Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-02-19

EDttome of Business and Personal Matters. |
David Smith, a very respectable man who
formerly kept -four and feed store at Fifth
and Market Streets and moved from this
city 10 Philadelphia where he had been
doing quite large business, recently died
with the black smallpox, in its most violent
form.
Taylor's wooden mill, near Stanton, was
entered by robbers ON Wednesday night
last and 46 yards of cloth purloined there
| from.
James LuH, a native of the State of Della
ware, and who formerly resided in this city,
died in Memphis, Tennessee, on the 9th inst,
IN the Gath year OF his age
During the past few days it has been genial
and Springlike. Gentlemen dotted their
overcoats, ladies their cloaks and shawls,
and the promenades were filled with people
enjoying the delightful change in the weather.
There were 32 deaths in this city, during
the month of January.
Warmers Line.-It will be seen by an adj
vertscment on our first page that Warmers
Philadelphia and Wilmington Steam FRO
peller Freight Line, has resumed its trips
between the two cities. This line is great
accommodation as il affords the merchants
an opportunity of having their frelgh
brought to or taken from our city, every day
and delivered at the door of the consignet
| Ht HllnHf place. 1IelEul ID dlbo Nuhoh ab
New York and forwarded through withuu
e cost of transhpment in Philadelphia. Thi
i line has been in operation either by sail o
c steam for many years, under the control
= members of the Warner family, and ha
n always maintained an enviable reputation
for reliability and promptitude IN bushes
transactions. Some few years ago, TO kee
=. pace with the progress OF the times an
i. afford our merchants more rapid tacilide
r.. 4. thafR Ind u Qndnl
the present proprietors supplied the place
r of sailing vessels with steam propellers, an
y also made arrangements to have freight do
a, liyered at the doors of the consignees. w
h are gratihed to learn that this marked an
necessary improvement has been appreciate
by the commercial public, and that II
- Messrs. Warner are meeting with that su
as cess which their enterprise 80 richly merit
a. 1t will be gratifying intelligence to its man
nv patrons to know that this line has resume
its trips, and is prepared to carry freight
" reasonable rates.
an Injured. We arc informed that your
~ man from the country, whose name we cou
w not learn, fell at the auction room Of L '
M Stidham, in this city, on Saturday event.
ny last, and injured his arm. There were tV
M tables one on top of the other, on the upp
u one of which he had taken seat. He pt
" chased several cakes of soap, and while
.e The act Of coming DOWN TO tne nOOr, 10
III them from the desk, he missed his foot-ho
,st on the lower table, and fell, bruising
, ,he arm in a terrible manner. He was taken
u nc the store of DIR. j. Simms & Son, where
~ " injuries were attended to.
md Coroner's Inquest. Coroner Gu
lew held an inquest on Sunday afternoon Ia
re- on the body of female child, about for
ore eight hours old, which had been placed
some person in an iron pipe lying in
street near Lobdells foundry, at the cor
af. Of Second and Lombard Streets. The j.
lgo. viewed the body after which 1t adjourned
put meet last evening al seven O'Clock. AZ
at time of our going to press the verdict
rom not been rendered.
gers Damaged by Ice.-The brig Madon
pal- which loaded with grain at New Castle,
mn M, Boston, was cut by the ice in the DelaW
KY, y y Bay, on Sunday night week. She dischar
u ~ a part of her cargo at Delaware city,
WI WI was towed to Philadelphia, on Friday,
oue repairs. The barque Constantine,
nug, sombrero, with guano to Moro Philips,
n ascS also badly damaged by ice in coming up
e s;de Delaware Bay
lever Congicted.-Augustu Afford, arrested
ne of week al Harrington, Del, on the chart
'ctra- forgery, was tried in the Court ofQui
+. lie Sessions in Philadelphia, on Thursday,
II the convicted on both counts. He was sente
not on Friday to seven years imprisonmel
the Eastern Penitentiary Of PennsYlyaI