Middletown transcript., 1892-08-18
prf.awARE CITY.
DELAWARE CRY, august Z.

Amos = Davidson Of New Castle was
IN town on Wednesday.
20. B. Wingate moved into ms new
home on Clinton street to-day.
= Mrs. e. A Stout has returned rom an
extended trip through Pennsylvania.
Miss Tillie Murch Of Wilmington, is
the guest of Mrs. VIM. Hagan this week.
Conductor James D. Ferguson is TAX
ing his annual vacation.
= The early potato crop in this vicinity
is almost an entire failure.
- Messrs. John Mahoney and F. Milne
of Kirkwood, spent Sunday here.
= Miss Annie Raymond of Wilmington,
is visiting Miss Florence Hutchinson.
Grabbing still continues excellent
the season is one of the best in many years
VIM. j. Robinson who is i'll with
paralysis does not improve, and little nope
is entertained of his recovery.
William J. Beck is announced as
candidate for Assessor for Red Lion Hun
dred on the Republican ticket.
= There is an abundance ofJersey truck
in our market. The watermelons and
eanteloups are unusually fine this season
Rev. L. A. Oates of the Presbyterian
Church. sailed for Europe on Wednesday
He will be absent about five weeks.
Mrs. VIM. 7. Vail, Miss Nellie and
Master Guy Vail returned home on Tues
day from months vacation down the State
- National Lodge No. 80 I. o. o. F., o
ST. Georges, made an excursion to Lincoln
Park on the steamer Major Reybold, thi'
morning, driving here in carriages.
Joseph Bruner, who has been spend
ing several weeks here with his brother
Francis ]. Bruner, returned. to his home il
New York City on Tuesday.
w. F. Kurtz of the Sunday Star ant
Delaware correspondent for the Philadel
phia Record, was in town on Monday ant
visited Fort Delaware and Delawar
Battery.
- Superintendent MeCausland of tn
Wilmington and Northern Railroad, and
party of friends from Wilmington, passe
through the canal on Monday on th
steamer Christina, on their way to Better
ton, where they spent the day perch fishing
- Douglas Mccoy of New Castle hur
dred, candidate for County COMMISSIONS
from the Fourth district, was in town o
Monday looking up his interests in thi
direction.
= Rev. Father Daily, pastor of ST. Paul
Catholic Church, who has been spendin
two weeks vacation at Ocean City, will re
turn on Saturday. During his absence hi
place has been filled by Rev. Father Wa
dron who was lately ordained at Whining
| ton.
{ = Company H., N. G. D. ofNew Castl
will give an excursion to Cape May on th
steamer Excelsior, on Monday, stopping Q
Delaware City. It is likely that man
people will go from here.
IT. Bayard Heisel of st. Georges, ha
announced himself a candidate for represer
tative f1om this hundred on the Democrat
ticket. Mr.. Heisel is a young man of col
siderable ability, is very popular, and wi
no doubt make strong candidate.
= The new eight-hour law which apple
to contractors on Government works, doe
not affect Clement Reeves who has th
contract for supplying dirt for the work
Delaware Battery, the contract havin
been made before the new law went int
effect, and his men and teams continue t
work ten hours der day.
Messrs. J E. Stansbury & Son, with
force of men from Baltimore, are busy th
week getting their Delaware City canner
in running order. They will probably b
gin canning tomatoes on Monday -possibl
on Saturday. Messrs. Beck & Pancoa.
are also preparing to can tomatoes atI the
factory. Although their canning plant
small, the quality of their canned goods
excellent; choice fruit being used an
gleat attention paid to cleanliness in pacl
ing.
: James A. Mulligan was appointe
Fish Commissioner for the State of Dell
ware, on Saturday, 13inst.. when his pr
decessor's term expired. The appointmer
is undoubtedly most excellent one, bot
on account of the immense fishing interes
at this point, and the qualification an
popularity of the new Commissioner, ar
has rece ived the almost unanimous approy
of all persons interested.
= The following patty of young fol-
took straw-ride to Augustine Pier {
Thursday evening Misses Mary Reybol
Helen Cheairs, Gertrude and Julia Sadie
Natalie Reybold, BERTHE Clark, and Messr
William Kennedy, William Reybold, FIR
Reybold, Julian Reeves, Clarence Harpe
Russell Pennington, Albert Newton, al
Hal Coriell. They were chaperoned
Miss Mamie Sadler accompanied by Mi
Ethel Reybold and Rev L. A. Oates.
"A party of United States Enginee
and Surveyors arrived here on Wednesds
morning, and were met by Superintende
Price of the Chesapeake and Delawr
canal, with his steam yacht Linda,
which they embarked for a trip throul
the canal to Chesapeake City. The obje
of their trip is to view the route and es
mate the probable cost and length of til
required to construct ship canal over t
, same course. They spent about an no
here viewing the harbor and entrance
the canal. This is the second time tn
have gone over the route, and it begins
} look as if the Government means busine
If it should be decided to take this ron
| it will give boom to Delaware City.
Two More Select Excursions to r
t hoboth, Del or Ocean City, Md.
Two excursions to RehobOth