Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-16

NUMBER 466.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SALE OF BTEAx FLouR MuL-Mr. q. H.
Dashiel, of Princess Anna, has purchased the
and Flsmmins, st ssvsovA in Worcester ooan-
PorAroEs PLxNT1ru1--Two canal boAts, with
q. 500 barrels Of potatoes on board, arrived, ON
were moored to the wharf foot Of Orange street.
The potatoes are fine specimens. and include
Early Rose, White Mercer and other varieties.
"Tzx SCHOOL QUESTION" AT New CAsrLx-A
large congregation assembled st the n z.
church, In New Castle, Sunday evening, to hear
Rev. J. B. Mann On the Bible in the Free
Schools" He held the audience for an hour
founded on the principles Of Gods law"
DoncnEsrxR DEL R. R-The annual meet
ing of the Dorchester Delaware r Il. wss
held At Cambridge on the 9th instant, when W.
Wilson Byrn, Esq., was unanimously re- elected.
President, and Mr.. Thos w. Anderson Secretary.
The last board OF directors was also re-elected
The annual report, soon to be printed. will be,it
STATE TKACHKRs' AssocIATIoN.-Ac call appears
for meeting to be held in Public School No. 1,
In this city. on Thursday, Dec. 80, at 10 . m, 10
organise State Teachers' Association. The
attendanos OF all persons in the State, engaged
In teaching, is requested. superintendent Hax-
Ian, Of this city, President Purnell, Prof. ". A.
Reynolds, and Mesers. F. A. and T. N. Williams
sign the call "a Committee Of Arrangements.
CHzsr1a SH1P. P.Buu.D1Na NoTns.-The keel for
an iron steamship, $50 feet long, to be built It
Roach's, arrived on Friday from the Morgan
Iron Works at New York.
ready to depart She is now taking in ballast.
The monitor Midntonomdh 10 ready TO launch
any time, but 1t is probable that the Government
will not order her put into the water before
Spring.
A FAsT1Dlous WILMINGTON TRAMP m MARY
LAND JArL.-James Daily, tramp hailins from
(Md.) Jail at Towsontown. While tramping
through that county last week, begging for
food, he demanded liquors, preserves and other
delicacies, and threatened to /" maui . store
County policeman Chambers locked the fsstid-
ious gentleman mp.
HELD FOB THE U. 8. CouRr-1ra Corbey, Of
Lebanon, Kent county, Del, wAs arrested BY
U. 8. Marshal Dunn, Thursday, as the in
stance Of Collector Prettyman, charged wiAe
the the selling OF liquor aoa the vi 81
mington, Mr.. Corbey was arraigned before U.
3. Commissioner Smith for preliminary hear
ing. and was held in $500. to answer the charge
at Court In default Of bail he was remAnded
TO the custody of the marshal.
UNxKRoIFuL PuNIsaAkNT.-A young farmer
Of Murderkill Neck, Kent county, although .
~. H. IR.-11. .-s-L-
prentice. "a years Of ages few days ago. Al the
boy was slow in getting in load Of corn, the
master, the Milford Ners says, pounced upon
him with fists and fest, and 20 seriously beat
and kicked the lad that he was for time un-
able to speak or stand alone. Some gunnsss
near BY who had witnessed the Transaction, COM
planned against the farmer before Fredsrica
magistrate, who fined the man for his inhunAn-
ity. lrFa
THE ENDOWMENT FUND AT BwARTHHonH.-
Deborah +. Wharton, Of PhiladelphiA, has given
the endowment fund of BwArthmore College
tremely anxious to increase tho fund, to Ahord
facilities for more pupils, and to give the oppor-
| tunity for educating more students Of limited
elsstsd a. Of Of xhsh
have been contributed by Friends. The resi-
dence Of the President cost Gil 600 and tho new
gas works similar sum. The present number
Of pupils Ia 23s.
| AMUsEMKNrs OF TRAVELLERS At HARRINGTON.
Connection is not made At Harrington between
road'A Tho depot AcoomnnedatinnA azn very
poor also, and rs the town 10 not very large the
impatient traveller is at loss for amusement
The Milford Ne,os tells how recent travelisrn
have done and says "During the past week
256 passengers on the Junction and BreakwAter
Railroad have been compelled to spend seven
hours there, sitting about on old fruit boxes or
standing hrst on one foot and thon the other,
like geese at rest"
DoN'r TAKE IN SussEx.-It don't pay to sky-
lark 10 Sussex; young man who has jnst z'ed
it munches prison fare His name is given ~
O. +. Watrons, and his residence As Whining
ton. Possibly it is correct, possibly not. Wa
irons first turned up at Milton, where Ire enga8-
ed vessel to bring . load of hay to this city.
He then hired horse in Georgetown aud went
to Lewes. On his return to the shiretown, par
ties from Milton wanted him, whereupon he
took Mr.. Westcoatt's umbrella and dog and
went to Laurel. There he was picked up, and
sent to jail.
WILMINGTON OpprrY IN BmpsHoso'.-A man
who gives his name as Lambdin and his resi-
denoe as Wilmington is creating furore In his
way Ut Birdsboro'. he ID very eccentric indi-
vidusl. He has small heme on wheels that
would hardly be big enough for > first clsss dog
kennel. Its dimensions are 5 feet inches
by feet inches, and feet high, In which he
CARRIES . stove. cooking utensils, bed, md . lot
Of pamphlets on BpirituAlsm Of his own writing.
which he peddles around the country. He goes
unshAven and unshorn, and dimes sumptuoualy
on musk rats, whenever he can capture them.
PREACHERS ASSOCIATION REvrvED,-The NJ. E.
Preachers Utinerant) Association for Salisbury
District having lapsed through removals and
sthe. causes q new body was formed At Balls.
bury, last week. The following officers were
elected: President, Rev. N. M. Browne Vice
President, Rev. W. Uric Secretary and TreAs-
urer, Rev. D. G. Ridgway, Curators. Revs. p. b.
: Rawiins, VIM. ]. Balm aud ]. Shilling Reports
were made from the several circuits and stations
in the District which was Of character to cheer
the hearts and excite the goodiy ambition Of the
; ministers. The usual papers and dincussiona
upon q variety Of subjects were held.
PRoposHp IRON WonKs NEAR THE LAzAa1Tro.
The purchasers OF the real estate in Delaware
county, adjoining the Lazaretto, formerly the
property OF Thomas NJ. Smith, will commence
operations as soon as the Spring opens. The
owners are now engaged in making preparations
for building large rolling mill, iron foundry,
and other works, which it 10 proposed to erect
with ~ little delay rs possible. The Reading
Railroad Company, which IL said to be interes-
ted in the project will be benefited largely by tbs
establishment Of this industrial enterprise IL
close proximity to their road.-Cheste1 Repubh
can.
SALE OF TEE CLrNpANIEL EsTArE-Ths lane
, belonging to the estate Of the late John Glen
daniel, located in Kent and Sussex counties
4, was sold in Milford, few days ago, % follows
Farm No. l, in Indian River Hundred. contain
. ing 2sl acres, was bought by John Clendanie
Q at &9 per acre-*2.O72. No. 2, located in Ken
A county, six miles from Milford, on the Farming
ton road, containing It's acres, sold to Wm
Staplefoid at IS per acre-s1, ,392. No. 8, 4
/, Cedar Greek hundred, Sussex county, near Ell
lenlale, containing 226 acres, was bought b.
!, George Clendanisl at 1926 per acre-e209O. so
4 No. 4, in the same hundred, and known ~ thu
. John Macklin farm, within three miles OF Mil
1 ford, and containing 100 acres, sold 1t el9 PEI
4 acre-S3, $40.
+ The SrAMp TAVERN SHooTINd.-The circunn
stances in the shooting of Thos. P. Bullock b,
: his fAther-in-lsw VIM. E. May At Stamps Tavern
9 on the West Chester road, in September last
Q were brought out At the trial, which has jus
. been concluded at Media. Mr.. Bullock testifiet
d that no words passed between May and him. an
r that when they we're only eight or ten rods apar
Q Mr.. May drew HIS revolver and fred, the ba
70 lodging in the shoulder. Mr.. Bullock was COL
II roborated in all his statements by several vii
nesses, except as 70 the passage Of words b
tween the parties, the other witnesses declarin
such to have been the fact The Court rule