Middletown transcript., 1872-07-20
D~,svv.r, CITY r,.~s.

| a gentlcusss sud his family came TO Delaware
City Hotel 10 sTend few days In visiting among
circle Of friends residing in the town and vi
| ciniiy. Being entertained very Rgrccab,y us Mr.
and Mrs. Horner, the nobls-hcnYicd proprietor
aud his csiiInable lady their stay was prolonged.
and most curiousy resulted In tho discovery tha,
the lady gues, ard Mrs. Horner were related
During n CONVERSATION The lady iuaui cd II Mrs
". could tell her wha, became of her notser's
silver, the existence Of which she had had ,radi-
tions, but which she could never hni. Much to
her surprise Mrs. " told her that she had the
mos, Of H. herself. aud tia, she would take plcas-
ure ~ restoring II to her, as she was no doubt
the righiful owner of II. The history srenc,, 10
he this The ladys mother died, leaving her
an infant. Her father had succeeded in spend
| ing his own aud his wife's fortune, aud shortly
after bis wfc's death had borrowed money on
her silver frrm the father cf Mrs uorncr, and a.
II had never been redeemed the silver had been
handed down 10 her, but never used. as, explain
ing H. she said sbo bevcr consider ell 1t hers and
would be glad 10 turn il over 10 the newly dis
covered owner, for nothing. The matter was
settled hy the lady paying thr amount of tho
original lann The set consisted OF several pieces
massive solid silver urn, rakc basket, Ac Ia
all probably, worth not less than $500 or $500
which had been in the family four generations
! On Friday OF last week, Mr John Beck los,
! very valuable draughi horse Dn the evening of
the same day Mr.. John ra,crson's horse ran
| away hna broke up his carriage.
| Aessrs. ". + and q " Rrybold arc nor re-
pairing their mill, putting In uow boiler. aud cl-
e'ators. u Il gratifying TO learn thu, they are
doing a thriving business (which they wen mer-
~, aud when the repairs are finished which will
be In - few weeks, they will hc enabled 10 keel,
up with the demand for their mos, excellent
brand OF flour.
James 7. Bosiick n coloTed man, has been np-
pointed assistant lighthouse keeper at Eeeiy
Island, and has received his commission.
Nr. fnrnholi shippci from this place to Phila-
dcplIia, last week ihrrc calves nom cirht 10
twelve weeks old averaging $50 bounds .a,t
The calves were raisci hy Jaines Carpenter. Esa
! living near Port Penn. Mr. C. has The rcputa-
ton oi raising the finest calves in The State
A, the las, meeting Of the Kirkwood Building
aud Loan Asso -iitioa funds sold a, n and
l3i.
Arrivals NJ the Delaware CITY Hotel for ,he
week ending June 18th %?
The whea, crop in this section Is u fair one
considering The season. MI Arthur ColLurn has
The fines, crop in the seighhourhooi On one
field, his ncishbors say. be will get 30 bushels
per acre. Oa,s are generally ca9t and cor, IL
looking remarkably we'll.
For ,hc past sA months thu Delaware CITY Na-
tional Bank ha' declared u dividend Of three p,r
cent clear of taxes,
Track laying IS icing rapidly pushed forward
on the pei. < Pa. Railroad two miles ,,i ,ail.
being laid day.
Deputy Coroner BENJAMIN " Shatfcr h,Id a.,
inques, on Thursday, the iih inst on Tho L,J~
OF the son OF Mr Charles Wright Of ~ Gc,rs,c.
lhe Jury Was held for screra DAYS on account
Of we absence o Witnesses, and finally returned
verdict of accidental drowning On Thur.d,v
thc lIth instant an inquest was held ly the
same gentleman on the beach opposite tlr Pier
House over the body Of ~ unknown white man
verdict; death from causes unknown Tho
body had been in the water at least 20 d,,s- nr
Murphy OF Philad, lphia, who has had l. ]. .n.ri,pcs
IN saeh cases, SAYS 30 days The loiy va. IN.
closed IN heavy canvass. ami h,llas'eI ar Ia,
dcnct with m iron bar aud lti,k, There wns
nothing Iy which Tie body could lie identified.
II was Inferred by the deputy coroner.
shooting ARRAY.
About 10 rlorl; Yesterday narnin. an un.
known negro man, WI. ,ad he hailed from vir-
gina. walked into the peach orchard OF Mr. r.
u cochran, adjoining this place. and began
eursng ma .u'ggis.iug ~ilh eJL,c hands that
were ..boyias ia the orchard Augustus Ilu..
hclccA, youth about seventeen years or age
living with lr, Cochran ordered the ucrro IN
leave, whcreupon the negro turned apou him,
ana he had 10 run The negro being a large ms
cul'r man, llushrbeek WrGt 10 the house ana
procured pistol aud returned to the urcharl
tie again ordered lbe negro 10 leave when the
negro ran toward him. seized him and forced
him 70 The ground In The Struggle the negro
hit iiushthctk aGI struck him pu the arm with
stone, but he succeeded In releasing himself from
bis grasp, and trcd at him three lines, one bali
taking elect in the right breast one Ia the neck
and the other on the lip The wounds Of The
neck and lip are slight ard the wound in the
breast did not seem 10 give the negro much nm.
cnsincss, ne he was walking about Town a shoft
time after with the lal sil in him br. Wm.
H. Barr exhmined the wound and ieuai that the
ball had lodged under the shoulder hlndc. II
could cot be putlcG OFT without considerable
difficulty, and the Dr decided 10 let II remain
The negro arrested aud taken before squire
RidewaY, OF Odessa, who committed him 10
New Castle Jail
struck by lightning.
This town visited hy a hcay, rain ,tor.,
on Thursday evening, acrempanic! by loud
pcals OF thunder and severe flashes OF lightning.
During the storm the house OF Joha H. kilpai.
rex on Anderson street was struck hy liebt.
Ming, sustaining considerable damage lie had
Just had a liehning-rod pa, on the dwelling,
hut IL was not heavy enough TO carry OF the
lightning The top Of the rod WAS melted
The Niddletown Hotel gAs also struck. hut
the lehtning rod conveyed Tie fluid into the
ground wiihoa, doing any damage.
Deceased.
Samuel Plat, Esq. wellknown criminal
lawyer OF San FIau1isco, died suddenly In thai
city on Sunday. lie was native of this State.
and son of the late Sheriff Plat, Of this county.
lie studied law with Hon. John ". Clayton.
Destructive Fire in ceeil County, ma.
A very destructive fire broke on, in Rising
Sun, ON Tuesday The Maryan House, with
large amount of furniture, the .tabl!ng and nj.
other onihouscs connected with il were DESTROYED
foundry, coach shcp spd dwelling were also