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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
Els ronR mIt ss LYING.
A Citizen Of Readings Enterprlsing Matri-
inonial Disposition.

READING, Aug, 24.--George Turner
was lodged in Jail here last night by
Detectives MARI and Wagner on the
charge of bigamy, it being alleged that
he has no less than four wives living,
although he is only 81 years of age.
The officers have been searching for
him for a year, and he was finally
located at Lehighton, Carbon county,
where he was arrested. The warrants
were sworn out by wife No. 3, who has
been searching for him for number OF
months. Immediately after his arrest
detainer was lodged against him,
charging him with deserving from the
United States army in 1888.
Turner is native of Reading and
was first married to Miss Agnes Hill
court of Hamburg, this county. -Four
years after their marriage he dlsap'
peared. They had two children. He
next enlisted in the regular army and
| while in Nebraska, it is alleged, was
married to a lady from London, Ont
He again disappeared and turned up IL
| Hamilton, Ont, where he, 1t is said
married Miss Nellie Mooney, the prosecu
trix. He then came back to this count,
and three years ago, it is charged, wa
married to Miss Rosa Howden of Lees
port, this county. This is the record o
| his matrimonial alliances as traced b,
wife No. 8. Turner is good looking
young fellow and glib talker.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
West chester Field club.

WEST CHESTER, Aug. 23.-The young
men of the town are agitating the matter
of organizing a field club, which they
believe could be conducted here with
much success. The plan is to purchase
Or lease q property along the electric
railway to the Brandywinc, where a
substantial club house may be erected.
The scheme is feasible because the
prime movers are members Of the West
Chester Cricket Club, which owns a
t'lilding and lot Of fixtures.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
ulr.LA 4nn nINKs nEsuMINe.

According to Treasury Reports business
is Picking Up An Over the country--It
is Believed to be Permanent Improve
ment.
WAsnINeToN, ID. c., Aug. 23.--Ihe
general financial situation Of the coun-
try shows improvement, according 10
the Treasury standpoint. IL Is slight,
perhaps, but it is believed to be perma-
nent.
Bank failures have almost entirely
ceased, banks that have suspended under
the financial stringency are resumlng
business. gold which poured out oil the
country is returning and q general teel-
ing of confidence is being restored,
This changed condition was felt last
week, and has day by day Increased.
Money is still scarce, but not SO muclnl
so as il was. During the time that gold
was being shipped to Europe tho United
States sustained a net loss OF 63,O0O,O00.
| This gold is now coming back and 1t is
estimated that already $25 100000 have
returned. This specie has found Its way
into the interior of the United States,
much of it to Chicago
Some Of ii now figures in the bank
balances, but much of it was absorbed
by American securities. To this is at
tributed to some extent the improve
ment in the general stock market. Gov
eminent revenues continue light, which
shows that less money than usual Is
being sent abroad for foreign goods
which is also considered in the circum
stances a good sign.
Three banks--The Fourth Nationa
of Louisville; the American National Of
Pueblo, Col, and the Waupaca Count,
National of Waupaca, Wis.-wer'
authorized to-day to resume business
and will soon open their doors. Sever
of the 10 banks ia Colorado which sus
pended have now been authorized to re
sumo business, and the list of resump
tions in other States promises to groy
rapidly as the necessary formalities ar
complied with.
ST.. PAUL, MINI, Aug. s3.-Th
Peoples Bank, which closed Angus
4th in order to protect its creditors fror
prospective run, although at that tim
F, perfectly solvent and able to pay all dc
A positors, reopened for business to-day
8 1t has capital stock of 100000 and
one of the strongest of the smaller bank
5 in the city.
} NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 2S.-Clark
i thread mills, which have been SHIT
down for the past three weeks, resume
G operations tins morning on three-quartt
: time.
@ SAN BERNARpINo, CAL, Aug. 25.
!. The Farmers Exchange Bank reupene
n yesterday.
! RIVER FALLS, Wis, Aug 25.-Tl
q Bank of River Falls which suspendt
/, one week ago resumed business yeste
If day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

ivied churches, its half-hid, stately halls.
When we ratified into welcoming Bell
Lane, and Bolivar came to a sudden
bolt before our own habitation, Jem and
myself, in pleasant converse, were alone
upon the"box." Sprat and Becky were
a confused heap of oyergrown attire,
soilod velvet and struggling coster
feathers in the bottom of the cart. But
when we pulled Becky out and stood
her upon her ample legs within the
doorway, all the pleasures Of the day
seemed TO steal softly again into her
sunny coster nature; and as reward for
our gallant outing ways she clapped us
both, Jem and l, soundly on our backs
with her broad, honest hands and softly
murmured:
"Gor bli me, lads, Hi never 'ad sech a
enjoy ble-sech a hinformin" m enjoy Die
time-never Cor bli me, eff Hi did y
EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
4 DREDeE AMONG THE PINES.
The Successful Outcome of Novel Ven
ture in the Mining of Pebble Phosphate


Probably the boldest experiment in
the mining of land pebble. writes
Edward II. Sanborn in an article on
the Florida phosphate industry, IN the,
August number of the Southern States,
is that tried at Phosphoria, near Bar
tow, by the Florida Phosphate Com.
pany, limited, an English concern of
large capital. The land, although high
and removed from streams, is marshy,
and the managers of the company de-
ternlined to make use Of floating dip
per dredge of the usual type used in
land and water excavation. A shallow
basin was dug and water was gathered
by bitches from the vicinity. The dredge,
ponderous machine of great capacity,
was built and launched into this basin
and then started to cut its way across
the country. Water fills the excavations
as fast as they are made and, in the
| course of few years, there will be a
lake on the worked.out territory.
| Two floats are in use, one of them
carrying the great dipper dredge and
the other the machinery for crushing
| the humps of earth and washing and
screening the pebble Each dipperful
of material raised by the dredge is de.
posted in hopper on the washer boat
and passes between pair OF tootheo
rolls which break up the large Jumps
then the material passes through long
trough in which shaft with blades dis
integrates the Jumps of earth and phos
phate. A copious flow of water washe
out the sand and clay, and the bebbl'
travels to the end of the trough cleane'
of most Of the foreign matter. An ele
vator conveys the phosphate to revolv
ing cylindrical screen which remove
the remaining sand, and the phosphat
passes along to scow which is towe'
to the drying house when loaded. Their
a chain conveyor unloadsthe scow an
delivers the pebbles in bin, ready fc
drying. The works described are {
much interest because of the novelt
! and bcldness of their plan.s There
something incongruous in the idea I
building dredges in the pine wood
where there was not enough water
!. float even toy boat, but the expect
tions OF the engineers have been flu
! filled and the entire plant is operate
p successfully.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

WINDSOR, ONT, Aug, 23.--It is esti-
mated that between 400 and 500 United
States pensioners, mostly colored
veterans, living in this part of Ontario,
have had their pensions suspended
under the new Interpretation of the
pension act, by which pensioners are
compelled to prove date and place Of
their birth. Local pension agents say
this ruling is a great injury to ma
iority of the veterans here, who, being
colored, and some of them former
slaves, are unable to prove the place
and date of birth, although they can
prove their war records, service to
country and disability.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
NzIMMnRnraN miNs.


MIN 2.tH do.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Aug. 24.-The
greatest cycle race run this year was
seen in this city to-day ut the inter
national race meet of the Zigzag Cycling
Club, held on the State Fair grounds
mile track. 1t was the one-mile inter
national race, for which over $1,000 in
prizes were up. Valuable diamonds
were given TO the leaders at the quarter,
half and three-quarters. Sixteen men
started, From the outset there was a
fierce fight for the quarters. MeinUes
of South Africa, made a hard run for
the first quarter, Warren OF Hartford,
passing him and winning by few
inches. Crooks of Buffalo, captured
the half, and Barrett of Chicago, the
three-quarters. An eighth of a mile
| from home Zimmerman drew out OF the
bunch. Taylor Tapped his rear wheel,
Bliss Tapped Taylor's, and thus the
three passed the tape. The last quarter
was ridden in 80 2-5 seconds, ard the
mile in the record time of 2.12 40, the
fastest time ever made III mile scratch
race, the best previous time being 2.l5
| by Sanger at Milwaukee.
The attendance was S,400. The sur
prise of the day was the victory OF the
South African champion over thinner
man in the half-mile open. The mile
handicap was victory for Dernberger
the Buffalo boy, over Bliss of Chicago
The two-mile handicap was a pretty
win for John S. johnson.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
PHILADRLPHIA,s MINT.
Communication From Secretary Carlisl
to Mayor Stuart Thursday.


to Mayor Stuart Thursday.
Mayor Stuart Thursday received an
answer from Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle in response to his communica-
ton acquainting him with the actions of
Councils In the matter Of the Mint site.
Secretary Carlisle's letter is as follows:
Hon. Ed,oij, 5. Stuart Ndyor Of hhe city Of
PHILADELPHIA --DEAR SIR: Your favor in
closing copy of an ordinance passed at
special meeting of the Select and Common
Councils of the city of Philadelphia, au-
thorizing you Us mayor to sell and convey
to the United States certain real estate on
and near Broad street for the sum of Sll0,
COO is received.
From what have been able to ascertain
in relation to the value of this property, !
think the offer of the city is quite reason
able, and, in fact, liberal, but you will
understand, of course, that the govern
ment can enter into no absolute engage
ment for the purchase ri this property
unless it succeeds also in occurring, by pur-
chase or condemnation the other parcels
necessary to constitute the Mint site. Your
| offer TO render further service i'll connec
| ton with the acquisition of the remaining
property is fully appreciated, and ! hope
| that you may, in connection with thu
Philadelphia committee, of which Mr
French Is chairman, be able to facilitate
such further purchases as are necessary.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

The Pennsylvania railroad was never
better supplied with motive power than
it is at present 1t has the best inn
proved locomotives now running on any
railroad in the world, and is fully pre-
pared to meet any demand for such
power. 1t is learned on good authority
that there are from $50 to IT'S locomo-
tives, new and improved, as well as old
now fully repaired, render them as good
as new, in store at Altoona, all of
which it is expected will be running
before the close of the autumn of 1898.
In addition to this vast number of loco
motives not now in service, those run
ming are perfect in condition and large
in number. The men who run these
powerful machines handle them with
great care, so that little repair is needed
unless they are greatly injured by
wrecks which could not be averted.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
pEsvERs oFFER TO NEW YoRK.
Carloads of Flour and Potatoes for the
Unemployed Working People.

DENVER, COL, Aug. 23.-At a
meeting, last night, to consider
means to help the needy and una
employed of New York, it was re-
solved to offer from Colorado two car
loads of flour and two carloads of
potatoes. Mr.. Samuel Lessen, chairman
of the committee, was instructed to send
the following telegram to Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, New York: "Will
you accept two carloads of -four and
two carloads of potatoes to be delivered
free as Denver's contribution for the un
employed of New York who are il
need?" I4.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
PaILADB1pHIA AFFAIRS.

Peter Lamb, yice-president OF the
Southwark National Bank, died Tuurs-
day, aged II years.
Henry H. Lippincott, former mem
Der of the wholesale grocery firm of
Lippincott g. Co., died at his home, at
Chelton H lis, Thursday, aged 81 years.
The schooner Eta H. Lister, which
has been detained at quarantine for
over week, three of the crew being i'll
with yellow fever, was released yester-
day week.
rwenty-seVen immigrants, who ar
| rived last week ON the steamer British
Prince, have been detained, pending in
vestigation into their means of support.
Eight are without money and may be
returned on the next steamer.
Joseph P. Kidd, James Thomson and
Hugh O'Neill, election officers for the
| 10th division of the Third ward at the
Vaux-McAleer contest, in $780, were
found guilty in the United States dis
trict court Thursday of making false
return of the election.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has made an agreement with the re-
ceiyer of the Pennsylvania, Pough-
keepsie & Boston railroad, by which the
Lehigh Valley will operate the Penn
sylvania division of the Pennsylvania,
Poughkeepsie 6 Boston road.
The receivers of the Reading Railroad
Company have abrogated the contract
between the company aud the Coke
Brothers &c Co., involving the move
ment of 100000 tons of anthracite coal
annually. The receivers claim that the
company did not get fair profit out Of
the rate paid for tonnage by Coke
Brothers.
! In the report filed by the referee il
!. the suit brought by the city against thu
William Penn Charter School, a ties
! case, to decide whether or not the prop
e I. erty of the school on South Twelfth
: street, near Market,is exempt from taxa
:, ton, the referee decides that the insti
I tuition is and has been a charity in it
= work, and therefore should be exemp
u from taxation.
"a A circular to the holders of the gen
eral mortgage bonds, income bonds an
" capital stock of the Philadelphia
u Reading Railroad Company has bee
# issued by the chairman of the New Yor
# committee of general mortgage bono
- holders and of the income bondholder
N committee, urging tnat steps pc taken
IA have the security holders of the con
II pany represented in its management
he and that measures be taken for the
c. general interest. t5l4
cd The Board of Directors of the Manr
is facturers' Club, Monday week, by
e. vote of IA to 3, adopted resolutions d.
lie claring that the commercial depressic
g, is due chiefly to the decision of the pc
adj Pile at the last general election that IL
lat system of protection to American indu
al try should be overthrow, and that l
cd Improvement can be looked for "unle
to there shall be an authoritative declar
we ton that the protective tariff syste
ge will not be violently assailed. IL
,us resolutions also declared for bimetallisl
w. Aresolution to the effect that the chi
ca, thing needed to restore public confiden
.ys was the passage of the Wilson bill, !
is pealing the silver purchasing clause
The the Sherman act, was defeated by W
its of IA 10 8. 49,.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
No PrIze Fight in Sd. Panl.

MINNEAPoLIs, MIMI, Aug. 25.--No
more prize fights are to be tolerated in
St. Paul. For some time past the Phoenix
Athletic Club has been allowed to give
prize fights under the guise of glove
contests" but the proprietors of the
place grew holder and holder and finally
arranged for 25.round fight at the
Olympic Theatre last night between
Danny Needham and SHADOW" Maber.
This capped the climax and the mana
gers were notified that the fight would
not be permitted to take place.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
AIessnn al iha Eair.

The educational influences of the
Worlds Fair are bearing fruit in o prac-
teal way A citizen of jefferson, Pa,
who is interested in breadstuffs, had his
eyes opened in Chicago when he came
to study the improved machinery on ex-
hibitlon there, and he declares that the
old fiour-mill in the country districts,
now too often marked by broken
wheel and choked sluiceway, can still
be operated with profit if properly fitted
out. Promising that the Allegheny
Valley wheat is as fine as any grown in
| the West, he says: 81 found at the
Worlds Fair improved machinery for a
-four mill-nothing lacking-that the
makers are selling for $4,000. | inves-
| tigated it carefully. said TO myself, II
the machinery does what these people
claim, it will be the best investment
| ever made. The makers happened by
good luck to have their patent in mill
in Mercer county. When | came home
that week, some of us talked it over
We sent a man up to Mercer, and the
mill was doing all that was claimed fol
it. Mill machinery that would make 81
barrels OF flour per day for So 900 sound
cheap, doesn't it? That's the figure ;
few OF us will pay for the machiner,
alone. We can put it in the Blank mill
and instead of peddling our magniticen
wheat that averages "a pounds to tn
bushel, we will grind it and sell it an,
save all there is to be saved in the shap
of feed-a pretty nice item in itself
; When other people learn what we ar
doing, there will be change in mililn
all over the State. We will save hea
. of hauling back and forward-the fai
mer will get more for his grain-mor
outcome. 1t must be poor communit
that can't raise enough money to put i
improved machinery when 1t is offere
! at such low figures, or that will ne
= justify miller substituting it for II
y sort Of machinery now in use prett
much all over Pennsylvania and OH
in the mills in the country districts"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
PULLED ans TOE MANS
with Pinoers-- Burglars Thus Torture
Farmer for 81 900.

PULASKI, TENN, Aug. 25.-News
reached here yesterday of bold rob-
berry west of here Wednesday night.
J. N, Bodies, a farmer, drew $1,000
from the bank here a few days ago and
hid it under the edge of carpet. At
midnight two masked men gained en-
trance into his house, covered Bodies
and his wife with pistols, and demanded
their money. Bodies refused to tell
where it was, whereupon the robbers
bound and gagged him and his wife
and with pair of pincers began to pull
his toe nails. After suffering the mos
horrible agony, Bolles disclosed the hid
ing place of his money. The robber
| secured ii and escaped.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
PENSION eEKrIFIcA TIES ISSUED.
Pension Certificates Issued TO Worthy
Soldiers of the War of the Rebellion.

WAsnINGToN, D. c., Aug. 25.-Pen-
sion certificates have been issued as fol-
lows Issue of August 14th, 1893, Penn
sylvania, original Samuel II. Buchler,
Gettysburg, Adams county; William
Morrison, Glendon, Northampton
county; George Baltzer, Philadelphia,
Philadelphia county.
Restoration and increase, Peter j.
Shay, Lebanon, Lebanon county. Re-
newal and increase, Henry Kelly, Pine
Flat, Indiana county. Increased, Samuel
Jobson, Noxen, Wyoming county. Re-
issue, James Adams, Franklin, Venango
county.
Original widow, Mary Bennett, Frank,
lin, Venango county; minor of John f
Carl, New Franklin, Franklin county
Widow, Indian wars, Mary A. Nc
Cormick, Lancaster, Lancaster county
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
loss OF THE N4nRAGAssErn
The Three-masted Schooner Was But
in Wilmington. BUT is Not Owned Her

The Three-masted Schooner Was Built
in Wilmington, But is Not Owned Here.
New YoRK, Aug 25.-Stores of loss
to life and shipping by Thursdays
storm are still coming in.
This morning Stephen Cooper, of the
pilot boat Thomas ID. Harrison, reported
that when 20 miles off the Highlands at
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, he picked
up man clinging to the mast head OF a
sunken wreck. He proved to be the
only survivor of the schooner Nara
gansett, Captain Chase, bound from
Philadelphia for Wareham, Mass, coal
laden, which foundered yesterday morn
ing during the hurricane.
The crew of five men were all lost
and the survivor was for seven hours on
the mast before being picked up. He
exhausted condition and conveyed to
this city. He is Henry 5. Uza, Portu-
| gucse.
The Naragansett was three masted
schooner, built in 1874 at Wilmington
and was 239 tons net She was owned
by A. D. Warner.
NOT OWNED By MR.. WARNER,
| A. ID. Warner was seen on Friday
by representative of The GAZETTE
in regard to the above telegram. HI
says that several years ago he was man
aging owner Of the vessel. But he SOLE
out two or three years ago. He ha
nothing to do with the vessel and know
nothing whatever of it.
The Blue Book of the Bureau of Navi
CATION gives tine following details OF tn
| Nap fror (.rnoc ok az
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j..
Cheyney for the last 10 years, and believe
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West g. Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan g. 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, 1893-08-31

New York, Aug. 25.-The CONNER
c,al Adoertiser prints to-day broadside
Of opinions upon the present CONNER
cial depression, gathered from all over
the country. Most of these opinions
are from men conversant with the con-
dition Of trade instheir variousl localities
and is to the effect that the worst of
the depression has been passed and the
near futures will see decided improve
ment in all the lines of commercial and
manufacturing business.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. 25.--
The contemplated sale of the West
Superior Iron and Steel Company's
plant has been postponed until Septem-
Der 18th From r. Belknap, a million
aire Capitalist, it is understood that the
property will then pass into the hands
OF Eastern moneyed men who will run
the works 10 their full capacity. ...l
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31

Lone BRANCH, N. j., Aug. 23.-In
the absence of both Mr.. and Mrs. George
NJ. Pullman, Miss Pullman, a sister Of
Miss Florence Pullman, said this morn
ing that there was no truth in the re.
ported engagement of Miss Florence
Pullman to Prince Isenherg. The prince
was at Long Branch last week, but Miss
Pullman was away in Chicago at the
time. The family are much yexed a
TIE story being published.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31
BeUNsWfoR wANrs AfD.
Jacksonville Sends $1,000 In Cash an
5000 Worth. Of supplies To the suilereri

$500 Worth Of Supplies to the sufferers
JAoKsoNvlLIR, FLA, Aug. 25.-ln re-
Spouse to the appeal of Brunswick, Ga,
for aid, Mayor Fletcher called mass.
meeting of citizens at the Board Of
Trade, last night, which was largely at
tended.
Representatives of Jacksonville Auxil-
larry Sanitary Association We're pre-.
sented, and after an interchange OF
views, the associations agreed to send
81 900 In cash TO Brunswick to-day, and
$500 worth of provisions. The meeting
also voted to supplement this by volun
tary contributions of money and supplies
il further aid from this section shoulc
become necessary.