Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-28
LuuiL Hn&pi1i rs.

At the sale of the stock of Eastburn &
Armstrong; livery stable on Saturday,
horses brought from 8100 to $3.50.
Schooner Hickman, LAG tons, built at
Lswes, in 1858, has been sold to Jesse l..
Scott OF Boston on private terms.
Contractor Newton Fl. Cioud has
erected himself an office and shop at Mt.
Salem aud will occupy them in the
spring.
DR.. J. p. Pyle, son of the ex-sheriff,
has opened an office at Ninth and Wash
iIston streets. He registered at Reg
istrar Frazsr's Thursday.
William Spencer, janitor of school No.
2, and sexton of Central Presbyterian
Church, died at his home, No. 306 East
Ninth street, Sunday afternoon.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Delaware Fire Insurance Company
will be held on Monday, March 81, and
three directors elected to serve for tnree
years.
John Ball OF the Ninth ward, an en-
ploye on the p, w. & B. railroad, was
badly hurt about the chest while coupling
| oars in the coal yard of Charles Warner
& Co., Monday morning.
| For de.raudipg John s, Hofecker Of
this city, through a confidence business
| scheme, Curtis and Amor Redhetfer and
q. P. Cline of Philadelphia were held in
$500 for court at hearing In tina. city
| Monday.
W. r. Brinkie & Co., at Greenville,
Saturday shipped the first car load of GOAL
over the Kantmere Branch of the w. &
N. railroad. II was consigned to Joseph
Bancroft & Sons at Rockford, and was
sent to their works.
At the personal property sale Of
| franklin Pennock, Mill Creek hundred
Friday, five horseS brought from $l3l
to $169,a yearling colt was knocked down
at S1e0, and COWS sold at from $42 &c
500 80. There was large attendance.
The personal property of Lore & Son,
sub contractors of section No. II, B. Il p.
railroad, we're sold at sheriff eale al
Newark on Thursday and purchased by
McCafferty, Malloy & Co. and Williar
o'Meara, who will finish the contract.
The new sidewheel steamboat Olym
plan, Captain Ackle, built by Harlan q
Hollingsworth for the Northern Pacif'
Railroad Company, arrived at Acapulco
Mexico, February 22i, and cleared th'
next day for Portland, Oregon, via. Sar
Francisco.
| Tuesday l.. W. Stidhsm & Son, solo
for Donnell & Wakefield near Newark
six horses varying in price from 800 tt
s201; average 8156; 10 COWS from $46 Il
$S1, average $63 13; IL shoats aversg'
$l2; and farm wagon for $l05 so. Th
sale was we'll attended.
The partnership between Drs. Brown
and Tomlinson OF this city has been dis
solved. Dir. Brown because Of i'll healtl
has removed with his family to Philadel
phia and DIR. Tomlinson has purchased
the drug store at Sixth and Walnu
streets where he will continue the prae
tioe Of the late firm.
A small boy engaged in the harmless
pastime of whipping top, threw tn
wooden cone through side light iu tn
French plate show window Of Fenn
Co., druggists, Eighth street nes
, Tatnall, shivering large hole in tn
glass. The young top whipper COZ
fessed his accident and Immediately too
i steps to repair the break.
= Chester undertaken WAS arrested 8
, the p, W. & B. station Tuesday aftel
noon for taking bodies through this cit
without q permit from the registrar. Th
arrest was made at the instance Of Regii
trar Frazer, who after learning that th
/ undertaken was ignorant of the fact tn,
: he wAs violating an ordinance, withdre
Q his suit upon the defendant's payment
the costs.