Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-21
cITY NtW, IN eR 81.


The street cars are not yet running on
the scheduled time
Hattie Craig. colored. 30 years old,
living AZ No. 823 Tatnall street. died yes
terday.
A new lien book for liens collectabls
/ will be made by the Street and Sewer
! Directors.
The corner stone laying of the new
Kingswood NJ r. Church has been in
definitely postponed.
What now most bothers the street car
drivers, is the difficulty of keeping the
small boys of the car
The turnout a. Fourth aud King
streets, on the street car railway, being OF
no further use WAS removed yesterday
A defective crossing st Front and
West streets makes the jaws Of the
street car passengers come together with
crash.
Company F, n G. D., will give its
annual moonlight excursion on Monday.
Auguat "a Boat leaves King street
wharf at p M.
Should the Seventh Day Adventists be
unable TO secure suitable grounds in this
city they will hold their camp meeting
in Mt. Holly N j.
The work of paving French street with
belgian blocks has begun The work be.
tween Second and Third streets on the
west side is half done.
Work on the new depot of the vii
mington City Rail way Company is
rapidly nearing completion Werkmen
are now engaged in putting on the roof
-Four more electric cars for the Dela-
ware avenue line have arrived In this
city from the works of j. q. Brill &
Company, Philadelphia They are at the
B. & 0. Market street station.
The private car Of General MANAGER
Cable Of the Jacksonville, Pampa and
Key West railroad is at the shops Of the
Jackson and Sharp Company for general
repairs. 1t arrived this morning.
The Court of Chancery will convene In
the Court House on Monday morning.
September IA. The indications are that
the session will be short and unimport-
ant. The chancellor will preside.
Harry Bradley, John E. Collins, James
Simmons and Isaac Anderson, all eolored
were appointed spe isl policemen by
Mayor Wiley last night to preserve
order at the colored tent meeting on But
tonwood street. South Wilmington
There we're $500 people out of viii
mington yesterday These spent the
day on the excursions which left this
city for Bay Ridge Brandywine Sprinrs,
Reading, New Castle and Augustine
Pier.
John d Lafferty died at his residence.
No ia East Seventh street, on Wednes-
day from consumption Mr Lafferty had
lived in Wilmington for As years his
funeral will take place on sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock from his home Rev.
John France will conduct the services.
Engine No. 81 in service on the Mary
land Division Of the p w. & B railroad.
which broke down between Hare de
Grace and Baltimore ON ednesdBy
evening, has been brought to the Will
mington shops for repairs. The princi-
pal damage is broken driving wheel
An Italian laborer with an uupro.
nounceable name, employed by Charles
Borno ia his quarries on the Highlands,
was badly injured while az work yester-
day by falling twenty feet into a rope at
tsched to a crane, while In motion LAGER
ating his stomach badly. de was re-
moved to the Delaware Hospital where
DR.. Howard Ogle relieved the injured
mans pain.
Veun, Ward. Beggs and Dampman. of
the Wilmington Wheel Club. went to
Wayne, Pa, yesterday by trsiu, and rode
from thence to Paoli, and Philadelphia,
over the road trick laid down for the
Quaker City Wheel Club sports on Satur-
day. August 30 Robert Weir, of the
Y. NJ c. A. Club has entered in the $50
class, one-mile safety race. It is likely
that there will be several other Viii
mington entries.