Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-05-18

Rev. g. Huntington has 4old one Of his farms-the
Hancock-loe acres, near bover, 70 Mr. II. Talcott,
Of Lebanon, Ct for s95oO. Mr. T. has rented the
Jones Bro "a cottage Stale street, and will 1--we in
town. - =
Send your old feather beds to L. f. Adair,
y. w. corner of Fourth and King streets, anu
have them renovated.
l.. f. Adair renoyates Feathers at the Y. W.
corner Of Fourth aud kihg streets
The place TO get good And cheap Furniture is
al L.. r. Adairs, n. W. corner Fourth and
King ST. ets.
Cypress ShtRgles.-Aldst Of the brands OF
cypress shingles do not average in width what
they are SAID to be. IL n far different with the
celebrated Winfield brand, sold by Martin Lane.
South side of Market Street Bridge. These
shingles viii oyerrun each other seven inches,
which consequently gives them large covering
space, SO ON that accouh are the cheapest shin
giles in the market.
d Good Old Age.-Silney y. uanthorn, Of
West Chester, entered upon her ni0ety-ffth
year on Monday, May lth She is still actil e
aud vigorous, with her mental faculties bright
and strong, and she biisfair to see the Centan-
nal anniversary of American independence to
tell OF it upon her own Centennial birthday.
4 LoSs.-Abraham L, Wright who now oc-
cupies the farm OF Moulten e. Rogers, near
New Castle. lost valuable mare in foaling, u
few days ago.
!Setled.-The National Bank Of Delaware on
Saturday morning paid the four policemen
Messrs. Carberry, Legg, Hope and Banhard',
500 piece, Tie reward offered for the ares 1
the burglars who broke Into that bank last fall.
The reward would have been paid long ago,
but Tor the fact of there being So many appi-
cants the Directors thought il best 10 leave tie
matter with the court TO decide. All the appll-
cauts for the reward, but the policemen, having
withdrawn their claims, the reward was paid.
A CaH.-Dr Worrell, the old war horse of
Democracy In Red Lion Hundred called at oar
oihce last week 10 procure a copy Of his de-
fence published in 1876. Dn his reinoya from
Gihce. IL occupied some twenty columns in
The REPUBLICAN,, Qtharing been elected by
the Gd2ette,) and fuf thin courtesy aud labo
costing us $50, We received bare thanks -
Nothing more, nothing less.
DrcrRed.-A well-diessrd white woman, ap
pirrntly 90 yeals Old was found drowned in 4
! pond oi wafer about three miles south Of this
CITY, On the New Castle I1ad, on Friday, and il
is supposed she c Jiumittdl suicide. The Coto.
ner was Notified and lie N an inquest on the
| remains, aud the jury rendered a verdict that
! death resulted from unknown causes. The
body was inward, inferred in the al ms-hous,
burying-ground.
| Nasquez, the notorious bandit long the
terror OF southern California, was captured
on Thursday, with two Of his gang, near I.o,
Angeles
Luke Eagan, notorious burglar, who cs.
capped from Jail at Allegheny City, Pa.
about eighteen mouths ago, was arrested il
Buffalo on Thursday, and will be sent hack
to his old quarters. Ht escaped from jail by
means OF q tunnel which he had spent six
months in scooping out
A fire at Tppecanoe, ONO, on Tuesday
night, destroyed Cochran disIillery and the
malt house Of Williams X green. Loss 500,
900.
The car and repair shops of the New
York and New England Railroad, at Reade
yile, Mass, We're burned on Thursday -
Loss $4,000,
At Clyde, Ohio, agrocery, sewing ma
chine store and six saloons were burned OF
Wednesday night Lows $4,000.
G. W. Walton, colored, route agent be
tween Chattanooga and Atlanta, has bee,
arrested aud held in 50Ju bail ior Robin
the mails.
A mail carrier and man named Jewet
e were attacked By robbers in Cuyton pinery
Mo. a few days ago and the mails wer
rfled Twenty men tlacked the robbers I
Boone county, Ark, and had fqht Will
them, in which Rev, Mr. New was kille
and another man severely wounded Mr.
New was Methodist minister recently iron
Iowa. The robbers escaped