The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-21
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered While StroIIing
About Town

Miss Laura Frempt is visiting in
Philadelphia.
steamer Alsenborough laid at this
place last Sunday.
Mrs Lydia Scane has returned home
from Philadelphia.
Miles Clark, of ST. Georges, moved
into this city this week.
H c Clark was in Wilmington and
Philadelphia last Monday.
But few herring are being caught
considering the time of the month.
Mrs. Field from Havre de Grace. Md,
is visiting the family of ] E Sadler
Some Of the trees on Washington av.
enue have been trimmed in good style.
Miss Lille Hicken who has been Wis
iting near Wilmington has returned home.
There 1000 young brook trout and
100000 whitehsh at the Wilmington hatch
cry.
$3.50 herring were caught in the
locks at this place early last Monday
morning.
Wild ducks are plentiful in the river,
some few are being captured by our local
soortsmen.
An iron hull barge by the name OF
Bristol laid at this place for several days
last week.
The salary Of the Clerk Of Wilmington
Municipal Court has been increased to
$1,000 per annum.
The Easton Star will publish daily
during the week the Wilmington Confer
ence is in session there.
Mr.. McNilliams, Of Princeton, filed
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church last
Sunday morning and evening.
"A new roof was put on the residence
now occupied by Mr.. John o'Neil last
week, on Washington avenue.
Samuel Irons went to Baltimore las
Saturday night to charter schooner fol
the sturgeon fishing business.
The State Sunday School Convention
will meet in West Presbyterian Church
Wilmington, April nth and 18th.
The hour for evening service in thu
Presbyterian church has been changed
from seven to half past seven o'clock.
"A fish train was put on the Delawar
road Monday morning, the principal pro
duct being shad from Southern waters.
The trustees Of Delaware College wi
meet at II o'clock on Tuesday morning
the Goth instant in the college building
The Ericsson steamer was detaine
here last Saturday for several hours OWN
to the tide being over the drop-gate of tn
canal.
The shad fishermen arepre2aring fc
the opening OF the season, which wi
commence before long if the weather COZ
tinues warm.
Mrs. Frank Bruner died at her hon
on Clinton street last Wednesday morI
ing of consumption and heart-disease, a
ter long illness.
David Webb and son have purchase
the shop belonging to B w Dunla
where they will carry on the wheeling
and blacksmith business.
The stormy weather Of last Frid;
prevented the steamer Major Reybo
from coming down from Philadelphia
the afternoon.
The oldest woman in Cecil count
Md, is Mrs. Ann Kirk, who resides in t
Blue Ball neighborhood. She is in h
goth year and enjoying good health.
1t is expected that Delaware will SCI
to New York on the occasion OF the ce
bration of the Inauguration Of Preside
Washington, April 80, about 500 men.
The Presbyterian Church ASSOCIATE
gave an elegant supper to the congreG
ton of that church on Thursday mis-
last. About one hundred and twenty-f
were served.
About 800 laborers are now at We
upon the canal, between Ocean View a
Whites Creek. Many land owners ;
dissatisfied with the damages award
them.
Captain + w Dawson, editor of
News and Courier Of Charleston, S.
was murdered by T B mellow ply.
ian OF bad character who administers,
dose OF lead.
Fred. Hildebrand had boat smasl
up by the cars last Saturday evening, 2
tide being unusually high the boat ,
fioated on the track and when the II
backed down to put off the mail the b
was struck.
We were visited by an unusu
high-tide last Saturday, it come up @
level with the wharves, arose over
drop-gate of the canal and flooded
marshes. No damage was done.
is CONSUMPTION INCURABLE
Read the following; Mr.. c. II. Mo
Newark, Ark, says: WAS down '
Asbcess of Lungs. and friends and ph
clans pronounced me an Incurable {
sumptiue. Began taking DIR. Kings
Discovery for Consumption, am now