Evening journal., 1889-10-29
A NOVEL BAZAAR At DOVER.
Opening of Kent County Court-The
Rodney Celebration.

Opening of Kent County Court-The
Rodney Celebration.
Special correspondence EVENING JouREAL.
DOVER, Del, Oct. 29.-if delegation
of Wilmingtonians had ascended the well
known stairs leading to the Legislative
Chambers Of the old State House last
night, they would have found picture
that must have have convinced them that
the old chambers where Legislative solons
have been won't TO wrangle over new road
in the Murderkills and ditch and dyke
corporation, in Nanticoke and Broad
Creek, had been rented out as a section Of
Paradise, and that the angelic host had
already taken possession. If Senator Dona-
hoe and George Gray or Captain Eckles
and General Armstrong could have had
as neighbors and colleagues the fair
nymphs who foated around the old walls
last night, costumed in all the bewilder-
ing styles that poets fancy could paint
well, the session of 80 wouldn't have
been ended yet Senator Richardson was
there when the EVENING JOURNAL scribe
reached the corridor, and he was so en-
chanted that even a mention of Valued
Policy" failed to attract his attention.
The ladies of Dover had the halls and
the parlors and the corridors and every
thing else, and, as they have had them for
q week they have so transformed them
that even the fellows who came down
here with their interminable "ameud
ments TO the charter Of Wilmington
would have failed to recognize them.
The parlor where so many matrimonial
knots have been united via the divorce
mill, looked just the place where those
knots might be cemented, and in the
chambeIs at various booths, were repre-.
sented every nation under the sun but
Africa These booths were typical Of
the nations they represented, the class
Of goods for sale, as well as in the dresses
Of the presiding deities
The following ladies guarded the inter
ests of the various nations represented:
French-Mrs H. A. Richardson, Mrs.
B. Watson, Misses ID. Wilson, +. Muir
phey and r. Bootes
German-Mrs. T. S. Clark, Mrs Gen
eral r. r. Kenney, Miss Walker and Miss
Anderson.
English-Mrs. r. W. Wilson, Mrs.
Hunt, Misses Bartlett, Pennewill and
Alice Gibson
spanish-Misses Murphey, Comegys,
e. Bernard, M. Culbreth, Selmser and
Wallace.
Oriental-Mrs. Conwell, Mrs. Holmes,
Mrs Massey, Misses Massey, Wilson,
Chatham and NJ. Gibson.
American-Mrs. g. w. Whitaker,
Misses Day, Hayes. Culbreth and Steven
SON.
New England lSitchen-Mrs George
Day, Mrs II. w Cannon, Miss X. Day.
Post ofiice-Miss A. Cannon.
The halls were thrOnged all evening
and the fair matrons and maids gathered
in the sheSels The bazaar will continue
this evening, and to morrow evening will
give place to the grand ball.
Kent County Court opened yesterday
morning with full bench and Attorney
General Biggs on hand Most of the ses
sion was taken up with arranging anc
settling peace bonds. The case of Mrs
Alex. 6readick VS.. her husband, suit fol
maintenance, was tried in the afternoon
| Massey for defendant. The defendant
won the suit on the ground of the wife
refusing to live with him
day the case of George S Dill. who is
charged with shooting James Porter will
intent to kill, will come up. This may
be set down as the case of the session,
and it is said that about seventy wit
nesses have been subpgnaed. Dill is {
Marylander. but the shooting was dom
this side of the line. Dilps family con
nections in Kent county are very exten
sive and much interest is manifested il
the case.
All arrangements for the Rodney mon
ument unveilng are completed. All that il
needed, as the bills say, is clear day t.
make the affair success The judiciary
of the state. the bar of the state, tn,
politicians of the state. and about every
body else who can get here, are, expected
The coroner's jury in the case of Rev
G. W. Knight, whose death was noted il
the EVENING JOURNAL Yesterday, rem
dered verdict of accidental death.