Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-15

The Railroad HO'sl a, Clay ton Ia offered


The Railroad Ho'el At Clay tonic offered
for sale.
BTSporsted goods are even lower than
month sincs, with the demand light
felioS peaches are nearly all sold. but
are quoted at % osnts Tor peeled AID l3
ceat. for u1pssled. White are slow at
10 10 20, aud II TO IL cents.
NJ. Littleten Dennis, who for the past
10 years has bssu editor and lessee of the
DenocTa &c Meisenger at Sow Hill, has
severed his connection with that paper
and resurrected the BsrliS Herald, which
has slept since 1877.
The people Of Aoeomack, Va, will vote
on the question Of removing the court
house, Oh the fourth Thursdsy in May
Dex'. The point Of removal ia to b.
= elected by commission from eech maRis
serial diatiIot.
The Kant County Mutual Insurance
Company paid the policy holder. & div
deud 0f ~ per cent thls year, distribul.
ing about s22 600. The loss-s during the
year amounted to about eco, coo. Tbs
company never was In more furnishing
ooudi'iop.-iSmyrna Timer.
The RssIville, Va, Herald says, IL
reply 10 q correspondence queries, that
the work sbops OF the New York, PnilS
delphia 4 Norfolk TsiltoAd will BIZ located
At Cape Charles City, and that there will
be / otel there by the opening Of the
summer season, ...
mIu who rave the name Of John II
Brooks was captured IN Baltimore county.
Md Tuesday night week, Just as he had
broken iEto the house Of a citizen. He
said he had entered the house for the
purpose OF engaging in prayer. He was
Goat 70 the Towsco jail. ...--.
John Brooks, oolored yOutl Of about
II years, was accidentally shot and killed
gu Tuesday morning, December Goth, by
another cO!ored youth OF about the same
aga by the name OF Dennis Hines, near
Millingion. Hines was foolinR will .
didn't know 1t was losded" revolver.
]. F. & J. B. Handy Of Pennington,
have been violating the Delaware game,
laws by shipping game out Of the State
Detective Smith caught them and had
,hsi. atrsigned bsiore require Jester Of
Dover, who fued them $ll0 aud sts,
which amounted together with coats $l24
The old Union Hotel In Milford, which
has teen conducted for several years past
by Joseph C Gorby, has passed into the
Ownership Of Stein & Kramlich, and will
be conducted by WillouShly Stein, for
msrly Of CatasauquH, Pa. The name has
Las been changed to that Of Central
Hotel.
W liam A. Dodd, q wealthy farmer Of
Lowes and Reboboth hundred, was
married on Wednesday last, the 9th inet =,
to Miss Ella 8. Lank, daughter AZ JAme-
Lark Of Nassau, at the brids's pArenta, by
the R4v. ]. N. Foreman. Mr. Dodd was
s bachelor OF ca ard his bride IL % yesra
old.
Captain B, 8. Rich, superintendent OF
the life-savirg stations OF the Fifth dis.
sriot, which extends from Csps Henlopen
20 Cape Charles, will, as required by law,
hold on investigation into the recent
xreckiug Of the Norwegian barque Lens,
Al d the consequent loas OF eight II, % -
EaSivIue Herald ...'...
Through 6 combination made by all the
pilots on the Delaware river and bay,
there are now only three pilot bost. In
solve service. The pilots from this State
have the yard, the Parnsylvania pilots
the Howard, and the New jersey pilots
'be X, C Kuight B.oh week one O, the
bosts follows IN its turn as take of boa,
At the Delaware BreAkwater, - Breakrotfr
Light.
Vincent Reynolds, q well.knowp
character in this and Kent counties, wss
lodged In Chessertowu Jail, charged with
stealing horse from Mr.. David Marvel,
Who resides In Delaware, just over the
line near Tsmpleville. The horse was
valuable ono. 1t lie supposed the same
party got the horses Of Edward B. Rmnry
AID W T p. TutpiD, B'qs., some mont
ago -CsntrtUiiie Reco,d.
There ia still talk about railroad from
Riot mond through VIRGINS to a roint or
the Great WoOmico river In Middlesex
coun'y, thence by steanars to Crish-ld.
Md and on east via the New York, Phil
Adelphia 4 Norfolk railroad connections
Several capitalists 10 Richmond are said
to be backing the enterprise. Il Ia also
stated that eastern capital is waiting for
the enterprise to ripen.- CheAertoOn
Transcript.
From information furnished by the cen.
sus bureau In relation to the Mormon
church, II appears that In 1850 there
WVio Az 'hhAOh otkahlAAtlOub kuu ~, b6U
sitttngs in 1850, "a organizations and
1880 sittinGs in 1870, 139 organizA-
lions and 1888 slttings, and In 1880,
267 organizations aud IS, 1852 sittines.
The Actual membership OF the Mormon
church, according to the census Of 1880,
was 1855.
The thirty sixth annual meeting Of the
CAntwell Insurance Company was held At
Odessa Monday week. The old directors
were re. elected, with the substitution OF
Nathaniel Williams for Henry Davis, who
declined a reelection. John c, Corbit
vas reelected president and Joseph g,
Brown secretary and treasurer. The
iIeasuEer's report shows losses by Ere
during the year Of e694,7s; policies I'm
force s9l1, 757,4 3; dividends paid.
IL ,22l as; invested In securities, o., 500;
premiums on deposit notes, $4,l7O.46;
n terest on Investments, o., 293 SO; loaus
paid, s60O;deposit notes, s69. All al; con-
ttugent fund Invested in gilt edged home
securitiss), e,4S2.