The sun., 1898-10-15
ROUND ABOUT THE TOWN.

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twenty or thirty.
Mrs. Edward Middleton and Miss E.V.
Middleton, of Washington, are guests of
friends in this city.
The five members OF the Delaware
Regiment, who are ill at the Delaware
Hospital, are improving.
The entrance of West Presbyterian
Church is being improved. Some of the
stone steps are being relaid.
The annual inspection of the Mary
land division of the P. w. & B. railroad,
will be made on October 2Sth.
The Great Council of Delaware, I'm
proved Order of Red Men, will meet on
October rs and 27 at Georgetown.
General James H. Wilson, commander
of the First Corps United States Volun-
teers, will be stationed at Macon, Ga.
A novel wire screen sign has been
erected by Albert Bucher in front Of his
establishment, No. GIG Shipley street.
A cargo of ice has been unloaded by
the schooner Nettie Champion, at the
wharves of the Consumer Ice Company.
Miss Annie Stirling has returned home
from West Virginia, where she spent
some time for the benefit of her health.
A very enjoyable birthday party was
rendered Hurford Huhm on Thursday
evening, at his home No. 9l2 Kirkwood
street.
Miss Bertha Weingarten OF No. 1l12
Poplar street gave a pleasant party on
Thursday evening to number of her
friends.
Miss Sallie L. Mearns left yesterday
for her home in Mulleca Hill, N. j.,
after stay of ten days among friends in
this city.
Several United States army officers
who have been serving in the engineer
corps at Fort Delaware, have returned to
West Point.
Miss MaBelle Walker of Kennett
Square, who has been the guest Of the
Misses Chalfant in this city, has re-
turned home.
The Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
& Telegraph Company is making connec-
tions with its new building at Sixth and
Shipley streets.
The tracks of the P, w. & B. railroad
are being put in shape by the track fore
men as the annual inspection will take
place on October2S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Collins, who
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hughes
at Atlantic City, will return home the
latter part of the month.
A horse belonging to T. B. Cartmell
ran away, dashed the wagon against
tree demolishing it, and was caught be-
fore it had injured itself.
Saturday evening, October %, Will
mington Conclave OF Mogullions will ban
quet other Mogullions throughout the
state at the Clayton House.
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding OF William B. McGoldrick,
formerly OF this city, and Miss Minnie
Z. Deerv of Middletown, Pa.
The tearing down of the frame houses
on Seventh street near Tat nal. which
were condemned by the building, in
spector, was completed yesterday.
The Harlan 4 Hollingsworth Com
pany will lay the keel for the second
Merchants and Miners steamer in the
place just vacated by the S. T. Morgan.
A meeting will be held in A. O. Fl.
room, at St. Joseph's Church on the
Brandywine, Oh Sunday, October l6, at
3 p. M, to organize the ladies' auxiliary.
On Tuesday evening Rev. J. w. An.
kins. of Philadelphia, will preach on the
subject of "Divine Healing at the Har-
westerns Mission, Front and Jefferson
streets.
The Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph
and Telephone Company cables are
being connected with the apparatus in
the new building at Sixth and Shipley
streets.
A match that was accidently dropped
among some clothing set fire to the resi-
dence of Benjamin Hindelman, No. Ais
West Front street yesterday, causing a
loss of about IS.
DR.. Swithin Chandler yesterday re-
ported some improvement in the condi-
ton Of Isaac Sheppard, the B. 4 0. rail-
road fireman who had his skull fractured
on Monday night.
Col. John Wainwright has secured a
pension of $12 month from June l9,
1897, for Rebecca Kelley, city, mother
Of Joshua Kelley, late Company A, lst
Regt Delaware Infantry.
Miss Rachel Webb, of Unionsville,
Pa, who is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
William H. Christy, of No. 1915 Lom-
bard street, was rendered very pleasant
party on Thursday evening.
Joseph Graham, OF the Fourth Vir-
ginia Volunteers, returned to his home
in Portsmouth last evening. after paying
; few days visit to his sister, Mrs. A.
Irwin, Of West Eighth street.
Carl August, the seven.year-oId con of
Frank Norger OF the southwest corner of
Fifth and Tatnall streets died Thursday
II diphtheria. Two other children in
he same house have the disease.
Bishop Nicholson of Philadelphia will
preach at the morning service at St.
Luke's Reformed Episcopal Church on
Sunday. In the evening the Rev. John I
Tracey, D. D., of the same city, will
preach.
The morning sermon at St. Luke's
Reformed Episcopal Church tomorrow
will be preached by Bishop Nicholson OF
and the Rev. Dr. John
Tracey Of the same city, will preach in !