The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-02
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ANY one having q farm that he w!.hes
to exchange for grocery store and dwell.
ing, should address Hawkins g. Company
this city.
The Wilmington Bicycle Club will be.
gin wist tournament tomorrow night
The Homeopathic Hospital management
returns thanks for the recent donations
The Banda Rosa has dlsbanded In New
York because OF wage difficulty.
Rain yesterday stopped the laying Of
new tracks Of thu Wilmington City Rail.
way Company On West Front street. #
The Society Of Colonial Danes held
meeting at the rooms Of the Historical So
Clety yesterday afternoon. 1t was decided
to give prize to the scholar writing the.
best essay on Colonial Times"
Register Of Wills Crossap yesterday
granted letters testamentarS- upon tbs
death of Sarah A. kimble, late Of White
Clay Creek hundred, to John j. Chambers
of West Grove Pa.
Owing to tho inclement weather Inst
night the regular monthly meeting Of tho
Natural History Society was postponed
for two weeks.
Kookus Tribe, Improved Order Rod
Men, will give n public entertainment on
November II.
Until the repairs at the State Armory
arc completed it will be closed during the
evenings.
Bishop McCabc will preach at Asbury
NJ. e. Church in this city on November
18th. -.
The Board of Trade will hold its regular
meeting on Thursday evening. An inter.
csting meeting Is expected.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Wilmington Camera Club will DO held
this evening at s o'clock, ut room No. IL,
in the McVey building.
Thursday will be donation day at the
Sunday Breakfast Association.
Tho lecture b. Clarence s. Ongman on
Cuba, to be given at tho New Century
Club building last evening, was post
poned
Benjamin Footn, No. 70l King street,
offers for rent the Groom house. No. Sl4
Madison street, on reasonable terms.
The Ewing damage case has been traus-
terred from the Chaucery to the Superior
Court.
The rain Of yesterday has so weakened
the excavations at Front and Union
streets that cavern is threatened
The Parsonage Fund Society Of Grace
Church will give chrysan, hemum OK
h!bt and social in the Sunday school hall
on Wednesday evening.
The various councils of the Junior Order.
Of United American Mechanics of this
city are arranging for minstrel perfor.S
nance to be given in the Opera House Oh
Dccember0
The bad weather of yesterday had the
effect of making travel on the Elsmero
Railroad rather slim.
The rain of last night prevented several
masquerade parties.
The regular meeting of the Police Com.
mission was not held last night because Of
tho storm.
Tho arch .deaconry Of Wilmington IL
holding It's annual convention at Middlsa
town to-day.
Of the 2l.000 debt contracted by st.
Andrews church when it was remcdelled
in 1890, only $125 remains to be paid. 1t Is
expected that this amount will be raised
by st. Andrews Day, which is November
David Reid, foreman OF the shipyard of
tho Harlan and Hollingsworth Company,
yesterday resigned his position. His sue.
cessor has not been appointed.
Work on the overhead bridge of the B. &c
o. H. r at Fourteenth street has stopped
work on the sewer.
George w. Riddle has bought the Ben
jamin Jones farm, near Pocomoke City,
for $1,000.
Rev DR.. Tinker will ask and answer
the question us dancing snful?" at, AS
bury NJ. Il. Church next Sunday night.
The famous Chaplain McCabe (now
Bishop McCabe) will spend Sunday, No
vember "A, at Asbury church. Mrs. j. A.
Hitch of Philadelphia will sing.
Tho switchboard for the Dolmarvia
Telephone Stations expected to-day.
August Fcrschke cut his finger while
opening IL box ut his Wholesale barber sup-
ply store, No. East Seventh street.
The Board Of Trade has received areply
from the Chief Engineers at Washington.
Tho material In the police officers he'll
NETS is very poor. Last night the heavy
rain caused the shape to change from u
helmet to that of an old bonnet.
The letter carriers will wear caps instead
of helmets this winter.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Trade will be held at Grossly
a. Hill building), Board of Trade rooms,
No. sos Market street, on the ith inst, ut
sp. IN. Daniel W. Taylor, secretary.
A meeting in the interest of the Della.
ware Industrial School for Girls, Will
mington, will DO hold in tho Milford
Methodist Episcopal church on November
= l,, H., I ~
DR.. NJ W. Barr of Elwyn, Pa, has
bought the John Dennoy farm, 1S0 acres,
on the Levels, for $500.
W. p. Biggs has bought the Aldy Glenn
ents farm, 2l3 acres and including 1.-Two
stock and farming implements, near Mid.
dletown, for SIS, 800; also, the j. p. Dick
son farm, 1873 acres, near Red Lion, fcr
$1,000
The Archdeaconry of Wilmington will
open in st. Anne's Church, Middletown,
this evening, and will continue in session
on Wednesday.
twenty-five members of Columbia
Lodge, l. o. O. f., were entertained on
Saturday night by Star Of Bethlehem
Lodge at Booths Corner
Mrs. Fannie Mildly of Hllsboro has
been granted an original widows pension
and Charles W. zimmerman of Green
wood q renewal of pension.
Az, Entriken of Farvlle, visited our
city this morning. He is doing u large
business in dry goods and groceries, yet he
complains of rather slow payments. He
is looking, however, for better times, rs
the farmers are getting better prices for
their wheat, corn and potatoes as well Us
other produce.
Tho Young Defender foot ball team Of
Henry Clay, defeated the Young Rock
ford of Bancrofts, by tho score Of II to p
The Young Defenders would like to re-
ceivo challenges from teams averaging
from seventy-ilve to eighty pounds Ad-
dress challenges to Charles McKenna,
Henry Clay P. o., Del.