Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BASE BALL--A meeting Of the "Dismoni
STATE siil ts held ii.is eses.ng si s r. H.. ~
tsi.ine-s OF iu Posiance Willis suboiuesl.
ExcuRsIox-1his mDsnink. III Lsna,e
Social, Of this city, made an excuni0u to Cape
May, on the steamer FELTON,. There ~
large and respectable atfendaDoa asd shcsld ihe
Weather prove hvossbie, . very pleasant day
will dout,es be spent.
BRroHAM YoUSo.-I, is reported that Brig.
ham Young passed through this city on the
one O'Clock train for Washington Yesterday.
Whether the report Is true or not II unknswn.
but certain II is, that there was . venerable
parsonage on the train whom many parties
supposed to lie the Mormon prophet.
SEvEKK AccIDEST.-This morning as Mr.
lsnj. 5. Clark, Jexeller, WAS returning from
| Market, a small dog which accompanied hiH.
ran Suddenly between his legs, throwing him
| to the pavement and breaking the cap Of his
knee He was taken home, medical asasstance
summoned, and his injuries attended TO.
SALES OF MOsEY.-At the regular monthly
| meeting Of the Mutual Loan Association.
| last evening, money sold as follows: o:isO at
= pr c-nt- premium $1,000 at 26; e40O at
p, 500 at 23Ii, The reguiar monthly meet
ing Of Brandy wine Loan Association MAS
held last evening: 81, 90 sOld at 36,. per cent
premium, and eco at 23li.
OBJDTs.-A correspondent in Tuesdays Ga.
zeite objects 10 version Of tbe Bridgeton al
fair ba-ing hs objections usoN hi. paa resi- i~nce
in tha, city. and his acquaintance with Mr
Davis, the proprietor OF The hotel. We do I.oa
know who this correspondent il, bat We po know
the gentleman VINO furnished with the ma
teria for our report. and are sill satisfied that
our version was mainly correct.
AoIDEST.-On Thur sday night, two can Of
train on the kent County Railroad became
detached, by the breakage Of coupling, and
came TO a -iand still In few minute. another
train came along, and the er gibeer not noticing
the signal lamp GRABBED into the two car,
com plete y cemoli-hing them ard damaging the
| engine somewhat. There we're about twenty
paAengers On the cars at The time, but strange
TO say, no Que was iHj ured.
HoRsEs FOR oUR STEANRkA-The members
Of the Water Witch Company are now soliciting
| -'Itrcri itlons 10 enable them to purchase air
Of hor-ts for their steamer. This laudable object
should meet with prompt respoase from oui
c'izens. The arduous iabor- incnnbent upon
nrernen, during the progress Of a FIRE have al
Ways been cheerfully performed, aod this effort
TO tighten their labor, and afford them increased
facilities 10 preventing the spread of flames,
should be aaHlaed by all concerned.
WILD OATS SowN ABROAD; OR. On AND
OFF SoUNDIsGs, by Theodore 3. Wilmer, is q
| reprint OF an old book which at the time it vas
is-ned had extensive circulation. 1t is a
series Of European letters from the portfolio Of
gentleman Of leisure, who saw everything he
could abroad, and told what he saw in quaint
.picy and sometimes not very dainty language.
1t, however, is amusing aud fascinating, and has
| been reproduced in an agreeable style. 1t is
published BY T. Il. Peterson 4 Brothers, Phil
| adelphia, and is sold by the Baltimore New-
Company.
SURGICAL OPERATIoN.-Olive s. Bell, Of
Smyrna, Del. had his leg amputated yest-r.
day at the Officce Of DIR. j. +. Forward, as
sisted by Drs. J. L. and e. S. Policy. The
operation WAS the result OF a wound received
at A AntietanI, and had been twice operated on.
! Delaware, Mr.. B. failing I" get relief but for
| the time. He is - years Of age, and served
with the Delaware troops during the war. Is
hopeful this may be TIA. final cure OF those
| old sears Of the rebellion. We have chroni-
| cled for DIR. +. within the last two years two
operations OF the kind, both Of which proved
| successful under less favorable circumstances;
| and we trust good practice may still attend
| him to the credit OF Chester and its medical
profession -DensOcrdt.
| FiRE-olr large swamps have caught FIRE at
last, AZ we expected. Because Of the long. con-
tinned drought everything is az dry as tinder,
and spark from pipe will set them of, wh. Z
there s no hope Of putting them out until
there comes soaking rain. The large sysqaS