Middletown transcript., 1896-09-19
DELAwAREC CITY.

/ Rev. II. 8. Thompson has returned home
Rev. Z. A. Oates visited Wilmington this
week.
| Miss Annie Beck spent Sunday in Will
nington. ~
Miss Mamie Morris visited w. " .:..:.,ir.gton
on Tuesday.
Miss Mary Reybold spent Thursday in
Wilmington.
Miss Edna Ubil has returned from a
visit to Salem.
Miss Fannie Clark spent Wednesday in
Philadelphia.
Miss Anna NJ. Pennington has returned
from visit to Philadelphia.
Miss Anna Dalby. of Washington, is the
guest of Miss Fannie Clark.
Mrs. Raymond Hicken, of Philadelphia,
| is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. George Hutchinson entertained Rev.
BENZ. F. Price last Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Hicken enjoyed.a few days
visit to Philadelphia this week.
Miss Annie Hicken odd Miss Ella Craig
are guests of friends il Chester.
Harry Nickle anticipates going to Balti-
more this week to accept a position.
Mrs. Clarence Ridgeway, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with Miss A. Cooper
Mrs. James Garman, of st. Georges
visited Miss Higgins on Wednesday.
Mrs George F. Foard has been quite in
disposed this week but is now better.
Still another wedding is reported, making
five, according to the gossip of the town.
Rev. T. B. Hunter and mother are again
enjoying the ocean breezes at Ocean Grove.
W. Thomas and Miss Mabel Thomas and |
Cora Dunlap spent Wednesday in New
Castle.
Miss Matte McMunn visited Mrs. J. Ed
win Amos in Wilmington, remaining over
Sunday.
The Woman's Foreign Mission met at
the home of Mrs. Hemphill on Monday
evening.
Mrs. Howell who has been spending the
summer ON thescoast of Maine has returned
20 her home.
Miss Berenice Keane will shortly enter
he Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia
IS student
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Fannie Cheairs to Mr.. Manning, of Tren-
on, on the 30th inst.
Mrs. Mcconnell and Miss Ray Taylor, of
were entertained this week
y Mrs. Joseph Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Pennington were en-
by their daughter Mrs. Lofand /,
t McDonough on Wednesday.
William Thomas who has been spending ?
few days with relatives in town will re-
lrn to his home in Philadelphia on Mon-
ay. is
Delaware City is fayorite marketing !,
,wn for hucksters. Not less than nine
agons went their rounds here during the
lmmer The drivers say they can get :
SeeSA PAASSS uSAC tudu ciSSWASTe. i Il
We are requested to call the attention Of Z
le proper authorities ("if there are any''
the reckless riding of the wheelers of
e town in the evenings. G
Miss Stella Ferguson will return to
Dldey's Commercial College next month, Fl
SO Miss frankie Dempsey. These young
dies were graduated from the CONNER O
al department last June and will now
ke up stenography and typewriting.
An amusing incident occurred few days n
o in the vicinity of one of the old syca- Y
ore trees on Fifth street. Several small
lored children were playing there and in
e course Of the afternoon wheeled on
ROW long narrow box. They then 3
oceeded to gather punches of grass well \
,ded, and placing the smallest, chunk 3
a boy, in the box, laid him out and
ewed the grasses oyer-him Then lean
8 over him they took a final farewell
ok, when the lad raised up and they fed
'eaming. Itresulted in each one taking :
cir turn at being laid out and decorated, IL
Oh following the example of the first
rpse (') rising, the rest running away
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