Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-02
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special correspondence OF Gazette and journal
NEWARK, June 26.-Yesterday afternoon
Miss Mary Hopkins, daughter of Abel ] .
Hopkins living at Thompson few miles
nEtih OF here, met with very serious &c.
elaent while mounting n horse for the
| purpose of taking ride. She had lust
gained her seat in the saddle when the
horse suddenly reared up on his hind lers
and in his frantic endeavor to throw his
rider he lost his balance and fell backward.
his fn-. weight coming directly OH the
young woman. She was at once rescued
from under the horse and carried into the
house while Dr. Kollock was sent for He
found Miss Hopkins conscious but suffer
ing from severe internal injuries and with
an ahnorrnally low temperature. The
extent Of her injuries are not yet known.
lhere is Just now great scarcity of
vacant houses in town, in fact. none are
available for the new families that arc
constantly, moving into town or for those
who would like to become Newarkers
we're they sure of Il roof over their heads
when they got here. Every day there are
inquiries for houses such as skilled WORK
men live in in the cities or houses costing
100 or $500. One man told your cor
respondent that he knew of IL families
who would come here at once were it pos
sihle to get nice domicile There seems
no disposition on the part of moneyed men
mere 70 erect houses here and an appeal is
about to be made To some CITY builders IN
erect block of houses here on which
ruby 10 or II per cent profit could be real
perties.
NEWARK, June D.-0n Friday evening
nine members of the order of Heptasophs
Seven Wise Men of Wilmington came ont
here and effected preliminary organiza-
ton OF new conclave of the order. The
meeting was in the Red Mems hall and
there was quite fiattering attendance and
enrolment Of new members, the number
being 81 Officers were elected and on the
evening o. "Wednesday, July Sth, they will
pc publicly installed and the new lodge
Will be named Newark Cunclave, No. 6.
George q. Kerr mas just harvested an
exceptionally large and profitable crop of
scarlet clover seed on his farm living on
the Elkton road. From about one bnshel
Of this peculiar clover seed obtained
through the experiment station be has
harvested about 60 bushels of the seed
from nearly seven acres. even this WELD
being somewhat lessened by the pastiirage
OF sheep on the crop early in the spring.
Scarlet clover being comparatively new
crop in this vicinity, where it was intro
duced by the experiment station; the seed
IS IN considerable demand and Mr.. Kerr
expects to realize about 1900 profit from
at IS the bushel. Several farmers down
the State have even much larger crops
owing. to more acreage planted and il is
related that one farmer who advertised
the seed for sale in an agricultural
Journal was kept so busy answering letters
and filling orders from all over the country
that he had to stop the advertisement in
pure self-defence. Generally speaking,
however, this crop is plougheed under IN
the spring to serve as vegetable naniira
There was no service held in the Presby-
terrain Church yesterday, either in the
morning or evening. At the evening ser
vice in St; Thomas Episcopal Church the
sacrament of baptism was administered ID
a, colored infant. At st. Johns Il. g.
Church there was high celebration of
mass in the morning by Father Murphey,
and yesper service at 7.SO o'clock. The
colored church was filled most of the day
by quarterly meeting gathering, many
yisitcrs being present from Wilmington
Chester and nearby towns.