Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-22

AT w euneSuay afternoons session OIL
the Levy Court the following names
were added to the assessment list:
Thomas b. Lewis transferred from
Ninth to First ward; Burton Dickinson,
added to First ward.
Second ward-David HennIs, George
II. Lewis and Benjamin Hurd, Wilbert
Cook and Henry White, colored.
Fourth ward-William Kenney and
W. L. Heal.
Fifth-Abraham Z. Wright.
Eighth-Charles Heebner, George II.
Workman, John Apologize, George
Davis and Riley @. Lewis, Charles II.
Smith and Samuel Tilghman, Isaac Il.
Murray, Charles Tlller, William Brown,
colored
Ninth-James Henderson and Charles
II. Carter.
Tenth-John Goes.
AT A o'clock the court adjourned to
Thursday morning.
John w. Luke, ST., was the first APP
plicant at Thursday afternoons session
of the Levy Court to be placed on the
assessment list. His name was added to
the Seventh ward.
Frank Il. Travis asked to be placed
on the Sixth ward. His voucher was
Travis has a very juvenile appear
ance and Chairman Scott Immediately
asked him his age.
81 was 81 last October" was the re-
ply.
Chairman Scott then asked the
voucher, Councilman Stats, whether
he knew that to he so.
well 1t is so to the best of my knowl-
edge"
Chairman Scott--"You know, Coun-
Gilman Stats, that there is no best of
your knowledge about this oath. If you
read the oath you will find it is positiye!'
The oath in question, which Is ad-
ministered to the voucher in each case
and which is attested to, following his
kissing of the book, or of affirmation, is
as follows;
freebooter of New Castle county, and that
---r--is the identical person he rep
resents himself to be, known to me per.
spnally to be such, that he is twenty-one
years OF age, and that he is bona tide
resident in------hundred, in New
Castle county, in the State of Delaware.
Sworn and subscribed before me this
--day of---A. D., 1870
Councilman Staats-"Well, / believe
swear positively to it."
Commissioner White - "Can't this
young man bring some one here who is
positive about thisY"
Commissioner Charlottesville. Stats
is u responsible citizen"
Councilman Stats suddenly dipped
the pen into the ink-well before him,
and dashed his signature across the
paper.
Inis ended the matter. The docu.
ment was handed to the court and in
two seconds Frank Z. Travis name
was added to the Sixth ward list.
The following were the additions up
to 8 p. M: John w. Luke, ST., Seventh;
Christopher q. Cole, Jr., Eighth; Frank
L. Travis, Sixth; Simeon Brown, COL,
Sixth; John b. Houston, COL, Second;
Thomas Carroll, Third; Frank Ryan,
col, Eighth James Nedab, col, Eighth,
Telghman Turner, COL, Second; Thomas
d. Davis, Eighth; John Harris, COL,
Eighth; William Carpenter, Eighth;
Earl Mills, Sixth.
The next applicant was John G.
Kelley, whose name was placed on the
Tenth ward list, his voucher being
County Treasurer John Il. Dickey.
The next name added was that of
Jacob Kowalski to the Third ward.
Then Joseph Zukowski was added to
the Eighth ward on the voucher of
Councilman Stats.
Following the advent of the Polish
citizens there was another cessation of
applications. Then William Singleton
applied to be placed on the Second
ward list But he was found already
there. j. II. Roberts was placed on the
Fourth ward list. Ferdinand Trusty,
colored, was added to the Seventh ward
Abraham Brown, colored, was added to
the Eighth ward and Isaiah Richard to
the First wald.
Levy Court at 4 o'clock adjourned to
10 o'clock Friday morning.
Friday afternoons session of hear
ing names of applicants DESTROYS of get
ting their names OH the assessment list
added another to the record of quiet ses-
sions of this term of March appeal with
out the promised wild rush of outraged
citizens whose names had been left Off the
assessment list of the city.
On motion, the name Of Ferdinand
Tfusty. colored, was transferred from the
Seventh to the Sixth ward Arthur X, |
Taylor applied to be placed on the Fifth |
ward, but it was found that his name is |
already there. Others added were: Ed |
Charles Cole, Eighth Patrick McKendry. |
First; Henry Shields, colored, Fifth Isaac |
$. Bullock, Fourth; William @. Weldin, |
Fourth; Peter G. Quinn. Third; Joseph |
Durham, Eighth; John Il. Maloney, Sew |
enth; the maine of George w. Grant, col. |
ored, was transferred from the white list |
OF the Fourth ward to the colored list Of |
the same ward; the name Of John Dorrell |
was added to the Sixth ward; Preston w. |
feager asked TO be placed on the First |
ward, but was found already recorded |
there; Louis Porter's name was changed in |
the Second ward from Lewis Porter;
James Higgins, colored, Eighth; Winfield |
Ii. smith, Fifth; Charles Martz applied 20 |
be placed on the First ward list, but was
found already there; Harry G. Kern was
placed on the Fourth ward list and
William Fl. johnson, colored, Eighth.
Court then adjourned TO Monday morn
ing.
On Tuesday morning resolution was
passed making an additional appropriation
for the Jail commissioners Of 81 ,0tio. The
money was needed for repairing floors, &c.
The poll-taxables among the property
owners of the Third district, that Of Asses
sor Whann, total 1,07l. This added to the
regular poll taxabes for that district
quoted as 1858, affords total of SGD. To
this will be added still others on account OF
appeal day applications.
The First district polls total 1880 and
the Second 1887. This makes a total Of
%, 4S8 names of voters in sight, with a
probable addition for appeal applicants
from the remainder of the city making
grand total of az least 10000 polls in Viii
mington.
Now the heaviest Wilmington vote on
record is l4,000, which leaves 5000 ques-
tionable names aiioat, that is to say every