Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1871-12-08

may be added the names Of ladies attending
the various tables.
Side table No. l, under charge oil Mrs
Sievenbanks and Mrs. Z. w. Jeffries.
Side table No. 2, under charge OF Miss
Matte Croasdale and Miss Annie Hammer.
: Centre table, under charge Of Miss Gala
CHER and Miss c. Cummius.
Refreshments, Mrs Morehouse, Witsil
and others.
The lair will continue yet another week.
Among the articles to be CHANGED of are
ladies gold watch and gcntleman's silver
watch, both "hunting cases" The price
per chance is twenty-five cents. A barrel
Of -four, a ton OF coal, cook stove and
fixtures are also 10 be CHANGED off with the
China-enough almost to set young couple
nt housekeeping.
The U. 8. Steamer Grant-The following
Is a description of the new government
steamer about being finished by Messrs.
Pusey Jones & Co., of this city.
The Grant is an iron steamer, and built in
water.iight compartments, so that II either
one Of the four compartments should be
stove in she would still float-is 100 iost
long, over all, rs feet beam, 10 feet depth Of
hold, and $50 tons burtheu. Her machinery
consists Of one inverted direct-acting engine,
with Lighthall's surface condenser, and two
return tubular boilers. The cylinder is 80
inches 10 diameter and So inch stroke. Her
propeller is 0 feet inches in diameter. and
has l6t leet pitch. She is barque rugged,
aud is furnished with Reeds patent screw
steering apparatus.
Officers: Capt. George X. Slicer has been
assigned to the command of the vessel (;
Chief Engineer Eugene Vallat; Let Assistant
II. A. Green; I'd Assistant, 8. II. Magee.
| Her other officeTs are yet 20 be assigned.
! The Grant will be assigned 10 duty at the
New York station.
MdeEvoy's NeW Hi5erHfcon, representing
Tour in ireland or ireland in America,
exhibited for the FIRST time in this city, at
Institute Hall, on Wednesday evening, to a
large aud appreclauve audience. The scenes
with few exceplions-are entirely new
and rival anything ever before seen for
magnihoence and beauty; a description OF
which IL would be Impossible for US 10
| give, and al the came time do Justice 10 the
artist. They must be seen 10 be appreciated
The lecture by Flank MacEvoy was
minute in all It's details, aad was clearly aud
distinctly delivered, being heard in all
parts oil The hon e.
! Nj. w. f. LiwlOr, the favorite Irish
Comedian and Vocalist. as Barney the
Guide" kept the audience in continual
r'nr IF laughter with his comic songs, fir
tations with Norah, Widow Marrone and
Rosa DAILY. His appearance MS a Soldier in
the Connaught Rangers, in which costume
/ he is disOwned by N, rAh, whu finally buys
him of; his marriage with Norah; the sepa-
ration; his love scrapes with R,sa DAILY, in
which lis wife Nora, caches him; and
finally the appearance OF the ghost of his
mother in law, produce much merriment
among the audience.
Miss Nina GeaIy as NOrah, and Miss Rosa
DAILY as the WIDOW and Mrs. O'Callaghau
were both iavorilss with the audience: and
cir sOngs, which were mcst eifectualy
rendered, were received with loud applause
Mics Rosa DAILY held tho audience spell.
bound during the rendition of the song 1.-THE
Meeting OF the Waters" in which every
81 liable was distinctly ariculated.
The panorama, with a most beautiful allie
jorical picture representing the future Of
| iceland, in which America has broken the
eters and placed the Harp of Erin-Ler
uat ionul 1ag-beside tie Stars and Stripes.
The exhibition will not take place TO-
night, the hall beng engaged, but will ex-
hibit on Saturday and Monday evenings,
with matinee on Saturday afternoon.
Bursting of a Water NJ tn.-On Tuesday,
some inconvenience was experienced by
CT lzens owing 10 tie bursting oil waite
main at Seventh and Market streets. From
|
Water Works, we obtain the following in
formation on the subject
"Plumb.Ts went TO repair leak OF pipe
on Seventh street, between Market and Kinl
-liCets. Tie water was stopped of so as Il
J cut of only the water supply off people lv
ing on Seventh street, between Market anC
n King, as was supposed. But hue and CRY
waA raised that the water had been slut OF
all west OF Market street. 1t was then turne,
ON again, and everything got ready SO tina
in twenty minutes the stop could be put il
and the necessary repairs made But TIT
stop on the north side OF Seventh street, a
1 Market. failed TO shut off the water, henc,
the workmen Lad The whole aow oil sixteer
inch pipe dll ect lIom tho basin upon them
. The only way then 10 remedy the matte
was to shut OF tue whole o the west side o
town al the basin, Wbic was done causing
a stOpp6ge OF water between II and 4
J o'clock 10 the afternoon. Whlla tins was go
O ing on II was discovered that The people OF
b tue east side oil town, below Seventh street
!, were also deprived OF water, Which shows
D detective valve at Sixth and King street., a
q tLere is six inch pipe leading directly from
tie basin all the way 10 Third street which
should have supplied the whole oil that sec
:, ion OF the iowa. The valves generally owe
! | Tie city are defective from long use and tn
- want Of looking after"
: The rod reaching from the valve proper l.
> IL cover In one case was found of at th
valve; la another the rod was oroken of til
top 50 that when the workmen, while turn
a ing, thought they were raising or lowerin
e the valves they were actually doing no gond
II The sioppage OF the water dullng tue alter
n noon did not interfere with every waite
/. tenant, as some were able 10 get all tn
.e water needed.