The sun., 1898-11-14
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

Miss Cora B. Dunn, OF Dover, Is the
gnest of her sister in this city.
Clarence DriscolI, of Georgetown, is
visiting friends in Wilmington.
Warmers Larges Nos. and 5 are at
Jackson & Sharp's shipyards for repairs
Freight traffic OH the Chester and Will
mington steamboat has been heavy re-
Gently.
Mrs. X. Myers is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. John Redgraves, in
Chester.
The tug Curten of Camden towed the
barge E. Il. Dale down stream Yesterday
afternoon.
The du Points have broken ground for
three more buildings at their works at
Carney Point.
J. Newman Davis sang ~ Will Lay
Me Down in Peace" at Trinity Church
yesterday morning.
Rev. w. Frederick Lewis lecured last
night on the subject, "Martin Luther,
the Lighted Torch"
Miss Mamie Ford, the promising so.
prano singer of this city, is recovering
from an attack of grip.
The Delaware GibIe Society celebrated
it's seventy-seventh anniversary at Han
over Church last night.
Repairs have been made to the in
terror OF st. Paul's Catholic Church,
Fourth and Jackson streets.
Miss Belle Hughes has returned to
Philadelphia after pleasant visit to
Miss Name Dougherty, of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. N. Lowber and chill
dren, of Little Creek, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. I'll. ii. Campbell, of this
city.
The Pullman Car Works, in this city,
shipped five Pullman cars on Saturday,
to 20 into service on the Pennsylvania
system.
Purchase your goods from local mer-
chants. They are as fine in texture and
as cheap in price as you could secure
elsewhere.
Rev. Alexander I. Bowser, pastor of
the Unitarian Church, preached by spe.
cial request ON "The Christian Doctrine
of Atonement.
| Workmen are repairing the big cross
OF st. Mary's r. G. Church at Sixth and
Pine streets. The cross has been regilded
and now looks like new.
The annual meeting of the Delaware
Peace Society will be held on Wednes-
day morning in Friends School House,
Fourth and West streets.
The Pioneer Benevolent Literary Asso-
citation will give another of their dances
tomorrow evening. Later in the season
they will give cake walk.
Four boys, ranging from 10 to Is years
of age, have been making nuisances of
themselves by defacing front doors with
white crayon on the West Side.
Mrs. Mamie Shannon, who was taken
i'll while visiting relatives in Philadel-
pbia, returned home on Saturday. Her
many friends wish her speedy re-
covery.
A large number of soldiers on special
trains were received by the p, w. & B.
railroad at Baltimore yesterday and car
ried South from that point. They were
from Camp Meade.
The steamer s. T. Morgan, being built
by the Harlan & Hollingswortl Com
pany, was given dock trial on Satur-
day morning that was entirely satisfac-
tory.
Willie Moore, whose arm was shat
tered some weeks ago by the accidental
dischage OF gun, is able to leave
the Delaware Hospital and will return
to his home during the coming week.
The devotion of the forty hours COM
menced at St. Mary's Church yesterday
morning. The sermon was delivered by
the Rev. James Quigley, of st. Paul's.
The Very Rev. j. A. Lyons preached in
the evening.
BY tomorrow the Delaware Construc-
tion Company will complete the Will
mington and Brandywine Springs Rail
way bridge over Red Clay Creek and the
Landenburg branch OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
The funeral OF Levi 7. Miller took
place on Saturday from his late residence,
No. 2S03 Jefferson street. Ipterment was
made at North East, Md. Deceased was
rs years of age and died on Wednesday
of apoplexy.
"A special service of song was held yes.
terday afternoon at $50 o'clock at the Y.
M. G. A. rooms. A number of selections
were rendered by a quartette, comprising
Miss Poole, Mrs. johnson, G. T. Loomis
and G. Fl. Taylor.
The Delamore Social Club will hold its
annual reception in Manning Hall on
Friday evening next, and the event pro-
misses to be very enjoyable one. II. 0.
Cornor is secretary Of the club and J. T.
Martin is treasurer.
Secretary Wigglesworth, of the Board
of Health, has issned the following re.
port for the week ending November 12:
Births, so; same period in '97, 22;deaths
22; same period in '07, 20; marriages, 5;
same period in '97, 0.
A gasoline lamp exploded about 215
o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the
Pyle Cycle Company's house on Market
street. A large crowd soon collected,
but the blaze was extingulshed in a
few moments. No damage was done the
building. -.