Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-06


Nouee-Dianond staIe KoAiin Co
Wagon for sale-B1iis Read Hotel
Nations CTysial niscoyery.c1ty Item
Proposals for Lamp-pos's-
Anchor Line Steamsrs.
Grand Duchess Opera Lsoretios-ROosle
Mesquite screens a; Aldesdiees
For rrent-Bleven--comed Honse-
House for rent
The Delaware Loan Association meets this
evening.
Why have not the lAmps in front Of the City
Hall At nights Of late been lighted
John L. EvAns has opened a neg bSst And
shoe establishment at SOS King street.
The Diamond State Kaohn Co will hold their
annual meeting on the afternoon Of May lS.h
The concert at tie Wesleyan Female College.
this evening. promises TO be very enjoyable
Affair.".
The Board Of Trade Managers vill hold their
stated meeting tins evening, ~ the rooms. Gi
7;45 o'clock.
A hoase,vi;h eleven rooasin dss.Eabls part
Of the city, eAn bs rented rsAso1atls see Al
yeEtiseuen;.
B5uers, puze Co. shipped yesterday.
three a-si Class P4sssrsss CAS- 10 tie North
Pe1nA 2. z O..
Tie neatsrs Of the Good Intent Divissoa. 5
OF T., I'll u;est. =: the hall n the AeCl1-y
Bzitrg, tbs evening.
I. c. EAston. \ Q & I. :. Aruly. !: PL-A-
ds,pLiA a3yertisss fos proposals i5. furnishing
three hundred army wagons,
The b-6s and leaves Ct AL manner Of vtEs,a-
ton grow rapidly uades tie iualsres o. The
warmer sunshine Of the pas; ieE days.
The stockholders Of the Franklin Los:4 A-.5,i-
alton VII Aoli meeting :; 4li Market stree: On
A5rlay evening, tie l2th, q; II 0elccz.
Tie annual meeting o. the Nschar.cs Loan
Association vii be held, at 81 &ni Market. on
Monday evening. May 18th, s; o'cl5ck.
special meeting Of the members OF the WI
mingt0n Mechanics CO Operative Association.
will te held, this evening, st the hall, ith aud
Market streets The meeting Is to adopt by
laws.
lii. Jalles H. 0-lser, tic c0uttetioLer 81 5J3
AarEet street must accept the acknowledgements
Of the CcZ1iEkElAL establishment for Ais atten-
asm AID uEau!Hls usly approved Of. Mr.. GaE-
ser is an eu.trllising man AID has atted up
his new Place very nicely.
DIED or HIS ISicaIes -Elgasl BsrS!ck, the
Young man Who was badly burned at D.tlsborO.
some time $50, ly tho upsetting Of a coal oil
lamp on the Wim agtou ling Z Il. liel
in tue dlspeasary al Reading on Sunday.
SMELLS BAD.-The general remark OF most
everyone going near the city cells is: 1t
smells BAD In this remark. there is more trilh
than poetry, and it is certainly high time We had
ever do anythngt to abolish the fearful stencil
arising from the cells Of the city prison. Some
thing should be done, and that soon.
SETTLEMENT pAYs.-R5bert G. Eliso,i gives
notice in our alyea.i-iug'colu OF lis appoint.
| mentz for settlement with the Committees Of
the respective Schco. Districts OF the county. as
follows From No. to No. % inclusive. on the
ly,l; rom 10. > TO No -, on the 2';h from
No. II 10 No. o., on the 2lst FROM No. 81 to No
| So, on the 22nl, sud:from NJ. 81 upwards on
the 2jEd. Bs punctusl.
| FlRE At TaraLow.-The steam sIist mill Of
| Emmor FAwceit. at Thurlos station, was burned
at midnight on saturday. the Chester fireman
were teegraphed for and reached the spot. but
| were pove.lsss to subdue the flames Three
/ hundred bushels Of wheat and = carload Of oats
are said to have persisted in the building. The
origin OF the fire is no: stated. The building was
comparatively a new one, and not fully insured
1
WIrESING TIE APPROACHES - Workmen are
| to-day, widening the approaches to the Eleventh
| street bridge on both sides. Heretofore the
| roadway has only been wide enough for carriages
| to pass. and when carriage aud wagon load Of
| hay, or ether spreading articles chance to meet
the former has ibeeu forced to assume deyia-
ton from the perpendicular On the decliyities Of
| the road which is anything but pleasant Travel
eEs b that Way are happy.
MADE IliI afAD.-Qaite an excitement o,cur.
| red, late on Sunday evening last, on the Gap
Pike, North Of Newport, cccasioned by the
| strange behavior Of q dog. Whether the canine
was really mad OF not. We cannot say Lut the
| treatment lie received was enough to make him
| 20. Several pistol balls were lrel into him and
pieces Of E5tk were Lulled at him, ty tho hands
| Of many excited men and BOYS. He was no;
killed, however and ia probably now rejecting
on his severe treatment.
NV STORE At GaEESBASx Capt. 4. ]. vii.
JAMS, station agent at Greenbank, W. 4 W. H.
r., has commenced the erection Of a store aud
dwelling opposite the station. Last evening. .tLs
neighbors gathered, 10 the number OF fifteen, to
help him dig the cellar. The dirt few PRETTY
rapidly, until bedtime, when it was found thai
the excavation was nearly completed There
are number Of choice building sites about this
station yet obtalnable, and probably ere l1us
other buildings will so up.
The BEEEz CoUSTYR R.R.-The Slatington Nee!
-ays BY all We can learn this road will joir
| the new Harrisburg route somewhere near Len.
haytsyille, and thtTe will also be a road bull;
aeross the upper part Ct Northampton county
which will run to the Delaware Water Gap. Will
these connections the Beiks County Il. r. vii
| te one OF the most important reads in tn,
state and satington will have all the advan
iagea that railroads can give town" Work i
| progressing rapidly On the Berks County Rail
| road. On Sections II and l3 it Is supposed tina
in few months the greater part will be finish
ed, The masons are busy in putting up cnlvert
on Sec. l3 Several Swedes have left the worl
having been promised higher wages elsewhere
-ReadlnJ Eagle.
PUBLIc SALE or REAL ESTATE Again we cal
attention Of the people TO the announcement 0
The sale OF building lots on the Norris and Loy
eIing properties, to be held on Saturday, Ma
10Th. TLeIe are tweuty-Line lots 0 be sold an
they will be sold without postponement, with
drawal or undertaking the sale to commence a
| 80 in the afternoon, The terms upon whic
all this fine property is cold are very liberal W
anticipate a large attendance AMI capital bar
gains, for all VINO make purchases. Ihe locatio
Of the Norris property-on Eighth street. nea
, | the city basin-is one OF the best, and command
inner view Of the city and the Delaware rive
than any other in that part Of town, while th
lots on the Lowering property, near the city dt
pot are equally valuable, and will be the las
sale OF lots by Mr. Head in that vicinity
IHE Mas wIrH THE MoUsrAcHE.-Did We NJ
know that the dethrened Emperor of Franc
was dead, We should be likely to announce, Il
day, that he had escsped from Chiselhurst, an
I. was seeking refuge among the peach orchard
and strawberry fields OF the Peninsula. On ii
Delaware train, this morning, was a youth c
| self-importance whose moustache, waxed an
twisted, stuck out like horns from his moutl
and if little longer it might have prevented a
entry through the car door except by turning h
head sideways and working it in. He posses
ed all the airs OF Frenchman, and afforded 1
little merriment while the train waited. "
:, don't know Of any more appropriate use to whie