Evening journal., 1891-09-11

I sker and James 3. Hoffecker, two Of
ID ok Creek hundreds staunch followers
r sine Harrison, Baby Mckee and the
b q hat, cou 4 be seen walking arouhd
Nh.n IL comes 10 local politicians
their ma No wss legion, and in some in
stances, Deanis. For instance, there WAS
Walter b. Hayes. In the eyes of City
S a citor Curtis his name is Dennis, with
q hig d.
BY a singular coincidence ex-County
Tax Collector George w. Mckee was in
the reporters apRr'm snts on the third
fl lor of the Judges sand Postmaster
Dan. Stewart was in the second story hs
one of the judgee Of the races, and ex-
County Tax Collector John j. Dougherty
WAS on the ground floor. So there WAS
Postmaster Stewart sand wiched between
the two men whom he has openly accused
OF selling 4 100 tax receipts to him for a
consideration.
In the reporters stand was 2. Eden
Bach, who gets negroes into election
trouble, aud United States Marshal Ma
hnffy, who gets them out. City Treas
urer Adams was wandering around the
grand stand with his happy smile but
| he was net selling his new book entitled
"How | Got There. "City Auditor Billany
was on hand, aud when he was not
twisting his long moustache was either
Looking Forward" or Looking Back
ward. "
Solomon Jersey, the twelfth member
Of the Levy Court looked wiser than
Levy Courtman Clarke or sutton, and as
he looked around at the landscape be
he seemed to say. This is mine for
made it. " Clerk of the Peace Biggs had
a great amount of pleasure In meeting
old friends, but he dill not have as good a
time as he did when he went to the
Chincotssgue pom y penuing
Elk County Collector William Biggs OF
st Georges hundred wore l-have-set.
tied with the county look, aud was much
int rested in the races. And late IL
the day Colonel Beuj amin Nislds and
William @. SpruRnce saw YsGovernoi
Robert ]. Reynolds. and looking sadly 81
one another seemed to say We left oul
little hatchets at home last fall when we
,ok the stump against His ExcellencY
the governor, didn't wei And the light
winds rusthng through the folds of the
star spsngled banner on the grand stand
Whispered plaintive Yes"
Ex-Cty solicitor Lyman watched the
races closely aeis not much of horse
man in the common sense term. buo he
is great man for mounting lsgi ilative
riders. Injunction John 81. Rodney
looked around over the vast throng anC
then at Bach, Mahaffg & Co., and won
dered if any ct the gallant 4, 900" who
were left off OF the assessment list by
his action in carrying the Mckee
Dougherty Stewart tax receipt imbroglio
were in the throng
afl srao hn hafh
window in the Eighth preenst OF tn,
Fifth ward and allowed riotous negroes
to chase Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr.. anS
Inspector Frank D Carpenter out of thl
other windows at the place OF electi ,n
said he thought pool selling should be al
lowed and watched the races attentively
Inspector Frank d Carpen ter, on tn,
other hand, was down on the grounds
getting his revenge on the negro race By
throwing base balls at the head of
negro "Three pals for Ave cents II yoi
hit the coon's head once, you get ont
cigar; twice. two cigars three times, hall
a dollar" The gallant young inspector
who is fresh from the rich slluvial sol
OF Sussex " In the immediate visinity o
Rehoboth, threw fifteen balls az tn
negroes head and never hit him once
B But it must be remembered that tn
I facilities for getting at the coon" wer
much more limited than the facilities 10
! getting at the insF Of the Fifth war
) were
Levy Courtmsn Hickman's tall forl
could be seen circulating among the PEG
pie on the grounds, ana the king q
t Wilmington hundred would glance owe
5 towards Third street bridge ever an
I anon tc see II it was working.
Ex-City Auditor John Newell. VIII
/ now says he sis out of politics, wa
seen among the politicians just the sam
as ever.
, A familiar figure was that Of Post
master Thomas J fferson of smyrna q
is the higgins chieftRn of Upper Ken,
and the man the Massey Hoffecke
faction worked the 'nigger" act on 9
] the last primaries
Not far from him w A. c. Hardcastl
o. Duck Greek hundred could be seeI
Mr.. Hardcastle has for years been recol
Z Dized as a leader of the friends of Hon
! James WOlcott in Northern Ken
county, and was favorably spoken Of 8
clerk of the late House Of Represents
+ tives
Plekpockets Are Not In IT,
dave you heard anything of pich
pockets operating on the groundsi
asked the EVENING JOURNAL reporter
State Detective McYey yesterday aftel
nooa
3, "No, but Witsil and are on the lool
out for them. have only seen on,
That was in town. l knew him TO be
professional pickpocket, and told hiI
! IL he came on the fair grounds l weul
arrest him on general principles. no mat
ter If he Vas working or not He TOO
the hint, and has not put in an appea
auce.
The Balloon Bursts
/ One Of the accidents of the day Wa
( the bursting Of the balloon. The in
: mense throng that crowded every porto
t of the grounds within sight Of the law
= enclosed by the race course looked wit
! wonder at the great ball as it swelle
1 with every volume of hot air blown in i
< Professor Jewell, conscious that the eye
s Of ~. 600 persons were upon him an
e anxious to gain for himself addition
laurels as an aeronsut, caused the balloo
b to be swelled to its utmost capacity. TIL
r cloth rubbing against the ropes was wor
by the friction and rendered unsaf
9 When the ropes were cut and those aboI
8 the balloon made way for it In the ascen
It the great crowd rose to their feet an
% those in the back OF the grand Star
/ strained their eyes to catch a glimpse I
e the daring fellow as be shot upward. les
d foremost, suspended from the trap,
v attached to the parachute
Il But their hopes wers destined to |
n | bliQhted and a sense of alarm Grant nv,