Middletown transcript., 1893-02-11
OPENING UP NAVIGATION.

An Unsuccessful Attempt to Break
Passage Through the Canal.
at Delaware City.
Miss Ethel Reybold is home on visit.
Miss Laura Ladder was home last Sunday
on short visit.
Miss Matte McMumn is visiting friends
at State Road this week.
Malchom Reybold, although the fever
has not left him is somewhat better.
Capt. w. E. Reybold lost valuable seal
skin glove last Saturday afternoon.
Rev. Mr.. Prettyman spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Wilmington.
Rev. MFR. Oates has recovered from his
late illness, and the regular meetings Of
the week are being held as usual.
Thomas G. Reeves sale, which is adver-
tised for Feb. 24th will begin at O'Clock
in the afternoon.
The meeting of the W. C. T. U. which
was to have been held last Monday night
is postponed until next Monday evening,
Feb. 18th.
Quite number of our townsfolk have
been to hear D. L. Moody. Each one re-
aturns,flled with enthusiasm for the man
and his work, and loud in their praise Of
his worth
The tug McCauley broke the cable tele-
phone wire which crosses the canal just
above the bridge on the Port Penn road.
This break shut off Port Penn from the
outside world, as far as that mode of COM
munication is concerned.
Mr.. Wharton, the brakeman on the
Newark and Delaware City express, has
been promoted. He is now at the school
for conductors, and Mr.. Ed Cole, of the ac-
commodation, has been promoted to fill
his place.
Mr.. John Shunder, Jr., meet with a
painful accident last. Monday morning
while walking down Main street in front of
N. g. Prices store, he fell and cut his
forehead, causing quite severe wound.
He was carried home, and at late ac-
counts is reported improving.
The firm Of Won Culin & Clark have been
doing quite an extensive business this
winter. They shipped this week three
large, handsome incubators TO Mexico.
This winter they have both enlarged their
quarters and force, and still the orders
come in faster than they can be filed.
Those who were promoted from the
fourth to the third division in the public
school are: William Nef, William Win
gate, John McCue, George Money, Kate
Thompson, Minnie Steele. Those from
third to second are: Harry Bristow, Robt.
Davidson, Mable Hall, Ellwood Anderson,
Lilly Hines. Those from second to first
are: Harry Hall, Charles Bowen, Sol
Fountain.
A dozen of the school girls from the First,
Second and Third Departments of the Pub
lie School are practicing for broom drill
which will come off in connection with the
festival, fair, ETC., which has been an
nounced fer some time next month. They
practice four times a week, and their drill
master reports excellent progress. Those
who take part are as follows: Misses Mat
tie Price and Julia Brown. dresses, cream
color; Stella Ferguson and Mary Morris,
blue; Julia Ladder and Bertha Edwards,
iaWn; Berthe Clark and Berenice Keane,
pink. Bina Norris and Mary Reybold,
green; Helene Chairs and Nora Foard
cream.
The steamers General Cadwalader and
Josephine Thompson, are fast in the canal
at Biddle's Point, about d miles from
here. The tug Philadelphia came in the
canal a week ago and broke about 100
yards of ice for the iJosephine-it took her
hours to do this-and returned next
morning to Philadelphia in tow. Last
Friday night the General Cadwalader came
lown and attempted the work that the tug
Philadelphia had left. After As minutes
work, having broken only about her lenght,
Mr. Groves, the agent for the owners,
ordered the engines stopped. Monday
light the heavy tug McCauley. steamed /
n the locks and took up the work which
lad hitherto baffled both of the other
'essels. She pounded away at the ice
which is from Ii to 13 inches thick-until
tuesday afternoon, working in all about
8 hours, and only broke up 21 miles of ice
md two fukes off her wheel She returned
n Wednesday morning to Philadelphia
disabled. The ting Wister, which started
0 break up the ice at the Chesapeake end
{ the canal, broke her wheel just as she
cached the railroad bridge. This leaves
bout A miles of the canal unbroken. No
rouble like this has been experienced for
lany years, and it is only the local experts
tho seemed to understand what job it .
Iould be to open the canal for traffic with
ich heavy ice wedged between its banks