Middletown transcript., 1893-01-21
A PEANUT PARTY.
The Latest Fad with DelawaFe Cit

The Latest Fad with Delaware City
society Other Items OF Interest.
A large number of friends were enter
tanned at the home OF Kiss Alice Clark
last Friday evening. The feature of the
evening was sspeanut hunt" The person
finding the largest number of peanuts re.
ceived q prize, and the one who found the
smallest number also received prize. Mr..
John Clark captured the first prize, find
Z ing IA nuts, while the second went to Miss
Nan Sadler, who only found two.
Leven Irving Handy will deliver his
lecture, Patrick Henry: Orator and States
man. in Assembly House, on Wednesday
evening, Jan. .25. 1898. The doors will be
opened at Z O'Clock, and the lecture begin
ats. The object of this entertainment is
to aid in the purchase of an Encyclopedia
for the use of the public school, Tickets
will be for sale at the stores Of William A.
Jester and NJ. w. Hibshman.
Hiram D. Griffin, Superintendent OF
Public Schools for New Castle County and
Miss Julia Cleaver, daughter Of Mr.. Isaac
Cleaver, both of Port Penn, were married
in the Presbyterian Church at that place
on Wednesday. The newly married
couple left on the 4.2s p. m. train for parts
unknown.
The complete list of prizes awarded in
the first division ofthe PublicSchool are as
follows: Bookkeeping prizes, first, Stella B.
Ferguson; second, VIM. Van Hekle. Spell
ing prize, Berinice Keane. For best story
under 800 words: First, Sabinia G. Nor
ris; second, Harry G. Price.
The canal is blocked, and has been for
several days. All navigation has been sus-
pended. Even the Delaware river is desti-
tute of boats, for extremely heavy cakes
of ice are continually floating up and down
the channel with the tide, closing its en-
tire course.
There is quite a scarcity of coal at this
point, and Mr.. Clark can hardly meet the
demand. The price of soft coal has been
raised to SIS per ton. Boats which have
been supplied here, report the price of
this coal at the Breakwater as So.
SIeighing has been quite extensively in
dulged in for the last two weeks. Among
the handsome teams seen upon our streets
daily are Mr.. Frank Philliph, Capt. W E.
Reybold, NJ. H. P. Scott Caleb N. Price
and Mr.. Webb, of McDonold
Mr.. Oates, who was unable toifill the
Presbyterian pulpit last Sunday on account
of illness, has sufficiently recovered to re-
turn home. He reports Miss Oates, who is
also sick up at New London, as improving
rapidly.
"Elsie Anderson Captain VanKirk, of
this place, arrived from Delaware Break
water Monday, and on attempting to pro-
ceed to Philadelphia Tuesday Morning,
was obliged to put back to port at this
point
Miss Jennie Morely is sick, and her
school was closed Monday and Tuesday of
this week. Miss Annie Pennington is i'll
ing Miss Morley's place for the present.
The revival meetings which are being
held in NJ. E. Church, are quite largely
attended. They will be continued as long
as interest IL manifested
a party of 20 sleigh riders from Odessa
and Middletown. took supper at the Rob
.inson House last Tuesday evening.
Caleb N. Price, of Chesapeake City,
who is student of Delaware College, is
stopping here with relatives.
Mr.. Charles w. Jefferson has sold his
property on Washington street to w. F.
Carrow for $500.
Mrs Phillips, Of Elkton, Md, is visit
ing her son, Bfr. Frank Phillips, of this
place.
Miss Ethel Reybold, who has been quite
ill for several weeks past, is out again.
William A. Jester attended the funeral
of E. F. Burton, at Dover, last week.
Invitations are ont for dance in Multi
gan Hall on Wednesday night.
Miss Boots, of Wilmington, is visiting
friends here.