Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-31
MEDDLErOES.

Special Correspondence Of Gazette ana Journal
AIuDLRTowS, Oct. 2i.--A puid attempt
at burglary was made on the jewalry
store OF Hrs. J. Thomas Massey early
Wednesday morning. Tue burglar cut
away the thick plate glass at the front
door wi the evident intention OF getGing
at the lock, but fortunately hs did not
have ss easy JOB SIS hs expected. The
noise OF the falling glass awoke Mrs.
Massey and her con, .. T. Massey, and
after listening Tor some tins the latter
went to front second story window with
q revolver in readiness, aud upon looking
out discovered the burgiGE 1T WORK
When Mr. Massey raised tbs window the
| burglar merely looked up and did not
attempt to run until bullet from the
pistol had buried itself 10 tho door few
inches from him. He then started up
the stree; and Mr. Massey fred Eve more
shots At him, but without effect. Tho
man was noticed az thA window about l
o'clock by resident who was going
home little later than usual, but he ran
up the street on being discovered and
was lost in the darkness.
Wednesday morning about 10 O'Clock
Officer b. L. Craddock arrested two
young men on suspicion u being the
| burglars. They were strangers in the
town, and had come tbs evening before
| the robbery wAs committed, gI,1 engaged
| ron,na at the National Eotel, which
building By the way sdjoins the jewelry
store. They were muoh surprised when
arrested, and protested their innocence.
| They gave tho names or II. s. Cunning
ton aud CHARLES Il. Neumayer, and
claimed TO bs with the firm of +. 4.
Davis, 1891 Gilbert street, Philadelphia,
and said they were soliciting subacrip-
| tiops for "The Annual OF the Universal
| Medical Sci4n0ss.n They had trunk
at the depot, but unfortunately he'd lost
the key ami could not unlock it. On tbs
whole things looked very blue for the
very polite and genteel strangers, and
| it is tcus tina. the majority of the towns
people believed shem Gunty. They tele-
| gr4phed TO Goores W. Childs Of The
| Philadelphia L4igsr who Ouunington
! claimed could IL sE.tify attn, but when .ha
| reply came il reai do not know any
enc OF thai name.n Two m0:e teleg'ams
we're then sent, 9re o, them to the head
o. the hrm by whom they we're employei.
dr, +. IL. DAVIS eams down on the 80
express Wednesday afternoon and tess-
1 fed to the good character aud the bGsi.
ness which brought the strangers on tho
Peninsula. souue one suggested sending
to Philadelphia to got s0tle one to iden-
4 tify Mr.. Davis, but this was found to DO
unnecessary, rs that gentleman was
i identified by CLERK OF the Peace E. Il.
4 Cochran. MIR. Alexander Maxwell, the
1 proprietor OF the National Hotel, WAS
i positive that the young men were in their
room and asleep at the time of the bur-
glary. He said they retired about 8
O'clock and could not possibly have gone
ont again without his having seen them.
Mrs, Massey is also positive that these
were not the would.be burglars. The
/ young men were then released.
Philip Roberts, colored, was arrested
on Monday for robbing the cigar store Of
1 w. w. Wilson in August last. After the
arrest Roberts confessed aad stated that
he had given away most Of the stolen
articles. He was sent to New CASTLE Jail
to await his appearance at court.
MrDDLETowS, Oct 26.-our farmers are
having trouble 10 kGsp the gnnners OF OF
their farms. Most OF them have posted
notices, but II does not seem to have the
desired effect, and the sportsmen trespass
on the farms and kill anything that has
wings or four feet. Rabbit and partridges
are the principal game sought after, and
the law for shooting these iB not yet out.
At meeting held on Tuesday evening
the Volunteer Hose Company decided 10
give an entertainment and supper ABOUT
the second week In November.
Another mad dog was killed near Ham
town last evening about O'Clock. As far
as can be learned no dogs were bitten by
the rabid animal.
Mr.. Jacob Cochran, farmer near Mid.
dleiown, has lost over 20 hogs, large and
small, by the cholera during the past few
months. Some time ago some hogs OF Mr..
Cochran's which were sick with the disease
got out Of their pen into corn field and
helped themselves to the new corn. After
thai they seemed to get better and we're
soon apparently as we'll as ever. He took
to feeding new corn to the rest OF the herd
waich were sick and found 1t to be good
remedy. Only one or two are now III and
are likely to recover. 1t Is thought that
over l 900 hogs have died of the disease In
this section the past few months.