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was mad with happiness that night.
What dreams. what fancies filled my
soul! You say that you. too. were trans
ported that night? wish had known
il then.
How well remember that FIRST even
Ing when l called on you, l could not
sleep the night previous, ] was so ex-
cited. The day passed tediously. at
tired myself with great elaboration. and
an hour before the time when had
agreed to call l was restlessiy pacing the
streets, CHANGING at my apparently mo
tionless timepiece. but the important
hour arrived at last As / entered the
gate my courage began TO fail. feared
iest some favored suItor might already
be installed, and ] should prove AN un-
welcome intruder. wondered who would
open the door. whether a servant or
some member Of the family. ! dreaded
lest II might be the Governor himself,
for l suspected that he did not regard
ne with favor The great watchdog
baTked sayagely as / walked tow ards
the house, You had Iaughingly assured
inc that he was always securely chained
10 strong post. | mounted the stair
with a hold step. rang the bell GCrceiy
and waited Ia state OF nervous dread
IloH asTecably was l surprised, and hon
completely were my fears dispelled when
you opened the door yourself. looking
perfectly beautiful in the lighted hall
way. Your cheeks were slightly flushed.
ana your eyes werc as bright as stars
That evening my love for you incroas Ell
q hundreifold.
I Do you remember the boat ride on the
/ river. Il was the only time We acre
I really alone Maybe you don't imagine
| how near ] came to proposing % you
| that day. DO yGu say that you half ex-
J pected several times I would Well you
/ wee right. The truth Is that ! had DE-
ciied at the nrst opportunity 10 tell you
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GHOST OF TINS PICNIC.
1t Stalks the Tombs Police Court
with q Swollen Head.
Denny Shay's Fighting jag and Rose
Losan's Untold Story.

The ghost of Tim Sullivan's picnic
stslked the Tombs this morning with its
spectral head too big for policeman's
helmet. Everybody had been there and
it looked for n while as though there
was going TO be no court His Honor
was nearly an hour late. and most OF
the officers were entitled to absence on
sick leave.
Everybody bore the sad and weary
symptoms of the katzenjammer. but
thing in the history of royal festivities.
There never vas SO much to drink
since the mood" said Policeman Crane
After II o'clock last n ght the police
granted immunity TO all disorderles who
lad the picnic password. or. they argue,
the stations would have been full this
mt rning.
Denny Shay. who is one Of the pets Of
the court, bootblack, messenger and
general utility man, was a prisoner
He got back from the picnic at SO
o'clock this morning and landed from
the Brooklyn Bridge at the City Hall
station of the Third avenue elevated.
He was still glorious and refused 10
pay fare In a lorily manner. He an
nounced that he was a Tammany chief
tain and would throw anybody who
doubted him over the Pulitzer Building
One OF the guards tackled him. and the
noise OF the blows and curses attracted
Policeman Lawler from the street. Den
nv was locked W with great difficulty.
He was sobered and scared when ar
raigned before Judge Grady Inter on.
His Honor could not repress smile
as he recognized the culprit Denny.
Il am sorry to see an official of the
court in this plight" he said. solemnly,
but In consideration OF the unusual fes.
tivities incident to the picnic and your
previous good character, dismiss you
with a warming.
Rose Logan, Of 100 Bedford street. a
dashing looking girl in a white sailor
hat and a BIZ serse yachting costume.
Of the Tenth. for lettering on
the Bowery for no respectable purpose.
Judge. Your Honor" said Rose. II
had Just got back rom Tim Sullivan
That will do" interposed the Judge
"As you are a nice-looking girl and
certainly ought to be decent, I'll give
you Y chance
The picnic was her salvation.
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wards that you were reading a romance
Of handsome young prince. tall. fair
haired and daring; that when you
looked I'D and saw me you were star
tied. ! was 50 like the ideal you were
dreaming of. DO you remember
l hurried back TO my uncle's home be
yond the town and eagerly questioned
my cousins concerning the beautiful Wis
ion l had seen. They told me that you
were the Governors only daughter.
that you were but eighteen years Of
age. but that you had already had sew
ersl suitors for your hand. They
warned me not TO fall In 1--we with you.
as handsome young officer Of the gar
rison near by was said 10 have won
your heart. ] found taat you were the
belle Of all the laEd.
This Information only made me love
you more. ! felt certain that could not
live withou: you. could not imagine
that any one else could love you as
did. Every afternoon after that / rode
TO town in order TO pass by the COVER
nor's mansion. During the evenings
rSraded back and forth on the sidewalk
like q sentinel and all the time ! kept
repeating your name. Duf.ag these fe-
verish evenings u was no; very consol-
ing &c note the regular appearance Of a
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visitor nightly passing under the trees
~ the doorstep. when the door opened,
| could see his tall. erect figure stand
Ing in the light. Then the door would
close, and there would be sounds from
the open windows OF laughter and music.
/ knew that the visitor Was the young
officer. lie and l were introduced Oh:
day in the town, and I remember how.
seemingly by instinct We conceived a
dee: antipathy &c each other. Even on
cur first meeting We approached close 20
the border of insulting language. He
VAS a handsome. oAshing fellow. l was
forced 10 confess. Splendid, soft dark
eyes and heavy silkcn mustache were
his two most seductive attractions. To
knuS that this hated but dangerous
rival was enjoying Il tete-a-;et- with the
beautiful girl whom in my unreasonable
love had already regarded as my
sweetheart, while / was obliged 10 prom
ensde tire sidewalk alone, seemed very
bitter and cruel 10 me.
A week passed before saw YOU again,
I NGs riding along the high bank OF
the river where II curves like horse
shoe around some meadow land. I was
gazing down - the waters, dreaming
OF you. ~hen heard a sound OF laugh,
ter and of horses hoofs. ! looked UP
and was startled 10 see you riding
towards me in the company Of several
young ladies and gentlemen. Ny hand
come friend. the officer. WAS among
them. My heart beat violently and my
face flushed ES / passed close 20 you
You wore a dark green suit, ana your
face was so white that l thought at the
time you were like a water lily. Il was
then that ! noticed your long black
lashes. could scarcely see your eyes.
You told me afterwards thai you peeped
at me, and that yea thought / looked
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like n gallant knight on my spirited
horse. DO you remember?
Was SO excited that day that
could scacely eat a mouthful. My uncle
asked me II ! had seen the Governors
daughter again. lie was wise man
my uncle.
II was not long after~ ards that you
and became acquainted. II was at
party thai attended with my cousins.
You were there. i cav nothing else
that golden night. You were dressed In
cream-colored silk Your beautiful white
srms and shoulders were bare. You
wore a nectisCe OF pearls, and there
were yellow roses pinned 10 your dress.
was daEzled by your beauty when you
entered the room. and when I Mas pre-
scented to .ou ] lost all control Of my
self. I staTmercd ana tried TO clasp
your hand, stopping in my attempt abb
ruptly. but you, smiling kindly, shook
hands with me. You ;old me afterwards
that You were little confused your
SELF: thst you could scarcely speak at
FIST. DO ylu remember:
II wAs astonishing, though, how soon
We were eagerly conNersing. our
Thoughts flowed on together like two
brooks that meet in the forest and 20
dancing together through sunlight and
shadow Il was that night thst
Thought that your eyes we're as black At
Goals and that noticed how fresh and
red your tips were That bright evening
fed So last that did not realize I'll the
AGAR vas over that ] had entirely
monopolized the society 81 the belle Of
the evening. When babe you good night
as you left the company with your par
ents / noticed young man standing
In the haliw ay. With a gloomy expression
on his handsome face. Ia was my friend
the officer, and hs gave me an ugly look.
Little did I care for the ofiiceT's amer,
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FIFTY YEARS AGO.
The Story of Il Mans LOre ana u Girls
JeaLOuSy.
JeaiOusy.

les II is nearly nifty years since
nave seen you. Your hair, under that
niue lace cap, IL AS white as snow.
men II was black and glossy as jet.
lou had no wrinkles then. Your cheeks
were smooth and white. There was a
uHnpie in the left one. Your eyes did
N'' peer out Of gold-rimmed glasses
,h'h' They were bright as stars--dark
uiHe' sparkling with merriment Your
"elre as a little bent. but you were
quite tall then, for u woman. and grace
iu' thought you were queenly. In
aeea. you were the prettiest girl in all
me land. What. are you blushing?
"til' II is true. / can close my eyes
ahu see you in my soul as you were
men as sweet and lovely as "A water
"s' lou have never changed there.
remember the first time ! ever saw
'ou' was walking through the shady
streets OF the little town. | passed by
grand old mansion. saw beneath a
e'eat elm what thought was a beauti-
wi angel IL was you. lying on the
avn You had ON a pink gown. You
"ee reading. and when you heard my
.Ooeieps you raised your eyes and met
NINE We we're both confused. ]
heu away. feeling as though l had
.tsfed new world After that !
'ush' enly OF you. You told me after
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powerless against SO many. then
steamed away TO Elizabethport.
seer stary and Treasurer Dwyer, Of
tne Myers Excursion Company, said to-
cay that the Company would at o.. e
tske steps TO prosecute the rioters II any
OF them could be found
however. the question of Jurisdiction
may present complications which may
make II difficult 20 bring the Offend
Ing parties to justice.
Capt. Franklyn's story il that the
whole trouble was due TO too much whjs-
Key and beer. which the excursionists
hsd INDUCED in freely.
lie said that about half the men were
hghting drunk. and they wanted TO run
everything. and even tried TO dictate
how he should run his tug, and that he
was only saved from being mobbed by
turning the hot steam on the rioters,
and as last resort he was compelled
10 cast OF the lines OF the barges and
leave the excursionists to shift for
themselves. Capt FRANKLIN said he
felt sorry for the women and children.
who were on both barges in great num-
bers.
They screamed and cried while the
fighting was going on. Bottles and
glasses were thrown in every direction
and some of the rioters used pistols.
John Sullivan, the fireman on the Idle
wild. was wounded in the leg, but not
seriously. Many men had broken heads.
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ballroom The brilliant assemblage and
bright light dazed me for a second. A
dance had just ended. and all were
promenading In confusion. Suddenly. di-
the young oftcer. with you leaning ON
his arm. He was bending his smiling
face to yours. Your cheeks were flushed
and your eyes as bright AS IRE. fog
were dressed in purest white. when
ss you. felt my heart turn Icy cold.
sharp pains crossed on my brow. The
! turned. staggered out of the tavern
and, mounting nv horse, rode away,
feeling as though / were in the midst u
a frightful dream.
And now ysu say that they made you
believe that l was glad you were sick.
50 that could be free to escort the
bankers daughter! You say that you
loved me. and that. stung by jealousy.
you insisted on your parents taking you
10 the ball; that there you were joifled
10y the officer. You say that ghen you
saw me at the ballroom door s.one.
dusty, Gale and distracted, you realized
how terribly you had been mistakens
that, leaving the Captain you ran - de-
tain me. but II was too late. No.
never heard of all that 1 crossed the
seas AMI fought In foreign armies and
reared a family in foreign lands.
heard but once from home. They said
that you were 10 marry the officer. /
ir.ed g forget you. ! became rich and
mat ash. over a mllion times DfTt - y
resrettins that l did not val, TO hesr
your explained ton. l am Old. feeble.
" mite haired To the world. but On my
soul | am still the hot-headed lad OF ffts
years ago, and you are the Gokernor's
beautiful daughter. IL Will always be 50.
What, are you weeping Never mind
must 20 now. Your hushandl hpvr ~
is Se,'e What Il thate You say that
YOU never r'srrieis And u has been
nifty years! Al, me. We caa'i upder-
stand. 1 mus; 20 back TO my hotel. "
seems exactly like that night. The ii,acs
are In bloom. AMI the moon shiass %
the liver. but these buildings and sirefia
are strange. and the tavern H. CID en1
ruined. They say-and II T. true. know
that It Is haunted Moore ~
Romance.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
ANAL YZlNG THE SAUSAGE.
Chemist Martin at Work on Sam
pies from Several shops.

Edward w. Martin. Chief Chemist to
the Health Department, is Iusily en-
gagged to-day in making \ chemical
analysis from samples of sausage seized
from two butcher shops and a delica.
lessen store in the vicinity Of One Hun
dred and Fifty-eighth street ami Court
landt avenue
The names of the owners of the stores
are not made public by the Health be
partment authorities. but IL Is supposed
that the Schley family. found suffering
from trichinosts last saturday as then
told in The Evening World" procured
the tainted food at these places
According TO the story told by the
neighbors of the Schleys, the latter
bought large quantities OF sausage and
made II their only diet. The five mem
bers of the family one after another,
were taken down with the disease.
Last Saturday they were sent to
Fordham Hospital. but went home a
day or two afterwards. John Schley,
the father, and Erwin. the young son,
II was thought would eventually die.
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THE WRONG SIDE FOR BEER.
John Manning Nearly Caused
Riot in West 2sth Street.

Mrs. Bridget Quinn. OF AZ West
Twenty-eighth street, appeared in JEFF
ferson Market Police Court this morning
and charged John Manning and his son,
also named John. with assaulting her
with a can OF beer. They were held for
trial
The Mannings are members of the
Stable Alley Gang" Mrs. Quinn's story
Is not very clear. but II was finally de-
cided that there were two mixed ale par
ties at az West Twenty-e!ghth street
last night, one composed of Manning and
male friends. the other made up OF Mrs.
Quinn and friends OF her sex.
Mrs. Quinn says young Manning
started the trouble by hitting her ON the
back Of the head with u can full of beer.
Bridget never did care much for beer on
that side of her head and she resented
II as an insult. A general Donnybrook
affair resulted. The other tenants Of the
house selected partners and Joined In
the melee, which was soon adjourned 10
the street.
Thepolice quelled the riot after broken
heads and blackened eyes had been freely
bestowed.
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EX-ALDERMAN ASSAULTED.
FicEe Kicked On the Heat from q
Boxers oven, and L. sorry.

Ficke Kicked On the Heat from n
Boxers oven, and Ia sorry.
Ex-AldermAn William FIcke. a Tam.
many politician, appeared before Justice
Simms In Essex Market Court to-day
looking very angry at two bakers who
were arraigned at the bar. He said they
were responsible for his bruised face and
his bsndaEei head.
The prisoners said they were Max
Fogel. twenty-eigat. OF ) Clinton stree
and Benjamin. Cohen. nineteen. o. IL
Orchard street. The ex-Alderman I've.
Al l.5 Second street AT the same mum.
Der Noge' Keeps a bakery. and Cohen /.
in his employ
At o'clock this morning Flcke entered
the bakery and said that he was unable
10 sleep on account OF the heat from the
oven.
IF l open my airshAft window said
the ex-Alderman. "a blast of hot nj,
PUSHES into the room, which msl.
sick" sac
Nosei told Ficke tlat IL he did No, liz .
Il he could move out OF the hons. E,oL
clai thai ALI OF sudden he wa. se,,A5
rom behind. thrown to the moor and
then beaten with clubs and kicksJ 49,
he be came almost insensibIe. Will
Policeman Howard. Of the Fifth .,r...
station. heard the noise OF the onsrrei
a ,ss , ran 1.-The e The scene. Ficke picked out
Ficke vas very sore AGAINST The me,
ana wanted to make caarEe OF felon.
ious assault. but Justice Simms said that
the facts .ot the case merely showed
that a simple assault vas Committed
The defent ants furnished 200 bali for
further examination.
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strong Wiads, Hish Seas, lee.

straag south winds with very high teas ~,s,
encountered by the British steamship Glendoveu
from Hamburg. which trrivsd at this Bort las,
night until she reached latitude 60. longitude "
Then the wind hauled more to the westward
and she was enyeloped IN fog for the remAindei
OF the passage. An enormous iceberg was pa.sec
in latitude n. 90 longftpde a. 80
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
Treated viii HI. Em pIoyer'. None,

John L4sler. . driver. tseaty-sisht yssrs OLD
Of ~ Rowsry. Was held for trial in EsseG MAJ
he, Court to-day. While In the employ OF
Frank Schleider. furniture dealer. Of It
FORSYTH street LAWYER collected SIS and. sp-
IropTtated the money 20 his own use. LaNlsI
In treating them.
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plymouth to Leave the Dry Dock

The steamer Plymouth. Of the Fan River
line. which has been IN the dry COCK for I.
month In consequence OF having run ashore lear
Newport, will leave the floating dry do,f at
the foot OF Pike street this evening or early
tomorrow morning. The big steamer will be
taken 10 Fletchers wharf. Hoeoken. and will
resume her regular trips the last Of the week.
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Ions BRANCH and BACK So.

steamers Mary Patten and Pleasure Esy. Week
Days leave Jane st, \; r. u blocks below llth
st J. "a. NJ, 3 r. NJ. Battery Pier lnear narRe
ONCE, Q. Is A. NJ, q IS r. N. sandsys leas.
Jane st Q and 10 A. n. Battery Pier u and
Lrum foot L. 3lst ST. 20 A. NJ. Bridge Dock.
Brcokiyn, IN -; Battery Pier 10 ~ Long
Branch, Pleasure Bay. sezbHghL Htghland
Beach, Little SILVER and BrAnchpor- Freight ~
lowest rates
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-28

The attorneys for Mr.. Addicks made
public on Tuesday copy OF tho libel flied
by Mrs, Addlcks. The petition declares
that Rosaiie b. Addicks was married to
J. Ed ward Addicke, on Nov, Q. 1859. and
lived afterward win him. 1t declares that
John Edward Addicks, for considerable
time past and while living In Delaware
was guilty OF a violation OF his marriage
vows with Ida Carr Wilson.
Tbs petition declares that Addlcks has
been guilty Of iniidelity from 1887 until
the present time. Those practices. 1t ID
alleged. were engaged in at Brandywlns
Hundred. this State; Nc. PAT South Seven.
teenth Street. Philadelphia at the Mt.
kineo House In the state OF Maine; at the
Tudor House. Boston. and at other places
which OF present are unknown to the petl.
tioner.
The petition declares that In 1890 and
1891 Addlcks was with Mrs. Wilson, at her
home on South Seventeenth street, Phila.
pelphia. Details are given OF the alleged
visits of Addicks and Mrs. Wilson to Maine
and Massachusetts,
The petition declares that she !s a resi-,
dent Of New Castle county. Delaware. and
asks that Addlcks be summoned to answer
at the present term OF court and also that
the court may grant divorce. Mrs. Ad.
dicks asks for allmony for her sustenance
pending the decision OF the petition. and
requests that hddtcks be made to pay
what Is necessary to defray the expense,
OF conducting her case. She asks thai
she he restored to all OF her real and per-
sonai estate and be allowed out OF hel
husband's real and personal estate
such sums as tine court may deem neces
sary.
Mr.. Addicks declared u IL had not beeI
for his Senatorial aspirations the suit
would never have been pushed at the
present time. A few lawyers like leeohee
are after blood In the shape OF money To
help swell their bank account. Mr. Ad-
dicks reiterated what he had said on Tues
day that their was nothing In the suit 10
regard to the truth oil his wtte's
charge. Mr.. Addicks isigncrllan OF Mrs.
Wilson's children
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-28
Store OF en- to-u q row. THANKSGIVING Day,
I'm II O'Clock noon.
why I HEY COME.

The UNI sually lively trade
at the Ne W York Clothing
House is du e entirely to selling
best goods at lowest prices.
1t is by underselling all 9th.
er stores i n the city that we
draw trade away from them.
Where else will you find an.
other Over coat Room like ours?
Where e sc will you find such
Owe rcoats7 so good at the price.
You've heard Of the Black
and Blue q i wool Beav er Mems
Overcoats we're selling for 81.
You've heard of the Wash.
iagton Beaver Mems Overeoats
we're selling for 50.
You've heard of the Fine
Black and Blue all wool Ker.
sey Mems 0vercoats, cut long
and extra long for $l2.
Getting busy on Storm Over.
coats Mems from S. mp.
Gray Frieze Conductors and
Motormen's Storm Overcoats
So so.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-28
THIRD EDITION.
SOCIETY NOTES,

"what You Said Yesterday" will be the
subject OF lecture by Rev Merritt HUI
burd, ID. D., in Grace Sunday school hall
81 morrow evening
Ths DeMoss family will use forty.fye
Instruments In their ooncert In Scott
Church this evening.
The Misses Ida and florence Williams
OF South Wilmington. arc spending tile
week wlthrelatives Ia Chester. Pa.
SURPRISE VISIT
The friends OF Miss Lizzie Cunningham
gave her a very pleasant surprise. at her
home No. lilo Walnut strest last evening,
tho occasion being her nth birthday.
The evening wae spent In social chat and
games were indulged In until late hour,
when the company were invited to the
dining room. to partake OF refreshments
At the wee small hours the com pany left
for their homes Wishing they might al
meet again soon, on u like occasion.
Among those present were:
Misses Aana Lakeland, Anna Pepper,
Anna worraii, Emma Brown. Sadie Lowell,
Saiiie Coyle, Sadie Reed, fenie Reed Della
wilkins. Mary DannenberR. Lena Hayes.
Florence Faust. Maggie. Lizzie ana Elsie
Cunningham. AMI Messrs Bayard Brown.
howard heed, Charlie Reese. Medford
9udgeon. Elisha Newln. Harry Brown.
John Beckley. John Stetser and william
Norton.
Mr. Charles Ross Biles. one OF the stu
DENTS OF GOlueys aOauotny, Will ttdNo tVE
his home In Lewisville Chester county,
Pa, to epend Thanksgiving.
Miss Edna Dougherty, OF S27 Orange
street will spend her Thanksgiving with
her sister, Mrs Nelson Warner In Elkton
Md.
Mr.. Walter Seminar, OF Fair Hill, Nd, i
visiting our city.
William Salisbury. OF the Dover Della
Narean. was In our city to day.
Enoch Moore Jr., has gone to Clenfue
Cos, Cuba, where he expscts to renal
about three months. for the benefit OF hi
health,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-28
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

A decree has been issued abolshing pub
lie executions In Spain.
The business portion of Mcdonald, the
oil town, eighteen miles west Of Pittsburg,
was destroyed by fire last night.
At Louisville yesterday johnson, the
cyclist, went one-thlrd Of mile, unpaced,
In IS 3-5 seconds. the fastest on record.
A cable car on Broadway, New York,
ran over and killed an unknown l8-year-
old boy yesterday. Half his head was
torn of.
The Chattanooga Times Dem gives re-
turns from ninety seven counties of Ten
nessee showing 967 plurality for Evans, the
Republican candidate for governor.
A hundred men on horseback, and intent
on lynching, are on the trail Of John NJ.
Allen, who criminally assaulted Mrs.
Mary Hicks near Morganfield, KY.