Evening journal., 1890-07-07
TOWN ON THE DELAWARE.
THE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
SETTLING UP ACCOUNTS.
New Castles Budget-Bay Clubs Numer-
GUS Sweepstakes Shooting = Sunday
sermons-w Watson Pest Participated.
More MiIitiamsn-PubIIo Library.

mayor off1ce on Saturday evening, ana
transacted some routine business. A
summing up Of all the debts and credits
revealed the fact that the committee is
still In need of funds and will have to
make another collection. A vote of
thanks was rendered Held q Bro of
Wilmington, for donating print /.
ing for the celebration. The com
mittee adjourned to meet again
on Thursday evening at o'clock. Mem
bers of the committee are In receipt of
many congratulations for providing so
successfully the splendid program of ex-
ercises that was rendered Many Of the
citizens have responei promptly and
noblY to bear the expense Of the demon
stration, but others still remain to be
heard from
The Delaware Gun Club held an inter
esting series of sweepstakes matches on
| its grounds beyond the Narrow Dyke, on
Saturday. The shooting began at
o'clock and continued all the morning,
and a large number of members partici-
pated. In the matches each member was
entitled TO FIVE shots or as many as he
could hit in succession, the first miss
| to draw him from the match.
| The results Of the matches were
as follows: First H. Lancaster, H.
| Sudell, g. Rennie second-H. Lancaster,
NJ. Lancaster, @. Rennie; third-M.
Lancaster, II. Sudell, q. Rennie; fourth
H. Lancaster, M. Lancaster, s. Walls
| ifth--H. Lancaster, j. Becker, q Bry-
son SIXTH. Hewlett, J. Becker, H.
| Lancaster; seventh-M. Lancaster IL.
Sudell, g. Bryson; eighth-H. Lancaster
and j. Becker.
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| terday, despite the fact that the weather
was oppressive The preparatory services
at the Presbyterian Church. on Saturday
afternoon, and the communion services
| yesterday morning were attended by
large congregations At the M. E.
| Church, Rev DR. Hubbard preached two
strong sermons on the family altar and
| the necessity of devotional services In
| the home; and on the resurrection of
the young son of the widow of Main. At
Emmanuel Church the new choir and or
ganist assumed their duties
A special civil meeting of Company Fl,
N. g. D., was held on Saturday evening,
and four young men, Samuel Beck, b.
Woodward Roberts, Charles Morrison
and Thomas O. Morgan, were elected to
active membership. The recruits that
have been taken into the ranks during
the past few weeks will swell the mum
Der of encampment soldiers greatly
Hearing that several Republicans were
complaining that the Hon. Mr. Bayard' s
oration contained too many statements
of political nature your correspondent
interviewed one of the most prominent
Republicans In the state, who heard the
address, Yesterday, and he said 81 saw
nothing Objectionable in the whole ora
tion, and Mr.. Bayard Is too much Of a
gentleman to have been guilty of such a
gross violation If common decency as to
have introduced anything Of q political
nature on that occasion"
The Mechanics Bay Club returned
late last evening, loaded down with fish,
from a short cruise to some OF the
famous fishing points in the bay.
The officers Of the club were Captain
Keegan, First Mate Barr, Second Mate
Clewell, Steward Harkins and Cox
swain Funk. The trip was made
on the tug l.. Crawford.
By mistake, Captain r. s. Watson
Post, No. 5, g. A. r., was not mentioned
as participating In the parade on Friday
morning In this column. This was en-
tirely unintentional, as the appearance OF
the veterans and their handsome colors
created much applause all along the route
OF the parade. This was not only an i'm.
portant but an essential feature of the
procession.
The Hungarians and other foreign
nRtionalities who are quartered In Dob
binsville, have been spending their holi-
day of few days in debauchery and
| fighting. officer Hetherlngton detected
some Of the offenders yesterday and
marched them in to the county prison.
The Choral Society will hold an impor.
tant meeting in the X of p. Hall this
evening Several new selections viii be
rehearsed and pressing business will be
transacted
A special train took Division No. 3, A.
O. H., and st. Peters T. A. b. Society,
with a number Of friends, to Whining.
ton yesterday afternoon.
Thomas Whitfield was fined IS and
costs by Mayor Hanson on Saturday, for
drunkenness and indecent conduct John
Adams, colored, 81 and cost for drunk
enness and trespass.
Two horses, each attached to car
riage containing Wilmington people, ran
away yesterday, but the occupants were
not seriously injured.
The New Castle Library Association
will meet on Wednesday evening to take
action upon the kind offer OF the Misses
Smith, OF the old tile house site on which
to build public library.
Captain Newlove Of this city left yes
terday morning to pilot the tug George
w. Pride to Wilmington, N. O., whence
1t will tow vessel to Philadelphia.
The Allan Line steamship Scandinavian
from Glasgow, Scotland; the italian shiI
Ciampa Emilia, tug Protector, and this
American ship Rense, passed up yester
day.
The America, Aldlne. and Baltimore
Bay Clubs, the former inward, and tn,
latter two outward bound, lay in the
harbor yesterday. The latter party had
four excellent colored musicians on board
to enliven the cruise.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety Of the Nj. E. Church will meet thii
evening and hold Its annual election O.
officers In the parlor OF the church
A party Of young people will leave thi
evening at 4 o'clock, for fishing excur
| sion down the bay on the tug Brown.
The splendid new library Of 30l
volumes Of the M. r. Sunday school wa
! opened yesterday afternoon.
Manager W. II. Whitelock Of the bas,
ball club will make another attempt
arrange games with Middletown an,
Clayton this week.
Thomas w. r. Duvall of Baltimore
Md, Is sojounring with friends and rela
tives In this city.
Miss Viola Nutz Of Philadelphia re-
turned home this morning after de
lightful visit In this city as the guest 0
, Mrs w w Simpeon