Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-16
Local Intelligence.


City Council meets this evening.
Tony Pastor and Troupe are coming.
Penn Loan Association meets this evening
disposed of by the Mayor this morning: hfty cents
and costs eacn.
HORSE FRLL.-About O'CLOCK this morning u
horse attached to = wagon stepped upoa the shafts
Of cart. i'll front of Webb's new building, Mar
ket street. above Third, which caused him to snip
and tall. No damage wns sustained.
ARRrvED.--The barge Rspubiic arrived at the
Wilmington & Reading Railroad Companys
wharf, this morning. with l5J tons OF blooms, for
H. e. Steele, ut CostesvilIe.
SUNDAY TRAINS. On and after Sunday next,
the W llnington l. Reading Railroad Co. will run
II Sunday excursion train to Coatsville, leaving
Wilmington at O'Clock A. n. and Coatesville at
4 o'clock P. N. The fare f,r the round trip will
be Sl.3S
SALES OF MONEY At the monthly meeting of
Central Loan Association, last evening, 81 400
sold at 36k and $1,000 at 35A per cent pre-
MUM. A proposition ofiei ed to the effect
that the Association 200 shares OF new series
stock. but consideration the matIer was post
poned until the next monthly meeting.
! At the meeting CT AID Loan Association. last
evening, the following sales were effected: S6Oo nj
20K; $44O at l911; 500 at l9H; $40O at lsH.
ana 500 ut Is per cent. premium
SUDDEN DEATH Mrs. Richard Hayes, an
elderly widow lady, residing at 4l5 f. Second
rect, died suddenly at her residence last even
ing. She retired III her usual health, but few
minutes after, her daughter. who was in the
room, was alarmed at hearing her gasp, and going
hastily to her bedaide, found her just expiring.
physcisn was summoned, who, after exanina-
ton, decided that death resulted from heart dis
case She was an estimabe lady, and her death
will be regrette by her numerous friends.
MARKETS Butter s,ld on Wednesday from 40
to so per pound, eggs 2ia25a doz, chickens 2t
pair potatoes l0al2 half peck, apples 30a40 do.
walnuts 10 do; beets l5 dol radishes 5as per
bunch horse radish 5aS per root, rtubarb SalO
per bunch: asparagus 1890 do: lettuce l2al5
do; onions 2a3 apiece, cabbage plants so cents n
hundred tomato plants 81 do: sweet potato plants
80 do: shad 35a75 per pair: herring l0al5 doz
beef steak l2a2O pound. veal II do: mutton
l8a2U do, ham, 20 whole, l3 sliced; dried bee
IS sliced. 23 whole; lard lOal2 per pound. bolo.
gona sausage Is do; oats 60 per bushel.
RIOT AND REPORTED DEArH.-On Saturday
night last fight occurred between some whites
and negroes. on Liberty street. near Maryla
avenue, during the progress of which knives ana
last evening that one of the participants a negr,
man living near New Castle. had since died from
injuries received ia the fight. This morning tn,
report slightly modifie to the effect that TIL.
man was not dead, but was very low and not ex
pected to hvo. Neither report can be traced I,
any reliable source, buI OF the occurrence of tn
aHiay aud the injury OF some OF the roughs Their
is no doubt No arrests were made by the polic'
at the time, but the affair should be Thoroughly
Investigated
CASE OF INsANITy.-A man named 0odire
. Ley, al employee at the Jackson Il Shnpe Ca
: Works, was tired before the Mayor this mornn
charged by several fellow-work,nen, with act
ing IN very disorderly and threatening mamie
while at work. At the trial it was ascertaine
that the man labors under periodical attacks c
/, Temporary insanity, and that while suffering fro,
such attacks hs Is apt to make rather threatenln
: demonstrations towards those near him. II
dlnHr Al.vaa AAf al Of M.
East Sixth street, appeared befcrs the Mayor tn
. morning. charging hum with acting III very di
orderly manner IN her house. and requested {
: The Mayor that he >hould not be allowed to r.
turn. Ley was discharged this morning and r
quested 70 leave the city.
TIE DEATH AT THE CITY HALL CELLs-l
se the inquest the BODY OF the prisoner who die
in the City Hall cei,s, yesterday nornlng.,t was q
= certained that the deceased vas named Ecbert
bsardsley and had been boarding too the past fe
weeks al Seventh ana Walnut streets. In h
& pocket was found tho card OF a firm III keine
Square. who were Immediately informed, by tel
graph. OF the affair and requested TO furnish Al
information in their possession, IN regard 10
man They replied that deceased was from Ne
, York State ana had brother residing ~ Hoos,
!. Falls The Jury rendered a verdict that dea
WAS cnused by ''congest,on of tho brain, cup,
induced by excessive use OF alcoholic s.imulant,
he The body was removed to the under IL king esta
- iishment OF y. Ecx. Sixth and Shlpiey stree
received from the brother, who has been inform,
ns OF the affair.
~
ny CRUSHED BY COAL CART.-On Tuesd
,n ,ni afternoon as a lad named Daniel Sween,
on on who drives coal cart for Jos. FOut, was dr.
ing out OF the yard with a load Of coal, he I
vii from the cart, and one of the wheels pass
ovfr his body, crushing him badly He "
-, conveyed to his home, Justison street, bel,
i. the Railroad. and medical ass,sta nee SUNNI,
ills ed; but he SO badly is injured Internally, it
At; feared he cannot survive.
nd
The REM CoNcERT.-To night Miss Cas-
" REM. the finest female vocalist on til. Am
:. ican stage, will give Grand Operatic Conc
- at the Masonic Temple. Miss REM will
to assisted by the following artists Miss An
md mia Hennt, mezzo soprano coDtralto, Sigi
IN! p. Ferranti the renowned baritone buffo
u%I 'oI Charles r. Renz, primo tenor, and Mr..
sh. rome Hopkins, the distinguished piano
nts tuoso. Conductor, Herr EnyeIk-. The $
nd. of reserved seats, thus far, has been "
IN good. and we have no doubt large audie
will be present.
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