Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-29

Pennsy lvania Railroad, lime ane
Grand Opera House-Mrs John Drew
hemoval-h Fraim, Att rney at-LAw
Live man wsnted--The singer MfgCo
snow cases for sae-W Kennard a Co
Dr Wistat's Balsan Of Wild Cherry-Ctty Il N
The peach season is over
The city clcck is itself again.
No more Sunday trains on the W. & W.
The Clayton is to have billiard saloon.
Court, the tailor, has returned from Europe.
Blind Tom is coming on Monday night next
The hard times don seem to affect travel in
the least.
The coored people dedicated another church
yesterday.
X. 9. Fraim Esq has removed to No. 200
French street.
The gathering Of the Episcopal Sabta ath schools
occurs next Thursday.
The ferry toat Plild7e plia is in the H. & H
| 20, : dry dock or repair.
Sunday night revival meetings have been COM
menced at st. Pau's NJ, L Church
| The Jo'o,s HOPKINS will be launched from the
| ii a Il. Co. ( yard, on Wednesday.
The freghting business OF the W. Il H. r Il.
| il now double what 1t was this time last year.
reunion Of the Sabbath School teachers Of
Central Church viii be held, this evening.
The p. W. " B Il .ilroad has turned out it-
fOth locomotive, which CONSUMES its own smoke
LottA has made two engagements for Whining
ton-the 2lst and 22nd of October She will
probably play the Llttle Detective" and ZIP"
An interesting revival is in progress at Mt.
salem, and from 10 to 20 lenitents nightly gath
or about the altar
John Morrison, on the 2sth OF Jure. 1870 is
sad to have slaughtered tile largest bullock ever
killed in Wilmington.
The sidewalks III s:h and oh streets, in the
vicinity of Church street, ale III a very bad con.
ditiun in some places.
One Of our carriage firms has been compelled
to give np an order for carTiage- for New York
because Of the money panic there.
Grand Chancellor E. u. Rice, and Supreme
Hepresenta'lve !. J. Mchnllen. vii officially
~ l''tcohi Lodge. No. ). X Of r.. to-mo. row,
Tuesday evening.
Caieb MI. am, an aged eolOred man ie-iling
bn OtauS" street, bstNeeu - Ia aud lltn AA- Il
| very respectable collection OF antiquities II,
"As raNe uh,il hir il,t year and TIA. ms mas
| ter's cahe.
| Wellington Mason has contracted to erect
three t"o story rck huu .e- with Lacs bnilIiugs
| IOr N silver, Lsq at the corner ~ Twelfth
| ana walnut rttects, aud lie l- building a liick
louse for Mrs liAiue- on j,h sueet bctaetL
| Poplar and Lombard
There il, actually. but one male teacher in the
| employ OF the Board Of Education. The super
nendent Of Schools by virtue Of hi tnice. i.
| principal Of the Normal school. and the pItci
9al OF No. Is his assistant Hose papers that
| hslHt mat there are three male teachers IA the
employ OF the Board Will observe this fact.
To FfLToN 1t Is stated that Rev. 4. W. Todd
VII soon lcave BeLouoth Beach for FELTON,. and
theTe assume charge OF appointment vacated
| ~ nov D. NJ "lhsms, Who l. Prlncipal uf the
| Conference AcAdcmy at Dover.
|
OMISSION. - la our report OF tho officers OF
wilmington DIVISION. No. l, S. of r We regret
Inc omission Of Miss Anna NJ. LeGis a. Assist.
| ant Conductor, and hope the present notice will
tully cOmpenrate FOR such omission
| Went CRAzY.-A Captain Of a schooner at the
| Bleak"ater, bound Eastward, went entirely era.
| ~ lew days ago, aud had to be confined 10 be
| Kept from damage. Ii was sent to New York
N the Cdy Poad for safe keeping lire ak,ranr
LJN.
Ice House IMPROVEMENTS -Pusey 6 Rice
| have force Of men at work at thrIr great ice
headquarters, on the W. ~ X. H. r., above
Coatesville. They are digging out the founda.
uoh- preparatory to the erection of endles.
chain llfters. They are also preparing to erec
-tabies for horses, and boarding house fol
tho accomm' datiun uf their numerous euplo,.
ees.
DEATH "a NETEEAH.-John Thomas Of SMYRNA
J the last held survivor OF the battle OF Cauks on
COrhs, as It Il cJmnDnly called, died on the / l.
| INST, III ms tlB IiS-thiId ear. Sir Peter Par
| ker met his deal at this battle. Mr. Thoma,
was bCrn and raised i'll Maryland, but has hyet
IN tins state for many years past. lie was en-
utled to pension, but being POSSESSED of prop
city lie refused it,
TIE CAFE HENLopEN LlGuT."-Cape Henlo
| pen light huure Waz built by the British Govern
nent about 1863, 1t Is III the form OF an Octa
| gOn. lts base Is supposed to be 10 or 50 feet in
the sand. The light Is 100 feet above the leve
Of the sea. The lens is about 10 feet high, aud
q feet in diameter. 1t IL required to give goud
light Is nautical miles dIztant, and Illuminate,
all arc Of 3l5 degrees Inc stairs to tile lantern
are in spiral form.
NEW ENaNEs,-The rapid Increase OF bns
ness on the w. ~ Il. railroad has made it neces
| sary to increase the motive power Accordingly
three new engines built by the Baldwin Loco.
motive works have been put upon the road
No. IL il shifter, with a Elk wheel connection,
to be used principally at the north end Of the
road. The other two, 13 and H. are hard coDI
| burners with pOney trucks. IL Is gratifying 10
note thls evidence of prosperity IN tno W, ~ Il.
Il. H.
CoLoRED School The private colored school
oler Third Street Bridge, Of which Bayard 4.
Siulth II teacher, was reopcued, to-day aud will
now be held IN Wilmington Chapel 1t had
been closed for a couple Of weeks, until the
chapel could be finished. The school numbers
about ~ pupils, and # free school would num-
bar many more. 1t ID the intention of the col
Ored people IN that part Of the city to apply 10
the Board OF Public Education for peruuiary aiI
Ill behalf Of their school.
SHERIFF's SALES 49, Sheriff Armstrong sold at
WhItheld's hotel in New Castle, on Ihurnday
last the farm OF Erastus Lodge, containing some
5UO acres, to Samuel Guthrie, Esq for : II, 900.
being about $4,000 less than II was knocked or
to Cleaver IL Go. at the former sale
The farm OF George A. Lee. containing nearly
200 acres was sold to Mrs. Caharine Simmons
for s3,l0O subject to mortgages amounting to
S90OU
The property Of Thomas downward was sold
to Vim. BuShT for ", JGj.
Book AND MERCANTILE PRINTING job
Printing Department OF the COMMERCIAL estab.
lIshmeLt is completely provided with machinery.
type, fixtures and wurkmon, and ID prepared to
do all kinds Of / int ny with neatness and dis
patch, at reasonable rates. Cards bill heads.
note and letter Leaus, monthly statements. blank
| books, bank checks, deposit slips, order books,
receipt booKs, constitutions, and book-wurk Of