Middletown transcript., 1898-08-06
DELAWARE CITY.

Rev. Mr.. Eastin will leave this week and
the Rev. F. L. Fisher will take charge of
the Episcopal Church during August.
Mrs. Jarreiffi NNe#kkiirIk NNe#kkirIs aisa daughter, of
Wilmington, are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. NJ. Byles, of Philadelphia, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Julia Brewer.
Mrs. Anna Walton and children. of Phil
adelphia, who have been visiting Mrs F A
| Pennington, returned to their home on
Monday.
Mr. Richard Starr, of Salem, N. j., was in
town on Wednesday.
Miss Bina Foard spent Tuesday in Will
mington.
Ex-senator Higgins was in town this
week.
Master Clark Beck is visiting at Town
send.
Mr.. George Foard and his guest. Mr..
John Hayes. of q Cambridge, Mass. spent
Monday in Chesapeake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Manning, of Trenton,
n. J 4, are visiting her parents near town.
Mr. and Mrs Fred K. Reybold, of Phila-
delphia, spent Sunday with his parents.
Miss Alice Clark spent Tuesday in Phila-
| deIpha.
Mr.. George C. Bennett and family have
returned to Harrisburg.
Mr.. Harry Dunlap. of Holland Paten
N. ", visited his relatives in town this
week.
Mr.. Howard Armstrong formerly of Del
aware City, is quite i'll at the German Hos.
pital in Philadelphia.
Mrs. George N. Bright is entertaining
several young ladies.
Mr.. Howard Vail and family have re-
turned to their home in Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. Walter Cleaver was not quite as un-
fortunate as was reported. The recent fire
did not destroy all Of his agricultural I'M
plements.
Mr. John Ellis, who resided in Dutch
Neck, died on Monday. The funeral took
place on Thursday. Intermeut at Rive rside
Cemetery.
Company of the 18th, gave an enter
tainment on Tuesday evening in the tent
sent them by the Y. NJ. c. A, REGULATIONS
and singing was the program. Mrs. Biggar,
the bride of the captain of Co. B, delighted
the audience with piano solos, and little
Miss Wiley rscited and sang remarkably
well. The young mems efforts were duly
appreciated. Company A will give an en-
tertainment on Tuesday evening at the
same place.
Persons desirous of visiting the fortifica-
tions here are obliged to have pass.
The regular battalion drill is in the morn
ing now instead of P. NJ.
Mrs. J. A. Vreeland and Mrs. L. H.
Moore, of Philadelphia. also Mr.. and Mrs
George G. Bennett and children, of Harris
burg, Pa, were guests Of Mrs. C. A. Ogle on
Wedne sday, celebrating her 18th birthday.
Mrs. r. A. Barr widow of the late DR..
John A. Barr, died on Monday in her S7th
year. She was born in Connecticut, but has |
been a resident of this town for about go |
years. A devoted Presbyterian, modest.
thoughtful and serious, she priced the in
stitutions of the church, uniting with her |
fine culture q grace born of the divine |
spirit. The last year of her life was spent |
patient submission to the will of her |
heavenly Father, ending in ira ransplanting |
to the land of perpetual health aud bii.s
The funeral services were held at her late
residence on Thursday, Rev. Luther A.
Oates officiating. Interment in the Presby-
terian churchyard' She left daughter, for
whom much sympathy is expressed.
"Jesus, be near to me, Thou knowest the |
heart pangs;
Thou hast the shadowed vale crossed for
Thine own;
Safe in Thy loving arms tenderly hold me,
Thou hast made deaths dark way lead to
Thy throne.''