Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-08
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MEETINGS THIS EyEaiS,

MEETINGS THIS EvEaiS"
Delaware Lodge, No. /. |. o. o. T.. at Odd
Fellows Hall, ID and King street.
Herman Lodge, No, 30, |. O. o. F., ut Odd
Fellows Hall, ID and King street
Wilmington aud BrIndywine Council No. 3,
o. u. A. NJ, at Hall Sixth and Market.
Wilmington Council, No. ., Jr. y. U. A. NJ, at
Hall 5ll Market street.
Enterprise Circle, Il. L. c. A., at Hall jOi Mar
ket street.
Washington Lodge, No. l. X. of T., at knights
of Pytliiah Hall, I'll Market street.
Washington Lodge, No. B. A. o. of q. f., ut
Met larys Bullding.
Star of bethlehem Division, No. Z, g. of r.,
Ninth and French street.
Wawaset Lodge, No. l3, To Of q. r, at room
18th and Scott sure cts.
Minqla Tribe, No. $, |. o. Il. NJ, nj Rcd Mems
Hal, il5 Market street.
A PLEASANT EyENINd.-On SATURDAY evening,
the front puIlur Of Mrs. keene Sh and West
Streets was the scene Of all hours amut ement
CAUSED by mu. ical and literary entertainments
given by the young folks for the benefit of the
poof of the city The following is portion Gf
the programme of the evenings exercises De
clauIatlon by Miss Nellie Herton delivered in a
very cteditable manner Music and singing by
Miss May Lobdcll and Miss Nellie Heston de-
clamation by Master Willie Cunning, which did
not fail to draw forth ronnds of applause from
the delighted audience this was followed by
music and singing by the above named misses Z;
titled "Ihc Naughty Little Girl :" which was
very well received. The music and singing which
followed this, with the other declanations were
worthy OF especial mention. At the conclusion
OF the literary exercises, Miss Nav LoDdcl
came forH ard, aud to the mutic of Mrs Evans
upon the piano cXecuteda "Ilighland Fling IN
a truly artistic maner. The company, after par
ticipating IN several games with the children.
dispered we'll pleased with the entertainment,
which certainly reflected much credit npon those
aF1a ttstl1 In,
pended i'll judiciouH manner for the needy.
SUssEx LEVY COURT APPOINTMENTS. The
Levy Court for Sussex county has made the fol-
lowing appointments: County Treasurer, John
w. Short, Dagsborough hundred. Collectors
for the several hundreds Isaac Clrwthian. Ce-
dar Creek hundred James rettyiohn, Broud-
kiln hundred Shockley X. Elliott Nanticoke
dreG Levin II. Hitch, Broad Creek hundred ;
Joseph $. Jones, Little Creek hundred John
Q. Phillips, Dagsborough hundred Elisha G..
Dukes, Baltimore hundred Peter Robinson,
Indian River hundred; Hiram G. Fisher. I.ewes
and Rehoboth hundred Thomas Il, Harper,
Seaford hundred George r. Wilson, George
town hundred; Elijah Hudson, Gumboro hun
drcd.
RELEAsED FGoM PRIsoN.-On Friday last, John
l.. Martin, tried, convicted and sentenced
III the Chester county court on January Both.
1873, for the larceny of $4,000 worth of U. S.
Bonds, the property of Scott & Bro, of Coats
vile, for the embezzlcment of $4,000 belonging to
the National Bank of Coatesvlle in Which he
was engaged AZ Teller, and for falsely keeping
the books of the bank, was discharged from pri-
son by reason of pardon granted by the Board
of Pardons some few weeks ago. He had served
| little over two years of the four years and xix
months term which was imposed upon him.
Philadelphia will be his future residence.
SUIT AGAlSsT CHESTER CoUSTY.-Dr l.. Lloyd
Howard, of Baltimore, who made a chemical an
alysis in connection with the finding of Goss
remains in the wood near Jennerville, and who
charged therefor sl0O.. the payment of which
was refused by the Commissioners of Chester
county, has brought suit to recover tho same,
The Analysis required twenty days for its per-
formance and the modest sum Of 80. per day
is charged.
Found DEAD IN BED,-On Thursday morning
last, Miss Cora +. Willis, daughter of Dr. IL. f.
Willis, of Preston, Nd, was found dead in her
bed at GoldHborough Caroline county, where
she was teaching school. She had retired in tine
evening apparently well and hearty. Her death
lis attributed 10 heart disease