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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF
OF THE FEE DEPARTMENTS.
Mr. Sharkey only Wants Two Conn
miIIee Meetings Weekiy-The Pa
trOI Wagon Accepted.

Councilman Baugh presided at the
meeting of City Council, Thursday night,
in the absence of President Farra.
The finance committee reported favor
ably on the bill of the Wilmington Turn
pike Company for $i24.13, q Judgment
granted by the couft aud on motion the
report was adopted and the bill allowed.
The special committee on the police
patrol wagon reported that the wagon
had been received and turned over to the
police department. The report was
accepted and the contract bill of W. u.
Mahaffy for $270 was allowed.
City Treasurer Grifi h reported bal.
ance OF $16S 36i.22 in bank to the credit
Of current expenses and $427.04 to the
credit OF the park fund. he also re-
ported the following collections: E. z.
Moody, $27 800 taxes for 1889 $235 for
1888; Martin j. Msaley, S35, 200 for
1853, $400 for 1887, aud $3.50 for 1888;
Board of Water Commissioners, So, l30
to pay interest on loans Nos. 70, IL and
26 due August list.
The petifions OF Mrs. William Nc
K Iight and David I. L filnd for the re-
psvment OF $2.H9 overpad capitation
ry eacn wes referred to the tinancs COM
mittee.
The sity solicitor, at his reduest, was
givon another week in which co rcndsr
his opinion of the law regulating the
salaries OF conncilmen, as he has not had
I time to examine the Law carefully.
| Mr.. aharsey introduced an ordinance
restricting all committees except the
! finance. COMMITTEES TO two meeti0gs per
week Some objection was raised TO its
second meeting but by rising vote the
ordinance received its ssooni reading
and was referred to the Law committee.
A communication was received from
| President Farta stating that he had
| licensed Bernard WoifsUhn, Harry Pizor
| and George Dr,ke, as auctioneers, under
The firm name OF Woltsohn, Piz7r g.
Drake The communication was hlad.
In The Absence of City Auditor Newell,
John Roughman of the auditors office,
was authorized to sign all checks and
audit bills.
Mr.. Forrest gave notice that he would
Introduce an ordinance at the next meet
ing giving the right OF wsy to the police
patrol wagon.
The committee on fire companies pre-.
sented the aunual report OF Chisf EpRi.
neer MeOracKen, and on MIR. Ayars'
motion, 200 Copies were ordered to be
printed.
Council adjourned after allowing the
following bills:
Adams & Brother. si4n; J.. Traver'
Jones, 50; John Nutter, $l51; Hortsman
4 Brother, S7.25; z. James Belt, 20 cents
81; Asbnry Surliag IS; Frist d Davis
523 55; Telephone Company, $50; Board o
Education, monthly allowance, SS 9l2.50
W. G. Mahaffy, 1910; O. P. Maroney, $6S.65
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
FRACTURED nler skuil ny a Fan.

Ellie Grace, a 10 yesrs-old daughter OF
Walter Grace o; Hockessin on tuesday
week, while playing with her brother fell
backwards out of a doorway on flight
of stone steps and fractured her skull.
She has been unconscious except at short
intervals siuce her mishap and there are
symptoms Indicating severe internal in
iuries. A consultation Of physicians was
held yesterday week. The child's in
juries are of such q nature that little
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
The case is all the more distressing to her
family from the fact that few months ago
twoorher children died within few days
OF each other.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
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KILLED BY a B,IILEk HEAD.
Michael We tahoN's Life Crushed
sAIII hv -. l. sli Abslt.usi Meirlli.

MtehIcl MG tahpN's f1tEe Crushed
ssut by s.ia I.S10 Pound Weight.
Michael McMauon OF Risiug Sun, a
laboger in the carlan 4 Holingqworth
Company's boiler shops, disd tHe.e on
Thursday afternoon from the ef cts Of
Injuries received by u boiler head failing
on him.
Mcalahcn and young man named
John Burnside were engaged in lifting the
boiier head by means of BLOCK and fall.
The steel plate was round AMI weighed
about l 500 pounds Il was fastened by
means of in eye-bolt which passed
through hole in the boiler head Just
AZ the men bad raised ii far enough to
put The fall weight on the eye bolt, the
latter hroke, and the plate fell over on
this fuor. MoMahon was caught by the
falling weight which crushed him across
the stomach aud chest. He was con.
soious only for few minutes and then
lost all consciousness until he died about
two hours after the accident.
Or w. q Pierce was first called in,
and afterwards DR.. Bloeksom, who did
al THAI medical aid oou,d Rnggest, hat
the injured mans hurts we're internal and
necessarily ,tasai. Father Lyons OF ST.
Peter's Pro-Osthedrel administered the
last rights OF the church to the dying
man.
The deceased was about SO years old
and leaves wife end several children,
one of whom is Jchn McMahon, the well
known pitcher of the Athletic Base ball
Club. His aged mother lives at No. 1906
Reed street. The body of the dead mar
was removed to his late home at Rising
Sup,
John Burnside, McMahon's fellow
workman was also erazsd by the falling
boiler head but was sble to walk to hit
home.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT
ON THE DEL, MD. 8 Va. Rail-
ROAD.
A Train Strikes "a Inandcar While
Going at Euil Specd-Engineer
William Mason Badly Hurt.

William Mason OF No. 907 Spruce
street, an engineer on the Delaware rail-
road, had narrow escape from instant
death on the Delaware, Maryland d V.r-
ginia railroad near Franklin Oity, Va,
yesterday morning week about 1880
O'Clock.
The train which consisted Of the engine
and one car contained General Superin-
tsndent r. r. Kenney and party Of
railroad officials who were making fly
running at top speed, about 60 miles an
hour. when just after the train had passed
curve, the engineer discovered hand
car standing On the track, which some
workmen were loading with rails. No
flag or other object had warned the train
hands o. the obstruction, and the en-
Rinser only had time TO reverse his
engine and apply brakes when
he struck the car with fnll
foroe. The rails on the oar
became fastened in the pilot of the en-
gine on the train and ploughed up the
track and ties in it's progress. EnRineer
Mason says that it Just rained gravel so
that he conld not ses and when tbs en-.
CINE began TO luage frDm the
severe shocks which il recsived
from tho sails fastened il the
pilot ne called to his fEemau to
jump at the same time that he leaped
from the engine. the train was rot
wrecked but Mason received severe in
juries in his fs.l, and narrowly escaped
breaking his neck. He broke rib on
the right side, aud it is feared that be
may have sust.ined some internal in
juries
He was brought to the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Jasss X, Baylis, NJ. 222 West
street, where 40 ia now doing sB well al
can be expected under llr. pfaper's care.
4 His wife is absent from the city. but has
| been informed of her husbands injuries.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

The First of the Three Eumigatins
Nfea,ner. for the Navy.

StttttheTS tue
The L3uis Pasteur, the first of the
three fumigating steamers built by the
Pusey d Jones Company for the United
States government was launched yester-
day week at O'Clock, p. M, in the pres
enc Of number of spectators including
Sure, n General Hamilton and Captain
g. W. Moore. superintendent of copstrue-
tion in the revenue marine. There was
no formal christening ceremony, and the
vessel elided quietly into the stream.
The Pasteur is 81 fest long over all
and so feet on the load water line; 16
feet inches breadth of beam; = feet 10
inches depth OF hold; 4 feet 8 inches
draught. She will be provided with two
high pressure nondenslng engines with
cylinders l5 inches in diameter and 15
inches stroke. For the purpose of funi-
eating vessels she will be provided with
furnace fer the generation of sulphur
ous oxide gas which is forced by a
blower into the vessel to be fumigated.
The second one of these boats will be
launched in about three weeks and the
last one will soon follow. Allthree will be
named in honor of eminent scientists Of
the present day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

The annual meeting of the Rshoboth
Beach Associated was held Thursday at
Reboboth. For the ensuing year officers
as follows wera elected. President, vii.
liam Bright, Wilmington; Vice president,
;hs key. q. w. Prettyman, Fairmount,
Md; Secretary, WiIlism Billsny, Viii
mington; Treasurer, E. 8. Il, Butler,
Wilmington. John e. Yates of this city,
William A. Finley of Philadelphia and
George K. johnson, II. t. Waters and
James e. Hooper of Baltimore were
elected directors for four years. all the
cottages at Rehoboth are full ard 80 more
could have been rented.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25


sion 0I the Seas0Hs
The German Beard of Trade" Thurs
day had delightful fishing trip down
Dslaware Bay. They left here shortly
after midnight and reached Ship John
Light about O'Clock, where they cast
anuhcr and spent the entire day in fish,
ing, with very gratifying results. There
were l5 fisherman aad they succeeded in
cal tehipg 237 trout, two dozen eeis, Ave
rocG fish, one blue fish, one sea turtle
and one toad fish.
CHARLES Febrenbach had the good luck
to capture the blue fish while Charles
Mammeie succeeded in hooking Is
pouaG turtle. Charles Heinsl caught b
toad fish and baby eel four inches long
Henry Zimmerman was the "Jonahn Of
the crowd. He could not get a nibble SO
he fished for crabs out OF the supply
which the party took along and on the
return trip, he regaled them with crab
supper. Mr. Zmmermun catered to the
wants OF the inner man. The party also
feels greatly indebted to Captain Knight
of Ship John Light for courtesies ex-
tended. The party returned at 1880
O'Clock Thursday night. =a.
Included in the party were Ex-Mayor
Simms, Deputy Internal Revenue Ool-
lsctor A. Raughley, Henry Feldmeier,
Charles Heinel, rr., Edward Melchoir,
Charles Mammele, Fred. Baiss, Charles
Stewart, II. O. Taylor, G O. Marshall,
Charles Fehrenbaoh, Thomas Holland,
Harry Zimmerman, w. o. Ba9gerly,
Hiram Klmble.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
THE orTY,s RED WAGON.
4 Police Patrol with Counc,I,s Coz
tuiatcn plucnrdPd,

4 Police Patrol with CouncIi's Coni-
luiltce piacarded,
City Council last week accepted the
new police patrol wagon from its builder,
William G. Mahaffy, and the vehicle was
given an exhibition airing. The wagon
is modelled after the pstfol carts of Phils-
delphia and ID apparently unique in its
accommodation and equipment for hand
ling unruIy prisoners. 1t is painted ver-
million shaded In darker oolors and has
the appearance of being strong and
durable. A canvas top covers the body
of the vehicle with curtains that may be
dropped on both sides. There is full
accontrement, including stretcher and
springs and straps fastened to the bottom
by which the prisoners may be pinioned.
A large metal plate neatly FURNISHED
bears in glowing capitals the name of the
Council committee who were instrumen-
tai in procuring the police patrol. The
names are amply conspicuous that they
can be read at distance, or by victim
of temporarily disturbed vision, and
prisoners as they are whirled along to
quod can sec to whom they are indebted
for this comfortable way Of being pulled
in
The horse recently purchased by Coun-
Gil is temporarily off duty, owing to an
attack of lung fever, which renders any
exertion imprudent.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

The Dover Imde1 says: Tie applica-
tious received from buyers of fruit at
Wyoming show that the influx of peach
men to that peach centre will be much
larger than ever before, owing to the fact
that the peach territory will be much
smaller this year and the bidding much
more spirited, on account OF ths iiae con-
dition of the fruit and the competition
to get it. When it comes to peaches this
year little Delaware will have the honor
of holding this luscious fruit to the lips
of the nation; but the nation must pay
dearly for her feast.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
RsOUURAaIhG AOTIVTTY.
The Great ISush of Work in the
Salipyards OF the Delaware SaAd


ChrsstiRna.
Maritime Reporter, New York.
The present condition VI shiphuilding
in this country is enough 70 discourage
the most chronic pessimi-t. At Cramps,
Harlan IL Holliugsworth's, Reahs IL
Levy's, The Pusey u Jones', Dialogues
and other small concerns, the work on
hand and contracted fer is sufficient to
insure one OF the best years to The
builders than they haya experienced for
q long time. At the Dslaware River Ship
building aud Engine Works there are
nov nine ships under co1rse of construc.
tion, upon which work is being pushed
very rapidly, besidea which this company
has enough ships contracted for TO again
fill every one OF the stocks they possess.
The Cramps have now, and have for a
long number OF yeszs past, had about all
the wcrk they could swing to, having
been, we are told, Obliged to sublet
number Of contracts in the
not remote past, in order to prevent an
accumulation OF work beyond their Ca
paoity. The same is the CASE At NsaGs &
Levy'd, where they have been building u
very large number of their very popular
and successful engines, having received
contracts from all over the United States,
upon which they are at present engaged.
Tue same is the case with Harlan & Hol-
iingsworth's, and at Pusey 4 JONES' the
yards are alive with busy workmen, full
gangs in both places having been at work
al full time ever since the beginning of
the spring. Small vessels are also being
turned out in large numbers, the demand
for iron tugs growing larger and larger
each year, the size and power of which
offer marked contrast to those offered a
fsw years ago. Triple expansion engines
are becoming very popular upon small az
we'll as large vessels, and the sucssss CT
that type OF engine in the smallest OF
craft insures its success completely.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
No, Going % Move theIr pIant.

The Philadelphia Press says: Mr..
Barton Hoopas Of the firm of Hopes 4
Townsend, Thursday pronounced as un-
true the published statement that the
firm intended to move to Wilmington.
Del. He said that his firm has purchased
the works of the Hare Il Morgan Com
psny, Wilmington, which failed about
three months ago, and it is intended to
operate the works there as an addition to
those located in this city.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
FOUND HONG rHE BRANDTWINE.
The Dead EsOdy of NcViy-BOrn
NlIEAnhI AAiacahNnrcn nv hfinYh.

The Dead Esody of n NeViy-BOrn
Infant Discovered nSy afoys.
The body Of newly born white male
infant was found lying in the bushes
along the north race of the BrNndywiue
neaf the first dam by number of boys
Thursday afternoon. One of this boys
called the attention of passing
pedestrian, George Brodie, who notified
the coroner, The body was fully devel-
oped and was evidently that of healthy,
well developed child which must have
weighed IL to Is pounds.
The body was wrapped in woman's
clothing while considerable bundle Of
womau's clothing lay beside the corpse.
Inclnded in the latter was n -four bag
marked "William Lea & Sons Company"
A woman ia alleged TO have been seen
carrying such bundle rs the one that
YVES found, up tho BrandyWlns early
during the afternoon. No marks of vio-
lence are appsrent on the child's body,
which was removed to the morgue and
Friday inferred in potter's field.
No marks oould be found leading to
the indentification of the child, which
mus. have been dead when placed there.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

care those our men 2" asked Major
Pitcairn, as a squad of soldiers sp-
proached along the road near Concord.
mo sir" replied Colonel Smith. "They
are minute men," General Washington
believed that it was to this the British
defeat may be attributed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

Snic of IA 81. Georges Farm.
DR.. j. G. McOay has purchased the
farm OF William M. Stuckert. IN st.
Georges hundred, containing 100 acres,
with improvements, for S25 1000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25

This amount is, Of course independent
of the general fund of all S03 40 donated
by the general public of Wilmington.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-11-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

During the last eighty years S,000,'
900 people have died of phthisis in
France.
The study of Greek is now engag-
ing the Empress of Austria, and it is
reported that she is making excellent
progress.
When family at Berlin can not
pay rent they can go to the City Shell
ter" big building where they are fed
and kept till work is obtained.
Princess Victoria is the most orig
inal and thoughtful of the Prince of
Wales daughters. Princess Maud acts
as her mothers amanuensis. Princess
Louise has been her fathers favorite.
There are, according to an account
just published, 1000 hotels in Switzer-
land, making up 5S. 600 beds, and en-
ploying 16, 900 servants. The annual
receipts of these hotels amount to $1O,-
900. 900, and they give a net profit OF
SO per cent. on the capital invested.
The Afghan Ameer's method of
vengeance on his rebel prisoners is
pretty highly developed. One batch,
numbering 500, were put to death
three a day. One Of the trio was al
ways hanged dressed in yellow and
green, another was dressed in black
and brown and blown from gun, and
the third was dressed in red and cut
up with sword.
The German Emperor has revoked
the statute which made it necessary
for his mother as eX-Empress, to live
in Germany, and she can therefore go
where she pleases. In return she has
surrendered it is said, all the papers
and diaries of the Emperor Frederick.
The Gar has a new travelling
train. The saloons are covered with
iron outside and then come eight
inches of cork instead of the steel
plates with which the carriages of the
old train were protected. All the
saloons communicate by covered
passage and are exactly the same in
outward appearance, so that no out
slider may be able to discover in which
carriage the Gar is travelling.
"A novel scheme in railroading is
about to be tried by an English syndic-
ate on the Austrian railway system.
Lending libraries will be established
at all the railroad stations of any size,
at which books will be loaned at low
rate. They can be returned at any of
the libraries of the company. Travel
ers are, as a rule, greedy for books,
and the venture is expected to meet
with success, notwithstanding the OPP
position of train news agents, whose
business will be sadly hampered,
The Swami of Southern India have
always been greatly celebrated for
their skill as jewellers, but the forms
and figures usually made have been of
q character that was inadmissible in
Western society. A ParSee gentleman,
having obtained the appointment of
Indian jeweler to the Queen of En-
gland, obtained sufficient influence
among the Swami to induce them to
abandon their old style, and the result
was a beautifully wrought casket for
Princess Louise, of a workmanship
cOmparatively unknown
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-11-02
MONSIEUR'S LITTLE GAME.
How a French Matrimonial Agent Boomet


How a French Matrimonial Agent Doomed
His Business.
A matrimonial agent at LevallOis-
Ferret, suburb of Paris, who had a
special line of business, has just de-
camped with the money of numerous
victims He had as his clients none
but plain or ugly damsels with dow
ries, who found difficulty in getting
off, by reason of their lack of per-
sonal attractions, for although the
great bulk of Gauls have strong par
TALLY for dots. they do not care to be
tied for life to a lady who has nothing
to recommend her but her lucre. The
absconding undertaken of weddings
had a neat way of his own of reconcil.
ing intending bridegrooms to the pros
pect of double-blessednes with DANES
whose features were the reverse of
fair, at the same time that he enabled
his lady clients to change their names
and find apparently eligible partners.
He simply had select stock of private
friends, or rather confederates, who
took over the ladies and large
Jumps of their dowries, and
then, after few weeks Or
months, decamped most ignominious-
ly from the spouses whom they had
promise to love and cherish. The
agent, of course, received large COM
missions from the ladies, and more
over obtained sums of money from the
fugitive husband. The system worked
beautifully for time-so far as the
| agent and his confederates were con-
cerned. Money rolled into his office,
until one day lately he was suddenly
confronted by some of his outraged
clients, who. after sad experience, had
seen through his ''little game" These
ladies told their stories, complained
that bad characters had been foisted
upon them as husbands, and threat
ened to take legal proceedings against
their victimizer. The agent replied in
his blandest manner that he could not
guarantee exemplary husbands whose
conduct would be such as to keep the
course of married life forever smooth
and pleasant When his clients, how
ever, went away, the matrimonial
operator, remembering the threats
about legal proceedings, figuratively
speaking hauled down his colors, or
rather his sign-board and brass plate,
shut up his shop and disappeared,
most probably 20 foreign parts, Paris
Cor. London Telegraph
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-11-02
FROM EGG TO CHICK.
French Scientists Report of Wonder
full Experiment..

| French Scientists Report of Wonder
full Experiment
A French scientist who removed the
shell on either side of an egg without
injuring the membrane in patches
about the size OF the diameter of pea
and snugly fitted the opening with bits
of glass gives the following report of
the wonderful experiment: | placed
the egg with the glass bulls-eyes in an
incubator run by clock works and re-
vOlving once each hour, so that | had
the pleasure of looking through and
watching the change upon the inside
at the end of each sixty minutes No
changes were noticeable until after the
end of the twelfth hour, when some
of the lineaments of the head and
body of the chick made their appear
ances. The heart appeared to beat at
the end of the twenty-fourth hour, in
forty-eight hours, two vessels of blood
were distinguished, the pulsations be-
ing quite visible. At the fftieth
hour an auricle of the heart
appeared, much resembling
lace, or moose folded down upon itself
At the end of seventy hours we distin-
guished wings and two bubbles for the
brain, one for the bill and two others
for the fore part and hind part of the
head. The liver appeared at the end
of the fifth day. At the end of 131
hours the first voluntary motion was
observed. At the end of 1873 hours the
lungs and stomach had become visible.
and four hours later the intestines. the
lOins and the upper mandible could be
distinguished The Shiny matter of
the brain began to take form and be-
come more compact at the beginning
of the seventh day. At the 190th
hour the bill first opened and flesh
began to appear on the breast At
the 194th the sternum appeared. At
the 2l0th hour the ribs had
begun to put out from the back;
the bill was quite visible, as was also
the gall bladder. At the beginning of
the 236tb aOur the bill had become
green, and it is evident that the chick
could have moved had it been taken
from the shell. Four hours more and
feathers had commenced to shoot out,
and the skull to become gristly. At
the 264 th hour the eyes appeared, and
a few hours later the ribs were perfect.
At the 33lst hour the spleen drew up
to the stomach and thG\ lungs to the
chest. When the incubator had turned
the egg 355 times the bill was frequent
iy opening and closing, as if the chick
was gasping for breath. When 451
hours had elapsed we heard the first
cry of the little imprisoned biped
From that time forward he grew rap.
idly and came out full-fedged chick
at the proper tlme.-St. Louis Repub
lie.