The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-28

'lHhTttrei 50 inc party could all go US a
company? However it is rather late to
think of this.
--Sleighing was good ON Wednesday
evening. The moon made light enough
and the weather was just cold enough to
suit ALL Town was full of slcighs dash
ing up and down. Some of the horses
were quite speedy, but it was too dark
for us to tell who they were.
The Trustees of the College have
rented Mrs. Margaret A. Evans lot adj
journing the back campus for the stu
dents play ground The lot contains
from four to five acres and will be first
rate for the purpose intended. Now let
the young men prepare to give us some
good games.
AT Il meeting of the Town Commits
sioncrs on Thursday evening, it was
adopted that no person shall drive faster
than six miles an hour within the town
limits, Rather slow time, but we hope
to see the ordinance fully enforced when
it becomes a law. The ordinance will
be printed next week
-General Superintendent of Juvenile
Temples, Mrs. Emma Parsons, of Dover,
assisted by q. w. Counselor, Miss Mary
Crouch OF the same town, and q. W. C..
r., Prof Wesley Webb of Delaware Col
ege, organized a Temple in Grange Hall
on Wednesday afternoon last. This lodge
will meet weekly, and will he in charge of
Mrs. Rcbccca Williamson.
We noticed that many ofour citizens
failed to clean the snow from the side
walks in front of their residences after
the recent storm. Certainly there is IN
ordinance in the town laws compelling
persons to attend to this thing. If there
is not, one should possess pride enough.
and consideration for pedestrians, to re-
move snow as soon as the storm abatcs.
George Boulder, Jr., of Glasgow, has
exchanged his bay mare, MAUD Lay
man" for the roam mare, 81 Cannot See
and has placed her in quarters at his sta
BILE, under the dictatorship of Mr.. Robert
Brown, an experienced jockey until
spring, when he will place her in train
ing for the Spring Fair. Mr.. b. says he
will enter her in the $50 and 2:25 classes.
lie expects her to lower her record.
-Rentablc houses are still scarce in
town. II is said that not less than six or
seven applications were made in one day
for house. Somebody has got to be
disappointed most assurcly. Build more
houses and let them be roomy and ut
tractivc, and rent them out at amounts
within the reach of the working classes.
By so doing, a great deal will be achieved
towards making this place sought after
They bumped hard. 4 sociable party
was held at Strickersvillc, on Saturday
night last, so our informant said. and
during the progress of game called
"blind-man's-buff," lady and gentle
man, who were assuming the role, came
violently together, which caused the
young man to feel faint and the young
l"uy 10 see stars Names are suppress
e' 'ro,,, '''e i'Ct We 'oulu iio' i'i''' thelll
oW, we Wou'n 'hllk 'ha' one DIlhu-
ioi'e'i S'''''cieii' ior one pay
A young man of this town visited a
young lady not far distant in the country
some evenings since, and when about to
start home he discovered that friend
had united his horse unfastencd the
traces, removed burr from one of the
wheels ana UNASSIGNED the lines from
'he nH. we Woulu say TINS was rather
rough Joke Il intended us snch' Inc
trickSter may receive Il warm welcome
before long Us the cilap ON whom the
JOKE was leNeied' mas blood III ms eye
"A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Record prophcsics in this wise Of the
weather Tor the next three months
The closing days of February and first
days of March, 1885, will give the wild
storm of the winter, commencing near
February p. Stockmcn and travellers in
the northwest and in the mountain re-
gions should have warning. The South
ern rivers will get roaring high. 81
March the sky will become quiet and
warm, followed on 9th AMI 18th By rain
or snow and cold by the 9th. storm
areas will start the continent on the l2th
18th, 10Th; cold wave 23rd; stormy 27th,
and cold the 3Oth. April will be serene
anu bright MI the End, followed by BAT
weather, while May Will be terrific,
The Daily Republican of Wilmington,
on Tuesday last contained Il communi.
Gated article in which some of the field,
where few of our ministers are to labor
this coming year is named. In ii we