The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-14

Hot. dry and dusty.

Miss Bessie Benton IS Y,sltlng friends
in Wilmington.
"A number of Gipseys passed through
town, Thursday
Mrs Lizzie Strickland of Newark, is
at Ocean Grove.
Tonight at Mrs. s. A. Roach's for
delicious ice cream.
Try kit of our Mackeral, 90 and 70
cents, at Bartons.
Mrs. John +. lewis of the Deer Park
Hotel, is at Ocean Grove.
Rev. George NJ. Bond and wife went
to Rehoboth ON Thursday
John Townsend Of Philadelphia
visited Bryant Smith this week
The new depot of the b x o. will be
nearing completion in short time
Miss Claudia g. Bowers, of Whining
ton, is visiting friends in this section
Miss Sadie Atkinsn of Wilmington.
is visiting her sister, Mrs VIM. Barton.
Mr. and Mrs Chas w. Horn OF Will
mington spent Sunday last in this town.
Attend the big sale of cattle and
sheep at T. W. Bye's farm, Thursday,
August 10Th.
The Misses Emma and Maggie
Blandy, are at Frederick CITY, Md, visit
ing friends.
The well, which is TO be used here
.by the b. x o., has been driven to Il
depth of1s0 feet
The Rock Presbyterian Church near
Fair Hill, Nd, has been neatly frescoed
by Philadelphia workmen.
Miss Ida Simmons and Miss Mary
r. Rambo, of this town, are visiting
friends at Head of Sassafras.
The weather has been almost too hot
to work this week. II never gets too
hot for the newspaper man.
Mr. and Mrs. S. c. Martindale of Glen
Falls, New York, are visiting Mr.. and
Clark Paxson, on Main street.
The Misses Rattle and Elsie Horn of
Wilmington, returned home ON Sunday
last after weeks visit to this town.
It Bond Brown, of Elkton, postal
agent between Baltimore and Lexington,
Va, paid this Office visit Yesterday.
1t takes an industrious man to keep
the weeds from covering up everything
in the garden in the way of vegetables.
Frank Mitchell of Philadelphia, is Wis.,
iting W. Atmore Woodrow, ut the East
End
Among the large number Of persons
who are spending the summer at water
ing places, we have never been able to
see our name.
Mr.. Nelson Warren, living II short
distance from town has been repairing
his fine residence.
There will be no service in the Episco-
pal Church ON Sunday. There win be
the usual service on Wednesday and the
following Sunday.
Mr.. VIM. b. Thornley,, one of our es-
Unable citizens, aged 70 years lies quite
i'll at the residence of his son-in-law |
Joseph b. Luton.
Go tonight and get plate Of ice
cream that will make you feel pleasant
all day Sunday. At Mrs s. A.. Roachs
saloon is the place to get it,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kclso, of Baltimore,
who have been spending some weeks
with Mrs. VIM d. Mackey, at the West
End, returned home on Tuesday.
j. H. Todd, carriage and harness
maker, may still be found at his oldstand
on the Depot road. Repairing prompt
ly attended to. Patronage solicited.
DR. A. N. Raub, Principal of the
Academy and Delaware Normal School,
started last Friday evening for Ohio.
He will be absent about two weeks.
There was no service at the First
Presbyterian Church Sunday last owing
to the illness in the family of the Rev.
VIM. Kershaw, who was to oiliciate.
"A photographer located in this town
last week. Now there is chance to
have "Your picture took" He takes
all styles, sizes and designs, and cheap.
The survivors Of the Fourth Reg-
ment Delaware Volunteers, with their
families, will hold reunion at Brandy
wine Springs, Del, on Thursday, August
18th.
At the pool contest on Tuesday night
Jas. McCloskey of Wilmington, beat $.
Ramona Choate fifteen straight games.
The pool room is now under the manage
ment of Al. Holman.
The East End of town is still i'm
proving. The fence along the sidewalk
is being set back and the walk will be
wider. This will make this end of town
very desirable place TO live.
No doubt there are number of per-
SONS in this vicinity that will be glad to
know that the Baltimore d Ohio will be-
gin running passenger trains regularly
on Monday, according to notice
Rev. Joseph S. Malone, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, here, is now
enjoying his vacation. lie started for
Europe on day last week He will visit
Scotland, England and Ireland.
Miss Rachel Stroup of Philadelphia,
is spending few weeks visiting rela-
tives in different parts of the State.
This lady spent this week with her neice,
Mrs. y. r. Mckinsey, who resides on
Choate street.
"A little misunderstanding occurred