Middletown transcript., 1892-05-19
DE;LAwARis CRY.

= Miss Beulah Hawley is visiting friends
in Philadelphia this week.
= Mrs. Bailey and daughter of Viii.
mington, are visiting Mrs. G. w. Green.
= Miss Tillie Hulshizer of Philadelphia,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. A. Stout al
Delaware City Hotel.
= Miss Mary Mulligan, who has been
visiting Chesapeake City for the past few
weeks returned home on Saturday.
= Rev. Luther Oates, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church will be ordained here
on Thursday evening, May 26th.
= People living on Fifth street are COM
planning of the noise and disturbance at
tending the Saturday night colored festi-
walls held in that neighborhood.
= Mr.. John Swan left for Baltimore on
Saturday night to resume his position as
assistant engineer on the steamer Wood
ward, which has been laid up at that
place.
= Mr.. John Roberts of this place, form
erly of Red Lion, has been granted PEN
sion of $12 month dating from April,
1891, having served three years in the late
war, and was in number of engagements.
A dredging machine has been at work
at Delaware Battery for the past week,
digging around and filling in the wharf,
which is being put in readiness to receive
the material which will soon arrive for the
completing of the work there.
= The canal shanty which is used as
quarters by the carpenters of the Chesa-
peake & Delaware Canal, which has been
lying here since last fall was removed to
st. Georges on Monday, where they will
begin the construction of new bridge
across the canal, near the lock.
Detectives McVey and Witsil and
Peter L. Cooper, Esq, attorney for prison.
ers in the Benson murder case, were here
on Tuesday. The detectives arrested
George Simmons, colored, and will hold
him as a witness for the State. Simmons
boarded with the Hutt's at the time of the
murder.
= Prof. Gardiner principal of the Della
ware City public school has accepted sim
liar position at Laurel, Del, and will take
charge in September. During his three
years here Prof. Gardiner has given gener-
al satisfaction. It is not yet known who
will succeed him.
= Mr.. IL. W. Hibshman has young
chicken with two pairs of perfect legs and
feet, the extra pair being directly back of
the regular ones, and jointed exactly op-
posite, that is the leg joints or knees of the
rear pair bend the other way. u
little training the chick might be able to
run backward or forward at will, without
the trouble of turning around. It was
Matched on the farm of BIr. Samuel Vail,
near Delaware City.
= Mr.. John T. Cheairs, DR.. F. S. Dun
lap and Mr.. James A. Mulligan attended
the State Convention held at Dover on
Tuesday. DR.. F. S. Dunlap placed the
name of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard in nomi-
nation for delegate to the national conyen-
tion. The following delegates will attend
the county convention at New Castle on
Messrs. James A. Mulligan,
VIM. R. Bright, James Gray, James H. s.
Gam and James Garman.
= Miss A. E. Hunter of this place will
open The Everett " cottage at 46 En-
bury Ave-, Ocean Grove, N. j., on the first
of June, for summer borders, closing the
first of October. "The Everett is new
house, newly furnished in most comfort
able manner, and splendidly located within
two blocks of the ocean, near the auditor
ium, post and telegraph offices. Miss
Hunter possesses the natural qualifications
of good hostess, and her success is pre-
dicted by her many friends.
= The past week has not been very
profitable one for the fishermen, few shad
being caught. Prices have ranged from
$40 to $22 hundred. Large hauls of
herring are being made by the gillers, for
which they find ready sale at 25 cents a
hundred. More herring are being salted
this year than ever, owing to the scarcity
and high price of mackeral wagons COM
ing in for them from all parts of the sur
country. The sturgeon fleets
which have been fishing from Bowers
Beach and Mispilion since the opening of
the season are now making headquarters at
Rays ditch, seven miles below Delaware
City. The fish which they are now catch
ing are being shipped from here.