The sun., 1898-12-13

ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

The annual meeting of the Masonic
Hall Co. will be held on December 27.
Thomas II. Buckley who has been i'll
for several daysi is able to be out again.
James Craig and John Rice of New
port were guests yesterday Of s. D. Town.
send, Jr.
| Mrs. Henry Barlow is spending fort
night with relatives at her home IN Rich
mond, Va.
The monthly meeting of the Epworth
League of Union Church will be held on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Peter L. Cooper and Miss Ida
Cooper, of Dover, have been the guests
of Peter L. Cooper, Jr.
A meeting of the s. P. G. G. and the S.
P. G. A. will be held this afternoon at
the rooms of the society.
Miss Edna Barker, of Milford, is visit
ing DR.. and Mrs. Frank Person, at Fourth
and Washington streets.
Charles P. Cochran, of Middletown,
has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. j.
II. Mendinhali, in Wilmington.
The annual meeting of the Friends
SClOOI hlullLl hsSOCldtlCA Will VIC Lclu
on Monday evening, January 2.
A lecture will re given this evening at
Klngswood M. E. Church, by DR.. Watt,
on the MIXED Cakes Our Neighbors
Make"
The second annual reception of Di-
vision No. 4, A. 0. H., will be given in
Turn Hall on Wednesday evening, Jan
uary IS.
The Wilmington and Brandywine
Springs Electric Railway was opened to
travel yesterday. Cars were run every
half hour.
The Rev. Charles E. Murray, D. D.,
rector of st. Andrews Church, is seri-
ously i'll at his residence, No. lO15 Wash
ington street.
Frank Miller, who was connected with
the Freie Presse about two years ago, is
again with the paper and succeeds DR.. A.
d. Jacobson.
After an illness of several weeks Mrs.
Mary Brune Ford, aged SO years, died on
Sunday morning at her home No. 225
Broome street.
The sail yacht prowess left the Harlan
q Hollingsworth Company's wharf,
where it has been for several weeks, yet
terday morning
A gas lamp at Chestnut and Clayton
streets was broken by wagon some
time between Saturday night and yes
terday morning.
The three-story brick house owned by
Neill A. Leitch has been sold to Isaac A.
for Gi E00 Tho ol
by Hawkins & Co.
Secure your Christmas presents of Will
mington merchants You can secure as
many bargains for as cheap rates as by 60
ing to larger cities.
By falling down an areaway at Ninth
and Shipley streets on Sunday night,
William G. Burke OF No. sos West street
fractured three ribs.
Thomas Brunner, in the employ of the
Wyman Piano Company, 1918 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, paid visit to his
parents in this city.
A meeting of teachers and parents of
the Primary and kindergarten pupils
will be held at Friends School on this
Third.day at 3 o'clock.
The matter of redistricting the city
for fire purposes will probably be brought
to the attention of City Council at it's
next meeting tomorrow night.
A private dance and cake walk will be
given by the members of the Eidelweiss
Social tomorrow evening, in the hall of
the Manning Library Association.
First prize for Plymouth Rock cock
erels has been awarded to J. Danforth
Bush, of this city, by the managers of
the poultry exhibition at West Chester,
Pa.
At the last meeting of the official
board of Asbury Church resolutions
were adopted on the death Of Benjamin
Downey, who was a steward of the
church.
'The Right of Soul to Go to Help
was the subject at Asbury Church last
night. Miss Lizzie Boyd will conduct
meeting this afternoon on "The Secret of
a Victorious Life"
Torsten Ivarson, of Gottenberg,
Sweden, chemical engineer in the en-
ploy of the Repauno Chemical Company,
was the guest Of joseph r. Moreland in
this city on Sunday.
Work of repairing the ferryboat Penn
sylvania has been commenced at the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, and
will be rushed so she will be able to
leave the lst of January.
General John P. Donahoe has gone to
Washington to secure the discharge OF !!
John Garvey, of Company l, Fourth |
Wisconsin Regiment. He is now sta
toned at Admission, Ala.
A horse belonging to 1. F. Snyder ran
away on Sunday afternoon from Second
and Jefferson Streets Milk cans were
scattered along the street and the milk
spilled. The horse was caught at Second
and Poplar streets.
The funeral of Mrs. Jane Finnegan
took place yesterday morning from her
late home, No. 1892 Spruce street. High
mass was celebrated at St. Mary's
Church and the interment was made at
the Cathedral cemetery.
Frederick s. Heck, a well-known bari
tone singer, formerly OF this city, visited
friends here yesterday. Mr.. Heck is az
present engaged with Francis Wilson,
who is playing "The Little Corporal' at
the Auditorium, Philadelphia.