Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-13
DOVER.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journa
DOVER, May Court met this morning
| at 10 o'clock. The only case tried was thai
| of George IL. Dearborn VS.. Ellis i. Miller
| Fulton for plaintiff, Pennington for defence
| The jury In this case also disagreed. They
| stood 8 to In favor of the plaintiff. They
were discharged. The jury in the case Of
Lemuel j. Davidson VS.. Matthew semple
/ came into court this morning after being
| out all night, and reported that they could
not agree. They stood from the time the
| first ballot was taken, 10 for plaintiff and
| two for the defendant. Messrs. Carr and
| Graham were the two gentlemen who stood
In favor of the defendant. The jury was
discharged. The case was ably tried by
the counsel.
tAll OF the applications for licenses were
passed upon except John Il. Melvin at Kits
Hammock. A remonstrance with several
hundred names upon 1t was laid before the
court, against the granting of the license to
Mr.. Melvin. The Hammock within the last
few years has become quite resort for the
people of this town and vicinity, and those
who frequent there are not favorable to the
sale of liquor by the hotel, and as soon as
they heard that Mr.. Melvin was going to
apply for license they prayed the court to
refuse 1t. Court adjourned about o'clock
this afternoon.
Professor Skinner, formerly principal of
the Conference Academy, leetured before
the school this afternoon. His subject was
Robert Burns"
j. Alexander Fulton, Esq, has been very
successful at this term Of court. He won
three civil cases In succession and hung the
Jury In the fourth.
This evening the annual election of off,
GERS Of the M. Z. Sunday-school was held,
and the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Superintendent, DR..
Edward Lewis; Assistant Superintendent,
James E. CARROLL Lady Assistant Superin-
tendent, Mrs. ]. @. Pennewill; Secretaries,
Samuel ID. Truitt and James @. Wickes I;
Treasurer, John s. Collins; Librarians, G..
Cypherd, h. Ferguson, G. Prettyman and
William Wharton; 0rganist Miss Annie
Cannon; Superintendents of Infant Depart
ment, Mrs. S. A. Ridgely, Mrs. James Todd
and Miss Mary Salisbury. The meeting
then adjourned.
Hollyday, the bootblack, was arrested
yesterday and lodged in jail for the larceny
of some wood from W. I. Kellum. He was
bailed out this morning.
DOVER, May 10.-James Wyatt and
Thomas Tomlinson, two young men,
were drowned in the bay near Bowers
Beach on Saturday afternoon. They had
been out fishing and on their way up the
bay, their boat capsized, The wind was
blowing hard at the time, and the water
was very rough. Captain Fleming who
was near by said he saw q man clinging
to the bottom of the boat, and he thought
he was Wyatt. The waves were rolling
too high he said, for him to venture to
his rescue. Daniel Tomlinson, father of
the drowned man, was with another son
ahead, considerable distance in boat.
He, too, had been fishing. The boat was
caught near Clark's Point, where it had
drifted with the wind and tide, the mast
sticking down in the water. Tomlinson
and Wyatt were aged about 90 and %
years. Tomlinson was married to the
sister of Wyatt. Daniel Tomlinson, the
father, lives here and follows the water
for living.
The Baptists are renovating the church.
The benches have been taken out, and
chairs put in and other improvements
made. They have just put in a $600pipe
organ.
The town council in making a new
street in the northern part of the town
condemned several feet of grounds
belonging to the Catholic church, and
used as a cemetery. The church, how
ever, succeeded in buying the same num-
Der of feet north of the cemetery at the
same figures they got from our town.
The only expense they were put to was
removing the fence.
To-day was appeal day from town taxes.
understand there are no less than so
applications for janitorship of the post
office.