Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-17
Lovely buIIdlng lOtu a. ooreston.


Rev. e. Atkins preached at Grace
Chui ch yesterday morning.
Slater Reynolds of Philadelphia
preached in Scott M. E. Church last
evening
Bishop Coleman preached at the
Church of the Ascension, Claymont,
yesterday.
Forty carloads OF people went to Bay
Ridge yesterday, by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad.
Rev James Dunbar cfficiated st the
morning service in Madeley M. e.
Church yesterday
Rev. 8 F. Marks of Tidronte, Pa,
preached in the First Presbyterian
Church last night.
Father Sylvester of the Sacred Heart
Church entertained the m mbers OF the
choir last evening
Ex-Polieeman John Pierson has been
made special officer for duty at Fay
woods restaurant.
Next Sunday, Rev Dovid Howard will
preach his last sermon to his congrega-
ton at Calvary Church
Professor A p. Keil of Hanover
College ofEiciated at the Central Presby
terlan Church yesterday.
The Rockford Base BAH Club defeated
the Quickstep Club Of Chester on setur-
day BY score Of rs to 13.
The Offices Of the superintendent and
train master at the P. W. & b. depot
have been thoroughly renovated
Rev Isaac Jewell preached at Epworth
NJ. E. Church yesterday and compared
ancient and modern camp meetings.
Burglars attempted to enter German
Hall on Saturday morning but were
heightened away by the jsnitor, Edward
Gesses.
Henry Pryor, the colored man shot by
Detective McYey, has been discharged
from the Homeopathic Hospital as con
vsleseent.
Frank Leach, sailor on the schooner
David milford, was rescued from drown.
ing by William Mcyey on Saturday in
the Delaware.
The body Of Albert n Robinson, the
| Schuylkill river victim, was buried in
the Wilmington and Brandywine Gene
terry on Saturday afternoon.
Two drunken roughs created some
exciteUent at Fourth and TstnRll streets
by throwing buck through a window OF
No. 410 Tatnall street yesterday.
Secretary of the State Board of Health
E. B. Frszsr has been in Smyrna in
specting the sanitary condition of the
town. He reports it in excellent coHdi.
ton
Rev George Thompson, pastor OF
Olivet Presbyterian Church, has written
a letter 10 his congregation from Rome,
where he aud his wife are stopping while
on their summer vacation tour.
Representatives of the fire companies
Of the city met in the Friendship engine
house on Saturday evening and named
Frank L Brandt as chief marshal Of the
parade of the State Firemens Assoeia
tion.
On Satu day 139 carloads of peaches
were shipped over The Delaware railroad
and its branches There was not a singl,
carload consigned TO this city. The tota
shipments for the season amount tc
1925.
Last week 1891 persons took ad
vantage of the Raymond Free Bath. o.
this number ,03l we're men, 8, 33S werl
boys, l27 were women, and 325 werl
girls. The total number of bathers Il
date is IS. 492.
A private car containing Vice Presi
dent Cassatt of the Pennsvlvania rail
road and party, was attached to train No
3S, which arrived here at 10. OF a. m. to
day. The party has been in Washington
and was bound for Philadelphia.
The stone stable on the property of A
Hart at Eighth and Broome street
has not as yet been removed. The build
ing was to have been taken down over
year ago but owing to some fault of tn
Street and Sewer Department IL has no
been done.
Mrs Ella Messenger, wife of Thoma
81. 81. Messenger. the carriage builder
died at her husbands home, No. 10
East Eleventh street, on Saturday night
from exhaustion caused by an interna
abscess. Deceased was member o
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church.
Register Colquhoun reports th
] number of deaths for the week endin
! on Saturday to be 80 compared with 2
for the corresponding week OF last year
Births 35, compared with IL for the cor
responding week of 1890. and marriage
compared with tor the same wee
of last year
, The surplus Of the Equitable Life i
1913, no. 47, which is $1S. 759. 214 create
than that of tie Mutual Life, $21, 1882,
996 greater han that of the Providen