The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-20
ITEMS FROM new CASTLE
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
NEW CASTLE. Decembsr 90, 1897

The annual meeting Of St Peter's 7. A.
B. Society was held yesterday afternoon
Treasurer Peter G.. Madden reported that
in addition to the building loan shares
carried by tho society that there was o
snug sum in the treasury. The. election
Of officers took place and tho following
were elected;-
President, Joseph A. Carlin; ice.presl.
dent, Thomas Cullmane; Recording Sec
retary, James +. McIyor Financial score.
tsry, Hugh Duffy: Treasurer, Peter g.
Madden; Sergeants-at-arms. August
Blumberg; Marshal, James MoHugh; ln.
vestigating committee, Frank Sheridan.
jerry Donovan and John Keenan,; Stew
ards, Jerry Donovan, james Mctlugh.
John Keenan, and Philip. Shardan; Az.
diting committee, A. M. Haizsr, Frank
Sheridan, James McHugh, jerry Dono-
van and Philip Sheridan; Room trustees,
James f. Mc1vor, Peter e. Madden and
Thomas Cullmane.
For some unexpIainable cause the meet.
ing orthe Columbia Athletic Club did not
take place yesterday afternoon. The
meeting was called for tho purpose OF oon.
sidering tho advisability Of reorgania!ns
the club during the coming winter.
The tug Augusta put In yesterday ID
partly disabled condition. Her propeller
wheel had beeome fastened by n rope be.
ing caught in 1t. A local diver went
down and liberated the wheel.
The attention of the Board OF Health Is
called to dead cat that has remained on
Delaware street near Third for the past
three days.
ST. Peters church was crowded at all
the services yeste. day owing to. the fact
that Bishop Monaghan paid his first Of.
fetal visit to the church. Rev. Edward l.:
Brady was celebrant of the high mass and
tho Bishop preached the sermon after the
first gospel Bishop Monaghan chose his
text from the Gospel Of st. Luke III 10.
Prepare ye the way Of the Lord, make
straight his paths. Every valley shall be
filled, and every mountain and hill shall
be brought low, and the crooked shall be
made straight and the rough ways plain,
and all flesh shall see the salvation Of
God
After mass the Bishop held a reception
in the Sunday school room. In the after
noon tho Bishop visited the Sunday school
and addressed tho school on the necessity
of and benefits derived from prayer Ho
also favored u deep home study of the
seat in tho church was taken, when the
Bishop preached for the third time in ono
day. There were u largo number OF Prot.
estants among those present..
The coming wedding Of John Sidwell
and Miss Mollie Windsor has been an.
nounced.
Rev. A. R. Walker, :of Calvary P. E.
Church, Wilmington, occupied the pulpit
of Immanuel Church yesterday morning
Ms Anna Graham, widow Of tho late
Hie6 Graham died last evening at her
home. The Atlantic House, aged SO years.
About ten days ago Mrs. Graham was
taken Ill and in a:few days symptoms Of
typhoid fever appeared. Despite the skill
Of leading physicians and the caro- of two
trained nurses she died last night at Gas
o'clock She leaves three children to
mourn her loss Mrs. Graham was Miss
Reis Of Wilmington.
Word was received here yesterday Of the
death Of Miss Margaret Lynn Of Whining
ton. Miss Lynn had been a cook with tho
Spottswood family for twelve years.
Alterations are being made to the
schools to remove all danger TO the health
of the children.