Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-09
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Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
NEWARK. Jan. 1.-The town fire DEPART
ment has recently had posted over town
the new code OF fire signals. The Fret or
West ward alarm Ia to be sounded by the
College bell, with single strokes at short
intervals. The Second ward inhabitants
will, at night especially, be called precipi-
tously from their beds by two strokes at
short Intervals by the Academy bell. A
continuous and rapid ringing OF the Roman
Catholic church bell, In the East ward, Will
sound tn alarm for that ward. This bell
Is the largest In town, and 80 far has done
duty In first sounding three alarms. Each
Of the three bells Is supposed to take up
| the alarm when once II has been sounded,
which is, perhaps, unnecessary 10 Newark,
whore almost half OF the Inhabitants gem
orally arrive at the scene Of fire In ad-
vance Of the hose company.
Mrs. Alice Brown, living at the East End,
who recently fell and broke her wrist at
! W. B. Sharp's store In Wilmington, is rap.
| idly recovering from her injury. Dr..
/ Quinby of Wilmington is attending her.
| An old tims watch meeting was held last
night at midnight in the Methodist church.
| The new year was ushered IN with prayer
and praise, and after general exchange
OF good wishes and a general making OF
good resolutions the congregation dis
| persei.
!
| NEWARK, Jan. 4.-Three or four new stu
dents catered Delaware College at the be-
! ginning OF the winter term on Thursday.
/ There are now about 80 students In the tn-
| stitutlon, and President Raub hopes next
year to increase the total number to l25
| young men. This will indeed make for
midable array OF students for the old col
leae-many more, in taat, than It ever rad
before at any one tiIae--but no one who
knows Or. Raub's remarkable faculty In at
tracting students and friends to the college
/ will for an instant discount his expecta-
t!ons. Everything is moving along most
smoothly now In al the departments, and
among the students and masters there Is a
renewed feeling OF union and progress,
Newark Academy and Normal school opens
again on Tuesday with u prospect OF q
NUMBER OF new students.
William L. Singles, formerly head CLERK
In Rankin Armstrong; dry goods store
and William Neilds, formerly with the firm
OF J. +. Williamson < Son, but more re-
Gently ot West Grove, Pa, have entered
into u partnership and purchased the vii
Hanson house and store property, corner
OF Main ami Chapel streets, from s. Minol
Curtis, and viii very coon open a large dry
goods and grocery house.
on Thursday night about 1890 o'elocE
the continued blowing OF steam whistle
north OF town and Ia the direction OF Curtit
& Brothers, paper mil gave rise to the re
port that the mill was on fire and there wa
at once a general rush TO the scene OF the
supposed fire. The false alarm had bcel
caused by some mischlevous boys, who t!eC
down the whistle on Give" steam tractio,
engine which was employed on farm uea
the paper mill. False fire alarms are be
coming very frequent ocegrrences here.
NEWARK, Dec 6.-Miss Fanny Corbit
aged about 20 years, died early yes.erda!
morning at the residence OF her father
Patrick Oorbit, near the p, W. d b. sta
ton. She has for nome months BEEF
suffering from consumption.
The farm of Edward Il. Wilson, re
Gently purchased at sheriff's sale by Jnhl
E, Lewis and lying near the p, W. &
station, ia being much improved by it
new owner, New fences, nav hedges an
new outbuildings are being erected Othe
Improvements are soon to be made unit
! ii becomes model farm"
A very large number OF changes vii
take place here during the coming spring
Most all tenants OF town houses hav
recsived warnings ont" from their land
lords, sent presumab ably for the purpose Q
raising rents. In most cases the new rat
will he only slightly increased, but !
, eeveral cases the increase has been owe
80 per centum. In one case the rent of
i house has been raised from $500 to $42
per year. Some Of the changes will I
made during the current month.
: present every house in the town 10 occl
pied, and probably rs more, if availab
at once, could be rented. The houi
famine promises TO become even moi
oppressive when the Knauf aud MORO
i factories begin operations.