The Delaware ledger., 1883-09-01
TICKETS, good ON the boat.
for sale at this Office.

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Mr.. Cravan who recently moved here,
from a village near Reading, Pa, has in
his front yard, at the Easl end of town,
among other flowers some very peculiar
sun flowers. They are quite a curiosity
and attract no little attention from tho
passers by.
DIR. Edward G. Jay and wife, of this
town, have just returned home from an
extended trip to Old Point Comfort,
White Sulphur Springs, Newport News
and New York. The Doctor says the
tour was most thoroughly enjoyed by
himself and better half.
1t is so understood that young man
who resides In this neighborhood, walked
about fifteen miles, more or less. up and
down the platform in front of the depot,
not many days hence, with beautiful
young lady. We sympathizo with the
couple. We were very young once our
selves.
President Purnel has returned from
Baltimore where he spent portion of his
vacation in writing for the columns of
the Morning Herald. He has been engag-
ed for several days past in experimenting
the cleaning and repairing of the College
building and getting things generally in
readiness for the reopening next week.
"A young gentleman of this town says:
"Why is 1t necessary for some Of the
young men Of Newark to go to neighbor-
ing town to get young ladies for their
yachting parties, when there arc so many
In their native town who are equally
pretty, interesting, and by whom the said
young men have been so frequently enter
tained?"
We unintentionally failed to mention
the very pleasant picnic of the NJ. E.
Sunday School, oil this town, held on Iron
Hill on Tuesday of last week. A great
many persons were in attendance, and n
most thoroughly good time was enjoyed
by both old and young The young ladies
looked decidedly pleased on their home
word trip. They smiled-and others
smiled.
"A white pet squirrel, belonging to a
little daughter of Mr.. J. G. Shiveler,
Agent at the depot, has escaped. The
little animal had been given its liberty on
several occasions, and but little appre-
hension of its leaving such "a good home
was thought of, but as liberty is sweet,
50 in the shades of night, it disappeared
and has not been heard of since. The
little girl sadly mourns the loss of her
pet.
"A little child of Mr.. Joseph Willis,
OF our town, met with very painful
accident the first of this week. The lit
tic thing was sitting on a char, and
while moving around, suddenly fell off,
its mouth coming in contact in the fall
with the edge Of the chair, resulting in
the driving Of the teeth of the upper jaw
into tho gums. DIR, Henry was immedi-
ately sent for and rendered medical assis-
tance to the little one. The sufferer is
now doing we'll
Mrs. Edwin Dillworth (nee Warren
daughter of Mrs. Hudson Steel of this
town, was pleasantly and agreeably sur
prised by her husband, on Thursday
evening, with beautiful organ. lie car
ried the surprise out more thoroughly by
at first presenting his smiling betier-half
with mouth organ, after which he made
the more substantial present. They live
in Wilmington at the Cor. End and Madi-
son. Mrs. Steel of this town was a guest
! at the festive scene.
We have been shown this week by
Mr.. j. S. Shiveler, at the depot, patent
electric call apparatus. This patent was
I invented by his son, Charles =. Shiveler,
OF Brooklyn, New York, and it provides
a simple means for ringing one OF moro
bells at distance from central point
such as bells in rooms of hotels-each Of
which may DC rung separately or all ut
given time, in case OF fire. This is very
useful and ingenious patent, and it speaks
for itself as a most useful call Or alarm
bell in hotels or other large buildings.