Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-20
DIVORCE.

IN 4'4,i I'!'. - W heh Fian aOdndDts his
"i''r a.: Leaves her TO support her family, there
Should bee grounds for divorce, otherwise She is
alone at his mercy. lie can come back, sell
l'r -o"i' and deprive her of the means of
~ th'rt living for hcrs,lfanl Children There
have been cases whe Q the hu band af err leayifa
i"' vt ami children, aud she had succeeded
n neiditI up business 10 support herself and
Ani oiiip' g has come back. seized and sold
tl.s soqd- and left her helpless There are
cases 10" NTH city where women are Ia con
slant dtesi OF the return Of the husband 10
break mp and destroy the household Which .hey
arc Sustaining. Give such women a chance by
separating them from 4 partner who IA not a
o'essiils Dut curse. JU5TlCE.
tn'9n loa .-;socidtion.-Tha fourth annu-
Al meeting Of the shareholders Of the Union
Loan Association, was held ON "Wednesday
evening, The report Of the Auditors wa sub
IN ted and read, from which we clip tho u .
| lowing:
Number OF shareholders, 25T; numbe r of
shares. l33l amount paid on each share, S4e;
value, s665o: received for monthly dues, the
| past year, S21,slO, four years. sos 646 amt
81 loans 4aring the past year, $4,000 four
| years, Slll,l25; property Sll,27O.84; net gain
| t7r Seer ls72, SlG,705e3, for four years, $50
| S3I.ii.
Tht Officers and Directors for the past year
| wei'e reelected, as follows;
l'fesident-.Wm. II, Pierce.
Vice P.esdent-Thomas ID. Webb
Ireas1rer-James Bradford.
Seeretary--M. l.. Lichtenstela.
Dfectors-Ch ,rles B. Lore, j. G. Matiack.
john TAYLOR, &. A. Rodney, VIM ID. Maxwell.
A. > Elliot, Thomas j. Bennett Joseph f.
| Booth, Dir. ). Marshall
Auditors-Wm. G. Gibbons, n. r. Benson,
| Harlan cause.
| Domoctdtlc Foper.-Thc meeting In regard
10 starting Democratic paper in this city, met
| IlDVpp nj I'int1pp ,taf.
| pointing YIN. Reynolds, Chairman, and John
T. Springer Secretary. After the object of the
| meeting had been stated a committee was an
pointed to take the necessary steps 10 procure
i cliart"r for the Company. A committee OF
one from each Hundred was also appointed to
s'i'tH SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the capital stock. After
Considerable amount of discus sion and spee oh
| ~ lElhS Mr. Dean offered a resolution request.
| III. me Democratic State Executive Commit
| tee OF Delaware 10 assemble at an early day and
| cait STATE Convention to reorganlze the party
on white mars basis. Adopted unanimously
Mr. Dean then look the floor and addressed
| t.le meeting Oh the absolute necessity of this
roarse On the part Of the Democracy, and closed
ny Expressing his Willingness to hear courteous
| " ana respectfully the remarks Of Mr. Town
send Or any other gentleman present.
Ar 10" nseQd replied in few strony tecla-
tatiois 81 ms belief in the superiority of his
| race ard the necessity of a movement of the
| white people Of America TO secure the control
| OF government to that race.
| Attcf remarks By others on the same snbIect
| the meeting, which was Harmonious thron1h-
| ont, adjourned ~
| GreW F0od.-The heavy rain last Thurs
| day night produced great food in this sec.
hon oil country. The Brandywine was great
| " aWoiiei, considerable damage resulted there
| ifom various mills being inundated and one
span OF The bridge at Eleventh street was car
| RED away The Christiana was also greatly
] swollen and the bridge on the Delaware rail.
road at the New Castle Junction was moved n
loot more from its position, and the passengers
on FRIDAY walked across it from one train to the
o'h"r, which caused slight detention. Work.
m Ii Were immediately employed to make re-
| pairs and IN the evening the cars crossed as MS
| uli. be county bridge at Eewport was alan
moved ioot or more from it's position. The
county brldge on the Lancaster pike known as
! barAet 5, on lied Clay Creek. was swept away.
Several OF the bridges of the Wilmington. Wes.
| tern lailruad were greatly endangered and the
| small one at Hockessin was swept away.
A small bridge below Pocopson on tho will
| lnlhstoh anu Heading road was carried off AZ
vas also the tressel work of the bridge OF tho
| J.. " L. c. Railroad at Chadd's Ford
Huston 4 ienrose's dam at Coatesyille. was
| swent away, and large break occurred in Pen
| nocks dam, whie the mills generally were oy.
| tiiloTed, compelling cessation of operations
White Gay Creek was also very high water.
stood four feet in depth in Deans Il Cos mill
at Newark, and more orless damage was ans
tanned.
despatch from minneapolis, Mimi. saws
the recent storm on the ST. Paul and Pacific
Railroad was .'the seyerest ever known" Sew
eral persons of Kirkhaven, where the storm be-
gan, started for their homes with their team
AMI have not been heard OF since
Ono wagon has been found elnhed led
in the drift, bat the fate Of their owners ia
not known. A later despatch reports the IA
tal Freezing Of six mon In several different IL.
calities.