Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-12

Howard N. Jenkins, Wilmer Atkinson,
Francis c. Ferris
,r- For Terms, etc., ace Second Page.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The Bee OH Thursday evening.
The now water mains are being delivered i
Church street.
The general meeting of stockholders of til
ilnnngton Institute takes place this evening
Tomorrow evening, Mr. Auchincloss will ad
,lr ,ss IL special meeting of the Board of Trad
,,u oit commercial relations with South Carroll
The LAYING of the double track of the Z. w
A b. Il. H. between Perrymans and Aberdeen
was begun, this morning, with u large force o
Hielt
l;u-1sEss OnANaE.-The firm of M. ", ~ j. 9
l,le coal dealers, has been dissolved by mutua
tlneent. The bll5iiess Will be coDbinuod by nj
lyle at the old location, $. W. corner From
aud 1atnsll Sts.
In our report, on Friday, of the anniyersar,
0l The Women's Temperance Union, an abslirt
geographical error occurred, where in Mrs
mltlls address, she is made TO say that the la
dies will not "pont falter or fail" Her wore
Mah "tAlnt.
(;lsE To New YuRK john W. Phillips, OF
q 4IorI Sussex county, u member OF the recent
4
t. pro iuee aud commission business. IIlt
ftnily remains ut Seaford
ATTEMPTED EscApn FROM THE CEIIs.-Thi,
morning, Lafayette Thomas, Charles Savior and
ldolms Itus, all imprisoned in one cell. made
ilu attempt to escape, by cutting out the
aiatlilg from the windows. Some one had
passed them file after they were locked
M with which they made good execution Until
tAcy we're discovered
rolrcE IIGARrNds.-J Wallis for disor-
tltflv conduct, was required to pay the coets and
f4e bail in 500. for better behavior.
Lafayette Thomas and Charles Saylor, for
3aeknig the pocket OF John McCaul!ey on the
y uw grounds. were committed to New Castle
in default of 5000 each They were Philadel-
ltna parties.
MEETINGS. IN WEST CHuRou.-The services IN
Mrst Presbyterian Church, yesterday, were very
enemn and Impressive. Eey. Mr.. Otts, tile pas
tor. announced that exercises would be continue
cd through the week, and that lsey. Mr.. Cullis,
at hls earnest request had consented to remain
aud assist i'll the services Mr. Culls will give
y bible reading at 4 q L. NJ, and preach at 7i5
+ NJ. to day. Strangers aud the public gene
rally are cordially invited.
PRISONER TURNS STATES EvIDENeE At 12
o'clock to-day, hearing was given Thomas
'htus, who had been arrested confession
mate Icy Elmer Moore, fasteni X upon him
litnal she responsibility for tho imcendary
tires IN February last, and the accused was Leld
tu G2.ODO Ill eacll OF three cares to answer the
th4lae at court. We will print in later add
ton the full particulars of the hearing and
Aloolos statement M far as made
i,u.ISEss I,fyIyAL AT SA1.IsBuRY.-Th Sails
hury MIDI ADVERTISER says that all the mills, in-
tluliig the kndng wood factory, arc running
on full time, and the town has assumed an ac-
t'a and business like appearance, especially
AlUund the wharves. Il. Il. Jackson Il Co. em-
all the UppnrtIlpDtS of their bIlsluesH
about one hundred men 3; Humphreys " Tilgh-
nAi, Humphreys ~ Son, an Mrs. Il. Williams
Son altogether, perhaps, about as many more.
lowvsENps' SALE.-'rhe sale OF property on
HE South Side, by Townsend ~ Co., Saturday
itcruoun, was not largely attended, and very
little dclnaild for real estate was manifested.
l.lt aa II lad been announced that the sale
would be positive, two properties were disposed
ut and the remainder Withdrawn, some of those
rresrlt expressing their satisfaction with dis
continuance OF the sale. The sales were Two
ltEe rpumel brick houses on Townsend street to
JuJ W. Griilith, one for 56i5 and the other for
900, The houses are believed to have been
actually worth 5000
Tobacco AND CiaAn sronn RonnEp Some
ms during Saturday night the tobacco and ci-
Htl store Of W. H. Robinson, at ll3l{ East 4th
-lfert, was broken into and robbed of about
24ll cigars, lot of pipes, smokers penknlves,
aui from -G to - of currency left in the
GttNrr. The entrance was affected by boring
Iha bel, ont of the back door, with aninch and
n}e'cighths anger, Mr.. Ropnson estimates his
Nlulc loss at from II 150 to 1900 and although lie
hlsa suspicion he has no real clue to the guilty
lHtip7. The anger WAS the property of Henry
EtalA, stair builder ut Eighth and Monroe
'feets, whose shop was broken open the same
might.
FNfAf. ACCIDENT On Monday of last week,
ray7 the Mlddetown I'ranscripi, Benjamin, a
l"elNe year old son of Bcnjamim Redmile, who
INes IN Middle Neck, Cecil county, was found
dead i'll his fathers field with heavy roller
testing upon llis head The lad had been sent
10 tile field to roll ground. and it is supposed
That becoming tired he undertook to ride but
Tell OIL with the above result. The funeral took
place day or two afterwards, and among the
attendants was Mrs. Beckwith who lived just
across the Little Bohemia river from Mr.. Red
milo. Mrs. Il. has left her little daughter at
lome, and before the funeral cermonies were over
tliG was summoned to the bedside of her dying
daughter, whose clothing had taken fire in her
hothcrs absence, with fatal results to the child
TaE 1.-TWO ORrHANs. In presenting the Two
Orphans AT the Opera House on Friday Il Satur-
day evenings. April 23rd and 2ith expense
VIII be spared by the management to make this
HE greatest event of the season. 1t will be
presented in this city the same it now is at
lha Chestnut street theatre. Philadelphia i'll
every particular. The scenery, said to be the
iinHt magnificent ever put On any STAGE Will alHo
le brought here. The New York press rays this
play is the most beautiful ever produced on
HE American stage" 1t is pronounced by the
press and public better than Di1orce. Its sue
'rN7 IN Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia,
itoves this, for III those cities they COM
lpIl'd to lengthen their engagements, which
'ill1 1fd the many postponements here.
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