Middletown transcript., 1892-05-12
DELAwARE CITY.

= Mrs. Hibshman of Lebanon, Pa.
is visiting her son, Mr.. M. w. Hibshman
= Large shipments of baled hay ar
being made from here, by boat.
| = Messrs. William Neeff and Frederick
Tugend, were the guests of Mr.. Edward
Milne at Kirkwood, on Sunday.
Both of our blacksmith and wheelwright
shops are rushed with new work, and
have been obliged to take on extra hands
= Mr.. Frank Bruner, who has been i'll
tor the past two weeks, with erycipelas,
is about and able to attend to business
again.
- Mr.. Charles s. Wingate, clerk for the
W. & N. R. R. at their wharf in Whining.
ton, spent few days in town during the
past week.
= Mr.. Eugene Lindsay and wife of
Philadelphia, spent Sunday and Monday
at their cottage here. They will come
down for the season in few weeks.
The Rev. .kMr. Weidener of the st.
Georges Presbyterian Church exchanged
pulpits with the Rev. Luther Oates of the
Delaware City Presbyterian Church, on
Sunday evening.
= The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church met at the home of
Miss Jennie Marley on Tuesday evening,
where very pleasant time was spent.
- William T. Vail has announced him
self as a candidate for nomination for
Assessor for Red Lion hundred, on the
Republican ticket.
= Colonel Richards of Laurel, Del, was
in town on Monday on business connected
with the public school of that town. Dur
ing his visit he called on Prof. Gardiner of
the Delaware City public school.
Quite a number of steam yachts
passed through the canal during the past
week, among them the handsome craft
Sapphire of New York. The sailing yacht
Kangaroo, which has been in winter quart
ers here since last fall, left for New York
on Monday.
= Crabs have made their appearance, q
number being caught In the shad nets, and
grabbing parties will soon be in order. The
shade on the Reybold wharf make it very
pleasant place for grabbing, while Mr..
Sadler's wharf has shaded floats from
which crabbers delight to drop their lines.
= An unusually large crowd of people
were in town on Saturday evening; the
streets were thronged with busy people,
and the merchants did rushing business.
The best of good order prevailed, and not
a single complaint was made, which speaks
well for the town.
= Weather signals may now be seen
flying from poles in many of the gardens
about town. The boys get the reading
from the signal station at the Delaware
City Hotel as soon as the dispatches are
received from Washington, and promptly
run up the proper flags, which is quite
convenience to people in the neighborhood
and to passers by.
A fine apiary with all the latest inn
provements has been fitted up at the Pro-
tectory near here. The hives have move
able frames and section boxes for storing
honey in convenient packages, and brood
frames which can be removed at will, the
queen cells fixed, and the colonies divided
at pleasure and in proper season. The
hives were made and details of the apiary
arranged by the expert bee keeper, Mr.. s.
III. Hicken of this place.
A meeting Of the Democrats Of Red
Lion hundred will be held at Bfulligan's
Hall, on Friday evening, May 18th, at half
past seven o'clock, for the purpose of NAM
ing delegates to the State and county con-
ventions. A Hundred Executive Com
mittee will also be named at the game
meeting. A large meeting is expected as
much enthusiasm is already displayed by
the Democrats of this hundred. There is
no candidate in this hundred for county
and as yet no one has been
for the General Assembly.
: The tug c. G.. Ash left here on Mon
day evening with tow of timber for
Bordentown, N. j., making her second tow
of timber to that place since Friday. She
will leave here again on Thursday with
another tow of timber whichIs she will take
on through to New York by way of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal. Each tow
of from twelve to fifteen lockings,
two rafts) of round timber or piling, and
are used principally for floating docks and
for building purposes.
= The shad fishing season is drawing to
a close, and the result, on the whole, may
be called failure. While some of the
fishermen did fairly well, the majority
averaged very poor catches. The reports
from the sturgeon fishing fleets down the
bay for last week are good. They are now
moving up the river, and expect TO arrive
here the latter part OF this or first of next
week, where they will make headquarters
for the balance of the season. Several |
boats are still engaged in herring fishing,
and are making good hauls. The fish are
nearly all sold to farmers and traders for
salting purposes.
= The contracts for furnishing 2,7OO
barrels of Rosendele's cement to be used in |
the construction of the torpedo battery at
Fort Delaware and 1900 barrels of the |
same cement to be used for the same pur-
pose at Delaware battery, below Delaware |
City, have been awarded to Michael Heron |
Of Bordentown, N. j., at Sill per barrel.
The Brandywine Granite Co., of Whining
ton, Del, was awarded the contract |
for 1900 cubic yard of broken stone, to
be delivered at Fort Delaware al. .$1.95 per
cubic yard. The contract for broken stone
for Delaware battery has been awarded to
\ West Chester firm. Work is progressing
nicely at both places, and the driving Of
piling at Fort Delaware was completed on
Saturday. Major Raymond of Philadel-
phia, who is the engineer in charge of the
Delaware river, visited the Notifications on
Among the arrivals at the Delaware