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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-05
Tic First Railroad Accident.

The first great railroad accident
occurred on The Great Western road
OF England in 1S4l. A. tram was
rushing along W lieu a MASS of earth
and stones fell from the embark
ment and INSTRUCTED the way.
Eight persons were killed and
many wounded. The coroner's
jury returned averdlct of "acciden
tai deaf Ii in al! cases AID deodaDd
of 1000, OH engine tender, Car
riages.'' The old common law pro.
vided that when any personal cha5
tel was the cause Of death it should
be forfeited to the king. Part OF
this act M;s not enforced III later
years, but o heavy fine was impos
ed OH the owners of,any chatte
doing personal injury to the king
subjects. That law WAS observed
as late as 1847, when parliament
! abolished The praciice.-Detroi
| Free Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-05
A New Danger From Tobacco.

It is stated that German phys
ician, on examination OF a number
Of cigar tips, found that many OF
THEM were infected with tubercle
bacilli. The makers were tuber-
culous, and in the manufacture OF
the cigars moiSiened the tips with
their saliva. This certainly rep
resents new danger from using
tobacco, at least in the shape OF
cigarettes and cigars. We were
aware that there is considerable
difference between bad and good
tobacco, aud have been inclined to
attribute injurious effects to the
use Of inferior product. ANY to-
bacco, however, may be impreg-
mated as above. And if tobaccO
may he contaminated by one bac-
I'LL there does not appear any rea-
son why it should not harbor other
microbes. This is IL point-wlicll
will doubtless be taken mp by the
tanti tobacconists.- London Hos
pital.
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De Murtuis MI NIsi Bonnm.

This polite fashion of saving r0-
thing hut good OF he dead has, Ike
the dead, been run into the ground.
IL has done positive harm 10 he
rising generation. Men have died
who ought to have died sooner.
There " asno good in hem to speak
of, and they have occupied such
prominent places in tho affdirs OF
The world that they could not we'll
bn left out of conversation or his
tory without III Xxi g a hole III it.
The Rev. DR.. Abbo 'Sgoo,!y goody
histories of great Men for Snndao
schools are Of questionable moral
effect. He writes up Napoleon
Boneparte as if he we're saint.
He has sugar coated other nm
SANITY characters, and made them
sweet and pleaSanttor the plastic
minds of youth to take. The eu.
logies Of dead congre >smen by con-
gressmen living are full of compli-
mentary matter that would not
have stood a minute on the stump
I'm face Of the opposition. Clergy
men are frequently embarrassed at
the funeral Of some wealthy but
dishonest and immoral pers0n-to
know whaJto say Of The dead, stand
ing there between-the dead and
the living. They might speak the
truth; bu5 that would oten offend
tie living, and in the clersg.ylnall's
case it is the living that must be
considered New Orleans Picayune.
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NUMBER
The Limekiln Club.

sAr' Brudder Lightfoot in de
hall dis evenln'p askadstbe presi-e
dent as he looked anxion>Iy aronnd.
Yes, sah,' answered the brother
az he bobbed up with energy and
dispatch.
please step dis way, sah.s BrliG.
der Lightroot. | understands dan {
youhas lately been calm yo'self...
;professor7'
Yes, sab. / plays on de fiddle
Ooh, dat's its Yon has alsoshcell
wearin' mighty nigh collarsf'
Yes. saI,.' 4
T Got good clothes2'
yes, sah.'
.ralkiil' .bout rrntin' a boxein :
de pos offs, l L'ar.' s..
Yes, sah.'
.An'you is smoKin's .reg'lar ci s,
gars9'
Yves. sall.'
Ar data d;amun pin you has
ionq
.N-lotquite' sall.' \. g. !.
sdatswatclls chain az sgolel fsss
N5notsall ,sah. z sss;
Now, Brndde en- III It oot loo lsa;
u d :s
head 0ve j: Esais.
cLiEenf liailI'ts got shoe TO- go sf0s
school. hear ofsY0n loafiiil2 Bout
saloons aud standiiff'9II lie Diners.
Pm gwine 10 gin youjist one week
to trap that professor business AL
hunt for a job. 1t you do it, well
and good. If sou doan' do If, dis
club dispenses with Your presence.
A pnrfessoEar all right when he
pnlfesSes,lnr a pnrIessor VITO
saws on asfiddle fur b eI while his
wife lui,sza wash board fur grub
am about lie moas' onery clitier on
airth. Dc meeiln' am now dis
journed.'
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Living Curiosities at the Census In.
0uiSiti0n.

: QUESTION.
One of The census ennmerator!
! entered u dime museum OH thu
Bowery Yesterday.
He explained to the proprietor
that lie was taking the census ant
:hat the dime museum came in bis
district. The museum owner gave
him permission TO question ttht
"living curiosities."
He began with tine Clrcassiar
beauty.
"Where were yon born7"
IL was born in New York, 2 SAID
the Circassian beauty, SIN de ATE
Ward"
"lYherewcre,y ourpuI ents born93
"Me father and mother were born
in Germany"
.What is yonr nama?p
MARY Ann Higgins," sld the
beautiful Circassian.
..AresSon White, black, mnlatto.
.Qnadroon, oetoroon, japanese OF
E.Imlian?'
..fm green"
Single. married, widowed OF
DIVORCED and married q aiii.a'''
sWllat is your trade or occur pa
tion7r.
'.l'm a Circassian beauty by
trade.n
:.Are yonabl, speak Englisha"
"Dat's de only language speak.
See?n
The enumeration walked over TO
the naughty Zulu Prince
"Whcle- were you born2" he
asked.
Sin ole Virginny, sab," said the
Zulu Prince. smiling
"M here were yourparents born?'
"Dey was bawnln Norf Carliny."
"Wbeie do you llveY"
sin Thompson street, Sah..'
fare you white. black, mulatto,
quadroou. Chinese, Japanese, or
lndiang'
81 dunno. l spec Pm Zulu!"
"What is your namc?D
"Iompey L!nkun Fields"
"Wliat is your profession or oc.
cupafionsn
',I'm IL Zulu princc!"
Are yon able TO speak English2"
II can understand English?"
The Australian giant" said he
was birI in New jersey. His par
ents were born in Verm ,nt.
Are you single, married or dl
vorcedg"
"Well, I've been married four or
Eve tilues in the museum to draw
a crowd, but ! believe the mar
rlages were no. regular"
The double headed girl puzzled
The census enuluerator greatly. He
didn't know whether to put her
down as one person or two persons.
She gave two sets OF answers to
most of the questions. One head
said size was twenty four. but the
OTHER head denied 1t and said she
was onlS eighteen.
s.Where were you born7"
I'm the Congo Republic," said
The first head.
lin lre.and," said the second
head.
tue Texas cowboy said that he
was bonn in Boston and tad al
WAYS lAed there.
The first census enumeration to
Gnl>n his district was Charles A:
Clark; ho -ot through at 1 u I'll. ck
e>.rl,lay afternoons. Ills dis iict
was III he buckle l:elry part vi he
city abpve High Blldge. Ii ex.
tended llom Northumberland
vrnlJ-cisliJ street 10 One-Hun.
dred al. d-Eiglit3 first sheet, and
from Ha.I,ul To the Hudson. IL is
he Sixfy eight election district OF
tie Nineteenth Assembly district.
! He canvas.eti it all in two days.
worKing from 6 o'clock in the mcrn.
ing till midnight. He is d stout
man and is Il shoemaker
Fife eli women are at work az
! enumeralols. Que census-taker
resigned yesterday. Another was
+; taken lil.-New York Journal.
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Evening journal., 1890-12-29
RESTORED Tl1E MONEY.
A Dishonest Administratsr Confessed His
Guilt on His Death Bed.

Guilt on His Death Bed.
Mrs B Senheimer Of this city, Mrs.
Mary Hirnheimer Of Smyrna and Morris
Stern of Philadelphia, Pa, have just
come into possession o. 30, 600 marks,
or 81 500, in peculiar manner.
About thirty years ago the father of
the interested parties died. In his will
he appointed his son, Leob Weichsel-
baum, administrator of his estate, which
was quite large. Weichselbaum acted
as administrator and divided the prop
erty It was thought at the time that
he did it equitably.
Some months ago Leob Weichselbaum
died Just before his death he sent for
notary public and confessed to him that
he had misappropriated 10000 marks
when he had partltioned the estate of his
dead father. At the time be made this
confession he was living in Wuertcburg,
Bavaria, Germany, and his defrauded
relations were living in America
After be had confessed his crime to
the notary public Weiehselbaum ex-
pressed desire to make restitution be-
fore he died. Accordingly the notary
public drew up will for the dying man.
In this will be told how he had taken
the 30, 600 marks belonging to his fathers
estate, and had never accounted for it tc
the surviving relatives.
A relative Of the heirs in America sent
them word Of this singular confession
He stated thai by suing Werchselbaum
relatives the money could be had as they
would contest the will. The interested
parties sent a power of-attorney to &
brother in-law named Soloman Falk, re
siding at Aup, near Wertenburg, Ger
many. The legal document was accom-.
panied by instructions to make the best
terms possible
When Falk demanded payment the
heirs of the faithless administrator wer.
forced into a corner, and rather thar
stand suit in the courts they made settle
ment. The money is now on its way Il
this country, if it has not already ar
rived.
Evening journal., 1890-12-29


Squire Thompson. Of Georgetown, i:
visiting in this city.
Miss Bessie Nabb. Of Cecilton,l Nd, Ii
visiting friends in this city,
Secretary Of State w. F. Causey
Of Milford, is in Wilmington to-day.
w. w. Abbott, Of Milford is visiting
his daughter, Mrs J. T. v. Blockson ii
this city.
O. W. McTee, Senator Grays privat,
secretary, has been spending the holiday
in Georgetown. .,
Colonel George w. Marshall, FRS
Infantry, n, 9, D., of Milford, is in vii
mington to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Heinel O
Philadelphia are visiting Mr.. Heinel.
parents in this city.
Police Officer Scott has Just recovered
from four weeks illness, and was out
to-day for the first time,
Mr. and Mrs James Bennett of No
214 West Ninth street gave dinner
to friends and relatives yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Heinzer anC
daughter, Miss Minnie Robinson, anC
Joseph Robinson, of this city, have beer
visiting in Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Thompson snC
Harry j. Bailey of this city, have beer
visiting relatives at Iron Hill.
MeKendree Downham, of the Pension
Bureau in Washington, d. O., spent
Christmas in Sussex County.
Mrs. NJ. Frake celebrated her iftietl
birthday on Friday. In ths evening sh,
was called upon by number Of hsl
friends who presented to her severa
useful presents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Cotton, Misse,
Lula e. Cotton and Louisa RUNNERS O.
Washington d. G. are spending theii
holidays with Mrs. William P Vande
grift No. 9l0 Poplar street
Chief Parrish Of the Washington
ID. Cd Fire Department, with P. P
Crolley of the La France Company, ar,
in the city inspecting the rev Delaware
truck, as the Wash ngton Fire D part
ment IS 10 pur has one.
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
puPont Post Memorial servIees.

Memorial services were held IN the
headquarters Of Admiral S, F. DupoL..
Post No. Q. G A, R yesterday. A large
number attended the services, which
were held In memory Of Holiday NJ.
Jhalfant. Benjamin T. Bellew, Jacob
Baker. Francis Roop, Benjamin Buckley,
Christopher Scrafford and Theodore
Smedley, The chorus composed the fol-
lowing persons: Miss Katie King, Miss
Emma Watson. Miss Lille T. Blackburn,
Miss Lille Oliver, Mss Tillie Baker,
Miss Lille Saville, William Lingo. Frank
Ayars E. A. Watson, George L. .Stidham
and James A. Oliver Jr., who opened the
exercises by singing Peacefully Rest "
Prayer was said by Chaplain James Me-
Coy, and the opening address delivered
by Post Commander B. D. Bogia. Re-
sponsive services were given by the
officers aud comrades and the following
selections by the chorus: "Think OF
Them Gratefully" and "a Hand Held
Ont in Pity" Addresses were also de-
llvered by $. H. MacAllister and Rev. w.
H. Baindridre
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
LEWIS LEVER NEARLY KILLED.
levi Purnell Thought lie Was Too Init
mate with Mrs. Purneli.

levi Purnel Thought He Was Too Inti-
mate with Mrs. Purnell.
Levi Purnell, coored, was arraigned
in the Municipal Court this morning on
the charge of assaulting, with intent to
kill, Lewis Lever, colored. The case IS
very serious, and Purnell was held with
out bail to await the result of Lever
injuries
Lever went to Purnell's house. beyond
Eleventh street bridge, yesterday morn
ing about o'clock. Purcell accused his
visitor of being intimate with Mrs. Pur-
nell. Lever explained how the rumor
had got about that he was intimate with
the woman, bat the explanation only
enrsged Purnell. He picked up knife
from the table. rushsd at Lever, ana
stabbed him In the head 6tteen times, SO
that he became unconscious.
When Lever fell the blood gushed
from his wounds all over the apartment.
Purnell then picked up an iroa kettle
ana beat him on the head, infict.ng te, :
rihle wounds.
When he had beaten the man until
almost irrecognizable, Purnell fed from
the house, leaving his wife TO take care
of the almost dead man.
The woman gave the alarm and some
of the neighbors notified the police. The
vicinity was search for the would-be,
murderer, but he could not then be
fo1nd.
In the meantime the patrol wagon had
been summoned and the injured man was
removed to Delaware Hospital where
his injuries were dressed. His head Is so
badly cut and Injured that 1t is almost
impossible to tell exactly whether his in
juries will ,prove fatal or not. but he
may die. Dr. Thomas g. Bradford is at
tending Lever.
The police were unable to find Purnell
during the day, but in the evening he
was located at his mothers house at
Twelfth and Pine streets Officers sur
rounded the house and one OF them
raped at the door and Purnelfs mother
came out. When asked where her son
was she pointed out the room in which he
was. The officers quietly arrested him.
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Wilmington Turngemeinde last
night gave an entertainment in its hall
at Fifth and King streets.
Gail bells are being put in, connecting
all the offices in the Court House with
the telephone in the sheriH's Office.
The Democrats Of the Tenth ward will
meet at the Cochran Hotel, Front al
Harrison streets, on Wednesday evening,
December 80.
Chief Swiggett has issued circular
Offering 500 reward for the arrest OF
the thieves who stole the $500 worth Of
jeweiry from the residence Of Charles
w. Gouert.
Edward 0'Donnell, who died from
injuries received by falling down stairs
on Christmas day was buried this morn.
ing in the Cathedral Cemetery
Robert Watson stood in the dock at
the Municipal Court this morning and
pleaded guilty 10 drunkenness. AS he had
a return ticket to Chester be was dis
missed.
An unknown white man was arrested
by officer Burleigh this afternoon for
drunkenness and.disorderly conduct. He
started to run while being brought into
the station, but was recaptured.
Walter Moore, little boy. had a
finger mashed by machine in the pulp
works about II o'clock to day. He was
taken to the Homeopathic Hospital,
where the finger was amputated by DR..
Negendank.
Express train No. 4, over the Balti
more and Ohio, passed through this city
in four sections about O'Clock this
morning. The train encountered heavy
storm while coming in from the West
and each car was covered with snow and
2 hail
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
CHURCH NOTES


Rev. n. X. Fallon lectured last evening
in st. Paurs Z. O. Church on Boys
Clubs.
Bishop Curtis preached yesterday
morning in st. Joseph Church. DlPonts
Banks.
Rev. W. ]. Birmingham preached at
St. Anne's, Church yesterday morning and
in New Castle, last evening
Rev. Adam steugle preached in Grace
M. E. Church yesterday morning, and
Rev W. g. Koons preached in the
evening.
Rev. E. & Eckel ofieiated at Trinity.
st. Johns and Calvary Churches yester-
day morning afternoon and evening re
spectively.
Percival @. Pyle, theological student
conducted services yesterday at 81.
James Church, Newport and st. James
Church, Stanton.
Rev, w. w. Campbell preached the
second sermon in bis series on THE
Portents Of the Times" at the Builders
Exchange yesterday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
LAST EDITION
sLEnnINe oN THs sTReETs.
Places Bsst Suited For Shedding and BIOS
Crowded To-day incidents.

Places
Crowded To-day--incidents.
West Fourth street is enlivened to-day
with the number of sledders that crowd
it from Washington street to Broome.
The condition of the street is admirably
suited for the enjoyment Of this exercise.
and nowhere is there greater facilities
for shedding than in this city with it's
long, steep streets, sffording advantages
for velocity and length Of range and its
accommodating officers, who are too kind
and good natuled to enforce the law
against shedding ON the sidewalk. Boys
and girls vie with each other as to who
can go furthest and fare worse, for
bruised limbs and bleeding hands are
common among the sledders.
An amusing incident occurred above
Madison street about 10 o'clock. An old
woman found the sidewalk too slippery
to walk upon, so she bstook herself to
the street. A sledder was several yards
behind the woman when he called aloud
to her to.get out of the way. She stopped
abruptly and stocd stock still. There
was collision and the boy was lost in
the ruins. He gave utterance to a
string of profane language more forcible
than polite.
on Fifth street number of sledders
were also collected. Here there were
Girls. less venturesome than their
brothers, who contented themselves with
a track half square in length. Half q
dozen of them would combine their sleds
together and follow each other. mis-
chieEous boy one Il ne gave the last sled
an additional impetus by overtaking it
with his own and the result was that
several little girls were thrown in the
snow Other streets on the West side
have also many sledders.
The largest number of sledders on any
one street is on East Seventh street.
Tke track extends from King street to
beyond Poplar. Here are to be found
not only boys and girls but numbers of
young men, and men to whom the word
young is no longer applicable. Sleds
capable Of carrying from single person
to five or six are in use but the little
fellows with the single sleds can always
90 the fastest This has caused several
collisions. Seventy-eight sleds vera
counted en- this track this morning and
the number was increasing. Indeed ii
wsuld look as If many persons in that
locality had taken day off so great was
the number of able bodied men there.
On Du Pont street between Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware avenues there is q
good track on the sidewalk which few
boys have TO the nselves. On Maryland
avenue there is also a good track, which
is well patronized
The number of persons who fell to-day
was increased on account of the slighl
fall Of snow which made rubbers as
safeguard almost useless. The motions
of men aud women when about to fal
were very different the women generally
going down in heap without warning
while the men, throwing up their hands
would clutch the air and run seyera
steps before falling
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
statns Of Hnnl.h

Registrar Lee Of the Board Of Health
reports,the total number Of deaths for
the week ending on Saturday to be II, as
compared with l6 fer the same period
last year. The deaths are classified
Males, 10; females, z white, 16 black,
Il adults, Ill; minors, g; natives,
Il; foreigners, 3. The causes
Of death were Accident, 1 consumption,
z; commissions. 3 Group, cerebro spinal
meningitis. congestion Of lungs, Ger
rhosis Of liver, dropsy, fracture Of skull,
heart disease, meningitis, premature
birth, pneumonia, typhoid fever, each
The total III mber or births reported was
% as compared with 90 for the same
period last year. Seven Of these were
males and - females There were 28
marriages reported 22 OF which were
white and / black.
Evening journal., 1890-12-29
FAT -WlrTED FURY.
Marshal Nahany In Cyclone of Bas
Grammar and Worse Words.

Marshal Nahaffy in Cyclone of Bad
Grammar and Worse Words.
United States Marshal Henry Clay
Mahaffy is much disturbed by the edi
torial published in the Evening JoUR-
NAL in which he was quoted as saying
that he would like to see the editor in
hell. A reporter Of the EVENING
JOURNAL called on Mr.. Mahaffy in his
private Office in the Federal Building
this morning and after greetings were
exchanged the reporter put the usual
question any thing new to day2'
The TRADE of abuse and filthy language
with which MRhsffy replied, almost
staggered the reporter, who was not used
to such language.
AS nearly as such foul language can be
quoted, the marshal said:
"Do you see that doorl"
Eyes, said the reporter.
''Well, you 60 out of it and don't come
in here again.
Very well. Mr.. Mahaffy, if you wish
it, of course | must oblige you"
'Go on. get outside my private office
or PHI here his language was too OBJ
scene to be quoted in decent news
paperl
The reporter stepped outside the door
into the Office of Clerk Glstz, and he was
followed by the irate marshal to the
door. Mshaffy kept up his TRADE Of
filthy language even tSen, and the
reporter said:
III you do not choose to tell me what
is new, of course can not make you
mo, - - you, you can't make
me, and never want you to step inside
this door again, unless there is some
public business going on. don't want
you to speak to me again, you--. /"
This was screamed out as loud as possible.
and il seemed as II the fat little marshal
was ''roally angry"
Mahaffy Rgain started long speech Of
abuse, and the language he used would
have shocked the most hardened sinner
and the lowest reprobate. Several other
persons were within hearing but the mar.
shal did not seem to care for the effect OF
his words on their morals.
He threatened all sorts Of bodily In
jury TO the reporter, who had simply
repeated the language used by the
SANITY marshal in speaking Of the
editor Of this paper
The editorial in question was published
last Friday IN the EVENING JOURNAL,
and the marshal was probably getting
even for the impression created in words
. and in q manner pleasing to himself.