Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-10-31
ALL READY FOR FUN.
Old Fashioned Hallow-E'en
in the Neighboring City.
SPECIAL POLICE TO PROTECT GATES

SPECIAL POLICE TO PROTECT GATES
Big Entertainment in the Opera House
BY the Columbia Athletic Club ANA
the Wilmington Opera House Orches-
tra-Board Of Education Will Probably
Elect Another Teacher To-night-Other
Matters.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Oct. 3l.-Scores Of
grotesquely- attired masqu traders and
dozens of select parties will celebrate
the erstwhile festive evening Of All
Hallows to night Mayor Herbert has
selected his special officers and they will
circulate about among the street prone.
naders, not to prevent them from enjoy
ing themselves but to put short stop TO
the destruction Of property or the annoy.
anCe of nervous citizens and pedestrian
In more than few parlors the old
fashioned Hallow- zen love games will
be played and the seasonable apple will
cone into demand more than any other
fruit.
The principal attraction OF the even
ing will be tie concert aud exhibition In
the Opera House under the auspices OF
the Columbia Athletic Club The
spacious auditorium will be appropriately
decorated for the occasion and spaces
will be allotted TO the fair friends of the
club with their escorts, to she small
boys, TO the masqueraders aud TO the
men ming without their wives and
sweethearts. Professor Stuebgens or
chestra from the Grand Opera House In
Wilmington will play fine concert, be-
ginning promptly at 730 o'clock.
The hours 60 as you please race will
begin at o'clock under the direction Of
Harry w. Herbert -Four scores will
mark the distance covered by each man
on the track. The prizes will be as fol-
lows:
Gymnasium outfits donated by Ross,
the halter and furnisher of No. 210 Mar.
ket street, Wilmington, and by Edward
Melchoir the Wilmington sporting goods
dealer
Yale sweater donated by Hamburger 8
Clothing House, Wilmington.
For the 3 legged race the prize will be
box OF fine cigars donated oy II 4
Bourbon, tobaoconist Wilmington
For the backward race-pair Of gymna.
stun shoes, donated by Fulds Shoe
House, OF Wilmington.
For the sack race and the potato race,
there will be prizes donated by the Board
Of Directors Of the c A G.
Pleasant Reunion of Temperance Girls.
The autumnal reunion, which was
held at the Nj. E. parsonage last evening
by the Y w. G. r. L., was delightful
social event Some important business
OF the society was discussed after which
aprogram ewas rendered. II was as
follows Chorus by the society; duet.
Christ is Coming" Miss Miriam David
son and Miss Lizzie Wise; reaoing. 1.-THE
New Church Organ" Miss Jodie Adams.
solo, BLESSED Refuge" Miss Stella
Deakyne; reading, 1.-The Fireman. Miss
Kate McGuire; instrumental duet. Miss
May Martindale, Mrs 2. f. Martindale
chorus.
After the rendition Of the program
chocolate and Gaze were served 10 tho
guests. Games were INDUCED an until a
late hour, when the company dispersed
Among those present were: Miss Clan
blackburn, Miss Reba Saunders. M
Miriam Davidson, Miss Ella Cline. Miss
Carrie Cline, Miss Kate Mcclure. Miss
Eta McGuire Miss Jodie Adams. Miss
Anna Aohlen, Miss Sallie Trultt
Miss Cora Hudson. Miss Stella
Deakyne, Miss Ella Churnside
Miss Ida Wilhelme, Miss Elsie Butler
Mics Lizzie Wise, Miss Lucy Tallaferro
Miss Lille Shaw, Miss Bessie Wilson
Miss Maggie Carrick, Miss Sadie Conner
Albert + Wilson, Fied Wiley, Harr,
Hughes, Brown Lancaster, George viii
helme, Loomis o. Wise,
~evs. mowbray and Short 10 Preach
Next Sunday will be known az 600,
Iioings Day at the NJ. l. Church an,
special services will be held. I'm thl
morning, Rev. A. s. Mowbray. of New
port, will preach. In the afternoon
Rev. T. Burgette Short, OF Harrison
Street NJ, +. Church, Wilmington, vii
make an address at 3.15, immediatel'
after the Sunday school service. In IA,
eveuing the persons who Joined th
church on probation last winter will b.
taken into full connection. Speoie
music viii be furnished and the collec
tons for the year are TO be taken.
The Brand Is Famous Vessel.
The British steamship James Brand
left Delawares new mort Of entr,
on Friday and passed down for Blave
Of petroleum IN bulk ever carried on An,
vessel Of the merchant marine. Tn,
cgrgo, which was loaded at March,
Hook, consisted Of /. $50 COS gallons O
The crude product. The Brand is tb
trst transatlantic vessel 10 burn oil 70
motive power, and was built By ii
William Armstrong & Co. for A Stuart
Of London
Incidents OF the Day.
Tickets are now out for the lecture 4
the NJ. h. Church tomorrow rieht 10
Rev. l. i Barrett, on Adams Rio. "
Ice on the ponds about here this morn
ing is one-eighth of an inch thick.
No iron raw material at the Delawar
Iron Works yesterday, caused brie
shut down.
stil IN quarantine and being vigoi
ously tumigated, the steamship Anni
from cholera iu focfad poff lie - D,.a