Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-11
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Special Correspondence Of q, zette and Journal
DOVER, Oct 4 Quite number of the
juvenile portion OF our community have
mad their faoes poisoned severely by the
10Y balloons sold on ouY streets by fakirs
during tho fair 1t Is supposed that the
eoiofing matter used In the manufacture
OF rue balloons contains poison.
JAmea York, oolored, Sas arrested by
constable CLARK, en- Monday night, and
he was arraigned before Squire Cooper
last evening chai ged with stealing I. noe
rails from L O Smith. BE was con.
Vieted and in default Of bail was re.
ilanded TO Jail until the next term of
court.
David Boges residing on New street,
,n's town, has trellissed tomato vine of
the small red va'i-ty that hes this season
norne over ! 600 tomatoes, He claims
the championship OF the State.
The grand lodge OF Good TempIars
NESTS at Smyrna, October 18th. sind will
remain in session three days. State Cap-
ital Lodge OF Dover will be represented.
An Not is being made to organize q
board OF trnde here
The steamer Mary o. Citizens has had
very successful season and has deliy-
cred great deal of freight here.
Mrs. Benjamin Donohue and child have
gone west for prolonged stay with rela-
tives and Mr.. Donobue contemplates
making the west his future home in q few
months
DR.. Clayton Cowgirl of paIatka, Fla
is whiting Mr. and Mira. Albert Ooweill.
Tho new causewsy over Silver Lake
meets with general approval from trav-
elers.
There was heavy frost here last night.
Robbins circus will show here Satur.
day, October 18th.
Down, Oct s John A. Brooks, tho
candidate for Vice. president on the Pro.
hibition ticket, delivered an address in
the opera house on Saturday afternoon,
to an audience Of about $50 persons, many
OF whom were ladies'. The Wyoming
brass band furnished music for tho occa.
sion. 1t WAS intended TO hold the meet
irg on the green, but the rainy weather
prevented the carrying out Of this inten.
ton. MIR. Brooks Is an able speaker and
interested his audience for about an hour
and a.half. He claimed that both Of the
leading parties had outliyed their day,
and that the Prohibition party was to be
the party of the future. He favored
reduction Of the tariff, and advocated the
passage Of the Mili4' bill. He argued
that q tariff was Of no beneit TO the labor
ing man mud demonstrated his argument
by comparison of the wnges paid in
England to those OF Germany aud China,
where they have the heaviest tsriff pro.
lection In the world. In the latter
country the laboring man worked hard
and bad to live on rats.
Abont twenty-five OF the oyster boats
OF the Delaware shore fest ore laid up at
Mahon'B river on account of the poor
quality of the oysters and consequently
low prices In the city markets.
Granville Gillespie who was SO seri-
ously injured at the Elkton fair by being
thrown from his sulky, was brought
home on saturday and is still in crit
icsl condition.
Richardson & Robbins finished can
ming tomatoes for the season on Saturday
and will commence work on meats next
week.
Several hacks left here yesterday for
the Wilmington fair.
Colonel e. I. Cooper aud 81. o. Car
penter attended the Democratic meeting
at the Academy Of Music in Philadelphia
on Saturday evening,
Miss Bessie Paris is vieitipg her sister,
Mrs. Z N. Hegg in Philadelphia.
Dover, Oct. 10.--The levy court met
yesterday aud number Of bills were
presented and ordered paid, among which
was one for $3.50 from Recorder Spruanoe
for indexiug certain records in his office,
and also bill from Nicholson & Keuney
for 500, for experimenting the same.
The allowances were made In accordance
with an act of the Legislature passed at
its last session.
An additional sum of $225 was appro-
priated to complete the bridge over the
creek ct Milford
Tho house and lot Of Edmund o. Ray
mond in Camden, was sold yesterday Of
public sale by Sheriff Mcdaniel to George
Il Gildersleeve for 81 1875.
Chairman williamson has opened
Democratic headquarters in Cooper &
Kenney's law building, and in q few days
a large flag will feat across the street at
that point with the names OF Cleveland
and Thurman and the whole Democratic
ticket attached. The Republicans have
opened headquarters in the offioe lately
occupied by General Keuney.