The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-07-21
BOWEN Z BROTHER,
Saturday, July 21, 1888.


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How is this weather for picnics?
Sticky Fly Paper ut Beaton Smiths.
Whale Oil Soap at Smiths Drug
store.
Sunday schools are well attended
now. Sec.
Farmers declare that wheat and hay
crops are light, and not up to the aver
age.
The Hematite club had very
pleasant dance on Iron Hill Wednesday
evening.
"A number of Newarkers went on
tiouleys excursion to Colchester ON
Thursday.
-"Willow Glen Mill" owned by John
c. Yeatman, is undergoing extensive i'm
proyements.
Read the ad. of the New Store to be
opened on Tuesday next at the Ee't End
by Burnite & Bro.
There will be an eclipse of the moon
on Sunday night about 1l.3O. The young
folks ought to be able to see this.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company are enlarging the freight ware
house here. This shows that the freight
traffic is increasing.
"A Young Mems Cleveland and
Thurman club will be formed at an ear
ly date, and all desiring to join will send
their names, at once to r. G. Russell, or
X. P. Cooper at Newark depot.
b. O'Rourke says nothing pays so
well as judicious newspaper advertising.
That gentleman now runs wagon and
caters to the taste of the people in all
kinds of vegetables. A fresh stock each
day
Mrs. Sarah Biddle, an aged lady who
resided on Chapel street died on Sunday.
Mrs. Biddle was i'll for some time, and
her death was expected. The deceased
was we'll known here. The funeral took
place on Tuesday at p. m.
"A missionary picnic and farewell
meeting for Rev. Chas. e. Eckels, who
sails for Siam the coming month, will be
held at Augustine Pier, July 9th. The
young peoples societies and mission
bands of New Castle Presbytery are par
ticularly invited to attend.
Next week will be partially observed
as holiday by our compositors, and thew
will pass the time in sightseeing in Phila-
delphia, Cape May, Atlantic City, and
other points of interest. George will
act as captain of the party, and you may
conclude they'll have good time.
AT a meeting of the Water commits
sion ON Tuesday night it was decided to
secure pump from Miller 4 Jenkins of
Wilmington and steam power from a
party close to town, and keep the water
out of the well now being dug near
White Clay creek, on the Dean estate.
Daniel Thompson, son of Joel
Thompson, Esq, President of the New
ark National INK, fell from a load of
Of wheat, while working at the farm,
short distance from here on Monday,
and burt his right arm badly. He is i'm
proving slowly.
On Friday night of last week the
dwellings of Patrick Corbitt, David Rose
and George Dougherty, all living at p.
w. & B. r. r. depot were entered by,
thieves and the lorders of each was re-
pleted. It looks as if it was only tramps
hunting for square meal.
Levi Taylor, colored, impounded
Richard Sullivan's cows in the cemetery
of the colored church at Iron Hill. Levi
demanded 81 a head when Richard
came after them. The matter was
brought before Squire McKeowan, and
Levi had to pay costs and to liberate the
cows.
Every business man should use these
columns to tell the public just what they
have for sale. Unless they do, they can
not expect to drive big trade. Don't
simply advertise to help us. The
money spent will be small in compare
son to what you will realize from the
venture.
"A full line of spectacles and eye glas-
SEES at prices to suit all sheet music, 8
and 10 cents each good reading 20 and
% cents novels selling at 10 cents each ;
subscription received for Magazines and
Newspapers Phila., Times and Press,
Weekly, at f. NJ. c. Choate's New Sta
tionery store.
AT the meeting of the School Com
missioners on Tuesday night, Frank Col
Inns, of Smyrna, was reelected principal
of school of united districts, number 80
and Il. Miss Fannie Briscoe, first assis-
tant, Miss Della Jackson to take charge
of secondary department, and Miss Sallie
Lumb, primary department.
We sent out number of bills this
week and sincerely trust responses will
be made promptly. The struggle for
existence is sufficiently hard without
having to bother our patrons from mon
ey. But the relentless creditor is ever
looking us up, and to be rid of him we
are compelled to ask for money. Please
call in and make us glad and helps us
along.
Flown Council are sorely puzzled
over the water question. 1t seems a
hard matter to strike sufficient flow of
water. Several points have been tested,
and the same answer comes from all
struck rock. Now, if rock is to stop all
work in the direction of securing a sufii-
cient amount of water, then it might be