Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-02-03

PASSAGE OF THE WAGES REPEAL BILL-sTRUaGLI
OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARIAN-THI
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION, AND PREPARATIONS
TO RECEIVE THE LADIEs-KENT COUNTY LEW
CoURT-MINoR TOPICS, &c.
| Specipl Correspondence Of he Commercial.
Dover, Feb. 8.
| 1t really does seem as if the Legislature wai
never going to get done with it's lttlo game OF
| loggerheads in..appointing librarian. The ap
pointment of the State Treasurer and State Aud
itor did not half the strife that this little
| $500. salaried office does. The Senate votes fol
G. G. Fulton, and the House just as determined
ly votes against him. and 80 we go see-sawing
| along with no hope of settling the little vexed
question, which will in all probability yet be
left with the Governor.
THE ATTACHMENT LAW.
The House having refused to concur in the
Senate Amendment to let tho law exempting
wages from execution attachment apply TO the
whole State, the Senate yesterday morning re-
coded from It's amendment and allowed the bill
to become a law but applicable only to Now Cas-
tie county. So we have now done with the at
tachment law for this session.
THE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
The Temperance Convention held here yes
terday afternoon and night WAS grand success.
Judge Layton, j. AleXanderl Fulton, Rev. A. D..
Davis, Rev. G. D. Watson and William II. Ca
hoon were appointed q committee to whom to
refer all petitions and papers for presentation to
the members OF the Legislature, and also to
draw bill in accordance with the prayer of the
petitioners. An invitation WAS sent to the Leg
islature inviting the members to be present at a
temperance meeting to be held in the Nj. E.
Church i'll the evening, Which invitation was ac-
cepted in both Houses.
At IL O'Clock in the evening, the members
nearly all repaired to the meeting, who in addi-
tion to others present completely filled the lec-
t,,ra rf al,, I,l
and eloquently addressed by Revs, A. ID. Davis,
7. d. Martindale, g. D. Watson and Enoch
Stubbs
Judge Layton presided at the meeting and at
the commencement read his annual report of the
work of the Moral Reform Association of Della
ware.
1t having been stated during the meeting that
tho ladies and gentlemen from Wilmington and
other parts of the State would come to Dover in
special train on Thursday, the 10th instant, for
the purpose OF making another temperance
demonstration fayoring the passage of a Local
Option law, the following committee of recep-
ton on motion of Mr. Cahoon was appointed I:
Mrs Nj. A. Crouch Mrs. Richardson, Miss Ida
Pennington, Mrs Isaac E. Lohand, Mrs. Bce,
Mrs. Cahoon, Miss Amanda Cahoon,. Mrs. Kel-
lum, Miss Alloway, Mrs. e. Pleasanton, Mrs.
Burnham, Mrs j. IT. Jakes, Miss Lda Evans,
Miss Gertrude Stevenson, Miss Lou Tucker,
Miss Augusta Dewitt, Miss Lou X Davis. and
Miss Sallie Saxton.
There are now in the hands of the Committee
the signatures of nearly 1000 petitioners and
still they are pouring in from all directions.
THE LEVY COURT
of Kent County met in its February session yes
terday and will continue in session all the week.
On Thursday next the Collectors will be appoint
ed. An unusually large number of persons were
present from all parts of the county and gave
Dover quite Il lively appear ance.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
The Senate still continues with but six men,
bers present, and yesterday it was at one time
without quorum. The sergeant arms bring
ing in absentees, the President (Mr. Fiddeman)
mildly reproved those who were absent by say
ing, "The chair hopes Senators hereafter will
not leave the Senate without quorum"
Mr.. Houston, of the House,is quite sick with
bad cold and confined to his rooms.
Senator Ray on Monday slipped on the ice on
raised ash pile and falling heavily sprained his
wrist, from which he suffers considerably.
Mr.. Reynolds, the serSeant-at-arms of the
Senate, is suffering from the chils, and has
been absent from his post since the early part of
last week.
Another railroad bill has been introduced in
the Senate, called the Sussex Midland Rail Road
Company, it is said for the purpose of building
railroad from Georgetown to Brldgeville.
Mr.. Fiddeman has given notice of bill which
is certainly righteous measure. 1t is to pre-
vent defendant from being thrown into jail on
a capias for debt S. H.