Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14

Epitome of Business and isrsoAas 4ugt'e,ss'
Our fellow .iownsman, MIR. j. II healu'
sprained his ankle on last Thursday, jump,
ing from the cars while IN mouoh' III ,ne
vicinity of The Brandywine Railroad bridge |
The trial of George W. Winnemore' was |
concluded In Philadelphia, on Friday last.
lie was convicted of murder Of tho Frat 40 |
gree.
Exhibition of Horssa--The Annual Ex'
hibition of Horses by the Chester County
Agricultural Society, will take place In west
Chester, on Saturday, June LIST, 1857
Lanneh.-John K. K,rkmsnIlaunched
beautiful schooner last Thursday afternoon;
She ia called the Nathan A. Skinner, and
will he commanded by Captain J, Ihrasher,
| She is designed for the cOasting trace, ana
will hail from Taunton Mass.
Sals of Real Estdte.-Samuel Harlan has
sold TO the Moore Brothers the two hano-
some residences he has built In West street,
near Delaware Avenue, for the sum OF wy.
500 beng $l1, 500 for one house and gil 'OOo
for the other,
Railroad Conuention- "A convention oil
railroad men held a session at New VOTE,
on Thursday Isaac Hinckley President OF
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad, was present as aeieea,e lIon
that company. After the transaction oil some
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18th of July at Altoona, Pa
Anaiversary.-The Sixth Anniversary OF
the Sabbath School OF Monroe Street Chapel,
was celebrated last Sabbath afternoon. In,
terestlpg exercises took place, consisting OF
{ singing by the school, reading Of the report
OF tho Superintendent, and addresses ~
, Rev. Mr.. Marsh, of this city, and Key. Mr..
Altman. of Elizabethtown, N. j. During
the services d collection was taken up
! amounting TO 1928.
j. May Party.-The Infant Sunday schoo
1t of Grace Church will give May Party or
{. next Thursday evening, May 10th, In th'
Institute Hall. The exercises will consist
singing by the children, the Coronation. o
e the Queen, &c, closing with the gathering
a around the May-pole. After the May party
q the evening will be spent In pleasant 80
d cisble, enliyened by music from the Amateu
Club, refreshments, a promenade, &c; IN
+ May party will begin at O'Clock. Ticket
s. of admission, 25 cents.
u The Fish Impreyndtsd loih OH.--All til
g. shad and herring caught In the Delawsr
at river the latter part OF last week, were ;
is impregnated with coal oil and gaseous sui
stances as TO be unfit for the table. nun
T. her of the fishermen met with severe loi
on this account, some having as high &
n Two or three hundred shad on hand, whic
til they were compelled to throw away, !
- some instances the fish were sold, and IL
VI fact Of their being unfit for the table was nj
ne discovered until after they were cooked.
ar is stated that the oil escaped from retlnei
of near Philadelphia, and flowed into the Del
fl ware.
H., Dsmoresrs Young 4meriod.-This love
~ little monthly il on our table for June.
ne is as sprightlY, vivaclous and fragrant OF go'
*, things as the month it represents is of bes
I'M liiul flowers and sweet odors With SUI
no an intellectual, cheap and useful puhlicstit
~ as this, we cannot see how any family, ho'
elr ever needy, can think OF bringing their CHI
dren up In ignorance. Prose and poetr
,ry music, grammar, geography, astronom
"a history and almost everything else necessa
~ to the intellectual culture OF children nj
Die lie found in this little work, while paint
in. illustrations abound in It's pages. Just thi
Of such a splendid periodical at the low pl
Of one dollar aud fifty cents per annu
Yet W. Jennings Demorest, No 47S Bros
way, New York, publishes II that price, a
sends it forth every month in all Its beat
d and originality.
This Base BaN-A match game of base
in was played on Saturday, May llth, betwe
sks the Pacific aud Diamond State, Jr, boil
49,, Tins city; the Pacific being victorious by
iohi following score;