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Evening journal., 1891-08-05
Hom RuIIders A1a PAID

At the regular monthly meeting Of the
board Of directors of the Builders Ex-
change last night, two COMMUNICATIONS
from William b. Sayward Of Boston,
secretary of the National Association OF
Master Builders, were read. He wanted
to know if there was any dissatisfaction
among the sub-contreet9rs with the Gus
toms that govern the submitting Of sub
bids and with the treatment Of them
after they are submitted He also wanteC
the assistance of the secretary In gather
| ing Information concerning the building
business. President Winslow and Secre
tary Johnson were directed TO answe
the letters In answer to the question
relating to the sub-contrRctors, they vii
say that the sub-contractors prefe
that part payment be made as the worl
is progressing instead Of full payment a
its completion
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
EXTENDING IT'S PLANI.

Wilmington Abbatoir Company Pur-
chases the 1Ahrens" Property and
VIII slaughter Hogs.
The Wilmington Abattoir Company has
bought of 81. l.. Brown the property No.
234 and 2S6 Tatnall street, generally
known as the old 'Ahrens" slaughter
house.
The place will be entirely rehtted and
will be used as place for slaughtering
and packing hogs The building No. 23e
Tatnall street; now used as an Office By
the company, and the adjoining building,
No. 232, will be torn down and new
building, which viii be used for Office
purposes, erected on the space
Pipes for the passage of cold air viii
be placed in the packing house anc
connected with the machinery which
furnishes the cold air for their beei
killing establishment.
1t is expected that from $50 to 300 hogi
will be slaughtered there every week
Operations will begin,in about mouth
Fl. L. Brown will be superintendent o.
the pork packing department.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
No ale H.a Rnan ntada.

Franklin B. Cotton, president of the
Front and Union Street Railway Com
pany denies the rumor that the Whining
ton City Railway Company has pure hased
the property and franchises Of the Front
street line. He says the two companies
have come to an amicable agreement to
use the Front street tracks, but that the
Front and Union line has hired some OF
the cars belonging to the old company
He says he does not thi1k the FIR ont
street line will run any cars down the
old tracks, until electricity is applied As
fast as they take up any of the Front and
Union track rails suited for electricity as
motive power are substituted The in.
dications are he said, that the city will
soon have most satisfactory street rail.
wav service
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
CITY news IN BRIEF.


Up to yesterday Receiver Of Taxes
DickeY took in $19, 00O
The Jersey truck Rharves this morning
were well stocked and prices were low.
The Wilmington Amateur Press Club
held meeting last evening at No. s25
Shipley street.
The Y. NJ G. A. will hold cottage
meeting at No. 400 East Sixth street o.
Thursday evening.
William Craynor, 19 years old of No.
1917 Bennett street, broke his arm while
wrestling on Eleventh street bridge last
night.
City Auditor Billany has presented the
city tax Office with a box of cigars. In
doing this he followed the example of
City Treasurer Adams.
Three men stole keg of beer from
Hartman & Fehrenbach's saloon last
night When they were pursued they
dropped the beer and ran away.
In order to avoid contract with the wires
OF the electric railways the Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany will erect poles fifty feet high for
its wires.
Mrs E. D. Jordon, wife Of the we'll
known rigger, who sustained severe in
| juries by falling down stairs about a
week ago. is very Ill, and doubts are en-
tertained of her recovery.
Francisco Destello, the one year old
child of Peter Destello, an Italian who
resides near Silverbrook, died from th {
effects Of being scalded by hot water q
few days ago and was buried yesterday.
At the regular meeting Of the Board OF
Health last evening Executive Officer
Shultz was directed to see that al
nuisances caused by the recent floods al
Second and Monroe streets are abated al
once:
Yesterday 1913 carloads Of peaches
were shipped over the Delaware railroad
OF this number Wilmington received -
Jersey City 65, aud Boston, Mass, %
This makes the total shipments for the
season foot up to 606 car loads
At meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the State Firemens Association
held In the Fame engine house last even.
ing, a committee composed of enc member
from each company in Wilmington wa
appointed to collect the money necessary
to carry out the project of holding bi!
firemen's parade here in October
At the regular meeting of the Boar
of Water Commissioners last evening thl
weekly payroll Of $46S,61 was ordere,
paid. The balance in bank amounted 9
$S5, ,364.17 Rev. William Dollard'
petition for water pipe on Gilpin avenu
near Union street was granted, on con
dition that the applicant pay for th
extra cost Of digging
J. g. Brill & Co., Of Philadelphia ar
, still building the cars for the Delawar
avenue electric line. They were to hav
been completed by May 10. The oil
J horse cars will be remode ed and used a
: observation trailers on the electric cars
The stables are rapidly approaching com
pletion. The Delaware avenue cor
} ductors and motormen who are to ru
the Delaware avenue line are receivin
} instructions on the Eighth and River
view lines.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05

Twenty.eight STYLES dress
challies were SC per yard are
reduced to 3Hc.
Twenty styles heavier chal-
lies, 81 inches wide, were I21lc,
are reduced to oAc.
Ten or Twelve pieces of wide
Batiste Cloths in light grounds,
are reduced from I5c to 6Ac.
Eighteen styles of Armen-
ian Serges. Regular I2Hc
goods are reduced to sAc per
yard.
Eighteen pieces of splendid
quality standard Satines are re
duced from I2Hc to &c per
yard.
About ninety patterns of 10
yards each, cut for window dis
play-of our elegant Zephyr
Dress Ginghams at 25c pei
yard, 90 into the remnant pile
at I2Hc per yard and saving
being a little mussed are the
same as just off the piece.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
eEagoNAl pARAanAPha
officer Yates is in Detroit.

Officer Yates is in Detroit.
Mrs James A. Draper is at Jamestown,
R. |.
Victor B. Woolley has returned from
Seaford
Miss Clara Beatty is visiting her sister
at Clayton.
B. F Mcdaniel is spending week at
Atlantic City.
Miss Gsrtie Plunkett is visiting in
Hazi zieton, Pa.
w. H. Stevens Of seaford was in this
city yesterday.
Mrs. Jesse Wilson IS tbs guest Of her
sister at Clayton.
J. Harvey Spruance is the guests of
friends at smyrna.
William A. Webster is visiting his
parents st Clayton.
Mrs. b. D. Webster. Jr.. is visiting
relatives at Clayton.
Officer Scott has Just returned from q
successful fishing trip.
Miss Lula Aurand is visiting friends
and relatives at Clayton.
T. E. Hall Of Cambridge, Md, was in
Wilmington yesterday afternoon.
James b. Maxwell of New York is
visiting Mrs. E L. Hawthorne Of this
city.
John s Henderson and wife of Cherry
Hill, Nd are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Ella Benjamin Of this city.
w. E. Hoffman, physical director OF
Y. NJ. @. A., hiss returned from an ex-
tended visit to friends in York and
Harrisburg, Pa,
Assistant Secretary Of State James H.
Hughes is in this city to-day. He says
the new state laws will be- ready for dis
tribution in a few weeks.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
SILK and Wool Gloriosa

Silk and Wool Gloriosa-
eight styles in combination
stripes of garnet and black,
blue and black, terra Gotta and
black, blue and black, navy
and black, brown and black
and mode and black. Superb
fabrics at $I.25 per yard are
reduced to 75c per yard.
Three pieces French bro
cade, SO inch wide. in grey anc
black and olive and black were
81, are reduced to soc pei
yard. Included in the lot is one
piece splendid quality dollar
plaid for soc.
Five pieces all-wool plaids
and stripes the end of a large
lot of regular all the season
o2 Hc goods are reduced to
35c per yard.
A small lot of splendid
quality, all wool French chal
lies in dark grounds with palm
leaf and oriental designs. The
opening seasons price was
I62 nc, the balance of the lot
are reduced to 2oc per yard
included are six pieces not
quite so wide, reduced from
soc to 25c.
A lot of end of the season
remnants of Dress Goods from
fine Henriettas down-all the
dollar ones are 5oc-all the
l75.cent ones are 371a-all The
| 5ocent ones are 25c per yard
giving you a chance for choice
picking among the dress good:
for so cents on the dollar, anc
some Of the styles may suit
you a good deal better thar
they do us.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
The August Home-nIaksr

The August number of the Home
Maker is received. This magazine is ab }
edited by Jennie June MRS. Croly),
Among its many contributors are Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, F. Marion era Rford,
Viktor Rydberg, Julia Anna Walcott,
Merrill e Gates. and many others II
contains a well written story entitled
"The Old Sanders Wimin," by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Among other contri
buttons are The Three Fates, and nu
merous other stories interesting to wo
men. The editor also devotes twenty
Eve pages Of the magazine to the thrifty
housewife ana her pursuits. 1t can bt
purchased from your newsdesler for q
cents or from the publishers, No. "A East
Fourteenth Street, Union Square. New
York, for 81 year.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
An ALLEGED coNJURoR IN COURT.
Herman zutler VIctimizes Woman by
Pretending to Cure Her.

Herman zu'ler Victimizes a Woman by
Pretending to Cure Her.
Although it is net often that a modern
court Of justice is called upon to adjudi-
cate in cases Of witchcraft, coDjuiing or
suck like, case of this kind came before
Judge Ball this morning. To hunt uD
law bearing on the subject was the work
of acting City Solicitor Lyman. It is
very old law but he found 1t. It pro
vided that any person found guilty of
cheating another by pretending to call in
the aid of spirits or using any other of
the arts known to the conjuror, should
be fined not less than 800. stand one
hour in the pillory, and 60 to prison for
one year.
The man accused of being a coujuror
was Herman Zutler, tall, nervous look
ing Jew, who understood English, but
did not speak it. His victim was
Jewish woman with a name difficult to
spell and impossible to pronounce. She
lives near Front and Shipley streets. He
has only been in this city for few days.
1t appears that she has been suffering
for long time from disease which he
undertook to cure by invoking the aid Of
spirits and using superstitious words.
The articles used were q handkerchief
and 50 note He would roll the note in
a handkerchief, pass 1t around the dis
eased part and say some prayers. The
disease would disappear, so would the
note. The performance was gone through
and sure enough at a whisk of the CON
juror the note did disappear, but the
disease remained.
Then another disease set In, that Of
hunger, for the note was all the money
the woman had and she had no food
Then upon the advice of friends she
swore out warrant for Zutler's arrest.
When the case came to trial, however,
she asked TO have it withdrawn and Mr..
Lyman made recommendation to that
effect Judge Ball thought the woman
should get the money back but Zatler did
not have any to give.
He was discharged and ordered 10 quit
the city. When outside the court room,
his wife, who had been in court, grasped
him affectionately and kissed his hand.
Nearly the whole Hebrew population Of
the city was interested IN the case
Officer Cohen was instrumeatal in ex
posing zutler One of the cures which the
fellow propounded was for woman to
take a piece of leather over Third
street bridge, and steep it in water fol
eleven days at the end Of that time be
said the water would cure disease of the
stomach
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
The SHOOT ING OF PRYOR.
Mcvey and witsil sim Con fined-r
Wounded Mn Imnrnxinr.

Mcvey and witsn sim Con nfined-rhe
Wounded Man Improving.
Both Detectives McVey and Witsil are
still imprisoned at the police station.
They have worried a great deal over the
matter, and the efIec.s of his
anxiety Is already visible on
McVey Both are suffering slightly for
want of sleep as they have do beds,
whereon 80 lie at night. There are two
lounges IN the room which, for certain
reasons, are unavailable. Tidngs
OF the wounded mats condition are re.
ceived by them with anxiety Witsiis
mental worry Is not as great as that Of
McYey.
Should Pryor die, the law defines the
act as murder, II II be shown that the
officers fred with the intention of hitting
him.
Attorney General Biggs has not yet
returned to the city His deputy, Mr.
Davis, has returned but no bail will be
taken until the man is pronounced out
OF danger, Pryor has never complained
Of suffering any pain.
Dr. Rile was interyie wed by a reporter
this afternoon and said "The wounded
man is doing very well. II
is little early yet to
give any definite information, but
the indications are that the wound Is not
mortal one The ball has not pene-
trated any OF the cavities cannot say
that he Is entirely out OF danger
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
waiting ON the Min to Run. !"

John Boyer, colored, was before Judge
Ball this morning on a charge of acting
suspiciously. Boyer, who is weak
minded, is in the employ of Mrs.
Thatcher. For several years he has been
watching and waiting for Thatcher 5
mill to run. The mill has not run" for
thirty years. Every evening he would
come along and watch the mill, and when
the officer would inquire what he was
ding he always said, Il am waiting on
the mill to run" new watchmAn did
not understand Boyer's idiosyncracy, so
he took him to be burglar, waiting an
opportunity to "run" with something
else and arrested him Mrs. Thatcher
telepboned TO the police station and ex-
planned the boys peculiariiies. Judge
Ball advised him to 60 up on the bridge.
where he would have a good view of the
mill, and wait until it would run.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
Funeral Of Mrs. y james Belt.

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Jane Belt.
wife OF James Belt. was held from the
home Of her husband, No. 903 West
street, at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and was largely attended by the many
friends Of the deceased. The funeral
services, which were held at the house,
were conducted by Rev. w L. s. Murray,
presiding elder of the Wilmington Nj Z.
E Conference, Rev. A. T. Scott, Rev
W. w. Campbell of the Presbyterian
Church and Rev. John Y. Dobbins, pastor
Of Grace M. E. Church. Addresses wer,
made by Rev. W. w, Campbell and Rev
John Y Dobbins who paid eloquent tri.
butes to the qualities and virtues Of tn,
dead, There were a number Of floral tri
butes from friends, laid on the coffin. In
JermeDt wes private, and was made il
the Wilmington aud Brsndywine Gene
terry
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
TAKE OUT THE OLD ruRN-rAsLs
John JaoobS Must DO ATS Work OF
Others Win DO Ii for Bim.

John Jacoby Must DO ATS Work or
Others VIII DO Ii for Elm.
At the regular meeting of the Board Of
Street and sewer Directors last evening
the weekly payroll Of $560.40 was
ordered paid The city treasurer's report
showed the balance in bank to current
expenses to be $i26, 272. 9s; interceptiug
sewer, 20 2l1. 40; total, $l4s, asa Al. The
secretary's collections amounted to
$l67 81; the city auditors to 977 So; the
clerk Of the markets to s 5452; and the
chief engineers TO 500 80.
The Wilmington City Railway Com
pany was requested TO remove the old
turn-t table at Front and French streets
An affidavit from James Mccoy denying
that he was guilty of waste of time for
which he had been discharged, was re
ceiyed, but no action was taken. II was
decided to inspect Ash Collector Riley e
carts on August 81 Engineer Hatton
reported that Contractor John Jacoby
was not pushing forward the work OIL
the intercepting sewer as rapidly Rs the
board had ordered. The engineer Ii
charge was notified to see that the worE
was executed within the specified tims
and the cost deducted from Jacoby's con
tract price.
The plans for an iron fence along ID,
rear Of the Wilmington and Brandy win,
Cemetery, TO be built In return for
piece of land for the intercepting sewer
we're submitted to the cemetery director
| for approval. Estimates for the gradinl
Of Broome street, from Front to Ninth
we're ordered to be secured by the secr'
tary. After passing number Of bill
and transacting other routine business
the meeting adjourned
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
Hald Tor Lnrnanv.

William Moore and John Murphy, who
were arrested last week for stealing a
watch from William Virgins. were each
held in $500 bail to answer the charge
this morning. The watch was found in
the possession Of William Bollen, who
testified on Monday that he had pur-
chased it from strange man, but not
either of the prisoners. To-day Edward
McGaughy swore that the defendants
had offered to sell the watch TO him A
few minutes afterwsrd he saw them
show it to Bollen, but could not say
whether or not he purchased it. Bollen
will probably be arrested for receiving
atolan goods
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
KICKED THE eNelNeeR,s FACE.
Captain II. walker Held for Assault
inE James A. Moore.

ing James a. Moore.
Captain Frank Fl. Walker was arrested
in New Castle yesterday for assaulting
James A. Moore, engineer Of the tugboat
Ella w Grimm. and brought to this
city by Marshal MahaffF. He was given
a preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Smith and held In
$500 bail. William b. Dollow became his
surety.
The Ella w. Grimm is tugboat used
for towing lumber from New Castle to
the jetty on Firms Point. According to
Moore's testimony, OF Monday after
noon he was in the engine room of the
tug when il was about to leave New
Castle for the jetty. Somehow a plank
got in the propeller wheel, which pre-
vented the engine from moving when the
signal from the pilot house was
given. When the plank WAS removed rope
got entangled in the wheel and prevented
the engine from working. When Ego
ahead signals were given Moore refused
to obey them lest the machinery should
be injured Captain Walker then came
to the engine house, abused Moore and
kicked him in the face. Moores face was
cut aud he refused to work further. but
came to Wilmington and had warrant
sworn out for the captains arrest.
Patrick j. Hesney one Of the boat s
CT W, testified that he saw Captain
Walker seize club and strike at Moore,
but he missed He did not see the cap
tain kick Moore but be heard him make
the air sultry' with curses.
Marshall Mahaffy testified that Walker
admitted to him that he had struck
Moore in the face Captain Walker made
no statement and the commissioner held
him for the September term of court.
Walker was apparently intoxicated and
unfit to command the steamer. Bis &C
tions attracted attention on the wharf al
New Castle
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
LEMON ELIXIR.
Pleasant, Elegant, reliable.


For biliousness and constipation, take
Lemon Elixir,
For feyers, chills and malaria, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness, nervousness and pal
pitation of the heart, take Lemon Elixir
For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir
For all sick and nervous headaches
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies', for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation. take Lemon Elixir.
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not fai
you in any Of the above named diseases
all Of which arise from torpid or dis
eased liver, stomach, kidneys or bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. H. MOTLEY, At
lanta, Ga SOC and 81 per bottle, at drug
gists.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
would Not Support His wlfe

Magistrate Smith had complicated
case OF martial difficulties before him
last evening. Amanda Parsons sued
her husband, Edward Parsons, for
non-support. The case was brought
before Justice Smith a few weeks
ago, but the justice refused to hold Par
sons on the ground that the wife left
her husband volun .Rrily. Then she
secured the services of w. s. Hilles, who
advised her to swear out another
warrant aud have Parsons brought
up again. The couple have been married
for eighteen years and are without issue.
About a year ago, she testified, their
household effects had been levied upor
aud because Of her husbands parsimony
she had been obliged to leave and
go to Philadelphia to earn liv
ing Her health failed and sh,
returned, but her husband refused Il
support her, Notwithstanding that he haC
been approached by a minister ant
others lt was testified tha
he earned about SIS weekly
Mr.. Sanborn. who represented Parsons
| contended that no formal demand 70
| support had been made by the wife, bu
Mr.. Hilles showed otherwise and th
magistrate held him in $500 bail Il
court.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
To Reform 3 Drunkard.

Edward B. Pierce, whose ill-treatment t
of his wife during drunken spells aroused
such pity and indignation on Monday.
was brought before Judge Ball again
this morning. Agent Stout of the S. P.
G. @. had investigated the case and found
the family in state of destitution, all
brought about by the husbands debauch.
cry. While sober, however, he is not a
bad man. The court concluded that any
punishment inflicted on Pierce would
fall more heavily on thu wife and chill
dren, so he was ffered his liberty on con
dition that he take the pledge. He took
il for two years and was liberated.
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
BRAck,N KNOCKED OUT.
His Petition Laid Upon the Table BY the
Levy Court at Its Afternoon Session.

Levy Court at Its Afternoon Session.
The Levy Court reconvened yesterday
at 2. 30 o'clock. AS soon as the body was
called to order large number of small
bills were passed. Among them we're the
following Constable Isaac r. Brown,
S115.75 Frederick w. Neutze. $97 so,
and William McKelvey, $14025 These
bills were for securing a list of names of
the manufacturers ia this city.
The road commissioners difficulty was
again broacAed by bringing up the petit
tion OF William M Brackin. Mr.. Jolls
wanted it referred to committee OF
three, authorized to secure the written
opinion of the attorney of the court.
This, however, did not meet with favor,
and was withdrawn. air. Hutchison
moved that sthe petition be returned tc
Mr. Brackin. This was lost. After
much discussion on the great incon
venience caused by the snsrl between
the Levy Court and the road commission
ers, and the unsafe condition of the roads
motion made by Mr.. Hutchison to
lay the petition on the table was carried
President Buckingham requested mem
bers, when giving out orders to caution
those receiving them not to present them
so that they would be protested.
Comptroller Stats complained that
orders sggregating $37. 900 had beer
passed over his head, while the news
papers had said that but few ord r. htc
been passed without his approval Mr.
Stats said that people holding county
orders should see the county treasurer
and ask him If there is any money before
they are presented.
Mr. Jolls contended that the orders
were not bankable paper and should be
issued with that understanding. Hs
moved that the clerk be instructed tC
procure a rubber stamp and mark al
orders mot to be protested. This
motion was carried and the Levy CouTi
adjourned until August 1S
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
TbIrteenth birthday Celebrated

Miss Annie Elmer celebrated her thir
tesnth birthday by giving party at her
home, No. $50 French street, last
night. Among those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. SPAIN, Mrs. Edwin
Jenness, the Misses Annie and Lucy
Allen, Ella Hysor, Helena Hendel, Louisa
Cornelli, Mabel Bsscoe, Florie Chambers,
Flora Hauber. Helen Kurtz, Rosie SPAIN,
Francis Fsrrell and Dollis Jenness and
Georgs Frazer, Joseph Hill, John Wig
ellsworth, Charles Hysor, Charles and
Eddie Riddles, Charles and Arthur
Elmer, Eddie Stout, Frank Clark, David
Hilligus, Eddie Kurtz and George
FaPral1
Evening journal., 1891-08-05
Ths Last pebt Paid

Father Birmingham paid, on Monday,
$40, the last instalment due on the
Brownson Library hall at Fourth and
jackson streets. The building is now in
sole possession of the Brownson Library
Association. The young men of the or
gsnization, numbering 800, are jubilant
and have gone to work to furnish the
building Patrick Fahey will present
the association with a billiard table.
The new hall reflects great credit on the
builder, Patrick Fahey, who has given
entire satisfaction.