Middletown transcript., 1891-08-27
DELAWARE cry.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THRIv-
ING TOWN. PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Fannie Tosney.
-Ex-county Treasurer CarsweH was il
town on Monday.
Mrs. VIM. T. Vail is visiting in Viii
mington this week.
The Misses Jones of Reedy Island wer'
the guests of Miss Nellie Morris this week
= Miss Katie A. Burke of Philadelphia
spent Sunday here with Miss Kate Lang.
DIR. Eddingfeld Of New Castle, for
mer resident of this place, is visiting friends
here.
= The canal company's mud machine
has been making repairs at the mouth oi
Dragon creek this week.
- Mr.. Robert Morris who has been
suffering with light attack of typhoid
fever, is convalescent.
= Howard Davidson, who has been
seriously i'll with typhoid fever for several
weeks, is slowly improving.
= Mr.. Edward O'Neill is laying new
pavements in front of his property on
Washington Avenue this week.
Mr.. Charles Schaffer and family Of
Chesapeake City who have been spending a
few weeks here, returned home on
Wednesday.
= Mr.. George w. Craig returned from
Boston on Saturday evening, where he
had been visiting his sister, who is very i'll.
Ex-Department Commander, Peter B.
Ayers of Wilmington, was the guest of his
son-in-law, Mr.. J. N. Warren on Sunday.
A party of fishermen who spent
Tuesday fishing in the canal, made catch
of two hundred and seventy-nine fish, with
hook and line.
A car load of broken stone from New
Castle Jail arrived here on Friday sand was
used on the road between here and St..
Georges.
= The Thursday night hops at Angus
tine Pier have been well attended from here
this season. A large crowd will attend the
closing hop next Thursday evening.
- The Delaware City cannery, which is
operated by Messrs. J. E. Stansbury & Sons,
the well-known packers, of Baltimore,
made their first pack of tomatoes on Tues
day.
= The engine attached to the accomoda-
train leaving here on Monday morning at
I AS, broke down at Cedar creek between
Delaware City and Porters, causing delay
of an hour and five minutes.
- Mr.. John Swan, assistant engineer of
the Ericsson Line Steamer, Woodland, who
has been spending the summer months here,
left on Monday evening for Baltimore
where he win join his steamer.
= Jersey truck is plentiful in our mar
ket, boats arriving every day from Penns-
vile with melons, cantelopes and sweet
potatoes The latter are selling this week
from forty to seventy cents a basket. Good
cantelopes at twenty-five cents basket.
= Mr.. A. Colburn and daughters return
ed from Europe last week, where the two
younger daughters, Misses Ida and Made
line have been completing their education.
= The fruit bazar given for the benefit
Of the M. E. Church on Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings was
neat affair The receipts were
S8725.
= The Rev. T. o. Ayers of the M. E.
Church is spending two weeks vacation
1t Ocean Grove. Owing to his absence
there was no services in the M. E. Church
IN Sunday. =.
- The tug Taurus, with large dele
cation of Odd Fellows from Wilmington
passed through the lock here on Tuesday
evening, on their way to st. Georges, to
pay friendly visit to National Lodge, of
hat town.
= DIR. F. S. Dunlap is making improve
nents on his dwelling house on Washing
on Avenue, occupied by Mr.. A. Holiday,
1y the addition of second story back
building, ETC.
= Mr.. John Wood Of Wilmington, SON
If the late Squire Wood, former resident
If this town, and Mr.. Ginder, his partner,
risited her on Sunday. Mr.. Wood has re-
'ided in Wilmington ever since leaving
Delaware City, and is engaged in the
grocery business there.
- The pavement which was laid around
;he Delaware City National Bank last
pring has been torn up, owing to the in
erior quality of the bricks, and new
pavement laid, which together with the
,ther improvements made there this year,
makes the bank property one of the neat
st in our. city.
= The steam tug C. G.. Ash, of the
and Delaware Canal Towing
Co., made several trips to Wilmington this
week with barges, and will leave the
after part of this week with a large tow of
'Ound timber for Bordentown, N. j.,
which will go from there to New York
City via the Delaware and Raritan canal.
"A dancing school will be opened at
Mulligan's Hall, about the first OF October.
1t present we are unable to name the
,eacher, as there are two applicants for the
position. The hall has recently been
,apered and painted and put into first class
rider. This together with the location,
makes it very desirable place for the
purpose.
= Receiver of Taxes John T. Dickey
made his first official visit to Delaware
City on Friday, opening an office at the
Delaware City Hotel, and collected taxes
70 the amount of twelve hundred dollars
Ar. Dickey made very favorable inn
preston on our people by his business-like
manner and courtesy to all. He will sit at
,he same place to receive taxes on Septem-
Der 18th and 10Th.
= The game of base ball which was to
nave been played between the Atlas club
If Delaware City and the Salem club of
Beach on Wednesday next has
been declared off, owing to the Salem club
wanting larger guarantee than the Atlas
jared to give. Manager Jester is making
an effort to have the Chester club play the