Evening journal., 1898-06-01
NEW CITY DIRECTORY.
WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY
DURING THE COMING WEEK.

MOST COMPLETE WORK EVER IS
SUED BY WILMINGTON AGEN-
CIEs OR PUBLISHERS AND CON
TAINs MANY NEW AND NOVEL
FEATURES.
The Wilmington City Directory and
| Business Gazetteer for 1898 Issued by
the Wilmington Advertising Agency,
under the management of w. c. r. Col
quhOun, will be ready for delivery dur
ing the coming week from the presses
of The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company
This directory and terse history Is
probably the most complete work ever
accomplished by Wilmington agencies
or publishers. Mechanically It ap-
proaches perfection In all points OF the
printers art Fine white supercalen-
dared paper has been used together
with a complete new dress OF type
AS a clear and exhaustive city direc-
tory, nothing has been omitted In the
compilation. HOuse-to-houee canvass
ing for more than q month brought to
the offices CT the agency the names Of
every adult resident OF the city, their
occupations, places Of employment and
correct street number.
These were all sworn to in the offices
Of Mr. Colquhoun after they were COM
pleted by the canvassers.
The gazetteer Is replete with infor-
, nation OF the most useful kind and, to-
gether with a fine history OF the city
OF Wilmington and treatise on It's won
derful growth in the last half century
r the book will no doubt be much sought
p for.
J One Of the remarkable features OF tn,
[ new book and one entirely origlna
3 with Mr. Colquhoun, Is n key whicl
tells the assessed valualtion OF eacl
2 man'r property. A small character be
fore the name indicates whether tn
man is worth $1,000 or 100000 OF rea
, estate, and the key to these character
lappears in the front of the book Prob
" ably the most heavily assessed corpo
ratlOns appearing here and ther
through the book are the Philadelphia
( Wilmington and Baltimore RailrOa
Company, the Harlan and Hollingi
worth Company, Equitable Guarante
!. and Trust Company, Wilmington SAY
ings Fund Society and Security Tru
and Safe Deposit Company.
, Tho heaviest individual owners
real estate are Philip Plunkett. JOSEF
R l.. Carpenter, Jr. John NJ G. ROdne
Henry T. Dure Caleb johnson and Wi
liam II. Swift.
b. Among the great variety Of nam
re | appear several Peaches, Melons. Pea
on and an Apple. together with six Payne
to There Is also a peartree The book co
~ tains one Duck. two brakes. sever
or Lambs, eight Pickles, one Pie, thr
N, Cakes and one Sauerwine. There mi
We also be noticed one Coffee and bun
Of Segars to complete the bill Of fare.
lr- After dinner there Is a Trotter,
II. Sails, or, perhaps, a Walker two wi
nd sixty Porters In attendance.
nd In 117 places appears Mary, wldi
Dr. John. while about 300 Johns ha
taken Mary for better or worse.
zen Prettyman bObs up In thirteen plac
" Two POpps and Edgar Poe are nOtiC
Ia In the P's. There is one Poor and O
hn Rich.
ng Tony Pastor appears toward the e
OF the book, but nowhere near
* Booths and the Barretts. There is
Dr. one Joseph jefferson.
at While many are OF the opinion u
there is but one Dewey, the new dir
tory will show that there are thl
others here In Wilmington. Also amo
the townspeople OF Delawares metr'
oils appear the following celebra
NC Americana
,p- George Washington, John AdaI
James Madison, John Q. AdaI
Thomas jefferson, James r. Polk. u.
at Grant, William Mckinley, Will
for Bryan, William Seward, Andrew Jol
son. Stonewan Jackson, Andrew ia
the | son. Alexander Hamilton, John +
en- mont, Benjamin Harrison, William
Dys Harrison and Columbus. Then there
ay. the real Bayard whose great life-w'
ON Of uniting the Anglo-Saxon nations
3 one great bond OF fraternal love, is n
hey bringing forth fruit.
hey John Smith, OF POcahontas fame,
the pears over a score OF times; wi
John Brown. the Southern hero, is
SOL eighteen places There is kOsciu
ght and Napoleon. AS reminders OF X
ap- days there are GOulds, Sanfords, Ro
and efellers, ArmOur5 and other Pen
packers
ere Besides its value as a historical
7 OF | encyclopoedical work. the new bool
ar invaluable as a business guide, cent;
lice ing the names and addresses and
Wiz vertisements OF the wares OF all
m leading advertisers and business
Ol llt NtAgs Ntil dAAAhE-Nn AZ ~
urt- ed in a neat black type, which a
much to the general appearance Of
ters book
for Altogether the Wilmington Advel
ent, ing Agency has just cause for prid
dish its work
ap- Another peculiar feature OF Wilm
toms popuiation as set forth in
valuable book is that the name Of e.
state in the union is represented
vest the rame Of either a man or a wOI
h5s In the case OF Missouri, for insta
- both mon and women bear that M
mo-, While the edition printed is la
re, than any before issued the orders
,d ready in hand nearly exhaust it.,
~ fovv conies remaining unsOld