Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-02-15
Fifth edition.


.ne mayor anu council OF Wil1irgi,r
Was resumed at this mornlne's s.s,,sa,
OF G. urt. s'saoa
CHARLES Mullen was oAlled "a, :,
plaintiff, and testified that be ia sn n, ny
IN tho morocco business At Ft,nt ~
Monroe streets. lie wAS unAbla /, ,. suu
whether or not his factory Is On MN, ~
ground than MIS- HArrisan'I hnn,s As'
JOHN X. DuutEee testified th,.,.
lives within half n Lquate on NJ ~! ~
fighp. He saw the Adams slres, -
er open previous TO last fAlI 80.
was opei oil for the purpose OF clea.i,.
iti and the witneis noticed that 10.
two-thirds full Of rand, rubbish ~
Tin cans. The men were Aboul "a,
weeks cleaning It out, as thsy ~.
caught by The cold weather. WV
The witness was erots. txamlp,a =,
length by Mr.. Ball.
hrs. Sarah Russell test!Rd th.,A.
10 daughter OF the plaintifi, and Ia,
livei with hsr mother ever sitce aha y.
sided At her pretent location, m,
have lived there thirteen year. M
during the fret three years the brp.
Was perfectly dry. When they nova
there the yard was q ve'or six lei M,
than II 10 now, but thsy were moi ,to,.
bled with the water. Sue rsmembs,,d
tho storm OF 1885. as she wen, Ia ~
ooor and sAw the Reed street @v.,
hlltd 10 the top, and the vatsr ~
running back to the house,
The water ran back from The R,d
and the Front street sewer until n dl,d
their cellar aud yard; It was Ava ~,
dep In the cellar. 1he gltbe,, had
looked ~ the Reed street sever in drv
weather, and saw that 1t was hall 6lle
with dirt and rubbish. She had peyst
eeen my effort made to clean IL, bu,
nae seou men a. work In the ditch, Nbo
threw the dirt ont on the side Whers il
was washed back with lhe hrst rain
After tina water was pnnpsd out OF
the cellar there was A6cui twelve or
fourteen carloads OF dirt which had
been washed In that they had to have
hsulfd away. They h4d about Sap
wo.tA OF furniture In The cellar bat
was totally destroyed. Tsa wAin
aquantity OF grain and Ctlsr ihlsp
destroy ed amounting altogether, IN
witness thought, TO about ZOO h.
| kitchen also had to he rebuilt ind Aa
house. tunk 70 thst he doors NCHlt Do
shut until they CmIloye cd eAipnE
to saw them of,
Her mother had called the a.ltIum
OF O1uncil 10 the matter and a mtellnl
was he'd a. their house on tbs Saiaty
after the storm bat did not DO Aht
thing. There Was ont Their meeting
held, but not at their house, tODssna
wards, At which IL was dsedAR
change tie grade Of Front street tn
witness WAS very sick for tbverSl veh
after their Aous0 was bJottd Ant "
believed thst her sickness was tlaM
by tie dampness which resulted Inc
the flooding.
john NAylor was sworn, aud leiisa
that he 10 son.in-law Of Patrick yin
ana resided with him Of Fr0bI "
Adams streets Ia 1885. He rtnsmerA
the storm In July Of tina. year, and ~
the water coming out OF ths insn N
runninz into the houses. II WA' h.
ten inches deep 10 their parlOr.
Daniel \. Stewart was recalled y
described the course tAben By tie w
on West trout street previous 70 n
after the sewer was cOnstruoted
John RusBt Il teaLifed that 10 btN
remove tho dir and 9th from IN
HArIilan's cellar h ftsr the vAti -
pug ped cut. Ii took him ard asoas
man Il full day.
Ma'is Taylor testified that be fsds
a. Front and VAnBurtn = rsJ.s, sd "
rtaidsd there Tor thirty years, HsF
mem bers tho natural stream Of van
that was In that vIcisity, Sni r,Ti
knew OF any trol bio from e uptilx
the gewero were built. The witBsl ~
we'll acquainted with ths locally "
passed over 1t every day.
He Remembered whsu the Hsr1I
house WAS built, and tholgli 4 -
coIsis upted ON good, fast g5gdad.
did the carpenter work on NJ DsI
fcTd u huueeB on Ad anus tlrssl ana ~
not think that ground was IS gol
that on which the Hafrigaa h9lx
hGilt. He bad examined TIE lang.
houso, aud Ia bis OplGioa u bh -
totally ruined. The walls are cb'l1
and ba did not think II A. ~.
rent at present for more haO v
month. II the house had "
been dsmaRed he ibolsnI ~
would easily rant o. ir3nF toss
a month. Wol,d cot A5'al SioOys
build house Ike IL sad 10 asotn
l lpA u ~ lpAbp wa
amount Of 81 200. "a vbs
Franklin u. JObrs0n, c lntu, -
was convicted OF murd,t ~ tae go
degree yesterday Afternoon, vs., " ~
Ia court q few minutes butsrs -
and placed 10 the cock hs M
Tor the hrst time TO realize ms ~
AID sat with his fse! bo"ea ~
hand. ...A
As soon az Mr.. Lore hsa , s.
eross.ex aiming the wires ~ -
General Big2s moved that lpo ich,,a
Of .ho Court ba p4psed upon "a ss1I n
he Was thoa TOLD 10 stand w ~ nv III
a few preliminary ronitts y. 4
Justlcs sentenced lin q pay "a ~ al
of prosecution, q fac Of u Wv Il
i'm pT.sDn.d for the rsmail""
natural life. ,t, btf
Court then adjourned UT"
This afternoon.
Liquor LAw NiolsioA' III,
ELKros, MD, Feb Inns H., ~