Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Rry1yAI, AT DovER.-A religious revival Ia Ii
nropress In the M. E. Church ut Dover.

LOCAL NEWS.
Revival. AT DovER.-A religious revival Ia Ii
progress in the M. e. Church ut Dover
DIED At THE Aims HousE.-Thsmas Ayden
taken to the Aims House recently, insane, died OF
Saturday.
Broke JAIr..-John Davis, (colored) who wa
serving out sentence for burglary in New Castle
iail, made his escape on Saturday night by taking
a beam from his loom and with II prying OIL TIT
cross bars of his cell window.
SrArE CORPORATIONS. The " Edge Moor Iror
Company" bill to charter which Is now before
the Legislature Is the new iron mnnniacturint
enterprise, which Is 10 be located on the Harlan
farm. The River Front Railroad Company
Is q railroad to run from these iron works to Eg
mrs Station, on the p. W. q B. Railroad.
The farm containing 113 acres, 26 of which
were In Delaware, and the remainder In Chcste
county, Pennsylvania, belonging to the estate d
Horatio Mcneil was sold on the 18th Inst. u
Joseph Lancaster, of Pennsbury twp. Chester
county, for S1O5 80 per acre. Thom.s Wicker,
sham and James Smith were the IInslees 10 SUI
in Pennsylvania and Anthony Higgins, ESD
Trustee for the sale of the portion In TINS STATE
Woxps OF AprnoyAL.-A correspondent writ.
ing from down the county says'-' oni mucl
y
Ia acme of The dnetent Institutions OF the "Dia.
rond state" and wieh you an immensely of sue
cess in your battle with wrong Of every kind
Teach the advocates of barbarlsm, that age Is moi
elDays respectable and that the lash and the pill
lory are just little behind the times
AccrDEST.-on Wednesday, the 18th instant
while some colored boys were playing with q
loaded gun on the farm Of Daniel c. Hoffecker,
near Dover, 1t was accidentally discharged, the
load entering the neck of one Of the boys, cutting
some Of the arteries In frightful manner. DIR.
Samuel Marshall, of Dover, was called on, who
dressed the wounds, but at last accounts the load
was not extracted. The boy is about seventeen
years of age.
Rev. Mr.. CoLEMAN's PARIsH.-The Parish
Guide of Mauch Chunk, Pa, states that since Adj
vent Sunday 1867 the commencement of the
rectorshp of Rev. Leighton Coleman, formerly
of st. Johns Church Brandywine) period OF
about two years, the Sunday School offerings Of
lows:-
For the new church, $500 %; for 81. Johns
chapel, $50; for domestic missions, s143; total
commonly generous contribution The same
paper makes mention oil the presentation to Rev.
Mr.. Coleman by his -parshners on Christmas
Eve OF handsome and costly piano.
VACATION or RoAps.-The owners of the prop
erty fronting on IL give notice of their intention
to apply to the Legislature for the vacation of the
old Ferry Road from its intersection with Head
street to the Chrlstlann river.
similar notice is given in regard to the pro-
posed vacation of the Townsend or Marsh road,
from Head street to Lobdell street.
In CASE THE reader of this who may DO n
housekeeper. or who NAV intend to enter upon
the duties Of housekeeping, should want hard
ware for the house, let her proceed to j. A. Rob
inson q % =. and and Market streets. These
forks, spoons Qea and table, clothes wrlngers,
Doiy's washers, wire for clothes lines and every
other Kind OF housekeepers hardware.
NEW CASTLE Co. MUTUAL INSURANCE. Co.,
Al the annual meeting OF the members held on
Monday, the following persons were unanimously
elected Directors for the ensuing year: William
Candy, Clement b. Smyth, George Richardson,
William Tatnall, Edward I. Bellah Charles W.
Rowland, Samuel Candy, of Wilmington; Ed
ward Brlnghurst, Brandywine Hundred; james
Riddle, Ashton Richardson's Christiana Hundred J.;
John Guyer, New Castle Hundreds Abraham r
Shannon, White Clay Greek Hundred.
At subsequent meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors William Candy was elected President, and
Samuel ID. Smith, Secretary aud Treasurer.
DELAWARE CoILEGE-A meeting of the Trus-
tees Of Delaware College was held 1T Newark, on
Tuesday week, for the purpose of organizing the
new board under the act OF the Legislature pass
ed two years ago The board was not full, some
oil the members from the lower part of the State
being detained at home by the inclemency Of the
weather. The board organized by electing Rath-
NELL Wilson, Esq. President and Treasurer; Hon.
John Hickman, Vice President, and George g.
Evans, Secretary. After an interchange of views
in regard to the Institution 1t was deemed advis-
able to appoint committee towat upon the Leg
stature to ask some amendment of the act of last
session accepting the land scrip donated by Con-
gress for eudowing a State institution. The COM
Inttpp pppaistpd pr Mai " n RiUns nr L. u
Bush, of New Castle Elias s. Reed, j. Alexander
Fulton, Of Kent; and Hon. j. w. Houston and
Garduer IL. Wright, of Sussex. The President
on motion was added to the committee.
prudential committee was appointed, consis-
ting of the following gentlemen, to put tho Col
lcgc In thorough repair, with the funds now in
the Treasury belonging to the College, prepara-
tory to opening thcsnmc viz: -Rathmel Wilson,
David j. Murphy, John A. Reynolds, George G.
Evans, John Miller. The beard then adjourned
subject to the call of the President, and will meet
again as soon as the committee appointed to walt
upon the Legislature shall have made their re-
port.
There are some "a 600 in the treasury, which will
be ample to repair the building, and we under
stand that the repairs will be completed In the
course of the ensuing summer.-7'dnsc'ipt
J. Il b. X. r. ASNuAI MEErINa.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Junction &
iilh inst. JsR Go Was held at Milford on the ,hs
chair, and DR.. VIM. 7. Goodwin appointed Secrc-
tary.
The annual report of the President and Direc-
tors Of the company was read, and showed the
affairs of the company to be in satisfactory con-
dition, and that n very decided improvement has
been made in the defective portions of the road
bed, which the report states will now, In align
mcnt and surface, compare with any IN the coln-
try.
The contract entered into with the P. w. Il 3.
r. H., which went into effect on Jan. list, 1868,
has been found TO work very well, and since thai
time The company has carried l6, 653 passengers,
aud its share OF receipts from passenger and
freight his, during ten months, amounted to
S22 S023l. of which sums 3l3,9Og.62 was from
passengers, and rs, sd2s9 from freight. Its share
for the other two month and also the profits from
the mails and express business will swell the re-
ceipts to $50, 900 for the first year.
The following gentlemen were elected Directors
for the year Hon. Jno. W. Houston, Gen. A. T.
A. Tor'ert, Of Milford Chas. c. Stokley, Benja-
min Burton and Jonathan b. McConaughy, OF
Georgetown; Harbes@n Hickman of Lewes and
James s. Gibbons, Samuel Sinclair and Jno. Il
Hoole of New York city.
The Board of Directors subsequently, held
meetiBg, when Hon. Jno. w. Houston vas elected
President, Ilarbeson Hickman, ESQ.,, Treasurer
andJ. Y Fenlk, Esq, Secretary OF the company