Evening journal., 1888-05-21
DELAWARE IN PuELADELPmTA
Forty Thousand De1asvareRns IN
Ihe Quaker Cfty.

FORTY Thousand DelawareRns IN
the Quaker Ctty.
There are enough Delawareans in
the city Of Philadelphia to found an
other city of the SIZE of Wilmington.
The census Of 1880 disclosed the fact
chat 40, 600 Of the citizens Of this otate
mad taken up their residence in this
CITY of Homes and this number has
dcubte sly heon increased since thai
time. hsrleB Su naer once eaid that
Penn sylVnlIa has produced two great |
men, Benjamin Franklin Of MasaacnH
satts and Albert Gallatan of Swilzsr-
land" This witty remark, true in o |
measure Of ali the states, is applicable
II q large degree TO Philadelphia. OF
fhcss that have made Philadeiphia
their adopted homo the large body Of
ID D-lawareans mentioned have by no
means been behind. In the profession
of law James L. Heverin and J. ii.
Shakespeare were born in Dover; A. L.
S. Shields, prominent both in law and
politics, worked at days labor in the
Harlan and Hollingsworth CompaBy's
ward; Postmaster Harrity is well
known as the playmate Of many Of the
grown-up boys" OF the eastern sec
ion OF the city; w. II. and H. L. Hep
burn come from Lewes. The latter has
attained considerable prominence Of
late by his connection with the Kirk
bride-Gold case. Francis Skunk
Brown, w. d. Peoples and J. K.
t cooper come from near Dover; James
l. Stanton, ex-Attorney- General Brew
ssel's chief clerk. was a former resi-
dent Of Wilmington. Besides these
there are s. Norris Barrett, James r.
Booth, William Read Fisher, j. Bsyard
Green, S. Delaware Davis and thirty
one others. 10 the medical profession
there are z. O. Shakespeare. DR.. s. d.
Marshall, DIR. Peter * Keyser. Or. T..
B HAZEL, DIR. A. NJ. Goldsbonrgh and
at least fifty others. Among the Phil
adelphia dentists are Fl. S. Deputy and
T. 3. Nones.
B. B. Comegys, president Of the
! Philadelphia Bank, is brother Of the
coief Justice Of this state. d. ,. Cum
miss, president Of the Girard Bank, is
the con OF John Cummins and brother
81 George w. and D.. J. Cummins Of
Smyrna. Carey Brothers, Of the large
business establishment Of Carey Broth.
ere & Grevemeyer, comes from Milton
Samuel P. Goodwin, president Of the
Franklin Reformatory school. is from
Milford. Rathmell Wilson, president
Of the Huntington and Round Toy
railroad. first saw the light Of day al
Newark. Other prominent personaget
are L. Martin & Co., lampblack manu-
facturers; Wolf & Davis, wholesal,
shoe dealers. DIR. w, G.. L. Bonwill
formerly from Dover, has achieved {
worldwide reputation by his inven-
tions in dental Instruments. Jacot
Reed, founder of the well-knowr
house OF Jacob Reeds Sons. came from
the lower end of Sussex county. DR.
J. S. Thompson, the proprietor of th'
Delaware House, halls from Gumboro
OF the newspaper fraternity all tina
have gone from the State have st
tanned regulations for their excellen
work. Harry 3. Brown, of the Phil
adelphia Press, had his first experience
on the old Morning Herald; F. Jen
nings Crute at the Every Evening; H
4. Colclazer of the Record comes from
, New Castle, and City Editor Chamber
of the same paper is native Of Lewee
, Col. Jefferson II. Nones does spac
work on the Times.
or the many masters of coastinl
vessels that come into the city Of Phil
adelphia probably twothirds are ma
tives of this state. A person strollinl
around ths old Exchange, down Doc
St. and along 2d st. to Pine, cal NEE
: in five minutes at least so men VIII
come from Sussex county, principal
! from Lewes, Baltimore and Dagsbor
Tough hundreds. Nearly every night a
Thompson's hotel group Of from
to 20 persons will be gathered, all fror
! Delaware, and invariably the mai
! topic OF conversation will be Delswar.
! IN the wholesale houses all over th
I city may be found natives of this stat
! employed as travelling statesmen wh
/. are chiefly engaged in 'drummin
+ trade on the Peninsula.