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New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
Drcsemahinl.

A Ill AIYLis of ch.ldr,n'- dfc--c, mad
"A uy au IAprr.'urfd GTsrsn4ak"r and o.
-4purI "a ..hfe suur wOfA At home. Bolsf.
MAN. go ofn.ate.
4 SDALL 5 EtDLSIL.-Psrslan ersss
n mlA'ts. iat.st and pr,tucst ~ les
.aIlr-' Matrrllls taasn OF furnished nfst
cla-- wofA qua an,ccd moderate, priees
lvi W.. ioin.st.
A hIls,fi t1-NAk peri ct
"A hitting costumes. Jacnet, aud wrap.
-IIng -tl's b'-t reference. q" ~.
o. West -ad.sf
A LII sly.e- dresscs perfect Gt Pcasan
IA itfd Nfip-. ltNAct- AMI tea f"fi.r
ins.I-h walking suite custon.'r. may inr
d. .sl mater al lJ.On:..c COOKE. l"a
West i''h-st.
hHI. .>-AANIND -Io5 East snth--t.
~ fil.t-flass dlr-sma.lnr; reasonable
terms. Nine. DLWth.
nEls@nAKEK Gooi nt'er. good drsp-
- 60. all gDli uor. reference, - %.
Afasr-. N4-- D.. - W.T. 20tn It,. lst bill.
hti. -..4 AHii:- fil-'-class nticr aad
~ diaper WISHES more cngagsm'nts hy
li0 G'A 'sI,Ilruc'd ln leading hOu,r.
'ltg reference. D. go Wet 2al-,t-
IkKLos MAKIr would like cnsascmrnt
~ hS ule day nf,t.clsss h'tins and dia9.
Ing - per dJY ur 80 - Wc'h. Call of
aaere,- Dl;ts~MAkLis, 33- Eat l,th--t.
NASHIONAHLI SSNAKING by th'
4 day ladies and children; beat rclerf
cncc-. II. c., 1JiO Madi-on-aVe., bet.
luith ana lr5th SIS
t'IRST-CLASS Parislan dressmakor newly
established, Wishcs more 90, tumcs at
home; suit s3 up. Mllc. ABEL, ol"
gth-eNe.
EODD DEE>sMAKLR. not long In city
NJ desires q few more custs tsn.frs IN or out
Of the hou-r. DKl>>MAkEK. ! 1913 l-t-
ave-. LIT iloOf
NlAISON D. IONFIANCE.-llEN
lVk EilE MICHEL. 20 WD-t i7th--t.. ifn-
iOrt,r; summer, t.atclliAg. stieot dresses
l1alc.' material taA,n.
NJ ME. hN7OINIriTE. ll2 West 18th
4FR ~, iDipOrt'r fdri- ian dresses for gifi-.
10 u Near- ever, description Of dresses
from customers natDi ial at short notice.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
bnslncs5 e hGntes.

Il BrN FOR CASH any stock Of mer.
"A. rhanGls' or buy entire stocks out
otHWEINBJEG. 1l Malkcr-st. AID i-G
last -3d,t. Liberal Commissions paid 70
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29


OACHMAN. BY single Young man
u ON rentlcman's place; as cOachnian and
proom: thoroughly understands thc care OF
horses and Carriages good pain gardener
nr.t-class city ana country references. Ad-
dress r.. Tribune once.
HOACHNAN or SECOND NANNY an
4 English Protestant. 20 ! feet . inches !;
thoroughy under stands his dutie, IN caie u
horses and carriages sober, willing and
Trustworthy; good reference. Address b,
\. f.. Advertisement once. .323 3d-aNe.
COACHMAN.-By German single; un.
l. derstand, gardening. W r.. care OF
Gardner Saehr. l60th-st. and l0th-aNc.
NOA.uMAN. by a competent man eN.
4 Dcrisnced driver l. good groom; several
wears excellent city reference, y from last
rnIployer; willing and oblicng; city or
rountpy JAMES. at Henry Killam Co,
Cprr.age Builders. broadway aud ofth.st.
GOA,HMAN ana GARDENER.-By a
" sober. middlc-agcd man flist-class veg.
ctable gardener; understands tho. care OF
horse and COW and nowers would BE- use
fnl good references. Address Z. 4. ,,
Box 8. Tribune Oilice.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
FURNISHED Gonsrs.

EOR SALE. FURNISHED. OR TO
L RENT, FURNISHED, for summer. at
\ lonkcrs.-NcWly and stylishly furnished
large brick house land 6Oxi25; ten b5-.
rooms; retired street; minutes walk to
train. and one hour TO Rector-st; horses
not needed would rent for summer to care
ful private family Of adults only price Of
house and land. $4,000; furniture. ~ .0CO :;
rent $500 per month. Room 30. 20 Cedar
81. until 4.
FURNISHED COTTAGES u rent In
L Patch0gue, Bellport. Blue Point Bay
port Lists on application. POTTER &
PRICE Patchogue. l.. |.
For other real estate ads. see Sth page J
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
Rooms t0nnlco.

CENTLIMAN and wife wish sllt" ~
VI rooms second story. vl'n lliti'. living
ln their OHu house, I-fh and i-4 .tt. y a-
i>on and sth nNes. MILLOk lb. hnl-ttr.
w ANIED.-In stewart holding. putI-
w Iege io place booics-e. Sc. Ad-
aIr,s SIAiEk Box 81. Tribune once.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
Boar0 an0 Rooms.
Brooklyn.

UOARD, PROSPECT PARK. 102 9TH.
~ ANE.-Larg" or small rooms, perna-
nent or transient, for season. summer. or
less time II desired location delightful;
house and rooms large quiet access TO
ocean. Concy Island and New York.
~ URNISHED ROOMS. 81 Clark-,t,
j block opposite Hotel ST. George. Large
rooms on second floor references exchanged.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
heal estate 10 GSrhanqe.

kOf SALE or EACHANGE-EIegan
-, stone mansion. with large stone stable I;
e.nnlahding- magnificent view OF Hudson !:
Hopls 70 Broad AaY. room 3ll.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
lsGl Geidte ranteo.

WANTED.-TO buy a house, not less than
~ twenty feet wide. north side OF street
DftHeen 9Th and 53d sts, Mad ison and 9th
n~ss. Address l.; NJ. f., Tribune Uptown
omee. l.23o Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29
6orsss ano Carriages.

A Fl a7a HN8hASS S7t S7S ; BSR0oME-sT.
l1EGAXT CARRIAGES Of the best cisss'
|usPENslON VICTOHlASL
q c SPRING VICTORlAS,, AS,,,,.s
LIGHT VlCTORiAS'
T Care, Two Wheelers, anSsus Landau.e'''
S1ihpP a'PASSESGER ROCKAWAfs'
EXTENSION FRONT,
wAGONErTES,
DEPOT WAGONS,
CURTAIN ROCKAWAYS.
OUR PATENTS
on BUCkHOARDS. ,,,..
Oak Surreys. Oak Wagons. OAK nuesv nu
ho,'ts epssscnger Bucxboards Sp.sssn1ssgtr
Buck boards, 4-psssenser BucRhISiss::
i,os.a.DOs. OAK Dcrbics, Oak Phsei1iSs;x
ALL OTHER PATENTS IN bpOh'
BOARDS. ur,,o.
Single. pusls. Trlplets, ali kinds Of spfiInSS1T
ALL NOVELTIES IN DAN M
FOR ONE AND TWO HOkSHn,Ssis
Agents for IIccket & Iutue, e,,SII 20; IIrasLES,
ROAD WAGONS. LIGHT VII
for estates and country driving:
doctors Wagons. Surrey wagons
i.jies' Phactons, Vs-a.Vis,
] ght Stages, IA. top S, Ssv, Inbs
SPIDER Phactons, toludctoi,,
Pony Phss IONS, saxon fn.ssrscIss
MINIATURE TRAPS. ILL klNpS'
FOR CHILDREN; ID as.
Mahng the larsest and NOS .S Iepnited States.
tortrent q carriages, y ,l1r t2e Si'YyL SsTi'YLFS.
1oWfsF' - TTEI2is IN ~ FoE ;c'f pRdMPI CASH.
Don't purchase a carriage U Town
or unit! you pay Us syv.ips'FSROOMS
LARGEST STOCK ANP mAi'i'''
IN THE WORLD
OVER 100 -. .povE
SECONDHAND CARRIAGES AD0'
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29


II SEfNI-MAN.-By q young Protestant
" man in private family. understands
| the care OF hor,rs. carriages. garden handy
| vth tools. hr.t-cla-- reference. Address
| T. B. L.. Tribune O.ice.
II SEFUirMAN.-By single Protestant
" Encli,hman 10 take care of horse cow
and plain garden sober reference country
nrof'rrrd. \. y. G.. Tribune ONCE.
" ALEr.-Rv Young japanese Of %:
' speaks good En@i>h best reference;
city or country. Address NJ. T., Tribune
Oi'cr.
" AIET willing to travel: thoroughly
experienced IN all his duties; good
character from London. I. r. L.. Box
235. Boston
w AIrER.-By a competent colored man
w viii make himself generally useful;
n boarding house. hot'l or private famllyi
city or country; excellent rcf"r.nce. Call
! OF 6th-aNe.. between 57th and 5sth SIS.
VzJAITER or pORTrR.-B, colorcd man;
w references: city or cctntfN. JOS.
DARNEN 2l6 East 5bth-st.
New-York tribune., 1890-04-29

COACHMAN or GROOM Single man
~ Protestant; thoroughly under stands hii
business good references city or country.
Address H., 12x West 4Oth-sf
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05
sAsDs4sasD A HsEpBR.
Two new Jersey COnvicts Get orr
with ss0O--A Desperate Crime an

Two new Jersey Convicts Get orr
WIN ssoo-a Dospof"'e
jan.
IEEHroN, NJ d. may ss'-L Wo no'oIi,
Gus c0sored conSlots, henry oachsuh anu
Tom Ilomas, escaped Iroul Tue sta,e
prison this evening ABOUT oV ooloos.
Ihey sanupREgeu oio osp'aln oosoPn
Parker, who Was temporarily on uuty ut
the big front door, TOOK ron OF money
amounting to ToOO from MS person.
seized the key, opened the door ana maue
a bold and succeusfui dash Tor merry.
The men had stirred thenseivas IN Sults
OF clothing belonging 10 deputy heepsfs
Bergen and Casper, day men, VINO roomeu
IN the prison, ana besldes LOOK Win theu
other salts.
The escape had been well planned.
Both Jackson and Tnomas were employed
as walters in the prison, and had free
access to all parts OF 1t. Ihey earned
this distinction by exemplary conduct as
oonvicis six yearB ago. They were SEN
fenced in Freehold, Monmouth county,
to 30 year terms OH conviction OF Q
series OF crimes, Buch AZ arson, ROBBERY,
&c. They had caused terror to the good
/ people Of Monmouth county by their
eacapades, especially ut Red Bank and
vicinity. Thsy set fire to dwelling
houses, barns, out-houses and other
buildings, aud after q wild chase and a
hard struggle we're captured. Sixty or
~ indictments were found agsinst them
The men had been only few months in
tho penitentiary when they gave indica-
tons of good behavior, which attracted
the attention OF the keeper. They were
deemed worthy subjects for reward, and
we're assigned 10 do odd jobs around.
Next they were appointed walters, and
did service at tie keepers own table.
such implicit confidence was placed in
them that they were even trusted to 90
outside the prison walls.
During all this time, IL seems, they
were planning their escape. They had
made a seud bag from an old stocking
and sand picked up in the prison yard
They watched for old man Parkor's night
OF duty at the main entrance, being evi
IDENTITY fearful OF attacking younger
npn, and they knew the old man KEPT
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

payers under the Hickman administra-
ton to repair" this bridge into a new
one. Assuming that each abutment rep
ressnts an expenditure OF $4,000, we
have total OF over $4,000 With these
figures aud our 1863 900 county debt in
view, certainly the tax payers ought to
be able to kick hard enough to prevent
the bnildins of the proposed Washington
street bridge undar such expensive aus
pioss.
Another item, which we learn for the
frat time, 10 that the negro school tAx
collected in this county amounted to
S2,444.72 for 1889, which substantates
pretty closely the GAzETTE's estimate
OF few months ago, founded upon what
little could be cleaned from all available
sources, that the colorei people OF VIII
mington pay about 1880 per year
towards the support of their schools and
that the balance OF the 80 500 which it
costs to run them comes out OF the fund
contributed by white taxables. Which
shows that the colored people have no
reasonable ground OF complaint on this
score, as few OF them seemed to imagine
not long ago.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

The GAZETTE prints to-day ia com
munication upon the forthcoming gubar-
material domination, for which it asks
considorate perussl. The writer is known
to us to be sincerely desifous OF promot-
ing the selection of a thoroughly accept
able candidate; one who will be received
as the choice OF the whole party, and who
will be, as he says, :" a credit TO the party
and sn honor TO the State" In this
purpose the GAZETTE agrees heartily
and entirely, and the GAZETTE further
known that he spsaks With truth when he
Says that prominent Democrats in all
sections of the party have spoken OF Mt.
Williams as candidate upon whom
all could unite. The suggestion OF our
correspondent that tho acknowledged
leaders of the party should get together
and confer is as timely as is his forecast
OF the danger ahead il things are allowed
to drift on 81 they have been doing. In
this suggestion our correspondent voices
the wish OF all those Democrats who
want to see their party victorious at the
polls and who Rrs unwilling that the
whole State ticket should be endangered
through anything that will tend to re-
kindle the animosities that caused the
loss OF Kent county two years ago and
mny do so again.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05
I Hor oHAsR.


PHILApELrHIA May 30.-As soon as
the escape OF Tom Thomas and Henry
Jackson from tho New Jersey State
prison became known here the police
were specially warned to be on the look
ont for them. Thomas and jackson,
colored convinta, had sand-bagged and
robbed Keeper CHARLES Parker and
walked ont OF the jail. This morning at
8 O'Clock pstrolman Henry Il. Barker, of
the Tacony station, came face TO face
with them IN the Bristol pike. As Boou
AZ he acoostll them ONO OF them fred,
wounding him in tine abdomen. He is
dangerously hurt. II was sometime
before lie was found unconscious on the
road, and then squads Of policemen were
sent out in all directions, with inslruc-
tionA to take the negroes dead or alive.
The orders was literally obsyed. The
reserves from the FrGnkford station ran
the men down, and as they seemed
likely 10 escape officers Henry Graham
and Dave Smith fred and killed one of
them. TIE other got away, but was
subsequently caught by tue TaOony
police near Holmesbnrg 1t was Henry
jackson who was killed. revolver
freshly discharged WAS on found his person
ana he Is supposed to have beon the man
who shot Officer Barber. The man under
arrest Is Thomas Thomas. II Barber
should die he will probably be held here
for murder, otherwise he will be taken
back 10 New Jersey and be sent up for
lie FOR his assault on the keeper. On
account of the holiday the people were
out in the streets, and hundreds Joined
in the chase for the fugitive negroes.
Some OF them armed with shot guns But.
rounded the neck Of woods where the
oonvicts wsre hiding, and the officers bent
the bushes. Magistrate Thomas W.
south happened to be present when
Officer Barber was shot, and being
mounted was able TO give tho alarm
promptly, and afterwards took the deposi
tion Of Thomas Thomas, who blamet
everything on his dead companion.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

The farmers sapresen ing the three
comfy institutes and state ana county
@rangcs wac Inst at Dover yesterday have
taken very Prupsr stand, rs expressed
in their resolutions. They dcaided to
consider the personal ftne,s d EACH can.
ditats coming up for election next fall
and 10 vote TOR the Ones tbey c1a endorse
Irrespective Of party. This is the proper
way 10 Bec1ra good officers aud good log.
!si5t,On. This body OF Representative
ineu also demands reduction IN iegisls-
tive allowances, : s5nora cnfta nsnt ~
e1rGvag4nt expenditures, decided re-
du1tian 81 'eGas. Furthermore, it de.
naDis that more thRu % oenta per diem
shall not b. allowed for pfisoners' board.
Our own levy court should make Role
Of this demand. The farmers OF this
county have spck upon this particular
point aud will SNOW how much in earnest
they were when the 'tconscientious i'm
piled contract" msn desire reelection.
They have q single chance to save them.
selves. Tue meeting yesterday also e1
pressed itself Ia favor OF working con
4 yics. Most o. the reforms, and nil the
important ones, denSnded hy the Dover
+ conference yesterday, have been Rd7o
Gated By che 0AzErr > and the ma
4 Jolly II them are ause to come, ant
tia, soon, 1t is gratifying TO have sucl
endorsement % this especially after TN
shameful aud diSgrqoeful bargaining anc
GALES Of some of our local contemporaries
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

The 80 6O1,0D) hotel which William
Woldort Aston viii build for Gsorgs o.
Boldt OF Philadelphia, referred to in G
news item last weak ia to be located at
Fiith avenue and Eft5-third street, front
ing 100 test on the av9aue, to be tau
stories higt sud IS nsaeiy li-aproot az
possible, aud to be "a model hotel whicn
will inso'e privacy eni nls greatest com
fort 10 its patrons Arohiteoturslly, we
are told, The fronts Oh both streets Will
DO broken up by httl aioonies aud re-
cesses aud tho roos Dno by small towers
end chimneys, SO ~ 10 give the building
picturesque" edea while interiorly,
40 attempt will b, made to introduce
some European idea, amoag which
figure central court and garden, this
latter so arranged that it may be rooted
over 10 winter.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

The annual report Of the finance com.
mittee OF tho trustees of the poor, which
we print to-day, speaks very well for the
management which has met all the dis
bursements of the year with saving OF
$4,000 out Of the appropriation. Com
pared with New Castle jail this illustrates
the difference between running an inetitu-
ton for the benefit Of the taxpayers and
for the enrichment OF Individuals Ths
fupplies for the almshousc are furnished
TO the county, in the main, by the lowest
bidders, after proposals have been duly
solicited by public advertisement the
result being, as tho last grand jury off
cially reported, that the Inmates are well
fed at cost to the taxpayers OF about !
cents per meal There wonli not have
been any unexplained sufplus if their
board had been charged for at the rate Of
30 cents per day on this contrary ther,
would have been heavy deficit.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

The Boston Herald attempts defence
of John WauamakGr's cheap reproduo.
ton OF the Encyclopedia BIitannica,
which seems - US TO emhody brand
new point in moral ethics. As We under
stand the Herald, it puts forward the
olEim that, since aha reproduction ID
made by Photographic process, instead
Of by being rs7gt in type, the achieve
ment heoome1 i soiGntifc denomination
which taxes tie transaction out of the
scope Of tho deoEiogue entirely. 1.-THE
question, 10 cur MUD, says tbs Herald,
presents itself in more interesting
form than aug in which politics or liter.
sturs Is Guauegaed. Il is as to tine posi-
bility of rel lnting books under photo
graphic process. Every one BnoR rs this
asn be Gonei ont the point is as TO the
comparative value OF the work. II it
viii! anaWeF every practical purpose, at a
quarter Of the price, hors is gain from
science which, 81 things are, We can
/ hardly GE5rd 10 neglect The defence
is more Ingenious than convincing. The
enterpti5iag photographer who should
4 Sttempt % demonstrate that national
bank notes might be reproduced iu thi,
way at one quarter thoir cost, would sooI
get himself into ttonbl5. There il /
Iors valid defence and that IL that, sine,
our Law uakers dsys refu ed to STAMP
literary piracy as illegal, John Wanna
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

BY the payment of 84s4 coo Thursday
to the several clairosnts OF the land,
Smiths and Windmill islands, in the
Delaware river, became the property Of
Chs United ssN es government. The
money was contributed as follows: BY
the city Of Philadslphia, S20s, CO.,, Sc; by
the state of Peun. wanna, $500 UvO; by
the government, $75,374l4 The gov.
eminent reserves the balance of ita
$3.50, 600 appropriation for the payment
OF claims on petty's Island, nov being
adjusted in New Jersey. The work Of
removing the islands is to begin on
August lst, and, il everything goes right,
by the end of 1892 they will have disap
pearsd and Philadelphia will possess on
unohstructed river front and be ready
for the trade which will begin 10 flow to
and from her wharves when her people
have outgrown the "psotective" insanity
that las held them down 10 long.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

1--WE have Just passed through the
House of Representatives tariff bill,
ard passed it with q unNninity OF action
on tho part of the Republicans without
parallel in the history of the country, :"
says Speaker Reed. Passed it, he might
well have added, as a partisan, not q
business IN azure; passed 1t under gag
law and caucus 5ictatiou passed it with
out debate, for we were afraid Of discus
sisn passed it after very hurried con
sideration OF one-third OF the bill and no
consideration at all of tAa remainder =;
passed il with 300 amendments pending
that We didut stop oven to read. Quicl,
and arbitrary AS We were, we could not
choke OF Butterworth, and we feared
that il we slaokened our grip particle
there were silent Butterworths who would
speak out. 1t was great triumph fol
us-me and MoK nley.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

II has coma rather earlier than usual,
and with double toroe-ths annual re-
hinder that, with water all around us,
the boys Of Wilmington must battle at
the risk OF arrest or at tho risk of death.
II Wilmington were built in waterless
land, il Is quito conceivable that OUT
people might be willing 10 put down
sEteslan wells expressly to supply astid-
cisl bathing pools. Bat, as it is, with
excellent natural bathing facilities right
at our doors, we say to the boys "Kssp
out Of the water" The boys OF 80 years
ago-and some of the nen--wsre aceus-
toned to resort by SCORES to "slippsry
bot" in the north long race, and
splash away to their hearts' content.
The race is still there; tho bathing Is Just
as good; and it does noe seem unreAson-
able to suggest, once more, in view OF the
double drowning Of Monday, that in
no other way could the Brandywine and
the Eleventh street bridge parks be made
so attractive at SO little cost to the chill
dren Of the workingmen as by the
fitting up of suitable bathing
places therein. The boys will go in
swimming, aud so they ought boy
and every girl, too, ought to learn how to
swim-and there are plenty OF men who
would enjoy an evening bath almost as
much as the youngsters. For several
years past private enterprise had partly
met this want, but there was not enough
public spirit in Wilmington to keep up
the Fourth street natatorium and it had
to go. O,nei cities expend large sums on
public bathing places; certainly we car
afford the 1900 or $500 that it would cost
to fence OF 'slippnry bot" and make il
ss useful As it uged 90 be-"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05
1rananlnkers


rnlLADEirnIA, Monday, June ., 1871
More than fifty STYLES of
Braudanburqs now on the
counters. One of the newest
has white figures on garnet
grounG. Another has stripes
on a blue ground. The line
Of light colors Is again com.
plete and fuller than ever.
Beautiful Brandeuburgs
Exquisite Ia printing, artistic
Ia coloring, but the peculiar
charm Is In the stuff Itself
Touch II: smooth as silk. Not
a lump or knot or scragply
place on the delicate surface,
But not a hint OF weakness!
Try to tear a bit-warp or
wool way, nc odds which.
Nothing slimpsy there. lust
as the polish Of culture and
good breeding lifts a man or
woman above the common.
SO the perfect make and finish
lifts the Brandenburgs above
other cottons. Rivals? Yes
about as a "farthing dip"
rivals an arc light. The won.
der Of wonders is that Bran.
denburgs are only 20 cents a
yard.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05

A largo crowd gathered in the neigh
borhood of Perryyille, in western New
York, yesterday week to witness al expes-
mental test OF firing dynamite shells
from rihsd cannon, with gunpowder IS
the propelling agent. The gun ID said 10
have been an old one that had seen rough
service in the confederate army, aud 1t ia
further claimed that the steel casing Of
the projeotile was too weak in places.
This projectile WAS Al inches long, 8
inches in diameter, and contained wooden
boxes packed With l6 pounds of dyna.
mite. About 80 pounds of oompressed
cannon powder were used in loading the
gun. With foolhardy indlffs rencs to
danger many of the spectators stood
around quite close; while some death
dar ng individual actually ran lemonade
and peanut stand not more than 20 yards
from the scene of the filing. ANA
teur photographers also took places
near at hand to get snap shots at the
explosion. The explosion wos success
as an explosion. The old gun burst
into fragments ranging from half q
pound to half ton, and the air for
half mile wss filed around with
the missiles. Fortunately most OF
them went so far and SO high that
the people had time TO dodge their
descent, but there were many very CLOSE
shayos. AS it happened no one was hurt,
but there was enough iu the situation to
suggest that an old cannon, loaded with
q heavy charge of powder and dynamite
shell, may prove u valuable auxiliary in
actual warfare-provided 1t be left where
the enemy may capture it and attempt tc
fire IL on.