The Newark ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1877-1???, 1880-08-07

hOnuity Eou lDSt. promises 10 pc cHudily
as satisfactory rs that of last season. All
purchasers Of ticket will receive copy
of 'sPerry's Pocket Dictionary of Coney
Island" This book is compendium of
everything Of interest and value aboht
the island, and furnishes Tho excursion
lists witha complete guide to aiisthe null
titudinous attractions of the place.
Newark was full of music. on Thurs
day, especial xa5lBhe vicinity of the
LEDGER % devil . during the
afternoon, sclf away under
one Of the 6ap but awakened
by the combiile afns Of the Oxford
Band and beautiful Song, accompanied
on the organ. In young lady in the
vicinity, he crawled forth anfmurmured:
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage,
rend rock and bust cabbage"
"A fair-sized audience in the College
Oratory heartily appreciated the enter
tainment Of Thursday evening. Miss
Alice j. Smith rendered several selections
in an accomplished manner, holding the
audience spell-bound at times. Tile sha-
dow pantomimes, .The Barber" and
"The Dentist, /" with the aftcrpiece, ''The
Fortunes Of Mary Jano and Her Lover, y
provoked considerable mirth, the respec-
tive characters being well sustained.
The case Of i7-man vs. Pierce which
was supposed to e'beeif settled before
Squire sprni ssfc week, WAS revived
on Monday. M.sA Hartman was jealous
of the fact that she had been compelled
to pay fine of $1.O0 while Mrs. Pierce
went scott free, and accordingly had her
antagonist taken before Squire Mexico
wan last Monday and presented conclu-
sive evidence that Pierce struck the first
blow. The latter was compelled to pay a
fine and costs amounting to $40.
1t has been proposed to allow. New.
arlSers participate in Mr.. P. T. e. Smith,
Coney Island Excursion, which takes
place on Monday the 23d inst. To en-.
sure the convenience of having a special
car sent to this place it will be necessary
that forty persons or more signify theil
intention of going, and to avoid disap-
pointments, etc., to Immediately deposit
their money for tickets with Mr.. William
F. Griffith, OF some other responsible
person, to be refunded if the desired
number should not be obtained.
Rev. William Grant, of Cherry Hill,
Nd, delivered an able sermon in the
Newark NJ. E. Church last Sunday morn
ing, and Rev. j L. Polk, principal of the
Academy of Newark, preached an inter-
esting discourse in the evening.
Rev. JONI France, pastor, is still at
Atlantic City, visiting his brother. To
morrow morning Mr.. William Kershaw,
a well-lsnown local preacher in this vicin-
ity, will ofiiciate. In the evening a SER
vice of song, under the direction of Ii.
w. Zimmerman, will be held. Everybody
invited.
The auditorium of the Exchange
Building held its first audience last Mon
day night. "The Demands" troupe(?)
aesapesed Of Ma,e BernasJ ead ~. son
Junius gave an exhibition of their
''Shakespercan and Character Imperso-
nations to II poor house, owing to the
want of advertising, only about 60 per-
sons being present.
The hall has been well fitted up with
stage. curtains, ETC., and for the benefit
of the curious and doubtful it is stated
that the regular seating capacity is $40
persons but on pinch fully 3I5 can be
accommodated without unusual crowding.
-Reynard has been playing the mis-
chief generally with chickens on the
farms in vicinity of Milford Cross Roads,
Mil Creek Hundred. To overcome this
evil Mr.. Nelson Warren has devised an
apparatus with which he intends 10 kill
all the foxes and other burrowing animals
upon his property located between the
Cross Roads and Newark. With the
machine he can force the fumes of sui
phur into the holes and rapidly ''finish"
the animals, unless, as he says, they arc
so intimately associated with ''old Nick"
that birthstone won't fetch them. He
expects to have the affair ready about the
10Th inst, and will immediately begin
fba .xf,,.i- ,,f I.,et
With last Sunday, August 1, the Rev.
George ]. Porter began the ninth year of
hia pastoratc in the First Presbyterian
Church, of our Town. The following
items of general interest are taken from
his report of the preceding years labor:
added OH profession of faith, 8; by letter,
/; dismissed to other churches, 4; died, 1.
The present number of communicates,
lag; scholars and teachers sn the Sabbath
school, 1872. Constitutions to the mis-
sionary and bensegiSnt work of the
Church, $4,000; 10 congregational pur-
poses, 81, 724, total, sl,947.
Thus it VIII be apparent to those ac-
quainted with the previous history of the
Church that its membership has increas' d
nearly three-fold, while its contributions
have more than doubled during the nine
years of Labor. With united and devo-
ted peopl and growing Sabbath-school,
the pastor thinks that he has good reason
to thank God and take courage.