Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-12
FRANKLIN pEAKYNE DEAD.


Rev. T. E Terry Lectures and is Greeted i
by Old Friends.
Special Correspondence Evening JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Dec 12.-Rev. Thomas
E. Terry, of Dover, former pastor of
the M. 4. Church, was greeted with an
audience that packed the church to the
doors last night. Shortly after his
arrival here Ia the evening he and the
official board of the church had supper
at the parsonage. At o'clock DR.
Hubbard made a few Introductory re-.
marks from the church pulpit and pre-
scented Rev w. p. Patterson of the
Presbyterian..,,C Church, who offered an elo-
quent prayer. Mr.. Terry then sang
my Trundle Bed In an enchanting
manner, and delivered his lecture on
1.-THE Folks / Live With, As l See
Them" The address lasted forty-fve
minutes and was not only instructive but
was both entertaining and amusing. He
related many interesting incidents of his
life as q minister and said that he had
lived among nearly every class Of
people. Especially amusing was his
career Rs a politician, which lie related.
This, which he said was very short
lived, was in the autumn of 1886, when
he felt called upon as a Christian to
champion the cause of prohibition. He
was invited to be one of the speakers at
the temperance reform harvest home in
Lynams woods and prepared with great
care his best temperance address for the
occasion. He delivered the address and
at its conclusion CHANGED to make some
remarks il recommendation Of the TEN.
perance reform party, which had
promised to give the state
4 ,rIa ka
day the Wilmington papers devoted
column to his address, giving about an
inch to the carefully prepared temper
ance address, and filing up the re-
mainder of the column with what he had
said, what he had not said. and what he
had not thought about the temperance
reform party. That, he said. was Terry s
one and only political speech, ami a
| glance ct those flaming newspaper head
lines caused him to resolve that hereafter
he would 20 no further into "the madden
ing drift than to vote his own senti-
ments.
After the lecture Mr. Terry was
escorted to the Sunday school room where
he sang several beautiful songs of his
own composition and afterwards held an
informal reception. A large table filed
with refreshments sat in the center of
the room. and these were served among
the audience. Mr.. Terry left for his
home this morning,
Franklin Deakyne, night superintend-
ant of the cutting shops at the Della
ware Iron Works, died Of typhoid fever
yesterday afternoon, after long illness.
He had not been confined to bed until
the past fortnight. although he had been
very iii for several weeks. The disease
assumed a violent form last week, and he
continued to grow weaker until yesterday
when he became unconscious and passed
peacefully away. The deceased was IS
years old, the second son of N. B. Dea-
llyne. He was favorably known
throughout the city as workman, and
was considered model young man by
all who knew him. The death was a
peculiarly sad one, as Mr.. Deakyne's
family had struggled through an awful
siege with the fatal disease but last
week Mrs. Deakyne was taken with 8
relapse and died on Saturday Hardly
had they returned from the funeral
when they realized that Franklin was
dying. Lieutenant Herbert Deakyne
u. S. A., was returning to his post yes
, terday, his furlough having expired
when he was summoned to the bedside Of
, his dying brother The funeral service.
will be held tomorrow at z 80 o'clock.
The Opera House was conspicuously
dark last night, the "Girl Detective
Company, which had been ex-
tensively advertised to appear
failing to mgterialize A larg,
number of people turned away from tn,
closed doors in disgust, while the Opera
House management, Carter l. a. Fols anC
Bill Poster Lancaster were haunted will
the thought of several unpaid bills
Manager Carrick of the Opera House was
seen early in the evening, and he showed
a written contract with John A. Leahy
manager of the company. Mr.. Carried
was asked whether be would hold tn
manager for damages, but said that III
J had not decided The company must b.
J 6nscially embarrassed, IS it would have
had a crowded house to perform to las
night
Harding's Cornet Band Of Wilmington
paraded through the streets her
, yesterday afternoon, and gave 8
j concert in Red Mems Hall in the evening
! The room was filled to its utmost
capacity and the entertainment laste,
, several hours. The players went hom
, on the early train this morning in sucl
, an ecstasy Of joy that they were givel
one car to themselves and their convul
sive laughter almost shook the glass from
, the windows.
} Miss Susan Spottswood and sister, Mrs
! Nesbit, have gone to California to spent
the winter
Mrs A. g. Davidson has returned from
a visit in the lower part Of the state,
.. Harry Wilson, of the Wilmington
Every Evening, is confined to his hom
in this city with illness.