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Ths Board Of Church extension Of
the Wilmington Conference held meet.
ing at 10 O'Clock, yesterday morning, II
the Asbury N. X. Church.
Among those present were Revs. A.
Nv. Milhy, Harrington; DR.. l. c. Mat
lack, Bethel Circuit, Chesapeake City,
Rev. John France, St. Gsorges; Rev. J.
B. Quigg, Presiding Rider, of Whining.
tor District; Dr.. George A. Phebus,
Newark; Alexander Kelly, Charles
Moore and Caspar Kendall, Wilmington.
The. meeting was . short and pleasant
one, lasting about IN hour and . half.
The whole mission 6sld Of the Whining
ton Conferences was rstrospect-d, and
the places singled ont where money
could b- put 70 do the most good.
The Secretaries report showed that
the Conference had paid into the Treas.
nry for ls77-7s, i7O8. so Of which all
but $3.50 were paid into the hands Of
the present board. sse
The amount Of the church extension
fund authorised Tor The Conference to
use within its boundaries ssvss two
thirds Of the above which would be
147l, but the hooks Of the Parent Board
showed that 1900 Of that amount had
already been paid TO the Delaware City
Church, leaving but t279 - the ayaila-
ble fund on hand. ...5. ,..,a.'s.,, /, +,
A petition for aid from Whatcoat
chapel Somerset County Mary land Rev.
8. T. Gardner, pastor, was read.
The Board took some preliminary
steps looking 10 tbs establishment Of .
Wilmington Conferences Lean Pund, and
q motion was passed 10 recommend the
matter In the annua! report 70 tho
Conference. -, ,
The next meeting will BE- held In
New Castle, March 10th.
A Fire.
Last evening about 10 O'Clock. =
bright light was discovered in the north
which apparently appeared to b~ just
outside the city limits. The alarm was
given and the Fire Department was
soon on the move but soon found that
the fire was beyond their reach. Some
Of the companies went ont over the
Brandywin- bridge and others some
distance out the Kennstt Pike, but soon
returned. Adiligsnt inquiry amongst
the market people this morning failed
to elicit any information a. TO the loca-
tion Of the fre, though all were agrsed
that there had been one. Prom ap,
peIanees the Are must have been some
place between Smiths Bridge and West
Chester, possibly as far of a. the latter
place. ......s
Since writing the above local we
have been informed that the light was
caused by the burning Of large double
decked barn, on the property formerly
of james Cloud, near Concord Station,
on the Baltimore Central Railroad. The
fire was discovered in season 10 save all
the stock and farming utensils, but
eighty tons Of hay were destroyed with
the building. The fre Is said to have
been the work Of an incendiary, it hav-
ing been kindled in some combustible
material in the wagon house. 1t is sup
posed the building was insured.
The Leak Found. ~ su 81
The water from the north compart-
ment Of the Cool Spring Reservoir had
all been let of this morning and the
Water Commissioners with Mr.. John
McCloskey went on hunt for the leaks
II aIy existed. t.l .f r"nt ls0
Mr.. Bradford thought there might b.
a leak on the east sid. Of the basin
near Mr.. Grants residences, but on TAX
ing up few bricks the pudding clay
was found to be all solid and intact
A search was then made on the South
side and on taking up some bricks
about midway Of the middle partition
the leak was discoved. II
consisted Of q crack In the marsh clay
mud, big enough to allow hand to be
thrust down.
Following this crack It soon insolved
Itself into small hole about an inch
in diamater. This hole followed q
vein in the marsh mud until II reached
The gravel lead along which It ran un-
Fil 1t entered the drain pipe.
The fact that the stream from the
drain pipes slacked as soon as the oasin
was emptied, proved TO the Commits
siOners that there was leak. The
fault seems to b. in the marsh clay which
was put in before the Commissioners
took charge Of the basin, II havingt
veins all through 1t that would have
been removed by mixing and grinding
which was not done.
Diligent search has been made but
no additional leaks had been found up .