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a jelato&tfe Statt A at & y I ftt WHinHiii it the Pont Offlr Ki EbTABLI SHED 1831. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1881. WILMINGTON, DEL., SIJ]PF»LiE ME 3 VTTL J 1880. 46, THE 0L0 YEAR ■ b< A Brief Retrospect of Its Local History. 2 go ing A Chronological Summary of City, State and Peninsular Happen ings During the Past Twelve Months. FACTS FQfi FUTURE REFERENCE annual chrono We present below logical compilation of the local events of the past year, supplemented by a state ment of the daily condition of the weathor and a rooovd of tho temporature registered at this office at 8 o'cloo'k a. ., noon und 4 o'clock p. ohroniclo has been compiled with great and will be found to embrace a brief yet Huooiuot statement of every lonul hap pening of any note during tho past twelve mouths. The favor with which the Eveiiy Evknino record for last year is evidence that it meets a pplied, aud . This 26. the 24, the the ß. rant hithei present the record for readers in the belief that this y they will fully appr expense involved In its prep The temperature figures immediately following the date indicate the state of the thermometer at the hours of thu day to u the trouble and mi 4 p. in., named above, 8 a i in tho order given : JANUARY. I Thursday. Jan, 1. weather lovely, tern- | porature 39, 41, 4i> ; the day ot'served iu Wilmington but little «omuieroiuliy, but j quitu extensively socially; emancipation services of oolored citizens. j Friday, Jan. 2. cloudy wo»th«r with ire 42, 44, 48°; Allen ! ihuemploy of Harlan qiany, drops dead. 1 raw snd blustering | slight rain, tempt ltutbwiu, a driver A Hollings worth t Hatuiday, Jan. weather, temperature 45, 46, 4h ; death of Passmore H. Mitchell. Suuday, Jan. 4, pb-asant weathor, tem perature 41, 60, 61°; Irish synipathiz* shooting affray L. Booth bei wem Newkirk aud (1-or Monday, J m ture 63, 64, 61° ; the Linoolu Club, d Chiites, 's mill. Tuesday, Jan. perature 4*1, 47, 59°; l O. f). F. public j Lt Installations in H\ Georges; burning of Penny packer A Co.'s flouring mills; Christinas oolebra»*ou of Triuity Ohapol I Sunday «oliool ; mu* meeting of Irish sympathizers at tho City Hall. Wedn- sday, Jan. 7. nb a-nnt weather; temperature, 48.41, 63 u ; publia Installa ; tion of Hopo L'*dg'- No. 21, I. O. O F.; i Republican County Ex outivo Committee j holds a secret meeting. j Thursday, Jit*. 8, weather variable; ; temperature 39, 42 41 ; dtf iloation of surer of Shields i a publicly I e Chief ! i meeting of iu Bauguer Hall; the farm of Bonjunin it white man named ;o D thbit I, colored, clear weather, tempera ug of h of Mr David Newark ; robbery at ltichard H ! of • i.. rainy w*i 1C« J K'liney. be Library As of tb "I W*cer 1) part Lngiiccr ^ ^ - woa'her drizzly ; al mooting I >aoy iu •c pt on of Lifayetto 1 Sun ; Mrs, Mary A i i'r.i at ihr tab!«, dies j ush of blood to ill« ry rtc -pi ds at the Asuiory Friday, temperature 41, 42, 15 ; of tho I)«1 aw D over ; first Guards Kii Rhk.j CasperHi I the und ! charm- t men of I > • '» ; a suddenly fr • u of DuPont G. Webster's ru Saturday e 44. PL™; 6 ! the tug Mrteor at Pus*-y, Jo d Annie ilium Jau. ing, tempera' br.- ihrt her uukle by jumping from a , Sunday, Jan. 11, pb-asarit v/.-:*ther; temp- rature 42, 47, 61 , the Admiral 1 A Sharp Company'« I iy with misty ; 12. 43 r ; annual : ud Delà tbat 1 ir to at the j • w in j j«l l) .ui« ! liriu« lu- ' . ! leaves tb insts for (Juba , h nhni board. Moud-.y, Jan. 12 weather ; meetings of the P , W. it B ware Western Riilroads und Fa 35 North« opera tu is :oli pony ; Board « f Educati off. red I $ 22 , 6(10 City Con it Mirplus b f Ibl • ( ) d. Opera Hou; •rather. T Jan. 13 the morning , temp » the after , 28 39 ; " The 1 -I e O,) Argi annual a and D-.l fity N et ing f tin- H ids at the Harlan atioe C •y A Hollingsworth Crtuip my s. Wednesday. J tempo Catholic Orp oather, — itute Hall »oiW: formal , ». Woiith G. I 14 «île 35 ; the R) F-rir ai I-isti at V Institution of the lttomu A. It. Post No 1. at Mo gi «day, Jan 15. temporature 33. 11. 39 s ; «1 Ü. Ferris ; tho cry Demo« submit mtmiH of ua .d <ia States Election Supervise testing against their appointment. Friday, Jan. 16 foggy »»d weather, tempo annual recep Association, will; 258 :: ill. weather, of Fraud« 1 ..... ., for United , while pro rnißty ; third e Active tb« grand ie representative Irish , deuth of ■ .. w, Wilson, Prim- j h at tho Opera re 30. 34 Hi- W. CO oh; meeting«' the Telegraph building; Riohanl J from hydinphobi» ; Bin «t West'« Mi u»t r City j rim- I Ahxu.dc Hoime. Saturday, Jan. 17. Lcavy for and misty j ' e 31,38,41/°; ''Pino 37 41, j Y'ork ■ *• : Rush and Wur •' at the Opera II" '« fr. igut kept account of the d. ns Whiteley appointed Supervisor of Census for Delaw Sunday, J 4I s ; looture by Rev. Dr. S W. Samp and '«.rmeriy President, of Columbia (Jol lege, on tho "Turks aud Mahometanism." Monday Jauu »ry 19, a v ry pleasant 'day; temperature 43, 38, 4(»°: the U. 8. i crowded with person« interested j . Mvulim-nftfi) arunmAnl nnr.il Philadelphia Hon. W. Ü «KÎ 18 tenip-ra* the Second Bipiiat Ohure of No court room crowded witn persons imeresiea | to bear the prelim nary argument upon j the appointment of U. H. Supervisor« of d eleotion of tho J- ffer- ! non Democratic dut-. ! Tuesday. Jan. 20, another fine day; j «hower in the evening with thunder and ! lightning temperature 47,48, 59 s ; the full | argument of tho supervisor question be fore Ju Ige Bradford ; Messrs. George H. [ Bates and George Gray ngainet, and Mr. Anthony Higgins for, the appointment; annual meetings of the S P. (J*A., b. P. O C and Odd Fellows'Hall (Jo. Wednesday, Jan 21 a mild, spring-like day ; temperature 42, 48. 4.» ; Bemi-aunual meeting of the Kohobutb lLaoh Associa tion. Thnrnday Jan. 22 ; rainy ; temperature 40 43 44 ' •' Bitrhop Nicholsoncouflrms 18 ES.-äÄä.T" Friday, Jan. 28; clear and pleasant; temperature, 41. 43, 45°; Harkins' Senate reception; seventh anniversary of Franklin Oircle B of U Saturday Jau °4- fine weather; te-m neratnre 42 47 49®' Mavy Anderson in "Evadne" ut thé Opéra House, «upported by Milnes L^viob and Atkios Laureuoe; Judge Bradford dt-cideB to appoint United Btates supervisors. Sunday, Jan. 25; a ol- ar day; tempora ture 47 50 50° Miss Mary Anderson and i egiatral J her mother attend 8t Pdei'« Pro-Catho dr.il. 44, the tion of ' for Monday. Jan. urizz ing; tempera ture, 48, 61, 6b°{ Thompson Himmons stabs J F. Daley; Ty accomplice of the White washing-machine swindle,leaves town; iu the Hoard of Edu cation it is deoided not to pass #22 G00 surph explosion in the Hsgley yard of the DuPont powder mills. Tuesday, Jan. 27, clear; lempera 46, 48, 61 the Churchman case comes up again at the United Stales court; the the Italian venders by the nu reliants Spiers, tho the to slight b< aloe Wednesday, Jan 28: a very pleasant day; temperature. 62 60 66°; tho "peanut " is continued at the city court: annual of at. the 44, the banquet of Windsor Lüdge, H George; Thompson Simmons neid in $1,600 for court; "Evangeline" at tho Opera House. Thursday, weather, tempers meetiug of 6b° 29, very pleasant 39. 42, 45° ; annual Pole Register Company at 2 p. iu.; United H ates supurv.sur« for Kent aud Sussex counties appointed by Judge Bradf ird ; Dr. E B Stevens sud denly leaves tho city ; Millard Olub'B fourth cuuoert of the season. Friday, Jau. 30. dear and partly cloudy weather, temperature 41, 46, 48° ; quite a number of the Shields Library Association go up to Chester to attend the ball of tbo Haymakers' Club of that oily ; ninth vorsary of the H. Y. Al. A. at Webster's. Saturday, Jau. 31, pleasant weather, temperature 51. 48, 60°; Spier«, of "wash ing maohine" fame, claim« to be a much abused man; "Humpty Dumpty" matinee and evening performance ; the city hall crowded with men trying to get on the assessment lists. this the ib* day No. a ; Ku FEBRUARY. Sunday, Fab. 1, j loasant In the itig, oloudv in tho afternoon, tempera! 26. 28, 27 a few minutes after midnight Sunday morning a P., W. A Ü truin demolishes a carriage near Chester, killing of three male occupante. Monday, Feb. 2, flue weather during the dav, 24, 23"; the work of city hall continued from 10 a. m. to 12; the Pennsylvania railroad takes ohargo of the PeniiHvIvania A Delaware, formerly uuder control of the Delaware Western ; ß. Maoauley at the Opera House in "Uncle Dan'l." Tuesday. Feb. 3 perature 35, 24, 26° ; E. J D jngberty falls into a pot of bniiing logwood ; the musical concert ing in night, temporature 20, scssing at the ture The of day, of and 51, ahd '•Our I Gobline" | theoounty cot tiou of the Levy Court. j Wednesday, Feb 1, file weather, lem perature 31, 37, 88° ; report of the grand j jury at New (Jastlu; Thompson Si who stabbed Bailiff Dailey, p'eatiH "not ! guilty" of assault with intent to kill, Thursday, Feb. 5, fino woathor, tem 1 perature 26, 37. 3'J° ; death of Mr. E J. | Dougherty, who w»h hoaided in the Ior Tuesday ; tho P. W. A 11. Opera Ho : opening of New Castle : orgnniza j Lt I elm Kiralfy Brothers* Black Urnoa" Opera House; heralded Enchantment." i ; Sunday, Feb. K. more flue weaHier; i temperature HI, 36, 36°; hundredth aom , j v-rsary of the b.rthday of Mrs Fanny j Hamilton a oolored woiuaa; special ser ; vices at Bettn-l A. M. E. Church; trie j funeral of E. J. Dougherty is attended by 44, i a great crowd. I Mouday, Feb. 9, more beautiful ! weather; temperature 36,37.86°, the third ■ Mia) reorptton of "Ibe Popular Micks ,»t Webster's; members of Triuiiy choir, i the Miliard and Bellini Clubs give a con railroad asks City Couuutl for the right to the sidewalk of the present station, if the proposed new station house is built, and also the right to lay u track in V dever avenue. Friday. Feb. 6, fi itig, 68 ofj. ing iath ture 37, 37, 38°: Pairick Muuday, John vioOail and Peter MoMouagls, odjadzrd "guiliy" of assault and bafery on John H O'Donnell, the bartender of tho D«la wme House, arc sentunoed to pay a fine ! of $600 aud be imprisoned two ye fifth uuuual ball of the Live O ik Ass day of the February term of ci Saturday, Feb. 7, fine weather ; temper J 82, 87, 88°: eighty, fourth an of the Reliance Fire (J I d.lyi a "iule of I cert to n large audieuoe m the Oiiuroh of the AsseiiHion, at Olavmoot ; J U. K 1 suu and H. O. Gonr-.d, Esq , complete the i negotiation« for the purchase of the j Morning Herald. I I I 33, I Tuesday, Feb. 10. clou 'ed over duriug the day, but ptarlight at u : ght; tempo ! ture 21, 37, 34®; Juvenile "Pinafore" the Opera House, with a ohorm composed t of Wilniingtou school children; double i I funeral ut Stauton of two brothers, William j W. aul Benjamin F. Lurner. Wednesday, Fob. 11, flue weatlu r; tern 35, 37, 39°; the Airs. II. M. concert at , , South Concert Oompimy u\ 1 ibe Opera IIouso, under tho auspices of the Miilnrd Club ; a slight tire iu the pieker of tbo iieury ()l«*y factory at I Sun ; Kf-venth animai meetiug of the Ger ; mania Loan. : Thursday, Fab. 12. rainy; teiuperuture 53 r»(),Gi.° ; Wilin'ngtou Oht hs Oougress is organizjd temporarily at the Ciayti : the D tuware Sugar Bout Com 1 mission awards *ts premium«, Friday, Feb. 13. ideabaut weather; torn perature, 68, 60, 64 ; ihe body of Michael j Connell, who had been missing since j ChristmaH eve, is found at the north end Western railroad bridge Saturday, Feb 14, a fine day ; tempora 69, 68° ; Joseph Briuckley, j . ! colorod, shoot« Kriu.k Montgomery, ; " ' colored, through the thigh; place or the | n shooting Twelfth street near O auge ; tho j . i-ody of James Traynor au Eogli.-htnau. ; ! who had not been in this oouutry over six 1 who had been in the employ peru Rising , 11 ! cf Dolaw 1 eir I u«- : the 1 months. _ of P., W. A B railroad at the loooiuotive j L shops and who had b , January 7, is fouud in ' I LobdelTh wharf ; Mr. Ur: foi ihe sto missing si the Christiana i lieh, the onry , throw« up the contract ; ; , No. 2, G j h< P I of Dul u.staHai Suuday, Feb 15, another clear day; tends of ! ., j temperature 41, 47, 40 ; the Michael Connell L. W. Palmer's undertaking establish ment, tho former being attended by about ; Jam e« Tray , his first bullock; death of M ■ Maloney, a young married .. \ * >tu neglect. j Monday, Feb. 10, delightful temperature. 36, 49, 45°; "Buffalo Bill" at , House; opening of the bid« for ! Delaware B. F. E. company's i 1,090 people and the latter by but E Rosenberg, the Hebrew butchpr, kills . It •sauua o? I j Hedge ville, to I Moudav. Ft •ather; 1 be Ope j tb« nv ' house. ! Tuesday, Feb. 17 beautiful weather; tempt rature. 41,61, Go ; thirteenth annual meeting of the Mutual Loan Association. I Wednesday, Feb. 18, «prmkiing afternoon and evening, j eight; temperature, 62 Caile's "Pirates of Perz u ■ the Ope that ope and upper porliou of tue St. Female Orphan AHjlum, 8. i street«. j Thursday, Feb. 19,^ temnerature 61. 66. 63® ■■ fr ith olondiueHB at I • U'Oyly ; troupe at i House; Sis. presentation °f j iu the oity; burniugof tho back . Peter's Sixth and West ! | xuursjiay, ecu j-. - !' eaU '' ,uld, JJ ' | j temporature 51. (»6 63 , speeohes at the j of Opera House by Mr. John B-Dillon, ot ! Dublin, and Mr. John Murdock, editor of ! the Inverness Highlands, upou the suffer j ing« of Ireland; annual reception of O . ; ! 0, DuPont Guard« ; burglary of the house | | of Mr Isaac Darlington, at Sixth and be- Windsor Btreets. ... , . H. [ Friday, Feb. 20. another beauuiul day ; temperature 51, 36, 38 ; an extensive at«- ; play of show beef in all the market«; au j P. adjourned meeting of City Council; the I largest ball ever given by the Washington B. F- E. Co. ^ R^en in the ( Ilou J* ! there being «1)7 coupler on g march; Joseph Carpenter, a geMi«mac ' liviuR near Oxford, Pa., is «truck by the j ! cowontcber of the train reaching hero at j 18 6 *25 p. m. from Philadelphia aud sliqhtly | "SS*,. ™.., ing, cleared off iu the afterooon, tempera. j ture 37. 36, Jr ; hrenon Flats at tne I Opera Hou«« ; Major Y\ illiam G. Sirig gett reinstated mail route agent between Philadelphia and Obrisfield. in ! Sunday, Frb. 22. afternoon partly I cloudy, temporature 80, 33, 37 ; some i | special sermons in tee Washington s buthday ; dedication or tne ! new Sunday school room of Olivet i res j byterian Oburob. and Monday, Feb. 23, sunshiny and windy | of of by weather with some cloud»: temptraiuro 44, 8(5, 40 ; Audio Pixley in "M'Hhb,'' at the Opera House ; iu thu Board of Educa tion the geography question is leoided iu favor of Warren s primary aud against Harper'«; lust issue of Hie Morning Herald Tuesday, Feb 24, pleasant weather, temperature 33, 41, 45® ; annual inspeotiou of the fire department of the city : young ' Sugar Awful'' and several other little negroes are held in #800 bail for court, for robbing the house of Mr. Isaiah Thomas, 410 West Fwurih street; annual meeting or Hope Lo Wednesday, Feb. 26, cloudy early in ning, cleared off later, temperature dside" Hells for )$19,U00 ; a train at the 44, 66 63°; 'W Frederick Douglass stops the depot and is interview d by » repre sentative of Ev JauioN L Heverin, of Dover; Delaware branch of the Evknino ' : failure of k. of ing of Mexican League. Thursdjy, Fob. 26. temperature 55, 69, 6b° : u sultry day, cloudy most of the time with J. W. Vandegnlc is appointed Justice George S liaguny, whose term expires this date ; lecture of Miss 8-fima B >rg at. the Wealeyau College hall, ou "Fiuiaud ;" ib* dwelling of Mr. Frisby Tull, at the northwest corner of Linoolu street and Lovering avouue, is robbed. Friday, Feb 27, a pleasant May-like day ; température 61, 63, 04° ; Undertaker Gilts filled costs for not obtaining a burial permit ; institution of Ivauhoe division No. 2, K. of P. at New Castle; the Dela railroad grauary at Kirkwood burned. Saturday, Feb. 28, cloudy, with in; temperature 63, 61, 60®; MeB«rs. tug Meteor the bay, which iB the Peace place of of a Bush aud Warner's makes a trial trip do a mechanical aud social success ; count of a 11 iw iu the oharter of the ; engiuo houso of tho Water Witoh the ex pected removal Ku e, a gentleman 79 y dead in a field i Sunday, Fob. not made ; I'homa-« old, dropH to Dupont slaliou. , overcast iu tho morn ing and olearod off about ture 54, 56, 61°; in the churchyard of the African Union, Freuch street above E'guth. ; tempera white infant iH fouud B. MARCH. Monday March 1, a pleasant day, toinp ture 47, 69,48°; tho Rontz-flautioy novelty company at the Opera House ; semi-annual The with paralysis superinduced by the knowledge of tho sudden death of Thomas Kano. Tuesday March 2, a cool cloar delightful day, temperature 38, 42, 44° ; «uddeii death of William P. Miller, a cabinet maker who hRd boon in tho employ of Murphy A Hon : death of Thomas J. Reese from paralysis. Wednesday March 3, cloudy in the morning and sprinkling iu tho afternoon, temperature 51, 54, 58 : suits entered against assessors Hughes and ward ; a delegation of Republi attond the Levy Court to as 17 of iu of a of tho Shields Library Association ; J. Reese of DuPont station is stricken 1» >6 fair play in tho assessing. Thursday Mnrch 4, the morning, clear iu tho afternoon and dim starlight at night : temporature 54, 69, 67 : Chief Justice Comegys reads a portiou of his memoir of John M. Clayton, iu the lecture Deluware Historical , i Su "d ft Y March <, rained a 1 day: temnera lî.° , C ».' r î h . V m ° U , vicos morning,^aftenuK ' '* * H|,0L tt total collectiou of #1,213 : tho inquest" child found a week before is completed. j .Mouday March 8, a clear day ; temperature 44, 59, 49 ; Augustin Daly's "An Arabian Night ' at the Onera House, K.û.aây schools of Scott M. E. c luI1K petition to the levy court frei business men of Wilmington about appoint iug a special day for assessment purposes. Wednesday March 19, a raw, (lamp, cloudy dav, temperature 41, 46, 45° : W. II. Bower's ut the Opera II( and James Tov of tho : Suuday school ies of Ashury aud St. Paul M. E. churches. Friday March 5, early i itig, lmt cleared off later ; 68 ' : a meeting of somo c the day tlireaten nperatnre 64, 69, citizons at the rooms ofj. T. Heald organizes in favor of alniB house removul with William < 'auhy as ohair (1 J. R. Elliott secretary : fuuoral of Thomas J. Reese : tho roof of one of tho powder mills iu the Ilaglov yard is lifted ihh the Brandywine with a report very ' in town ; launch at the shipyard of tho Harlan A Hollingsworth company of the !!• ferry boat Canton, 324 feet long, with a capacity 27 freight Saturday March 6, a beautiful day, tem perature 45, 69. 47 ' : tho close of the cIiobs ont with a tie botw George Tatnall, the former winning in play ing off tho tie ; rattling for two diumoud ' u silver ice pitcher at the Malta \\ I ml J.H. Price and House. a and evening aud a the y day. temperature •SHi-v of the Oh : "Dr. Clyde" couihiimtii Geo. W. Whul jects of an attempted highway robbery thu Keunett pike near Columbi Thursday, March 11, third unpleasant day; I raw and drizzling in the morning, and slij> I pery : clouded over at night : temperature 33, I 33, 31 : the concert of St. Paul's conuuandery, Odd Fellows' "Robert Bums" at tho Opora i ÎVflf; cooroii ' 1 j by Wallace Bruce. Friday March 12, fourth day of the «pell: clouded'over all day, with a very >w in the afternoon: temperature ne by j . . . ^ . w - H ; " a i t ,i e o^irî(l | n , ov „i 0 f the j places : Ow ; months old, h 1 cott< IT : opening lecture of the c Prof. W. G. McConnoll in the lecture osbyterten church : the lew court the 16th. day March 13, fifth unpleasant (lay : miporaturo 34, 85, 35 : tho alleged highway tho Keunett pike ends in a fizzle. Monday March 14,lowering most of the duv with Homo rain : temperature 38, 44. 41 funeral sermons of various M. E. clergy death of Joseph Bringhurst : Bishop Andrews preaches at Grace church. «lay March 15, seventh unpleasant day: church : lecture III. 4 >111 of the First 1 adj( rubbery o .-1 temperature 38, 48, ■ auniver • of G M E by l'rof A. E. Willis in tho "Physiognomy Opera House lee blast day of the continued bad weather ; towards night it began to cloar ! off : tomperatnro 37, 42, 45 : Eini Tuesday March 1 )eacon ...ias, in Hedgeviile, both : the petitions for the ro Almshouso placed in public crushed at 1 consequence : the at Now Castlo to his lets again -nt list. Wednesday March 17, a cool windy, other ise pleasant day : temperature 37, 43, 44 : I opening of tho Methodist conference in : i»over : funeral of Mr. Joseph Bringhurst: 1 W. 1). Kavanagh'« cone mil j L onsider the asse at tho C for the benefit of the St. Vincei jciety : tho United States Senate Esq., as Unitod tho Council eut of Christiana ; ; Horn j Faut de of lohn ('. 1'fttt District Attoi on the Ii ! Harbor goes to Washington. Thursday March 18. a pleasant (lav with the st : temperature 36. 15, 46 : sudden death j Stilt ( cas ; or William Lardnor at tho City Hall; a lecture at the Wesleyan college on tho History of Finland by Miss Selma Burg : the refitted I. •ned ; tho at , Hall. for ! i steady rai "I" that Owen Wv ponsible for his death : lecture hurch leap ye 's mother i o? I partially : I P. W. Hochkeppol : party in Odd Fellows' 1 li/um ci l-'riday Yin roll 19, tompernture 43, 42, 43 s , ' ' ' in the morning, with tremendous the early afternoon : dedication agogue : the State militia r : lecture of Dr. J. Jay snow Hakes i ! of the Hebrew i organizes ut Dr Villen». I (lav March 29, temperature 43, 42, 55 s , ant day • William Lewis' gambling don ! t raided by the police. o 36, 46. 44 s : fr at I on N ; , H« at i °f j rteM'hot'Henry'EnKl'iKir"Ic" u„u H , Walton: a ! of DuPont's intoxicated day March *21, tempe delightful dav : Palm Sunday with appropri ate services nt the Roman Catholic churches : at tho City . Maso . _ , by Rev. E. Poytou ' among a dozen ! !" if w at Rising S ' | R preaHÏnt M (îav h imtU°h!t c Tu t ho a f '.ct noou, ; the j wh * ou it clouded over, but cleared later into ot Âuo moonlight: William Lewis, the potioy of onC c appoi . ; Tuesday March 23, | a beautiful clear day and wîiîStaîS! bright moonlight: at midnight John Sauer ; i an( je r and hi« wife were horribly burned by at«- ; t ) lt) explosion of ocoan oil in a lamp: John au j Hurley, of Laudenberg, while walking on the the I Delaware Western bridge at Landenberg is struck by a train, seriously injured, and J* ! ^ÂLday ïScg w, temperature 37, 40, io . though pleasant overhead,very disagreo a ^i 0 on account of high wind and extreme the j dustiness; moving doath of the at j 0 ji victim, Jolm Saucrlander ; John Groves | attempts suicide iu tho city hall; death of Thuwday March 25, temperptnro 27, 37, tne , H ^ ni ijj r to Wednesday, though not quite HO wm dy ; moving day ; beginning of the in ,ju«st on John Kauerlander; death of William Berry at Bancroft s ; doath of William Heu demon. . . op „ Kno i " .' ond* 1 oTthe* ILyV.V whisLtouruament, Goo. F. Smith and Maury tne j ameB tll0 vvinnern : conclusion of the Kauer res- | HUt i or inquest ; 8t. John's commandery, K. T., in full regalia attoud service at St. John's | church ; lai»t lecture of l'rof. W. G. McCon , fined *20 and costs : tho M. E. confer made at Dover. perature, 46, 66, 61® til Into in the after noil at tho First Presbyterian church : robbery of the house of Andrew it, Stewart, on Mad ison street above Sixth. Saturday March 27. temperature 49, 60. 63 rained nearly all day, lightuiug at night : '•Banker's Daughter" at Opera House : death of John T. Barnes, proprietor of the Tenth Ward house. Sunday March 28. temperature GO. 60, 59 : pleasant in the morning, showery in the aftor and drizzly in tho evening : first of tho Methodist pastors, Kev. Chas. Hill at Ashury, Hev. Adam Steuglo at Union, Hev. E. Davis at Epwnrtli, Hev. Philip Raw lins at Scott : farewell Hermou of Kov. Dr. Stevenson at ( trace church ; at 8 p. m. lecture by Hev. G. It. Kramer at tho Opera House "Paul tho Slave of Jesus Christ:" Easier Sunday, with appropriate Monday March 29, temperature 40, 44, 41 ' ; ganizatiou of the Newark A Delaware city llroad company : fifth annual reception of the B. O. L. A. : second annual hall of tho Delaware Regulators : William Neal, colorod, outrages Mrs. Margaret OoBsor, a young of Blackbird hundred : jcossful noiniua ried white wc opening of St, Paul's fair : tions of tho fire department. Tuesday March 30, temperature 42. 49, 50 ; pleasant, cool, breezy day ; death of George k. Wiley, a boy 13 years old, by tho capsizing of a yawl in the Christiana and drowning : institution of the Grand chapter of High Patriarchs of Dolaw Wednesday March 31, temperature 43, 52, 50' : another pleasant day : the petitioners for val appear before tho Trustees unsuccessful : body of the Brandy almshouse of tho P Dominick McGrady Is found i wine : twenty-fifth anniversary of St. Joseph's the pro , but Beneficial Society : a stir locally posed rival road hotweeu Pliiladolphi Baltimore. APRIL. Thursday April 1. temperature, 49, 61, 56 ; a pleasant, spring-like day; Wamor A Co. buys out Frank D. Clayton; the members of the building committoo of tho levy court m ; "A Rogue's Luck" at the Opora Houso; bring iu a the jury in tho McGrady verdict of death from accidental drowning. Friday April 2. tomperaturo, 59, 69, 69 : a l day. BOino people begin ; the New Orleans Uni ver bright, rather wa to reel spring fov sity Singers at. the Opora IIouso; fourth annual hall of tho Washington Assembly. Saturday April 8, temperature, 60, 69, 64 ; cloudy in the morning, rainy in the afternoon and heavy showers in the evening; F. C. Bangs and Henrietta Vades at tho Opera House in "The Illuminati;" coroner's inquest found on tho P., W. Newark; the romains of Elkton. Sunday April 4, temperature, 69, 70, 78°; ; tho body of Elktou identified tho unknown B. track oldorly uogro found in a field no A alternately clear and s the colored as that of Guorgo B. Cummings. Monday April 5, temperature, 62, 75, 75°; generally cloar; Samuel G. Tazewell elected chief engineer of tho Wilmington Fire Depart ment, ('hurles H. Lukons first assistant aud John H. Huber second assistant; quarterly election of the M. S. It. A.; Bartley Camp bell's "My Partner,'' presented by Aldrich A Parsloo, aud a good company: tho first iug of tho Board of Health in 1880. Tuesday April 6, temperature, 52, 62, 62 c : cloudy, with some rain; tne publication of tho list of census enumerators seloctod by the census supervisor, Hon. W. G. Whiteley: a special meeting of city council at Cool Spring examine the break in the east wall of the south basin: annual meeting of the Delaware Game Protective Association at Dover: annual meeting of the subscribers to the children's ho Wednesday April 7, tomporature, 40, 44 17 : cloar: iirHt day of the tenth mooting of the Philadelphia branch of tho 'b Foreign Missionary Society of tho M. E. church: thirteen c Thursday April 8, temperature. 39, 46, 48 s : cloar: second and last uav of tue Women's Foreign Mission, annual meeting and election of officers: another troupe at tho Opera House iu the "Galloy Slave:" fire iu the drying of Knowles' woolen mill at New Castlo. Friday April 9, temperature, 47, 54, 65 s : a beautiful day: adjournod meeting of city council: lecture on "Digestion," by Dr. Mc Connell, at the First Presbyterian church. Saturday April 10, temperature, 51, 05, 55°: a Udo day, but a little breezy and dusty: Ignatius Grubb, Esq., begins a little against the proprietors of the Daily Republi iutoxicatod Ninth warder barely the foot of French street: Robert H. Adams, wervoir a! \\ at the police duel near Newark botw Jr., and J. Williams White of the Philadel phia city troop. Suuday April 11, tcmperatvro 47,51,46°: temperance meeting at middle depot : shiny, but a tendency to bleakness. Monday April 12, temperature 3T, 43, 48° : clear, windy and dusty : tenth aimivursury of the German Beneficial Association No. 1, in Hordmaim building : a long session of thu Board of Education, tho main tonic boiug co education : special meeting of the Board of Health : annual meeting of tho Wilmington Institute. Tuesday April 13, temperature 51, 62. 67 ° : a fine day, with some dust : arrest of II. E. Bennett, a young Homi-inibeeilo impostor : robbery at 9.39 a. m. of the store of 0. S. Jones, at the corner of Second and Urango : Joseph Murphy at tho Opera House iu "Kerry (low : " Bright Eyes, an Indian Ponca girl, and Mr. T. H. Tibbies speak for the Indians ut Ceutral Presbyterian church : attempted suicide of William Wagner. Wednesday April 14, temperature 61, 78, 82 : clear, warm, spring-liko day ; Charlotte Thompson in "Jane Eyre'' at the Opera House : death of Mrs. Haiierlandor at 11.30 p. in. : drawing of tho list of grand and petit jurors : Mr. Tihblos and Briglit Eyes speak at tho West Presbyterian church. Thursday April 15, temperature 63. 80, 79°; I, clear day, clouding over in the lato afternoon ; Miss Charlotte Thompson at tho "East Lynne ;'' William (J injured by a failing plate of iron at tho old ferry mill. Friday April 10, temporature 67, 77, 78 : a clenr day ; J. Miltou Solomon, John Gray and rt. D. McCullough leave for Denver Col.: tho Daily Republican apologizes to Mr. I. C. Grubb : a navel hoard appointed by con gress, oxaminoB tho Amphitritc at Harlan's; lecture by Dr. McConnell on "Digestion;" a rumpus it 'Squire Colo's office ; tho Thursby concert ; first ball of tho Young American club. Saturday April 17, tomperaturo 62, 77, 59°; clear ; debate of H. C. Turner, Hurry Sharp ley. H. H. Pennington vs. three Dolaw countians at Johnsou's corner, Pa ; Charles Gallagher, probably drugged,nearlvdios at the United States Hotel ; lecture by E. Payson Walton on "StatuvoliBiM." Sunday April 18, tc... beautiful spring day : Nowlin at 994 W est street.Th< Joseph Stoockle's and George T. Keller the almshouse ; third anniversary of the M. S. It. A. at tho Opera House : bodies of two unknown men found, oue in the Christiana and the other iu Kmy ■I Ope iinporaturo 61, 63, 66° : a f Annosloy Snowden at '! a:!;- 52, 59, 72 s Monday April 19, temperature a cloudy day; over 2.099 per« cross' Minstrels : tho last regular meeting of tho old Board of Health ; inquest in the lev of tho county at C unknown Tuesday April 20. temperature 57. 47. 58 s •or and sprinkling I 1 clouded clearing off between 2 and 3 o'clock p. m.; au insignificant mooting of the Greonbackors in the city hall ; opening of tho judicial con ference to hear the appeals of Revs. William Major and T. B. Miller ; postponed mooting of the Historical Society; an; of the Grand Lodge of Dolaw 'ednesday April 21, temp : a pleasant day ; comb: judicial confer ii.. nual session of A. O. G. F. erature 60, 71, mation of the ; first ;ettng of tho council of tho Phila delphia Synod of the Reformed Episcopal church ; sjiecial meeting of the Peninsula >ciation at the Clayton House ; tho Presbytery of Now Castle at St. Georges ; the Republicans decide to hold a State convention nt Dover, May 6 ; Rev. William Major received hack into tho ministerial fold. Thursday April 22, temporature 57. 71 79 1 another pleasant dav ; the Presbytery ad journed ; variety wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Norton. l'riday April 23. temperature 60, 63, 62 ; pleasant day, clouding up iu thu evening »ting of the Delaware Game Protective Association at the P., W. A B. depot ; meet ing of tho Board of Trade to consider the dredging of tho Christiana; the McGibeuy family at the Opora House ; lecture "Digestion" by Dr. McConnell. Saturday April 24, temperature 45, 45, 47 s A cloudy, threatening day with ling : last performance of McGibenv family Eighth ward Republicans nominato delegates to the State convention ; meeting at Grace church under tho auspices of tho W Christian Temperance Union. Sunday April 25, temperature 61, 63, 55 s throating or raining most of the day ; Me chanics Lodge I. O. O. F. attonds 8t. Paul's church to hear an appropriate sermon in commémoration of tho Bixty-first anniversary of the introduction of Odd Fellowship into the United States ; at the evening service Triuity chapol speeches in favor of abolishing pew renting system and establishing free churches ; coronor's inquest on George Brown a twelve year-old colorod boy ; inquest Mrs. Klein, who dropped dead ; death of Port Deputy Collector Cyrus P. Thompson of Now Castle. Monday April 26, temperature, 65, 67, 68 clouded over with some sprinkling, a minutes sunlight and starlight with clouds night; circus (lay of Adam Forepaugh; balloon ascension, Ac.; the Golden Grove Judgo McKeimau at the United Btates circuit court again. Tuesday April 27, temporature, 56, 61, 60 a very fino day; three coroner's cases, Eliza beth ' Beckley, aged about 40, whito, and two colored children; meeting of tho Dem ocratic state central committee at Dover, deciding to hold the convention May 25th Dover; fourteenth annual meeting of the Wilmington Loan Association. Wednesday April 28, temperature, 54, 62, \\ : 71 : : Mayor's ai , , ! : : ; is of in K. anrink* ; I ( at Gooch's bridgo I " fur. : laHt of the at and E. 06°; a beautiful day: death of Mr. Joseph Teas; annual meetiug and «lectio Trustees of the Poor; the Saisis . dour«" at the Opera Houso; it is decided to build & portiou of tho shed of the P., W. A B. depot Tfaur clouded rrottb* sday April 29, temperature, 57, 61, 58 ; 1 over in the morning, began raining and rained hard at night; consulta tion of a committee of five of the Board of Trade with three United States engineers at the Clayton House about dredging thu Chris tiana; Millard concert; the lust night of St. Paul's fair; consideration in committee of the purchase of the Water rights by the city; Webster's closing reception. Friday April 30, temperature, 61, 62, 54°; a bright, cool day, with a shower in the early afternoon and anothur iu the evening; BUdden death of William C. Hamilton from heart diseuse while mowing iu a field near Stanton; the hall of tho Quaker Assembly; Hev. Mr. DuVaTs resume of Dr. MoCounelf's lectures; death of Colonel William Hemphill Jones in Washington. at thi and to NIAY. Saturday May 1, temperature, 45, 54, 60 : pleasant but cool: Board of Educati Republican delegate election«; special meeting of city council to take action upon the death of William Ilcmphill Jones. Sunday May 2, temperature, 63, 78, 80 a beautiful day; funerals of Joseph Teas and Joshua Benson: disastrous fire at Claymont, necessitating an inquest. Monday May 8, temperature, 67, 76, 79°; a pleasant day; organization of tho now Board of Education: funeral of William Hemphill Jones; Millard club election; sixtv-tiret anni versary of Odd Fellowship at Odd Fellows' Hall colebrated oy an entertainment; Abbey's Humpty Dumpty and the Spanish Students at the Opera House. Tuesday May 4. temperature, 70, 78, 77°; another tine day; Emma Abbott opera pany at tho Opera House; new rumors about the now P. A B. railroad; death of Mrs. Eliza is; Hocond annual meeting of tho Agricultural Sociuty of Delaware at Dover. Wednesday May 5, temperature 64, 76, 77°; a pleasant day ; third the Lnthorisc'her Jugend V ! ' W. of of tho at of M. I i-annual meetiug of ; meeting of Bicycling club and steps taken toward a gyni uasmni ; two monte men captured ; toonth auuivorsary of tho Shield's Library Association in Webster's Dancing Academy. ' Thursday May 6, temperature 74, 84. 86 ; a clear day ; tho Republican Stato convention at Dover; first grand reception of tho Young Mon's Assembly, oolored, at Institute Hall ; death of George Clulaud ; the Greenback convention at Dover. Friday May 7, temporature 09, 74, 70°; another clear day ; meeting of tho Democratic county executive committee at tho Unitod States Hotel ; Manager Mislilor presents J. H. Keanu as Rip Van Winkle ; organization of tho new Board of Health. Saturday May 8, tomporature 63. 74, 79°; ileasant weathor ; tho monster furry for Baltimore ; a is, drowned the Christiana ; Keene, as Rip, both matinee and evening. Sunday May 9, temperature 79, 86, 89°; a very summery day ; death of Dr. llyard T. Smith ; F. B. DuVal and others at the tem perance meeting at the middle depot. Monday May 10, temperature 82, 89. 87°, sunshiny day ; opening of tho county court at New Castlo ; illicit liquor James Boulden and Juhu Adams Koislor victed of larceny ; first regular meeting of the Board of Education ; the body of the drowned hoy found ; ninth anniversary of the Minqua Tribe I. ü. R. M. Tuesday May 11, temperature 80, 85, 87°, the same weather continued ; county courts ; J. Thompson Simmons fouud guilty of assault with inteut to kill James F. Daley ; Catharine Sinex convicted of larceny ; inquest drowned boy. Wednesday May 12, temperature 07, 73, 76°, more clear dusty weather ; county courts ; a plea of guilty entered for Lawrence J. Rigney subject to the mercy of thu court ; Thomps sentenced to lory, *500 fine and two years i Tobias, colored, for assault with intent Emory Deakyue, received tho John Henry, sentenced ; d the Bicycle about 14 years old, named Do from a canal boat E. A. in at F. the hour iu tho pil jail ; Louis kill sentence ; pickpocket oath of David L. Pierson ; Gymnastic progressing finely ; reunion of A. O. G. F. Lodges in tho Lieberman building ; tho Albany, built by the H. A II. co., makes 16 miles m 37*^ minutes. Thursday May 13, temperature 69, 73, 60°, more dusty weather ; county Starkey, colored, convicted of burglary iteucud ; Benjamin Wilson, coli iotod of assault with intent to kill ; doted of assault . i r<l. Edward Cassidy, c with intent to kill. Friday May 14, temperature 54, 58, 59 , uut warm, but still no rain ; uu attempt to sup plant collector Thompson by Henry W. C , of Dover ; county cuurt ; it is decided that Mr. lliggius will make a motion to have tho case of Win. Neal, oolored, indicted for rape, carried into the United States court, account of there boiug no colored ung the jurors ; Shiloh Baptist Sunday ool. colored, gives a May feast iu the city hall ; annual meeting of tho Contrai L Association. Saturday May 15, temperature 54, 58, 66°, dusty under foot, minshiuc overhead ; whip ping and pilormg of culprits at Now ('adtle : launch of the iron steam yacht Falcon at Harlan's yard ; sale of tho old city buildings at Tenth aud Market streets for *545 ; meet iug of the new Republican county committee. Sunday May 16, temperature'55. 78, 89 , continuation of tho dry spell ; celebration of tho quarter-eeuteuuial of tho Second Baptist church. Monday May 17, temperature 76. 86, 88°, of tho same weather ; death of Loauder F. Riddle ; "Slim Jim" released and ro-arrostod ; countj of Croasdale v kies et. al. and jurors grautod. Tuesday May 18, temperature 80, 88, 90', w eather materially unchanged; county court, easo of Washington Barron vs. Richard Clay .Harrqn gets *142.52; averdict of *29 for the . Grubb ; death hemorrhage ; Orphans" at of t : opetuug of the . Bright. Tantum, H application fur special plaintiff in tho of Tho of Ball vs S. Poole from launch of tho Diane ; tho "T the Opora Houso. Wednesday May 19, temporature 60, 70, 80-, still dry and dusty; Keokuk Tribe,I. ü. R. M.of Wilmington, visits tho Chippewa Tribe of Philadelphia ; considerable local interest Yu Hanls the -Courtney Thursday, May 20, tomperaturo 66, 84, 92 , more of tho same Hpoll ; John O'Briou's circus discovered to bo a lraud;coiiuty court, opening of Mr. Higgins' argument for the oval of tho 1 e of William Neal, oolored the United States circuit court:aMt.Cuba sution ; attempted elopement of Miss Jennie Wilson with a young man named Joseph Leaf; a hoy run over by a heavy wagon at Rising Sun ; unsatisfactory trial of the new pump at tho city mill. l'riday May21,temperaturc 82.87.88 .weather changed ; couilty still Kennedy-Woodrow slander c , tho Newark , jury disa atid is discharged ; Mr. Higgins resumes argument for ;tho removal of the Neal e ; the case of Croasdale vs. Bright called: local intorcst in the Reading r&üroad aud coal aud iron company's failure. Saturday May 22, 'temperature 75, 84, 87 , the spell brokon by a shower in the late after : a carpenter named Daniel Giveu falls 49 feet ; Democratic delegate election to tho State convention; the liHt of United States jurors drawn ; a non-suit in the Croasdale Bright case not granted ; Edward Cassidy seateuced to pay a fine of *599, be imprisoned throe mouths, pay the costs of prosecution and stand one hour in thu pillory. Sunday May 23, temnerature 72, 72, 73 , mostly cloudy ; a little six-years-old hoy named Francis Grissom drowned in the ; Francis Murphy opens his Wil do ; celebrating the dreiT aud oighty-seooud anniversary laying of the corner stone of Old church. Monday May 24, temporature 79, 86, 86 s , cloar; county the Neal Croasdale-Bright case taken up, the dofe closing without ovidenco and Mr. Bates open ing the prosecution argument before the j 1 followed by Lore and Whiteley for the defense aud Biril again for the prosecution ; concert and "Trial by Jury" by the Baltimore amateur troupe. Tuesday May 25, temperature 82,94, 96°; ext-aordinarily warm May weather ; county ; a verdict for Briglit in tho Croasdale Bright case : a jury empaneled in tho Neal , aud testimony taken ; Democratic State Convention at Dover, the following Cincin nati delegates being chosen : Non Castle county, George Gray and Goorgo Bateo ; Kent county, James Williams and Gove Sauls bury ; Sussex oouutv, John Causey aud Ebe T unnell ; launch of the Trombetas by the Pusey A Jones Co. to Wednesday May 26, tomperaturo 86, 95,96°; more remarkably'hot weather ; aoath of Jere miau M. Smith assistant superintendent of tho P., W. A B. railroad ; county court ; all tho evidonce of the Neal caso in, tho argu ments finished and the prisoner found guilty; fiftieth anniversary of Delaware Lodge, I. Ö. O. F. ; an address by Hon. Schuyler Colfax ; death of Mrs. Gray, wife of Attorney-General Gray ; a jury empaneled in the Croasdale Tantnm Thursday May 27, temperature 90, 98, 96 s : clear ; county court ; the suit of Croasdale vs. Tantum ; tho defondant closes without offering any evidence, and a verdict of 799.26 brought in for Mr. Croasdale the plaintiff ; William Noal, oolored, sentenced to be hung on August 27, for an outrage on Mrs. Margaret GoBser, a white woman ; James D. Barr, 11 years old. of John Barr, drowned in the Christiana; a collision at Naomi station on tho W. A N. railroad ; sudden death of Lawrence Vandeu braak. Friday May 28, temperature 84,90,82°; a gust at noon, aud showery; county court : argument upon the motion for a now trial of the Croas taken np, and ordered continued before the Court of Errors and Appeals ; oourt adjourns until the next term ; ; : ; ; ; ; ; at Br&ndywi of 1 the Swedes «-0 motion to remove to tho U. 8. sourt denied the Amazon. dale-Tantom laHt of the Murphy meetings at the L'hnreli of the Covenant; Gov. Hall at the Clayton House visited bv friends of the various candi- 1 dates for the position or dork of the peace. Saturday May 29, ten.perature 73, 79, 80«; pleasant dav with rain late in the evening; the Repchlioau nomination for sheriff and ; Philip R. Clark for sheriff and Ray rth Woldiu for coroner the siicoessful nom iueos ; elaborate decoration day exercises ; at moetiilg of the Democratic county committee at New Castlo ; William T. George,tho aocoin plice of Joseph Lear in the Mt. Cuba elope incut affair is beaten by Miss Wilson's brother and four friends, and 1ms warrants issued for by Esquire Vaudegrift ; battalion enter tainment at the Opera House. Sunday May 30, temperature 74, 79, 78°; gonerallv rainy ; sermon by Elder Kramer, •'The times in connection with tho evil in fluence of Hubert G. Iugersoll Hubert ltaikes centennial at St. Paul's M. E. church ; funeral of Lawrence Vaiidunbraak ; death of E. A. Fulton from wounds received in the thi a Monday May 31, temporature 74, 74, 80°; generally clear . William T. George of elope mout notoriety appears before Esquire Vanue gril't against James, John and William Wil , Loa Pusoy, James McClellan and John xcept McClellan held in 5*200 for court : George also appet Esquiro Brady against John W. Wil« and Jumes McClellan for assault with inteut to kill, tho former boiug held in #400 for dofoudaut Kerns, all of b il ! ' ■ I court ; Goorge boe charge preferred bv Mrs. Jm a similar Wilson. JUNE. Tuesday, June 1, temperature, 79, Cloudy ; Ninth anniversary or the Rugby Literary Society at the Opera Houso ; the P., W. A B. Company takes charge jof tho Chester A Philadelphia railroad. Wednesday June 2, temperature, 66, 64,65°; morning rainy and clear later ; tho Millard floral concert at the Opera House, by the mania Orchestra and Mcndelsshou V ocal Club of Philadelphia : local interest in tho Chicago Convention; ninetieth annual meetiug of Pro testant Episcopal Church iu the Diocese of Delaware, at Laurel, Dol. Thursday Juno 3, temperature, 67, 74, 76°, clear in the morning, rainy iu the meeting of Wilmington oiation at the Old Foundry ; Robert ltaikes Sunday school oele hratiou at Union M. E. Church ; morocco shavers' pic-nic atSchuotzun Park ; excursion of the Second Baptist Sunday sobool to Bom bay Hook ; second day of the Epinoopal Con vention at Laurel ; twenty-eighth annual meeting of tho Progressive Friends at Long Friday Juno 4, temperature 64, 73, 77°; clear ; local interest mostly centered Chicago ; Ashury Sunday Bchool excursion Andalusia Park ou the Thomas Clyde. Saturday, June 6, temporature 74, 82, 78°; clear ; Edwin R. Cochrau appointed Clerk of tho Peace for New Castle county ; meeting of the Democratic County Executive Committee at the Unitod States Hotel ; dose of Bethany Htrawborry fostival at the City Hall ; close of the fostival in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian Church. Sunday, June 6, tomporature 78, 82. 87°, clear ; doath of Stephen J. Gilbert ; fifty socond annive*»ry of St. Andrew's Hnndav school ; Lizzi#Thomas dies from the effect of burns ; Wilmington barbers attempt to , 88 ; Athletio As * a louday June 7, temperature 83, 86, 87°, mostly clear ; excursion of Brandywine M. E. Church to Andalusia ; sudden death of Dr. E. C. Dunning and John Hauwio ; quarterly meeting of tho Wilmington Fountain Society ; meeting and elections by the German Democratic Club and the Washington Co.; of tho District B, F. opening United States of tho Court ; the Water Witch aud Woccacoe fire companies rocoivo their new hose Tuesday June 8, temperature 72, 78, 83°. clear all day ; meeting of the Stato Medical Society tat Dover ; St. Paul's excursion to Collin's' Beach ; excitement over the Chicago Republican Convention begius to subside ; Wm. Jackson, an army deserter, arrested. Wednesday June 9, temperature 54, 76, 78°, mostly cloudy ; outhuHiastic ratification ineet ltig of Republicans at the Lincoln Club annual meetiug and election of Temple Lodge A. F. A. M.: arrival of the remains of Leander F. Riddle ; three hundred Messina quail roceivod by the Delaware Game protee Association to be distributed throughout the State. Thursday June 10, temporature 71, 76, 77®, cloudy and' then rainy ; picnic of tho McClos key (5lub at ltosendale Park ; excursion of the White Fawn Assembly to Mt. Cuba; moucement exercises of Rugby Academy ; Walter Thomas, a little colored boy lias his Co.'s shops ; excursion ofUnion M. E. Sunday school to Bombay Hook ; St. Paul's (colored) excursion to Sea Breeze. Friday June 11, temperature 72, 76, 83 ,rain in the morning, clear in tho afternoon ; Cal vary Sunday school excursion to Collins' Beach ; John Mellon, a young man working at tho Jackson A Sharp Company's shops, falls from a window while asleep and i ously hurt ; funeral of Dr. E. C. Dunning ; trial trip of the Felton giving cause for claims that she is the fastest boat on tho rivor. Saturday June 12, temperature 87, 93, 72°, pleasant m thu morning, wind and rain storm the afternoon ; the funeral of Mr. Leandor F. Riddle is largely attended ; heavy wind and rain storm throughout the Stated doing considerable damage : fifth annual picnic of tho Rraudvwine Catholic Literary Society at Squirrel Run ; Purnell J. Lynch nominated sheriff and Joseph Y'arnall coroner by the Democrats ; the Republican Executive Corn 'll ward chosen. lages. tho railroad the J.A S. -I.* I ittee of six t r Sunday June 13, temperature 84, 91, 90 ' : ning, gust iu tbo afternoon ; -Senator James A. Bayard; death clear iu tho death of of Johu Melvin ; Rev. Wm. B. Gordon, M. A., of Smyrna, preachos the Baccalaurette sermon at Delaware Collogo ; Baccalaureate sermon of Rev. G. W. Mill« Academy, Dover; children's day at Scott and Ashury M. E. churches. Monday June'14, temporature 75, 74,78 s , clear ; exciting runaway of Joseph Stoeclde's ; Wm. Cummins steals his child from among the children of the "Home" while they are on tho way to tho church ; the doe'lamatory and reading competition of the undergraduates of Delaware College; Dela Lodge indorses the action of John L. Pierson in his treatment of the reporters at the banquet and 12 members withdraw. Tuesday June 15. temperature 73, 72, 68 s , rainy all day : mooting of the bar association at the United States court upon the death of Bayard ; meeting of the Germau Democratic Association : Household of Faith excursion the Thomas Clyde to Bombay Hook ; the name of tho Millard Club is changed to the "Philharmonie Society of Wilmington." Wednesday June 16', temperature 67, 75,76 s ; cloar; commencement day at Delà lege : first (lav of tho Hehuetzen Park raeos ; the Republican City Executive Committee organizes ; St. Mary's Pioneer Corps excur sion to Bombay Hook. Thursday, June 17, temperature 73. 78, 83 ; a pleasant day, with rain at 6 o'clock ; the delegates luavo for the Cincinnati Con vention ; the Village. Pioneer Club, colored, excursion to Mt. Cuba ; Wosleyan's forty third commencement, hold in the Opera House ; second day of tho Dolaware Trotting Association races Epworth Church and Sunday school excursion tu Bombay Hook, board the Clyde. 18, temperature 78, 84, 84 s ; the Confer to take aotion -Sonator James A. (V. with 1,340 person* Friday Ji cloar ; entertainments at tho Brandywine Seminary and MisB Brown's school : death of William II. Pierce ; more Delawareans le&Te for Cincinnati. Saturday June 19, tomperaturo 78, 84, 90® ; clear ; a Aght in 'Squire Colo'a office between Constable Hickman defending aud Beniamin Connor and brother assaultiug ; launch of a -float or barge at the J. A 8. Co.'s yard ; Eddie Heck, aged 1 voar, accidentally killed by laudanum giveu him by hiH mother. Sunday Juno 20, temperature 83, 89. 89' ; clear ; fifth Rev. F. B. Du Val ; Children's day at Graoo Church ; Calvary reopened ; seventy-fourth anniversary of Ezion Sunday school, Monday'June 21. tomperaturo 84, 87, 88 ; cloar ; the military companies decide not to go to Georgetown unless tho transportation ho free ; death of Euoch B. Mooro ; a Gar field and Arthur club organized. Tuesday June 22, temperature, 83, 87, 84 s ; showery ; semi-annual meeting of the Dela ware raiilroad directors ; a slight explosion at tho Haglev yard, DuPout'« ; local interest Cincinnati ; moonlight excur Paul's M. E. Church {on the iversary of tho pastorate of oenter IÎ ■ -f Felton. Wednesday June 23, temperature 83, 87, 87° ; clear ; moonlight excursion of the Washington Fire Company Cincinnati the all absorbing topic. Thursday June 24. temperature 83, 90, 94 s ; clear ; the National Compact Masons have excursion to Bridgeport, N. J., on the John A. Warner; an excursion of 1,390 people to Atlantic City, under the auspices of Matta hoon Tribe, I. O. R. M. Friday June 25, temperature 89, 93, 96® : a hot day with a late rain ; Graoo Churoh the Republic, corry Jamos A. Maguire _ in *300 bail for court fer the larceny of some old brass ; suicide of Jacob Foulk, a ticket vender ; return ot ot the Delawarean party to Cincinnati. Saturday June 26, temperature 87, 89, 92° ; showery in the afternoon ; Fred Douglass passed through tho city. Sunday June 27, temperature 89. 92, 93° ; clear ; first 8unday trio of tho Republic down to Cape May ; the Reynold's first Sunday trip Collin's Beach and Bombay Hook. Mouday June 28, temperature 87, 93, 95° ! clear ; 'Kquire Cole is found to be in trouble about taking too large a fee in a pension case; Louisa Miller fined *30 and costs for keeping a disorderly houso at 923 Orange ; meeting of the parade marshals of the fire Tuesday June 29, temnerature 86, 89, 92° ; clear during the dav, shower at 7.30 p, m.; Alumni banquet ef tbe Boy's High School at the Clavton House ; commencement exercises of CrabVa Wilmington Aoademy ; first annna.1 tho Felton; oursion to Cape May ing about 1,300 and Daniol Hawlev people ; f held ii i. meeting of the i'orpetual Loan A««ociatiu B. W. and Andrew Connor whoa week or i 1 before assaulted Constable Hickman. arc ! a arraigned before Es.piire Bertolette. the lirst fined *2 and costs and the latter costs. Wednesday June 30. temperature 82, 84, an H8 J - clear; sixth annual oommencemeut of the Wilmington High School ; Senator Huy- ,' ard presenting the Adams prize ; slight Öre ; at 004 West Fifth street, caused by h lamp explosion; Hartman A Fehroubach waive a hearing of the charge of allowing waste ma terial to go into the Brandywine, held »* *1,000 bail for court; Olivet excursion to Atlantic City. ; of JULY. Thursday July 1, temperature 84, 91, 84 ' ; wards close and in a pleasant day with rai the evening ; the great annual ilreiuu ado ; thu United States naval cadets f practice ships Despatch and Standish visit, as the day before, some of Wilmington's manufacturing establishments ; West Presby terian Church excursion to Brandywine Springs ; second annual meeting of the Star Friday July 2, temperature 75, 76. 84 ; clearish ; Hanover Presbyterian excursion to Chester Heights ; Charles Leide badly cut at the Pulp works hv a failing board ; Do cratic ratification meeting on Fourth str eet at which Senator Bayard speaks; the Harrisburg firemen go on the Mary Morgan dowu the bay ; the DuPont Guards leave for George towu, Del. Saturday July 3, temperature 72, 70, 74° ; clear ; tho great Indepcndonoo Day colol tion at Georgetown ; & political tiff at adjournod mooting of City Council Sunday July 4, temperature 76, 81, 83°, clear ; death of 1). J. Murphy, Jr., Esq., at Newark, DeL ; burning of G. W. Bush A Sou's storehouse ; first Sunday Atlantic City exc siou by way of the Felton. Monday July 5, temperature 77, 86, 86°, sunshiny in the morning, sprinkling during most of the afternoon aud parts of tho mg ; celebration of the ••Fourth"; fire at Fell's Hour mill ou Front street ; the Ameri Hifios practice ; the Republic, Clyile. and Mo Call all carry crowds of people ; James Prince has a Hovoro fall at the Court House. the - of ; of of of to ; the Tnosday July 6, tomperaturo 77, 84, 86 ; a fine day except for sultriness; K publishes its annual estimate of poach crop of the Peninsula ; death of Frank Brat : M. S. R. A. election. Wednesday July 7, temperature 77, 89, 90°; a bright suramor day ; interesting business meeting of the Du Font Guards ; sending thanks to Georgetown people for their hos pitality ; talk of a new fire company in the city ; Daniel Malarkv attempts smeide ' almshouse. the A Tuesday July 8, tomporature, 87, 91, 93 s ; day with a light breeze; Council amends garbage ordinanoo and dividus tho city into four districts, allowed charge of the Democxatic County Committee. Friday July 9, temperature 90, 93, 98°; day with the air stirring a a very be ; meetiug of another very little. William Johnson who struck the little Hyatt child and Mrs. Percival was hold in #400 bail for court; organization of the Young Men's Republican Club; Georgo alias "Spore Stidham goeB crazy. Baturdav July 10, temporature another day of the hot spell, with thundor, lightning and a few minutes rain in the evening ; reorganization of the city Dem ocrats ; Martin Farrell elooted chairman ; Garfield Veteran Uuiou Guards of and ex-sailorB organize!. Sunday July 11, temperature 89, 97, 99 s ; hot woathor; All the regular Sun day excursions considerably patronized; trouble between the "Shouters" and Anti Shoutora" of the Mothodist Protestant Church; thiid anuivorsary of tho Household of Faith. Monday July 12, temporature 89,92, 89°; tho hot spell continues : publication of the Stato census reports in Eveky Evenixo : excursion in the city of 40U colored people from Coutrevillo, Md.; mooting of the Bar Association to take action upou the death of David J. Murphey, Jr. Tuesday July 13, temperature 90, 97, 99°; a very hut day aud still no rain; the knowl edge or the sending slanderous letters by B. F. Chalfaut is made public; at the room of the Wilmington Division, S. of T., a union meotiug held iu the interest of temperance revival; the hottest day since July 17, 1869, aud no hotter day for 25 years; excursion of First Presbyterian Church Sunday school to Bombay Hook; a loss of #800 by fire at the ice house of the Keunuboc Ice Company, the South Side. Wednesday July 14, temperature 89, 91, 92 s ; the hot spell still unbroken, but the heat not tierco as on Tuesday; a plea for better swim ming facilities published in Eveky Evenixo; E. K. Crawford robbed of three pairs of gaiters, the thiur breaking thu Freuch plate window glass, worth at least *75; tho Board of Health investigates the A Fehreubach's brewery. Thursday July 15. tomporature 74, 82, 83 s ; it began ruining ling 91, 92, 93 s ; E. ; BtiU tho fire to ; of of ; his ; 72°, of at the S. from ilartmau d kept sprink of the inorniug, afterwards remain ing cloudy or spriukliug until the moon ; Couucil rupoels tho ordinance for clean ing streets by contract; City Solicitor Macalli 7.39 a. presents his annual report to U l'riday July 16, temperature 84, 90, 89°; a fine day with the exception of a shower iu thu afternoon; a magnificent sunset; death of William Banner, a veteran of 1812; the Dem ocrats of eight different wards organize for the city campaign; the Filth Maryland Regi ment passes through the city Cape May; the body of an' uuknowu man found in the Christiana at Newport. Saturday July 17, temperature 83, 86, 87 s ; pieasaut all day except a shower iu the aftor ; meeting of the City Democratic Asso ciation at 'Squire Brady s office; a Huhstitute for thu old rules adopted; Rattlesnake and Riddles runs inspected Council. Sunday July 18, temporature 81, 88, 86 '; a fine day; tho Felton takes about 990 pooplo to Philadelphia on their wa* to Atlantic City. Mouday July 19, temperature 84, 89, 84 ; a fine day; tho committeo of tho Board of Health upon Impurities in tho Brandywine reported at an unusually lively session of tho Board; the report of the committee upon Re vision of Studies read iu tho Board of Educa tion; Institute Hall filled with Republicans to inaugurate the Garfield and Arthur bo< Tuesday July 20,temperature 83, 86,88 ; the longed for ram bogan about 3 a. m. and lasted until about 10 a. m. ; the rest of tho day changeable, cloudy sunshiny or sprinkling; organization of the Democratic City Execu tive Committee; Paul Joau Rene, a Polish soaman. falls overboard from tho scho C harte« Denni drowned. Wednesday July 21, temperature 72, 79, 80 s ; rainy part of tho morning hut cloar tho rest of the day; organization of the Ninth Ward Hancock and English Club; reorganization of the Bird Guards. Thursday July 22, temperature 72, 74, 75"; raining about all day and clouded ovor the of the time; Council passes a resolution allowing the P., W. A B. to side of Water street from French «treet east ward for laying tracks aud thus be enablod to build tho ' : ; M. at s , the the L. at s , the the s ; ; 78, ; Con and s ; by 19 members of A. tho Christiaua and i the north depot. Friday, July 23, temporature 71, 74, 73 s ; oloudv in tho morning, clear in the afternoon aud threatening during tho night; Mr. Edward Tatnall assaulted by Mrs. H. B. Courtney with a heavy leather strap ; trial of tho "Victor" automatic fire extinguisher at Teuth and Spruoe streets. Saturday July 24, temperature 71, 74. 76°; spriukliug aud cloudiness but pieasaut most of tho day with a beautiful sunset; launch of tho side wheel steamer Excelsior at tho II. A H. Co.'s yard; a w 'Squire Brady's, tho Farrell faction and'tlie City Executive Committee both being roprt of ; a ; ; ; to Gar s ; at the i hug Sunday July 25, temperature 71, 75, 77'; a flue day with another tine sunset; Henry -aigued for of B. Courtney Mr. Edward Tatnall, having used toward him threatening language; held iu *599 bail for oourt. Monday July 26, temperature 83, 90, 91'; a 1er dav with a fine ill fine report of the committee Brandywine about Riddle's of Health; annual report of Superintendent ! D. W, Harlan presented to thç Board of Edu- j cation; puaoh »hipment» increasing. Tuosday July 27, temperature 86, 92, 89 . clear in the morning, cloudiug up in the afternoon, rain accompanied by heavy claps of thunder from 4.30 to 6.30, slight fire of alcohol in tho basement of Danforth's drug store. Appointment of colored preachers made at the Dover African M. E. Church Couference; peach shipment«, 81 cars. Wednesday July 28, temporature 73.76. a dolightfuuy oool day ; John H. Harris, a oolored Democrat, iuterviowed by an Every Evening representative ; K. of'P. parade: Wilbam Gallagher, 'a P., W. A B. section hand killed about a naif mile from Shcllpot bridge; organization of the Young Men's Demo cratie Clnb. Thursday July 29, temporature 72, 77, 76-, clear and cool iu tho morning, clouded over and first half of the afternoon, clear the rest of tho day ; James Evans a Church street boy. 19 years old killed by liAving his skub crushed by a falling pubey block; Uniform Division K. of P. excursion to Atlantic Citv, with 1,360 people on board. Friday July 30, temperature 74, 77, 80®, a delightful summer day : Oeneral Henry A. DuPont and James E. Price elected to' the board of Water Regulators to ÛU the vacancies caused by tho death of Charles DuPont aud William G. Phillips ; burning of the stable of John Maloney in the rear of 595 Madison street. Saturday July 31, temperature 81, 84, 87-, anothor beautiful summer day ; death of William P. Karr ; the bicycle contest at Schuetzen Park ; the skiff regatta on the Delaware ; the Democratic colored speaker, Harris, assaulted in New Castle ; Supply Com mittee of the Boaad of Trnstees of the Poor »warns the oontracts. other Impiuities in the the ! I ard 87, the s ; John to 96® : corry court of 92° ; 93° ; down trip 95° ! case; of 92° ; m.; at at i s , \iur 1 temnerature HO 85 85 ! a ■X^aut îfrv (5o3 r , t ho'o't>era House V i va' 2 tenneratiiro 80 88 8<T • an o th er Hue sSramer dïvb ' the nlirht • deatli of Colonel P ,' ". î*om^anm m dcdi/n. -Vtho lloliLc.- V rjoinnanv Tuesday Aue 3 temnerature 75 78 70 ^ u, *hu morinim and afterno umdulclinir in the v h of of a of AUCUST. ch petition for a Jenny Wilson by Joseph H. Leaf heard before Judge Wales, hut not granted: the colored Democrat, John A. Harris speaks at the City Hall, hut is Virfe n ot enthusiuallv waived, (1 a made to chase him out of town. Wednesday Aug. 4. temper pleasant duriug the dav. sprinkling evening ; Senator Saulshur.v briefly inter viewed by au Evkky Evenixo représentative, reorganization of the Williams Club ; the wife Martin Reynolds attempts suicide. Thursday Aug. 5, temperature 69,71, 74°; most of tho dav, partially light at night ; Jefferson Club excursion to Couoy Island, with about 400 j Grund Lodge makes bgajk.Adi.uu. •0 78, 78, 75": tho - i oloudfl i uns; H. W. tigements for Join ofthe N Castle Odd ptciubor 13, tiv Company of the d Masonic Hull oi the directors < uimniuioiisly approv liue. the Ci II ill Friday Aug. fi, tomporature 77, 80, 83 ; cloudy all day', hut a fine Church excursion to Atlantic City, frith about 300 persons. Saturday Aug. 7, . fine weather ; a very market noticeable , the City Democratic Asho has another discordant meeting : all rail route down the peninsula Ohio rail t : Scott M. E. «•rature 75. - -1 fmit and melon rumors of to connect with tho Chesapeake A fully verified; Democratic electi of delegates to the Stato C Suuday Aug. 8, temperature 79. 85. 86 : pleasant weather : W. C. T. U. ' Rosundale Bights ; about 375 pooplo attended the Felton's Atlantic City exc Monday Aug. 9, tompeiuture 83, 85, 88 s ; flue woathor : Anthony Higgins, E-»q..e for William Neal, asks (,'lork Cochran for a criptof tlm doi-ket with a view ing the case to tho U. 8. Supremo Court ; tho meeting of the Board of Edu 1. ding a a J. a a I" Tuend a y Aug. 10. temperature 84, 85, 87°: flue weather ; Mr. Frank II. Thomas shoots a burglar named Fredonck Creese ; annual d election of tho Stato Council Ü. i. U. A. M. Wednesday Aug. 11, temperature 78. 85, 8S S : fine weather ; C held in *2,000 hail for court, Now Castle ; enthusiastic pole raising by the , the burglar, tried, d taken to Bavard Club. Thursday Aug. 12, temp* rat fine weather ; a troublesome crowd of tramps the Dolaware Wintern round house ; tho report of tho Htreet Committee of City Council recommending that tho P.. W. A B. put agate at the foot of Market,adopted by Council. Friday Aug. 13, temperati fine weather ; Henry O. Bedford,a young working at George Baker's machine shop, has tho hones of his pelvis broken by a falling shaft, and is dangerously injured. Saturday Aug. 14, temperature 87. 87, 86°; clear iu the morning aud rainy in tho after ; Democratic County Convention at New B. Bonner, conductor of the 77, 85. 8f teil 81. 86. 85°: Castlo ; Ov shifting engine at the W. A N. de;>ot has his shed between two cars, aud " . ..nutate it bulow the knee; death of* Henry G. Bedford. Suuday Aug'. 15, temperature 73, 75, 72°; pleasant and windy weather : Delaware Avenue Baptist Church reopened after a thorough cleansing. Monday Aug. 16, temperature 71, 74, 73°; cool in ihe morning, pleasant through the day ; death of conductor Owen W. Benner: ion of tho Shieids Library Associa tion to Capo May, with over 2,590 persons board ; funeral of Henry G. Bedford : 07 members of tho Y'oung Men's Republican Club attend a grand rally at Keunett Square. Tuesday Aug 17. temperature 70, 74, 76 ; fine weather : Dr. Thayer s circus fails to •Imat of trouble at Chester : a lech by Charles B. Lore. Esq., before coud Ward Democrats ; moonlight left leg the exc long spe the Sec cursion of Miuqua Tribe Imp. O. R. M. the Felton. Wednesday Aug. 18, temuerature 75, 78. 79 ; cloudy; pole ruising of the Hastings Club iu Eighth ward : funeral of Owen B. Benner. Thursday Aug. 19. temperature 76, 78, 81°: rain at night; West Church 3 May by way of Camdon aud the West Jersey roiid ; grand Republican rally at Institute Hall ; speeches by Richard Harrington and others. Installation of the officers of the State Council O. U. A. M. Friday Aug. 29, temperature SO, 83. 86 ; pleasant and warm ; trouble brewing between State Committee and County Executive Com mittee Republicans, the former being com rnouly know n in Wilmington aH the llird w ing, and tho latter tho Higgi George Smith. Jr., at B glary of the house of Mr. George II. Bates. Saturday Aug. 21, temperature 84. 87, cloar and hot ; Republican nomination ulec for assessor and collector of city taxes tor the Northern district; Edwurd Piovost, the present incumbent, nominated ; rebellion of tho Republican ( too against the State Central Committee. Suuilay Aug. 22, temperature 81, 86. 87 ; reopening of the German at Sixth and French streets. cloudy with slight r excursion to Cape wing ; drowning of Jaueroft'H banks ; i: utive ( 'omuiit ; ; cle.ir and hot ; Lut horn Church Monday Aug. 23. temperature 84, 86, S8 ; close and sultry iu moruiug. clear and hot in the afternoon ; the Board of Health hold a special meetiug, aud decided to notify traus pollution lines against bringing eases of small pox from Philadelphia and Camden, on the occasion of tho Rig Quarterly : Hon. William Wurd of Dolaware county. Pa., nddressos the Y. M. R. C. ut the the Lincoln Club's rooms : I over 800 persons from Wilraiugton, and 1,190 persons all together attend Smith's Coney Island oxcursiuu. Tuesday Aug. 24, temperature 86. 89, 90°; j fino day and mooulight ; the Douiuc Executive Convention at l)ov tion ; II. W. C ic State : Col. E. L. .•clama Repub up and it j ..w . zoning and | display of elec- : Irieity at Wostwu Union Telegraph office dur- ! ing tho storm. | Thursday Aug. 26, temperature 66, 76, 77 s , j clouded ovor i *d threatening iu tho morning. I clearing off towards evening ; it in made public that many members of the Republican ! County Committee do not approve of the ro- . action of the others. Friday Aug. 27, temperature 74, so, 83 , a cool pleasant day, heavily clouded ovor dur- j ling but no rain ; ; over Third street Delaware S. F. latod for Congr chairman of tl Rato Central ( 'oimuitt bs . lamatiou to tho diHConteuleil Republicans of New Castlo county ; Kate Callahan aged 13 strikes her sister agod 17 with a lioavv strap, knocking her mseusil-le, and 1« hor in a critical co mg edition. Wednesday Aug. 25, temperature 87, 90, 85 , pleasant in the morning, abo heavy wind aud rain storm c... raincid pretty steadily during the the night ; pec belli first pvt of tl \ I '.U pole raising bridge ; first mooting of ;w engine h Saturday Aug. 23, temper E. Co. ., the table . u 'T"9 r j at the Opera House; pa /lo an assaulted on ( » Htïuokl» a young bar ... , . .... . J unaday Aug 31. teimKraturo ,0 ,.t. audeil over «U day ; lecture on "Jews and , Jerusalem at tho Opera 1 louse lecture room V ,,f - unimnatiou election of t.ie Fifth ward Republicans : the city engineers r quarters at Sixth and tur day ; Republic throughout the State for delegat State convention or September Democratic nomination election of i for the Southern district and all the eh thi ; 1889 ; »Hoc .1 Fifth, Sixth and copt the Seventh ; "Uncle Tom's C House. Mrs. G. Howard as Topsy, 890 d 1,509 at night. the Suuday Aug. 29, tomperat clear but warm during the day and ing and during the night ; sri •lly meeting of the African churches of the middle district. Monday Aug. 30, temperature 1 clouded over ai ' thu old by tho Board Seasons" combination II. S. Brown of the Re tho street tender. v the vo nth Methodist id sprinkling in report luk >f Education ; the a a I ho ! King streets. j ~ SEPTEMBER. ; . Wednesday, Sent. 1.temperature 74. SI, 30 , ■ clouded over iu the morning,cleared oil about uoou, half cloudy and half starlight ut night ; ! flag presentation to the Garfield Veteran ! Guards by thoir lady frieuds at Institute with j a preliminary parade ; Republican ward muni- ' nations iu the First, Second and Eighth wards. 75Thursday Sept. 2, temperature 78,88,85 s , a a pieasaut day with «orne breeze ; the Repub bean convention at Dover ; the vane put on the new Court Hou«o. Friday Sept. 3, temperature 79, 83, 89 , a warm sultry day ; Congressman E. L. Martin addresses the Democratic Martin Club in the Ninth ward ; special meeting of the Board of Education to hoar Superintendent Harlan's rei>ort on the revision of studies. Saturday r>opt 4, temperature 86, 90, 93', a warm cloar day ; rally of the Green backers at Fourth aud Shipley streets ; mooting of colored Republicans at Ninth and Freuch ; a to Republican meeting at Blue Bali; Seventh ward Republican nomination for Councilman. a Sunday Sept. 5, temperature 88, 94,95, A. another very warm day ; Captain John C. Morton shoots at four bovs injuring oue while they are swimming towards his boat and is hied for court in f600 in each case ; burning of the of stable aud carriage bouse oî Thomas Mousley in Brandywine village. Moudav Sept 6, temperature 83, 93.94 , warm and dear until towards evening when of it clouded over ; Democratic parade and at »pooches on Fourth street : adjourned anil the lost meeting of the old board of Council ; "Fun on the Pacific" ut the Opera House, Ford's troupe ; two cases of small pox dis oovered in the city. Tuesday Sept 7, temperature 66, 70, 69 s , clouded over all day aud sprinkling ally ; city election ; Democratic Co elected in the First, Second, Fourth and Tenth wards, Hepuhlicans in the other sixi Dennis Kane elected assessor for the Southern district aud Edmund Provost for the uortlie Wednesday Sept. 8, temperature 64. 66. 65®, cool and cloudeu over, rain during the night ; meeting of new Couucil to organize ; openihg of the Delaware engine house ; publication of the list of U. 8. Circuit Coart jurors ; William Paradee attempts suicide. Thursday Sept. 9, temperature 56, 68, 56°, ohilly rainy day ; tiret regular meetiug of Council. Friday Sept. 10. temperature 58, 67, 70°, a cool clear day with the tiret glimpse at night of the new moon which was m its lirst quarter ; Hepublicau parade as a jubilee over the results of tho city election. Saturday Sept 11. temperature 70, 71, 73°, a perfect day delightful in every respect ; at the Opera House "Fun ou tho Pacific" occasion i'i' matinee and "Boy Martyrs" in the evening ; Democratic nomination election for State senator, representative and Levy Court missioner. Sunday Sept. 12, tomporature 69, 79, 88°, a beautiful day throughout ; union mooting of the colored Baptis Wilmington lecture Monday Sept. 13. temperature 73. 75, 72°, cloRr until 3 p. m. when a storm aroso, beginning at 3.20, cleared off about Up. many visiting Masons and Odd Fellows in town, accompauiod by numerous bands, to attoud thu dedication of tho New Castle hall ; decomposed body of a little oolored child found in a gravel pit ; Hag presentation by the Democratic ladies of the Eighth ward to of Philadelphia, Jorsey, vicinity at the Opera House the Bayard Club. Tuesclay Sept 14. tomnerature 64, 69, 67 s , pleasant and breezy until 4 p. m. when there ; Jofin B. Killerman found dead, the coroner's jtu*v attributing his death to heart disease ; celebration iu the Herdmann building of the anniversary of Baron day ; representative business front to hundred and eleventh Humboldt's birth visit the the operations of the National Dredging Compauv ; verdiot upon the colored infant, "death from causes un kuown" ; verdict upon Mrs. William Wilson, "death from drowning." Wednesday Sept 15, tomixsrature 59, 69, 65 . a beautiful, cloar, cool day ; Company O decides to oscort General Torbert's remaL from 1'hiladelphia to Milford ; verdict npou Beacham, oolored, "death from gestion of the lungs" ; post mortem dead tramp. Thursday Sept 16, temperature 60, 74, 67°; beautiful day with fino moonlight ; cob lapse of the M. S. R. A. by a vote of 9 to 8 ; CounoiJ passed Mr. Cœsar Rodney's resolu tion to appoint & special of committee of five ' •• er front." Friday Sept 17, tomporature 69, 77, 79° ; clouded over early in the morning, olearing and remaining clear ; arrangements made for the funeral of Gen. Torbert ; be tween 400 aud 500 Republicans in clnb form attend the parade in Chester. Saturday Sept. 18, temperature 76, 82, 85° ; warm clear day ; Democratic parade at night, with nearly 1,000 men in line Repub nomination election : Edward Betts for Senator, E. G. Bradford, Jr., Esq., for repre sentative, Christian Febigor for levy oourt and J. B. Johnson and Thomas W. BaVlUe for assessors ; beginning of the discussion as to shoaling of the Christiana ; rendition of the "Si Slocum" at the Opera House, by Frank L Frayne. Sunday 8ept. 19, temperature 83, 91, 86° ; very warm, but otherwise pleasant weather ; inquest ou George H. Hagleton, a 3-year»-old colored boy. Monday Sept. 20, temperature 82, 86, 87 s ; a pleasant day ; the Board of Health passes a resolution that horoafter tho registrar of deaths shall receive 50 c of each corpse from the city ; opening of the September term of the criminal oourt at New Castle ; E. R. Cochran appointed Clerk of the Peace : "Brocky Tom" and Breilly cleared on a flaw in the indictment ; Ford A Denham's company in "Pranks" at the Opera House. Tuesday Sept. 21, temperature 69, 76, 79° ; fine weather ; county i. the Off for the removal second day, Creese, the burglar pleads "guilty" and Courtney is fined *59 and costs for his assault ou T&t nall ; opening of the Middletown fair ; the I. C. B. L. parade and beginning of the national convention in the Opera House. Wednesday Sept. 22, temperature 65, 76, 74° ; a pleasant day ; last day of September of criminal court ; convicted prisoner« sentenced ; welcome at the Opera touded by Mayor Alimoud and President of Couucil to the I. C. B. U. delegates, the vention called to order. Thursday Sept. 23. temperature 62, 76, 77° ; cool aud cloudy part of the dav, pieasaut the remainder : a solid day's work by the L C. B. U. convention and a banquet in the evening ; the Cummitte oil River Front appointed by President of Couucil Sharpley. Friday Sept. 24, temperature 74, 73, 74 s ; a threatening of rain ; adjournment of the I. C. B. U. convention ; death of the oolored centenarian, Mrs. F day of tho Middletown fair ; Levi C. Bird, Esq., addresses a Republican Fourth street. Saturday Kept 25, temperature 75, 77, 79° ; pleasant, but for the dust which Htirred ; Democratic nomination for assessors and inspectors ; important decision of the water regulators. Suuday Sept. 26, temporature 76, 87, 88 s ; a warm day, but otherwise pleasant ; redodioo tion of Olivet Presbyterian Church ; funeral of Mrs. F ie Hamilton ; tho last ni'-rtüiK tonarian : _._ Church ; by Rev. Jamoa C. Ferris of Ireland, Monday Sept. 27, temperature 80, 81, 85 s ; " close, porüally cloudy day, rain duriug the night ; a Chilian named Victor Sartor has his head badly cut at Pusey A Jones Co.'s yard ; Mary Fliun, aged 12 years, fatally burned with coal oil; about 1,200 Republicans go A special train to Hockessin to join in the rally ; sudden death of Joseph H. Prioe, colored, unie Hamilton, the colorod sermon at the First Preabvterian Tuesday Sept 28, temperature, 73, 81, 83° ; rain threatened iu the morning, clear the rest of the day ; 525 Wilmington Democrats appear in line in the Democratic parade at I'plaud ; fire oil hoard and subsequent sink ing of tho tog James McFadden ; first day of tho Stato fair at Doyor. Wednesday Sept. 29. temperature 64, 81, 74 : pleasant during the day ; Ht. Jnlion, the trotter, passes through the city ; arrival of Gon. Torheit'» body in New York and preparations made for the journey to Milford. Thursday Sept 39, température 55, 60, 61° ; a cold, clear fall day : General Torbeirt's body passes through Wilmington aud is escorted to Milford by DuPont Guards, American Rifles and Smyth post G. A. R. of this city : speeches at Milford by Chancellor Saulsbruw, Generals Daniel E. Sickels, Robert F. Stockton, Hou. John W. Houston, Colonel E. Grubb. James R. Lofiand, George P. Fisher, Col. A. L. Snowdon, Georgo V. Massey; City Council it is announeod that the David R. Smith is to be contested by Thomas L. Mousley ; Rev. J. W. T. Boothe lectures at the Socond Baptist Church ou "Gossip and Gossips. " of OCTOBER. Friday. Oct. 1. temperature 57, 66, 67* ; a pleasant fall day,befitting the outrance of tho "loveliest of months;" firemen s parade iu f tho lieliauoe Company of Bethle hem, Pa : banquet at tho Clayton House afterwards. Saturday Oct. 2, tomperaturo 60, 66, 69° ; a cool, dusty day ; Republican pole raising and speech makiug at Rosendale ; Democratic rally at Newport ; Hartley Campbell's "Matrimouy" at tho Opera House. Sunday Oct. 3, temperature, 62, 70, 71®; with the exception of dustiness still flue weather; annual Sunday school reunion of 'hurch, Rev. G. W. Miller preaches iu the evening upon "The State and Education " Elder Georgo It. Kramer lectures at the Opera House on "Christ the Light of the World." Monday Oct. 4, temperature, 68, 66,68°; weather unchanged until between 6 and 7 p. „bon a hoavy ram «tonn cama up anj lasted several hours, dim stai o cluck; Joe Joffonion, Mr». Jolm Drew. Fred itobinson aud Barrymore in a troupe which piesented delightfully "Tho Rivals," at the Opera House; elegant collation * lor a t Harlan's, b Gr; 11 uoo fi ' lu ,i evening iiaually quiet "UtUe Election-," wards; the Democrats elect 16 and the Repub beaus 14 inspectors in New Castle county, including Democrats 8 aud Republicans 7 m the city; the following are tho majorities : in the Stato, Democratic, on inspectors, 918, assessors, 724; iu the county (New Castle), Democratic, on inspectors, 36, Republican assessor«, 199; iu the city, Democratic assensorH, 18, Republican o'n inspectors, 118; the City Railway Company approves the extension of the' Une to Fourth and Union streets aud into tho Ninth ward. Wednesday Dot. 6. temperature 60, 69, 70 e -, a line Autumn day ; meeting of Republicans at Institute Hall and an address by Anthony lliggius, Esq.; organization of the ltepubii can League; reorganization of the l5< cratic State Central Committee ; arrested, Thursday Oct. 7, temperature 55, 60, 62° ; a perfect fall day ; Cooper and Bailey's Lou dun Circus, the main local attraction ; the 1'otomao 8teaml>oat Company's new boat Excelsior leaves the H. A H. yard for Wash ingtou ; tenth anuual meeting of the Citizen's Loan Association ; sixtv-eighth annual iug of the Delaware State Bible Society at the First Presbyterian Church, Friday Oct. 8*, temporature 54, 74, 76® ; a dear and beautiful day ; flag oresentation by the young ladies to the Y'oung' Men's Repub iic&n Club at the Opera House ; meetiug of the Democratic Association at its headquar tors aud si»oech making. Saturday Oct. 9, temperature 55, 74, 67° • & beautiful Autumn day ; Republican parade aud flag presentation to the Hastings Club • "The Strategists" of Clinton Haß Opera House. Sunday Oct 10, temperature 61, 65, 69® -, the Excel v Oct. 5, temporature, 57.66,69°; the morning, pleasant In tuo aftor reat interopt in gypsies at the