Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-30

grounds, on "Wednesday evening" S.ptuhf
her 18th, promises 20 be q brilliant affair
This will I've the third nnn,lill bail held
week before the fair. The previbns
ones were very successful, but if reports
are true the one this year will eclipse
them all.
The others were conducted by the fair
maiagers, while the management Of the
present one is in the hands OF ~ young
men of this vicinity. A large orchestra
under Prof. Richie will furnish the
music Arrangements have been made
with the p, w. ~ b. Railroad Company
for the accommodation of Wilmington
ians, to have the train leGving your city |
at 7.45 p. M. TO stop Mt this place, aud |
also the train passing here northward |
about 2 O'Clock the next morning TO do |
likewise. Refreshments will he served |
by Wilmington caterer I'll
ELKToN, Sept. 90 In the Cecil county |
coult to-day the case OF State vs.. Joseph
Veasey, charged with the violation 0f tho
local option law, was the first iakep up.
Oliver Logan and Veasey gaye their test
mony. Yeasey remembered seeing Logan
in Frank Jeffries restaurant in North
East. Veasey was merely thcre AZ q repre-,
sentative. He did not RENE plber seilipg
anything 10 Logan. The jury rendered s.
verdict OF not guilty. state's Attorney
Bratton and William $ Eyans appeared
for the state and John s. Writ and Charles
@. Crothcrs for the defendant.
The case OF Jacob Mari = VS. the Cecil
county commissioners WAS on trial whcn
court adjourned. This is - suit for
damages for tile loss of valuable mule
A 4
in having an imperfect bridge Albert
| Constable and Heistcr Hess, Esls.. for
plaintiff and Charles @. Crothers and
| William s. Evans for the county.
| The grand inry made the following pre-
sentiments Luke Goo7yenr for receiving
stolen drinks and lying in wait tlhill,
| Joseph Goodyear for larceny, Harvey
Morrison for assault with ir'eut 70 kill,
f. a. Walther for violation az h4 local
option Inv, Nathaniel B0tster for lnr-
ceny, Jacob Huber for wife beating,
Roberta A. Francis for assault aud bal
terry, Amos Dull for horse stealing, Isaac
Maekinson FOR assault and carrying con
cealed weapons,
Hon. Alexander Evans resigned bits
position as q member of the committee of
examiners of applicants for admission TO
the hat 3nn 3. WE, EsA3
totuta IS guece sor.
ELKroN, Sept. % Mrs. Lucy Nash
ington, national organizer Of the
Women's Christian temperance Union,
addressed the combined congregations OF
the Presbyterian and MethGtiist ohurehts
on Sunday night last N tie latter church
, The case of Hugh T. Scarborough VS.
the executors of william Sc1tten which
hoe hr,, 4Vf.I 11 gtF I'M, 4fafa,
Friday last, was given TO tie Jury last
evening at & o'clock a which hour cont
adjourned for the day. The shit ia CON
' corning promissofy more which with
others Scarborough placed in the hands
of Scotch. Scarborough he'd 1ommittdda
deadly assault on miller in his employ
: named Welie aud tie latter Rned him for
damages and received verdict for - 600.
: BEFORE the case was tiirl Scarborough
: signed over his notea, 70 Sco'tfn vino was
his brother.in Inv and wont vest Scotch
paid tue judgment, il il claimed with the
money collected on the notes, Scarborough
now sues for the amount Of tho notes.
+, Archibald Rice, cei8rad youth, WHO
had been twice before tried for sttallHl
plead guilty to the larceny VI .wGtcl
valued at 80 and was sentenced to iouj
. years in the pentemtiary. .s.ss
I ELEToN, Sept ~ -To.iay I,4ul tieGd
! colored, was tried hy tle .iglgss q
! tho Cecil county court for the T.atdir d
: william Green, alias Billy tlle Joker,
and convicted ia Tie first degree. III,
? trial was one Of the shortest in WHICH
i, mau's life was ut stake ever tried in tAis
court. II was only about two hours from
the time the priaontr was etsaigned unit
the verdict was announced.
= Reed is short, thick sat, vary 5hrl
II negro, and has m0ustGche, Ne VA
! horn in Charlotte eoun.y, Ma, auI is q
= years Of age. When atrar5uea ~ alaalet
: not guilty, and his cuunWi, r. y inaek
. cry, Esq ehosG that he u tri ~ ih,
u court.
Al the requGHt of Siate'a Attorney Brat
!" ton ex- States Attorney aples Q
y jrothers WAS appointed by tnt court Il
assist the procession ia 10th hn9es.
William q Rlrwitk iGstih4i tii.t IL
F" found Billy" lying III . i ff!y ingeraib
condition in the cabin DC ti barge whi1I
v he inhabited. on IEHs ~ March 1911
J in the afternoon HE liisi ~ thlk i'm
v WIS unable 70 do so. 10 = c, lying q,
- his face The cI.h i isbpE,t Jx7 iCtf
The mason's irtItutr txnn.llsd in fm
y courtroom rCssluhici tu' u.e found il
!. the cabin,
: Dir. K.rsucr whu attrpiDdth Joker,
= testified that WHEN 10 ut.ht q zoe lnr
y he was nearly nead tiom eNp @pes all
y loss Of blomd. H. m'rsns lu,,nmtr
shown in Tie ruiIt nGf uREg N
= the bed larii v"are, ,el
! cluthlng, lhrG vfts s9Ae Gads d
III Green's hel.a. tie. "a, !, III tt.# 5tv~.
u WIS the III st sri ms, tho -Eu, u. ~; iG.,t
fttNa Mt t,4.t H.. t,r,..- ,.
n- broken on both F!dus an,! VIZ r. ylt
X marks gu tie throat Nttr!I led ,rul,Na
81 been made by iing' maids. IL Uidei 10 &c
y answers TO questions Tie injdrtd nam ha
'N to DO spoken to loudly and spiu time
" shaken. ile would not heleYe that !,
y must die although toll So BY Tire phys
81 elm. His answers to questions were vcr
70 disconnected. The witness made pos
Nv norton examination insisted by Dr,
=" Brntton and Wallace.
NJ DIR. Howard Brtttoa Of ELTON col
ga roborated DIR. Karsnlr.
" Henry Bumgerd, stone mason, lest
us fled to losing the hammer with which III
ii9 murder was committed, on Tuesday
~ March 10th, on the road loatlug frdl
~ Bohemia ferry to Chesapeake City
~ Horace Garrison, colored, who worl
~ for Mr.. Mannon, testified that Paul Rec
p | III conversation Win HARRISON some i'm
, nt aftor the murder asked him Il he coul
ny keep quiet and then told him that he In
I,es made "pull" OF 5000. Witness also,
ne ne the request of Reed went 10 Goilnoy Il
l money. John Edwards, coIored, teetIif
y; to Reed'a movements previous t0thS I'M
. .;I der and about his leaving the neigiiho
~ hood. Paul exhibited roll Of greenbaol
which he said amounted to $40. Tree
afterwards said that he aud George b
, ,a gone to Chesapeake City and gotten Il
Az. money.
Is; Junius Gotfney, mulatto, who hi
DR.. plotted the murder and afterwards sto
is the money the others had taken, testiiir
IS that he had been in Chesapeake City al
lP- when he had returned TO the farm TO
,as Paul Reed that chilly" had money. Tht
in. agreed to go and rob him of ii and 2
/, some whisky. When they reached the
Green treated them to drinks. On Il
way up Goifney cut n stick to put
G.. satchel ON which he was carrying al
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