16 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Wilmington Daily Gazette
Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1879
Page
1
Rail timetable fragment shows trains between Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore with several intermediate stops and departure times. Mentions express and local services, car numbers, and pacing for arrivals and connections to New York Washington routes.
Multiple writs and executions expose real estate at the Lafayette Hotel in Wilmington Delaware. Auctions list property owned by Dougherty Helfuss and Waite with descriptions of lots on King Street Du Pont Street Front Street and others. Sheriff John Pyle to oversee sales on scheduled Saturdays in June 1819.
Fashionable Furniture J. & J. N Harman advertises a three story brick property in complete order at 24 West Street to call before purchase. Terms easy available through M M Child and Whiteman Real Estate Agent. Also promotes a large 103 acre farm by White Clay Creek with buildings and orchard near Wilmington.
Rev J M Williams delivers the baccalaureate at Grace Church for Wesleyan Female College graduates. He extols women's quiet influence, duty as daughters wives and mothers, and the lasting reach of spiritual force. The sermon urges modesty, religious striving, and care in life choices.
The Middletown audience and Sussex readers dismiss Mrs J D Watson's temperance lecturing as improvident and ill delivered. The Seaford Index cautions that such notoriety attracts only city crowds, urging her and Judge Watson to stop public speaking. Land sales in Queen Anne's County follow, with prices and buyers listed. Milford News notes a downturn in bar business as youths abandon drinking.
Washington reports suggest next week Congress may adjourn without passing the Judicial Expenses bill. President to sign the Legislative bill while a veto may be issued for the Judicial Expenses measure, with Hay and Conkling figures shaping the stance. Senator Blair of New Hampshire praised as a solid but cautious choice amid Republican debates on reform and leadership.
Grand jury returns bills of indictment against John Hitz and Charles E Prentiss for embezzling 5000 in German American fire insurance stock and 6700 in National Metropolitan bank stock. Additional charges include false entries, further embezzlement totals, and perjury involving bank statements. Bail set at 5000 for Mattingly. Witnesses named include Cluss Keyser Henrich Ruppert and White.
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