Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-07-31

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N0tice-Teachers Examination
Educ Reynolds Institute
Philadelphia Watch-E g Thompson
EducaiOnal-Stasa Normal University
summer boarding. Brandywtne Springs
July ends to-day
City Council, this evening.
A patent has been granted to Charles Green
nd William Wilson, of this city. for All improved
owder keg.
The farmers favorite-THE DELAWARE Tai
iuNR is issued to-day. 1t IL universally ac-
,nowledged to be the best newspaper and family
ournal published ON the Delaware Peninsula.
John Ocheltree who had his hand accidentally
hot of while visiting the residence OF his son
lear Centervo, a few weeks ago, has so far re-
covered as to be able to return to his home. He
& between seventy and eighty years of age
Paor REYNOLDS ACADEMY Prof. W, A. Rey-
,olds' Classical and Mathematical nstitute will
,pen its Fa Term September lat. Catalogues
sill be ready In few days.
The number of Philadelphia excursonsts by
BOAT has increased 80 much of late that the
small cars will not accommodate them and to-
lay large cars with four horses attached. were
put upon Il City Railway.
AcCIDENT-As ]. Il O. Oldham was assisting
to unhitch pair of horses from carriage at his
residence in Christiana village last Friday even
ing one OF them turned rnuhu sunueIlN hhoVh-
ing him serseets and almost taking the end off
one of HIS fingers.
IIGHTEsT BuGoY IN THE WORLD. --- Messrs. ].
L. Lewis 4 Co., coach builders, Darby, have
made at their shops a full spring. no-top buggy. |
handsomely finished, and every thing about it
1t will accommodate person OF me-
dium size. and it's entire weight is 8A9l pounds. |
This is claimed to be the lightest buggy in the |
World.
SHERIFF's SAIEs-Sberiff Armstrong sold the |
farm OF the late Jacob Curinder, situated in |
White Clay Creek Hundred, on Tuesday last, |
aud containing l44 acres, to Robert j. Morrison |
for SS,052.
The Sheriff also soll yesterday afternoon the
Dickinson honse. corner OF Front and King Sts.,
to Henry Il. Courtney, for 10 800.
Orr or THE ALMsHousE. joe" the eccen-
tic individual of the alrnshouse whom We took
occasion, some months ago to msBtion as taking
hls food raw, was permitted to leave the nstl-
tuition. this morning, and went down to Middle
town, to his friends, on the 10 10 train His &C.
centricities led him to demand money enough TO
pay his way back case he wanted to return.
SALE of BANK SrocK Il W. Stidham IL Son,
auctiuneers sold Yesterday, for the administra
tor. the bank stock Of the late Abraham Boys, as
follows
10 shares Union National. at +37 IS. 49,. 1912 80
80 shares same stock :37......+..... / 10 90
10 shares game stock at s37 30.......... 373 90
10 shares First National at !l3I 25..... l 342 90
Total .......... .............. IS ls5 co
The New BAPrIsr CHuHcH Last evening, a
| meeting held in the Film street Chapel, and
a New Baptist Church formed 1t starts with
| about twenty members, mostly from the First
church. The new church is simply the out
| growth of the necerstv feli for The organization
Of a society in That locality and is not tie result
of dissen-ious and divisions in the other church
es A council for recognition will be called
| soon.
| EXcuRsIoNs Mr.. Gou.v's first excursion to
| Cape MAY got away from the wharf on time,
| this morning The excursion was q full one. Rs
| all the tickets had been previously sold. The
! second excursion takes place on August 7th.
On Thursday next, Mr.. Z. 7. Il. Smiths ex-
| cursion to M4uch Chunk and Gleu Onok takes
place Read the printed circular descriptive OF
the scenery Of the places, fix in your mind the
| more noteworthy objects and one week from
to-day go there and stand face to face it'll theil
| unrivaled beauties.
THE WIooMIco AND Poe lMaKE (Mp,) RAIL
| RaAD.-The Al nual report OF the oilieers of the
above road for the year ending April 30, 1873
shows the amount Ct money received to have
| been as follows:
From passengers. 80 527 GO from freight
$22, ,33l' IS from Adams Express, s957 " from
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expenses for operating the road for the samt
period was 766 %. Net earnings, al4 100,
81. The total amount of money passing ove
the road by express WAS S3l7 6lS 81, whilst til,
total pounds OF freight was Sl3 723.
INsASE.-Yesterlay afternoon, officer Het
trick took in custody Mary Lnper young col
| ored woman who resides at 9Th and krkwoo
streets but who was at the time in the stree
violently throwing sticks and stones at the pass
ers by. Mary was insane. On Friday last ali
was sunstruck and became derangcd, but mani
tested no violent disposition until yesterday
, when she struck member of the family wit
a teakettle. in the head. aud inflicted an ugl
wound She is still in the cells, in irons, to pre-
d vent her harming herself, but Will, most likely
be sent to the amshouse, this evening.
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THE ATMOSPHERE AT REHoBoTH "A OorrespoT
dent Of the Philadelphia Record. writing froi
Rehoboth. claims for the atmosphere Of that Il
cality that it, unlike that of other seaside WI
tering places, is dry and free from that humid
ty and density which deprives automatically a
| feeted persons from the sea bathing. He adds
!, 1T is the dryness of the soil and atmosphere
this beach that so peculiarly adapt it to eVel
class of invalids, even those of the most del
cate lungs, to whom seabathing under favor
BILE circumstances, is no less luxurious and sail
tary than to others. Such patients can readi
} avoid the Eastern breezes when prevalent, by
| Ahnrt remnval Westward from the beach.