Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Board OF Trade, this evening.
The Brandywine and Mutual Loan ineels iii
evening.
Cias Harper has given bail and been release,
from the cells
The Fcl'on has gone d )wn To her own wharf
from the II. X II. Co.'S.
Letters testamentary on the estate of join
Aiealey have been granted to Gilbert Matthew
son.
4. Y A. Belts shipped, to- day, TO Buffalo, n
large link boring machine, weighing some II 00l
pounds.
The Women Temperance meeting to morrow
at Friends Lycenm room, 4th 4 West, Sts, at j
o'clock.
If you want good scat for tho next 'BeeY
It had better be bought soon at Bougllman,
Thomas Il Co.'S.
Our exchanges are full of " Bee " items.
There have been recent matches ut Norrstown
and Oxford, and one more is to take place in
West Chester, on the ev ening OF the 9th.
German tramp in the Western part of the
city seems possessed of the idea that his home
lsubiquitous aud claims each house that he eli
lers M his own. lie was put out of two houses
on Saturday, and at one time hought to defend
hiinsef with Il knife.
STREET SpRINRLrNo. On the 2sth inst tho
street sprinkler will be in operation. All per-
eOllb NlbHliB bHb blTbtb Wtb uAlly III 'front.' OF
their houses will please leave orders at r. r.
Robinson IL o.a, fth x Market.
SPELLING BEE AT CoATEsvILLE.-On Thursday
evening next, spelling bee will take place at
CUatesye. An invitation has been extended to
all Wmngtonians who desire it to attend.
Perhaps some of the Wilmington spoilers would
like to enter.
An EVENING OF SoNd-The Union NJ T.. Sun
day School will give all evening Of sacred song
On Thursday evening next the 22rd instant, in
the Union M. +. Church for the benefit of the
School. The deserved reputation which this
school enjoys for good singing will no doubt in-
sure crowded house.
WILMINdToN 4 READING RAILRoAD-If the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company should
lease the Wilmington IL Reading Railroad it is
supposed they would then make connection
with the Bernvllle branch of the South Noun
tain Railroad, and thus secure an outlet at this
end. -BirdSboro' Pioneer.
IMPROVING MARKET STREET The street a,i-
thorties have improved Market street from
Thirteenth down to the junction with King
street, by covering 1t with a thick layer of small
broken stone, which has been rolled down solid
ly with the street roller This is substantial
Improvement and one that had been much
needed.
CcSNEcTIyG RAILROAD is proposed, says
the st. Alichaels Comet, by the Maryland Steam
Narrows, to put daily limo of steamers on the
route from Baltimore to ST. MichaelH and Miles
liiyer Ferry, and form connection with the
Md d Del. railroad by narrow guage railroad
from the Ferry to Iaston.
ATTEMPTED Suicide OF A CoNv!Gr. Joseph
Pd1eman, colored man, who was convicted in
the Circuit Court for Somerset county, on Sat
nrday, OF housebrcahing and sentenced to five
Years in the pententiary, upon being returned
TO the Princess Anne ja attempted to commit
auicide by cutting his throat with razor in
lciing two CHASTITY wounds upon himself.
STORE IMPROVEMENTS. Il Bro. have
been putting up some new shelving in their pop
ular store for their better display Of their glass
and china ware. Asnow arranged it Immediate
~ attracts attention and purchasers can at a
glance what they want. They have also
turned one their show windowspartially into %
cent window, and articles under that price.
PATENT LAMP LrdHrER-Prof. W. II. Zm-
lnetInai, of Washington College, Chestertown.
Md has secured lettera patent for useful md
ingenious lamp, which he styles the hydro
electric. 1t is lighted by simply pressing lightly
on small brass knob at the end of an arrow
rliaped lever, and quick az lightning (for it is
done by electricity tho wick il in blaze; and
to extinguish it "A slight pressure of small
hollow gutta percha bail, suspended from small
tnbe Of tho same material ON the opposite side
Of the lamp IL NIL that il necessary.
IhE "MISp READER. Mr. j. H. Brown gave
one of the most convincing tests OF his singular
tatuity tins morning at an lmpromptu reception
At the office of the Western Union Telegraph
Go. BY the courtesy of Mr.. iMerrihcw supern-
tehient of the line, wire between Philadelphia
and Wilmington Del, was placed Mt the disposal
"f the "Mind Header" Mr.. Brown has some
times read tho mind OF persons through the
medlum of "A wire several feet in length, and it
was now deteim ned to test his power at longer
range. Wilmington il 20 miles OF, yet the ex-
pertinent was fonnd to be nearly as satisfactory
NJ IN tbs case Of shorter distance. 1t was ar
ranged that the operator at the Wilmington end
should think of certain numbers, and that Mr..
Hrown was to designate the said numbers
Everything being understood and the wire be-
lIg held by the parties it was signiiied that the
wilmington operator had chosen number. Mr..
Efown ut once proclaimed the choice to be '3l."
Tho result was telegraphed. and the immediate
answer was returned from Wilmington, Fright"
Inc gentlemen present were profoundly i'm
pressed subsequently two other numbers
Thought of were missed by single INIT only in
each case This mysterious matter grows all the
stranger the more it is examined. Pltaateiphia
ftegrdph, Monday.