Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-02-20
LOCAL AFFAIRs.

For ReHL-Mm Bright has iof tthl, Tie
oursioiy brick store, No. zoe Market street.
Resignation. Alta meeting ofthe McchNn-
los Saving Bank, held on Monday evening,
Gen. Jesse sharpe, haade1 in his rcsiSna-
titn Is President, when James Bradford,
Esq was elected 10 ill tho vacancy. Col
A. II. Grimshaw was reelected Secretary
and Treasurer. Gen. Sharpe wGs elected to
another position in the Board Of Managers.
Death 9fd HlmmgtOnidn Francis x.
B Fox, who has been IN an asylum m Pail.
adelphi l., for como years pts', suffering
from some men'al malady, died on Saturday
Mr., Fox was for several years engaged In
lis city, In the cabinet making and
urnIture business, and was an enlerplisng
citizen up to the time oi his mind becoming
Impaired
4 Remarkable Cot0.-Alexand er MoD,n-
aid of Brandywine hundred, has cow that
Will be 90 years old in March, which lie
raised. "A Jews days ago she gave birth TO
her 18Th cali, and Is now doing well He
las IA sed several OF her calves, and he has
now an offer Of $3.50 for one Of her offspring.
she as no teeth hut eats her peck OF bran
day. and thrives. Mr. NJ, will keep her un-
m she dies natural death, as he considers
that htr prcftablencss entities her to this
consideration at His hands
.Jympsd Fr,m Wiado,o. "A woman,
named McNill, residing on Fourth street /,
near Madison stree, while laboling under a
I'll ofinthnity, jumped from the fourth story
window Of her house tO the pavement, slrik.
ing on her head initring hCrseli severely,
and peihaps fatally. She had been for some
lime ln an insane asylum In Baltimore
under trtalment, and finally returned 10 Ter
home. On Sunday afternoon she went up
| into the fourth story, tnl while there she
remoyod the window sash and jumped out.
sLe was taken up aud carried into the
house. and everything done 10 alleviate Ter
sulTsrinps. The taIte Il her insanity seems
| 10 have been occasioned by having number
of little Children deptneent on her Tor W.
pOrl, which, during her insane hls, she
imagined were In starving condiliun
Compliment to Superintendent Ia ian.-
Or Monday last, tie the teachers Of Public
School No. 1, lresent d 10 MIR. Harlan the
following:
it That while the teachers were emily
ing the holidays, he had trcspassed upon the
ssnctily ofthe last Christmas vacation, by
continuing the aburs incident to his Office.
Cd. That he had always persisted IN n
conscientious discharge oil duty regardless
of personal feelings Orincliua'ions.
8d. That he had always directed bis oi.
0rls TO promote the best interests OF the
8, hools both as to teachers and pupils.
AsamementO oil these charges, they then
,r, senied him With one 0flhe Rogers groups
of slttuary, entitled Tie School Ermiaa
don" a very tasteful and appropriate gift.
MIR Harlan EXPIRE ssed much pleasure at The
Ia - result OF the trial, and The whole al
&s certainly very complimentary Il
Ith pr onally and as Superintendent.
I'd b ic Schools
kCtng he Hdif.-When tie
0 ~ w from the scalp the nd
sch is its substance, its VI
Asspendcd, and II moi pro
dfets will be the ceitN
Y sure method ofavoiding
catastrophe is TO use LYd'
wi ich, when well rubbed int
j speedily re animate the lai
vi II from falling out. Beside
inimilable resascitanl and strength
9 Re hair nUurishes, aud imulales il
! E ond tender fbrcs, removes a
4 oSNTes TO their growth In lie shape @
} dandruf and dit, and ultimately produce
Z a new Crop Of hair, stronger, glossier, an
4 twice US abundant as the old, As a hai
dressing II Is notably the most agreeable
refCshing and serYiccable article eve
n paced upon dressing-lable.
2 The Nev Castle HdrJ0r.-The Pnilade
phia correspondent af tie Germautow
. Telegraph tays;
: hear some talk Of new organization I
establish a winter harbor at New Castle
2 Del, icr he commerce Of Philadelphia an
, the Delaware generally. New Castle Is a
II the head OF the bay and isan admirabl
!, port, iril We're only improved by The con
{ slructlon Of piers aud docks But sue
:, movements have been made so often belorI
= and have so generally failed, that reall
80 see no reason 10 app ehend The success
, this one. l, would require Powerful OIL
organic ation Of railway capital, bankers an
- merchant, to state the movement properly
It may be said that New York merchant
ID ship petroleum from Philadelphia and co
Of ton from the Southern ports 10 Europe thu
? they send cargoes Of sugar and coffee lroi
the West Indies and South America to Ba
limore that they created the coal trade
Elizlbethpoit and Jersey City, &C., an
that New York has not suffered by any
A theso movements, by so doing she has cTc
L. It'd populous outlaYing suburbs, while Phil
ig delphla has neglected TO do so, But woul
rtmark that there ls really no use altemp
ing these things except with ample capital