Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-16


| wine Hundred, for sale or rent. IL is o desir
BILE property aud worthy of attention.
Il Ogle & Miller offer AZ private sale fne-tone
| plano. II not disposed Of In ten days, wi
be sold at public sale.
! The name and site OF the Post office at Blac
Bird has been changed to Forest, and Willial
p. Reynolds appointed Postmaster, vicr Wn
II. Money resigned.
Ex-Aldernan Vincent Is passing day or wv
IN Dover, with a view Of influencing the Legi.
Iat,lre 10 appropriate small stipend to assist !
the publication Of the history of the State.
Never were such bargal.is before off .rei la
hats, caps, and gloves as Humphrey d Sand
are now offering to close out their winter stock
Call and see for yourself At ZIG Market street
Surprise Par,y.-B. Frank Townsend, Esq
was surprised by visit from twenty-five Of hi
young friends last Monday evening. which prov
ed as pleasant as 1t was unexpected.
Mi,lstreLs They are coming, the king o
MINISTRIES. They viii their appearance al tn
Opera House. On Saturday evening the 18th
inst. Go carly and avoid the crowd. Price
rs usual.
jim Haine, cheap sfo~ry, Conner Second
and King streets, will remove to led East Se
cond street, below Alarr's iour store on OF be
for 18th. Now selling cheap to close out stock
TO get Your basket filled, cheap!
| y. n. Lth'TlS uaS WtuuTaWu rum TIC llIu U
J. A. Harris Il Co., lumber merchants O
Front and Tatnall streets, and the business will
Ike conducted In future by Lester A. apdIWilbe
W. Harris, under the firm name Of Lester A
Harris & Bro.
We Wish TO thank our numerous customer.
and frleds for their patronage during the past
and hope, during the coming season, TO give
them still greater bargains. A continuation o
| patronage Is respectfully solicited. Humphrey
u Sandt, ga Market street.
La. Tie Poor IRliaa.-G. Steihecksn, to-
bacconiSt, 2l3 Market street, has wooden lu
dian for a Sign, which stands beside his store
door. On Saturday night last some mischisy
Gus scamp, In passing, relieved 1t Of the feath
| cts and other adornments Of the head, thereby
| greatly dlslguring II.
Isaac FrrdL of Ctristia,la Hundred, has rem.
| ted the store at the corner OF Fifth and Spruce
Streets, and will open on the 25th OF March, OF
Whereabouts, with good stock Of groceries,
provisions, &c. We hope that he may pc lib
orally pIlronAei.
Lrriure.--Dr. Charles ID. Green Of Philaiel-
| phla, leciured Ia the Court House, nj Dover,
last Thursday evening, to members Of the legal
profession, on insanity connected with the
brain and nervous system. The Doctor under
stands his subject thoroughly, and handled 1t In
| such manner as TO Interest and instruct his
| hearers.
Sheriff Soie3.-Sherif Armstrong adveitises
| the sale Of the house Of Thomas NJ. Moore, at
| the corner Of Tenth and West streets, amt also
| the house of James Lewis, at the corner OF
Tenth and Tatnall streets, on "Wednesday, the
goth Inst. In addition to those already noticed.
He has also some seven sales for February which
win he advertised Ia q few days.
Electioa.--G. II. Wright has been re .eiected
President Of the Farmers Bank of the State OF
Delaware, OF Georgetown, and James Anderson
cashier. The following are the directors for the
current year; q. II. Wright, James Ponder,
W. W. Dashlell, w. II. Ross, Edwin r. Payn-
| ter, Harbeson Hickman. On the part Of the
state-Wm. ID, Waples, IfoYley y. Jacobs and
j. T. Moore.
Election.-At the election for Managers OF
| the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
on Monday, the following gentlemen were elec-
ted; Jesse Sharp, Il. G.. Stetsenburg, Joseph
Brnghurst, VIM. G. Gibbons, Samuel McClary
Jr., Samuel y. Pussy, Charles Warner, C. B.
Ellison, Charles T. Fleming, Samuel Bancroft,
Jr., John p. Cochran, George 2. Tybout, VIM
Cummlns NJ. D.. Benjamin Burton, Manlove
Hayes, John F. williamson Benjamin F. Fook.
ASSOCIATION FOR MORAL RRfoRM.- A
meeting Of THE Association for Neral Reform
| Of the State or Delaware" Will BE- held at Dover
at IL O'Clock noon on the third Tuesday, the
2lst Of this present month. Business OF impor-
lance will come before the society; and the
members thereof. aud all psisoas friendly TO
temperance, are respectfully requested to at
| tend Attest:
| C.S. LaYrov, President.
| \. j. WRIGHT, Recording Secretary.
| Criticai OpaeaiiaA.-Dr. Cha,. D. Green o
Philadelphia, recently performed o very deli
cate operation on little girl aged uine years
/ daughter Of James Little. of Sussex county, ant
after grest difficulty, succeeded in removing
stone as large as good sized lemon from the
| bladder. On saving II open perfect grain o
oats WAS found ia the centre, which led nc
| doubt to tho formation Of the si0ae. The oper
alton was entirely successful.
| Fine B..iiding.-The new building erected
by Thomas Graves, at the Garner of Fourth and
King streets. Is IA by 20 feet and Is four st0
| rles high, and'presents very fine appeal e.
There are three stores on the first floor, one of
which Is occupied by William Alssntzer, who l.
engaged In the fur, hat and cap trade ole b,
W. II. Lenhart, wbo Is selluf trimmings an,
fancy articles, and the other by Mr.. Graves
who has now one of the finest stocks of furni
ture In the State, and he Is well prepared to d.
very large business. His show room on tbs
second floor Is equally elegant. The third sto
ry Is divided, one half being used as ware
room, and the other half as a cabinet workshop
The fourth Isl divided Into feather room an,
| upholstering department, and vanishing
room. 1t IS the Intention of Mr.. Graves no
only TO deal In furniture, but TO manufacture
In all Its branches. All who wish to encourag,
enterprise should give him call.
The annual meeting Of Stockholders Of rh,
Delaware Il Pennsylvania Railroad Company
\ was held on Monday In Delaware City, aud
large amount of stock was represented. Th'
newly elected Board of Directors are:
| William d. Clark, Delaware City; Geo.
Money, Delaware City; VIM. Reybod, Della
ware City; Minot Curtis, Newark; John Phi
ling, Newark; Strickland Kneass, Edmun,
Smith, George II. Roberts and Samuel T Ro
dine, Philadelphia.
The last four gentlemen are prominently con
nscted with the Pennsylvania Central r. r
Co.
The report Of the President aud Traasurei
showing the condition Of the Company 1t pres
ent and It's prospects In the future. was yer!
satistaeeory.
The tracklaying oftie road Is expected to b
finished the present week,
The new Board organized by re-electin
VIM. D. Clark, President, Geo. 3. Money Sec
rotary, and John T. Williamson Treasurer.
Neo Castle fte,as.--The citizens OF Nes
Castle are generally opposed to the removal O
the Court House to Wilmington. They CLAIM
that their rights are 50 well established Ia TIL
respect that they should not be interfered with
They hold 1t 10 be misrepresentation that TIN
Court prevents enterprise and detracts from th
prosperity and improvement of the town. Be
side they think that Wilmington Is doing wei
, enough-tbat the citizens are greedy and
they get the Court House. the next move vii
be for the Stale House.
The schooner sinnersoa Is loading with 60. n
for New York, and the bark Princess Alerdil
drid Is taking In cargo of corn meal for tn
West Indies. The latter vessel Is being freighte
{ by William Lea & Sons, of Wilmington.
Messrs. Morris, & Tasker are making arrange
: ments to commence building operations as 500