Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-02-23
FOURTH EDITION,
Dots.

Inc pubic SCHOOLS are CLOSED to-uay.
Sunday was Washington's birthday.
Will the Legislature pass the Third
street bridge bill this session .
Workmen comm enced to- day to clea
away and prepare for building the new
Wilmington roller rink.
The protracted meeting At the Union
NJ. Z. church has closed. About Il
persons professed conversion.
Never be afraid TO let people know
what occupation you follow for liveli.
hood.
The attraction for this evening at the
skating rink will be the two Wilson
midgets, the smallest skaters on record.
II. G. Conrad, Esq., actuary Of the
colored public schools Of this State, has
been visiting schools In Kent and Sus-
Sex recently.
7. w. Steward has sold his Green.
bank property TO S. +. Marshall, of this
city, and has returned to his former
residence, No S33 Vest Ninth street.
While other public eff ces were closed
today, City Auditor Ball had his open
TO accommodate those who wanted tC
pay their cuTbing and paving bills.
Zachariah T. Guthrie died yesterday
at the residence Of his parents, aged 3
years, after an illness of about on.
week.
Jefferson Council, No. 10, o. L. A.
M, on Saturday evening, entertained
q 1ldrn Star Council, No. 3l9, of Lin
wood, Pa.
l. Il. Jones, James A. Stirling and
Martha q. Taylor have been incorpo
rated as " The John Taylor Company
70 carry gu tbe morocco manufacturing
business OF this city.
The Legislature OF Illinois again mel
in Joint session on Saturday 70 vote fOi
y. 5 Senator Logan received 10t
votes, but AS the Democrats did not r..
-pond to their names, the convention
| adjourned
| The building prospect Is rathe
| gloomy from present appearances Thu
| -priug in Wilmington. Where is ,h'
| nan wac Was going to spend that on,
| hundred thousand dollars III house
this year ? Bring him out or give u
his name, Il. T..
! The following young gentlemen hav,
Il
| AXE place on Wednesday evening a
the rink Fnllenwider, McCanll, First
ratnall, Ltirobe. Postles and tax col
lec'or Moody. The prize for the win
uer " i'll be IA handsome gold badge nov
being made by G. +. Rudolph, jeweler
Mr.. ID. q. Kendiy, assistant manage
If the Eleventh street rink, has severe.
his c0nnt ctious with the same and viii
engage in the Wholesale tobacco bus'
ness AT Stcughton, Wis. We wish hin
rs much success III his new business a
10 met with in bis enterprise in thi
lefty.
Mr.. Carroll has a young lady .lG wear
OF age, that he offers to match again.
all corners for purse of 500 a side an
the championship of the State of De,s
ware for fast skating, from one to fiv
lmiles. and any one " fishing to acceI
Ithis Chal. enge can meet Mr.. Carroll a
1.-THE rink, Ninth and Walnut streets. an
lafternoon next week from to5 O'Clock
or from : to II in the evening.
Mr.. G. A. Garrctsan, "A former Wi
imingtonian, is again resident of thj
lefty, where he has resided for the ma.
jnontb, called on us this morning, an
said that Lis home is not at York, Pa
AZ the other papers have stated, but /
Wilmington. Mr.. Garretson is one c
the stockholders of the new rink, an,
will be manager of the same. He is
gentleman who will make hosts q
friends here, and is one of those hal
fellows well met.
Nes='rs. Norris and Seeds, who hav,
been on a visit To New York and Eliza
b tn, Inspecting the skating Kinks a
those two places, returned home thi
morning, with several new ideas wheel
ithey have adopted in their plans OF tn
new Fourth street rink. mr. Eldrtde
Fierce, aHo her stakeholder, is yet II
New York, where le expects TO get
further insight into the rink business
with the intention of giving this cit
the benefit of his observations