The daily gazette., 1879-08-18
EXCURSION TO LEWES.

The German Board of Trade of this
city, gave an excursion to Lewes on
Saturday night last the boat leaving
Fourth street wha T at IL O'Clock, after
a rough passage down the excursion SITS
were landed at Lewes about O'Clock
yesterday morning.
After spending some time on shore,
the party emba ked on the steamer, and
put off to the stone pier, where fishing
was INDUCED in until about 2:3o O'Clock,
when the party left for home, arriving
at Fourth. street wha +, shortly after
8 O'Clock.
Although the waters were in an angry
mood, still all who we're on board speak
of The excursion as very pleasant one.
Previous to starting for home, two of
the excu,sionists, John Taggart aud
Daniel Moore, left the steamer in row
boat for the shore, but before reaching
there the boat foundered, and had it not
of been for the prompt action of Vincent
Miller the party would no doubt have
been drowned.
CORRECTION.
In an item in the GAZETTE of Friday,
a young man named Adams, was charged
with assaulting the captain of the barge
oriental while in an Intoxicated coHdi-
ton. In Justice to Adams the following
racts are given: He in company with a
friend stepped upon the boat, but hardly
got aboard when he was ordered off in a
very savage and unladyllke manner by
the captains wife. Adams prepared TO
go, but made some remark about the
manner in which he was ordered off. This
so enraged the woman that she struck
him over the head with club. Adams
then caught hold of TIE woman and com
PEELED her and her husband who had
come to her aid to desist, thereupon he
left. Adams was not Intoxicated.
Deaths for the Week.
During The past week eleven deaths
were reported to X. b. Frazer, Registr ar
of Death and Burials, for this city. They
were as folio ws. Born in the United
States, 9; ireland, ]; Germany, l; whites,
10, blacks; 1; males, b; females, 6; under
year of age, 4; to o, 2; 90 to 60, 2; go TO
| 20, 2; 80 to 80 l; sent away for burial, 2.
The causes were: apoplexy, l; cOnsump-
tion, 2; cholera infantHm, l; Bright's DIS
ease, 1; disease of kidneys, l; infantile
remitIent, !; scrof,il,, 1; Tabe's measenn-
traca, /; " weaknesses, l.
The deaths by wards was: First ward
8; Second, 2; Third, 1; Sixth, 3; Seventh,
L; Eighth, 1.
A RAILROAD CONFERENCE.
Tomorrow morning conference will
be held in this city between Messrs.
Norton, Price and Townsend, special
committee of City Council, and George
Gordon, Esq, counsel of the p, W. u b
r. II. Company. City Solicitor Macal-
lister, who Is now at Cape May, has
been telegraphed for, and will be pres
ent. The conference will be held In
Mr.. Gordon's office, and will be in rela
tion to a footway over the Brandywine
and also the railroad company's occu
pancy of Pine street this city.
: WATER PIPE BURST.
This morning about IL o'clock, TIN
water main on Water street, between
Market and King str let's, burst IL
front of Homer Barry's ship chandler
. store. The water came through TIN
!, ground from the burst pipe in fou
different places. Officer Thomas teie
!. phoned the fact to the water office AM
8 force of workmen was sent down u
l repair the break.
q. W, Duffield, of the firm OF Gun
ningham & Co., of Philadelphia, mano
y facturers of the celebrated nectar cidel
i for which John McCafirey is agent in TIL
city, was in town On Saturday.