Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-21
LOCAL NEWS.


Eggs continue scarce and dear.
Green corn is getting more abundant.
Christ Church Milford, id to have bell
Corn is growing splendidly all over the State.
The song Of the locust is once more heard m
| the land.
DR.. Fields has patented his now iron process in
England.
Steamboat fare from Lewes to New York is 80,
meals extra.
| A few peaches have made their appearance in
| Wilmington.
Large numbers Of railroad tics, arc being
| shipped for Milford.
| new steam saw mill Is being erected at
Lincoln, Sussex county.
| Tho Smyrna Times reports the wheat crop
| thereabouts one third short.
Two adventurers are said to be peddling worth
| less spectacles in this State.
The Delaware Dental Association holds its
session in this city on the 29th.
People can always make a Cool trip to New
Jersey now on the new steamboat.
| The Fifteenth Amendment celebration at
| Milford, takes place on the 28th.
A stage will commence running this week, be-
| tween Mddletown and Sassafras.
The steamer plying between New York and
Lewes is by no means fancy boat
Locomotive No. 90, on the p. w. Il b. H. r.
has just been beautifully repaired.
The 4th of July excursion from Harrington to
Lewes, numbered over 1000 persons.
Walton, Whann Il Co. are building extensive
additions to their phosphate factory.
Mr.. Isaac d. English, of Macon, Ga, is on a
visit to his home and friends in Smyrna.
Lewis is wild with joy over the passage of the
bill to aid in the erection OF pier there.
The p. W. q B. r. II. Go. lis building 80 new
market cars and rebuilding IL old ones.
The steamer Washington now makes her three
trips week between Lewis and New YORK.
Nearce Williams left Milford year ago to
ship as sailor and has not since been heard of
Stove coal continues at 7.50 q ton, in this city
owing to the complicat MS in the mining regions.
The SMYRNA Circuit Camp meeting commences
July 28th, not August 2Sth, as we enormously
stated
ticket from Wilmington to Niagara Falls and
back to this city can be had at Brnghnrsts Tor
| $3.50.
The census of Smyrna is completed but the
Assistant Marshal says he II not permitted 10
give it for publication.
West Philadelphia has taken new start since
the mark was laid out there. That il something
for Wilmington to think about.
The recent hot weather has made corn fairly
lump, but there is at present, danger OF a little
too much of a good thing.
The Coatesville people have dancing parties
of evenings, at the Elysian Fields. u II not I'M
possible for Wilmington to indulge similarly
The Wilmington and Reading Railroad Com
pany il building coal bins on the lot near the
new depot. to accommodate its local coal trade.
Miss Lon Griffith and Miss Lizzie Carter, of
Camden. took part in the closing exercises OF
Linden Hall, Litiz, Lancaster Co., ia.
Richardson Il Robins. at Dover, will put up
10 900 cans of peaches per day, during tho COM
ing season.
An Appoquinimink correspondent Of the q
zette suggests George W. Cuhihhs as Dehio'i"'N
candidate for Governor.
The final selection Of a plan, out OF tho ilve
submitted for the new Masonic Hall, will be
made this week.
The man who fell from the cars at Chases Sta
| lion on Sunday night, receiving fatal injuries,
was Jerome Mahoney of Philadelphia.
Out Of population of 1900 in Kenton Hun
| dred, Kent county, there were but seventeen
deaths during the year ending June 10Th.
Vim. II. Stayton on u. j. Cummins farm, near
| SMYRNA, has twenty-six acres planted in sweet
| potatoes and will have fine yield tins year.
The Dover knights of pythias treated their
lady friends to ice cream and cakes in the lodge
| room few nights ago.
The citizens of the upper part of Christiana
Hundred will make an excursion to Readlng on
| the % inst.
The first peach shipment from Middiet low
was 50 crates, from the orchard OF Eu y, rem
nimore, on Tuesday week.
West PRESBYTERIAN Church Sunday School will
make an excursion to Laurel Grove Oh the w.
& r. Railroad, on Friday 22nd inst.
Work ia progressing rapidly on tho new dry
| dock Of the Harlan ~ Holngsworth Company,
| and it is rapidly assuming its final space.
The bridge over ST. Augustine creek, IN this
county, built last year, at cost OF SlfOOU, Ia
| 1850 feet mot quite a half mile) in length.
| Tho Harlan 4 Holngsworth Company is put
i ting IN u new pair of shears for hosting machin-
ery into vessels. They will be of an improved
| plan
Brandywinc Summit Camp Meeting will com
| mepce on August Stl. The congregations OF
Asbury and st. Paufs NJ H. Churches VIII at
| tend it.
The Cape May Daay Ware "reproduces'
| without credit part of our ''locars" poetical
| complaint of the heat. We hope 1t Will waive
| such performance i'll future
The first peaches of the season We're shipped
| from Princess Anne and Salisbury, Maryland, on
the 9Th inst They were of the Hales Early
| variety, and brought 80 per crate.
Mr., James H. Bell, of Milford, is building q
pavilion, SO by 40 feet, at Lewes contiguous tc
| The railroad for the accommodation OF excur'
| sionsts.
The project of erecting large hotel at lteho
both has been abandoned, on account OF the eX
brilliant prices demanded for property by presen
| owners
A gentleman of this city sent a servant cir
for a Guire of paper, and she bought him thu
Philadelphia Inquirer, having gone to Butler
and asked for . one inquirer OF paper.
| The r. w. a. b. II. Il. Co. is sparing nethe
time nor expense in its efforts to accommodate,
those attending the National Camp Meeting n
| Darlington.
l Al. J.,
| l.ewes on Wednesday last, dressed III sailor cos
| tune and fode with the engineer on the locomo
tive lie went fishing. Smyrna Times.
match game of base bail was played in Ne'
Castle on Friday, between the Mutual and TN
| Mohawk Clubs, and was won by the Mutual by
| score of % to Is.
The now Masonic hall is to lavea Mansar,
| roof and will have iron front on Market street
| II will be- when completed, the largest building
of the kind in the state.
The active base ball club of Camden beat tn
: Magnolia club at Camden last week, by the nea
,, little score of ~ to 81. This style OF base Da
is very improving to the boys.
An excursion party from Geigertown and othe
! | stations on the Wilmington y Reading H.. u
| came to Wilmington, on Saturday morning las
: | and went out to the lrandywlnc.
o Draper yoshel having refused to answer III
il proper questions of the Assistant Marsha
i | taking the census, U. s. Marshal Dunn arreste
\ him. He was held to bail in the sum OF S6o
!, answer next time he is asked
i Geo. W. Bush and family are residing a fe
miles out of town ON the line OF the W. u H.
o II. This will doubtless become quite commc
l. when the contemplate tax on travel is repeale
is the whole road being lined with beautiful Sit
" for summer residences.
e The Chicago Journal of "Wednesday week, say,
81 MIR. C. w. Poulson, of Wilmington, Del; WI
went out to San Francisco last year and pu
W chased 1913 worth of stock in Montana 80
n mine has Just been offered SAC, 900 for his cai
He is in this city to-day, en- route for Montana
wood cock flew into the kitchen of VIM. ]
Bell Cashier of the Bank of Smyrna, a II
days ago and aghted on the cook stove where
was caught. Mr.. Bell is a noted sportsman,
be which the bird had probably heard and so thong
n | it would avoid trouble by presenting its'
-, ready to be cooked.
A private letter received in this city from s.
'r' Hewlett, the lecturer, states that he has for
or mast three MONTHS accompanied by his wire a
daughter, been making a tour OF the Paci
-, slope, gathering material for his new lectu
M s'The Sunset Slope" He has already quite
ic, number of engagements for its delivery ne
70 winter. He will probably lecture in this city
nat little six year old son of George Sharp, livi
p,,,s .ironf bat,vaan Siyth and Seyentl, in {