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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05

The Atlantic Base Ball Club OF West Whining
ton has taken the field, and challenges any other
nnor club in the State. Communications ad-
dressed TO H. Taylor, GIT West Front street, will
receive prompt attention.
new baseball club has been organized at
Iiockland paper mills. and named the white
Stockings.' Charles Green ia President of the
organization. For uniform they have engaged
Al. Hindle to furnish them with blue pants,
white shirts, blue and white stockings, caps of
the same color, aud white and red belt. 1t is
composed OF athletic young men from the banks
Of the Brandywine, who with proper practice
.nay rival the Bostons. The club will play its
drst match game on Saturday next with the "Ot-
tawas," of ST. Augustine mills.
Owing to tho rain, the game between the Nj
agaras of Chester, and the Idle Boys of this city
lid not come of yesterday.
The Quicksteps have been under the necessity
VI removing the fence of their new grounds ad-
Joining Adams street, few feet in, as the city is
about having tho street graded
Much interest is felt in the approaching game
uf the Quicksteps with the Chicago club, TO take
place at the Schutzen Park, on Saturday.
A new club. of ambitious character, is organic
ing in West Chester, to compete with the Brandy
wines. John A. Croft ls at the head of it. The
catcher will come from Philadelphia, and the
pitcher will most likely be from the Rod Belts of
Parkerville.
The Reading Actives played the Fern Leaf,
how romantic , club, at Pottsville, yesterday,
and beat them 10 to l. To-day, the Actives play
me Experts OF harrisburg, at 1teadlng. Inc
Exports are considered good club.
Tho Quicksteps expect to go to Milford next
thursday and play the club of that place. On
Friday they will play the club in Dover and on
saturday, game may be arranged ut Smyrna.
At Boston, yesterday, the philadelphians
played the Bostons a very close and exciting
game but lost it, 8 to A. after playing eleven in
uinga. The Philadelphians had Josephs. their
now pitcher whom the Boston could not bat US
well aa tho Philadelphia could Spalding.
On account of the rain the st. Louis and hth-
etc did not play their second gamein l'liadel-
pliia yesterday
The San Francisco and California Clubs, the
latter of Sacramento, recently played game of
fifteen innings, in which the latter won by to o..
The Athletic lime of next year will likely con-
-ist of Fisher, Craver Force, Sutton, Capp and
Hall for certaln also Mcbride, if he still desires
to play, and possibly Bond and Egger.
To-day the Philadelphia and Chicago Clubs
play in Philadelphia.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
Indn.trinl ana Itu.iness Notes.
STEAM AIDING WATER powER-IMPRovEMENTs AN
CHANGES ON WHITE CLAY AND BIG ELK-woR
FROM wII,MINqTON aUOpH.

STEAM AIDING WATER powER-IMPRovEMENTs AND
CHANGES ON WHITE CLAY AND BIG ELK-wonK
FROM WILMINGTON SHOPS.
The manufactures run by water power on
White Clay and the Elk creeks have been very
short OF water much of the time for several
years, and there il II general move to supple
ment it with steam. From recent letter by
"G H. r. Geo. II. Roberts, Ito the Bptt1h-
ran, we eull some data of general interest.
Curtis Bros. at Newark, engaged in the man-
ufacture of fine letter and envelope paper, for
which there is q constant demand, are building
a new engine house and smoke stack, and a new
steam engine, built by Pusey Jones " Co., of
Wilmington, will supply the deficiency in the wa
ter power.
Mesgrs. Dean X Pilling, Of the same place,
have also built a new engine-house, into which a
forty horsepower engine has been put, built by
Poole Il Hunt, of Baltimore, and the mannfac-
tory il now running night and day, giving en-
pioyment to u large number of hands. Woolen
cassimeres are a leading article of manufacture
at the present time.
The IuJic Ledger paper mill situated on Lit
tie Elk crock about four miles from Elkton, is
also undergoing various repairs, in which mod
ern and improved machinery is taking the place
Of old. Puaoy, Jones Il Co., are furnishing a
new stack of paper machine calenders and al
terations are being made in the akali pans for
the purpose of making a better quality and
creator quantities OF paper. The Birders and
hoors through the building are being repaired,
and new race wall is being built. These mills
keep about seventy men, women and children
employed, and about 30 horses arc engaged in
doing the necessary hauling to and from the
railroad at Elkton.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
HOME SPACE IN THE cENrfNNlAl
'ghc xycstern FEonits.

THE RaIas sUBsIDEp, DuF THE RIVERS yERY Hldu
AND Doing GREAT DAMAGE
The floods on tho Ohio river aud its tributa-
ries went on increasing yesterday. At Marietta,
Cincinnati, Louisville and Evansville the wator
rose above the 'dsnger line" and according to
the "probabilities" of the Weather Bureau, it
will continue above that line from Cincinnati to
Evansville to-day. Above Cincinnati, tho river
will begin to fall The cellars and tho first
floors of the buildings in the lower
portion of Cincinnati were flooded last
night, tue river at 6 p. NJ. having over 81
feet Of water in the chanuel. In tho Scloto
Valley the flood is the greatest ever known at
this season of the year, and the loss to the
farmers there ia estimated at s500OOO. . Dam
gerous floods OH tho Mississippi, botwoen
Cairo and Memphis arc predicted by the
Weather Bureau for to-day and tomorrow.
The Mississippi river ut Memphis rose last
night to within II inches of the danger line,
| (which covers the country westward to Madi-
son, Arkansar a distance of forty miles. The
| river was subsiding at st. Louis, but apprehen-
sions were caused by the reports from the ONO
Valley. crevasse has opened al De Soto
| Front, Mississippi, 81 miles below Memphis.
The corn in the Aubmergcdl fields Is said to be
aouring and emitting !" terrific stencil.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
Total.
THE BALTIMORE MARKET.

baltimore Suns Report, To-day.
On Tuesday about six Thousand and yesterday
thirty-fve hundred boxes of peaches were re-
ceived by steamboats, at Light street wharyes,
coming chiefly from Sassafras. Chester, Chop
tank and West rivers. They were all sold, the
prices ranging at from twenty-five to fifty cents
per box, considerable out of town shipments be-
ing made. The peaches are nearly all of the
/" Hale's Early" variety There are num-
ber of Western buyers in Baltimore await
ing the arrival of peaches of the more hardy
varieties, and next week heavy trade in fruit
for Western shipment is expected When the
packers go into the market higher prices will
doubtless obtain, but there is no probability that
fancy figures will rule. Commission men ex-
pressed themselves as satisfied with the prices
yesterday.
The propeller Reeves on Tuesday commenced
regular trips to Baltimore from Harrlss Round
Top orchards on Chester river. MIR. Harris ex-
poets to gather one hundred Thousand boxes of
peaches, fifty Thousand Of which will be sold in
Baltimore and the remainder will be packed or
dried at Round Top. Two boats are running
daily from Chester river, and one from the
SaBsafras
A Baltimore fruit dealer is fitting up refrig-
orators in sections on Light street for the re.
ception ofpeaches. He says he can handle 1000
boxes day, and that he has demonstrated sat
isfactorily that peaches when once put through
chilling process will remain in firm condition
for two weeks, exposed to the regular tempera-
ture. He has arranged by contract for 100000
boxes OF peaches, and his experiment will be
fully tosted.
THE PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
Furnished by j. T., and D. Il. Kenney.l
BY Telegraph to the Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, August 8.
We quote fruit to-day, as follows fair to
good 50c to 75c; good to prime, T5c to Il 25.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
Political Notes.

Tho New York Tribune betrays anxiety "No
careful observer of public sentiment in tho West
and South can escape the conviction that If the
democrats carry Ohio this fall both of these Sec
lions Will enter the next national Democratic
convention so furious for initiation that the cas-
tern section of the party will be powerless to re-
4st them.'
The latest returns from Kentucky indicate that
tlle majority for McCreary, Democrat, for Gov
crnor, may reach 10000.
An election has Just been held in Alabama on
the question of calling constitutional conyen-
ton, and the majority for the convention i'll the
State is estimated at $4,000.
An election will take place i'll North Carolina
to-day, for 1870 delegates to the State Consttl-
iion, called by the last Legislature
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
A MAN VINO Hasn't spoken 10 His
Wife in Ewclvs Years.

The Cohoes Bulletin" says there ID residing
in Harmony street, Cohoca,a man aged seventy
i've years, who has not spoken to his wife in
twelve years. He has been married fifty years,
has an amiable wife and several children and
grandchildren, and considerable property. The
old man and his wife always lived together hap
pily, not ripple ever appearing on their course
through life until about twelve years ago, when
one morning the wife came down stairs and ga
luted her husband iu gentle manner as was
her wont to do but to her astonihhment he
made no reply to her salutaton. She spoke to
Kim again and again, but always with the same
effect ard ever since that July morning
| in 1868, the husband never opened his
| Inns to his wife. No cause IL assigned
| for his strange proceedings He always
speaks familiarly with the rest of his family and
| friends but OH no occasion or under any cohsld-
| Grafton would he speak one word to his wife. Ho
| always treats her with gentleness and blindness,
| always providing for her wants with tho most
ecrupuloua care, but not one word can be coaSed
| out of his lips to refer to his strange way or
| treating her. His wife and himself always par
take of the same he'd, they cat at the same ta-
| ble they walk to church side by side, yet not
| one word has escaped that mans lips for tile
past twelve years to that woman. His little
| granddaughter lives with him, aud through her
| he always knows his wfes wants. and no re-
quest OF hers is left UNDECIDED Several friends
| of the family have tried repeatedly to unfathom
| his strange action. but they have always found
| il impossible.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
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Tragedy i'm talbot co.

Brutal LuHpER AT ST. MIcuAELs, ON SATURDAY
"A MAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS OWN GARDEN.
John Thomas Ford, a man between 45 and
50, living at st. Michaels, Talbot county, was
found brutally murdered in his own garden, on
Saturday last, about IL o'clock. His skull WAS
split open, and evidently several heavy blows
had been dealt him on the head with a hatohet
or some other heavy instrument, either one of
which WAS sufficient to cause his death.
The Easton Star, of Tuesday says: A jury of
inquest was at once summoned to investigate
the case, but up to yesterday morning no clue
to the murderer had been found. The case ap-
pears to be involved in profound mystery. Sus-
picion as yet rests on no particular person, and
no cry of murder was heard in the neighborhood
on the night of the murder. 1t is reported that
white child and colored man in the neigh
borhood heard singular sounds about ten o'clock
Saturday night, but it is not certain that they
were made by the murdered man or by the muir
derer.
AS Ford's bed was found not tumbled on Sat-
urday morning, it il clear that he WAS murdered
before he retired to bed. He was probably de-
coyed ont of his house and dispatched in the
carly part of the night.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
THIRD EDITION.
cannery Burned at smyrna.

FIRE ON TUESDAY EVENING a-DETrRucrIoN OF
CANNED FRUIT.
The Smyrna Times OF yesterday reports the
burning in that town, on Tuesday evening, of
the large fruit cannery Of JOHN II. and Joseph
V. Hoffecker.
1t was large three-story franc structure,
with extended back buildings. Tho fire broke
out ct 11-30, in the third story, where the
can makers work. The usual precautions
had been taken the previous evening
to put oat the smoldering fires, it
is said, and hence the origin is unexplained.
There was partial insurance of 5000 on the
building and machinery. The most serious loss,
however, is on stock, consisting of cans for this
seasons use, There were over $4,000 Of these
made up and material for about 1900
more, all of which were destroyed.
These. with the machinery, will entail an abso-
lute loss of from 81, 900 to $4,000. About S3,-
900 worth of canned tomatoes were saved, and
5000 or 900 peach baskets. A small portion of
the tomatoes and 1000 baskets were destroyed.
Fortunately some additional stock ordered had
failed to reach the factory.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
New Castle Items.

New CASTLE, Aug 5.
On Tuesday evening, some Of the "old Church
Rangers paid a visit to our city under the guild
ance Of Ned Leary. They were watched, how
ever. by the police, and made no disturbance.
Yesterday, the largest number Of foreign YES
sells ever observed at this time Of the year
passed up the river.
The Mount Salem M. r. Sunday School will
hold picnic at Silver Grove, on the 2Gth of
this month. The steamer Reyboh has been en-
gagged to convey them across.
/" Grabbing" season having commenced large
strings of these marine game are carried up
through our streets eyery day.
b. L. Tuft is making preparations for opening
a billiard saloon, soon.
The meeting held by the Fire Company, on
Tuesday, appointed committee to wait on the
City Council, to ask that the engine be placed in
their charge.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
FOURTH EDITION.
The "Iramp" Pest.

| A PERFECT PLAGDE ON CITY AND COUNTRY HoRDEt
| OF BEGGARa swAEMINd ON STREETS AND HloH-
WAYS.
Thousands of "tramps' seem to be on the
move, at this time, and complaints come from all
| quarters, of the annoyance. In this city, every
llousekeeper is asked dozens Of times day,
for yictuals money, and the beggars pass
through Water street, from morning
to night, many of them going down
In the country, the ntliction is as bad. Yes
terday morning, says Chester paper, no less
than twenty-one were counted coming out or a
single barn, on the Concord road. Many farm
ers, living on frequented thoroughfarea are OBJ
liged to feed scores of them daily, the women
often being alone and afraid to refuse. A farm
or in New Castle hundred, near this city, is said
to have been feeding twenty five or thirty day.
No doubt the tramps are more numerous, just
now, in this locality, on account OF the ~ peach
plucks being on their way to the orchards.
CAMP OF "PLuoKs" SURROUNDED AND cAr-
TuRED.
About IL o'clock. last night, word came to po-
lice headquarters from the Delaware Rail Road
junction, that large number of s'peach plucks
had taken possession there, and had fortified
themselves in and around number of empty
peach cars. A man coming along the rail road
track was stopped by the "pucks," who ran
sacked his carpet bag taking what they could
make use of, and then throwing the bag back to
the owner. tteIn0nBtraQce IN tHe 1hCB Oh hucl
a crowd was useless, and the more genteel
carpet baggcr" was only too glad to get away
from such undesirable company.
Chief Brady called in his reserved forces who
yalently girdod on not only the baton, but filled
their pockets with reyovers and other death
dealing weapons, and started for the scene OF
conflict, regardless of the aching hearts loft be-
hind. Silently and stealthily the camp of
s'plucks' was surrounded, and fifty-nine of them
captured without the firing of a gun, stroke
of the maple or the loss of man on the side of
the blue coats. 1t is reported, however, that
about as many of the ''plucks" escaped as were
captured. 1he tifty-nine were crowded into a
special car provided for the occasion by the rail
road company, and brought into tho city,
marched up Market street and lodged in the city
cells.
This morning. they presented mottled ap-
pearance as they emerged from the cells, with
the injunction of the Mayor to leave town 8" in
stanter " and never return again, even to find
lodgings in the peach cars, outside the city lin
Its. Amongst the "plucks we're men of nearly
all natonalites. OF occupations two said they
were dyers three printers, three butchers, two
boiler makers, four moulders, and two cigar
makers, while of the balance there were gar
dener, machinist, farmer glider, ropespinner,
boatman, waiter, (the only colored man out of
the tifty-nine) sailor, :factorymen. baker, shoe
maker, and carpenter The rest were laborers.
Some of them were decent looking men, and
some very rough.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
Wilmington and Reading Railroad
Litigation,

Some time ago the Wilmington and Heading
Railroad in the courts of Berks county endeav-
ored to get hold Of the Berks County Railroad,
Or the Reading and Lehigh Branch OF the Read
ing Railroad. In this they failed. Subsequent
They tried ahe same thing I'm IN es
ing, and the Berks and Lehigh Branch,
demurred. Judge Longaker, of the Lehigh
courts, August 2, delivered an opinion giving
Judgment upon the demurrer in favor Of the de-
PENDANTS, the Philadelphia and Reading Com
pany, and against the plaintiff, the Wilmington
and Reading Railroad Company, and further
that the defendants have their reasonable costs
against the plaintiffs. Messrs Robert E. Wright
d Son appeared as the counsel for the defend
ants.--R Reading Daily Times 5th
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

About two car loads of colored people, called
the Brothers and Sisters Of Moses" went on
an excursion to Mt. Cuba, this morning.
short delay was caused to down trains on the
p. W. " B. r. r., yesterday afternoon, by the
truck of a freight car getting off the track
The W. & W. r. II. freight west on Tuesday
knocked dog from the treste bridge, 55 feet
high, near Broad Run, and poor Tray limped off
dragging broken leg after him.
The laying of the cornerstone of the new
Presbyterian Church, at Brandywine Manor, will
take place oD next Saturday, Aug Ith, services
to begin at o'clock, z. M.
Friends circular meetings will be held at
bonneville on the 9Th of 9Th month; at Centre on
the 18th of 9th month; and at West Grove on the
10th of 10th month, at o clock, PM. The pub
lie are invited.
The German military company met last night
in the Pioneer office and agreed to lease the old
Strimple building on King below Second street,
for drilling purposes. The company now num-
bers 61 men. The uniform will be adopted at
the neXt meeting.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05

STORM ON THE ooAsr--TIE AEAsoN AT IT'S HEIGHT
a list OF ooTrAGERN-A NEW HOTEL PROJECT.
Ell DY Mr.. BRIGHT.
Correspondence Gfthe Commercial.
iiRHonoTn, DEL, August 3.
Those yistors ut Rehoboth who desired to rec
the ocean in IL storm, were fairly and fully satis-
fed yesterday, and last night A north cast
wind prevailed for two days, and eulminat cd
last evening in fearful storm of wind, rain,
thunder and lightning. During its continuance
it was not so difficult to imagine waves 'moun-
tain high," even when viewed at a safe distance,
and without fear or excitement. 1t did seem Ms
If the snrgng, angry pillows must overflow their
allotted space and spread their waters over all
the sand. But he who
"Plants His footsters in the sea
And rides upon the Storm
had also said, "Thus far shalt thou come and no
further, and here shalt thy proud waves be
stayed.
To-day is warm and We have only ftfu CLEANS
of sunshine.
The Surf House is still fallaltbough notcrowd-
ed. The "height of the season." il probably
over, yet applications by letter. for rooms are
constantly received.
Seven cottages have been erected, here, this
year. The following owning, and are occupy
ing cottages at Rehoboth j. j. Mccullough,
Reuel Heisler, Job H. Jackson, DIR. O. II. Jeffer-
ibS IA. " iDDiilnou ktieA. Shhii-
dler, Mrs. Il. Riley and Mr.. Kolly,all of Whining
ton; Mrs. Ellen Taylor and Rev.James Mason, Of
Philadelphia. VIM. A. Finley, of Philadelphia,
has a handsome cottage, but is not occupying it
this year.
Judge Fishers cottage is also without occu-
pants VIM. H. Eder, and W. j. Jones, of Elk
ton, j. L. Hooper, of Baltimore, and DR.. Il. Dawf
son, of Camden, Del, complete the number o,
those who have cottages Tho old homestead
has been moved on a handsome lot, and the for
mer owner, J.. Dow Martin, has bought it of the
Association, repaired the dwelling, Tin which lie
lived 30 long, and now resides there.
VIM. Bright, Esq, of your city, ID talking of
building hotel, here. He has obtained u plan,
and is examining the details of tho undertaking.
and from his well known public spirit he may be
depended upon, for completing the enterprise
There has been great dcal of talk, heretofore,
which has raised expectations only to di6appoint
them. This instance we hope will be an oxcep-
tion. Fourteen or fifteen thousand dollars have
been expended in cottage building here, and in
oil not less than sixty thousand dollars are al
ready laid out in improvements of the ground.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05

A telegram from Key West states that the 5000
cigar makers who struck on July 1st, resumed Oh
Tuesday at reduced wages
1t is somewhat singular circumstance thai
the flood. tide in the Delaware at night is usually
a foot higher than the day tide, and occasionally
is as much al two feet higher. 1t must be the
moon.
Dir. Winslow Lowis died in Boston on Tuesday
night, aged 7G years. He was reputed one of
the most skilful surgeons in the United States.
having studied under Dupuytren in Paris, and
Abenethy in London, and practiced with sue.
cess in Boston.
The carcass of sturgeon which was formerly
worth dollar now sells for about three dollars
The consequence is it is more eagerly fshed
for in the Delaware, and large numbers are ta-
poorer classes and is quite palatable. IT is COM
monty known as "Albany beef"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
That Eeaky Jail

TWO MORE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM THE COUNTY
PRISON.
" Bubber" Davis and Reddy Revis affected
their escape from the New Castle jail, last night,
by saving off an iron bar of tho window Of the
cell they Jointly occupied and scooping ont a
portion of the wall. Blubber was undergoing
imprisonment for larceny, but Revis was await
ing this trial in November next for larceny
committed in Mill Creek Hundred
1t ie also reported that one of the escaped
prisoners is Dickinson. who was confined for
breaking into Barzilla Zanes House. in Monroe
street. II it is Dickinson, his friends are saved
much anxiety
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05

Keeping Meals waiting.

Little things often interfere with our comfort
very much and one small annoyance is for men
10 delay coming to dinner when called. Some
times they have an hour or more of work which
they will do before quitting, and then they go
to the house to find the dinner cold, and the cook
discouraged Nothing is more disheartening to
l. tired woman than a table full of dirty dishes
ornamenting the table an hour and a half later
IN the day than usual. Punctuality is a virtue
that men should learn, if they are in the habit
OF being uncertain about coming to meals. Any
woman worthy the name of housekeeper will be
regular with her meals if it lies within her to
nave them 30.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-05
q EnaIish Cnnarl.

The Times this morning gets up sensation
about the American Limo steamship Ohio not
being heard from since she sailed from this port
on the 18th of July The speculations about
broken blades and deranged machinery are all
spoiled by the circumstance that the ONO ar
rived off Brow Head at o'clock on the evening
Of July 25. after a very short passage. She
sailed from Liverpool for this port at o'clock
this fternoon.--fhitadd. Telegraph, An.
The same groundleas and mischievous story
was published in yesterdays Ece'y Eaening