The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06
MINOR LOCALS.

The Active base ball club gave a
social dance on Friday night.
The colored excursion from this town
on Thursday was a small affair.
Newark station is the prettiest on
the line of the p, W. 81 B. r. r.
Considerable sickness is prevailing
among the farmers north of town.
Miss. Fanny Robertson will reopen
her school at Mrs. Cunningham's, Mon
day, Sept. sth.
1t is light affair to build air castles,
and to have them shattered, take an OK
cursion from this town.
Miss Emma Choate will accept our
thanks for some delicious cream and a
lot Of tootlsome cake.
Harry H. Haincs is having a neat
office erected in front of his livery stable.
Orders will be left there for teams.
Farmers are busy blowing for wheat.
The recent rain made the ground quite
mellow, but not enough 80 for easy work
-Gunners on the marshes in the vicin-
ity of Wilmington, are quite numerous.
Reed birds are fat, but the rail are poor.
1t is an interesting study to note the
curiously-gotten.up bundles that are
taken from this place by citizens of Elk
ton.
Peaches, pears and grapes are GER
tainly worry delicious eating, and this
week, our thanks are rendered to Mrs,
Baily for choice lot of this luscious
fruit.
Mrs. NJ. +. Choate has on hand sew
eral different kinds of ice cream. Try it.
Also keeps excellent confectionery and
fruits
Rev. Mr.. Read, local minister of
Philadelphia, Pa, preached in the NJ.
L. Church of this town on Sunday morn
ing last.
Misses Mary, Lizzie and Maria Cor
bitt, and Miss Amelia McGillen, of Phila-
delphia, spent last week with Patrick
COrbitt, near the depot, returned home
on Friday.
Miss LIZZIE Savin of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Carter and Miss Bowman of
Baltimore, are at present guests at the
N. L. Parsonage,
The people of this town are dead
against excursions. The man that takes
an excursion from this place and expects
large crowd, builds air castles.
If you want TO buy good firm ice for
coolers or other purposes, you cannot do
better than obtain it from James Powell,
who will deliver it free of charge.
If person wishes plate of ice
cream, they could not do better than call
at Mrs. Roach's saloon on Main street.
Choice confectionery can also be had.
President VIM. II. Purnell of Della
ware College, will not be able to speak
much on the temperance cause, owing to
the pressure of College affairs and other
work.
Mr.. Thos. Hardness living north of
town short distance, lost valuable COW
last week. The animal was eating apples
aud one getting fastered in her throat,
she choked to death.
Miss Harriet Dean, daughter of
Hon. VIM. Dean of this place, who has
been visiting in Europe for some time
past, is now OH her homeward voyage
across the billowy deep.
The young mons prayer meetings
has been discontinued for some time past,
is now held ON the 1st, End, and 4th
Thursdays of each month. All young
mon are invited to attend.
-Tramps are becoming dangerous in
Cecil A small school girl was attacked
by one of these wandering villains, but
was frightened away by the timely ar
rival of the principal of the school.
We had a pleasant call on Monday
from Miss Annie j. Smith, assistant to
Postmaster Strickland at Elkton. We
appreciate such calls, and trust our
friends will not pass us by when in this
town.
Rev. Mr.. Haynes, of this place, and
his son Edgar, of the Wilmington Morn
ing NsWS, have returned from their trip
to Va, visiting Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old
Point Comfort, Newport News, Williams
burg, Alexandria, Washington and Balti.
more.
AS soon as the grand exhibition
building is finished at the Cecil Fair, a
1 4, IL l.. A.
ing spirits Of Elkton. II will be gotten
up on magnificent scale. Tho proceeds
10 be applied toward the painting of the
building.
The Wilmington Opera House W i'll
inaugurate her season of amusement by
throwing open her doors to the Rentz-
Stanley Burlesque Company tonight. The
theatre has undergone a thorough over
hauling, and the amusement seeker will
DO treated to beautiful sight
Mrs. Priscilla Kimble of this town,
died on Wednesday, the Bird inst. Mrs.
Kimble was probably the oldest person
in Newark, with few exceptions, being
at the time of her death 81 years of age.
The funeral takes place today. Services
in the NJ. Il. Church. Interment at Kim
bleville.
-Cloyerseed, 1t is said, will be good
crop this fall II is rather an uncertain
crop. The hulling will soon commence.
VIM. T. Bowen OF near Elkton, has a
new huller, together with an excellent
engine and he is prepared to do work of
this character. He can be communicated
with al Elktou, Md.