Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-10
VIOLATING rAs CANE LAWS.
Dover Detectives are After Unlicensed
hunters of Reed and Rail Birds.

Dover Detectives are After Unlicensed
hunters of Reed and Rail Birds.
Special correspondence EVENING Journal.
DOVER. Sept. 10-Detective w. ii.
Hutchins returned on the midnight train
from town in New Castle county in the
interest of the Game Protective Associa
tion Complaints have been coming into
haadouarters that non resident gunners,
without license. have been shooting and
shippipr reed and rail birds by the whole
sale from the marshes and meadows along
the river in the upper part Of the state,
and Yesterday morning President l. N.
Mills Of the Game Protective Association
started the detective on a tour. Off
Ger Hutohins visited Delaware City
and Port Penn, and found that
the reports as far as unlicensed and non
resident gunners were concerned were
true. but the offenders had heard of his
coming and skipped Mr. Hutchins states
reed and rail birds never were so plenti-
full as at present. While he was at Port
Penn one gunner brought down thirty
birds Of dense flock with one shot Of
his double barrelled breech loader. He
states also that hundreds Of birds are
shot and lost every day at this point, as
they fall among the weeds and marsh
grass. and the gunners do not take time
TO make close search for them.
The game laws of this state is very
strict and in its features covers a good
deal Of ground A change was made at
the last session Of the Legislature
whereby nonresident can be made a
member of the Delaware Association and
obtain license to shoot in this state on
the pavment of So. 90 annually instead of
$25 as heretofore required. But this will
only permit him to shoot birds for his
own use and he cannot sell in the state
or ship out Of the state over twelve birds
per annum under the license A regular
dealer or shipper of game must be bona
fide citizen and he must pay $50 per an
mum as a license fee.
Reed birds are bringing 55 cents per
dozen in Philadelphia now and the regu-
lar dealers are having harvest. The
license or membership fee to a resident OF
the state is $500 per annum and resi-
dent can sell TO dealer In the state but
cannot ship birds outside the state limits
for sale. Detective Hutchinson has the
dots on number of Jersey pirates whom
he expects to bag sometime this week
A number of unruly colored chaps hat
possession Of Governors avenue between
| Loockerman and North streets last night
between nine and ten o'clock, where g
free fight was in progress among them
In the meantime the ordinary white citi
zens without regard to age or sex had &c
take the middle of the street This sort
of thing is becoming so common here as
to be monotolous. There are occasions
and they are getting to be more and more
numerous, when the blacks seem to Owl
the-town. On Saturday night the pave
ment on the main business street-Loock
erman--is occupied by them to such q
decree that locOmotiOn Is difficult, anC
ladies do not attempt TO do any shopping
unless forced There is remedy
for this and II will be applied wheI
Dover elects town council possessed O
ordinary nerve.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
which took place on Sunday afternoon
was very largely attended.
Company ID. will turn out forty mel
under command Of Captain Simmons fol
the Baltimore celebration.
The Opera House is being decorated 70
the reunion Of the Fourth Delaware 70
morrow.
A large force Of workmen are busy a
the fair grounds this week getting thing
in shape and several very radical change
are being made in the appointment there
A long line Of rev racing stables ar
being erected right where the old en-
trance gates stood and the main entranc
has been changed to the Queen stree
side Of the park All department build
ings are being enlarged, as the entire
for exhibits force the managers to pro
vide more room. All who visited Wi
mington fair from this section spea
highly Of it and find fault only with on
feature. and that was the cereal an
fruit display Il is said that one exhib
tor % the coming fair at Fairview Par
has already entered more exhibits in TIL
line than Wilmington had altogether.