The sun., 1898-12-21
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
Mrs. H. c. Conrad is sick.

Mrs. J. Jackson Peirce i9 sick with
verti 20.
Miss Reba Chandler is Wis iting in Phil
adelphia.
Miss Reba Chandler is with relatives
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Jerman Of Berlin,
Nd, are visiting in the city.
DR.. w. X. Barrett has returned from .
visit to his parents at Milford.
w. w. Hickman has returned from q
weeks stay at Mt. Holly, N. J.
Charles Kittinger is visiting in this
city, where he will remain during the
holidays.
Miss Lucy Cochran has returned to
Middletown after visit to Mrs. Joseph
Mendinhall.
DR.. L. N. Slaughter is just out after q
weeks confinement incident to an attack
of the grip.
Mrs. Sarah s. Bcstick, Of No. 7l3
Du Pont street, was buried at st. Peters
Cemetery yesterday.
Mrs. Sheffield Phelps OF New York is
the guest of her father, Preston Lea,
until after the holidays.
Buy your Christmas presents of Will
mington merchants. You can get them
as good and as cheap here as elsewhere.
Assistant Station master w. w. Hick-
man at the French street station has re-
turned from weeks visit to Mt. Holly,
N. ].
Letters OF administration on the estate
of Elizabeth Bellew, late of Mill Creek,
were yesterday granted Mary E. Jones
and David Russell. ,u
Eyangeline g., the 6-year-old daughter
OF Baymon and Florence Deakyne, died
on Monday at the residence of her
parents, No. 5l5 East Tenth street.
/. Engine No. 212, which was in wreck
near Washington about month ago, will
be ready to leave the shops Of p, w. &
B. Railroad Company on Thursday.
Thomas Knox, who was severely
burned about the face in the du Pont
powder mill explosion, has 80 changed
for the better that his recovery is almost
certain.
The Board OF Directors of the Della
ware Railroad Co. have declared a semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent on the
capital stock, payable on and after jan
uary 8, 1899.
By communicating with Chief of Police
Devery of New York, many Whining
tonians were saved from investing in a
swindling land scheme which was adver-
tized in the daily papers.
At 8 o'clock yesterday morning high
mass was said at St. Anne's r. G..
Church over the remains of Mrs. Mary
T.. Bates, OF No. 1901 Lowering avenue.
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery fol-
lowed.
"Joe" Simms, a colored Australian,
who eats tacks and broken glass and in
cidentaily gives musical and literary
entertainments is in the citv and gave an
entertainment in Shiloh Baptist Church
last evening.
Mr.and Mrs. John, H. wilkins Of George
town have issued invitations for the
wedding of their daughter, Miss ella
Bertha, to John M. Pettyjohn, at the
home of the bride, on Wednesday even
ing, December %, at O'Clock.
In Magistrate Kelley's court on Mon
day evening Rachel Vandever, living on
Concord avenue, charged Adam Handy
with trespassing on her property and
threatening her. He was fined $3 and
required to give $500 peace bond.
Mrs. Lloyd Chamberlain, Of New York,
is the guest of Mrs. G. G. Chamberlain
in Middletowon. Mrs. Chamberlain
was Louise King, of New York, whose
romantic marriage was extensively
noted by the prominent papers OF the
country.
The Delaware Hospital trustees on
Monday afternoon discussed the advisa-
bility Of erecting an addition to the hos
pital, but Architect Dallett presented no
plans, therefore no definite action was
taken. There will be another meeting
next week. !"
At the annual convocation of Delta
Chapter, r. A. NJ, held on Monday
night the following officers were elected:
Thomas ]. Jacobs, H. p; A. Victor
Hughes, K; G. Wesley Pyle, Jr., S.; A.
Gilbert Robinson, treasurer; Frank L.
Howard, secretary.
Announcement has been made of the
opening of John H. Herdman's new
restaurant, Nos. and Z East Eighth
street. His chef is one of the best in
Philadelphia having been employed in
that capacity at the Aldine, Walton and
Bellevue of that city.
Today is the Twenty-third anniversary
| of the Fort Phil Kearney massacre,
which took place on December 81, 1865,
near the fort, which is in Wyoming. It
is understood that the State Of Wyoming
will donate the tract of land upon which
monument is to be erected.
Henry White, who resides near Silver
brook, Christiana hundred, isslying very
low from an attack which prostrated
him about week ago. DR.. Greenleaf,
who is-attending him him, gives very
little hope of his recovery, as he is 81
years Of fage and is completely broken
down.
William Mailer has purchased from
Frank Huck the property at the north.
east corner of Sixth and Madison streets.
H. B. Seeds has transferred to Peter L.
Cooper, No. 1l04 Jackson street. Mary
B. Ford, has transferred the property at
Fourth and Rodman to Clarence H.
Moran.
| Vacation at Frienda' School. Fourth