The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-05-26
saturday, May 90, 1851

Best brands OF cigars ana Tobacco at
Barton's.
See Russell, Messimer & Cos new
add in next issue.
Two Interesting articles on Holstein-
Friesan and Jersey cattle in this issue.
Household ammonia, full strength,
in pint bottles, cheap, at Beaton
Smiths.
How will Town Council get the
water from the street in front of the
Academy?
Slight frosts is making the young
corn turn pale, while the grass weeps
every time it rains.
A delegation from this town will go
TO New Castle to .day to attend the Demo-
cratic meeting there.
Best line of Stationery at Smiths
Drug store.
The old fence that enclosed the
Academy grounds has been torn away.
The ground now lies open.
On Saturday the Academy ball team
visited Strickersviile and defeated the
club there by a score of 10 to -.
The races at Hazel Dell, on next We'd
nesday and Thursday will attract many
persons. See ad. giving trials and purses.
Mrs. Wood has opened out first
class stock of confectionery, cakes, cigars
etc, in The Doughcrty store, at the p. W
< b. Depot.
The heavy rain fall is in measure
charged to the Baptists, who have been
in session this week. This is merely
guess work.
Fred Choate looks neat in his new
suit, but he is not at all proud. In fact,
he'll take your order for all the latest
and best novels and magazines.
Attention is called to the pub lie sale
personal property of Clinton Garrett
in this issue This will be an excellent
chance to buy good stock and farm i'm
plements at small price.
The young ladies and gentlemen of
Dover have established gymnasium
Why can't Newark do as we'll? Let
some of the young folks call meeting
and see what can be DONE 4.
Strawberry festivals will soon be in
full force, and then the big hearted
young man can show his generosity and
secure unlimited amount of praise as
long as his money holds out.
The finest Delaware, Maryland and
Chesapeake City shad, is what Bat
O'Rourke cries, and he knows what he is
saying, all the time. Not only good had
but fine herring. Watch for him, wait for
him.
Mrs. S. A. Roach still continues to
please her patrons in making excellent
ice cream. Tonight she will have
strawberry ice cream. Orders will be ia
ken to supply ice cream by the quart or
gallon.
The races at Hazel Dell on Decora-
ton day, Wednesday, May 80, promise
to be very interesting. The purses Of
ferred will attract fast horses. The dou-
BILE team races will prove intensely ex-
citing.
-Dobson has placed neat lot of mar
BILE top tables and cane seat chairs in his
ice cream parlors, second floor. Tonight
he will have bisque, strawberry, and va
nilla ice cream. Special invitation ex-
tended.
The willow tree standing near the
Deer Park Hotel was shorn of consider
able beauty by the lnemen of the West
ern Union telegraph company. A large
portion of the tree was cut away on the
western side, given to it an ugly shape.
The Independent Order of Good
Templars of this town will hold a straw
berry festival in Caskey Hall on Friday
and Saturday evenings, June LIST and
I'd. Those having the matter in charge
promise to make the occasion pleasant
one.
w. Atmore Woodrow, wife and two
sons left Newark on the 6 p. m. train
Thursday for their Western home,
Hutchinson, Reno county, Kansas. They
take with them the best good wishes of
the citizens of the town, in which they
so long resided.
The remains of Charles Manuel who
died in Chester last week was brought
here on Sunday morning last, on the b.
4 o. Road. Services were held in the
NJ. i. Church where large number of
former friends had congregated. Inter
ment at the cemetery on Chapel street.
Ladies' should take look at west
window store No. l, up town, and see
the cheapest lot of lace in the world,
used for skirt trimming, for aprons, for
curtains, and a thousand other things, SC
yard, 9 patterns, 81 to in. wide. The
down town store is full of bargains. II.
Armstrong.
One of the workmen assisting in
erecting telegraph poles along the b. &
o. road, cut one of his legs badly on
Tuesday. The man was using drawing
knife, which slipped, cutting cash sew
eral inches long. DIR. Kollock dressed
the wound and the injured man was ta-
ken to Philadelphia.
1t is always pleasing to get the news,
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