Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13

should be in the city mentioned early this
morning but the superintendent refused
70 allow the car 10 be placed on the train.
Mr.. Jolls was then Obliged to send the
fruit to Philadelphia, against the wishes
of those for whom he was shipping as we'll
as his own.
.MIDDLETowN, Aug l0.--Althongh Mid
dletown has been talking shirt factory for
some time past and many are even tired of
hearing the subject, meantime the pros
poet of an industry Of that kind being
started here is brighter than ever before
The board OF trade has taken hold of the
matter with will and Is doing everything
in its power to help II along. Two hum
dred women will be wanted TO work in the
factory and an effort is being made to
secure the promise of that number Two
| thousand circulars have been printed and
distributed through this and several OF the
neighboring towns, with a blank applica-
tion. on the hottoIn,. which is TO be TILED
out by any person who wishes to work in
the factory and sent 10 the committee In
| charge.
The peach plack is legion, and the gen
! try bavc become so numerous that the
! town commissioners have decided that
| during their travels they must steer clear
! oi WiGdletown. Notices have been posted
on the outskirts Of town. giving them fair
l
town balm win take charge of al whom
| he sees disobcying this rule.
Wary Thoroughbred, the wife of James
| Thoroughbred. the negro who was hanged
n Power Friday afternoon. resides near
this place and has for some time past.
Aftef being absent from hone for sew
crAi months William Wesley Dixon, q
| Young colorcd man. returned to his
| tathei home on j. NJ. Cochrans farm,
near tietrgei own, Md, a fcw days ago He
| had been there but a short time before he
stole u check for $3.50, belonging to his
father. After forging his fathers name
he had the check cashcd and spent the
him here and the lad confessed his error
and the parties where he spent the money
returned il upon presentation of goods.
MTppLErowN, Aug 1o--John P. Dun.
ming OF the Associated Press staff, located
at san Francisco, Cal, has left that place
for Chill. where he was sent by the news
company 10 write up the troubles now
going on in that place. Mr.. Dunning is
son of eXPostmaster d. l.. Dunning of
this town, and is the journalist who
short time ago became famous by report
ing the great Samoan disaster, in which a
| number of vessels were wrecked and many
lives lost. His father received u letter
from him short time ago, telling of his
| proposed journey, and the route which he
will take. Almost the entire distance will
be made by water, and will take, Mr.. Dun
ming writes, about six weeks. He will be
absent from San Francisco several months,
and there is really no telling when he will
be ordered home. During his absence in
Chill his wife, nee Miss Pennington, will
| visit her former home, in Dover, this
state and is already on her way here.
Two wheat stacks on the farm OF Mrs
Vail, situated near this town, were de-
| HaN aa.aI bud aI.. o -
evening. The stacks kcontained perhaps
l5O bushels of wheat in the straw and this
was total loss. 1t is generally supposed
that the fire was the work of an incendiary
About the time the fire got good head
way some person or persons entered the
house of Henry Walters, colored, and pro-
ceeding to a second story, broke open a
chest and ransacked bureau drawers
Nothing was taken and it is supposed the
thief was. frightened away before he had
accomplished his purpose. An axe was
left lying on the bed Another chest III
the room contained sum of money and
in his haste the burglar got the wrong one.
MIDpLETowN, Aug. 12.-Rensey
Waters, the young colored boy who was
arrested yesterday charged with firing
the wheat stacks on Mrs. Wallis place
and burglariLing the house of his grand
father, Henry Waters, as was mentioned
in a dispatch to EVERY EVENING last
night, will 20 10 New Castle Jail to-day
| to await trial at the september term Of
court When first arrested Waters de-
MED all knowledge IF either the firing
Of the STACKS or Of the burglary, and
after his trial he was put back in his cell
ln0 chained 10 the iioor. Towards
night, when Officer Craddock went to
see him, he acknowledged to breaking in
the house but denied positively of hav-
| ing to do wien the Tire. Later he con
fessed everything. No one assisted him
Ia his diabol.cii work ana he says he
hardly knows way he did IT, rae house
robbed was his own grandiather's aad
the latter has kept the boy Tor sew
eral years past.
The admission to the races of the
Gentlemcns Driving Track, next
Thursday afternoon, will be 20 cents to
every one, ladies not excepted. Hereto
fore the latter have been admitted free.
An old umbrella member with big
Jag" on, was arrested yesterday and
placed in the lookup to sober up. He
was released in the afternoon and al
lowed TO go without any trial.
"Al'' Lopez, the colored man who was
y
for beating a police officer on Front
strect,and afterwards sent to New Castle
/ jul torone year, was released on Monday
and returned to his old home here. ZAP
is one of the few who get out OF Jail who
do not look as though prison fare agreed
with them.
The body Of Horace Silcox, who was
drowned in Blackbird creek, Monday
afternoon, while bathing, was recovered
about II o'clock that night, after long
search. The young man was in bathing
! when the accident occurred and it is
I supposed that he was either taken with
! u cronp or the strong tide took him off
/, his ir,t. He was a promising young
| lian, shout ~ years old, and ~ 0ne time
resided ii siiGlletown. His father and
1 na'Arr reside u ie.dsboro, The funeral
viii iake place to day, the iaterment
i being made IL Media, Pa, where the
i ypDfg mans mother originally came
/ l:Ul.
NTLTORD.