Evening journal., 1890-01-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

One thousand, three hundred and
fifty-two dogs have been registered.
City Solicitor Henry Clay Turner drew
up the contracts for garbage this morn
ing.
Letters testamentary have been grant
ed the estate Of James Heald to Ann
Head.
Joseph Pyle will lecture on his western
trip, before Cherokee Tribe, l. o. r. NJ,
this evening
Letters of administration have been
granted on the estate of Mary Myers Of
Newark to j. w. Myers.
The Wilmington City Railroad Com
pany has opened a waiting room for the
Eighth street line, in Aim ond's store.
William Cornville, William Dougherty
and Patrick Neister were fined 81 and
costs for disorderly conduct by Justice
Monaghan last night.
North Carolina shad are now in the
fish market. They range in weight from
three to four and half pounds, and in
price 30 cents to S1.25.
The Master Carpenters held special
meeting yesterday afternoon, and post
poned the consideration of the nine hour
day schedule until another meeting.
Sheriff Allen sold a two-story frame
house at Delaware City, yesterday, the
property of William E. Cleaver, to
Philip Q. Churchman, Esq, for $500.
An anniversary mass was celebrated at
st. Marys Roman Catholic Church this
morning, for the repose OF Maggie Guth
rie's soul Miss Guthrie died two years
ago to-day.
A Republican mass meeting will be
held at Republican headquarters, Seventh
and Market streets, tomorrow evening
F. E. Bach, chairman Of the First Dis
trict Committee, will probably deliver an
address.
O. j. Il Beckett. the sheriff's sale of
whose stock was stopped yesterday by an
injunction, has been cited to answer the
charges of executing fraudulent judg-
ments, before the chancellor at Dover.
on March 10. His counsel will deny all
the charges of fraud made.
Mrs. Coleman K. Bishop, lectured on
''Within and Without" before the New
Century Club yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Bishop will lecture this evening before
the New Century Club, at the 7. NJ. CA.
building, on Health and Grace VS.. Ill
ness and Awkwardness."
Small boys broke into the cellar of
Jesse L. Talley's fruit and produce stall
in the Eighth street market, on Sunday
night and left with large quantity of
fruit One of the thieves has turned in
former and some of the remainder may
be caught.
Persons who live on West Front street
complain that the street cleaners never
clean the street near them. They say
that the road in front of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company's foundry has
been cleaned thrice to once for the street
further out.
A horse attached to the delivery wagon
of K. Anderson & Son, grocers, became
frightened at Fifteenth and Market
streets this morning, and ran away,
breaking the wagon badly. Fortunately
the driver was not hurt. The horse was
frightened by an electric car which was
passing at the time
Five permanent memberships in the
Wilmington Institute Library have been
endowed by Mrs. A. l.. Conant, in mem
DRY of her son, Haywood Conant, who
died on July 6, 1880 Lhey will be known
as the Haywood CoRant memberships
and for the benefit Of printers appren-
tices IN the newspaper Offices of the city
The first benedciaries are Herman Jones
and William Il. Williams Of the Morning
News, and Theodore G. Grotz, Emmol
Gilmore and Charles Cloud of the Ever,
Evening