Evening journal., 1890-03-07
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Plumbing Inspector Kane has examined
ll2 jobs since July.
A Girls Friendly Society will be organ.
lied at Calvary Church tonight.
Constable Isaac Dillin will sell lot Of
carriages at Stidham's auction rooms to :
morrow morning.
The Junior Board Of the Homeopathic
Hospital will hold its regular meeting at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Epworth Sunday School Association
has chartered the steamer Thomas Clyde
for an excursion to Chestnut Grove on
June 10.
A Gypsies' camp will be held in the
hall Of Ezion NJ E. Church on this and
tomorrow evenings, by committee of
men and women.
Another driver for the patrol wagon.
for night duty, is badly needed. This,
with an additional horse, would make
the service complete.
The Street and Sewer Department
Directors will hold a special meeting to-
night for the further consideration of
changes in the engineering force.
Company A Association, Fifth ReQi
ment Maryland Volunteers, win assemble
at roll call at p. m, Saturday, March s,
in North East, Md, 6. A. R. Hall.
William Norris the p, w. & B. rail
road conductor who was severely injured
at Perryville on Tuesday last, is rapidly
improving at the Delaware Hospital.
The 1921 south bound train over the
p, w. & B. railroad, known as the Della
ware division express, was fifteen min
utes late to day.
The schooner Annie Lord cleared from
the Pusey and Jones Company's yard at
II o'clock this morning, with two knock
down steamboats, for Port Spain, Trini-
dad.
The commission to assess damages has
concluded to award John McCiafferty
$500 for the portion of his building az
Fifth and Walnut streets destroyed by
widening the street.
The Doctors Finn, A. E. Sanborn.
Esq, and j. Frank Biggs, Esq, attended
the banquet of the alumni of Lafayette
College at the Continental Hotel in Phila-
delphia, last night
The liquor license applications win
come up for final settlement this after
noon, In the Superior Court. There are
about twenty-five applications and only
three or four protests have been entered.
Levy Court was in session this morn
ing with full compliment of members.
Collector DoEgherty was still busy re-
vising his lists and, in all, five names
were added for assessment to the various
lists
General w. F. Smith, United States
engineer, received bids for the building
Of wooden bridges across the cut now
being made from Chincoteague Ebay to
Indian river, yesterday, and sent them TO
Washington, d. @.
Edward F. Kane has sent a-written
resolution to Hon. Thomas f. BayRrd,
thanking him, on behalf of Delaware
Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion, for
presiding at the occasion of the lecture
by Daniel Dougherty. The council netted
$3.50 on the lecture.
A delightful magic lantern exhibition
was given by J.. R. Kilmer in Union NJ
E. Church last evening, showing views
from the Holy Land, the life of Christ
and Brandywine Summit Camp. The
proceeds will be used in purchasing a new
carpet for the Sunday school room of the
church.
The Christiana river showed no signs
Of ice on its surface this morning. Even
as far up as Christiana village the creek
was not frozen over, owing to the high
winds of the previous night A cloud Of
steam arose from the water on the ap-
pearance of the sun. thus proving that |
it had been thoroughly chilled
At a special meeting Of tho Ambrose
Literary Society of the Sacred Heart r. |
G. Church, a vote of thanks was ten
dered Charles Held for favors. The |
question of giving ball was postponed |
until next Thursday evening, when |
another meeting will be held At that |
time eight persons who have been pro
posed viii be elected members. and other |
important business will be transacted,