Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-24
Letter From Reading.

OIL ARREsTED-PRoF PHIILIPPI = TIGHT ROPE PER-
MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL Es-
TABLIsHMENTs-oIrY GOSSIP, &o.
Especial Correspondence of the Commercially
READING Pa, Oct. %.
Shortly before writing our last letter to the
COMMERCIAL, (Oct l5 we had deemed it advisa-
BILE to have an insurance on our life and sccor-
dinghy took up policy thereon but since then
affairs have taken different course in our
neighborhood. and crime has been on the de-
cline, which has 10 completely renewed our
opinions that we now think seriously of throw
ing up this document and have nothing more to
do with it after the next payment thereon falla
due. We have fixed upon now lease for life.
Since our last we have collected the following
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
OIL the boy murderer has been captured and
imprisoned, and Kissenger his companion at the
| time OF the affray. released from custody
Prof. Phillip Readings new . relic In the
way of giddy minded men," walked across the
Schuylkili on ferry rope on Saturday, distance
/ of i've hundred feet. large number OF people
assembled along the river banks to witness the
| feat We had all interview with Phlllppl yester-
| day. and asked him how he liked walking across
| rivers on ferry ropes, to which he responded, u
| got enough walking over water. It's dam
| hard l felt as if was flying through the
/ air. The water running under made me feel
so am going to get balloon and commence
1
i first ascension will be on trapeze. am not
going to stop until beat Donaldson, and until
/ my name has been in all the newspapers
/ Shouldn't wonder il some day we may write about
/ the terrible death of a balloonatic
The Ringgold Band returned home this morn,
| ing from trip to lston, where they furnished
| music for the dedicatory ceremonies OF tue new
Scientific Department of Lafayette College, yes
| terday. ,,,.
MANY of the iron works in and about this City
and county have suspended operations, ana
| thousands OF men are out OF employment fl-
| nancial difficulties the main cause.
Beaux in Heading keep good hours now are
| seen going home much earlier in the evenings
since pedestrianism has become 30 perilous In
| our midst.
Southern section OF the city attempted to kill
his wife, Monday night. He threw her on the
floor choked her. and drew knife to complete
his ID, when interference came to hand' he
| ia now under arrest, and his wife il removing
| her furniture from his honse, which evidently
| means there s to be dissolution OF partnership
| and such there should be.
| The Berks County Teachers Institute ls IN
| session in this city, at the Grand Opera House
| at present IL is largely attended and able
| speakers are engaged, among whom are PfoI
| Kidd, Hon. b. Il, Northrop, OF Conn.,, frot
Harm DIR. A. A. Willis, and others.
The total number of scholars in attendance al
| the Reading public schools last month was OoOO
HIGH WATER
The rains of Sunday night and Monday Great cd
| much excitement among the inhabitants along
| the river banks and fears of great tTeshet were
anticipated on Tuesday morning. The Schuyl
kill rose high enough to entirely surround many
buildings and innndate several of the streets il
the lower part of the city. When the water fel
on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, it left 1T
card in the shane Of cellars full of water. Boil
| the Sciuykl and Union canal towpaths were
inundated aud torn at many places, by which th
Compapies sustain considerable loss. Damage
far more serious than at this point were sustained
| further up the river, especially at Harrisburg
| sixteen miles above, where the extensive Tucl
gardens of Mr.. Harlachen were entirely gntte'
ont Ali the late fall vegetables and winter an
| spring plants and seed, together with fences AM
farm and garden implements were washed away
Mr. H's loss will be about five thousand dollars
ADJUSTMENTS.
: Charley Gardner's Philadelphia Combination
r nlaved AT the Academy of Music, Monday night
and Miss Edith O'Gorman, the Escaped Nun, lee
i tnred in same place last evening to large aud
o enne. She will deliver lecture to ladies' only
l- al same place, Saturday afternoon. SherIy
l. New York Theatre Company are booked Ior th
l. Academy next Monday Tuesday, and Wednei
G day evenings, in the play oil '9S, or benea'n I'll
20 Gibbet."
1t I Knabb. ESQ.,, editor of the Berts an
4, SchuDIfiH Journal, and senior member OF IN
so firm of Knabb Il Co., who was hurt III Jumpm
3 from the cars while ON fishing excursion la
h week is still unable to attend to his business
- - but is recovering z,-,... e,,,,,,u,o
u, who WAS injured by falling owe: rocks someuH
81 ago, is out again and ready to resume pnslnes