Middletown transcript., 1876-07-29

l uilluS DOHct tLdt uuuR ONCE tuCmy al
frightening those around it badly. 1t VIC
discovered that party of tramps had bui
: the fire in an open lot near the foundry an
were cooking chickens, potatoes and coffe
which they had purloined from our citizens
thinking that no one would disturb them a
SO late an hour. After few questions wer
asked, the tramps hastily moved away.
Blackbird Democracy.
: At Democratic meeting held at Blackbird
+ on Saturday, July 22d, at O'Clock, P. M.
for the purpose Of organizing the hundre'
and to appoint Hundred Central Committee
On motion of DR.. J. Fl Parvis, R. Ferguson
was appointed Chairman, and John G. Arm
strong, Secretary. On motion of VIM. Nailor
the chairman was instructed to appoint tn
Central Committee. The following named
persons were reported by the chair, viz: VIM
Nailor, Jacob Deakyne, John L. Seemons, R
H. Armstrong and C. B. Satterield. Or
motion of Dr. J. Il. Parvis, the report was
accepted and the meeting adjourned.
Attest: R. FERGUSON, Chairman.
JNo. G. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
Our Public Schools.
At a meeting of the "Board Of Education
composed of three members of the old Board
of Trustees of the Academy, and the commits
sioners and clerks of School Districts Nos. "a
and 60, held on Tuesday evening last, Prof.
T. Sumner Stevens, the present courteous and
efficient principal of the Academy, was elected,
by tvo-thirds majority, principal of the
united school districts, and Miss R. Annie
Maxwell, first assistant and Miss Annie Rob-
erts, second assistant.
The following gentlemen compose the pre-
sent Board of Education: E. W. Lockwood,
president; D. L. Dunning, secretary (pro
tem); Henry Davis, John A. Reynolds, Capt.
Samuel Pennington, N. Williams, George W..
Wilson, Jas R. Hofecker and VIM. Green.
Meeting OF the Trustees OF the Aims
house.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Trus-
tees of the Poor was held at the almshouse,
on Wednesday, Mr.. Ferguson being the only
absentee. Several visitors were present, in
cluding County Treasurer Herbert, two or
three Levy Courtmen, and others. Bills
amounting to $s,3l3.76 were reported and
approved, and the removal of small build
ing near the small pox hospital to position
close by the main building, for wash room
for the inmates was ordered. The Committee
on Building and Grounds reported that the
almshouse and surroundings were in their
usual we'll kept condition. The number of
inmates in the institution was stated at l79
against Ill for the previous quarter.
A Pleasant Excursion.
The attention of the reader is invited to the
advertisement of the daily excursions made
down and across the Delaware bay by the
steamer Ariel. The Ayiel is fine large boat
capable of carrying over 1900 persons, well
fitted up with excellent accommodations for
the pleasure and amusement of her passen-
gers. She carries fne-toned piano for pub
lie use and her deck saloon, which is large
and open, is handsomely and luxuriousIy
furnished. Her trips down the bay are very
pleasant while the very low fare that is
charged-25 cents for the round trip from
Port Penn or Collins Beach-places them
within the reach Of persons Of the most limit
ed means, which in these times of financial
tightness makes them all the more commend
able.
The Wilmington Workmen.
In compliance with the demands of the
Wilmington laborers made through COM
mittee appointed for the purpose at the meet
ing held last week, a resumption of work was
ordered by the City Council upon the new re-
servoir and large number of men proceeded
to the basin to resume work, but it was found
there was no money and as they did not want
to work for nothing they were forced to leave.
On Tuesday night last another meeting was
held in the City Hall for the purpose of max
ing known the wants of the unemployed
laborers and demanding employment. Thos.
J. Kane, carpenter, presided and made
speech-picturing the distress Of the men and
their families who were out Of work, predict
ing starvation and urging his audience to
continue in their demand for stbread," which
be said they must have, either with work or
without it, that it was too bad to see some
men starving while others were rolling in
wealth and could make work if they would.
A committee was then appointed to wait
upon the Water Committee to ask why work
had not been resumed upon the basin as
ordered by council. A committee was also
appointed 10 draft some resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting who reported the
following:
WILMINGTON, DEL, July rs, 1876.
AT meeting of the workingmen, held this
evening at the City Hall, the following reso-
lutions were adopted
Be it ResolUed, That this meeting, here as
sembled, ask the question why Mr. Pyle and
his committee, and His Honor, Mayor White
ley, came to put themselves between the work.
ingman and his daily bread. And be it
further
Resolved, That Mayor Whitley, as execu-
1--WE Olcer OF tue CITY, 90 lake INTO cOnSldera- |
tion the fulillment of the law made in Coun-
Gil last Friday evening, July 2lst, 1876
And be it further
Resolved, That the Water Committee be in
structed by this meeting of the unemployed |
workingmen of the city of Wilmington 10
proceed with the work on the Cool Spring |
Reservoir on tomorrow morning, July 26th, |
1876. And be it further
Resolved That if the Water Committee does |
not proceed with the above-named work that |
the Mayor and City Council be authorized by
this meeting to procure bread or labor for the |
needy of this city, to be had at such places as
his Honor may designate.
The resolutions were adopted, a small vote
being given in the negative.
The committee to wait upon the Water
Committee found the latter at the Clayton
House in consultation with other members Of
the council. They made known their busi-
ness and several members of the City Council
them 10 the Citv Hall and told