The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-27
NINETEEN YEaRs AGO.
What Was Found on the Files of the Daily
Republican Publish d In 1877.

| In copy of the DAILY REPUBLICAs
| published December IL, 1877, we find the
| advertisements of numerous men then do.
| ing business in our city who arc now dead
I or are gone from our midst. The REPCBLI-
| CAN was small affair then, containing six
| columns to the page, each column sixteen
| ems plea wide and fifteen inches in length.
| George y. Armstrong then cashier Of the
! First National Bank, has since passed
away, also John People then cashier OF
the Union Bank John X. Babcock ad.
vertised his boot and shoe store Mt Second
and Market streets, where Rsuben Wal
tiers clothing store now stands.
Ileai,l g. Co. advertised n hauling
brokerage and real estate business
at Seventh and Market streets
Dr.L. c. Shadingcr, druggist and apoth-
ecary at No.2l0 Vest Seventh street.
Todd, Riley g. Co. general commission
merchants at No. SOB King street.
pr Gallagher dentist, at No. East
Fifth street
D. Lemon g. Co. steam cracker and cake
baker, at No. III Market street.
Russell & Northup, dry goods at No.
30G Market street
Mr.. l.. Litchenstcin. ladies' and misses
cloAks, at No. 296 Market street
Wilson & Hall, dry goods and notions,
at No. 507 Market street.
Il. Fellheimcr black silks and dry
goods, at No. 1l6 Market street.
Woolley and Van Trump, Insurance
business, at No. 1 Journal building ad-
joining to city hall.
John r. Holt, wall papers and window
shades at 223 Market street
James and Webb. printers and stationer's
at No. 22i Market street.
VIM. McCaulley a. Co, real estate,
bankers, No. COS Market street.
DR.. G. A. Wilcox, at No. Glib West
Sixth street.
Charles King, umbrella hospital, cor
ner Fourth and Walnut streets.
Howard Simpson, merchant tailor at
No. East Third street.
Cyrus Stern, clothing merchant, III Mar
kct street.
John Davis, merchant tailor, at No. 12t
Market street.
r. c. Fraim, dealer in plain and fancy
goods, 3G King street.
f. Pickels, dealer in heaters and ranges,
at 5. w. corner of Tenth and Market
streets.
$. ". Hollingsworth, practical jcweler,
5O4 Shiplcy street,
Coyle & Co, auctionoer, on Fourth
street below Market
Charles smith & Son, granite works, 6lO
Market street
James a. Bro, dealers in hardware and
cutlery, :Oi Market street
James n. Downcy restaurant in tho
basement of the Western Union building,
corner of Third and Market.
+. +. Holmes, Boston Clothing House,
2l3 Market street.
Evans Pennington, real estate business,
Nathan Liobarman, ready made clothing,
Fifth and Market streets.
H +. Pickles. dealer in stoves. on East
Fourth street.
Thomas Mitchell, undertaken, at No. 4l3
King street
John C. Cole, justice Of the peace at
s +. cor Third aud Market streets, up
stairs.
Alfred W. Quigg, dealer in stoves at
Ninth and Shiplcy streets.
j. b. Conrow and son, coal and ice, at
No. , East Second street.
Frank d. Clayton, coal and limo, at
Orange and Water streets.
John w, Griffith, coal, wood, lime and
sand at foot of West street.
A. Goodman, coal and lime, at 5. E.
corner Front and Madison streets.
Samuel Culbert hats and caps, at SOB
Market street,
Patrick Neary then acted as county
constable, as the following local article
taken from tho issue bears out; "Sume
days ago constable Neary levied on the
goods of Mrs. George Wingate, tenant
in house belonging to policeman Can
non, for rent. Returning afterwards to
see about the property, Mr.. Ncary found
the doors closed, but forced them open.
He went In and was met by Mrs. Win.
gate with hatchet in her hand, when a
furious scuifle cnsued Cannon being
present interfcred and took the haUchet
from Mrs. Wingate. The latter then
went before Esq Hagany and had Mr..
Cannon arrested for committing an as.
sault and battery. The case was dis
missed
tical Farmer, broke his leg by slipping and
falling on his front porch.
Frances Vincent was then City Treas
urcr and the Cool Spring reservoir was
about completed.
Charles Morgan kept q gents furnish
ing store at III Market street.
E. A. Parry kept toy store at 232 King
street.
Mr.. Nowhall kept variety store at 90l
Market street.
.Jamo Bradford kept paint store at No.
6 East Third street, and james France at
Eighth and Shipley streets.
Charlotte Thompson appeared ct the
Grand Opera House in the Tho Rough
Diamond" on Tuesday, December 20.
DR., Honeywell kept the Ohio store at No
GOI Market
The REPUBLICAN was liberally patro-
nized with advertisement OF the principle
stores in our city.
Tho price of tho local stocks and bonds
We quote as follows.
Wilmington Coal Gas Company. y........ .03
National Bank of Delaware. ...5C0
Union National Bank. nk....................t2
First National Bank. k....................lJ lJ0
Farmers Bank. MISREPRESENTATION. 40
National Bank vii. and B'dwine. .G3
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