Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-18
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| on the question Wis the world growing
| betterW' The dchaters were Joseph VIE
| kinson, Joseph Price, John Scott. w. w.
Knowles and Squire William IL, Smith,
| the last two being from this town.
Thursday evening there was an exciting
| fox hunt from the Washington House.
| The fox had been dug out some days pre-
| vious by Henry Gregg an enthusiastic local
| sportsman and the word was passed around
| to lovers of the chase of which there are
many here, that the hunt would take place
| Thursday morning. Reynard was let
loose in the presence Of about a hundred
people and immediately set ont for the
south cast lingering Just while in a near
| field tn get his bearings. Six minutes after
| his departure from the bag the pack was
let loose and The chase commenced in
earnest, the dogs at once scenting the
trail. The fox went about mile south
east and then took westerly course, after
end of the town. Strangely enough ii
| owes its life to the timely passage
of Baltimore 4 Ohio freight tram
across its track which delayed the dogs by
its Intervention, The fox was not caught
but was 'holed" up near the London
| Tract Church, five miles or more above
| town. The route of the fox and horsemcn
was about eight miles long.
On Tuesday the remains of William
Kyle, aged ~ years, and living near the
| Centre school house, was inferred in the
| X. Q. cemetery here, after services at st.
Johns Church.
| William Miller, the harness maker who
committed suicide III Wilmington on Tues
day, was formerly resident here where
he worked at his trade under JOHN w.
Pennington.
| The b. Il O. north-bound trains were all
| more or less late yesterday owing to the
| difficulty experienced in transferring the
trains across the northwest branch Of the
Patapsco river by boat. This water basin
IS so situated that strong northwest wind
drives the water ont of it down into the
bay. The high wind of Thursday night
| and yesterday succeeded in almost empty
| ing the basin so that il began to look
| doubtful whether there would be enough
left to keep up navigation.
| Last evening the Rev. Mr.. Mclawan of
| Wilmington delivered an entertaining lee
ture on China" in the Presbyterian
Church. II was Illustrated by many fine
| stereopticon views.
| A largely attended meeting of the board of
| trade was held in the town house Thurs
day evening to consider the matter Of an
| anniversary dinner on February nd. Ii
was decided to continue the custom Of past
| years but as Caskey Hall was engaged by
| the young gentlewonen of the town for II
leap year hop it could not be secured for
| AlihA tllt lltAl tNtlllilH, L llNN-
| day the Sd, was selected and committee
| appointed 10 arrange for the affair, This
committee met last evening at the Deer Park
| Hotel and decided to secure the services of
| Caterer Veit Of Philadelphia. Subscrip-
] tons will be solicited from the members
at once. There will probably be about 40
covers laid for the feast
NEWARK, Feb. l5.-Saturday afternoon
the large house on the Morrow farm east
OF town, tenanted by Isaac Holster, mar
| rowly escaped destruction by fire. About
| D O'Clock smoke was detected by the in
| mates and investigation showed the wood
| work III the parlor TO be all atrc. Help
was summoned at once and the flames
4 were fought vigorously for a half hour
| before being snbducd. The floor and
much of the furniture was burned and
| the loss viii be several hundred dollars.
| The fires origin is not definitely known.
| The next monthly sociable will take
| place tomorrow evening in the st. Thomas
| parish house, from to 10 clock, one Of
the advertisements of the evening being a
| spelling bee.n
Saturday afternoon quite an extensive
though not very damaging fire ragged over
the Homewood farm along the r., W. &
y. railroad, the origin being, il is thought,
| the burning of rubbish along the line by
the companys employees The fire was
| south of the railroad and spread over
| much ground, owing to the strong north
| west wind. 1t burned over several fields
! and through some heavy woodland, but
| was finally extinguished by several gangs
of railroad workmen. This farm was re-
Gently purchased by James Morrow, the
grocer, of Wilmington, who, happening to
be here saturday afternoon had the alarm
| Of seeing threatening fires on both of his
Newark properties at the same time.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 9. Shivler celebrated
| their 18th Wedding anniversary on Satur-
day evening at their home, the r, w. &
u. station, Saturday evening. There were
| present eight Of their children, some from
| quite distant points, and many relatives
and old friends from this vicinity. There
| was very generous supply of silver
| presents received and displayed, u tea set
being given by the young men who had at
different times in the past worked iii the
telegraph Office under Mr.. Shivler, who
has Tor over 30 years been the r., w. tS II.
| agent here. The affair was u very happy
one, and there were drank many toasts to
the health and happiness Of the host and
hostess.
NEWARK, Feb l7.-With the block
| sigtlal system in effect on the b. e O. the
station here will now be open all night,
the night operator acting AS ticket agent
| after . o clock. Heretofore the station has
been closed at that hour and passengers for
later trains have heen compelled to wait
outside TO the danger of their health and
| INJURY. Of their temper This will be
| great improvement as well as the new
| signal system, which so far has worked
| very satisfactorily and with none of the
bitches attendant usually on radical
| changes.
Tonight the Magnolia Social Club will
| give q private dance in Gaskey Hall. Lock
hards orchestra furnishing the music.
The leap year hop to be given by the
| young Bentlewomen in Caskey Hall on
Monday evening next promises to be quite
| :ls successful aud enjoyable as any that
nave recently been given here-the young
1 women who are managing it volunteer il
| Will sllrpass all previous male efforts iii
| this direction, il heing their intention to
show the young men thing or two. =
| The music will be furnished by 0glCshvs
| orchestra and invitations announce this
| small army Of martyrs as patrons Dr.
! Theodore r. Wolf Professor George A
/ Ilarter, Mr.. John Pilling .lr.. MIR. George
| w. Williams, Lieutenant Charles ".
| Brooks, Mr.J. Wilkins tooch Prof. Charles
| 7. Penny and MI Alfred A. Cnrtis--the
| personnel Of which shows rare catholicity
| us well as excellent discrimination in its
selection, the list being representative Of
| college scientific and literary circles, the
| United States army, local manufacturing
and banking interests as well as the
| county government. The union of all
| these interests should conduce much to
the hops success outside the mere per.
! Torrance Of the patrons functions.
last evening the monthly sociable Of st.
| Thomas parish was held in the parish. the
special form Of entertainment being a
| spelling bee, prizes being distributed 10
| the best and worst speller The rector,
| the Rev. Mr. Bond was the pctlagogle al
the evening. During the evening light re-
| freshments were served.
The New Castle County Farmers Insti-