The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-04
OLD GLORY, A FLAG WORTH DYING FOR
General State News

Newport Del, August 3--Mrs. Clart
Abbot Of New Castle is Wishing friends
hore.
Miss Nora Stuart has returned from Will
mington.
Miss Helen Wcdln, who has been visit
ing in Wilmington, has returned home.
Jacob Hamhy is visiting at Claymont.
Tho glue works will in short time re-
sumo operations.
Harry Miller is in Baltimore.
A party composed of Miss Amy Weldin,
Miss Nellie Jordan, Nils Nellie Quigley
Miss Hclou Price, Messrs Ralph Finn
Arthur Gamble, Herbert Yates and Paul
Cranston visited Cotleld Beach yesterday
Mrs. John Nowblld and children arc Wis.
iting Miss Laura Worrell.
Miss Nellio Goucrt. who has beon visit
ing Miss Ncllio Crawford, has returned
homo
E'wood ConIyn will in sh h,rt time re-.
move to Wilmington and his house will
be rantod by Horbort Yates, ST.
William Conlyn is at Caps May.
LOWS Duff has purchased very valua.
bic horse from QuWby Lyman.
New tracks have been laid in froat Of
the p, w. tS B. station.
Scaford, Del, August 3-Whaatley' s
camp meeting near here will commence
next Friday. Auiust 5. 1t promises to be
larger this year than ever before. This
camp Il only three years old, hut Is now
the largest on the Peninsula When IL was
fist started In AuGust, 1895, 1t contained
only ten tents; last year there we:o over
fort ~ tonts, and this ycur about 1C0 have
already been erected. and tllere is u great
demand for more.
The tabernacle i, the largest and finest
OF all camps 1t will comfortably scat from
1900 10 l,s)opeollo, has solid shngle
roof and Is eniirc!y waer proof. The ut.
ienannco last year was from 2,OO) TO 400)
people daily, while this yoar tho atten-
dancei, expected 10 bc twice as large.
Smyrun, Del. August g. deputy State
Councillor o. S. L4alhers, Of John NJ.
CLAYTON Council, No. 24. Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
OF Clayton, has installed tho following o..
fleets of Stars ana stripes Council. No. rs,
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, of smyrna: Junior past
councillor, Frank p. McCawIey; councillor,
Charles II. LeFevre; vice-councilor, G,
Davis Brown; recording secretary George
II. Dicks; assistant recording secretary,
Frank l. Boyer; financial secretary, Geo.
n. Stevenson; conductor, II iron,
Brown; warden, William Fries; inside
sentinel. j. Allison Starr; outside sen,in-
cl, Joseph Wendell; trustee. George II.
Dick
Mrs. Mary X. D. Eldridge and Mr..
George H. Raymond were In WILMINGTON
yesterday attendnya Il meuting of che board
of managers of st Michael's Day Nursery
and Baby Hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Middleton, aged 50
years, died at her homo last night, after u
few weeks illness. Some time ago she roll.
ed from her bed and failing TO the floor
broke her right hip and lca!h resulted
from tho fall
Tho Rev. G. A. Hill and family will
loave On Thursday for Rehoboth. where
tley will spend the month of August
Miss Florence Cruikshank. and Mrs. Car.
rie Harman and daughter, Miss Blanche
who have been guests Of Mrs. Hill, return.
ed yes er'lay to their homes in Ba!t!mor'.
Clayton, Dell, August 3.-rhe Phila.
delphia, Wilmington AMI Baltimore rail-
road oil car went over the Delaware diIi-
sion Monday and oiled tho roadEed from
Clayton to Wyoming. This arrangement
Is tho invention OF j. NJ. Nichols, assistant
engineer Of the West Jersey division of
tho Pennsylvania railroad. aud has proved
quite Il success. Ths oil which the car
sprnkles along the track Is crude pptro-
leum and it completely lays the lust. Tho
result l. that the disa9rceabiencss incident
to riding on the cars in the summer time
caused by tho dust which follows q train
is dunu away with