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Evening journal., 1888-07-07
WISER JOSEPH PRRRY.
He LEFT $4,000 In a closet ana In
an OLD StoVe.

an OLD stove.
In January OF 1887 the stark dead body
of old Joseph Perry was found In his
tumble.down shanty on Locust St., near
1lth. He had Fpent many years there.
being miserab,e. He was given to drink
ing cheap whiskey ard eating poor food
He was also known to be miserly 10 bis
habits, but as the general impression was
that be was very poor, bis mode OF life had
escaped all comment. An examination OF
the house brought to light the fect that the
old auctioueer was a man of considerable
wealth, who had deprived himself OF the
necessaries OF life, and suffered the chilling
winds Of a cold December to save the price
of fuel, to add to his hoardings. From ap-
p sarances 1t was evident that the old rusty
stove, with its broken pipe, had not known
the presence of heat for many months.
The floors OF tha several small rooms wers
literally bare and disgustingly dirty. An
old tumbledown bed In the second story
was covered with vermiu, and the closets
were Uttered with old rags and odds and
ends gathered by the eccentric couple
But there was q surprise for the police
officials as they were making the search
In rummagiug an old closet bsg Of money
was brought 10 light. This find stimulated
the energy of the searchers, and every
nook and crevice was examined for hidden
wealth.
The result was astonishing. Roll after
roll OF musty bills we're brought TO light. as
were also dirty parcels and sad oolored can
vas bags. containing gold and silver coins.
The search lasted a couple OF days, and the
neighborhood awakened so the fact that ii
had been honoTed with the presence of
missr, who was worth over $50 600. Perry
left behind him no wife or child to inherit
bis wealth. Lawyer W. Horace Hepburn,
representing three niecss and nephew, the
next OF kin, put in a claim for the money.
Letters Of administration were taken ont,
as no will was found, and yesterday the
estate came up for settlement before Judge
Ferguson Ia the Orphans Court. The
account shows that Perry g wealth amounted
to over $50, 900, exclusive Of the old tum-
bls down shanty In which be lived, and
several other small houses which he owned.
The whole estate viii 70 TO his nieces and
nephew, they being the only heirs, and
there being no one to dispute their right
The only claim presented against the ss-
tate Yesterday Yves bill OF DIR. Joseph
Brooks, who asks for So $40 for medical at
tendance upon Perry. DIR. Brooks charges
are at this rate of $40 visit, and Lawyer
Hepburn stated yesterday that he intended
TO dispute the claim. he said that DIR.
Brooks was In the iswelry business. and
was so designated In the directory. and
that none Of Perry's papers showed the ex-
istence OF any such debt. The merits OF
the Doctors bill we're submitted to Judge
Ferguson for q decision. There was no
other claims presented against the estate.
Judge Ferguson will probably file an sdju-
dication awarding the money to the heirs
within few days
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
nrourhtrnLnte.

Martin M. Jones and wife Of PhiIa-
delphia are visiting friends in this
city.
The Sunday school OF Calvary p. Il.
Church will give an excursion to
Brandywine Springs on Tuesday,
July 10.
James e. Writ OF 1889 w. Front st.
has been appointed dog catcher by
Mayor Harrington. Writ was sworn
in yesterday.
Q Company, d. N. G., will be the
color company OF the Fret Regiment
at the coming encampment at Brandy
wine Springs.
w. r. McGabe, sp eaker OF the State
House of Representatives was in the
city this morning. MIR. McCabe will
visit Wilmington next week and en-
camp with N. G.. ID.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
FIVE O'CLOCK EDITION
Smyrna Personal Gossip.

BY Letter 10 EVENING Journal.
SMYRNA, Del, July William M. Ball
and family will take possession OF their
cottage al Rehoboth the first of the week
Taylor Bridge school and Its friends pic
niced in John Derricksons woods. s. A.
Buchanan delivered an address for the
occasion on "The Education of Women"
Il. r. Bell, formerly an employe OF the
Edison Electric Light Company at Chicago,
but who has been homs with his parents
during the past month. started yesterday
for Alaska.
The Presbyterian picnic did not get TO
land at Fort Delaware as they contem-
plated doing and consequently were dis
appointed.
C. F. Lippincott viii remove his family
TO Bristol, Pa, next week.
A party consisting Of a dozen couple
spent very pleasant day at Frnland last
Thursday.
Smyrna club will play return game OF
ball with the Camden boys next Tuesday.
Misses Annie and Emma Highly of Phila-
delphia are visiting friends In town.
Frank Pratt, James Lurty; Cove Taylor,
Walter Grieves, Alexander Wilson, Jr.
Alfred Taylor, Charles Walters and Harry
Gotse, all formerly Of Smyrna, spent the
Fourth here.
A valuable corneb was stolen from the
Citizens Hose Company on the Fourth. II
belonged to the 2nd Battalion Cornet Band.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

so large as the one in the Lick observa-
tory It's glass is TO be twenty inches,
and its focal length twenty-six feet Il
Is to be constructed. as all auch instru-
ments from tho first have been con.
structed, with polar axis set parallel to
the axis OF the earth, and another at right
angles with it. Then there is tho driving
clock. which keeps tho telescope moving
on IT'S axis at the same velocity as the re.
tation Of the earth, SO that when pointed
AZ "a object it is not suffered so pass out
of the field of view
-
One who has visited an observatory on
3 clear night cannot but be impressed. Ia
the rooms where meridian work is going
on there is the ticking of many clocks
and the click of the magnetic apparatus
transmitting the beats OF tho pendulum
aud used for recording observations. In
the equatorial room "a far more interest
ing place to a strangely even this sound IA
not always heard. All Is still, while The
great tube silently reaches out into spncs
and brings objects Thousand, sometimea
even three thousand. times nearer than
they really are. Thus the moon, 240 Goa
miles away, with her mountains and val
ieys, her ring plains and assures, may la
drawn down till she will appear no fur
thur OIL from the astronomer of the new
Denver observatory than Pixies Peak,
some seventy or eighty miles to the south
"Ihere is no place, said Sir Henry Hol
land, where the grandeur and wild am.
bitions Of the world are so thoroughly re.
buked and dwarfys into littleness as in an
astronomical observatory" while speak
ing Of the astronomer Mitchell has said.
by the powers Of an analysis created
from his own mind he rolls back tho tide
Of time and reveals the secrets hidden
and concealed by countless years, or, stlll
more wonderful, no predicts with pro.
phetlc accuracy the future history Of the
rolling spheres. Space withcrs ut his
touch; time, past and future, become one
mighty now.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
more ETarrison ReIrcs

Edwin Hirst haA ia his possession two
copper medals OF the Harrison campaign
OF 1S40-1. One Of the medals, which is
about one inch in diameter. has on one side
the medallion and at the top tho words
Major General w. Fl. Harrison. with date.
On the reverse, around edge. are % stars,
representing the number OF states then 10
the Union. In the centre an eagle
holds q scroll in its beAk with the words,
go it, Clip" Beneath the eagle, on
another scroll, "Coms it, Tyler" called
forth the patriotic sentiment of the cam
paign.
The other coin is somewhat larger than
abe first. It also hag a medallion Of Gen
erGl Harrison with the date, 1s4l. The
words he redeems bis country, p are al
the bottom. On the reverse at top Is the
sentiment. "The Peoples Choice, and ai
she bottom the historic phrase, "The Hero
of Tippecanoe." In tha centre Is tho well
known cut of she log cabin with latch.
string out, the cider barrel and cup, and
the floating stars and stripes.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
swARTHMORE COLLEGE.
Aiming 10 Give Free Tuftfon-Four
Ont often PrOfessOrships.

Ont often PrOfessOrships.
Swarthmore College win probably soon
be q free institution. and the securing or
four endowed professorships, which was
announced at the recent commencement, is
the FIRST step toward the desired end.
President Magill is delighted over the
libarality OF the friends OF Swarthmore.
Only one year ago he flrst took steps to Sc
cure the endowment OF a single chair. He
sent out 5000 circular letters to the friends
Of the institution in the United States and
Canada. telling them that il 10 professor
ships we're once endowed the college could
throw open its doors and give tuition free,
and asking them to contribute towards a
$4,000 fund to establish the first chair.
Responses came literally. There we're
number OF large gifts. but those who had
email means contributed their largest, with
the result that the desired sum was rolled
up. There were $50 distinct contributions
1t wss the zeal shown by Swarthmore's
friends 10 adding to the treasury that in
duced Messrs. Clothier, Wharton and
Williamson to endow three additional pro-
fessors' chairs, and now four Of the 10
necessary for the successful completion Of
President MagilI's scheme are established.
One hundred and sixty Thousand dollars
is given to the college aud it is wholly un-
conditional
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Another Report orthe Coi,ss,op.

The Seaford Review gives the following
report OF the collision on the Delaware
railroad near Ross, last evening; "A COLI.
sion occurred in the deep cut here lest
night between a freight train and the
passenger train due here at 6 25, was 35
minutes late. TIE engines are slightly dam
aged except the tender on the freight engine
which was smashed through the end OF the
head freight car. The engineers and flre-
men Of both trains jumped Of when they
saw the two trains would collide. The
baggage master on tine passenger train
jumped about one hundred ysrds from
where they ran together. Mrs Hubert A
Roop, who was on the train, received a few
8 ght scratches, but is not seriously hurt.
No one was seriously hurt.n
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The First OF the season.

While threshinR wheat for G. A. Cleaver
on the farm Of Thomas james, ons mile
south Of Magnolia, the boiler Of the engine,
owned and operated by L. c. Williams,
exploded, completely destroying both
engine and thresheF. and seriously IL not
mortalIy injurinR a colored lad named
John Hill. The engine was Of the Wood.
Morse & Tabor manufacture. and had been
In use for nine years. and the accident can
be attributed only to a defective crown
sheet, as there was a sufficient quantity Of
water in the boiler ct the time Of the ex-
plesion. Dover Delawarean.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
A BIG OBSERVATORY.
IT WILL BE LOCATED IN DENVER,
COLORADO.

W. ID. Chamberlain, a wealthy Citizen OF
the Place, VIM Provide the Money for
1t, and Great Things Arc Looked for
from IT.
Denver is 60 have an astronomical OBJ
servatory, and w. b. Chamberlain.
wealthy citizon of the place, is To provide
the means. The climate Of Denver Is ex-
tremely favorable for astronomical obser-
walton from the great proportion Of clear
over cloudy nights, and the rarity and
s.eadiness Of the atmosphere from tho
altitude, which is between 5000 and G,D00
feet.
An interest in astronomical science, es-
peclally with view to its practice by Sc
curing means for the erection Of buildings
and the purchase OF instruments, is ex.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

Maryland Union Medical Society, to be
held at Birmine ham Park on August 8, tor
which occasion special trains will be run
on the Wilmington and Northern railroad
from Coatesvills and Wilmington. These
annual excursions are always well at
tended and It is expected that at least 800
people will ba present at the coming one.
Last year the meeting was held at York
Furnace, York county, and the one at Blr-
mingham will be the FIRST TO take place In
Chester county. A program OF interesting
exercises will be announced IN due time.n
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The Market win be Kept open

The committee Of farmers who hSvs been
considering the renting Of the Washington
street market house and making a first.
class market for the western part Of the
city have concluded TO rent the building.
The lease will be presented TO the farmers
next Saturday for their consideration. II il
is approved 500 win be paid on the present
months rent. The farmers will have until
July 25 to get signers and raise the re.
mainder Of the money. Either side can
terminate the lease on three months notice.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
PhYsieIanntn Meet.

The West Chester (Pa.) Local News says:
Thursday afternoon Drs. Price and Jack
son proceeded TO Birmingham Park, where
they met COMMITTEES OF the Medical Asso-
citation, composed OF Dr. Latimer Of Balti-
more. DR.. Morrison Of Oxford. DR.. Dare OF
Port Deposit, DR. lamar Of Port d sposIt.
ond DR.. Pierce OF Wilmington. The object
OF tie meeting was to arrange for the
annual meeting Of the Psnneylynais and
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Nerr rirne ,rnhIe

A new time table viii 90 into effect on
the Wilmington and Northern railroad
TO morrow. The only changes that effect
Wilmington is IN the train arriving here at
5 40 .. m and running on week days only.
Commencing tomorrow this train will
arrive here at 6.4s p. m, and win run on
Sundays also.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
STATE Teachers, rreeting

The Sussex Journal says: ''The executive
committee Of the State Teechers' Associa
tion has given an excellent program, an
attractive program, which should guaran-
tee large attendance. The meeting has
been fxed early 10 the season because for
several years there has been desire among
the mem5srs for an earlier meeting than
the last Of August. Go down on Monday
evening, enjoy rest that night and be
ready for the first session en- Tuesday
morning. Write to either Of the county
superintendents for railroad orders.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

cles for the London papers, achieving
considerable success. In 1867 he came
with his family to America and began to
draw for Harper's Weekly. furnishing
sketches for the first number Of the pa
per ever published. He also drew for
Harpers Magazine.
lie tried various ventures in the comic
paper line, but without success. In 1860
he founded The Picayune, with Artemus
Ward as editor. 1t was a bright paper,
but lived only six months Later he
trisd another comic paper, Wild Oats but
It also soon disappeared. For some years
his work has appeared in the principal
New York pictorials and comic papers.
Mr.. Bellew drew in black and white,
and his signature surrounded by a long
triangle has long been familiar to readers
Of comic papers. He also once wrote for
the magazines over the signature of "Au
D'Tramp" and Triangle" He was very
original in comic work, and never found a
time when his ideas failed
Mr.. Bellew was a widower He left an
unmarried daughter and a son who draws
over the signature Of Chip, signifying
Hof the old block"
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The Savllle properly sold.

Sheriff Lambson sold the 5aville build
ing at 9th and Market street ct the Court
House this afternoon to settle the estate
of Alexander Savills, deceased. The bid
ding started at $35 600 Charles B.
Lore bidding for J. t. Mullin & Son
and Willard salisbury, Jr., for the city Of
Wilmington. The price was run up to
$50, 100, where it was knocked down to Mr..
Lore. Il is said that Mr. Mullin is satisfied
with the price psid.
The lot at 5.h and French Sts. was sold
to Mr.. Lore for ST, 600
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
niaorderIr Oondnet.

Mary z. Dulany was before Justice
Smith this morning, on the complaint Of
Ida Fitzgerald, for disorderly conduct
She was required to pay the costs and give
bonds to keep the peace. Joseph Ruff was
charged by Jennie Miller with disorderIy
conduct. He was required to give bonds
for 5000 to keep the peace; in default OF
which he was committed to jail.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Attention

Is called to Miss L. Steinicken's stock
Of ready trimmed Bonnets and Hats
for ladies and children. White Milan
and Imported Leghorn Hats a specially.
Ribbons, Flowers. Feathers, White and
Shaded Tips, etc, in great variety.
Good work, best materials and low
prices. No. 217 Market st.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Two sudden Deaths.

The Seaford Review says that A. r.
Fishers well known farmer Of near Bridge
vile, died suddenly yesterday. The Rs
view also reports the sndden death Of Mrs
Philip Cannon Of near Laurel. Shs dis d
while sitting in chair having her hair
combed.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Trains Collide.

The 6 so p. N. south bound passenger
train on the Delaware Division railroad
collided last evening with an extra freight
train at Ross station. near Bridgeville.
The engines we're badly damaged. but no
one was seriously hurt. A little girl was
badly bruised, being thrown down by the
shock OF the collision.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

ice President Dr. L. L. Anger.
2. Secretary Or. a. W. Petit.
4. lQastmaster L'Hon. L. j. Martel
3. Maj. Edmond Mallet.
teal way they have been active in tho
formation of naturalization clubs They,
however, are especially desirous of pre-
serving the French language in their
families by its use and by teaching it 70
their children.
The history OF North America is full of
incident of the most interesting material
connected with the French pioneers.
There is scarcely state in the west,
surely none in the northwest, whose
names of towns does not bespeak a So
iourn of the missionary. When Lakes
Superior and Huron were to the civilized
world what the Lakes Tanganyika and
Victoria Nyanza in equatorial Africa arc
today it was the Catholic priest from
France who stood among and taught the
savagos Of Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Illinois and the territory beyond the
Mississippi The luster these brave and
self sacrificing men have east upon their
descendants is certainly well worth pre-
serving and cultivating in those who
come
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The New Liabthou.e Keep.r.

George A. Smith who has been appointed
keeper Of the New Castle Range fror
light In place OF Oliver L. Bell Of this city
is citizen OF New Castle. He received his
papers this afternoon. The salary Of the
position is $500 year.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
MAJOR Dnnn at Home.

Ex-United States Marshal John M. Dunn,
who left this city last winter for Lower
California, returned home last night for a
months visit. MIR. Dunn has been pros
pecting at Eusenade In Lower California.
and be is enthusiastic over the outlook
there.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
sixty Years OF age.

John Mesley, the well known wholesale
liquor dealer Of POS Market ST., to day cele.
brated the Goth anniversary OF his birth
He invited a numter Of his friends, who
spent the afternoon with him. Mr. Mealey
is to be congratulated on the ease and vigor
with which he bears his three score years.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

nRs r. A. EEABEESt
~ Dormatologist, GynAc0logiak.
once houra: g. m, to i2 IA.
2p- m, 20 9. SC . m.
30 p. m. 10 $50 p. m
EPKcTALTfMm.
Disc see OF the skin and diseases OF wcmen.
Treatment IN both branches by the new ad&nea-
tion OF electricity.
Electrolyais or Electrical Surgery.
e2l NJ RKgT ST.,
Wilmington. Del.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
we Canuot Ans1ver NJ.

To the Editor OF EVENING JouRNAL.
Tbs voters Of the Sd Ward would like to
know how it was that Joseph Osborne was
not appointed on the new police force. He
was one Of the best officers on Mayor
Wales's force.
Wilmington. July 6, 1885. vorER.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
A HIr Crop.

Governor Biggs and his son John, the
Attorney General, have bought three OF
Phillips's eveporatcrs. They estimate their
peach crop at 40, 400 baskets.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

WILMINGTON Clearing House.
The exchanges Of the Wilmington banks
ct the Clearing House to-day were
Sill, ,Ss2. 16 and the balances $40. .154.g&.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
Daily Daily lex Sunday, only

NIWWIE OF. .ss- 3 % II 10 80 VII 80. 90 D
ADDITIONAL TR ls6.
Daily, exoapt Sunday.
Le1ve DUPONT e05 q. m. Kewbris-e
IA. Arrive Wilmington Bi2 a. m..
Saturday only
Leave Reading 1890 . M Arrive Blrdsbore
12 30 y. IN Leave Dupont ]. 90 p. nl Newhridas
] 30 ?. M. Arrive Wim ingfon ac3 q m. Leave
DUPONT c. o. m Newbridge 7i5p "A. Arrive
Wilmington z % p. ni.
Sunday only.
Leave Springfield 1920 o. M. Warwick 10 50
n. m Arrivs s. Peters 10 90 a. m Leave
Springfield 3 30 D. m. Warwick 8. .37 d. "a. Az.
rive Rt st Peters $50 D. IA.
For connections at Wilmington, AZ & o.
Junction, at ChRdd'G Ford Junction, at Ccates
vile and Waynesburg Junction, et Hirdsb0ro,al
II adlng see timetables at all stations
BONNkSS BRIGGS General Passenger Agent
A. q. Nc CAUHLAND. Superintendent
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

in Metuchen, N.
J. Mr.. Bellows
father was Lord
Temple Bellew, Of
Wiltshire, Eng
land. The 8 on,
who was b orn
sixty five years
ago, m arrie i
against his faith
er's wish and was
disinherited. He
followed the call
ing Of an artist
a n d furnish Q d
sketches and arti.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The BuiIder. Exchange.

The Builders Exchange ia having a
steady growth. The daily exchange
hours have on an average gathered together
about rs members each day this week.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

Meanwhile Alvan Clarke 6 Co. had be.
gun to manufacture object glasses in
America, and instruments could be OBJ
tained at home. The size Of the largest
glasses gradually increased from 12 inches
TO IA, 20 and 28 inches. The latter size
was the largest attempted till the cast
ing and grinding Of the thirty-six inch re-
tractor now In the Lick observatory in
California -
The new Denver equatorial is not to be
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
RAILROADS
WmMK0TON 4 NORTHERN RAILROAD
Wv Tinns- table, IN e<Tect May 10. 1888.
@OINa NORTH.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS.

Daily, except Saturday and Sunday Leave
Philadelphia, b. q O. r. r., 4 80, so p. M,
Ch' ster u q o. r r. OF, ba0 .. m Whining.
ton, 6f5 p. m; B 4 O. Junction. &c p. Ia.
Newhridge, 9 SO p, m. Arrive Dupont 81 D. nj
On Saturday only will leave Wilmington al
2Q p "a, NewhritRe 3 a5 p IN. Arrive Dupona
o3 . m. Leave Wilmington Ills m, New
bridge II S5 y m. Arrive Dupont l165 M
Leave blrdaboro i.l0 m. Arrive Reading 1.4e
y m.
On sunday only win leasu Sc PETERS 1000 e
m, Warwick 1918 n, Springfield 1924 a m
Arrive Reading 1874 am
GOING SOUTH.
Daily Daily lex Sunday only
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

PENNIES AND mALL CHANGE
CAN pR HAN ar re COUNTING
ROOM or THR vRNxSG SoBm~
MAJ
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

Groceries very cheap at G. p. Un-
derwood's. N. e. cor. 18th and French.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

10 brands of Flour kept by Nichols,
9th and King. Try L. & g. and be
happy.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
FRENCH CANADIANS.
Those Who Live In tho United States Are
Associated Together.

Those Who Live In tho United states Are
Associated Together.
The international French Canadian con
vention for 1883 was recently held at
Nashua, N. II. These conventions have
been held annually from 1857 to 1876,
and since then in 1878, 1880, 1884 and
1886 At the convention OF 1886 there
were 600 delegates. At the last eonven.
tion at Nashua the number was swelled
to over 500.
There are now more than l 600, 000
French Canadians in the United States.
There are 100000 in New England. 100.
COO in New York, with 500 600 In the
states and territories west of Ohio. They
are not simply making money under the
Stars and Stripes TO take back to Canada
to live on under the Cross Of ST. George.
but they are becoming naturalized, aud
make excellent, prudent, aecumulative cit.
liens.
The object Of association among these
people seems to be a preservation Of the
Language, literature and traditions OF
their ancestors, the early pioneers in the
western states, rather than a fostering OF
a distinct nationality, but in a more prae.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

A canal boat is unloading coal at
Solomon's yard.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07
The rato rranls nellew.

Mr. Frank II. Temple Bellew. the vote
ran artist and caricaturist, died recently
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

The best Is the cheapest. Try l.. & G.
flour, sold by Nichols, 9th and King.
Evening journal., 1888-07-07

tremely difficult to awaken. It's practical
results are so remote, its problems are SO
difficult to render intelligiblo to the ordi-
nary mind that an observatory Is the last
thing in tho world for which people are
ready to contribute. Indeed, but one OBJ
servatory in America has ever been built
purely by subscription.