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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
REMARKAnLE DREAMS.
Promonitions of the Death of n Butte
City Woman and Her Sister.

A short time ago Mrs. Thomas j..
Jeffries, of Butte City, Mont, was killed
at a railroad crossing while out driving.
Many of the friends Of the deceased
lady now recall presentiment she had
of her approaching death and in the
manner she met it, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. Only few days before her
death she called on several of her neigh
bors and told them she had an indescrib-
able feeling of impending danger and
that she knew she would soon die. Her
friends tried 10 persuade her that there
was nothing to fear from such pre-
sentiment and urged her to dismiss the
matter from her mind. She would not
be dissuaded, however, and requested
the friend to whom she was talking to
interest herself in the child when she
was dead, and also named certain of her
neighbors whom she desired TO prepare
her body for burial. At the same time
she expressed wish that no other per-
sons be permitted to touch her body. In
fact, she made all suggestions for her
funeral and the care of the child she
would leave motherless.
A dayor two before the fatal accident
Mrs. Jefries was out buggy riding with
a party. During the drive they had &C.
casion to cross railroad track. A train
was approaching from the distance, and
although so far away that there was no
danger the lady thought the accident
she SO wildly expected was about to
overtake her and nearly tainted in con-
sequence, When all danger had passed
her attention was called to the evident
absurdity of her fears, but she simply
maintained that the time had not yet ar
rived, and that sooner or later her pre-
sentiment would prove true.
As further evidence of the lady's
strange power to forecast and TO receive
premonitions of impending calamities
it is related by one of her friends that
some time ago she had vivid dream of
a funeral passing her door. She asked
some one as to whose funeral it was
The answer. as she heard, it in hei
dream, was that the dead person was
her sister Mrs. Jetferies felt that the
dream portended something unfortunate
but was hardly prepared for the tele
gram which she received the next day
telling Of the death of her sister, which
occurred at her home in the cast.
Mrs. Jeffries was the last of family
| OF children. A brother Of hers was alsC
killed in an accident several years ago
and it is related that by the same strang,
| gift she had a promonition OF his death
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07

Wild Hog is Cheyenne chief with
out a tribe. The Cheyennes never
sausage d chief before Philadelphia
Ledger.-
Oscar Wilde remarked lately to q
London interviewer that he is mot in
different to publicity" The public,
indifferent in this case.
Inventor Edison's father, Samuel Edi-
son, now 90 years old, lives at Port
Huron, Mich, and expects to live there
a good many years long, as his father
was 1903 years old and two aunts were
80 years respectively, at the time of
their deaths.
Horace M. Haynes Of Charlotte, Me-,
who is now rs years of age, was the
driver of the barouche drawn by eight
black horses which conveyed President
Tyler from Boston to the great Bunker
Hill celebration on June 18th, 1943.
Haynes remembers that it raineo, but
President Tyler stood bareheaded in the
carriage, bowling right and left to the
crowds of cheering people, who threw
bouquets into the carriage until it could
literally hold no more.
John Jones, now residing in Ports.
mouth, N. H., received recently from
the Navy Department bronze medal
which was awarded to him by Secretary
Welles IS years ago. 1t bears the in
scriptlon, personal Valor, John Jones,
Landsman, United States Steamship
Rhode Island, Loss Of the Monitor,
December 3lst, 1852" The medal was
awarded to him for gallantry on the
night of December 30th, 1859, in saving
the lives Of officers of the original Moni
tor when she wentdown off the coast OF
North Carolina while being lowed by
! the Rhode Island.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07


The paid admissions to the Worlds
Fair, Tuesday, were 1856, 1892.
The wages of the employees at the
Andrew furnace, at Phillipsburg, n. j.,
have been reduced tel per cent
The Hon. and Mrs. William L. Evarts
Wednesday celebrated their golden we'd
ding at their country residence, near
Windsor, Vt.
Marie Prescott, the well-known actress,
died in New York, Monday, from the
effect of a surgical operation. She was
40 years of age.
Reports to the Marine Hospital Service
from Port Tampa, Fla, show that there
is one case OF yellow fever there. One
hundred persons and three steamships
are quarantined.
The physicians attending the woman
at Jersey City, N. j., who was supposed
to be suffering from Asiatic cholera are
now satisfied that she was suffering only
from cholera morbus.
A statement of the condition of the
American Tube and Iron Company,
filed in The Dauphin county, Pa. court,
Wednesday shows the assets TO bc$2 SEA.
541. 10 and the Liabilities $1,S76, $500.
A statement prepared at the pension
office shows that between March 4th,
1893, and August Goth, 1888, the total
number of pensions OF all classes granted
under the general law was 80, 420, and
under the act of June 9th, 1890, the
total was 24,S51.
Judge jenkins, in the United States
circuit court at Milwaukee, Wednesday
granted the receiver of the Northern
Pacific permission to issue $5,000,00C
receivers certificates for the purpose of
redeeming stocks and bonds held as col
lateral to secure the company's floating
Indebtedness.
The special committee of the Nationa
| (World's Fair Commission, which in
vestigated the charges Of bribery
against alternate Commissioner Merce
of Wyoming and Commissioner Othnie
Beeson of Oklahoma made its repor
Wednesday. Mr. Mercer was exculpated
but the action Of Mr.. Beeson was con
demned.
The schooner Beatrice Mclean, whicI
was suspected of having yellow feve
on board, and which was on its way b
the Sapello, Ca, Quarantine Station
was wrecked on st. Catharlne's Islant
by Mondays storm. Surgeon Genera
Wyman Wednesday sent the revenue cut
ter Boutwell, from Savannah to remov
the crew and effects of the wrecked
schooner to the Black Beard Island Sta
ton.
Bishop Kahn of Wheeling, who ha
been made coadjutor to the Archbisho
| pf s,tu n fa,a "a.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07

Venus, after an absence of nearly a
year, has again made her appearance as
an evening star, and may now be seen
for a short time in the early evening in
west. She will continue TO adorn the
western skies during the remainder of
the year, growing brighter and brighter,
and not reaching her greatest brilliancy
until the 9th Of January next. This
brilliant planet, which Homer, ages ago,
apostrophized In words Endorsed by all
succeeding generations as "the most
beautiful star that stands in the heavens"
is always a welcome visitor and is an
object of keen interest for every one
whose eyes are open to the beauties of
the starry firnament. AS naked eye"
object, 1t stands without a rival. Even
Jupiter, the giant of the solar system,
and Sirius, the giant among the fixed
stars, pale before Venus when at her
brightest.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
NANCY HANKS FAST MILE.
She Delights the Crowd at Fleetwood By
Doing a Mile in 2.OBI.


New York, Aug. AT Fleetwood,
Nancy Hanks trotted to lower the track
record of 2.099, made on Wednesday by
Directum.
Budd Doble got everything fixed to
his liking, and as Nancy came down
steadily with that great stride which
makes her the fastest of all trotters,
Doble nodded for the word, and Presi-
dent Mcmillan sent the flying trotter
away on her journey. At the quarter
pole hundreds of watches clicked, and
the split second hand indicated 3l1
seconds. Along the fiat the clip in
creased. and at the half the time was
1.02t, making the second half in exactly
81 seconds. 1t was now evident that the
greatest mile of the year for Irotter
was in progress, and the running pace
maker now closed up to encourage the
mare for a supreme effort up the hill
and home.
Lightly the champion skinned along,
darting past the point Of rocks as if on
level stretch, and the third quarter
was covered in the astonishing time of
'314, making it 1914 to that point. This
was enough to make any horse weary,
and now Doble began to encourage his
gallant mare, lifting her head with a
firm grasp of the rein and aiding her by
all the art known to an expert driver Of
public trials.
There was no apparent slackening
until Nancy Hanks was well down the
stretch, and from the distance she
struggled gamely, though naturally
strung to her limit. Then she flashed
past the wire, and those who held
watches knew that she had achieved
another great feat.
When Mr.. Walker said "The mile in
2,06f," the applause broke forth IN
earnest. The quarters were covered as
follows 1914, 81, 81, 324, the fastest
mile ever seen on this side of the Cont
nent, and the lowest figures touched by
trotter this year.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
a pEnRLrss pIAMoNp.
A Kafir's Big Find in a South African
f- Mine,

An interesting model of the supposed
'largest diamond in the world" has
been sent TO the editor Of the Birmingham
Daily Post. In letter which he sent
with the model, dated Jagersfontein,
July I'd, the correspondent says:
"You may have noticed by cable that
the largest diamond the world has ever
seen has been found here. This place
is all excitement about it, and it may
make stir in the financial world. l
am sending by this post perfect plaster
Of Paris model of the diamond, which
was found on June Both, 1893. This
model was taken by me personally this
morning and is the only one which has
been taken except one which have
sent. this afternoon to the president of
the Orange Free State by special request.
The diamond was found in the New
JagersfDntein Company's mine. II is
the most perfect large stone ever seen,
its weight is OIL carats, its color is
blue-wbite and almost perfect. 1t has
one black spot in II, which, however,
the owners stated to me, will cut
ont. Its value, of course, cannot now
be stated, but | think if 100000 were
offered for it now, or even double that
amount, it would not be accepted; some
even declare that it will be worth half a
million. 1t was found by Kaffir, who
was working in the mine, shortly after
blasting. The Kafflr, in this case, was
talking TO his overseer, when he saw
something shine, and he put his foot
over ii until his boss had gone away,
when he picked DIP the immense dia-
mond and put it in his pocket. After
wards, in the compound, he handed it
over to the manager, for which he has
been, given ESQ, a horse, saddle and
bride, aud has gone home in, no doubt,
perfect happiness. An extraordinary
circumstance is that one gentleman, or
some gentlemen, | don't know which,
were under contract to buy all stones,
good, bad or Indifferent, at so much per
carat. This contract terminated on June
Both, and this stone was almost, If not
quite, the last stone found on that day."
The model shows that the stone is in
the form of sloping cone flattened on
two sides, and standing on an oval base,
SO flush as almost to appear TO have been
cut. Its height is about three inches,
and its width about two, while the flat
base measures nearly two inches by one
and quarter The diamond itself,
which has been named the ",Jagers-
fontein Excelsior" is now In London
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
WANTED CONGRESS- 70 Aor.
Anxiety of Another for Her SONS vacs
r tim.

anxiety VI nbE ooh NdCh-
ton.
One Of the new ones came down the
avenue yesterday afternoon on a cable
car, says the Washington Post. Near
him sat lady OF an uncertain age and
certain avoirdupois. Something in his
conversation attracted her attention.
"Sir," she said, "are you Congress-
mani"
MADAM" he responded, ~ am"
"Well, ehan," she said, my son is
employed in the architects division of
the Navy Department, aud he is a good
boy and he is competent. They have
given all other employees thirty days
leaves Of absence, and my boy wants to
go to the fair. We don't want to lose
his salary meantime, and they have not
given him any holiday, and | want you
to pass bill giving him thirty days
rest, with full pay, and"-
"Madam," he interposed, II fear ii
would he impossible in the short time
allowed me-"
swell, there was something about
leaves of absence and bills in the APP
pendix Of the last Congressional Record
Couldn't you get your bill in thereP'
at would be hardly possible for me
to call In all the government printing
he said, "but | might get 1t in the next
index" -
THAT will do perfectly" she said, as
she stopped the car.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
CHESTER WILMINGTON RAILWAY.


Preliminary Meeting of the Incorpo-
rators of the New Electric Railway to
Connect Linwood and shellpot.
A preliminary meeting of the incor-
porators of the Chester q Wilmington
City Railway Company was held at the
Hotel Willis, on Friday. There was
no quorum present and adjournment
was made to Wednesday evening, at
the same place.
The incorporators are James C..
McComb, w. A. G. Hardcastle, Con-
gresham j. B. Robinson of Media, j..
Clayton Erb, William G. Hill, Peter j..
Hughes of Philadelphia Richard r..
Kenney, Garrett j. Hart and Register
Ezekiel t. Cooper.
The company has full charter rights
to the Pennsylvania line. 10 that point
the line is called the Philadelphia e.
Delaware Electric railway. From Clay
mont to the Shellpot terminus of the
City Railway Compauy's lines it is
called the Chester & Wilmington City
Railway Company. The connecting
link is about three miles.
1t is understood that there exists the
utmost good feeling between the City
Railway Company and the projected
electric line.
As regards the new roads track along
the river to Chester and farther on to
Philadelphia, it is understood that Gen.
eral Latta of the Pennsylvania railroad
has expressed himself to the extent thai
the new line would be an advantage
rather than otherwise to him as 1t would
at any rate bring passengers to Fifty
second street, and would relieve him o.
number of local trains that at presen
do not pay the company to maintain.
The City Council of Chester ha
granted the railway the necessary right
through the town.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
.FEELING FlRsr.RArE.
The President ana His Family Reach
Washington in Excellent Physical Con-

The President ana His Family Reach
Washington in Excellent Physical Com
dition.
WASHINGTON, Sept. president
Cleveland, accompanied by Mrs Cleve-
land, their daughter Ruth, nurse and
maid, arrived in Washington this morn
ing at 4.10 o'clock, on schedul time.
from Buzzard's Bay, Mass, over the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad in a special car
attached to train 90, which left New
York at o'clock last night.
The party remained on the train
until o'clock, when they were met by
Private Secretary Thurber with car.
riages and driven to tine White House
in drenching rain. The President and
Mrs. Cleveland will not go out to
Woodley, their suburban residence, to.
day.
Mr.. Thurber was afterward asked as
to the general health of the party, and
he replied that everybody was feeling
first-rate and that the sojourn at Gray
Gables had been beneficial to all. Mr.
Cleveland, in particular, was in excel.
lent spirits; his eye was bright and com,
plexion clear, and he looked vigorous
ana strong.
HARD AT WORK.
Mr.. Clevelanl's first day at the White
House after his absence at the seashor,
was spent in the hardest of work. Aftei
breakfast the President went to hi!
office and from $50 till 11.30 o'clock he
and Private Secretary Thurber disposed
Of very large amount of accumulated
public business.
At 11.30 O'clock The cabinet meeting
began ana lasted until / o'clock. All
the cabinet officers were present excep
Secretary Smith. The silver question
was discussed with reference to til,
chances Tor repeal by the Senate, AM
the President expressed himself as salts
fed that mis- recommendations would b
carried out.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
More Haste, Worst Speed.

Thu vi HuIIE s'ItlBnAIHvs - WH-7
OF all the tournaments" l ever saw,
one among "dairymaidsn at an agEieul-
tural show was perhaps the last to asso-
ciate itself with that heroic procedure
which such word suggests. There
were about 40 of them armed with
"churns"and started at the same moment
to make butter against time. Each came
provided with watch, and the tempta-
ton was almost irresistible to turn the
handle of the machine as quickly as
possible. Bat no, butter must be
"humored,n not driven. The silent lists
were filed with the provokingly DELHI
crate Zip, flop" of 40 churns. One Of
never realized more plainly that "mosi
haste is worst speed"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
NE GOT "a q HAiR.
A Marriage That Depended Upon th
suitur Getting n wig.

A Marriage That Depended Upon the
suitor Getting a wig.
"Pye called to get that wig / ordered
last June, said Frank Schmidt, rustic
looking individual, to the lady clerk at
Ellns' hair store, says the 81. Louis Re-
public, "Here's the receipt for the $3.50
deposit made on it," said he, as the
young lady handed over the wig for the
rustic's inspection. Mr.. Schmidt imme.
diately pulled off his hat and revealed
head wonderfully conspicuous for its
lack of locks, and proceeded to try on
the wig before the glass. "By gum"
said he, 'tiMary wont know me, and
wont she be surprised" "Yes," said
Schmidt to an inquiry of the clerk, who
Was amusing herself watching the
Rntios of the man as he paced TO and
fro before the glass, II was to have
been married last June, but Mary she
went plumb back on me cause another
Teller in our neighborhood what had
plenty of ha'r on his head wanted to
marry her, but she said she would give
me till September to git ha'r on my
head somehow, and if succeeded we
would git married all right, cause she
liked me better than the Teller with hal
anyhow. Gosh, that's the handsomesi
wig / oyer did See" said he, with re-
.newed emphasis. "Jist wait mint till
I call Aunt Jennings boy Charley in tc
soc how it looks" Mr.. Schmidt pro
.oeeded toward the door, hat in hat and
wig on head, while the lady clerl
turned to wait on another customer.
| He stepped out of tho door and disap.
| peafed 10 the crowd at Union Market
Five minutes later his departure wal
noticed and policeman called, but the
man and twenty dollar wig were gone
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
PRoTHoYoraRY,s RECORDS.

Additional Shelf Room in Parliamentary
Horty's onice-- climbing the Old JudE-
ment Dockets.
Carpenters are putting up additional
shelf room in Prothonotary Horty's
office. The volumes are increasing SO
rapidly that this additional convenience
is necessary.
The records also are being rearranged
by Mr.. Horty in order to give bettel
facility to lawyers making searches
The old Judgment dockets reaching
back to 1920, which are in very dilapi
dated condition, with backs worn of
and leaves mutiiated are to be rebound
Also all of Vol l., from 1920 to 1869, i!
being relabeled.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
PnILADELpAI4 .IFFAIRs.


Richard Gibson, a youth, was COM
mitted without bail Thursday to answer
the charge of arson in setting fire to the
stable of James l.. Corriston, attached
to an uninhabited dwelling house, in
Hestonville, on Monday night.
Captain Dennis A. Mullin Of Mana
yunk, died Wednesday in the Marine
Hospital at Stapleton, Long Island, of
injuries received during the gale last
week on his schooner, the James Baird
off Barnegat He was So years old.
The body of Clarence Quillian, 81
years old, who was drowned in the
Delaware river by the capsizing of q
rowboat, which was run down by q
Gloucester ferry boat on Sunday night
was recovered "wednesday at Greenwi
Pier. T4at4
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
POLITICAL.

The governor of Washington is quoted
as saying that he twill not call special
session of the Legislature to fill the
vacancy caused by the refusal OF the
Senate to seat j. B. Allen, unless a ma
jority of the people of the State demand
it." Governor Richards of Montana,
says he will not call an extra session of
the Legislature to elect United States
Senator.
A dispatch from Washington, d. g.,
states that the Abe Lincoln Command
of the Union Veterans Union has with
drawn from that organization and sur
rendered its charter because of an order
issued prior to the late national election
by the commander of the Department
of the Potomac, a Republican. The
order cited "the political duty of the
veterans in casting their ballots"
A number of leading Republicans of
Colorado, in interviews published in the
Denver Times, advocate an entire separa.
ton from the Republican and all other
parties, and the formation of a new one
which will have for its motto and issue
| the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
| Free trade will be favored as retalia,
ton against Eastern Republicans for
voting against silver in the House.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention, at Harrisburg, Wednes
day, nominated Judge d. Newliu
Fell Of Philadelphia, for Justice Of
the Supreme Court, aud Colonel
S. NJ. Jackson of Armstrong county
for State Treasurer. The platform re,
quests the Senators from Pennsylvania
to vote for the Repeal bill passed by the
House; declares for bimetallism, and
favors the expansion of the currency tc
$40 per capita of populations; protests
against any amendments to the McKin
ley tariff, and denounces the suspensions
Of pensions by the Pension Bureau
In the evening Chairman Packer and III,
Republican nominees selected Col. B. F.
Gilkesop Of Bucks for chairman of the
State committee.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07

We offer Gle Hundred Dollars Reward
for any ca.k of Catarrh that cannot be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
Il. ]. CHENEY & o., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known Il. j.
Cheyney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West g. Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c, per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials
tree.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07
PENSIONERS, pEMANp.

No Suspension without Evidence of
Fraud, aud the Right to Be Heard in
Defence.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Sept. 1.-Colonel
l. N. Walker has prepared the report
which will be submitted to the delegate
meeting Of the G. A. r. Encampment in
this city, next week. The report de-
mands that there shall, in the future, be
no proceedings against pensioners, or in
other words no suspensions, without fur
nishing prima facie evidence of fraud.
Where such evidence is furnished the
committee demands that the pensioner
shall be informed not only of the char
acter of the charges, but of his accuser,
and shall have the right to be heard in
his own behalf.