Middletown transcript., 1891-03-26
DELAWARE CITY.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THIRTY
ING TOWN. Personal
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
-M Mr. Hancock has accepted the posi-
ton of clerk at the Robinson House.
: Captain w. E. Reybold spent Satur-.
day and Sunday in philadelphia.
: Mrs. Kaufman Manko is visiting her
daughters in Philadelphia, this week.
= Wednesday being the 25th of March,
the usual number of movings took place
here.
Mrs. George N. D. Bowen was in
Philadelphia on Tuesday attending the
funeral of relative.
The NJ. E. Church was closed on Sun
day, the pastor Rev. Mr.. Pilchard being in
attendance at conference.
- Mr.. P. McHugh, who has resided at
Fort Delaware for a number of years, will
remove to Delaware City in April.
= Miss Julia Clark of Greenlea, near
Delaware City, is visiting in Washington,
D. G.
Mr.. B. Frank Townsend the we'll
known real estate agent Of Wilmington,
was in town on Tuesday.
- Mrs. Johannes and daughter Mabel,
who have been visiting in Washington for
the past two months, have returned home.
Mr.. Peter Cleayer of Kirkwood, NOV
ed to Delaware City this week, and will
occupy the James Craig house on Canal
street.
- Wild ducks continue plentiful, and
the blinds on the marshes are being made
good use of by our sportsmen and their
friends.
The continued rains have caused
water to raise in nearly every cellar in
town, many of them never having had
water in them before.
- Mr.. J. E. Stansbury, the well-known
Gamer of Baltimore, who will operate the
Delaware City cannery this season, was in
town on Tuesday.
= Messrs. Pancoast & Zeigler are erect
ing large ice and store house on the
Clark wharf to be used by them for storing
fish, preparing caviar, etc.
Mr.. Charles S. Wingate who has
been in the employ of the Phoenix Iron
Works of Phoenixville, Pa. for the past
two months removed his family to that
place this week.
Mr.. George W. Craig has succeeded
Mr. VIM. J. Beck as manager of Mr.. Harry
Heals market, Mr.. Beck being en-
ga ged in the fish business with Messrs
Pancoast & Zeigler.
| Rev. s. N. Pilchard who has been
pastor of the NJ. E. Church for the past
| two years, has accepted call to Laurel,
Del. During his stay here Mr.. Pilchard
made many warm friends among all de-
nominations, whose best wishes will go
with him.
The first shad of the season was caught
here in shad net on Thursday the 10th,
which is one day earlier than the first
caught last season. 1t was purchased by
Mr. Edward Milne of the Robinson House
| Another shad was caught on Monday, in q
herring net, by Mr.. Herbert Derrickson.
= So far the herring season has been one
of the most successful in many years
There are forty boats fishing for herring
from this place, and some of them caught
as high as nineteen hundred in a single
day. Twenty thousand were caught IL
the lock on Monday morning Many Of
the fish are sold to traders who take then
to inland towns /; the balance being shipped
to Philadelphia, Chester and New York
Prices are ranging from ninety cents tt
one dollar a hundred
Elaborate music and floral decorations
are in preparation for the Easter service
at all the churches. Services at st. Paul
Catholic church will begin at 1890 A. M
when High Mass will be celebrated by the
Rev. Father DAILY. The choir will rendel
the following music: Kyrie and Gloria
Rosewig; Credo, Farmers; Sanctus an,
Benedictus, Farmers Agnus, Del, Demon
ii. The Regina Coei will be sung at tn,
Offertory. Vesper service will be held il
the evening at seven o'clock. At Chris
Episcopal church the services will be a
follows: Sunrise service and Holy Com
munion at 6 A. M, morning prayer, SCI
mon and second celebration at 1890 A. N
children service at 2.30 P. NJ, evenin
prayer and sermon at 7.30 P. NJ. During
the morning and evening seryi ces the fol
lowing music will be rendered: Process
sional hymn, Roper Anthem, Monnyton
Gloria Patri, Mitchell; TIE Deum, Hop
kins Jubilate, Dupois Hymn, Gaunt
lett; Kyrie Eleison, Mitchell Gloria Tibi
Short Hymn, Bach Ascription, Wight
Trisagion, Taylor Magnifcat, Armes
Nunc Dimittis, Whitney. The usus
Easter services will be held at the Metht
dist and Presbyterian chur ches, but W
have not received their musical programs.