Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-07
For the Delaware Republican.
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ME-. VEoNoN ALLOW me a short space in
your paper to make public Transaction which
reflects no credit whatever on the parties con
| cerued.
was an apl lcant for the pc zion of Stewai d
OF the Municipal Hospital, aud was given To
understand for the past two or three weeks
that l would certainly be appointed to that 20
sliion. My qualifications for it are unexception-
able, having had some twelve years experience
in the duties appertaining to hospitals, whilst
the appointee, am told, never had day s ex-
perlence. II had hat no encouragement that
l would receive the appointment, | would not
now have anything to say in reference to it, but
as was encouraged to this belief, 1 think |
have been meaDly, shamefully treated, needing
| employment as bad as do at present.
have recommendations Ia nv possession,
from Drs. Draper, Askew, and others, Of this
city, together with Drs. LeConte, Fisher, Mar
TN ana Others, who were practising ut Chester
curing the war, speaking in the highest terms of
praise OF my fitness for such position.
JOHN GUTHRIE.
quick understanding to the Lancaster II =
tellisincer DIR. Ben. Mishler has just complies
ed the erection OF a three story brick house,
twenty feet front by thirty deep, containing
eight rooms and good cellar, in sixteen hours.
IL was ready to bee occupied in that time, being
tile lathed AMI plastered, painted &c. Over 100
men were employed. The feet was never beaten
ami Is really something to brag about.
Ndcdt Cadet.-There IS an appointment Of
naval cadet from this State to the Naval School
at Annapolis vacant. Efforts are being made
10 get our member OF Congress to appoint the
best scholar of school No. in this city.
Neto Road.-The new road leading from
irice's shops To the Foreman road near james
Browns, in Christiana Hundred, is now being |
fenced, the bridge over little Mill Ok. Is near.
" completed, and the work ofsrading will COM
mence IN short time, so that IL will DO ready |
for travel by the fist Of December. We will then |
sen whether il will be used by more than one |
family.
Two sons of David Kendall, of Henry Co..
tennessee, were drowned while bathing, last
Saturd They were aged respectively is and /
- years. One If them could not swim, ar d |
getting into deep WATER pulled down his broth
or when the latter attempted to rescue him.
Another brother in trying TO save them, mar
rowly escaped similar fate.
a fiue Of one of the boilers of the Pacific
Flour Mills, at st. Louis, collapsed. on Tuesday,
scilding TO death David Collins, who was work
ing at distance Of Is feet from the boiler.-,
His death was "almCst instantaneous"
CONNECTICUT WEDDING.-A correspor-
ient, writing from GuiliOrd, Conn DIES ,ribe IA
recent wedding in that vicinity, which for Ar
cadian simplicity. resembles the old time Of the
Pilgrim Fathers. lie says.
4" Dung John Hubbard was married last
week to a lady off Stony Greek. lie brought Ills
b;ide from the home Of her fathers in his own
Iarin wagon, arriving at the sufficiently roman.
nc hour Of o'clock in the morning. The bride
prepared her lords breakfast the next morning
by five O'Clock, in the apartments built on the
one or two exceptions, the
,luest inhabited house north of st. Augustine |
or the accommodation of the young folks. The
weather being fine for hay, John was soon down
lear Sachen's Head, about four miles away.
'etting his heaps ready for carting. After the |
breakfast dishes were pu. away and the house
york was done, our lady, with some friends fol-
owed the groom to the hay fields, wi ere they
lad nice picnic party. Toward evening the I
lew Mrs. John Hubbard was driven home in | {
triumph on the top of the load of sweet fresh
'ay."