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WILMINGTON, MONDAY. AUGUST 23. 1875.
ONE CENT.
L*Y OF T HE NEWS,
rivers are slowly falling, and
past.
Binks was fatally shot, at Bel air,
Bturday night.
!< Wolfe, a wealthy citlsen of Balti
i bn Saturday night.
r and Sweden have sent a Commls
examlne our educational system,
rangements for the International
J take place at Saratoga to-morrow
> completed.
wind which passed over Albany,N.
mtL
>yed a building valued
nd killed two persons.
| Probabilities.
Iw Middle State* light rain* aiith cooler
; northerly to easterly wind* and rising
fffee Fenian Brotherhood.
Honk.— Aug. 23d.—The annual con
jpf Fenian Brotherhood which was to
ton held during the present week has
|stponed until January.
piled at the Gaming Table.
|lgo, Aug. 22d.—At Bock Springs,
jhg, on Friday night, a coal miner
['Hamilton, shot and killed Joseph
I over a game of cards.
Crushed to Death.
imobe, August 22.
— Jos. Butler,
cty years, was run over and In
killed by a lager beer wagon, yes
The driver has been held for ex
>n.
>n.
labbed with a Carvlag Knife,
| York, August 22.—John Thomp
jfi a man named Machalln, brokers in
jth avenue hotel, quarried last night,
Thompson plunged a carvlge knife
Mien's right side, Inflicting a fatal
I. Thompson was arrested.
_ Death of a Wealthy Citizen.
Itimore, Aug. 22d,— Marcus Wolfe,
Enlnent citizen of this city died suddeu
fiappopley last night, aged seventy-six
i. He was posessed of a large fortune.
Death in a Whirlwind.
.bant, Aug. 22.— One of the buildings
Iging to the art association of this city
Struck by a whirl wind at five o'clock
afternoon and one side crushed In.
» y. cre between forty and fifty persons
»,t>£ tffne,«nd
. : fo came all but two escaped. Cath
i O'Leary, aged 40 years, who
ii out of the ruins dead, and a girl
tey, aged 7 years, who was fatally ln
1. The building Is a total loss. It
815,000.
was
[ The International Regatta.
New York, August 22,1875.
| Saratoga special says the Regatta Corn
tee met last night, and after opening
t entries for the International Regatta
ch opens on Tuesday, they arranged the
Itlons of the various crews in each of the
is. The programme includes a race for
championship of the State, single scull,
mior race, a senior race, a pair of sculls,
luble scull race, and a race for four oar
culls. The regatta will last about three
S.
Shot And Mori ally Wounded.
Ielair, Md., Aug. 22.—James Monks, a
mer, living near this place after having
arated Thos. Archer, Jr., and a man
lied Wann, who were fighting,last night,
3 followed and fired upon by Archer
t mortally wounded. Two balls lodged
jis breast passing through both lungs
[ striking tlie spinal chord, causing
klysis of the left side,
jonks rallied slightly to-day, but there
po prospects of his recovery. Archer,
I is in jail, is about 21 years of age, a
Iter by trade,and worked for some time
ke Brooklyn Navy Yard. Monk's is
It thirty years of age, leaves a wife and
children, in moderate circumstances.
Sparks From the Wire.
W. Crapo, of New Bedford, Mass.,
>een named as the successor of Mr.
igton, of the First Massachusetts Dis
in Congress, that gentleman having
deceased. lie will he warmly sup
1 by the Republican party.
' recent annua] celebration of the
tzeufest, at, Washington, financially
t between 8800 aud 8900.
It Assistant Postmaster-General Mar
tls acting Postmaster-General during
Jewell's absence. •
[Pennsylvania Republican Association
resolved to raise a fund by soliciting
lutions for the benefit of the party in
ping election. Committees have been
Red to attend to it.
Bey & Sankey, the revivalists, are cx
rln Washington in a few days.
Ilegram from Paris to the London
[states that a dispatch has been re
p there announcing the assasssination
Moreno, of Ecuador,
late Emperor Ferdinand, of Austria,
Just been discovered, left by his will
Pope 86,000,000.
[Inal McCloskey leaves Paris for
-day.
chmond, Va., September 3d, a prl
ection will be held for the election
ttes to a Senatorial Convention, and
pie time the choice of the Conser
Ifty for Representatives In the next
■ssembly will he determined,
■splendid victories during the. past
HuLthietlc club have gained a unite
■fend on the Boston, amj forthe.
BOf the season the contest between;
■will be exciting.
cut
fjSstol
WASHINGTON.
NEWS PROM THE CAPITAL
lls livers IWUe|.
ALL DANGER PAST.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 22d.—The Sig
nal office fornisher the following special
river report. Doling the past twenty-four
hours the Ohio river has fallen nine inches
at Pittsburg, sixteen Inches at Evansville
and at the stations below the river will con
tinue to foil during Monday. The Mississi
ppi has fallen eight inches at Warsaw, four
inches at St. Louis, thirty-seven inches at
Cairo and six inches at Memphis. It has
remained stationary at Vicksburg where it
is forty feet and ten Inches or two Inches be
low the danger line. The river will continue
to fall at the station above Pennsylvania and
has probably reachad Its maxunium height
at thia station, and at Vicksburg. The
Missouri, the Alleghany, the Monongalea
and Red rivers have fallen slowly. No
rains have been reported from the river
valleys.
THE TBEA8VBY BOBBERY.
Washington, August 22.—Theodore W.
Brown, under arrest in connection with the
847,000 Treasury larceny, was before the
Police Court yesterday, when ex-Judge
Fisher and Hon. Jeremiah Wilson, on be
half of the Government, asked a postpone
ment of his examination until Monday week,
by which time they would have testimony
to show ample cause for the accusation, not
only against Brown, but against the other
parties under arrest for the perpetration of
the larceny. Col. Cook, counsel for Brown,
characterized the request as extraordinary,
and as against the Constitution, law, and
precedent, and in behalf of the accused, who
was ready, he asked that the examination
now proceed. After argument the Judge
acquiesced in the request of the Govern
ment counsel for the postponement of the
hearing to the day named by them, and the
prisoner was remanded.
prisoner was
Bail and Leg Bail.
Washington, Aug. 22.—The release upon
bail on last Friday of Edward Schneider,
who broke into and robbed the store of
Messrs. Perry, at corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Ninth street, in June, of silks
valued at some 86,000, was the subject of
considerable comment yesterday. Schneider
was committed for a hearing by Judge
Scnell on the 18th, but as the witness in
the esse went before the Grand Jury where
a presentment was pending. The attorney
at the police court has never called up the
case and the prisoner had remained in jail
up to yesterday when he was released on
bonds bLtbe clerk of court and It Is believed
iefti'nffiWf at'iuiee. ' 4 '
Compositors Arontsd.
Washington, Aug. 22.—At a meeting of
Columbia Typographical Union held last
night, the action of the Union of two weeks
ago, which indirectly permitted the com
positors to accept fifty cents per thousand,
was recinded. The printers on the Motional
Republican struck for the former price paid
which was sixty cents per thousand. The
proprietors were requested to concede their
demands, which was refosed and the office
ratted.
Gathering Objects for the Centennial.
Washington, Aug. 22.—On the recom
mendation of Hon. John Eaton, Commis
sioner of.Education, Professor Baird, of the
Smithsonian Institute, and MaJ. S. \V.
Powell, the explorer of the commission of
Indian Affairs, recently asked from the
Secretary of the Interior to appoint Stephen
Powers, to visit Nevada and Californiajfor
the purpose of collecting objects of interest
in connection with the representative of
this Bureau at the Centennial Exposition
and such authority has been granted.
North Carolina Democratic.
Washington, Aug. 22, 1875.
Judge Settle, a prominent North Carolina
Republican, now here, says that it has been
definitely ascertained that of the hundred
and twenty members elect to the Constitu
tional Convention, fifty-nine are Democrats,
fifty-eight Republicans aud three Independ
ent of the latter two it is thought will act
with the Democrats and one with the Re
publicans, thns giving the Democrats a ma
jority.
Peeping Into onr Educational Sys
tem,
Washington, Aug. 22d.—Earnest B.
Hickman has arrived in this country under
instructions from the government of Sweden
and Norway for the purpose of making a
thorough examination of the educational
system and institutions of the United States.
Germans In Festival,
New York, Aug. 22.— the regular Bien
nial Festival of the Turner Societies of the
United States began in this city last everting
and will continue until the 27th, About
seven hnndrcd delegates from different parts
of the counary have arrived in the city and
1,P00 are expected by the time the festival
is fairly opened. Accommodation.for the
number have been provided by the recep
tion committee. New Jersey will be largely
represented. The principal delegations from
a distance are from Milwaukee, Chicago,
Louisville, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleve
land, Cineinnrti, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany,
and other towns on the Hunson. Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and from Southern States,
far South as Atlanta, Georgia, aed from
Boston and other New England and mnny
of the Western deiegrtes arrived yesterday
and were met at the Grand Central depot
by the reception committee last evening. A
reception was held at the town hall.
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West Wilmington.
The northwestern part of our city is con
mtly improving. Besides a number of
stantly improving
new buildings iu course of erection on upper
•w uuuuings m course oi erection on upper
adison street, iMr. Henry Dure has C<jih
cqi Impimgt gix new dwelling house* In
'i inth stroetjf Ijgtweea Washington andjiWf
erson streets.
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WATMMMELQNB.
WHAT A TIRDII SAT* ABOUT TUCK.
A reporter of the Herald, on Saturday,
while passing the Eighth Street Market,
was attracted by the line appearance of a lot
of watermelons to a conversation with the
vender. In this conversation he was in
formed that the sale of watermelons and
cantaloupes was larger this season than it
had been known before for many seasons.
Well, how do you account for this,"
said the reporter.
" Dunno, only that it is so. Some folks
say that It's the cheapest kind of track that
can be stowed away. Cabbages and other
things is clean down to nothing, folks don't
want to cram their stomacha with all them
high things when they can get melons so
much cheaper, and they fills up so quick."
" But isn't it bad policy to eat so much
of this as it is apt to produce sickness t"
" Nothin' more than a little pain in the
stomach, and 'bless your soul, folks get so
used to that they don't mind it. And
then you see when you eat lot'; of water
melons and cantaloupes it gives you both
grub and water and so you see its cheaper
to take that kind of food than any other.
I have one man who is a customer of mine
who says he never cats watermelons and
cantaloupes without he has a pain, but he
says that it's cheaper than any other kind
of eatin', and he is willing to put up with
the stomach ache on that account."
" But I wonder that people eat them in
such large quantities if they are so produc
tive of pain in the abdominal region," said
the reporter.
"Eat uml Why dont you know that
people would eat dogs and cats if they was
good food, if it busted their insides the
next minit. For grown folks is Jus. as
bad about eating what don't agree with
them as a boy is about green apples.''
" How many do you sell a day ?"
the reporter.
" Some days trade is better than it is on
others. If trade is good I sell seventy-five
a day, but if its baa then I sells no more
than forty of the things. But they are foil
of stomach aches ana pains and cholera
morbus and every thing else, but people
will eat um." And cutting a big slice
from one by the side of him be devoured it
in about four mouths foil, and while the
water streamed down both sides of his
mouth and his whiskers Were foil of seed,
he said " watermelons is a terrible thing
for the stomach ache but people will eat
um," and the reporter thought that he
was a fair sample of that sort of people.
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BALL AND BAT.
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the Quicksteps and the Actives, of Reading,
There will probably, on account of the acci
dent to Hindell, be some change fo theL
home nine. Talley will catch, and Rodgerfi.
will occupy his old position at right.
Tickets for the excursion tire selling rap
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idly, and It Is expected that about five hun-,
dred persons will go from Wilmington,
Manager Mishler has arranged for a special
train from Reading, and already about four
hundred tickets have been sold. Considers
ble interest is also felt in Philadelphia, and
from present indications the attendance at
the game will be unusually large. The Ac
tives will play the same nine which they
brought to Wilmington..
On Thursday, the Quicksteps play the
Creger club, of Camden, at Glouster, and
Saturday the famous Trenton
step over on their tour to play our home
champions. On Saturday,the Rokeby club, of
Brandywine, with Lafferty as pitcher, play
ed the Frankford team, at Frankford, and
were successful. The score at the conclu
sion of the ninth inning stood 10 to 7.
The following professional games were
played ou Saturday:
St. Louis vs. Boston, 5 to 8.
Hartford vs. Mutual, 7 to 8.
To-day, the Philadelphia playdhe Atlan
tic team at Philadelphia.
It is probable that a game will be arrang
ed between the Quicksteps and the noted
Flyaway club, of New York, for the 9th of
September.
On Saturday, the Quickstep Jr.'s, of this
city, played the Atlantlcs, also of Wilming
ton; the score stood 11 to 14 in favor of the
Quickstep Jr.'s.
BALL AND BAT.
THE OAltE ON TUESDAY—QUICKSTEP GAMES
NEXT WEEK—GENERAL NOTES.
The great game of the season, between
team will
on
In for a Spree.
Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, Mr.
MacNeil, an individual of about 18 sum
mers, who sojourns in the Immediate vicini
ty of the Heuild office, was proceeding
along Sixth street, between Orange and
Shipley, under the influence of a sham
drunk. Taking umbrage at some jocose re
marks made by bystanders, Mr. Mac
Neil flourished defiance in the shape of a
seven shooter. Seeing no police on hand,
aud fearing that damage might result
a continuation of Mr. MacNeil's nr
the gentlemen present captured
and now he is one revolver out.
from
ranks,
acNeil,
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THE BOARD OP HEALTH AFTER
BAD FBVIT.
Rumors were on the street, yesterday, to
the effect that the Board of Health had raid
ed on some of our peach merchants and
seized their fruit as uufit for sale.
A Herald reporter called on President
Eckel last evening, who stated that the ru
mor was without" foundation, but that the
Board have seriously considered the propri
ety of confiscating bad fruit and provisions,
and mentioned that Council would be asked
for an ordinance which would enable them
to do something in this direction.
The Clerk of the Markets has been instruct
ed to look out for such fruit and provision
as would be detrimental to the health of
the city.
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Camp Meeting.— Down the peninsular
most of the Camps are over; but the Church
Creek meeting in Dorchester Co., Md.,begaq
on Friday last under, the most favorable aus
pices. The Spring Grove camp near Sharp
town, Md., began on Saturday.
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The .Bqard ojfdleslth.will do .well to look;
•tftftwh; .iujatirllf) jrtpasaing. 0 )#. 9th street be-,
'tween Shipley and Orange.
A CHAPTER OP MURDERS,
The recent murder at wddletown and
TOWNSEND—INDIGNATION OF THE PEO
PLE—A FUGITIVE FROM FUSTICS.
When it was known in Middletown that
the negro, who Whitlock, the saloon keeper,
•hot on Thursday had died, efforts were
made to find the murderer, but it was dis
covered that he had escaped and crossed the
State line into Maryland, where be now Is.
A Herald reporter visited Middletown on
Saturday and in conversation with citizens,
discovered the reputation of Whitlock to be
of the worst character.
He Is known as a vlctious bully and black
guard and upon several occasions has be
haved to weaker person* than himself In the
most brutal. manner. The saloon which he
kept Was open In defiance to all law, no 11
sencefu living been granted, and only the U.
being paid. A requisition for his
• Delaware will be issued as soon as
8. t
re
turn 1*0
possftle.
At the inquest held on Saturday, at Kirk
wood, Del., by Coroner Groves, the follow
lngwltuesses were examined.
Win. Hall, sworn: I do not know Fit
ches; saw him at Whitlock's shop. We
came In and: commeifyed dancing; he told
me to go out. I did not see the pistol fired.
There teas six of us together. I did not hear
him apnse Whitlock. I was in the house,
but <]o not know how long; heard Mr.
Whitlock tell John to take the pistol and
blow ium down, did not see him take a
drink: was Inside the house when the man
was shot. I was playing cards at the time
it occurred.
Geo. Jones, sworn: There was four of us
went down to Whitlock's. We commenced
dancing, old man Whitlock told John to
stop them from dancing, they did not stop;
he then said John shoot the- I saw
John'Whitlock fire the pistol. I do not
know the home of the man that was shot.
They had been drinking. John went out
andgol the pistol. Thetestlmony of Dennis,
Turner and Hopkins was to the same effect .
The 'mry rendered the verdict, "that Wil
liam Firches, (col.,) came to his death by a
pistol shot from the hands of John Whitlock,
Jr., and John Whitlock, Sr., accessory there
to.
Warrants have been Issued for the arrest
bf both part ies. _
TUB PEACH PLUCK HFBDEB.
On (he 20th Inst., at the Inquest held by
Corotti r Groves, over the body of the "peack
pluck'-' Robbs, murdered about 8 o'clock on
the evening of the 19th, near Townsend,Wm
Bedwell and Gideon E. Barlow, as wltnesses,
testified that they saw Ahren and Weibel,
the murderers, approach deceased, who
was sitting on his pack by the wayside,
when Ahren asked deceased if he was
/'the qua tjjat came up the rood" where
,n Gutefi, AjagSiurew three
leSiZ that ^ A^en'and
\ I chasing Robbs. They^asked him if
f.' !Id seen anyone going up the road."—
Hea^ewered, "yes." They then said,"well,
Jf we find him we intend to kill him." Jester
p^t gee them attack Robbs. Swo other
witnesses testified that they found the
about two hours afterwards dead in a ditch.
The verdict of the Jury was that Robbs came
t0 bis death at the hands of Patrick Ahren,
George Weibel being his accomplice aiding
aIl d abetting him. Coroner Groves tells us
that the neighborhood is highly incensed at
4be murder and unanimous that Ahrens
should be hung.
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OUR OPERA HOUSE.
THE COMING SEASON — IMPROVEMENTS
AND REPAIRS—THE NEW CURTAIN.
From present indications the approaching
amusement season at the Opera House is
likely to be a lively one. Already quite a
number of engagements have been made
with prominent metropolitan companies,
and traveling stars. The season will be
re-opened on Sept. 6th, by a first-class New
York Association, the name of which we
are requested i-it, as yet, to give to the
public.
Since last ycr.; the interior of the audito
rium has r.ejcrgone thorough repairs and
now presents a much improved appearance.
Heretofore much fault has been found witli
the arrangement and position of the para
quet chairs, and an effort was made last
season to have the trouble remedied, but
without avail until this summer.
The seats in this part of the house
have now been elevated seven and a-half
inches in the rear and folly four inches
front. Another important change has
also been made, in the arrangement of the
chairs, so that each spectator looks over
his neighbor two seats ahead, and not, as
formerly, over the head of the person im
mediately In front of him.
The repairs have been conducted under
the efficient management of agent, Jesse K.
Baylis.
Chas.
J. Hawthorne, the well known
Philadelphia scene painter, has been em
ployed lor some time in preparing new
scenery for the season. He lias already
completed a fine, dark landscape scene, and
Is now engaged upon a new curtain, which
will be completed In a short time, other im
portant pieces have been completed.
All repairs upon the Interior will be
fornished by the first of next month. Rates
for rent will range much as last year; 885
for theacricals and $65 for lectures.
A BALLOON'S VOYAGE.
About the middle of July, a little son of
our Chief of Police, named Winfield Brady,
started from his residence an ordinary toy
balloon, upon which was written tho name
of the owner and request that who ever found
It would return the same to this city. All
hopes of it ever being brought back had been
given up until yesterday when the Chief re
ceived . a letter from Concord, Delaware
County, Pa., In the folds of which was the
balloon that his son sent up In July. It was
only picked up a few days since and it is
supposed to have been in the air until that
[time..: . _
The proceeds ' from sale'of ticket* to the
of 8t. Paul's Catholic - church'
to 8571.00.
imount<
SHAPING ▲ SLATE.
A TICKET BT THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY—
BAYARD OR CLTMER FOR THE VICE PRESI
DENCY—THE PRESIDENT TO COME PROM
THE WEST.
Editor Morning Herald.—. Politicians of
the kind who take a very strong interest in
national affairs, like certain species of birds
have certain places to flock to at certain
seasons of the year. In the West during
the summer months, 8t. Louis, or Cincin
nati, appears to be their resting place. In
the East, the White Mountains or the Coast
of Maine. In the North, Saratoga or Long
Branch, are the places, where the tickets
are shaped, but bere in old Greenbrier, is
the Mecca of the southern politician's hap
piness. We have here this summer all the
representative southern politicians who are
as busy at the present time shaping a slate
for the next Presidential election as it is
possible for them to be without trespassing
too much opon their rest. In the lead are
Pinkney Whyte, Senator from Maryland,
and General Gordon, of Georgia, both of
whom are recognized as leaders in the Dem
ocratic party of the South.
ocratic party of the South.
Whyte is a man of profound learning, he
is a deep thinker, an eloquent and logical
speaker and a graceful writer. Gordan was
a gallant soldier in the confederate army and
has shown himself on able debator. In the
private meetings held it has been determin
ed that the next candidate named for the
Presidency on the Democratic ticket must
come from the West. The reasons stated
for this are : That all the candidates that
have been named by the party since the war
have been from the East. McClellan, Sey
mour and Greeley, were all from New York,
and in order to secure the favor of the Wes
tern Democrats, some one of the able men
they have in that section must be the next
choice. Who that able man is to be has not
yet been determined. But with a good man
from the West for President, and a popular
man from the East or South as Vice Presi
dent, the ticket would be undeniably strong.
In connection with the Vice Presidency two
names have been mentioned, both of which
it is thought would prove very popular in
an election. Their names are: Hon. T.
F. Bayard, of your own State, and Hon.
Hiester M. Clymer, of Pennsylvania. Of
the two men, Mr. Bayard is the most favor
ably spoken of, and the only thing that
moves in favor of Clymer is that he comes
from a State that has so many more elec
toral votes than Delaware.
But this is counterbalanced by the indis
putable fact that Mr. Bayard enjoys a more
general popularity than Clymer and is, by
far, the ablest man of the two. Clymer is
very popular with the Southern people, as
he mingles freely with the representatives
frwn thaLqeciiOn In Congress,spd is thor
oughly in sympathy with them. Mr. "Bay
equally as much a favorite with the
Southern people and would command a
large vote among them. To whom the
preference will be given has not assumed
such shape as can lead to any conclusion,
but all with whom I have conversed state
that the chances are greatly in Bayard's
favor, and that his popularity will com
pletely over-balance the objections raised on
account of the small number of electoral
votes Delaware has.
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IVANHOB.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
August 19th, 1875.
ed its climax last week, when fruit sold in
New York and Philadelphia for 5 cts. per
basket for primes, and few buyers at that.
The growers then determined to find a
remedy, and a committee from Middletown
visited Philadelphia to demand from the
railroad authorities a reduction of freights,
President Hinckley did not appear to agree
with the peach men, that it would be of ad
vantage to them to have the tarriff reduced
to New York, as the glut that would in
such event occur there, would enable tlio
commission men to undersell the growers in
other markets by reshipment, hut thought
that a reduction to the West could be ar
ranged with advantage, and wrote a strong
letter to vice-president Cosctte, of the
Pennsylvania Road, to this effect. The
growers returned to their homes with the
report, ou Saturday, and were to hold a
meeting there in the afternoon, but for some
reason they did not meet and will probably
convene this afternoon. They propose to
Instruct their commission men in Newport
to dump in the river all fruit that fails to
bring 35 cents per basket.
Arrangements for the payment of freight
for the Europeon shipments were completed
on Saturday, and the first cargo will go ont
on Thursday.
The markets in the West and New Eng
land on Saturday were better, but very little
Improvement has been reported from New
York and Philadelphia. The shipments on
Saturday were as follows :
To Jersey City,
" Philadelphia
" Boston,
By B. & O. R. R.,
P. R.R.,
PEACHES.
THE GLUT IN NEW YORK—MEA8UHE8 OF
THE GROWERS—NO MEETING ON SAT
URDAY—SHIPMENTS ON SATURDAY.
Since the shipment of peaches opened
from the peninsula orchards, the fears of
the growers that the magnitude of the crop
would prove a serious disadvantage, have
been fully realized. The markets have been
bad from the
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rcach
74 cars.
18
34
82
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Total,
107 cars.
THE CIRCUS COMING.
On September 10th, the New York and
New Orleans Exposition, a menagerie aud
circus combination, will make its first ap
pearance in this city. The combination is
now travelling in the South, and will stop
at the larger towns down the State before
reaching this city. It is an excellent circus
organization, and has the reputation of be
ing the most complete collection of natural
objects now in the country.
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A. bunch of keys found ip Walnut etreit,
noar jf intji, are at the Mayor's office, which
■the ownercan have ' by calling and proving
property. I
IS IBM TOIL*.
THE CITT HALL DOCKET TBSTBEDAY.
Punctually as the eld Clock a* the City
Hall rung out the lidtj, Of noon, Mayor
Simms posted himself in the chair of office
and awaited the presence of those who had
been so unfortunate the night before ss to
fall into the hands of the police. The wor
thy chief occupied hi* place, and the officers
congregated about the office told plainly
that there were "victims" within the inner
sanctuary who were destined to have an
audience with his Honor. The order was
given and after the sound of shudlng feet had
been heard there appeared before the bat of ^
justice, three terribly dilapidated indi
viduals who had drank deeply of the Sowing
bowl and were now looking as penitent as
lambs being led to slaughter. The terrible
sentence was pronounced. ,Three trembling
hands were plunged into capacious pockets,
and three very.'slim.Jooking pocket-books
were revealed to vleW, and being shaken
and examined closely, yielded up enough of
the filthy luchre to make the owners free
men, and they departed.
JOHN CONKER, ^
said the Mayor, and John made his appear- t
ance between two officers, in h is shirt sleeves,
and wearing a very meloncholy face. He
seated himself upon the bench which had
held so many unfortunates before him, and
Mr. John 8. Benson, living at No. 400 W.
Front street, advanced to the railing, kissed
the bible, and testified that upon the after- .
noon previous, somewhere between the hours/
of five and seven o'clock, John had entered
his bed-room and taken from a trunk a
silver-mounted pistol and a pocket- >
book containing a few dollars, John lis
tened very attentively until told by bis
Honor that he would have to commit him
to answer the charge at Court, when he
arose to make an explanation. He said he
did not intend to take the pistol only that he
wanted to leave it at the gunsmiths to be
fixed up a little. His Honor evidently
thought the story a little thin, for John was
walked back to the Inner chamber.
TOO MUCH TODDY.
Robert Todd was the next occupant of the
little bench. He Is a colored man and has
but one arm, but with the other be has suf
ficient strength to handle that terrible
weapon of offense known as the rasor. Old
Mrs. Todd, the mother of Robert, who lives
on Shipley street, between Seventh and
Eighth, answered promptly to her name,
received the oath, anil kissed the book rev
erentially and deposed that Bobert was very
fond of a tod. She thought that he was
very 'bnalvfe and has no 'bedlence for his old
mother. He threatened to brain her and
her husband and handled the goblets and
X around as though they were " more'n
r.dan glass." And he hud a razor
ii.n« tfwsW^'A.CB f t.i)er v !.hr0!(* iv She,-then
grew|wiuiu aud told ttobert.Wi' at she thiligii,
of him,l and Robert he scratched his head
and grinned all over his face. Mrs. Emily
Thompson, a neighbor of Mrs. Todd's said
he " 'bused his mother to all intents and
purposes," and she was afeard of him her
self. The Mayor Informed Robert that be
had been behaving very badly and as Mrs.
Todd and Mrs. Thompson took their seats,
the unfortunate Todd, who takes too much
toddy, went back to keep com
others who were playing checkers' upon the
bars with their noses.
The Court then adjourned and the com
pany dispersed.
The Court resumed its functions at 7
o'clock, P. M. Lizzie Bayard, for disorder
ly conduct was allowed a free ride to the
river side this morning, where she will
side for the next 'thirty days, unless a little
bill of 82.00 and costs is settled before that
time.
The Court thought 810.00 and costs, to
gether with sixty days at New Castle,would
be a fair renumeration for an assault by
Isaac Scott on John Murry.
Charles Bruce who has traveled all the
way from Richmond to visit our city, made
his appearance before His Honor, and lis
tened quietly to a little story from Mr. Em
monds, who resides at 8th and Church. Mr.
Emmons told the Court how shabbily
visitor had treated his daughter ut the house
when he calledes yterday afternoon for somc
thing wherewith to appease an unnatural
Southern appetite. Scott had called Mies
Simmons hard names, and the Court con
eluded that an occupancy of the brown
stone mansion at our County seat would be
good for the health as well as the manners
of the gentleman from Richmond,
th!
with the
re
our
J! III. HODGSON'S RESIGNATION.
THE JUDGES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
The people of Wilmington were some
what surprised on Saturday last, to read a
paragraph in one of the afternoon papers 1
announcing "that Mr. William R. nodgson
had resigned his position as Deputy States'
Attorney, and that Alfred P. Robinson, of
Georgetown, had been appointed to said of
fice. The item in the afternoon papers fur
ther stated that this course of Mr. Hodg
son's, had been brought about by a hint
from some of the Judges. In order to as
certain the truthfulness of the report, one of
the reporters of the Herald, called upon
Mr. Hodgson at his house on Saturday
night, and found him with the item before
him reading it, aud he seemed somewhat
surprised when told by the reporter, that,
the matter was generally talked of iu tho
city, and a number expresed regret that ho
had come to this conclusion.
Mr. Hodgson stated that lie confirmed
the rumor, and felt fully justified in tho
step he had takon. But, said lie, it is per
fectly absurd to asertfc-3 a
of my resignation to tho Judges, for tho
most cordial relations have oxlsted between
us and still do. My reason* for resigning
are strictly personal, whleh I deem best to
keep to myself. Since my appointment, I
have, he said, had nothing to do with tho
business of the lower counties, and since
the first of April, Mr. Robinsou, who has a
been named as my sucoessor, has acted
Mr. Pennington's deputy, in Kent and 8
sex counties.
of the causes
. Mr; Robinson hasjieen pract<«°8 *
'Sussex barlbr'tcaycars or .morc'P',/
^reifriemfln, universally popular hi
I tlon.