Middletown transcript., 1891-04-16
DELAWARE CITY.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THR1v'
ING TOWN. PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1NG TOWN. PERSONAb
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
= sewell Webb is visiting at Camden,
N. J.
: Miss Ella Silva, is spending week at
Fort Delaware.
= Miss Emma Murray of New Castle,
spent Monday here.
= Mr.. Daniel Weaver of Philadelphia,
is visiting his old home here.
= Mrs. Bradway of Atlantic City, spent
Monday in Delaware City.
: Mr.. Mcclellan Reeves of Phenixyille,
Pa, is visiting his parents here this week.
= Miss Maggie Gallagher of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her parents here this week.
= Mr.. John Fl. Roberts who has been
i'll with la grippe, is about again.
: The New Castle Presbytery will meet
at Delaware City on Tuesday, April 21st.
: Mr.. o. B. Wingate, agent for the
Pennsylvania railroad at this place is quite
ILL.,
= Mr.. John O'Neil, who has been
quite sick for the past few weeks, is much
better.
= Miss Julia Clark, who has been visit
ing in Washington and Philadelphia, re-
turned home this week.
= Miss Sarah Merchant and Miss Lizzie
Dunham of Wilmington, are visiting Mrs.
George Bowen.
: Mrs. Waterson of Chelton Hill, who
has been visiting Mrs. Gallagher, returned
home this morning.
= The steamer Major Reybold now
makes daily stops at Marcus Hook, both
going to and coming from Philadelphia
- A telephone has been placed in the
Office of the Philadelphia and Salem Steam
boat Company, on the wharf, putting them
in direct communication with their boats
at any point on their line.
= The household goods of Mrs. A. B.
Maxwell will be sold at public sale at her
residence here on Tuesday, April 29th.
The sale will be an interesting one as there
are numerous valuable antique articles of
furniture and ornaments among the collec-
ton, besides great deal of elegant and
useful furniture etc, all of which will be
advertised in THE TRANSCRIPT next week.
Mr.. A. I. Swan will be the auctioneer.
= Messrs Pancoast & Ziegier, fish deal
ers of this place, have offered as premiums
"a handsome gold and fine silver watch,
the first to be awarded to the fisherman
who shall this sea son sell them the largest
number of Delaware shad The silver
watch will be given to the, person selling
them the second largest number of shad.
The above firm are extensive dealers and
make large shipments to New York and
Philadelphia daily.
- Professor Goldey, of the Wilmington
Commercial College, delivered an address
in the Assembly Hall of the public school
on the 18th. His subject was, Checks
and Banking" The speakers remarks
were very practical, and were highly ap-
preciated by the audience present. Not
only did the Professor treat of all the forms
and law, pertaining to this matter, but he
also passed around quantity of paper to
illustrate his points and make more last
ing impression, The programme for the
evening was under the auspices of the
Photophorion Literary Society, and was in
every way complete success.
= Monday was high day, thus far, with.
our fishermen this season. Earlyo on Mon
day morning twenty-seven thousand
herring were caught at one haul in the
Chesapeake & Delaware Canal locks here.
Many thousands of the same fish were also
caught by the gillers. In the afternoon
thousands of shad were landed here by the
many boats fishing from this point The
highest catch to boat being two hundred
and eighty-seven, others ranging from that
down. several boats catching over two hun
dred EACH The fish were all purchased as
they came in by the buyers who are located
here, at prices ranging from SIG to $18 per
hundred. The catches on Tuesday and
Wednesday, while not as large as that of
Monday, were very good. The first in
voice of sturgeon from the fleets that are
down the bay arrived here on Friday even
ing, (which is one day later than last
season., and as the weather has been very
mild, it is likely that they will make good
catches there this week.
= Mr.. J. E. Simpson of New York the
inventor and contractor of the most i'm
proved dry dock, and who is the owner of
one hundred and fifty acres of land in and
adjacent to Delaware City, bordering on
both sides of the canal, with large river
front, will give free of charge to any
responsible company or firm sufficient land
to erect plant of unlimited size for manu-
featuring purposes, and the city will
exempt any such manufacturers from
State, county, municipal and school taxes
for ten years OF, Mr.. Simpson will erect
for any responsible party all necessary
buildings for manufacturing purposes, and
will build docks, railways and ship yard
sufficient to build the largest class ships
and steamers, and will lease them for a
term of years at a very low rent of interest
on the investment Delaware City is one
of the finest locations in the world for ship
building and other manufactures, having
the advantage of good water and railroad
facilities This is a very rare chance and a
bona fide offer.