Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-22

A young man, giving tho name OIL
Matthew Fraycl, succeeded in getting n
bogus check FOR SS75 cashed Mt the Center
vile, Md, National Bank. He had forged
the endorsement of the Rev. James A.
Mitchell on the check. ..-...E
George Isham and others kicked up
row Mt Fruitland, WicomicO county, |
Sunday morning, in the course Of which
Isbam fired two loads from n shotgun Mt /
Thomas Chatham. Chatham was unhurt |
but one of the loads struck Mrs. Jack |
son, intlicting n serious wound.
William Handy and Charles johnson,
both colored, got into n fight Sunday |
night at colored church ut Monte, seven |
miles from Princess Anne, Md. johnson
attempted to draw his pistol from rear
| pocket. The weapon was discharged, and
its contents entered the stomach of John
Robinson, also colored, bystander. The
wound will prove fatal.
The people along tue line of the D.,
NJ. a. Va, railroad, are daily growing in
| their fondness of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. Additional trains, comfort
able cars, fast time and many other appre-
ciated improvements cannot fail to
make most favorable impress upon the
patrons of the road.-BredkaDdte Limit.
While workmen were engaged at Snow
Hill, yesterday week, in making an exca-
walton, preparatory sinking well under
an outbuilding on the property of Alfred
Pinchin, manager of the North American
Bank Note Engraving Company of Phila-
delphia, the earth around the building
caved in and the house fell over upon
John Vickary, bricklayer, breaking his
right collar-bone and bruising him con-
siderably on other parts of the body.
Edward b. Emory, farmer near Cen
terville, Md, had n quarrel on Saturday
with colored employee named Watson,
in the course of which he took down an
s empty gun and told Watson to leave At
4 this Watson sprang upon Emory and
dragged him ont of the office to the pave
> ment and struck him several times, in
) tlicting severe injuries. One of the
l. wounds was inflicted with husking peg,
If the sharp point entering Emory's nose,
n Mr. Emory called for help and Watson
went of. Mr.. Emory is not seriously
10 hurt, although he is considerably bruised
ID and cut.
1f A romantic elopement occurred ut Sal
S. isbury Saturday night. Miss Ella Posey
the young lady, had been receiving atten
tons from George Fields for som,
months, much against the wishes of Mis-
y. Posey's family. Fields, who owns cat
Of boat, and is engaged in running oysters Il
or Salisbury, moored his boat near hi
N, sweethenrt's home which is close to tn
IT, river. When things were in readiness
at Miss Posey left her room and met he
'r lover Mt the back fence their favorite trys
W. ing place. She WIS helped into til
ia boat and the loving couple silently glide
Id down the river and We're married by
nd clergyman.
30 Bids, ms follows, Were opened by III
lighthouse board Monday for the met
mt work of II new structure, to be known +
M the plantation lighthouse, to he erectc
,ay in the Chesapeake bay near Cape Charl,
*. City: Allentown Rolling Mills, $5, 2Ot
en- II. A. Ramsay X Son, S5,2i7 the Bull
go. ers' Iron Foundry, $500; West Poi
Md Foundry $5,S75; Snead u Co.'s Ire
NIX, Works, Sc 1879; Phoenix Iron Co., SO, as
i !dst The Allentown rolling mills being Il
aid lowest bidder will probably be award,
the contract. The new lighthouse is
ing be built for the accommodation of steal
Z nj ers running between Norfolk and Ca
$685. Charles City.
dly One night recently, four Jewish pc
sol oilers, out of curiosity, attended reviy
no meeting at the colored peoples church
of D"b'Doio' fiuer teIlhlhlhB Ill the churi
ma for some time they went outside whe
AR they viewed the interesting proceedin
is u through the windows. While here tn
were attacked by some of the dark
San roughs with bricks, and one of them W
u struck singing blow back of the hen
Being unarmed, and surrounded by
ub- hostile crowd they beat hasty retire.
'er- As they took their departure through t
and woods, the dArkeys fred upon them wi
lta- their revolvers. TweIve shots were fir
tier oftor tba forr rotraot;nr, ,,ad1lo.a /
nip. fo,t,,notal, no ono NC LIS5 NJ IT,;
be ioIsg,la'eiy no one WINS luI'' ihe piggt
or peuuier OF III shyb one Dali Whlzzeu We
. of close to his head and struck tree II
o 1t feet away. They say they were not d
less turbinR the meeting, and are making
ted effort 10 have the rino leaders in tbe
n nal tack arrested. -SusseS Journal.