The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-29
MINOR LOCALS.

Mrs. Caulk of this town is having
her residence tastefutly reprinted.
November term of Superior Court
began in Wilmington on Monday.
Misses Sadie and Mary Vansant of
st. Augustine, spent last Sunday in town.
The new Coroner in trying to quell
disturbance, had one of his fingers broken.
High tariff or low, there were ten
souls made happy in this town this
week.
If you feel hungry about bedtime,
why eat. 1t will not hurt you, and you
can sleep better.
1t is a general remark among editors,
that apples were never known TO be so
scarce-in the sanctum.
Judge" Mustard of Lewes, Del, u
former student of Delaware College was
in town few days ago.
Turkeys are not so sad as they were
Still their hope is but slim, because
Christmas drawcth near.
Mrs. A. $. Rollo, cor. 9TH and King
streets, Wilmington, keeps constantly on
hand varied assortment of hair goods.
Rev. II. Allen Griffith, Rector of st.
Thomas Church, this town, has received
a unanimous call to st. James Episcopal
Church. Downngton, Pa.
Oysters! Yes oysters! The incest,
largest and cheapest in town at Mrs. S.
\. Roach's saloon on Main street. Only
p cents stew. Try them.
1t never has been known to be bet
ter than ut present-the matrimonial
market. A friendly warning to the old
bachelors, or they will get left.
"A heavy storm passed over this sec
ton last Sunday. The rain fell in tor
rents during the night, and the ground
was packed hard by the beating rain.
Mr. Nimrod Worrall's residence, on
Delaware avenue, is being improved by
neat porch. Mr.. T.. A. Watson is doing
the work, and is making II neat job of it,
IS. NJ. Donnell, ESQ, as agent for d.
w. Harnish of Lancaster county, Pa,
sold the brick house of Robert Crocs,
adjoining VIM. Wilson's store, this week
-Pennock & Foreman, clothiers, 9Th |
and Market streets, Wilmington, sent
change of adj this week, but it arrived too |
late for insertion. II will appear next |
week.
Work of grading the depot road is
being pushed along very rapidly. When
completed it will make an excellent /.
driveway, and quite place for bycicle |
riding.
Leap year. Perhaps this explains |
why there are so many marriages Just at |
this time. Verify the year is rapidly |.
drawing TO a close, and Hymen is kept |
busy tying the silken knot.
As THANKSGIVING is over, attention |
will be turned to Christmas, which is but |
Il few weeks off. If you wish to buy
some pretty present, just look over THE
LEDGER, and You can soon find place
A Young man was asked how he |
would go to the Gotten Exposition and in
reply said, "lf was going to the Cotton
Expedition would buy ticket TO New |
York, and then 90 down the Mississippi. |
The Rev Charles c. Griffith, of the
Church Of the Epiphany, Washington, |
d. G., spent THANKSGIVING day with his |
brother, Rev. IL. Allen Griffith and |
preached at the Thanksgiving service in |
st. Thomas Church.
On Thanksgiving evenings company
of young folks, numbering about sixty in .
all, gathered at the house ofWm. Singles, /
Esq, who lives but a short distance from
this town, where the evening was passed
in most happy way.
A series of class and experience meet
ings have been held in the Nj. f. Church |
during the week, preparatory to regular
revival series to continue through the
coming week. All are invited to these
nightly meetings, and the hope is that
much good may be done.
a supper will be given at the Head
of Chrstiana Church on Wednesday
next, December 3rd, for the benefit of
the church. Hacks will be run from this
town, if persons desire to be so conveyed.
Supper will take place from 3 to 10 p. NJ.
All that can should attend.
All that are left-a meek-looking
rabbit and Il sorrowful-looking partridge,
held a meeting recently and after much
argument decided to visit the New Or
leans exposition. Gunners should not be
discouraged at this, but keep right on
even if nothing better than to shoot at
targets.
BE it distinctly understood, that the
riot and strike of the Italians, reported
in full elsewhere, did not occur in this
town, and many of our citizens knew
nothing of it, until they saw the daily
papers of Wilmington. Please bear this
in mind, you Wilmington dailies, and
not place the riot ut this town.
From spring-like weather on Sunday
the thermometer took "header," and
on Monday it was truly winter weather.
Tuesday morning the air was biting and
blue noses manifested themselves. With
the new school house nearly completed,
winter, with her Gold and icy hands,"
may ask for a Shake" any time.
"A young man in delivering some po-
tatoes at the steam shovel, on the b. & o.,
met with a mishap, in which the potatoes
took quite fall. In crossing the high
bridge, just west of town, with the pota-
toes on his back, his foot caught OH
atppo aud 1nu.,t avnryt binar want No |