Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-08-08


/ Specially replriel for the STATE JorESAL
business iu our public Offices has been
unusually dull for the past two or three
| weeks.
| a hum or Of gent lemen, of our town, went
/ down the bay a day O. two since on
I pleasure trip.
Fruit and vegetables are plenty in town
| nov. The peaches, however, are OF very
inferior quality.
There are but two base ball clubs in town
now--the Atlantics and Lesley latter
| being the old rammany club.
Matters political still continue quiet in
this vicinity, and very little is said by either
| party in regard 10 the coming campaign.
! Itissaid three thrae-story brick houses
me 10 be erected soon 10 the vicinity Of the
/ ". 4. Church, but BY whom we haven't yet
! learned.
We advise people who think we make
! frequent and glazing blunders not to read
the " Items" then they viii know nothing
about them.
! The excursion and picnic for the benefit
! Of ST. Peters Church, comes Off on the 10th.
/ Don forget it. You will have a good time
l il you attend.
Our prison officials are now nightly beset
! with applications for lodging by the numer-
Gus tlamps who pass through our town on
their way to the peach districte.
William IIance will soon commence the
erection Of large thfee-stOry brick hotel,
on his lot on Pearl street. Mr.. Cranston,
Of Newport, is, we believe, the contractor.
a lamp is badly needed at the landing of
the cars below the battery gate. II is very
dark there when there Is 90 moon, and
unpleasant for passengers arriving by the
| night train.
A mortgage was deposited in the Record
| ef's Office some days ago against the VIII
mington X Reading Railroad 90. for one
million seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ltL1jD,OO0l, the State tax on which
was .l,15O.
The Regiater, on Saturday last, admitted
to probate the will Of Thomas Kent, late OF
lChriaiiana bundled, deceased, and granted
letters Parliamentary on the same unto
Henry, son of the deceased, and executor
named in the Will.
MrWm. Herbert has purchased of J. l.
Taggait the two remaining lots of land at
the corner OF Sixth and Cherry streets, and
now owns all The land on Cherry tree
from James NJ. Johns line to V. DuPont's
line. lie has also purchased of +. Lecklet
% lot on 1 uiOn street, opposite DR.. lesley's
property, on which he will next week eomr
mcuce the erection Of two houses. The
secoud row Of houses on Cherry street will
be ready for occupancy by this day week.
Sunday night as Mr.. +. Chase, in com
pany with Miss Frazer, ni our town, were
returning from camp meeting, their carriage
was run into by u heavy team filled with
"a drauken crowd from Wilmington, upset
Gul dtmulish"I Mr.. Chase was dragged
a considerable distaace by holding on to the
which had 60 nmenced 10 run, but was
Obliged 20 let go to save his life. He is con-
sidcrNhly bruised hut not severely hurt.
alisg Frazer Was thrown violently to the
around, the tor Of the carriage falling on
lrc SHE i3 badly Bruised but we believe
not seriously hurt.
IAe finishing mill at the Tasker Works is
rapidly approaching completion, being
already about half rooted 10. This building
is 500 hy l1j icrt and will combine iu one
the finishing mill, machine shop, &c. There
are now employed on 1t 80 brlcklayers. 25
csrpcnieis, ana tile usual number of laborers
ATTENDING the election OF such a building.
ln the other buildings the machinery is
being placed In position AS rapidly AS possi-
lie The one engine, = $50 horse power.
with itH six boilers, will be ready for trial
ia about q week, and it Is expected the four
furnaces already built VIII lie ready for
Orewtion Va about ten dAys. 1t is said six
more boilers and another engine will be
commenced in short time. Another largo
smoke stack il also nearly completed.
7 A few days ago our news agent received,
per hack, ~ small bundle of Daily Republic
cans for distribution, with the request that
| they send on their orders. That bundle was
pretty well disposed OF gratuitously, but
when they began 10 solicit subscribers NOT
9Ue conld be iOun who would be willing To
receive the paper again as gift, much lesa
pay for ~. They all agree that IL is the
~ most contemplate, inHignitcaht, scurrilous
. low Hhcet that was ever issued in this
state, no more tit to be in q respectable
mans household than the most obscene
e pape. ever published in New York city,
and If It's editor thought he could get a cir
culaiio for it here he is labOring under a
great mistake. The semi. weekly was vile
enough, and WIS barely tolerated by many
= of ita euhscIihtts, or rather " those Ia
whom II Is sent ami from whom pay never
was demanded, but this daily Is : disgrace
o 10 tho pleas.