Evening journal., 1891-07-11
CITY NEWS IN eRlEE.

Several OF the Wilmington wheel
boys went to Dover to-day on a century
run.
The fine weather to-day called a great
many people out to visit the street mar
kets.
Rev. Daniel Green Of Newport will
preach at Asbury NJ. E. Church to-
morrow morning
The wheelwomen who went from this
city to Chester yesterday afternoon re-
turned last evening.
JohniWilliams was bit by flying timber
at the Jackson and Sharp Companys
works Yesterday, but escaped injury
Register of Wills ]. wilkins Cooch has
granted letters testameutary upon the
estate Of Mary White to Robert G
FrRim.
The grounds about the Delaware
Hospital are now being graded and i'm
proved and will in a short time be
beautifed
Squire Sasse's court is occupied this
afternoon hearing the foreign attach.
ment case of Andrew ]. McHugh W.
William Barnard.
There is some complaint among com
mission men that the peaches that are
now being shipped to the city markets
are inferior in quality.
George W. Lodge, the King street
grocer. who has been so i'll that his con
dition for some days has caused his
friends alarm, is better to-day.
Register OF Wills Cooch has granted
letters of administration upon the estate
of James Mitchell, deceased, late Of Will
mington hundred, to the Security Trust
and SAFE Deposit Company.
The Saturday night nesting for the
promotion Of holiness will be held in the
tent on Walnut street between
Eleventh and Twelfth, this evening ct
2 10 o'clock, led by Brother John Wise.
The charred timber and other burned
refuse around the mills of the Diamond
State Iron Company has been cleared
away and scaffolding erected around the
chimueys in readiness for the work of
rebuilding.
Mrs D. R. o'Brien, one Of the leading
singers Of Atlanta, Ga. will sing a new
offertory for the Boys Choir" in st.
Pauls r. @ Church, Fourth and Jack
son streets, at 10 o'clock, tomorrow and
at 7S0p. m.
Frank Brown, colored, who was
arrested for brutality beating
and kicking his 13-years- old daughter was
fined $40 and cost BY Magistrate Smith
yesterday, in default Of which he was
committed to prison.
horse attached to Albert Wood
wards milk wagon kicked the shafts
from the wagon this morning, while
coming into this city. Woodward had to
walk into town and borrow shafts to
take the place of the broken ones
Christopher Dougherty, 80 years old,
was struck by a foot plank, which
hew from rip saw at the Jackson and
Sharp Company's works, and knocked
senseless. his head and face were badly
bruised and his ear was split open so
that DR.. Rile bad to stitch it together.
The Jackson & Sharp Company has
entered into a contract with Paxon &
Company Of Philadelphia to build a
steam barge l4O feet over all, % feet, 6
inches beam, and 9 feet depth Of hold.
The machinery will be butt by the
Pussy and Jones Company.
Florence Marry. the woman. who left
her babe for tue sake Of carousing in the
Colored Mems East End Social Club
house, which was rRided last Saturday.
was fined $15 and costs by Msgistrsts
Monaghan yesterday, in default of pay
ment which fine, she was committed to
jail.
The new stone crusher recently -pur-
chased by the Street aud Sewer Direc.
tors, which has for several days been
crushing stones at Tenth and Van Buren,
streets, broke yesterday aud the work of
breaking stones will have to be sus-
pendedj until new casting is secured.
The stone crusher had broken 150 tons
Of stone and at this rate in four days
would have broken all the stone at that
point.
The Sledel and Hastings Company has
just completed an order from Horace
Thealrs New York Iron Works for the
plates for two large boilers, which he is
building for the steamer Drew of the
Albany lire They have also Just com
pleted deliveries on an order from the
w & A. Fletcher Company. North River
Iron Works, Hobokep, for the plates for
boilers for the large steamer which they
are building.