The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-31
MINOR LOCALS.

Mrs. c. c. King of this town is SER
iously i'll.
-Elkton was well represented here on
Saturday night last.
A little boy went into a store in this
town and asked for CONSTITUTED I've.
Friday was given as holiday by the
Faculty to the students of Delaware Col
lege.
Mr.. Sam'l Darlington living on Della
. ware Avenue, is reported to be seriously
i'll of pneumonia.
DIR. @. Henry aud wife returned to
this town this week from an extended
Western tour
For sale-An excellent second hand
bicycle, AZ inch wheel Can he seen by
calling at this office.
Such weather Ms Wednesday and
Thursday, overcoats and heavy wraps
have to be kept in easy reach.
Mr.. Geo. d. Medil, who lives but a
short distance below town, shot and killed
wild goose one day this week.
The gutter near the postofice needs
the attention of some one, or else consid-
cradle sickness will be the result.
Edward Purnell, son of President
VIM. II. Purnell, is lying i'll at his
fathers residence Of scarlet fever.
Another section OF winter struck this
.orr, %, NIon1o,, ,,;ght Tbora ,yaa MANY
changes made in wearing apparel.
Mr.. ]. j. Pie considers his family
lucky. Out of fifteen children. only one
suffered an attack Of scarlet fever.
Now is the time and THE LEDGER
is the place to get a good bicycle. Como
aud examine the machine. 1t is now and
cheap.
"A very heavy frost was observed at
New London ON Wednesday night, and
on Friday morning there was frost in this
section.
Rev. II. Allan Griffith rector of St
Thomas Episcopal Church, this town,
has received call from large church in
Baltimore.
The greatest pleasure of country
base ball clubs is in abusing the umpire,
although there are plenty of aspiranis for
the position.
The blue tea party under the aus
plces of the Ladies' Aid Society, did not
pan out well. The attendance was small,
n,d 90 ,yo,a tl,a rncaints
What a great improvement there
has been made in some parts of the town.
where the high grass has been cut from
along the fence.
Ice cream of all navors, as well as
choice confectionery, can be obtained al
Mrs. S. A. Roach's saloon, on Main st
Give her a call
The ladies of the NJ. e. Church pro
posed to hold strawberry festival in thu
hall on the 18th and 18th of June. Fur
.her particulars hereafter.
1t would not be bad idea to allow
cows and horses to run loose on tho
streets to clear off the large crop of gras
growing along the cutters.
MIR. John Pilling, delegate to the Re
publican Convention at Chicago, vii
leave for that place tonight. Mr. Waite
s. Curtis will accompany him.
There is considerable sickness pre-
vailing in town at this time. Several ar
suffering from sore threats, which give
4 Ii.
One Of tho abutmeut walls of til
bridge crossing the stream near McLaugl
Inns MILL fell down one day last week
The bridge was undergoing repairs.
Large quantities of strawberries al
being shipped to northern markets frol
the lower portion of the Peninsula. NeS
week the largest shipments will occur, s
said.
There could be considerable said an
some objection raised about corner lount
ing and sitting on fences along the stree
but it would be only waste of time, an
loss of valuable space.
james Lynch and Charles Gabl
both of Elk Neck, Cecil county, indulge
in a fight last Sunday over their best gin
Gable was dangerously stabbed in Il
back and breast by Lynch.
The B. s. o., are pushing rapid
along They are using much heaVi
blocks of granite than is found in Il
p. w. and b. The steam shovel west
town is working fast.
Alex Richie and Charles Mile
well known here, left for Plum Cree
Nebraska, on Monday, where they W
spend several weeks in looking arou
and enjoying the country.
Some of the Elkton boys think
rare sport to shoot bull frogs at the Gre
lust north of that town, on Sunda,
from the iron bridge of the p, w and
II. II. Some expert marksman arc amo
the party.
Persons who are easily frightened
snakes should be careful when walk
along the sidewalks. There is no knC
ing what sort of an animal the h
grass may contain. Moral: Keep out
the high grass.
The small boy hieth to the d.
pond and there INDUCES in bath. b
are peculiar beings. No greater deli
can be given than allow them to TAX
"wallow" in pond, with the WI
churned almost to a thick mad.
-Messrs. Storey & Irons, of New l.
don, Chester county, Pa, cattle deal
will offer at public sale, at New Lone
ON Thursday, June 9TH, 1884, ID