Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-06-05
LOCAL tMrELlIcEMcE.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
1t was quite cool this morning. l.'-
Very ch"ngeable weather to-day.
Hope Loan Association meets this evening
strawberry festival is in progress at tho Oil
vet Presbyterian Church.
Passenger travel has been unusu ally large Oh
tho r w. II Il and Delaware Railro Ids. the past
few days.
MARINE NEws.-The sl'op Lty 3. arrived
this morning.
REPAIRING The stesm tug Fo'ron IS now AZ
the yard of the Jackson Il Sharp Company, being
thoroughly overhauled and repaired.
CAR SHiPMENTs'-The Harlan & Holingsworth
Company shippe'l yest"rd ", two Pullman Pal.
| ace Cars. to the Pullman Palace Car Company,
at Jersey City.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS twenty lone cars Of
Strawberries were shipped TO Jersey City. and
eight to Philadelphia, yesterday, from stations
along the Delaware Railrosi Four cars of Nor
folk truck were shippcd to Philadelphia.
! PIC-NIcs.-The Orion Assembly will give n
| grand picnic at Sylvan Springs Tomorrow. This
picnic was postponed from last Thursday. Oh
| account OF tho rain.
The picnic of the Amer,cus Club. also post
noned for the same reason, vii, come off at Rosen-
| dale tomorrow.
| POLICE CAsEs.- Robert Burns WAS arrested for
| assault and battery on Rosanna Ward, and dis
orderly conduct in the house Of VIM. Ward, on
Market street, below Front, Yesterday afternoon
| He was tried before Mayor Valentine this morn
ing. who fined him t2 and COSTS and held him in
1900 bail to keep the peace.
Two cases Of drunkenness were disposed of in
| the usual manner.
SLIoHT FIRE AT New CAsrLE-About noou
Yesterday, n fire was discovered in the kitchen OF
the Sherifrs house. at New Castle. The engiI o.
we're Immediately brought out. and the fire extin
zuished before the flames had gained any headway
Considerable damage was sustained from the
water and the total loss will amount to about
s2oO The fire originated from defective fus.
"Trr FOR TAr"-Lucv Steele. a bright looking
mulstto girl, appeared before Esquire Publ. yes.
'erday. and churged one John W Jackson with n
breach of the Ieare. Jackson was arrested by
officer Truitt, and after a hearing Of the case, wa.
lined costa aud held to bail in tn" sum ui 800 to
keep the peace. Jackson then Immediately pre-
'erred = similar charge against Lucy, and Esquire
PUhl, after hearing the case, imposed the same
sentence on her.
DIscovERr OF IRON ORE.-On a small farm
in Christiana Hundred, near Centre Station, on
he Wilmington & Reading Railroad. a rich and
apparently extensive vein of iron has been
discovered. The farm is one formerly owned by
tho late Elijah Holngsworth, and Is at present
tenantea by Jacob c. Nipple, who holds five
Negotiations are now pending for the transfer OF
the bxlance Of ths lease from Hippie TO John
Foreman. the party who discovered the existerce
of the ore. Nipple demands $1,000 cash for
transferring the lease, which demand, Foreman
refused to acceed to- The vein also extends
through several adjoining farms. with the owners
OF which Foreman has made satisfactory arrange.
men's snd II he complies with the demands Of Mr..
Nipple the bargain will be closed. and mining
operations will be commenced at once Tne firm
.tadh hN,E boil.
McManus & Co, of Reading, Pa.
A. F. A. Nat a regular communication
of Lafayette Lodge, No. IA, held last evening,
the following named persons were elected Of
6crrs for the ensuing year; John T. Dent, NJ:
WIN. q. Bayne, 8. w.; l. J. Millward, J. W:
F. B. Danny. Secretary; John NJ Scott,
Treasurer.
SLIoHT FIRz.-About one O'Clock this morn
ing, the roof Of a dwelling house at the foot Of
Lombard street, caught FIRE, from the spark Of
a passing locomotive. The hose and appar a,us
at LobdelPs foundry were brought into service,
and the flames extinguished before much dam.
age was done.
CASE OF SLANDER.-A nondescript indivi-
dual, named VIM. Brown, was tried before
Esquire Frazer, this morning, for making as.
sertiOnS very damaging to the character of
one Emma Kendall. Witnesses were pro
duced at tie trial, who conclusivply proved
that the character Of the fair Emma was
above reprOach. and that the slandprous re-
ports circulated by Brown We're malicious in.
ventions. Esquire Frazer, required him tn
pay costs and give bail in the sum OF 500 for
future good conduct, which We hope will
have salutary effect, and teach William. in
the future, to accord all due respect to female
virtue.
DRowNED.-Shortly before noon today
Capt. Downing, of the steam tug Martha,
discovered the body Of man floating in the
Christiana, just below Third street bridge
Owing tn the high wind, it was impossible for
| the tug to reach the body, and the 6r ridge.ten-
der, being made aware Of the fact, put of in
small boat, and passing rope around the
drowned man, fastened it to the tug, and the
body was towed to the wharf at the foot of
French street, where 1t was secured and left
to await the action of the Coroner. Soon
after the body was identified by Mr.. John
Manz, as that of man named Fred U,ch.
mann, shoemaker, who has been in the EN-.
ploy Of MI: James Stidham. Uschmann,
stopped at Mr.. Manzs house, on Saturday
night last, and requested a nights lodging.
Mr. Manz states that b was then acting in a
very Wild and strange manner and seemed to
labor under the impression that somebody was
pursuit ing him, and seeking his life. Shortly
altef retiring ne arose and set FIRE to the l,ed,
and quietly took his departure, since which
time he was not seen until his lifeless body
was discovered IN the water today. From
the appearances of the body. it must have
been In the water about three days. and the
supposition Is that on leaving Mr.. Mans
house. he Immediately proceeded 20 the creek
and com nitted suici0e,
Corner Woodward summoned a iury and
an inquest will be held this afternoon.
ORpINATIoN.-An adjourned meeting Of the
New Castle Presbytery was held in Central
PRESBYTERIAN Church, yesterday afternoon, a,
four O'Clock, but without transac,inp anv busi.