Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.
Notice..

80 - - - v No
Notice.
A meeting of the Republican Executive Con
mittee for New Castle County, will be held /
the Republican headquarters, on SATURDAY
October 18th, at 1880 O'clock, A. NJ.
II. II. McMUIIEN, Chairman.
JOHN CAMERON, Secretary
NIiddletown stores now close at O'Clock in til
evening.
Work has commenced on the new post-olic
at Milford
The revival services at Scott M. Il. Churcl
still continue.
The woman misunderstanding your seat Il
tho street car for her.
100000 dozen of eggs are shipped annual
over the Delaware Road.
A running race between Delaware Horses il
talked of at Philadelphia.
A protracted meeting is in progrcss at the M
i. Chapel in South Milford.
Northern immigrants to Milford generally at
tend the Presbyterian Church.
The Mutual Friend challenges any town in the
III te to show dogs with Milford.
The Gazette .'draws it mild' on the rebel,
against ring rule in Kent county.
A protracted meeting commenced in Asbury
H. II. Church on Sunday evening.
The fair grounds of the New Castle Co, Aeri.
cultural Society will be sold soon.
The game law, of Sussex, runs out on tho 15tl,
inst, and in Kent, on November list.
large oyster business is now being done al
the wharf a Front and Church streets.
Tho new NJ. II. Church, at Camden, will be
dedicated OH Sunday, October 23d
AIiddletown shipped 200, 900 baskets OF peaches
to New York this season.
Tho handsome new station house at Middle
town is nearly completed.
There are three millions of peach trees now
planted along the Delaware Road and its branch
az.
An sfrort is making to establish n lodge Of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics in
Dover.
Tho steamer ". W. Coa will only make two
trips week between Lewes and New York
hereafter
The proposed new connection OF the W. a r,
Il. H., with the Pennsylvania r. r., will Join the
latter road west of Coatesyille
The Managers of the Board of Trade, elected
at the annual meeting, will meet at the rooms,
this evening, at 7:45 o'clock.
Tho fifth annual ball of the Diamond State
Assembly will come off III the City Hall, on
Friday evening, 2Sth instant.
Tho Wilmington X Reading Il. Z. is having
built two new large locomotives, and also one
shifting engine for use in this city.
The locomotive now in uso on tho Smyrna
Branch Railroad, was rebuilt for it's present use
and has "cow-catclier' at both ends.
The Gasete speaks Of white Intelligence and
patriotism" When did principles or abilities
take unto themselves color?
Mr. o. ii. Appleby assistant marshal, writes
us that tho population of New Castle town is
loo instead Of 1,766 as published
There is no unmScd evil. The drought al
lowed the corn fodder to DO saved in excellent
condition.
Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Graves OF White
Clay Creek Hundred, died suddenly of paralysis
on Wednesday OF last week.
Four volunteer census takers have taken the
population of NIddetown, and report it to be
lois, instead of 9l5, as given by the census.
The De,dcaredn does not bluster like the
Gagtte, over carrying an uncontested election
as the late one was in the two lower counties.
George c. Lobdelrs splendid thoroughbred
stallion, King Alfred attracted much attention
at the Chester County Agricultural Exhibition.
The Young Mons Church Missionary Associa-
iipn advertise their First Anniversary, to ie held
in Trinity Chapel, on Tuesday evening, Oct IL. |
Some rascals robbed Dr. Joseph Chandlcr's
garden at Centrevllc of two or three bushels Of
onions. Their offence is rank. 1t smells to |
Heaven.
And now Newark il growing about the census |
returns giving it too small n population. Let |
them detail school boy to count them some
Hay at recess
Tho Muiad' Friend says 22iO Lbs is sold for |
ton IN that town. aud that the price was 81, per |
ton in August last. 1t was then $3.50 here, |
though it is 81. now.
Alfred d. Carpenter has sold his farm of 16 |
acres and l3 perclies, situated on the Kennett |
pike, about four miles from this city, to Dir. |
Negandank, for 5000.
Howard England, late of the firm of Ii,dcy
land - Al H.. -
livestock and fixtures of drug store at the /
corner of Richmond and Ross streets, philada.
William II. IIobson, who was put on the
second ticket" in Kent ,discaims any connection
with the movement. The new party is evidently
not liobhona choice"
Rev Mr., Gregg. of the NJ. Il. Church, at Sea
ford, has organized n new temperance society,
~ that town. 1t is known as the g American
Temperance Union, No !"
Two sweet potatoes have baon left nj orr
editorial rooms. one of which is / feet inches
II ienStli and the other Is feet. Can any Of our
fentiianar exchanges beat them.
Tho directors Of the Nliddlctown National Bank
nave bollgl lot on Broad street, for their new
banking house, instead of the lot next the
National hotel, which they first bought for tile
purpose,
Senator l'evels, whose lecture in Institute Hall
y announced in our advertising columns will
take : The Press for his subject but will also il
understood, make allnsion to the political
cliaises Of the past few years.
state Capital Lodge No. 81, /. o. g. T.. of
Dover, has resolved to place all tile members
Mln are ~ arrears for dues square on the books,
ana hereafter to reduce tile dues and fees as low
% possible 80 as to meet the actual expenses
The W; r. Il. Il. Company's telegraph will
soon s make connection with the wires of the
racine and Atlantic Co, and the Company will
probably establish mn office for general business
~ tllls city further in town than their passenger
station.
On Wednesday of last week the first of series
~ lhree games of base ball for the championship
y he'lt county, was played at Camden, between
inc : ilirts' of Milford, and the Active. of
'alldel resulting in favor of tho latter by a
score of IL to Is.
On September LIST the corn crop of Delaware
was reported to the Department of Agriculture
At Washington, as being below average yield
wheat, 81 below an average; sweet potatoes, a
Icrne; hay, from five to ten per cent. short
peaches, about threc-fourtlis of crop.
Considerable alarm was caused in tho NJ. l.
liulrll at Port Deposit, n few Sunday evenings
~, ly the fall of tho choir chandelier AZ l.ev.
W. l.l'gianl was about commencing service.
fortunately no damage was done beyond a big
care a'ld tho ruin Of Il few dresses by the oil
falling upon them
The new tmo table Of the Baltimore Central
I. Il. gives the train time at Ghadil's Ford, the
Junction OF the Wilmington & Heading Railroad
Y follows; For Philadelphia leave Chadd's
leil daily, except Sunday, Mt 726, l1-5s, a. M.
',9o p M. on Sunday, at GO, pm For Balti-
iloie. Sundays excepted, leave at 8-l3, a. M
'Nr Fort Deposit. at q, D. M: for Oxford. ut
s''l, y m. on Saturday, for oxford, IA, p. III.
l'ERsoNAi. Col. George G. Denver, Superin-
lpnlent of the Denver Il Cheyenne Railroad was
u the city last week, and will probably order
some cars for his road of Jackson 4 Sharp, who
nave already built number for it,
:, kENr County JuRoRs. following is the
ast OF Petit Jurors for October term of Superior
, ro and Court of General Sessions in and for
Der 2ith:
Dl'k Creek Hundred. Powell I. Nickerson,
Francis ID. Reynolds, Andrew j. Spear, Obeliah
b. Noshe
Dllln, Vim. Hutchinson
Linn. rraoI yjn,J,.J V;It;,n, Grill, U,n,,a;,, |