Middletown transcript., 1891-04-30
DELAWARE CITY.
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK IN A THRIv-
ING TOWN. PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mr.. Homer Stewart of Philadelphia
was in town this week.
- Miss Clara Vail was the guest of Mis-
Bessie Price this week.
Mr.. Edgar Price of Millington, Md.
was in town this week.
- Miss Lizzie Newkirk of Wilmington
is visiting friends here this week.
- Master Eddie Ayars of Wilmington
is visiting his sister, Mrs. j. N. Warren.
= Messrs Patrick Neary and Milton
Solomon Of Wilmington, were in town on
Tuesday. -
- Mrs. Geo F. Brady and daughter,
Miss Clara of Middletown, visited here or
Tuesday.
= Trade has been good on the Chesa
peake and Delaware Canal during the past
two weeks.
u Mr.. James B. Hasson of Wilmington,
a member of Governor Reynolds staff,
spent few hours here on Sunday.
= The steam tug Swallow of the Chesa-
peake & Delaware Canal Towing Co., is at
Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, this week for
repairs.
= Mr.. Ayres, son of the Rev. MIR.
Ayres, pastor of the NJ. E. Church here,
will succeed Mr.. Harlow in the jewelry
business here. He is expected to open
next week.
= Burglars forced an entrance. into the
grocery store of Mr.. N. G. Price, on Clinton
street on Sunday morning, by way of the
cellar, and carried off some groceries.
y Mr.. 81. W. Bigger who had a surgical
operation performed at Philadelphia last
week and was reported dangerously i'll is
now improving, and assured of recovery.
The Germantown anglers have opened
the season here. A few of them were here
last week and made large catches. Another
large party of them are expected here next
week.
Mr.. o. B. Wingate who has been con-
fined to the house by illness for the past
two weeks, is about again and attending
to business at the Pennsylvania Railroad
station.
= Fifteen members of the Wilmington
Wheel Club rode down from that city on
Sunday and took dinner at the Robinson
House. After spending few hours sight
seeing, they returned home. On Wednes-
day four young ladies rode to this place
from Wilmington on tricycles, and return
ed the same day.
= The barge, Delaware, which was COM
manded by Captain Curtis of Chesapeake
City, and which has traded through the
canal for several years, foundered in the
Chesapeake bay on Monday. The Captain
was drowned, and deck hand narrowly
escaped with his life. The Captain leaves
q wife and family who reside in Chesapeake
City.
= One of the largest and most interest
ing sales of household goods that ever took
place in Delaware City, was held at the
residence of Mrs. A. B. Maxwell on Tuesday
The sale which began at 10 o'clock A. M.
and continued until Z o'clock P. NJ. was at
tended by large crowd, many of them
coming from distance. The bidding was
lively, and on the whole the prices were
good.
= Eddie, the three year old son of Mr.
Alex. Roxberg made narrow escape from
death by poisoning with ammonia on Mon
day, having drank from bottle of am
monia used in housekeeping. The prompt
application of the stomach pump and prop
er remedies by DR.. Dunlap saved his life,
but the little fellow was badly injured and
suffered intensely. At the present time,
"wednesday, he is improving and is ex-
pected to recover.
= The Guy Brothers Minstrels, consist
ing of nineteen members, gave one of the
best performances here on Saturday even
ing that was ever witnessed in Delaware
City. Their programme was an excellent
one and each member of the troupe an
artist. Their music was frst-class, and
every act was encored. They will have
another full house when they make re-
turn date.
A sacred concert will be given at the
Church here, this Friday
evening, for which an excellent programme
has been arranged. The following we'll
known quartette of Wilmington, together
with the church choir will render vocal
music Mrs. Miller, Miss Connor, Messrs.
Walters and Baird. The Rev. R. A. Nc
Even Bell will give select readings. Re-
freshments will be served in the lecture
room.
- Shad are not as plentiful this week as
they were last, although several good catch
es have been made, some of the boats
catching as high as two hundred and eighty
on Monday. The sturgeon are making
their way up the river, number of them
having been caught in the shad nets. Some
Of the boats have already put on their
sturgeon nets, and if the weather continues
warm, by next week there will be a large
feet fishing for sturgeon from this point.
The sturgeon fishing in the bay has been
very successful thus far this season.