1900 men will
be employed in building the road. OF
course most of the work is of rough
character, which will afford employment
to laborers, but great many skilled me-
chanics will be needed The contractors
will begin work in week or so. 1t is
stated that the cost of the work con-
tracted for Thursday will be in the
neighborhood of IS, ,0O0, 900.
The chief engineer expects that the
road will be built by january LIST, 1886
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

Bhc NEotions of PiGeOns while ia
EIiallt.

The process of instantaneous photog-
raphy was exhibited yesterday week mt the
geological Gardens with great suce, IS by
Professor Muylrdge, the scientist and
photographer of animal motion. The
subject upon which the professor was at
work yesterday week was the motion of
pigeons in their flight through
the air. The screen used was
twelve feet square, and the curious
cameras are the same ones which have
been already described. A large number
of pigeons were liberated, and about half
dozen of them only were photographed;
but this WINS considered quite satisfactory.
The plates are being secured to illustrate
work upon animal locomotion, which,
it is claimed, will expose great many
errors of artistic posings and positions
heretofore considered beyond contro-
versy. Certain positions to be seen in
many celebrated works of art will,
it is said, be shown by the
results of the instantaneous process
to he entirely untrue to nature.
Over $1S, 900 has been subscribed for the
book by scientific and literary societies
in the United States and England. The
expense of the preparation of the work
will be 800, 1000, but its projectors have
no doubt of the financial success of their
enterprise. Mr.. Muybridge will to.mor-
row go out to the Belmont racing track
and will take some instantaneous views of
the celebrated trotters that arc to try
their speed there.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

A HEALTHY BANxRUrr.
John tkoach,s Assets More Than
Twice ihe Amount of aHis LiabiIi-
Ties.

JOhn fa0ach,s Assets More ,Fhan
Twice the Amount of Ellis siiabiIi-
Ties.
New YoRK, Aug. 15.-Soon after II
o'clock tins morning the schedules in the
matter of the assignment of John Roach
were filed in the clerks office of the court
of common pleas. The liabilities are
81, 262, ,87781; nominal assets IS, 1885,
098.S7 and actual assets $4, ,63 !, ,47S. %.
The preferred creditors with amounts
and items are William Rowland,
for money loaned and work done,
$62,2l7.98; Mechanics and Traders
Bank of Brooklyn, 800, 200, money loaned;
note due September 18th, 1885, secured
by mortgage bonds of A. II.
Reynolds and Alfred Creveling, for
$3S, ,43750; P. w. Gallandet & Co.,
New York, $4,000; money loaned
and advanced as follows $4,000 June
9th, 1856 100000 July 11th, 1885 /;
these loans were in advance of the sale of
the notes of the assigner and the amount
due to them is to be determined by an
adjustment of their account. The total
amount preferred is 1922, ,217.9S.
The other creditors are; American
Tube Works, Boston, $3,S09 Chester
Rolling Mill, Chester, Pa., 1000; Hem
bricks Bros, New York, $5, ,551 Hopes
d Townsend, Philadelphia, 81, ,629;
George b. Newton q Co., $2, ,189; II. @.
& j. H. Calkin, 81 800; Morton & Black,
81, ,209; Combination Steel and Iron Co.,
$1,000; Consolidated Safety Valve
Co., $2,142; Chester rolling mill,
$2,217; e. O. Knight Il Brother, 81, O37;
Consolidated Safety Valve Co., 81, ,73S;
Emmins g. Roach, $4,000; Hendricks
Bros, $4, ,682; Charles Carey & Son,
$3, 100; yanWickle, Stout Il Co., 1855;
George B. Newton q Co., $2,4S0; b. f.
Sturtevant, $4, 1896; @. G. Knight & Bro,
$1, ,O07; yanWickle, Stout & Co., $4, 1856;
Emmons & Roach, $4 1897; Chester Rolling
Mill, 81 1882; B. f. Sturteyant, $4, ,895;
Samuel Fl. Winch d Co., $1,299; Fl. @.
Il ]. H. Calkin, 81 $50; Morton & Black,
$2,306; E. +. Wagner, $500; American,
Dredging Company, $4,25S; Louis
Thompson & Co., $793; Combination
Steel & Iron Co., 80 900; Geo. b. Newton
4 Co., 81, ,499i H. H. Craig, $4,o69;
Eaton Cole a. Burnham Co., 50, ,SO5; q.
II. Delamater & Co., $3,8S3; Combina-
tion Steel and Iron Co., SO, 900; Summer
IL Hasey, So, ,696; Nj. j. SaulpauGh d Son,
$808; Newton d Shipman, $1 ,277 Hen
bricks Brothers, $3.50; Chester Rolling
Mill, $8, ,467; H. @. & j. G. Calkin, 81 300
In addition, the Chester rolling mill
holds notes amounting to over $3.50, 900,
anG there are many other claims included
in the grand total.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
Naval ofricers mus, Go % Sen.

An order will soon be issued by the
navy department similar to that recently
issued by the Secretary of War. The
navy regulations require that officers
shall serve three years at sea and three
years on shore, returning at the end of
the latter period to sea duty. Some
officers have complained that they did not
receive their full time on shore. To
remedy any such evil that may exist, two
officers, one from the line and one from
the staff. will probably be detailed at an
early date to keep record, showing the
kind of work officers are employed on,
and the length of time they have been
engaged. When three years of shore duty
have elapsed, the officers will be sent to
sea. -------
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
LOCAL ANDs-PENINSULAR
ST. JoHN's ooRNER-sT0NE LAY
ING SATURDAY.
semi-AnnunI Encan,pment of the
Delaware q. A. a., at Green Bank
Park Friday-Au Open. Camp
Fire-NHusic and Addresses.

At the semi-annual encampment of the
Delaware q. A. r. held at Green Bank
Friday, Commander Litzenberg pre-
sided. Routine business was transacted,
after which there was an open camp fire
with Post Department Commander Ross
in the chair. Miss Mary Vansant led the
music, and addresses. were delivered by
Joseph L. Killgore of Brooklyn, Daniel
Green of Newport and James NJ. Ban
than and w. v. Tuxbury of this city. 1t
was decided to hold the annual encamp-
ment at the DUPONT Post head. quarters
on the second Friday in February, 1886.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

Mrs. Helen Fiske Hunt Jackson, whose
mortal illness was announced last week
died Wednesday week at Francisco, whittier
she went some four months ago for medi-
cal treatment. Before she had become
known as n novelist she had won fame by
her poetry. When she first attempted
prose, it is stated, she chose tho nom de
plume of SAKE Holm, not caring to risk
any loss of reputation gained under heI
name or initials-"H. H." The author
ship of the "Saxe Holm papers, y
which attracted a great deal of at
tention, became question OF
interest, but she became the reputed
author Of them, us well us of some of the
NJ Name novels. From points at home
and abroad she contributed many articles
to the Century and other periodicals,
notably on the subject of the oppression
of Indians. She made personal efforts tC
have the hardships of the latter mitigated,
and when n commission was sent out to
investigate the charges she was
made special Indian Commits.
sioner by President Arthur. She was
first married to IN army officer, Mr.. Hunt
who was killed III the war. Her second
husband, Mr.. jackson, is II Denver, Col.
banker. For the past few years she had
lived i'll Colorado and southern Cali
fornin. While in Los Angeles some toui
months ago She broke her knee in fall
and went for treatment to San Francisco
where she WAS attacked with the malady
o low fever, that has terminated fatally
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

The Concord Quarterly Meeting of III,
Society of Friends was held at Concord
Meeting House Tuesday week, tie attend
ance beirg very large. The silnce was
first broken by communication from.
Samuel Emlen of Germantown, who in
the course of his remarks gave some
most excellent advice TO the young.
Charles Rhoads of Haddonfcli, Phebe
Roberts of Malvern, Lydia King of this
city, and Marshall Fell of Marshallton,
also spoke, the last named in showing
mans weakness, making reference to the
fury and power of the great wind storms
which have recently visited this section.
Owing to the work of enlarging the
Media Meeting House, it was decided not
to hold Quarterly Meeting there until
next February. The new marriage license
law of Pennsylvania was referred to and
approved of by several.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

The United States Treasury Depart
ment has authorized the American
Express Company to receive the baggage
of passengers from Europe, upon arrival
in New York, to be forwarded imme.
diately in bond without examination, to
principal ports of entry in the United
States and Canada, where the duties, il
any, will be assessed. This will relieve
travellers from the delay and annoyance
attending the present system of examira-
tion mt the port of New York. Whining
ton is among the cities to which baggage
will be forwarded under this arrange
ment
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
THE Late JAMES W. M4Rsn4LL
story of Huis discovery of Gold in
d.ilifnrnin.

GsttthUrntil.
During the pnst week the death of
Inines ". Marshall. the pioneer discoverer
of gold in California, has been reported !;
llso that he died in penury. A. A.
Wheelock, No. 90 Gramercy P.,rk, New
York, tells the following story of the dis
covery:
II have been wondering to. day what
ever became of that first piece of gold
found on the soil of California whether
James w. Marshall had to sell it for
bread. Twas Californian of those early
days and know that nugget well. In the
organization of the Republican party for
the campaign of '56, I was associated with
Leland Stanford, L. b. Crocker, @. p.
Huntington, Mark Hopkins, Hill, Sar-
gent, Colonel e. ID. Baker, Judge Tracy
and others, and published in Coloma, the
town where Marshall discovered the gold,
the only Republican paper in the state,
outside of San Francisco, The True Re
publican. Marshall's property had already
been seized by plunderers, and he was oil
prospecting, His partner in building the
mill, Peter Wiener, was with him in the
mill race eight years before where the
gold was found, and have often seen il
Mt his house in COLOMBIAN almost pure
nugget, about three inches long by
an inch or so wide and averag-
ing the thickness of silver dol
lar. 1t was irregular in form
and slightly crooked at the end. have
often heard Wiener tell the story of the
find. "When the mill was DONE" he said,
1--WE found that the water set back upon
the wheel, and Jim and / went down the
rona IN GOO xybera wa ooulI dir IL auoy
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
Rir nunrt.r,r coninn

Active preparations are being made
among the colored people for the annual
''big quarterly" which will be held IN
this city on Sunday, August 30th. The
day is one of great festivity among the
colored people, who pour into town from
all the surrounding country, and use
French street for general promenade.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
4 MYSTERIOUS ppEABANcE.
A Farm Hand supposed 10 Have
Ikeen MaYIaid-Ikificn by Il DOG.

hsSNhh Nast W - hfvfe
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
NoRTnBRooK, Pa, Aug. 13. Charles
Stillwell, farm hand employed by John
Gillen, Kennett township myateriously
disappeared on the evening of the Sd
inst. and has not since been heard of.
He started from his employers to go to
his brothers., but for some unexplained
reason never reached his destination. His
disappearance is accounted for by various
theories, none of which have any substan-
tiation. Many people believe that he fell
into the hands of some colored men with
whom he had some difficulty, and has
been put out of the way. Others think
that he has fallen into Red Clay creek,
which stream he was Obliged to cross on
n foot log, and was drowned. The police
in the various cities surrounding have
been notified of the mans absence.
A 3-year-old son of Edward @. C.McCarty,
residing near Hockessin was terribly
bitten by ferocious blood hound day
or two ago. The brute was eating and
the child began playing with it when the
little fellow was attacked and very
seriously mutilated. Mr.. McCarty hap
pened to be near at hand and beat the
dog or it would have torn the child tc
Iipces
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
,rhe society OF American FLORISTS.

CNoINNATI, Aug. 15-The Society Of
American Florists at their meeting at
Dayton, yesterday, elected an executive
committee, composed of Messrs. Robert
j. Halliday of Baltimore, Robert Craig of
Philadelphia, p. p. Critchell of Cincin-
natl, Robert George of Painesville, Ohio,
j. G. Vaughan of Chicago, Harry Sander
burch of Cincinnati, ]. M. Jordan of st.
Louis, j. M. May of Summit, N. j., and
Robert S. Brown of Kansas City. Phila-
delphia was chosen the place for their
next annual meeting. The society then
adjourned.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
The naval ssoard an chester.

CHESTER, Aug. 12.-The naval board to
make an inventory of the government
cruisers at Roach's shipyard met at the
works in this city to-day and organized
for the work assigned them. Naval
Constructor Robert w. Steele is
president of the board. Moth
ing of importance was done be-
yond mapping out the work. The
board will take an account of the work
done and to be done and of the material
on hand and to be supplied. As the
estimate is to be a close one two or three
weeks may be required to complete it.
Only the Chicago and Boston are Mt the
Chester yards. The Atlanta is in New
York.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20

By reorganization of the pension dis
tricts of the country, Delaware has been
thrown into what is known rs the first OF
Hudson district, including the New Eng
land States, New York, New Jersey, Della
ware, the eastern portion of Pennsylvania
aud the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
There are five districts, each one in
charge of n special examiner, of whom
there were formerly 15. The saving will
amount to $4,000 per year. The special
examiner for the first district is L. II,
MacBride of New York,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
Heavy FIoods a, whitehall.

rains Wednesday and Thursday did dam
age to the extent of thousands of dollars
to the property of farmers of Washington
county and nearly ruined their crops. In
the valley between Whitehall and Fort
Edward, farms were completely in
undated. A washout occurred near
Fairhaven and another about two
miles north of Whitehall. Trains on the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company rail-
road are moving with great caution.
Canal street was flooded last night, a
thing which has not happened before in
II years. Several leaks were reported in
section three of the Champlain canal, but
they are not serious.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
A.NIaryland nlonsignor.

Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, on
Tuesday week received by special messen.
ger from Rome the Papal bulls
announcing the elevation to the dignity
of monsignor of the Very Rev. Edward
A. McColgan, vicar general of the See o.
Baltimore. This is the first time that the
title of monsignor has ever been bestowed
in that archdiocese. Father McColgan il
pastor of st. Peters Church, Baltimore
and his elevation will be app, opriately
celebrated ut such time MS the archbishop
may select.