Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-06-15

ing of the Executive Committee Of the
Workingmen's Institute held on Saturday
evening they resolved TO close the reading
room from June 2gth to October 9Th.
DENNIS CONFESSED HIS CRIME The
accidental omission of paragraph from
our report elsewhere of the capture of
Dennis, prevented US from stating eNplle-
tly the fact that Dennis the negro arrested
for the recent outage GU Mrs. Thompson
confessed 70 the officers that he committed
the crime.
PRo,pERirY.- Our bright little brothtr
the EVERY EVENING, Of Wilmington, hav-
lug purchased the Daily Journal aud H5ck.
~ Statesman, with all their material, has
moved into the Journal Office end merged
that papsrinto the EVERY EvENiNG.
This evidence of prosperity gained in a
brieflife of some nine months Is very en-
couraging for the News, and We only
trust we may meet with similar success
Chester Daily Necs.
Nor TnE FlRsr.-A nicnd reminds us
that Mrs. Tarr is not the first Cdilrcss on
the Peninsula, as Mrs McConaughcy pub
lishcd some years ago quite "a lively paper
at Clayton.
BY The way James 5. McCalla, of
McCalla ~ Stavely, burned ont in the
Jayne's building Gre in Philadelphia, was
the oldest living person who had publ he'd
"a paper in Delaware. He published Il
paper In Georgetown ~ or 40 years ago,
and sold out there to 90 To Philadelphia.
WILMINGTON AND READING RNtRoAp.
The grading Of the above road from
BitdsborO 10 Reading Is progressing rap
idly. Three months more OF good weather
will nearly complete the grading. The
Berks County Road will be- put under cen
tract about the last OF this month.
Two ofthe abutments for u bridge over
the Schuylkill rear the Poplar Neck
bridge, have been completed, aud a third
one llfiy feet high, will b1 commenced int
mcdiately. A larlle force of workmcn is
engaged. The work Is TO be done in the
most substantial manner under the super
intendence Of Mr.. Thomas q. Steele, the
engineer in charge. -Ofori Press.
HOME CRITICISM - The Wilmington
CORES pondcnl of the Brcdkwater Light,
published at Lcwc-, Del speaking of our
recent purchase,say "lhc prupricturs OF
EVERY EVENING announce that they will
remove to their nrW location, $40 Market
street, on Monday newt Il IS plrIeur,
To 'hI"hlclc inc success, OF 'n'S pal," II
WIS presenter 10 lh' 'll1'hN OF winning
ION WIN no luAs.'I lIoihl-'7' or tIIi'"
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our people; aud the same spirit of energy
and enterprise thai pcryadcd il- column.
from lis initial number, in the shape uI
original. live and Interest ing local matter
and Impartial editorials, displaying both
ludgmehl ANA intelligence, i- stun manifest
IN us pages, and ~ the short space o
eight months II nag attained girculal lui
unprecedented 10 lie history OF winning
ton newspapers. They are nov putting ii
a duuhlc-cyliudcr Taylor power press will
a capacity OF printing aO0J r1We- lcl
hour, the iirsI ot NE Kind ever introduced
into our stat. The D1i'B journal hl'
been merged INTO the EVERY EVENING, hu
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