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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

Virginia's Anticipated state debt is
now reported as in fair way 10 be
satisfactorily adjusted. The state debt
committee has reached an agreement
upon mode of settlement which has
been endorsed by the advisory com.
mittce and, it is confidently expected,
will receive the approval Of tho main
body Of creditors and Of the Virginia
legislature. The arrangement proposed
is that the state, III settlement and can
collation. of 2s000OOO outstanding in.
debtedness, shall execute and deliver its
bonds for sl0,00O,Ooo, or in that pro.
portion for the amount of Indebtedness
which shall be surrendered; said bonds
to run 100 years and 10 bear interest at
per cent for the first 10 years and 8
per cent for the remaining 90 years.
This looks, at first glance, like easy
terms, but it is to be taken into CON
sideration that this debt antedates the
civil war and that Virginia being the
battlefield of that terrible struggle
came out of the contest virtually bank
rupt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

il will be observed that this circular
boundary Of Delaware cuts westwardly
a short distance into the Maryland line,
between the points marked A and T..
The point marked I is the site of the
tangcntial monument-the point where
the Maryland line, running north, in
tersects circle of II miles radius
drawn from the cupola of the old court
house at New Castle. A is the location
of the three-sided stone which marks
the junction of the three states aud
the apex of the triangle A i @, which
stone, as before stated, was planted on
the site of the Mason and Dixon stone,
in Morrison's woods. From II to A,
measured along the chord of this very
attcnuated arc, was found by ]. ID.
Graham to be mile, 2,4G3 feet. No
width is set down on the map which
was shown THE GAZETTE - from
which the above crude plot was taken
but, roughly speaking, it may be 200
feet from the chord L A to the centre OF
the arc which that chord cuts. Here
then as u matter chiefly of curiosity in
interstate geography, is strip of land
nearly II miles long and averaging
AOO ACCb III Nlulllg tulllcll
of the apex of the "flat-iron,n which,
though apparently slice of Maryland,
is unquestlonably Delaware territory.
Coming to the "fat-iron" itself, the
correct measurements, as ascertained
by Surveyor Graham, are: From A,
(the apex of the triange) to b, 1.-THE
northeast corner of Maryland), is three
miles, 2,9SS feet; from b TO q Ia point
on the circular boundary of Delaware
due east is 4,036 feet. This latter point
10y marks the limit (north-eastward) Of
Graham's survey and was ascertained
by him to be just two feet short of Il
miles from the centre of the old cour
house at New Castle.
THE APPROACHING REsuRvEY,
The "flat-iron" therefore belongs tc
Pennsylvania. The ratification of tho
Graham survey by the legislatures Of
the three states apparently settles this
beyond controversy. The approaching
resurvey, authorized by the legislatures
| of Delaware and PENNSYLVANIA, will
EVERY EVENING is informed, have
nothing whatever to do with the "fat
iron" The surveyors, who are ex.
| pected to start on the actual field worl
during the current month, will simply
take up the circular boundary line al
the point 9 (where Graham left it) ant
continue the same TO the Delaware
river. They will meazure 4, 036 feet du,
east from the northeastern corner ston,
OF Maryland OBJ and then start in t.
complete the circular boundary. Thi!
will be done by measuring small chords
and diyerging the proper distance at til,
end Of each chord. In the survey oil
Taylor and Pierson, In 1901, the diverg
ence was one degree for every " perche
measured along the chord.
Municipal elections in Painleld an,
Elizabeth, n. j., Tuesday, resulted in IL.
auoeesa OF tho Repnblieap ca9didats.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The record-breaking Irish built steam
ship Teutonic has gotten transatlantic
voyages down to regular schedule time.
She has made three successive trips from
New York to Queenstown with varia-
ton of only 81 minutes; the first in 5
days, 81 hours, 20 minutes; the second
in days, 81 hours, 3 minutes, and the
third in days, 81 hours, 80 minutes.
1t is now in order to speak of the Teu-
tonic, as of railway train, as being so
many minutes fast or slow on any
specified run.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

A very interesting chapter of local
history is embodied in the article on the
twelye-mile circle which we print to-
day. The curious feature Of il is that it
goes to demonstrate that the real title to
that triangular wedge which has been
SO long mapped as piece of Chester
county, Pa, vests neither in Pennsyl-
vania nor Delaware, but in Maryland
1t appears from the law defining the
metes and bounds Of this State (chaptor
l,section 2, Revised Code that Delaware
really lays no claim to this "flat-ron,n
but we have been told that the residents
thereon pay taxes and vote in this State,
and it is matter Of common knowledge
that farmer inhabiting this ''no mans
lane" was elected to and served in the
Delaware Legislature, where he was
facetiously known as ''the member from
Pennsylvania" But on the maps this
wedge has always been laid down as a
southern projection Of Chester county.
1t would be strange enough after all
these years If 1t should prove that this
triangular strip belongs in reality
neither to Pennsylvania nor Delaware,
but to a state which has, SO far as We
know, never laid any claim to or at
tempted TO exercise any jurisdiction
oyer 1t.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

1t is little rough on Lieutenant.
governor Jones II Governor Hill persists
in his reported determination to hold on
until the Inauguration of Governor elect
Flower; and, it looks, moreover, rather
greedy on the part of Governor Hill to
insist on hanging on after his career as d
United States Senator has actively be-
gun; but, from party standpoint, Jones
has no right to complain. He must have
haown when he refused to support
Taower that he was thereby imperiling
hfs chances of becoming Governor OF
New York for even a single day.
Doubtless Mr.. Jones is a very worthy
gentleman and actuated by conscien-
tious motives in antagonizing Tammany
and the head OF the ticket; but political
parties do not always make allowance
for conscientious motives and Jones
apostacy is too fresh in memory to be
overlooked by Governor Hill. If Jones
was influenced in his course by honest
convictions, he has the satisfaction 81
having subordinatcd ambition to duty
which after all is no mean compensa
ton, since certainly it is better to have
dared TO do right than to pose for few
days as acting governor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 2.-Af.er nearly
total abstinence of 20 weeks John l..
Sullivan has commenced drinking again
and last night appeared at the Bush
Street Theatre under the influence of
liquor. Much disappointment is felt by
sporting men here at Sullivan's relapse
into his old habits, as it was hoped that
he would keep himself in good condi-
ton until next fall when, as he has an
nounced, he will again enter the prize
ring for the last time.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03
SHOCKING cArasrRopnE.
Five People Meet Death in an Earl
Morning Fire.

Morning Fire.
DETROIT, MIcH., Dec. 2.--About 9
o'clock this morning fire broke ont in
the grocery store OF George j. Reih, 332
Orleans street, communicated to the
dwelling house overhead and smothered
TO death Charles Rein, aged %, and his
brothers, Josie and Eddie, aged ii and
z years.
The father and mother were found
locked in each others arms at the foot
Of the stairs leading out into the yard.
They were burned to crisp in en-
deavorinEt to reach the open air.
Why they took the rear stairs may
never be known, for if they had gone
down by the front way they would I'M
doubleday have been saved.
Two other children-Max, aged Is.
and Tommy, aged ~, and hired girl
whose name could not be asce rtained,
escaped by jumping out Of the windows
into the arms of the police and
ilremen. There are indications that the
fire started in the store.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

Two Indiana farmers engaged last
week in a very funny contest of endur.
ance-as to who could sit the longer on
fence. They took their positions on
the top rail and kept them all night and
all the next day; how much longer has
not been definitely stated, but an un-
confirmed report states that heavy
storm coming up finally drove one of
the contestants from his perch. The
fool killer is evidently ncglecting his
business in that locality.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The Baltimore Sun betrays appreheu-
sion that Emin Pasha is lost again,
nothing reliable having been heard from
that indefatigable African adventurcr
since the 18th of last May. But the
probability is that Emin is all right and
will continue so indefinitely if the
civilized world will only leave him
alone. There are no second-story win
dows in interior Africa for him to fall
out of and no brick sidewalks to crack
his skull at the end of the fall. He has
shown himself the right man in the
right place as an organizer, civilizer and
ruler in equatorial Africa; he was out
of his element in Zanzibar. Better
leave him to paddle his own canoe un-
disturbed by any more rescuing ex-
petitions.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The Pusey & Jones Company received
from Norfolk Tuesday afternoon tele-
gram stating that Pierre Lorillard's house
the voyage part az the Joiner work on her
starboard side had been stove in by the
waves. B. r. Stricken vent 4, Norfolk
last evening to ascertain thu sxt..nt Of the
damage and Arrange fer SeRsjsSpg N
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

Inspector Carpenter, who has done
the public and the vindication of the
election laws great service by his efforts
TO bring to justice the Fifth ward rioters
and may success yet attend these
eiforts-in card to the Morning Meas
states that the rioting eliminated nearly
four hours after he had surrendered the
Brown tax receipt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The Philadelphia North American be-
trays considerable dissatisfaction be-
cause somebody, and not heller by
common report" who procured and
distributed spurious tax receipts in that
city, has not been ferreted out and
brought to punishment. That these re-
ceipts "were distributed to voters who
had not paid taxes is one of the counts
in the NORTH AmGriean's indictment;
and very proper one. Presumably
the North american is cunning for
Democratic violators of the law; and we
trust that they may be caught and pun
ished. But the outcome Of the Fifth
ward election riot trial in our own city
does not encourage the hope that YER
dict can be obtained should they be
brought to trial. There is another
point of similarity. Sworn testi-
mony has been adduced that a
large number of tax receipts
which, if not spurious were and still re-
main illegitimate, were clandestinely
procured and distributed, or caused to
be distributed to voters who had not
paid taxes" in the city of Wilmington,
by men who are "not heelers by COM
mon report" but who, on the contrary,
stand high in the service and estimation
of the Harrison administration. The diff
ference comes in here in the fact that
these Wilmington procurers of illegiti-
mate tax receipts are known; that they
have confessed their agency in the
transaction; and yet there is no Repub-
lican cutlery for their prosecution-nor
even for the prosecution of the Demo-
cratic ex-collectors who sold them
worthless goods and pocketed the bulk
of the purchase money!
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The A. o. U. W. injunction case, which
was TO have been argued in Jersey City last
Monday, was postponed until next Mon.
for Tho supreme Lodge
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03
agauamaksrs.
rnrL.prLrnIA, November 30, 1891.

What a pushing for the
Rough Dress Goods ! Every
body seems to be wanting
them. Such tangles and mazes
of fuzziness and hairy fluffiness
as the weavers are turning
out! Well there is a wild
winsomeness to even the sim
plest of these shagged and
tufted stuhs. You can hit them
almost anywhere from soc. to
$500 a yard.
All the new and wanted
colors and weaves in Cancels
Hair are plenty,$I.oo to $500.
So are all the other sea-
sonables. Two Of them
4s-inch Wide Vale Diagonals in
handsome, light, two-toned effects
at $l.25.
50-inch Cheviots in Medium and
Wide Vale Diagonals---all the
popular shades-at $3.50.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03


heaviest goods made" has
gone to the counters at taOenty
FER cent less than we ever sold
them belore-5o, 60, 65, 70,
75c. A red-letter day for you
if you want such stuffs-a
black-letter day is already on
the importers calan d err.
There's bulging heap of
them now-but don't count
on their being here very long.
Could there well be a drawer
array of Juvenile Books? At
tractive, bright, cheerfulcovers;
more attractive, brighter, and
cheerfuller inside. Ranks on
ranks like regiments of soldiers
on dress parade. Prices -
as little as anywhere else, Wy
likely less-you know that if
you know our Book Store. 1t
really is surprising how much
OF book prettincss and good
ness a few cents will buy.
Christmas Cards and Nov
elites that will delight old as
well as young:
Calenders, &c to S2.25.
Novelties, l2c to 1925.
Booklets, DC upward.
Christmas Cards, lc upward.
Now is the easiest time of
the Holiday season for choos-
ing Book or bits-nothiI
missing from the stock and
elbow-room at the counters.
The look now is that every
body will be wanting MORE
Ribbons. Are we taken I'M
awares? Well, hardly. That
isn't our way Of doing bust
ness. Ask for MORE or any
other kind OF Ribbon that
ought to be here and see if
you get excuses.
Marks Adjustable Folding
Chair is a revelation. 1t be-
gins by being simple, strong,
elegant--many another Chair
is all that-but McN the fun
commences. A little tilt, a
touch here, a pull there and
you have a Parlor, a Library,
a Smoking, or a Reclining
Chair-the one you'd choose
for ease and comfort from a
roomful of finest furniture.
But the Chair isn't done yet.~
a little more fitting and there
you have a louge or a full 4
length bed Enthusiasts SAW
Its the best Chair in the
wide, wide world" Maybe|
you'll say SO too. There's d
demonstration going on in tha
| Furniture store.
The Shoe store scores q
point.
BY an original scheme in
leather buying too long for
detail but wise and shrewd, /
our Shoe Merchant is able to
make a regular offering of
Women's Button Boots that
has never yet been APP
preached. 1t is difficult to
command terms sufficiently
strong to describe the two
sorts put in stock to-day at S.
a pair.
They are of choice Grison
Kid, best French tanned,
Philadelphia bench m adei
hand-welted and stitched or
hand-sewed with turned soles
as may be preferred; patent
leather tips. They are equal
to any similar $3.50 Shoes in
the market and we know that
some good dealers are getting
So and $40 for Shoes not a
whit better. But then there
is no price for better-these
are best.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
| -----.------------------------
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

bILEOTRlC BATHS.
~ WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS,
HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL,
4AS FpRAA a. AND sAALLlRoss AVE
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

Municipal elections in Plainneld and
Elizabeth, n. j., Tuesday, resulted in the
auoeesa OF tho Republican ca9didates.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

The look now is that every
body will be wanting MORE
Ribbons. Are we taken I'M
awares? Well, hardly. That
isn't our way Of doing bust
ness. Ask for MORE or any
other kind OF Ribbon that
ought to be here and see if
you get excuses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
A Michigan Factory Containing Forty
Thousand Pounds Of Dynamite
Blown Up.
OF Sixteen Workmen I'm the Building
at the Time Not a Trace Can
BE Found.
The Pire at The Dalles, Or, Worse
Than at First Reported.
Casualties.

WHITE PIGEON, Mich, Sept 5.--The
dynamite factory owned by f. A.
Reynolds 81 Co., near this place has ex-
ploded. 1t is estimated that there were
about 10000 pounds Of dynamite in the
building, which was three-story brick.
Scarcely yestige of it remains. Sixteen
worlmen, mostly Swedes and Norwe-
gians were completely annihilated; not
an atom of them is to be found, and it is
impossible to learn their names, as the
company's books, pay rolls, etc, are
lost. As it was early none of the pro-
prietors We're in the building at the time
of the explosion. The loss is estimated
at S3j, 900. The concussion in White
Pigeon was awful and citizens were
badly frightened. Goods in the stores
were thrown from the shelves and
houses We're rocked to and fro. The
spire of the German Lutheran church
fell with loud crash, and the walls of
several buildings were cracked and
damaged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05

The DalIes, Or, Fire Proves to Have
Been Worse Than at First Reported.
THE DALLEs, Or, Sept. 5.--Wednes-
days disastrous fire rendered over 1000
person honsless and entails financial
LOGS of nearly $1,00o,00 Many of the
sufferers lost everything they had in
the world, and the mayor has appointed
q committee to receive contributions for
the sufferers. The fire burned over an
area of eighteen blocks and destroyed
among other buildings the opera house,
the Vogt block, the Methodist, Baptist
and Congregational churches, Gibbons,
McAllister & Co.'S implement ware
house, the Eillion Bros. and E. p. Fitz-
gerald's stores and between 500 and COG
residences. Many persons were sheltered
at the Cosmopolitan and Umatilla
Houses, which escaped the flames. Sc
far as can be learned only one Sc
rious accident occurred This was ]. p
Fitzgerald who was severely burned
about the body and hands. Early in
the evening the mayor placed the city
under martial law which prevailed dur.
ing the entire night. All suspicious
characters were put in Jail until morn
ing when they were ordered to leave the
city. The militia and deputy sheriff:
have been withdrawn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
CATTLE THIEVES IyNcHED.
Eastern Montana Cattlemen Take the
Law in Their Own Hands.

Eastern Montana Cattlemen Take the
Law in Their Own Hands.
HELENA, Mon, Sept. 5.-There have
been many complaints from Eastern
Montana lately, by cattle men, of the
stealing of stock by thieves. The in
spectors are now busy at shipping points,
so the 'rustlers," as the thieves are
called, have good chance to ply their
trade. Down in Custer county, about
eighty miles from railroad, cattlemen
have taken the matter in their own
hands. Jack Moore, who came in from
that section, says that just before he left
home cowboy came to his ranch with
the news that Jerry Thompson, motor
ious rustler, and two companions, had
been caught changing the brands on
cattle and We're all hanged to the same
tree. This is the first lynching of cat
tie thieves in Montana for a number of
years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1891.
NOW THE GRAND TRUNK.

1t Is Rumored That Another Line Will
BE Built to the Pacific Coast.
WINNIPEG, Man, Sept. 5.--A rumor is
published here that the Grand Trunk is
about to extend its line to Winnipeg via
Sault Ste. Marie and Duluth, and that
when this city is reached the line will be
extended to the Pacific coast by means
of the Manitoba and Northwestern to
Prince Albert; thence onward through
the Peace river country and mountains
to Fort Simpson on the Pacific coast. 1t
is said full developments may be ex-
pected in few days. Should the Grand
Trunk decide to make a start for the
Pacific coast via the route indicated it is
altogether likely that the road between
Winnipeg and Duluth would follow the
line of the Duluth and Winnipeg, por-
tion of which road is already constructed
and running northwestward from the
Zenith City.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
CouIdn't Catch Sims.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 5.-Revenue
agents have returned from the chase
after Bob Sims, the Choctaw county
moonshiner. They discovered and de-
stroyed an s00-gallon still which he was
operating Ten families of followers of
Bob Sims in his peculiar religious belief
have been chased away from their
homes by the residents of the vicinity
where they lived. The most notable
thing which the officers found about
the deserted homes was the uniform
cleanliness, The officers ascertained
that the real name of the leader of the
people is not Sims, but Robert McMil-
Ian He managed to evade the officers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
Peculiar stock Disease.

SEDALIA, NO., Sept. 5.-Charles Wad-
leigh, residing twelve miles south of
town reports a peculiar disease raging
among his stock. A few days ago he
noticed that several of his cows refused
to eat or drink, and that they were in a
bad condition generally. Upon investi-
CATION he found that their mouths were
very sore and infamed, the symptoms
resembling a mouth disease which has
been raging in Benton county for some
time. He has reported the matter to
State Veterinarian T. e. White, of this
city
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
iowa Methodists.

MUscANTrNE, Sept. 5.-The fortieth
Iowa conference of the M, E, church was
called by Bishop c. D. Foss, in the First
NJ E. church in this city. His address
was brief, but enthusiastically received
Ct. N. Power was elected secretary.
Short addresses were make by a number
of delegates, after which routine bust
ness occupied the remainder of the day.
The principal feature of the session was
the vote on the proposition submitted
by the general conference respecting the
eligibility of women as lay members of
that body. Thesvote was taken without
debate, and resulted 66 for and 90
against,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
discovered a Good Law.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept. 5.-A sensation
was caused here by the discovery of the
law which makes it misdemeanor for
for any person or corporation to hire a
man to go into any of the Indian lands
ana take claim or lot and afterward
turn it over to such person or company.
AS a penalty the land is to be forfeited
and the parties fined 81 900 or impris-
oned one year or both. Many bankers,
mercantile and other companies and
hundreds of private persons have en-
gagged parties to do this very thing, and
the discovery of this law creates con-
sternation on all sides. This law will
prevent great frauds and put the poor
homesekers on equal footing with the
banker and speculator.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-09-05
win receive the Death sentence.

HERMosA, Sd, Sept. 5.-Circuit court
has convened at Custer. There are sixty
civil and thirty criminal cases docketed.
Among the most important cases Is the
ex-County Treasurer E. III. Flynn en-
bezzlement trial. While county treas
urer in 1889 he was indicted for embez-
zling about $4,000 of the county funds,
and the case has never been brought to
trial. The court will also pronounce the
death sentence upon John B. Lehman,
who was convicted of the murder of
Constable Burns at Fairburn two years
ago