Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-18

The Wilmington and Kenneth Turnpike Co
| have declared dividend of forty cents a share
| payable on and after August 20th, at the Nation.
al Bank Of Delaware.
The moonlight excursion by Lincoln Lodge
| Il. of T.. last evening" WAS patronized by almost
| three hundred people who report q pleasant sail
and much enjoyment.
| CoBREcTIoN.-O'Byrne Bros. advice us that
| they will be the publishers of the Morning Her.
| ddt and that T. Elwood Singley will be solicitor
and mailing clerk.
| PERSONAL Dors.-Mrs. jacob Walton and
| daughter have gone to Paxson Mineral Springs
Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.
Chas. g. Rumford, Esq., has returned from
his trip to New England.
District Attorney Higgins is expected home
about the 25th inst.
BRIDGE REPAIRs.-Amos Sharpess tile Levy
Court Commissioner for Christiana Hundred, s
engaged in putting new wooden bridge on the
old stone abutments across Little Mill creek
near the W. u W. r. r. Stephen Medill, Levy
Court Commissioner for Mill Creek Hundred, IL
repairing the abutments of the county bridge
across Red Clay creek, at Wooddae.
A TRENTON CARRIER PraHoN. This morning
Mr. s. i, Belts, Adams Express agent in this
city, received by express from Trenton, N. j.,
carrier pigeon and with it a request to give the
bird water and let it loose. ] his Mr.. b. did at
lUZo O'CLOCK. Ile pigeon UeW upon the root
of the City Hall and after taking observations
forty minutes, started away in all easterly di-
rection.
An OLD LADY's NARROW EsoAPE.-NIrs. Han
nah Richardson, very aged lady of Landen-
berg, yesterday reached ACROSS a stone wall to
pup up a noxious bush, and while doing 80 the
wall gave .Xay precipitating the old lady into a
gutter on The other side with some Of the heavy
stones on top of her. Several persons who wit
messed it thought the old lady must be killed, but
she was rescued from her perous position more
frightened than hurt. II was fortunate escape.
TIE CHESTER SALE.-To-morrow at two
O'Clock, +. NJ, the sale Of Chester lots will take
place. The City of Chester and vicinity has
boon for the past few years one of the most re-
markabe instances in the country of solid
growth, and the development of substantial
industries in ship building, manufactures, and
machine works. These lots, to be sold to-mor-
row, are in the immediate neighborhood of
these establishments, and the railroad extern
sions and new works are greater in number at
the present time than ever before. They also
have the Centennial privilege of resale, at pur-
chaser's option, next year, without expense
to him and also valuable railroad concessions
of free tickets and low freights.
The " CENTENNIAL" RAIDED UpoN.- Whining
ton has place dubbed the Centennial" 1t is
located at the foot of Fifth street, adjoining the
railroad, and il said to have become rendez-
vous for nymphs of the pave and thor adherents,
and 1t is also said that the propretress is
cessory to the late shoe store robbery for which
Blake and Zebley are now in durance vile. Last
night, Chief of Police Brady, assisted by Ser
geant Chopper and detachment of police, sur
rounded the place taking all within it prisoners,
and landing them in tho city cells. Amongst those
captured are Sallie Mulligan, the proprietress,
Rebeeca Jacobs, Kate Doran, Anna Crookenback,
Mollie Dugan and a small child There were also
thre young men captured, one Of them by the
name of Charles Grow, another named Mulligan,
concert performer, and another whose name
was unknown. The proprietress is charged with
keeping disorderly house and with being an &C.
oessory to the robbery Of Kanes shoe store. A
hearing of the parties was held at II o'clock this
morning.