Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-28
LOCAL NEWS.
Our car shops are busy.

larger now than ever before.
A newspaper stand has Just been established
at the Eighth street market house.
A Gazette correspondent suggests Jesse Sharpe
as the next Democratic candidate for Governor
Two base ball clubs are being organized in
Dover.
The Wilmington Parlor Match Company have
not yet resumed operations.
Fair-sized peaches sold for twenty-five cents
per half-peck, Saturday night.
The work Of rebuilding L. Zion Colored
Church is rapidly progressing.
couple of three-story houses are going up in
South street between Spruce and Church.
A two-story brick house is being erected in the
Ninth Ward, back Of Lamott's cotton factory.
James Hollingsworth, of this city, claims to
have invented an improved process for making
| STEEL
The shipment Of peaches onSaturday was very
light, only five cars being sent to New York, and
two to Philadelphia
The cornerstone of the extension of the M. Z.
Church at Dover, was laid on Friday last, with
appropriate ceremonies.
| The stock and fixtures Of John s. Rowbotham,
better known as Cheap john" was sold out by
Sheriff Richardson, OH Saturday.
| Polk Il Hyatt, nurserymen, of Odessa, ship
ped ten Thousand quarts Of Raspberries this
| season.
| The Pullman cars in the p. W. & b. car shops
are being rapidly pushed forward toward COM
pletion.
There will be a camp meeting held in Levina's
Woods, near Milton, Sussex county, to commence
| July Goth.
The steamer Granite Stale will be put on the
route between Lewis and New York, on the
| 26th instant.
John H. Rash, well known Citizen, formerly
Of Kent county near Smyrna died on Saturday
18th instant, at Odessa.
Rev. Mr.. Gaylord, late Of Lincoln Sussex coun-
ty, has accepted a call to the Presbyterian
Church at Christiana in this county.
Collector Prettyman has been appointed agent
to sell U. s. conveyance and proprietary stamps
Of all denominations.
1t is currently rumored that a passion for
gambling in lotteries and policy shops was the
cause of Mr. Virgins downfall.
We have never eaten any early potatoes that
surpassed, and few il any that equal for dryness
md excellence Of flavor the EARLY Rose variety.
James II. Deputy, of Milford, is building
400 ton schooner for himself and Captain Henry
May, Of Philadelphia
VIM. Kerr Of wrightsville, Pa. dropped
pocket book in Middetown, last week. and has
not since heard of it. 1t contained $500.
Delaware Annual Conference of the M. r..
Church (coloretD commenced it's sessions in
Cambridge Maryland last Thursday, Bishop
Scott presiding.
Pussy Heald M. d., has commenced the erec-
ton of large water cure establishment. in the
seventh Ward, North of the Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery.
Our tin merchants are preparing for the peach
canning business; some Of them already have
thousands of cans in store ready for delivery, and
are busy making more.
The child of Samuel ]. Buck, policeman, who
fell from third story window, the other day, is
getting better, and there is every hope for its
'ecoyery.
The Jersey truckers are beginning to be busy,
Quite a large number of boats land at the mar
let and other wharves with all kinds of vege-
tables
John Logan, on Bombay Hook, has cut about
us tons of timothy off of so acres of land which
few years ago was not regarded as worth one
lollar per acre.
Albert N. Sutton and Thomas G. Reynolds
have taken out letters of administration on the
estate of James ii. Sutton, late of st. Georges
hundred.
Woolston & Co. are having brown stone ship |
red from Cold Run Station, on the Wilmington |
4 Reading Railroad, to DO used for building |
purposes.
The sisters of the visitation have removed to |
heir new brownstone building, on Delaware av-
niue, and the old st. Marys College building is |
gain vacant.
The contract for building the new Roman
Catholic Church, at New Castle, has been award |
ID to Gardiner l.. Jamison, of that town. This
church is to cost 100000.
The recent game of base ball between the Ac-
tive Club Of Camden and the Pioneer Club of
SMYRNA, resulted in a victory for the former by
score of 81 to 81
A. Mr.. Saxton, Of Muderkill Hundred, Kent
county, has grown some oats feet 10 inches
all, and three stalks contained 348 grains They |
IRE the English White variety.
Very popular concerts were given in Milford
ast week under Prof. Hart, assisted by the
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. McKim, Misses Laura Sharp
ind Lima Lowery, and Mr.. Tredler
Clarkson Taylor's alligator is dead. Any one
trolling home about IL O'Clock at night will con-
'lude that good many alley-gaters are still
live
The Deiasarean suggests that it will not do to
lefer much longer the calling of meetings to
,lect delegates to the Democratic State Conyen-
ion. The Convention is usually held the third
week in August
Major Boots will accept our thanks for copy
VI the Alaska Times. 1t is pretty good journal
( it is printed on brown paper, and makes a
much better report for Alaska than some Of the
Ulcers sent to examine that country.
At an election of officers of Philodemic Lodge,
No. 10. /. 0. o. r., of Dover, Nathan H. Hutch
ngs, as elected N. e., ii. j. Enright, v. G., Geo
o. Shach, R. s.. J. A. Stevenson, p. s.. Edwid
VI Stevenson, T., and Caleb $. Pennewill, G.
George Sage, mailing from Philadelphia, was
uTebIeu NdtUTudy ulttTHOOll. Ut tib uepOt, lOT
reating disturbance. Heresisted officer Legg,
ind was Joined by some others, but lie was
inally secured and confined all night in the cells.
The Mount Vernon Cornet Band No. 1, of Will
nington, will make All excursion down the bay,
" moonlight, on Thursday evening, August 18th,
III the new steamer OF the Wilmington Steam
ship Co., Hiram NJ Cool.
A surprise '.tin-wedling" is the latest novelty
n Smyrna, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Denny were
he recipients of the surprise. Their friends
came down with the tin" in the preparation of
! feast AZ well as in presents.
John Powell one of the employees OF the Md.
Del. railroad, was struck by the cow-catcher,
While coupling the cars at Clayton on Monday,
Sth inst, and considerably injured in both feet.
The bones of his left foot were crushed.
A Correspondent of the Lancaster Express
writing from Morton, who admits that he has
,nly seen Kent county states that the land of
his State is poorly adapted to farming but that
Kent has more good land than either of the other
two.
A correspondent writing from Kenton, Kent
county, assures us that the white Republicans
| here are firm in the faith and confident of an
| overwhelming victory next fall while the new
voters ars jubilant, enthusiastic, and eager for
| the fray"
The Republican fears that the Wilmington &
/ Reading Railroad is too much of q feeder to
| roads leading to other cities to be OF much use
/ to Wilmington. Our city must make 1t to peo-
| pies interest to come here instead of going to
| other cities.
| Capt. ]. NJ Barr has been commissioned No
| tary Public, and has taken the rooms recently
occupied by VIM. B. Virgins, where he will carry
on general conveyancing business He is for
| tunate in having secured the services OF James
| Moore, lately with Mr. Virgins.
| The steamer Osceola recently withdrawn from
the route between this city and Pennsgrove, has
| been purchased by Capt. Isaac Hayden, OF Mary