Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20

Special Correspondence Gazette and


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Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal
NEWARK, Aug. 15.-Last evening a tele-
gram was received here from Kearneys-
vile, West Virginia, announcing the sud-
den death there yesterday afternoon of
Elder Joseph l.. Station, pastor of the old
Welsh Tract Baptist Church, two miles be-
low this town. Several days ago Mr..
Station left here to attend meeting of the
Baptist Association which was to assemble
near kearneysville. AT the time he was
in very good health, so that the news of
his death was in the nature of a severe
shock to his family and friends here. No
particulars of his death have yet been re-
ceived, but the body will probably be
brought home some time to day. The de-
ceased was quite large man and was
about SIS years of age being a native of
Wicomico county, Maryland, although he
had been pastor of Welsh Tract for IL
years and was consequently very well
known around here. His home was only
two miles south of here, where he lived
with his wife and family on a small farm.
A widow and five children-threeda daughters
and two sons--survive him.
County Treasurer Dickey sat yesterday
at the Washington House TO receive
county, road and poor tax for the present
year, a discount of 5 per centum being al
lowed on all tax paid before September.
This opportunity for paving tax and secur-
ing rebate would have been very generally
accepted had it not been that the county
treasurer insisted on receiving the whole
OF each specific tax from each person in
stead of RENTING the road tax which New
arkers have already paid to town council,
according to a law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, empowering coun-
oil h, lanft
dents of the town in lieu of the old plan
of allowing the hundred tax collectors to
collect it and turn the amount over to the
town to Keep up repairs on the streets. The
law provides also in consideration of the
collection by council of the entire road
tax from residents that said council shall
annually pay over To the road commission.
ers Of the hundred $500, which is
to be applied in the same manner
as other tax collected by them. BY this
provision the town gains several hundred
dollars each year and avoids having to
wait an Interminable while for the road
commissioners to pay over to the town its
| just proportion of the road tax. The act
passed through quietly and when il be-
came known to the rural tax payers of the
| hundred there was much loud and pro-
longcd objection frorl them and many
farmers openly boosted that they would
no longer buy or sell in the town, in fact
| would boycott il in true Irish style Later
| they came to their senses and the matter
was almost forgotten until recalled yester-
day All town taxables had already paid
their road tax to council and naturally OBJ
| iected to paving il again Mr.. Dclley de.
clared he had no power to remit the tax
already paid but must collect il all. A few
! paid H. trusting to get 1t back iii time from
| the road commissioners while the great
majority held off and will in thGmeantime
consult legal authority as 20 their course
Travel on the Newark and Pomerov
railroad, which was interrupted by the
| washing away of part of bridge during
| Wednesday storm, has been resumed,
the bridge now being fully repaired.
NEWARK, Aug. 1S.--The question ex-
erciSing Newarkers whether to pay TO
County Treasurer nickey a road tax
which they have already paid 10 the
town council on the authority of re-
cent enactment of the legislature, is soon
to be settled one way or another by
having the matter referred to the law
firm of Bradford and Nandegrift, who
will pass upon the constituti0nality OF
the road tax bill, entitled an act to
amend the charter of Newark. Within
a few days a decision will doubtless be
reached and taxpayers will be in
structed as to the course to pursue. But
1t looks very much al present as if coun.
Gil has got itself into an embarrassing
hole.
NEWARK, Aug, i9,-The building
committee of the Delaware College trus.
tee board at recent meeting authorized
the erection of one-story building
about 5Ox30 feet on the rear campus tc
the west of the gymnasium. In this
building will be placed the heavier ma.
chinery to be used in the new merhani.
cal and electrical department, such as
the dynamos, boiler, engine, turning
lathe, Sc, Bids for The building in
frame and brick have been invited and
the contract will probably be awarded
in few days. Contractor Willis, who
is building the new recitation hall, has
just contracted for 10000 Newark bricks
from Johnston's brick yard, north OF
town, it being the formers desire ia pur.
chase as much of the material for the
new building as possible in this town
Two very large funerals were held in
and adjacent to Newark yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Catharine j. Russell OF
Newport, aged IS years, was buried in
the ST. Thomas Episcopal cemetery
funeral services being held in thechurcl
beforehand The funeral Of Eldel
Joseph L. Station, pastor Of Welsl
Tract, who lied suddenly in West Nir
gina on Friday, took place from his lat,
residence south OF here at 2 o'clock
Services were also he'd al the meeting
house at Iron Hill and he was laid L
rest in the old buryng ground adjoining
The knauif Company has already
completed and shipped away two pip,
organs, one being a large instrt
mcnt for St. Theresas r.. q
Church, Philadelphia, recently de
scrihed in EVERY EVENING, and tn,
other 4 smaller two manuel organ fo
All SAINTS Sisters Home, connected viii
Calvary Episcopal Church, Baltimore
Another two manuel organ for tn,
Donningtown, Pa, Presbyterian Churel
is well under way and work has CON
menced on a mammoth organ of fou
nanues fora Roman Catholic churci
N New York city, which when com
pleted will he about 40 feet in h eight
some of the pipes being 80 feet high
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SALISBURY.
Special Corrospondence OF Gazettc and Iourna
SALsBu BY, Mp. Aug. l2.-Mr Josepl
J. HaYman, q prominent local Ropubli