Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-03

| The LAST OF A RACE OF ANIMALS TROUGH TO
| BE EXTINCT. Some months ego considerable in
/ terest was awakened in Wiconico county by the
| appearance of an animal in the forests which
could not be recognized as member of any OF
| the species in existence thse. The animal was
entirely white with its two fore feet webbed,
and It's hind ones something like dogs, with
solitary eye directly lin the centre of its fore
| mead. The beast was killed in capturing it, but
| for the sake of science Its skin was sent to the
| philadelphia College Of Natural Sciences"
/ The report of Professor Suckamin, the most dis
tinguished comparative anatomist and natural
| ist of modern times has just been received by
| the Salisbury Bachelor. He Save 'sThe animal
| in question belongs to what was supposed to be
an entirely distinct race 1t ia the Digdst lcus
| ABphillG, or woman hater, and belongs to the
| genus affiliate. 1t has not been seen in this
| country before for twenty-five years, and IL it
had heen caught alive would no doubt have en-
| riched its captor. 1t now occupies very prom
| inent place in our museum, and Is source OF
| much interest.
| CAPTURE OF Horse THIEF. A colored man
| by the name of George Gilbert was arrested,
| yesterday afternoon. charged with the larceney
| of Mr.. Rotthouse's horse, in Brandywine
Hundred on Monday night, and cent over TO
| New Castle jail in default Of 5000 bail He
confessed his guilt The horse was brought to
this city and exchanged with Mr.. Weldl for
another horse and 1916, and the horse obtained
| in exchange was subsequently sold to man
named Thompson, in Brandywine village for 800
| Both horses were recovered within half an hour
after the transaction. Mrs. Rotthouse's brother
CHANGED to sec the stolen horse in the street.
| yesterday afternoon and recognizing it, the thief
was easily ascertained and captured. Gilbert
| had been in the employ of MIR. Rotthonse for
some time, and left with Mr.. II. in his debt, and
he saws he stole the horse to get his money
at the advice of his friends. He further says
he had been advised to burn Mr.. r. y barn.
The POTATO BuG IN SALEM COUNTY, n. j.
Tho Potato Bug has not only attacked potatoes,
but done serious damage to tomatoes, eating
even the vegetable fruit itself. The crop OF
tomatoes promised to be very heavy, until this
pest fell upon it, the season having been favor
able, but many truck raisers are now complain
ing of the ravages of the beetle. The ravages
of the bug have ALEC extended TO the egg plant,
and upon this it especially delights to feed.
Farmers say that they have plowed up these
beetles eggs in some instances foot under
ground, from which circumstance they foar the
attacks of the insects more for next year than
the present. This fear is, no doubt, well found
ed Woodstolcn Register.
A HONEY CRoP.-Mr. II. b. Graves residing
near Cold Run Station, on the Wilmington ~
Reading railroad. has realized this season from
seven hives of bees over three hundred pounds
OF superior white clover honey, leaving enough
surplusage still in the hives to keep the bees
through the fall and winter. Several of the
hives produced as much as sixty pounds each
Mr. Graves has been keeping bees for the last
twenty-five years, and has slways been success
full His bees are Italian and native mixed, from
, which it would appear that the two species worn
tremendously together His honey crop this
year is worth about $780, lies' Chester RepuI-
! iiOdH.
HER FIRST RAILROAD RIDE.-A little incident
worthy of note occurred in Oxford on Thursday
last Our oldest inhabtant Mrs. Sarah Hutehi
son, whose SSth birthday was celebrated on last
4th of July enjoyed her first railroad ride OF
that day. She honored our Narrow duage Rail
way with this distinction and proceeded in it,
iaunty little to Tweedville Station where nh,
joined in the anniversary celebration of the I'm
= ted Pre-. byterlan Sabbath schools. Mrs. II. ha
long been member Of this church. She il
quite active in mind and body and enjoyed TIN
trip by railroad and the day i'll the woods witt
, apparently as great zest as any.-0rfo,I Pre- 8
HoR-f AND WAGON SroLES.--A man name,
jeremiah Roxburg. of Ulayinont, Del, on Wed
= nesday night last, hired horse and wagon a
4 the livery stable of l.. q. James in Chester. FL
| was thought responsible, FOR he had frequeutl'
hired before, but in this instance he took til
n team to the Rising sun, Nd, and sold it to Geo
Grace. the proprietor of the hotel there for 5I5
= getting So cash. and tive balance in due bill
r, lie there gave his name as Joseph Brown. MI
J. James, aided by Constable Wheaton, recovere
0 the property ON Saturday and arrested Roxburg
i who confessed the theft and now await- his tri
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C The Delaware county Court has passed sen
y fences in the cases of Edward Scott "Dr. Stats
q field and James Price, noticed in these column.
q few days ago, aa follows Edward Scott tn
boy convicted of rape uron Clara Smiley, tine
800, costs, and separate and solitary coniint
- ment i'll the county Jail for soven years. jaime
{. Price, for burglary in entering the dwellln
ID house Of Samuel Coodley, lined 80 and tw
q fenea to ,io tinn and t9o ycsrs ana sir ,nnnt
ID !, conntv iail
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~. insect in the early tprine, farmers bong lnab
to get their crop to stand and i'll the secol
y place to the unprecedented cool weather (f'
m the season. during the latter part of Sumne
he There are few fields near hy this place that al
al beautiful ; but there are twice az many MOI