Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-22

Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
LEwEs, Aug. l5.-The yacht e. b.
Buckaloo, from salem, N. j., arrived at
tho Breakwater on Tuesday afternoon.
The party on board numbered IL made
up of business men, mechanics and rail.
road men. They paid Lewes friendly
visit and were much interested i'll tue
quaint appearance Of the town. They
left Wednesday for the fishing banks.
The funeral of little Wilbur r. Nor
man, son of William l. Norman, who was
SO dreadtully m9ugled by being run,
over by this cars at Suffolk, Va, on
Thursday last, took place here on Sunday
afternoon.
The Presbyterian Sunday-school had q
picnic at Rehoboth on Tuesday. The
children were taKen there in farm wagons
and carriages.
The fruit evaporators of Lewes and
vicinity are Idle in consequence of the
scarcity Of fruit. Nearly all the peaches
In this vicinity are shipped to Cape May.
| Good fishing is found at the iron pier
about daylight in the morning.
Browns FISH factory shut down on
| sunday last and the boats and men have
| gone to Connecticut until October.
Some person or persons on Sunday
night last cat the ropes of most Of the
gill seines along the beach opposite the
town.
Evening services in the Episcopal
Church are held at 6 o'clock during the
summer season.
At the picnic OF the Presbyterian Sun
day-Hchooi at Rehoboth, Tuesday, two
spirited horses attached to q large farm
wagon with the grub" for the picnic
became frightened at the grove ano
started down the avenue on wild run
splitting tho contents of the wagon 81
around. The results were no one injurer
but general shake up of and mixture oil
lunch baskets. '
William Fl. virden of Lewis is build
ing q substantial sea wall along the front
OF the cottages at Behoboth Beach.
The hotels OF Rehoboth Beach ar,
mostly full OF guests and the cottages ar,
all occupied.
The colored camp at Lodges woods 4
in fall blast, On Sunday evening las
many people from Lewss visited it. Y
LEwEs, Aug. 19.-0rdsrs have bsen Ia
sued by Superintendent KImball of tn
, lite.saving service, that the captains an
J crews OF tae station shall wear a uniforr
. during the time of service, which is eigh
months in the year. II is to be OF dar
, , blue material, ornamented with yariou
/ emblems of the service. The COST Z
| whole outfit for each man will be abou
> sixty dollars, ten dollars more than
{ months pay.
Col. William P. Orr, the oldest mel
chant in Lewes, having been in geners
!, merchandise business for over fort
years continuously, left for the Catskilll
I New York, on Tuesday last, to seek Il
/ recuperation OF his health, which 10 SOM
9 what impaired. He will be away abot
: two weeks.
The barge Cricket, Captain Crocke
from the Chesapeake with ooa. for Ne
II London, Conn, put into the breakwat,
: in q leaking condition on Friday afte
I. noon last. six men were procured
n pump her and she proceeded to her dssl
2 nation on Saturday morning.
a Burk's circus performed here on Fl
81 day laat. As usual, large crowd was
attendance. The AFFAIR was small and Il
,f performance good.
4 The dry weather OF the past ten da,
/. has made the roads and streets vel
!. dna.y.
il Frdit has not been so scarce mud his
q in the local market for several years.
10 is almost impossible to get good appl
or peaches.