Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-09

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Postponed.-The Concert Of St. Pauls Sa
a bath School has been postponed until mel
: Thursday evening.
George Drake advertisss great reduction
. dry goods at 21S Market street.
Notice.-Jos. C. Taylor isnow selling tea
codees, sugars, &c. at reasonable prices at h
! ore No. 931 w. Front streets Housekeepel
would do well to give him call.
. Hurt.-James A. son James Coker, living q
: the corner Of Fifth and Madison streets, wa
badly burnt and hurt by the upsettlng of aston
J one day last week.
For Sdte.-Henry H. Bradley offers at prl
yate sale horse power and thresher with sha
ker attached, which may be seen at the farn
Of Mrs. Hannah Bradley, near Newark.
II. L. Albertson who was for several year
proprietor Of the Eagle Hotel, In Georgetown
Sussex County, died In Philadelphia, on Mon
day week, ieavinga wife but no children.
The Water 1dr.-Persons who wish to say,
i've per cent. on their water tax must PAL
their bills the present month, as on and ate
the list day Of February Ave per cent. will b,
added to their bills.
Neiv Store.-Wllllam Alsentzer has taken ,
store In Graves new building No. 3I5 King 81
and is prepared 10 sell hats and caps, also ladies
furs and other articles In his line, at the loves
rates. He is a practical business man deserving
OF encouragement. See adv.
Cars for Canadd.-The Harlan & Holdings
worth Go. received a contract for seventeen
nrst class passenger cars for the Great Western
Railroad in Canada, eleven Of which have beer
forwarded, the other six will be completed al
an early date.
| Dedicdtion.-The work Of remodelinp As.
buy III. E. Church has been nearly completed
and the Church will be dedicated on Sunday
the 18th inst, Rev DIR. Slmms of Baltimore, will
preach In the morning and evening and Rev.
| jacob Todd Will preach In the afternoon.
mprosements.-JosephT atnall Is erecting
nine houses inthe 9th Ward, which will be ready
Tor occupancy the coming spring Edward VIII
son Is also erecting snug house, and other par
Ties are preparing to put up buildings. The
coming seai Will witness great changes In that
section Of our city.
R01tery.-Some scoundrels broke into the
ofhce OF A. Y. Kelthler, at the corner of West
and Water streets, last Sunday night, and al.
| ter scattering his books and papers In various
directions, carried off some three dollars In
small change, which had been lelt In the safe.
The Peach Crop ofsshls Peninsula Is estlmat.
ed at four million baskets the coming year, and
1t should net the growers about Sl,5O0,O00 Ii
other crops turn ont equally rsmuneraiiye there
would be but little complaint Of scarcity OF
money, and no demand for "Stay Law" to
prevent the collection of debts. We hone a
better time IL coming.
ComalissioR.-Judge Wales has appointed
George Richardson, F. Tatnali, George Rail.
and John fugh to assess the damages to proper.
tlesof VIM. Fl. Naf, John b. Newman, and l.,
r. Riddle, trustee, in opening Pennsylvania
Avenue, from the north side OF Van Buren, 10
scott streets, and they will meet to-day for that
purpose and make their return on Saturday.
1e'nperanee.-At the meeting of the Youths
Temperance and Antl-Tobacc0 Society of the
Union NJ Z. Sunday School last Sunday after-
noon, when an interesting recitation was Civ
en- by Wesley Nichols, and addresses were de-
iivered by Prot. Harlan, Rev. Charles Hill, Ed
win Goodwin and others.
Interesting Serrices.-Eleven Swedes who
were members OF the Baptist church In their
own land, have united with the Delaware Az
enue Baptist Church. Several Of them were
received Into fellowship with said church last
SUNDAY morning, the pastor delivering the ad-
dress of welcome, and Henry A. Malmsten &C.
ting as interpreter.
!sdis.--At the sale Of Calvin Hail, at the Nav
Garden Inn Property, Thomas Rrackin, auc-
tioneer, horses sold as high as S120.5O and cows
rs high as S72. Hay S21 to S2S, and farming
utensils at fair rates. Mr.. Brackin cried num-
Der OF sales last season, and he gave such salts
faction as will lead to a largely Increased mum
oer 'ic present season.
For Sale.-Howard l.. Guy will offer his
handsome country seat, near the Practical
Farmer, Brandywine Hundred. at public sale,
OIL the 23d inst. 1t contains about 100 acres
and the buildings are among the best aud most
complete In that section Of our county. ANY
one Wishing TO procure delightful rural resi-
dence will do well to look after this property
See advertisement.
fdT.-The Water Witch steam Fire Company
are making Preparations for the holding a fair
on the 20th OF February, which will last nine
days, at the Institute Hall. Afiae time Is ex.
pected as no effort will be spared to add to the
pleasure Of their patrons. Donations from the
citizens Will be thankfully received, as it is the
their new engine.
Mutual Fire Insurance COMPANY" held at the
Mermaid" January 9th, 1S73,the following list
Of officers were elected for the YEAR, President
Aquila Derickson, Secretary and Treasurer, T.
L. !. Baldwin, Managers, Brapdywlne HUI
ired, John W. Day, William T. Talley,a John
Husband Christlsna Hundred Howard i. Finn,
George Ely, jackson Holmes, Mill Creek Hun.
dred, II. u. Fisher, Jacob Rubencame, Thomas
Moore, White Clay Greek Hundred, James
Springer, Jonathan Groves, James A. Lee.
Important Discorery.--Dr. William Fields
'A~s S"SSSsaSu III PiepaLhe COuDlnallOn OF
metals which Is superior to emory and corun-
dunn for polishing purposes and can be sold alto ne
fourth the cost Of said articles He Is about
securing his discovery by letters patent, and
will in shorttime be able to test Its before com
petent judges. There are large quantities of
emory and corundum imported every year, which
Iactwiththe high rate at which they are sold, led
The Doctor to experimenting to find a substitute
and he believes that his efforts have been
crowned with complete success.
Private E1ecation.-SLerif Armstrong as
aures us that the execution of William Dennis,
which takes place on the gath inst, will be
strictly private-thet Is only the regular Jury,
physicians and proper officers, as provided by
the law, with the addition of reporters of the
press, VIII be admitted 10 the Jail yard, on this
occasion. Persons who wish to avoid annoy
ance will not therefore apply to him for admis-
sion as 1t Is impolitic to ask tho violation of
a decision which Is In accordance with the law
and calculated to promote order and morality.
His friends will not place him In the unpleasant
position OF making personal refusal.
T.. s. Circuit Court U. s. Circuit
Court held short session, on Monday morn
Ing, Judge Bradford ON the bench.
In the Given case, the Judge announced
that the Court had not yet had sufficient op-
portunlty for conference, and that the decision
upon the motion In arrest Of judgment would
be given on Thursday, at.ll o'clock.
III the cases Of the Goodyear vulcanlte Rub
Der Co. VS.. DR.. Jerome Hopkins, and DR.. Ed
win Bohin, dentists, whom the plaintiffs sue
for infringement Of patent, In using hard rub
Der gums for artificial testls) counsel for pffs,
s. N. Harrington ESQ, obtained decree Of
perpetual injunction, and an order directing de-
PENDANTS to file accounts In the Clerks office,
by the first Monday Of February.
A Suggestion.-A gentleman suggests that
after the bill imposing a penalty Of cruelty to
animals shall have become law, that an act
shall be prepared 10 punish young men for
want OF gallantry to young ladies' whose faith
ers do not own farms. He saws the .sBlue