The sun., 1898-11-17
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

r., w. 4 B. passenger cars Nos. 1883,
2SO5 and 1858 are at the shops.
The letter carriers appeared in their
winter uniforms yesterday morning.
Memorial Circle of Kings Daughters
gave successful supper in Second Bap-
fist Church Tuesday evening.
All-day services will be conducted at
Wesley NJ. Il. Church to-day, beginning
at 1890 a. ND and 3 and 7.30 p. m.
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Com
pany will ship next week six passenger
coaches for South American parties.
Miss Name Frank and Miss Anna Har-
rison, of Philadelphia, were yesterday
the guests of Samuel s. Salue, OF this
city.
Superintendent Harlan Tuesday sub.
mitted a test of questions to the pupils
in the fifth grammar grade of the public
schools.
Joseph Jenkins has secured the con-
tract for the heating and plumbing work
at the Soldiers Home, at Hampton
RJads, Va.
Battery NJ, Fourth Artillery, stationed
near Delaware Citv, has been ordered to
proceed to Fort Constitution, Ports
mouth, N. III.
Three special trains Of empty cars
which had been used in transporting
soldiers south from Camp Meade, passed
through this city yesterday going north
Members of the Imp'd, o. r. NJ, gave
projecting kaleidoscope, phonograph
and stereoptican exhibition at German
Hall last evening.
The work of making number of steel
hoops for the United States government
is now under way at the shops of the j
Morton Poole Company.
Rev. Patrick Gleason, well-knowr
Jesuit missionary, will conduct retreat
in the Prot Cathedral for the young men
beginning on Sunday, December 4.
G. w. Wilson, machinist in the P.
w. & B. railroad shops. caught his hant
in some machinery on Tuesday afternoon
and had the end of his little finger Gu
off.
The executive committee of the w. c
T. U. held a meeting on Tuesday after
noon and decided to open rooms TO
the soldiers in the city who do not liv'
here.
A number OF Wilmingtonians went tt
New London township, Pa, yesterday tt
attend the funeral of Jesse Hibbart
Yarnall, who died OH Sunday in his S2(
year.
| 1t is only by patronizing home mer
chants that you can soon ascertain tina
YOU secure Just as good and as cheap al
article as you could by buying in othe
cities.
The matter OF a corporation bill, to b.
presented to the General Assembly at it
next session, will probably be discussed
at the next meeting Of the Board Q
Trade.
The trouble between Peter L. Cooper
Jr., and J. Miller Thomas, arising over
foreign attachment issued against som
printing material by the former, ha
been settled
Sheriff Finn is busily engaged sum
moning witnesses for the November tern
of court. Judging by the number Q
subpgnas in hand the criminal docke
will be light.
A collision occurred on the Delawar
river on Tuesday, when the tugboa
Harry, towing canal boat, crashed int
an unknown foreign steamer. The cana
boats bow was stove in, and she had t
be beached.
Building Inspector Cassidy yesterda
morning issued permit to Henry I
Pickles to build atwo.story brick dwell
ing with mansard roof on the east sid
West street between Tenth and Eleventh
at cost of S., 900.
J The Church Club OF Delaware will din
at the New Century Club building tc
night. Among the speakers will b
Bishop Coleman, the Rev. J. W. Brown
D. D., of New York, and the Rev. s
Ernest Smith, OF Baltimore.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given this evening at the Firt
German Baptist Church, Fifth an
Walnut streets, rnder the auspices OF tn
Young Peoples Society, the proceed
of which will go to the building fun
debt.
The Thanksgiving services OF tn
Methodist Episcopal Churches OF thl
city will be held in Epworth M. i
) Church on Thanksgiving morning 8
1880 o'clock. The Rev. Robert Wat
D. D., presiding elder. will preach tn
+ sermon.
F. H. Harrington, of Delmar, was
. this city yesterday as the guest OF Office
, Gordy OF the p, w. & B. railroad an
afterwards left for Philadelphia, 7
E identify the watch lost by him while b
, was in attendance at the Peace Jublle
3 exercises.
I. Giuseppe Special and Michael Costello
. the Italian counterfeiters, who pleade
guilty to the charge Of passing counte
felt money, were taken yesterday moril
, ing to Trenton, N. j., where they WI
serve their sentences Of lS and 10 months
respectively.
The campfire committee OF the g. 4
R., Department of Delaware, have con
pleted arrangements for the camp-fl
this evening. The affair will be free
9 all, whether members Of the q. A. r.
8 not, accompanied by their families, al
, welcome. Speaking, vocal and instr
g mental music are included in the pr
!: gram.
t Ex-United States Marshal Hewson
Lannan and family have gone to New
port News, Va, where they attende