The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-24


A The roads are improving since the
rain.
Herring frogs croaked one night
recently.
"A large number of movinea passed
through town this week.
The household goods of D. W.
r,skey. we're cold on Wednesday at
good prices.
1t was reported to rs that Barley
Moore lost six pigs, instead Of twenty
one as reported.
David NJ. Ulrich advertises his cele-
braied stations Companion and Cimmar-
ron, in these columns.
st. Patriek's day was very pleasant,
which was caused, no doubt, by being 80
ontdonc by the blizzard.
All kinds and styles Of spectacles and
Eve Glasses at reduced prices from 25c
up, at F. NJ. @. Choate's.
AT the public sale of W. s. Mote on
Tuesday was we'll attended despite the
rainfall, and stock sold we'll.
Just think of IL, all the way from Can
ada, Smoke House and Orange Pippinj
Apples, to-day at Grifith's Glass Front
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the Brandywine at the
end of the B. & o. dock, Wilmington. on
Tuesday.
There will be preaching by the pas
tor at the Christian Church next Lords
day, morning and evening. Al are
welcome.
-Ifyou would please your children
use Marbled Egg Dyes, for dyeing Easter
eggs, Five cents bottle, at Smiths
Drug store.
"A very interesting article from Mr..
S. L. Nivin of Landenburg will appear
in our next issue. Read his ad in TO-
days paper. y
Lost.-A scarf pin representing sword
was lost in or about this building The
finder will be literally rewarded by
leaving it at this office.
The postponed sales suffered conf
siderably at the hands of the weatheA
this week. They all took place, how
ever, and good prices were realized.
"A lot of fine cattle passed drought
town on Monday going to Wilmington.
They belonged to John McKane ofBarks-
dale, he had sold them to butcher in
Wilmington.
There will not be a very great
change among renters on the "a or 30 in
this town. Several have already changed
homes but apart from this the annual
move will be quiet.
in this issue will be found the i'd
vertisement of d. Landreth & Sons, seed
men, Philadelphia. This old established
firm have for sale among the most relia-
BILE goods to be found in America.
"A lecture will be given in the Col
lege 0ratory on Friday evening, April g.,
by DR.. Mary Allen, of Ithaca, N. Y, on
Requests We Make Our Children" The
proceeds will be for the benefit of the
W. Q. I. U. Admission only 25 cents
Will G. Laws that old Delaware boy
so well and favorably known in this
county and Cecil, gives an invitation to
his friends, through these columns, TO
visit the reliable furniture house Of WINS
Il Bro, So North I'd street, Philadelphia.
Very soon the farmer will begin pre-
pairing for spring work. The plows have
to be looked after, as well as the harrows.
Hedges must be trimmed, fence rows
cleaned up, and multitude of things
have TO be taken into consideration pre-
paratory to seeding.
The cutters at Nonatum Paper Mill
of Curtis & Bro, struck on Saturday ev-
ening last for higher wages. They
claimed that they had to work longer
and received the same pay as when they
had shorter days. Their places were
filed on Monday by other employees.
Cooch Bros, and Mclaughlin Bros,
flour, feed, white aad yellow meal sold
at their prices and in their bags and de-
livered free. Rankin Armstrong.
Sunday papers, Press, Times, News,
Record, New York World, Philadelphia
Item, Wilmington Star and Republic at
Choate's.
The Dover correspondent of Euery
Evening says; "0ne of the leading agri-
culturists Of this section in discussing the
experimental station, suggest that the
committee use Delaware College for the
labratory or scientific work as all the ap-
planes are there and that farm and
practical work be done on a tract of land
to be purchased near Dover" Is there
no good land in this section ? Since we
have lived in Delaware, we have under.
stood that the best land of the State was
in White Clay Creek hundred, New Cas-
tie county. Is there better quality OF
land to experiment upon?
Fine Old Mocha, Old Government Java
choice Maracaibo and Rio cofees, fresh
roasted this week, at lowest prices, Al
Grifiith's Glass Front.