Evening journal., 1890-11-12

do not know what shall do other than
to Tsell \ out Hand quit at once.
as all the props have been
knocked from under me. Ny barn was
filed with as good grain and crops as
any in this section. All of these have
been destroyed and now | am left with
out even board to shelter my horses
and cattle. All my work for year is
gone, and even II continue on the place
have nothing on which to feed the
stock.
The farmer also stated that the fire
had been started in the middle of the
barn foor where there was small pile
of hay, How a FIRE fend could haze
gained an entrance to the building, he
said was a mystery, as all the
doors. except a small one opening into
the stables, were securely fastened. The
parties who did the fsndish work must
have gone through the stables.
Suspicious Characters seen.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
one of Mr.. Mayne's daughters noticed
two rough-looking men coming down the
road toward the house. eyeing everything
closely. They passed by and, 1t is
stated, procured matches Of a neigh
again seen around the place before sun
set and walked away by another route.
Many suspicion them ofsbeing the,incen-
diaries, although others are inclined to
discredit the statement.
Vengeance Must BE Dealt.
The people Of Brandywine hundred
have become thoroughly aroused, and
this morning the neighbors Of Mr..
Mayne made open threats Of lynching or
shooting the fire fends should they ever
be detected. One farmer said that II he
could catch the fellows IA the
act Of firing a building he would have
them placed over q slow fire and keep
them there until they were roasted to
death
Nearly all the barns in that locality
are now carefully guarded day and night
The big barn on the property OF Colonel
II. A. Dupont, wherein all the
draft and blooded horses belong
ing to the firm are kept, is in
earesof four watchmen constantly Every
| farmer is on the alert, and suspicious
characters that are seen lurking about
after dark will stand a poor chance for
living.
Danger OF a Terrific Explosion.
The sparks from the burning building
blew over toward the big powder magazine
in the lower yard all the morning and it
seems almost providential that they
did not reach the yard. Had this hap
pened one Of the greatest explosions ever
known would have occurred, and the
| villages OF Rising Sun and
Forty Acres, would have beer
| completely wrecked The explosion OF
the big magazine would also have caused
the destruction of all the mills in that
g ion.
The Fire Department Called
An alarm Of Ere was sounded from bo,
No. 81 at Delaware avenue and Dupont
streets, at 2.15 o'clock, while the fir,
was raging. The department responded
promptly and two Companies procede,
to -the scene from where thl
alarm was struck. The engines
were taken to the farm of Francis G Du.
Pont, adjoining Mayne's place, in tn
hopes OF getting water from reservoir
but as a sufficient supply could no
DO obtained, the fireman lef
their apparatuses and went to the assist
, snce OF the people who were workin
bravely to save the other buildings O.
the farm.
Arrested on Suspicion.
There are two colored men in the Git
Hall confined on suspicion of .hav
ing hand in the burnin
of DuPent's barns. The police ar
noR-committal on the matter, but it /
understood that there is nothing dsmag
ing against them yet They were ar
rested yesterday by Officers Floy
and Galloway. The impression anon
the police is that white men commltter
the crimes.