Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
DELAWARE CITY.
DELAWARE CITY, August 4.

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Cook & Co., Newark, Del.
- Trade through the Chesapeake ani
Delaware canal is brisk.
- There was lot of very fine trout in
market here this week.
- Mrs. Audibert of Philadelphia, is
visiting her parents here.
= The Rev. Luther Oates will leave on
Monday for months vacation. 4
| "A vessel load of bricks arrived here on
Wednesday for ]. r. Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Of Philadel-
phia, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hemphill.
IF. Tugend is putting q new roof on,
and repairing his store property on Clinton
street.
= Edward Devanney of Philadelphia,
was in town on Wednesday, and visited
Fort Delaware where he formerly resided.
= Master John Messig of the Ledger
Office, who has been spending his vacation
here, returned to Philadelphia on We'd
nesday.
- County Treasurer John T. Dickey will
be at E. A. Stout's Delaware City hotel, on
Wednesday, August 10th, for the purpose
of receiving taxes
. - Mrs. VIM. T. Vail, Miss Nellie, and
Master Guy, are spending few weeks with
Mrs. L. G. Vandegrift, Jr., near Nc
Donough.
Is Some of the commercial drummers
from Baltimore and Philadelphia did a
thriving business here last week.
= Miss Kate Sweeney, the well-known
soprano OF Wilmington, was the guest of
Mrs. A. B. Cook on Friday and Sat-
urday.
= Isaac H. Ubil, who was severaly in
jured, while trimming trees, on Friday, is
recovering, and will soon be about again.
- Rev Mr.. Weaver of Baltimore, was
the guest of Rev Mr.. Oates on Sunday.
and preached at the Presbyterian Church
in the morning.
= The tug c. G.. Ash of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Towing Company, left here
to-day with very large tow of timber,
bound for New York, via the Delaware and
Raritan canal.
-Aquilla Thomas, former resident of
this place, now engaged in the commission
business in Philadelphia, is summering,
with his family at the Delaware City
Hotel.
- The Rev. Mr.. Kane of Summit
Bridge, oficiated at the NJ. E. Church on
Sunday morning in the absence of the Rev.
Mr.. Prettyman who is away on vacation.
There was no service in the evening.
A party from Port Penn and Angus
tine Pier arrived here on "hay-ride" on
Tuesday evening. The party numbered
about twenty. After refreshing themselves
with cake and ice cream they started for
home, in merry mood, by way of St.
Georges.
Two mines composed of workmen from
Fort Delaware and Delaware Battery will
play a game of baseball here on Wednes-
day afternoon at five o'clock. Much rival
~ exists between the workmen of the re-
speetive places, on the baseball question.
there being a number of the old Atlas play
ers working at each place, and an interest
ing game is expected.
= John B. Stansbury of the firm of J.
E. Stansbury, Son & Co., of Baltimore,
who will operate the Delaware City can
merry, was in town on Monday. Work
will begin at the cannery on the 18th of
this month. The outlook for tomatoes is
promising more acres are planted in this
neighborhood than ever before, and the
work of canning tomatoes alone will re-
quire..the services of upward of seventy-fve
hands.
= The Ktna Cornet Band of Newark,
paid our town visit on Saturday after
noon. After playing several airs in differ
ent parts of the town, and visiting the
places of interest, they left in their hack
for home by way of st. Georges, where
they stopped and played few selections.
The band is composed of members of the
Htna Hose Co. For young band they
made very good music.
= The Government jetty, which extends
from the lower end of Reedy Island to-
wards the Delaware shore, promises to be-
come favorite perch fishing ground. From
ten to twelve boats are there daily one
party from Delaware City caught nearly
four hundred in fews hours on Thursday.
The best time for this fishing is the last
two hours of the ebb and the first hour OF
the flood tide. The bait used is shrimp,
which can be had at Delaware City or
Port Penn, and parties wishing to 60 to
the fishing ground, can procure boats at
either place. Before their removal from
opposite Augustine, the old stone piers
were famous perch fishing ground. 1t is
the opinion of old fishermen that in few
years the fishing at this jetty will equal
that of Betterton on the Chesapeake bay.
Mrs. Jane Cleaver died at her home
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here on Sunday morning, of apoplexy, al
the age of seventy-six years. Mrs. Cleayel
had been in failing health for the past two
years, but on the day previous to her deatl
was able to be about as usual, attending tt
her household duties. She was taken il
shortly after midnight on Saturday, ant
died at halfpast eight on Sunday morning
The funeral took place on Wednesda.
morning at ten o'clock, and was yer!
largely attended. Services were conducted
at the house by the Rev. Luther Oates o
the Presbyterian church. Interment al
Hickory Grove cemetery. The pail bearer
were Theodore F. Clark, James E. sadler
John T. Cheairs, William A. Jester, Capt
W. E. Reybold and George B. Money.