Evening journal., 1891-12-01

I
OH lovers when you take a walk.
| Of what you say beware
Or the EVENING JOURNAL will have vor
When - i,s corrasnonder,
mayor.
VERSE II.
I mmy Lancaster with laurels wen crow,
| For being cOrnet player,
rVS Vvh. hhurhtng tig Boulay and Levy down,
When Wilie Grimes is mayor
VERSE 49,
VIII is a dand / want you TO know.
/ At playing he always gets there
| Hetherington's star on my breast will go
When Willie Grimes is mayor.
}. F. McIvor the author of the song
yelterday received letter from "A Wei
Wisher." Some of the extracts were Al
follows: For Lords sake give M thu
stage. such acting as yours might 20 OF
In ireland, but 1t will not work here
fou were never intended for an actor
therefore give 1t up and stick to th,
shop Your friends may not know mucl
bnt they know what they would do Ii
they were In your place
How shorter Was Captured,
The Chester papers claim that George
/ Shorter, Jr, " ho attempted to kiln Rev.
Samuel Ambrose by slashing him with 4
4
ings of this city, but by officer Lewis
Bell Of Chester, who distinguished him.
self by doing some clever detective work
One evening paper contains the follow
ing.
"A general description of the man was
sent out. and when Officer Bell read h
he recognized 1t to be the description Of
man whom he had seen coming of the
Wilmington boat on Saturday afternoon
Bell commenced search for Shorter
and found him in a house on Union
street. When placed under arrest.
Shorter acknowledged to having cut
the colored preacher, but sad he was
drunk az the time. Word was sent to
Delaware City ana Copstable Ridines
came up for the prisoner, who consented
TO 60 without requsition papers. The
colored preacher Is reported TO be in e
precarious condition, aud Shorter may
have to answer a charge Of murder
A Different Kind of HydrophobIa.
The schooner Lizzie Babcock. from
Philadelphia for Boston, which anchored
of New Castle on Wednesday with her
crew sick, had new lot Of men shippsd
yesterday. After the men reached here,
however Ii was learned that their goods
and chattels bad not arrived, but W ere
still on the railroad somewhere
In consequences Of this the schooner has
not gone vet. The two "sick" seamen
took up their beds aud walked to the
railroad station It Is reported that their
malady was simply. dread of the water
before them, or sort Of hydrophobia
that frequently sfiicts seamen.
An Ola Resident Dead.
Robert McCarter, n years old and one
Of the oldest residents Of this city, died
at his home on Washington avenue this
morning Of general debility Mr.. Nc
Carter was formerly w6ll-to-do mer.
chant OF Christiana and spent many
years Of his life there. About Eve years
ago he retired from business and sub
sequently removed TO this city Since
then he has made his home with his
daughter, Mrs. John McFarlane His
funeral will be held on Thursday after,
noon, services beginning at his late home
at o'clock. Interment will be made IN
the Presbyterian Cemetery at Chris,
tisns.
Housewives can have their scissors
sLarpened by electricity without any
cost At j. Henke's
DELAYED on It's First Run.
Train No. "a, known as the Old Point
express for Nsw York, Is now scheduled
to stop at this.citysnd to leave exactly at
8 o'clock ia the afternoon. Yesterday was
her first run on the schedule
and she did not stop at o'clock
Her engine broke down at Woodslde and
shs and her passengers had to remain
there for over two hours. She was Just
two hours late when this city was
reached II was rumored here that the
fast train had stuck in Sussex snow
bank.
Other News.
Mitchell Groves, farmer living with
Alexander BRxson on the Cook farm Just
below this city, died yesterday afternoon
Of cancer. he was 81 years old aud leaves
daughter. His funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon and interment will
be made in Riverview Cemetery
Large buffalo robe for sale at Stoop's.
The schooner Jennie E Richter. from
Philadelphia for New Bedford. with a
cargo Of coal, which became grounded on
Goose Island. in the Delaware river at
high water on Sunday, was pulled of
yesterday afternoon by the tug K. ".
McCaulley and proceeded on her way ap.
parently uniniured
AS there have been no later reports
regarding the destruction at sea Of the
ship Rappahsnnock, which is said TO
have caught fire through spontaneous
combustion on November II while bound
to Sic Francisco and was abandoned by
Captain Dickinson and his crew, there
still exists hope that the rumor may be
false aud further news Is anxiously
awaited by those interested In tht
| vessel.
Captain John NJ. Wilson OF the New
Castle foot ball eleven. has arranged
another game with the Y. NJ C. A. team
OF Wilmington TO be played at Battery
Park on Friday afternoon
Samuel Pedrisk, the oldest activ,
fisherman on the Delaware, was this
moIning seized with violent illness ane
but slight hopes are entertained for hii
recovery.
Teas, coifses snd pure spices at Boyle's
Oficer George Hetheriugton yesterda,
arrested Isaac .pe0Pes OF Wilmington