Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-06-18


Beneficial Society TO Collins beach on Tues
day. was largely pair ,nized and must have
proved profitable.
Messrs. William lille, aud William II. En-
gland held religious services in the Friends
| meeting house in Mill Creek Hundred, last
Sunday morning, and at Ebenezer NJ. Il. Church
| In the afternoon.
The strawberry crop is said to be the largest
l ever gathered and prices have proved tolerably
satisfactory. The blackberry crop and potatoes
and apple promise to yield largely and the pros
pect for the farmers of our State are rather en-
couraging.
Serious Accident A five year old child of
| John DOugherty, residing on Fifth Street below
church, had one of its feet taken OFF by "A train
of cars last Tuesday a fern on, rs il wasiaboui
| crossing the railroad.
Look here, neishbor, if it's hat you are in
quest OF or bent on 10 buy, say silk, felt or
straw, go To No. 2l6 Market street, Humphrey
IL Sandt hatters, and there try. You'l get suit
ed every way for style and comfort. They have
them. You'll save money, and so say.
Now, that this summers sun is upon us,
llghtsome, Pleasant covering, called hat or cap,
| shaped i'll style, straw or panama, ventilated to
| keep the head cool and shade the brow. They
have got those goods, cheap for cash, in profu-
sion, at Humphrey Il Sandt's, No. 2l6 Market
street.
Cap 'red.--rom Venturs who escaped from
| the jail at New Castle, sometime ago, was ar
| rested on Tuesday afternoon, at the corner Of
Front and Market streets, by Constable Wood
ward, and sent back tn his old quarters. lie
was convicted for being engaged IN a stabbing
ARRAY, and has some time yet to serve his coun-
try.
Rundtoay. horse attached to the store
| wagon Of Tatnall aud Richardson, while stand
Ing in front Of the store last Tuesday after
| noon, behind Il nursery wagon. rubbed Or tore
| the Birdie from his head, when he ran on the
pavement and came in contact with the carriage
of Mr.. Dun, OF Christina Village, making of
] It complete wreck, after which lie broke Oh
the hitching posi- and, falling upon the pave
ment, was secured, neither he or the wagon be-
ing perceptlbly damaged by the escapade.
The last Of "V. T."-1he goods of the
Vivian Fernel troupe were sold at Consiabe's
Sale on Tuesday morning, and the sum of Sll5
realized therefr0m, which amount pays the
judgment and costs obtained by MIR. Orllip, Of
the Delaware House, where the Company was
| stopping. The items of the sale were : One
trunk and contents, to James Nicholson tor $40,
one 10 John Hines of Baltmol e, for So and
one to the sane party for 500.
RIVER IMPRovEMENTs.-Amo the items in
the Harbor Appropriation bill reported to Con-
/ gress by the Committee on Commerce on Fri =
i day was an appropriation of -, 900 for the i'm
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| improvement ofthe Chester river. Senator Cam
| eron has introduced in to the United Safes Sem
ate resolution reative TO a survey of the Sus-
quelIanna with reference 10 steamboat nayiga-
/ ton.
| Il Hiht.-iiave you lost Jour appetite? Then
| go 10 Jos. T. Waite, at the Bingham house,
cor. Water and Market streets, he will restore
| 1t. His savory snapper soup, delicious clam
chowder, large fine favor crabs and magnificent
salt oysters received four times week, would
make the most delicate ravenously hungry
Joe also has always on hand beef steak, mutton
chops, veal outlet, ham and eggs, and fish of all
/ kinds in season. In fact all that the mark af-
fords may BIO found at the Bingham House.
Camp Meeting. -There is proposition to
purchase some twenty acres Of woodland of
| Lewis Talley, stu Ited near Bethel church, IN
| Brandywme hundred, abDut five miles y. f.. of
| thit city, Tor campneetng purposes. The grove
we described in a former number of the Re-
publican, and is VIII adapted las We then stated,
| Tor the purpose OF clmp meetings, ONE hav ing
| been held there lev years ago. 1t is proposed
| to hold n camp mreting there the present sea-
| son, comm 'ncns rlbant the ALI ot August, and
lasting ten days.
Mrs. BRUNER IN THE EAST. Mrs. Jane
| w. Bruner, whose connection with divorce
suit and in other ways has become some what
known in Wilmington is once more in the
east having arrived in Philadelphia on Sat
urday. The object of her visit is for her
children, that they may be taken within the
jurisdiction of the Court of California and
the question of their future custody be set
tied. A divorce has already been granted
and the elegant private residence and furni-
ture in San Francisco have been awarded to
| Mrs. b.
| A despatch WAS received at General Terry's
i hpauuuartprS n fHupsJlv from, a. al
| reporting that on Monday morning some ouX
/ Indians appeared opposite Fort Berthold Agen-
| cy and fired into the village. The Indians in
the Agency crossed the river aud were met by
400 Sioux. A short fight followed, in which
| five Rees and Gros Ventres were killed aud one
Mandan wal MORALLY wounded. The friendly
Indians were wild for revenge and scalps, which
they will have an opportunity 10 receive, as
| General Clusters expedition against the hostile
Sioux will leave For, Lincoln this week.
| A letter to The st. Louis Republican fiom
Vlnita, in the Indian Territory, says that vigil
lance committee, extending to the Kansas bod
er, has been formed for the purpose OF Kidding
| the territory Of horse thieves and tie speradoes.
Within short lime eight rutians have been
lynched. Seventeen Others are on the commit
tees list, most of whom will merely he ordered
to leave the territory: Joe Queen and John Nor
gan, the leaders of the gang, will, however, be
skilled on sight,
Mis-. Mary T.. Bradley and her daughters,
aged respectively 10 and II years. were found
Murdered in thir house near Lawiencebnrg,
Indiana, on Tuesdly. An infant and Il three
year old hoy were uninjued The family were
poor. The husband oi Mrs. Bradley was alb
sent at the time working as a farm hand.
Lanc,s is tolerably well oil for churches.
| With population of less than - 900, she has
% places of public worship, divided as follows
Lutheran, s Reformed, 4; including the Col
lege Chapel; Episcopal; 2; Catholic, J; Method
list, 3; Baptist, 2; Presbyterian, > :; Evangelical
Alliance, .; Church of God, /; Mennonite, (;
Moravian, |; Hebrew, |. There is also a Swed-
enborgian society, but the members have no
place OF worship.
The Rhode Island Legislature reasstmbled at
| Providence on Tuesday and took four more
ballots for United States Senator without eff
feet. On the fourth ballot, which was tie
eleventh Of the joint convention. the vote stood;
| Burnside, 10; Dixon, ~ liars,on, Is; Sheffield,
| 10; Bradley, I; Jenckes, 4; Arnold, /.
| DIR. S. j. Crittenden WAS shot dead by a man
named Hall. in Conway county, Arkansas, on
Sunday. Hall was captured by u Sherill's posse
after fight, in which one of the posse was
| k lled aud another wounded.
| CoNdREsS.--m the u. 5. Senate on Tues
lday, the House bill authorizing the ssua of
duplicate agricultural land scrip where the orig
na has been lost or destroyed legalizing en-
tries of public lands in certain cases and author
izng the Secretary of the Treasury TO suspend
work on public buildings passed. A resolution
appropriating $4,000 for test OF the Ice
breech loading gun was ag,eed To. The House
| bill to secure homesteads TO actual settlers was
: considered The Posi- Route bin and the bill
to provide for pre- payment Of postage on prin l.
ed matter were reported tavorably and placed
on the calendar. The House bill amendatory
l nft tirp