The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-25
MINOR LOCALS.
are busy husking corn.
Eggs selling at 30 cents dozen.


Attend the lecture on Tuesday night
and hear Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood.
Business is looking up. 1t certainly
must be heartily tired of looking down.
The air is so full of politics it is hard
to scare up the smallest kind Of local.
Tomorrow the Sunday School at
Head of Christiana closes'for the winter.
-Tramps are still numerous in this sec
ton. They are all travelling northward.
Rather queer verdict the Coroner's
jury at Elkton gave on the railroad acct
dent.
Take days tramp through the
woods and admire nature in all her lovli-
ness.
"A vender of cheap writing paper was
in town Tuesday. He did some loud
yelling.
Mess ]. q. Shivler & Co., are having
q windmill erected at their hot houses,
near the depot.
Newark has been much quieter for
last few weeks than formerly, especially
on Saturday night.
We hope that some of the farmers
will have "husking" this fall. Lots of
fun there, you know.
-Chestnuts and walnuts in Chester
county, are plentiful this year. She'll
banks are very scarce.
The streets are still undergoing re-
pairs. This is good thing and we always
like to speak about it.
The temperance people will hold a
meeting this afternoon in the McClary
Building, Wilmington.
Mr.. j. I. Fisher is selling the roller
patent fl our. Gradual reduction system,
at $50 0 per barrel.
Mr.. James Dale has been uuwell for
some time past and as yet he has not
improved great deal.
Sausage selling at 10 cents per pound.
Scrapple 8 cents. This suits poor people,
especially newspaper men.
Pyle & Lichtenstein, Market street,
Wilmington, make a special announce
ment in this issue. Read their adj,
Miss Annie Draper of Wilmington,
Delaware, spent several days of last
week with her relatives in this town.
The enthusiastic partisan papers will
soon have to hunt up their ROSTERS.
Some of them will be needed before long.
The B. and o., Railroad are laying
the track in Wilmington, In n short
time the track-layers will be along this
way.
The sociable that was to have been
held in the basement of the First Presby-
terrain Church til is town, has been post
poned.
Miss Annie Hustler of this plac O.,
took charge of public school, No. 80, dur
ing the absence of its teacher, Miss Annie
Watson.
Improvements to the extent of about
$500, 900 have been made in and near the
town of Newark during the last few
years.
The heavy fire that occurred al
Smyrna this week ought to forcibly 70,
mind the Commissioners the need of fire
apparatus.
Don't fail to attend the lecture on
Tuesday evening, October 2Sth, in the
College oratory. Mrs. Belva A. Lock.
wood will talk.
of course every body knows Mrs. S.
A. Roach keeps constantly on hand al
her saloon the best oysters and ice cream
than can be obtained.
Tho tax gatherer is waiting and
anxious for those who have not paid their
taxes to come forward at once, and do so,
if they wish to vote next Tuesday week.
On Saturday last the Louisville base
ball club played with the Strickersville
boys, at the latter pace. The Strickers-
villeites were defeated by a score Of 8 to O.
The base ball season has ended. The
boys OF this town-large and small-have
played several games with neighboring
clubs and generally came off victorious.
When mosquitoes poster poor NOR
tails until this season with their ''cous-
inly" affection, it is high time tariff be
laid on human suffering in consequence.
ALI the members of the l. o. of Good
Templars are urged to be present at their
next session in Grange Hall, on Monday
evening next. Important business will be
transacted.
There was Republican meeting at
Landenburg on Wednesday evening.
Addresses were made by Messrs. Jesse
G. Dickey, Charles II. Pennypacker and
Jos. Perdue.
Houses are being rapidly built on
Choate street this last few months and
should not a pavement be laid on both
sides for the accommodation of the in.
habitants OF that street.
The Democrats of New Castle co.
held meeting in front of tho Mayors
office, at New Castle ON Wednesday even
ing. Addresses were made by Hon. VIM
Dean of this town, and others.
-Wanted-A man, Or a company, OIL
corporation, to build a number of dwell.
ings in this town. The houses built
would soon be rented. THE LEDGER is
anxious for some one to build it an office
No doubt it would be gratifying tc
know whether Newark will have lee
ture course this winter. We are unable
to say, but hope that there may be some
thing to amuse and instruct during thu
winter.
-'Now that the skating rink has beef
declared immoral, every little town wants
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