The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-07

|Sultcol Election. Excursion Grounds
Improved, Wedding and ssrenade.
Personals.
Special Correspondence REPUBLICAN.
FAuLKLAND, Del. April 6.--An cleo
ton for three school commissioners,
for tho ensuing year, in district No.
38, was held Saturday afternoon. DIR.
/. Il. Bail clerk, Vim. H. Worth and
Mccoy YeGrsloy, were reelected.
Brandywiiie Springs Improvement
Company have already began prepar-
.hg for. the coming season. The leaves
.nn rubbish on the excursion grounds
we're faked up and burned dnring the
past week.
Mrs. Mary Ratio was buried In Red
Clay cemetery here on Friday morn
Ing.
Charles Steward, who was killed at
BAY View on Thursday, was former
Iresidont OF this place, having relatives
now living here. Several persons at
tended his funeral yesterday.
The Diamond State Minstrels, q
newly composed club OF young men
lof MarshalIton, will make their first
appearance in public, ut North East,
Md, on Saturday evening, April Is.
Frank Elmer and Miss Julia Peiree
were married at the Red Clay Creek
Church parsonage, by Rev John d.
Blake, on Thursday evening. After
the ceremony tho contracting parties
REPAIRED to the BRIDES parents home.
ION Friday evening large number of
their friends took unto themselves the
privilege OF celebrating the occasion,
by giving them good old time sere-
made. At reasonable time the sere-
lnaders were treated with refreshments
lin abundance.
Complaints are being constantly
made OF the lack of passenger accom-
modatlon on the Landenbefg branch.
Almost every morning the two enrs
are SO crowded that large numbers OF
persons have to stand iu the aisles.
Three cars should be placed on each
train, that the patrons might DO com
fortably seated.
number OF persons of this town
were In Wilmington on Saturday,
among them were Miss Martha Ste W.
Tart, Mrs. Margaret Ferguson, Mrs. II.
NV. Crook, Misses Marie and Eva
Hayes, Miss Eva Ball. George q.
Clarke, David A. Cornbrooks and John
lMciGiwee.
James Traynor, Of Mt. Cuba and
John Ryan, OF Ashland, were in Will
nilngton yesterday,
Miss Mary WEIGH and NJ. Edna Leach,
were in Wooddalo yesterday.
Mrs. Charles A. Hill. of Hockessin,
spent Yesterday with relatives here.
Mrs. Vim. crossgrove, of Whining
ton, was guest OF Mrs. Albert Hart
man yesterday.
MIR. Alexander, of Wilmington was
in Landenherg, Pa. yesterday.
George Middleton, of Wilmington,
was here Sunday.
Willard Springer, of Ashland, visited
Wilmington last evening.
Thomas McCnllin, spent Sunday
with his parents, IN Marshallton.
Miss Annie McCracken, OF Philadel-
Iphia, was In liockessin estOrday.
John q. Collins, of Wilmington, was
q guest OF friends ut Eden, yesterday.
George Garrett and w. H. Wilson,
were visiting in AIarshnllton Sunday.
Skip. Of our sister, "blooming town.
need not worry as to his idenity, X. Y.
II, is not dead, nor is he slow in guess
ling his opponent and correctly too.
Too many edges are left un trimmed
flor him to guess otherwise.
BY the way, you forgot a few pig
Ipens, straw and hay stacks, and corn
shocks, that rule "the" world, when
quoting the size OF Falkland. We
ARE proud OF the name, for the reason
that is the only one in the world, with
Its modern improvements, a mayor,
lefty council, street and sewer depart.
Ilnents, policemen, patrol, Gaynol
police system, station houses, electric
flights and street car railway, n beatitig
Iful park, hotel, summer residences,
newspaper, printing Office, lawyers
doctors and the like. We have some
thing to be proud of, other than red
Iclay, muddy cow paths" to plumber
In with the danger of being lynched
lor hung by cheap labor people.
Wonder II MarshRllton will present a
bill to congress TINT will prohibit fol
lellYners being sent to this country in
IIshtpiouds.
i You were tired ono hundred yeare
lago, Skippie. Did you know that you
could not make any kind OF q stir OF
such an advanced agef Keep the hair
Ion your head, Skip, don't get ratified.
You have got the wrong end OF the
Thorn to blow. The space In this paper
Ils too valuable 10 go further Oh the
-lSubjeet. Your attentiohn Is called To
the following, and adieu.
Situated on Red Clay Creek is Marshaliton
Whose citizens light without gun;
Tho attack was made by Falkland,
With Neither drum-corps or brass band
] Ii was rum that the former fought for,
And it, grievances for which, the latter
II did ignore;
The infantry to the high court did bow
low,
And the judge, with the hammer, said
/ you may go.
Their learned counsel, q man TO the letter
Withdrew the case, to accept something
better;
With ali eyes and attention turn TO the
friend, X. Z. H.,
They retreated. thinking they had him
!, up tree
] Look y ere. Friend. Arc You sick2