Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-07-09
Local Affairs.

life miles from fTlnceSS Anuts teiilDle
murder was perpeirated. Peter G. Corbin,
an old man nearly sixty years of age, bad a
difficulty with Matthias Tatman, who is not
over thirty years of age, about yoke OF
steers. On the afternoon of the day OF the
murder they met and exchanged harsh
words winch resulted in fight,-Corbin
coming off the victor In the evening the
men again met at the Cross Roads, when Tat
man, who had loaded gun with him,
shouted TO the by ISLANDERS to get out OF The
way, that he would "shoUt Corbin, d-n
him p Notwithstanding the remonslrances
of those present, who did not anticipate any
thing serious, he levelled his gun and dis
charged the whole load into Corbin's bow
els. Being man Of strong nerves and greal
vitality, COrbin stepped up TO Tatman and
dealt him three or four heavy blows with
piece OF board or some other wooden
bndgeon; but by this time he began TO feel
his strength declining, and giving the word
that he was "shot,n he wheeled and took
his seat upon box. Medical aid was sum-
moned, but in few hours he was corpse. |
Tatman was arrested, and being held in |
custody until next morning, was taken 10
SNOW Hill and lodged In jail To await legal
investigation.
Impure Wdir.-Few OF us are aware of
the deeterious effects OF impure water, or
how prone water is TO lmblbe the impurities
| OF the air. Many of us think II the water is
clear and cold il must he perfectly pure,
| though it las stood in a close bedroom
tweniy-lour hours; but this is far from true
Ii pitcher OF water is sci in room for only
n few hours. il will absorb nearly all the re-
spired and perspired gases IN the room, the
air OF which will have become nurer, but the
water utterly filthy. The colder the waier
is, the greater the capacity TO contain these
gases At ordinary temperatures a pail oil
water can contain great amount OF ammo
mia and earbOnic acid gas; and its capacity
TO absorb these gases is nearly doubled by
reducing the water To the temperature Of
ice. This plainly shows us that wafer kept
in room over night is totally unfit for
, drinking purposes, and should not he used
J 10 gargle in the throat; also that large pail
OF water standing IN room would help to
: purify tie atmosphere, but il should be
thrown away the next morning. 1t also
teaches us the reason that the water from Il
1 pump should always be pumped Out in the
3 morning before any of it is used. We are
: lameutably ignorant of many of the proper
ties OF air and water, two of the most import
a ant elements Of our nature.
Horrible Acetdent--Last Tuesday morn
p ing, Mrs Elizabeth Hirst, lady nearly
!. sixty years OF age, met with terrible death
. at her home on the Cleland Farm. on the
: ton. She had left the house 10 lower some
: butter in the well to cool, as she was in the
- habit Of doing, when the family were
e startled by her cries OF distress, and OF
-e rushing TO the spot found that she had ialleI
down The well Her husband managed Il
raise her 10 the top Of the well, when he
sr hold gave way and she fell back again. 4
lie second time he raised her slowly almost Il
a- the top, and once more she fell back intoth
water, and by The time assistance had ar
rived and she was hoisted for the third tim
life was extinct
~ The well in which she lost her lille is a
/ open one and thirty feet deep. For som
In time past the frame around 1t has been bad
. out OF repair, and as Mrs. Hirst reached fol
IN ward To lower the butter, the pressur
10 against the ricketty frame caused it TO Civ
~ way and pTecipitate her into the water. Sl
II was, on the day OF her death, within on
ms week of being sixty years old.
us Coroner Prendergast held an inquest o
> her remains Tuesday, and verdict OF acc
o dental drowning was rendered.
'e- Female Bendists-'fwo gushing damsel
ld OF the DENT monde persuasion made them
,oi selves unenviahlly conspicuous on Markt
IL street last Tuesday. They were extfavf
TO gantly dressed in handsome silks and III
o. daintiest of dainty bonnets; and, as the
yer passed un the street, they were atfeotionat
"a y clasped in each others arms, each Iecog
!s, nizing her inability 10 support herself und'
nc the terrible affection oltoo much tanRe loo
lld and invoking the aid of ihe other, to Il
rsl no small edifcation OF tile crowd OF pr
~, cocious youngsters who followed in the
'h- wake. They were a steamboat importation
a. and probably hailed from the city of Brotl
OF erly Love.
lv Death from Child Birth.-Last Wedne
wa no1lo1 on
,rk hold an inquest on the body Of Jane Bddl
np colored, who had suddenly died carly in Il
on morning, 1T the house Of Anna Allen, 1e
But Orange Street, where she was residing
In the time. From the testimony before Il
rst inquest ii appeared that the woman had be-
sen Of depraved morals for many years, unmf
MT ried, and yet the mother OF some six ch
900 dren. She was attacked with rarturent pal
the on Tuesday, and permitted to suffer un
uni Wednesday, sadly neglected, when she G
red pired. The verdict of the jury was "ehi
full birth and gross neglect"
he Public Ledger EacuraoH. George
iler Childs, OF the Philadelphia Ledger, took
,an the employees and attaches OF that pap,
nks with their families, making party OF sol
800, on a grand excursion TO Atlantic Cll
rod last Monday. Included in the party We
YER. the work people from the Marley pal
nj mills, in Cecil county, where the Led!
,ed paper Is made The latter, many of VIII,
Icv had never been on a railway before,
red Marley at a. m. There were about c
lars hundred Of them, hut two or three ol wh'
will had ever seen the ocean. A special tri
ried brought them from Elkton TO Wilmngtt
'e' and thence they went to Philadelphia
one of the early trains from Wilmington
We The Neto Steamer of the Friendship +
l.. Company is MS good as it is handsome.
H. l.., . IN Al fran nj
A. engine house, with very gratifying resu
ars' Through 420 feet of hose, and ] il
var nozzle n stream Of water was thrown
had feet. A similar stream was also thrO
tile several feet over the eagle on the pole VIII
ag- surmouuts the high cupnla of the Friei
m ship Engine House. This would seem
his demonstrate the capacity of the engine
2 in throw stream over any building in
: the city.
,,ra sne a Negddd Loeal.-From Nevada we
ceive the following scrap of news IN relat
vas 10 the prodigy, Emma Farrestall, WI
LII shows how the editors IN that country 81
, /, ~ ~ up'' their locals: "a gentleman assured
- - that lie saw her put into a cigar box,
Igs- n then n gimlet hole was bored into the i
W. WI and she crawled out Mt the hole One til
- ,u is certain, she can be folded up like ial
the cloth and slowed away in small box.
is iie has an anvil placed on her breast AM
,,no u9 horseshoe is made on the anvil while
'uhE ~. holds it up.n
The Signs of ne Times-Our genial friend
ring auiTe Virgins has added to the prover
lash aitractiveness of his office IN the Jour
AND STATESMAN Building by the erec
of two handsome signs, fresh from the e
M ol the decorative artist, L. Witsil, AIS Ma
aster street. The designing and lettering is
E un perfect keeping with the ornamental AM
and cufate workmanship oi the accompis
\ the Conveyaneer within.