Middletown transcript., 1891-03-12
DELAwAkE CRY.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THRIv-
ING TOWN. PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTERSsT.
- Charles W. Pancoast spent Tuesday
in Philadelphia.
= Mr.. John T. Cheairs was in Philadel-
phia on Wednesday.
- Detective Nathan Hutchins of Dover,
was in town on Wednesday.
= Mrs. E. A. Stout, who has been
seriously ill for the past two weeks, is inn
proving
- Mr.. James Lang, who has been spend
inga month in Philadelphia; returned
home this week.
- Miss Mary Messig has very hand
some display of flowers in their store
window on Clinton street.
- Mrs. Rev. Il. L. c. Braddon is SPEND
ing this week at Atlantic City, the guest
of Miss Lidie Bradway.
Mr.. James N. Ziegler, of the firm Of
Pancoast & Ziegler is on business trip to
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. Moore the extensive oyster dealer
of Oxford, Nd, was in town on Tuesday
engaging boats for the oyster trade.
= notwithstanding the warm weather
and the lateness of the season the Beck &
Paneeass HaiHee meat faeteryy is still RIM
ming full time.
= The stockmen and shippers are COM
planning that the freight rates on the
steamer Maj or Reybold are unreasonably
high, much higher than those Of the old
company.
= The steamer Major Reybold got caught
in fog on Monday evening and was unable
to land at Delaware City, but went on to
Salem.
= Seven barges, loaded with oyster
shells, arrived here on Friday, and were
towed to Salem and other points on the
river during the week, by the tug G. G.
Ash.
- Mr.. William Roberts and family re-
moved to Philadelphia, on Wednesday,
where he is now employed by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company.
The steamer Major Reybold resumed
her trips between Philadelphia and Salem,
on Monday, leaving salem at Z A. NJ. and
philadelphia at 2 P. M. daily. Mr.. Il. G
Clark has been appointed the agent at this
point
The Delaware City Literary Society
held another one of their entertainments a
Assembly Hall on Tuesday evening. Th'
programme included vocal and instru
mental solos and duets and magic lanterr
exhibition and lecture by Prot. Gardiner
Mr.. Joseph Messig, one of our present
Commissioners, is prominently mentioned
as candidate for Mayor, at the coming
election to be held here in April. Mr
Messig has made an excellent Commission
or, and would no doubt fill the Office o
Mayor with credit and ability.
At meeting of the Delaware CT.
Volunteer Fire Department, held at tn
engine house on Thursday evening, tn
following persons were elected delegates t
attend the meeting of the State Fire As
sociation held in Wilmington on Tuesda
evening Messrs William G. Bright, DAME
O'Neil, George N. Bright, sameul Fl. Iron
and John Davidson.
- About twenty-five boats are now er
gagged in herring fishing from this point
The fish are plentiful this week, some
the boats catching as high as seven hun
dred on Monday. They are nearly a
purchased by traders who drive here frol
as far as Chester county, Pa. The prit
paid during the early part of the wee
was $1.75 per hundred.
- The steam yacht Linda, which
owned by the Chesapeake and Delawal
Canal Co., and used by their Superinten'
emit Mr.. Fletcher Price, made her first trl
Of the season through the canal, fro
Chesapeake City, on Wednesday. II
J fast little craft was thoroughly overhaule
during the winter, having new timbe
J put in, new and larger boiler, and
, painted. The work was done at Ches
: peake City, under the charge OF M
Charles Schaefer.