Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1854-07-07


Good, for On Old Mon.---The New Castle corr
respondent ofshe Gazette says,--Jesse u. AM
derson, citixcr of this town, mowed-one o
the hottest days OF this week--one acre Of very
heavy grass, producing, II Is supposed, betweeni
two and three tons OF hay. Nv. Anderson ~
NV in his seventy eighth year, and has been u
hard working man all his life. His usual days.
work, saving wood, is two cords per day. Mr..
Anderson attributes his remarkable yigor and
power of endurance TO his having never In his
life taken any spiituous liquors, except as mo
diciae. II is true that he has sometimes taken
pretty severe doses, but il was only when his
eo0ulaiat required IL. AHr
Ncic Misunderstanding Esiablishmenf..-Me
Riddle & Lawrence are nov erecting u large and
extensive c-tt0n iAct0ry, short distance rom
their old one on the Braplywne. Mr. Riddle
WHOM we mentioned last week us leaving in the
Pacific for Europe, has gone with the intention
of purchasing new machinery for il, in England.
lie Is also bearer Of dispatches from this GOV
ernmcnt. IAl
Messis. caigo, Harris & Co. have commenced
the erection of rolling mill on the propcrty
known as the Old Ferry, which they recently
purchased from Messrs. Thomas Young and
Robert S. Harris, for about $1,000. The build
I ing, we leafn, will be constructed after the most
approved fashion, and be about so 10y 90 feet.
Bnsiiiess, Personal Intelligence, 5c.--'The Sheriff
has seized on real estate Of the following per-
sonsi The house of Samuel d. Williams, Fifth
land Walnut. The property Of Lewis Curlett in
lSiSth ncar Church street, and Spruce street
! The paper mill Of John +. Zebley, et West and
Second street, and the farm Of Chesnc Hanaum,
iof SO acres, in BrandySine Hundred. The pro-
lpeIty in this city 10 be sold the 26th Jelly, in
I brandywme Hundred the 10Th OF July. : u
with qualification We arc enabled to state that the
! hcv. Andrew NPanship, so ilr from being dead,
las We annopncofs t<wlp rumored, Ia our last, is
inuch ed IN health bv his visit 10 the Canes
and expects 70 yislf MS friends IN delaware, IN
Il snort time. John a.. 5. paHici, blacksmith, Tor
j meriy 81 this city, 10 now doing flourshmg bu-
] sness m Sistersile, Tyler Co., Virginia, rs a
si"SAsili. I'M" ,i,"ei,nis,. ilc maS ny us
nc nus lnsen'pusly u1net so '''l, y,
t., So, ~" unr,,s -
,,ns guy, my renoNeu 70 Aurlnn, %cnieua'
pelal',lnc McDsniei ana ". .. Crazy nave ~
4 soNeu partnership. A limited co-pafsnershil
Nv, nv peen ,oIncu III the it9n nnsincss nS'Neel
i itnam . Oralge, hopert , harris ana ua
nusv VI ei's eiy $500. p'tltnets, s'u De.A
,aane ncpan's', Oh Nn1lsuanA i,nnurcu spscia
dlP"rtner, VINO nus contributed 10 inc coniino'
SOCK ., .hc urn 'ne sum oi .en .nousenu uul
fsso D. ,a ,
moetipo ,he Se,h INV Td,rnrS ~, c,sp;day ~
This eitv saiird from, Norielk Va n fl,c II. s
s,oomar N.ssoch,sa,ts tnr f,,l;foss1ia az c,.rnr
Il Ter. on TUESDAY last John Sson5i,s of this city
y sailed on the steamer Public. on Saturday week
Hast. for Liyerpool. He intends visiting Paris
and spending a few months on the continent
G VIM. Penn Chandler. of this city, consul to Tu
A mis-. arrived Mt Unvre on tho Doth of NAV.
us,,srn ra.J a fev veeks since ,se mai,
( mention' Of The areat rise in Western Land, o
4 Mr.. John II. Barr Of this city. The rise wal
/ even greater than we stated The lot was talxeI
Inv Mr. Burr for a bad debt of $500 Thov oriei
c nally only cost The debtor $50. The offer he re-
e ceived was not $500, but 81, 500. m