Middletown transcript., 1870-02-19
LOCAL AVID STATE ArrA1Rs.

mans Rights and Woman's Wrongs" deliver
ed in the Town Hail. on Monday and Wednesday |
evenings, were attended by large and apprecia- |
tive audiences. The first lecture occupied an |
hour and quarter In its delivery; the second an
hour and half; and the sabject seemed not at
all exhausted, but appeared to widen and deepen
and to swell into vast proportions increasing in
interest as The Reverend lecturer progressed in
the consideration of the subject before him. The
irst lecture was chaste, elegant, eloquent COM
position, thrilling its auditors from its opening
to its close. The second pointed the shafts Of
| rdcule against the clamor for ''woman's rights
and female suffrage, the ludicrous illustrations
employed provoking the laughter and applause
| OF the audience. On the latter part of his sub
| ject-" Womans Wrongs" the lecturer was
earnest and eloquent, proving himself to be
most gallant champion of the sex, willing and
| able TO WELD lance in the defence of woman, in
the sphere in which enlightened civilization and
christianity had placed her His recital Of the
| beautiful and pathetic lines of Hoods Zone more
unfortunate" was thrilling, and challenged the
admiration of every listener. These lectures are
calculated to do much good and to overthrow
the fallacies of such writers John Stuart Mill,
1.-THE polished infidel Of the Westminster Review
and his co-laborers in the propagation of error,
in this country-Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan
B. Anthony, Phoebe Cozzens, Olive Logan, ct id
| onne genus. They ought to tie delivered in all
the towns and cities where these newfangled no.
tions about " "Woman's Rights have obtained
audience.
THE SpRUANcE CRY ENTERPRISE Smyrna
Times furnishes the following account of the
drawing The drawing for the Spruancc City
lots took place yesterday on the premises as per
announcement. The Dover Cornet Band enliv-
ened the town about o o'clock, and proceeded to
Font Hil,' but arrangements not being COM
pleted at TO- the drawing was postponed until l .
At the time appointed from 400 to 500 people
were assembled to witness participate in the
drawing, which, owing to the inclement weather
was made in one of the buildings Mr. Spruance
organized the business by calling Mr.. Jonathan
Brown to preside. Mr.. Pierce Bggs was elected
Secretary, and three judges, Jos. Roberts, Wm
McWhorter and p. F. Nickerson, were appon-
ted. The preliminary drawing then commenced
that is, drawing for turns to draw. The judg-
es placed the numbers in envelops, which were
} placed in the wheel. Mr.. VIM. Worden was ap-
pointed TO draw the tickets, the numbers on
which indicated each persons turn. The drawing
proper commenced as as this was through.
Each purchaser if present drew his number.
There were 1856 lots, 30 of which were not sold !;
but the full number of tickets were put in the
: wheel. Great interest was manifested, and as
! fast as the purchasers drew their tickets they
rushed for plot to sec if they were one of the
? fortunate "prizcrs." Until the mansion was
drawn there was nervous anxiety shown by
many that was amusing to the disnterested ;
t and when the lucky number [ 3s6) did come
, the fortunate lady was almost overwhelmed with
tiie NOH6 OF 0eT eHlnuSldStc herman
friends. There were eleven priZeS-lots with
houses on them-eight of which were drawn, as
follows: 1856, mansion, Mrs. Christiana Heimer-
r dinger, of Philadelphia 1863, A. McConaughy
1868, John A. Cavender; 359, ]. p. Manlove, OF
S Greensborough; $780, John Maclary of Leipsic
36l, Mrs. Jos. E. Williams; 362, S. d. Kielkopf,
of Philadelphia; 329, Henry g. Spruance. The
: others were left in the wheel and consequently
e revert TO Mr. s., who had 80 chances. num-
Der OF other lots, by reason of location, are val
: liable, but many of the purchasers they looked
for their lots in the underlined limits of the fields
seemed to think their possessions so Utopan thai
r their faces wore as sad an expression if they
had been defeated for the sheriff office or lost al
{ their able-bodied relations. The mansion lot il
e valued at from 50, 500 to $4,000; the other prizes
. at from $500 to $500. number of the bes
81 lots valued at from $l25 to $500.
/ Dover was thrown into n state of great excite
it ment on Monday last, by an attempt of a negr,
man named Nathan Anderson, to commit rap
= on young lady named Emma Flick. Miss Fcl
W was on her way home from the Methodist Churcl
at Dover, where she had attended the noonda,
e service, and was walking the rail road track
.c and when passing through a branch about a mil
and a half from the depot the negro entirely ma
y ked save mis- boots, emerged from under the tres
L., tie work after she had passed over, and seize
her. struggle ensued, but the villain takin
er alarm at the approach of some children, took t
, flight He was arrested and identified by th
ar 1t is said the Sheriff had to summon posse
n. guard the Jail and prevent the excited peopl
from lynching the prisoner. Miss Flick is abor
p sixteen years old, and the daughter of Ne
Yorker, who has lived some years in the vicinity
Nv A colored man named John Sykes was arreste
= at Townsend on the 18th inst. charged with ha'
o ing broken open the money drawer of the Ra
of Road Station at that place. and taking therefro
some twenty or thirty dollars. He was held
ch custody till next day, when he confessed the
berry, and that he had the money concealed
his boots. Twenty-Five dollars and some cen
were recovered, when the negro was put upC
if the cars to be sent to New Castle Jail in custoC
of an officer AT Arnstrong's Corner, the neg
a. with his hands tied behind him, leaped from Il
20 cars, while the train running fifteen tive
ty miles hour, and made his escape, and
Gu still at large.
Vi BARN BuRNT-The barn of Israel Gunkle, Ii
Ias ing near Dexters Corner, Appoquinimink Hun
l, red was destroyed by fire on Thursday night 4
ny 10th inst. about one O'Clock. Mr.. G. had
ant wood chooplng' that day and one or two
the party imbibed too freely of whiskey, amoi
ro- them one John Ellis who became helpless al
es had to he put in the barn. In the night sol
time it is supposed he lighted match to find
re- way out and thus communicated the flames
,re the straw. 1t was at first thought that Ell
:, was burnt up. He escaped, however, to
all branch, leaving his boots and stockings sticki
for in the mud along his route of exit. Mr.. Gu
kle's loss is about 500
90 THE New CASTLE LEVY CoURT.-The de
md lock- IN the New Castle County Levy Court I
M minated on Tuesday, Mr.. Ingram being pres'
Ao and giving the Republicans majority.
my Commercial says that after discussion as to
eligibility, the Court went into an election.
Vi publican Treasurer, Collectors, Attorney, a
an Trustees of Poor were elected. After the el
=, ton was over the Democrats presented prote
u which was laid on the table.
FERTILIZERS a meeting of the Farme
red Club, of Dover, last week. it was estimated Il
md there sold in that county last year at lie
1000 tons of fertilizers, at an average cost
nal more than $50 per ton, amounting to 500, o.
rho 1t was decided that fertilizers best for
'"o and guano for wheat. Most of the standard I
lch tilizers were recommended.
lme Cornelius Watson, living on the farm of Jo
,u.. G. Corbitt near Peterborough, had eleven m
ilo dlinrs and three shnnlders Of hncnn stnlen fr