Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-06
THIRD EDITION
OUR DOVER LITTER.
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DOVER. Del. :, Jan. AT an early
h ur last evening snow began TO iall az
this place and continued nnul al
midnight, and this morning II was 90
served that abOu; three inches mad III
len, which was enough to bring man!
sleiahs into use. To-day has been very
Disagree biz, and not pea SAINT Tor sIeieh
ing, but fearing that another OBJ ottu
Hits might not be afforded, tae ooy
made good use of the time, ad the
sound of the merry 81 Ugh be4is "eit
heard until late touF H.
The new public school at THIS RAG
is now about comPIsted, and WAL Ut
occupied ty the school children OF
Monday next. IL is patterned after
new school house, No. ~, recently
built In your city. and IS quite an orha'
ment to the town Graham & Son,
architects Of your city, drew the plans
for its construction, and they have said,
since its completion, that 1t is far supe-
rior TO that constructed IN Wilmington,
40 the workmanship was hrst, class ana 40
nothing sighted. The building Is 20
feet square, but built In the shape OF
Maltese Cross, all four OF the wings
being equal. The material used In us
construction is Of the most So bstantia.
kind. The foundation and cellar Walls
are of the heaviest stone, the building
proper being brick, faced with machine
pressed bricks, relieved somewhat by
Coursts of enameled brick, which adds
to its beauty. The building has a Slate
roof, surmounted by har dsome Gu
palo extending twenty-tour feet above
the roof.
The outside appearance is Ill posing,
but when you s'e. IuslI", your hI'".
naturally turns back 10 'ur sen Q
bouse. Of twenty yeA.s ago, at1 ''
contrast is q big cue. Eu flpS ,I
door you are usnered iur3 a Capacl' Il ,
hall 10 feet wide, running tLs"uRb lhr
building, with twu ,argt rooms 2lA25
feet on either side. Al. tue rooms "!t
lighted by four large windows, he seats
for the children beng so ARA aged that
the light falls upon their backs, winch
saves their eyes from the glare OF The
licht. The ceilings on tue tlEsJ ho0g are
Is feet, with fine black boards around
the sides of the rooms. The ventilation
is com plete, each 70 om being ventilated
top ard bottom by patent ventilators III
the cEimneys. A large room Tor each
school -ro0m is supplied with the neces'
sary books, etc.
At either end @! the hall is d large
easy stairway reading TO the seCUAu
story, which is divided up IN the same
manner az the first floor. TIE eight
rooms has seating capacity o. 4ol
scholars. The building VIII De AedleG
BY two large hot-air furnaces. The
building is a cred It to I4e town, auu
much credit ID due the contractors
Messrs. Fisher& BoCkmar, for ihe c1
cellent manner Ia which II was con
structed The Board Of Education
consisting OF nine mem bers, arc $50 de-
serving OF pr2ise for the Interest tueA
have manifested Ill the construction o
this building, 40 We. as Cr.pE az l.
their power Tor the educAtiuh VI TN
many children here. The building
complete, cost in the uelgnbOthcod q
SIC, 800.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Mrs. Charles AlIaway, the lat,
mentioned in a previous ir'ter A. hav
ing fell down stairs lnJur.ng heroel
severely, Is slowly Improving, hn
suffers excrutlating PAN and Is unabt
10 gain much sleep,
The OratOrio Of Queen Father wa
rendered again on Thursday evelln
in Court House Hal, hefore larg
audience. The entertain mt VA
much better tran The previous evening
and by request will be repeated o
Monday evening"
Many new buildings are uearln
completion in tins town, ana the pl"c
is rapidly growing. Dover Is ono
the finest towns il the State, and LS
many handsome dwelling hod-es an
public buildings. PENsEE.