Evening journal., 1891-02-18
&25. 600 or less. there shall be an sddi
tional penalty Of $500.

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before adjournment this evening, by Mr.
Hutson making motion that commit
tee of three be appointed 20 investigate
the accounts Of ex- Adjutant General 4
r. kenney, Of she N q d. He followed
up his motion by stating that he made
the motion on request Of General Ken.
ney, who wished TO silence certain base
lees rumors that are flying around to the
effect that the National Guard funds had
been mlsapplied Messrs Hutson, Morgan
and Higgins we're appointed the commit
| tee
The EVENING JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT
called upon denei al Kenney at his efiice.
He said
You see, want this investigation.
and | demand it People who do not
understau the Delaware National Guard
have said some things in regafd to the
way in which the money has been spent,
which | wish to refute II is best TO do
it right now, when the thing Is fresh.
every voucher aud figure Is ii hand. and
when ! am ready TO meet every aspersion
| II let the matter rest IL would be raked
up against me probably when some Of
the vouchers or books might be mislaid
l. want the investigation.
The House adjourned to II a m to-
morrow
Legislative Notes.
Governor Reynolds and Congressman
Causey we're in Dover to day
Frank d. Carpenter Esq il here to
night with his proposed amcDdments to
the RehO5oth City bill He is counsel
for the RehobOth Beach Association. The
amendments will offset the ohisetions to
the bill which were set forth IN the
EVENING JOURNAL last week.
meeting of Whmingtonisns inter
ested ia the two street railway bills now
in the General Assembly. will BE- held
here tomorrow night Both bills are
now tied up The Wilmington City
Railway bill passed the House and lies in
the Senate and before il is passed, will
have some very important amen6me ent 5
TO II. IL was hoped that il would pass
and bee me law. Then e. is said. the
object was to turn around and Jump ou
poor Coluon's syndicate bill for be Front
and Union street lineand kill It of in the
House. Keen eyes we're watching both
bills, however, and a remembrance of the
Eighth street railway fight made the tie
up IL seems that something more as.
suring than promises will have to be
made before the companies viii be given
such far reaching franchises
A. w Burrows is here trying TO lobby
through DILL to amend the "Hawkers'
and Peddiers act which makes all
hawkers and pedders give bond in the
sum OF $500 and pay license running
from 500 10 $500 He wants the law
amended to make the bond 500 and the
uniform license rate OF $25, no matter
whether man drives one, two or three
horses or carries his pack on his back.
The OILY change that will be made in the
law, however, is this. Vendors Of do
nestle end foreign fruits will be ex-
emp ed fiom paying licences The pack
peddlers and wagon peddlers might Just
as well walk no TO the clerk of he peace's
Otii,e, give boad aad take Gus their
licenses like little men
A Deaf Mats's Luck.
Through the influence Of Speaker John
P. Donahoe, George B Wilson ten year
old son of Frank Wilson, of Montchanin,
and deaf mute, has been granted GER
tihcate Of admission to the Pennsy lvania
Institution for the I-sirUcf ion Of the
Deaf end Dumb. Ihe certificate was
granted to-day BY Governor Reynolds.
"whoa Levi"
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad march
upon Dover mas been begun The skiP
mlsh line made its appearance tonight
beaded by Walter B Hayes Of Whining.
ton. The main body win be here Thurs
day under the leadership Of General Levi
q Bird AS soon as be pitches his tent
here flank movement will be
made upon the state treasury
tor $25, 0C0 rebate in the
state tax imposed upon that road
Ths move will probably be the same as
the one made two years ago by the same
general The eiy Of Whoa Pob T. raised
by General Bird during the late campai gn,
and the statement he made TO he fleet
that Congressman Cansey WAS 'Iuuning
around the state with his name and tau
plated are rot calculated 10 help him
with the present Legislature il his pres
ent undertaking The General Assembly
will probably meet him and his railroad
bill at the State House door and say,
whoa LeviN
Peaches in Danger.
Peach growers in Kent and Sussex
counties are very much worried over the
continued warm wet weather. Tbey
sRT that if it continues much longer the
buds will develope SO much ihat the
frst cold snap viii Kill them. They are
safe so far but what the farmers fear is
q blizzard