Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-05-07


Samuel B aud Esther A. Hsnnum have
I token out letters testamentary on the estate
OF Esther p. Hannum, late Of this city.
| o. s. and W. G. Guthrie have commenced
the carpenterlng bushes In Camden, N. j.
They are industrious young m IN, and deserve
encouragement.
| Wanted.-A good white hand TO work on
the farm near Goochs Bridge, Pencader Hun
dred. SAMUEL Comfy. myth
| John Gruer ID not 10 be the landlord Of
Schutzen PARK, as stated In the papers, az he has
no inclination to engage In the hotel business.
He designs to continue the business Of the sale
Of meat in the 18th street market, and also IN
the Atlantic Garden, King street below Third.
Concert A concert will be given In Red
Clay 1, X church. near Brandywine Springs,
| Oh lna.siuy evening, the 14th inst. Our coun-
/ try filends In that section who wish to enjoy q
musical treat, should attend. For particulars
see advertisement.
Good Prics-At the sale Of Sill Il Bailey at
the Rel Lion, Chester County, on Monday
last, the twenty six cows first sold averaged S64
per head. Their next sale Will be on Monday,
the 18th inst, as they now intend to have sales
every two weeks throughout the season.
No,ice-The horse Monzier Chief belong.
| Ing TO Samuel Comfy of Pencader Hundred,
continues ready for service, 1t being his old
horse May Hover whose death we noticed @
, week or Two ago.
sutcide..-A man named John Fry, commit
ted suicide In Russelville, Chester county, Q
few days aou, by shooting himself with pistol
while laboring under an attack Of temporary
insanity.
The Rev. w. II. Graf, rector Of St. Jude
Church, Philadelphia, will oficiats in CAL
vary church, Brandywine Hundred, on next
Sunday afternoon. May 10th. The service
commences at 3 o'clock.
To TURNER'S W. i b. E. Derri son
after trying the Thomas patent steet tooth
corn worker ami pillow, and hndiag IL 10 work
satisfactory-one nian doing Two mems work
haze bought the right for selling them IN New
Castle Co.. All they oif,r til-rn 70 sale at thpi,
place near Mermaid, Mill Creek Hundred,
De-. mayI 2mo'
Seriously Hart.-On Friday aftern OH as
two neiI, somewhat Intoxicated, were proceed
ing out Chestnut street, they were set upon by
a lot Of young scUundres, who peted them
with stones, a.. AT last 'forbesrance ceasing 10
be virtue, one OF the men kicked and serious
ly injured lad named George Sellars, living
on Jackson street below Front. He was
afterwards arrested snd confined in the
city cells.
Neao House.-Abram Chandler Is erecting a
new frame house at Midtown, Mil Creek HUI
| uieo, tof HIS suu NoWpOu, VINO nAh pNeu chfTy-
| Ing on milling In partnership with his brother
near Kennett Square, Pa, for several years
The brother will continue the business we be-
lieve, and Newton rsurns to the old homestead
to assist his father, who is beginning TO feel
the necessity Of less labor to preserve health
and strength as the years creep by, aud gray
hairs gradually appear.
Sudden Dsath.-Sarah Way, wife of Joseph
Way, formerly of this State, died very suddenly
at her residence at Hamorton, on Thursday, at
2 O'Clock. She had attended meeting In the
morning, and was feeling considerably better
than she hsd done for some time. After her
return from meeting, she pArtook of hear,y
dinner and going into the yard, was sud ienly
stricken down with paralysis, from which sue
never recovered. Deceased was about 65 years
ofsge, esteemed and respected by all who knew
her.
PurchaSed-it Is stated that the nilatelphla
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad has pur-
] chased the function and Breakwater Railroad,
extending from Lewes, on the Delaware bay
TO Harrington, on the Delaware Railroad. This
road was to be portion Of the Baltimore.
Chesapeake aud Delaware Bay Railroad, q
branch railroad from Harrington to Queens
town, IN Queen Anne's county, completing the
road between the two bays. The p. w. Il Is.
Il. II. already controls the Delaware Railroad,
aud by this purchase now gains control of the
other route also.
sale Of CO.0s.-Ejwald Pyl. will sell fifty
head Of cows and calves, at the Red Lion, on
Monday next. the 18th Inst. For particulars
| SEQ advertisement.
| WIN. N. Cloud has concluded not 10 have a
public sale until further notice, but will have
| drove Oh private sale, ut Parry's tavern,
Brandywine hundred, on the 18th inst.
| j. W. Springer has been prospecting In Mary
land and Virginia, without purchasing, the
I Al =.
trip to Kentucky in short time to see y b It
can b. done 10 the "Blue Grass Region" We
may therefore look for a lot of dne durhams.
Ledsed-'i'he Wilmington city Mission,
composed OF local preachers, exhor9rs, an |
leaders of the II. E. Cuurch, have leased the
old Uni,n NJ. L. Church, on Second street near
Washington, lately occupied by the Spiritual
ist Society. 1t Is the intention Of the Associa-
| ton 10 have regular religious sery Ices In the
church every Sunday Afternoons three O'Clock
one OF the local preachers generally officiating
Prayer meetings will be held every Thursday
| evening. The regular opening and dsdlcatOry
services will ba held on Sunday afternoon, May
18th, but it Is probable that there may be re-
liglous services next Sunday. This City Mis-
sion Association now have the following places
where they hold religious noetinyo: Kingswood
Chapel, over Eleventh street bridge; the schoo
house IN West Wilmington; the County Aims
House occasionally at the City Hospital; and
now at the old Union Church.
ApriL-The past mouth has been rather
remarkable one. The record kept at the
Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia, show
it to have been the coolest April that there
has been since 1898, q period OF 76 years
The mean temperature the past month A. 81
dogs. In 1898 it was Az deg. Another cold
April, although it does not approach the
last one, was that Of 1868, when the NEAR
temperature was 4s.24 deg. The average
since 1870 has been 5l.32 deg. The high
est point the mercury reached last month
was &c deg. ION the 26thl. On five day.
there was freezing weather Another feat
ure OF the month was the unusually heavy
rain fall. There was rain on sixteen differ
ent days, and snow on two deys. There wa
fall Of 7.5l inches Of rain, an amount ex
oeeded, according to the Hospital Records
once only and by but 3-l00ths of an inch =
The avsrage raln fall in 81 years has beer
3.9l inches There have however been 9th
: err seasons when vegetation was not so ia
advanced In 1886, snow lay on the grounc
in many places until after the first Of April
in lS43 there was killing frost on the frs
Of june in 1855, we think, there was not
leaf or flower on the first Of May.
: Real Enthusiastically afternoon, Messrs
Jos. Ii. Gould and Joseph Richardson, sold a
1 public sale, ON the premises, fifty building lot
on the south side. These lots are situated OIL
A, b, Head, Claymont and adjacent streets an,
sold as follows:
, IS feet TO W. C. Martin, $50 o,
i ~ WIN. Clavey, $50 0,
7 20 W.P. Wells, 800 o.
J 100 j. L. Carpenter l0O0 0,
: W W. 4. Lea, 1910 o.
AIS Henry Ward, 500 o.
!, 20 W. H, 200 o.
II 26 Bryan James 22O "