Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-06
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OF NHllhIn liellpnlll JOutb.
| Sunday May 2, temperature, CD, 49, S07; a
beautiful day; funerals OF Joseph Teas and
| Joshua Benson disastrous fire at Claymont,
| necessitating an inquest.
| Monday May 5, temperature, 81, 70, 79o;
| pleasant day; organization Of the new Board
of Education funeral OF William Hemphill
| Jones; Willard club election; sixty-first ami
| yersary of Odd Fellowship at Odd Fellows
Hall celebrated by an entertainment; Abbey's
Humpty Dumpty and the Spanish Students at
the Opera House.
Tuesday May 4, temperature, TO- 70, ITO;
another line day; Emma Abbott opera com
| pany at the Opera House; new rumors about
the new p. d b. railroad; death OF Mrs. Eliza
| Nj. Ferris; second annual meeting OF the
Agricultural Society of Delaware at Dover.
Wednesday May 8, temperature "a, &c, 77o;
| pleasant day third semi-annual meeting of
the Lutherischer Jugend yerein meeting of
Bicycling club and steps taken toward gym
nasium; two monte men captured; seven
tenth anniversary of the Shields Library
Association in Webster's Dancing Academy.
Thursday May 6, temperature "A, "a. So; a
clear day the Republican State convention
| at Dover first grand reception of the Young
Mems Assembly, colored at Institute Hall I;
death Of George Cleland the Greenback
| convention at Dover.
Friday May 7, temperature Co. IA, 70o;
another clear day meeting of the Democratic
county executive committee at the United
States Hotel Manager Mishler presents j.
H. Keane rs Rip Van Winkte; organization
of the new Board Of Health.
Saturday May 8, temperature 63. IA, 79o;
more pleasant weather the monster ferry
boat Canton leaves for Baltimore; a boy
about II years old, named Dennis, drowned
from canal boat IN the Christiana keene,
| as Rip, both matinee and evening.
! Sunday May ., temperature 10, Sc, 1872; a
very summary day; death OF DR.. Byard I.
Smith f. b. DuVal and others at the tenn
perance meeting at the middle depot.
Monday May 10, temperature 81, 80. $40,
warm sunshiny day; opening Of the county
court at New Castle; illicit liquor cases
James Boulder and John Adams keisler con-
| victed Of larceny first regular meeting of the
new Board of Education the body OF the
drowned boy found ninth anniversary OF the
| Minqua Tribe /. o. II. M.
| Tuesday May IL, temperature 80, IS, $40,
the same weather continued county courts ;
| j. Thompson Simmons found guilty OF assault
| with intent to kill James +. Daley Catharine
Sinex convicted of larceny inquest on the
drowned boy.
Wednesday May IL, temperature CT, 70, 76o,
more clear dusty weather; county courts a
plea of guilty entered for Lawrence j. Rigney
subject to the mercy of the court Thompson
Simmons sentenced to one hour in the pill
| lory, $500 fine and two years in Jail Louis
Tobias, colored, for assault with intent to xii
Emory Deakyne, received the same sentence
n death of GaSd L. pf Pefsoa
the Bicycle and Gymnastlc club
progressing finely; reunion of A. o. G..
f. Lodges in the Lieberman building the
Albany built by the II. 4 H. CO., makes IL
miles in 81 minutes.
Thursday May Is, temperature 60, 70, Coz,
more dusty weather; county courts Sewall
Starkey, colored, convicted OF burglary and
| hapy "
convicted of assault with intent to kill
Edward '- Cassidy convicted OF assault
with intent to kill.
Friday May IA, temperature 81, So, 507, not
warm, but still no rain an attempt to sup
plant collector Thompson by Henry W. Can
non, OF Dover; county court it il decided
that Mr.. Higgins will make motion to
have the case OF Vim. Neal, colored, indicted
for rape, carried into the United States court,
on account of there being no colored men
among the jurors Shiloh Baptist Sunday
school, colored, gives a May feast in the city
hall annual meeting of the Central Loan
Association.
Saturday May Is, temperature 81, So, 66o,
dusty under foot, sunshine overhead whip
ping and piloring of culprlts at New Castle
launch OF the iron steam yacht Falcon at
Harlans yard sale of the old city buildings
at Tenth and Market streets for s545 meet
ing of the new Republican county committee
@,
continuation Of the dry spell celebration OF
the quarter centennial of the Second Baptist
church.
Monday May II, temperature 70. SO, sso
some more OF the same weather death OF
Leander F, Riddle "Slim Jim" released and
re-arrested county court opening of the
case Of Croasdale vs. Bright, Tantum, Haw-
kies ct. al. and an application for special
jurors granted.
Tuesday May Is, temperature 80, S8, 909
weather materially unchanged; county court
case of Washington Barron w. Richard Clay
ton Barron gets Sl42. So; averdict of $40 for thu
plaintiff in the case of Ball vs. Grubb dealt
Of Thomas s. Poole from hemorrhage
launch of the Dione the 1.-Two Orphans a
the Opera House.
Wednesday May 49, temperature 60, 70, sO7
still dry and dusty; Keokuk Tribe o. X. NJ. o.
Wilmington, visits the Chippewa Tribe o
Philadelphia considerable local interest II
the Hanlan- Courtney race.
Thursday, May 90 temperature &C. 81, 90
more of the same spell John O'Brien's circu
agent Is discovered to be a fraud;county court
opening of Mr.. Higgins argument for tn,
removal of the case of William Neal, colored t.
the United States circuit court ant. Cuba sen
sation attempted elopement of Miss JENNIE
Wilson with young man named Joseph Leaf
boy run over by heavy wagon at Risinl
sun; unsatisfactory trial OF the new pump a
the city mill.
Friday May2l, temperature 80, 81, So, weathe
i still unchanged county court, the Newarl
Kennedy-Woodrow SANDER case, jury disa
grees and is discharged MIR. Higgins resume
his argument for the removal OF the Nea
case the case of Croasdale w. Bright called
I local interest in the Reading railroad an,
+ coal and iron company's failure.
Saturday May %, temperature rs, "a, ST.
; the spell broken by shower in the late after
? | noon carpenter named Daniel Given fall
40 feet; Democratic delegate election to tn
4 State convention; the list of United State
: jurors drawn a non-suit in the Croasdal
a Bright case not granted; Edward Cassd
sentenced to pay fine Of $500, be imprisone,
three months, pay the costs of prosecution
and stand one hour in the pillory.
Sunday May 23, temperature ~, 70, 731
q mostly cloudy little six-years-old DO
/ named Francis Grissom drowned in tn
: Brandywine Francis Murphy opens his VII
i niington crusade celebrating the one hun
a dred and eighty-second anniversary of tn
Q laying OF the corner stone of Old Swede
O church.
4 Monday May "a, temperature 70, SO, So
i clear county court, the motion to remov
the Neal case to the U. s. court denied
Croasdale-Bright case taken up, the defens
I closing without evidence and Mr.. Bates open
. ing the prosecution argument before the jnr
and followed by Lore and Whitley for tn
a defense and Bird again for the prosecution
concert and Trial by Jury" by the Baltimor
o amateur troupe.
!. Tuesday May rs, temperature SO, "a, 9e'
Q extraordinarily warm May weather count
V court verdict for Bright In the Croasdale
h Bright case; jury empaneled in the Ne,
case, and testimony taken; Democratic Stat
:; Convention at Dover, the following Cincir
Z natl delegates being chosen New CAST
county, George Gray and George Bateo
q Kent county, James Williams and Cove Saul
o bury Sussex county, John Causey and Ell
g Iunnell launch of the Trombetds by til
Pussy 4 Jones Co. to run on the Amazon.
81 Wednesday May &c, temperature Sc, 95, 96'
y more remarkably hot weather death of Jert
q milan NJ. Smith assistant superintendent
n the p, W. q b. railroad; county court a
v the evidence Of the Neal case in, the arg,
o ments finished and the prisoner found guilt,
It fiftieth anniversary Of Delaware Lodge, 1. {
g o. f.; an address by Hon. Schuyler Colfax
e death of Mrs. Gray, wife Of Attorney-Gener
q Gray a Jury empaneled in the Croasdal
at Tantum case.
d Thursday May 81, temperature 90, o. 96
is clear; county court the suit
Croasdale VS.. Tantum the defendai
.: closes without offering any evidenc
W and verdict of 709.26 brought in Il
At Mr. Croasdale the plaintiff William Nes
N colored, sentenced to be hung on August 9
re for an outrage on Mrs. Margaret Gosser,
it white woman James d. Barr, IL years oil
son of John Barr, drowned in the Christian
o; collision at Naomi station on the W. &
a. railroad sudden death Of Lawrence Vande
70 braak.
n Friday May %, temperature "a, 90, 500; a gu
r, at noon, and showery; county court argume
at upon the motion for new trial of the Cros