Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13
CITY AND PENINSULA.

tienry uuluDle, IOfIneIly OF LnlS CITY,
died Monday week in Arizona.
The Legion of the Red Cross will give
an excursion to Lincoln Park July 29th.
The Magnolias, Saturday, defeated the
Round House Senate by the score of II to
10.
Mayor Shortlidge has appointed as dog
catcher, Joseph Hayden of the Twelfth
ward.
Fred Vogel, Jr., has sold his little
schooner Diamond State to parties IN Will
mington.
Delaware Conclave. Heptasophs, or S.
W. NJ, will give an excursion to Cape May
July 2sth.
Thomas Ratcliff. an aged farmer, who
resided near McClellandsville, died We'd
nesday evening.
The New Castle wooden mills, which
have been shut down for few days, re-
sumed work Thursday.
Union Chapter, Epworth League, will
give an evening excursion on the steamer
Ulrica next Tuesday evening.
The new depot at Rehoboth is now occu-
pied by the station agent. It is great
improvement over the old one.
Miss May Records Of Lewes has been
appointed assistant to Postmaster J. P.
Marshall at Rehoboth, for the season.
L. Leslie Carpenters new composition
for the piano, entitled "A Twilight Medi-
tation," appears in the July number Of
Etude.
The wooden ship Mounnsen Of Bremen
has come TO the shipyard of the Jackson &
Sharp Company to be converted into a coal
barge.
Letters testamentary were granted Friday
morning by Register Cooch on the estateF
of Adam J. Schrack to his widow, Mary J.
Schrack.
The committee on Improvements of st.
Paul's NJ. II. Church has been authorized
by the congregation to paint and repair
the edifce.
The crop of huckleberries in the woods
on the cape is said to be very large. They
are now beginning to ripen and many are
picked daily.
+. q. Maull of Lewes has been awarded
the contract to supply the Marine Hospital
at point of cape with provisions, coal, &C.,
for one year.
A wagon belonging to Bradway &
Miller was wrecked in a runaway Friday
at Seventh and French streets. The horse
was not injured.
A temperance conference will be held at
Friends Westinghouse at Centre Del, on
First day, 18th instant at 2 o'clock p. m.
All are cordially invited.
lne lOullB IeOplc oOClebN Ol OuTlSJldn
Endeavor of Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church will give an evening excursion on
the steamer Ulrica August 18th.
8. G.. Moore is having erected one of the
hardsomest wooden fences ever built in
Bridgeville, which adds much to his beau
tiful residence of Queen Anne style.
Letters testamentary were granted yes
terday by Register Cooch on the estate
of Isaac S. Elliott of Brandywine hundred
to Isaac c. Elliott and Holstein Harvey.
Edward L. Rice has sold the house and
lot No. 1903 Gilpin avenue to George s.
Mckee for S9,675.94. The lot has 'front.'
age of 76 feet inches and is 100 feet deep.
The surveying department is making a
large map for office use of that part of the
city comprised in Market and TWenty-fifth
street and the Brandywine to the city line.
The Jackson & Sharp Company has con-
tracted to build another tug for the National
Dredging Company. She will be so feet
long, % feet beam and 9 feet depth of hold.
TIE first social dance of the season at
Augustine Pier was held Friday evening
and about 10 young couples whiled away
the hours to the music by Albert's orches-
ira.
While at work in the quarries of the
Brandywine Granite Company Monday
Oscar Smith had his foot badly mashed
He was taken to the Homeopathic Hos
pital.
Miss Mary Hall of Milford Thursday
| evening gave a party at her home on North
Front street. There were about % young
folks present. and very pleasant time was
spent.
William NJ. Singerley's new yacht I'm
patient is at thekshipyard of the Pusey t&
Jones Company, where her machinery,
which came from Ticonderoga, N. Y, is
being put in.
Fishing at the Breakwater and off Re.
hoboth was good last week. 1t was re-
ported that the Marshall Brothers caught
off Rehoboth 1000 pounds of trout in one
days fishing.
The auditorium Of Kingswood Church is
being put in readiness for occupancy.
The plumbing has been completed and
work on the pulpit is in progress. In a
few days the room will be plastered.
The awarding of the contract for the
erection of the German Lutheran Church
on jackson street, near Fifth. has been
postponed to July 17th. The plans as drawn
up by Architect Rice have been approved.
The Sunday-school association of East
lake Presbyterian Church has voted thanks
to Harry W. Lowe and John Logue for the
use of teams, Remley Il Mccall for letter
ing and Diamond Printing Company for
printing.
Milford school board has reelected the
teachers of last year for the next scholastic
year. They are: Prof. s. Z. Bishop,
David IL. Isaac, Miss Emma @. Hallett,
Miss Mary Hall, Miss Mary Bell, Miss
Annie Radcliffe.
Sneak thieves on, Sunday night broke
into the dwelling of Thomas F. Moreland,
No. 1911 West Fourth street, while the
family was asleep and stole SO from
William Wansen. boarder, and a gold
watch and chain.
James Slant, who broke Jail in Cam
bridge, Nd, Monday week, was captured in
Seaford Tuesday night He was held until
the arrival of necessary papers and was
then carried to Cambridge and handed
over to the Maryland authorities.
William M Cauby Dennis J. Mention