Middletown transcript., 1898-03-05
PERSONALITIES
Little Lines About Men and Women
and what They Are Doing.

and What They Are Doing.
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Miss Eliza Hurn spent Tuesday in vii
mington.
Miss Alice Mills, of Clayton, was il
town on Thursday.
Mr.. Harry Ellison of Wilmington, wal
Sunday visitor here
Miss Susie Parker has returned from
the Monumental City.
Mrs Keith, of Dover, is the guest O.
her son. Mr.. D. P. Keith.
Mrs. George Echenhofer is visiting hel
daughter, Mrs. Albert Price.
Misses Blanche and Ada Cochran are
visiting Miss McAIeer in New York City.
Mr., John Webb, of East Main street. is
recovering from an attack of pneumonia.
Mr.. R. L. Van Dusen, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in town the guest of Mr.. w
Reese Parker.
Miss Bernice Metten, of Peterborough,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Farrell. in
Philadelphia
Miss Dollie Wilson, of North East, is
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Annie Griffith, at
Mrs. Lippincott's.
Miss Mary Appleton, of Wilmington,
was the guest ofMrs. Clara Emerson from
Saturday to Monday
Mrs. NJ. D. Wilson, of Middletown, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edward D.
Hearne, of Georgetown.
Miss Ethel Brady in company with
her sister, Mrs. F. B. Watkins. of Odessa is
visiting in Washington, D. G.
Mrs "A. G. Cox and Mrs. J. c. Parker
attended the Woman's Foreign Missionary
meeting in Wilmington this week.
Mr.. Cyrus Tatman, Jr., of Bridgeton,
N. j., has been spending a few days the
past week with his father on North Broad
street
Mr.. Samuel Biggs and sister, Miss
Josephine Biggs, have been the guests of
Mrs. Norris, of Washington, D. c., for the
past week.
Mr.. G. W. W. Naudain and family, who
have been in Wilmington for the past five
months, returned to their home on East
Main street Thursday.
Miss Mary Milburrn, of Crumpton, who
has been spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. E. F. Bishop. near town, re-
turned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Talker, nee Miss Elizabeth LAM
don, who lived in this town some years, is
visiting her old friends here. For some
years her home has been in Oakland. CAL,
but she now expects to reside in the East.
A private letter from Los Angeles
states that Rev. J. A. B. Wilson, D. D.,
went down from San Francisco to assist in
the dedication of a church and was taken
i'll on the train and has been i'll since in
that city with grippe.
Mrs. James R. Hoffecker, of South
Broad Street, who has been spending
several days with her brother, Mr.. Thomas
Burnham. in Wilmington. returned home
on Thursday Mr. Burnham who has been
i'll from peritonitisis slowly improving.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment Of Miss Blanche Weldon. eldest
daughter of c. Wesley Weldon of Whining
ton to the Rev. w. Frederick Lewis. pastor
Of Rodney Street Presbyterian Church, and
son Of the late William Dukins Lewis. D.
D.. LII D., president of the London Bible
Society, Shrewsbury, Eng.
The illness of the Messrs. John A.,
Samuel M, and Edward Reynolds for the
past few weeks has aroused the sympathy
of the people to an unusual degree. Mr..
John A, Reynolds, the father. is "a years
old and has been growing feeble for several
months. Messrs. s. NJ. and Edward Rey-
nolds have been battling with fevers and
grip and are both impraving; the former
indeed is now convalescent.
The Rev. Charles l. Stengle; chaplain
of the Delaware House Of Representatives,
and Miss Marian Bland, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Bland, were married
Wednesday afternoon at the Armstrong
Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Berkeley
a suburb of Norfolk, Va, by the Rev. W. A.
Slaymaker. Gov. Tunnell was best man and
William Salisbury and Thomas F. Dunn of
Dover, Joseph Parks and Harry Roane of
Berkley, were ushers. Mrs. Jeanette Bald
win of Farmville, Va, sister of the bride.
was bridesmaid. Many members of the
Delaware Legislature attended.
MY MARYLAND.