The daily gazette., 1879-09-19
II Il. COURT.

lie ". .. COurt met tnlb morning at
II o'clock, Judge Bradford. presiding.
In the matter Of Worden & Eve MS,
bankrupts. this beng the ruturn day OF
the rule ON the creditors to show cause
why Williams Worden ard josiah ID.
Evans, bankrupts, should not be dis
charged. No person appearing In oppo-
sition, and IL appearing that the req quire-
ments of the law had beeen fairly COM
plieI with, and that the requisite num-
ber Of said. creditors had: II lied their as
sent Ia writing upon motion of Charles
Is. Lore, ESQ, solicitor for Josiah d..
Evans, and Walter Cummins, ESQ. soil
citor for William Worden, il was order
Q that said hankrnpts, be and they are
hereby, discharged.
Upon motion of Walter Cummins,
ESQ, in same case, the rule upon the
creditors of said bankrupts to show cause
why the assignee, VIM. Wilds, should
not be discharged, was continued until
this day two weeks.
In the case of Joshua MeGonigle,
against the schooner William Nelson In
admiralty, proclamation was made NC
cor,iing to law, and the customs of ad-
len, U. s. Marshal,to Joshua MEG on gle
the purchaser of said schooner, was
thereupon executed and the "a me by
the court approved and affirmed and
ordered to be made record of.
Found I'm . Ditch.
Last evening about o o'clock, Sergeant
Jones and officers Thomas and Guetch
iner, were informed that there was q
man, horse and wagon in one of the
bitches along the New Castle causeway
about one hundred yards below wher,
the Delaware Western X. X. crosse,
the causeway. The officers proceede,
to the place designated and found tn,
case as was rep esented. The man wa
found underneath the horse with hi,
head just above the water. The hOrs,
was also imbedded in the mud wi h hi
head just above the water level. On tn,
seat of the wagon sat dog that die
not show any signs of discomfort, bu
seemed to be viewing the sceLe with
complacency that some dogs have.
Some one in The crowd dlsrob. d, an,
taking sharp knife waded in the ditch
and cut the horse loose from the wagon
| The officers then procured n rope, an,
| putting it around the horses neck 500
had 1t on terra .tirmd. The wagon wa
also got out, and was taken TO the hott
stables at Front and Market streets. Th
horse was left in charge of a colore
man who lives on the causeway.=Th
man, who proves to be Samuel Maxwell
was sent to his home on "Forty Acres.
How the accident occurred is myster,
A SMART TEACHER.
The Sussex Journal says - A schoc
teacher in Sussex called at Captai
Wheatley's Office one day recently an
a ked to see his fathers will. He wa
asked when his father died and upo
hearing The answer that the sold man
was still alive, the Register politely il
formed him that wills were never T.,
corded until after the death of the part
making them. This was great surprls
to the deciple Of Minerva. Prof. Grove
had better be looking after his flock {
else they will all know their pas desigr
upon them before the old fellows kic
the bucket.
THE NEW ROLLING MILL.
The rolling mill at Lancaster, whic
as recently stated in the GAZETTE, wi
take number of rolling mill hant
from this city, will be opened OH MOI
day. Mr.. w. b. Middleton, late Supe
intendent of the Old Ferry roll 4
mill, of this city, is to be Superb
tendent of the new enterprise az
will IKE with him a number of worl
men from this city, including Mr.. Tho
McClaren, for long time employed
the Diamond State rolling mills. M
w. A. Mendenhall, Secretary and Trea
urer of the Diamond State rolling mi
G. mpany, will occupy like position
the new company.
A NEW CANDIDATE.
The GAZETTE to-day rece we'd a copy
the Am, ricdn Traueiler, of Sept. 9th, pu
lished In London. II contains q suppl
ment comprising large autograph pc
traitof Mrs. Victoria q. Woodruff, und
which is the startling announcemeI
in large letters, "VictOria @. Woodhu
candidate for the Presidency of Il
United States." The paper also CO..
tains an article four columns in lengt
advocating VIctoria's claims for this d
, tinguished position.
. Vacancy Filled.
His Honor the Mayor has filled the Y
cancy in the police force in the First d
tic., caused by the dismissal of Jol
Payne, by the appointment of Isaac
Paradee. The appointment seems
give general satisfaction.
Mr.. Paradee was sworn in last eve
ing. He was formerly in the cOmmissi'
business at Third and King streets.
TAKEN TO NEW CASTLE.
This morning John Reed, Henry Sha
and Charles Leiber we're taken to Ne
Castle. Reed and Shnw were sent Nv
non-payment of fine and costs, aud Lt
ber WAS sent over In default of bail,
charge of robbing the barber shop
J Robert Valentine and the store of NJ
FaulI, on "Wednesday morning last.
REMOVING TO PHILADELPHIA
Gen. Thomas J. Jordan, formerly
Harrisburg, Pa, but for some time pa
a resident of this city, is removing
Philadelphia. The General has stu
tion as stamp clerk at the post office