The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-01

Reports for the Past Month.
Chief Of Police William J. Blackburn
reports 273 arrests for the month OF
February Just closed, as follows: Ar.
son, I; assault with intent to commit
murder, Q; assault and battery, IL; bur-
glary, 8; bastardy, 4; contempt OF
court, .; drunk, 1916; drunk and disor-
derby, 20; disorderly conduct, As; ON
bezzlement, /; exposing person, l; fir
Ing pistol in the street, l; interfering
with an officer, 1; Insane, L; incorrigible
boy, 1; highway robbery, /; larceny.
81. obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses, 1; patients. IS; pointing a gun,
i; runaway boys, 8; selling liquor
without O license, 8; tresspassipg, 8;
yagrancy IS; violating city ordinance,
8; witnesses D.; total, 273; committed
to New Castle jail, IS. Fines and costs
collected, S597.45. Lodgers. 614. Calls
answered by the patrol wagon, 1853.
FIRES DURING FEBRUARY.
Fire Recorder Charles Shull, OF the
Delaware Truck Company, reports ten
fires during February as follows: Feb
ruary Q, at IL. 16 a. M, box No. 63, fire
In McNaaly d Company's hair ware
house, Fifth and DUPONT streets, loss
$500, no insurance; February 4, ll.06 p.
M, box No. z, fire at the Office OF Dr..
James @. Pickles. No. 1857 Market
street, loss $500, fully insured; Febru-
airy 8, 9.e3 p. M, box No. 81, fire at
streets, loss $50, no insurance; Febru-
airy 8. 1887 p. M, box No. 81, fire In q
franc house on Searles street above
Fourth. loss $500, insured; February
Is, $50 p. m, box No. 62, fire in col
ored church, Browntown, loss 900. In
sured; February IS, $40 p. M, box No.6,
fire in James Batson's frame stable,
Ninth and Walnut streets, loss S400,
insured; February 10. 426 a. M, box
No. 5, fire at No. OH West Seventh
streets, loss $500, insured; February
10, 6,55 a. m, box No. IS. fire In the
rear OF No. SCI East Fifth street, loss
$50, no insurance; February 81, 1916 a.
M, box No. 32, fire at home OF State
West Sixth street, loss 300, fully in
sured; February "a, 5.5S p. m, box No.
ll5, slight fire at j. b. Mallottes cigar
store, northwest corner Taylor and
Poplar streets, no loss.
BUILDING LINES.
Chief Engineer Harry Palmer, OF the
Engineering and Surveying Depart
ment, reports twenty-nine building
y
with eight for the same month last
year. Inc lines were as follows:
Philemma Chandler, store, north
east corner Eighth and West stseets.
Henry W. Scott, stable. west side
Bradford street, between A and b
streets.
Michael J. O'Toole, two dwellings,
north side ID street between Heald and
Claymont streets.
A. s. Reed a Brother, convent stu
ated on the block betweenGilpin,S Shall
cross, Bayard and Grant avenues.
Henry Dugan, dwelling, east eide of
Townsend street between a anu b.
Florence r.. Crumlish, dwelling and
stable, south side of Rowland street
between Clayton and Dupont.
William T., Hickman, addition to
store, east side OF King street between
Fourth and Fifth.
Anna Publ. two dwellings, east side
Of Poplar street between Tenth and
Eleventh,
William O. Guthrie and John J.
Horner, two dwellings on west side
of Thatcher street between Vandayer
avenue and Twenty-second street,
Francis p. Dillon, northwest corner
troLt and jackson streets, five dwell
ings.
Kate R. Palmer, office and chop
south side OF Tenth street between
Orange and 1atnall.
William 7. Reybold, creamery north
side of Lancaster avenue between
Madison and Monroe streets.
A. Il. Vernon, store and dwelling
| southeast corner Tenth and Clayton
streets.
John Hamilton, four dwellings, south
side Third street. between Broome and
Rodney.
E. S. r. Butler, store. east side Mar
ket street between Fourth and Fifth.
Andrew j. Francis, stable, north side
Lancaster avenue, between Adams and
Monroe.
McCloskey Brothers, two dwellings,
south side Gilpin avenue, between
Union street and Bayard avenue.
Samuel McClenaghan, addition to
dwelling, northeast corner KennebeG
and Walnut streets.
Mary p. Garland, dwelling, south.
west corner Bayard avenue and Park
driveway.
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES..
Registrar Colquhoun, of the Health
Department, reports liz deaths for
the month of February, divided as
| follows: Males, 53;females. 59;adults,
native, 81; foreign, 10. Births White,
males, "a; females, So; colored. males,
A; females, 8; total births, 10; still-born,
white, 5; colorcd, 6; total, IL. Mar
riages-White, 20; colored, A; total, 33.
Bodies passed through the city for in
| terment, 6; brought here for inter
ment, IL; sent away, "A; coroner's cas-
es, 81. For the corresponding month
of last year there were: Deaths. 81;
births, 102; marriages. 20.
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