Middletown transcript., 1892-05-26
DELAWARE CITY.
DELAWARE CITY, May 25.

= Butter is plentiful in our market ani
selling at twenty cents pound.
= Captain John Lang of the tug G. G.
Ash. spent Sunday in New York City.
Mrs. P. ] Mulligan and daughter
are visiting her parents in Chesapeake
City.
= Miss Mary Boulden of Chesapeake
City, is the guest of Mrs. VIM. A. Jester
this week.
= Mrs. Schaefer of Salem, N. J., was
the guests of Mrs. Frank Phillips of the
Robinson House on Tuesday.
= The ladies of Christ Episcopal Church
opened an ice cream and strawberry festi-
val on the grounds adjoining the Rectory,
on Wednesday evening.
= Mr.. Henry Prevail and family, who
have resided here for several years, left
for Philadelphia on Tuesday, where they
will make their future residence.
- About sixty witnesses have been sum-
moned from Delaware City and the neigh
borhood on the Benson murder case, which
is marked for trial on Monday.
= Delaware City is well supplied with
vegetables from the truck patches of Post
Master William A. Price. Mr.. Price is
one of the most successful truck growers in
the State.
II The Chesapeake bay boats known as
bug-eyes, several of which were chartered
for carrying shad here during the fishing
season, from the boats in the bay, are
leaving for Baltimore this week.
= Candidates for Sheriff, Coroner and
County Commissioner are numerous, and
almoet every day our town is visited by
one or more of them from both parties.
-Ex-Commander Peter B. Ayars of
Wilmington, was the guest of his son-in-
law, Mr.. Joseph N. Warren, on Saturday
and Sunday.
- The Republican nomination election
for Sheriff and Coroner will be held here
On Saturday afternoon, and the outlook at
the present>time is that Gould will carry
Red Lion Hundred by good majority.
= The Presbyterian Church choir has
re-organized with the following members
Mrs. George N. Bright, Mist Laura Frempt,
Mrs. K. G. sadler, Miss Maggie Tugend,
Mrs. VIM. T. Vail, Miss Ella Cleayer !;
Organist, Miss Fannie Clark.
= The steamer Richard Stockton was
,he first of the Delaware river steamers to
'pen the excursion season, having passed
here the last two Sundays, carrying fair
,rowds and plenty of music.
= The graves of the soldiers in the
several cemeteries, many of whom died at
Fort Delaware, will be decorated as usual
IN Decoration Day by committee of our
citizens.
= Mr.. A. Colburn and family who have
been occupying their residence on Green
treet, Philadelphia, since last fall,
lrrived here on Tuesday evening, and will
i've at Marshfeld, their handsome sum-
ner residence, near Delaware City during
he summer months.
= The Scotch broom was planted along
he Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, for
he purpose of strengthing the banks, has
rown well, and is now in full bloom,
making beautiful bank of green and
1ellow between Delaware City and st.
Georges.
= Rev. Fl. L. G. Braddon and wife,
accompanied st. Johns Commandery, of
which he is Assistant Prelate, to Philadel-
'hia on Tuesday. Rev. Mr.. Braddon will
cave for Laurel, DEL, on Tuesday, to at
end the dioceson convention of the P. E.
;hurch. Mr.. I. H. Ubil will also attend
S lay delegate.
- Mr.. E. A. Stout of the Delaware City
Iotel found carrier pigeon in his bed
oom on the second floor of the hotel, on
tuesday evening, about five o'clock. A
'rass band encircled each leg, and each
wing was marked with No. 119. It is no
oubt flyer that has lost its course, and
will be kept by Mr.. Stout in hopes of hear
ng from its owner.
By the new time table which went
nto effect on the P. W. & B. R. R. on
donday, but one change is made in the
,orning trains on the Delaware City
nd Newark branch. The train formerly
irving at LOT P. M. does not arrive now
ntil 3.34 P. NJ. The change is good one,
nd is appreciated by our people.
= Lieutenant A. N. D. Armit; of the U.
|. Engineer Corps, arrived at Delaware
'attery on Monday afternoon, and visited
'ort Delaware the same evening. He is
n expert in the construction of torpedo
and will assume charge of the
orpedo batteries now being built at Della
rare Battery and Fort Delaware, with
at Delaware City.
= Three tramp umbrella members spent
be day on the streets here on Tuesday.
'owards night they got pretty under the
afuenee " and forced an entrance into the
table of Mrs. Jane Cleaver, on Front
treet, where they were discovered about
alf past ten, arrested and placed in the
,ckup for the night On Wednesday
,orning they received orders from the
layor to leave town, which they did i'm
4
- Much has been said at different times |
bout the large quantities of herring in
be Delaware City lock, but the sight there
ast Sunday was without parallel in the |
memory of the Oldest inhabitants. The
,west estimate put on the number of fish
herein being one hundred thousand. At |
be haul made at midnight about thirty |
housand were caught, only a small por-
ion of the lock being fished, which was as
lany as sale could be found for. During |
he day large crowds visited the lock to
ee the sight.
= Decoration Day will be celebrated |
ere by raising new flag on the public |
chool. The program will be as follows
he XIX Psalm, by the school Song,
-merica f; Presentation Address, by Prof.
n e