Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-22
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Spec Correspondence Gazette and Journal.
Dover, Oct 15.--James Kirk & Son have
about completed the House Journal of the
late Legislature with the exception Of the
appendix and index. The Journal proper
will consist of about |, 200 pages, and when
completed will he about 1850 pages, and
will be fully one-third larger than any
journal ever before issued, thus showing
that the last House transacted more bust
less than ever before.
Detective McVey yesterday brought here
J.K.Colvin, who is charged with swindling
Frank Thomas of Wyoming out of about
$1,000 for peaches. Colvin waived hear
ing and he was committed to jail in default
Of 81, 500.
Up to this week ]. Frank Wilds, direct
tax distributor, has drawn 2975 checks for
direct tax. The largest check drawn was
to +. l. du Pont de Nemours & Co., for
1919. The largest individual check was
that of J. p. Cochran, 1858. The smallest
one was 10 cents
Mrs. Il. 0. Eccles returned last night
from trip to Australia. after an absence
of about one year She went via San
Francisco and returned via Liverpool, thus
encircling the globe alone. Mrs, Eccles is
an aged lady and the trip is considered u
remarkable one.
Shhlies NlDsUn RETURNED from winning
ton Tuesday night overburdened with
tanglefoot and is now confined to his bed
with bigger head than usual. When the
S.2b evening train arrived here the train
men had considerable difficulty in getting
him of. When landed he insisted in sleep
ing in the ladies waiting room here. He
commenced demolshing the furniture and
Baggage Master Boggs busted him after
severely pummelling him. Gibson was
badly bruised and cut about the head and
finally commenced firing with revolver,
breaking window in a store nearby. He
then went to the office Of DIR. Wilson and
said he had been shot. The doctor dressed
his wounds and sent him home.
DOVER, Oct. 2l.-The Conference Acai-
envy is in a ilourishing condition The
enrolment to date is 100, the boarding
department being larger than ever before.
weights have been placed in the
gymnasium in the ladies hall and physical
exercising begun this week. CHM Il Co.
Of New York has presented the Scott
Literary Society set of their Hudsons
edition Of Shakespeare. ]. Miller Thomas,
publisher of the Peninsula Methodist. has
presented the ladies' hall with beautiful
bedroom suit.
The Episeopalians are building neat
httlt bnuItn III 1tlnuen WHlCn tney eA-
pect to consecrate on Sunday November
22d, Bishop Coleman and other promi-
nent Episcopaiians are expected to parti-
cipate in the services.
Rev. William NJ. Strayer, President of
the Maryland NJ, p. Conference will preach
in the brick school-house on Governors
avenue next Sunday at o'clock in the
afternoon and 7.30 o'clock in the evening.
The Madame Frye Concert Company, OF
Boston, gave an entertainment in the
Opera House last night under the auspices
of the Baptist Church The entertainment
consisted Of high-class, vocal and ins,rli-
mental music and would have been en-
ioyed by all if some of those present had
not insisted upon cracking and eating
chestnuts and peanuts during the entire
performance to the disgust of many.