Evening journal., 1898-01-15
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Tho regular dance Of the patients
at the Delaware State Hospital for the
Insane. at Farnhurst took place Hast
evening.
The packet barge Samuel II. Hart
man, is unloading moulding sand at the
B. & o. wharf
Fame Fire Company is painting
the new base of It's tower, and the roof
of the whole building.
On Tuesday evening members uf
The Y. M. Q. A. Will meet, consider
plans and appoint committees for the
reception on February %. as we'll as
for some informal socials to follow that
event.
AN interesting shooting match wab
held on Isaac c. Ellotts farm Thurs
day afternoon.
Work cn the German I1utheraa
Church. at Sixth and Jackson streets. is
progressing rapidly, the mild weather
helping Il along materially. The iceG
rafters of the second story <have been
placed and it Is likely THAT lhe build
ing will be done by July /, the time
specified in the contract
Arthur d. Philips has been appoint
cd postmaster at Bethel. Delaware and
William H. Moore, has been appointed
al Kenton.
-Bukh's wharf, in South Whining
ton, will IN the future be known as B
street wharf
II. T. Bell has been reinstated as
mail agent en- The Dandenberg branch.
Moses II. Peters, 81 years cid, was
admitted into full membership I'm
KeolSuk Tribe, No. 3, l. o. r. NJ, Thurs
day night
AT a special meeting Of the vestry
of st. Johns ChuCrdh, it was decided TO
build a rectory on the Boulevard the
site to be selected from the three lcta
offered.
Fourth ward Democrats have eject
ed Michael COnnell delegate and c.
lW Edwards alternate. to The Demo
Ic1atic county convention, which meets
On February 3.
Sheriff Finn. yesterday sold the
Twenty-Five acre farm Of Martha Bryan.
at Middletcwn, TO John p. Hudson, OF
Smyrna, for 1,6lO.
The Bayard Legion dance cards
bears the portrait of Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard.
/ The public school teachers Of this
city, are endeavoring to raise $1,000 az
, a relief fund.
Il Francis II. Hoffecker went to Md.
y dletcwn yesterday morning and pur.
chased for the Fruit Growers Nationa,
z Bank, Of Smyrna. the Dugan property
S scld by the sheriff, Tor $1,000.
d John Hang, Lloyd's inspector, wai
r at the Harlan and Hollingsworth Com.
J. panys yard yesterday on business con.
corning the yacht Niagara.
Several cases of diDhtheria ant
= pneumonia are reported from Canden
f" The body found beside the p. w
& B. track, near 1-lnwOcd. is though
10 be that Of David Hennessey. who
left this city to walk to Chester.
II -Wenona Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
A will be visited in Eden Hall mex
u Thursday evening ~ Stale COuncilo
t. Frank M Jones.
Ian attempt will he made to-nigh
by the Jr. o. u. A. NJ. az a meeting
i in Eden Hall, TO organize a company O
American guards.
- The prevailing unseaSonabl
weather has produced so much sick
q ness that the doctors are going nigh
and day.
4 Driver Dcugherty, Of the Waite
i Witch Fire Company, is off the sicl
: list
u, "A semi-annual dividend Of Sls pc
cent has been declared by the vii
mlng.on City Electric Company
> Chairman William A. Scott
friends deny that he is a gube-ratoria
candidate.
n George Hepburn was unable L
n speak at Association Hall last even
"A ing.
Owen Scott. OF Eighth and Monro
streets. has purchased a farm nea
D. Kenton. Kent county. and will NOV
i. there in the Spring.