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Evening journal., 1900-08-24
DIED AT RIPE
OLD AGE OP S4
Mrs. Sophia Wheatman Sur
ViVed Her Husband Forty
eight Years

Cneswold, Aug .i--Workmon re
pairing the torn out bridge at the Car
rison Mill have discovered the man
mud sill which bears the greater pres
iure OF the water to be broken and en-
tirely unsafe to build upon. This un.
fortunate circumstance will cause de-
ay in the completion of the work, but
Mr. Garrison and his head workman
iecided that the main body of posts
,nd. sleepers should be put in place and
blanks laid TO accommodate the travel
ng public.
The usual colony Of Pole help arriv-
d from Baltimore last week and the
annery made start on tomatoes last
saturday morning. Tomatoes were
cming in larger quantities on Mon
iay, but it is not thought there viii be
steady run on tomatoes until next
week.
A jolly and much interested COM
any OF fifteen assembled at the home
4 l Mr. and Mrs W. Il. Collins a little
l1er nine O'clock Saturday evening to
witness the bloom of the night
'looming cereus, a somewhat rare
pectacle.
Mrs Sophia Wheatman died at the
esidence Of William J. Smith, her SON
n-law, in CheswOld Sunday evening,
the age Of 81 years. Mrs. Wheat
nan was the window OF Ben jamin
Yheatman, who was a lively member
nd class leader OF Old FarrOw's church
t one time, and who died as years ago
N the farm of the late julian c. Emer-
on, one mile below Cheswold on the
itate road.
The Rev Edwin Gardner next sun
lay, by an invitation Of a church in
ohnsonburg. n. j., will preach for
hem and the Rev. c. X. Illick will
reach in Cheswold in the morning and
3 q Bethel in the afternoon.
+ The Rev William T. Barcus, for
s ger Cheswold boy, who worked his
way through college for the ministry
nd now holds a lucrative appointment
t Bridgeville. Pittsburg Conference,
Cgther with his wife. Master VIII
n larcus Jr. baby Miriam, and Miss
Il Margaret Dixon, are guests of his par
-nts, Mr.. and Mrs. p L. Barcus for
art of his vacation for rest and recu-
Iteration.
Mrs Laura McNamee, of Chester,
Pa, is also a guest day or two with
3 IT. and Mrs. P. L. Barcus.
Mr. and Mrs Barton, OF Union.
8 3roome county, n. j., are guests of
heir cousin, Mrs. Il. Emerson, near
q N,heswold.
Mrs. Allen Cox and husband, of Phil
.delphia, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nv @. Savin, near Cheswold, and other
K riends
Mrs. David Lawson, OF Dover, and
hrs. Harry 1ruax, of Wilmington,
lave been a few days by the beside OF
A heir sick. now deceased mother, Mrs
\ sophia Wheatman.
i w. f. Assau. president Of the cannery
plant and little Anna Assau, of Balti-
& nOre were guests last Friday OF Mr.
ind Mrs. c. Boggs.
Miss Ethel Emerson is visiting
Friends in Smyrna.
Mrs. j. d. Thompson. Of Dover, is
Visiting her brother, ID. L. Loose.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
Low Rates to Rehoboth and Oce.

Low Rates TO RehOboth and Ocean
City---One Day Excursions via Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad
During the month OF August, 1900.
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company will run
the following one-day excursions to
Rehoboth and Ocean City: Thursdays,
August is and 30
A special train Will be run on the
schedule given below, and excursion
tickets, good only on the special train
In each direction, will be sold at rates
quoted
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
Colorado and Utah

Special excursion tickets to Denver,
Colorado Springs. Pueblo and Glen
wood Springs Colorado and TO Salt
Lake City and Ogden, Utah, will be
sold from Chicago via Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railway. on Au-
gust p and September 4 and Is. 1900
at rate OF one fare, plus 81 for the
round trip. Good to return until Octo-
Der 81, 1900.
For further information call on OF
address w. S. Howell, G. E. p. A.. 3Sl
Broadway New York, or John r. Pott
d. p A., 4S6 William street, Williams.
port. Pa.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
GOLD LOCKET
IN TOMATO CAN
Massachusetts Woman Who
Found Jewel Returns
It to Salem

Salem. n. j., Aug. 24.-Ellazer
Smith has brought suit against Rich
ard b. Grier and j. w. Smith. in the
sum of $4,000 each, for scandalous and
false statements alleged 20 have been
made by them at the meeting OF the
Board Of F'reeholders on the eighth
instant
The latest game played on the
railroad trains now is called Travel
ers' Whist" 1t is played by two pas
sengers who sit on the opposite sides
OF a car and count al the animals rossi-
bic along the route. The one csuntiRg
the most is decided the winner A
gray horse counts three. This sounds
like a brilliant game
Joseph Fogg, Of Harmersville. has
re-enlisted in ths army and expects TO
be sent to China soon. Oscar Sander
lin and Garfield Ayars. OF Elsin Dor,
have also enlisted and are now at Fort
Mott
Tomorrow a general meeting ol the
Dairymen's Union will be held in the
West Jersey Hotel, Camden. The
meeting Is called for one O'Clock and a
cordial invitatiOn is extended to all
persons interested in dairy farming.
The explosion Of a kerosene lamp in
bedroom at the home of Thomas
Steward, on Ward street. caused a
small cOnflagrstion I'm which eight
dollars in money and some clothing
we're burned. A bureau was also dam
aged by the flames.
The canning firm Of Starr & Brother
received a letter the other day from a
lady in Massachusetts Enclosed with
the letter was a small gold locket
which, it was explained was found IN
unpacking a case Of tomatoes. packed
by the Alessrs. Starr. The lady returned
! IL thinking that il belonged 10 an em-
ploye of the factory. but diligent In
quiry has failed to locate the owner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Mason Green are
home from sea trip to Boston.
George IT. Miller returned from a
months trip abroad on Monday.
Ex-Sheriff and Mrs. B. b. Westcott
were at Ocean City over Sunday.
Miss Ethel Burr has as her guest
Miss Alice Reeves, Of Pemberton.
Miss Lille Bacon is visiting the
family Of George Bacon. at New Castle
DR.. Perry Tyndall, of Washington
d. c., is being entertained by friend.
here.
Howard Ticket, Of Camden, wa.
! visiting Louis ). Ireen last week.
Raymond s. Eldridge IS recuperatinf
at Atlantic City and Niagara for two
| weeks.
Miss Alice Furh0r. of this city, Il
spending a few days with friends II
Philadelphia.
Rev and Mrs William Bullock, o.
Port Norris. are the guests Of Mr.. an,
Mrs ID Bartan Bullock
William Mitchell and family are reg
istered at The Strand, Atlantic City
for the balance of the month
Miss Margaret Wood and Miss Alic
Freas are the guests Of Miss Fmm,
Godfrey in Millville for several days.
I. Miss Essie Trump has been the CUES
Of her friend Miss Hannah Sharp o
SwedesbOro, for a few days
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hires an
family are spending a portion Of IN
month at the Stockton Hotel, Cap
I May.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew SinnicksoI
, have returned from Lake Mohawk an
are at the Stockton. Cape May, for
week.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
RECEIVE GREAT AMOUNT
OF JERSEY TRUCK

Very many people have any idel of the
amount Of Jersey truck received By the.
commission men along the Chilatiana
river in the course Of a day. piles and
piles Of cantalOupes, watern elons
tomatoes, sweet potatoes and ether
truck may be seen there at times. and
thew melt and disappear like mist be-
fore The morning sun. Get up to-mOr-
row morning about O'Clock, and
take a walk down along the wharves.
and you'll be surprised at the amount
of stun piled up in that neighborhood.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
MANY MILFORD PEOPLE
VISIT THE SEASHORE

Milford, Aug. 23.-Misses Lizzie and
Nettie Shockley, Of Dover, are visiting
their uncle, J. B. Cannon.
Miss Nancy Hall died on Wednes-
day.
Judge Cullen committed George
Jacobs to Jail on Thursday
J. B. Cannon, who had a stroke OF
paralysis last week, is better.
Miss Ella Hackett, of Philadelphia,
is visiting her uncle, Theodore Town
send.
Col. c. z. Treidler was here on Sat
urday and Sunday.
George Wroten, of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends here.
Harry Kern is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Nina Kern.
Joseph Watson. of Philadelphia, is
spending his vacation at his home.
The party consisting of Mrs. ]. d.
Tomiinson. Philadelphia; Mrs Ella
Reville. Mrs Charles Humphreys, Mil
ford: Mrs. Lillian B. Clark. Frederica ;
/ Misses Daisy Johnson. Lincoln Cora
and Minerva Sipple, Edith Pitcher,
Jennie Porter, Name Smith, Lulu
Margaret and Elizabeth Ross. have re-
turned after a weeks sojourn in Reno
beth.
Peaches. cantaloupes, apples and
pears are plentiful.
Quite a number of people went to
Bowers Beach on big Thursday"
J. Harvey Whiteman has been visit
ing here this week.
Deputy Sheriff Foraker was in towr
on Thursday.
This is big Thursday on Cedai
Beach.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
PLENTY OF FRUITTHIsYEAR
Quantities Are So Great That Much
VIII Go to Waste

Burrsville, Nd, Aug. 2S.-Fruit Of
every kind IN this locality Is plentiful
and Quantities OF It will likely go 10
waste.
The Rev. J. w Norris has returned
from Fenwick Island. after several
days stay. A successful campmeeting
has been In progress there.
Mrs. Theodore Saulsbury left for
Rehoboth Beach on Tuesday last
where she vii remain for ten days
Miss Lydia Porter, OF Cecil county,
is now the guest of Postmaster Arlie
Porter.
Miss Pepper, OF Philadelphia, IS vls-
iting relatives here.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
wYOMING'S CANNERY STARTS
Many Visitors Come and Go From
tho Kent County Town


Wyoming. Aug. 23.-Nrs. Walter
Newton spent Sunday at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs John Arthur Pennewill
Clark have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Johnson.
Mrs. r. II. Rawlins and son, Of Ok
ford. Nd, are visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. W. II. Longfellow.
Mrs. York. of Bristol, Pa, is the
guest Of Mrs. Elwood jenkins.
Misses Viola and Stella Cahall OF
Philadelphia. are visiting their aunt
Mrs. T. c. Downham.
The Wyoming tomato canning fac
tory started up for the first on Friday
afternoon.
Two Florida and West India short
line engines passed down the Delaware
railroad Sunday morning. They at
tracted considerable attention.
c. L. Cahall of Philadelphia. spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. T. C.
Downham.
Ralph Virden, son of JameE Vlrden.
is making a short visit at his home
here.
DR.. E. ]. Brown and wife spent Sun
day at the bay shore.
A. NJ. Daily, Of Dover, visited friends
here and in Camden on Sunday.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
Overflow Of Trade for chester

The foundry at Roachs shipyard,
Chester is busy with work for a num-
ber Of outside concerns. Castings are
being made for Bement and Miles, Of
Philadelphia, and for Harlan and Hol-
lingsworth, Of Wilmington The foun-
dries of these places are too busy to
get out all the work wanted and it is
sub-let to the Chester firm.
Evening journal., 1900-08-24
WORK ON TELEPHONE LINE
Service From Wilmington TO Penn
syIvania Towns Free This Week

West Chester. Pa, August 24.--
The Chester County Telephone Com
pany now has connections with Will
mington, and this city can be called
from any town up the Schuylkill Val
ley, Coatesville, Downingtown, Nal
vern and other places by way of West
Chester.
The work was completed Wcdnes-
day. The company will now push the
work OF construction upon its line
from West Chester to Oxford by way
.cf Unionville and Kennett Square The
service is free this week to Whining
ton to subscribers only
Evening journal., 1900-08-24

500 to baltimore and Return. Via
II. 4 q. Railroad sunday, August 20
Sunday. August 26. the baltimore aud
Ohio Railrcad Company VIII run a
popular excursion tO Baltimore eav-
ing Delaware avenue station at $40 a.
m, Newark at $40 a. m. Returning.
leave Baltimore at $50 p. M, arriving
az Wilmington at p. m. Provision
has been made for the accommodation
OF Wilmington patrons Ample
coaches will be provided.
Evening journal., 1900-03-03

and it has been worked since, but to-
this process server is due the credit
of devising it. He did a lot of work
for me at one time and another, and
frequently he would decline to tell me
the methods Of his service.
They are my stock in trade he
would say proudly, and If I give them
away some other fellow would practice
them
Il had a lot of collection work for
one of the big instalment payment
houses, and in these cases Dick was in
valuable. Most of these debts had been
contracted by negro servant girls for
jewelry, and it was notoriously hard
to collect them. If they were employ
ed in fiat houses they could spot a
server two floors below and decline
10 let him in. My server, however,
never failed to reach them, and / often
speculated on what his scheme was.
It was exposed by an accident One
day, seven years ago, a messenger
came to my Office and told me that
my process server was laid up in a New
York hospital with two broken legs.
I went to see him and he told me his
story. He had found a successful way
of serving papers on colored servants
girls by going up in the dumb waiter
If they were employed in a fiat. He
would whistle up the tube about the
time the ice man was expected, and
when the colored woman asked, What
is it?' he would call out Ice,' and then
getting on the dumb waiter, he would
assist in pulling it up. He had dis
covered that the average cOlored wom-
an would tug away at a dumb waiter
without looking at it. His arrival in
the place where the ice ought to be
occasionally frightened some of them
so that they were willing to give up
their jewelry at once. 1t seems, how
ever, that Dick had worked this waiter
plan to reach a cOlOred woman employ
ed on Twenty-eighth street. Just as
the dumb waiter had reached the
fourth floor and he was ready to get
out the mistress of the fiat stuck her
head into the shaft and, seeing a man
on the waiter, she screamed. DicH
was so surprised that he let go Of the
rope and down went the dumb waiter
coming to a stop in the cellar with &
jolt that broke both his legs. Thai
was the explanation of his being In
the hospital He never was able t
walk without crutches after that, ant
the last / heard of him he was in Chic
ago living by his wits. That fellow
was a genius in his line, and it wal
fortunate for society that he didn'
select burglary instead of serving law
yers' papers for his field of work"
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
HE WANTED A BATH

A commercial traveller relates in the
Cincinnati Enquirer that he once ar
rived in a small settlement in Arkan-
sas, and at once repaired to the Eagle
House, which was situated on the out
skirts of the town on the bank of a
small stream. After a dinner of side
meat and corn bread the drummer
lighted a cigar and the proprietor
said: Stranger, is thar anything we
'uns kin do foh you all?" Thinking
to confound his host the drummer
answered: We'll, yes; come to think
of it. I'D like to have a bath" The
proprietor let his feet drop from the
railing upon which he had holsted
them, disappeared IN the house and
returned in a moment with a huge tin
cup full Of soft soap. rough towel
and a pick and shovel, which he offered
to the drummer Whats the pick
and shovel for?" the stranger asked.
Wal" answered the landlord. "th'
watuh's low and yo'll hev to dam up
th' creek"
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
PRoBLEM oF FEEpINq Am ARMY.

PROBLEM OF FEEDING AN ARMY.
Among the important lessons to be
learned from the war now in progress
in South Africa is the great problem
Of victualing and supplying with stores
and ammunition large army operat-
ing away from the railroads. The
movement Of an army is restricted to
the ability to transport ammunition
and stores. Even In friendly terri
tory the transportation Of the baggage
and stores of an army is an important
problem; while In an enemy's country,
where no reliance whatever can be
placed upon outside sources of supply
the transportation difficulty is enor-
mously increased aside from the neces-
sity Of guarding the transport trains
and protecting a long line Of commu-
nlcations.
AS mobile as the Beers have shown
themselves TO be, yet there are limits
within which even their freedom OF ac-
ton is circumscribed. They must
carry their surplus supplies of ammu-
milton with them, as well as such
stores as they cannot depend upon
their sympathizers furnishing. Even
when operating in Cape Colony they
are among friends. but they are. never
theless, under the necessity OF trans
porting stores and keeping open their
communication with a base within the
Free State or Transvaal borders.
In the case Of the British these diffi-
culties are immeasurably increased.
They are operating within what must
be considered hostile territory. and are
under the necessity of protecting
long line Of communication. Wherever
they leave the railroads it becomes
necessary to transport supplies and
ammunition in wagons drawn by oxen
or mules. With an enemy almost en-
tirely mounted, such as the Beers, the
transport trains are exposed to more
than ordinary dangers. Moreover, as
it is necessary for the army to carry
all supplies, both OF ammunition and
food, an immense baggage train is re-
quired. The many thousand mules that
have been shipped from this port to
South Africa afford some idea Of the
difficulty OF the transportation prob
lem there.-New Orleans Picayune.
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
HE GOT A JOB
THE MAN PROBABLY. HAD BEEN
THE ROADS PRESS AGENT.

THE MAN PROBABLY HAD BEEN
THE ROADS PRESS AGENT.
This railroad story comes from Texas
and is told by the Memphis Scimitar:
1t is said that a big, raw-boned,
rough-loolking fellow walked into the
Office Of a certain railroad general
manager, and, after passing a crude
sort Of greeting, said:
Il want to get job"
"At what-railroad work." asked
the general manager.
yes"
What can you do?"
Anything Been railroading all my
life"
"Where did you work last?"
with the fur road in Alaska"
Fur road? What road Is that?"
well, / will tell you. About two
years ago / was working in this coun-
try, and the gold fever in the Yukon
district broke out / knew / couldn't
be much worse of there than / was
here. so ] started out / didn't have
much money, and when I got to Daw-
son City l was pretty close 10 the cloth,
and / had to go to work and got a
job with this road / was telling you
about. They promised me 500 a
month, and at the end of the first thirty
days, when l went to the paymaster's
they pitched me out ten skins. / made
a 'holler,' but when ] noticed all the
others being paid in the same coin l
took the skins and started down the
street At the first wine shop / struck
l stopped to take a drink, and when l
swallowed it I pitched it over one of
these skins. The barkeeper looked at
me rather funny, and said, Here, is
that the smallest you've got?' 1 told
him yes, and he pitched the skin over
TO a porter and told him to 20 out and
get it changed. The porter was gone
an hour, and when he returned he
counted me out 46S little skins, and /
had TO hire an express to get my salary
down TO the boarding house"
Here broke in the general mana
ger, go down yonder in the yards and
tell the yardmaster said give you a
job"
And he got the job.
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
NOT EVEN A SERVANT.

Judge Mcpherson filed an opinion in
the United States District Court of
Philadelphia last week. in the Greene
wald & Co, bankruptcy proceedings,
affirming the finding of a register in
bankruptcy, who held that a travelling
salesman is not included under the
bankruptcy act as a workman. clerk or
servant and is not entitled to priority
OF payment TO the extent OF $780,
The judge followed other decisions
which had been rendered in other dis
tricts. nm~s
Evening journal., 1900-03-03

Vice herein given to pay a diligent
attention to your studies and employ
your time of relaxation in proper COM
pany, you will find but few opportuni-
ties and little inclination while you
continue at an academy to enter those
scenes Of vice and dissipation when
too often present themselves to youth
in every place, and particularly in
towns. If you are determined to ne
glect your books and plunge into ex-
.travagance and dissipation. nothing
that / could now say would prevent
it, for you must be employed. and IL Il
is not in pursuit Of those things which
are profitable, it must be in pursuit
of those which are destructive.
Your affec. friend and uncle,
George Washington.
To Mr.. George S. Washington.
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
HOLMES CRIMES RECALLED
CHASTITY RELICS AWAIT THE
COMING OF MRS. PEITzEL.

OOMlNG Vt MIND. IDA ALA1-s
Like the belated echo Of the crimes
of II. II. Holmes, says the Philadelphia
Times. comes a request from the To-
ronto police to the authorities Of Phil
adelphia.
They ask for information regarding
the whereabouts Of Mrs. Pitezel, whose
husband and children the multi-mur-
derer killed. To Mrs. Pitezel, If she
can be found, will be returned the
trinkets. the bralds of hair and the
clothing, that were found on the bodies
Of her children Alice and Nellie when
disinterred from the cellar of the old
Toronto house, on st. Vincent street.
The gruesome relics are now awaiting
their claimant
The Philadelphia police can do little
toward restoring these to the mother.
Mrs. Pitezel left Philadelphia shortly
after Holmes was hanged. She intend
ed to seek a home with her parents,
in Galba. Illinois. There she probab-
| ly is now, striving to forget in the
peaceful little Illinois village the aw-
| ful crimes that devastated her home.
Attorney Thomas Fahey. who was
Mrs. Pitezel's counsel during the trial,
| says: Mrs. Pitezel has not been in
| Philadelphia for years. She was not
i q woman who courted notoriety, and
wanted to bury herself away from the
world as soon as possible. She went
to her father, In Galba, Illinois, just
\ after the affair ended. Whether she
Is there now OF not. Of course do not
!, know"
| From the Fidelity Insurance Com
3 pany and old friends it was learned
3 that Mrs. Pitezel has apparently cut
( Philadelphia entirely from her life. No
e one seems to know her whereabouts
I exactly.
p II may be that the trinkets and
z bralds and toys Of the two murdered
s children Will at last find their way to
the hands of some morbid collector OF
+ gruesome curiosities.
Evening journal., 1900-03-03
TO CURE DRUNKARDs
BILL FOR STATE INSTITUTION FOR
VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL AND
nRTTCC

DANN0Als
What may prove an important move
ment in the cause of temperance is
outlined in a bill to be introduced in the
present session of the New York Leg
islature to establish a refOrmatory
asylum, under State management, for
habitual users of alcohol and narcotic
drugs.
This measure, which has been pre-
pared by the Church Temperance So
ciety of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, provides for an appropriation
of $4,000 to establish an institution for
the treatment of persons of both sexes
who are addicted to the use of spirits
and drugs.
The institution is to have accommo-
dations for 800 inmates. Each case is
to be studied individually, and com
pared with others. Incurables will not
be admitted. Persons will be commit
ted for terms of years, but it is pro-
posed to have parole system similar
to the one now in use at the Elmira
Reformatory. A system of labor and
discipline for inmates will also be
adopted.
Commitments will be made by Mag
istrates, although persons seeking to
enter for the purposes of treatment will
be charged against the counties from
which the commitments were made.
The advocates of the bill say they
think that the adoption Of this plan
will result in a better knowledge of
alcoholism and narcotism and of the
methods for prevention.