The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-08
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Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN,.
m.. JuneS 8, 1904

There will DO gala time on the Della.
ware river this afternoon The shad fisher
men annually have u race for the supre.
macy OF the Delaware. That event comes
off this afternoon. There will be q large
number OF contestants for the handsome
| lag donated by tho proprietor of the Star
| Hotel. Tho coptestants pay small on
franco fee and after the race u rtcep,i ion
TO she crew of the victorious fishing boat
will be given.
There will be a meeting of The local Un.
lon of the W. c. Il. U. hela tomorrow
afternoon. The Union requests that their
admiring friends send flowers to the
meeting room ~ tomorrow is flower Miss
ion day.
The members of the Union will.vist the
jail at4 O'clock and will distribute flowers
to the prisoners and hold religious sor.
vice,
Florence Cangston Is reported as getting
along nicely. She went under an oper-
alton on Monday in Philadelphia, A largo
tumor had grown fast to her back and
was so large that 1t displaced some of he
lntest1nes was removed. The attending
physicians hope that she will come out oil
right.
Visitors and residents were surprised
last evening to see tho Improvements a
round the town hall Joseph Bacon cou-
>'oSsS V.io Iouulu8 Slpp LOWu Ill
one end of the hall while tho occupant OF
The east side is Q. A. Porter the leading
butcher. Between the Two places of bust
ness Is a long arohway. Tho two men
dubbed together and purchased the ma
terial to brighten the archway. The side
walls received several coats OF white while
tho ceiling is pretty blue.
A few OF the prisoners at tho jail volun.
teered to do he work and they did it in a
very creditabe style.
Superinto ndcnt H. w. King of the
Electric Railway will bs asked to place
benches In tho archway. This will make
neat waiting room for persons who want
to go to Wilmington on tho cars. AS the
arcaway is close to the line nv. King will
also be asked to pnt two incandesent
lights thors. A number Of prominent
people usual Y gather there Of SUI INNER
evenings and enjoy a pleasant chat. BY
the appearance OF the archway it is sur
missed that the place will ba popular this
summer.
Ihste was an Interesting time at the
county jail yesterday. AT tho February
term OF County Court Jeremiah Davis,
colored. was sentenced for assault with In.
tent to commit murder. Ho was allowed
on the corridor yesterday to take walk.
He has been confined in cell No. 8 and he
went to cell No. 3S where Annie Lewis,
betwoen the couple and the next thing no.
ticed was a lot of warm grease coming
through the gate The LOWS girl objec ed
to 'he remarks mado by Davis. Warden
Paris lost no limo In gotting to the scene
and quickly grabbed Davis by the neck
ana placed him in the cell.
a dog belonging to Ed Smead bit Will
lie Lawlor on tho leg and caused him con.
siderable pain. The wound was cauter-
iZed
John Duncan who has been at Riverside
Tor the past year arrived home yesterday.
he has secured the contrac. for plastering
me new annex to the Rogers mansion ut |
boothurst. Tho end OF the mansion will |
also be rough-coateu.
. Edna Wilson, the girl over whom NJ. A.
Jole Is alleged to have killed W. A. Mon.
'ague In Wilmington, is again at the Jail.
she has been at he Delaware State Hospi-
al and refused to 60 TO tho Girls Indus
rial School. She prefers to stay at the
all, unles, released on bail until the Sep.
cmb ber term OF court.
Owing to change In the direction Of the
Vlnd Yesterday the men at the furnaces
It the Delaware Iron Works did not suf-
or us much from the heat as on Tuesday,
)n that day about twenty men were
D,isGd al Ut. to quit work on account of the in