Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1871-11-17
THINGS GENERALLY.
Snow flakes fell yesterday morning.
New Caslle CnnrI hepins ON Monday.

Snow fakes fell yesterday morning.
New Castle Court begins on Monday.
Store windows are showing holiday goods
There was false alarm of fire on We'd
nesday night.
The Friends Lyceum meets Nov. 2lst, in
the evening.
Small pox has caused decline IN travel
to Philadelphia.
The Redemptorst Fathers will spend two
weeks in this city.
Asbury and ST. Paul's Methodist Churches
hold extra meetings.
The Preachers A ssocialon Of Elslon and
Dover Distrcs meets to-day at Dover.
Clio, Michigan, has a bologna sausage fac
tory and no dOg-tax.
A Texas man sued newspaper for $i2, 900
and got sixty cents.
Bill poster Jackson has put additional
show boards in town.
Some Second street butchers had row on
Wednesday morning.
A COnvAlesceut Ohian voted his doctors
bill at the recent election.
Boston hos licensed 1889 couples To be
married the past three months.
The Richmond whig advocates the con-
struction Of street railways
Americans are said TO he the greatest tea
drinking people IN the world.
Messrs. Walton & Whann are building an
addition TO their Phosphate factory.
Sixty-one unclaimed letters remained in
the Post Office. November 18th.
An agriculture lecture Will be delivered
tonight in the Dover Court House.
During the Fall, the fronts of many brick
houses in the city have been painted.
The thermometer stood at thFly-six de-
grees Yesterday noon at Bringhurst's.
The tides on Tuesday and Wednesday
OVERLOOKED many of the city wharves.
The Smallpox in Philadelphia caused an
increase of business in our city retail stores.
Mile. Marie Krebs who accompanies the
Thomas Opera TrCup is not twenty years
old.
The night school at the Phoenix Engine
House has 70 pupils Pusey's Building, 81
Institute, %.
The Chesapeake s. Delaware Canal Com
pany meet Dec. 4th, at All Walnut street,
Philadelphia.
This is the last week Mr.. William Candy
receives contributions for the Northwestern
sufferers by Iire.
A band Of about sixty Gypses were en-.
camped on the Hare's Corner Road near the
city last Monday.
The schooner Stwsu sailed from Lewes to
Wilmington on Wednesday at The rate Of
ten miles an hour.
The Lammott Cotton Factory, m the 9th
Ward, was sold last Saturday to Col II. 5.
McComb for $40
On THANKSGIVING evening, a musical en-
Iertainment will be given by children under
the direction of Mr.. John f. Miller, in st.
Paul's Catholic Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clark celebrated the
Goth anniversary of their wedding day, Nov.
18Th near Brandywine Syringe.
Twenty. six car loads Of freight were re-
ceiyed in the city on Monday, by the will |
mington s. Reading Railroad.
Messrs. Pussy, Jones & Co., sent two new |
boilers to FeTnandina, FLORIDA, last Satur-
day on the schooner Charles Gibson.
About December 9th, a grand concert will |
he given at 81. Peters Catholic Caurcb, 10 |
celebrate The erection of a new organ.
A call is made for tho sixth iuslalmeut, 10 |
Ter cent. upon the capital stock of the Will |
mington & Western Railroad Company.
E. II. Singles, lO4 East Sixth Street re-
ceiycs kilograms from the Washington Fire |
Company which has gone to Charleston.
Messrs. Bellah & Co., hon dealers on |
I tuesday, made a direct importation Of sheet |
and other iron from Liverpool, England.
Persons wishing To subscribe to the Mason
ic Hall Company's 7.30 bonds, can inform
Secretary Almond. at Eighth aud Market
streets.
Messrs. Charles Warner & Co., shipping
merchants, have erected a large shed on
Chestnut street wharf, Philadelphia, for the !
use OF their freight line.
A colered man complains OF being refused
admission To the AlmshOuse for the purpose
OF seeing an aged female acquaintance, who
was in miserable condition.
Three Councis-70 members ofthe Junior
Order OF United American Mechanics of this
city attended Divine Service at the Central
Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening.
The frame freight building erected Al
King street wharf last year has been moved
by the Railroad Company to the new steam
boat wharf on the east side Of French street
wharf
Mr.. VIM. Y. Warner, one Of The teachers
of Calvary p. E. Church Sundiy School, |
was made Superintendent of the School, |
November 18th, in place Of Rev George A.
Latimer, pastor
Some detention to travel over Market street |
bridge occurred on Wednesday afternoon in |
consequence of heavy wind blowing |
against the schooner Henrietta OF Saco, |
which was the draw.
Joseph F. Slckel, Esq, President of the |
Merchants Exchange of Germantown, Pa,
and for five years Principal of Philadelphia
public school, has been appointed general
agent for the Delaware Mutual Life Insu-
rance COmpany'in Pennsylvania.
The Young Peoples Christian Assoca
tlon of Calvary p. E. Church have elected
for the ensuing year-President, Thomas 5.
Pugh Vice President, Rebecca P. Latimer;
Secretary, Frank W. Dryer; Treasurer,
William Harrison.