Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-21

From the state capital.
THE ATTACHMENT LAw-No pIyoRcEs-rfMPER-
ANoE-RAILROAD CHARTERS, &c.
Special 10 the Commercial

THE ATTACHMENT LAw-No pIvoRcEs--TfMPER'
ANoE-RAILRoAD CHARTERS, &c.
Special 10 The Commercial.
DOVER, DEL, Jan. Il.
Dover has settled down, but there is now
promise OF some activity in legislation. The bill
repeating Wages Attachment was yesterday up
in the Senate. In the House, as you know, an
amendment was made that the repeal apply only
to New Castle county. In the ATE at the IN
stance of Senator Fiddeman of Kent this was
struck out and the repeal was made to apply to
the &hoe State. The bill as amended has been
returned to the House for concurrence, but it is
not expected that it will pass the House in its
present shape.
no DlvoRcEMENTs.
The mettle of the House was tried yesterday
afternoon on the Divorce business, two petitions
having been presented, one on account OF deser-
sertion and the other for fraud by their hus-
bands Mr.. Broadway, to test the sense OF the
House, moved the reference of the petition to
the Committee on Divorce, upon which The yeas
aud nays were called The emphatic verdict OF
only four votes in favor of reference, and the
additional fact that the Senate had struck from
their list of standing committees that on di-
yorces shows that it is only time and money
lost for those chafng under the matrimonial har-
ness to como applying to this Legislature.
FIRST sKIRMIsH ON TEMPERANCE.
A little breeze on the Temperance question
sentation of petition signed by nearly 900
ladies' of Wilmington and Smyrna, asking that
the law applicable to the sale Of liquor. on Sun
day shall be applicable to every other day OF the
week, except as it applies to its use for mechani-
cal and medicinal purposes. The petitions were
referred to a committee called the " Committee
on Temperance, to which all future petitions
on that questions are to be referred.
The breeze however, in the Senate, was but
the forerunner of pretty stiff blow in the
tba ftuaa Df
dletown Agricultural and Pathological Associa-
ton. The incorporators in drawing up the char
ter had reserved the right to sell wine, porter,
beer, ale, and cider. The committee on corpo-
ratons reported back the bill with this right
stricken out. An amendment was offered to al
low cider to be sold, which WAS adopted by vote
of IA to 4. Mr.. Nowland then made an earnest
plea in favor Of restoring the stricken out clause
and Mr.. Houston spoke as earnestly
against it, The yeas and nays being called the
report of the committee WAS adopted by vote
of 10 to 8, and the Association allowed to sell
cider only.
ANOTHER RAIL ROAD BILL.
Though tho last has been a bad year on rail
roads, there appears to be no lack of applica-
tiops for charters to build new ones. The com
pletion of the road to Delaware City, seems only
to have whetted the appetites of citizens Of that
town to have railroad along the Delaware
This would give them direct route to New
Castle, Philadelphia and Wilmington, in
the stage line to Kirkwood, the P. & D. road to
the junction, the steamboat up the river.
The capital stock is 100000 and the incorpera-
tors are, sWilliam Reybold, James G.. Shaw L.
s. Dunlap, NJ. NJ. Cleaver, w. r. Bright, George
b. Money and William D. Clark.
GATHERED CRUMBS.
Thomas NJ. Ogle, Recorder of Deeds, was here,
Yesterday. to get an act passed giving him au-
thority to get certain indibes, and also to get
new seal of office.
Mr.. Baldwin has started bill on its way to
make dogs property in school Districts Nos.
and 4 Why not apply it to the State?
Speaker Stockley, In response to telegram,
went home yesterday. His father-n-law James
Anderson of Georgetown who had been Ill for
some time is much worse.
Representative Conwell of Sussex has been
absent from his :.seat this week on account of
the death of child from scarlet fever.
Sussex County. too, is to have an Agricultural
and Pomologlcal Association with capital stock
of $4,000 and to be located at LAUREL Mr..
Broadway has given notice of the bill.
The first session of the Court of Quarter Ses-
sons under the bill which passed the Senate
dav in July. The bill il expected TO pass the
House.
=Smeon Pennewell, of Sussex was here yester
day urging the passage of a general stock law.
instead of having it dotfed about, here and
there over the State.
Mr.. Ray has given notice OF a bill to be re-en-
acted to allow Delaware College to educate 10
students from each county free Of charge, pro-
vided such students after graduating will teach
one year in the public schools of the State.