The daily gazette., 1883-09-01

marked for buildings as follows:
William G. Phillips, one house southwest
corner Fourth and French streets
Peter J. Ford, four houses northwest cor
ner Franklin and Union streets.
William G. Babb, one house east side
| Franklin, between Eighth and Ninth.
Elizabeth Deneher, addition to house
southwest corner and Townsend streets
William F Holland, two houses north
side Of A street, between Buttonwood and
/ Townsend.
Peter U. Furry, one house south side
i Fourth street, between French and Walnut.
Board of Public Education, schoolhouse
southwest corner Sixteenth and Claymont
streets.
Charles Mullin, addition to morocco fac
i tory north side of Front street, between
| Monroe and Adams.
John Williams, one house northeast side
| of Seventeenth street, between West and
| Washington.
George A. Frazer, addition to store, south
side Fourth street between King and French.
William I. Lowber, one house east side
Thatcher street between Thirteenth and
| Fourteenth.
George W. West, two houses east side
Jefferson street, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth
George W. Humrhry, one house west side
| Rodney street, between Second and Third.
Thomas Samworth, six houses southeast
| corner Front and Clayton streets.
I. Allen Hilles, two houses southwest
side Eighteenth street, between Tatnall and
| West.
Bailey and Hughes, two houses north side
Fourth street, between Franklin and Broome.
Charles Warner, one stable north side
1 Ninth street, between Franklin and Broome.
| Macmillan L. LichteLstein, addition to
house, west side West street, between Thir-
| teenth and Fourteenth
EdH ard L. Rice, Sr., two houses north
| west corner Pennsylvania avenue and
Broome.
Calvin l. Swayne, Gwo houses north side
Eighth street, between Van Buren and Har-
rison.
Trustees of Ezion M E, Church, one house
north side Third street, between DUPONT and
Scott.
Isaac H. McKaig, two houses east side
Spruce street, between Fifth and Sixth.
John B. Kindell, two houses north eide
Seventh street, between Pine and Kirkwood.
John McHugh, eight houses east side
| Church street, between Seventh and Eighth.
Daniel Money, one house north side
Twelfth street, between Heald and Clay
mont
John Mulrooney, one stable west side
Tatnall street, between Fifth aud Sixth.
Hugh Thorn, addition to house, west side
Orange street between Eight and Ninth.
John W. jackson, two houses west side
Wilson street between Ninth and Tenth.
Thomas R. Lally two houses north side
Front street, between French and Walnut.
John L. McCloskey, one house south side
Elm street, between Van Buren and Har-
rison.
William g. Pierce, two houses east side
Orange street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth.
james Lynn, two houses north side
l Eievanth street hafwaan HaaId and CLAW.
1 mont.
Total for the month, SO buildings; total
for August, 1889, 81 buildings.
PUMPING RECORD.
Chief Engineer Coyle furnishes the fol-
| lowing report of the work of the Water De-
partment pumps during the month of
| August:
TO COOL SPRING RESERVOIR.
Days Hours. Strokes Gallons.
TuTpina Mn1s'on " sss5Ss saasSs 1ig i75Ss Ss
| Amount pumped August 1882. 49,, ,493, $40
| TO RODNEY STREET BASIN.
Days Hours. Strokes. Gallons
Knowles ..... Is l57 l,7s7 l6.o829s4
Amount pumped August lss2....... 17'9l50Ie
1
FIRE RECORD.
| For the month of August L. G. File to-
| baceonst at No. los East Fourth street re-
ports the following alarms and fires: Au-
gust 2, ,15 a. IN. box "a, burning of two
| story frame building at Front an9 Madison
streets, owned by the Quimby estate and oc-
cupied by William W. Bullock as a planning
mill and box factory. Houses No. GA
Christiana street and Nos 621 and 625 West
Front street were also damaged Loss on
building and machinery, $4,000, with in
surance of $5 900; Bullock's loss on stock,
$500, with no insurance; Quimby's lumber
loss, $500, with no insurance. Department
in service three and a half hours. August
IL, $50 a. M, box 16, slight fire in bakery
of /. P. Venn at No. S29 Kirkwood street.
RE damage was trifling. The department
| responded, but no company went into ser
vice except the Reliance. August IL, 4.45
p m., box IS, burning of two-story frame
dwelling at Twelfth and Elizabeth streets.
Department In service so minutes. Loss,
$500.
ARRESTS.
For the month ending at midnight last
night, Chief of Police Hawkins reported
339 arrests, charged as follows Drunk,
los; vagrancy, so; dunk and disorderly,
Al; assault and bait, ry, 81; disorderly con-
duct, 35; larceny, 81; suspicious characters,
6, violating city ordinances, 5; corner
lounging, 2; insane, 2; assault, I; forgery,
/; burglary, /; cruelty to children, L; con-
tempt, 1.
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Knocked Overheard and Drowned.
On Thursday last John G. Smith, a watch
man who lived on Claymont street, near A,
went down the bay on board an oyster boat,
to engage in the oyster trade during the
season, and was accidentally knocked over
board by the jib boom and drowned at the
mouth of the Leipsic creek. Up to last
night his body had not been recovered and
mis- brothers-in law, Robert T. Moody james
Davis and Captain Hickman, went to the
scene of the accident this morning for the
purpose of finding the body If possible. Mrs
Smith is lying at the point of death and is
unaware of her husbands fate.
Parade Officers Chosen.
At meeting of the Delaware Fire Com
pany held last evening the following officers
were elected for the parade of September 10
when the Weccacoe Fire Company will re-
ceive the Liberty Fire Company, of Read
ing: Chief Marshal, William j. Maxwell,
Comnauv Marahal Robert w rhamha~a.