Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-02-18
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THE TEMPERANCE QUESTIONABLE rop ,
'oLLfuh--LA" OF ASSAULT AND uArrpn-
TtibufoRY NfdLiGENCE'- tyy,,'
WILMINGTON cHEsArEARE onAnr,n
"peofm corre' pondence II tie conn,.,
povlR, DEL.. Feb.
Ar counter action TO the demonst,.n
the ladies. Mr.. Pyle yesterday n,n,,i,.D
scented petitions with $50 eignatpraa g.
city OF Wilmington asking II rcpesl or II"
sent
LIQUOR LlCENeE LAW
and the substitution of one of n mon,
form giving license to all by the nnvn,,.., n"ey
State tax. Mr. Handy, at the eans ,,,... of,
scented one OF the other side Of Tho a'o
when AL were sent together to the COMM.
Moral Reform. ''et |
STATE AID ron DELAWARE COLLAR
For some time past, Senator Ray Las II
bill pending before the Senate grartin., =, "' (,
aware College $1,000 annually, for tyo I
upon condition that ten pupils from enri, o,,.
shall DO educated free, and these unn'Is n,
educated were obligated to teach nj les.,
year IN the public schools of the Stato
opposition has been manifested against lba +
but yesterday il passed, only Messis FiII.n
and Moore voting against il. The bill rivca' a'
member of the Legislature the priyilcgc 81
Letting one of the pupils vino are To he e,,','.
Tree. The bill now goes to the IIonse yi,,rsI
VIII probably meet with some opposition
AssAuLTs AND BATTERIES
Senator Riddles excellent bill lehni,,, \
duties Of Justices of the Peace in r,so. p,
sault and battery passed the Senate vc.to,l
lhis Dill IL to meet the habit Of friend n,
person making the assault, making cnprI1
and having the accused fined an unusual ,~j
while transcript from the Justices dorLe, "A
prevent his trial elsewhere. The bill nrn,il
that when complaint is made, the per.nn n
faulted must be summoned AZ a witness o,a
said witness is not satisfied the case can il. i
moved TO another Justice, the prosecutor ps, N
the costs.
coSTRTBuToRY NEGLIGENCE.
This term is defined in a bill of Senator nI
die which passed tho Senate yesterday ln]
SUIT for damages from an accident liLe nj
which occurred ON the p. W. ~ b. II. II. mai
than year ago near Newport, when Tie Lyps]
family were wounded, the case was di,lni.. n
from the Courts because it was held ;bot loa
parties in the suit contributed to the bcrli.cnc,
The bill which has passed prevents sucll coutnl
utoiy negligence from being bar to calmn
damages and allows all the evidence to 90 Ia II,
jury for whatever it il worth.
THE WILMINGTON AND cHEsArEAKr
bill met with a defeat in the House yerteld.,
but was promptly reconsidered by Mr.. Novlar1
There seems to be no particular remonstra,e
against the bill, and it will most probably Ia,
when it is again brought up. The bin provide
for bridge across the ChIistiana with lrawo
90 feet, but when the Senate refused TO Mia,
the W. ~ W. II. R.to build similar bridge aero.
the same river, 1t is hard to sec why tins com
pany should be given preference.
MIR. wmIrELEY's LECTURE.
w. &. Whiteley, Esq, last evening dcllyere
his lecture on the Delaware Soldiers IN the Rev
olution III the Hall of the House. The ltcmr
was listened to by all the members, and lArg
number of others.
This evening Rev. G. W. Huntington, will b
request OF the Legislature, preach i sermol. ID
their benefit in the Presbyterian church.
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