Evening journal., 1899-08-09
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Employees or the r., w. q Is. SnOpS
in this city were paid to-day.
Through an inadvertence the bur
ial notice Of William Fesmire. who
died some months ago. found a place
in the assignment book for yesterday
and was used for a second time in
these columns.
Rev John S. Bunting assumed his
duties as rector Of Christ's Church,
Christiana hundred, on Sunday last
and large congregation welcomed
him.
An ice wagon broke down at
Front and Shipley streets yesterday af-
ternoon and delayed street car traffic
for about fifteen minutes.
John Harkins. years old. living
at Pleasant and Jackson streets, fell
from fire plug and cut cash in his
head yesterday afternoon.
Rev. w. H. Holiday. pastor Of the
Mt Enon Baptist Church. left the city
to-day on his vacation and expects to
be present at the Southern Association
that will take place at Orange Court
House, Va.
Representative Burns is having
new front put on his Summer cottage,
at Pennsgrove.
Levy Court Commissioner John
Lynn is having several bridges repair
ed in the First district.
j. NJ. Anderson, retiring past mas
ter of Delaware Lodge, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, has been pre-
sented with a fine gold badge by the
order.
High mass was held this morning
at o'clock at st. Peters Pro-Cathe-
dral for Bishop Thomas A. Becker, Of
Savannah, formerly of this city.
-Ellwood Truman, night baggage
master at the p, w. & B. station, is on
duty on account of illness.
"A small girl named Quinn was res
cued from drowning on Sunday by
Henry w. Wiley.
John Brady and a party of friends
returned yesterday from a three weeks
cruise on the Chesapeake bay, where
there was plenty Of good fishing and
grabbing.
Joseph Edwards, II years old, liy-
ing at No. 905 Orange street, fell from
his bicycle at Ninth and Shipley streets
last night, and received a severe cut on
his head.
Max Rudolph, one of the ushers at
the P, W. & B. French street station,
has been transferred to the passenger
service Of the railroad, at Philadel-
phia.
The work of strengthening the new
building at Tenth and Market streets
Is rapidly progressing.
"A dead cat which had created con-
siderable stencil, was removed from
the cellar Of the Delaware House yes
terday by the Board of Health.
B. A. Groves, Of the Fourth dis
4 trict, is credited with having the state
senatorial bee buzzing in his straw
hat.
Julian c. Walker is a Regular Re-
publican who would like to represent
the Eighth district in the House oi
Representatives.
Last evening a special committed
of the Y. NJ. G. A. met and discussed
plans for raising s25,000 wherewith tC
pay OF the mortgage on the building.
There are thrifty WilmingtonianI
who will ask the next General Assem-
bly, to give this city some Of the reve'
nue. utIlNtu lIOlu Tue OpcidllOn VI tht
general corporation act.
"A charter was granted yesterday
to the Frost Remedy Company, OF New
! York, with capital stock OF 100000.
- Copies OF the memorial OF the late
/, Rev. Charles r. Murray, d. d., were
distributed by committee of womer
OF st. Andrews Church, at the church
e yesterday.
5 Augustus NJ Marchant, constitute
4 ing the New York Dental Company
No. ia Market street, has closed hi
place and gone to new fields, Leaving
D several small creditors in this city.
Edward J. Newell, of no. 6 Eas
( Seventh street, has been presented will
o six-pound rapid-fire she'll from tn
battleship Maine.
Routine business was transacted a
the meeting OF the directors Of tn
n Board Of Health yesterday.
s Principal A. H. Berlin, of the Iiel
r School, is taking a course in pedagog
at the Howard Summer School, Cam
bridge, Mass.
-Weavers are reported scarce an
the Arlington Mills Company has diff
Guilty in securing this class Of work
d men.
e Engineer McIntire, OF the Fedora
o Building, has left for a sojourn a
: Washington, d. G.
Six carloads of United States ma
!. rines from Washington passed throug
:, this city yesterday en- route to tn
y Brooklyn Navy Yard.
|, The machinists baseball team
~ from the p, w. & B. railroad shop
- will play the Hilles and Jones Com
= pany's machinists team on August
- at Riverview grounds.
Postmaster Browne has receive
orders to paint the letter boxes a
aluminium silver color.
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