Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-12-10
PROCEEDINGS or COURT.


or vs. Downing & Price, resumfd.
Columbus W. Taylor We. bow nirg 4 Price, q
,hsres B Lore, E,q., for plaintiff John q. I
'auerson n O., Tor detect ants. THIS was an Z
elton of atsumpsit to recover The price of q l
Dad OF bark sold to defer dauts at Millerstown,
Perry Co., p. 70 be delivered In Wilmington. |
Demand ai4732i.
Sansom Taylor, sworn, To trne answers make
10 such questions Bs should be asked him
touching The case Am not q member of the
firm and have no interest in the suit" He was
then sworn-Liyc at Milersviiie, Perry County
Pa Am station Keeper there. About July
40, 1865, Mr.. Price came to the station and |
ashed me II kntw of Any bark In the neigh
borhood. Knew my brothers had bark and sc-
comp,nird him TO the place where the bark was |
He (Pricr)bougbt 1t. Witness described the |
location, quality, loading, etc. Case discon- |
tiuusd until Wednesday, at 10 O'Clock, A. N. |
David Warren, sfismed-Am n bark pealer, |
hauler, ard packer. Nv brother and myself
hauled apd p .cked about one half OF the load
OF the Kearsarge consigned to Downing q
Price. IL was good bark, well packed, and had
but very few small spscks os mould in II; not
b. any means enough to hurt IT, The wuuess
then described the manner OF hauling, packing,
etc.
Peter Miles aud others testified to the same
| effect.
Benjamin Hines, owner of the canal boat
'Keai sarge, testified TO the same effect except,
| that some ofthe bark was manifested 'dnmag-
ed, for protection of owners.
| The evidence Of Plaintiffs here closed and
MIR Patterson opeutd for defence.
| John Grtgg, sworn--Reside at Wilmington.
| Did so at the time in question, 1855 Remem.
Der the boat load OF bark deliver by the
'kearsarge.' About the 10th or 20th of Otto-
Der bought it. 1t was advertised tor SAFE al
public sale on board Ny partner was to gu
perinlend the sale. We both attended the
sale 1t was delivered by the master of the
boat II was measured by the City Measurer.
I Ii measured nearly fiy cords. We bought the
who load. The condil on OF II was gener-
ally fair. A portion Of it In the hold was
| slightly mouldy. We considered Il came so by
exposure. F'om TO cords was more OF less
mouldy. There was deduction made OF abon,
$50.
Gross bought it at $40 50 OF
2l.50 We received the whole load, 1t was
not II jured SO as 10 hurt in tanning. Fol-
fret quality We were paying from s2O 10 $22
. l2s feet 10 the cord.
, l--Murrsy, Reside Ia Wilmington, -
Been tanning aoout three years Remember
the cargo # bark Bought It. Part was
$ slightly damaged by mould. Terms of salt
described II Gs good bark, TO be sold to tn,
HE hest bidder. when | found it slight,
, mcu'dy, called on Mr.. Price, OF Wilmington
take 1t all; ] had got it cheap Their
. were about fifty cords. There was som
q moul1y.
d Cross examined-Tbere was only about
l. III IL OF wheel barTows full OF it not good Z.
Thinning
. VIM. Kirkwood testified to loading, quality
7 etc.
10 Virgil Elder, sworn and ,esti6ed to msasul
ing it,
o Mr.. Patterson proceeded to read an Inqusitio
!. taken 10 Perry County, Pa. Of witnesses VIII
could not appear in person. Mr.. Lore real
IN the cross inttrTogataries. The correspondence
Ks between the parties was then read aud Oour
adjourned uatil P. NJ.
I'd AFTERsoos SESSION Court convened at
IN o'clock, and resumed case Of G. W. Taylor vi
Downing Price, and Mr.. Lore for the plain
q Tiff opened on-the arguments. Court inquire
or If the arguments would occupy the entire a
ms erroon. Being answered in The affirmative
k; the general jury not empanneled in the cas-
. we're discharged unit! Thursday morning 1t
er o'clock.
D. THuRspAr. Taylor VS. Downing 4 Price =
rs Argum mt of G.. B. Lore. Esq, resumed
~ The casa OF Lldomu3 vs.. Delaware Mutu
A. | Insurance Comp any continued til next term
h. Court.
Ii The jury il the case OF Taylor Us. Downiu
ltt & Prce rendered verdict for Taylor t . snou
of $l5al04.
II. John W. Patterson VS. Samuel jefferson
sm Case of rep!evin. Argued by Mr.. Gray 4
To plaintiff, and Geo. B. Rooney, Esq Tor deit
be FRIDAY,-Johu l.. Evans IS. Conwell al
me Cook. This was action brought to recov
IA. money; price for shares of stock iu a DelawA
N. oil well.
u IF. Bayard aud william G. whitley,
in plaintiff; Geo. @. Gordon for defence. Case |
concluded.
les Sales of Real Estate -Wm G Lowe, Els
n nj ct this city, has sold one-hsf OF the WorkiL
no. ton estate, in Somerset county, Nd, Ipi
tiy from Prime ss Anne, at Wtstover Station, OF
AXE Delaware Railroad, consisting OF $50 acres
oh. Nessers. Johnson & Jaquette oil Delaw
not County, Pa for S22 900. Mr.. Lowe. s,iil
d. serves 4SO acres which lay within 400 va
-. ~ OF the ABOVE station,
on. A. j. Rees, ESQ Of Nd. purchased
It Smyrna, OF Ri SaGl,bury, Trustee. II farm
'snt $50 acres, situated 10 Duck Greek Hnndr
b as Kent couRty, Del, tor So 500 Also di lin
me, thu came. farm OF 2sS acres, for $L,4Oo
Do George Jones has sold the store No.
Market Street, to the firm Of Heady l. Blu
i've liver smiths NJ. ITO Market St, for 81 0
up William NJ. Candy has sold his farm, q
LIS Ohadds-Forn, Pa containing about l22 &C
mis- to Abner Marshall, of Mil Greek Hundred,
leck about $3.50 per acre.
eem Daniel Bratton, Real E 'ta'e Agent, has 8
vers the farm of George Lee, two miles sout
her Elkton, containing 225 acres, 10 Manlove
sor Wilson, New Castle County, Del, for Sll I
,ft1u The valu able properly known AZ the Eli
have farm, at Avondae, was sold at public sale
and Saturday week, 1t contained 1903 acres
the whole was bid TO ST. 900, but was W
drawn and sold in lots as ful ows No. /, Ho
'u,e stead farm 233 acres, cold to Joseph P. Will
nb,a al Sal per acre. No. Q, l4l acres, to G..
Tidth Brown Mt $65 per acre. No. 8 1853 acres
this Henry Tag AT S94 per acre. No. 4, rs az
all to Jas. Watson at $ll0 per acre. No ,
price ecles, to DR.. Thompson at $500 per 9
me- No. 6, 10 acres, to G. W. Leiever at 500
p pori acre. No z, smith and whee'wrght 8
n the with small lot, 10 Henry Tag at $1,000. N
uense 26 acres, sold to Howard l.. Hopes at So
J; su- per acre. No. 8, as acres, Including lots
wool water powers aud improvements, TO e D.
iiias' horn Tor So $50. No 10, dwelling house
lot, to @. W. Ltfevre for $7le Mol
ITS - lot, to u. W. Jones for $3.50.
Jan Spears Patent Aati- Dust Gas Burning c
Mi mi ing StoVs.--Nole Agents for this sector
.rch country, WILSON & WooD, Wilmington,
Pro. What is claimed for this stove over all
ywine ers, and sustained by numerous testimol
same in the hands of TIE Patsntee, is perfectio
o the Baking, Boiling, Stewing, aud every varie
cooking. Ample room in the oven, durat
rks OF the CRATE and centre pieces; great con
ir Dye ,i,s III, npbnrnt coal from tho $780,, ' =
e djs wing both from the stove without the esca
Black dust or dirt into the room. These celeb
YES stoves, together with Spears Anti Dust 81
iful - Consuming Parlor and Fire Board Stoves
R All offer to our friends, feeling confident that
ded.- will oiva ent;ra a tiaf.otinn W. H. q,
ry, 81 ordar IN. ceiebrated Amsric,, paa,s ~
inches to 35 inches, perfect gas burner,
resid. ranted to be as represented also the Ame
'e-ed Gas Rprnsr perlor Stove-a onlana;a a,
=. Nous All L nds of Job Work for cntton and u