Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-23
societies.
MsETTNas rn1s EygNlNa.

oEntlSoS Iais EVENING
| Delaware Lodge, No. /, /. o. o. f., at Odd
Fellows Hall, Sd and King street.
Herman Lodge, No. 20, /. o. O. f., at Odd
Fellows Hall, 3D. and King street.
Wilmington and Brandywno Council No. 8,
o. o. A. NJ, at Hall Sixth and Market.
Wilmington Council, No. 6, Jr. o. U. 4, NJ, at
Hall 5ll Market street.
Enterprise Circle, L. Z. C. A., Mt Hail 504 Mar
ket street.
Washington Lodge, No. l, Il. of r., ut knights
of Pytlias Hall, I'll Market street.
Washington Lodge, No. 3, A. U. Of G. f. at
McClary's Building.
Star Of liethlehem Division, No. 7, 6. of T.,
Ninth and French street.
Wawaset Lodge, No. 49, 1. o OF G. Il, at room
18th and Scott Streets
Minqua Tribe, No. s. l. o. r. NJ, at Red Mems
Hall, 4l5 Market street
sEAFoRp IrEMs-I From tie Citizen just
eight book agents, three sewing machine agents.
one female chropodist, two tinerant printers,
and one washing machine agent, were m town
last week.
Several gentlemen have given the peaches on
the trees III ther orchards away to parties for
Shipment they declining TO be annoyed with the
expense and trouhle.
Many thousands of bushels CT oysters have
been planted tins season, and tine oystermen
tell ns tllat if no floods como TO wash them out
there Will be an abundance of them this winter
4hey are sad 70 be III an exceedingly fine con-
diti0u.
Manners, Fisher 4 Co. have received the con-
tract for building new NJ, L church at Pres
ton, Md They have also obtained the contract
for building the Academy at Seafurd the lowest
bidder btlnS uuable to boud.
Tho ltoi9 VIII now mako daily trips between
SeatoId and lsiYoftan, leaving SeafOrd at A. NJ
and returning III time tn connect with trains
both way on the Del. h i
DovFR Trims Fran lie Local Press l.
An eltc'ion VII he held at tho Armoly of the
State Capital Guard, on Loockermau street,
above State street. ON Tu' rdiy evening,
Septem5er 7, 1875, to elect non commissioned
officers
Buyers Of peaches in the cities are complain.
ing OF rascaily practices on the part of somo
shippers iii crates Wlthin a few DAYS ouauti.
| ~ Of crates were received al Jersey City that
locked fair on the outside but were found to be
illed with fruit that would not DO ripe for Il
week or ten daye
gentleman in Dover received his returns
from New York, On Wednesday, for sixty
BASKETS OF peaches with which he bought a
watermelon and had ten cents left.
The Base Ball fever does not rage at Dover
30 much since the visit of the Qnickstep Club.
- MIrpLFT1wN items II n outt}e Teoascript y
Sellers drylnS house now employs abonb one
hundred persons at night and eig hty during the
day, More are wanted.
10 preserve order in and around the depot. the
Delaware hAllroad Company have etatoued a
special police at Middletown. He Is kept busy.
Samuel Pennington Eas cut up his Hale'e
Early trees.
As Constable Foster was at the depot with
Heed on his WAY to New Castle isl on Wednca.
day: crowd of tranpr was being organized for
tue purpose OF releasing the prisoner The al;-
thorities got to hear of the attempt and special
| police Heali arrested the rngleader, and lodged
MN nm N the cells. 1t s now raid that the crowd
threaten to clay for Mr.. Haald
MILFonD IrLMs. II From tn N,,es - Tie
sound of the broadaAs is no more heard among
us. The last ship of the season has been con,s
pleted, and no more viii lie built until an i'm.
creased demahd arises for this class of prop
| erty. -
Mispilion hundred is getting along with her
stock law, anu notwithstanding there arc large
| areas OF waste land within her borders suitable
for pasture, many farmers grow their crop in
perfect security without etio!i Of fonee to pro.
tect them.
David Lank has moved his grounded schooner
several feet recently, bnt she still sticks TO the
bottom.
LrwEs 1Tr7fs-IFy From @e Ligtt Fitch are
getting scarce.
Harbcsou Hickman has removed intn tli,
Ocean Horse
Teachers for the public schools will 10 elected
on the evening of the 2G.h. Applications are
desired.
TnE ST. PAuL's NJ T., puLrIr. The pulpit of
81 fauls n. +. church was filled, yester,lav,
o"th hufllnS ana evening, by ltev. I. j. VIII
l!ainr. % Cambridge, nd HIS sermons we're
hne theological drc5ursbs. and grestly admired
hy ms congregations, On next Sabbath Rev,
Matthew S9fn, who about forty years ago, was
pastor Of AEburE church, is expected to preach
at st. paul's
Nor LiKFLY TO nE liEBUfr.-It is quite proba.
he that Iominsou's steam saw mill III Sussex.
at kpbbtnss staton viii not be rebuilt The
property of the company is adyertieed by lis
Secretary for sale. The mill had not been pro-
mtaLle durEng the two Yeas of its operation.
The cost Of the mill was about 10000 and
there was no insurance upon 1t.
HANpsoME HaRSEs-.--C p. Maroney has
just iihi-hed handsome sett of double har-
ness for II. y, leComb 1t is mounted with the
latest popular bail mounting of silver and rub
Der. 1t is doubtful If handsomer sett of mar
can be found III the city of Wilmington, and tile
workmanship reflects credit upon tie manufac
turer.
CHESTER AcAptMY-Ihs institution, located
IN our nelGhhorlIg city has all excellent reputa
tion at home and receives students from abroad
1t educates both sexes and there are two de-
partments--pllmar and academic Geo. Gil
n'rt, Principal. The Fall term will open Sen.
t mber 9th.