Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-21

Spec al Correspondence Gazette and Journal
NEWARK, Jan l6.-The following new
officers of Newark Conclaye, No. 6, Of
Heptasophs or $. W. NJ, were recently
installed at the wigwam: G.. q. w. Hill;
r, Stewart " wsdei L. s, IL Il M aasseIh
i. S, ]. 4. stroup; T., j. W. Miller; /. e.,
II. q Wood; H., j. T. Grant; W., A.
Harding; S., W. A. Hill.
For Osceola Lodge, No. $, X. of r., new
castle. the following officers have been
elected and installed; G. G., A. Il. Cham
bers;. Y. e., H. I. Maxwell; r., NJ. b. Davis;
\. OF K. and s., q. +. Furgnson; NJ. of T.,
George Crossau l. g., Edwin Cloud; O. g.,
L. =. Gregg,
Mrs. David g. Roseof this town has been
notified that she has won a prize Of silver
biscuit jar offered by Toronto, Canada.
paper, to the person who should send in
the correct answer to the following qlles-
ton; If it takes 300 cats 300 DAYS to kill
300 rats, how many eats will it take to kill
100 rats in 100 days. Mrs. Roses answer
was 800 cats.
The b. n o. has at last fixed the an
proaches TO its station platform The side
walk on the south side of Main street has
been continued across the track, and the
cast platform has been extended out
beyond the water stock to the street. The
Improvement is very marked to pedes-
trians and the roads patrons, and the
danger OF track crossing has been reduced
~ this point to q minimum. The old
brick foundry, long an eye sore on the
street, has now successfully been moved d
distance OF several hundred feet from the
street, thus leaving large open space west
OF the station upon which the Landscape
gardener of the road will exhibit his art
next summer. The old brick building will
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TWO chicken fanciers here, John Gregg
and Allan Oliver, distinguished them.
selves andth town last week by carrying off
SIX prizes at the Philadelphia poultry show
held in industrial Hail. where there were
exhibited poultry from all over this colin-
try and foreign parts as we'll. Three game
chickens were entered by John Gregg
every one Of which was given first prize.
OF the seven or eight entered by Oliver
three took prizes one first and two second
premiums.
The Youngstown Bridge Company of
Ohio has just completed 4 large iron bridge
over the Big Elk creek At lIreWster's mills
west Of town. A substantial bridge has
long been needed at this point on account
Of The severe freshets which often occur
there.
NEWARK, Jan. 90-The new schedule Of
the II. W. x b, railroad which went into
erect sunday gives TO Newark a new train
leaving Philadelphia ut 1920 Il. M, vii.
mington at II and arriving at Newark
(maln station) at Ills O'Clock This is d
fast New York and Washington express,
making Wilmington and Newark the only
stops between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
The train will connect here with the New
ark and Delaware City Unbound train
arriving here al 1i.0i and while great
addition to the train service 1t can not COM
peasate for the withdrawal of the u. m.
south-bound express several weeks ago.
| Under the new schedule the Newark ac.
commodation arriving at the Centre stat
ton at Lie p. nj. now arrives 26 minutes
earlier or at 1898 o'clock. These two are
| the only changes.
The rain of Monday completely ruined
| the sleighing in this vicinity which fol
| lowed Friday nights light freeze and snow
fall. On Saturday all the sleighs were
| again out and there was much racing, one
driver racing an old horse to such excess
that he was stopped by the local agent Of
| the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals under threat of arrest.
The lowest temperature vet reported
around here was at the main p, w. Il h.
station OH Sunday morning last, the ther-
mometer registering at zero. This locality
| is always four or five degrees lower in
temperature than Newark.
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