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

Personal-U. S. Senator Eli Salisbury
came home on Friday evening last, the
Senate having adjourned TIL Monday.
Thomas NJ Coleman, Esq, chief reporter
OF the Philadelphia Lsdger, passed through
the eth south-westward on Saturday and re-
turned the same day.
Inquest.-on Saturday, Coroner Wood
ward held an inquest over the body of VIM.
McMonegal, aged 62 years, who was found
drowned in the race east of Market street,
near the city mill, about two O'Clock that
afternoon. Swift testified to finding
the body.-Mr. VIM. Sweeney testified to
McMonegal calling at his store the previous
night about eight O'Clock and getting a
drink OF liquor, but left unintoxcated. The
jury's verdict was Accidental drowning"
Woman's Sg9xqge.-on Friday night,
MIR. James Hall, OF Maine, and Mrs Liver
more, OF Massachusetts, debated Women's
Suffrage at institute Hall. Twice, each
party was first allowed fifteen minutes; then
twice allowed ten minutes each. Mr.. Hall
opened the debate. He said the ballot came
from the necessity OF government; no one
votes by an inherit right Mrs, Livermore
sid the ballot is claimed by women as a
natural or political right. The debate was
Of very friendly character.
Accident.-Mr. G. Hill Brinton, of VIII
mington, Delaware, well known to our citi-
zens, met with an accident on Wednesday
evening last at Sagers Station, on the W. 81
II. r. r., while attempting to get into the
stage which brings passengers 10 this Bor-
ough The step broke throwing Mr.. Brin-
ton against the wheel in his descent to the
ground, cutting him severely in his leg, and
otherwise bruisng him. Mr.. Brinton was
brought to this town and placed under the
kind hostship of Mr. Chandler of the Sher-
man House where medical aid was brought
to his relief, and he is rapidly recovering W.
C. JcBersOnian.
City Markets. On Saturday, farmers at the
curbslone sold butter from 45 to 50c pound;
honey, 90 to SOC, do. lard, 12c, do; beef,
8 TO zoe, do; liver, 10c, do; veal, II TO &c,
do; mutton, s to lac, do; pork, to 1Oc, do;
sausage, Ice, do; scrapple, &c, do; Indian
meal, &c, do; apples, IA TO zoe half peck;
pears, Soc, DO; Irish potatoes, 1Oc, do; sweet
otatoes, zoe, do; walnuts, 10 10 15c, do;
turnips, to l0c, do; cider, $50 a gallon;
cider vinegar, 40c, do; pickeled corn, loo
quart; hominy, 10c, do; corn, &c, do; stewed
pumpkins, &c rlut; eggs 3S to 4Oc DOZEN
pickles, 12c a dozen or 75c a hundred;
chickens, 75c to $l.45 rair; pork, by the
whole, weighing about $50 pounds, 6Ic a
pound; sweet potatoes, 40c a basket; Irish
potatoes, so 10 So bushel; oats, soc, do;
corn, zoe, do.
AT the Eighth and Orange streets Market
House; flesh fish sold as follows: Halibu',
25c a pound; lake shad, lSc, do; like,
lobster and catfish, 15c, do; founder, l3c,
do; haddock and cod, l0c, do; oysters, 25 10
3jc quart.
AT the Second street Market House, st lis
Nos. 80 and Al, rib, roast and srloin steak
sold Al Zoe pound; corn beef, 8 ~ 16c, do;
dried beet, 20 10 30c, do; stewing pieces, 6
to Zoe, do; suet, Sc, do; round steak, 1sc, do;
rump, 2Oc, do; best cut, 25c, do. AT stall
No. p, pork steak and sausage sold at 12c a
round; scrapple, SC, do; bologney, l6c, do;
ham, &c, do, by the slice or 100, do, by
the whole; shoulders, 10 10 12c pound.
AT the Fourth street Market House, stalls
0 and II, mutton chois sold OF zoe, do; fore
quarter 8 to lOC, do; leg, 16 10 zoe, do. AT
stalls No. % and &c, corn beef sold as high
as 16c pound dried beef, % TO ACC, do.
standing rib, TO 25c, do; roast, IL TO 1Gc, do;
for ordinary, 10 to 25c, do, for best.