The Cecil Whig., 1871-03-18
Peninsular and State Items.
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to lecture that evening, before the Work
ingmens' Institute, and had gone down to
the laboratory to prepare some gas for his
scientific experiments, when it exploded
with terrible force, throwing pieces OF iron
with great force, about the room, one OF
which struck Mr.. Brighurst directly oven
the left eye, completely destroying the eye
and crushing in the skull. Mr.. Bringhurst
died on Thursday.
The Wilmington Steamship Company
will run three steamers to New ork this
summer
On Tuesday evening, Rev. j. f. Clymer,
of st. Paul's, Wilmington, was presented
with purse of 5000, and his wife with n
silver fruit basket from her Sunday school
class.
Rev. Chas. Hill, of Asbury NJ. E. Church,
Wilmington, was presented with purse
of SO by his congregation, recently
On Monday night, 9th inst, Thomas Is.
Jewell, while asleep in the bar room OF
Grubb's Hotel, Wilmington, was relieved
of gold watch, and a pocket book con-
tanning ninety dollars. The thief, Charles
MEYERS, escaped to Chester, but was there
arrested and returned to the Wilmington
authorities.
Two gentlemen discovered a cOlored
infant, about month old, in a basket, on
Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, on the Sth
inst. 1t was carried to the police head
quarters, and will be sent to the almshouse.
James A. Chase, of Philadelphia, succeeds
Myers T. Conwell, as Superintendent of
the junction and Breakwater Railroad.
James Gibbons, Esq, of New York, is
President.
Bills-imposing taxes on manufacturers
and merchants-are pending in the Della
ware Legislature. Wilmingtonians are
becoming indignant, and have appointed
committee of fifty manufacturers, mer
chants, and others, who will so to Dover to
demonstrate.
The Wilmington Commercial says:-A
daughter of Isaiah Thomas, IA years of age,
of New Castle county, lately underwent the
operation of having 4 new joint, just below
each ear, to enable her to work the lower
jaw bone, which had grown perfectly solid
from fracture received four years pre-
viously to the operation. Several front
teeth had been removed to enable her to
receive nourishment. The jaw-bone was
sawed off below each socket, kept in
motion, and new or artificial joint was the
result. She can now open and shut her
jaw easily, enabling her once more to talk.
Drs. Charles Green and j. Gilbert, Of
Philadelphia, were the surgeons.
A colored woman's entrance into class
meeting of the Union NJ. f. Church, Mid
dleton, caused stampede amongst the
white women there.
Middletown has surplus of $436 in its
town treasury.
The ladies of the Methodist congrega-
ton of Smyrna, presented Mrs. Ritten-
house, the pastors wife, with purse of
$50, before Conference.
A number of improvements are being
made in Lewes. A large Odd Fellows
Hall and a commodious church are in pro-
cess of erection, and Il number Of dwellings,
will soon be completed. substantial
bridge has been constructed over Lewes
Creek, and another is in contemplation.
The great Iron Pier to be constructed under
l. S. government supervisors will be
begun during this month.
The Legislature has extended the limits
of the town of Dover
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap-
pointed Nath. II. Brown a Deputy Collec-
tor and Inspector OF Customs, to be sta
toned at Seaford.
The dwelling of H. II. Rasin, on his farm
on Sassafras River, was destroyed by fire,
recently, supposed to have caught from a
coal oil lamp. Mr.. Rasin's loss is estimated
at $1,000.
A colored girl, nine years old, was
recently taken before Justice Hart, of
Chestertown, by Constable Ayres, because
of the ill-treatment, and likelihood of star
walton, at the hands of her mother The
girl bore marks of the most inhuman treat
ment, and when taken before the Magis-
trate, had eaten nothing for three days.
She was sent to the almshouse.
QUEEN ANNE's.
Some time between Saturday evening,
4th inst, and Monday morning, the steam
boat landing, at Kent Island was robbed
of about $3.50 worth of store goods, which
had been landed there on Saturday, by the
George Lac. The goods were found in
Baltimore, having been stolen by two pAite
men, taken to Curtis Creek in stolen
vessel, and then carted to the city. The
goods were recovered, but the thieves
escaped. We cannot think it possible that
these parties were acAie-they certainly
must have been black; for the latter do all
the thieving done on the Eastern Shore!
The meat house of John G. Watson, of
Centreville, was broken open on Thursday
night, 9th inst, and robbed of about 1000
TBS. of bacon, among which were a large
number of fine hams It's too bad, Mr..
w. could not save his bacon"
CAROLINE.
w. II. Stafford, of Preston, fell from q
log wagon, recently, and had his collar
bone broken by the wheel passing over him.
The Spring term of the Circuit Court for
this county, commences on the 1st Monday
in April.
Shad, in small quantities, were caught in
this county last week.
TALBOT.
There will be Regatta and Boat Race
at Oxford on the fourth of July.
Six negroes, confined in the Jail at Eas-
ton, almost made their escape therefrom
last week.
shad sold at s1.5O per pair in Easton,
last week.
The vestry of st. Peters Parish have
called Rev. DIR. Robert Wilson, of st.
Paul's Kent county, Md, to the Rectorslip
of Christ Church, Easton.
DORCHESTER.
A very interesting series of meetings are
in progress at the NJ. E. Church, South, of
Cambridge. A large number of penitents
crowd the altar.
A few days since, a little child of John
Elsey upset a pot of boiling water upon
llStll, dHu wis terribly Scdiueu.
Mr.. Baugher has been elected principal
of the Female High School, of Cambridge.
Congress has appropriated $4,000, for
clearing out the harbor at Cambridge.
The extra meeting, commenced at New
Market, in the NJ. f. Church, on New
Years Eve, continued till Conference
The religious interest is greater than ever
before manifested in the neighborhood- -
Many additions have been made to the
Church.
The Democrat and Netcs, the new paper
brought into existence by the consolidation
of Tie DeDsocrat and Herald and Dorchester
County Ners, is an evident improvement
on the latter paper. 1t has dropped its
patent outside, contains much more current
and local news, and is much better printed
than for long time past. We believe it is
the only paper in the county, and, if so,
cannot help being paying institution.
DR.. d DCnger, late editor of the Herald,
shipped his printing material to Duluth,
and has gone there to start paper.
Three young men of Cambridge left for
the West, last week.
The congregation Of the Methodist E.
Church, at Cambridge, raised, on Sunday
morning, 9Th inst, nine hundred and fifty
dollars to pay off their church debt.