Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-20
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Delaware Rsoy's Mysterious Death
A Distressing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of

Delaware Boy's Mysterious Death
A Distressing Fatality-Eicction Of
"a College Professor.
Special Correspondence ofGazette and Journal
NEWARK, Aug. 13.-The post mortem
examination of James A. Wilson's horse,
Delaware Boy, whose death was reported
in telegraphic communication to EVERY
EVENING yesterday, was held at Home.
wood Driving Park yesterday, in the
presence of number of doctors and an
interested crowd. The result of the
diagnosis was the discovery that the in.
ternal organs were in perfectly healthy
state and nothing whatever was dis
covered to explain the circum.
stances of the animals mysterious
and sudden death. Many express the
opinion that death resulted from the
peculiar condition of the atmosphere,
which was at the time very dense and
prevented free breathing. Mr.. Wilson
states that the horse was in excellent con-
dition and had been given two very slow
half mile heats when he fell and instantly
expired. The horse was fast one and
commensurately valuable to its owner
and gave every indication of considerably
reducing the time of his fastest mile
which was $50. Mr.. Wilson had recently
refused 81, 900 for the horse, with the re-
mark that $4,000 would not purchase
him, and his untimely death is a severe
blow to its kind owner.
Ellwood Smith, a Young man of 20
years of age died here to-day under par
ticularly distressing circumstances. The
immediate cause of death was total par
alysis of his body, superinduced by a
bath in the creek on Sunday, July 26th
last. With purity of companions he
went to the creek above town for bath
and after disrobing dove in the creek. He
did not reappear for some time and then
one of his friends jumped into the creek
and found his motionless body floating
under water. He was quickly rescued
and it was found that'his entire body and
limbs were paralyzed and he was
taken TO the house of his grandfather,
Jacob Casho, where he has ever since lain
in q comatose state. He never rallied
after the first shock, and the doctors have
been puzzled to find cause, as he was IL
very strong and healthy fellow, and Il
trusted workman for the late stove dealer
Nathan Zeiglei. He was a native of the
State, but came latterly from Camden, N.
j., where his funeral will take place next
Saturday. to proceed to Riverview Gene
terry in Philadelphia. 1t is most re-
markabe case and has attracted much at
tention.
Professor @. II. Harler of Annapolis,
Md, has been elected to fill the chair of
in Delaware College. lately
vacated by Professor A. A. Benton, to
temporarily assume the professorship of
ancient and modern languages. This
latter chair was formerly occupied by the
Rev. William d. Mackey, who is at
present incapacitated. He was chosen
from among numerous applicants by the
committee on reorganization, which held
n special meeting at the Hotel Richard
son, Dover, on Tuesday last.
NEWARK, Aug. 1.-THE testimonial
benefit rendered to William Bradford on
last Friday evening, in Hossingers Park,
cess, realizing the beneficiary about $50,
which is exceedingly acceptable and
opportune in view of his helplessly blind
condition and recent family Affections.
There is small band of people in this
town who have recently organized among
themselves new sect or religious denom-
luul1Ou, III W Gritty uu
etfectually, as they think, the worship of
the deity. They have for the aforesaid
purpose instituted series of wood meet
ings in the grove of Samuel Donnell, OH
New London avenue, above town, and
purpose to hold during the week regular
nightly meetings for the sanctiication of
their souls. The camp commenced Sunday
and opened auspiciously ssin the morning
with the Rev. Mr.. Vernon of the First
Christian Church of Baltimore, in the i'm
promptu pulpit, who delivered purely
historical sermon in an entertaining
manner.
DR.. 7. R. Wolf, professor of chemistry
in Delaware College, and by virtue of this
position State chemist also, was seen to-
day by your correspondent in relation to
the absolute refusal of many Peninsula
papers to print without remuneration his
analyses of the different phosphates sold
in the State. To the remark that he was
receiving rather bad treatment from GER
tain editors, the doctor Enthusiastically
remarked, with unusual vehemence, that
their slanderous and untruthful articles
did not affect him in the slightest degree
and that it was immaterial to him whether
the report was published or not, for the
publication serves only to protect the
farmers from the treacherous phosphate
agents, and is of no benefit whatever to
him. He was emphatic in his denounce-
ment of several Peninsula editors and their
editorial Philippines delivered against him
for fault for which he is wholly I'M
accountable, as the last Legislature re-
fused to make an appropriation sufficient
to pay the papers for printing the state
ment.