Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13
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NEWARK, Feb. 7.-Oouncil held its reg
ular monthly meeting on Wednesday
evening, with full attendance Of men,
bers. The monthly piy rolls for labor
on the streets and supplies for the water
department were ordered to be paid. The
expected petition for the opening of .
new street, or rather for the continuation
of an old one, Delaware avenue, was pre-
scented to council. The new street Is de-
signed by it's projectors TO extend from
Academy street eastward. Council was
unanimous in the opinion that new streets
should in the future b. opened and put
In condition without exc ense to the town.
Just now there is no urgent need for new
building sites, and the members an
nounoed that they did not intend to
spend the public money in buying land,
opening new streets, grading, draining,
a., so that adjoining property owners
could the more readily and profitably
sell their lands. 1t is not thought that
The property owners along this proposed
ltrset are so eager fer it that they will
live very deep into their individual
pockets for the expenses attached TO
opening it, and 80 the matter stands.
The funeral o: Francisco Watson, aged
80 years, who died at the Home for Aged
Women in Wilmington On Saturday last,
took place on Tuesday in tho Welsh
Tract Baptist Church ct Iron Hill. The
body was brought hers on the B. q o.
train, and after tho services it Was in
terred in the old grave yard surrounding
the church.
Thomns Gasner d 90. of Philadelphia
has secured the contract to roof the new
buildings of the KuAuff organ factory
with tin. Work is now commenced en-
the contract, which includes $1,000
squa feet.
Two more fox chases were held from
the Washington House on Wednesday.
One fox wac freed about o'clock in the
morning and given about 90 minutes
start over the hounds of which there
were about 20. ReynaEd left the bag
with his noae pointed northward toward
its old hAunts Ia Mill Creek hun.
dred. and did not stop till his got there,
ard then went snugly into his hole from
the sefe interior Of which he is supposed
10 have laughed at the barking of the
dog9 on the outside. The second fox was
let 60 in the afternoon and he soon made
good his escape by soon reaching his
hold in the ground. About 20 dogs and
half dozen horsemenIfollowed the foxes
over hill and dale and moat aud fence.
James A. Wilson, who for many years
has been the leading aud most ardent de.
yotee Of this kind CT sport, is now unable
to mount in the chase" because of the
serious injpry he austained while riding
in tao chase several years SGD.
NEWARK. Feb. s.--There have been siz
fuRerals In this vicinity during the week
GA Tuesday the funeral Of stephen Gun.
ntnghsm. who died last Saturday, aged G.
years. took place at his acme, near bore
in.erment being made at the NJ, z. como
terry.
Mrs. Mary f. Dempsey OF Milford Gross
Roads, was buried 1T Bethel cemetery OF
the s3tne day.
Bridget Burke, living on Iron Hill, diet
last Sunday and her funeral was held az th
Catholic church where mass Was said. Hh,
wag In her 10th year and was buried In tn
Catholic cemetery.
mary A. willard died AZ Kimblevilla o,
Tuesday In her 18th year, RttDr u long III
ness. Her furo,el and interment tool
place yesterday 10 that place.
Letters teatamenta.y upoa the estate o
Margaret Walls nave been granted 10 tn
Rev. j. d. Csray Who, 10 addition to beinI
her spiritual advisor and executor, sthe,3ol
leRatee under . Will made on her death
bed. Mrs. WRll9 was q ssaInsireas and b
irugality and iudustty loft quite Il snul
llttls estate behind, Father UGrsy Is tn
pastor Of the Roman Catholic Church her
and II Ia hinfed here that the relatives Z
tho Deceased woman, w.io are n plain cll
culastancs, purpose cpntastlus her teatt
bed will.
NEWARK Fob. 1O.--Instsad of beln
Engaged IN divins worship Of Q 80 o'cloc
yesterday afternoon as was their long Oh
served custom, the members of III
Wesley M. Il. Chapel congregation at NJ,
Clsilsndsyille were fighting with Nigh
aud main worthy the cause very stut
born fro thAt threatened 10 consume II
Scared edlEce IN Il mea rs iu-id and fiArc
rs those feblsd ones below, Of whic
theg had been 80 often warneG from ID
pulpit. MeQleilandsville il q small vi
lpSe two miles stoye Le.e and WeEle
Chapel IL lprgs frame church in whic
ia held divine service NH Sunday achoF
every Sunday afternoon by the Rev
NJ. Browne o. this toTn. Almost ever
one in tho place Ii an attendant at thei
seryiceB because Of the lack of otbt
Sunday attractions and the strong feeliu
against hunday FOX hunting. Yesterday
however, every ablG-bodied person in u
entire neighborhood wss there, not as
wOrshiper, but ps militant membe
fighting not the devil but flames, and
very hari Rtruggls il took to subdl
them and gave tbs church from total d
glruotiOn, The FIRE came about in this na
ural way. In preparation for the aervio
the sexton had made very hot fire
one OF the stoves for the rustics to toa
their feet by, Gnd II may be gald |
bailded better than he knew, for n
stove soon becsms ged.hot even down
tho iron legH upon which it rested on Il
loor. Tire stove had inst been clean
OF ashes from the bottom and this allow
tho lower part to become Super hease
This result was an incipient IRE that q
ils way along the floor ard then mountt
the side Of tho church. At this poi
smoke was seen by a pGsser. BY AID I
alarm was spread. Every one We
braVGly To work, notwithstanding IL "
the Sabbath, to save the oDly chGroh
the place. The FIRE wss fought vi
water brought in buckets from quit
long distance and after an hours ha
work subdned. W2ter was poured do,
through hole cut in the roof and {
building Of course buddy damaged
water 40 we'll az BY fire. The exact |,
ia not known, bat IL is fully covered
insurance. The damage will be repair
az once.
since the board o, trade got after
Insurance companies with q sharp sti
70 compel them 30 lower their rates
Newark property thege has been "
marked reduction in Insurance chara
Previous TO several months ago insurRi
companies having risks here declined
give the town any credit for water works
FIRE protection and TIA rates were Ii 10
AZ when the town had only pumps