Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-26

LOCAL NEWS.

AONGxl sANIjvV Ne
Stills WANTED. = Mr.. Hobart, Engineer In
charge, advertlses for sills to be delivered along
the line of the Wilmington and Reading Railroad
SHEEP PoIsosKp.-we regret 10 learn that D.
W. Gemmell lost about one hundred head Of
sheep on Sunday night. They got in among
some laurel and eat of the leaves and died.
Gazette.
BUSINESS CuASoE.-Robert F. Hill, and Sam
uel Forrest trading as Robert F. Hill q Co.., have
dissolved partnership, In carrying on the Dia-
mond State Oil Works. john 3. Hammond sue
ceeds them.
IMPORTANT DEcisIoS.-It has been decidedly
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the cast
Of Peterson rs. Union National Bank, that draw
ing check on bank In which the drawer h,s
no funds, and uttering 1t, is fraud, both on the
person whom 1t Is negotiated, and on the bank.
l5f-5 .7ls.t Ei5 gliS
ArouirrAI..-James Arnold, tried in the Cir
cult Court for Talbot county, Md, last week, foi
the alleged murder of James A. Tarr, at Hills
borough, Caroline county. was acquitted on Sat-
urday, In few minutes after the case was given
to the Jury
CUTTING DowS EMBANKMEST.--Th Philadel-
phia Wilmington 4 Baltimore r. r. Company
are leveling the deep cut that is walled up on
both Its sides, this side Of Gray's Ferry. They
intend laying tracks to connect with the oil works
on the Sehuylkill, In that neighborhood.
BUSINESS IL CLAYTON notwithstanding the
81; b,,cf
to be brisk At one time on Wednesday last,
there were forty wagons loaded with grain aud
poultry os the west side of the railroad. From
sunrise until dark the teams are constantly COM
ing and going Clayton Herald.
RAILROAD MKETISGs.-The sixteenth annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Delaware Rail-
road Company will DO held in Dover, on Thurs
day, January 9th, 1868, at O'Clock, p. NJ.
| The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Smyrna and Delaware Boy Railroad Company
will be held in Smyrna, on the 9Th of January.
/. D. o. Fat meeting Of Delaware En-
campment, Ne. |, /. D. o. f., held on Tuesday
evening, 18th, the following named gentlemen
were elected officers to serve the ensuing six
months &c. p, John L. Pierson; Fl. p, Levi E.
Knight; s. W., Andrew L. Muir; j. W., George
W. Gregg s., Edward McIntire; t., John l..
Thompson.
RAILROAD ELEcTIoN.--The annual election Of
officers for the Dorchester and Delaware Railroad
was held in Cambridge, Maryland, last week.
The following gentlemen were chosen :-Prcsi-
| dent, w. Wilson Byrn; Treasurer, Thomas W.
Anderson Directors, John Webster, John W.
| Browa, Daniel NJ. Henry, r. f. Thompson, Ed
ward W. Lecompte, James Gore and Isaac W.
Fisher
SINGULAR FEScE.-Wc recently noticed fence
on the land of Zadock Townsend, Esq, of Eden
Park, which had rather peculiar posts. They
were simply willow trees planted ut regular dis
tances, with the ends of the rails let into them.
The fence has been there many years, and costs
nothing to keep it in order, while the cuttings OF
powder willow from the trees bring in u consid-
cradle sum yearly.
The NEw RAILRoAD.-The first ground was
broken on the Wilmington and Reading Railroad
on Monday week. at the head Of Steele d Worth's
dam, about one mile north of this place, by
Aiessrs. Freeland Il Co., who have sub contract
II , .'N ~,
"o.A ne4 , ~ = ieniose MN, on iuesuay
morning. Mr. G. has sub-contract for sections
so, 81, 50, 80, and "a. The both section-the one
upon which he has comnenced-runs through
Coatesville.
Axn.,rs,. ro,, W. 49,, .oa,.., 49,.
,.,,,so,, ,s,.,,.s. -, 60, 90 ~,
;ns,;,,,,a. ~ $500 -,
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~ .A"'si'' 'a0As county, ia.' aoou. ~
nm n''''elpn'a, nes. H. l. "elis' AMI
os ~ H. i.rsiueh' neV' leighton Coleman IS one
- .ue .,as.'es' Ain'ns .ne fesiuen, graduates
~. a''',sn'"' D. " T., Vi ''iis eNy' anu On
s,'9 es.0'"'s nv, We houce inc names oil II. l..
,,s' ~. ,.-~,,....', Nc" io'Se VI uoou emp
~.,..,.I 800. on Aasu's evening as', ~
s' :, "s' =. .no on,oo,s miii oc puonsneo
''iie inoiii''s ho''cr's' whose ehorls
:" w 'n9..u''on VI 'nese associations mas oeeh
,A.'A'' WIN srea. success, ieelureu before inc
ioose VI wednesday evening. lhis makes the
'ou.i io'ss Vi oooa ieiiipi'fs III our county
'"u 'no u,e'npeIs NON -nuilper ABOUT lhrec nun
, u.eu' ~ ""en "'u.'io.s ure rip'oiy peing made
~ .'".e % ~ aV'i'e n"hus VINO WIN SEC 10 ils
ptos'essio''-on estef hePaOHcoh
D,Aw,pr CRY Tho oan,, oo,,,, ,
inc oreot ;n,rro,o,,,on,s -. a.,
ware Citv Thev ra ana "a
'hc oiu eales were, preparatory 10 seeding the
p'ee IN grass ineioslng with neat fence, and
piahiihg trees, anu therepy, making very de-
hsn'iui Nt'le PARK. John L. oheairs, Esq, is
having hne dwelling house built on Clintor
street above Third, and William |. Robinson
hsq.' eon'empia'es having similar building