Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-08
RECORD
OF
IMPORTANT EVENTS.
1890.
JANUARY.

JAIN WAN u
: wednesday, jan 1.-Temperature "a
. 40, AZ, 40 deg. The New Year was ushered
IN with noise and threatening weather.
The 18th annual session of the Kent
4 County Teachers Institute began at Dover.
Thursday, Jan. 2.-Temperature 80, 40,
o., IS deg. threatening. In the superior
court in this city Mrs. Elizabeth McComb
was awarded Judgment against the South
ern Railroad Association for 81, 2O4 100.
Friday, Jan, 3.-Temperature 3s, 49, 81,
az deg, Fair. The Washington Steam Fire
Engine and Hook and Ladder Company
celebrated its 50th anniversary by ban
Quet in Eden Hall.
Saturday, Jan. 4.-Temperature 90 49,
AZ, A deg. Cloudy. The Kent County
superior court Mrs. Elizabeth McComb
secured another verdict against the South
exn Railroad Association for S43l, 100.
Sunday, Jan, 5.-Temperature %, 40, 50
30 deg. Cloudy.
Monday, Jan. 6.-Temperature ~, 50,
y, 81 deg. Fair. Death of II. Clifford
Bertolette the well-known and talented
journalist, at his home in this city, aged 81
years.
Tuesday, Jan. Temperature 40, so.
20, As deg. Fair. Joshua Williams and
William Ross, colored, died from the
effects of inhaling acid fumes at the phos-
Rhate works of the Walton Il Whann
Company.
Wednesday, Jan. s.-Temperature SO, 40,
AZ, 60 deg. Fair.
Thursday, Jan. 9.-Temperature2 6, 81, AZ,
40 deg. Fair. Annual meetngof the Della
ware Railroad Company at Dover The
seml-snnual session of the Morocco Manu-
tecturers' National Association held in
Eden Hall,
Friday, Jan. 10.-Temperature, SO, 40, As,
IS deg. Threatening. Burial Of II, Clifford
Bertolette, at Amityyille, Chester county,
Pa. The coroner's jury in the cases of
Joshua Williams William Ross and Julius
Hammel, who died from the supposed
effects of inhaling acid fumes at the Walton
d. Whann Company's works, rendered a
verdict that they died of pneumonia.
Saturday, Jan. ll-Temperature, 2S 3S.
40, A deg. Showery. A New Castle ac-
commodation train on the Delaware rail
road ran into freight train on n siding at
the former place. Engineer Andrew
Mcguire was painfully injured and the
locomotive was wrecked. I. Ellwood
Singley, aged 81 years, a former journalist,
died at his home in this city from the eff
fects Of la grippe.
Sunday, Jan. 12.-Temperature So, as, 60,
So deg Clear and balmy.
Monday, Jan. 13,-Temperature As, 60,
6s, So deg. Fair Fifty-seeond annual
Baltimore railroad held in this city.
4s, 4S. Fair.
Wednesday, Jan. 5-Temperature 81, AZ,
81, 46. Rainy. In the superior court the
application Of John Wesley Hawkins for il
writ OF mandamus to compel County Tax
Collector John j. Dougherty to recognize
citizens powers of attorney in accepting
poll taxes was denied; and George Ii. Wiz
liams, colored, convicted of murder in the
first degree for shooting Walter Il. Wright,
white, was granted new trial.
Thursday, Jan. 16.-Temperature 81, AZ
49, 40. Showery. Death of DIR. Robert p
Friday, Jan. 17.-Temperature 20, 80, 81,
a. Cloudy. In the superior court the case
of George Fl. Williams, who was granted Il
new trial on a charge of murder IN the first
degree, was compromised and Williams was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Saturday, Jan. ls-Temperature %, 35
49, AZ deg. Fair. The superior court adj
journed after granting 70 and refusing u
liquor license applications. The New Castle
County Farmers Institute organized in the
court house.
Sunday, Jan. 19.-Temperature %, 50, 4G,
46 deg, Fair
Monday, Jan. 20.-Temperature "a, So, IS,
so deg. Cloudy.
Tuesday Jan. 2t.-Temperature 30, 3s, As.
AZ deg. Fair George S. Dill, who escaped
from Dover Jail, and who was captured in
Virginia. was returned to his old quarters
to complete his five years sentence. The
legislative committee convened at Dover
Wednesday, Jan. 22.-Temperature Is, 20.
~, IS deg. Fair. Fire destroyed the can
merry of Jacob i. Maxwell ut Middletown.
Loss, 5000; partially insured. Origin, in
cendiary.
Thursday, Jan. 2S.-Temperature 10, 81,
40, A deg. stormy.
Friday, Jan. A,-Temperature 90. 81. 80.
81 deg. Cloudy. The court Of errors and
appeals at Dover rendered n dprisirr "a nj rp,.