Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-13

Local Brevitiss.

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Oak wood sells in Milford at $3.50 per cord.
Middetown is to have Lyceum and Library.
Tho .Delaaarean wants night watchmen for
Dover.
Quite number of new buildings are going up
In Dover. =s.rr ... I'll
The Guzette is cheerful as 10 tho financial flu
ture. sl .r-
A revival is in progress at Smyrna M. T..
Church. h
Milford pays only sico, SO far, under the State
tax law.
DR.. Cameron's Turkish Bath is doing good
business.
The week of prayer was observed by tho Mid
dletown Churches. r.f
Lepsic in this State was formerly known as
Johnny Cake Landing.
Rev DR.. McCabe, of st. AIMS church, at Mid
dletown, Is quite unwell.
colored man caught on otter in ST. Jones'
Greek, near Dover, last week.
The Smyrna Seminary concert takes place on
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
The Wilmington and Reading railroad is put
thug rim turn.t table beyond Belts works.
Some scamps stole dozen fine chickens from
Thomas j. Hickman, of Milford, last week.
Large numbers of ship knees are being shipped
from Milford to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Rev. A. W. Mildly, of Frederick, Circuit is
u
The next meeting of the Kent County Farmers
Club will be held at Dover on the 18th Instant.
John Moore is added to the list of asprants to
ihe Democratic nomination for Coroner.
The concert ut Smyrna Seminary takes place
ON the evenings Of the 18th and 18th insts
The annual appropriation for carrying on the
city government for the year 1870 is s245,Os6.
There are some twenty persons in Camden,
Delaware, over 10 years of age, and fifteen over
~.
Seventy dollars worth of provisions were stolen
from the cellar of Mrs. Robertson, In Dover, re-
Gently.
Smyrna was recently excited over o. masquerade
party II it grows bigger 1t will get used TO such
things.
The estate of II. s. Benson, late proprietor OF
the National Hotel, ut Washington, Is estimated
1T 100000.
AIRED fox, weighing fifteen pounds, was killed
on the 30th uhimo. near Barr's Saw Mill, In
Appoquinimink Hundred.
Alta meeting OF the Kent County Farmers
Club al Wyoming on Saturday week permanent
officers were chosen.
Thomas Wallace. of Milford, has been appoint
I'D book keeper of tho Franklin Fire Insurance
Company, Of Philadelphia.
). w. Morrison has taken out letters of Ad-
ininistratlon on tine estate OF Samuel Morrison,
of White Clay Creek, deceased.
Track laying is progressing on the Wilmington
aud Reading Railroad, and the force working
north from Coatesville Is beyond Hibernia Iron
Works.
The Dover Hook and Ladder Company has or
gnnized, by cectiog WIN. j. Clarke, President,
and James Kirk Secretary. Iti has about thirty
active members.
The Transcript says the man arrested for mn
attempted outrage on Mrs. John A. Davis, wns n
half wltted colored man named Jack fennning-
ton.
Z. P. Cochran, near Middletown, killed fifteen
hogs on tho 18th of Dec, which weighed 5715H
lbs, an average of 3sl lbs. The twelve heaviest
averaged 399I1 lbs. per head.
About four hundred persons attended the
Townsend Singing School Concert under the d.
recion of Professor Quimby. The singing is
said To have been highly creditable to the school,
Smyrna has an excellent and efficient Benevo-
lieut. Society managed by ladies. The Secrctary's
report for the past year shows that much good
has been accomplished by it.
Tho congregation Of Red Clay Creek Presbyts-
ran Church presented their pastor, Rev. A. A.
.lunkin, with purse Of S114.5J on the occasion
al the celebration OF the tenth anniversary of his
marriage.