Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-16
The Lingards tonight.


The Aid and Central loans meet, this evening.
The Coletd will sail tomorrow, promptly at 2 |
o'clock
M NJ Child Il Ce 3 sale Of building lots to-
morrow.
II real estate s wanted attend the sale of lots,
tomorrow.
Sunshine and storm alternate with wonderful
regularity.
The new City Directory will show great many
new names.
The Farmers Bank, at Srd and Market streets
is being painted.
Two car loads Of carriages were shipped to
Baltimore, last night.
O. Chauncey Burr in the dining hall Of the
Clayton House, this evening.
pleasant and select Sociable in Institute
Hall, last night waa largely attended.
Mrs. Anna Evans residing in East 9Th street.
near French, has reached the mature age Of 103
years.
Tomorrow the Del. and Penna stockholders
vote on the proposed consolidation of that road
| with the Penna. & Del.
The Committee on Teachers, Of the Board of
/ Education, met yesterday, and elected Il c.
Fraim, Esq, chairman.
| MIR. Jonathan Aydon desires us to contradict
| the statementthat he will open flour and feed
store at 2nd and King streets.
The Griner factory on Lord street is owned
Dy tDe JOHN u bdkeT OO.g Auu
Jacob Richardson has only leased it for one
year
John p. Almond, who has been i'll for several
weeks. is sufficiently recovered to be out again
| and receiving the congratulations of his many
friends.
Two cows found running at large were taken
up last evening and impounded. 1t costs S3 per
head to get cattle out Of the city pond. Be care
full and obey the law.
1t may be impossible to ever again purchase
BUILDING lots, in that location, SO ctS-ply, and
upon such easy terms. as those which NJ. NJ.
Child Il Co. viii sell, tomorrow.
Mr.. Joseph Ii. Jones. the enterprsing agent
OF the Singer Sewing Machine Co.. is selling
Machines numbered over 100000. Judging
from this fact, this popular Machine is certain
| ly for the Million"
T. F. Plummer Agent for the Hanover Fire In
| surauce Co., has distributed some beautiful bus
iness cards OF that Company. MIR. Plummer is
prompt, energetic, and attentive business
man and is agent for number of the best Gem
panies, Fire. Life, and Marine.
Some of the residents OF West Second Sstreet
complain of the carelessness of the men having
charge of the garbage carts. little better at
| tentiUn to their business by the garbage haul
ers in many of the other streets would not be
out OF the way.
NAw CONFECTIONERY James NJ Ganser,
Of Norristown, Pa has taken Mary Slack's OLD
v established confectionery and ce-cream estab
). lishment, at 703 Market street, and will com
J. mence business, there, tomorrow. We invite
d attention to bis card,
/ BALT., CHEsApEAKE DEL BAY R. R-Th,
u official notice is elsewhere given of meeting O.
y the subscribers to the stock Of the Baltimore
y | Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Railroad Com
\ pany, at No. ST. Paul street, Baltimore, on tn
29th inst, for the purpose of organizing tn
Company.
PHoToaRAPHY-Mr CE. Holsters has succeed
ed Mr. W. H. Curry at the old establishment
DE- No. 4l4 Market street where he is now prepare
r. with everything necessary to the art to tax
~ your photograph, in any style or size. Mr. Il
% has on hand fine stock Of all kinds of trimming
sl frames, dc.
<. CHANGE OF William Bntler ha
On been appointed Postmaster at Beaver Valley
b. | UtCe John Chandler resigned. The mail to til
post Office is carried from Smiths Bridge, O
the W. 4 r. kailroad. Mr.. Chandler has sol
o his store to MIR. Butler, and will leave abol
'e' next Monday week for Ohio en- visit to his re
no atives.
nd REy. MIR. DAHLEEN. One of the Swedes res
et, dentln Wilmington, though not one Of those VIII
N, came over with the recent companies, address,
la- US an earnest letter, defending Rev Mr.. Dahlet
nd and representing him a sincere and wortl
hu man, acceptable TO the majority Of the Scand
navian population of Wilmington, and especial
as to those OF the Lutheran faith.
BUSINESS ITEMS Daniel schafer, 51s Lombal
l
Thomas V. Lighe will open, in few days,
saloon at No. II Z. 9th street
p. Traynor Il Son have engaged in the plum
ing and gas fitting business at sol Walnut St.
Robert j. Lawson has opened looking gla
and picture frame depot at 503 Walnut street.
PUTTING IN NEw ENaINE.-Operation ha
. been suspended in some of the departments
McLear Il kendalls Coach Works for couple
days whilst a new engine is being put n a
the suspension will continue aday or two ong'
These works were recently enlarged, and d
Mesars. McLear Il Kendall are constantly ma
ing additions Of machinery, &C., to meet the 1
mands of their increasing trade They pl
chased the factory building from john MerTiC
last January, paying for IT 100000.
The SHAMEFUL AFFAIR" AT SEAPoRD-N
LowmAn, the brakesman on tile Del. r. r.,
cused by our correspondent at Seaford
ehamefully treating drunken man, says I
affair was greatly exaggerated and is inaccura
He says the man had the money to pay his fal
and persisted in demand to ride in a freie
nc car against the rules of the Co., until he put
10 of the train. The striking, he says, was the
suit of the mans own Delllcose attitude and
blow was made with the naked fist
"wmsKEY DRIPs. This is the ''taking" ii
of book recently Published by Messrs. A
clean, Stoddart Co, Of Philadelphia, the
thor being the famous Detective James
Brooks, who was very nearly murdered by NJ
ra, and Dougherty, backed by other members
the Whskey Ring. The book describes this
VT | currencetand details at length the operations
w the gang in their evasion of the law and its p
altes. 1t is an interesting and exciting yoluI
and will be read with great interest 1t is q
only by subscription, and J. Anderson, agent
Porter d Co.. is now canvassing this city, 70 Z
our people an opportunity to secure it.
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sTEAM WHISTLES IN THE SrREET.-A few d
ago,a as Mr.. B. Frank Townsendiwas coming fl
the South side to the central part of the C
he was detained below the railroad, abou
quarter of an hour, by the obstruction of
roadway with shifting trains. While there ,
ting, the engineer of passing locomotive g
q sharp, ,shrill blast with his tsteam whistle VIII
frightened Mr.. Us horse SO badly that it whet
suddenly around upsetting the carriage
n. starting on in a run. Both Mr.. T. and the yeh
were dragged about So yards Now, what ne
zop sity exists for the blowing Of these steam w
A0N' ties at all The locomotives are moved by h
signals, approaching trains are signalledby b,
and brakes may be applied upon shifting car