Evening journal., 1890-05-08
a pINNga oE suoeuLENT Sac.
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vide PIanked Shad at Woodland beach,

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Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Nav The officials oi
the Baltimore and Delaware Bay railroad
gave planked-shad dinner to a number
of invited guests at Woodland Beach,
the Delaware terminus % the road. yes
terday. E. P. Stacey, superintendent Of
the road, WAS manager-in-chief,
and he had gathered around him some
fifty about as lively, whole-souled good
fellows as could have been skirmished
up anywhere. The dinner was served
up In Mr.. Campbell's best style and it
was verify feast of shad and flow OF
everything good. Jokes AMI c0rks
popped simultaneously and incessan tly
and toasts we're given and responded
to until everything conceivable on the
face Of the globe and the waters that
flow beneath it. had been torn up and
then the speech-making began. General
kenney spoke for half.an-hour on "Shaa
Culture. something he knows nothing
about, and Colonel e. T. Cooper delivered an
address on the best time to raise poultry
Be advocated the dark of tha moon" as
the proper period. Colonel d. L. Walker
Of New Jersey pleaded for the annexation
OF his native state and about thirty or
forty others Grated on subjects as varied
as they were numerous and the sun had
got tired, sunk TO rest before that dinner
ended.
The following is list of Mr.. Stacey's
victims: Grand conductor, John Ma
honey, supervisor; assistant conductor,
7. w. Downing, assistant foreman S s.
Roberts, chief clerk Delaware division,
Clayton; 81. w. Grant, special agent
Delaware Division, Clayton; r. p. Biee,
supervisor B. q D. r r Clayton; David
Bice, assistant supervisor Delaware di.
vision. Oxford, Nd. G. @. Clifton, pay
master Delaware Division, FELTON,; j. e.
Hoffecker, assistant paymaster Delaware
Division, Smyrna ID. E. Harlan, assist
ant to assistant engineer Delaware divls-
ion, Dover; @. O. Mahoney, assistant to
assistant engineer Delaware division,
Wilmington; E. Meredith, assist
ant to assistant engineer Della
ware Division, Dover. ID. H.
Mackey, division operator, Clayton !;
f. D. Strickland, train despacher, Clay
ton; H. L. Fuleuwider, assistant super
visor, Wilmington; E. R, Sipple, assist
ant train-mAster, Georgetown; II. R.
Martindale, clerk, Dover; R. ]. Henry,
Jr., Dover; s. L. Rogers, Wilmington /.
Steward E. II. Sheppard, Steward w. s
Miles, Smyrna; Steward s. j. Whaley,
Smyrna. @. Stewart, Jr., foreman Della
ware Division, Wilmington; w. P.
Bailey, Wilmington; w II. Tunis, route
agent Adams Express Company, Clayton /;
General R. R Kenney, Col E. T. Cooper,
Dover Colonel d. g. Walker, New Jersey /;
J. r franklin, general manager
B. 4 D. b. R. R., Chestertown;
David Cowgirl, Dover; Fl. G.
Culbreth, Dover: T. B Brison, Whining.
ton; Charles Howard, Philadelphia; /;
]. w. Grant, Philadelphia;
G. s. Dana, Cincinnati, O.; Il. |.
Deers, Oil City, Pa. A. B. Con-
nor, Felton, Edmund Bailey, Canterb bury !;
Alexander Lord, Clayton; j. G. Brison,
Wilmington S. B. Haddock, Pkiladel-
phia; X. G. Whselen. Phila ielphia:
William B. Wright, Clayton; j. T.
Perkins. Clayton; Dr.. E. S. Anderson,
Dover; A. r. Morrison, Wilmington.
The Prohibitionists will have music at
their convention today. not only chin
music but a regular service of song. as
the Rev Ralph p. Coursey's quartette
will sing for them. The convention will
open at IL a m.
John n. BRteman and his daughter.
who had returned from Baltimore, where
they had left Mrs Bateman, whose
illness has been noted in the JOURNAL
apparently recovering, were shocked last
evening by the receipt Of telegram an
nouneing that her condition was again
critical, as she had suffered a relapse.