Evening journal., 1890-08-29
Y TEMPERANCE HARVEST HOME.
Republicans Name Delegates to the State
Cnnranfinn-Mu Festival.

Republicans Name Delegates to the state
Convention-8usieal Festival.
Special Correspondence EvBNrNo JOURNAL.
New CASTLE August 29-The third
annual musical festival of the Hushebeck
Orchestra opened in the Opera House
last evening, with fair attendance. The
room was gayly decorated with flags and
buntings, which together with the large
white tables laden with all the delicious
fruit and choicest flowers of the season,
gave the interior pleasing appearance.
Among the ASSORTMENT of fruit is a
splendid collection of Crawford's Late,
and Wards Late peaches Of very large
size. The ice cream and cake received a
large share of patronage, as usual, and a
score of young women, attired in pink and
white, waited on the tables. The Or
chestra was seated on the stage, and two
splendid programs Of music were rendered
during the evening.
A large number Of New Castle people
went to Newport Yesterday and were in
attendance at the big temperance harvest
home held in Lynam's woods by the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
of Newport. AS early as 8 o'clock carri-
ages and other conveyances began to ar
rive at the woods, and by o'clock tine
woods was full of EN-" Farmers and
country people were there from many
miles around, and politics land crops
were freely discussed. The exercises
began at 2 o'clock and were very inter
esting The orator Of the day, Mrs. j. i,
Ellis, spoke for more than an hour on
the success Of prohibition and the tenn
perance question in other states Rev.
Il. L. Hubbard, Phi. d. Of this city, and
Rev. William l.. White Of Wilmington
delivered eloquent addresses.
The second story of the City Hall was
well-filled with the Republican voters OF
this hundred last evening in response to
a call from The local members OF the
county committee. The following ticket
was nominated, to be voted for at the
election on September @ Delegates to
the state convention: Henry H Nc
Mullin, John Taylor, David w ELLINGTON
and Rev II. r. Edmunds; alternates,
John Davis, Henry A. Dennispn, john
M. Collins and M. M. Beamer The three
members of the County Committee were
selected as follows. John G. King, Will
liam @. Worthington and Richard APP
pleby. Another meeting will be called in
few days to organize Republican
club
Douglass M. Mccoy, ex-Representative
in the general Assembly from this hun
bred, will be candidate for re election
to that body at the coming election.
No peaches have been seen in the mar
kets here, this season. The luscious
fruit is usually here every day for sew
eral weeks, but none has been offered
for sale, as yet.
Mrs Jemima Duokery, colored cook
Of this city, who was terribly burned in a
kitchen at Ocean Grove, N. J i, recently,
is still critically i'll, and cannot be moved.
Seventy five men, business men and
mechanics, saw the base ball game yes
terday without paying one cent.
Captain j. Winfield Truss is spending
a few days at his old home here, before
going on long voyage down cast.
DR.. Howard Bratton, manager of the
Elkton Base Ball Club, says that Joe"
Carlin played ball in Elkton in 1SS0-S3
Over 200 people will SO to Wilmin ten
to morrow TO see the Ponies-New
Castle game at Union street park.
Miss Florence Hutchinson of Delaware
City is the guest of Mrs. J B. Manlove.
Miss Lizzie Banks has returned from a
long soiourn at Ocean Grove, N. j.
Over / 600 people from this city will
visit the great Wilmington fair next
week.
Ex-Manager Joseph Simmons Of the
Wilmington Base Ball Club saw yester-
DAVIS game