The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-15
OUT OF Town NEWS.

George Cheney, a l5-year-old lad, Of
Wilmington, had his left-arm caught be-
tween the bumpers of two freight cars Of
the W. & N. Railroad, on Monday. The
arm was amputated at the shoulder.
The farmers near Smyrna, report the
late peaches greatly damaged from the
several days rain. Great damage has
also been done to the tomato crop.
w. L. Riggs, Jr., living near Smyrna
lost 25 chickens by some one stealing
them.
The stormy weather is doing great
damage to peaches on the Peninsula.
Rev. George NJ. Bond, wife and son
are at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Annie Moore is visiting friends
in Wilmington.
The steamboats, Chester and Republic,
will stop running after Sunday.
you have sick or nervous headache,
take Ayers Catharic Pills. They will
cleanse the stomach, restore healthy
action to the digestive organs, remove
efIete matter (the presence of which de-
press the nerves and BRAIN, and thus
give speedy relief
The Rev. John d. G. Hanna will lee
ture in Newport NJ. i. Church tomorrow
evening on GLOW to read" and on Thurs
day evening, September Goth, "What to
read" These lectures are preparatory
to the formation of Il Chatuaqua literary
and scientific circle at Newport. Persons
interested in such an organization, young
people especially, are urged to attend the
lectures. The admission will be free.
The prompt use of Ayers Sarsaparlla
will invariably cure all affections of the
kidneys.
Why are the White House steps the
longest in the world? Because it took
the Democrats twenty-four years to climb
them, and 1t will be fifty before they
come down, and don't you forget il.
MIR. Frank Hayden, Beverly, n. j.,
writes-I was treated for long time and
spent large amounts Of money with var
ious doctors, but without benefit for
Blood Poisoning, which had progressed
so as to threaten great and lasting dislig-
urment of the face, when DIR. Theel. 53S
North Fourth st., Philadelphia, cured me
Thanks to his wonderful ability, l am a
well man.
On Wednesday large bridge in course
of construction across the White River
in Virginia by the Phoenix Bridge Com
pany went down with a crash. The span
was three hundred feet long and was the
second of three span bridge, All the
work on it was completed except putting
the pins in the end Had this been done
it would have dropped in its place on the
pier. The workmen saw what was about
to happen and escaped. The disaster is
great loss to the company, whose
works are at Phnnixville, Chester coun-
ty.
A fire in Wilmington, Sunday morning
destroyed Quigley's morocco factories, at
Fourth and Monroe streets, causing a
loss of nearly $4,000; covered by insur-
anoe.
The managers of Cecil County FAN
will admit pupils of all schools free on
the second day of the fair.
Robt. B. Jump of Dover, celebrated his
S5th birthday one day this week.
Judge Turner of Wilmington was
struck by train on Wednesday. lie
was standing on the track talking to a
friend and did not notice the train.
Poor old Aunt Liddy, who for some
twenty years had lived an honest and
upright life, always cheerful, faithful and
dutiful to her master, having raised a
generation in such way that they are
a credit to her, Ct a., met in her old dayl
with violent death by being gored by
one of the opposite sex therefor, she
will not be sold as advertised ut w. j.
Booths big cattle sale at Kemblesville
Saturday, September 18TH She sleepeth
in sweet repose in u little wood near by
where sympathizing friends Qfany) may
say, "Gone, but not forgotten"