Middletown transcript., 1891-07-23
pELAwARE CRY.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THRIv-
ING TOWN. PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST

ITEMS OF 1NTEREST.
= Mr.. George Won Cnlin of Baltimo re,
visited Delaware City this week.
j = Mrs. Benjamin Dunlap and son have
been spending week in Philadelphia.
= Ex-City Auditor John M. Newell o
Wilmington, was in Delaware City on Sun
day.
/ - Rt. Rev. Bishop Curtis will officiate
at St. PauTs Catholic Church on Sunday,
August ID.
= Trade has been booming in the Chesa-
peake and Delaware clt ring the
pas week.
n,:ss:. II +, On a's's %sasa1 weeks
- Mrs. Goodall and daughter Katie, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. VIM.
Morris on Clinton street.
Mr.. Arthur Ubii, who has been spend
ing the past few months in Chester, Pa,
has returned home for the summer.
"A handsome black walnut prayer desk
has been placed in Christ Episcopal Church
by Mrs C. G. Ash in memory of her
husband.
A game of baseball will be played
here on Saturday between the Atlas base
ball club and the Delaware Field club of
Wilmington.
Mrs. DR.. Belville and children left on
Wednesday for Atlantic City, where they
will spend week at the Delaware City
House.
During the absence of Rev. H. L. G.
Braddon, at Atlantic City, Rt. Rev. Bishop
Coleman will oficiate at Christ Episcopal
Church, Sunday, August I'd.
= Miss Hannah Swan and Miss Emma
Mulligan Of Philadelphia, are spending
their vacation at their homes here.
- The ancient willow tree on the south
west corner of Clinton and William streets
has been cut down.
= Mr.. Charles s. Wingate and family
who moved to Phenixville, Pa, few
months ago have returned to Delaware
City.
= Henry Brendemyer formerly of Della
ware City, died at his home near Kennedy
vile, Md, on Sunday. The fune raj took
place on Tuesday afternoon.
- Several bay parties passed through
the canal during the past week, on their
way down the Chesapeake bay. Among
them was the we'll known Second Presby-
terian Bay Club of Philadelphia.
A moonlight excursion from Will
mington, visited here on the steamer
Christina on Tuesday night, and spen t
about an hour here, after which they
steamed around Fort Delaware and down
| the river.
Mr.. Albert Craig of Hartford, Conn.,,
is visiting his father here. Mr.. Craig is
engaged in the manufacture of the cele-
brated alloy, known as Craig silver, o
substitute for silver in all articles except
coin. He is negotiating for the Maxwell
property, with view of locating his plant
here and making that his residence.
= The Delaware Castle, z. G. E. festival
opened to large business on Tuesday even
ing, and continued on Wednesday and
Thursday. The grounds were in fine con-
dition, and the tables were elegantly fur
nished with everything good to eat, and
beautifully decorated with flowers of every
hue. The ladies were careful and courteous
in their attendance and everything
pleasant and enjoyable. A neat sum was
netted for the Castle.
Two young men, one about IL and
the other about 19 years of age, were ar
rested here on Tuesday evening for horse
stealing at West Chester, Pa. They drove
| into town on Monday morning, and reg
istered and put up the team ut the Della
ware City Hotel, where they said they ex-
pected to spend a week. On Tuesday
morning they made an effort to sell the
team, when it was discovered that the
horse was foundered, and suspicion was
awakened in the mind of the host. Mr.. E.
A. Stout, who had previously received a
letter describing a horse stolen from West
Chester, and an examination of the animal
made it pretty clear that it was the stolen
one. Mr.. Stout at once notified West
Chester authorities, and received a reply
saying that detective would be down in
the evening. In the meantime the boys
started to decamp, when they were arrest
ed by Constable steelman and locked up in
the city hall. A search of the persons of
the young men brought to light five re-
volvers, two knives, eighty six cents, and
box OF cigaretts. A detective from West
Chester arrived the same evening, and
left with the prisoners for that city, on
Wednesday morning. The horse was a
very fine animal and valued at $3.50. The
boys both belong to West Chester, and one
of them comes from a very respectable