The Morning herald., 1875-09-28
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People arc beginning to attend. churcl
regularly. ,g1aLIUJ
Dishonesty is the best, policy, say our pol
icy thieves. tIT 1L4H0L zTAT2
The cool weather lessons the number O
corner lOafers. .-..----,,.,
The after-contest about the Mayoralt,
did not take place. a ..I..,1 49,, ~
They have an excellent lot Of periodicals. al
the Institute Library. J1lg1
Fall trade is not as brisk as' some of the
merchants expected it tobe.
1t is a good thing that our firemen con-
tinue to have nothing to do.
The old City Hall clock has had its hands
amputated. High time, anyway.
Reading is elated at the repeated victo-
rice of her ballists over the Quicksteps.
Many Wilmingto mans will 60 to Phila
delphia this week TO see Barry Sullivan.
Delaware vessels are generally named af-
ter the wives and daughters of their ow-
ners. ....~- -
Boats from the western side of the PENN
sula trade to Baltimore; those on the Della
ware to Phila. .,.I
The grain shipping season has commenced
The Peninsularians expect good prices for
corn this year. IL -
We have no politics to discuss of evenings,
hence more of the casing class go home
sober at nights.
The HERALD is out, with the news of the
day, long before the Philadelphia papers
reach this city. ati T., ..'i- '7.,..,. O.. =
The St. Michael's Comet has the appropri-
ste heading "Between the Bays for it's
clipped, semi-locals. wv :" -
Street-tags should be watched and repri-
manded by the police, "Shoot that hat" be-
ing worse than biting ones thumb in Ro-
meo's days. ..... -''' i'''' u .'..' !. w.. ,
Did you know we're to have an annual
eclipse of the sun this month! It's to come
off on the Goth, and will be. visible herea-
bouts, if you rise early enough.
The N. Y. Times of yesterday, quo ing
from the Milford Neus Civ es an count Of
the West Chester tragedy that occurred on
the 10Th of this month Rather rounda-
bout clipper-he of the Times. ....,-
Thursday, October 21st, is the day fixed
for the Talbot mass meeting to be held in
Easton. Hon. John Lee Carroll, Chas. J.
NJ. Gwinn, Esq, and Col, Levin Woolford,
Democratic nominee on the State ticket, arc
expected to address the people. 20 -..
The Philadelphia Day has the following
item: The peach season will be virtually
over in about week. Owing to the glutted
condition of the market, about one-third of
the crop has been allowed to rot on the trees
and many have gathered no crops at all.
1t is unfortunate that the last night train.
leaves Philadelphia for this place at II 80:
thus necessitating departure from places of
amusement in the middle of the last act. A
train leaving Philadelphia at midnight would
suit exactly. Could it not be so arranged!
On Saturday last, the following shipping
Clayton l.. Lowbcr, jackson, Lipsic, with
hay: Ettie Lister, Maxon, Freder.ca, grain;
Hattie Hall, Kelley, Lebanon, grain, Potosi,
Thomas, Smyrna, grain; Sussex, Bennett
Milton, grain; U. S. Macon, McNitt, Fred
erica, grain; L. B. Chandler, Hopkins, Mil
ton, bark. =
Centennial enthuiasts are constantly re-
minding us that Delaware was of tile origi-
nal thirteen.
This State needs dozen or such matter
OF antiquaries to hunt up and preserve the
historical and traditional data that is fast
perishing.
Reed bird sportsmen are not yet plentiful,
though the birds are.
We may expect to chronicle more firearm
disasters if sportsmen are as careless as
they generally are.
The Bismarck Rifle Company numbers
tifty-four "laddies brave" and meets in the
Old Strlmple building on King below Sec
ond.
On Sunday afternoon an attempt was
made by some unknown inccndarians' to fire
a stable belonging to Charles Roarke, over
Third Street bridge.
the schooner Hattie Card, Capt. Moore,
with ship-timber from Seaford for Boston,
put into the Breakwatcr last week, her crew
having mutinied and refused to do further
duty on account ofan alleged scarcity of pro-
visions. At last accounts the vessel was
still at the Breakwater. a~
Vim. B. Blackiston, of Wilmington. fa-
miliary known in this city as Benny"
Blackiston, died in Philadelphia on Friday
last.
Inc Maryland Association of the New
Jerusalem Church will meet in this city, in
the church cf that denomination, at Della
ware avenue and Washington street. on Fri
day, October S'h The sessions will proba-
lily occupy IT, 1t and the following day.
Saturday afternoon nine of fat men
played nine of lean men. over Market
street bridge. The heavy won by II to l3.
The peach shipments over the Delaware
road now aggregate 1000 900 baskets. In
the early part of the season there was talk
of the yield reaching 5000, 900 baskets, and
it would probably have run above that but
for the low prices. =
Sunday afternoon, as d little girl was play
ing in the Catholic cemetery, tombstone
which had become loose fell down upon her.
and almost dislocatcd her knee. She was
at once carried to doctor and received
proper attention.