Delaware State journal and statesman., 1870-04-19

The papers are predicting another serious M
~ for France. -
Senator Revels lectured in Philadelphia, last II
eek. 1t was scrappy affair. y
Judge Fisher Is to be the next Attorney ]
eneral for the District Of Columbia.
Another Lodge. Application has been made
, the Grand Master for new Lodge of Odd !
Fellows, to be located at Harrington, in this d
tate, and to be called "Chosen Friend Lodge,
No. 35." The warrant will be Issued without
lelay.
Mr., Licltenstein has opened his usual at
ractiye stock Of spring sacques and Dress
foods, suitable for all classes and ages.
most desirable variety. His beautifully ar
ranged store, No 226 Market street is well
known to all in fashionable circles.
Bugqlary.-On Thursday night, some
burglars effected an entrance In the residence
of Washington Hastings, at Seventh and
Poplar streets, and stole several articles,
among them d ladies gold wach and chain |
with breast pin attached, and $50 in money. |
Pocket Pieked.-Thomas Gibson, propliie;;
tor Of the Swan Hotel had his pocket plekeu
OF a pocket book, containing uboul $l2b IN
money and some valuable papers on last
Thursday afternoon. He supposes The act
the ticket wagon at the circus, while he was
purchasing tickets.
THE American Double Placement Is sad TO
be one of the best and most substantial IN lhe
world 1t is q newly patented invention, and
has stood the test of trial without in the least
iniuring its merits or ieoparding its claims 10
nonular favor In another column our read
era are fold that Mr. W. B. Coates, OF Phla-
deinhia. is prepared to sell State rights and
give all necessary information.
Ne,o Lodqe.-We hear it said that appli'
cation will be made at the next annual session
of tbe Grand Lodge, U. 8. for permission 10
establish new Lodge Odd Fellows III the
Order 10 be STYLED the Past Grand Masters
t Lodge. the membership of which is to be com
nosed wholly Of P. G.. M's. Mechanics Lodgt
, and Delaware Lodge of this city could oil them
= selves form quite fine Lodge OF the new OF
l ganization from their own Past Vrana masters
+ in good standing
I launch Of a Steam COllier.-Harlan
# HollinpswoIth launched on THURSDAY morn
o ing an iun screw steam collier, named IN
LEONARD, belonging 10 the Philadelphls an
Reading Raihoad. She IS ol elgnte IN hunuIe llele
o TONS cargo capacity. This Is the min Vess'
his comlauy las built, and it will have al
p other Of similar dimensions launched
Chester in about two weeks. These steam
Z ers are fast taking the place Of coastln
sCho0ners.
Il F3re in the Roods.-A spark from one
s the locomotives set the woods on fire ne
e Bacon Hill, about three miles below Elkto
Y on Wednesday forenoon last Inc III
:, snread very rapidly among the dry leaV
!" and brush, burning over large tract
'e country, south oil the railroad. Conside
le able damage was done TO fences and umo
through which the fire passed. The al
Cullough Iron Company lost one hunar
and eighty cords Of wood. Inc IRON IRON W ~
pany's hands and Railroad employees &C
tended against the spread of the flames
; day. and finally succeeded in subdning th'
b. about 8 O'Clock in the eVening.-Ct
he Wing,
OF Workinonen's Institute. Execu Il
he Committee Of the Workingmen's lns titute "a
he Measure in announcing to the public that
alr rooms Of the Institute in Capelle's Buildn
ly King street below Third, are ready for use
50, will he omen to the public on and after
d" evening Of Thursday the 2lst inst. On u
d evening at eight O'Clock the rooms wlll
do formally opened with appropriate exeIcls
for and the public generally, both ladies' ana 9
tlemen are cordially invited to be plese
eld After Thursday the rooms will be opened
hts erv evening and the tables will be suppl
ait with newspapers and periodicals.. The work
ing men Of Wilmington are earnestly requestee
rter use the rooms which have been iurnlsheu
her all persons who choose ty avail themselves
ers, them. The committee take special pleas
i've, in inviting those of our citizens VINO nave
literally contributed to establish the Insult
: to 10 come out on Thursday evening ana see
lOor hear both what has been done and what
Will ther it is purposed to do. BY order OIL
gets Executive Committee.
lis w. H, CosNELI, Secretary
his Treasure f0aaa.- ii.s. @ soi,'. uVfs t'n,1nr
this playing IN an Old sIote,house a. 1a"p, io,
, hs IN an old desk bundle OF bank notes.
sea. did not regard them as valuable and
seii them at ten cents piece. Some one
hsm knew the value OF bank notes, got hol'
nIos one of them, and 1t was brought 10
sent knowledge of the heirs of Jacob Cam
and upon investigation it was found thal
was bank notes had probably been In that
the desk for twenty-five years, and were 40
in less put there by MIR. Cannon snort
saad before his death. AS near as can be as
1,93na tanned there were about eight hundred
onld lars in bank notes on the FarmeT'r BanH
-, ~ baltimore. Some of the money has been
COO. covered but il is not likely that all oil It
l r. ever be. Mr. Cannon was wealthy
so,d chant of Cannon's Ferry, and was she
,onr, the street by desperate fellow, Owens
num. about twenty-five years ago. Inc oiu
come has not been in use since his death'-oU
smed Journal.
man. Another Horrible Mafder.-A man ma
%. Samuel g, Voshel was brought to ID
h lhe Jail on Saturday night, charged with
Tue murder of his wife under circumstance
ainly atrocitv seldom naralleled The partcl
WIN as we learn them, are about as iolioWs
entail last Saturday week Voshell who lived
con- ....1i ,1ooa paar Clanohtpr Station. in
tllaL Hundred. came home, and on some pref
that numerically beat and kicked his vile.
ling women. who lived in The neghbOrhood
ABOUT terfered to save her, put her to bed and
ment her such attention as they could She
slate fered terribly during the next two days
i us Voshell was vainly appealed to to sen
: -, a doctor. Through the Kindness oil n
WIN bOr, DR.. Knots, OF Templevllle, was c
ather in, and on Tuesday, Mrs. Voshell wa
rland liyered of A dead child-its skull crl
OF IL bv n kick from lis fathers heavy boot.
a the VI. died soon alter the Doctor went q
ON to Voshell wanted to put her body in !
oil the box and bury her on the farm, but
huis- counsel prevailed and she had d
Mrs, burial, her body being inferred on The
ana ground OF the Slay family, near ha2lttl
etone on Thursday. VoshelFs conduct a.
lasi grave, the treatment his vile hau TecelN
lrland Ills hands, the rumOTs OF his brutal bel
0 give during her illness, induced some o
is OF Tsi neighbors 10 notify Coroner Thomps
trial tie siate of affairs. That officer very pr
y and iv made ao Investigation, summoned a
ot yet lad the body disintered and a post mt
examination made by Drs. Knotts
Downs. After the testimony OF S
witnesses had been received, verdict
murder had been committed was rent
re has nj a warrant was placed in the han
eating Gons,shIe pratt for the arrest of Vosl
ion 10 Tosiaii having heard that the Corone
build Ohn,,, 70 a;sinfer his wife's body. cal
ojected ,e,ereeTe with the Coroner's procet
yelling ~ oa, sa the Constable was starting 10 10
has a JS, ni9, and was promptly lodged 10 Jail.