Evening journal., 1889-10-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Luckman, house painter, 214 shipley st.
The straw ride of the Harmony Literary
Society to New Castle has been post
poned.
Henry Wells, the gypsy. and his three
brothers and their families, are encamped
on Penny Hill.
A lecture was delivered to the nurses
of the Homeopatic Hospital last evening
by Dr. Leonard A. Kittinger.
Letters of administration have been
granted on the estate Of Matthew
Maloney to Mary A Donahue.
The Young Peoples Association of St.
Pauls M. E. Church will give one of its
pleasing entertainments tonight.
The annual.business meeting Of the
w. c. T. u will be held at No. 800
Market street to morrow afternoon.
The Pullman Palace Car Company's
works in this city will be guarded against
fire by patrol now being organized.
Rev. E. D. Huntley is TO lecture on
''The Girl to Love and How to Treat
Her" at the Scott NJ E Church to night
William BeclSley, the engineer who
was injured in tine recent railroad acci.
dent at Bacon Hill, is reported as i'm
proving rapidly.
The Builders Exchange will send a
delegation to Philadelphia to attend the
opening of the Philadelphia Exchange
Building, October 80.
Property holders on Franklin street are
circulating a petition to have the side
N.. - e -
paved from Fourth to Front streets.
Shortly after o'clock last night Ere
alarm box, No. "a, at Fourth aud Madi-
son streets. called out tho department,
but no signs of fire could be discovered
The new pavilion or annex to the
Homeopathic Hospital is complete. 1t is
furnished with all the modern improve
ments and is well lighted and ventilated
The annual meeting Of the Womens S
Christian Temperance Union will be held
in Union NJ. Z. Church this evening
Several good speakers will address the
meeting and reports on the work will be
read.
The stable Of A. J. Hart on West
Eighth street is standing just as it was
left when portion of it was removed to
admit of the extension of the electric car
line. 1t looks as if it might fall down
very easily.
All mariners have been notified that
spar buoys with red and black horizontal
stripes have been placed in the Delaware
bay, near the Breakwater, to mark the
locality of the wrecks during the storm
last month,
The Friendships engine and the Wash
ington's carriage had an exciting race
down Fourth street hill from Washington
to Madison, while going to the fire last
evening, and the Washy boys say they
had rather the best Of it.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of Charles E. Bishop, of this city, TO
Miss Caddie Shawn, of Wye Neck, Queen
29 They will be married in the M. p.
church at Carmichael, Md.
A verdict for $3.50 was rendered in the
United States Circuit Court at Philadel-
phia for j. Edward Addjcks and wife in
their suit against Rev. John B. Clemson,
representing damages for refusal to
stand by an agreement for the sale of
three acres of land at Clsymont, Del
The semi annual meeting of the Society
of Christian Endeavor Of West Presby-
terlan Church was held last evening.
The following officers were elected
President, Harry Morrison; vice presi-
dent, Edward Ochiltree secretary. w.
W. Mendinhall; treasurer; Miss Sallie
Haynes.
The president of the Friendship Fire
Engine Company says that the water de
partment has left the opening opposite
Montgomery street in very dangerous
state and that his engine narrowly es :
capped getting into it during last nights
run. He says that it should have had a
light ON it.
Three coaches while returning from the
wedding at Grace Church last evening
became entangled. and in pulling out to
avoid collision a hack driven by E. j.
Wright and belonging 10 Harry Lowe,
collided with the new safe of the Central
BANK. which was standing AT tine time On
truck in front OF the bank.