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Evening journal., 1888-08-15
DEATH OF PHILIP COMBS.
4 Useful and Busy Career Ended by an
Accident.


Philip Combs, general manager OF the
Combs Coal and Lumber Co., died at his
home on Pennsylvania avenue near Union
street last evening at 5.45 o'clock. He
was directing the shifting OF some coal
ears at the company's yard at Eleventh
and Church streets on Friday morning.
July a. He gave the signal 20
stop, but the cars still moved
forward. left the track and ran rs
far as the street. Mr.. Combs was
iammed between the top of the last two
cars. He received serious internal in
juries. He was taken home on cot.
from which he was not removed up TO the
time Of his death. Reports from his
bedside at first showed no change. later
slight change for the better was noticed.
but about one week ago the patient be-
came worse. He lowered between life
and death for several days and his death
was due to exhaustion The funeral will
take place on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
from his late residence lnterment will
be made in Wilmington Il Brandywine
Cemetery
Philip Combs was born at Hofenheim,
near Heidelberg, Germany, on February
l5 1888. He came TO this country in the
spring Of ls4s, arriving in New York
when he was about 10 years Of age He
got employment in that city George
Bowers kept a bakery in New York at
that time and engaged him in his estab.
llshment. The place was kept for one
year and in the fall Of lS49 Mr.. Bowers
moved TO this city, opening bakery on
Second street near Market Young
Combs came here with Bowers
and remained with him 70 learn the
business He was a good baker. He
continued with Mr. Bowers until 1859.
when he was married 20 a daughter OF
John Bradford of Newport. He then
went into partnership with james Mills.
under the firm name of Mills & Combs ia
the coal business at Third and Lombard
streets The firm afterwards moved "a
Mr. Mills's present stand near Fourth and
Spruce streets. After being In partner.
ship about 10 years, the firm was dis
solved by mutual consent, Mills keeping
the business
Mr. Combs and A. J. Woodman Their
formed partnership and bought out
William Hamilton's place az Eleventh
and Church streets. The firm name wa.
u. Combs q Co About one year az,
they were Incorporated with the name 81
the Combs Coal and Lumber Co 10 thei
contained A. G. Griggs H. G. Whitley
A. } Woodman, Il. II Woodman an,
Philip Combs
The deceased was a man Of positiv,
opinions, and decided action Whatever
his hand found 60 do. he did with direct
ness that admitted of neither hesitation
nor doubt. He was energetic and quicl
IN manner. His integrity was as SCUM,
as his purposes were firm.
The deceased left wife and six chill
dren, two Of whom are married. Tn
oldest daughter Ella, is married to A
/ N. Southland. son Of s. S. Southland
Another daughter, Clara. married Georg
II. Middleton, clerk of Daniel James, il
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
The WIId West SHOW.

Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show
are draw ing immense crowds at the Cen
tlenan's Driving Park, Philadelphia. Pa
The performance begins every afternoon
at o'clock and takes place whether it
rains or not. This is the same show in
all it's details that for months set fash
ionable London wild 1t is said 70 be by
those familiar with the early days ina the
West perfect reproduction of life on
the prairie a few years ago. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company have made
especial efforts to accommodate the large
crowds that wiz visit the exhibition. A
station has been erected at the grounds
and special trains viii run from the
Broad Street Station at frequent inter
walls Round trip tickets can be purchased
at the depot here including admission ID
the grounds for 81 Go. An opportunity
should not be neglected to visit the show
as it is such a one as will never be got
together again.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
HOW no BE- A eLoNpE.
bathing IN Mono Lake VIII Make the
Girls Dodge a White Horse.


Mono Lake constitutes one Of the great.
est national deposits Of hair dye IN the
world A white haired old Bodie man
who went down 10 the lake this summer
was SO pleased with the bathing 20 be
had there that he went ii for q swim
regularly every evening after finishing
his days work
He was down at The lake two weeks.
and when he got back TO Bodic his friends
hardly knew him. He left Bodie white
haired old man. and he came back a gol-
den blonde and apparently man of only
middle age,
All who battle in the waters of that
lake become blondes, says the Virginia
City Enterprise. and II the bathing be
persisted in for any length OF time they
get TO be red-headed. A man last Spring
rented the Levining ranch on the north
side of the lake He has three strapping
daughters.
AS soon as the water became warm
enough the girls went bathing in the
lake taking for their mermaid gambols a
time when the men folks were an out
on the ranch at work
When they began taking their dips in
the lake the girls were brown haired, but
IHtN NOHN lhulu lHtllNtiNtH HttNNlAllE
blondes. This so delighted them that
they began bathing twice a day and be
tween times washed their heads in water
from the lake
The old man had noticed the gradual
change in the color Of the hair Of his
I daughters. and was much astonished
thereat, but he had his suspicious and
said nothing He kept quiet till the hair
/ ofsthe girls became a fiery red, and then
| be went after the old woman about 1t.
When he got so bad that he talked
about killing a red headed man who had
once been his neighbor over in California,
his old woman told him that IL was only
the water of the lake--that the trans.
formation was caused by the girls bath
ing in the lake.
The old man said this might he, but he
was not satisfied He ordered the old
lady to battle regularly every day with
the girls saying that If she became red
headed he would think there was some
thing in H.
Soon the hair Of the old woman was a.
red as that Of her daughters The d,
man still thought there was some tricl
about the business, SO he tried the bath
himself Now the old man, the olt
woman and all hands are family 0
golden blondes New York Evenin
Sun.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
Resolutions of I.esnect.

Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
MILFORD Del, Regular meeting of
Cedar Creek Republican Club last
sning adopted the following:
WHEREAS, it has pleased divine Prov
nee in his wise dispensation to call
I'M us by death our honored and worthy
pther Hiram Winslow McColley.
|erefOre
Resolved, That in his death we lose
I'm our club member whose wise
nsel we all felt safe in following and
lose experience merited our utmost
! fidence.
|Resolved, That our sympathy is due
the bereaved relatives, and at the
pc time we always honor his memory
one whom all the members of the club
zed up to for advice and counsel in
Niberations
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
BROUGHT IN LATE.

The regular meeting Of the Baptist
Sunday School Union was not held last
evening
About ten members of Moore's Senate
will SO to Cape May ON a yacht next
Thursday.
About $50 bushels of oats were in the
market this morning selling at 80 cents
per bushel.
Miss Winnie Platt Of New York. who
has been visiting friends in this city, re-
turned home yesterday.
The Harlan and Hollingsworth Com
pany received a carload of n planks Of
teak woob yesterday which was imported
from Liverpool.
A car for carrying powder for the Du
Points, las just been finished by the Har
Ian q lol'ingswOrth Company 1t is very
high. The upper pert is open with can
vas rolled up 10 be used in covering tn,
open spaces VI hen desired.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
PEACHES M LOWER kENT.
Good Prices Prevailing This week. Hor-
ticulturaI Exhibition.

BY Letter TO EVENING JOURNAL.
FELTON,, Del, August 15.-All the talk
and all the thought here is of peaches.
The town is alive with teams and vehi-
Giles of all kinds, from light buggy that
holds two or three baskets, TO the double
decker rugged up on purpose for the
business that will carry seventy or
eighty baskets, crowd the streets. Buy
ers from distant markets are here and
fruit is selling at fair prices. The week
opened with a brisk demand. Mountain
Rose was selling on Monday at go cents
and good quality. Reeves sell at 800
Present indications are that prices will
be at least remunerative during the whole
season. The old Nixon glut is to be
feared, but if this is safely passed. the
whole crop will be distributed over so
wide an area that the markets will be
kept reasonably free
FELTON, is quite proud of her reputation
as a local peach market. and the growers
about here are too widely known to allow
any opportunity to advertise their claims
slip by unimproved. They are therefore
alive to the Importance Of being we'll rep
resented at the forthcoming horticultural
Exhibition TO be held in your city The
society has a number Of members here,
including Col. Wilbur II Burnite, John
Heyd, & w. Killen. w. r. Case. Peter
X Meredith, Jacob Friedel ST., and sew
eral others living near town.
Wesley Webb secretary Of the associa-
ton and one Of the prime movers in form
ing the organization, was here with a
large lot of premium lists and "stickers
which he was distributing among grow
ers. who win make exhibits AS fast as
the several varieties mature, basket OF
! two OF each kind is sent TO Charles =.
| Horn, the active and gentlemanly secre
taIy Of the committee Of arrangements,
who viii see that ii is properly stored ia
4 the cooling house of Messrs Hart Bros.
Of Wilmington
Two BASKET factories here are running
at their full capacity. There are several
eyaporators within three or four miles OF
this point and they are using Che small
/ size and overripe fruit.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
LAST EDITION
TESTING HE MACHINERY.
The Monitor Amphritrite in the Hands
OF Expert Engineers.

The trial of the machinery Of the
United States monitor Amphritrite,
which is lying at the Harlan and Hol-
Ingsworth Company's wharves, was to
begin at noon to-day but at the point of
starting the engines it was found that the
spring of steam guage on one of the
boilers was out of order, causing a slight
leak in the guage This is being repaired
and it is expected that the trial will begin
at 6 o'clock this afternoon. The
board of engineers that have charge
of the trial are taken from
various naval vessels. S. B. Hilbard, chief
engineer. is Superintendent of the board,
with r. II. Able and G. Andrade, both
chief engineers, as associates. These
gentlemen are assisted by J. A. b. Smith,
William Robonham, w. c. Eaton and A.
b. Canaga, passed assistant engineers,
and John v Amman and B. c. Sampson,
assistant engineers.
The trial is a continuous run of the
\ engines and other machinery for twenty
Is -four hours. If any accident occurs, how
lever slight, that viii make it necessary
Ito stop the engines, the trial will have to
Mbegin again A continuous run of twenty
#four hours must be made,
" An EVENING JOURNAL reporter boarded
#the monitor this afternoon and went
below the heavy iron deck into the
Mengine and fire rooms. The place was
ii 1imly lighted by oil lanters and almost
titled with the engines and machinery
The air was fearfully hot below deck
causing the perspiration to start from
I'll svery pore. In the fire room this morning
III when all steam was on the boilers, the
H thermometer registered 1870 degrees.
"A.
# he out side were running
L lnd served to lower the temperature
@ lightly. There are three boilers on each
% ide Of the vessel, with three furnaces TO
M ach boiler The furnaces open into a
passage way between the sets of boilers,
nd in this hot passage way the iremen
N York
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
GENERAL POLITICAL NEWS.

The Senate has confirmed the nominR
tion, among others, OF J. G. Walton Ken
nett Square as postmaster.
Congressman C. r. Breckenridge Of Ar
kansas is al the Everett House. New
York city, and Congressman William G.
Oates of Alabama is at the Westminster.
II is stated on good authority that the
Presidents letter of acceptance will not
be given to the public this week and
possibly not during the following week
One OF the questions asked prominent
men for some time past has been What
books have helped you mostY General
Lew Wallace TO this query would proha-
bly, answer: Ben Hur' and Ben Harri-
son.
Congressman Fitch Of New York, an
nounces his withdrawal from the Repub-
lican party for the reason that he cannot
support the doctrines by which the party
managers have determined TO make the
present campaign
Judge Yellott. chief Judge 81 the
Third Judicial district Of Maryland, has
announced his intention Of voting for
Harrison and Morton The Judge has
always been n Democrat and holds his
present Office by that party.
The Prohibitionists Of the Fifth Con
gressional district met in convention yes
terday, at Laurel, Md, and unanimously
nominated William II. Kellen of Calvert
county to Congress, and Professor De
Witt G. lngle Of Anne Arundel as Presi-
Dental elector.
Ex-Judge e. Page Davis Of Brooklyn,
who declared yesterday for Cleveland,
never voted the Democratic ticket in his
life He has been staunch Republican
since the formation of the party, and was
one Of those who took the initial steps in
its organization in Ohio.
The Republican clubs Of New Jersey
meet in convention at Asbury Park to
day Senator Evarts. Congressman
Phelps and Mckinley, ex-senator Sewal
and the venerable Galusha A. Grow o.
| Pennsylvania viii grace the occasion
There viii be a grand ratification thil
evening.
The California papers, in speaking o
the land frauds investigated by the nd
ministration say that the man who con
trolls most Of the Federal patronage il
San Francisco has taken out an immens
I AlhNN Va ittAlA III bilt NbunAN uuNtI III
name Of his stud horse, and has invente
an ingenious plan for entering tracts o
good land as swamps. A boat was put o.
a wagon and the witnesses rode over tn
place seated in it, so they could swear i
regard to the character OF the land tina
they had rowed all over It in boat
Some Of the young Americans VIII
viii have a chance this year Of deposit
ing their first Presidential votes seem I
think that they vote on ballots with tn
names of the candidates inscribed al til
top who are TO be President and Vic
President. Electors are chosen ia ever
state for every ticket in the field The.
electors are all strong party men who's
opinions are well known before they al
selected. Every state has as many ele
tors as it has representatives and Unite
: States Senators together The vote
who are registered deposit their votes +,
Presidential electors, and the ticket TIT
receives the greatest number Of votes
a state will be represented in the Ele
torsl College, which is composed Of tho
qualified to give the vote Of their state
Presidential candidates directly
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
Peach YeIIous.

Erwin f. Smith, special agent Of the
s. Department Of Agriculture to in
tigate peach yellows, has completed
work in Kent county, Md, and came
to Townsend this morning, from
ch point he win work down through
aware. He finds that the yellows are
wing quite as rapidly this summer as
" did last summer. Last year. for ex-
pie, he found 312 diseased tress in the
hard Of Z, H. Harper, Still Pond, Md
sse were all pulled up by the roots.
" there are 300 more diseased trees in
same orchard. One orchard near
yton. Del, had 24O trees diseased a
+ ago This year there are 260 more
III trees.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
RUNNING DOWN A cYcLlsT.
lis Fellow Cyclers are Fighting Mad
They VIII Use the Law.

lis Fellow Cyclers are Fighting Mad
They VIII Use the Law.
George Middleton, clerk in the
|ardware store Of Daniel James, Jr..
|an down a member of the Wilmington
Wheel Club on West Ninth street last
l'eek. MIDI eton wa in a carriage,
md the wheelman was ahead on his ma
\ hine on the right hand track. Middle
4 Dn, instead of drawing out to pass the
her. pushed him towards the pavement
otto the gutter. Here the rider
III and the handle bar Of his
/ achine was bent under. Middleton
] ever stopped to see if the wheelman was
/ urt, but drove on ..The 'cyclist called
n him for an explanation. He said that
Us horse shyed at the wheel The
Mheelman then gave Mr. Mid
& eton his opinion of the latter's
1 ,nduct. Middleton retaliated by saying
lat he (Middleton) would run down him
any other wheelman, if he had the OPP
#rtunity. Later in the week the tw o
e .ssed in opposite directions when Mid
#eton said you just wait until | get
& elk Of you again, intimating that he
q ould again run him down. Several mem
rs of the wheel club have said that If
y iddleton or any other per
n attempt to run them down
will be brought up in court. The law
lows the bicyclists one half the street
r riding and any attempt to cheat them
their rights will receive prompt atten-
Is IN. The wheelmen are organized.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15

II is a preposterous proposition, which
could only have had its birth among that
class of men from whom state Legislators
arc usually selected.
There is no fine for neglecting to pay
the county taxes. The farmers Of st.
Georges can run behind two and three
years in their county taxes without being
fined dollar. If the manufacturer
of Christiana or New Castle
fails to pay this imposition on
business by September 1 he is fined %
per cent Clerk of the Peace Cochran
did not execute the act in 1887, giving
the manufacturers and the merchants the
benefit Of the doubt that they had not
yet heard Of the law But this year the
clerk is constrained to carry out the
letter of the act.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15

pedal with vertical lever is the second of
the kind TO be used in this city. The
new organ is in the front of the church
on the left of the chancel. occupying 8
feet inches by 10 feet floor space, and
- feet high The pipes all of which are
speaking will be arranged in two towers
in front. They are richly decorated in
gold and colors The organ will be
ready for use ON the first Sunday in Sep
TENDER, at which time Mr.. Brown will
play il. II win be run by water moter
now being put in by Miller & Jenkins.
The new tower on the church is being
covered with slate
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
ADA WINTERS FINED.
The Proprietress Of rs shipIey street
Fined $50 and Costs.

Last night about II o'clock Sergeant
Tucker led a squad of officers and raided
the well known house Of ill-fame at 713
Shipley street, arresting Ada Winters, the
prOprietress and five of the inmates The
party was taken to the City Hall and all
released except the proprietress. She
was held in 5000 bail for her appearance
this morning She went her own bail,
dep0siting 5000 IN cash This morning
she was arraigned before Judge Turner
and pleaded guilty to the information
charging her with keeping a house Of
Ill fame Judge Turner read the law to
her and imposed n fine Of $50 and costs
and cautioned her that there was a clause
in it fixing am additional penalty of
$40 and costs for every twenty-four hours
the place remained open. He also said /:
If it is ever your misfortune or i'll luek
TO be here again it win be to your inter
est to be here promptly and not delay the
court. Just who lodged complaint
against the place Is not known, but il is
supposed to have come from the St.
Pauls Church people The place is one
OF the Oldest of it, kind in the city, hav-
| ing been started in 1878 by 81 woman
named Watson, who died worth $4,000.
This money is still in the hands of the
administrators, the proper parties never
having as yet appeared to claim it, The
place has always been considered one OF
! the best of its class.
James Mcconnell was hned 81 and
costs for drunkenness and Curtis B.
Shrewler the same penalty for the sam,
offense.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
AN ELEcTRIcAL CLOCK.
ie Clock which Rings the Camp Meet
ing GoRg.


ing Gong.
,. R. Kilmer has done an interesting
bee Of work in the arrangement of the
icial bell at Brandywine Summit He
scribed the apparatus to an EVENING
|URNAL reporter yesterday afternoon.
be bell is operated by clock with the
distance of electricity which is sup
led by battery of nine cells. The
|ck itself is Of the famous Chimes Of
|prmandy design, with a music box,
|lying four times. The base is 11x20
hes, and the height is 40 inches. The
ctrical attachment is at the back Of the
h elk. 1t has been so arranged as to
+. ike the large 12-inch gong at the hours
,ording to the program, without any
Stside assistance At TO- 80 o'clock at
\ hit the clock keeps agoing, but the
ctrical machinery stops until the first
next morning, when it is again in
sration. Mr. Kilmer's tent, in which
clock is kept, is about POO feet from
roof Of the tabernacle where the
81g is placed. At each stated time the
4 az rings for three-quarters Of a min
n The clock will run for eight days
Mthout touching.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
YELLOW FEVER.
A Vessel Loses Two Hands---Norfolk in
Self-defense.

LEwEs, Del, August 14-The quaran-
tine physicians report that the steamer
Ardangorm lost the steward at Havana
and the first engineer on the voyage,
both having died Of yellow fever The
crew at present are all we'll
The brig Sagua also lost a man on the
voyage from pernicious yellow fever.
Both vessels are quarantined for fuller
observation.
NORFOLK, Va, August 14-The board
of quarantine commissioners of this port
this morning directed DR.. W. A. Thorn,
state quarantine officer, to notify the
authorities of the Norfolk and Western
and Seaboard and Roanoke railroad not
to land any passengers from Jacksonville
and other yellow fever infected places il
Florida in Portsmouth or this city.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15

ADDITIONAL TRAINS.
Daily, except sunday-Lcaye DUPONT a.0j a.
G,i2 n. IN.
Saturday only-Leave Reading 1900 p. ra.,
arrive birdshoro I'D y. m. Leave Dupont %
y, M Ncwhridgc lao y. M arrive Wilmington
2!3 y. m. Leave Newbridgo 200 D. M, arrive
Wilmington 7.23 D. m.
sunday only~Leaye Sprinnold inM a. M,
Warwick 1888 n. m. Arrive Sc. PETERS, lO.4B "a.
M. Leave Springfield $40 D. M, Warwick 337
p m. Arrive 81 Peters $40 p. m.
For connections az Wilmington. nt b. a. q.
Junction, at Chadd's Ford Junction. at Coates
Vile and Waynesburg Junction. AZ Hirdaboro.
at Reading, see time tables at all citations.
BOWNFSS BRIGGS Gen Passenger Art..
A. q. MCCAUSLANn SUPERINTENDENT
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
IEo,r to COLLECT Tnres.

The country treasurer Of Cecil viii be
at the following places to receive state.
county and dog taxes this week. Wed
nesday and Thursday at NJ e. & C. E..
Kinks store. North East; Friday and
Saturday at f. P Briclxley's store. Port
Deposit He win be at the following
places on the dates named: August 20
and 81 at J. Harvey Clark's Calvert %
and % at Woodrow's Hotel, Rising Sun.
and "a and % at c. NJ. Child's, Como
wingo.-Elkton Appeal.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15

By letter to EVENING JOURNAL

d ItlIeF % " ENIhH JUUhNAIl'
DOVER, Del, August l5.-Smyrna and
Dover played fine game of bali on
DOver's grounds Yesterday, Dover win
ming by a score of 3 to /. HOdson and
Day were the opposing pitchers, McCaf-
forty catching Cor Day and aagee Tor
Hodson. There were very few errors on
either side, all hands playing to win.
Double plays by Kelly, Levy and Towns
end Of the Dover's were the features Of
the game.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15

Iu.uuy HnItlnore sun NnYs' Tic
shipment Of peaches 20 Baltimore yester
day was the largest Of the season thus
far. the steamers ON the Chester River
Line alone bringing up nearly 10000
boxes which were bought mostly by the
packers Notwithstanding the large re
ceipts, IL was said by well informed
steamboat man that the peach crop Of
this year, instead Of exceeding the great
yield of 1915, as was expected win fan
short of &C. The crop has been greatly
over estimated. he says. The number Of
orchards affected with the yellows, which
could not have been foroseen. win make
the crop fan fully one-thrd below what
people had been led to expect.
Evening journal., 1888-08-15
GOOD ERulr AND PRICES.
Peaches Nearly All sold and Large ship
mcnts.

The local peach markets contained
about 1900 baskets this morning Of good
fruit Of the York, Mountain Rose. and
Reeves varieties mainly The Korks
brought so cents wholesale basket
Reeves $i00 and Mountain Rose % cents.
The sales we're large, and by noon not
$50 baskets remained
A large portion Of the fruit came by
wagon from the peach districts and was
offered on Fourth street The fruit
going north is of the best quality, the
shipments still continuing large. Those
shinned YesterdaY Mere as follows.