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The Somerset reporter., 1890-10-16

DIR. Orrin Fitzgerald of the Medical
home, Allston, Mass, will by special re
quest, visit Skowhegan Oct, 25th, and
examine all who may call on him, free of
charge, at Heselton House. If you are
suffering from any disease that has bafiled
your physician, call on DIR. Fitzgerald,
who will locate your disease instantly.
His diagnosis of the human system is
simply marvellous. He makes organic
disease speciality, and will not say he
will cure unless he can warrant it. DIR.
Fitzgerald has no equal.
Plenty of shingles and boards for sale
by A. S. Burke, Bingham. (tG
The Somerset reporter., 1890-10-16
akoWhEoAN MARKET.

The place to buy corsets is at M. B
HeseltOn's,
The Somerset reporter., 1890-10-16

NoTIcE-All persons still indebted to
the estate of DIR. J. S. Cushsng are re-
quested to settle at once and save cost,
Geo. Gushing, Executor. If
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
DINERS BUT NO VIANDs.
Guests Ridden to an Imaginary Banquet
and are Disappointed.

neutrality-suspicious. of Gazette md lournei
NEW CASTLE, Nov. CIV Marvin
Truss, well-known young man, and a
number of his friends, both in this city
and Wilmington, were the victims Of n
practical Joke on Saturday. Mr.. Truss ut
tanned the age of p years OIL Saturday and
last week, previous to his birthday, it is
understood, he openly stated that he had
received handsome cash present and said
just for fun that he intended to celebrate
the event with supper on Saturday even
ing, Several young men conceived the
idea that in order to make the event sure
thing it would he well to have several hun
dred invitations printed. This they did
without Mr. Truss knowledge OF consent.
IL is said that 200 or more of them were
mailed in this city and Wilmington. The
first intimation Truss had of the affair was
on Friday night, when at the drill of Com
pany ii Captain Boyd read one of the in
vitations to the company. The cards
stated that MIR. Truss would be pleased to
meet the members Of Company II at EMIL
mer's dining rooms, Wilmington, at 4
O'Clock Saturday evening in honor of his
DIST birthday. This was news indeed TO
Truss, and he at once denied having sent
the invitation and advised what few mem
bers were present that the affair vast fake.
This il was thought settled the matter
but alas, everyone Of the invitations that
We're mailed had the customary r. $. Y. Z.
on them and imagine Mr.. Truss surprise
on finding his post-otfice box the next day
filled to oyerliowing with mail, which
upon investigation proved to his horror, to
be letters Of regret and acceptance, the
latter Of which seemed to be in the ma
iority. On Saturday night Fullmers was
besieged by crowds of young men who
had come to be entertained by Mr. Truss
but the latter never put in appearance.
Inquiries were made for him but Mr..
Fullmer replied that lie knew nothing of
Mr.. Truss nor his banquet. Among the large
number duped was Il young man from this
city who failed to eat his supper at home
in order to have ample capacity for
the supposed banquet. Two other young
men eat to their hearts content at the res
talrant and told the waiter to charge it,
to Mr.. Truss, which led Fullmer to say
who is this man Truss?n Most of the
young men We're not ION to it, and re-
turned home swearing vengeance on Mr..
Truss, who spent the whole of yesterday in
explaining the best he could TO his numer-
Gus friends that he was not responsible for
the affair and acknowledged that he was
sold much worse than they.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

heen accepted by council the patrol Off
GERS will remain at the patrol station
day and night, where quarters have
lifted up for them.
The system is divided into four cir
cults and contains over 90 miles of wire.
Tie receiving apparatus at the police
station will accommodate So more
booths whenever they are needed. The
Gaynor company has added numerous
little apparatus, &C., not called for by
the contract, one being conduits from
each booth to the curb of the street, in
which to put the wires when overhead
wires have to come down.
The members of City Council, all
being present, after meeting in the
Council chamber, proceeded to the
police station, accompanied by City
Solicitor Lyman, superintendent Aydon
of the system for the city, Assistant
Superintendent Haley, Clerk A. F.
Messick and members of the press,
where Mr.. O'Brien explained the APP
paratus. The box which will go into
the booth at New Castle avenue and A
streets was in the station, and from it
signals were sent, showing the working
of both ends of the line. A general call
can be sent out by means of the gongs
and flash lights.
Leaving the police station the party
entered carriages and were driven to the
patrol station, at Front and French
streets. The police station sent two or
three test calls for the patrol wagon,
which fully explained themselves.
Then, driving to station No. 23, at
Front and Madison streets, the telephone
was used and the patrol wagon called.
In a minute and half from the time
the call for the patrol wagon was sent
in, it came up to the box with the horse
on n gallop. This was extraordinary
fast time, and was made by the horse
having been harnessed ready. The flash
light and bell were also put to salts
factory test.
Station No. %, at Fourth and Union
streets; No. 81 at the middle depot and
No. "a at Tenth and Orange streets were
also visited The telephones and flash
lights of each were tested. At the last
box Council formally adjourned and the
members went home. The system will
probably be turned over to Council to-
night.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
His opinion of ingalls,.

KANSAS City, Mo, Nov. 24.-Nelson r..
Acers, internal revenue collector of Kan
sas under President Cleveland, has received
a letter from the President, which says :
importance which has resulted from the
recent election which ought to please
Democrats and decent people so much as
the prospect of the retirement of ingalls,.
do not know what kind Of Democrat
it would he who would not labor in season
and out of season to prevent the return to
the Senate Of this vilitier of everything
Democratic, who has been put forward by
bad for even decent Republicans, and who
was made presiding officer Of the Senate to
CROWN their insults TO our party.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
RoeER O. MInns, AmnrrfoM
He Desires to BE Speaker and Then to
(:n fine Senate.

WASHINGTON, Nov 24.--lhe authorata-
tive announcement that Roger @. Mills, of
Texas, Will not again be candidate for
election to the House attracts much atten-
tion here. AT the close Of the term to
which he has just been elected, he VIII
have served continuously for 20 years as a
member of the House of Representatives.
Though useful man in committee work
from the start, he has been prominent in
the House for only few years. His life
study has been the question of taxation,
and being recognized Congressional au-
thority on that subject he was, upon the
defeat Of Mr.. Morrison, selected to lead his
party on the floor Of the House.
There was some criticism of the appoints
ment at the time il was made. The fear
was expressed that Mr., Mills lacked the
repose and conservatism necessary TO sue
cessful leadership; that his quick temper
would initiate against him, He disap-
pointed all of his critics. however. lie
framed tariff bill and passed il through
the House under circumstances that called
both for good temper and courage, and his
party Endorsed his labors both in national
convention and at the polls.
1t seems to he assumed that Mr.. Mills
will enter the lists against Mr. Reagan for
seat in the Senate. The legislature TO be
elected in Texas in 1892 will choose Judge
Reagents successor. Mr. Reagan will be a
candidate for reelection and an exciting
contest is likely to result. The Two men
do not differ on questions OF national
policy. Both are tariff retormers and both
favor free coinage of silver. The ISSUE
therefore, upon which they will appeal to
their people is likely to be of a local char
acter. 1t is thought propable indeed, that
the controversy about prohibition, which
so aroused Texas few years ago, may be
revived and She senatorship fought for on
that line In that controversy Mr. Reagan,
who had Just been elected to the Senate,
took the side of prohibition while Mr..
Mills opposed it. The prohbitionists were
defeated by large majority.
This senatorial purpose of Mr. Mills will
not Interfere with his candidacy for the
speakership of the next House, If elected
to both offices, his term as speaker would
expire before that of senator began. Mr..
Mills is nearly 60 years of age, with great
powers of endurance, although he has
tested them severely during the past two
years. He is of an earnest and nervous
temperament, working III session and out,
and always at the top of his speed. On the
tariff question he is in demand on the
hastings TO greater degree even than Mr..
Carlisle and his influence over crowd is
easily established and no less easily held.
He is making lis race for speaker on the
platform of reopening the tariff question,
by a bill repeating in effect the Mckinley
bill.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

General Clusters buglc, silver mill
tary trumpet, is in the possession Of
Howard Garrett Of No 901 Delaware
avenue. Mr.. Garrett, it is understood,
intends presenting the relic TO the His
torical Society He obtained it while
out west from Postmaster French of
Muddy post-office, Custer county, Mon
tana. Mr.. French purchased the bugle
from Last Bull, Sioux chief, who
picked it up on the size of the Custer
massacre
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

BERLIN Nov. 25.--One Of the hospitals
in this city has already refused the applica
tons of 100 physicians who have come
here to study the Koch method Of treat
g inst p .e gro 1ilat ~ |. =
of those who desire to study the method.
Already 1000 foreign doctors have
arrived here for the purpose of
informing themselves regarding the
treatment. Prof Koch has been
elected an honorary member of the society
for the preservation Of the public health
Or. Koeller, chief of the Charity Hospital
here, while admitting that marvellous
effects have been produced by the injection
Of Prof. Koch's curative lymph, declares
that as yet there has been no certain ex-
perience of the lasting nature of cure.
DR.. koeller says, however, that the lymph
has proved Indispensable in diagnosing
cases in which there was doubt Of the ex-
istence Of tuberculosis.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
4 FIRE nEG.S HoRK.
Several Persons Narrowly Escape Death
i'll Il Chicago Blaze.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-An incendiary fire
that was attended with numerous acct
dents occurred at an early hour this morn
ing ut 37S State street. Al about 3 o'clock
a policeman saw Il man throw a bundle of
hlazing straw into the window of Frank
Beaumont's shoofing gallery in the base
nlent Of the building. The officer caught
the iire-bng as he ran away and attempted
10 hold hint The blazing bundle Of straw
had set fire to the building, and as the oili-
Ger desired to turn in an alarm as speedily
as possible, he dragged the man toward a
fire alarm box. The man struggled des-
perately and finally Slipped from the Off
GERS grasp and made his escape.
When the tiremcn reached the burning
building the basement was in sheet Of
flames. Pipeman Dougherty was among
the first to he ordered into the building.
He was overcome BY the heat and was ear
ried ont. -Four families were living in the
upper floors and they fled precipitately in
their night clothes. Next door 1T $50 State
street is a clothing store over which are the
living rooms of U. Il. Livington and his
family.
The sitting smoke had entered this
building, and when the fircmen broke in
the doors they found nine persons living
unconscious in their beds They were 4.
+. Livingston and his wife. Sophia; their
children, Eddie and Edith, aged and >
years, respectively; Mrs. Peck, Miss Olga
Peck, Miss Carrie Honsman, Mrs Frank
Beaumont and her child They were re-
moved to a neighhoring house and cared
for The financial loss was slight Nothing
is known Of the motive that prompted the
firing of the house.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
MRS. nIRcH4LL GOES HOME.
She VIII Sail From New York by the
Majestic Tomorrow.

WooDsTocK, ONT, Nov. q Mrs Birchall
and her sister, Mrs, Wcst-.lones, provided
with free transportation left for England
this afternoon. small party Of their
faithful friends accompanied them to the
station and babe them farewell. They sail
from New York ON Wednesday by the
White star steamer Majestic Mrs. Birchall
did not visit her husbands grave before
her departure, but expressed d desire to be
allowed to take the body with her. Onthe
train from Woodstock was Judge Nc
Mahon, who passed the sentence Of death
on Birchall. Ieetham Birchall's college
chum, went as far as Hamilton with the
ladies and then returned to Montreal
Mrs. Brchall still believes her husband
was innocent of the actual killing of Ben
we'll, She was greatly panied to hear that
the l;ev. Nh. Wade had intimated that her
husband Fad confessed to him, while to
her he protested to the last that he was not
guilty Il will never believe that Reggie
confessed TO any one she said, weeping
bitterly. 'He told me he was innocent,
and, more. lie implored me to place no re-
lance IN what other people might say after
he was dead, If he was guilty of that ter
rible crime | know he would have con
fessed it to me lpressed him so to tell me
all and he said he had
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

The Third street bridge is in trouble
not broken as heretofore, hut has sprung
and the cogs Of the gearing are continually
slipping. There is nothing the matter
with the motor, which could break the
machinery to pieces if run at its full
power. The assistant hridge-tender de-
clared this morning that the gearing was
not heavy. enough for the bridge, and had
sprung, He also said something about
thrce new wheels being put in, which were
a little higher than the others and which
assisted in causing trouble. For some
reason full set of new wheels had not vet
been furnished The bridge is not out of
service, but has to be handled very care
fully, or the cogs slip so that it cannot be
turned
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
August Belmont Dead.
New York, Nov. 2i.-August Belmont
died at 8 O'clock this morning.


-Four sheep hcrders were killed recently
by a terrible hailstorm in the mountains
of Lincoln county, New Mexico. Sixteen
others and 1000 sheep are missing.
Frank Sherrer,a Waterman employed by
the Peoria Distilling Company, in Peoria,
ILL.,, fell into a tank of scalding slop on
Saturday. When rescued his flesh fell from
his bones.
While crossing the river ut Wnnipeg,
Manitoba,o on young ice,on Saturday night,
Alderman Andrews and wife broke
through and were drowned. They had
just returned from their wedding trip.
A large number of representatives of the
Peoples party in Bourbon county, Kansas.
have issued an address presenting General
John H. Rice of Fort Scott as candidate
for United States senatorto succeed Ingalls,.
Two oil tanks, of 1000 and 5000 gallons
respectively, near Danhury, Conn, ex-
ploded on Saturday night by ignition of
gas from lantern, carried by James Gun
ningham, night Waterman. Cunningham
was blown to pieces.
According to the Washington Post Rem
rosentative Mills Of Texas has decided 60
retire from public life with the close of the
sgd Congress, unless his state sends him
to the Senate as the successor of Senator
Coke"
A Democratic parade and Notification
was held in Frederick Maryland, on Sat
nrday, over the election of General Nc
Kaig, to succeed Mr.. McComas in Con-
gress There were present from New York
Mayor Grant, Bourke Cochran, Colonel
John A. Cockerill of the New York World
and Senator Ives.
L. w. Morgan, an employe in the Cali
fornia Electric Company III San Francisco,
on Saturday Digit, received the full force
Of !, 900 volts Of electricity. lie was repair
ing a wire and was q feet from the side
walk He chung by his hands to the wire,
and when another workman tried to bring
him down his grasp could not he broken.
The wire WAS finally cut and Morgan
dropped unconscious into the arms of his
rescucr, who brought him safely to the
were burned to the bone, and after regain
ing consciousness he suffered intense
agony. 1t is said that he will recover.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

CHICAGO, Nov. 2i.4At a meeting of the
creditors Of the Prettyman Bank and of
the stockholders OF the North Division
Lumber Company held last evening, the
legal advisers Of the depositors in the bank
and the stockholders of the lumber COM
pany recommended that application be
made ut once 10 Judge Prendergast to re-
move the assignee Of the bank and lumber
company, Mr.. Johnson, and appoint one
assignee for the bank and another for the
lumber company. The creditors declared
that Mr.. Johnson would he able to separate
the interests entrusted to him. The COM
mont on the management of the affairs of
the concerns in question was not
very favorable, The general impression
seemed to be that Mr.. Prettyman had used
funds of the bank and deposits to carry the
lumber concern. The lumber stock was
said to be practically valueless. Prettyman
in an interview asserts that the assets will
fully cover the liabilities. The assignment
he said was the result of disagreement
between himself and his partner, II. H.
Bishop. lie assigned, he asserted, SO as to
put the business and assets of the firm in
the hands Of a third party and to cut off
Mr. Bishop from any further active par
tlcipation in the business,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
Jfr CORN a ETS EI-Ey.


SlrclIli 10 tle new fOts World.
NAsHlNG1nN Nov 23.-Fpstmaster.gen
eral Wanamuker has had To pawn the house
he lives IN III order to meet current linan-
eial obligations Two weeks ago It was re-
ported that lic was long of Reading stock
purchased on margin, and that Jay Gould
was getting 4 tight twist on him III revenge
for his official advocacy of Il limited gov
crnment postal telegraph. This was de-
nicd at the time by Mr. Wanamaker's Phil
adelphia partner, and it was maintained
stOuily that the Postmaster-general was
financially sound. Whether the statement
was true or not, certain it is that from
some cause Mr. Wanamaker has found it
necessary to SO into the market for money,
and he has not only borrowed it on stock
cnllaterais, but has obtained a loan Of
100000 on his house in this city.
A deed of trust from John Wanamaker
to George Crawford ct al on sub lots and
8, square l26 Ton | street between Seven
tenth and Eighteenth, north-wcStl 20
secure the payment of $4,000 10 Amanda
and II. G. Ford, was made some time ago
and recorded yesterday at the city hall.
There are rumors that the papers were
held back until yesterday at the special
request of Mr. Wanamaker.
This is the house which ex-Secretary
Whitney occupied during the Cleveland
administration Mr.. WanamalScr bought
il from Mr.. Whitney for something like
$4,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
i BEGG4R RoLIIvG ~ RICHES.
A Man Reputed TO be Worth s75O,0O0
Looked UP for Asking Aims.

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.--Peter Mueller, an
old man reputed to be worth S15l,O0n was
yesterday sent to the Bridewell for 80 days
for begging on the streets. For many
years Mueller and his wife livedin miser-
able hovel on the banks of the Illinois and
Michigan canal in the township of Cicero.
They lived in n most miserable manner,
denying themselyese everything except what
was absolutely necessary to keep them
alive. 1t is said that four years ago four
masked men entered the hoyel and de-
manded the pot of gold the old couple
were believed to keep therein. Mueller
and his wife protested that they had no
money. Then the robbers, by the most
horrible fortunes, sought to draw from
them the secret Of the hiding place of the
treasure, but in vain.
Mueller made a practice Of begging on
the streets and about year age was locked
up one night. Next morning when he re
turned to his hovel he found the dead
body Of his wife hanging TO a
raitcr. 1t was supposed She had
worried over her husbands absence
and in a moment of great dependency
took hcr life. Sunday last Mueller made
such nuisance of himself begging in
front of St. Francis Church that he was
arrested and sent II the Bridewell,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

Lee Mong All, Chinese laundryman
living at No. liz East Fourth street, died
Monday morning. He was about A. years
of age ard had been in America nearly 20
years. Incense was burned about the body
until Undertaken j. A. Wilson arrived. The
body was removed to Mr.. Wilson's morgle,
from which il will be buried the latter part
Of the week. The interment will he made
in the Wilmington and Brandywine GEM
terry. Lee AIong All is the second China
man that has died in this city and it is cx-
pccted that his comrades will have him
buried with all the ceremony peculiar to
his race,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

CAMBRIDGE, Mn, Nov. 24-As an
outcome of the efforts Of a committee of
business men from Cambridge to confer
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany,a new schedule was started to-day
on the Cambridge & Seaford railroad
The daily train arrives now at o'clock
p. m. instead Of LAO. On Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays an additional
train will run, leaving Cambridge at 2.35
p. m; returning, arrive at Cambridge at
740 p. M. BY the efforts of the COM
mittee track connection has been made
at Hurlock with the Baltimore g. East
ern Shore railroad so that carload of
freight can be transferred without I'M
lnadinG.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

Special Correspondence Gazette and journal
New CASTLE, NOV. 24.--,Iohn Leonard,
All employee Of the Delaware Iron Works,
met with distressing accident an Saturday
machinery when his arm was caught he
tween heavy cuss and crushed to pieces.
He called for aid and the millwas stopped,
but not until the mans arm was literally
reduced to q pulp. II required nearly half
an hour to eXticate The unfortunatc man,
as it was necessary. to take the machinery
apart. Though the pain was severe he
stood it heroically and was Afterwards re-
moved to his home, where DR., r.. r. Tybout
amputated the member above the elbow.