Evening journal., 1895-04-10

Minnehaha Tribe of Red Men Celebrates
Its Tenth Birthday In Great styls-A
Runaway Accident which BefsI q RS.
Rankin Armstrong.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEWARK, April 10 The town election
yesterday Tor four cpuncilmen was not
as exciting as expected The polls we're
opened st o'clotk and closed at 5 M,
aud by this time I'd voters had climbed
the stair of the hose house and stood
before the Judges The last were
William L griffith, George w Williams
and Count William Russell
In the Western district there was but
one candidate 10 the field John e Lewis,
prop 'letor of the Deer Park Hotel,
twenty sese weary voters managed to
get to the polls
In the Middle distIi { there were two
candidates. although William q Smith
only allowed his name to be used as
candidate 10 please party The
present councllmsn,A A. A. Curtis, received
80 votes and the former
la the Eastern district Joseph B Lut
ton received 33 votes; S B Herdmsn, 12
DR. @ M Alimoud received for presi
dent of Council AZ votes from tho Wesf
district. 43 in the Middle district, and A
10 the Eastern. total If ia
The newly elected members do not
promise tax payers any movement Of
Importance, except that they will do the
best they can to give them better streets
There we're two cases before Magis
trate Smith yesterday. The 6rst wss au
assault and battery csse, that Of
Thompson Eastburn ys. Samuel
a Etheridge Eastburn is ten
ant on htheridges property. which is
In the hands of Harry Emmons, Of vii
uington. Etheridge went to Eastburn's
place with two horse wagon and started
70 haul away small articles that
could easily be loaded In the wagon
Esstburn asked him to stop such
proceeding and quarrel resule O.
Ethefidge was armed with club and
Eastburn with hatchet. No blows were
struck, however, Eastburn swore out q
warrant against Etherdge and the case
was tried before Magistrate Smith
After examining several with esses Eth
eridge was hned 50 and costs
The second was q case OF trespass
T. EaAtburn had Samson Rigby arrested
for irespassing on his property. Rigby
was fined 90 cents and costs Rig by
will ISSUE a search warrant to day
against Thompson Eastburn for goods
hauled away from Rigby's place when be
moved last March, and also threatens him
bodily harm All these people reside IN
Mil Creek hundred a short distance from
this town.
Mmnehaha Tribe, No. 23, l. o. R. NJ,
OF this town, celebrated the tenth
anniveIs sary Of its organization last night
in its hall in Ezchsnge The program
which was opened with short address
by Rev w j. DuHadway, pastor
Of the Methodist Church, contained some
very good things. especially the recita-
tion by Miss Grace Dillon Hsrgis, Of
Wilmington, who gave the Inventor 3
Wife, in very pleasing way
Mrs. Rankin Armstrong had narrow
escape fr IA death on Sunday Mr. and
Mrs Armstrong had been visiting friends
near Fair Hill, Md and were on their
way home, when one Of the horses became
frightened and ran away. The horses
we're stopped and as soon as Mr.. Arm
strong had gotten out the animals made
dash up the road Mrs. Armstrong
jumped ont and WAS cut and bruised
considerably. She WAS unconscious
when picked up
James Foard came along aud brought
the Injured woman TO her home IN this
town. The horses were caught about
two miles away from where tney started,
without having broken thing about the
wagon
Elliott & Hossinger sold sixteen COWS
yesterday at the Deer Park Hotel The
average price was $3s per head
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