Middletown transcript., 1892-10-13
DELAWARE CITY.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK FROM A
THRIVING LITTLE TOWN.
nr1AwARE c1rY. october 13.

DELAWARE ClT1, OctUUtr Io..
= Mayor Herbert of New Castle
was in town on Monday.
- Francis J. Bruner and Harr!
Ferguson have both opened oyster BAR
here this week.
= Jersey sweet potatoes are in de
mand here, owing to the scarcity ol
white potatoes.
- Rev. A. P. Prettyman and wife
are visiting in Cecil and Kent counties
Md, this week,
- Mrs. E. A. Stout of the Delaware
City Hotel has returned from her visit
to Easton, Pa.
= Miss Bessie Price the efficient as
sistant at the Delaware City post-office
is visiting in Kent County, Md.
Mr.. J. A. Cleaver, wife and
mother were the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Davidson on Sunday.
- Mrs. Broadway, who owns the
Delaware City House at Atlantic City,
spent a few days in town last week.
- Contractor I. III. Ubil is building
an addition to the residence of Mr.. F.
r. Householder.
: Conductor George w. Green and
wife are visiting friends at Williams
port, Elmira, Buffalo and Rochester.
james E. Sadler and James HI.
Clark coal dealers, are busy delivering
coal to their patrons.
= Miss Euston who has been visit
ing Mrs. NJ. w. Hibshman, returned
to her home in Myerstown, Pa, on
Tuesday.
- The ladies of the M. E. Church
will give grand supper on Thanks
giving night, in the NJ. E. Chapel.
= Mr.. +. r. Householder of Jack
son Lodge A. F. and A. M. of this
place has been elected Deputy Grand
Chief for the State of Delaware.
: Mr.. Vanseiver, who has been con-
fined to the house with rheumatism for
the past three weeks is able to be out
and about again.
= Lieutenant D'Armit and wife
will remove from their residence at
Delaware Battery, to Germantown,
Nov. 1st, where they will s'ana .-e
winter.
= Services in honor of Christopher
Columbus were held in st. Paul's
Catholic Church on Wednesday even
ing. The services opened with a TIE
Deum by the choir and closed with the
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
= A concert for the benefit Of the
Presbyterian Manse will be given at
Assembly Hall, on Thursday Oct. 9th.
Vocal and instrumental talent and an
elocutionist will be furnished by Will
mington.
= The large derrick which has been
used in hosting dirt at Delaware Bat
terry, broke on Saturday, but fortunate
ly no one was injured, although num-
Der of men were working near it.
A grand Democratic rally will be
held in Delaware City on Wednesday
evening Oct. 10Th. The speakers an
nounced to address the meeting are
Senator Gray and L. Irving Handy,
Esq.
= Miss Leatha Givison who acci-
IDENTIFY swallowed a scarf pin which
lodged in her windpipe, was seized
with fit of coughing on Sunday
which dislodged and elected the pin.
= Mr.. A Colburn and family will
remove to their winter residence Oh
Green street, Philadelphia to-day,
(Thursday) Their summer residence
here will be closed and in charge of
Mr.. Joseph Endicott, the superinten-
dent of MI. Colburns's farms here.
= Mr.. Joseph E. Gillingham, presi-
dent of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Co., was in town on Wednesday,
having made the trip through the canal
from Chesapeake City with the Super
intendent, Mr.. Fletcher Price, on his
steam yacht. After viewing the lock,
wharves, etc., of the company, he left
for Philadelphia the same evening.
= Rev. II. L. c. Braddon, rector of
Christ Episcopal Church, who has ac-
cepted a call to Florence, Nd, preach
ed his farewell sermon on Sunday
evening, and will leave for his new
charge OF Saturday, and will preach
his opening sermon on Sunday. At
the closing of his sermon on Sum
day morning, lie gave the following
summary of his official acts, dating
from March 18th, 1896, to the present
time, together with statment of
moneys raised for different charitable
purposes Public services, 434 SER
mons, 217 addresses, 10; holy COM
munion, 112; baptisms, 16; confrma-
tions, 10; burials, IL. Offerings
Diocesan missions, $10S.15 +; general
missions, So. 96 parish, $4.91 special,
Russian famine fund, $3.50 disabled
clergy fund, S1326 educational, Sc;
parish house fund, $500. Ladies' work
in perfect repair and partly
furnished church property properly
fenced new heater in the church, &c.
Mr. Braddon is of lively, social dis
position, and made great many warm
friends during his residence here. He
is an active worker, and carries with
him the best wishes of the community.
/. - Post master VIM. A. Price has
placed one thousand baskets Gs green
tomatoes under glass, where they will
be ripened and shipped to Wilmington
and Philadelphia markets, wlafra Iley
are readily disposed of at good prices
at Thanksgiving and later on. Mr..
Price is one of the most successful
truckers in the country. He now has
five hundred bushel of good white
potatoes on which he expects to realize
$500.
= About thirty members Of the
Delaware City Volunteer Fire Com
pany, with their engine, left here on
the steamer Major Reybold this Thurs
day. morning, to participate in the
Firemen's parade at New Castle, to-
day. The engine was handsomely
decorated the boys wore black pants.
blue shirts, and white scarfs, and
presented very neat appearance as
they marched down Clinton street to
the boat, marshalled by Mayor W. E.
Reybold.
= George Washington Garrison who
now occupies Jefferson College, where
Noah Benson was supposed to have
been dissected, with his wife, another
colored damsel, horse and carriage
and pair of large green spectacles,
left one evening last week to attend a
grand concert and supper at st. Paul's,
near Kirkwood. At 1890 P. n. George
and his glasses were the centre of at
of No