Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-03

Epitome of Business and Personal Matters.
-Governer Salisbury has appointed VIM.
w. Torbert, Notary Public for the Farmers
Bank at Wilmington, in place of Aquilla G,
Robinson, resigned.
The Messrs. Darlington have sold the store |
building, corner Of Second and Market |
Streets, to George s. Hagany, for $4,000.
James MCGEE, who formerly resided IN |
this city and kept the Swan Hotel, in Fourth |
Street near Shipley, died at his residence
near Lynchburg, Va, on the 22d ult., aged
&c years. Mr.. MCGEE emigrated TO Vir-
ginia some ten or eleven years ago, and ell
gagged in the farming business.
The Wilmington City Railway cars, now
run regularly on ten minutes time instead OF
fifteen as heretofore.
Thomas p Hammitt, died at Chicago,
Illinois, on the 18th of April last. Mr..
Hammitt formerly kept a stove store in
Market Street below Fifth, in this city.
IAN ordinance 10 prevent the erection of
frame buildings, within certain limits in this
city," and an ordinance authorizing the
paving of the bed of Sixth Street from Mar
ket to King Streets, and the bed of Shipley
Street from Front Street to the platform
scales OF James Murphey's coal yard on the
wharf, will be found in our columns to-day.
Specially in trusses, supporters bandages,
&C., &C., for females and children. Read
card of @. II. Needles, in this issue.
Destruction of Jessup g. MoOre's Paper
: NIL at ROckldnd, By FIrG.-In our paper of
Tuesday we briefly announced that the eX-
tensive paper mill OF Messrs. Jessup 81
Moore, at Rockland, was on fire. The fire
was discovered about two O'Clock, by one
of the hands, in the rag-picker room, in the
upper story of the largest building. The
r flames spread with fearful rapidity and soon
0 the whole building was enveloped in flames.
+, Despite the efforts of the hands and persons
; living in the vicinity, the fire ragged Oh until
u the entire works with all the contents Of
n machinery, an immense stock, and consid-
cradle manufactured paper were either en-.
q tirely consumed, or rendered worthless
The Messrs Jessup 81 Moore had provided
II apparatus with which to flood the rooms 0
a each story, but it could not be employed il
3 extinguishing tho flames on this occasion a.
/, the fire originated in the room where thu
: connection between the main and the smaller
l. pipes was made, and these supports being
o destroyed, the whole arrangement was use
less. The loss of Messrs. Jessup & Moore
, is about $3.50, 900, on which there is an in
- surance of $4,000. This firm will rebuilt,
IL tho works Immediately. The several fire com
a panies repaired to the scene OF confagratiOl
4, but were unable to render any other servic
~ than prevent the flames from communicative
TO surrounding property. During the pro
l. gress of the fire, the foreman OF the estal
e lshment, MIR. Luke, at the risk of his liit
re opened the gasometer, and allowed the SUI
ply OF gas to escape, thereby preventing a
II explosion when the flames reached the built
~ ing containing ii, which might have been a
y tended with serious results. The destru
lie ton of this mill will not materially interfei
70 with the business OF Messrs Jessup u Moor
as their other mills-the Augustine mill @
the BrandYwine, the Coderus mill at Yorl
N, Pa, and the Flat Rock and Wood Pu
al Paper Mill, at Manayunk-havea producer
all capacity of nearly thirty thousand pounds
Va day.
ur Accidents. Smyrna Times says MI
ne Charles L. Stevenson, of this town, on Fl
m day morning last, fell backwards down CO
a, lar, her head striking an iron pot at the 70
~ OF the steps. The scalp was cut from Of
side of her head, though, fortunately, Il
X. skull was not injured. Her condition,
IL first thought c. iticul, is much improved.
~ Mrs. Sevil, widow OF the late Nathan
OK Sevil, one day last week, fell from q cha
es, at her residence in Kenton, and broke h
arm. She received other slight injuri,
,ro She is recovering, we believe
nv Public HaIE-The Smyrna Times of We
- nesday, says: The Good Templars a
"s Free Masons are making arrangements
yer erect fine building in Middletown Tor
to public hall and private lodges, which "
his cost about 10000 The ground was p
chased for the site Friday week. We tr
-, the movement will be entirely successful.
H., Limit House Inspector Commodore W
~ H. Garner, United States Navy, has b(
lhg appointed Light House Inspector for I
red Fourth District Ills headquarters is
Philadelphia