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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
METHoDIsTs IN COM EyTIoM.
The Eastern Shore District Conference OF
the NJ. Il. Church South.

SALISBURY, Nd, July THE East
ern Shore District Conference Of the Vir-
ginia Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church south, convened in Trinity
Church, this city, this afternoon, and
will remain in session three days. This
body numbers about so members. About
60 delegates answered TO their names.
The Eastern Shore district embraces
part of Dorchester, Wicomico and Wor-
cester counties, Nd, and Accomac and
Northampton counties, Va, also two
stations across the Chesapeake Bay. In
the last mentioned state, within their
bounds, are 10 ministers in active work
and i've thousand one hundred mem
beers. There are iifty-three churches,
valued at $113,S00, and twelve parson-
ages, valued at $20,650.
The opening session was called to
order by Presiding Elder j. d. Hank.
The Rev. w. j. Twiley was elected
secretary and William Phillips assistant
secretary. Reading of reports from the
various charges occupied the remainder
Of the afternoon session. Reports show
the work TO be in excellent condition,
and the membership of the church in
creasing. The finances are in good con-
dition.
The opening sermon was preached
this evening by A. c, Bergman of On
ancock to a very large congregation.
In addition to the delegates from the
district, several prominent divines from
other districts are present, among them
the Rev. w. NJ. Hayes, d. d., and Pro.
fessor W. w. Smith, LII. D., who are
guests of Governor jackson.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
MIDDL ETC NV.



MfpDLETowS. July 7. The largest ship
ment of peaches from the Middletown sta
ton this season was that made yesterday,
when l60 baskets were loaded on the cars
Most Of the fruit was premature and of
the Early Alexander variety. About the
latter lart of this week or next at the
farthcst, some excellent fruit will he ship
ped. The growers have adopted the sug-
gestion made at the recent peach conven-
tion Of using tags on their baskets with
their names and address plainly printed
thereon This is something new and
promises to become the popular mode of
shipping fruit this season.
The six young partridges which Thomas
Scott Of this place recently Matched from
eggs placed under a common hen, have
died They were several days old at the
time ami Mr.. Scott had strong hopes of
raising the brood.
During the fire at John Il. Dawson's
stables. Saturday evening, y. $. Jones, a
member Of the fire company, severely
mashed the little finger of his right hand
by catching it between the heavy boards
s. Pennington 4 Son closed out the last of
their goods by auction last night, and the
firm has gone out of business. S. NJ.
Reynolds & Co. have leased the store, and
n. j., and removed II here. They will
| commence fitting up the place at once and
will he open for business in few days.
w. II. Reynolds and Il. r. Cochran, .Tr.,
| have leased the Middletown track and q
| force Of men will soon begin putting il in
thorough order. They propose giving a
number of races during the season and
will give the first the latter part of this
| month.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
Those 1000 Alleged Tasables.

Ihcso f-uoo AueEeu lAxhutcss
The rule issued by Chancellor Sauls-
bury on Monday is made returnable at
Dover next Friday morning, at which
time the members Of the levy court are
cited to show cause why the prelimi-
nary injunction should not be made
permanent We presume the Republic
can majority will decide at to-day's
meeting of the levy court whether or
not to make fight over this matter. To
do this would be of course to still fur
Their delay the collection of the taxes of
which the county stands in such urgent
need. The duplicates should have been
in Receiver Dickey's hands on July
first, and would have been, too, If press
ing public interests had not been subor-
dinated to partisan scheming--a poor
return indeed for the fair and con-
siderate treatment accorded to this levy
court by Democratic Legislature.
We do not think, however, that the
Republican steering committee will
venture on a fight. They are more
likely to content themselves with a
wishy-washy protest and let 1t go at
that. To make downright fight would
be to invite some troublesome questions.
For example; By and from whom were
these tax receipts purchased, and when
and for what purpose; how much was
paid for them; what became of the
money; whose names are on the re-
ceipts; are they the names of qualified
voters and, if so, how comes II that
those voters are not the individual
custodians Of their own receiptsp 1t is
easy to see how this examination
might be extended and whittier it
would lead. The trouble, as Artemus
Ward used to say, would begin at once.
And the responsible citizen who pays
his own taxes, with his own money,
holds his own receipt and votes as he
pleases, could extract great deal of
entertainment from the squirming
which would accompany such an inqui-
sition.
But the Republican steering commit
| tee know better than to invite this in
QUESTION. They have misused an
opportunity, for which they are in
debted solely to justice loving Demo
Gratis, to play game of bluff for which
there was no warrant in law. The CANT
has been called and, unless We greatly
err, they will forfeit the stakes rather
than show their hands. This we say
looking at the matter from their owl
standpoint and apart from the i'm
portant public interests involved.
II is extremely doubtful, however, i
the public will tamely brook further
and unnecessary delay. The county
treasury is empty; the taxes for thii
year are due and should be payable, anC
the five per cent rebate period is beini
wasted. Many of the heaviest taxable
belong to the Republican party, who d.
not care to see more time frittered ava,
in mere sparring for points by littl
party workers. They have too much a
stake in the government and solvenc.
of the county to allow both TO be jeopar
died. They may take notion to com
down on this steering committee lik
they have done on Mayor Wiley, ant
to take the precaution this time O
making their displeasure known befor
instead of after the event. And if the
do, we should not be surprised If Bach
Mahaffy & Co., were to hear somethin
drop.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
no nom rIfEIR JyIIEAE
Alliance Officers Advise the Formation
of a Great Com animation.

CHICAGO, July "a circular Of advice
issued through accredited official channels
Of the Farmers Alliance to all members
of Farmers organizations in the United
States urges them to combine and with
hold this years wheat crop from market
until the farmers can get their own prices
or at least a price considerably above the
average. The circular, when is presumed
to be a secret document, is now ready for
mailing and it will he sent to the 2,00O, 900
members Of the Farmers Alliance and In
dutsrial Union, the l,0DO,O00 members of
the Colored National Farmers Alliance,
the 1,O0O,00o members of the National
Farmers Alliance Of the north, the 800, 900
members of the Farmers Mutual Beneyo-
lent Association, the 100000 members of
the Patrons of Husbandry, the Patrons OF
Industry and the 10000 members of the
Farmers League. The farmers organiza.
ton now apparently feel in position to
make demands calculated to yield pecuni-
airy profits to the agricultural classes, and
they propose to begin with a gigantic com
binhtion in wheat.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
LEJrES.


LEWIS July 6.-John D. Sargent, mana
ger of American Dredging Company of
philadelphia, was here on Thursday last
to look at thu condition of the schooner c.
+. Dame and to confer with the wrecking
company with view to digging out il
channel for floating the schooner of. No
definite arrangements have been made
but the project ia under consideration.
William 4. Marvel has been appointed
constable for this hundred in place of y.
&. Wilbank, recently appointed justice Of
the peace.
Supply steamer Zizania was NJ the Break
water on Thursday last, with Lighthouse
Inspector Harrington on board The bell
buoy at point of cape, which had for some
time been out of order, was replaced by
another on Friday, and the Zizania left for
Cape May.
isPosters were put out representing this
Fourth to be the 260th anniversary of the
founding of Lewes by the Swedes and
Firms In all the celebration no direct
reference was made to the fact. The town
was full of people from the surrounding
country and all seemed to enjoy them.
selves.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
The Highest Railroad in the World.

spikes Peak or bust" was the auda-
cious legend displayed on the canvas of
the "prairie schooner" of thirty odd
years ago. There was boldness, deter
mination, much of the recklessness of
desperation in that watchword then.
Part of the route lay through regions
where roads were unheard of and where
hostile Indians lay in wait to raise the
hair of the venturesome pioneer. But
there was gold there and the men who
teamed it across the plains and through
the foothills of the Rockies were bound
to have a share Of that auriferous treas
ure or die in their boots. In their day
Pixies Peak was almost as remote from
civilization as are now the Mountains Of
the Moon towards which Emin Pashais
leading his exploring expedition. To-
day there is a railroad to the sum-
init of Pixies Peak which the
telegraph informs us was opened to
travel on Tuesday afternoon week. Trhis
veritable elevated road climbs nearly
5000 feet in its length of nine miles. II
starts from hight of 6,400 feet above
the sea level and mounts upward to the
altitude of A. LAT feet, the highest point
reached by any railroad in the world.
On the way up, Tuesday week, the
first passenger train over this new road
encountered slight squat OF snow. AT
the summit the excursionists found the
air cool enough to make heavy overcoats
indispensable to comfort. This road has
been over three years in course of con-
struction, and, aside from the engineer
ing difficulties to be overcome the work
of building it was exceptionally tedious
and laborious. Horses and carts could
not be used on the rugged and irregular
surface of the peak, so that the grading
had to be done with the aid of burros,
as the small donkeys of the
country are called; a Spanish name that
has come down from the days of Next
can domination. The road has four
rails; the ordinary outside rails of the
standard feet 81 inches guage and two
inner cog rails, the latter manufactured
at Abt's great foundry in Germany.
The locomotives used on the new road
were built by the Baldwin Company
and are of the latest and most approved
construction for mountain climbing
! Each engine weighs 80 tons, is
fitted with powerful steam brakes and
supplementary hand brakes and ha;
three cog-drivers, two of which will be
in constant use and the third held in
reserve to insure safety. The propelling
power is applied directly to drum
above the rear drivers. The engine goe,
behind the train and pushes the cars NJ
hill. The passenger coaches are so con.
structed that the passengers sit comfort.
ably in horizontal position when tn,
car is on an incline. The steepest grad,
on the road is an ascent of one foot il
forty.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

The state Of Nevada presents an
anomaly in the light of census returns
and election figures. Other states, and
especially the younger states, are grow
ing in population, while Nevada has
been steadily falling behind. The cen
sus of 1890 shows population of less
than $4,000; a decrease of 10000 In ten
years. The election returns tell the
story Of this decline in population even
more forcibly. In 1876, when Samuel
j. Tilden was elected to the Presidency,
Nevada cast 9,30S votes for Tilden and
1888 for Hayes. In the Presidential
election of 1888 the vote stood 1929 for
Harrison and 5,326 for Cleveland. AT
this rate of retrogression little cipher
ing will show that in about thirty years
more Nevada will be practically de-
populated. Yet, territorlally, Nevada
is one Of the big states. 1t has ain area
of 10000 miles; more than twice as
large as New York and more than fifty
times as big as Delaware. The trouble
appears to be that this vast area is
almost worthless for purposes of agri-
culture. 1t is made up of desert plains,
mountains and barren rock Not more
han three per cent of the whole region
Is classed as arabic land and even that
small fragment must be artiliclally irri-
gated. 1t was mineral wealth that gave
= Nevada the start that brought her into
the sisterhood of states in 1854 and she
has been relied on ever since to send
two Republicans regularly 70 the United
States Senate, TO return a Republican
Congressman every two years and tc
furnish three electoral votes for the Re.
publican nominee for the Presidency
She came into the Union us minina
camp in "bonanza" days, but the big
silver mines Of twenty-five years age
have fallen off in production and The
population has followed suit. 1hi,
steadily vanishing population makes /
aproblem what TO do with, as a Repub
lican contemporary styles il, this 'ridic
ulous political travesty' Of stat
which even now has fewer inhabitant
than are found in single wards Of som
If our great cities. II has been sug
yested that Nevada may be annexed t
slice of Eastern California as the onl
available method Of bringing her popu
lation up to respectable Dimensions, bu
this will require the consent Of bot
States and that may be difficult to OF
tain.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

The Philadelphia Eoening Telegraph,
Republican, editorially scarifies Mr..
Foster, Secretary Of the Treasury of the
United States, and draws the material
for the castigation chiefly from Secretary
Fosters own statement. Every news
paper reader knows that seven plate
printers, who were Knights of Labor,
were some time since discharged for
cause from the United States printing
bureau. Their organization took up
the matter and there has been trouble
over their discharge, which has assumed
grave proportions since the nomination
of Mckinley for governor Of Ohio. The
Ohio Knights threaten to scratch
Mckinley unless the discharged
printers are reinstated, and Powderly,
with other big guns, has served notice
to this effect upon Secretary
Foster Foster, instead Of telling
this delegation to so to Gehenna, pro-
ceeded TO temporize. He wrote letter
in which he agreed ito appoint the
seven men to places in the Bureau, with
the understanding that Jordan, who is
making good living outside, would not
return to work" We are quoting from
Secretary Fosters own statement al
agreed" added Mr.. Foster, "to give
them (Powderly ct ALL this letter if they
would promise me on their honor as
men that they would either return it to
me or hand me Jordan's declnation."
Jordan appears to have been the worst
of the lot. While Secretary Fosters
back was turned, the letter disappeared
Mr. Powderly has since said that 1--WE
hole the letter as proof Of what we say
viz, that Foster agreed TO reinstatC
the discharged men, Very shortly
after this letter was thus taker
from the secretary's desk, Mr.. Eos
ter learned that the Federation O.
Labor is much stronger than tn,
knights of Labor in Ohio; and the Fed
Grafton are threatening to flight YOU
(McKinley) at every poll in Ohio" j
the discharged printers are reinstated
Now, MI Foster turns around, shout
for the bigger side, and says that TIL
distracted letter was a mere decoy-
written for effect merely--and that h
never intended 10 reinstate these men
who, as Mr.. Fosters organ, the Cincn
natl CoRsmerc,at, reports, were "dis
missed for various offences, such as ah
sence without leave, insubordinatioI
; and criminal assault upon fellow
f workman. Four Of the seven had bee
! arrested and fined in the police court a
q Washington for the last-named offence.
( Upon which showing the EUening Tel
+. grdph very reasonably concludes;
4 And yet Secretary Foster states hmse
that he offered To reinstate these men, o
+ fered to put them back to their old plac,
y u satisfy the demands Of Mr., Terrence \
6 powdcrly, who if supposed to carry in h
! pocket the votes of the Knights in Obi
2 and declined 10 do so when he lcarne
T. there were more Federation voters tina
Knights in theI state. A precinct squabh
becomes respectable when compared wit
r this plate printers row in the treasury.
Many thousands of dollars have bee
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

"Integer vita scelerisque purus.' Ac-
cept our congratulations, James. 1t will
be a big contract to keep the party to
the front and live up to that cane amid
the rampant politics of Dover. If you
succeed in both we shall say "fama tua
semper YiYat."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
A VEST CHESTER ROMANCE.
A Bride and Groom First Meet at the
Aitar--Never Before Had Seen Each

A Bride and Groom First Meet at the
AItar--Never Before Had Seen Each
Other.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. July IA pretty
little romance eliminated here this even
ing in a marriage in the Methodist church
which was attended by fully 500 guests
The high contracting parties We're Miss
Jennie y. Taggart, the pretty daughter Of
Frank Ii. Taggart, one Of the inspectors
at the Philadelphia custum house, and
Charles Bowers, young ship-builder Of
Bath Me
LOVE STATED IN A "IARKh
Miss 1aggart's friends tell an interesting
story Of how the.two young people were
introduced by correspondence with mn
tnal friend three years ago. The cores
pondcnce, which commenced MS n lark.
soon grew interesting, and from friendship
it ripened into love.
The families Of the two young people are
well known to each other, Mr. Bowers
having originally lived in Philadelphia,
and having many friends there. He inn
pressed the pretty West Chester girl so
favorahy that when he proposed she
could not find words to refuse, and at once
accepted him, and surprised her friends
here by announcing the approaching nup'
tails.
THEY FIRST NIT AT THE ALTAR.
They had never seen each other until he
arrived to-day to participate in tho cere-
nlony. Subsequent events, however, prove
that they We're very well satisfied with
each others appearance.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

Election of Officers and the Nomin.
of n Ticlset--Resolutions

of n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EAsToN, MD, July IA meetr,
the Talbot County Farmers ALI lE :.
was held in Easton to-day. Nr&uaIt
seven delegates were present, repres I'll
ing all the sub-alliances in TdY
county. The following officers vA
elected: President, A. J. Wilson; VIE DEA
president, William Collins; Secret's-W
William P. Powell; Treasurer, Hd &
Wilson; Member Of Executive Com N a.
tee, Robert ]. Lawson; Delegate
State Alliance, Albert Lowe, WilA$
p. Powell, j. H. Sutton, William $50.
Inns, Dr. @. H. Rose, G. Il. EastmantE
M. Jump, f. w. Benson, Williay BY 9
Willis. 1ution
The following Alliance ticket Me su
nominated County commission ethod
Louis w. Trail, p. P. Spring, Edws ~
Woodall; orphans court, Ormond Hal
mond, John @ bartlett, James l.. Hahro 81
house of delegates, William Colli,ity d
James l.. Banning, James III. Sutt@ler,
sheriff, 7. Smith Cox. No nominatidrning
were made for clerk of the court, reg!29culmn
ter of wills or states attorney OF thciigi KY
on the Alliance ticket Trail and Collii AZ
are on the Democratic ticket III tir
The following resolutions were passei orb
WHEREAS, Mr.. ]. Frank Turner has puicod 4
TO the Democratic state convention, atu< "a
that he would not be governed by the MFX'
structions of the county conventit&
namely, to vote for and TO use all hon@ 7
able means to secure the nominationM VA
Hon. Frank Brown for governor; thetnn r
fore be IL MA
Resolved, That the president and secto ~
tary Of this county alliance be authorisg, tnn
and required TO confer with said delegatocuna,
namely Messrs. Highly, Bateman, Hpkeq-
| rington and Thompson, and demand ga 1qS
them positive promise that they, indiv a cio
| ually and collectively, will obey 10 70 mil
| letter the instructions OF said county eli PIT
| vention. me o.
Resolved, That in case any one of she be{
| delegates refuses to give such pletrpupi
then the president and secretary be avn
are hereby authorized to advertise a can, |,
in the county papers for all DemocrelWeul
voters to assemble in mass convention ~ y
the court house in Easton, on Tuesdfpoln,
July 2lst, at IL o'clock, M, to elect ftt9nt q
delegates TO the state Democratic nomininAte!.
| ing convention at Baltimore on July 30ts tnil
| who can be relied on TO execute the W1nutf
of four-fifths Of the Democratic voters ~ ID
| Talbot county, as embodied in the resolme 2
| tons of the late county convention. 20
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

One popularity of the peach is that it is
regularly killed out in April and as regu-
larly appears in profusion in the markets
in July.-N y. World.
The World has a short memory for
peach crop failures. VIII it kindly
specify where the peach appeared in
profusion last July2
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

Voters, under the new constitution
Mississippi, are required to register at lea
four months before the next election.
telegram from Jackson says that suiiiciei
returns have been received 10 make
reasonably certain that for the first tin
since reconstruction a majority OF Il
legal voters of the state are white.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

LEwEs, July William Wilkins of
Milton, this county, came oyer to enjoy
the celebration OF the Fourth here, and in
the afternoon hitched his horse with buggy
attached to post in the rear of the store
OF T. Il. Records. AT the close of the Gel
ebration Mr.. wilkins, on repairing to the
hitching place, found his horse and buggy
missing. They were found near the store
of John A. Lingo in Long Neck, about IL
miles from here on Sunday afternoon, the
horse being much jaded and one wheel of
the buggy broken, Diligent search will
be made for the thief and if found prose-
cution will follow.
The bark Persia, Captain Falcon, from
Demerara with sugar for orders, arrived at
the Breakwater ON Friday last, having
been 20 days on the passage. She brought
as passengers Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Davene
of Brooklyn, n. y, who have been in sew
eral localities in South America for several
months giving trapeze and other gymnas
tic performances. They landed here on
Saturday with their trunks and boxes con
tanning their wardrobe and paraphernalia
which was duly inspected by Captain
| Kitchens, customs official. They left by
| $50 p. m. train yesterday for their home
They speak we'll of Captain Falcon for his
kindness during the passage.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

The New York Sun lays great stress
upon Ex-Governor Biggs' Fourth of
July speech at the Tammany celebra-
ton in New York. The picturesque
and elusive ex-chief magistrate Of his
State nominated Governor Hill for Presi-
dent and Gray Of Indiana for second
place on the ticket. Mr.. Bigss' address
has won the damning praise of the New
York Sun, but its sentiment in no ways
represents the sentiment Of Delaware
Democrats. Ex-Governor Biggs there
fore only speaks for himself, and what.
ever consolation his individual prefer
ence may bring the Suns cratic editor
the latter Is welcome Is enjoy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09

The numerous cloud-bursts reported
indicate that clouds are not made of as
good material as they were in other
days.-Neo Orleans Picdyune.
***
COMPARISONS.
Sweet is the daisy, fair is the pink,
And beautiful is the rose.
But happy the man with palmleaf fan,
And giddy, sunburned nose.
NM
Long Toward Morning: Harry lat
the ball)-You look bored and tired, old
man. Jack-Well, who wouldn't? I've
been swinging dumb bellies all the even
ing.
up comes Mckinley from the bot
tom of the sea.
The laborer is worthy of his hire,
the student Of his lore.-Binghamto
Leader.
The fellow who lives on his wits
must frequently put up with poor wit,
Aie-u