Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-31
Extraordinary Peremptory Sale.

by betting. whirled around wheel and
fatally injured.
Speaker Henry F. Walton of the State
House of Representatives, is salu TO pc
slated for election by City Councils for the
position of city solicitor in the event OF
Mr.. Warwick's election as mayor.
C. G. McCloskey pleaded guilty Wednes-
day to the charge of numbering Police
man John Chambers in September last.
Judge Reed decided ii was case of MUIR
der in the second degree and deferred
sentence.
The director of public works was Mon
day notified of the location OF the 55o !,
electric lights turned off under the resolu- /
ton of Select Council, in order that the ,
gas and gasolene lamps may be again put
into service.
Select Councilman McMullen Monday /
filed with the City Commissioners the
nomination papers of the independent
Citizens candidates for magistrates They
are Magistrate Kane. John ii. keenan, and
Arthur Mallon.
Trolley cars began running Sunday on
Race and Vine streets and on Baltimore
avenue from Thirty-SiXth street to AnEofa.
The Frankford branch of the Second and ;
Third streets line began running electric
cars on Saturday.
Before the Presbyterian Ministerial AS
| ISOLATION and the Conference of Baptist
| Churches. Monday, papers advocating
| the use of the individual communion cup
were read by the Rev. DR.. b. l.. Agnew
and DR.. IL. $. Anders.
Harvey Miller Monday was awarded
| 81 500 damages in an action which he
| brought against j. Soils Cohen for in
| iuries received in collision between the
| plaintiffs carriage and horse ridden by
the defendant servant in the park.
The Society of the Cincinnati held a
| special meeting Wednesday TO consider the
I selection, OF site for the Washington
monument. a decision of the subject was
postponed until the next meeting of the
society, to be held on Washington's birth
day.
The United Labor League, Sunday, dis
| cussed resolutions protesting against the
arrest of Anarchist Mowbray, while not
sympathizing with his theories, and
resolved to refer them to the organizations
composing the League for favorable ac-
ton"
Ex-United States Senator John Scott
Wednesday resigned the position of general
solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad 20.
after Is years service. EX-Judge james
A. Logan, who has been assistant general
solicitor since 1879, was chosen to succeed
Mr.. Scott.
Samuel Fitzpatrick, charged with killing
his wife on the 18th of last September at
guilty of murder of the second degree.
The plea was accepted, and Judge Reed
intinlated that he would impose light
sentence.
At the annual meeting of the Board of
Trade Monday, Frederick Fraley was
elected presidents T. Morris Perot, Thomas
l.. Gillespie, John ii. Kitchener and n.
, Parker Shortridge, vice-presidents, William
r. Tucker, secretary, and Richard Wood,
treasurer.
About 100 ingram carpet weavers ems
ploycl by c. II, Maslund & Sons of Amber
and Westmoreland streets, did not go to
work Thursday morning, and the mill was
, forced to shut down. leaving about 3OO
employees idle. The weavers had been re-
fused higher wages.
MIR. Stevens, a member of the Public
Buildings Commission, informed a COM
mitlce OF Councils Wednesday that with an
appropriation of S30O0,uoO he would
guarantee to complete the City Hall
within two years and place under the
court yard an electrical plant at a cost of
100000.
The Presbyterian Social Union Monday
adopted Il resolution suggesting to the
| Publication Board that it sell its building,
I No. 1854 Chestnut street, and erect Pres
$ byterian house sufficient to accommodate
its .own business, AS well as the Presby-
a terrain Historical Society, and provide
I | large assembly room, So llttt aS lar 10
possible, the building shall be centre for
: I'LL Presbyterian organizations.
!. In bill in equity, filed Monday in the
common pleas court, on behalf of Charles
II. Cummings and Mary Packer Cum
= mings his wife, in the right of the latter,
: against Elisha p. Wilbur and Charles
: Hartshorne, the Court is asked to order
the respondents to pay over to Mrs. Cum
e mings, who is daughter of the late Asa
: Packer, balance OF income, held by them
= in ttust, amounting TO more than S223, 900.