Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-06
az Edcard Moore Vo 22S Market Street. Wilmington, Del

IA For Sqle.--George D. Evans alyerises tie
Pianek property near 1alleyyile. Drandywine I
Hundred, b private sale.
IA House JYantcd-for which cost will he
paid, about two or three thousand dollars.-
Apply to Francis Vincent 404 Market street.
\ large lot of roll butter Just received by Jas
Crippen, Fourth and Market streets.
Cured tomatoes peaches and corn for sale
cheap by Crlppens Fourth and Market Streets
Rio coffee % cents per pound roasted, Jas.
Crippen, Fourth aud Market streets.
Goto Crippen for pruens ralsins, citron. cur
rants, peaches and apples, Fourth and Market
streets.
Meehanical.-Qne OF the wsalthlest, aud
most esteemed gentlemen Of this county Is new
er happier than when he Is amusing himself In
private workshop that be has fitted up In bis
esidence Several oil the most distinguished
nobility of Europe have had the same tastes
what other men called labor they followed for
| amusement. The articles they manufactured
were generally given 10 their friends.
Union Prayer Meeting AT meeting of
Pastors, held with Rev. Jacob Todd, 1t
was resolved recommend that instead OF no Id
ing daily union meetings during the week Of
p aver, we hold three meetingson Wednesday,
jan. $, as follows
Morning at teu o'clock, in the Second
Baptista Church, corner of Fourth and French
reefs; afternoon at 8 O'Clock, lin Central Pros
byterian Church; and evening at 1850 O'Clock, IN
| Union NJ. E. Church.
! Ldrceny.--On Sunday afternoon last, Charles
West negro boy, was committed to jail for
entering the shed attached to the Capital Hotel
stables, In Dover, and breaking open the wagon
| of Mr.. II. Kirby, Of Wilmington and taking a
box Of segars therefrom.
| SIP per Basket for Peaches.-We were told
a day or two ago, of basket Of peaches ship
( ped to New York, last summer, BY Mr.. B. F.
kancly, which brought the abo We price. The
parties to whom Mr. Kanely sent 1t sold 1t for
three dollars; the party who bought 1t sold it
for four dollars and a half to 90 to the country,
where 1t sold for six dollars. There being
wedding In the town that day, and the groom
wanting something inviting to set before his
guests purchased 1t OF the enormous price of
twelve dollars MIDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT.
Middletoon.-The guests Of the National
Hotel In Middlet0wn, were alarmed on Friday
week, by the explosion of coal oil lamp In the
third story of that building, setting fire TO the
carpet and other articles. The alarm was given
and the flames were speedily extinguished.
| Scowdriek N Cochran have dissolved partner
ship, Mr.. Cochran retiring, and Messls. Scow-
drick and q. W. Eliason have formed a co-part
neiship for the purpose O carrying Oh the bus l.
ness OF general merchandising. The firm will
hereafter he known As 'iScowdrck II Eliason."
James Gears has disposed of his Grocery and
Feed store 10 David Mckee, who gets back to
his old position.
Edward w. Lockwood started on Saturday
for Jamaica one OF the West India Islands.
| !. Thomas BudI and John II. Hall, Esqrs.
were the recipients, Oh Thursday last, of fine
deer, weighing about 100 pounds and very fat,
from Mr.. j. p. Hobart, Willamsport Pen
| nsyhania.
SOME Jo,a chaps from this vicinity were In
| Philadelphia while back, and determining ito
| make a night OF It," chartered q cab and star
ted 10 see the elephant. Among the crowd was
an iiiisophisticated son OF Sussex, who took
| seat outside with the driver. Going IN Chestnut
| street he asi"ed son1e handsome apples at Il
uooth i'll charge OF a venerable vender OF this
variety Of fruit. Sussex proposed to treat the
| crowd, and ordered cabby to stop. One OF the
party, practical Joker, told him that the vel.
low apples on the end Of the stand were for sa lie
| but that the red ones were given away; where
1 upon greeny approached the staud and rapidly
iled his pockets with the flee fruit. The vender
discovered him just rs be started away, and,
going for lin with rush, and calling out In
Stentorian tones Tor the police, old Sussex be
came alarmed and started at a two-foity gate
TO make his escape. lie ran about five miles,
bnl was finally captured, and was about TO be
| committed ior theit, when his friends interiered
" his behalf, exp lained the Joke, paid the ln-
in!rd merchant toi his apples, and made tie
!hins up sussex says that he has cut his eye
seth, and attends likewise 10 "cut the head
! u The Ieuo~ HAT fooled him. Milford Ne,cs.
Five bodies were exhumed from the centre
street rains in n Y. OIL Wednesday and lien
tined. Two girls are still missing, and suppos-
ed to be IN the ruins
III New York CITY, during the year 1872, there
were lao suicides, FOG deaths by drowning, 81
homicides, and 705 deaths "by accident" To
tai deaths by violence 1l0s.
IT Springfield Ohio, last Tuesday night, Nan
cy Wo.;hinston was murdered by her husband
and her son had his skull broken with an ak
1t Is supposed the murderer was drunk.
At Albany, on Wednesday night, Mary Jan,
Wells was shot, and perhaps fatally wound.,
by Thomas ]. Corners, who was trying Il
T break Into her house.
During a fire in Clark's marble building, a
!, Memphis, on Saturday, Henry Fontaine fe
from the top OF the building, and received in
Juries which may prove fatal.
, 1t has been ascertained that eleven men a
= "Strangers from the East" persisted by the Col
tonwood avalanche, In Utah. Three rnor
snow-sides on Sunday are reported but no fur
ther loss of life.
i The steamer Charuca, owned by Andrew
a d Co., of London, sailed from New York In th
early part of November, and has not been hear
. of since. Her crew consisted of Spaniard
" and she had a cargo Of 37,T5T bushels
"a wheat,
Il The Fifth Az Theatre,in n Y. was burned c
"Wednesday afternoon. The loss on the build
IA Ing is estimated at 100000. Augustin DAILY, Il
= lessee, estimates his loss at S150000. The I'll
was caused by defective furnace
Two trains on the Macon and Western Ra
a. road ran Into each other about 81 miles fro
e. Atlanta, smashing an engine and three car
Is Eight colored men were killed and ten or twe
iuiurpl u uya iptu
y, Patti and her concert troups were on the trai
lie and lost their wardrobes and plano, but escapi
IN personal injury.
= 1t Is stated that after March 4th the Preside
as will issue an order giving notice that the a
n ceptance of a candidacy for State office,
the holding of such office, especially in Sta
mt Legislature, will be deemed cause for remov
from Federal Office. Trouble has arisen
some of the Southern States BY such action ,
ie the part Of Federal Office holders, contrary
/ the Presidents wishes and to sound policy.
~ Heavy rains have been falling in Texas, az
es on Thursday the BraZos river suddenly rose
feet, carrying away the centre span of the brid
is on the Austin Branch road, five miles fro
8 Hampstead. Freight and travel westward fro
Hampstead are interrupted. The bridge W
TX temporary structure, intended for use on
ity until the erection Of an iron bridge.
nd The PLEA OF INsANITy.-In Indiana tn
INT are trying to remedy the nuisance of the pi
las of insanity in criminal cases. A bill befo
the Legislature of that State, provides til
vs. whenever an indicted person Is found not gu
X. ty by reason OF his temporary insanity, Il
%. court shall send him toa lunatic asylum for
Idle term of years proporionate to his crime
" The Almanac Publishers complain that til,
business is destroyed by Ayers American
ew manac. The people prefer it To any other, t
tal Farmers Western, Southern or the numero
tlv local almanacs when they can get Aver,s