Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1871-11-10
STATE AFFAIRS.


From the ,Mliord) Mutual Friend, Nov. 4th.
some reckless boys have habit of throw
stones at the cars as they leave or arrive.
The late crop Of round potatoes in this sec
ton is excellent. The frequent rains and /
warm weather have favored their continued |
growth during this month.
MI Philip Phillips, author and singer,
gives an evening of sacred song at the Metho- |
dist Church, Milford, Dec. list proximo |
tickets 80 cents.
Mr. Cow, on the Van Worst farm, presented
us with fine specimen of round potatoes
the second crop grown on same land this
season. They were quite large and Of excel
lent quality.
Olive Losans lecture on eNice Young
| Men, in Dover last week, was not very well
received by many, because it was too strongly
tincturcd with wOman's rights to be palatable
to most Of the audience.
Matthias Hammond, a farmer living on ~
road from Milford TO Harrington, and about
three miles from the latter place, is ia with
small pos lie contracted the disease in Phila-
| delphia and has it in its worse, aconhueDt
form. Ills medical attendant - " e -
| land thinks he will recover.
Out of the hundred cases on the trial list for
the term of Court which closed at Dover on
| Friday, eight only were brought before the
| jury AANHll hll9Nhbuulllf u 0Nlhltllt VI
Dover, was found guilty of gambling and
sentenced to pay fine of $50 in each Of four
| cases.
The formal ceremonies OF laying the corner
stone Of the new NJ f. Church, were held on
Monday afternoon last at 3 O'Clock. The
| exercises commenced with the reading of the
form prescribed in the Ritual by the Rev. L.
Slubbs. A full choir with organ accompani-
mcnt then sang the hymn No 0G2. Rev. Mr.
! 1s..f,.
PRAYER, which was followed by the reading
by Rev Mr.. Stubs, of CXXlI Psalm, and
IL scripture lesson from Cor. by Rev. r. A.
Mallory, Rev. Mr.. Uric, of Smyrna Circuit,
was then introduced and delivered an nior-
NAL, Of hand hut very effective and interest
ing discourse. At the conclusion Of Mr.
I iie's address, the Rev. Mr. Hood was intro
duccd and made some appropriate remarks, at
the conclusion of which Rev Mr. Stubs, the
pastor, exhibited the box, and after announc-
ing the contents it was deposited in the eNca-
Walton in the stone, and the latter placed in
, position The concluding prayer was offered
by Rev. Maloy and the bcnedictiOn given by
Rev Uric.
Gen. Levi Harris, publisher and proprietor
I 9th Mutual Friend, died on Friday mom-
! ing the I'd inst, at 3 O'Clock. Gen. Harris
was native of Vermont born at Bennington,
5 July 1873. At nineteen years of age he re-
1 lHuNtu from HIS HullNe Gldlc anu hcllltu III
ChcnangO county, New York, where he con-
r iinued 10 reside until his removal here in
February, 1866 There he engaged in agii-
/ culture, merchandise. numbering and tanning
In the midst of an already busy and active
career he became involved in a lawsuit for the
possession of property, legally belonging To
d his wife from an estate Of n deceased brother,
e who had become wealthy in the mercantile
y business in New York, and which, by some
n tcchnicalty that conravened justice, wa,
=. about to pass into the hands of his late
q partners. These were shrewd business men
= and possessed Of gr at wealth and power
notwithstanding this, Mr. Harris entered I'll,
+. lists boldly FOR his rights The suit lasted ioi
n some twelve years. The amount in legation
/ was about $900,O00,OOO, which the dclcn
n danis were, in the end, compelled 10 pay in
d full. lie leaves a widow and one child, a
- married daughter, to mourn an irrcparable
/ loss