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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

Not since Harley G. Brown placed
cross-tie in cattle guard and threw
passenger train from the track Just below
Claymont have we been called on to
record so shocking railroad tragedy in
this vicinity as we report in this issue.
Somebody seems TO have Numbered, and
three or four lives have been sacrificed.
Until the fullest particulars have been
gathered we do not know where to
lay the blame, but nothing that
can be said or done can avail to alleviate
the grief which this terrible disaster has
carried into the homes of the poor men
who were its victims. The railroad com.
panies will no doubt make what repara-
ton they con in the way of aiding
financially and otherwise those who
may have been dependent upon
the men who have been slain in their ser
vice, and they will take heedto the fearful
warning to be more careful in the future
We have now had two fatal railroad acci
dents in immediate succession. Let III
trust that the third, which usually follows
will not come in this sequence,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

The HOUSE Committees.

Should divine wisdom inspire the selec-
ton of the committees of the House of
Representatives, there is no doubt that
many captioua statesmen would find fault
with their respective assignments, and,
therefore, il is not at all strange that
some dissatisfaction prevails over the
work just completed by Speaker Carlisle.
A careful analysis of the committees,
however. shows that the speaker
not orly made n judicious use
of the material ut his command, but
also shaped the committees in the manner
best calculated to carry out in the ma
tional legislature the clearly expressed
opinion of the Democratic party, as
enunciated in its national conventions.
The Democratic idea of tariff reform is
exempli6ed in the retention of Mr..
Morrison at the head of the ways and
means committee, while Mr.. Randalps
return to the head of the appropriations
committee is an earnest that the Demo-
cratic demand for retrenchment and
economy in the public expenditures will
not be disregarded. The composition of
the other mportantscommittees, however
criticism may differ thereon in regard to
propriety or fitness, is clearly in accord
with the convictions of the majority Of
the body, and will, therefore, prevent the
obstruction of important legislation by o
hostile minority of the House being in
complete control of any of these com
mittees.
As far as Delaware is concerned, oui
people have no cause to complain, Mr.
Lore being honored by assignment To
two important committees-on naval
affairs and ON expenditures in the State
Department. As many members are as
signed to only one committee, thu
Speakers preference for Delaware is {
high compliment to our little State ant
her able representative.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
White Men Instead OF Ohinese.

Chinese workmen in the Pioneer, Sacra-
mento and Phoenix four-mills, the Capt.
tai wooden mills and the American laun-
dry were discharged yesterday. Three
hundred white men will be employed in
their places.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

1t seems to be the Jerseymen's luck to run
OF their enterprise in fishing for the wealth
In the waters of other states where their
citizens are too slothful to use abe bounty
Of nature for their own good. Last winter
there was trouble with South Carolina. last
spring with Delaware and this winter with
Florida.-PeRnsgroue Record.
The Record calls it "enterprise." On
this side of the river we call it gall.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

Are productive of Throat Diseases, Coughs.
Colds, etc. There is no more efrectuai re-
liet In these diseases to be found than In
Iriee as ots,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

your sunken eye and haggard countenance are
unmistakeable proofs Of exhausted vitality.
Read the "Science of Life" published by Tia
Peabody Medical Institute, Boston.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

Edward N. vallandigham, formerly
editor of EVERY EVENING, at present news
editor of the Press, Philadelphia, yacates
the latter position to accept an editorial
position on the Star of New York.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

Robert Graves, well-known wall
paper manufacturer of New York, died
Thursday, aged So years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

Some Wilmington Democrats attribute
thessopen letter''to Secretary Bayarj in the
january number of the North American
Repieso, over the nom de plume of
s'Arthur Richmond" to William Henry
Hurlbert, the former editor of the New
York World. We note that a CORE
spondent of the Boston Herald strikes the
same trail, saying
The author assumes to be a fellow-citizen
OF Mr.. Bayard, and makes 1t appear that he
is an old friend and neighbor, but Delaware
people, who know the little state from end
to end, tell me that such man as Arthur
Richmond, which is signed to the letter, is
unknown there. There are several resi-
dents who are capable of having written it,
but could not have done so because of GER
tain inaccuracies In illusions TO local affairs
that are as familiar to the people OF Della
ware as the dome of the Capitol is to an old
Congressman. II the article was penned
by any of these, they made these blunders
purposely, with view to Disgusting the
authorship. One of the signs that point tC
Mr.. Hurlbert is said to be that the, article
contains many sentences that he has beer
heard to utter in the presence of Mr.
Bayard's friends. They appear word fol
word. Mr.. Hurlbert not long ago, for ex
ample, charged that the Secretary of Statt
claimed to trace his ancestry to the Cheva
lier Bayard, and was laughed at by thos,
who knew how absurd the story was, ant
In the same conversational gave expression
to some of the very phrases which appea
in the Repielo article. 1t is well known ais,
that Mr.. Hurlbert has been very vindictiv
toward the secretary because of his failur
to secure the mission to Italy, for which h
was a very eager and persistent applicant
and has often threatened vengeance
Whether he has taken this method Q
securing 1t is, of course, a pure matter Q
conjecture, but there seems to be no doul
that Arthur Richmond" is the nom d
plume of some one who has II Srievanc
against the Secretary OF State.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

The bodies of two negroes named Kris
III Forbes. accused of participation with
Two others in robbery and murder. wera
found hanging from bridge in SIM
mower NJ county, Mississippi on the 7th inst
tae others are still atlarge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14


Nothing in the long and venomous at
tack upon Secretary Bayard by "Arthur
Richmond" in the North Ameyieaa Re
Vieto, was deserving of any notice with the
sole exception of the reference to the
fishery question, and that reference de-
pended altogether upon the weight given
to it by the name of Mr.. Spofford
and the fact that it dealt with a
subject regarding which the average citi-
zen is almost utterly uniformed and
about which even Mr.. Spofford himself
is apparently very much at sea. We
doubt not that events will in due time
show Mr.. Bayard to be as right and sound
in this matter as he is conclusiyely shown
to have been in the manly stand he took
upon the Austro- Hungarian mission
But the clear and exhaustive statement Of
the matter which we reprint to-day from
the New York EUening Post has rendered
it unnecessary to wait for the justifica
ton of events. We doubt if bette
exposition of the fishery question has eveI
been written, and we should not be sur
prised if the Post article made CONVEX
of even Mr.. Spotford himself.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

ll mo 9 money than at an, thing else iy
wv ,hhiils ~ a3ei cy for the lp NJ ,eliing
N ne al ooT OUT. ID glnners suce Ell gr ndI
rortIsnh ,isfms frte. HALLE1 r BOOK co.,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
RAIN IN soAIERsET.

PocoMoKE Cry, ND, Jan. 9.-There
was light fall of snow here yesterday
afternoon ut o'clock. At p. m. there
was light rain, with strong southeast
wind. At u. m. the wind was blowing
very strong from the southwest, with
heavy, driving rain. The wind had fallen
at IL. NJ, with light snow. Results a
few trees down and a few chimneys off.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14
A VIOLENT GAZE AT MILFORD.

MrLFoRD, Jan. 9.-ll.3Oa. m.-Afearful
storm ragged here all night, the wind
blowing a violent gale with heavy squalls
of rain. Toward morning it changed to
snow and sleet, the wind suhsiding some
what about 8 o'clock, and Mt this time the
sun is shining brightly. The wind is still
very high aud the weather threatening.
No damage is reported.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

GEoRGETowN, DEL, Jan. 80 a. NJ.
The storm here began about s o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Snow fell, and
there was light northeast wind. About
0 O'Clock it changed to hail and rain; the
wind became heavy, and continued very
heavy all night No damage has been
reported. The snow is about an inch
deep, The wind is still high, blowing
from the northwest II now clearing up.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

The signal service thermometer at Jack
sonville, Florida, on Monday night re-
corded temperature of Is 3-1Oo above
zero-more than three degrees bel wv the
lowest previous record Mt the office. The
young orange trees ARE believed to he
killed to the surface of the ground the
older ones are supposed to have sustained
little injury. At st. Augustine and Fer
nandina, temperatures of l5' were noted,
and at Punta Rosa, 27o. At the latter
place frozen fish were thrown up on the
beach. There was slight snow furry
at Tampa on Monday afternoon.
AT Galveston, Texas, light snow be-
gan about o'clock Tuesday morning
falling by daylight regular northern
snow storm was on the city, and by 10
O'Clock six inches of snow had fallen,
Then, the weather moderating, the snow
began to melt, and thousands of clerks
and other persons in the business part of
the town turned out and enioyed the
novelty of snow-balling. Even the Oldest
inhabitants admit that this was the
heaviest snowfall ever known on the
island. In 1874, 1862 and 1873 Galveston
| experienced snow.storms of considerable
magnitude, but none of them equaled the
one Tuesday.
The cold weather in Pittsburg is play
ing havoc with live stock. Since Monday
noon $50 hogs have died at the East Lib
erty stock yards, the most of them frozen
| to death.
Temperatures below zero were reported
in northern New York Tuesday morning
as follows ; Plattsburg 37'; Lake George
3O'; Warrensburg, $50; Whitehall, 1872;
Fort Ann, 2S'; Port Henry, 24o; Ticonde-
roga, 24o; Watertown, 28'; Buffalo, g.;
Troy, 15', and Newburg, A..
In New England Tuesday morning,
the following temperatures below zero
Were recorded; Lancaster, N. H., 33';
Moretown, VT, 40'; Foxborough, Mass,
14o; Waterbury, Conn, 2O', and Litch-
field, Conn. ,27'. Dispatches Tuesday night
from points in Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont, report the mercury ranging
from TO- to 25' below zero, and still
falling.
The three-masted schooner 4. Il. With
erspoon from Surinam for Boston, struck
on Miaoouret Rip, Nantucket, during a
terrific gale on Monday morning. The
sea ran so high that no-life-boat could
reach the vessel and lines were thrown.
Two men, Burdeck Berry of Bristol and
Charles Wull of Boston, were saved in an
exhausted condition; the captain, A. II.
Anderson, and the rest of the crew, five
in number, perished. The vessel has
gone to pieces.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

At the GAZETTE office Monday the Their
registered 10 below zero at Z q.
m. and.130 above Mt noon. At Second and
Rodney it was A. below at $50 a. IN. and
16' above at p. IN. At Fifth and Wash
ington, zero at n. m. At the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company's yards, zero ut
8 a. N. and 10o above at Las p. m.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

DELMAB, Jan. 9.-There was a light
snow last night, with wind from 10
some rain. Fences are down, and Morris
& Elliot's steam mill is damaged
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

CLAYMoNT, Jan. 9.-The blizzard
struck us broad-side last night and this
morning is still raging. The snow is
drifted in many places to depth of four
or five feet and the milkmen had ter
rible time getting to the station with
their milk this morning. Several wagons
broke down which made the matter
worse There is enough snow on the
ground for sleighing and coming SO late
it will be made good use of.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14


snow last night, with wind from 10
O'Clock till this morning, There was
some rain. Fences are down, and Morris
& Elliot's steam mill is damaged.
LOCAL EFFEcTs OF THE STORM.
The north-bound Old Comfort express,
due here Mt 4.05 II. NJ, was snow-hound
| MT HIare's Corner for several hours.
The first train from the Delaware rail
road came in about IL o'clock and the
first train to go down that road left
about the same time. Trains on the
branch roads were running OH time.
The b. ~ Z. train which left here at
7.0j II. M, was snow-bound between the
east and west functions and in conse-
quence the train due here at s o'clock did
not arrive until an hour later.
Delays were suffered by the Whining.
ton IL Northern trains.
South-bound p, W. ~ i. trains arrived
nearly on time, but no trains ON that road
passed through the city until IL o'clock
Accommodation traius were run from this
city to Philadelphia at ., 1910 and 10.4d
a. IN.
There was about one inch of snow N
Delmar Saturday morning; clear and
cold, wind southwest. AZ Laurel, Sea
ford, Bridgeville and Pennington, it was
clear and cold, with south west wind, very
little snow. At Harrington, clear ant
very cold, wind blowing gale, slight
snow.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE WORK or TIL
COLD WAVE.
At 1920 p. m. on Friday PatrolmaI
John Van Brunt, of Life-Saving Station
No. 5, North Long Branch, saw vessel
signal light short distance off shore
He Immediately appraised the crew of hi
station, but before they reached the yes
sci she had come high up on the beach
The crew of six men sprang overheard
and, swimming and wading, finally ar
rived on land. The vessel was the II. d
Brewster, of about $50 tons, with carg,
of 1 900 bushels of Virginia oysters.
At Port Monmouth, N. j., two larg
schooners loaded with brick were drivel
! ashore by parting their cables. The GREY
escaped with but trifling injury, but bot
, vessels are said to be badly damaged.
. At Atlantic City several small house
( and frames were blown down Frida,
] night, and the remnants of the old Yves
t Jersey pier were carried away by tn
4 waves. There was n washout on tn
. West Jersey road, bat no serious damag
was done anywhere.
At Cape May the storm was severe, Blu
Y no serious damage was done.
s At Newport, Il. L., the storm was tn
s most severe for many years. The three
/ masted schooner Allen Green of Prov
! dence, Captain Nickerson, from Bosto
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

OMAHA, NEB., Jan. 9.-No winter
storm has been so general throughout the
state MS that at present prevailing. The
thermometer to-day indicated 239 below
zero in the business portion of the city
while on the high plateau the mercury
went down to 3Oo. This with bitter
north wind made the temperature as cold
rs any remembered by the Oldest citizens.
No trains have run in the state since
early yesterday and no efforts have
been made to clear the tracks
because of the impossibility of men work.
ing i'll the extreme cold and the fact that
the drifting snow would fill up any cuts
made. Two trains started on the Union
Pacific main line west yesterday, but had
to be pulled back after reaching the
suburbs of the city. All the Union
Pacific branches have been abandoned
and the exact condition of the main line
further west cannot be ascertained as the
telegraph wires are all down.
The Burlington & Missouri, Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri valley, in fact every
line of track in the state is abandoned.
No trains left for the east to-day and no
traffic has taken place on the Missouri
river bridge. Business is practically at q
stand.still, only an occasional farmer APP
pearing in the city. One year ago to-day
the Thermometer was 40o above, being the
highest point reached that winter. No
mails arrived to-day, not even from
Council Bluffs on account of no cars
crossing the bridge,
UNPRECEDENTED FREEZING AT GALVESTON
BOY FROZEN TO HIS BOAT.
GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 9.-It is un-
precedentedly cold throughout Texas, and
great damage has been done. An oyster
man named Thomas jefferson tried 10
cross the bay last night in spite of the
biting northerly wind and was found
lying on the deck of his sloop this morn.
ing frozen fast to the wet bottom of the
boat. He was alive but stuck fast. The
rescuers knocked him loose with plank
and he was thawed out and survives. II
is said to be the coolest weather known
for 40 years.
THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE.
New YoRK, Jan. 9.-Advices from all
points in the interior of the state report
a severe snow-storm and high wind rag.
ing. Railroad travel is greatly impeded
and in some cases local trains have beer
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-01-14

City-hall square '''''Ao' su 'o'S anu
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-16
Road Notice.
State of Kansas, }

State of Kansas,
County of Phillips.
Office of County Clerk, JAN 18th, 1886.
Notice is hereby given that on the
Sth day Of january. 1856, a petition
signed by ID. w. Stevens and seven
teen others. was presented To the
Board OF County Commissioners OF
the county and state aforesaid pray
ing for the location al "a certain road,
described as follows, viz:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of section "a, in Township ., Range
Is west. Euuniug thence north on
section line as near as practicable 70
northwest corner OF Section s. IN
Township ., of Range Is west
WHERFUPON said Board or county
Commissioners appointed the follow
ing mamtd persons, viz j. W Aldd,
~. II. Vincent and John O'Niel as
viewers. with instructions 10 meet in
conjunction. with the County, Survey
or. at the southwest corner OF section
81. in Nashville tow uShip on Monday,
tile LIST day Of February, A. ID. 1850,
and proceed To view said road, ana
give to all parties hearing, By or
der Of the Board OF County Comuls-
siOneTs, s. }. HARfSANs
County Clerk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-16
Proceedings Of County Commits
sIOnerss January 1Ith 1888.

The commissioners Of Phillips county
met in The county clerks office in said
county as provided by genI statutes
OF Kansas, page 2TT, chapter %, article
I, sectian 70.
Henry Nc Dowel Esq, member
elect from the "a commissioners dist.
WAS present and assumed the duties
of his office.
Board organized by electiEg Thorn
as Bishop teH-pOrary chairman.
On motion Thomas Bishop was
made permanent chairman Of the
Board IUr the ensuing year
Moved that Huliug ~ Anderson :
bid ou coal oil for county use Is $40
cents per gallon. 100 test be accepted.
ON motion Margaret Bo~tetter o
Dayton township was allowed con-
stituiiuuul exemption and her assess
meut for 1885 was stricken from the
rolls.
ON motion c. A. Lewis of Phillips
burg township was allowed cOuslItu-
ioHuI exemption for the years 1854
and 1855, and the treasurer was
Ordered to refund all taxes paid on
said exemption.
ON motion Franklin Manages o.
: a rcadG tow nship Wls allowed cole
sututipual exemption for year $3.50.
ON motion l.. A. Champlain WAS
allowed constitutional exemption IuI
I year 1880.
Adjourned to @ O'Clock "a. IN. Jan. u
Jan. IL, 3 O clock "a. IN. Board mel
pursuant 10 ad OUFnmeuJ- Members
( present BiShup and Mcdowell, called
+ 10 order by the chairman
On molten the bond al Jacob NiPPs
I Treasurer elect was fixed al ST5,UUO-U'
ON motion Tie register Of deeds wa
authorized 90 place ii railing Ia Md
die room on north side OF court nous,
and TO move llis Office into same room
Il and the county surveyor and county
superintendent Of schools were order
/ ed to move their offices 10 the south
west room OF court house.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-16
BATTLE CREEK ITEMS


The weather has been so stormy Of
late and the roads so drifted that your
correspondent has not been able TO can
vass the neigbbo,hood for the weekly
supply of news as has Oeen our want to
do. However, such as we know tell we
unto thee.
a real Manitoba wave' struck our
region last week. The mercury went
down to 90 below and stock suffe ed
in consequence. Will Turner and j. f
Code each lost TWO hogs, Old MIR.
Goode one, and David Gipe Ell htesn or
twenty
Miss Eta Goode was so unfortunate
as to badly freeze one Of her hands
while on her way to school last Friday
morning. It was bought at first that
she would lose one of her fingers but at
last accounts was getting along all
right.
Our school enjoyed a vacation on las.
Thursday and the attendance was very
slim during the entire week-aH on ac-
count of The severity Of the weather.
Oar mail was also changed from tri-
weekly to a Sc ni-weekly affair. for the
same reason.
To-day the winter term of school in
the Ho iday district begins. Mrs. c..
j. P Hopes IS the teacher. The dis
trict has recen. ly erected a comm )diOus
frame SCHOOL house which IS not yet
seated, the seats not having arrived on
account Of the snow blockade.
Mr. Lewis and son, who came here
from Colby. Thomas Co., a short time
since in company with Geo Brown t.
assist at huskiag corn, started on last
Thursday for Norton Center, there to
ind work.
Mr.. Is. II. Bum, land agent of Rush
Center, passed through here lately on
his way 10 Red Clond, pending Sunday
and Monday at the house of Mr.. G. Z
Soule, visiting his frie, d and former
town~man. B. F. DueI, on Tue .day ca /
| ing on an old army friend, Eno,h 81.
Clair, near Prairie View, and takinL
the train ut Long Island on "Wednesday
morning.
The new officers elected at the asst
Lyceom meeting are as follows: $. NJ,
Eay. President; Geo. A. Turner, VIC
President; Francisco Bobo, Sec'y
Chts Goode, T'eas; Mrs. Q. j . p.
Hopes, Critic; f. NJ. Hopes, Editor
Mrs. Nettio H4rtzog, Assist. Ed tor,
Jno. Leonard Sergent at-Arms; Fred.
Bobo, Jno. Leonard and Chus. Hartz e,
Executive Committee. After election
the case of Norris vs.. Deuel. in ~ hicI
the plaintiff brought suit against the
defendant for imposing two Offices upon
ner without her con,en was TO have
been tried but the defendant declaring
that justice would not be done him wa.
graz ted II change IF venue. The case
was accordingly transferred 10 the Phil
upsbnrg debating society.
Jan. IlJh. LYLE CRAIG.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-16

On motion the county officers were
instructed and required To keep their
books and records in their respective
OHic, 5 and az their O5CH possession
Ad burned to one @ clock D. m.
One O'Clock D III. Board convened.
present as before.
On motion the sheriff was ordered
To fst~ten and keep closed the windows
i'm basement of court house, also to
take personal charge OF coal cellar and
keep same under lock and key.
On motion w. i. Fix was dis
charged from the sherifI's custody and
the sheriff ordered 10 discharge him
There being no other business
the Board adjourned.
State of Kansas.
Phillips County,
L. 81. Hartman, county clerk of
the county and state aforesaid. q
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is u correct report of the
commissioners proceedings had at
their special meeting.
@@ Witness my hand and
SEAL. seal Of office this 18th day
t-~J OF January, 1856.
.. j. HARTMAN,
County Clerk.