Evening journal., 1897-12-20
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


in Chancery, sat this morning and
heard testimony in the case of Ed
wards VS.. Allen Messrs. Vandegrft
and Curtis represented the plaintin
and Harry Emmons the defendant
The schooner Three Brothers, of
Crlsheld Md. Is in at Shipley street
wharf with a cargo of wood, which is
being discharged to-day.
-Dredge No. II, belonging to tho
Morris q Cummings Dredging Com
rany. Is at the Pusey and jones Com
pany for repairs
One case of diphther.a YVES rep2r,el
to the health authorities to-day.
-Thcmas err was gpaI.ed his frs.
lalurlllg-.icn. plrcrs this morning. by
United States Commissioner Smith.
The death CT Alice Ciinch, aged "A
years. from Brights disease. was re-
corded this morning at the Board OF
Health.
Fame Fire Company, No. 6, is hav-
Ing new telephone put in.
M. d. Murphey is spoken OF for re-
election as president of the Young
Mems Democratic Club.
TO accommodate Christmas shop
pers, special cars will be run on the
Elsmere road, the last one leaving the
p, w & B. station at II o'clock D. m.
This was the day set for another
| hearing before Register Of Wills CrOs-
san In the matter OF the will Of the late
Esther Mimic, but it did not come Oft.
The body OF Alexander Webb Wier
Of New York, who died In this city
| several days ago, was taken to his
home this morning on the 9.33 9. & o.
express.
Ralph Smith and Officer Welde, of
Salem. n j., spent part Of to-day in
this city and then proceeded to North
Carolina, where they viii spend sew
eral days cunning
This evening business meeting OF
the Historical Society Of Delaware will
be held.
The Misses Crawford, OF this city,
have purchased for $4,000, the
Vaughan mansion, at Thirteenth and
Market streets. and win occupy it af-
ter it has been repaired.
Washington Lodge No /, X Of p,
will nominate officers this evening.
THE dredge Phoenix. OF the, Charles
Warner Company, is in at the Pusey
! and. Jones yards to have a broken block
on the boom replaced. A duplicate will
3 be made for an emergency.
The express companies of this city
will put on extra wagons and men to
handle the Christmas rush.
I The clearings OF the Wilmington
banks last week we're S699,292, COM
pared with S622 OH for the same period
last year.
Washington Fire Company, No. g..
Y is having a new telephone put in TO
1 replace the old one
T. The leather workers Of the city met
J. IN Labor Lyceum Hall on Saturday and
I nominated officers to be chosen in jan
uary.
Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn
n visited the Harlan and Hollingsworth
a Company on Saturday afternoon and
inspected the work on the torpedo boat
Stnngham
Contributions for the Associated
s- Charities will be received at No. 602
d West street during Christmas week.
p On December 30 the Democratic
70 League CT Delaware will celebrate its
~ first anniversary.
,e Tho Wilmington City Railway
m Company Is making arrangements %
ID handle the large numbers of Christmas
In shoppers this week. Two Elsmere cars
are in service on the old company
tracks.
E Raymond & Logue have given q
large Christmas tree TO the Sunshine
AT Circle of Kings Daughters. to b'
b placed in the City Hall for the poo
mi children on Saturday.
Of Lieutenant Peary will lecture ii
70 this city next month.
.s' News has been received of tn
death OF James Cleland Miller, Of Buf
falo, N. Y, formerly Of this city.
William H. Caldwell has brough
suit against his son for rent. The de
nd fendant denies owing rent and has re
nm ceipts to prove his assertion, but tn
,ir plaintiff says they are forgeries. Tn
sir case has been taken TO the Superio
st Court.
y Mrs. Daniel Croker extends thank
y to the Pusey and Jones Company AM
others who. assisted at the funeral 0
her brother, James f. Lawless, VIII
was killed recently at the yard of tn
er Pusey and Jones Company.
he ,--Governor Tunnell has again re
en- spitcd Richard Mahan and William II
en- Crowley, who were to have been whip
ped on Saturday and their cases wi,
be called to the attention Of the Boar
. OF PardOns.
en- General John P. Donahoe mourn
in the death Of mule which had reache.
he the good old age Of thirty years.
died on Saturday night
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