Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-20
LOCAL NEWS.

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The sweet potato crop down the. State Is excel
lent.
! The new M. L. Church at Harrington will b.
dedicated next Sunday
: Milford has hotel exclusively for tho accom-
mediation of colored people,
The bridge over the Christiana River at Chris
tiana, is badly in need Of repairs.
The Independent Democrats held publ
meeting In Milford on Saturday week.
The schooner Eliza Ann West, of Milford, wa
considerably damaged in the late storm.
) Dr. VIM. H. Furness, of Philadelphia, vii
preach in the Unitarian Church next Sunday.
Richardson & Robbins. of Dover, have put VI
over 100000 cans of fruit this year.
Mr.. Weldin's new carriage factory on the Soutl
side is rapidly approaching completion.
The Swiss Bell Ringers will make music il
Middletown on the evening of the 26th inst.
Hon James A, Bayard spoke his old piece or
Jamaica at the Democratic county meeting.
Nothing but law prohibiting street markets
will ever lead the country people to seek the
shelter Of market houses.
Sanford's Minstrel Troupe will exhibit in Mid
dletown next month. We warn them not to use
burnt cork or they may get into trouble
According to the confession of the Democratic
papers Maryland contributed to swell the crowd
at the Democratic meeting at Middletown.
handsome transparency has been put out at
the Republican Headquarters, s. L. corner of
9th and Market street.
There is an unusualylarge number of persons
studying German in Wilmington this winter.
| Herr Schoenherr has his hands full.
| Farmers are busy in husking corn. A gentle
man from Mill Creek tells us the crop is turning
out much better this year than it did last year.
All legal protection to the lives of Sussex birds
ceased on the 18th inst, and they have no de-
| pendence now, but Providence, and their legs.
| The W. & II. II. H., telegraph lines have not
yet been extended to the Treasurers office at
| Front and French.
| Vim. Chafant, formerly of this city has pur-
chased the argus newspaper at Grcenville, Mer-
| cur county, Pa
A former slave of the Davis family has re-
ceiyed prize for the best bale Of long stapled
cotton delivered in New Orleans.
Miss Mary Reybold of Delaware City, a gradu-
| ate of Vassar College, has been elected q menu
Der of the Scientific Association of Troy, N Y.
| John Durham, Esq, of New Castle, has re-
ceived an appointment in the Census Bureau,
/ and designs to remove with his family to Wash
ington.
The Y. s. Engineers Department in Philadel-
phia, advertise for proposals for repairing the
stone piers, belonging 70 the Government, at
New Castle.
ton as foreman in the boatyard of Messrs Rea-
ney, Son 4 Archbold, at Chester and intends
moving to that city.
About the usual quantity of wheat has been
sown in this county, though some OF it was
sown quite late. That sown early is now up and
looking very strong.
j. l.. Wiley, formerly Lieutenant in the
Third Delaware Regiment, has entered into
partnership with +. o. Bichel, of Gainesville, in
the stove and tinware business.
Michael Shields an iniirm and very old man
living on Madison street below It'll, on Saturday
morning, fell while coming down stairs, and so
much injured himself that he died shortly after.
The Mutual Friend says there are over five
thousand dollars bet in Milford on the coming
election. The bets are mainly on the result in
Kent county.
Rev. Mr.. Mackie, one of tho professors of Del
aware college, breaches in Ghrstiana Presbyter-
ian church, of which Rev. Mr.. Kennedy was
formerly pastor.
The large brick store house at the Southeast
corner of Front and Market streets has been
taken by Harvey & Sisler, wholesale dealers in
butter, lard, fish, cheese, fruits, etc.
Hon. John A. Nicholson, and Messrs Ridgley
Reed, Watson, NJ. ID. Hlyard and others, will
address meetings under the auspices of the In
dependent Democrats in Kent county.
A branch OF the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society has been organized in Smyrna, with Mrs
President. by tho way, the Times confers the
title of " Rev." on this lady,
The Hiram ". Cool still runs from Fourth st.
wharf, though she comes up to King st., to
transfer freight to the New York packets. 1t is
pity the company cannot get wharf for her
up in that direction.
Mrs Ellen Jackson, late OF Chester county,
has rented the store lately occupied by NJ. NJ.
Child & Co., in the Exchange Building, and will
fit ii mp and stock il with a handsome assortment
of trimmings and white goods.
AIaltritz Baird & Taylor have torn down frame
building attached to their morocco factory in
Third street and have commenced to erect i'll its
stead n brick building 20 by AZ feet and stories
high which will largely increase their capacity
for manufacturing.
The copper plates of Aulubon's " Birds of
America" the purchase of which of which is
now under consideration by the Board of Edu-
cation at New York, are $40 in number and weigh
1880 pounds. They were engraved in London
III 1882 and 1888 at cost of aEl00,O00.
Our thanks arc due to our townsman, Mr..
Joseph II. Walter, undergraduate at Harvard
University, for copy of the Harvard Advocate,
report of the speech of Thomas Hughes, Esq,
NJ. F., on his visit to the University.
One of the building associations in our city re-
Gently lost $1,000 by delay in recording mort
gage. The borrower afterwards obtained money
from another party to whom lie also gave amort-
gage, ana IL being recorded NJ once, IL Dccdine
tile first lien. 80 that on the property being sold
by the sheriff, ii absorbed the entire proceeds.
We are glad to hear that the health Of the
lower part of the State has materially improved
within few weeks. The extremely hot dry
weather of the summer seemed to produce an
unusually malarious condition. and there had
been more than common tendency to chills and
fever. This has now abated.
The workmcn in Maltriz, Baird & Taylor's
morocco factory struck about two weeks ago
against the employment of man who did not
belong to the "Union." The employers refused
to discharge the man but he subsequently left
and the men returned to work and continued to
do 80. though another of the "Unon" rules has
been broken by the iirm in the employment of
apprentices.
The Milford .Mataai friai, speaking of the
changes about taking place in the Delaware
railroad, says -
NIe,srs. sewall and Brown arc well known
aud highly esteemed by the travelling public and
business men of this Peninsula, and their loss
will be greatly regretted. They have our best
wishes for a successful and prosperous career in
their new field Of labor.
The Shoe aud Feather Rtpoitr says mr.
Henry 9. Fritz. now foreman in tho morocco
factory of Bush Clark & Co., of Wilmington is
one OF the oldest manufacturers in the country
having been identified with the business since
1919 For nearly 40 years Mr.. Fritz was in bus
mess for himself in Philadelphia, and accepted
his present position as superintendent OF the
working department of one Of the largest facto-
ries in the country, about five years ago.
Two sweet potatoes have been left at our
editorial rooms, one of which is II feet inches
in length and the other IL feet. Can any of our
Peninsular exchanges beat them.
The above item, which appeared in Mondays
COMMERCIAL we regret to learn has been gener-
ally misapprehended, readers supporting the fig
ures referred to the potatoes, which, of course,
would be absurd. 1t il the rooms that were of
the dimensions stated, as will be readily seen on
re-reading the paragraph. How could anybody
expect sweet potato to grow Is feet longf
SENTENCED To DEArH.-Benjamin Johnson,
the colored man convicted of rape in the Sussex
County Court. last Thursday was on the follow