Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-31

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WltL tn pA,?-A correspondent of the Mid
eleinwa f,a"se'im writing from st. Georges,
EXPRESSES doubt rs to the proposed Delaware
City and Pnrtcsburg Railroad becoming pay
i0g road. III says 1T is questionable whether
aHilr1ad viii pay which has to depend on freight
MI mn way.
f>tenAp pivipESns.-Thc Directors of the
Delaware Hairod Company have declared a div
Hrua VI y per cent. less government tax, for the
i9st months payable alter January list.
Inc Directors Of the Philadelphia Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad Company have declared
hdiydentl ri per cent, clear of government
laN, payable ON and after the eth oil january.
NAN GnMR,il Ilc congregation worshipug
in Ing african United Wesleyan church, al Pleas
AMI HILL all ut h mile north of Newport are
budding 4 nc@ cdiice, their old meeting house
having hac INC quite dapidated. The new build
ug i Of frame, and Is already rooted in and part
lyplasrred. new colored school house has re-
GENTLY been butt in the same ncighborhood.
ELECTION Oh OrrieERs.-At a regular stated
meeting Of Franklin Council, No. o. Order Of
United American Mechanics, held on Monday
evening, December 2Sth, the following officers
W.T. S%SC T. y z sSTye ,he ensuing ~, mnns
''hatrs u woodward; A. Il. s., Benjamin d.
MaN3eIli 4. s., Parker II. Cornish; l., Joseph
T. D. Seeds; T.. VIM. e.. Baugh; l. r., Eli
'''"""' y 'fNha'u i'op1ois
l.lttiSu JM& The new wagon and Lifting
'Ach Wi!iglt ~ l@ienice, George Race, has had
on q, ih llu u hi city for some time, appears
i"M gt0d, ,ii tan ill machine well adapted
y ifs tnrposa, Ieti henrr likely to be sueable.
|h pale r.gh; for his State will be sold by
ilIftIN y M .ne'i u from of Thomas NJ. Oalc,
NJ /, u, iba,i ~, o. Monday evening, January
~ S"Gheh i'rt isa chance for some en-
i'rWisi,g ma.
~.
.IMhlenls IN the Sussex county murder case.
Nnhtit tnhlsb9rouat, WIN has been arrested for
&c murder, seems quite cool and collected, and
ifgcn,'s 10 10 very confident Of an acquiital.
v llshdiuigh Is small man. about so years Of
40 has light lnnstache and light hair. lie
We h"'n IN Cuo!ne county, Nd, and removed
ms State about eleven years ago. He was In
w. mon army Tor time, and since his return
w, lived around l.rwes, working, fishing and
&lHtllS lura living,
y .Nli..- John Peterson Price, the fast young
llli we hired anl ran II with a horse aud car
lH-e belonging to Mr., Wright, of Easlon, and
consequently created sensation in Richmond by
,5,tls himself oil rs Judge Wickcs, of Mary
aunt ms been arrested and taken back to Easton
~, t,iM the Cambridge inieHigeRcef suggests
= Ne l,g'l> Wickcs is not already acquainted
vl.h n" i'"' Nickcs, he will shortly have that
lH15n t'' ~ MT gentleman is one OF the Judges
~ "a, l'H circuit Their meeting, we doubt not,
lrlsi,N "
shtNkh OF Il. H. IRoN.--Abont ninety tons of
r34wcfr recently purc..asudi in New York for the
lHitlgse Of finishing the track of the Maryland
9ho DslhwAre Il, from llillsboro' TO Easton.
ne inst instinent of the iron arrived at New
'1'e ,tla.n u week ago for shipment via. Della
WV II. u, To lis destination. Before 1t could be
s,iliP.a however, II was at the suit of Naylor &
~ ~ whom II had been sold, seized by the
sl ~, u ~ wh9se custody it still remains. We
y W. may delay thu completion of this i'm.
Pt4ht enterprise, which seems to have met with
l'ln Present time,
MARYLAND AND DELAWARE RAILROAD.
a. g force Of men is employed on this road ard
t'le prospects ur its carly completion Is said tC
guconfaging Az the iron to complete the
Nv " Enstoh has been purchased, and also the
Jgst,M says; We have every reason to look
iyf Us completion carly in the Spring. The
,i4cly days allowed in the sub contract REFERRED
-, WIZ expire some time in matchmaking
~. aiowance for bad weather, and adding tt
.iS hc iiittv days granted t. them for finishing
Y W. think il Il safe calculation to expect tril
ron Fusion on the Maryland and Delaware Rail
t'a'd some limc next May"
AhsCoNnEp.-1hc Cecil WIG, of last Saturday
i sIils ni shoemaker WHO has just left Elktoi
III iiinc was Charles Leonard, and he went t.
4nNtoh rom THIS city. He took a store on Mali
n,1tl became quite popular MS good shoemakc
snli Y good fellow, and appeared to be doing
uliiylhg business. Still be borrowed money an,
~, ~ N ucht IN other ways About week ngo hi
MY aoseonded, taking with her as much of he
s "osu'nu funds as she could lay hands on, ere
~, M.nS Sd, nine hour sensation On Sunday night
n zVlh instant, Leonard concluded to follow hi
WY, ahd Monday morning found his shop lockc
V Wn letter addressed to one of his friends il
@,l,nlngtnn, whom he owed $500, telling hin
%.1 an te Key was This farewell letter informe
n hp far pst
rove with the wild Indians.
From Smyrna.
sMfhNA, Dee. 29.-We spent our Christina
MHly quietly. Services were held in the Metho
hT, and Episcopal churches, those in the latte
oi ~ IVA a. M, instead Of ., as was the goo
wv e.stom The stores were closed, and skatin
was the general amusement. We boast som
s9na skaters, Of both sexes.
Il ny ' treat attraction Of Christmas evening wa
, nv ihe Methodist church, where tho ladies cor
S nv o, WIN the Sunday School prepared beaut
w. ~ lstmas tee filled with presents for all col