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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
The Top Notch of Humidity.

The feature of Sundays weather
was its extreme humidity. In this it
reached the top notch of the season. 1t
was more like the close, damp atmos-
phere of some sub-tropical Jungle than
any respectable Delaware weather. 1t
caused the completest physical depres-
sion and exhaustion. The day was in
troduced by a thick gray mist which
some inexperienced people took to
mean rain. But the local "probs" shook
their heads and made wise preparation
for very hot day. 1t was 90o Mt noon
and more sultry than Saturday. AS far
as reported there were no casualties. Ex-
treme discomfort and frequent hasty
and unsabbathlike CALCULATIONS ex-
pressed the popular opinion of the
weather. AT 0 o'clock this morning it
was clear with cool breeze blowing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
lie Took salt in His Coffee.


~ saw tne pre ,,. plt Of pluillng AZ
WaukeSha tlle otner gay INA, ever ran ran
acloss, rei ,I = do ,.w%n.toWii llsnr, ,
aslee man l'sl Nlgnt' guite CROWD
Of Us haa late dinner me other night
IN the hotei alh,hg-r9om: Az my risht
sat gray -ialre'i lnuge from NashVllle
VINO also wears Inc ti'le oil colonel
Wheh lhe eolee was served the
oia man put INTO nus cup tea
spoonful oil SAT- instead OF sugar:
ms acton was So plainly the result o.
misluklhg seit dlSh LOT a sugar bowl
tnat several OF Us VINO notlcea the move, move
ment were nearly choklng WIN laugh
Yer 70 see me victim Slowly str the CON
tents OF Ms cup preparatory 70 tasting
OF OF the na,isealing mixture he had made;
we watched nm closely as ne paused
Tor q moment N ne midst OF an AMI
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

James Piner, colored boy IS years
old, was drowned while taking a swim
In the Christiana river near the Lobdell
car wheel works South Side mills, Sum
day afternoon. He was bathing with
some other boys and when diving in the
water he suddenly became exhausted
and there being no one to rescue him
was drowned. He is supposed to have
struck rock while diving, which rem
dered him insensible and caused his
death. All efforts to find the body were
unavailing. Piner was employed by
Dennis Bulger, whose home is not far
from the spot where the accident oc-
Cured. On Monday the body was re.
covered and Coroner Sparks, after an
investigation, gave certificate Of death
from drowning, without holding an in
quest.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
An Unknown white Man Killed.

An unknown white man was struck
and killed by engine No. $3.50, attached
TO train No. 513, on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad at East junction about
1880 o'clock Sunday morning. Some
persons who saw the man killed think it
was case of suicide, as the man walked
deliberately in front Of the train, they
say, and was hurled to his death. The
man is not known, and his clothes con-
tain no marks of identity. He is de-
scribed as being between SO and 40 years
old, and feet 0 inches in height. He
was horribly mangled by the engine and
rendered almost unrecognizable Cor
oner Sparks empaneled a jury Monday
morning upon the remains, when YER
dict of accidental death was rendered,
or death from an evident intent to com.
init suicide. There is no clue to the
mans identity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

A large number OF military riflemen
gathered for practice at the Healdmoor
rife range Saturday. Colonel Howard
Simpson, inspector of rifle practice, N.
g. D., was present The scores were as
follows: Diamond State record match
200 yards--C. Heinel, ST., n; S. j. New
man, IA, 70, 40; H. Simpson, 70, 66; H.
B. Seeds, 10, so, SO; II. A. Spoerl, 90, 81.
Military match, 200 yards, Creedmooi
Atarget-Private Wilton, A, SO, 36; Pri.
vate Muldoon, F, 80, 35; Sergeant Roe
Troop B, 81; Private Dill, Troop ,
20; Private Graves, Troop B, %
practice-second class, 200 yards-Pri.
'vate T. Gillon, f, 90; Sergeant L. Eli,
son, Troop B, IA; Private T. Mecham
Troop B, 10. Third class, 100 yards
Private t. Gillon, +, 81; Private d. Nc
Clintock, Troop b. IA.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
A Complicated Case.

Chicago News.
I've got a job for you, said the hard
faced woman 10 the young lawyer.
"Yes"
That's what. Damage suit. You
see, my man he goes to picnic not long
ago, and there was bloom ascension.
OF course he had 10 be foolin' around,
helpin' hold the thing down, and when
the Teller hollers let co. Eleazar-that
was my mamie KEEP er hangin' on and
was carried up nigh quarter of mile.
Then it kinder occurred to Eleazar to
let go. Down he comes, right on the
railroad track. That is, lie would a hit
the track, guess, if a train hadn't been
a-rattlin along jist then which knocked
him into old we'll that was keerlessly
left open near by. Now, want to know
who I'm goin' to git damages from-the
bloom man, the railroad, or the fellei
that owns that well ?"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
EVENING ECHOES.

Unexpectedly Literal.--Elder sister
tout rowing with possible sutton
and her little sister, who is frightened
by the waves)-Theodora If you are
SO nervous now, what will you be at
my age? Little sister (meekly)-Thirty-
seven, | suppose Life.
"What is protection, father?" at is a
scheme, my son, for raising the prices
that our people pay for our own goods. \
"And what is reciprocity?n 1T is a
scheme for lowering the prices that
Brazlians, Cubans aud other foreigners
pay for our goods. y Utica Observer.
Old lady-"Doctor, do you think there
is anything the matter with my lungs y
Physician latter careful examination
81 find madam that your lungs arc in
normal condition" Old lady with d
sigh of resignation)-"And about how
long can expect to live with them In
that condition. Pharmaceutical Era.
What they wanted-The officers of a
staid, conservative church in neighbor-
ing city wrote the other day to gentle
man in this city, asking him to suggest
n good man for pastor. "We want,
they said, "a man of some pulpit ability,
| but for gracious sake don't reco mmend
to us man whose brains are in his
lungs. "-Neio York Tribune.
A preacher in Iowa lost his pulpit for
telling the truth. He was forcible
preacher, but deficient in education
and occasionally committed some grave
misdemeanors in grammar. One Sunday
evening while speaking rapidly he made
gross assault on Lindley Murray. Nc
/ had N d H..
than he stopped and said ~ am awar,
that my education is deficient. re
greet that | did not have the advantag,
of good schools while q boy. If hat
been more fortunate, would now bt
preaching to a more intelligent congre
CATION" The minister told the truth
but it was tho last time he preached il
that church.-Boston Advertiser.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
WY NE SOLD HERE NOW.
Deiawar"ans May Purchase Photograph
Outright Since July 2Oth.

The latest issue of the New York
Phoao9ram contains the following item
of local interest: as
"As we go to press the official
announcement comes that the Co.
lumbia Phonograph Company, Wis
consin Phonograph Company, Ken
lucky Phonograph Company, Pacific
Phonograph Company, the Eastern
Pennsylvania Phonograph Company
and the New England monograph
Company have applied for per-
mission to sell the phonograph, and
that in the states controlled by these
companies they are now for sale.
"The Columbia Phonograph Company
controlling the phonograph in Delaware
Maryland and the District of Columbia
was the first company to receive
authority for the restricted sale of these
machines, and on Monday, July Goth
offered its subscribers and the public the
option of rental or purchase.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
CALVARY CHURCH.


successCf.
The Rev. David Howard completed
his rectorate at Calvary Church Sun
day. His rectorate .at st. Andrews
Church, Bridgeton, N. j., will begin
on September 9th.
He studied for the ministry under the
Rev. DIR. Thomas F. Davies, then rector
of St. Peters Church, Philadelphia,
and now bishop of Michigan, and was
ordained to the diaconate in Christ
Church, Philadelphia, in 1876, by
Bishop Scarborough of New Jersey.
From then until 1878, when he had his
first independent charge, he was assist
ant to DR.. Davies. His first Independent
charge was at Florence Heights, N. j.,
where he was stationed two years. In
March, 1880, he became rector of St.
Philips Church, Laurel, then building,
and finished 1t during June, three
months later, when the diocesan con-
vention was held there. At that con-
vention Bishop Lee ordained him a
priest. In 1882 he became rector OF
Christ Church, Delaware City, where
he remained four years, during which
he overcame the bad effect which had
been occasioned by the trouble existing
between his congregation and the Rev
H. L. Phillips. Next he became recto
Of ST. Johns Memorial Church, Ash
land, Pa, and in 1887 he became recto
Of Calvary Church, this city, where hi
fectorate was most successful.
The Rev. " H. Berghaus, who vii
succeed Mr.. Howard at Calvary, vii
begin his reotorate there on October 4tt
the pulpit meanwhile being supplied
He Is about 45yesrs old and graduate G
the West Philadelphia Divinity Schoo
His family consists of his wife and fou
CONS.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
the WY EDGAR DiD n.
Collision With the Aniline Imposter
of the Arlington Mills.

1t is reported that the employe of the
Arlington Mills Company who com
mitted the depredations referred TO is
Robert Edgar, the boss dyer at that es-
Enlistment, who lives at No. 1888
French street, and that the extent of
his crookedness exceeds 1921 900.
1t appears that he made that large
sum by shavings, or in other words,
margins allowed him by the Philadel-
phia importers upon all the imported
aniline dyeing material which is used
in the mill. The agent noticed on
numerous occasions that drafts and
orders payable to Edgar from their
Philadelphia importers continued com
ing to the mill. This aroused the at
tention and then the suspicion Of the
officials.
A large quantity of this expensive
aniline is annually used and Edgar, as
boss dyer had charge Of it. 1t is stated
that by collision with the importers
through q series of years he managed to
defraud the company out Of the sum
named. For three years the officials OF
the company have had their suspicious
and detectives have been on the
watch.
On Thursday week, iii stated, the ar
rest of Edgar was made in Philadelphia
One of the detectives who had Swallowed
brushed by him stepping on his toes al
if by accident. An apology was madt
by the officer. A conversation ensued
The two men went into saloon for {
drink and when the detective had salts
fled himself upon all points he needed
he forthwith arrested his companion.
1t is stated that he is quite we'll off
and owns four houses in Philadelphia
Edgar is the same party against whom
Post Office Inspector Maxwell invest
gated charges brought by Miss Kati
Morrow, Of No. 1898 French street, 70
using the mail for immoral purposes las
June.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

Andrew Mckee died Friday night at
the residence of his son, ex-County Fax
Collector George w. Mckee, No. 1l93
West Eighth street. His death was
caused by typhoid fever and blood
poisoning, the latter resulting from "a
sprained ankle, which he sustained
about II weeks ago. He was So years
old and lifelong farmer. For 80
years he attended Wilmington's markets.
Until three or four years ago, when he
removed to this city, he resided in Mill
Creek hundred. Mr.. Mckee was buried
in Wilmington and Brandywine Gene
terry on Monday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
rn1r rax.EArrNs nRIpGE.
"lcvery Evenings" Exposure of.the s
Augustine bridge Fraud Endorsed.

every Evenings" Exposure of.the st.
Augustine bridge Fraud Endorsed.
Delaware City Nows.
Augustine bridge has long been po-
litical COW, MIXED by local politicians
and fed by the public treasury, which
has exacted from the people of New
Castle county within the past few years
$Si 900.
Just think of it. Is it any wonder
that we groan under taxation? $Sl 900
is big sum of money to be taken from
the taxpayers of this county. Where
has IL gone? Expended on useless
biidge-gone into the pockets of labor
ers and politicians. HowY Simply
used lever for influence. Certain poll
ticlans have openly boosted that "they
carried the votes of part Of St. Georges
hundred in their vest pocket" and they
do this by giving laborers work on
Augustine bridge. Men who have re-
ceived several hundred dollars per year
for work on Augustine bridge have said
to us, ] know it is fraud, but we pay
taxes, So let us get some of it back.
Some of it? Why we could name peo-
pie who have lived for years from the
proceeds of Augustine bridge and raised
large families.
Several thousand dollars a year have
been appropriated by the Levy Court
for Augustine bridge. Where does il
gog Into the pockets Of few political
"leaders" they are called. Now, If Au.
gustine bridge was useful to the county
and public travel, we would not say one
word. Bit II is not, and we do not pro
pose longer TO sec the Taxpayers de
frauded. If bridge is necessary
(Which it is non, but the people and the
Levy Court think it is, then let then
build stone embanliment--somethins
that will last--a causeway, as suggested
by EVERY EVENING. Something mus
be done; the people demand it, and thu
county press demand it in the interes
| of the nennle Of the county
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

The Murderer of AN Indiana Peace
Oiiicer Taken from Jail and Lynched--
Other Violent Deaths.

Onicer Taken from Jail and Lynched--
Other Violent Deaths.
City Marshal Daniel Bruce Of Shelby
Vile, Ind, was on Saturday shot and
fatally wounded by Charles Hawkins,
noted desperate. At midnight a mob
broke into the Jail, dragged Hawkins
out by the neck and hanged him to the
nearest tree. His body was also riddled
with bullets.
Mrs. ]. d. Miller shot and instantly
killed the man from whom she had re-
Gently been divorced, at Nicolette, Mimi,
on Saturday. She also wounded young
woman name Schee,to whom Miller was
paying some attention.
During quarrel at Flatonia, Texas;
on Saturday, between Ding Braddock,
aged 20, and three negroes named
Brownlow, Braddock killed two of the
negroes, shooting them with repeating
rife.
Jacob Siokesbury, a young farmer OF
Ada, o., was set upon on Friday night
and so badly beaten that he died shortly
afterward. His assailants were John
Bristol and John truth, who mistook
him for another man, with whom they
had had quarrel several days before.
truth was taken to Kenton, but Bristol
is in Jail at Ada, where he is said to be
in danger of lynching.
During a drunken row succeeding a
christening party, in Chicago, on Satur-
day night, Mrs. Amelia Dawald was
shot and killed by her brother, Albert
Kinki. The latter was fiourishing re-
volver, and when the woman tried TO
wrest it from him he shot her twice.
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, says
that the United States marshal's posse
at Bladen Springs were so enraged at
the rescue of Robert Sims, whom they
had arrested for illicit distilling, and
the killing of the two men who were
guarding Sims, that they not only shot
and killed Bailey Sims and fatally in
jured Jim Sims, but they hanged the
latter, not permitting him to die of his
| wounds.
The Earnest brothers, wanted in
Numedia, Pa, for the stabbing of Burt
Cleaver and their brother Frederick
have been captured in the woods neal
that place, and are now in Jail.
W. N. Lowe of Whitehall, Ind, q
prominent farmer and politician, wa;
fired upon from ambush on Friday and
probably fatally wounded. Curtis Bane
loves son-in-law, has been arrested
charged with the crime.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
Robbed of 80, 200 worth of Jeweiry.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug 24.-One of the
leaders of the Chicago demi-monde,
Eco Owens, was robbed of $4,000 worth
of jewelry at an early hour yesterday
morning. She said she was aroused BY
a man who brandished dirk and told her
to hand out all her jewelry on pain OF
instant death. She did SO and he backed
out of the room. The woman jumped
from the bed, seized a revolver and fired
three shots at the thief before he could
get out the door. He escaped, however,
but left trail OF blood on the steps.
The woman thinks he is discharged
employe.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
TILE nuIn EsE musr GO.
Angry Residents OF Montana Mob the OBJ
tectionable Celestinls.

HELENA, MoNT., Aug. 24.--Within
the last few weeks violent Chinese
crusade has been in progress IN Mis-
soula, number Of the hot-heads advo-
eating force to drive the Celestials away.
An immense mass-meeting was held, az
which it was resolved to boycott all Chi
nese and persons employing or patroniz-
ing them.
Yesterday party of 10 masked white
men raided the ranch of a prosperous
Chinese gardener, near the city, COM
pletely demolishing the cabiny with all
its furniture. They beat one inmate in
shocking manner. Another was tarred,
feathered and his queue cut off. A third
escaped by swimming the river.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
PHILADELpHI4 AFFafRs.

Robert Cowan, 10 years old, was
drowned Sunday while swimming in
a quarry ford.
Ex-Policeman William H. Lex, who
shot himself with suicidal intent on
Thursday died on Saturday.
Exports Of petroleum last week
footed up s,513,032 gallons; total since
January lst, i20, l6l $3.50 gallons.
The dead body Of an unknown man,
about 90 years old, was found floating
in the Delaware river on Saturday.
Emily j. Christian, 80 years old, died
on Saturday, it is alleged, from the
effects Of laudanum taken with suicidal
intent.
Another Series Of raids on "speak-
easies" was made Sunday, and reputed
proprietors in various parts Of the city
were arrested.
A stone barn and COW shed belonging
10 +. a. IToyt and Samuel White, in
Germantown, was struck by lightning
on sunday and sustained 81 500 dam
age.
William Bruner, about 30 years old,
Of Camden, a Pennsylvania railroad
brakeman, fell from car in Camden,
on sunday, while returning from
Atlantic City, and fractured his skull.
In Camden on Saturday articles of
Incorporation were filed by the Nam
moth Chestnut Company with a capital
stock of 100000, 81 900 paid in, the OBJ
jects Of which arc to buy and sell real
estate and to propagate mammoth
chestnuts.
Information was lodged in the Office
Of the United States district court on
Saturday by the district attorney for the
forfeiture Of twenty diamonds, seized
July 2Stn in the possession of Daniel
Smit, a passenger on the steamer Swift
zerland, on the allegation that he was
attempting to smuggle them. The dia-
monds are in the possession of the col
lector Of the port
William King, 10 years old, Andrew
james, years old and Jerry Rogers, II
years old, all colored, were committed,
on Saturday, for further hearing on
the charge of arson. Five recent fires
near the Delaware river front are at.
tributed by the fire marshal To their in.
ccndiary efforts. The police think the
boys had a mischievous desire to see the
fire engines run, without any thought
Of the consequences.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

At the lodge room, Third and King
itreets, Saturday afternoon, the officers
llect, Delaware Lodge, No. 123, Brother
rood Of Railway Trainmen, were in
tailed. The ceremony was conducted
by Past Master G. +. Sweeney Of this
city. The officers Of the lodge for the
ensuing year arc as follows j. G. Bice,
Past Master; 7. S. WEIGH, Master; j. ID.
Broomal, Nice-master; j. B. Redmon,
Secretary; A. 7. Ewing, Financier; NJ.
+. Holland, journal Agent; +. Stevens,
Conductor; o. w. Dunning, Chaplain;
Henry Little, Warden; George Stanley,
Inner Guard, and l.. jefferson, Outer
Guard.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

Superintendent A. G.. McGausland
was the recipient last week of a testi-
monial from Division No. 229, Order Of
Railway Conductors. The testimonial
consisted of a gold medal and engrossed
resolutions recognizing the superin-
tendent's oourtesies to the division on
the occasion of its recent excursion to
Reading. Trainmaster w. s. Wells of
the W. g. N. railroad and Messrs James
Brooks, B. b. Baldwin, II. +. Boylan
and r. e. Boylan were the committee
to present the testimonial.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

During the week the number of
bathers at the Raymond tree bath were
5,469; men, 454; boys, $50; women, 81;
girls, Dol; total to date, 1861.
For the week ending at noon on Sat-
urday Registrar Colquhoun reports 20
deaths, X moro than for the same period
last year; 30 births, 10 more than for the
same period last year, and 8 marriages,
same as for the corresponding week last
year.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

Two contract laborers, steerage pas
sengers from Austria on the steamer
Fulga, were detained at New York on
Sunday.
The pension office during the week
ending August 10Th issued 5 ,297 pension
certificates, calling for total first pay
ment Of S564,s47.
A statue Of Lord Baltimore, made for
Calvert Hall, Baltimore, has been placed
in position and will be formally un-
yelled next Sunday.
A dispatch from Ottawa says it is un-
derstood that Mr. A. SENEGAL, superin-
tendent of the government printing bu-
reau, and who was connected with the
recent scandals, has resigned and that
his resignation has been accepted.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

John Kienle, the seven-years-old son
of Letter-carrier John Kienle, fell out
of a wagon Friday last and was seri-
ously hurt. His forehead was badly
gashed across the left eye, 1t is feared
that the lad has received some internal
injury. DR.. Willard Springer, the at
tending physician found it necessary to
insert i've stitches in the boys forehead.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate. DR.. C.
r. Dake, Bellyille, H., says: II have
producing q sweet and natural sleep in
cases of insomnia from overwork of the
brain, which so often occurs in active pro-
fessional and business NEIL"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
Castoria.

"csstoria Is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known 10 me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y
Our physicians in the chiidren's depart
ment have spoken highly OF their expert.
ence in their outside practice with castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of castoria has won us to look with
favor upon It."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIspENsARy,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN G. sMrH, Pres,
array Street, New York City.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
Castoria.

castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of It's
good effect upon their children"
DR. G. G. osooop,
Lowell. Mass
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

"castorla is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castorla in.
stead of thevariousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium.
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
On. ]. +. KiScuELoE,
Conway, Ark.