The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-18
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The engagement Of G. Casper Miller and
| Miss Virginia Weaver, both of Media, has
| Just been announced and they are receiy.
| ing congratulations from their many
friends. Miss Weaver is the youngest
daughter of Jacob Weaver, the well known
heater manufacturer. Mr. Miller Is the
only son of William H. Miller, one Of the
wealthiest citizens of the borough.
Rev. A. I. Scott was In Townsend last
week.
Mrs. Mary Wiswell has returned from a
short visit to Townsend.
Misses Stella and BERTHE Jones have been
visiting their sister, Mrs. Joseph Parsons
of Middletown.
Miss Nellie Vail of Delaware City is the
guest of Wilmington friends.
Dr. S. c. Frederick and Charles Handy
who have been visiting DR.. Frederick s
parents at Parkton, Nd, returned home
yesterday.
Mrs. Josephine Thorpe and daughters of
Philadelphia are visiting relatives in this
city
Ex-President of City Council Wilson
Perkins is confined to his home by sick.
ness.
Charles Wainwright, who has been Wis.
1ting in Laurel, has returned hhome.
Mrs. Jones, wife of Detective William
L. Jones. is i'll at her daughters home,
near Darby.
John r. Hartman is in PottsvAle, Pa,
attending the funeral Of his cousin, Chas.
b. Gaugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. D. Seeds gave re-
ceptlon on Saturday evening at their
home, No. ITO Broome street.
Josiah G. Smith and Charles Morris
have returned to Chester after pleasant
cunning trip down the State.
A musical concert of unusual merit will
be given in tho New Century Club House
tomorrow evening The best artists of
this city and Philadelphia will appear
Tho program is Ms follows
Beethoven String Quartette
OPP Is No 6-Beethoven, 1770-1S27
Soprano solo. .......... Cavitaua- ounod
From opera Queen of Sheba"
Miss Katherine D. Sheain.
Il Schubert's Serenade
N,,e opartetto Schubert.
-"'''' 4'"A 'o'Oe' "Annie Laurie
b Geibel
Contrato solo, ''The Land of Yesterday"
huFsCuGEUltl
Madame Emma Osbourn.
Ladies quartette. ....... .n m't',u1 G,rt,
b Donheur
Contralto solo, (Requost) Loves Years
Are Brave and Long" A...... Vannak
Madame Emma Osburn.
Beethoven String Qunrtctte
OPP Al No. -Mendelssohn, 1909-1Sl7.
icp M,,1 ,,,lf l,,
for Miss X. ID Sheain and Mrs. S. Wallace
Merrihew tor Madame Emma Osburn.
No seating will DO done in the house that
evening, except between the movements
of the first numbers. This is done 50 as
not to interrupt either tho players or the
audience.
Miss kaime is visiting friends at Dover
t Alfred Shafncr goes to Dover tonight
Percy Hendercr will be the guest of Miss
Virginia Roberts at Dover Tuesday
Company A National Guard of Della
ware will take fifty men to Dover Tues
day.
BY request repetition Of the Christ
mas cantata will be given by the children
Of Calvary Baptist Sunday school in the
Sunday school room, Thursday evening,
january q, 1897. The chorus work of the
children is very fine as they have the very
best trimming under the direction of Prof.
Geo Il. Hyatt. The first scene shows
Santa Claus with cast of characters us
follows: Santa Claus, Geo. Il, Auster-
muhl; Winter, Carrie Dunn; Storm Her.
aid. Albert Hyatt; Jack Frost, Nellie Al
free. Santa Claus deserves special men
tton as does also the Storm Herald as they
both take their parts we'll. All who go
will certainly get their 10 cents worth us
that is all the admission. Tickets can be
had at the door.
Just what you need" was Rev. E. W.
Longs subject before the Y. III. c. A.
yesterday.
Tonight the Historical Society will
hold "McDonough meeting" Rodney
McDonough Of Boston will read paper
on his grand fathor Comnondorc Nc
Dunough and his ancestors.
William T. Bundck the great Virginia
temperance orator, delivered three mag
nlllccnt temperance addresses at Dover
yesterday before enthusiastic audiences
At the conclusion Of his afternoon talk
resolution petltioni4g the constitutional
convention for the referendum clause"
was offered by the Rev. Charles Stengle
anu unanimously adopted.