Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-04
societies.

Chas b Ude Asst Agent Hermann.
John B Morgan Penna.
Jas Grey, NY.
socIeties.
MEETINGS THIS EVENING
Asylum Lodge, No. 23, /. o. U. r., ut Odd
Fellows Hall, Sd and King street
Good Intent Division No. 3, ). OF IT,, Nicola
rys Building.
Humanity Circle, D. U. c. A. Hall j0i Market
street.
Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, X. of p, at knights of
Pythias Hall, I'll Market street.
American Star Lodge, No. Il A. o. of G. +. at
McClarys Building.
Washington Lodge No. !, A. Z. A., Sayille's
Building.
Equal Rights Lodge No. l2, A. F. \. NJ, 18th
street between Orange and Market.
Franklin Circle, B. U. G. A., No. &, MeClary's
Building.
The RECENT :, BEE STATEMENT. Messs
Boughman, Thomas, " Co., the general agen,s
of the Centennial Board of Finance for thls
State, send lis their statement of the results of
the recent Spelling Bee. They return their
thanks to all who kindly devoted time Or labor
to the affair, including the officers, and the
young ladies who sang Their card then says
we were glad to have our Coatesvllle friends
with us and hope some early occasion viii bring
them down again.
ave give the financial statement below the
gross receipts being little larger than before
Dul the expenses were CONSIDERABLY greater, OW-
ing to more perfect arrangements
Gross Receipts. .................,...S3S 1851 10
EXPENDITURES.
Rent of Opera House, se,............S SG5 90
frlzes, .5....... ..-......-.. ......... oO.uu
Printing. Advertising, Posting,
Piano, @c, 8c. .....,,...s s....-. sG.ou I'll w
Net Balance for CENTENNIAL 80. $4,000
INTER COUNTY SPELLING BEE.@The following
are the rules agreed upon by MessrH. Woodruff
and Maris for the spelling contest between
Bucks and Chester countios, to be held III West
Chester. May IA
1. Spellngs found in solid column III either
Webster's or Worcester's dictionary, latest edi-
| tions, shall be considered correct.
| Ii. No geographical OF proper names, no pure
ly technical or scientific terms, words marked
obsolete or rare, nor unangcized words shall be
pronounced.
Ill. Definitions shall be given il called for.
| w. There shsll De three tests
| Cd) BY writing 100 words, completed before
| the hour OF opening.
| 20 By oral spelling for thirty minutes Il record
being kept of the errors of each side.
| (c) By spelling down.
| v The county winning i'll two of these tests
shall be considered the champion.
Mr.. Woodruff will act as attorney fol Bucks,
| and Mr.. Mars for Chester.
AcQuIrrAL OF LINCOLN MAY.-l.incolu May, Il
lad OF twelve years OF age, who shot and killed
| David Keating, another lad two years his senior
in Quaker Neck, Kent county, Md, last Decem-
ber, was tried in the Circuit Court for that
| ty, last week, and acquitted 1t il said that the
youthful prisoner throughout the trial manifest
| ed no interest in what was gong OH, and it
is doubtful whether he knew that lie was
| OIL trial for his life Jas. A. Pearce, ESD,
States Attorney, and j. Horton Kelley, Esq. d,
appeared for the State and II. Hynson and g.
| II. Baker, Esqs. for the defence.
CoURr-The May term of Court OF General
| al Datla on npyt
The usual list of civil causes for trial and
argument has been printed, and from it we
find that there have been ct down for hearing.
beginning on the 9th, ZIG cases, and 1i2 other
| cases the hearing of which will begin on the
26th. The argument list embraces 30 cases.
| The criminal list, which precedes the civil, is
also lengthy, but is mostly made mp of MINOR
cases. The most important trial viii probably
be that of the three young from this city
charged with incendiarism.
q. $. Masten has arrived at the United States
Hotel and is exhibiting fine assortment of
sample garments and samples of materials fully
representing the stock of Bennett y Co. Tower
Hall Clothing Bazaar, 5lS Market street, Phila-
deipha. for the purpose of taking orders for
Mems and Boys clothing ready made or made
to order and hopes to meet all his friends OF
| Wilmington HIS stay is necessarily limited to
Tuesday and Wednesday, It'll and 18th insts
! Prices lower than have been offer by any one
this season, on for Is years.
| WIIAISGToN TYroGRApuIcAL UNION The
annual meeting Of Wilmington Iypograpica
onion, No. l23, WAS held, last evening, when the
= following officers were elected President, d.
b. MaIkley Vice President, Geo. Z. OFT Re-
cording and corresponding secretary, w. ). Pride
Financial Secretary. Thos. +. Carey Treas, A.
NJ. Sparks Sergt. at Arms, n. t. Bell l'rus
tees, j. w. Lindsay, H. Story, and N. German
Representative to the International Union, W
: $. Pride The International Union meets at
Boston the first Monday in June.
SPELLING BEE AT KENNErr SouARE.-A spell
ing bee took place in kennett Square on Satur.
day evening last for the benefit Of tile Presby
terian Church. The hall crowded with II
| cent representatives and the result netted ;! 10
The prizes were numerous, the leading ones be
ing shaving cup, wash board, brass thimble
primer, ETC.
| MENELIA HEARD FRoM-Menelia alias j" Fren
chy,n who escaped from the Georgetown jail,
week OF more ago, was i'll Snow Hill on Wednes
day of last week selling preparation to remove
grease from clothing. He was on his way Il
| Virginia. 1t III the vicinity of Snow Hill
that Menelia was captured after his first escape
Moore, in Lakesvie district, Dorchester county
by James Cornish, last Fall, was duly chronicle,
in these columns and will be remembered Las
week the Grand Jury refused to lind bill of in
dictment against the prisoner, the act seeming
to be accidental, and Cornish was discharged.
CHURCH DEDICATION. Friday last. tin
new P. f. church at Greensboro, Md, was ded
icated by Bishop Lay, of the Diocese of Eastou
The building is a neat frame structure. An ex-
, cursion train was run between Easton an,
Greensboro, which conveyed many persons t.
the dedication.
STEAM Mill BuRNEp.-The steam mill a
Dublin, Somerset county, Nd belonging to I!
Z. jackson & Co., and NJ. N. Wimbrow
cauggt fire one night last week from fire left il
a pit near by, and was consumed. The mill wa
| worth some $4,000, There WAS no insurance.