Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-29

Special Correspondenc OF Gazette and journal

Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
NEWARK, Dec. 2S.-'rhe real Christmas
day here was hardly less quiet than the
secular Christmas observed on Monday.
The former was mainly marked by the
more or less elaborate services at the
churches, especially the Episcopal and
Roman Catholic churches, though the ut.
tendance was rather small because of the
severity of the weather. At st. Thomas
and st Johns churches there were special
decorations and singing by augmented
ChOirs. On Christmas Eve festivities were
held for the Sunday.schuol scholars of
both the Episcopal and Methodist churches,
and on Christmas night there were special
services commemorative Of the great re-
ligious feast in the Presbyterian Church,
with addresses to the Sunday-sChOOl chill
dren, by the pastor, the Rev. DR.. y. IL.
Miller and the Rev. DR.. Snanks, principal
OF the Academy. On Thursday evening of
this week, the children of the church will
be given IN entertainment.
The only excitement OF Christmas Mon
day) was found i'll two fox Chases, with
the Washington House as the starting
point and Il little round hole in the ground
near the Flint Church, i've miles above
here, as the ultima thule. The first fox,
| which was liberated from the hotel ut IL
| O'Clock, followed about 10 minutes later
| hy a pack of some 70 hounds ana q dozen
| huIsemGn. The fox was very young and
| led the dogs Il mad pace in northward
| direction past the new corner stone oil
| Pennsylvania and Delaware hoping, nc
| doubt, that the dogs following hard after
| it would decline to cross tins imaginary
| line and leave their native state even when
| chasing d fox. But this was an idle anu
mistaken hope. The Newark kennel j.
| not composed of that kind of dogs. They
| know no state boundaries and are awcG
! by no granite corner stones so MIR, TON
quickeued his pace and in this way got Il
| his hole first. In that lay his salvation
and the hounds had their Christmas feas
when they got home. The fox freed ii
the afternoon also escaped the jaws of thu
dogs which foxes around here have I
peculiar way of doing, probably because
they have been captured and chased betort
and are so familiar with the lay of tn,
land that they can confuse the dogs an,
lind their own nests under ground.
Yesterday the Elorida-on- wheels car wa
at Newark Centre on exhibition all da,
and was visited by many people. 1t cam
here in the morning from Delaware City
and left early this morning over the Penn
sylvania railroad for North East, alte
which il will be at llavre de Grace.
Personal Among the Christmas visitor
in town were the following Mayor an,
Mrs. 5. ]. Wiley of Wilmington with Mrs
Wiley; City Solicitor ana Mrs, Charles NJ
Curtis with Mrs. II. L. Curtis; Mr.. an,
Mrs Thomas Davis with Mrs. Springer
Walter Turner and Edward Turner q
Philadelphia, with the Misses Evans
Oliver Balderston of Baltimore, with Mrs
Sarah Balderston; John Spencer of Pitts
burg, Pa, Col. and Mrs. Il, X. Martin an
A. A. johnson of Baltimore; Louis !
Curtis of Morristown, n. j.. \. +. Wi
hanson of Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mr.:
Cochran of Philadelphia.