Evening journal., 1894-01-17

nNnmans MISS hcubtth AaiNONNt MISS
Hattie Challenger. Miss ldzzle Wise,
Miss Gertrude kuntz Miss May Cooley.
Miss Anna Mohlen, and others are TO
re-enter this week.
Great Work OF the Charities.
The United Charities, the splendid
city organization which has so bount
fully provided for the needs of poverty.
stricken people throughout the city thls
winter. met yesterday afternoon and
found that iis own financial condition
had assumed such q dangerous aspect
that a united aud extra effort would
have 20 made, and that very soon An
effort WAS made TO suppress the ideas of
real danger ahead, but prominent bust.
ness men connected with the society
have thought it best TO let the real facts
be known.
The meeting yesterday was the semi
monthly gathering OF the entire associa.
tion for the transaction of business. tt
was held 40 the mayors office and soon
after assembling the Disbursement
Committee reported for the past fort
night, that food. clothing and fuel had
been distributed as follows.
Families visited and holned-.......... SO
Number of people helped...-. ......... ilO
Orders distributed for grocerios......... 500
Cost of grocery orders. Sll5 65
Orders distributed for Coal............. 40
Cost Of coal thus distributed ............ SOS 40
Total amount dishursed ................. &lSl Oi
The report was somewhat of sur
prise, inasmuoh as the average manu-
factuting town has to support much
more than 10 per cent of its popula-
lation la panic like this, according to
az reports Hardly 10 per cent of
New Castles population has had to be
kept
Death Of a Well-iSnown WilmiDstonian,
Gustave schaeiIer, the weu.known
bother and brewer Of Wilmington, died
very suddenly at his wife's home here
the residence Of President Holschumaker
of City Council. last evening.
Although Mr.. SchaeiTer had been IN
since December 90 last, he had almost
recovered from his long Siege with grip
and typhoid fever, and was getting ready
to move about when disease OF the
heart took hold Of him, and hedied I'm am
instant at 4 o'clock yesterday. His
death was a terrible shocl, TO his wife.
who was Miss Lizzie Holschumaker. and
who has been watching night and day
by the sick mans bedside Mr. SohaefIer
talked IN a bright vein an the afternoon
aad when be suddenly gasped and fell
back, corpse. Mrs Schaeller was pros
tratsd by the shock.
Oustave Schaeher was only 81 years
old, and a handsome man with heavy
black mustache and curly hair. he was
the manager Of the Weiss beer brewery.
of which his mother was the proprietor
ai Seventeenth and Union streets. VII
mipgton. A mother two sisters and A
brother, live IN Wilmington. while A
wife and one child in this city survive
him.
The deceased was well-known in this
city, and an over Wilmington. and his
funeral will doubtless be very large
one.
An Eighteenth Anniversary surprise.
last evening was the eighteenth ami.
versarY Of the wedding OF Mr.. and Mrs
G. g. Whituack and they were greatly
surprised 10 see a merry company of
friends h'e into their parlors about s
o'clock, loaded down with roos things
and merriment The people Lad gath.
cred az the residence of Mr. and Mrs w.
p Rothwell, on Fourth street. S w.
whence they proceedel at once to the
Third street residence Of Mr. and Mrs.
Whituack
Among those who enjoyed the festivi-
ties and Publications of The evening were
Professor and Mrs Knapp, Miss Draper.
Nr snd Mrs H. suoell, MIR. Renpie.
Miss Rose Collins Miss Mary Fleming.
Miss Name Calhoun, Wiss Jennie
Saunders, George p Barr. Brown
lancaster Miss Reba Saunders. Miss
Annie Fleming, Ferris jemisou. Edward
7. bnrnham, Miss Julia Wndle. Miss
Jennie Barr Wilbur aud Frank Mere
oith, Miss Ella Cline. Roy Slpple
Miss Kate Mcclure Hsrry Hunter. Mis-.
Celia Weggenman, J Harry King. Mr.
and Mrs. Downham, Eddie Whitnaek