Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20
CITY AND PENINSULA.

Absslom Jackson of Principle Furnace is
dead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo DAVIS are at
Elkton.
Miss Ella Pearce and Miss Baker are at
Elkton,
James G. Hopes is soiourning near
West Chester.
Mrs. William Price died at her residence
at Cherry Hill.
Silverbrook Church will be dedicated
September 10th.
A. B. Cooper is guest at Hotel Hen
lopen, Rehoboth.
The Misses Harmey of this city have
gone to Ridley Park.
Miss Rose E. Frank of this city is sum-
mering at Indian Deep, Pa.
Miss Mary Huston has been visiting
friends at Village Green, Pa.
| Miss Edith Gregg of Principle is being
entertained by friends in this city.
Miss Carrie Cooch of Cooch's Bridge is
entertaining Miss Price of this city.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pawley is entertaining
| Mrs. Susan Chaplain of Lakeville, Nd.
Eugene r. REYNOLDS has resigned school
No. G. in the Sixth district of Cecil county.
Robert Stock has been appointed time
| keeper for the Board of Street and Sewer
| Directors.
Frank G. Ross of No. 703 Jefferson street
has accepted a position as clerk at Hotel
Richardson, Dover.
Extensive Improvements are being made
to the works of the Mccullough Iron Com
pany at North East.
The Pusey & Jones Company is building
fibre machine for the Laminar Fibre
Company of Boston.
A fire which did trivial damage occurred
at the house of Mrs. Davis No. 1910 Pop
lar street, yesterday week.
About 100 persons went on the excursion
given to Cape May Friday by the young
people of Church of the Covenant.
Building Inspector Dohl Wednesday con
demded the frame building at No. Sl3 East
Fifth street and ordered it torn down.
Grabbing and fishing parties are becom
ing quite popular. All kinds of fish are
plentiful this year and the sport is fine.
After visit of nearly two weeks in thi,
city, Miss Maggie Clark of North East
Md, left for her home Friday morning.
At the recent session of the Ceci
county commissioners claims for work
&C., aggregating $4,000, were examined
and approved.
Ellwood camp-meeting, near EllwooC
station, on the Baltimore e. Eastern Shor
, railroad, will commence July 2lst and con
tinue ten days.
Henry NJ. White, Levy Court commits
sioner from the Fourth district will be il
the race for the Democratic nomination
for sheriff in 1894.
, Letters testamentary were granted o.
. Register Cooch yesterday on the estate o
! Sarah 4. Garrett of Newark to William
! Ferris of New Castle.
The dredging machine is at work dig
S ging ont the channel at the mouth of th
| ho tttifc inv
: provement to navigation.
I A carrier pigeons bearing on its tail th
words M. Collier, No. ia North Thirt,
l. seventh street, Philadelphia was caugt
l. by Franz Ginglebach Friday.
!, Harry Bell, John Woodrim and Charlie
2 I. Mcguire, three of Altoona young bus
ness men, are in the city visiting friend
o / Mr.. Mcguire formerly lived here.
: Mary E. Bromfield of Colora, Carrie
IL Wright of Chesapeake City and Emily Bill
>. of Fair Hill we're appointed as scholars
the Maryland State Normal School.
y The cornice on the house of Thomi
e Webb, No. 603 French street. caught fl
s. yesterday week and the Delaware Fire G
!. put out the flames with extinguishers,.
b AT meeting yesterday week at Elktc
d of the school board the contract for Il
y erection of a school building at Leeds w
y awarded to Patterson d. Jackson at 81, Az
!, AT recent meeting of the directors
X the Sussex National Bank, Col. j. j. Ro
was elected president to fill the vacanc
IS caused by the decease of DR.. Hugh Marti
to Trout fishing is not so good as last yea
g but the fish are larger, many of the
N N weighing two and three pounds each. Th
n sell at cents apiece as they run, large al
small.
ID The largest yield of wheat thus far r
lg ported in Talbot county is AZ bushels
y the acre, grown by David Speedie of Ho
Y, 20 kins Neck. The yield through the coun
a. is from 25 to 81 per cent larger than la
>. years.
as The railroad company is getting Il
mt tracks and bridges of the New Castle oil
an Edge Moor cutoff in first-class shape f
re- re- the expected heavy traffic of the pea
az season.
h, Record of the transfers of Nos. 4l6.
re West Second street from Security Tru
n and Safe Deposit Company to CHAR
20 =. Jester and Samuel A. Mcdaniel was ma
II Friday.
' George D. Lynch, farmer residing ne