The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-19

The Board of Health transacted routine
business yesterday.
Y. NJ. C. A. wheelmen will run to Bran
DIVINE Springs tomorrow night.
There was fire in the H. & H. Compa.
nys kiln dryer yesterday afternoon.
John S. Grohe, registrar of the Water
Department is laid up with sore throat.
There will be Republican meeting at
Congress Hall, Wednesday evening at $50
p, N.
The Sunday School Of Hanover Presby.
terrain Church will hold strawberry fes-
tiva! in Red Mems Hall this and to.mor.
row evening.
The Philadelphia A. NJ. Z, Conference
convened at West Chester to. day. Several
churches In Kent and Sussex counties are
in the conference.
The employees of Ford morocco factory
and of Blumenthal Il Co., have organized
base ball teams and will play their first
game next week.
The Young Women's Christian Associa,
ton will serve supper at the Associations
headquarters, No. sos West street, on
Thursday from until 5p IN,
Three Wilmington men will ride In the
Holbrook ten.mils road race on Saturday.
They are John Minnick, William Weiss
and Frank NJ. Boyle.
The Rev. w. j. Birmingham delivered
lecture at st. Mnry's Churh last night
on the subject, From the Cove OF Cork
to the Giants Causewayi" illustrating his
words with stereoptiCon pictures,
Robert MerricS, tho COW dealer, who re.
sides near Longwood Pa, lost a valuable
driving horse from collie on Friday last.
L. W. Stidham and Son will call the
COW sale of Todds at hadds Ford, Pa,
CD Thursday. The cows are first class
ones and some good bargains may be
picked up.
LW St.dham g. Son, Auctioneers. sold
for jacob Fullmer at Chester, Pa, on
Tuesday afternoon IL herd Of good driv-
ing horses for prices varying from sllO to
$3.50 each, average for the Is herd Sal.
1t Is stated that 1t took Robert Getting.
ham assisted by two other able bodied
men two days to erect three lightning rods
on the dclapidated house OF the Market
street bridge tender. Tie house is NOT
worth the expense Of putting up these
lightning arrests, but then 1t made n good
job for tho boys who havo to be looked af.
ter as election is coming on.
The work of crossing the p W. 8; B. R.
r. tracks at Third stroOt will bo begun by
the Wilmington and Men Castle Railway
Company on Monday.
Register of Wills, Crossan has granted
tcstamentary letters upon the estate Of
Luke J. Mclaughlin, late of Christiana
Hundred, to tho Security Trust and Safe
Deposit Company.
Bishop Mon Afghan left this morning for
church and people from whoin'he came to
tha Diornsc of Wilmington
Special revenue licenses will be issued
next month.
George Mckee has been awarded the
contract to build Thomas j. Ialley' 8
handsome mansion
Tho tug Alccdo viii be completed about
July 8
The moulds tor GoLld's new tug Majora
were laid this morning at the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Comlanys yard
The police are not allowed to discuss
politics and will take no part In the nomi.
nations on Saturday.
Tho tug Vican has been put on the rail
way at the works Of tho jackson IL Sharp
Company.
Tho frames for the NJ and NJ. steamer
at the yards Of thu Harlan & Hollings.
worth Company have been laid,
The U. S. gun boat Texas, and the tor
| pedO boat Terror. passed down the Della.
| ware River about O'Clock this afternoon,
and were viewed by large number OF
| people from the top Of the Equitable ard
Federal buildings. The boats have been
laying at League Island since Wednesday
of last week.
| You cannot make any mistake In cast.
ing vote for Clarence r. Holt for City
| Cnuncil In the Enurth Mnrh