The sun., 1897-12-09

Century Club drawing room by the
Princeton Glcc, Banjo and Man dolin
Club on December 2lst.
The Walker & Elliott Company ship
ped carload of mixing machines to the
petrick FcrliIizing and Chemical Com
pany, of Baltimore, Nd
Mrs. Elizabeth Yeager who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas +.
| Moreland, OF this city, returned to her
home in Baltimore, on Wednesday.
/ Paul Lawrence Dunbar, natural born
Atro-.tmcrican poet, will give recital
4, Bethel 4. VI. +. Church on Walnut
street, above Sixth on Tuesday evening.
Morris NJ. spencer will continue the
business at No. 2l7 ". Eleventh street
carried on by kruSc,N. Spencer, the
caterers. who have dissolved partnership.
\ photographer yesterday took
pictures "i the county buildings at
l'arnhur>t. for use in history OF the
county buildings which is being pre-
pared by H. G. Conrad.
1t the wedding Of Dr.. David +. Buck
ngham and Miss Roberta l.. Randall. in
New York, on Wednesday, leighton {.
Van Trump was best man and Gardner
J.. Van Trump was an usher.
Mr. John Wanamakcr, las been
awarded the contract. by the Harlan 4
IIp'lingsWorth Company for furnishing
the inside oi the cnarhrs, which are now
being buIt for use in South America
James AilIikin and Peter Fitzgerald
Marrow y escaped drowning while row.
ing in tn" Chri>tiana on Tuesday: They
We're rescued by some worklncn Of the
Harlan 4 IloIlingsworh company.
The Tallrvvillc Lvccum will debate the
following question next Tuesday, 'Rc-
>olvcd That the sailor deserves more
credit than the soldier" Other features
Of the program will be solos, dances and
speeches.
William VI. jackson was on Wcdncs-
day, appointed assistant superior to A.
II. TingcS, Of the p. W. X b. railroad
in this city. Mr. jackson will remove
his family to this city from Dravosburg
Pa. where he has been located.
The horses attached to one of the big
wagons OF John Iengel's brewery ran
away yesterday at Fifth and Walnut
streets. At Fourth and French streets
they collidcd with wagon Of Salfncr's
bottling establishment and each wagon
was sighted broken
The Wilmington Steamboat Company
report very heavy passenger travel be-
tween this city and Philadelphia. They
are all handling an extra large amount Of
freight, among which is aquantitv Of OIL
which is used by the morocco nanuiac-
turcrs OF this city.
>tansbury J. Wiley, J. Harry lIof-
ieckcr, Charles +. Young, Lewis b. Nor
row, John W. Lawson, J. Harvey Witc-
man and W. :. IlillcS. were among the
Wimingtunians who attended the sixth
annual dinner OF the Sons Of Delaware
in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.
III Il man prrtcnd- to be a tightcr,'
Say- Tom >larkry. 'hc should take on
anybody. These fellows who make dis
tinctonS MAX" me tired and the public
tired \ fighter should fight and not
make speeches. This las always been
my policy, and it always will be 50 long
as | am in tie ring"
Fighting in England was delivered a
body blow by the fatal result of the
HaTy-f root contest. The Daily Chrrni-
Gle in an editorial demands, a thorough
sitting OF the affair. and says there is no
difference between hes" fights and old
time prize fights. Tie Patty News says
rditoriaiIy : 1--WE hoic this great scandal
will stop at the National porting tlub. >