Daily Republican., 1885-12-26
a Bre.k kfass for the Police.

of Police Dougherty, which was. how.
ever, hushed on the approach OF any Of
the men. 1t was evident that some |
thing momentous was about to happen,
but what It was no one seemed to |
know. The Mayor still wore his 40.
customed smile, and the Chief was, a.
usual, courteous and polite to all. The
sergeants and men were conscious OF
having done their, duty but still were
puzzled to know what caused the CHIEF
to wear such mysterious air, which
1t 10 scarcely necessary TO say 10 30
foreign to his general frank and open
manner.
The mystery was solved ON Thursday
evening, when the men were invited, to
partake of . Christmas breakfast at
the police station at o'clock on Fri.
day morning, and ct that honr the
entire force, with the represe nta tives
of the press and other invited guests,
making sixty -four in all, were on hand
ut the appointed place. A large table
was set Ia the private room OF the
Chief, and WAS loaded with turkeys
and other delicacies. Mrs. Rhoads
and Mrs. Dougherty were In charge,
and were ably assisted by Miss Sallie
Glacken, Janitor Meacham and Wal
ter Kelley. The table was filled by
the day men first, and they were
scarcely seated when the night men
filed into the room and Serge ant,
Whaleu, on behalf Of the entire force,
presented Mayor Rhoads with beauti-
full heavy gold ring, bearing the letter
| r" get with diamonds, and the Chief,
with magnificent pair Of cuff buttons.
The sergeant made an appropriate
speech in which he returned the thanks
OF the men for the kind and courteous
treatment which they had received at
the hands OF the Mayor and Chief. and
concluded by expressing the hope that
they would merit q continuanceo OF their
approval.
Although the Mayor was taken com.
pletely by surprise, rs the matter had
been kept profound secret, he made
an excellent speech, in which he thank
ell the men for their handsome present,
and said that he was perfectly satisfied
with the force and che way In which
they had performed their duty. He
thought the police of Wilmington
would compare favorably with those of
Philadelphia or any other city in the
United States. and believing that they
would continue to do their duty, he
wished them all Merry Christmas.
Chief Dougheriy said this token from
the men was complete surprise to him,
but they could rest assured that 1t was
highly appre ciated. He felt certain
that the men would continue to do
their duty In the future az they had In
the past, and said that, as long
as they did 30, they could rely on hi
Support and assistance. He concluded
by expressing the hope that they
would all tceet again next year.
The day force then parteok of the
breakfast, but before they went out on
Iduty vote of thanks was, at the sug.
gestion Of Chief Dougherty, rendered to
the representatives of the press for their
courteous treatment of the force. On
motion OF Officer O'Neill q vote OF
thanks was extended to the ladies who
had prepared the breakfast.
The night men then took their places
at the table and did ample justice to the
: many good things spread before them.
A third table was filed by the officers
who had been obliged to attend the
early session of City Court, with Clerl
of Council Hyland, and other invited
guests. An abundant supply of segari
was served, and the entire affair wa
one of :.the most pleant incidents o
the day, and will serve to cement still
closer the bonds of friendship whici
exists between the Mayor, the Chic
and their officers.
Temperance Meeting NJ New Castle
A very enthusiastic temperance meet
ing was held in the Methodist Episco-
pal church, in New Castle, DEL, on
: Tuesday evening last. The meeting
WAS held under the auspices of the w
@. 7. u. of the town, and the society
! occupied seats in front of the audience
each wearing the badge of the society, ,
neat bow of white ribbon. The exer
cises were opened by singing " Resou'
the Perishiug," after which Mrs. T. e
Terry led the congrega ion in prayer
This WAS followed by singing Tn
Signs of the Times" after which Mrs
A. E. Davidson, the President Of tn,
society. introduced to the sudienc
Miss Henrietta Moore, of Ohio Mis-
Moore has recently been making lee
turing tour on the Peninsula, or rathe
Throughout the State of Delaware, lee
turing in behalf of the W. @. T.. o., ant
7 she concluded her labors among us will
her lecture in New Castle on Tuesday
night, starting for her home in Ohio OF
= Wednesday, and II her lecture here wa
= fair sample of what her labors hav,
been elsewhere, vast amount of goo(
must have been done by her. For 81
hour and twenty minutes she held tn,
undivided attention of her audience
with arguments that must have con
: vinced the most skeptical of woman
duty, and also of her importance as
factor in the great moral reformation
that is destined at last to dethrone KIM
alcohol. Seldom, If ever, has so larg
. an audience assem- bled In New Castl
. to listen to any lecturer, and not on
: was heard to say anything but word
4 Of praise CT the lecture when 1t wa
lover. The best wishes Of the entir
: ! audience will follow the speaker to he
y western home in the Buckeye State.
The local union here Is doing gran,
3 and noble work, having organized II
connection with the Union q Dorca
> society, and at their regular weekl,
' meetings they spend a season in sewin
for the poor and otherwise providin
dressing the society on Wedneeda,
morning before she left, said that In he
: travels through the State she did NO
think she had found local union any
= whers that was so we'll organized an
!" doing such noble work as the one q
New Castle.
At the close of the meeting q collec
p ton was taken for the benefit of tn
o National Women's Christian Temper
Z ance Union, and Miss Moore expresse
i herself a. highly gratified at the result
On the platform were three stands q
o oolors, representing the different ns
tions of the earth, kindly loaned an
arranged for the occasion by Mr.. j. q
: Rogers, and this added much to the ap
r Ipearance Of the room, and was in keeI
a ing with the worldwide purpose an
y mission of the Women's Christia