Middletown transcript., 1898-03-05
DELAWARE CRY.

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4 Mr.. Joseph Ceaver was in town on Mon
day.
i Sir. Irwin Shepherd was and over Sunday
visitor
Mr.. wm Jester spent Sunday with his
parents.
Mr., S. Warren spent Wednesday in Will
mington.
Bishop Coleman visited Christ Church on
Thursday.
Mr.. VIM. ]. Beck was in Wilmington on
Wednesday.
Mrs. o. B. Wihgate visited the Quaker
City this week.
Mr. Joseph Watson. of Philadelphia, was
in town on Sunday.
Rev. O. .Gillingham, Of Port Penn. was in
town on Monday.
Mr.. Richard Stair, OF Salem, N. j., was
in town on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ubil were guests of
his father on Sunday.
Miss Agnes Vail entertained Miss Julia
Sadler for few days.
Mr.and Mrs. John R. Swan visited friends
in Odessa on Tuesday.
Lieut. Wilson spent few days in
Washington this week.
Mr. Cook officiated as lay reader in the
Episcopal Church on Sunday.
Mrs. George c. Bennett and son, of Har-
risburg, Pa, is visiting her mother.
Mrs. G. Stones rect, of Baltimore, is visit
ing Mr.. David Vail in Dutch Neck.
] Mrs. Harvey Davidson. of Wilmington,
has been visiting friends near town.
Mr. S. Hughes, of West Dover, was the
guest of Mr.. John Warren this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Padley spent Tues
day with Mr.. and Mrs G. Pordham.
Mrs. J. Warren and son have returned
from a visit TO her mother Lear Massey's.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Clark and daughter
have returned from visit to friends in
Philadelphia.
The flag on the School house was half
masted on Monday and Tuesday but has
not been visible since.
Mrs. e. Lindsey sold a portion of her
household goods on Wednesday prepara-
tory to leaving the town.
The Fortnightly Club of the young peo-
pie in the Presbyterian Church met at the
home of Miss Bessie Price Tuesday even
ing.
Miss May H. Bennett, of Harrisburg, Pa,
has entered the training school for nurses at
| the Medico Chirurgical Hospital in Phila-
delphia.
Rev. L. A. Oates arrived on Friday and
held service in tho morning on Sunday.
This week he was obliged TO be in Balti-
more, Nd.
An entertainment was given on Tuesday
night in Assembly Hall for the benefit Of
the public schools by Madame Celeste, the
impersonator.
A number of the school children gave
Miss Alice Clark, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J efferson Clark, surprise party Wed
nesday evening.
Our town was invaded on Tuesday by
about 81 fox hunters with the same num-
Der of hounds following the fox which ran
through the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pordham's children
were christened by Rev. H. s. Thompson
on Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. La Boulve. A large number of
friends were present.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Stapleford be-
came frightened on Monday and ran away.
The man driving threw a basket of coal
into the wagon the noise startling the
horse which is young No serious damage
resulted.
William Blunt who died Sunday night
was buried on Wednesday. Services were
held in the Church. The funeral was a
large one despite the stomry weather. The
deceased was very worthy man and was
highly respected.
In the list ofthe averages of the students
of Goldey's Commercial College printed in
late issue of the Every Evening, We note
with pleasure the high standing of William
Vanhekle one of our town boys.
Mrs. P NJ. Vanderford, of Philadelphia,
is visiting Mrs.Arthur Colburn.She will be |
remembered as having lived here some years |
ago and as the widow of DR.. J. J. Wander
ford who praticed dentistry here early in
the seventies. Subsequently practicing in |
Philadelphia for few years. After which |
he had very fattering offer to go to |
Frankfort-on the-Main, Germany, to assoc
late himself with prominent dentist who
ohout fo rotira Altar ooiourp Of
eighteen months in that place another lu-
cratiye offer was made him to go to Siutt-
gart where be established practice for him
self He was identified with this place
thirteen years. His ability and popularity
soon became widely known and his efforts
crowned with success. He had the patron
age and friendship of the court of the
Kingdom of Wurttemberg and the prom
inent American and English of which there
was large colony there. During the sum-
mer months he established a practice in
Baden Baden in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
He received the patronage of the suite of
the Emperor William the first of the EN-
press Augusta and numberless members of
Russian Court who a. ways resorted there
during the season. His intimate and con-
fidentiaI friend was the body surgeon of
the Empress Augusta. His sudden death
cut short career which we often read of
but seldom see in real life. 1t was his in
tention that same year qs9D to visit
America for the first time. Honor after
honor was conferred upon him, but he al
ways identified himself with American in
terests and never lost sight for one moment
of the fact that he was an American
citizen, and always looked forward with