Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
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Arrival of the Editorial Associatto
at CressOn-A Pleasant Ride Ovs

on its 18th snnual excursion, nearly 70
persons in the party. They left Phila-
delphia at noon yesterday III two special
cars placed ut their disposal by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, and are now
delightfully."- domiciled in the Mountain
House on the crest of the Alleghenya.
The arrangements OF the executive
committee, Messrs. J. Barton Cheyney,
Henry O. Carpenter and O. L. Vincent,
have thus far proved perfect and the
Peninsula editors never had a more en-
jOyable time. TIE plans include trip |
to Johnstown, which will be made to- |
morrow morning, while in the meantime |
are interspersed with jaunts on foot and
by carriages ever the neighboring noun
tains.
The FIRST business meeting of the asso-
citation will be held tomorrow evening.
Robert ID. Hofecker OF Smyrna is presi-
dent and Frederick e. Bach secretary and
treasurer OF the body. The annual cleo
tion for officers will be held on Tuesday.
Thirty Of the 20 newspapers of the Penin.
sula are represented, some OF them by
two representatives.
The party Is composed Of X. d. Hot
fecker and Miss Belle Hotfecker j. Bar
ton Cheyney, Mary Cheyney, M. D., and
Mrs. j. W. Mcdonnell (Miss Laura A.
Bigger; Frank W. Woolley and Mrs.
James d. Maddoek; Fred. Z Bach, Mrs.
Bach and daughter DR.. X. P. Fletcher
and Miss May Hopes Henry Penning-
ton and Miss Maude Cootsmon, Horace
G Knowles; Henry O. Carpenter, Dlrs.
Carpenter and three children U. l. Vim
cent and Mrs. Vincent; Colonel Thomas
3. Hodson and Mrs. Hodson e.
J. Muhlhsusen and Mrs. Muhi-
hansen; G.. E. Hsddeway and
Mrs. Haddeway; W. NJ. Tylor,
Miss 3. X, Powell; J. Miller Thomas and
Miss E V. Thomas; O. II. Seminar and
Il. d. Slivers; Elmer z. Taylor and MI
Taylor; Ed. Quinn and Mrs. Qninn;
bon. Lewis Z Wallace and Mrs Wal.
laoe j. E, Grlffenbnrg and Mrs. Griffen.
burg; j. b. CLARK and Mrs. Clark; Hon.
McKendree D0wnham and Miss IDA
NJ. Davis; Edwin Il. Paynter
and Mrs B. Frank Waggamon; John j.
Todd Harold Sudeli, Mrs. Sudell and
children; Il Plummer and Mrs Plum
mer w. Lee Cannon and Miss Annie j.
Cannon; James e. Carroll; @. ]. Free
man. Anna Nj Freeman; Joseph Bur
chensl and Miss Helen N. Austin Frank
| NJ Damn; Ernest A. ToadVine and Walter
O. Humphreys.
4 The newspapers represented are the
| Every EVENING, F'reie PreSse, Sunday
| Star, PeninAuia Methodist and Fam aud
Home of Wilmington; New CASTLE STIR,
| Newark Ledger, Odessa Herald, Middle.
town NeD ira, Smyrna Times and the
Record Clayton Cal, the Ser tiRei, Della
DaTedn aud Indsr OF Dover; Seaford Re-
rieto, Lewes B,eaktoater Light, the SUSSEX
Journal and Democrat of Georgetown;
the CTisfield Leader, the AdOe' tiser and
the Wic0nicO NsDs OF Salisbury; the
Snow Hill Messenger, the Ledger, Demo.
crat and Gazette uf Easton; the Greens.
borough Free Press, and the Cecil Wig
OF Eikton.
MIR. oheyuey was called to Williams.
port, Pa, to the bedside of sick brother,
and left the party temporarily at Harris
burg.
| ]. P. Mcwilliams, night clerk of the
Clayton House. Wilmington. is cashier Of
the Mountain House, and he takes
especial pride in looking after the com
fort OF his Delaware guests.
Edwin Mitchell, who was Lawton's
head man for 10 years and is known to
everybody in Wilmington, came over
here to-day from Altoona, where his
headquarters are. He il looking after
several big contracts at Altoona and
Johnstown which grew out of the grea,
disaster. lie il in rare good health and
ia fourishing.
Hon. Smedley Darlington, wife and
daughter OF West Chester, Pa, came over
with the newspaper folks yesterday, and
so did Governor Beaver, who got on al
J Harrisburg aud off at Huntington. A
number Of the editors paid their respects
to the soldier statesman.
The Thermometer was nearly 90' II
! Philadelphia at noon yesterday. Herr
} everybody slept under blankets last
night. 1t will be cooler tonight Mosi
} IT the members OF the association will re
turn home on Wednesday.
, CREssoN, Pa, July 22.-The Peninsul'
!, Press Association held the first meetin,
OF its fifteenth annual session at tn
Mountain House this afternoon, Rober
! ID. Hofiecker presiding. The attendance
! vas large and the meeting spirited. Fred
q. Bach. secretary and treasurer, re
, ported s37 sc in hand for the year 1888
. and S3l collected for the present year
y Gu account Of the absence of J. Barto
Uheyney, chairman OF the executive CON
7 mittee the report of that body wa
omitted. Colonel Thomas 8. Hodso
and W. Lee Cannon were appointed q
auditing committee.
The committee on nominations reporte
= the following for the officers OF the ensu
q ing year; President, Thomas s. HodsoI
. Orisdeid, Md; Vice presidents, Edwin Il
, Paynter OF Georgetown and Wilson NJ
!. Tyler of Easton, Md; Secretary an
70 Treasurer, j. Barton Cheyney OF Wi
mington; Executive Committee Henry
Carpenter OF Dover, O. l.. Vincent {
y Snow Hill and Fred f. Bach OF Whining
y. ton; Historian, Robert ID. HofTseke!
u associate editor OF National JOurndlis
y O. L. Vincent; Delegates to Nation
~ Convention at Detroit, Fred E. Bach an
70 Oscar NJ. Purnell.
~ Nine new members were elected az 70
&c lows: Frank NJ. Dunn Dover IndtI;
~ Miller Thomas, PenfHSula Hett0dis
Edwin Quinn, Clayton cal; }. q. Gri
IN fenburg, Seaford ReUiem; John Y. Tod
he Easton Democrat; Frank Wooley, vi
CO mington SuhdIy Star; X. Plumme
TO Greensborough Free Press; W. Les Ga
or non, Dover Sentinel; o. J. freeman, Mi
IN dletown Mem IRA.
nd A literary and musical programme W
n executed in the Mountain House psrl
en- at 8 O'Clock tonight, which included 1
Oh following Farewell address of the OF
going President, X. d. Hoffacker;
tic augural address Of the incoming Pre-
ist dent Thomas y. Hodson The Edit
Ter in Politics." George r. Hathaway; "h
he torioal Sketches" Wilson Nj. lyle
en- Forty Pounds Between Peninsr
Ids Malaria and the Guests of this Assoc