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Wilmington Daily Gazette

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1882

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Local Option Petition Circulates in Delaware

A petition for local option seeks a statewide change in alcohol laws. Voters and other residents of Delaware's counties urge the legislature to enact a local option measure to prohibit the sale of intoxicating beverages within designated limits. The call notes liquor's alleged social and fiscal harms and asks for a countywide vote on the measure.

Senate House of Representatives State of Delaware

Non-Partisan City Government Discussed in Council Meeting

City Council debates nonpartisan governance as President Conrad presides. Street and sewer plans advance with petitions for iron gutter plates at Eighth and Monroe and extending the city wharf to John G. Baker’s at Church Street. A sewerage study is authorized with engineer consultation and legislative cost prep. Also reported are department payrolls, receipts, and various street and curb petitions.

J. E. Cochran Chester Conrad Tull Eighth Monroe Streets John G. Baker Church Street Front Board of Health Chamel W. Talley J. Menton Water Department Ert John McHugh Lobdell and Man Streets Wilmington George W. West George W. Bush Second Union Streets William Y. Warner Front Street Union Railway Aon Council Mary Callahan King Streets Tatnall Market Street Twenty-third Street Twentythird Twenty-eighth David H. Coyle H. B. McIntire Beecher le Beieved McIntire Coyle Connell Baugh Buatburn Eastburn Johson Taley Paynter Ayus Menars Jay Beecher Blake Denny File Grubb Miller Quinn Talley Shaw Messie Abele Menton Moore McKenna Newell Johnson Smith Stephenson Messrs J. Fierce Board of Education John Cullie George H. Cooney

Mysterious shot puzzles Virginia household

In Willamenone Virginia Mrs Josephine Howard heard a pistol blast in a closed room with shutters bolted and a locked door. She was shot in the abdomen and the assailant remains unknown as searchers found no trace of an intruder. Her condition is critical and investigators fail to solve the mystery.

Willamenone Josephine Howard Jerusalem Southampton County Howard

Howling Blizzard Drops Wilmington Thermometer

A severe cold wave sweeps across the nation with Minne sota at 20 below, Illinois Indiana and Missouri near zero, and Chicago harbor frozen. Wilmington records 10 to 16 above zero this morning as the Christiana freezes to half an inch and navigation faces early closure. canal and electric line services may wind down by the 20th.

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Great London Fire causes vast losses and Egyptian policy

Foreign news reports place losses from the fire at about 15.6 million pounds including a 1.25 million policy for Ryland’s firm. London crowds and police surround the blaze as it burns, with other items noting Egyptian affairs and political developments in Britain and abroad.

London England Love Poster, Carter & Co Peter Ryland Hargood, Fleming & Norton Wood Street Addle Street Ryland’s Dukes of Albany Connaught Archbishop of Canterbury Addington Pants Loxpon Alexandria Paris Republique Brancaixe France Davitt Gladstone Trevellyan Ireland

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