Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-04
oDAYMoNT.
An old and Musty Reconciliation by
a NIuskrat-nIilk inspection.

| OF Eastern BcnOOl ulHtflct NO. lies be.
fore me, musty and yellow with the
biting tooth of time. On April Sd, 1847
| the school commissioners were Messrs
Enoch Gray, George W. Churchman and
Lot Cloud. The number of scholars in
attendance was So; total amount paid
teacher for the school year, 1854. 90.
| On the date mentioned Mr.. Enoch Gray
was elected clerk and Messrs. Thomas
Clyde and Robert Churchman commits
sioners. William Lanson was chairman
of the meeting and William Q. Lodge
secretary. William Kent was the
teacher. Thomas Clyde is the same
individual who afterward became the
great steamship king, amassing fortune.
His heirs still own considerable property
here. Among the items of supplies l
notice the price of coal was $4 SO per
ton. The average rate per month for
teacher was $25. At the regular meeting
in 1851 Thomas Clyde was appointed
chairman, with John w. Lodge, secretary.
The account has been kept in good and
simple way, easily understood, the hand
writing and general appearance being
good. The names of all who have had
an interest in the school appear, and alto
gether the book is replete with interest.
It will be seen that while the salaries of
teachers, as rule, are too small now they
compare favorably with those paid So
years ago. The teachers calling is q
noble one, and the influence exerted over
the young mind is incalculable.
Isaac N. Lodge has four horse-shoes
made over So years ago, which belonged
to celebrated running horse owned by
his father. The shoes are made in most
delicate manner especially for running.
The grass looks as green in places us if
April were here.
Robert Woolford was bitten badly on
the finger by muslrat few evenings
ago.
1t is said among the milk men that the
city buyers are talking of placing an
agent on the platform in Philadelphia to
test the quality of all milk received.
A number of our farmers are the happy
recipients of some choice garden seeds
from the United States agricultural de-
partment through the courtesy of the
Hon. @. b. Lore.
CLAYMoNT, Feb. 27.-No less than three
houses were entered by burglars in this
place early yesterday morning. The unoc-
cupied house of j. Dale Wilson Esq, Is sup
BOstu W udfb UtCh tulbIbu IIbLg uDOuI
O'Clock. The dog barked and woke Thomas
Walsh, the Waterman employed to take
charge of the house. He was sleeping in
the house, and on awakening heard the
crashing of IA window-pane. Hastily rising
he went over the house, finding that
tho parlor and sitting-room had
been entered and the window
broken. Nothing was missed and it is
thought the burglars were frightened away.
Only half an hour later barking dogs woke
Herman Just. He too heard the crashing of
glass and hurried down stairs to find the
shutter and window open, they having been
mutilated by n jimmy. He missed nothing
but a lamp and cover from the parlor table,
In less than half an hour thereafter Robert
Casey, Jr., awoko, his dog barking in a
furious manner. Mr.. Casey heard prying
ut the front window of his store and saw
light shining up through a stovepipe-hole.
Calling his brother and taking his gun, he
went down into the store, closely fol-
lowed by Joseph, his brother. As he opened
the door leading from the dwelling
portion of the house into the store, he heard
the burglar escaping through the front
window. Hastily unbolting the front door
he rushed out on the porch In time to
see the retreating figure OF Il man about l0r
feet away. The man was under cloud and
1t was hard matter to get aim, but he fired
two shots after the figure, but did not stop
ils Iht bMO bLObublh WbIb III lutlI SAbChluI
feet but, nothing daunted, they ran after
the man quite a distance. The burglar
lodged them and escaped down along the
creek. The affair has created quite furry
of excitement. The lamp of II. Just was
found broken along the roadside, and the
table-cover on the stone wall in front of Mr..
Caseys store.
The burglar left a jimmy in his haste,
and dropped the lamp of Mr.. Casey just
above the store.
The wind blewa gale all yesterday and last
night. The chimney of the residence of
George s. Bigger took fire and came near
setting fire to the house. 1t was suppressed
by strenuous effort.
Miss Blanche Lodge mas just returned from
visit to Dover, looking as pleasant and
charming as ever.
Howard Stevenson has just purchased u
patent incubator and expects to cat spring
chicken.
CLAYMoNT, March 3.-The weather
during the beginning of March has been
anything but lamb-lilze. Cold and dis
agreeably windy, it has seemed more like
mid winter.
Samuel Hickman lost valuable Alder.
ney COW short time ago with milk fever.
The measles continue to travel around
the neighborhood, but while several cases
have been severe, no death has occurred.
New CASTLE, March 1.-The regular
missionary anniversary of the NJ. E. Sun
day school, was held yesterday afternoon
in the body of the church. An interest
ing programme, participated in by both
the Bible classes and lower schools, under
the direction of the Rev. It. f, Terry,
was rendered. The collections, reported
by classes for the cause of foreign mis-
sions, during the past year amount to
$144,5S.
Presiding Elder Charles Hill otficiated
Mt the NJ. E. Church last evening, taking
for his text Jude I, 81. Mr.. Hill will
preside at the last quarterly conference
of the church for the present year to he
held this evening. The present pastor,
Mr.. Terry, will in all probabilities return
to this charge next year. A statement of
the finances of the church, as made by
the secretary of the Board of Stewards
last evening, showed liquidation of all
debts with balance in the hands of the
treasurer.
James G.. Knowles, proprietor of the
New Castle wooden mills, has made
voluntary advance in the wages of all his
employees of five cents ON the dollar, the
increase taking effect to-day. This is the
second voluntary increase in the wages of
the employees of these mills within three
months. Work Mt these mills is brisk, the
demand for the goods manufactured
being greater than the supply. An addi-
ton to the main building will be erected
at once, large enough to accommodate so
or IS more looms and several spinning
frames.
The high, north-westerly winds that
have prevailed since Friday, has caused
unusually low tides in the river here.
The highest tide since Friday up to last
evening was that of yesterday afternoon
when the water reached only three feet
above the ordinary low water mark.
River boatmen say they never saw the
river as low for such length
of time. The English steamer
Surrey. with a miscellaneous cnrgo
from Philadelphia to Baltimore grounded
about three miles below this point and
terday morning when, with the assistance
of tug boats she was backed into deeper
water. As considerable ice has again
formed in the river, a number of sailing
vessels are in the harbur one being the
barque Jarlen which put back from the
Breakwater few days since in disabled
and leaking condition and which has
since been AZ Philadelphia and repaired.
As to the schooner S. A. Paine, Captain
Halves, with her cargo of ], 500 bushels of
defective potatoes, it was finally agreed
between the captain and number of men
of this place, that the men should sort
out the good potatoes, taking them MS pay