The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-11
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What Ia TransplrIng In the Pretty Town
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What Is TransplrIna In the Pretty Town
on tho Delaware.
OF the Republican
New CASTLE, Nov.11.-BIt. Salem III.
E. Church was we'll filled last evening
to witness the wondrous feats OF Mrs..
Mary Hargro. who lost her hands whom
"a little slave girl in Mecklenburg Co.,
IVA. She performed the following feats:
All kinds of embrolderlng.
Threading needles OF all kinds.
Making bread and Maryland biscuits.
Washing and ironing.
Sweeping and busting.
Feeding herself.
Dressing little grille hair.
Tanning herself.
Writing and folding letters In any
style.
Your correspondent was present and
Iit was truly marvellous to SEQ her
make the biscuits, do the embrolder'
Ing and write the letters. / have the
letter she folded and wrote, and L
prize 1t very much. Mr.. Hargro, Rev.
lG. w. Jordan and Miss Mile Perry
sang several Of the old plantation
songs. and the entertainment will be
repeated again tonight. To miss
seeing this wonder Is missing the
great event in ones life.
SO much has been said lately here
over the chagrin of some over the sue
cess of the REPUBLICAN here during the
last three weeks. whereby Its circula-
ton In New Castle has increased seven
fold, It may not be out OF place to
give the following little exchange:
He WIS posted on HISTOLOGY. expert in
technology. profound in paleontol-
ogy and the secrets OF the skies,
tie could pirate about penoloRy. d,late on
an antropology and clarity zoology
IN manner truly wise.
But not satisfied with running all the
sciences and stunning every layman
with his cunning he essayei the
paste ar d shears.
Then it was his brain IL failed him. and
4 the doctors said what allied him was
q lunacy that nailed him in a cell for
twenty years.
The CoIumbI left Cramps ship yard
this morning on her trial trip, which
takes place on Monday.
The trial will be conducted exactly
as was that OF the cruiser New York
and tho course will be the same. a 40
mile stretch between Cape Ann and
Cape Porpoise, on the New England
coast.
/ Captain Sargent has charge OF the
navigation OF the ship and Edwin s.
lCramp. chief engineer of tho yards,
superintends the running OF the ma
chinery.
The crew is made up OF about 400
ipicked employees, many of whom have
served on the trial crew of all the
modern war vessels built by the
Cramps. Admiral Walker will be presi.
dent OF the Naval Trial Board. posi-
ton which lie also occupied on the
the trial of the New York.
The Columbis is expected to reach
Boston some time on Sunday, and the
course will be run over and inspected
on Monday. The trial runs Will prob
ably take place on Tuesday and will
consist of two trips over the forty
IN lie courses.
Under the builders contract the
cruiser must make 81 knots an hour
for four hours. and for each quarter
mile in excess of this time the Cramps
will receive premium OF $4,000.
4 . Several from here attended the trot-
ting races at Hare's Corner track yes
Iterday. Four of these took lively
run home. They covered the distance
from the track to the Knights OF Ply.
thias Hall here in 49,, minutes, a dis
lance of nearly three miles. The par
ty consisted OF Ed. Eagle, Ed. Il. Con.
roy, VIM. Matthias and VIM. Hushe-
beck.
So pleased were all those present at
the musicale In Mrs. Manlove's par.
Tors on last Wednesday night that a
request has been made for repeti-
tion OF the entertainment and it will
take place in the NJ. L. Sunday School
lin the first part OF next week. vo-
calist and elocutionist from Whining.
ton will assist the class.
Rev. Mr.. hughes. pestor of the First
Baptist Church, will deliver an object
sermon In the church tomorrow even
ling.
Bennett f. Lancaster. James Rice and
Harry W. Herbert took spin on their
wheels to Summit Bridge yesterday
Afternoon. 1t was rather a long run
for Mr.. Lancaster, but he did 1t like a
professional.
Mrs. Martin Leonard has been indis.
posed for the past couple of weeka.
The Delaware Iron Works will start
up again in the first part OF next
'lweek.
u 1t is seldom that Shawtown gets left
in anything. On Thursday, resident
OF Sixth street. was presented with
twins, and yesterday morning Shaw.
town came up smillngly In tho same
sihappy way. Congratulations are ex.
tended.