Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-11
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


Epit0me of Business and Personal Matters.
On Friday about nine o'clock, the tank
house at the Railroad depot at Middletowu
was discovered TO be on fire. Through the
efforts of gentlemen about the station. tile
hre was extinguished, and its spread and the
total destruction of the house prevented
Most OF the woodwork about the building
was burned.
The Bank OF Smyrna has declared divi-
dend OF seven per cent, payable to the stock
holders or their legal REPRESENTATIVES on do.
mand, clear of tax.
The Directors of the Delaware Fire In
surance Company have declared dividend
OF tve per cent. payable on and after the
10th inst.
Captain C. II. Gallagher. Quartermaster
will sell at public sale, on the 18th inst nj
ten O'Clock, A. NJ, at the Government store
house, Shipley Street below Ninth, ouan-
tity OF Quartermaster's stores. lie will also
sell the same day, at the same hour at the
Government stables in Shipley Street, below
Ninth, clothing, camp and garrison equipace.
Baugh & Sons call the especial attention
Of farmers to their Raw Bone Phosphate
This is one of the best Fertilizers in the
market, and we would commend it TO the
agriculturists of Delaware. See advertise.
ment
Fiery Saturday.-This Weekly is, in our
opinion, precisely what it claims to be-a
journal of choice reading selected from cur
rent literature. The editor has the range of
all the English and Continental Reviews
Magazines and first-class Weeklies, which
press into their service the ablest. wisest and
wittiest writer's of Europe. From this al
most immense storehOuse he selects that
which he judges best adapted to suit the taste
and intelligence of the American people
gplnHlinmQ n N a1.arn .,1,. l..
have embraced wide variety of tonics-all
Of interest TO cultivated minds, and nearly
all OF character to be highly attractive 10
the majority of American readers. There
nave been excellent short stories, THRILLING
adventures, exquisite poems, graphic bislori5
cal sketches, popular scientific articles, such
as appear originally only in English and
French periodicals, racy essays in biography.
crluclsm and anecdote. In fact, il contains
the cream OF foreign current literature and
is offered at price that brings ii within The
reach of ALL Each number being comulrte
in Itself, it is just the thing foi travellers:
and each number is of such sterling merit
that 1t is Just the thing for those who stay nj
home. Whoever wishes the freshest and
choicest foreign periodical literature. must
get EUerg Saturday. 1t is published by
Ticknor II Fields, Boston
Centenary Meeting. AN official centenary
meeting for Wilmington District. was hold
at Asbury M. E. Church, in this CITY. on
Wednesday, the 9th inst, when the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously adopted;
Resotged, That we recommend that series
OF public centenary meetings be held in
Wilmington District
Resotred, That a committee of seven he
appointed by this meeting, who shall fix the
time, and make the necessary arrangements
for the above meetings.
hesolred That the Presiding Elder be re-
quested to instruct the brethren in the dis.
trict TO present the objects recommended by
the Conference to their congregations. with
the understanding that the people Are nj
liberty to specify the objects Of their contri-
buttons,
The committee called for by the second
/ resolution consists Of j. d. Curtis, W. J. Sic.
venson, W. G. Ellis, Thomas l.. Poulson
Joseph Pyle, A. Ritlenhouse, and Alexander
Kelley.
Annigersdrg lSermon.-On last Sunday
morning, the Rev. G. f. Wiswell preached
his tenth anniversary sermon as pastor Of
the Central Presbyterian ChuIch ol This
city. Since this church began its record
/ hve hundred persons have been added TO il
three hundred and twenty Of whom have
united on profession of their faith The
present actual membership is four hundred
and hilY-hye. There are four Sabbath,
schools in connection with the church, mum
bcring over seven hundred children. OtthC
three mission or branch schools, two hav,
already neat and commodious chapels and
for the third, a chapel is to be erected thi,
season, There is also in the church an Ell
cient Young Mems Christian Association
numbering about seventy-fi members. ant
much Of the church work is carried forwart
through this organization,