Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-04-03

fostmaster-tfenerai Creswell will soon orde
q night mail from Dover to Milford.
Olive Logan on April 18th, will tell Dover
ans all about "Successful People"
Rev. Geo. E. Jones will soon take charg
OF the Lower BrandvVine Presbyterian Churc
The National Hotel at Middetown, has bee
rented by Mfr. Morton Of the Arch Stree
House, Philadelphia.
| Draper d. Deweese, Of Dover, hos been ar
pointed special mail agent between PHILADELPHIA
and Wilmington.
Richard Ferguson has been appointed III
additional Trustee Of the Poor for this county
This office was created at this session of til,
Legislature.
Fish.-There was a good supply Of fish Ii
the market OH Wednesday. Shad sold from 81
to 81 per pair; herring 20 TO % per dozen; PEREZ
~ per string; pike 80 to Sc do.
Sale of Co,cs.-Willlam NJ. Cloud will hay
sale Of cows at Pleasant Hill, Del. County
Pa, to-day. He will also have sale at til,
same place on Thursday, the nth inst.
John Merrick & Co. have plenty OF green
backs to Loan OH good commercial bushes
paper. They also want $5O, 900, to loan oil frs
mortgage. Merrick is reliable man and thos,
calling on him will find that he will act fairly
by them.
Fair Prices.-L. W. Stidham i Son, auc
tloneers, sold for James Sawdon, Jr., at New
port on Monday, cows as follows $40, sos, SIT
$40, SOL IL 500 1-2 S5S 1-2 S5S 1-2 sos, $50
500 l-2 $50, $)7 l-2 $50 l-2 $45, $3.50 1-2, $74
average price for seventeen head Of cows S57l
per head.
Another Fine Coach.-Patrlck Holland ba.
just bought another Clarence Coach, and now
owDs two Of the finest coaches in the city, He
has also procured another set of first class coach
harness from J. A. Conner & Co. Those wish
ing to hire fine team should give Mr.. Holland
call as he keeps the finest horses aud carriages
for weddings pleasure or funerals.
Building.--This Spring the unusual demand
for houses was much greater than the supply
so that there ought to be many built this veal
to make up the deficiency. All contemplating
building should by all means carefully examine
the large and dry stock of lumber at Wise q
Lanes yard, south side of Market street Bridge
where no doubt you can be suited both as re-
CARDS price and quality.
Now Is the time for planting extra early peas,
Phila,, early turnip beet, Adams early and ex.
ira early sugar corn, &c, &c, TO be had of Adam
Grubb x Go. A liberal reduction 10 those mr.
chasing by the quantity.
Garden seeds Galden seeds Garden seeds
full assortment Of fresh and reliable at Adam
Grlbb Il Co., 9th Ward.
Onion sets by the quart, peck or bushel at
Adam Grubb Il Co., 9th Ward. +
Sale Of iots.-J. T. Head, for tl.s.C hristiana
River Improvement Company, and for himself.
VIII have auction sales of Lots over Third street
Bridge, south side, Saturday April Goth Lover
ing and Norris property, south side, Saturday,
May i0th; warmers property, west side, Satur-
street bridge, Saturday, June 7th.
Man Killed.-Mr. Calvin Hoffman, foreman
Of Section of the Wilmington & Reading road,
residing Joanna Iii Ia,l
few yards from that station on Saturday, by a
tree falling on him. When found, he was dead,
laying under the tree with his face down in a
pool of water. He leaves wife and four chill.
dreu. He had recently purchased a house in
that section and contemplated moving to it on
Tuesday next.
Badly Hrt.-John Dilworth who resided near
the snuff mills in Mil Creek Hundred. was bad
y hurt OH Saturday last. He had been engaged
in taking n load of hay out of the barn when
one Of the horses started suddenly and caught
him between the wagon and the side OF
the NOW, breaking his RIBS and injurins
him internally, at first it was feared thai
he was fatally hurt, but a physician having
been sent for and rpstoratives applied, his sys
TEN rallied, and hopes are entertained of his
full recovery. Mr.. Dilworth is an energetic
man, and this accident will be a serious draw
back in his spring work.
A VisifOr.-Rev. w. II. Burrill of the phila
delpha Conference, who Is now stationed al
South Easton, Pennsylvania, preached an i'm
pressive sermon in the Union M. L. Churcl
last Sunday morning, from the goth verse Of th,
I'd chapter OF Galatians. IL has been som,
fifteen years since Mr.. B. passed a Sabbath il
our city, on which occasion he preached in tn,
old Union Church in Second Street, for Rev. I
t. Cooper who was then in his palmy days.
Mr.. ID. is a pleasant speaker and may be REGARDED
Z n n A.,
ried Delaware lady, daughter of Jacob Back
us, Esq, who now resides in our city, 1t is to b,
hoped that his voice will be heard more fire.
quentiy hereafter in our churches.
A Ndrrotu EScdpe.-Four or five horses be
longing TO Zadock Townsend, Esq, of Soutl
wilmington, had narrow escape on Saturda,
afternoon. The colored man had been usin,
one of them, and on coming TO the barn turned
him into the yard, and then without any orde
or apparent reason went into the stable and un
fastened the.horses. They all proceeded int
the yard except one, and that enc lett its sta
and passed into another, when Immediately al
forwards portion of the roof was blown off tn
building, and part of the wall gave way, film
the stable with stone and timbers that wou
have crushed the horses had they remained 4
them, with the exception of the single stall whic
had by chance been occupied by the ono notice
above. Their escape was singular as il wa
narrow. The damage TO the building was con
siderable.
The storm at New Castle, the correspondent
OF Epefy Epenilg writes was, for the time q
Its continuance, the seyerest that has occurre
here for twenty years. The wind, which ha
been blowing from the southeast for some time
suddenly, Oh Saturday forenoon, increased al
most to hurricane, causing a terrible sea, an
raising the tide TO an extraordinary height. TIL
whole river front here has been more or les
damaged. Jefersons wharf, ii was feared
would he completely destroyed; as 1t Is, IL
said it will cost five hundred dollars to put IL 4
order again. Tasker's property was damage
TO the extent of fifteen hundred dollars. Truss
wharf Is also considerably injured. The baIg
which carries stone for the now pier, starte
one of her planks. by beating against the piel
causing her TO leak so badly that she had to b
run On the flats to keep her from sinking.
the wind had continued blowing at the sam
/ rate till the next high water, it would be i'm
possible to conjecture the damage TO our harbor
ComplNae,tary-It is a high compliment tc
| our Wilmington Magazine that the Washington
Chronicle should give it such a notice as the
| following which we clip from its columns;
Ud,kness' Mdgdzine Wilmington, DELI i'm
proves in every department. The March nun
Der contains as good variety Of excellen
stories, short essays, historical sketches, an
/ editorials as it has been our pleasure to read i
a long time. Among others, Grinding til
Mississippi" by Rev. Charles d. Shaw, Spring
field, Ill. The best authenticated and fullest his
torical sketch ofthe "Battle of Brandywine.
which is exceedingly interesting Also, tn
''Life of Oliver Evans" a wonderful American
mechanic and author Of over eighty inventions
by Rev. George A. Latin er, and the editorial
on "Lying Congressman Doomed" "Credi
Mobiller," "General U. y. Grant" and "Knd
ness to Animals" The Ghildren's Department
is attractive.
Transfer of the Battle Fags.-The Jiol
| Committee Of Arrangements, for the delivery {
the battle flags Of the Delaware Regiments t
the custody Of the Historical Society, met at tn
Board Of Trade Rooms, Monday evening. Rev.
Israel was appointed Chairman, and Fran
Nolen, Secretary. The following sub-comml