Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-06
AUGUST.


u pleasant day Gospel Union temperance
meeting at the Opera House.
Monday Aug. 9, temperature &c. 30, Sa7 !;
another fine summer day, but warmer; rain
during the night death of Colonel Pretzsch-
her semi-annual election OF the Reliance Fire
| Company
| Tuesday Aug. 3. temperature rs rs, 1872 !;
rain in the morning and afternoon pleasant !;
| sprinkling in the evening; petition for
| writ Of hdbeds corpus for Miss Jenny Wilson
| by Joseph II. Leaf heard before Judge Wales,
but not granted; the colored Democrat,
| John A. Harris speaks at the City Hall, but il
not enthusiastically received, and all attempt ia
| made to chase him ont OF town.
Wednesday Aug. 4. temperature 49, IS, 75';
pleasant during the dav. sprinklins in the
evening Senator Salisbury briefly inter
viewed by an EVERY EVENING representative
reorganization Of the Williams Club the wife
of Martin Reynolds attempts suicide.
| Thursday Aug. D, temperature 60, II, TAP;
| clouded over most of the day, partially star
| light at night Jefferson Club excursion to
Coney Island, with about 400 persons r. W.
Grand Lodge makes arrangements for join
ing in the dedication of the New Castle Odd
| Fellows and Masonic Hall on September IS,
the directors Of the City Railway Company
unanimously approve an extension OF the
line.
Friday Aug. 6, temperature n, 80, S32;
| cloudy all day, but fine sunset Scott NJ. L.
Church excursion to Atlantic City, with about
| 800 persons.
Saturday Aug. 7, temperature 10, SO, $40 ;
fine weather very fine fruit and melon
market noticeable the City Democratic Asso-
ciation has another discordant meeting !;
rulnors of an all rail route down the peninsula
to connect with the Chesapeake Il Ohio rail-
road. more fully verified; Democratic election
OF delegates to the State Convention.
Sunday Aug. s, temperature 70, So, Sc ;
pleasant weather W. G. I. L. meeting at
| Rosendale Nights about 375 people attended
the Feit0n's Atlantic City excursion.
Monday Aug. 8, tempelature 49, 49, 1885,
fine weather Anthony Higgins ESD, counsel
for William Neal, asks Clerk Cochran for a
transcript Of the docket with a view to carry
ing the case to the u s. Supreme Court no
quorum at the meeting Of the Board Of Edu-
cation.
Tuesday Aug 10. temperature 3d. So, $50:
fine weather Mr.. Frank II. Thomas shoots a
burglar named Frederick Creese annual
meeting and election of the State Council o.
| U. A. M.
Wednesday Aug. IL, temperature IS. So,
8So; fine weather; Creese, the burglar, tried,
held in $4,000 bail for court, and taken to
New Castle enthusiastic pole raising by the
| Bayard Club.
Thursday Aug. 70, temp nature n, 95 s9o;
fine weather; a troublesome crowd of tramps
arrested in the Delaware W, stern round
| house the report of the Street Committee of
City Council recommending that the p, W.
4 u. put gate at the foot OF Market, adopted
by Council.
Friday Aug. 10, temperature 81, Sc, $50:
fine weather Henry G. Bedford, a young man
working at George Bakers machine shop, has
the bones of his pelvis broken by falling
shaft, and is dangerously injured.
Saturday Aug. H. temperature 81, 81, S6o;
clear in the morning and rainy in the after
noon Democratic County Convention at New
l Pnnnar nnnlnptnr n
shifting engine at the W. & n. depot has his
left leg crushed between two cars, and it was
necessary to amputate it below the knee /;
death of Henry G. Bedford.
Sunday Aug. IS, temperature IS, rs, 72o;
pleasant and windy weather Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church reopened after a
thorough cleansing.
Monday Aug. 16, temperature II, IL, 1872;
cool in the morning, pleasant through the
day death OF conductor Owen w. Benner:
the excursion of the Shields Library Associa-
ton to Cape May, with over 2, 500 persons on
board funeral Of Henry G.. Bedford 67
members of the Young Mems Republican
Club attend grand rally at kennett Square.
Tuesday Aug II. temperature 10, "a, 76 ;
fine weather DIR. Thayer circus fails to
arrive on account of trouble at Chester a
long speech by Charles b. Lore Esq, before
the Second Ward Democrats moonlight
excursion OF Minqua Tribe Imp o. Il. NJ. on
the FELTON,.
Wednesday Aug. 10, temperature rs, rs,
10 cloudy; pole raising Of the Hastings Club
in Eighth ward funeral of Owen b. Benner.
Thursday Aug. 10, temperature 10, IS, SO;
cloudy with slight rain at night; West Church
excursion to Cape May by way of Camden
aud the West Jersey road grand Republican
rally at Institute Hall speeches by Richard
Harrington and others. Installation of the
officers of the State Council o. Z. A. NJ.
Friday Aug 30 temperature 50, 80, s6';
pleasant and warm trouble brewing between
State Committee and County Executive Com
mittee Republicans, the former being COM
monty known in Wilmington as the Bird wing,
and the latter the Higgins wing drowning of
George Smith, Jr., at Bancrofts banks bur-
glary of the house Of Mr.. George II. Bates
Saturday Aug. 81, temperature 81, 81, So
clear and hot Republican nomination cleo
ton for assessor and collector of city taxes
for the Northern district Edward Provost,
the present incumbent nominated ; rebellion
of the Republican County Executive Commit
tee against the State Central Committee.
Sunday Aug. %, temperature s., Sc, So;
clear and hot reopening of tho German
Luthern Church at Sixth and French streets.
Monday Aug. 90, temperature 81, Sc, "
close and sultry in morning. clear and hot in
the afternoon the Board OF Health held a
special meeting, and decided to notify trans
portation lines against bringing cases of small
pox from Philadelphia aud Camden, on the
!
Ward of Delaware county, Pa, addresses the
Y. NJ. II. @. at the the Lincoln Clubs rooms
over 800 persons from Wilmington, and l l00
persons all together attend Smiths Coney
Island excursion.
Tuesday Aug. a. temperature Sc. 80, 90
fine day and moonlight; the Democratic State
Executive Convention at Dover Col. Il. l..
Martin renominated for Congress by acclama'
ton; II. W. Cannon chairman of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee issues proc
!, lamation to the discontinued Republicans OF
, New Castle county Kate Callahan aged IL
strikes her sister aged II with Il heavy razor
strap, knocking her nscnsible, and leaving
her in a critical condition.
Wednesday Aug. %, temperature 81, 90
30 pleasant in the morning, about p, m. a
heavy wind and rain storm came up and il
rained pretty steadily during the evening and
part of the night peculiar display of cleo
tricity at Western Union Telegraph Office dur
ing the storm.
Thursday Aug. 81, temperature &c, 10, ~
clouded over I'd threatening in the morning
clearing on towards evening it Is made
public that many members Of the Republican
County Committee do not approve of the re-
! beious action of the others.
Friday Aug. u, temperature "a, 80, SO q
I cool pleasant day, heavily cluuded over dur
ing the first part OF the evening but no rain
; Almond Club pole raising over Third stree
J bridge; first meeting OF the Delaware s. +
Il. Co. in its new engine house.
! Saturday Aug. 2s, temperature 81. "a, SO
: a warm clear day Republican election helt
, throughout the State for delegates to tn,
state convention of September 9, 1850
/; Democratic nomination election OF collector
for the Southern district aud Councilmen il
/ all the wards except the Fifth, Sixth anC
Seventh "Cncle Toms Cabin at the Optr,
. House. Mrs. q. Howard as TopSy, 500 at thu
m ltinee and 500 at night.
Sunday Aug. 30, temperature 10 IS, 80
; clear but warm during the day aud rain i'll tn,
/ evening and during the night sixty-seventl
J; quarterly meeting OF the African Methods
r churches of the middle district.
t Monday Aug. 80, temperature IS, so, ~
3 clouded over and sprinkling now and then
= the old cOeducation report laid Oh the tabl,
by the Board of Education; the "Fou
n Seasons" combination at the Opera House
v II. $. Brown Of the Repubiicda assaulted OF
i the street by Thomas Reynolds young bar
a tender.
r Tuesday Aug. 81, temperature 10, 73, rs
clouded over all day lecture on Jews ant
q Jerusalem" at the Opera House lecture room
r by Prof, leder nomination election OF tn
. Fifth ward Republicans &; the city engineer
4 move into their new quarters at Sixth am
[ King streets.
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