Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-29

A Glance at tine New Buildings Co
ing Hin.

A Glance at tine NeSy Buildings CO.
ing Up.
Special Correspondenceof Gazette and journal
NEWARK, July 22.-The steam yacht
Bessie, owned by II. B. Wright, and re-
Gently on the White Clay creek. has been
transferred TO Elk river. IL will be used
as pleasure boat by it's owner.
Building operations have never been so
extensive and varied as during this last
spring and summer. About 80 houses
and stores have recently been built, with
more in prospect. Among them are the
new store and dwelling Of Theodore Arm
strong, designed to be the handsomest in
town. Near by is the store formerly oe-
cnpied by William Russell and owned by
Samuel Donnell. This store has Just
been enlarged and completely trans
formed, having handsome plate
glass front and being within so
feet of the new b. &c p. railroad. Mr..
Donnell will shortly build handsome
residence on his recently purchased lot
adjoining the Deer Park Hotel. His store
ia now for sale. Joseph Willis, the con-
tractor, is building for himself very
pretty cottage ON Delaware avenue. This
street has had remarkable growth.
Several years ago there were hut two or
three houses there, now there are dozen in
Guiding the new dwelling Of Wesley Hart,
the undertaken. Coroner Bayard Wild.
does has doubly enlarged his old house
and added front similar to his
next neighbours, Edward McPike. n. L.
Choate has torn down his old store and
dilapidated house and is rebuilding both
upon the old site. There are also two
new railroad stations among the improve
ments, but ma neither of these is built yet
their consideration will be deferred. j.
4. Maxwell ia building brick undertake
ing establishment TO have Q glass front
and other features.
NEWARK, July 2S.--Harry Anderson, aged
40 years, and recently q clerk In Rankin
Armstrong; store died this morning ut the
residence of his parents north OF town.
Bank Examiner j. b. Ramsey visited the
bank this week and reported everything to
be- satisfactory In the accounts. This bank
has Just declared a sent annual dividend Of
A per cent.
NEWARK, July -Theboard of trus-
tees of the Newark Academy have appro-
priated the sum of 81 900 to be used in
the repairs to the buildings of that insti-
tuition. New board walks, fences and
other outdoor Improvements will be
made. The interior improvements will be
much more extensive and will consist Of
new plaster, paper and paint, together
with new furniture.
Extensive improvements have not been
made here for many years and parts of
the school, particularly the gymnasium,
have become quite mutilated.
The Baltimore d Ohio Company has
abandoned its original hope TO obtain
sufficient quantity of water for their
engines in transit by an ordinary dug
we'll near the new station. This we'll with
q depth of so feet and diameter Of 20
feet proved inadequte and an artesian
we'll driver is now on the scene and has
driven hole of about 100 feet in the
bottom of this old well and will continue
to bore till they find water.
NEWARK, July 27.-Thomas Davis, in
the employ of DIR. Kollock, received in
the mail this morning very much
soaked newspaper from Ireland with the
following printed notice attached with
mucilage: This piece is portion of the
mail forwarded from Queenstown, Ire
land, per steamer Oregon on March 7th
and damaged by the sinking of that
vessel off Fire Island on March 14th.
Recovered from the wreck July 1st-4.
Signed by Henry G.. Pearson, postmaster
at New York. The address was hardly
legible and Thomas PRIEST quite highly.
The long shedding of the Washington
House is being torn away and new build
ings will be erected on the site by James
A. Wilson, the proprietor.
The criminal docket has been rather
full for several weeks and Justices Vallan-
digham and McKeowan have been CON-
mensurately busy. A criminal action was
brought today before Squire McKeowan
by Hannah Potter against her husband
James Potter for assault and battery with
intent to kill. The matter was sifted by
the magistrate and found to be the result
of strained family relations primarily
caused by whisky. They were held in
800 bond to keep the peace.
There was also very complicated case
before Squire Vallandighan yesterday.
Three persons were concerned in the case
and there were Mt least six charges and
counter charges. The parties live at Rose
vile. Mrs. Robert Wright VS.. James
Foreacre to require bond to keep the
peace. He reciprocated and asked for
similar bond. She then filed an affidavit
charging him with assault and battery
upon her IL. years-old son, Robert Wright,
Jr. Robert Wright, ST., then charged
Foreacre with assault in last
March, and the accused again
returned the compliment and charged
Wright with carrying concealed deadly
weapons. 1t is needless to say perhaps,
that they were all put under bonds to
keep the peace on account of the contra
diotory evidence and general worthless
ness Of the parties in the action who were
neighbors and were worried by the chill
dren, and cats and dogs of each other,
was as the magistrate afterwards said,
a curious pot-pourri of cats, dogs and
children.
Five or six persons were immersed in
White Clay creek ON Sunday last by tho
Rev. j. l.. Parsons of the Christiana
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